US11130510B2
This application relates to methods and apparatus for monitoring data obtained as a train (202) travels on along a rail track (201) to detect the occurrence and/or severity of any significant in-train forces, such as may be caused by heavy braking or excessive acceleration. The method involves taking a first data set corresponding to measurement signals from a plurality of channels of at least one fibre optic distributed acoustic sensor (202) having a sensing fibre (101) deployed to monitor at least part of the rail track. The first data set corresponds to measurement signals acquired as the train passes along the rail track. The method involves analysing the measurement signals to detect a first characteristic signature (402) which consists of a sequence of acoustic transients that appear to propagate rearwards along the train.
US11130503B1
A high-speed mass transport system having a monorail track disposed along a travel path and a monorail car with a driving unit suspended from the monorail track and a commuter car selectively attached to the driving unit. The high-speed mass transport system having also having an omnidirectional wheel transporter being adapted to selectively raise and lower to engage the commuter car, thus allowing the commuter car to detach from and reattach to the driving unit.
US11130496B2
A clutch control method for a hybrid vehicle with a DCT of the present invention is provided. The method includes checking whether a current shift range is a D-range and determining a gradient of a current driving road and driver's vehicle stop requirement. In response to determining that the current shift range is the D-range, the gradient of the road is not a gradient that requires uphill driving, and there is driver's vehicle stop requirement, a controller reduces an operation current supplied to a clutch actuator of a clutch for transmitting power to a first gear to a regulation current. The regulation current is set based on an operation of the vehicle by the driver when the vehicle is restarted after the current reduction.
US11130492B2
A vehicle control device includes a recognizer which recognizes objects around a host vehicle, a determiner which determines whether a speed of a preceding vehicle present ahead of the host vehicle in a host lane in which the host vehicle is present among one or more objects recognized by the recognizer is less than a predetermined speed and determines whether predetermined conditions with respect to conditions ahead of the preceding vehicle are satisfied when it is determined that the speed of the preceding vehicle is less than the predetermined speed, and a driving controller which causes the host vehicle to overtake at least the preceding vehicle by controlling the speed and steering of the host vehicle when the determiner determines that the predetermined conditions are satisfied.
US11130481B2
A method for electronically controlling a pneumatic brake system in a vehicle includes determining that a failure or a defect has occurred in electronic actuation of wheel brakes of the pneumatic brake system, and electronically actuating a pilot valve via a redundancy signal in response to determining that the failure or the defect in the electronic actuation has occurred so as to actuate the wheel brakes in a redundant electropneumatic manner. The redundancy signal is specified in such a manner that the pilot valve alternately turns for a pulse time into a second switch position and for a pause time into a first switch position. The pilot valve outputs, as a pilot pressure, a low pressure level in the first switch position and a high pressure level in the second switch position. The wheel brakes are actuated using a service brake braking pressure that is dependent upon the pilot pressure.
US11130475B2
The invention concerns a vehicle, comprising at least one camera and one corresponding washing system (3) for cleaning the camera, the washing system comprising a housing (10) for receiving the camera, a cleaning fluid storage tank (20), a nozzle (12) for spraying the cleaning fluid inside the housing and a pump (22) for pumping the cleaning fluid from the tank to the nozzle. The washing system further includes a passage (18) extending from the housing (10) to the tank (20), for draining, under gravity, used cleaning fluid back into the tank (20).
US11130473B2
A windshield scrubbing system for scrubbing insects and debris from a windshield includes a windshield wiper is mountable to a wiper arm of a vehicle for wiping across a windshield. A bag is positionable around the windshield wiper to frictionally engage the windshield. Moreover, the bag is comprised of an abrasive material to scrub insects and debris from the windshield. A wiping blade is coupled to the bag to contact the windshield. The wiping blade is comprised of a resiliently compressible material to remove precipitation from the windshield without abrading the windshield.
US11130472B2
The invention relates to a wiping device for a motor vehicle window, comprising a windscreen wiper frame and a piezoelectric film, said piezoelectric film being mounted on the windscreen wiper frame such as to produce an electric current. The invention also relates to a warning method and a spray control method for such a wiping device.
US11130471B2
A fingerprint recognition vehicle control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display unit including a hemispherical display, optical fibers provided in the display and connected to the display through one end of the optical fibers, and a light source connected to the other ends of the optical fibers; a fingerprint recognition unit including a fingerprint recognition sensor and a fingerprint pattern light source provided in the display unit; a gearshift including a physical wheel for operating gear stages and indicators indicating gear states; and a controller operating on the basis of information received from the display unit, the fingerprint recognition unit and the gearshift.
US11130470B1
The weight sensor vehicle security device comprises a vehicle and a security circuit. The security circuit measures the weight of the operator. The operator enters a security code into the security circuit. The operator then enters a security code. The security circuit compares the measured weight of the operator to a weight of the operator that is associated and stored with the security code. If the measured and stored weights match, the security system enables the operation of the vehicle. After the vehicle travels a previously determined distance, the security circuit repeats the procedure. If the measured and stored weights do not match, the security system disables the operation of the vehicle.
US11130465B2
Airbag modules comprising inflator mounting openings and/or slots. Some embodiments may comprise a cover having an inflator coupled thereto and may further comprise a fastener used to couple the inflator with the housing. A mounting opening may be configured to receive the fastener, wherein the mounting opening is configured to allow material defining the mounting opening to flex during installation of the fastener to reduce a force required to advance the fastener through the mounting opening. The mounting opening may be further configured to resist withdrawal of the fastener after being fully seated in the mounting opening such that a greater amount of force is required to withdraw the fastener from the mounting opening than is required to advance the fastener through the mounting opening.
US11130463B2
A forked far-side airbag assembly includes a housing to be mounted in an inboard portion of a seat of a vehicle and an inflator assembly that is at least partially disposed within the housing. The forked far-side airbag assembly includes an airbag in a packaged state within the housing, the airbag to receive inflation gas to expand and deploy from the housing to a deployed state. The airbag assembly includes a first inflatable chamber extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle, and a second inflatable chamber oriented at a first angle from an inboard side of the first inflatable chamber, and a third inflatable chamber oriented at a second angle from the inboard side of the first inflatable chamber, wherein the first angle is different from the second angle.
US11130457B2
A power supply circuit includes a power supply switch configured to perform switching between connection and disconnection of an electric power supply path from a power supply to a second controller. The power supply switch is configured to be controlled by a first power supply signal transmitted from a first controller to the power supply circuit. The power supply circuit is configured to bring the power supply switch into a disconnected state to thereby bring the second controller into a stop state, when a prescribed disconnection condition is satisfied, the prescribed disconnection condition including a condition that the first power supply signal is switched from an on signal to an off signal. The second controller is configured to voluntarily enter the stop state or a power saving mode, when the second controller does not enter the stop state even if the disconnection condition is satisfied.
US11130455B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to vehicle security enhancement. For example, a vehicle may receive a plurality of data values from an onboard diagnostic system (OBD) of a vehicle, wherein a first data value is received from a first sensor of the vehicle and a second data value is received from a second sensor of the vehicle. The vehicle may determine a third data value received from a controller area network (CAN) bus of the vehicle. The vehicle may determine the third data value is associated with a false message originating from a device external to the vehicle based on performing a correlation analysis between the first value, the second value and the third value. The vehicle may discard the third data value based on the correlation analysis.
US11130454B2
A module driver or a master obtains the load IDs of the respective first loads connected to the downstream side of the module driver, recognizes the classification of areas, such as door, roof and floor areas, or a module according to the obtained load IDs, and allocates an appropriate driver ID to the module driver in each area. Each first load has a load ID. The load IDs are allocated to the respective second loads on the downstream side of the module driver on the basis of the allocated driver ID. The area or the module is recognized on the basis of the combination of the load IDs of the plurality of first loads, whereby malfunctions caused by erroneous assembling of the first loads are suppressed.
US11130443B1
Light bar assemblies configured to be mounted to a rim of a steering wheel of a vehicle are disclosed. The light bar assemblies can include components of a driver monitoring system. The light bar assembly includes two shells defining or surrounding the rim and a wrapping surrounding the two shells. A portion of the wrapping is tucked into a slot disposed between the two shells forming a slit. A lens is disposed within the slit and pinched by the wrapping to prevent leakage of light around the lens.
US11130439B2
A vehicle headlight system has at least one headlight having low, high and off modes. A controller is electrically connected to the at least one headlight and communicates with a switch. The switch has first, second and third positions. The second position is intermediate the first and third positions, and is biased to return to the second position from the third position. The controller controls the at least one headlight to be: in one of the low beam mode and the high beam mode when the switch is in the first position; in another one of the low beam mode and the high beam mode when the switch is in the second position; in the off mode when the switch is in the third position for more than a predetermined amount of time. A method for controlling at least one headlight of a vehicle is also disclosed.
US11130436B2
A vehicle hauling apparatus for hauling a second vehicle with a first vehicle includes: a hitch bar for attaching the apparatus to a hitch receiver; a first rail mounted and arranged vertically to the hitch bar; a second rail mounted and arranged to slide vertically along the first rail; a jacking mechanism connecting the first rail to the second rail so as to lift and lower the second rail; a first element of a pivot attached to the second rail; a wheel cradle in which a tire of the second vehicle may be seated; and a second element of the pivot attached to the wheel cradle; whereby the tire of the second vehicle may be rolled along a ground surface into the wheel cradle while the wheel cradle rests on the ground surface and then be raised into a position for hauling by the jacking mechanism.
US11130431B2
A passenger seat headrest includes a frame and a support band. The frame includes a main portion, a first side wing connected to the main portion, and a second side wing connected to the main portion distal from the first side wing. The support band is connected to the frame and extends from the first side wing to the second side wing.
US11130426B2
Provided is a seatback rotating device. The seatback rotating device includes an electric motor and an application mechanism. The electric motor generates a rotational force that is used to rotationally displace a seatback of a vehicle seat. The application mechanism enables application of the rotational force to the seatback. The application mechanism has a configuration that enables the seatback to be self-rotatable with gravity applied to the seatback in response to the rotational force being applied to the seatback.
US11130424B2
A vehicle seating assembly is provided that includes a seat base, a seat back pivotally coupled to the seat base and having a front portion and a rear portion, and an actuator operable to change a position of the seating assembly. The assembly also includes a capacitive proximity sensor located on the seat back and configured to detect a user touch command and a user pressure command, and a controller for receiving the user touch command and pressure command and controlling the actuator to change a position of the seating assembly based on a user input.
US11130420B2
A power distribution system for a vehicle includes contactors that selectively electrically couple a charger to a high-voltage bus. The contactors are closed at the start of a charge event in an order that alternates for successive charge events. Upon completion of the charge event, the last closed contactor at the start of the charge event is opened first and a weld check is performed. If the weld check is indicative of a welded contactor, then the weld check is performed on the other contactor.
US11130417B2
A charging system for an electric vehicle, comprising a charging station, a charging station stand, a charging cable held by the charging station stand, a charging plug, and a charging port of the electric vehicle. The charging cable is attached to a power source at its first end and to the charging plug at its second end. The charging cable is also retractable. The charging port is mounted on the topside of the electric vehicle and is designed to connect with the charging plug in a manner that keeps the charging cable clear of the floor and the surface of the electric vehicle.
US11130415B2
This application is directed to an apparatus for providing electrical charge to a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a driven mass, a generator, a charger, a hardware controller, and a communication circuit. The driven mass rotates in response to a kinetic energy of the vehicle and is coupled to a shaft such that rotation of the driven mass causes the shaft to rotate. The driven mass exists in one of (1) an extended position and (2) a retracted position. The generator generates an electrical output based on a mechanical input coupled to the shaft such that rotation of the shaft causes the mechanical input to rotate. The charger is electrically coupled to the generator and: receives the electrical output, generates a charge output based on the electrical output, and conveys the charge output to the vehicle. The controller controls whether the driven mass is in the extended position or the retracted position in response to a signal received from the communication circuit.
US11130413B2
An electrical machine arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a first electrical machine, a first energy store, which is connected to the first electrical machine for supplying power to the electrical machine, a second electrical machine, a second energy store, which is connected to the second electrical machine, for supplying power to the second electrical machine and which is connected to the first energy store by use of an intermediate circuit, and a coupling element. This coupling element is connected into the intermediate circuit and permits energy to be transmitted from the second energy store to the first energy store and can prevent energy transmission from the first energy store to the second energy store.
US11130409B1
A performance learning system and method is provided for a utility vehicle. The performance learning system includes a propulsion system, a plurality of sensors disposed on the vehicle and capable of acquiring operational data associated with the vehicle, a processor, and a memory configured to store historical operational data. The processor can be configured to receive the operational data from the sensors, generate and transmit a command to control the propulsion system based on the operational data and the historical operational data, and update the historical operational data based on the operational data. The operational data may include characteristics associated with one or more of an operator of the vehicle or an operating environment of the vehicle. The systems and methods may optimize the performance of the utility vehicle for particular environments and conditions in which the utility vehicle is being operated and increase operator satisfaction.
US11130394B2
A vehicular window trim assembly includes a decorative outer trim member having upper and lower outer boundary mating portions formed on the perimeter of the trim member. The assembly also includes a channel-shaped window seal having a mouth to receive a panel-like member and upper and lower outer boundary mating portions formed on the perimeter of the seal mateable in sealed relationship with the upper and lower outer boundary mating portions, respectively, of the trim member to form an outer boundary. Mating portions of the trim member and the seal are joined together to form an outer boundary.
US11130385B2
A thermal management system for a vehicle may include a refrigerant circuit in which a refrigerant circulates, as well as a heating circuit, a first coolant circuit configured for a temperature control of a drive device of the vehicle, and a second coolant circuit configured for a temperature control of an electrical store of the vehicle in which a coolant circulates. The system may further include a chiller incorporated in the refrigerant circuit and a chiller guide fluidically separate from the refrigerant circuit. The chiller guide may have a chiller path configured to conduct the coolant and which extends through the chiller, and may have a bypass path configured to conduct the coolant and which circumvents the chiller. The system may additionally include a chiller valve device configured to selectively fluidically connect the first coolant circuit and the second coolant circuit to the chiller path and the bypass path.
US11130382B2
The present disclosure relates to autonomous driving vehicles and methods for improving stability and occupant comfort of the same. The vehicle includes: a frame member; a cabin, movable with respect to and independent from the frame member; wheels; at least one suspension between the wheels and frame member; actuation device configured to control at least the orientation of the cabin with respect to the frame member; a perception module comprising perception sensors and algorithm configured to at least identify road boundaries and obstacles in the vicinity of the vehicle; and a planning module configured to plan the motions of the steering means using information from at least the perception module.
US11130381B2
An air spring unit for a vehicle is described. The air spring unit forms a rolling fold and a cardanic fold. A type of bellows guidance of the air spring, the cardanic fold begins, at the rolling fold side, below that end of the external guide of the air spring unit which is at the air spring cover side. A cardanic fold of axially short construction is realized which, despite a small axial structural space, has the elasticity of a cardanic fold of tall construction.
US11130371B2
A motorcycle tyre has a tread band including a central portion and two shoulder portions arranged at axially opposite sides of the central portion. The central portion includes a first plurality of grooves extended according to a substantially longitudinal direction and alternatively arranged at opposite sides of the equatorial plane of the tyre. Each groove of the first plurality of grooves has a substantially curvilinear course such as to form a concavity. The central portion further includes a sub-portion substantially free of grooves placed astride the equatorial plane of the tyre. Each of the shoulder portions includes a second plurality of grooves arranged obliquely relative to the equatorial plane of the tyre.
US11130364B2
A thermal transfer and process for producing it that provides a fully-digital printed heat transfer capable of little to no process changeover between different graphics. Specifically, the method comprises printing a digital image onto a treated adhesive substrate, applying the image side to a carrier substrate, then digitally cutting and removing substrate not containing graphic elements through a combination of kiss-and-through cutting to produce a high stretch, multi-color photographic quality print transfers for the apparel and soft goods industry.
US11130350B2
An application apparatus includes a first roller configured to apply a treatment liquid to a recording medium conveyed; and a second roller disposed in contact with the first roller and forming, with the first roller, a conveyance nip in which the recording medium is nipped. The application apparatus further includes a third roller disposed in contact with the first roller at a position different from the conveyance nip, and a fourth roller disposed in contact with the second roller at a position different from the conveyance nip. The third roller has a rigidity higher than a rigidity of the first roller, and the fourth roller has rigidity higher than a rigidity of the second roller.
US11130347B2
Provided is a printer including an ink tank, a print head performing printing by using ink in the ink tank, a light source provided at the substrate and irradiating the ink tank with light from a side of the ink tank, a photoelectric conversion device provided at the substrate and detecting light incident from the ink tank in a period during which the light source emits light, and a processing unit detecting an amount of ink based on an output of the photoelectric conversion device.
US11130332B2
A head unit comprising: a first line through which a driving signal is supplied; a first discharging section that has a first piezoelectric element having a first electrode, the first discharging section discharging liquid according to the displacement of the first piezoelectric element, the displacement being caused when the driving signal is supplied to the first electrode; a detection circuit that detects the potential of a second line; a first switch that makes a switchover as to whether to electrically couple the first electrode and first line together; a second switch that makes a switchover as to whether to electrically couple the first electrode and second line together; a third switch that makes a switchover as to whether to electrically couple the first line and second line together; and a first resistor provided in series with the third switch between the first line and the second line.
US11130322B2
A method of producing a gas barrier laminate of the present disclosure includes a step of forming a coating film on a surface of a base film or a laminate including the base film, the coating film containing zinc ions, at least one of metal alkoxide and a hydrolysate thereof, and an aqueous polymer, and a step of drying the coating film to form a gas barrier layer on the surface of the base film or the laminate including the base film. A gas barrier laminate of the present disclosure includes a base film or a laminate including the base film, and a gas barrier layer provided on a surface of the base film or the laminate including the base film. In the gas barrier laminate, the gas barrier layer contains zinc dispersed in the gas barrier layer and an organic-inorganic composite.
US11130304B2
A low speed seed oil expeller press with the capability of extracting oil through a new seed compression design that eliminates the need for filtration, and maintains the captured seed oil at a temperature below 130 degrees F. It has a seed preheating capability and controls the pressure and extraction oil temperature by adjustments of the expeller speed, the head volume and the size of the pressed seed exit orifice in the thorn. The seed oil expeller press eliminates seed rotation within the head volume so as to eliminate crushing, grinding or tearing of the seed by a symmetrical knived press head. The seed oil expeller press regulates seed temperature, seed feed rate, seed pressure, seed rotation and extracted seed oil temperature so as to compensate for the seed size, seed hardness and seed oil content.
US11130296B1
A method of forming a polyolefin-perovskite nanomaterial composite which contains oriented electrically and thermally conductive pathways. The method involves milling a polyolefin with particles of a perovskite nanomaterial, molding to forma composite plate, and subjecting the composite plate to an AC voltage. The AC voltage forms oriented electrically and thermally conductive pathways by partial dielectric breakdown of the composite. The presence of the oriented electrically and thermally conductive pathways gives the polyolefin-perovskite nanomaterial electrical and thermal conductivity and dielectric permittivity higher than the polyolefin alone.
US11130285B2
A print head is disclosed for use with an additive manufacturing system. The print head may include a nozzle tip, a first matrix source configured to selectively supply a structural matrix to the nozzle tip, and a second matrix source configured to selectively supply a temporary support matrix to the nozzle tip. The print head may also include a reinforcement supply configured to supply a continuous reinforcement through the nozzle tip only when the first matrix source is supplying the structural matrix to the nozzle tip.
US11130280B2
Disclosed is a sintering system for manufacturing a three-dimensional object from sinterable powder. The system comprises a build chamber with a movable floor and four walls, an energy assembly disposed above the build chamber and which comprises at least one energy source adapted to emit an energy beam. The system further comprises a feeding assembly connected to the build chamber for providing sinterable powder to the build chamber and a powder distribution device connected to the feeding assembly for distributing sinterable powder in the build chamber. The build chamber further comprises at least one opening in at least one wall, below which the movable floor can be lowered, and a pneumatic assembly connected to the build chamber for transporting powder away from the build chamber through the at least one opening.
US11130275B2
A method and an apparatus for embossing a pattern into a varnish on a sheet-like substrate are provided. The method applies a planar stamp using a roller, while the apparatus includes a roller having a planar stamp.
US11130273B2
An assembly for debulking an uncured stack of plies of fiber reinforced composite material positioned on a forming tool, including a force application element and a heat source, associated with the force application element. The heat source is positioned in at least one of the following positions: spaced apart from a top ply to directionally heat the uncured stack of plies from the top ply through a bottom ply of the uncured stack of plies; with the forming tool positioned between the heat source and the uncured stack of plies, the heat source to heat the forming tool, to directionally heat the uncured stack of plies in a direction from the bottom ply through the top ply; or between the uncured stack of plies and the forming tool, to directionally heat the uncured stack of plies in the direction from the bottom ply through the top ply.
US11130270B2
A gate-all around fin double diffused metal oxide semiconductor (DMOS) devices and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming a plurality of fin structures from a substrate. The method further includes forming a well of a first conductivity type and a second conductivity type within the substrate and corresponding fin structures of the plurality of fin structures. The method further includes forming a source contact on an exposed portion of a first fin structure. The method further comprises forming drain contacts on exposed portions of adjacent fin structures to the first fin structure. The method further includes forming a gate structure in a dielectric fill material about the first fin structure and extending over the well of the first conductivity type.
US11130268B1
A method of producing a product utilizing a liner. The method comprises securing, at an injection molding manufacturing system, a liner to a first half of a mold. The method further comprises clamping, at an injection molding manufacturing system, the first half of the mold to a second half of the mold, wherein clamping the first half of the mold to a second half of the mold generates a total mold. The method further comprises generating, at an injection molding manufacturing system, a formed product, wherein generating the formed product further comprises filling an opening of the total mold with a molten material. The method further comprises ejecting, at an injection molding manufacturing system, the formed product, and the liner from a completed first half of the mold and releasing, at an injection molding manufacturing system, the formed product from the liner.
US11130257B2
The present invention relates to a lignin-based phenolic resin, particularly useful in the manufacture of oriented strand boards (OSB).
US11130255B2
A method of producing a thermally modified and impregnated wooden product is described herein. One or more pieces of wood are thermally modified. The thermally modified wood is formed into a wooden object by hand, tool, machine, a computer numerical controlled machine, or combinations thereof. The wooden object is then impregnated with one or more treatment agents to produce the thermally modified and impregnated wooden product. The wooden object is impregnated by applying pressure or heat while the object is in the presence of the one or more treatment agents. Minimal, if any, deformation of the thermally modified wooden object occurs during impregnation.
US11130250B2
In at least one embodiment, a hot dog slicer is provided that includes a tubular body having a lumen defined by an inner surface of the tubular body between front and rear openings therein, and at least a first blade extending inward from the inner surface of the tubular body sufficiently for a hot dog to be butterflied by passing the hot dog through the lumen of the tubular body.
US11130249B2
A siding cutting tool comprises an upper plate, a base, a siding support assembly attached to the base and adapted to support a piece of crude siding, and a top notch cutting assembly. The upper plate is movable with respect to the base along a vertical direction. The piece of crude siding has a top lock with a bent or rolled over shape. The top notch cutting assembly includes a top cam plate and a plurality of notch cutters attached to the top cam plate. The top cam plate moves along a top cam plate direction extending at an acute angle with respect to the vertical direction and the notch cutters cut the top lock along the top cam plate direction as the upper plate moves toward the base plate along the vertical direction.
US11130248B2
Replaceable shaving assemblies are disclosed that include a blade unit, an interface element configured to removeably connect the blade unit to a handle, on which the blade unit is pivotably mounted, and a return element disposed between the blade unit and interface element. The return element provides resistance during shaving and positions the blade unit in a rest position when not in use.
US11130243B2
A tool system including a housing fastened to a tool, the housing being formed of a non-magnetic material, a magnet module embedded in the housing, a pair of mounting grooves in the housing and located below the magnet module, a changer body provided on a manipulator, the changer body being formed a non-magnetic material, a metal bar mounted on the changer body, a pair of terminals provided at both ends of the metal bar, the pair of terminals being formed of magnetic material, the pair of terminals facing the magnet module, a fixing bar outside the housing, the fixing bar being formed of a magnetic material, and a pair of mounting pins extending vertically from both ends of the fixing bar, the pair of mounting pins being formed of magnetic materials, and the pair of mounting pins are inserted into the pair of mounting grooves is provided.
US11130234B2
Provided is a robot including: a robot body that is provided with at least one arm; a gas spring that functions as a balancer for the arm of the robot body; an internal-pressure detecting unit that detects a cylinder internal pressure of the gas spring; and a control device that controls the robot body. The control device calculates, as an estimated disturbance value, the difference between a torque command value for a servomotor that drives the arm and a torque of the servomotor that is required to actually operate the arm, determines that the robot body has had a collision when the estimated disturbance value exceeds a predetermined threshold, and corrects the estimated disturbance value or the threshold on the basis of the cylinder internal pressure detected by the internal-pressure detecting unit.
US11130223B2
Techniques for installing a robotic arm, such as for use in a product packaging environment are described. In an example, a floor-supported plate may define a number of holes to allow connection of the plate to selected locations in the concrete floor. In an example, holes defined in the plate that are in undesirable locations in the concrete floor may not be used to bolt the plate to the floor. In contrast, holes that are in more favorable locations in the plate can be used to bolt the plate to the floor. The floor-supported plate may also be configured with alignment features that assist in connection of one or more supporting or related systems to the plate. Examples of the systems that may be connected to the plate, and/or aligned by contact with the plate, include conveyor systems, case-providing cassette(s), and pallet location and/or alignment guides.
US11130209B2
A method for treating a surface of a substrate includes applying a composition that includes a silicate to the surface and, while the composition is present on the surface, providing the surface with a glossy finish (e.g., polishing the surface, burnishing the surface, etc.). The silicate may be a lithium silicate and/or a colloidal silica. The composition may further include one or more of a surfactant, a leveling agent, a silane coupling agent, an organic component (e.g., a siliconate, etc.), and an acrylic latex. When the composition is applied to the surface of the flooring, gravity may enable it to spread substantially evenly across the surface. The acts of applying and providing the surface with a glossy finish may be repeated. Such a treatment may result in a surface that has a glossiness of at least 80, as measured by a gloss meter set to a 60° angle of incidence.
US11130208B2
A spindle apparatus for use at a machine tool, having: an assembly including a workpiece spindle to receive an elongated workpiece and a motor for driving spindle rotation of the workpiece spindle about a spindle axis; a rotary guide-bush assembly being axially arranged with the workpiece spindle with respect to the spindle axis, the rotary guide-bush assembly receiving the elongated workpiece supported at the rotary guide-bush assembly to rotate about the spindle axis enabling movement of the elongated workpiece; wherein the rotary guide-bush assembly includes a portion to clamp the elongated workpiece, received in the rotary guide-bush and in the workpiece spindle, to transfer driving torque applied from the spindle motor during a driven acceleration of the rotation through the clamped elongated workpiece for rotation of the rotary guide-bush synchronized with the driven acceleration of the rotation of the workpiece spindle.
US11130207B2
A transport tool capable of carrying out attaching an object to an attachment position while positioning the object in a predetermined positional relationship with the attachment position. The transport tool includes a base, a holding section movably supported by the base in a predetermined direction and configured to hold an object, and a positioning section that is provided to the base and configured to arrange the object held by the holding section in a preparation position having a predetermined positional relationship with the attachment position, the positioning section allowing the execution of an attachment operation of attaching the object, which has been arranged in the preparation position, to the attachment position by movement of the holding section relative to the base.
US11130195B2
A laser ablation process can be configured to reduce the appearance of or eliminate a potentially objectionable diffraction effect that can occur when a workpiece or product that has been subjected to the ablation process interacts with light. The diffraction effect can be reduced by introducing irregularity into the arrangement of overlapping laser spots during the process. Other process parameters may be modified to reduce the diffraction effect, such as laser scan speed, laser pulse frequency, the position of the focal plane of the laser, the configuration of raster lines, or the energy profile of the laser beam, for example. The process modifications and configurations are particularly useful with products including an ablated surface that is intended to reflect light or to allow light to pass therethrough as part of its function.
US11130191B2
A method for making an article is disclosed. According to the method, a digital model of the article is generated. The digital model is inputted into an additive manufacturing apparatus comprising an energy source. The additive manufacturing apparatus applies energy from the energy source to successively applied incremental quantities of a powder to fuse the powder to form the article corresponding to the digital model. The powder particles individually include a composite core including a first phase of a first metal and a second phase of a ceramic. A first shell including a second metal is disposed over the core.
US11130187B2
A process for producing an amorphous ductile brazing foil is provided. According to one example embodiment, the method includes providing a molten mass, and rapidly solidifying the molten mass on a moving cooling surface with a cooling speed of more than approximately 105° C./sec to produce an amorphous ductile brazing foil. A process for joining two or more parts is also provided. The process includes inserting a brazing foil between two or more parts to be joined, wherein the parts to be joined have a higher melting temperature than that the brazing foil to form a solder joint and the brazing foil comprises an amorphous, ductile Ni-based brazing foil; heating the solder joint to a temperature above the liquidus temperature of the brazing foil to form a heated solder joint; and cooling the heated solder joint, thereby forming a brazed joint between the parts to be joined.
US11130182B2
A replaceable tool holder includes a connector adapted to be engaged with and driven to rotate by a spindle, a tool chuck, of which an end is detachably engaged with the connector and another end is adapted to engage a tool, and an electronic component provided in a chamber inside the tool chuck. The connector is provided with a non-contact power transmission device. A passage is provided in the connector and the tool chuck, wherein a wire is disposed in the passage, transmitting electric power to serve the need of the electronic component. With such design, one connector can be used to connect tool chucks of different types or models. Therefore, a user could, as required, replace the connecting interface between the tool holder and the spindle or the connecting interface between the tool holder and the tool. Furthermore, the electronic component could be steadily supplied with electric power.
US11130178B2
A machining tool includes a light irradiator, a cover, and a light blocking filter. The light irradiator is to irradiate a workpiece to process the workpiece. The cover covers the light irradiator and the workpiece in the cover. The light blocking filter is configured to change light transmissivity of the light blocking filter in accordance with light from an inside of the cover, which the light blocking filter receives.
US11130171B2
A method for reducing target surface features in continuously cast articles is described. The method can remove a target surface feature, such as a compositional variation or casting defect, from the continuously cast article by removing, before cold rolling, material from the continuously cast article surface.
US11130166B2
A die matching system which is preferably implemented in die rolling machinery for fasteners employs witness or reference marks on each of the dies. An eddy current sensor is employed to sense the witness marks and to detect change in the relative position of the witness mark and hence the position of the rotatable dies. The change in position is then processed and a signal is transmitted to servo motors to change the relative position of the dies to compensate for the position changes continuously during the operation of the die rolling machinery. In one preferred form, the witness mark is in the form of a recess milled into the bottom end surface of the cylindrical die.
US11130162B2
A work reversing apparatus includes: a first conveyor that transports a work; a second conveyor that transports a work; and a rotary driving unit that integrally rotates the first conveyor and the second conveyor. The rotary driving unit rotates the first conveyor and the second conveyor around a rotation center axis that extends in a direction perpendicular to a transporting direction of a work on the first conveyor and the second conveyor. By driving the rotary driving unit, a work can be reversed around the rotation center axis that extends in a direction perpendicular to the transporting direction.
US11130160B2
An apparatus and method for applying an EDT texture to an aluminum sheet has a rolling stand with at least one EDT surfaced roll capable of rolling the sheet at reductions <1%. The rolling is conducted with residual or no lubrication and imparts a texture on the scale of about 1 μm to the surface of the sheet at low roll force.
US11130159B2
The present invention relates to a scanning probe microscope. The scanning probe microscope can be configured to remove a polymeric material from a surface of a nanostructure. The scanning probe microscope includes a metal coated probe tip and a voltage source. The voltage source can be configured to apply a bias voltage between the probe tip and a sample. The bias voltage can be between 0.5 V and 2 V. The scanning probe microscope further includes a sample positioner configured to position the sample in relation to the probe tip and a system controller configured to control the scanning probe microscope.
US11130158B2
An apparatus for applying a liquid medium irradiated with UV radiation onto a substrate is disclosed, the apparatus comprising: a housing having an elongated chamber, at least one inlet opening, which opens into the chamber, and at least one slit shaped outlet opening opposite the inlet opening, which extends over the length of the chamber, a tube element, which extends in a longitudinal direction through the chamber, the tube element being at least partially transparent to UV radiation, wherein the tube element is arranged in the chamber such that a flow space is formed between the tube element and the wall of the chamber, the flow space being symmetric with respect to a longitudinal centre plane of the chamber, the longitudinal centre plane dissecting the outlet opening in its middle, and such that the tube element extends into the slit shaped outlet opening in the housing and thereby forms two longitudinally extending outlet slits between the tube element and the housing, and at least one UV-radiation source in the tube element, which is arranged to emit UV-radiation in the direction of the flow space and through the outlet opening out of the housing. The apparatus is distinguished by means for causing UV radiation to be emitted primarily in a first wavelength range through a first section of the tube member into the flow space and for causing UV radiation to be emitted primarily in a second wavelength range through a second section of the tube member through the outlet opening of the housing and optionally into an end region of the flow space adjacent to the outlet slits. The first and second wavelength ranges differ, and wherein for at least one of the sections, a maximum of 20%, preferably a maximum of 5%, of the radiation power emitted through the respective section comes from the other wavelength range.
US11130150B2
An electrically powered handheld dispensing device used to dispense viscous materials from a cartridge in a drip-free manner. The dispensing device having a cartridge locking mechanism that affirmatively locks a material cartridge in place, limiting its axial motion in the cartridge holder. The dispensing device having a plunger assembly containing dogs that bite into the inner surface of the material cartridge piston after a plunger makes contact with the material cartridge piston. The dispensing device having a motor control circuit that automatically reverses the drive motor at high speed to reverse the piston inside the material cartridge to a predetermined distance when the user releases the trigger control, which may also suck material back from the cartridge nozzle tip preventing drips. A manually operated gear-release mechanism disengages the plunger assembly from the gear drive transmission, enabling rapid movement of the plunger in either direction for the loading or unloading of full or partially expended material cartridges.
US11130147B2
A suck back type intermittent coating system including a valve mechanism, a valve manipulating mechanism, and a solenoid valve for controlling the operation of the valve manipulating mechanism; and a control device that inputs therein a pulse signal indicative of the travel state (travel speed, etc.) of a base material traveling along a coating line, and outputs an electrical command to the solenoid valve. A displacement sensor for detecting a displacement of the movable valve body of the valve mechanism is provided so that the operation of the valve manipulating mechanism is remotely controlled by a command signal to the solenoid valve; and with a computer having a feedback function that issues a correction signal to the operation of the solenoid valve confirmation and tally of the operation of a coating gun module is performed even when away from a production line.
US11130146B2
Fastener-coating tools comprise a non-permeable body and a permeable body that laps over at least a portion of an outer surface of the non-permeable body, laps over all of a terminal surface of the non-permeable body, laps over at least a portion of an inner surface of the non-permeable body, spans an internal cavity of the non-permeable body, and defines a fastener cavity that is sized and shaped to receive a portion of a fastener assembly to be coated.
US11130144B2
Method for filling of lacquer, including the steps: A) providing a lacquer container containing lacquer and an opening valve; B) providing a scale and a target container positioned on the scale; C) taring the scale; D) specifying a target weight and a target flow velocity; E) specifying a first valve position x1; F) starting to fill the target container with lacquer by setting the opening valve to position x1; G) calculating a lacquer flow velocity; H) comparing the lacquer flow velocity with the target flow velocity; J) adjusting the lacquer flow velocity by setting to a valve position x2=x1+Δx1 if the lacquer flow velocity does not correspond to the target flow velocity; K) calculating a lacquer filling weight; L) comparing the lacquer filling weight with the target weight; and M) closing the opening valve when the lacquer filling weight corresponds to the target weight.
US11130137B2
Disclosed are cartridges and modules that may be utilized in diagnostic systems and methods. The cartridge includes a flexible seal that caps the cartridge. The flexible seal has an opening for a pipette tip, and the flexible seal is configured to create a sealed environment when a pipette tip is positioned in the opening of the flexible seal and when the pipette tip is moved in the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis.
US11130132B2
The disclosure relates to microfluidic devices and methods of use thereof for monitoring the directionality, velocity, and migration persistence of neutrophils or other cells in the absence of chemical gradients for the purposes of detecting and quantifying abnormal neutrophil motility phenotypes, using low sample volumes and with minimal activation of the neutrophils. The devices and methods can be used to diagnose sepsis in subjects suspected of having sepsis or at risk of developing sepsis. The devices and methods can also be used to monitor the responses of patients to sepsis therapies.
US11130130B2
A micro-fluidic flow device and method. The device includes a conduit having an inlet and an outlet distal from the inlet. The conduit further includes a plurality of constrictions each having a reduction in a cross-sectional area of the conduit in a direction from the inlet to the outlet. The constrictions are arranged in series and the reduction in cross-sectional area at each of the constrictions is sufficient to induce extensional flow in a fluid travelling therethrough, such that the maximum strain rate in the extensional flow region is at least 500 s−1.
US11130129B2
The present invention relates to microfluidic check valves, as well as fluidic cartridges including such check valves. In particular examples, the check valve includes a pre-stressed spring formed from a planar substrate. Various characteristics of the valves, such as size, profile, opening pressure, etc., can be tuned to provide desired performance when employed within a fluidic cartridge.
US11130128B2
Method of detecting a target nucleic acid. In an exemplary method, at least two thermal zones of different temperature may be created using a heating assembly. A first emulsion and a second emulsion may be formed. The first and second emulsions may be thermally cycled by passing them through tubing in a spaced relation to one another, with the tubing being wound around a central axis of the heating assembly and extending through each thermal zone multiple times. Thermally cycling may promote amplification of the target nucleic acid in droplets of each emulsion. Droplets of each emulsion may be passed through a detection channel located downstream of the tubing. Fluorescence may be detected from the droplets being passed through the detection channel.
US11130127B2
Provided herein are devices and methods of processing a sample that include, in several embodiments, rotating one or more microfluidic chips that are mounted on a support plate using a motor driven rotational chuck. By spinning one or more of the microfluidic chips about a common center of rotation in a controlled manner, high flow rates (and high shear forces) are imparted to the sample in a controlled manner. Each microfluidic chip can be rotated 180° on the support plate so that the sample can be run back-and-forth through the microfluidic devices. Because the support plate can be driven at relatively high RPMs, high flow rates are generated within the microfluidic chips. This increases the shear forces on the sample and also decreases the processing time involved as the sample can quickly pass through the shear-inducing features of the microfluidic chip(s).
US11130120B2
A micro-droplet-emulsifier to generate a micro-droplet-emulsion for application on digital polymerase chain reaction is provided. This device includes a micropipette to hold a dispersed-phase-liquid; a droplet generator that attaches to the micro-pipette and has a plurality of substantially flat micro-channels. The dispersed-phase-liquid is forced through the micro-channels to form micro-droplet-emulsion of dispersed-liquid-phase in the continuous-liquid-phase inside the chamber. The size of the micro-droplets is controlled by the shape and the aspect ratio of the micro-channels, the depth of the micro-channels and the material of the micro-droplet-generator-head that dictates the contact angle of the droplet on the micro-channels.
US11130119B2
A method of making a multifunctional catalyst for upgrading pyrolysis oil includes contacting a zeolite support with a solution including at least a first metal catalyst precursor and a second metal catalyst precursor, the first metal catalyst precursor, the second metal catalyst precursor, or both, including a heteropolyacid. Contacting the zeolite support with the solution deposits or adsorbs the first metal catalyst precursor and the second catalyst precursor onto outer surfaces and pore surfaces of the zeolite support to produce a multifunctional catalyst precursor. The method further includes removing excess solution from the multifunctional catalyst precursor and calcining the multifunctional catalyst precursor to produce the multifunctional catalyst comprising at least a first metal catalyst and a second metal catalyst deposited on the outer surfaces and pore surfaces of the zeolite support.
US11130111B2
A plant or refinery may include equipment such as reactors, heaters, heat exchangers, regenerators, separators, or the like. Types of heat exchangers include shell and tube, plate, plate and shell, plate fin, air cooled, wetted-surface air cooled, or the like. Operating methods may impact deterioration in equipment condition, prolong equipment life, extend production operating time, or provide other benefits. Mechanical or digital sensors may be used for monitoring equipment, and sensor data may be programmatically analyzed to identify developing problems. For example, sensors may be used in conjunction with one or more system components to detect and correct maldistribution, cross-leakage, strain, pre-leakage, thermal stresses, fouling, vibration, problems in liquid lifting, conditions that can affect air-cooled exchangers, conditions that can affect a wetted-surface air-cooled heat exchanger, or the like. An operating condition or mode may be adjusted to prolong equipment life or avoid equipment failure.
US11130105B2
A method and apparatus for obtaining a solution from a solid product in contact with a liquid is provided. A solid product is housed within a dispenser. A liquid is introduced into contact with the solid product. The solution formed between the solid product and the liquid is collected, and a makeup liquid can be added thereto to further dilute or control the concentration of the formed solution. The amount of makeup liquid added to the solution can be controlled based on the temperature of the liquid to provide an automatic, continuously variable amount of liquid added to the solution. In addition, a method of providing a pressure independent control of the makeup liquid is also provided.
US11130103B2
An electrically controlled mixing and blending apparatus featuring high corrosion resistance and mixing efficiency includes a housing, a first bearing engaged to both sides of the housing, and the interior of both first bearings being coupled to a first rotating shaft, a second bearing engaged to a surface at the middle of the first rotating shaft and the interior of the second bearing being engaged to a surface of an output shaft of a first motor output shaft. Both sides of the first motor are fixedly coupled to a surface of the first rotating shaft through a first fixed rod. A gear drives the first motor, a blending rod and a stirring rack to swing in the front-rear direction through the first rotating shaft to increase the turbulence of the liquid raw materials, reduce the time required for mixing raw materials, and improve the production efficiency.
US11130101B2
A bubble generating device for sewage purification includes: an outer cylinder 6 vertically placed in water; an injection port 2A placed at a lower central portion in the outer cylinder 6 for upwardly injecting air as bubble flow supplied from an air supply source; and microbubble generating device 3 placed higher than the injection port 2A for refining bubbles injected from the injection port 2A. A throat portion 30 for narrowing a flow path of bubble flow and water flow which rises in the outer cylinder 6 is placed between the injection port 2A and the microbubble generating device 3.
US11130099B2
The present disclosure provides a flat-sheet polyamide membrane comprising a first major surface and a second major surface and a separation layer and a porous substructure in the cross section of the membrane between the first major and the second major surface, wherein the average pore size diameter in the separation layer is smaller than the average pore size diameters on the first and second major surfaces, wherein the average pore size diameter on the first major surface is larger than the average pore size diameter on the second major surface, wherein the separation layer is closer to the second major surface than to the first major surface. The present disclosure further provides a method for producing such membranes and a use of the membranes for nanofiltration or ultrafiltration purposes.
US11130092B2
Provided is method for concentrating ozone gas the method including the steps of: allowing ozone gas to be adsorbed onto the adsorbent by introducing ozone gas-containing raw material mixed gas into an adsorption vessel (20) that houses an adsorbent for adsorbing ozone gas; reducing a pressure in a concentration vessel (30) in a state where the concentration vessel (30) does not communicate with the adsorption vessel (20), the concentration vessel (30) being configured to be connected to the adsorption vessel (20) so as to be interswitchable between a state where the concentration vessel (30) communicates with the adsorption vessel (20) and a state where the concentration vessel does not communicate with the adsorption vessel (20); and introducing concentrated mixed gas including ozone gas with a higher ozone gas concentration than the ozone gas concentration in the raw material mixed gas into the concentration vessel (30) by desorbing the ozone gas adsorbed onto the adsorbent using a pressure difference between the internal pressure of the concentration vessel (30) and an internal pressure of the adsorption vessel (20) in a state where the concentration vessel (30) having a reduced internal pressure communicates with the adsorption vessel (20) that houses the adsorbent onto which the ozone gas is adsorbed, and delivering the desorbed ozone gas into the concentration vessel (30). Also provided is an apparatus (1) for concentrating ozone gas for implementing the method.
US11130091B2
Method and apparatus for condensing a majority of the solvent in a process gas stream at low temperatures, e.g., below the freezing point of water, ca. −5° C. The gas stream exiting the condenser step may be further processed in one or more emission control devices, such as a single or multi-step series of concentrator devices, such as zeolite concentrator devices. One or more emission control operations can be carried out downstream of the single or multi-step concentrators. The aforementioned condensing process enables the one or more concentrators to operate in a favorable temperature range for removal of 99% or more of VOC, thereby meeting or exceeding strict environmental regulations.
US11130084B2
A grease trap or solids collector for separating waste from waste water has a tank having a multilayer outer wall made of an outer layer of un-foamed plastic, an intermediate layer of foamed plastic, and an inner layer of unfoamed plastic; an inlet invert in the tank for receiving incoming waste water; and an outlet invert for removing water from the tank. An extension collar made up of segments can be included.
US11130080B2
A vertical separator for the treatment of slurry includes a screen device with a vertical axis provided with a screen, a feeding device provided with a pump to feed the slurry to a screen device, a discharge device for the liquid part of the slurry, and a discharge device for the solid particles of the slurry. The screen device houses a counter-pressing device which is designed to generate a force which partially counters the pushing action exerted by the pump upon the slurry.
US11130074B2
A solvent delivery system for a liquid chromatography system may include a first gradient proportioning valve in fluidic communication with a first plurality of sources of solvent and producing therefrom a first low-pressure gradient stream. The solvent delivery system may further include a second gradient proportioning valve in direct fluidic communication with an inlet of the first gradient proportioning valve and with a second plurality of sources of solvent, the second gradient proportioning valve producing a second low-pressure gradient stream from the second plurality of sources of solvent, wherein one solvent source of the first plurality of sources of solvent used by the first gradient proportioning valve to produce the first low-pressure gradient stream comprises the second low-pressure gradient stream. The solvent delivery system may also include a first pump in direct fluidic communication with the first gradient proportioning valve to receive and pressurize the first low-pressure gradient stream.
US11130072B2
A method of batch distilling including providing a first substrate that upon distillation releases vapour having deleterious sulfur compounds, providing an inert still, adding the first substrate to the still, installing at least one first reactive article in the still and subsequently performing a first distillation run on the first substrate, such that the installed at least one first reactive article has a first exposed area that is exposed to the distillate, and collecting a first desired fraction from the first run. The distillation during the collection of the first desired fraction is performed at a rate of less than 5 L/(hr*m2) of collected first fraction per first exposed area. Compatible still and kit are also provided.
US11130058B2
The present invention provides a game machine that is capable of utilizing movements of at least a part of the body of the player as play actions. A game machine provides a dance game that advises of a performance timing at which an action constituting a dance is to be executed, and, evaluates the actual performance timing of that. The game machine includes a camera which detects either a crouching action that causes the head of a player to move lower than a lower-limit position or a return movement that causes the head to move higher than an upper-limit position. The game machine advises of a timing at which such crouching action or the like is to be executed so that the crouching action or the like function as the actions of the dance, and, when such crouching action or the like is detected, evaluates the actual timing of that.
US11130046B2
Improved skateboards and methods of obtaining or providing skateboards with improved trucks. Trucks have two axles or axes, two primary wheels, and two secondary wheels, and skateboards have eight wheels, four in front and four at the rear portion of the skateboard. The four primary wheels support most or all of the weight of the skateboard when the skateboard is on a flat surface, and the two secondary wheels support the weight of one portion of the skateboard (e.g., front or rear) when the primary wheels cross a crack (e.g., a sidewalk contraction joint). In various embodiments, the secondary wheels are located outboard of the primary wheels. Further, in a number of embodiments, the axis of rotation or axle of the primary wheels remains parallel to that of the secondary wheels, whether the skateboard is going straight or turning.
US11130041B2
A virtual exercise place selected by a user is displayed and the user can exercise while sharing the display of the selected virtual exercise place with another user in real time or at a different time. The system has an image information database in which location-based image data related to a virtual exercise place is stored; and an image data controller selecting from the image information database location-based image data related to a virtual exercise place received from the terminal and providing the selected location-based image data to the terminal, displaying on the terminal an exercise place image data corresponding to an exercise start location received from the terminal, receiving exercise distance information calculated by the fitness equipment, and displaying on the terminal an exercise place image data corresponding to a location moved by the exercise distance from the exercise start location.
US11130039B1
Fitness equipment is installed in or on a ground surface for enabling an exercise by a user in a wheelchair. The fitness equipment includes a base operably installed adjacent a wheelchair space. The equipment includes an upwardly extending post the base to an upper end, and includes a front facing surface which faces the wheelchair space, and an opposed rear facing surface. A pneumatic cylinder has a first pivot connected to the rear facing surface, and a second pivot attached to a cam, the cam being pivotally attached to a pivot mount of the upwardly extending post. A U-shaped arm assembly that extends from the cam, around the upwardly extending post, to a pair of laterally spaced ends positioned on either side of the wheelchair space without extending into the wheelchair space.
US11130038B2
An entertainment system has an interactive component for an amusement park. The interactive component includes a detection device disposed within a housing and configured to read an identification tag via long range and short range radio communications, an interactive sensor disposed within the housing and configured to detect physical interaction with a portion of the interactive component, a control device communicatively coupled to the detection device and the interactive sensor, where the control device is configured to receive feedback from the detection device and the interactive sensor, an effect device configured to receive a signal from the control device and to generate an effect based on detection of the physical interaction, and a transmitter configured to transmit data to the identification tag based on detection of the physical interaction with the portion of the interactive component while detecting the identification tag within a threshold distance of the interactive component.
US11130031B2
A golf club includes a head; a shaft having a tip end and a butt end; a grip; and a weight member that is located in a butt end region having a distance from a butt end of the grip of less than or equal to 100 mm. The grip and the weight member constitute a grip-weight portion. The shaft, the grip, and the weight member constitute a shaft-grip-weight portion. The shaft has a weight of less than or equal to 40 g. The shaft has a shaft torque of less than or equal to 7.0°. The grip-weight portion has a weight of greater than or equal to 40 g. A ratio W1/W3 of a weight W1 of the butt end region to a weight W3 of the shaft-grip-weight portion is greater than or equal to 0.40.
US11130004B2
Apparatus for delivering brachytherapy to a target tissue region includes an elongate body including a proximal end, a distal end sized for introduction into a tissue tract and carrying a plurality of elongate members including pathways for receiving a source of radiation. The elongate members are movable between collapsed and expanded configurations. During use, a tract is created through tissue, and the elongate body carrying the elongate members is advanced through the tract into a target location with the elongate members in the collapsed configuration. The elongate members are directed to the expanded configuration at the target location, and radiation is delivered to treat tissue at the target location, e.g., by introducing one or more radiation sources along the pathways.
US11129997B2
An improved self-testing method is described which is incorporated into a defibrillator. The method performs a self-testing protocol which operates on a first frequency until a threshold condition is reached. When the threshold condition is reached, the self-testing protocol switches to a second frequency. Such a method enables quicker identification of a failure mode in a population of defibrillators, while maintaining acceptable battery life in the device.
US11129995B2
A metal outer casing part of an implantable medical electronic device contains at least one inner cavity and/or non-conductive inclusion or portion with multiple small cavities and/or non-conductive inclusions which is closed off in a hermetically sealed manner at least towards the housing outer side by a closed metal layer.
US11129994B2
A method and device for detecting phrenic nerve stimulation (PNS) in, or using, a cardiac medical device. A test signal sensitive to contraction of a diaphragm of a patient may be sensed and signal artifacts of the test signal within each of a first window of the test signal prior to a predetermined cardiac signal and a second window of the test signal subsequent to the predetermined cardiac signal may be determined. The PNS beat criteria may be evaluated, for example, using the test signal, which may be a heart sounds signal.
US11129993B2
A computer implemented method and system for detecting arrhythmias in cardiac activity are provided. The method is under control of one or more processors configured with specific executable instructions. The method obtains cardiac activity (CA) signals at the electrodes of an implantable medical device (IMD) in connection multiple cardiac beats and with different IMD orientations relative to gravitational force. The method obtains acceleration signatures at a sensor of the IMD that are indicative of heart sounds generated during the cardiac beats. The method obtains device location information at the IMD, with respect to the gravitational force during the cardiac beats. The method groups the acceleration signatures associated with the first and second set of cardiac beats into the corresponding one of first and second posture bins based on the device location information. The method identifies a difference between the acceleration signals in the first posture bin in connection with treating a heart condition.
US11129990B2
An electrical stimulation system includes a stimulator having at least one electrode and a power supply. The electrode is connectable to the power supply, and the power supply delivers electrical stimulation energy in the form of a capacitive discharge voltage through the stimulator and electrode to tissue proximate a target anatomy to induce an observable response in the target anatomy during a medical procedure.
US11129977B2
According to some embodiments herein, systems for delivering therapeutic agents and/or methods of using such systems are provided. The systems can be configured to administer solution comprising therapeutic agent to a subject, and can further comprise an ultrasound applicator for applying ultrasound energy to the subject.
US11129972B2
An implantation tool to implant a paranasal sinus fluid access implant device to fluidly connect the lacrimal apparatus in the orbit with a paranasal sinus has a securement mechanism reconfigurable from a securement configuration to secure the implant device to a mounting portion of a carrier member to a released configuration to release the implant device from the carrier member, and with a release mechanism disposed at least partially in an interior working space housed within the implantation tool. An implantation method with an approach through the palpebral fissure advances the implant device through a surgical route mostly under tension.
US11129969B2
Loading tools for use with medical devices are disclosed. An example loading tool may be suitable for use with a drug-coated expandable medical device. The loading tool may include a tubular sleeve having a distal end region, a proximal end region, and a lumen extending therethrough. The distal end region may include a reduced distal tip designed to interact with a hemostasis valve having a resilient seal member.
US11129961B2
A urinary catheter assembly includes a catheter member and a sleeve member receiving at least a portion of the catheter member and having a greater flexibility than the catheter member. The assembly also includes a stylet having a proximal end movably positioned within the catheter member, with a distal portion of the stylet being positioned outside of the catheter member. The assembly is movable between a compact configuration and an extended configuration. In the compact configuration, the distal portion of the stylet is positioned outside of the catheter member and at least partially within the sleeve member. In the extended configuration, a larger distal portion of the stylet is positioned outside of the catheter member than in the compact configuration. The assembly may be in the extended configuration for introduction into a urethra or may be advanced through a urethra prior to being moved to the extended configuration.
US11129954B2
Some embodiments provide for an inspiratory limb for a breathing circuit that includes a first segment that comprises a first heater wire circuit and a second segment that comprises a second heater wire circuit. The inspiratory limb can include an intermediate connector that includes a connection circuit that electrically couples the first heater wire circuit to the second heater wire circuit. The inspiratory limb can be configured to operate in two modes wherein, in a first mode, electrical power passes through the first electrical connection to provide power to the first heater wire circuit without providing power to the second heater wire circuit, and in a second mode, electrical power pass through the first electrical connection to provide power to both the first heater wire circuit and the second heater wire circuit.
US11129947B2
A breathing mask for use in administering inhalable medications to a patient in need of an inhaled drug is provided. The mask disclosed herein is particularly useful for use with very young children. The mask is made from a flexible molded plastic silicone or elastomeric material, and has an anthropometrically/anatomically/ergonomically contoured shape to provide a good seal, a comfortable fit, and minimal dead space within the mask. The airway is aligned with nose. There may be an orifice for use with a soother device to calm a child using the mask. Also provided is a visual flow indicator to provide an indication of the quality of the seal of the mask on the face.
US11129943B2
A wearable drug delivery device that can deliver a liquid drug stored in a container to a patient is provided. The container can be a prefilled cartridge that can be loaded into the drug delivery device by the patient or that can be preloaded within the drug delivery device when provided to the patient. A sealed end of the container is pierced to couple the stored liquid drug to a needle conduit that is coupled to a needle insertion component that provides access to the patient. A drive system of the drug delivery device can expel the liquid drug from the cartridge to the patient through the needle conduit. The drive system can be controlled to provide the liquid drug to the patient in a single dose or over multiple doses.
US11129940B2
This disclosure includes syringes, kits containing the same, and related methods. Some syringes are pre-loaded with paste and have a syringe body defining a reservoir having an internal first transverse dimension, a paste disposed within the reservoir, the paste having a solids concentration of greater than 50 mg/mL, a needle defining a lumen having an internal second transverse dimension that is smaller than the first transverse dimension, the needle configured to be in fluid communication with the reservoir to allow intracutaneous delivery of the paste, and a plunger and/or piston disposed within the reservoir and configured to be moved to dispense paste from the reservoir through the lumen. Some syringes include a fitting (e.g. Luer fitting) disposed on the syringe body and in fluid communication with the reservoir and a sealing cap disposed on the Luer fitting to seal the reservoir.
US11129938B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for updating an application controlling an ambulatory medical device such that application updates can be identified, downloaded and installed 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 configured to host the application update, and download the application update. The disclosed systems and methods can determine an execution time of an installation and install the downloaded application update without interrupting therapy provided by the ambulatory medical device to the subject.
US11129926B2
The present disclosure provides for a medical device or a substrate coated with polydopamine which is further linked to ligands such as antibodies and/or antibody fragments. The polydopamine coating and the ligands may be linked through a linker such as an organic polymer.
US11129903B2
The present invention provides multispecific antigen-binding molecules and uses thereof. The multispecific antigen-binding molecules comprise a first antigen-binding domain that specifically binds a target molecule, and a second antigen-binding domain that specifically binds an internalizing effector protein. The multispecific antigen-binding molecules of the present invention can, in some embodiments, be bispecific antibodies that are capable of binding both a target molecule and an internalizing effector protein. In certain embodiments of the invention, the simultaneous binding of the target molecule and the internalizing effector protein by the multispecific antigen-binding molecule of the present invention results in the attenuation of the activity of the target molecule to a greater extent than the binding of the target molecule alone. In other embodiments of the invention, the target molecule is a tumor associated antigen, and the simultaneous binding of the tumor associated antigen and the internalizing effector protein by the multispecific antigen-binding molecule of the present invention causes or facilitates the targeted killing of tumor cells.
US11129895B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US11129894B2
Materials and methods for enhancing the effectiveness of proton radiation therapy (e.g., high linear energy transfer (LET) proton radiation therapy) against tumor cells are provided herein.
US11129867B2
The present invention discloses a method of treating cancer cells. The method comprises administrating a composition comprises a rhodamine or rhodamine derivative conjugated to a peptide comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 to a subject in need, and activate the composition with light.
US11129865B2
The present invention provides a dietary supplement that contains necessary ingredients for neurological protection and neurogenesis in one formulation. This dietary supplement comprises combinations of vitamins and substances that are naturally endogenous to the brain, are known to decline with age, injury and disease and are essential for membrane structure, mitochondrial respiration and stem cell differentiation.
US11129864B2
The invention relates to a tablet or capsule containing a plant extract, to assist in the treatment or prevention of disorders or diseases. The tablet or capsule includes bioconverted products provided by fermenting Withania Somnifera extract, Emblica officinalis extract, and Bacopa monnieri extract.
US11129854B2
Various aspects and embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods of treating a subject having an ocular condition, methods of isolating ocular stem cells, methods of selecting and/or producing ocular grafts for transplantation, and methods of promoting ocular cell regeneration as well as to grafts and preparations containing isolated ocular stem cells characterized by the expression of ABCB5 on their cell surface.
US11129853B2
The present application provides methods and processes for making and using a mesenchymal stem cell secretome, as well as methods for treating ocular conditions and/disorders with the mesenchymal stem cell secretome described herein.
US11129848B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to medicinal compositions (e.g., compositions comprising an active pharmaceutical agent) such as those comprising liquid hydrogen and/or hydrogen gas. In certain embodiments, the composition comprises hydrogen and/or noble gas(es) in a medicinal composition, for example, within the aqueous phase (e.g., dissolved). For example, in some cases, the medicinal composition may comprise an active pharmaceutical ingredient and hydrogen (H2) and/or noble gas(es). The noble gas may be, for example, xenon, argon, or the like. In some embodiments, the hydrogen and/or the noble gas(es) may infuse with the composition (e.g., such that at least a portion of the hydrogen gas and/or noble gas(es) is dissolved within the composition). Such compositions comprising hydrogen gas and/or noble gas(es) may be useful, for example, for the treatment of animal and human diseases, for improvement in athletic performance, for the enhancement of the overall health of a subject, or the like. Such compositions and/or liquids described herein may be administered (e.g., orally, intravenously, inhaled) to/by a subject.
US11129846B2
Methods are provided for treating corticosteroid-resistant asthma in a patient, comprising decreasing Interferon Regulatory Factor 5 (IRF5) activity in the patient. Antisense or RNA interference reagents and methods can be used to decrease IRF5 activity in the patient.
US11129836B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating cancers by administration of a PAR-4 agonist.
US11129834B2
The present disclosure is directed to capsid assembly inhibitor compositions and methods for use in the treatment of hepatitis B virus infection.
US11129833B2
A liquid pharmaceutical composition comprises methotrexate free acid and a buffer, wherein the pH of the composition is in the range of 6.5 to 8.2. Processes for preparation of the liquid pharmaceutical composition are also described. The liquid pharmaceutical composition is useful in therapy.
US11129830B2
Compositions and methods for the induction of cancer cell death. The compositions and methods of using them include use of compositions in therapy for the treatment of cancer and for the selective induction of apoptosis in cancer cells. The drug combinations described herein can be synergistic and can have lower neurotoxicity effects than the same amounts of other compounds and combinations of compounds and can be effective when a particular cancer has become resistant to previously administered therapies.
US11129827B2
Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds useful as modulators of MAGL and/or FAAH. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of pain and neurological disorders.
US11129811B2
Certain embodiments are directed to methods and compositions for preventing or treating bacterial infections. In certain embodiments the compositions comprise thioredoxin inhibitors, and/or thioredoxin-like inhibitors.
US11129808B2
Provided herein are formulations that can contain an effective amount of a PKCδ inhibitor. Also provided herein are methods of inhibiting a PKCδ in a subject in need thereof, that can include the step of administering an effective amount of a compound that is capable of inhibiting a PKCδ.
US11129804B2
This disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising amino acid entities and uses thereof. Methods for improving liver function and for treating liver diseases comprising administering an effective amount of the compositions to a subject in need thereof are also disclosed.
US11129799B2
The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for forming an active-containing film product, while significantly reducing the amount of wasted active material. The resulting product is an active-containing film product that meets the user's predetermined criteria of physical properties and is suitable for use.
US11129793B2
Gastric retentive devices and systems including a gastric retentive element including at least one expandable compartment and a dosage form element including at least one active agent are provided. The devices and systems, as well as kits thereof are used in a method for in-situ release and delivery of the at least one active agent.
US11129784B2
A method for shaping keratin fibres comprising: providing a crosslinking composition, wherein the crosslinking composition comprises: an active agent, wherein the active agent is selected from the group consisting of: oxoethanoic acid, 2,2-dihydroxyethanoic acid, 2,2′-oxybis(2-hydroxy)-ethanoic acid, a derivative thereof, and mixtures thereof; and wherein the active agent has a molecular weight of 500 g/mol or less; a photocatalyst; a cosmetically acceptable carrier; and applying the crosslinking composition to keratin fibres, mechanically shaping the keratin fibres with an appliance or implement, and exposing the composition to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of from about 300 nm to about 750 nm. Also a related composition, use, kit and process.
US11129777B2
The present disclosure relates to microcapsules having an oil-based core and a polymeric shell coated with at least a cationic polymer. Microcapsules defined in the present disclosure combine the presence of an anionic emulsifier and a cationic polymer according to a specific charge density range to optimize the deposition in rinse-off applications.
US11129772B2
A drug container assembly for use with a parenteral drug delivery device is disclosed. The container assembly includes a container configured to hold the medication and an intermediate port connector. The port connector may be fixedly coupled to the container and removably coupled to the delivery device in a convenient, reliable, and sealed manner. In use, the port connector may convey the medication from the container to the delivery device for delivery to the patient.
US11129762B2
A wheelchair and bed combination includes a wheelchair whose seat forms a part of the bed when the wheelchair is attached to a frame of the bed. The wheelchair can be disengaged from the bed using the bed raising and lowering mechanism so that a patient in the bed can be easily moved from the bed with a minimum of patient lifting and movement.
US11129759B2
A strap for carrying a human body comprises a plurality of longitudinal fixing straps arranged in parallel and at intervals, a plurality of transverse fixing straps arranged in parallel and at intervals and a plurality of securing pieces. Each longitudinal fixing strap overlaps with each transverse fixing strap, each securing piece respectively connects a longitudinal fixing straps and a transverse fixing straps, two ends of each longitudinal fixing strap are adjustably connected to form a loop, and two ends of each transverse fixing strap adjustably connected to form a loop. The strap further comprises a bearing bed arranged between the longitudinal fixing straps, each transverse fixing strap is superposed on the bearing bed, one side of which is defined as a bearing surface, and the longitudinal fixing strap and the transverse fixing strap to form loops on the bearing surface.
US11129757B2
An absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer includes a first waist region having a first waist edge, a second waist region having a second waist edge, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions. The article further includes a first longitudinal edge, a second longitudinal edge, and a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet. A waist gasketing element is disposed in one of the first or the second waist regions and joined to the chassis in a chassis attachment region. The waist gasketing element comprises an outboard lateral edge and an inboard lateral edge. The chassis attachment region comprises a first zone proximate to the outboard lateral edge and a second zone disposed longitudinally inboard of the first zone. Each of the first and the second zones comprise one or more chassis attachment bonds. The first zone comprises a first total basis weight and the second zone comprises a second total basis weight, wherein the second total basis weight is greater than the first total basis weight.
US11129752B2
A breathable structural web includes a layered structure having at least a layer of a non-woven material. The layered structure includes a base layer portion that has opposite first and second sides, a plurality of hollow protrusions that are disposed at the first side and that protrude and that are tapered from the base layer portion in a first direction, and a plurality of indented portions that are disposed at the second side, that extend from the base layer portion in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and that respectively define a plurality of recesses which open in the first direction. The hollow protrusions are scattered among the indented portions.
US11129750B2
A wound dressing in the form of a bag enclosing fly maggots, having a porous wall made from plastic, the wall having a membrane made from an open cell polyurethane foam, the pore diameter of which is approximately 0.1 mm to approximately 1 mm.
US11129749B2
A helmet comprises a shell with an integrated panel tab that is formed by cutting a pattern into the shell. The helmet further comprises an enclosure located interior to the shell and at a position that corresponds to the integrated panel tab. Within the enclosure are an electronic membrane, which is operatively coupled to the integrated panel tab, and a membrane force tab, which is operatively coupled to the electronic membrane. When pressure is applied to the integrated panel tab from the exterior of the shell (by, for example, a finger of a user), the integrated panel tab functions as a flexible actuator that presses the electronic membrane, thereby permitting control of helmet functions without any externally-protruding controls that can be inadvertently broken.
US11129738B2
A self-expanding element delivery apparatus includes a catheter having an inner lumen, a self-expanding element, and a delivery wire disposed within and extending through the inner lumen and the self-expanding element. The self-expanding element has a proximal, distal, and an intermediate portion. The element has anchor members, a compressed configuration fitting within the inner lumen, and an expanded configuration dimensioned larger than the catheter. The delivery wire also has proximal and distal portions, an intermediate portion, a dual function bump member disposed approximate to the intermediate portion, and a pusher bump member disposed approximate to the proximal portion of the delivery wire. A bump member distance between the dual function bump member and the pusher bump member is such that so that only one of the dual function bump member and the pusher bump member can contact one of the anchor members.
US11129721B2
A semi-condylar artificial knee joint includes a femoral prosthesis and a tibial prosthesis, and the cross-section of the tibial prosthesis is of a kidney-like type. The tibial prosthesis is disposed at one side of the tibial plateau intercondylar eminence and is located below the femoral prosthesis. The artificial knee joint further includes a locating pin for fixing the tibial prosthesis. The bottom surface of the tibial prosthesis is provided with a prosthetic notch, and below the tibial prosthesis is provided with a tibial notch. The prosthetic notch corresponds to the tibial notch, and together forming a limiting hole for accommodating the locating pin. The cooperation between the locating pin and the limiting hole can ensure relative position stability and balance between the tibial prosthesis and the tibial plateau intercondylar eminence.
US11129716B2
A heart valve annulus repair device having a tissue engaging member and a plurality of anchors. The tissue engaging member includes a loop of wire. Each of the anchors has a pointy front end and a back end and a slot that runs in a front-to-back direction. The anchors are distributed about the loop of wire with the front ends of the plurality of anchors facing the heart valve annulus and with the loop of wire passing through the slots. The device further includes means for implanting the anchors into the heart valve annulus tissue so that the tissue engaging member becomes affixed to the heart valve annulus.
US11129712B2
Prosthetic heart valves having elastic leaflets and an elastic support structure are described. The support structure can store a load transferred from the leaflets as potential energy and then release it in the form of kinetic energy to exhibit a precursory transition from the closed position to the open position. The support structures can exhibit a sinusoidal movement profile at a base edge during the precursory transition.
US11129710B2
A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve within a patient can comprise inserting a distal end portion of a delivery apparatus and a prosthetic heart valve into the patient and advancing the prosthetic heart valve to a deployment location within the heart of the patient and inflating one or more of a plurality of differently-sized balloons in a balloon-assembly on the distal end portion of the delivery apparatus. The prosthetic heart valve can be mounted on the balloon assembly in a crimped state and the inflating of the one or more of the plurality of differently-sized balloons can expand the prosthetic heart valve from the crimped state to a radially expanded state having a non-cylindrical shape.
US11129706B2
The present invention relates to a coating composition for an in-vivo implantable prosthesis including a photoinitiator, a crosslinking agent, and a phosphorylcholine (PC) monomer having an acrylate group, a method of coating an in-vivo implantable prosthesis using the coating composition, and a cosmetic prosthesis coated with the crosslinked polyphosphorylcholine. An in-vivo implantable prosthesis coated with crosslinked polyphosphoryicholine may be manufactured by a simple method of applying a coating composition including a photoinitiator, a crosslinking agent, and a phosphorylcholine (PC) monomer having an acrylate group according to the present invention, and then irradiating UV rays. The crosslinked polyphosphorylcholine coating may provide hydrophilicity for the surface and may also remarkably reduce adsorption of proteins and fibroblasts, which may cause side effects such as capsular contracture. Further, the coating has strong enough not to peel off even under stimulation, and therefore, it is maintained under vigorous activity after implantation, thereby being usefully applied to the manufacture of an in-vivo implantable prosthesis with reduced side effects, such as breast prosthesis for cosmetic surgery.
US11129704B2
A stent-graft, including a generally tubular vascular graft of biocompatible material, and a plurality of bio-resorbable discrete annular members spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of the vascular graft and attached thereto.
US11129692B2
A method and device for ensuring better placement of an implant, such as an implant that is affixed via bone bed drilling to a recipient's skull. In particular, the technology comprises an apparatus and method of deploying the same that can lead to an improved goodness of fit of the implant. The apparatus and process of the present disclosure are particularly applicable to affixing auditory prostheses such as cochlear implants. The implant is provided with a template that has the same dimensions as the implant that is to be affixed. This template has a dye-impregnated material on its distal surface that is used during bone bed drilling to identify bony spots that have to be drilled away to get a flat surface and a better alignment of the implant with the bone bed. The template may also be provided in kit form.
US11129689B2
Various implant holding systems are provided herein that include an outer tube, an inner tube, and a holder. The implant holding systems can be designed to hold various implants, such as bone anchors used in spinal operations. For example, one embodiment of an implant holding system can have an outer tube, an inner tube that can be disposed within the outer tube, and an implant holder that can be disposed within the inner tube. An individual bone anchor that has various configurations and sizes can be disposed within the holder, and the holder can engage the bone anchor to assist in maintaining an orientation of the bone anchor relative to the holder.
US11129685B2
A robotic surgical system includes a robotic arm, a carriage coupled to the robotic arm, a drive belt, and a motor supported by the carriage. The carriage rotatably supports an instrument rotation pulley and a motor axis pulley. The drive belt is coupled to the instrument rotation pulley and the motor axis pulley. The motor includes a coupling that is driven by the motor upon an actuation of the motor. The coupling is engaged with the motor axis pulley such that rotation of the motor axis pulley rotates the drive belt to rotate the instrument rotation pulley.
US11129684B2
A system and method of maintaining a tool position and orientation for a computer-assisted device include an articulated structure including a plurality of joints and a control unit coupled to the articulated structure. The control unit is configured to determine whether a cannula or an instrument is coupled to a distal end of the articulated structure and in response to determining that the cannula or the instrument is coupled to the distal end of the articulated structure: determine an initial position and orientation of the instrument prior to detection of a disturbance in a first joint of the plurality of joints; determine, during the disturbance in the first joint, a current position and orientation of the instrument; determine a difference between the current position and orientation and the initial position and orientation; and drive at least a second joint of the plurality of joints based on the difference.
US11129682B2
Provided is a surgical imaging apparatus that includes a multi-link, multi joint structure including a plurality of joints that interconnect a plurality of links to provide the multi-link, multi joint structure with a plurality of degrees of freedom, at least one video camera being disposed on a distal end of the multi-link, multi-joint structure; at least one actuator that drives at least one of the plurality of joints; and circuitry that detects a joint force experienced at the at least one of the plurality of joints in response to an applied external force, and controls the at least one actuator based on the joint force so as to position the video camera.
US11129674B2
Microwave catheter apparatuses, systems, and methods for achieving renal neuromodulation by intravascular access are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present application, for example, is directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods that incorporate a catheter treatment device comprising an elongated shaft. The elongated shaft is sized and configured to deliver a microwave transmission element to a renal artery via an intravascular path. Renal neuromodulation may be achieved via dielectric heating in the presence of microwave irradiation that modulates neural fibers that contribute to renal function or alters vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers.
US11129669B2
Various forms are directed to systems and methods for coagulation and dissection of tissue. A surgical instrument includes an end effector configured to seal and dissect tissue at a distal end thereof and a generator circuit that is configured to deliver energy to the end effector. A force sensor is in communication with the end effector and is configured to measure a force being applied to the tissue by the end effector. The energy delivered to the end effector is dynamic based on a determination of the type of tissue interacting with the end effector. The tissue type is determined based on a tissue coefficient that is calculated based on the measured force applied to the tissue by the end effector, the ultrasonic motion of the end effector, and a rate of heat generated by the end effector.
US11129667B2
The electrosurgical systems and corresponding methods of the present disclosure involve an electrosurgical generator, sensing circuitry, and a controller. The electrosurgical generator includes a radio frequency (RF) output stage that supplies power to tissue. The sensing circuitry measures impedance of tissue. The controller controls the power supplied from the RF output stage to track a nonlinear power curve until the power supplied from the RF output stage has reached a predetermined peak power of the nonlinear power curve. The controller further determines whether a tissue reaction has occurred based on impedance measured by the sensing circuitry and controls the power supplied from the RF output stage during a cooling phase if the controller determines that a tissue reaction has occurred. The controller may further control the power supplied from the RF output stage to track a linear power curve.
US11129664B2
An instrument and method for tissue thermotherapy including an inductive heating means to generate a vapor phase media that is used for interstitial, intraluminal, intracavity or topical tissue treatment. In one method, the vapor phase media is propagated from a probe outlet to provide a controlled vapor-to-liquid phase change in an interface with tissue to thereby apply ablative thermal energy delivery.
US11129662B2
The present disclosure relates to a thermal ablation probe device that integrates deployable sensors with a freezing probe or heating probe for use in ablating tissues. The ablation probe includes a longitudinal body including a thermal ablation energy source which may be, e.g., a cryosource or a heat source. The longitudinal body has a proximal end and a distal end terminating at a probe tip; and at least one deployable assembly disposed within the longitudinal body. The deployable assembly includes a flexible and substantially rigid deployment member, and at least one sensor affixed to a distal end of the deployment member. The ablation probe further includes a control mechanism for controlling deployment and retraction of the deployable assembly.
US11129661B2
A surgical system includes a surgical instrument having a body, an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft extending distally from the body, and an end effector at a distal end of the shaft and being operable to treat tissue with ultrasonic energy. An accessory device is configured to operatively couple the surgical instrument with a generator operable to power the surgical instrument to provide ultrasonic energy. A primary EEPROM is provided within the instrument body and is operable to track usage of the surgical instrument. The system further includes at least one of: an accessory EEPROM integrated into the accessory device and being operable to track usage of the accessory device; a transducer EEPROM integrated into the ultrasonic transducer and being operable to track usage of the ultrasonic transducer; or an ASIC integrated into the accessory device and being operable to communicate with the generator regarding a state of the surgical instrument.
US11129657B2
The invention is directed in various aspects to a system including anchors, anchor components, and anchor assemblies and subassemblies that are adapted for attachment to a bony structure of a clinical subject. For example, two or more such anchors in the form of screws may be affixed to bones, for example, vertebral structures such as the pedicle, and each anchor is connected to a stabilizer such as a surgical rod that is inserted between the anchors. The anchors and assemblies are novel in many respects owing to their modular nature, which in contrast to conventional systems, allows the anchors to be provided to a surgeon in modular, subassembly and fully assembled form to enable a broad array of choices in devising the optimal plane for surgical bone fixation.
US11129651B1
A spinal-surgery system having a rod receiver and/or a cap for use insertion and removal from the receiver. The cap has a generally cylindrical body, a set of opposing splay-resisting flanges, and set of opposing rotation-preventing wings, the flanges extending radially from the body along a first radial line of the body, and the wings extending radially away from the body along a second radial line of the body generally orthogonal to the first radial line. Each cap flange has a proximal-facing cap splay-resisting surface, and a distal-facing cap pop-on surface. Each receiver proximal protrusion has a proximal-facing sloped receiver pop-on surface, and a distal-facing sloped receiver splay-resisting surface. The receiver pop-on surfaces are spaced such that each cap pop-on surface contacts a respective receiver pop-on surface when the cap is centered, with the cap wings aligned between receiver arms, and moved distally to contact the receiver.
US11129650B1
The present invention provides a spinal plate which is used to perform fixation surgery on a spine in orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery. According to the present invention, a rotation device and a locking device may be installed so as to be used by fixing any one or more of longitudinal ends of the plate with being rotated at any angle, thereby allowing a doctor to modify a shape of the spinal plate to the shape desired by the doctor, and to perform the surgery by coping with various spin shapes of patients. In addition, according to the present invention, since the shape of the spinal plate may be rotated at any angle, it is possible to cope with various spin shapes of the patients.
US11129649B2
An implant for fusing a joint between first and second bone portions. The implant includes a screw member, and a washer polyaxially rotatable relative to the screw member. The screw member includes a head, a lag zone, and a threaded engagement zone. The implant includes a fusion zone for joint compression, extending from the washer to the proximal end of the engagement zone. Fenestrations may be present in the fusion zone. The length of the fusion zone ranges from about 10 mm to about 37 mm. Different surface finishes including roughened and non-roughened may be applied selectively to selected portions of the implant. In an embodiment, the joint is a sacro-iliac joint, and upon implantation the implant extends from the exterior of the ilium, across the joint and into the sacral vertebral body. Instrumentation and methods for preparing the joint and implanting the implant are disclosed.
US11129644B2
A surgical device includes a tubular body, a proximal hub, and a plurality of tissue-engaging members. The tubular body includes a distally-facing surface. The proximal hub is disposed at a proximal end portion of the tubular body. The tubular body and the proximal hub cooperate to define a lumen extending therethrough. The plurality of tissue-engaging members extends distally from the distally-facing surface of the tubular body, is arranged annularly about the lumen, and is configured to engage tissue. A system includes the surgical device and a cannula and trocar assembly configured for insertion therethrough. Methods of use are also provided.
US11129637B2
The present disclosure relates to an instrument for surgery and, more specifically, to an instrument for surgery which can be manually operated in order to be used for laparoscopic surgery or various types of surgery.
US11129631B2
According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a device for removal of obstructive material from a vessel comprising: an expandable structure sized for insertion into the vessel; and one or more portion protruding radially from a central longitudinal axis of the expandable structure such that a space between the protrusion and a closest portion of the expandable structure to the portion includes a radial component; wherein the space is sized and shaped to be suitable to accept obstructive material.
US11129630B2
Devices for removing clot material from a blood vessel lumen and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A clot retrieving device may include, for example, an elongated member, a cover having proximal, intermediate, and distal portions. The cover may be slideably coupled to the distal region of the elongated member at a connector. The cover may have an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer may have (a) a first cross-sectional dimension at the proximal portion of the cover, (b) a distally increasing cross-sectional dimension along the intermediate portion of the cover, and (c) a second cross-sectional dimension at the distal portion of the cover, wherein the second cross-sectional dimension is greater than the first cross-sectional dimension. The outer layer may have a cross-sectional dimension that is generally constant along the distal portion and the intermediate portion of the cover.
US11129625B2
A patient-customized surgical instrument used to form a surgical site in a tibia for implantation of an implant into the tibia, and a surgical module using the same. A body part is coupled to the tibia to surround a portion of the tibia. A cutting-member insertion window is formed through a side of the body part to receive a cutting member that is inserted to form a cutting plane of the tibia. A position setting hole is formed through the upper side of the body part to receive and guide a post recess forming member that is used to form a post recess in the tibia. A post of the tibia element is received in the post recess. A surgical site can be accurately and easily formed in a damaged tibia.
US11129623B2
A device for treating tissue including a capsule including a channel extending therethrough; clip arms extending from a proximal end to a distal end, proximal ends received within the channel to be moved between a tissue receiving configuration, in which distal ends of the arms are separated, and a tissue clipping configuration, in which distal ends of the arms are moved toward one another, the arms including proximal and distal portions, the proximal portion including longitudinal legs extending from the proximal end to the distal portion, a plane of the legs being rotated about a longitudinal axis of the arms from a plane including the distal portion; and a yoke including proximal and distal portions, the distal portion being releasably coupled to the clip legs via a pin, the pin is inserted through the distal portion.
US11129615B2
A surgical stapling system comprising a stapling assembly, a firing member, a shaft, an articulation joint, and a handle is disclosed. The stapling assembly comprises a distal end, a staple cartridge, and an anvil. The stapling assembly is configurable in an open configuration and a closed configuration by a closure member. The shaft is rotatable in first and second rotation directions. The stapling assembly is articulatable about the articulation joint in first and second articulation directions. The handle comprises a firing actuator configured to move the firing member toward the distal end, and a rotation actuator comprising a first initial position. The handle further comprises an articulation actuator comprising a second initial position. The handle further comprises means for preventing the articulation of the stapling assembly and the rotation of the shaft when the firing actuator is being actuated. The means is independent from the closure member.
US11129609B2
A suture passer includes a handle assembly, a shaft extending distally from the handle assembly, an end effector assembly coupled to a distal end portion of the shaft, and an overstroke assembly. The overstroke assembly effects an opening and a closing of the end effector assembly while also preventing an overstroke of the handle assembly from damaging components of the suture passer.
US11129599B2
Apparatus and methods are described for use with a bodily emission of a subject that is disposed within a toilet bowl. While the bodily emission is disposed within the toilet bowl, light is received from the toilet bowl using one or more light sensors. Using a computer processor, one or more spectral components within the received light that are indicative of light absorption by a component of erythrocytes are detected, by analyzing the received light. In response thereto, the computer processor determines that there is a presence of blood within the bodily emission. The computer processor generates an output on an output device, at least partially in response thereto. Other applications are also described.
US11129597B2
The present invention relates to an adaptive medical image transmission device and method which consider communication state and residual power. The adaptive medical image transmission method induces an image receiving device to post-process a result of medical image processing performed by a medical image transmission device by: receiving medical image data by means of a probe; sensing communication throughput indicative of a communication state between the image transmission device and the image receiving device; variably determining a data rate required to transmit data on the basis of a preset data rate based on the sensed communication throughput; performing medical image processing by selecting a signal path which satisfies the determined data rate with respect to the medical image data; and transmitting the result of the medical image processing to the image receiving device according to the determined data rate.
US11129589B1
Disclosed are ultrasound devices and methods for use in guiding a subdermal probe during a medical procedure. A device can be utilized to guide a probe through the probe guide to a subdermal site. In addition, a device can include a detector in communication with a processor. The detector can recognize the location of a target associated with the probe. The processor can utilize the data from the detector and create an image of a virtual probe that can accurately portray the location of the actual probe on a sonogram of a subdermal area. In addition, disclosed systems can include a set of correlation factors in the processor instructions. As such, the virtual probe image can be correlated with the location of the actual probe.
US11129587B2
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media related to a tool for determining presence or absence of a neurological condition in a subject are provided. The tool includes an ultrasound device configured to collect ultrasound data from a head of the subject. The tool further includes a processing circuit configured to calculate a curvature metric based on the ultrasound data. The processing circuit is further configured to calculate a velocity asymmetry metric based on the ultrasound data. The tool is further configured to determine presence or absence of the neurological condition in the subject based on the curvature metric and the velocity asymmetry metric.
US11129583B2
The invention provides, in some aspects, a system for implementing a rule derived basis to display volumetric image sets. In various embodiments of the invention, the selection of the images to be displayed, the generation of the 3-D volumetric image from measured 2-D images including the rendering parameters and styles, the choice of viewing directions and 2-D projection images based on the viewing directions, the layout of the projection images, and the formation of a video can be determined using a rule derived basis. In an embodiment of the present invention, the user is presented with sequential images making up a video displayed based on their preferences without having to first manually adjust parameters. The present invention allows for novel ways of viewing such images to detect microcalcifications and obstructions when reviewing Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and other volumetric mammography images.
US11129578B2
The invention provides, in some aspects, a system for implementing a rule derived basis to display image sets. In various embodiments of the invention, the selection of the images to be displayed, the layout of the images, as well as the rendering parameters and styles can be determined using a rule derived basis. In an embodiment of the present invention, the user is presented with images displayed based on their preferences without having to first manually adjust parameters.
US11129574B2
Cardiac catheterization is conducted with a probe having a plurality of sensors. The heart is displayed as a first graphic image. Signals from the sensors are processed according to a predefined algorithm to generate respective outputs, A region on the first graphic image that is less than all of the first graphic image is selected according to locations of the sensors, and values derived from outputs of the sensors are displayed on the selected region as a second graphic image. Thereafter, the second graphic image is removed and replaced by an updated version.
US11129569B1
Techniques for shielding wearable surface electromyography (sEMG) devices are described. According to some aspects, an sEMG device may comprise amplification circuitry comprising at least a first differential amplifier and at least two sEMG electrodes electrically connected to the amplification circuitry. The device may further comprise at least one auxiliary conductor not electrically connected to the amplification circuitry, wherein the at least one auxiliary conductor is configured to be electrically coupled to a wearer of the wearable device, and an electromagnetic shield surrounding the wearable device at least in part and electrically connected to the at least one auxiliary conductor.
US11129561B2
This invention relates to a device that is intended to synchronize electroencephalograms (EEGs), recorded by any digital equipment, to physical events (sensorial, visual or auditory stimuli) and behavioral events (motor response, vocal response), in order to allow EEG signal mediation for the purpose of visualizing Evoked Potentials or Event-Related Potentials, which are important research subjects in the neurosciences and clinical investigations into neurological and psychiatric pathologies. This invention allows any digital EEG device to be transformed into equipment that can record Evoked Potentials. This invention also provides a method for analog synchronization of EEGs with oscillating electric light-related events and motor behaviors.
US11129560B2
Systems and methods of processing raw electrocardiogram (ECG) waveform data of a patient into estimated real-time ECG waveform data. The method includes sensing at least one physical non-cardiac influence on the raw ECG waveform data, constructing a time domain computer model of the at least one physical, non-cardiac influence on the raw ECG waveform data, and adaptively filtering the raw ECG waveform data in the time domain using the constructed time domain computer model of the at least one physical non-cardiac influence on the raw ECG waveform data to form the estimated real-time ECG waveform data. The system can include an ECG device for collecting raw ECG waveform data, at least two ECG electrodes positioned on the patient and electrically coupled to the ECG device, and a processor coupled to the ECG device and configured to compute a time domain model of an artifact created by chest compressions.
US11129542B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry collects magnetic resonance data in accordance with a pulse sequence. The processing circuitry determines image quality based on the magnetic resonance data. The processing circuitry selects a re-collection pulse sequence when it is determined that the image quality does not satisfy criteria, the re-collection pulse sequence having at least one of a type of sequence or an imaging condition differing from that of the pulse sequence.
US11129536B2
An early warning scoring system and method include a computing device, a plurality of sensors for acquiring physiological signals from a patient, wherein the sensors are functionally connected to the computing device, and at least one alarm adapted to output an alert upon an early warning score (EWS) exceeding a predetermined level. The computing device receives the physiological signals from the sensors, analyzes the physiological signals, and based on the analyzed signals, calculates the early warning score, and compares to the early warning score to predetermined limits and, if the score is outside the limits, triggers an alarm or actuates or modifies a treatment or medical intervention.
US11129529B2
An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a refractometry optical system, an OCT optical system, a fixation projection system, and a controller. The refractometry optical system is configured to project light onto a subject's eye and to detect returning light from the subject's eye. The OCT optical system is configured to split light from an OCT light source into measurement light and reference light, to project the measurement light onto the subject's eye, and to detect interference light between returning light of the measurement light from the subject's eye and the reference light. The fixation projection system is configured to simultaneously project a first fixation target and a second fixation target onto the subject's eye, a visual angle of the second fixation target being narrower than a visual angle of the first fixation target. The controller is configured to control the refractometry optical system and the OCT optical system to simultaneously perform a refractometry and an OCT measurement.
US11129519B2
This present invention proposes new methods of designing single-use endoscopes with built-in optical fibers and operating fixtures. As compared to conventional endoscopes, a separate lumen is reserved for integrating a laser fiber along the insertion tube of the proposed endoscope, and an optical fiber placement device (OFPD) is correspondingly added in the endoscope handle for controlling the movement of the laser fiber. By sliding the slider or dialing the wheel of OFPD, a surgeon can conveniently control movement of the laser fiber. By pressing a retractable control stick in the OFPD, the surgeon can either push the laser fiber out from the endoscope's distal-end or pull back the laser fiber, further unlocking or locking the power switch of the laser fiber to avoid mis-operations. All these above operations can be performed by the surgeon's one-hand, including the routine deflections and rotations of the endoscope. Four implementations of the OFPD are introduced in this invention. In addition, an ultra-small optical fiber based pressure sensor can be added at the distal end of the endoscope upon applications.
US11129514B2
The present inventive concept relates to a device (500) utilizing water for a group of cleaning procedures, wherein each cleaning procedure (100) in the group of cleaning procedures comprises a plurality of cleaning phases (102, 104, 106, 108) each using cleaning phase water having a substance content with respect to a number of substances, wherein the device (500) comprises a sensor arrangement (554) configured to determine a first substance content (110) with respect to at least one of the number of substances in first cleaning phase water from a first cleaning phase (102) being part of the plurality of cleaning phases (102, 104, 106, 108); wherein the device (500) is configured to end the first cleaning phase (102) if a pre-determined condition related to the first substance content (110) and associated with the first cleaning phase (102) has been met.
US11129508B2
A toilet seat mounting assembly that includes a hinge mount on an upper surface of a portion of a pedestal, the hinge mount having a body with a bore; an anchor underneath a lower surface of the portion; a fastener extending through the bore and operatively coupled to the anchor to clamp the portion between the hinge mount and the anchor; a hinge base having a mount supported by the upper surface, the mount having an outer wall, which defines an opening that receives the body, and a locking feature flexibly coupled to the outer wall; and a lock cap rotatably coupled to the mount and having a wall. The wall retains the locking feature into a locking engagement with the hinge mount in a locking position of the lock cap, and the mount is removable from the hinge mount in a non-locking position of the lock cap.
US11129504B2
A sports towel system has been described that includes a towel, a universal coupling device, and a universal coupler. The towel is coupled to the universal coupling device. The universal coupling device is removably coupled to the universal coupler. The universal coupler includes a pouch that holds a magnet. The magnet is used to removably couple the universal coupler and the towel to a metal surface. The sports towel system can be used by golfers and can be magnetically coupled to a golf cart or a golf club, for example. The universal coupler has a first and a second flap coupled to the pouch. The first flap has a first flap coupling element and the second flap has a second flap coupling element. The flap coupling elements are used to removably couple the universal coupler to the universal coupling device to attach the towel to the universal coupler.
US11129498B2
Systems and methods of bun holding and toasting use a bun dispenser and a toaster. The bun dispenser includes a bun holding cabinet in which a plurality of buns are held on shelves and each of the shelves include conveyors. A shuttle of the bun dispenser translates within at least one axis to align the shuttle with a shelf to receive a bun. A dispensing shelf of the bun dispenser receives the bun from the shuttle. A toaster receives the bun from the dispensing shelf and operates to toast the bun and dispense the toasted bun at a predetermined location.
US11129476B2
A writing board holder adapted for use with various writing boards and writing implements, incorporating a design attractive to children for interactive play. The writing board holder comprises at least one support post with an attached writing board, and appendages which can be used with writing and erasing implements to draw on the board and clean the board.
US11129472B1
A mobile device holder comprising a backing panel and a basket portion, the backing panel has a selectively attachable mounting panel assembly adapted to detachably secure the mobile device holder to a vertical mounting surface, the basket portion projects forwardly from the backing panel and is adapted to receive and retain a mobile device and mate said mobile device with a charging plug. A contiguous modular arrangement of multiple mobile devices positioned in a column configuration allows multiple mobile devices to be stored, while the basket portion is tilted forwardly to prevent the obstruction of basket openings when the mobile device holders are vertically stacked in the column configuration.
US11129462B2
A combination container and applicator for a fluid includes a container having a top end open to an internal volume that has a tapered floor. A cap adapted to engage the top end has a brush applicator projecting downwardly therefrom into the internal volume of the container. The brush applicator includes a brush and a sheath, the brush extending beyond the sheath when the brush applicator is in the extended position, and the brush retracting fully inside the sheath when the brush applicator is in the retracted position. The cap includes a brush extension mechanism that is adapted to move the brush applicator between a retracted portion, such that the brush and brush applicator do not contact the floor of the container when the cap is engaged with the container, and an extended position such that the brush is able to reach all areas of the floor of the container.
US11129461B2
A capsule integrated with a nail polish applying element for usage by a nail polish application apparatus comprising a capsule compartment and a pressure applying element, the capsule comprising a container defining a reservoir containing nail polish fluid, the container comprising an upper face with an opening sealed with a sliding gasket and a bottom face, wherein a volume of the reservoir is reduced and an internal pressure is built in the reservoir when pressure application slides the sliding gasket towards the bottom face, and a container housing comprising a body portion shaped to receive and accommodate the container, one or more conveying tunnels having a proximal end mechanically fixated to a bottom side of the body portion and a nail polish applying element mounted to receive the nail polish fluid from a distal end of the conveying tunnel(s) for applying the nail polish fluid on a nail surface.
US11129455B2
A curved handle, comprising: an upper cover which is formed into a curved shape having a first accommodation space formed at a bottom thereof; a frame formed into a curved shaped and arranged in the first accommodation space, the frame being fastened to the upper cover and having a first bar and a second bar arranged at opposite ends of the second accommodation space, a plurality of upper buckle sections extended from an inner surface of the second accommodation space, a lower lid formed into a curved shaped and assembled to the frame and covered the first accommodation space to enclose the frame, the lower lid having a plurality of first lower buckle sections hooking with the upper buckle sections, the lower lid having a second lower buckle section being hooked with the first bar, the lower lid having a third lower buckle section being hooked with the second bar.
US11129454B1
An electronic assembly for a cover supported by a pole is disclosed. The pole defines a top portion associated with a cover and an opposing bottom portion that engages a support surface such as a floor. The electronic assembly may comprise an electronic fan defining a fan body housing a motor that rotates a hub associated with collapsible fan blades. The pole may extend through the body so that the hub rotates about an axis defined by the pole. The body may further slide up and down the pole and engage the pole at a first latch point where it stays while deployed and operating. A power source may be provided to supply the power needed to rotate the hub. A sensor may be disposed at or adjacent to the first latch point and the electronic fan may be disabled when the sensor does not sense the fan body.
US11129451B2
An ornament assembly forms a ring hole for a string or a latch through fabric or leather goods. The ornament assembly includes a first body and a second body. The first body includes a first base defining a first through hole at a center of the first base and a first protrusion protruded from a boundary of the first through hole. The second body includes a second base defining a second through hole at a center of the second base and a second protrusion protruded from a boundary of the second through hole. The first protrusion defines an insert groove at a surface which is opposite to the second protrusion. The second protrusion is configured to be inserted into the insert groove to be combined with the first protrusion.
US11129450B1
An interlocking fastening device includes two solid interlocking forms that can be quickly and easily locked when placed together. The two forms are held together by tension forces and resist these same tension forces to create a locking mechanism. Each interlocking form is made up of rigid three-dimensional wave formations that taper upwardly at an acute angle from a guide plate. When bringing the two rigid interlocking forms together they self-align to provide a rigid, strong, low-profile, thin, low-wear, locking, mechanism.
US11129449B2
The present disclosure provides a double-sided usable belt buckle, including a tail clamp, a frame, a buckling pin, first connectors, and a second connector. Both the frame and the buckling pin are connected with the tail clamp and rotate relative to the tail clamp, and a first end of the tail clamp is configured to connect with a belt body. The first connectors are configured to connect the tail clamp with the frame, the second connector is configured to connect the tail clamp with the buckling pin. A fixing base is disposed on a second end of the tail clamp, and the fixing base includes a left part fixing base and a right part fixing base. The left part fixing base and the right part fixing base are symmetrically disposed, a gap is formed between the left part fixing base and the right part fixing base.
US11129448B1
A tie-down device for securing a load to another object has a buckle assembly that includes an outer housing having two parallel side walls, a bridge, and first and second end walls connected to the side walls. A pivoting member extends through the side walls. The buckle assembly further includes a cam-shaped locking button which is located on the pivoting member and is normally biased by a biasing member into a locked position, the locking button having a central bore formed therethrough and receiving the pivoting member. A row of serrated teeth is provided on the locking button and is biased downwardly by the biasing member into substantial engagement with the second end wall. A hook extends from the first end wall and has a bar that defines a space with the first end wall. The hook is provided in the same piece and same material as the outer housing.
US11129445B1
Lacing systems for articles of apparel can include a first continuous lace element and a second continuous lace element, with each having a lace-receiving portion secured to the article of apparel, directly or indirectly, and a lacing portion that can engage with respective loop apertures of the lace-receiving portion to provide a closure mechanism. The articles of apparel can be articles of footwear and the lacing system can be provided to close an opening in an upper of the article of footwear.
US11129436B2
Golf shoes include one or more of the following: (a) a foot stabilizer system that interacts with a shoe securing system to securely engage and/or wrap around a foot of a wearer; (b) a natural motion sole, optionally including flex grooves that allow a weight transfer from back-to-front and/or from side-to-side; (c) a six cleat configuration (e.g., four cleats in a forefoot region, two cleats in a heel region, and no cleats located directly under a big toe); (d) a forefoot moderator plate positioned to moderate or reduce user feel of the forefoot cleats; (e) a lateral half heel counter extending from a rear heel area to a lateral midfoot or lateral forward heel area of the shoe; and/or (f) one or more medial, forefoot, sidewall traction elements at or near a big toe area of the sole.
US11129432B2
A bicycle helmet system comprising a helmet and a chin bar is disclosed. The chin bar is removably coupled to the helmet and wrapped circumferentially around a portion of the helmet. The chin bar may include a rear buckle configured to tighten the chin bar around the helmet. The chin bar may also include two side buckles that engage with side recesses on the helmet when the chin bar is removably coupled to the helmet. The chin bar may also include two alignment protrusions positioned to engage with alignment recesses on the helmet when the chin bar is removably coupled to the helmet.
US11129428B2
The present invention relates to a clothing item made of stretch fabric (6) comprising at least one insert (4) arranged on each side of the clothing item (1; 101; 201). The insert (4) comprises a layer of elastic mesh fabric with a knitted structure (5) internally coupled to a portion of stretch fabric (6) by means of a series of seams (7) passing through the layer of elastic mesh fabric with a knitted structure (5) and the stretch fabric (6). The seams (7) define a plurality of bands (8) formed by the layer of elastic mesh fabric with a knitted structure (5) coupled to the stretch fabric portion (6).
US11129427B2
A pair of short length disposable finger food gloves protecting the fingers and thumb from oily foods, juicy sauces, sticky syrups, liquids, and all other food residue while eating finger foods when hand washing is not accessible where the design accommodates the use of this glove by offering various shapes (e.g., with an extended tab) along the diagonal hemline to aid in dressing the hand with circular, square, rectangle, inverted triangle, and triangle forms or tabs to pinch and pull to insert the hand with optional combinations of shapes for the knuckle side and palm side of the hands whereby the material used will be of a lightweight vinyl, polyurethane, paper, felt, fabric, rubber or a combination of materials with various sizes and optional colors to suit the wearer.
US11129425B1
The nose and face wiping glove is a garment. The nose and face wiping glove is adapted for use with a patient. The nose and face wiping glove is worn on the hand of a patient. The nose and face wiping glove is an absorbent structure. The absorbent structure of the nose and face wiping glove is intended to accumulate a fluid discharge from the nose of the patient. The nose and face wiping glove is a layered structure. The layered structure provides the patient with sequential access to a plurality of independent absorbent structures. The nose and face wiping glove is formed as a glove. The glove of the nose and face wiping glove is formed from a composite textile.
US11129423B2
An outerwear garment for use with a fall-arrest harness devised to permit a fall-arrest harness to be worn underneath an outerwear garment body, such as a jacket, vest, or coat, between an aperture on a rear side thereof and a Dee-ring access flap covering the aperture. A plurality of fasteners disposed on each of the rear side adjacent the access flap and along the perimeter of the access flap permits the access flap to be automatically opened for access to the fall-arrest harness. Lanyard hook-receiving members disposed on a front side of the garment body also permit hanging of lanyard hooks thereon during periods of non-use.
US11129421B2
Protective outer garments as well as improvements in the use and manufacture thereof. Protective outer garments disclosed herein can include an integrated, or connected, substantially resilient front protective portion and a moisture impervious barrier. The moisture impervious barrier can have sleeves and extend past the waistline of the child and at least over the wearer's shoulders to keep the front of the wearer's clothes clean and dry. The substantially resilient front protective portion can include a holder, like a traditional bib, for catching and holding food and liquids dropped or spilled by the wearer while eating, painting, making crafts, or other activity. The wearer can be a child, baby, elderly person, disabled or special needs person, for example.
US11129409B2
An atomizer with an e-liquid chamber isolated thereof and a suction device using same includes a mouthpiece, a housing and an atomization core with an e-liquid hole thereof. The e-liquid chamber is formed inside the housing and surrounded around the atomization core, and an e-liquid baffle formed between the e-liquid chamber and the atomization core inside the housing. The atomization core or the e-liquid baffle with its installation position within the housing can move in the housing so that the e-liquid baffle can be blocked or staggered from the e-liquid guiding hole. When the e-liquid guiding hole is shielded by the e-liquid baffle, the e-liquid guiding hole disconnects to the e-liquid chamber so that the atomizer is in its initial state. When the e-liquid guiding hole is staggered from the e-liquid baffle, the e-liquid guiding hole is connected with the e-liquid chamber so that the atomizer is in its usage state.
US11129408B2
An electronic cigarette includes a mouthpiece, an atomizer and a battery member connected in turn from top to bottom along an axis direction of the electronic cigarette. An airflow induction switch and a mechanical switch are respectively received in the battery member and independently configured to control the battery member to start the atomizer to heat e-liquid contained in the atomizer, and an atomization core is vertically arranged in the atomizer. The present disclosure is provided with two independent switch modes, thereby when one switch mode is failed, the other switch mode can be used to power and heat heating elements within the atomizer to heat and atomize the e-liquid to ensure a reliable and normal usage of the product.
US11129401B2
Provided herein is a method of improving the taste profile of a glucosylated terpene glycoside (GTG) comprising: a) mixing a malted cereal with a glucosylated terpene glycosides in water to form a GTG cereal mixture wherein the cereal comprises an amylase; b) adjusting the temperature of the mixture to a temperature sufficient to activate the amylase and for a time sufficient to form a mixture comprising glycosylated steviol glycosides wherein the average number of glucose units of the GTG in the GTG cereal mixture is reduced.
US11129397B2
Method of improving stability of sweet enhancer and composition containing stabilized sweet enhancer
The present invention includes methods of stabilizing one or more sweet enhancers when they are exposed to a light source as well as liquid compositions containing one or more sweet enhancers and one or more photostabilizers.
US11129387B2
The invention provides an herbicide composition, which contains as active ingredients a Component A selected from the group consisting of an oxopyrazine derivative represented by the following Formula X and salts thereof, and a Components B described in the Specification, and which is capable of controlling effectively the growth of an plant undesirable for a useful plant, is highly safe to a useful plant, and exerts high effect at a low dosage: where R represents a lower alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and X represents a halogen atom, respectively.
US11129382B2
A disinfecting cover for use in disinfecting a weight bearing upper surface of a resilient medical patient pressure redistribution support includes a thin barrier membrane drapable on top of the weight bearing upper surface of the resilient support, and a peripherally-extending edge terminating between the peripherally-extending side of the resilient support between the weight bearing upper surface and the bottom surface of the support. The thin barrier membrane comprises an anti-microbial disinfectant, and being non-fibrous, and impervious to the transfer of fluid from the first main surface to the second main surface. The thin barrier membrane comprises a thickness operable to maintain the weight distribution of a patient on the weight bearing upper surface of the resilient medical patient pressure redistribution support substantially the same compared to the weight distribution without the thin barrier membrane.
US11129373B2
The present invention evidences an artificial shrimp lure constructed of a solid head and thorax region that is coupled to a jointed and segmented abdomen region comprised of tethered segments which closely mimic the natural curvature and inward curling exhibited by a fleeing shrimp, where the eyelet of an internalized hook is precisely at the weighted midpoint of the lure, dorsally, the hook shaft is internalized and the hook point projects upward and rearward facing above the lures head. The artificial shrimp lure is capable, through eyelet placement and weighting, of maintaining a largely horizontal orientation upon casting and descent and displays an inward curving of the jointed and segmented abdomen region upon retrieval and ascent.
US11129371B1
A compact (such as a 4″×7′×7″) decorative, self-contained, internet-connected low maintenance terrarium that is completely passive and contains no moving parts. The terrarium device is such that it can sustain itself, with no human maintenance necessary, for several weeks at a time. The terrarium has a computer processor, wireless connectivity, one or more LED lights, and a durable optical water sensor and reservoir design. The terrarium is configured with embedded and connected logic for full internet of things (IoT) functionality.
US11129370B1
A thermodynamic terminator and a method of eliminating mites and parasites within a bee box. The thermodynamic terminator includes a housing having a lower panel with a fan aperture, an air intake, and an interior wall for supporting a divider panel. The divider panel extends from a sidewall of the housing to form a first compartment and a second compartment. A heating element is positioned within the first compartment and can regulate heat within the first compartment and the bee box. When the thermodynamic terminator is mounted to the bee box and activated, air is heated by the heating element and forced into the bee box by a system fan. The heated air is circulated within the bee box and forced to return to the first compartment via the air intake. A controller regulates the heating temperature and period of activation.
US11129360B1
The portable leash anchor is configured for use with one or more leashes. The one or more leashes attach to the portable leash anchor. The portable leash anchor is a portable structure that: a) forms a handle for the one or more leashes when walking an animal; and, b) creates a plurality of anchor points that temporarily anchor the one or more leashes to a fixed position. The portable leash anchor comprises a first hyoid and a second hyoid. The first hyoid attaches to the one or more leashes. The first hyoid is a stake structure that can be driven into the ground to form the plurality of anchor points. The second hyoid is a sheath structure that affixes with the first hyoid to form a square-shaped body when the portable leash anchor is used as a handle.
US11129359B2
An animal feeding and watering cup system that can be used with any type of cage, crate or enclosure in order to provide food, water, medication or the like to an animal or an inhabitant of the cage, crate or other type of enclosure. The system comprises a cup wherein a plurality of brackets is located on the outer surface of the cup, a connector, and a cage, crate, or enclosure. In one embodiment, the system comprises a cup which is connected to a cage via a plurality of brackets receiving a connector which securely attaches the cup to the cage. In one embodiment, the system comprises a cup which is easily stacked.
US11129354B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 18R435B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 18R435B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 18R435B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 18R435B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US11129351B1
A soybean cultivar designated 2940889 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2940889, the plants of soybean 2940889, to plant parts of soybean 2940889, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2940889 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 2940889, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2940889, 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 2940889 with another soybean cultivar.
US11129346B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073533. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073533. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073533 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073533 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11129345B2
A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKIMP061 is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP061, plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP061, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP061, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP061 with itself or with another impatiens variety. Embodiments include methods for producing an impatiens plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and transgenic impatiens plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to impatiens varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP061, methods for producing other impatiens lines or plant parts derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP061, and the impatiens plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid impatiens seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP061 with another impatiens variety.
US11129344B2
Plants are positioned in containers on a conveyor having conveyor rails. The conveyor rails pass into a radiation space above a roof of a building, along an exterior side of the building and into a processing space below the roof of the building. One or more of the conveyor rails in the radiation space may be supported by a frame. A part of the conveyor extends horizontally above the roof of the building, and another part of the conveyor extends vertically along the exterior side of the building. Water pipelines and a dispenser are provided in the processing space and not in the radiation space, the dispenser being positioned below the roof of the building. The conveyor moves the plants between the radiation space and the processing space during the plants' lives. The frame may be moved to raise or reposition the conveyer in the radiation space.
US11129341B2
A heat delivery system for agricultural applications, the system including: piping including alternate heat insulated segments and heat transferring segments, the piping being configured with a fluid flow path extending through the alternating heat insulated segments and heat transferring segments; and a fluid propelling arrangement configured for motivating flow of heat accommodating fluid within the fluid flow path.
US11129340B1
A plant training device includes a base portion having a semi-cylindrical radially interior face and a semi-cylindrical radially exterior face opposite the interior face. A first arm extends radially outwardly from the exterior face, and a second arm extends radially outwardly from the exterior face so as to be angularly spaced apart from the first arm. A first wall extends from the first arm so as to be radially spaced apart from the exterior face and directly opposite the exterior face. A second wall extends from the second arm so as to be radially spaced apart from the exterior face and directly opposite the exterior face.
US11129338B2
An upward, vertically extending agricultural gas distribution system is disclosed. The gas distribution system is useable for orchards, plantations, and other permanent or semi permanent crops. The gas delivery system includes a gas supply, a flexible tube, and a rigid tube. The gas supply is adapted to be disposed proximate the bottom of a plant. The flexible tube is connected to the gas supply and has a lumen for communication of gas from the gas supply. The flexible tube is adapted to be oriented vertically along the vertical length of the plant. The rigid tube is connected to the flexible tube and also has a lumen for communication of gas from the flexible tube. The rigid tube has at least one gas emitter for release of gas from the rigid tube lumen to the exterior environment. The rigid tube is adapted to be oriented vertically along the vertical length of the plant, above the flexible tube. Tree couplers, gas wands, gas flow indicators, and gas flow control valves are also disclosed.
US11129337B2
Provided is a novel plant body comprising a plant tissue of a plant belonging to the family Solanaceae, Brassicaceae, Lamiaceae, or Orobanchaceae, wherein graft incompatibility is avoided or suppressed by using a graft medium between different-family plants.
US11129332B2
A corn harvester includes a first stalk roll having a plurality of first blades circumferentially spaced apart by a first angle. A second stalk roll has a plurality of second blades circumferentially spaced apart by a second angle. The first and second stalk rolls are rotatable about parallel first and second axes that are separated by a centerline therebetween. In an operational state when a tip of one first blade is aligned with the centerline, a tip of one second blade is angularly offset from the centerline by a third angle. The third angle is less than 45% of the second angle. The one first blade forms a cross section perpendicular to the first axis having an altitude extending from the tip toward the first axis along a first blade altitude. The cross section of the one first blade is asymmetric about the first blade altitude.
US11129325B2
An endless seed delivery belt includes an inner surface, and an undulating outer surface. The undulating outer surface defines a plurality of alternating, and regularly-spaced peaks and troughs where each peak corresponds to a flight and each space between adjacent peaks defines a cavity that is generally sized and shaped to accommodate one seed. In some implementations, the endless seed delivery belt has a seed ejector between each pair of adjacent flights.
US11134598B2
Methods and systems for low-force, low-temperature thermocompression bonding. The present application teaches new methods and structures for three-dimensional integrated circuits, in which cold thermocompression bonding is used to provide reliable bonding. To achieve this, reduction and passivation steps are preferably both used to reduce native oxide on the contact metals and to prevent reformation of native oxide, preferably using atmospheric plasma treatments. Preferably the physical compression height of the elements is set to be only enough to reliably achieve at least some compression of each bonding element pair, compensating for any lack of flatness. Preferably the thermocompression bonding is performed well below the melting point. This not only avoids the deformation of lower levels which is induced by reflow techniques, but also provides a steep relation of force versus z-axis travel, so that a drastically-increasing resistance to compression helps to regulate the degree of thermocompression.
US11134596B2
A frame structure of a work machine includes a left frame in which a first left rail of a first guide device is provided at a lower portion thereof; a right frame in which a second right rail of a second guide device is provided at a lower portion thereof; a center frame disposed between the left frame and the right frame and in which a first right rail of the first guide device and a second left rail of the second guide device are provided at a lower portion thereof; a front frame connecting a pair of front columns together and also connecting respective front ends of the left frame, the right frame, and the center frame; and a rear frame connecting a pair of rear columns together and also connecting respective rear ends of the left frame, the right frame, and the center frame.
US11134588B2
Embodiments are disclosed of an airflow cooling solution for a battery backup unit (BBU) using a crossflow cooling module. The cooling module includes a housing with a module inlet and a module outlet positioned at a non-zero angle relative to each other. The module outlet has an area greater than the module inlet. A crossflow fan package is positioned in the cooling module housing. The crossflow fan package includes a fan housing having a fan inlet and a fan outlet; the fan inlet is fluidly coupled to the module inlet, and the fan outlet is fluidly coupled to the module outlet. One or more inlet air baffles form an inlet air channel between the module inlet and the fan inlet, and one or more outlet air baffles form a diverging outlet air channel between the fan outlet and the module outlet. The cooling module can distribute the airflow to a much wider area to the BBU module. Then a rack level crossflow air cooling configuration is proposed.
US11134578B2
A locking device includes a housing, a first linking member, a second linking member, a push-pull member, and a stopper. The push-pull member defines a first sliding groove. A first end portion of the first linking member is slidably received in the first sliding groove, and a second end portion of the first linking member is rotationally fixed on the housing. The housing defines a second sliding groove. The stopper is slidably received in the second sliding groove. A second end portion of the second linking member is rotationally mounted on the first linking member. The first end portion of the first linking member is driven by the push-pull member to move along the first sliding groove, which drives the second linking member to rotate, which drives the stopper to move along the second sliding groove.
US11134575B2
A method for manufacturing a dual conductor laminated substrate includes providing a first laminate including a first insulating layer and a first conductive layer; defining a first trace pattern including one or more traces in the first laminate; providing a second laminate including a second insulating layer and a second conductive layer; defining a second trace pattern including one or more traces in the second laminate; defining access holes in the second insulating layer; at least one of depositing and stenciling a conductive material in the access holes of the second insulating layer; and aligning and attaching the first laminate to the second laminate to create a laminated substrate.
US11134565B2
Disclosed is a printed circuit board having a holder for a battery, wherein the holder includes first and second contacts connected to conductive traces of the printed circuit board and wherein the holder is embodied such that a battery inserted into the holder is clamped so that poles of the battery on opposite end faces of the battery make electrical contact with the first and second contacts. The battery lies clamped between the contacts on a support region of the printed circuit board and is oriented with reference to the printed circuit board so that an imaginary line connecting the poles of the battery is essentially in parallel with the plane of the support region. The printed circuit board has connected with the support region a rigid first section, which is essentially perpendicular to the support region, and wherein the first contact is arranged on the first section.
US11134557B2
A dimmable light-emitting device, comprises a LED light source; a base assembly configured to fit a light-bulb socket, the base assembly comprising a hollow portion; a LED control circuit for dimming the LED light source, the LED control circuit entirely housed within the hollow portion.
US11134555B1
A power cable for a light string includes two wires, a body and a switching circuit. The two wires extend from a first end to a second end. The body is disposed on the two wires. The switching circuit includes a normally open contact switch and a voltage dividing resistor. The normally open contact switch is connected in series with the voltage dividing resistor and is electrically connected to two wires. The normally open contact switch and the voltage dividing resistor are disposed in the body, and the normally open contact switch is at least partially exposed on the surface of the body. The normally open contact switch is configured to be repeatedly pressed, so that the voltage division state between the two wires changes to form a trigger signal combination.
US11134544B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides devices configured for vaporization of an aerosol precursor composition through radiant heating. The radiant heat source may be a laser diode or further element suitable for providing electromagnetic radiation, and heating may be carried out within a radiation-trapping chamber. In some embodiments, an interior of such chamber may be configured as a black body or as a white body.
US11134539B2
Disclosed is an ad-hoc network method based on a vehicle-mounted terminal, comprising: a target vehicle-mounted terminal acquiring first physical state information about a target vehicle corresponding to the target vehicle-mounted terminal, wherein the first physical state information at least represents a moving state of the target vehicle and information about a position where the target vehicle is located; and the target vehicle-mounted terminal performing networking in a chain structure mode, at least based on the first physical state information about the target vehicle and taking the target vehicle-mounted terminal as a target node, so that the target node is connected to two adjacent nodes at most. Further disclosed are a vehicle-mounted terminal and a storage medium.
US11134525B2
The present invention relates to the field of the Internet of Vehicles and discloses a data sending method and device. In one example, the method includes: receiving scheduling information sent by a first serving cell, where the scheduling information carries at least a second serving cell identifier of a second serving cell and an available device to device D2D transmission resource in the second serving cell; performing cell synchronization with the second serving cell based on the second serving cell identifier; and sending device to device D2D data on the available D2D transmission resource in the second serving cell according to the scheduling information.
US11134516B2
The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting a random access channel (RACH) by a UE in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method includes receiving information about actually transmitted synchronization signal blocks (SBBs) and RACH configuration information about RACH resources and transmitting a RACH in at least one RACH resource among RACH resources mapped to actually transmitted SSBs on the basis of the information about actually transmitted SSBs and the RACH configuration information, wherein the actually transmitted SSBs are repeatedly mapped to RACH resources by a positive integer multiple of the number of the actually transmitted SSBs in a RACH configuration period based on the RACH configuration information.
US11134503B2
A radio access network (RAN) configured to provide allocations of transmission slots to user equipment (UEs) is described herein. The RAN may receive indicia about RAN conditions or about UEs in a vicinity of the RAN. Responsive to receiving the indicia, the RAN may determine, based at least in part on the indicia, a first allocation of uplink and downlink transmission slots to a first UE and a second allocation of uplink and downlink transmission slots to a second UE. The first allocation may differ from the second allocation. The RAN may then provide the first allocation to the first UE and the second allocation to the second UE.
US11134502B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, a method for receiving interference information, identifying a plurality of interferers, approximating a location of the plurality of interferers, and adjusting an antenna pattern of an antenna. The method can include determining traffic loads and adjusting the antenna pattern according to the traffic loads. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11134500B2
The present disclosure provides a PDCCH resource configuration method, a PDCCH resource determining method, a network device and a user equipment. The PDCCH resource configuration method is applied to a network device and includes: determining resource configuration information of PDCCH, where the resource configuration information at least includes: REG bundle size, CCE-REG mapping manner, and REG mapping manner; and configuring PDCCH resources according to the resource configuration information, and transmitting the resource configuration information to a user equipment.
US11134497B2
Various embodiments provide a signal transmission method and apparatus, and is applied to a multi-band communications system. Under the method, a terminal reports bandwidth capability information of a first frequency band in a plurality of frequency bands to a radio access network node. An operating band of the terminal includes the first frequency band, the bandwidth capability information of the first frequency band indicates a bandwidth capability of the terminal in the first frequency band, the bandwidth capability in the first frequency band is not less than a first threshold, and the first threshold is determined based on a maximum bandwidth capability of the terminal, the first frequency band, or a subcarrier spacing of the first frequency band. The terminal can send or receive a signal on a resource allocated by the radio access network node based on the bandwidth capability information.
US11134490B2
An electronic apparatus includes a communication interface configured to selectively receive a first signal having a first carrier frequency transmitted for a first period by a first transmitter, and a second signal having a second carrier frequency different from the first carrier frequency and transmitted for a second period not continuous with the first period by a second transmitter different from the first transmitter, and a control circuit configured to cause the communication interface to execute the first signal for a third period including the first period and to, when the communication interface does not receive the first signal during the third period, cause the communication interface to execute reception processing of the second signal for a fourth period including the second period and being not continuous with the third period.
US11134483B2
Various aspects described herein relate to communicating in a wireless network. A transmission time interval (TTI) for an uplink control channel transmission within a subframe is determined, wherein the TTI comprises of a number of symbols which are a subset of a plurality of symbols in the subframe. Uplink control data can be transmitted over the uplink control channel during the TTI.
US11134482B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information. One example method includes generating, by a terminal device, an encoded uplink data packet, where the uplink data packet belongs to an uplink channel, the uplink channel is carried on a candidate time-frequency resource in a first time transmission interval (TTI), the candidate time-frequency resource is a first time-frequency resource or a second time-frequency resource, and a second time-domain start point of the second time-frequency resource is later than a first time-domain start point of the first time-frequency resource, performing, by the terminal device, detection on a carrier in which the candidate time-frequency resource is located, and sending, by the terminal device, the uplink channel on the candidate time-frequency resource based on a result of the detection, where the uplink channel includes uplink control information and the encoded uplink data packet.
US11134478B2
A communication method and a system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, a smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for efficient transmission and reception of control information in a sidelink communication.
US11134463B2
A system, computer software and method for collecting, in addition to position data, additional positioning data in a user terminal served by a communication network. The method includes initiating, by generating a message within the user terminal, collection of the positioning data, where the positioning data includes information based on which a physical location of the user terminal is determined; measuring, by the user terminal, at least one parameter related to the physical location of the user terminal in response to the message; producing, within the user terminal, measurement reports that include the at least one parameter; selecting, within the user terminal, one or more measurement reports that were generated in response to the message generated by the user terminal; reporting the selected one or more measurement reports to an interface within the user terminal; and transmitting, from the interface, the reported one or more measurement reports to an external server or to the communication network.
US11134462B2
A device with transmitter broadcasts packets including a transmitter identifier via a radio interface with varying timings of transmissions. It determines a current timing of transmissions based on clock signals and a secret code, using a cryptographic function. A mobile device detects radio signals conveying such packets and performs measurements on the signals. It determines a currently used timing of transmissions, assembles a positioning request including the transmitter identifier, results of the measurements and an indication of the timing of transmissions, and transmits the request. A server receives the request. It generates for the transmitter an expected timing of transmissions using a cryptographic function, based on a signal of a master clock and based on a stored secret code assigned to the transmitter. It provides position information as trusted position information only in the case of a match between the indicated and the expected timing of transmissions.
US11134459B1
In a base station, a signal synchronization unit detects a received timing of a signal from a mobile station. A correlation position protection unit corrects the received timing on the basis of time from a transmitting timing at which a signal transmitting operation to the mobile station is started to the received timing. A transmitting timing generation unit generates, on the basis of the received timing after the correction, a transmitting timing at which a subsequent signal transmitting operation to the mobile station is started. Further, an FB frame generation unit generates frame period information that indicates a correction value by the correlation position protection unit, and a transmitting processing unit transmits, to the mobile station, a signal including the frame cycle information in response to the generation of the transmitting timing.
US11134457B2
In a wireless network, a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal are sent at a predetermined bandwidth in a transmission. The predetermined bandwidth is a lowest operating bandwidth of the wireless network. Data is also sent in the transmission using an operating bandwidth greater than the lowest operating bandwidth.
US11134456B2
A computer-implemented method for synchronizing wireless testing devices includes (a) in a protocol analyzer located in an RF-isolated test chamber, capturing first network packets transmitted to or from a wireless device-under-test (DUT) to generate protocol test data, (b) in the protocol analyzer, determining if any of the first network packets satisfy a trigger rule, (c) in the protocol analyzer, generating a trigger output signal when the trigger rule is satisfied, (d) sending the trigger output signal from the protocol analyzer to an RF analyzer in electrical communication with the DUT, (e) capturing second network packets with the RF analyzer based on the trigger output signal to generate RF test data, the second network packets transmitted to or from the DUT, and (f) in the protocol analyzer, time-aligning the first and second network packets in the protocol test data and the RF test data, respectively.
US11134450B2
A position confirmation device is provided. The position confirmation device comprises: a registration portion, which registers event information comprising information of a place where an event is conducted; a setting portion, which sets a safety range capable of being specified as a position of a user during the event from the information of the place and a position specification accuracy of a first mode for specifying the position; an acquisition portion, which acquires position information relating to a position of a mobile terminal specified by the mobile terminal carried by the user; and a transmission portion, which transmits a switching instruction to the mobile terminal when the position indicated by the position information deviates from the safety range set by the setting portion, wherein the switching instruction instructs switching to a second mode for specifying the position by a greater power consumption and a higher accuracy than the first mode.
US11134447B2
This application provides a power control method, a terminal, and a network device. The power control method includes: receiving, by a terminal, at least one piece of downlink control information (DCI) sent by at least one network device, where the at least one piece of DCI includes at least two transmit power control commands; and determining, by the terminal, a transmit power on an uplink channel in a same carrier based on the at least two transmit power control commands. According to the power control method in the embodiments of this application, the terminal can determine the transmit power on the uplink channel based on a plurality of transmit power control commands, thereby ensuring efficient and proper power allocation and improving overall system performance.
US11134422B2
A random access method, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The method includes: selecting randomly, by a terminal device, a preamble for the terminal device to perform random access from multiple preambles; sending, by the terminal device, a first message to the network device, wherein the first message includes the preamble, random access information and an index for indicating a size of the random access information, and the random access information is control signaling related to Radio Resource Control (RRC) sent by the terminal device or data sent by the terminal device based on a random access event.
US11134419B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method of checking errors in parameters configured to a user equipment (UE). The method can include receiving at the UE a quality of service (QoS) rule related IE or the QoS flow description related IE for modifying or creating a QoS rule or a QoS flow description associated with an evolved packet system (EPS) bearer context of a packet data network (PDN) connection. The PDN connection can have a default EPS bearer context and optionally a dedicated EPS bearer context. It is determined whether the default EPS bearer context of the PDN connection is associated with a default QoS rule. When it is determined that the default EPS bearer context of the PDN connection is not associated with the default QoS rule, an error handling operation is performed.
US11134417B2
A method and apparatus for accessing a random access channel (RACH) during handover are disclosed. A handover procedure is initiated and a maximum handover interruption timer is activated. A dedicated preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH on a condition that the dedicated preamble is reserved in a current random access opportunity and the maximum handover interruption timer has not expired. A contention-based preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH on a condition that a dedicated preamble is not reserved in a current random access opportunity. If the maximum handover interruption timer has expired, a contention-based preamble is transmitted in an attempt to access the RACH.
US11134414B2
Disclosed in the present specification are a method for transmitting and receiving a signal including a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, disclosed in the present specification are a method for transmitting and receiving a signal and an apparatus therefor, which, in a PPDU supported by a specific wireless LAN system, can minimize an overall length error (also known as “spoofing error”) of the PPDU that is assumed to occur between a station capable of decoding all fields in the PPDU and a station capable of decoding only some fields in the PPDU.
US11134412B2
A wireless communication device includes a memory and a wireless interface and processing circuitry. The memory configured to store data to be transmitted and received. The wireless interface configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal. The processing circuitry coupled to the memory and configured to receive a message from another wireless device, including destination information and acknowledgement information, via the wireless interface, set, in a first period being a period in which the message from a child node which transmits the message upward while setting the child node itself as a destination is received, the acknowledgement information with respect to data received from the child node, process the message including the destination information and the acknowledgement information, and transmit a message including the set acknowledgement information via the wireless interface to another wireless device.
US11134399B1
A connectivity apparatus and system for upgrading cellular site equipment through a remote desktop connection. The system includes an onsite computer connected to onsite switching and data equipment for the cellular site. The onsite computer establishing a network connection through an array of hotspots provided by mobile data operators. The system disabling the hotspot of the mobile data operator of the cellular site being upgraded. The onsite computer then being accessed by an offsite computer to initiate and administrator the equipment updates using offsite personnel.
US11134395B2
Adaptive selection of antenna configurations by wireless nodes that comprise a plurality of antenna elements adapted for a plurality of different antenna configurations. The selection of the antenna configuration is made based on the quality of signal(s) received by the wireless node. The wireless nodes are operable for communication in the mm-wave frequency band and, in specific embodiments, the different antenna configurations include two or more of a wide-coverage area antenna configuration, a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) configuration and a Beamforming (BF) configuration.
US11134391B2
Techniques for guided placement of a wireless device are described herein. In an example embodiment, a wi-fi wireless device comprises a radio frequency (RF) transceiver coupled to a baseband processor. The RF transceiver is configured to receive an RF signal transmitted over a wireless channel and to convert the RF signal to a modulated digital signal. The baseband processor is configured to receive the modulated digital signal from the RF transceiver, extract a wireless packet from the modulated digital signal, and compute an Exponential Effective SNR Mapping (EESM) value based on the preamble of the wireless packet, where the computed EESM value indicates the quality of the wireless channel at the current location of the wireless device. The baseband processor is further configured to provide a quality indicator based on the EESM value for the current location of the wireless device.
US11134385B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for proximity-based device access. In some implementations, a first electronic device receives, over a wireless communication link, a message from a second electronic device in proximity to the first electronic device. The first electronic device determines that the second electronic device has been previously associated with the first electronic device as an authentication factor for accessing the first electronic device. The first electronic device receives an encrypted form of a password from the second electronic device over the wireless communication link. The first electronic device determines the password from the encrypted form of the password and provides the password to software executing on the first electronic device to enable access to the first electronic device.
US11134381B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes one or more processors that, while the electronic device is in a locked state, control to detect whether the electronic device is lifted, in response to detecting that the electronic device is lifted, control to activate the display, obtain an image from a camera, detect a face included in the image, and perform authentication of a user based on the face being detected in the image. Based on a result of the authentication, the one or more processors switch a state of the electronic device from the locked state to an unlocked state and display an indicator for indicating that the electronic device is in the unlocked state.
US11134380B2
A cyber-physical device management system may allow for highly reliable and authentic identity management of cyber-physical systems, unforgeable legal interception devices, and robust relay nodes. A cyber-physical device management system may also provide for human and object bi-directional authenticity verification. In some cases, a cyber physical management system may enable a cyber physical vehicle (CPV) detection and intervention system which may be capable or detection, identification, capture, seizure, and immobilization of CPVs. In some embodiments the CPV detection and intervention system includes a geocoding laser subsystem for determining a location of a CPV.
US11134370B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, and security and safety related services, on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. The present invention suggests a method for providing service information that a roaming terminal seeks to use in an initial access process of the roaming terminal accessing a visited network.
US11134369B2
A communication apparatus, in a Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) Discovery Window (DW), performs a first communication with another communication apparatus that belongs to an NAN cluster to which the communication apparatus belongs, and performs a second communication with another communication apparatus belonging to the NAN cluster in a period other than the DW. When the communication apparatus has determined a schedule for communicating with a first other communication apparatus, in a case of the second communication with a second other communication apparatus different to the first other communication apparatus, the communication apparatus determines a schedule for communicating with the second other communication apparatus so that a period for the second communication with the first other communication apparatus and a period for the second communication with the second other communication apparatus at least partially overlap.
US11134364B2
A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus may be a User Equipment (UE) having a first subscription to a first RAT and a second subscription to a second RAT configured to operate using the first RAT, to change from operating using the first RAT to operating using the second RAT to monitor multiple Synchronization Signal Blocks (SSBs) at multiple times prior to performing at least one of decoding a paging message, receiving system information, searching a neighboring frequency, or measuring the neighboring frequency, to return to using the first RAT during a first period between at least one set of adjacent times of the multiple times that the UE monitors for the SSBs, and to change from using the first RAT to using the second RAT to receive the paging message, receive the system information, search the neighboring frequency, or measure the neighboring frequency.
US11134362B2
Techniques and apparatus for zone-based soft resource partitioning for high reliability high range communications (HRHRC) are described. A first wireless device determines, based at least in part on a location of the first wireless device and a type of traffic associated with the first wireless device, whether to use a first set of resources or a second set of resources for communications between the first wireless device and a second wireless device. The first wireless device communicates with the second wireless device on the first or second sets of resources, in accordance with the determination. The communications involve the type of traffic.
US11134355B2
An audio content playback method for a portable terminal. The audio content playback method includes checking a channel that is supportable by audio content that is currently engaged in group's simultaneous playback, in group's simultaneous playback of the audio content. The method includes allocating a channel to each of devices included in a group based on position information of each device included in the group or based on an input state in a user interface environment that is preset for channel allocation for each device included in the group, and transmitting the allocated channel information to each device included in the group to allow the device to select its allocated channel and play the audio content.
US11134354B1
A method is used of detecting whether a device is being worn, when the device comprises a first transducer and a second transducer. It is determined when a signal detected by at least one of the first and second transducers represents speech. It is then determined when said speech contains speech of a first acoustic class and speech of a second acoustic class. A first correlation signal is generated, representing a correlation between signals generated by the first and second transducers during at least one period when said speech contains speech of the first acoustic class. A second correlation signal is generated, representing a correlation between signals generated by the first and second transducers during at least one period when said speech contains speech of the second acoustic class. It is then determined from the first correlation signal and the second correlation signal whether the device is being worn.
US11134348B2
A method of operating a hearing aid system in order to provide improved performance for a multitude of hearing aid system processing stages and a hearing aid system (400) for carrying out the method.
US11134347B2
A hearing aid (10) and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the hearing (10) includes a body (112) that at least partially conforms to the contours of the external ear and is sized to engage therewith. Various electronic components are contained within the body (112), including an electronic signal processor (130) that is programmed with a preferred hearing range, which may be an about 10 Hz frequency to an about 30 Hz frequency range of sound corresponding to highest hearing capacity of a patient. Sound received at the hearing aid (10) is converted to the preferred hearing range prior to output.
US11134344B2
An acoustic wave device includes a cover portion, an outer support layer, a support portion, a piezoelectric substrate, and functional elements on the piezoelectric substrate. The outer support layer is on the piezoelectric substrate around a region where the functional elements are disposed. The cover portion is opposed to the piezoelectric substrate with the outer support layer interposed therebetween. The support portion is in a hollow space defined by the piezoelectric substrate, the outer support layer, and the cover portion. The height of the support portion is smaller than that of the outer support layer and larger than that of each of the functional elements. A gap is provided between the support portion and the cover portion or between the support portion and the piezoelectric substrate.
US11134340B2
Systems and methods may provide for sending a sound wave signal and measuring a body conduction characteristic of the sound wave signal. Additionally, a user authentication may be performed based at least in part on the body conduction characteristic. In one example, the body conduction characteristic includes one or more of a timing, a frequency or an amplitude of the sound wave signal after passing through one or more of bone or tissue.
US11134337B2
A microphone assembly for providing improved directivity at high and low frequencies is disclosed. The microphone assemblies comprise two waveguides each having a microphone, a high-frequency port, and a low-frequency port. The two waveguides are arranged adjacent to each other so that the two low-frequency ports are arranged at a first distance apart from each other and so that the two high-frequency ports are arranged at a second distance apart from each other. The microphone assemblies may comprise two additional waveguides of different length than the first two waveguides, where the two additional waveguides also have low frequency ports and high frequency ports. When the four waveguides are arranged adjacent to each other, all the low-frequency ports are at one distance from each other and all the high-frequency ports are at another distance from each other.
US11134330B2
Embodiments of the invention determine a speech estimate using a bone conduction sensor or accelerometer, without employing voice activity detection gating of speech estimation. Speech estimation is based either exclusively on the bone conduction signal, or is performed in combination with a microphone signal. The speech estimate is then used to condition an output signal of the microphone. There are multiple use cases for speech processing in audio devices.
US11134322B2
Provided is a wearable speaker system that can obtain a higher sense of presence through reproduction of bass. A wearable speaker system includes an enclosure, in which a first speaker unit and a first opening portion that is an end of a first bass reflex duct are disposed in a first end region of the enclosure, in which a second speaker unit and a second opening portion that is an end of a second bass reflex duct are disposed in a second end region, in which each of the first and second speaker units and includes a speaker and a passive radiator that faces in an opposite direction from the speaker, and in which a space between the speaker and the passive radiator included in each of the first and second speaker units and is connected to a space in the enclosure.
US11134319B1
Devices and methods are provided for determining video data using contributor trust scores. A device may receive first data associated with a video program, wherein the first data are received from a first contributor, the first contributor having a first reliability ranking. The device may receive second data associated with the video program, wherein the second data are received from a second contributor, the second contributor having a second reliability ranking. The device may determine that the first reliability ranking is higher than the second reliability ranking. The device may send the first data to a catalog including additional video data.
US11134312B2
Methods, systems, and media for presenting contextual information in connection with media content are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: causing a media content item to be presented on a user device; receiving, at a first time point from a user of the user device, a user input to display one or more contextual interfaces that present information related to the media content item; identifying a plurality of contextual interfaces based on content included in the media content item at the first time point; causing the media content item to be presented in a first portion of a display of the user device and causing a first contextual interface from the plurality of contextual interfaces to be presented in a second portion of the display of the user device; identifying, at a second time point, an update to the first contextual interface based on content included in the media content item at the second time point; and modifying the first contextual interface based on the update identified at the second time point.
US11134310B1
A custom content service provides customized content to a client who has opted-in to share limited location information with the customized content service. For example, the custom content service may customize content streamed to the client, such as videos, video games, audio, etc. based on experiences the client has had during the day. The custom content service may customize content for the client without requiring the client to directly make content selections and without interrupting viewing of content to ask the client to provide inputs for content selection decisions.
US11134307B2
An image processing apparatus includes a storage, a receiver configured to receive a transport stream from a source device, and a processor. According to an aspect, the processor is configured to decrypt encrypted content data obtained from the transport stream received by the receiver, generate index information based on the decrypted content data where the index information generated includes at least one reference corresponding to the encrypted content data to be referenced to display an image of the content data, and store the encrypted content data in association with the index information in the storage.
US11134306B2
A broadcast reception device receives a digital broadcast service capable of executing an application cooperating with a broadcast program, and is provided with: a broadcast reception unit which receives broadcast waves of the digital broadcast service; a separation unit which separates video information relating to the broadcast program and application-related information from the received broadcast waves; a broadcast video decoding unit which decodes the video information relating to the broadcast program; an application acquisition unit which acquires an application on the basis of location information included in the application-related information; an application execution unit which executes the acquired application and acquires additional data from a server device; a video conversion unit which converts broadcast program video decoded by the broadcast decoding unit into high-quality video having a higher quality than the video using the acquired additional data; and a display unit which is able to display the high-quality video.
US11134304B2
Methods and apparatus that facilitate watching of programming content on a secondary channel during a program segment, e.g., commercial break or program portion which is not of interest to a user, on a primary channel are described. In various embodiments when a user switches to a secondary channel during a program segment, the switch is detected and the program on the primary channel continues to be received and buffered while the content from the secondary channel is output to the display. The program segment on the primary channel may be a commercial break including one or more commercials or a portion of a program identified as a segment in information communicated with the program or via out of band signaling. The end of the segment on the primary channel is detected and the user is notified or automatically switched back to the primary channel at the end of the segment.
US11134300B2
An information processing device including a sound output control unit that performs control related to sound output, in a case where an image captured at a first frame rate is subjected to display reproduction at a second frame rate lower than the first frame rate, on the basis of at least one of an input image signal, an input sound signal, reproduction speed information indicating a ratio between the first frame rate and the second frame rate, or user input information, in which the control related to the sound output performed by the sound output control unit includes switching control that selects one sound output method from a plurality of sound output methods and performs switching, or mixing control that performs mixing of sound signals obtained by the plurality of sound output methods.
US11134295B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for implementing an external module comprising new and/or offloaded processing functionality. In aspects, an external module may be configured to be selectively and communicatively coupled to an information appliance device. The external module may be configured with or receive hardware, software, data and/or instructions for processing content and operations received by the information appliance device. When operations are received by the information appliance device, the information appliance device may parse the operations into commands to be performed by the information appliance device and commands to be performed by the external module. The information appliance device may transmit the commands to be performed by the external module to the external module. The external module may then process and/or perform the received commands and render the resulting content to a display device.
US11134285B2
Provided are methods and systems for controlling data such as content and/or application data transmitted to one or more user devices. One method can comprise receiving a request for first content and generating, in response to the request for the first content, a first transport stream comprising the first content and application data relating to a first application. At least a portion of the first transport stream is transmitted to a recipient device. An interruption in the transmission of the first transport stream is detected and a determination is made that only a first portion of the application data has been transmitted to the recipient device. A second transport stream including second content and a second portion of the application data is generated and transmitted.
US11134278B2
Systems and methods for managing the storage of content are described. A video stream may include a content identifier and content information relating to a boundary that may be used to facilitate recording of at least a portion of the video stream.
US11134269B2
This disclosure provides an image encoding method and apparatus and an image decoding method and apparatus. For a to-be-encoded image in a to-be-encoded video sequence, a reference image may be selected from at least one knowledge-base image in a knowledge-base image set. In addition, bitstream data of the to-be-encoded image includes identification information used to identify the reference image of the to-be-encoded image.
US11134268B2
Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which include decoder side motion vector derivation (DMVD) tools, are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes making a decision, based on a determination that a current block of a video is coded using a multi-hypothesis prediction mode, regarding a selective enablement of a DMVD tool for the current block, wherein the DMVD tool derives a refinement of motion information signaled in a bitstream representation of the video; and performing, based on the decision, a conversion between the current block and the bitstream representation.
US11134264B2
A method and device for deriving at least one motion information predictor for encoding of an image portion by motion compensation. At least two distinct first and second subsets of motion information predictors of a first set of motion information predictors are provided. Processing of the first subset of motion information predictors and processing of the second subset of motion information predictors is performed to obtain a final set of motion information predictors usable for predicting said image portion from the reference image portion. Processing of the second subset may comprise removing duplicates from among the motion information predictors of said second subset, and may be performed so as to exclude temporal predictors. At least part of the processing of the second subset of motion information predictors may be performed concurrently with at least part of the processing of the first subset of motion information predictors.
US11134255B2
A scalable video decoder is described which is configured to reconstruct a base layer signal from a coded data stream to obtain a reconstructed base layer signal; and reconstruct an enhancement layer signal including spatially or temporally predicting a portion of an enhancement layer signal, currently to be reconstructed, from an already reconstructed portion of the enhancement layer signal to obtain an enhancement layer internal prediction signal; forming, at the portion currently to be reconstructed, a weighted average of an inter-layer prediction signal obtained from the reconstructed base layer signal, and the enhancement layer internal prediction signal to obtain an enhancement layer prediction signal such that a weighting between the inter-layer prediction signal and the enhancement layer internal prediction signal varies over different spatial frequency components; and predictively reconstructing the enhancement layer signal using the enhancement layer prediction signal.
US11134252B2
Systems, methods and computer readable mediums are presented for encoding a stream of input video frames, in which the input video frames are down sampled and the down sampled frames are encoded in a first encoding pass to generate a set of first pass coded frames forming a single first pass I frame and a plurality of first pass P frames formed into first pass sub-groups of pictures (SUB-GOPs). First pass encoding statistics are generated for individual first pass SUB-GOPs, and the statistics are used to encode the input video frames in a second encoding pass to generate a set of second pass coded frames.
US11134240B2
A device has a plurality of analog-to-digital converters. Each of the plurality of analog-to-digital converters has a voltage offset, wherein a predefined set of voltage offsets has a voltage offset distribution pattern, which provides a fingerprint for the device.
US11134234B2
An image processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to extend an N-bit color video signal to an M (M>N)-bit color video signal, subject the M-bit color video signal obtained by the extension to level correction based on (M−N), and subject the color video signal subjected to the level correction to white balance correction.
US11134230B2
The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and a method capable of performing calibration of a correction amount in brightness correction more easily. The image processing apparatus according to the present technology performs blending calculation for correcting brightness of an image in accordance with a distance from a projection unit configured to project the image to a projection surface onto which the image is projected, and in accordance with a characteristic of the projection unit. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a projector, a camera, or an electronic apparatus including both function of a projector and a camera, a computer that controls these, and to a system in which an apparatuses having a projector and a camera are operating in cooperation.
US11134227B2
A method of presenting appropriate actions for responding to a visitor to a smart home environment via an electronic greeting system of the smart home environment, including detecting a visitor of the smart home environment; obtaining context information from the smart home environment regarding the visitor; based on the context information, identifying a plurality of appropriate actions available to a user of a client device for interacting with the visitor via the electronic greeting system; and causing the identified actions to be presented to the user of the client device.
US11134216B2
A videoconferencing calibration system includes a first codec, a second codec connected to the first codec via a videoconferencing connection, and a first controller in communication with the first codec. The first controller is configured to control a videoconferencing component to transmit a videoconferencing signal to the second codec though the videoconferencing connection. The system also includes a second controller in communication with the second codec. The second controller is configured to analyze the videoconferencing signal transmitted though the videoconferencing connection to determine a calibration adjustment value according to at least one calibration adjustment rule, and to transmit the determined calibration adjustment value to the first controller. The first controller is configured to adjust a signal level setting of the first codec according to the calibration adjustment value transmitted by the second controller.
US11134214B2
Detecting the start of a credit roll within video program may allow for the automatic extension of video recordings among other functions. The start of the credit roll may be detected by determining the number of text blocks within a sequence of frames and identifying a point in the sequence of frames where a difference between the number of text blocks in frames occurring before the point and the number of text blocks in frames occurring after the point is greatest and exceeds a specified threshold. Text blocks may be identified within each frame by partitioning the frame into one or more segments and recording the segments having a pixel of a sufficiently high contrast. Contiguous segments may be merged or combined into single blocks, which may then be filtered to remove noise and false positives. Additional content may be inserted into the credit roll frames.
US11134209B2
The present technology relates to a light receiving device, a control method, and an electronic apparatus capable of suppressing saturation of a sensor that receives light. A control unit performs exposure control to control, in accordance with a photometry result of a photometry sensor that performs photometry by receiving light, exposure of another sensor of which a light receiving surface that receives light is divided into a plurality of blocks, the exposure control being performed for each block. The present technology can be applied, for example, an electronic apparatus such as a digital camera that receives light.
US11134204B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image with a first spatial resolution; a distance acquisition unit that acquires a distance image which is depth information with a second spatial resolution that is a resolution lower than the first spatial resolution; an image recognition unit that extracts an area including a three-dimensional object area corresponding to a three-dimensional object in the captured image; a distance calculation unit that calculates depth information of the three-dimensional object area on the basis of the distance image; a correction unit that corrects coordinate transformation information for coordinate transformation of the captured image on the basis of the depth information of the three-dimensional object area calculated by the distance calculation unit; and a viewpoint transformed image generation unit that generates a viewpoint transformed image obtained by the coordinate transformation of the captured image by using the coordinate transformation information corrected by the correction unit.
US11134198B2
An imaging apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an imaging sensor that captures an object image formed through an interchangeable lens, to generate image data, a driver that performs image blur correction by moving the imaging sensor in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis, an operation unit that accepts a user operation for changing a movable amount of the imaging sensor during image blur correction, and a controller that causes the driver to move the imaging sensor within a range of a changed movable amount.
US11134187B2
An electronic device includes: a control unit configured to control so as to execute a predetermined function in accordance with a predetermined touch operation with respect to a touch operation member in a case where the touch operation member is in an enabled state, and not to execute the predetermined function in a case where the touch operation member is in a restricted state; and a switching unit configured to switch to the enabled state in accordance with a first touch operation with respect to the touch operation member in the restricted state, a touch continuation time of the first touch operation reaching a first time, and switch to the restricted state in accordance with a second touch operation with respect to the touch operation member in the enabled state, a touch continuation time of the second touch operation reaching a second time.
US11134186B2
A method for controlling a robotic camera capturing a portion of a playing field is suggested. An image region of interest is determined in a reference image of the playing field. The image region of interest is determined by artificial intelligence. The image region of interest is associated with a physical region of interest on the playing field. From the physical region of interest control parameters for the robotic camera are deducted such that the robotic camera captures the physical region of interest on the playing field. As a result it is achieved that the robotic camera automatically captures the most interesting scene on the playing field. Furthermore, a camera system is suggested that implements the method.
US11134185B2
A system is provided for partial matching of settings across cameras. The system includes a camera setting controller that controls control elements of a target camera for capturing video content of a scene. Moreover, a transfer module detects a request to transfer settings from a reference camera to the target camera and a look determiner determines a look of a scene of the video content being captured by the at least one target camera. The transfer module retrieves the control elements of the reference camera and related image capture control settings that correspond to the obtained image capture control settings of the at least one target camera. The transfer module then transfers the image capture control settings of the control elements from the reference camera to the target camera, such that the settings are applied to the target camera to modify the capturing of video content of the scene.
US11134182B2
A digital video transmitter includes a video converter configured to convert a digital video signal obtained from an imaging device to a serial differential signal, a filter electrically coupled to the video converter through a differential signal transmission line and configured to filter an interference introduced by an electronic adjuster or a motor, and an image transmitter electrically coupled to the filter and configured to receive and transmit the serial differential signal.
US11134178B2
A video signal output apparatus includes: an outputter that outputs a video signal and a first audio signal to each of output apparatuses; a receiver that receives a second audio signal generated as a result of each of the output apparatuses performing audio signal processing on the first audio signal; an synchronization information obtainer that obtains synchronization information indicating a time difference between a time required for video signal processing and a time required for the audio signal processing by each of the output apparatuses; a delay calculator that calculates a delay time for reducing a time difference between respective timings of displaying video by the output apparatuses, using a timing at which the receiver receives the second audio signal from each of the output apparatuses and the synchronization information obtained; and a delayer that delays the video signal and the first audio signal, by the delay time calculated.
US11134172B2
An image forming apparatus includes an information storing unit, an information acquiring unit and a control unit. On the basis of association between pieces of identification information stored in the storing unit and pieces of user information, the control unit authenticates the use of the image forming apparatus by a user corresponding to an associated piece of identification information. Upon acquisition by the acquiring unit, of a piece of identification information which is not stored in the storing unit, the controller unit causes a display portion to display display regions corresponding to pieces of user information so as to be selectable to cause the storing unit to store piece of identification information and a corresponding piece of user information in association with each other.
US11134161B2
A mobile terminal capable of securely achieving log-in to a desired MFP. The mobile terminal detects at least one image processing apparatus which performs near field wireless communication. The mobile terminal transmits, to a detected image processing apparatus, user information used to log into the image processing apparatus. The mobile terminal displays, in a case where a plurality of image processing apparatus is detected, a selection screen through which a user selects an image processing apparatus to be logged in by using the user information.
US11134158B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire an additional processing program for performing additional processing in response to a connection of an additional processing apparatus configured to perform the additional processing for a function of the information processing apparatus, and store the acquired additional processing program in the information processing apparatus.
US11134156B1
A system for detecting water flooding in telecommunications manholes may include a float switch disposed at a predetermined flooding line in a telecommunications manhole. The float switch may be a switching device without a power source. The system may include an analog phone connected to the float switch through a telephone line connection associated with a pre-existing communication network. The analog phone may be configured for detecting a triggering signal from the float switch and initiating an alert procedure upon detecting the triggering signal.
US11134150B1
A system and method for assisting with interactions between agents and customers using an artificially intelligent assistant is disclosed. The artificially intelligent assistant monitors interactions between agents and customers and identifies assistive actions to be taken that increase efficiency of the interaction as well as customer satisfaction. The artificially intelligent agent can also identify new communication modes appropriate for assistive actions, allowing agents to seamlessly communicate with customers over a wide range of different communication modes, such as phone calls, texts, emails and other messaging applications.
US11134149B1
A system described herein may provide a technique for a multi-modal interaction experience with a User Equipment (“UE”) via multiple concurrent presentation modes. Such multiple modes may include a voice call with an interactive voice response (“IVR”) system, as well as the simultaneous presentation of information and/or selectable options at a UE associated engaged in the voice call with the IVR system. The information may be presented via a graphical user interface at the UE that is engaged in the call with the IVR system. In this manner, the UE may provide a multi-modal experience to a user, in which the user can simultaneously interact with the IVR system via the call, and can also receive or provide further interactions related to call via the GUI.
US11134145B2
A method and electronic device for executing application concurrently with other devices are provided. An address of an external electronic device and a location of an application is obtained. A connection is established with a device using a short-range communication protocol. The application is obtained and executed in conjunction with the device.
US11134136B2
The present disclosure provides an interactive device selection method and apparatus. The method includes: determining, according to a usage scenario type of the user and a preset policy and from a wearable device set of the user, a first interactive device that matches the usage scenario type of the user; and sending attribute information of the first interactive device to all wearable devices in the wearable device set of the user, so that a wearable device in the wearable device set of the user performs information interaction with the first interactive device according to the attribute information of the first interactive device. Therefore, the user may obtain all required information in a timely manner.
US11134130B2
A management server generates push notification information based on first identification information that is commonly used in a plurality of push notifications and second identification information for identifying each of the push notifications.
US11134126B2
A network orchestrator capable of selecting a primary virtual internet gateway (VIG) is provided. During operation, the network orchestrator can monitor roundtrip times for multiple packets between a primary VIG and a branch gateway, and between a secondary VIG and the branch gateway. The network orchestrator can determine a first forecast roundtrip time associated with the connection between the primary VIG and branch gateway, and a second forecast roundtrip time associated with the connection between the secondary VIG and the branch gateway. The network orchestrator can then select a new primary VIG based on the first and second forecast roundtrip times.
US11134117B1
Techniques are described for a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request monitoring application that provides an automated solution for managing cross-region compliance of incoming HTTP requests received by a web application or service. An HTTP request monitoring application comprises a plurality of modular components that can be readily integrated into a request processing pipeline of a web server or, more generally, into any application that processes HTTP requests. The components can include, for example, one or more analysis components, used to analyze various data elements contained in HTTP requests to estimate an origin requests, and one or more action components, used to perform various actions responsive to analysis components identifying potentially non-compliant requests (e.g., where such actions may include blocking the incoming requests, logging information about the requests, generating notifications, sending metrics to a monitoring service, etc.).
US11134116B2
A system for dynamically loading a webpage including: a webpage qualifier module to receive a user requested webpage from a host server and further to identify a plurality of components of the webpage; a component selection module to determine a loading method for each component, wherein the loading method may be either in-line loading or adaptive loading; an in-line loading module to load components in-line; and an adaptive loading module to determine a loading hierarchy and load components based on the loading hierarchy. A method for dynamically loading a webpage including: identifying a plurality of components of the webpage; determining a load method for each component wherein the loading method may be in-line loading or adaptive loading; loading components determined to be in-line components using in-line loading; determining a loading hierarchy for components determined to be adaptive components; and loading adaptive components using adaptive loading based on the loading hierarchy.
US11134115B2
Embodiments of the invention provide for live encoding systems that can replicate a current encoded frame instead of re-encoding said current frame, and then adjust the replicated frame to different bitrates, resolutions, and/or contexts as necessary for the several different adaptive bitrate streams. In addition, various embodiments of the invention can extend a duration of a current frame being repackaged and/or re-encoded. Utilizing these and other techniques, live encoding systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention can more efficiently handle gaps in received data, slower feeding of data, and/or heavy loads on server hardware.
US11134104B2
A system is disclosed that includes components and features for enabling enterprise users to securely access enterprise resources (documents, data, application servers, etc.) using their mobile devices. An enterprise can use some or all components of the system to, for example, securely but flexibly implement a BYOD (bring your own device) policy in which users can run both personal applications and secure enterprise applications on their mobile devices. The system may, for example, implement policies for controlling mobile device accesses to enterprise resources based on device attributes (e.g., what mobile applications are installed), user attributes (e.g., the user's position or department), behavioral attributes, and other criteria. Client-side code installed on the mobile devices may further enhance security by, for example, creating a secure container for locally storing enterprise data, creating a secure execution environment for running enterprise applications, and/or creating secure application tunnels for communicating with the enterprise system.
US11134103B2
A mobile network system comprises a security device and a network device. The security device stores slice security requirements which are different for each slice ID (identification). The slice ID indicates a network slice in a core network. The network device transmits, to the security device, a Slice Security Request including the slice ID. The network device receives, from the security device, a Slice Security Response including the slice security requirements related to the slice ID. The network device selects, based on the slice security requirements, a security algorithm for the network slice.
US11134102B2
Various embodiments are disclosed for a services policy communication system and method. In some embodiments, a communications device implements a service policy for assisting control of the communications device use of a service on a network; and monitors use of the service based on the service policy, in which a local service usage is synchronized with a network based service usage.
US11134097B2
A computer implemented method includes receiving instructions from a user, where the instructions received from the user comprise one or more conditions, scanning data that is maintained across multiple social networks, where scanning comprises identifying data that is associated with a protected social entity, determining that the identified data meets one or more conditions specified in the instructions received from the user, in response to determining that the identified data meets one or more conditions specified in the instructions, determining whether to request a particular social network to remove the identified data by comparing the identified data to terms of service data of each of the one or more social networks, based on the comparison, determining that the identified data is not permitted on at least one social network, and submitting a request for the removal of the identified data to the at least one social network.
US11134086B2
In particular embodiments, a consent conversion optimization system is configured to test two or more test consent interfaces against one another to determine which of the two or more consent interfaces results in a higher conversion percentage (e.g., to determine which of the two or more interfaces lead to a higher number of end users and/or data subjects providing a requested level of consent for the creation, storage and use or cookies by a particular website). The system may, for example, analyze end user interaction with each particular test consent interface to determine which of the two or more user interfaces: (1) result in a higher incidence of a desired level of provided consent; (2) are easier to use by the end users and/or data subjects (e.g., take less time to complete, require a fewer number of clicks, etc.); (3) etc.
US11134080B2
A method for authenticating a user of a terminal equipment connected to a communication network, for access from this terminal equipment to a remote service hosted by a server equipment connected to the network. The method includes the following steps, implemented by the server: authenticating the user from credentials; in the event of successful user authentication, authenticating the client equipment from credentials stored in a first memory of the server in association with the user's credentials, including a command to render a first pattern, the command including parameters describing the first pattern and rendering the first pattern received from the client equipment, so-called reference pattern; deciding on authenticating the client equipment according to the evaluated score, a successful authentication being decided when the match score is greater than a predetermined threshold; and following the authentication decision, updating the credentials of the terminal equipment.
US11134071B2
An example system and method facilitates establishment of secure communications between software systems, e.g., a client computing device and one or more servers (e.g., a cloud) using Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) via strategic use of tokens. An example method for overcoming longstanding security loopholes and usability issues with conventional MFA methods includes efficiently securing registration code (e.g., via public key cryptography and tokens) and exchanged data (e.g., message payloads), in part by embedding a signed token (e.g., a JWT token signed by a private key of the server system) in a registration link used by a client system to communicate with one or more servers of a server system.
US11134069B2
A method for authorizing access includes generating a public identity parameter and a private identity parameter for each server, and using the public identity parameter of a first server indicated by a first credential from a resource owner to perform identity encryption on the first credential and a first random parameter so as to generate and transmit a first request message to the first server. The private identity parameter is used to decrypt the first request message. The public identity parameter of a second server indicates by the second credential to perform identity encryption on the second credential and a second random parameter so as to generate and transmit a second request message. The second server uses the private identity parameter to perform decryption on the second request message, and the method determines, according to the decrypted second credential, a resource to be provided to the client.
US11134065B2
An application data exchange technique may include a communication device establishing a communication channel with an access device, receiving an access device profile of the access device, and emulating a virtual access device on the communication device based on the access device profile. The virtual access device executing on the communication device may issue a set of application commands to a transaction applet executing on the communication device, and receive a set of application data responses from the transaction applet in response to the set of application commands. The communication device, may then generate a data packet by concatenating application data contained in the set of application data responses, and transmitting the data packet to the access device via the communication channel.
US11134058B1
Network traffic inspection is disclosed. An application executing on a client device as an operating system that uses a virtual private network (VPN) stack of the operating system intercepts a first IP packet. The application determines that a policy should be applied to the intercepted first IP packet. The policy is applied to the intercepted first IP packet.
US11134051B2
A method for managing notifications in an electronic device is provided. The method may include displaying at least one notification message, associated with a first application, in a notification area of the electronic device; detecting a first user input performed on the at least one notification message displayed in the notification area; and displaying a graphical element including at least one data item corresponding to the at least one notification message within the notification area, where the at least one data item is associated with a second application.
US11134047B2
A system and method for enhanced workflow over email assisted by a plurality of plugins associable to a plurality of email clients is described herein. A first plugin is associable with a first email client. The first plugin is configured to write to a custom command wherein the custom command includes a machine readable message with one or more authorized actions within an email exchanged between the first email client and a second email client. A second plugin is associable with the second email client. The second plugin is configured to read from the custom command and execute the one or more authorized actions related to the second email client.
US11134044B1
A messaging service receives an electronic message, including an attachment, from a sender client device and addressed to a recipient client device. The messaging service obtains information associated with the recipient client device to determine one or more actions that may be performed with regard to the attachment included within the electronic message. Once the determination as to the one or more actions has been made, the messaging service may perform the one or more actions, which may include transformation of the electronic message. The messaging service may subsequently provide the electronic message to the recipient client device in accordance with the performed one or more actions.
US11134038B2
Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for allowing a user to switch between interfacing with a service through a network or through short message service (SMS). A chat service is executed through which a first user at a first computer can communicate directly with a second user at a second computer. A request is received from the first computer to enable the first user to interface with the chat service through a mobile device of the first user using SMS instead of through the network using the first computer. The chat service is configured to interface with the mobile device through SMS, including communicating chat information through SMS to the first user's mobile device, and communicating control information through SMS to the first user's mobile device such that the first user can control a full functionality of the chat service using SMS.
US11134030B2
Techniques and mechanisms for interconnecting network circuitry of an integrated circuit (IC) die and physical layer (PHY) circuits of the same IC die. In an embodiment, nodes of the network circuitry include first routers and processor cores, where the first routers are coupled to one another in an array configuration which includes rows and columns. First interconnects each extend to couple both to a corresponding one of the PHY circuits and to a corresponding one of the first routers. For each of one or more of the first interconnects, a respective one or more rows (or one or more columns) of the array configuration extend between the corresponding PHY and the corresponding router. In another embodiment, the network circuitry comprises network clusters which each include a different respective row of the array configuration.
US11134029B2
A communication method, a communications device, and a storage medium, where, in the method, a first communications device receives, by using a link corresponding to a first FlexE group, first indication information sent by a second communications device, where for a slot in N slots of the first FlexE group, the first indication information is used to indicate that the second communications device has assigned a FlexE client to the slot, or used to indicate that the second communications device has not assigned a FlexE client to the slot, and the first communications device assigns the FlexE client to the slot in the N slots of the first FlexE group, or cancels, based on the first indication information, the FlexE client that has been assigned to the slot.
US11134027B2
A method for transmitting upstream data in a cable network is provided. The method includes a cable modem (CM) receiving a generic service identifier (G-SID) included in a corresponding information element (IE) in a data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) upstream bandwidth allocation MAP message. The G-SID is a unique identifier assigned to the CM. The method includes the CM transmitting the upstream data for one or more service flows of the CM via at least a portion of the CM bandwidth allocation.
US11134025B2
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. A dynamic resource allocation method of an intelligent orchestrator in a software-defined network (SDN) according to the present invention includes acquiring operation data related to resource allocation in the SDN, adjusting at least one of virtual switch and host parameters based on the operation data and a preconfigured scheduling policy, and allocating resources dynamically according to the adjustment result.
US11134019B1
A triggering system of a message processing service invokes a dispatch function to execute code to determine a set of message consumption functions to launch in order to process a set of messages from a queue. The dispatch function determines, based at least in part on the number of messages in the queue, the number of message consumption functions of the set that are to process these messages. The dispatch function invokes, based on the determination, the set of message consumption functions to process the set of messages from the queue.
US11134018B2
A communication device that is used in a multi-point communication includes: a receiver, a processor and a transmitter. The receiver receives, from a target communication device included among one or more destination communication devices of the communication device, information that indicates a reception bandwidth allocated to a data transmission conducted from the communication device to the target communication device. The processor calculates a transmission bandwidth to be allocated to the data transmission conducted from the communication device to the target communication device according to information relating to the one or more destination communication devices. The transmitter transmits data to the target communication device at a rate that does not exceed an upper limit transmission rate. The upper limit transmission rate is determined according to a smaller one of values of the reception bandwidth and the transmission bandwidth.
US11134017B2
A gateway device includes a first communication system, a second communication system and a network processor. The first communication system and the network processor communicate first network signals therebetween. The first network signals comprising first higher priority network signals and first lower priority network signals. The second communicate system and the network processor communicating second network signals therebetween. The second network signals comprising second higher priority network signals and second lower priority network signals. The network processor communicates a first congestion notification request signal to the first communication system. The first communication system modifies the first lower priority network signals at the first communication system in response to the first congestion notification signal to form first modified network signals and communicates the first modified network signals from the gateway device.
US11134011B2
A communication system includes a first node to forward a received packet according to a path identifier included in an additional header, which corresponds to a forwarding path of the received packet, a second node placed in an edge of network, configured of the first node, and to process the received packet according to a packet processing rule, and a controller to send, to the second node, the packet handling rule which indicates to add the additional header to the received packet, wherein the second node requests the packet processing rule to the controller when the packet processing rule for the received packet is not set in the second node.
US11134007B2
A packet routing method includes computing, for a source node in the data network and a destination node in the data network, a set of multiple routes providing a set of shortest routes from the source to the destination that satisfy all the truth assignments for the Boolean algebra available from the path in the network. The method selects, for a packet flow, a route where logical conjunction of the policy constraints of the flow and the route is satisfied and where the route has sufficient bandwidth.
US11134002B2
In one embodiment, a network comprises a first forwarding domain using a first data plane forwarding protocol and a second forwarding domain using a second data plane forwarding protocol different than the first data forwarding plane forwarding protocol. The first forwarding domain includes a first path node and a particular border node. The second forwarding domain includes a second path node and the particular border node. The particular border node performs Segment Routing or other protocol interworking between the different data plane forwarding domains, such as for transporting packets through a different forwarding domain or translating a packet to use a different data forwarding protocol. These forwarding domains typically include Segment Routing (SR) and SR-Multiprotocol Label Switching (SR-MPLS). Paths through the network are determined by a Path Computation Engine and/or based on route advertisements such associated with Binding Segment Identifiers (BSIDs) (e.g., labels, Internet Protocol version 6 addresses).
US11134001B2
A method includes: continuously receiving a first upstream data packet and a second upstream data packet that are sent by an upstream node; copying the first upstream data packet, converting, based on an established connection mapping table, a first packet in two packets obtained through copying, sending a first downstream data packet obtained through conversion to a downstream node or a user terminal, and performing control management on a second packet obtained by copying the first upstream data packet; and copying the second upstream data packet, converting, based on the connection mapping table, a first packet in two packets obtained through copying, sending a second downstream data packet obtained through conversion to the downstream node or the user terminal, and performing control management on a second packet obtained by copying the second upstream data packet.
US11134000B2
The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems and computer media for monitoring communications networks using cross-correlation of packet flows. One method for monitoring a communications network using cross-correlation of packet flows includes receiving a plurality of packets copied from a communications network. The method further includes classifying the packets into flows. The method further includes, for at least one of the flows, generating a trace value sequence, where the trace value sequence is sequence of values that characterizes the flow according to a cross-correlation metric. The method further includes performing a frequency domain cross-correlation for the at least one flow using the trace value sequence. The method further includes outputting an indication of a network or flow characteristic based on results of the cross-correlation.
US11133997B2
Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and devices for edge system health monitoring and auditing. One embodiment, in the form of a method includes performing a system audit over a first network of devices deployed within the facility to determine a status of each respective device. This embodiment further includes determining an overall system status for the facility based on results of the system audit including consideration of a status of each of the devices deployed within the facility and storing data representative of the overall system status of the facility. This embodiment also transmits at least a portion of the data representative of the overall system status of the facility over a second network to a facility system status monitoring application which may then present a single indicator of the overall system status or health.
US11133991B2
Consolidating events to execute objects to extract, transform, and load data from source systems to a structured data store. An event manager process executing on a server runtime utilizes one or more event properties to determine which events can be consolidated to reduce unnecessary processor utilization.
US11133987B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for network configuration management systems and methods. In some embodiments, the discloses systems and methods may involve receiving data from one or more nodes within a particular network. The data may include, for example, topology, telemetry, geographical, and other data relating to the nodes, the network, and/or the functionality of the nodes or network. Once received, such data may be cleaned and processing may be performed on the data. Such processing may involve clustering the data into groups based on various parameters and performing forecasting on the data to determine future usage rates and capacity information, for example. The clustering and forecasting results may be fed to a rules engine and/or an optimization engine, which may then determine appropriate actions to take on the network (e.g., changes to various nodes in terms of technology and/or number of nodes).
US11133984B2
Various techniques are described herein for autonomously registering and/or activating Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, provisioning wireless network access of those devices, and connecting the IoT device to an NB-IoT network with agreed-to terms for network usage. In various embodiments, IoT devices may be configured to negotiate for NB-IoT network access by (i) sharing their data with the NB-IoT network provider, (ii) security storing and using cryptocurrency to obtain NB-IoT network access, and/or (iii) automatically providing the NB-IoT network provider with access to data from other associated IoT devices and/or with payment from a separate payment provider. Individual IoT devices may be preconfigured with negotiation terms for NB-IoT network access, pre-associated with other devices/users, and/or pre-loaded with cryptocurrency in a secure storage.
US11133979B2
Systems and methods for beam failure recovery are disclosed. In particular, embodiments of a method performed by a wireless device for beam failure recovery and corresponding embodiments of a wireless device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a wireless device for beam failure recovery comprises transmitting, to a base station, an uplink transmission comprising beam failure recovery information, where the uplink transmission is associated with a particular Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process. The method further comprises receiving, from the base station, an uplink grant for the particular HARQ process, where the uplink grant comprises a new data indicator. The method further comprises determining, based on the new data indicator comprised in the uplink grant, that a beam failure recovery procedure related to the beam failure recovery information is complete.
US11133977B2
Described herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance the management of responses to incidents. In one example, a method of improving incident response comprises identifying an incident in an information technology (IT) environment associated with a first entity of a plurality of entities, and identifying action implementation information related to the incident. The method further anonymizes the action implementation information for the incident, and determines action suggestions based at least on the anonymized action implementation information.
US11133972B2
A transmitting apparatus is disclosed. The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder to perform channel encoding with respect to bits and generate a codeword, an interleaver to interleave the codeword, and a modulator to map the interleaved codeword onto a non-uniform constellation according to a modulation scheme, and the constellation may include constellation points defined based on various tables according to the modulation scheme.
US11133968B2
A method for determining a size of demodulation reference signal indication information, including: determining, by a terminal device, a size of demodulation reference signal DMRS port indication information based on configuration information or protocol agreement; the DMRS port indication information is used for indicating port information of a DMRS; the configuration information includes: a time domain resource configuration information set and/or DMRS configuration information. Another method for determining a size of demodulation reference signal indication information, a network device, a terminal device and a storage medium are also disclosed.
US11133962B2
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems and machine-readable mediums which allow for more secure and robust synchronization by implementing synchronization systems with sequences that may include interspersed noise symbols. These systems, which still synchronize despite one or more noise symbols N in indeterminate positions that are not known by the recipient device during a synchronization attempt reduce the amount of failed synchronization attempts.
US11133961B2
The present disclosure discloses a communication apparatus including a receiver circuit and a transmitter circuit having a signal processing circuit and a DAC circuit having a primary conversion circuit and a first hybrid conversion circuit. The primary conversion circuit converts and transmits a transmission signal from the signal processing circuit to a signal transmission path. The first hybrid conversion circuit converts the transmission signal to a first receiver resistor to generate a voltage drop. The receiver circuit receives a first actual receiving signal through the signal transmission path and the first receiver resistor. The primary conversion circuit operates according to a first current including a first and a second part currents and the first hybrid conversion circuit operates according to a second current. The first part current does not change according to a resistive change. The second part current and the second current change according to the resistive change.
US11133948B2
A stateless queue system implements and supports a virtual room containing a content playback queue. The system allows multiple clients to listen to queued content in a synchronized manner and to modify the same queue without requiring a broadcasting client to send playback events. The system includes a multiplicity of computing clients that can add content items to the queue by interacting with an application service. The clients are enabled to add content to the queue in a number of ways, including by simple add-on to the bottom of the queue, by vote, or by direct modification of the queue structure. Upon client entrance into the playback session, data is provided to the client that represent the queue order at the time of request, the number of votes each items contains if structure is determined by vote, the start time for each queued item, and the current playing item.
US11133943B2
A method for issuing a virtual document by a first computer system of an issuer, includes creating the virtual document; calculating a hash value of the virtual document; sending a signed entry request including the hash value to a blockchain server; receiving the signed entry request by the blockchain server; and executing, by the blockchain server, program instructions of a program module identified by the signed entry request, wherein the execution of the program instructions includes checking the signature of the entry request, using a public cryptographic key of the issuer registered in the blockchain, and, if the signature is valid, generating an additional block of the blockchain for the issue of the virtual document, wherein the generated block includes an entry associated with the program module and including the first hash value.
US11133940B2
The techniques herein are directed generally to a “zero-knowledge” data management network. Users are able to share verifiable proof of data and/or identity information, and businesses are able to request, consume, and act on the data—all without a data storage server or those businesses ever seeing or having access to the raw sensitive information (where server-stored data is viewable only by the intended recipients, which may even be selected after storage). In one embodiment, source data is encrypted with a source encryption key (e.g., source public key), with a rekeying key being an encrypting combination of a source decryption key (e.g., source private key) and a recipient's public key. Without being able to decrypt the data, the storage server can use the rekeying key to re-encrypt the source data with the recipient's public key, to then be decrypted only by the corresponding recipient using its private key, accordingly.
US11133934B2
A method of performing out-of-band user authentication includes, by a service electronic device associated with a service a request to initiate a session of the service, generating an authentication token, encrypting the authentication token to generate an encrypted authentication token, and transmitting the encrypted authentication token to the electronic device.
US11133928B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for quantum key distribution according to a continuous-variable quantum key distribution protocol, which distributes the quantum key in a reverse post-processing manner and, after photon sub traction at a receiver (Bob), detects bit information from a received quantum state to calculate and share the quantum key, such that security can be further enhanced and a cryptographic key generation rate can be increased since the cryptographic key is not exposed to an attacker (Eve).
US11133919B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for performing a time-triggered distribution of messages from a region of networked machines to multiple destinations. In an embodiment, the system runs a software-based synchronization process to synchronize each of a plurality of gateways with a reference clock, wherein each gateway is a machine on a perimeter of the region of networked machines and is connected to transmit messages to multiple destinations. The gateways receive messages from within the region of networked machines for distribution to multiple destinations outside the region of networked machines according to a distribution schedule based on absolute time relative to the reference clock. The gateways perform the distribution of received messages, wherein each gateway determines absolute time based on that gateway's synchronization with the reference clock.
US11133912B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for transmission of an indication of an activated bandwidth part (BWP) or component carrier (CC), or combination thereof, to a user equipment (UE) through downlink control information (DCI) that is excluding a grant of resources of the BWP or CC. A UE may establish a connection with a base station in which one or more CCs may be configured with one or more BWPs. The base station may indicate which BWP is active for a transmission in DCI that is transmitted subsequent to the configuration of the one or more CCs, and a UE may activate a corresponding BWP or CC based on the indication. In some cases, a CC may be deactivated unless the DCI indicates that at least one BWP of the CC is active.
US11133910B2
Logic may receive an initial communication from a user device, the initial communication comprising capabilities. Logic may determine when the capabilities indicate a requirement for measurement gaps. Logic may determine, when the capabilities for the user device indicate a requirement to implement measurement gaps, a gap pattern to assign to the user device to re-tune one or more radio frequency chains to a wide bandwidth carrier frequency during communications. Logic may transmit information about the gap pattern to the user device. Logic may transmit an initial communication to a base station, the initial communication comprising capabilities. Logic may receive a communication from the base station comprising information about a gap pattern. Logic may receive a synchronization signal to synchronize a wide bandwidth, radio frequency chain. And logic may retune the radio frequency chain during one or more measurement gaps defined by the gap pattern.
US11133900B2
An object of the present invention is to prevent wrong registration due to an operation error and an input error in installation work of a sensor device. A terminal acquires a first identifier which the sensor device has and further, acquires positional information using a positioning device. The terminal transmits the first identifier and the positional information respectively acquired to a management server. The sensor device transmits a second identifier held by itself to the management server. The management server correlates the second identifier and the positional information when the management server judges that the first identifier and the second identifier are located in predetermined relation, registers them in a storage, and the management server notifies the sensor device of a result of the judgment.
US11133896B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are described for configuring Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC) simultaneous transmissions, which can be used to enhance network performance and/or to enhance procedures within the UE to achieve more efficient operations. For example, techniques are described for determining which modulation coding scheme (MCS) table to apply based on various factors. Different techniques are also described for configuring user equipment (UE) with an RNTI based on different considerations.
US11133894B2
The present disclosure relates to information transmission method, decoding method, and apparatus. One example method includes encoding, by a sending device, a to-be-encoded sequence based on preset parameters to obtain an encoded sequence, where the preset parameters include a quantity of check bits, positions of the check bits, and a check equation, and sending the encoded sequence to a receiving device.
US11133892B2
A method for receiving a signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention can comprise a step for determining REGs, which are to be assumed that the same precoding is used, among REGs comprised in a control resource set on the basis of information relating to precoder granularity, and thus monitoring a control channel candidate. Particularly, if a part of resource blocks overlaps another resource region and particular resource blocks in the resource blocks are no longer contiguous due to the overlapping, the terminal can comprise an assumption that the same precoding is used with respect to the REGs comprised in the particular resource blocks even if the information relating to the precoder granularity corresponds to first configuration.
US11133875B2
The present disclosure relates to over-the-air, OTA, reciprocity calibration for a distributed multiple input-multiple output, D-MIMO, system. By having antennas of the system divided in two separate groups, based on pairwise path loss, and by performing two measurements only, one of which is transmitting by the first group and simultaneously receiving by the second group, and the second by transmitting by the second group and simultaneously receiving by the first group, relations between receiver and transmitter impairments used in the measurements are determined, assuming reciprocity. By relating receive to transmitter impairments for each antenna relative to one or more anchor antennas, calibration values are calculated. By adjusting a quota of the receiver to the transmitter impairment for each antenna such that the relations are fulfilled, reciprocity calibration is achieved, based on two measurements only.
US11133871B1
A receiving and sending integrated chip for an OLT, which relates to the field of integrated circuits and optical communications. The present invention arms at resolving the problem of high production costs and long production cycle due to the fact that the functions of a limiting amplifier and a laser driver of a traditional OLT end optical module based on a GPON and an EPON are implemented by means of two circuit chips. The present invention provides two solutions. The first solution is designed based on the EPON, a transmitter threshold value configuration mode is that the threshold value configuration is implemented after an upper computer and a slave I2C circuit in the chip cooperate to complete electrifying, and LOS signal determination in a receiver can be automatically reset by means of a chip internal module. The second solution is designed based on the GPON, the transmitter threshold value configuration mode is that the threshold value configuration is implemented after the upper computer and the slave I2C circuit in the chip cooperate to complete electrifying, LOS signal determined in the receiver can be automatically reset by means of the chip internal module and can also by manually reset by means of chip external RESET signals in cooperation with a corresponding peripheral circuit, and LOS and SD signal output selection pins are arranged.
US11133856B2
In an ISS process, the initiator sends a first SSW frame in different sector directions by sequentially using an antenna in m antennas, where m is not less than 1 and is less than or equal to N; and in an RSS process, the initiator receives a second SSW frame in a parallel (e.g., simultaneous) omnidirectional manner by using M antennas, where the second SSW frame is sent by a responder in different sector directions, each second SSW frame carries information used to indicate a first SSW frame with best quality in the ISS process, and the M antennas include at least the m antennas, and determines an optimal transmit beam in the ISS process based on the received second SSW frame.
US11133853B2
Disclosed is a method for transmitting and receiving a channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method performed by a base station may include: configuring control information indicating that an antenna port for all CSI-RS resources included in a CSI-RS resource set is same, wherein the CSI-RS resource set is used for tracking at least one of a time or a frequency; transmitting the configured control information to a user equipment (UE); and transmitting the CSI-RS to the UE through all the CSI-RS resources. In doing so, the UE is capable of performing time/frequency tracking more precisely.
US11133851B1
Systems and methods for beamforming based on mixing elements together instead of conventional phase shifting are provided. A beamformer can be used to cross-mix the elements with one another to compensate for delays in signal reception. By replacing phase shifters with mixers, the system becomes agnostic to frequency of operation and angle of arrival.
US11133849B2
An example device may include a processor to cause a plurality of radio chains of a network device to provide a first service; receive a request for a second service to be provided by the network device; split the plurality of radio chains into at least a first subset and a second subset, wherein the first subset provides the first service, wherein the second subset provides the second service, and wherein the first subset and the second subset are non-overlapping.
US11133848B2
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device for controlling communications. The electronic device may comprise: a housing including a first side and a second side facing the first side; a touch screen display exposed through the first side; a wireless communication unit for generating a directional beam in order to establish a wireless communication channel with an external electronic device; a sensor mounted in the housing; at least one processor mounted in the housing and electrically coupled to the display, the wireless communication unit and the sensor; and a memory mounted in the housing and electrically coupled to the at least one processor. The memory according to the various embodiments of the present invention is, when executed, characterized in that the processor is configured to: perform a first direction search for determining the direction of the directional beam corresponding to a first section, wherein the first section falls within a range corresponding to the direction of the electronic device; detect a change in direction of the electronic device by using the wireless communication unit and the sensor; and in response to the change of direction, perform, at least partially, a second direction search corresponding to a second section on the basis of the detected direction change, wherein the second section falls within a range corresponding to the changed direction of the electronic device, and the second section has a smaller range than that of the first section. Other embodiments are possible.
US11133839B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to detect intermodulation issues and configure a transmission scheme to remedy detected intermodulation issues. The wireless device may perform measurements on a downlink carrier while one uplink carrier is scheduled for the wireless device. The wireless device may also perform measurements on the downlink carrier while two uplink carriers are scheduled for the wireless device. The wireless device may provide information based on those measurements to a serving base station. The base station may determine that an intermodulation issue is occurring at the wireless device based on the information provided, and may configure the wireless device to use a single uplink carrier at a time based at least in part on the intermodulation issue.
US11133838B2
Under one aspect, a method is provided for processing a received signal, the received signal including a desired signal and an interference signal that spectrally overlaps the desired signal. The method can include obtaining an amplitude of the received signal. The method also can include obtaining an average amplitude of the received signal based on at least one prior amplitude of the received signal. The method also can include subtracting the amplitude from the average amplitude to obtain an amplitude residual. The method also can include, based upon an absolute value of the amplitude residual being less than or equal to a first threshold, inputting the received signal into an interference suppression algorithm so as to generate a first output including the desired signal with reduced contribution from the interference signal.
US11133834B2
Systems and methods are described to perform wireless communication. The device includes a pre-distortion circuit configured to pre-distort an input signal based on a parameter set including a plurality of coefficients and generate a pre-distorted signal, a power amplifier configured to amplify the pre-distorted signal and generate an output signal, and a parameter obtaining circuit configured to perform an iterative approximation operation based on the output signal and the pre-distorted signal, which change over time, according to an indirect training structure configured to minimize a difference between an intermediate signal obtained based on the output signal and the pre-distorted signal, and obtain the parameter set.
US11133832B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a data processing method and a data processing device. The method includes: obtaining a first to-be-processed bit sequence, where the first to-be-processed bit sequence is a transport block or a code block generated by performing code block segmentation on a transport block; encoding the first to-be-processed bit sequence to obtain a first encoded bit sequence; storing all or at least some bits of the first encoded bit sequence into a circular buffer; and outputting a first output bit sequence from the bits stored in the circular buffer. According to the method and the device that are provided in this application, rate matching can be implemented for a sequence generated through LDPC encoding.
US11133828B2
A method comprises: obtaining a coded bit sequence by performing PC-polar coding on information bits based on first constructor parameters; and sending the coded bit sequence. A check equation of the first constructor parameters includes a first element representing a check-required information bit position and a second element representing a check bit position, the first element corresponds to a first vector (V1) in a generator matrix for PC-polar codes, the second element corresponds to a second vector (V2) in the generator matrix, and if a first Hamming weight (HW1) of V1 is the same as a second Hamming weight (HW2) of V2, then a third Hamming weight (HW3) of an addition modulo 2 vector is greater than HW1 and greater than HW2, or if HW1 is different from HW2, then HW3 is greater than a smaller one of the HW1 and HW2.
US11133815B2
A resampling circuit converts first data updated synchronously with a first clock signal into second data updated synchronously with a second clock signal asynchronous with the first clock signal and outputs the second data. The resampling circuit measures a first time interval between a plurality of successive edges of the first clock signal, and a second time interval between one of the plurality of edges of the first clock signal and an edge of the second clock signal, with a third clock signal having a higher frequency than the first clock signal and the second clock signal. The resampling circuit calculates and outputs the second data updated at the edge of the second clock signal, based on the first time interval and the second time interval, and a plurality of the first data updated at the plurality of edges of the first clock signal.
US11133812B1
Systems and circuits for an asynchronous SAR ADC are described. The SAR ADC includes a two-stage comparator with a preamplifier first stage and a latch second stage. The preamplifier first stage is activated by an active pulse of a first clock signal and the latch second stage is activated by an active pulse of a second clock signal. The Done signal from a done detector is fed back as the active pulse of the first clock signal. The leading edge of the active pulse of the second clock signal is driven by the leading edge of the active pulse of the first clock signal via an RS latch. The Done signal is further fed back through the RS latch to drive a trailing edge of the active pulse of the second clock signal.
US11133810B2
An apparatus for determining whether an output signal from an injection locked oscillator is synchronized with an injection signal coming from an input oscillator has a distorter and a level detector. The distorter uses the output signal from the injection locked oscillator to generate a distorter output signal which has a difference tone in a predetermined frequency band if the output signal from the injection locked oscillator is not synchronized with the injection signal. The level detector is designed to detect a level of the difference tone. The apparatus determines, on the basis of the level of the difference tone, whether the output signal from the injection locked oscillator is synchronized with the injection signal.
US11133804B1
An system-on-a-chip (“SoC”) is provided. In some examples, the SoC includes a processor and a plurality of timer circuit blocks including at least a first timer circuit block and a second timer circuit block. Each of the plurality of timer circuit blocks may be selectively coupled by at least one of a first programmable matrix and a second programmable matrix. In some examples, the first programmable matrix may be configured to couple a second trigger input of the first timer circuit block with a first trigger output of the second timer circuit block. In some examples, the second programmable matrix is configured to couple a second fault input of the first timer circuit block with a first fault output of the second timer circuit block.
US11133798B2
A device includes a first connection pin, a second connection pin, a third connection pin, and a fourth connection pin. The second connection pin is configured to be connected to a supply voltage. The fourth connection pin is configured to be coupled to a reference voltage. The device further includes a first transistor including: a first gate and a first source/drain coupled to the first connection pin; a second transistor including a second gate and a second source/drain connected to the first transistor; and a third transistor including a third gate, a third source/drain connected to the second transistor, and a fourth source/drain connected to the fourth connection pin. The third transistor is configured to be controlled by a digital signal using the third connection pin. Both the first gate and the second gate are directly connected to the second connection pin.
US11133795B2
In an overcurrent determining apparatus, a temperature obtainer obtains a temperature parameter indicative of a temperature of a switching element as a temperature measurement value. A determination voltage has a first voltage value when the temperature measurement value is a first temperature. A setter sets the determination voltage to a second voltage value upon determining that the temperature measurement value is a second temperature higher than the first temperature. The second voltage value is lower than the first voltage value and higher than a value of a Miller voltage of the switching element at the second temperature.
US11133794B1
This disclosure relates to a circuit comprising a first, second, and third data latch, and an input for a data signal. The first data latch may be configured to sample a delayed version of the data signal in response to a first control signal. The second data latch may be configured to sample the delayed version of the data signal in response to a run clock signal. The run clock signal may be configured to run for a predefined number of clock cycles subsequent to the first control signal. The third data latch may be configured to sample either an output signal of the first data latch or an output signal of the second data latch in response to a second control signal received after the predefined number of clock cycles of the run clock signal.
US11133780B2
An aircraft includes an engine and a first variable frequency generator having a first rotor that is rotatable at a rate that is based on a rotational rate of the engine to cause the first variable frequency generator to generate a first multiphase signal. The aircraft further includes a second variable frequency generator having a second rotor that is rotatable at the rate to cause the second variable frequency generator to generate a second multiphase signal. The first multiphase signal is phase aligned with the second multiphase signal. The aircraft further includes one or more switches coupled to a first electrical system and configured to selectively provide power to the first electrical system based on either the first multiphase signal or the second multiphase signal.
US11133779B2
An ultra-low noise crystal oscillator uses two crystal unit; an oscillation element of an oscillation circuit section and a crystal filter of a subsequent filter section. A Butler circuit in which the capacitors (C1, C2) and the inductor (L) connected in series is connected in parallel to the oscillator circuit section. This is the crystal oscillator that simplifies the manufacturing process, improves the manufacturing quality, and has good floor noise characteristics.
US11133774B2
A solar tracking sensor includes lens and four fibers respectively representing four directions installed in a lens barrel to serve as a fine-positioning daylighting module, and four groups of fibers installed on the side of the lens barrel to serve as a coarse-positioning daylighting module. A circuit board and four photocells are installed at the bottom of a cassette. Each photocell is connected to fine positioning fibers located in the same direction as the photocell, and is connected to coarse positioning fibers located in a direction diagonal to the direction of the photocell. By using a daylighting method of combining fine-positioning daylighting and coarse-positioning daylighting, the number of the photocells is reduced, the design of the circuit board is simplified, and costs are reduced; moreover, because the coarse-positioning daylighting module can collect sunlight in a wide-angle range, the tracking angle range of the sensor is enlarged.
US11133768B1
A motor control center system according to the present invention includes a first integrated module and a second integrated module which are provided in correspondence with a motor control center and in a dual structure; a plurality of protection control modules provided in correspondence with respective motor units; and a multipoint bus to which the protection control modules are connected such that a serial communication network is formed between the first integrated module and second integrated module and the plurality of protection control modules, wherein one end of the multipoint bus is commonly connected to a first serial communication port of the first integrated module and a first serial communication port of the second integrated module, and the other end of the multipoint bus is commonly connected to a second serial communication port of the first integrated module and a second serial communication port of the second integrated module.
US11133763B1
A magnetically de-coupled, separately controlled, electric machine assembly including a radial and one or more axial electric machines, each with rotors mechanically coupled to and arranged to directly drive a single shaft. Each of the electric machines are independently, but cooperatively, controlled by two (or more) inverters respectively. The axial and radial electric machines are contained in a single housing.
US11133762B2
A drive system includes a current detection unit that detects a current flowing to a main synchronous motor, and a current detection unit that detects a current flowing to a secondary synchronous motor. The drive system includes a magnetic pole position estimation unit that estimates the magnetic pole position of the rotor of the main synchronous motor, and a magnetic pole position estimation unit that estimates the magnetic pole position of the rotor of the secondary synchronous motor. The drive system includes a current control unit that outputs a voltage command, and a secondary torque current pulsating component extraction unit that extracts a pulsating component. The drive system includes a subtracter that determines an angle difference, and a magnetic flux current command determination unit that determines a magnetic flux current command.
US11133757B2
A system for combined heat and electric power generation, preferably including a heat reservoir and one or more electric generators, each preferably including a heat source and an energy converter. A method for combined heat and electric power generation, preferably including activating an electric generator, deactivating the electric generator, and/or providing heat from a heat reservoir.
US11133743B2
To provide an individual boost circuit capable of boosting a minute power voltage to a target voltage more reliably. An individual boost circuit includes a first PMOS transistor that has a gate to which a first clock voltage is applied and performs on- and off-operations; a second PMOS transistor that has a gate to which a second clock voltage that has a reciprocal relation with the first clock voltage is applied and performs the on- and off-operations; an auxiliary capacitor; a boost capacitor; an auxiliary charging circuit 211 that charges an auxiliary capacitor via the second PMOS transistor with a power voltage from an external power when the first PMOS translator enters an off-state and the second PMOS transistor enters an on-state; and a boost charging circuit 212 that charges the boost capacitor via the first PMOS transistor with the second clock voltage through the auxiliary capacitor when the first PMOS transistor enters the on-state and the second switching transistor enters the off-state.
US11133741B2
There is provided a power supply device 100 for switching power to an output line 150 between a first power supply 120 and a parallel second power supply 122. The power supply device 100 comprises: a first converter 130 connected to the first power supply 120 and configured to output a first voltage in a first predetermined range; and a second converter 132 connected to the second power supply 122 and configured to output a second voltage in a second predetermined range. The outputs of the first and second converters 130, 132 are connected together on the output line 150, and the first and second converters 130, 132 are arranged to maintain a voltage on the output line 150 within a third predetermined range.
US11133739B2
Systems and methods that facilitate multilevel hysteresis voltage control methods for cascaded multilevel voltage modulators having a plurality of power cells connected in series and has any positive integer number of output voltage levels to control any unipolar voltage on the load of the voltage modulator, and transfer electrical power from an electrical grid via AC/DC converters or directly from energy storage elements of the power cells to that load. A method of operational rotation of the power cells of a multilevel voltage modulator, which ensures an equal power sharing among the power cells and voltage balancing of the energy storage elements of the power cells of the modulator.
US11133726B2
One embodiment relates to a gearbox and an actuator comprising same, the gearbox comprising: a housing having an opening; a cover arranged at the opening; a first gear part arranged so that one side thereof is supported by the housing, and the other side thereof is supported by the cover; and a second gear part and a third gear part arranged so that the first gear part is interposed therebetween. The first gear part comprises: a first shaft arranged so that one side thereof is supported by the housing, and the other side thereof is supported by the cover; a bearing arranged on the outer side of the first shaft; and a first gear arranged on the outer side of the bearing.
US11133724B2
A rotor for an electric machine includes a rotor core having at least one internal cavity. A pair of features are defined by the rotor core and extend into the cavity. A structural element is compressed between the features so that a preload may be established between the features and the structural element.
US11133718B2
An electric machine includes a stator having teeth that define open slots and slot closers disposed in the slots. Each slot closers includes a flux bridge surrounded by a nonmagnetic case. The slot closer is disposed between adjacent ones of the teeth with the case engaging and spanning the adjacent teeth. The case forms nonmagnetic gaps between the flux bridge and the adjacent teeth, respectively, to reduce potential for torque ripple.
US11133710B2
The present disclosure relates to a wireless power reception device and method, and provides a wireless power reception device comprising: a secondary coil which is magnetically coupled to a primary coil disposed in a wireless power transmission device so as to receive wireless power from the wireless power transmission device; a shielding member for supporting the secondary coil; a power pickup unit including a rectifier circuit for rectifying an alternating current signal according to the wireless power received by the secondary coil into a direct current signal; and a communication/control unit for controlling transmission of the wireless power and communicating with the wireless power transmission device. On the basis of a secondary coil and a shielding member according to the present embodiment, slimming of an applied product can be achieved and, simultaneously, the same target performance index (which is required for the standard medium power level (for example, 60W)) can be implemented.
US11133695B2
It is possible to prevent user's convenience from decreasing during charging. A control device includes a current level adjusting section that adjusts, in accordance with temperatures detected at a plurality of locations in a mobile terminal, output current levels of output currents to be outputted from respective plurality of charging circuits, i.e. first to fourth charging circuits.
US11133688B2
Methods and apparatus to charge electric vehicles are disclosed. An example method includes receiving, at a processor, a request for a mobile charging unit to meet an electric vehicle to provide a battery charge to the electric vehicle. The request is generated by the electric vehicle when a ratio of a remaining trip distance of the electric vehicle to a remaining expected range of the electric vehicle exceeds a threshold. The example method further includes identifying, via the processor, a location for the battery charge based on input from a user of the electric vehicle regarding a plurality of possible locations for the battery charge.
US11133669B2
A limiter having a more ideal limiting function, a short response time, and an adjustable limiting threshold. In one embodiment, a self-activating limiter stack is coupled between circuit ground and a signal line between a source and a receiver. The limiter stack limits the power from the source when the voltage on the signal line exceeds the breakdown voltage of the limiter stack. The threshold of the limiter stack is controlled in part by a first control voltage applied to a control input. A rectifying power detector circuit connected between a node on the signal line and the control input of the limiter stack provides a second control voltage as a function of the signal power at the node. The combined first and second control voltages are applied to the control input to modulate the ON resistance of the limiter stack, thereby limiting the leakage power reaching the protected receiver.
US11133665B2
A direct current (DC) overvoltage monitoring and protection device includes an overvoltage sensor operably connected to an electrical power input line. The overvoltage sensor is configured to change state upon detection of a voltage over a preselected threshold. An overvoltage relay is operably connected to the overvoltage sensor. The overvoltage relay includes one or more relay switches configured to move between a first position and a second position when the voltage over the preselected threshold is detected. An independent relay power source is operably connected to the overvoltage relay to provide electrical power to the overvoltage relay, separate from the electrical power being monitored via the electrical power input line.
US11133660B2
A busbar and constructive variations thereof, which has a closed tubular format, based on single, double and triple walls, and said busbar can be manufactured by extrusion, profiling or bending process.
US11133652B2
Optical devices and methods of manufacturing and operating such optical devices. In an embodiment, an optical device includes a substrate, a multi-layer structure having a first surface in contact with a first surface of the substrate, a first mirror disposed over a second surface of the multi-layer structure, a second mirror disposed over a second surface of the substrate, an intermediate mirror within the multi-layer structure, and an optical gain structure within the multi-layer structure. The device may include a first optically resonant cavity within the multi-layer structure, bounded by the first mirror and the intermediate mirror, where the first optically resonant cavity includes the optical gain structure. The device may further include a second optically resonant cavity, bounded by the first and second mirrors, where the second optically resonant cavity includes the first optically resonant cavity, the second optically reflective layer, and the substrate.
US11133651B2
A nitride semiconductor laser device at least includes a ridge part disposed on a second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a conductive oxide layer covering the upper surface of the ridge part and portions of opposite side surfaces of the ridge part, a dielectric layer covering a portion of the conductive oxide layer, and a first metal layer covering the conductive oxide layer and the dielectric layer, wherein a portion of the conductive oxide layer disposed on the upper surface of the ridge part is exposed through the dielectric layer and covered with the first metal layer.
US11133647B2
Embodiments of the disclosure pertain to an optical transmitter comprising a laser configured to generate an optical signal from a single-ended electrical signal, a housing or (sub)assembly containing the laser, a driver configured to generate the single-ended electrical signal, a direct current (DC) return path, and an alternating current (AC) return path. The laser has a DC power pin, and the DC power has a DC component and an AC component. The driver has a first impedance at a first output through which the single-ended electrical signal passes. The housing or (sub)assembly has a second impedance matching the first impedance. The DC return path comprises an inductor and is configured to carry or conduct the DC component of the DC power from the laser (e.g., to an input pin on the driver). The AC return path is configured to carry or conduct the AC component of the DC power from the laser. Methods of using and manufacturing the same are also disclosed.
US11133644B2
Semiconductor laser device (1) includes lower electrode block (10) that has a first terminal hole and first and second connection holes, upper electrode block (60) that has third connection holes communicating with the respective first connection holes and a second terminal hole, heat sink (110) that has fourth connection holes communicating with the respective second connection holes, and optical component (100) attached to upper electrode block (60). The first and the second connection holes are formed on both side of a recess that is formed to house a submount on which a semiconductor laser element is disposed. Lower electrode block (10) is disposed on heat sink (110). Lower electrode block (10) and upper electrode block (60) are fastened together with first fasteners (90, 90), whereas lower electrode block (10) and heat sink (110) are fastened together with second fasteners (91, 91).
US11133635B2
A system for multi-stage crimping of a contact to a wire includes a first crimping die having a first portion of a selected shape defined therein, and a second crimping die having a complementary second portion of the selected shape defined therein. The system also includes the first and second crimping dies being operable to be displaced towards each other and along a first axis during a compression stroke. The first and second crimping dies are also operable to be displaced along a second axis during a closing stroke subsequent to the compression stroke, where the second axis is generally perpendicular to the first axis. In addition, the system includes the first and second crimping dies cooperating to crimp the contact into the selected shape to the wire upon completion of the closing stroke.
US11133629B2
A busway assembly includes first and second busway sections and a joint assembly connecting the first and second sections. Each busway section includes a housing including first and second opposing side portions. Each busway section includes a first insulator held in the first side portion and a second insulator held in the second side portion. The first and second insulators each hold one or more bus bar conductors. The joint assembly includes first and second connected joint housings and plurality of joint conductors held in the first and second housings. A first exposed portion of each joint conductor extends out of the first housing and is electrically connected with one of the bus bar conductors of the first busway section. A second exposed portion of each joint conductor extends out of the second housing and is electrically connected with one of the bus bar conductors of the second busway section.
US11133623B2
A conductive liquid path detection circuit for detecting a conductive liquid present in a receptacle connector and/or a mating connector plug is configured for discharging an electron charge from any conductive liquid present on a connector pin in the receptacle connector and/or a mating connector plug. The conductive liquid path detection circuit charges any conductive liquid present on the connector pin with an electron charge. The circuit repeatedly samples and retains the samples of the measurements of a voltage level present at the connector pin. The conductive liquid path detection circuit then analyzes the samples of the measurements to determine a slope of the samples of the measurements of a voltage level over time; and determines when an amplitude of a final measurement of the voltage level is less than a conductive liquid detection threshold level.
US11133622B2
A connector (10) includes a housing (20) and a separate connection detecting member (60). The connection detecting member (60) has a flexible and cantilevered locking lance (66). The housing (20) has a locking portion (38) with an opening and capable of locking the connection detecting member (60) by a projection (70) of the locking lance (66) coming into contact with an inner wall of the locking portion (38). The connection detecting member (60) is relatively displaceable between a connection assurance position and a connection assurance release position. When the connection detecting member (60) is displaced from the connection assurance release position to the connection assurance position, the projection (70) of the locking lance (66) slides against the inner wall of the locking portion (38) and the locking lance (66) is displaced resiliently to release the locking of the connection detecting member (60).
US11133616B2
A first connector and a second connector are provided. The first connector includes an insulated body, first terminals, and fastening members. The first terminals and the fastening members are on the insulated body. The second connector includes an insulated base, second terminals, and positioning members. The fastening member has a first side plate and a second side plate formed as a stair structure for protecting the insulated body.
US11133608B2
A contact member for an insulation displacement contact (IDC) terminal includes an encasement wall at least partially surrounding a receptacle volume receiving a wire or cable, an IDC member having an IDC blade penetrating an insulation of the wire or cable and a contact edge electrically contacting a core of the wire or cable, and a cutting blade cutting the wire or cable. The receptacle volume has an opening at least partially framed by the encasement wall. The IDC member is formed in a first wall section of the encasement wall. The cutting blade is formed in a second wall section of the encasement wall opposite the first wall section. Both the IDC blade and the cutting blade face the opening.
US11133601B2
Various examples are provided that are related to fractal-based reactive impedance surfaces. These surfaces allow for miniaturization of antennas. In one example, a fractal rectangular reactive impedance surface (FR-RIS) includes a plurality of fractal rectangular (FR) patches having an outer edge defined by a fractal rectangular pattern that is repeated along each side of inner FR patches of the plurality of FR patches. The fractal rectangular pattern of a FR patch matches with the fractal rectangular pattern of an adjacent FR patch. An antenna can include a planar antenna disposed over the FR-RIS.
US11133599B2
The invention provides a phased array antenna, which includes a core board, as well as an antenna module and a radio frequency module respectively arranged at two sides of the core board, where the radio frequency module includes a device attached to a surface far away from the core board and a circuit layer electrically connected to the device, and the device and the circuit layer at least form a phase control unit to control a phase of each antenna unit in the antenna module and a beam synthesis unit to control a beam shape of the phased array antenna.
US11133590B2
An antenna includes a dielectric substrate, an antenna element formed on a first surface of the dielectric substrate, a ground element formed on a second surface of the dielectric substrate, and a metal conductor plate disposed over, and at a spaced distance from, the first surface of the dielectric substrate, the metal conductor plate being larger than the ground element.
US11133588B1
Ultra-reconfigurable reflectarrays using vanadium dioxide (VO2) are provided, as well as methods of fabricating and using the same. The ultra-reconfigurable reflectarrays operate based on the unique phase-change properties of VO2, by including a heating element configured to heat desired areas of a VO2 layer/reflector, such that the VO2 reflector/layer can be reconfigured to have a desired pattern heated (and therefore changed to a conducting state) at a given time, with a good spatial resolution of the desired pattern.
US11133582B2
The present disclosure improves the speed at which communication is started by an antenna that is to carry out communication from among a plurality of antennas for near field communication. An information processing device (10) is provided with a touch panel (120), a plurality of NFC antennas (110), and a control unit (130) for controlling the NFC antennas, and starts driving a drive target antenna which is one or more NFC antennas that correspond to a contact position or proximity position of an object detected by the touch panel, from among the plurality of NFC antennas.
US11133576B2
A rectenna for high efficiency RF-to-DC wireless energy harvesting that includes an off-center-fed patch (OCFP) antenna and a rectifying circuit. The input impedance of the antenna may be tunable and directly conjugate matched to an impedance of the rectifying circuit over a wide range of frequencies and/or under different operating conditions. An impedance matching network required by rectenna systems may therefore be eliminated using the methods disclosed for the design and implementation of the OCFP rectenna. The OCFP rectenna offers consistently high RF-to-DC power conversion efficiency over a wide range of frequencies and under different operating conditions.
US11133556B2
This disclosure provides a battery accommodating device for a vehicle. The battery accommodating device comprises a tray, a cover, a support connecting the tray and the cover, at least one first fastener, and a plug disposed at the lower surface of the tray. The tray has a cavity for accommodating a battery assembly. The cover is disposed above the tray and used for sealing the cavity. The first fastener connects, below the cover, the support to the tray. The plug is configured to be engaged with a base on a vehicle component to connect a circuit of the battery assembly. The present disclosure also provides a battery system and a vehicle comprising a battery accommodating device.
US11133546B2
An electronic device and battery included therein are disclosed. The device includes a battery which itself comprises a jelly-roll structure having a rolled stack of a cathode, a separator, and an anode; an outer cover layer enclosing surfaces of the jelly-roll; and a pouch sealing the jelly-roll and the outer cover layer. The jelly-roll includes a first surface, a second surface disposed in a opposite direction, a third surface corresponding to one side of the rolled stack and connecting the first surface and the second surface, and a fourth surface corresponding to other side of the rolled stack, connecting the first surface and the second surface, and disposed in a direction opposite to the third surface. The outer cover layer includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a fourth portion bonded to first, second, third and fourth surfaces, respectively.
US11133545B2
A prismatic secondary battery includes an electrode body having a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, a prismatic outer casing accommodating the electrode body, a sealing plate sealing the opening of the prismatic outer casing, a negative electrode terminal attached to the sealing plate, and a negative electrode collector electrically connecting the negative electrode plate and the negative electrode terminal. An insulating member is disposed between the sealing plate and the negative electrode terminal. An insulating sheet is disposed between the sealing plate and the negative electrode collector. The insulating member and the insulating sheet are disposed so as to overlap with each other in a direction perpendicular to the sealing plate.
US11133543B2
A thermal management device and a battery pack are provided. The thermal management device applied in a battery pack. The battery pack includes a case and a plurality of cells received in the case. The thermal management device includes: a thermal management loop attached to each cell and at least partially covering a part of a vent of each cell; a heat exchange member communicating with the thermal management loop; and a power component connected between the thermal management loop and the heat exchange member. A heat exchange medium with a fire-extinguishing function is provided within the thermal management loop. The thermal management loop is broken in a condition where at least one cell is subjected to thermal runaway such that the heat exchange medium flows into an explosion-proof port of the at least one cell.
US11133542B2
Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes a plurality of battery modules; a tray giving a space where the plurality of battery modules are placed; a plurality of beam frames installed to traverse an upper surface of the tray to partition spaces where the plurality of battery modules are capable of being individually placed; and a plurality of heatsinks formed to have a hollow structure through which a coolant flows, the plurality of heatsinks being selectively coupled to a part of the plurality of beam frames so as to be disposed to face a side surface of the battery modules, respectively, wherein a heat conduction medium having a louver structure is interposed at a thermal interface of the heatsink and the battery module.
US11133540B2
A battery thermal management system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a battery assembly and a coolant subsystem that circulates coolant through the battery assembly. The battery assembly is heated by a first portion of the coolant from an engine if a temperature of the battery assembly is below a first temperature threshold and is cooled by a second portion of the coolant from a chiller if the temperature is above a second temperature threshold.
US11133538B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of batteries of new energy vehicle, and in particular to a heat exchanger for cooling battery. The present invention aims to solve the problem that existing heat exchangers in the prior art have low heat exchange efficiency and lack of expandability. For this purpose, the heat exchanger for cooling battery according to the present invention comprises a first liquid collection unit, a second liquid collection unit and at least one cooling plate unit provided between the first liquid collection unit and the second liquid collection unit, the first liquid collection unit at least comprising a first liquid collection area, the second liquid collection unit at least comprising a second liquid collection area, and the cooling plate unit comprising a plurality of flow guide elements. Through a modular design, the present invention can make combinations and changes according to variation of size of a battery pack, bring about great degree of freedom in size, reduce cost and shorten production cycle. In addition, a coolant flows in all directions under the action of the flow guide elements, which is advantageous for a uniform distribution of speed in the cooling plate unit and a more uniform distribution of temperature over the entire region of the cooling plate unit. Meanwhile, heat conducting elements play the role of enhancing heat exchange, which is advantageous for an improvement of heat exchange efficiency of the cooling plate.
US11133531B2
Electrolyte formulations including a high salt concentration. The electrolyte formulation includes an organic solvent and a lithium salt, wherein the lithium salt is mixed with the organic solvent at a concentration of at least 20 Mole %, or at least 40 Mole %, or at least 50 Mole %. The organic solvent includes N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, butylene carbonate, butyl propionate, pentyl acetate, γ-caprolactone, propylene glycol sulfite, ethyl methyl sulfone, butyl sulfoxide or combinations thereof. The lithium salt includes lithium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl) imide, lithium tetrafluoroborate, or lithium hexafluorophosphate.
US11133530B2
Additives to electrolytes that enable the formation of comparatively more robust SEI films on silicon anodes. The SEI films in these embodiments are seen to be more robust in part because the batteries containing these materials have higher coulombic efficiency and longer cycle life than comparable batteries without such additives.
US11133526B2
A solid electrolyte has a composition represented by the formula: MgxMySiOz, where M represents at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, Ca, Sr, and Ba; x satisfies 0
US11133525B2
A lithium-ion secondary battery includes at least a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and an electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes at least negative electrode active material particles. Each of the negative electrode active material particles contains at least a SiOx particle and a Si layer. The Si layer covers a surface of the SiOx particle. The Si layer has a thickness not smaller than 10 nm and not greater than 100 nm. The electrolyte solution contains at least one selected from the group consisting of FEC and VC.
US11133522B2
The present disclosure provides for a lithium-sulfur battery with a dual blocking layer between the anode and cathode, providing for high storage capacity and improved performance.
US11133520B2
Systems and methods to overcome limited efficiency of energy storage and recovery processes in fuel cells are provided. The system include a particle regeneration subsystem for applying electrical energy to regenerate metallic particulate fuel; a fuel storage subsystem for storing metallic particulate fuel, the fuel storage subsystem in fluid communication with the particle regeneration subsystem; and a power generation subsystem for producing electrical energy from the metallic particulate fuel, the power generation subsystem in fluid communication with the fuel storage subsystem; a bearer electrolyte for transporting the metallic particulate fuel through the particle regeneration subsystem, the fuel storage subsystem and the power generation subsystem; and a control unit configured to independently control flow of the bearer electrolyte between the particle regeneration subsystem and the fuel storage subsystem, and the fuel storage subsystem and the power generation subsystem.
US11133519B2
An illustrative example fuel cell assembly includes at least one cooler and a plurality of fuel cells each having an anode and a cathode. Each of the anodes includes an anode flow plate configured to allow fuel to flow through the anode. The anode flow plates have a respective flow resistance that varies among at least some of the anodes based on a distance between the corresponding anode and the cooler.
US11133511B2
A buffer layer between an interconnect and an electrolyte of a solid oxide fuel cell, the buffer layer having a gradient in coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), wherein the buffer layer minimizes electrolyte damage due to a difference in CTE between the interconnect and electrolyte.
US11133510B2
The invention relates to an electrode for an electrochemical cell, wherein an electrode is flatly applied onto a surface of a solid oxide electrolyte, and a cathode is flatly applied onto the solid oxide electrolyte surface opposite the electrode. The base material of the electrode is a composite whose catalytically active metal component contains a nickel phase which is made of NiO as part of the electrode starting material by reducing the NiO in a hydrogen-containing atmosphere. The ceramic component is made with a doped cerium oxide and a spinel made of at least one transition metal selected from Ni, Mn, Fe, and Cr.
US11133506B2
Provided is a binder composition that exhibits sufficient adhesion and that achieves the excellent dispersibility of a conductive auxiliary agent. The binder composition according to an embodiment of the present invention is a binder composition containing a vinylidene fluoride copolymer composition containing vinylidene fluoride and an acrylic monomer; the acrylic monomer being at least one type selected from acrylic acid and methacrylic acid; and a ratio (Mn2/Mn1) of a number average molecular weight of the vinylidene fluoride copolymer composition after being adsorbed onto alumina (Mn2) to a number average molecular weight of the vinylidene fluoride copolymer composition before being adsorbed onto alumina (Mn1) being less than 2.
US11133502B2
A cathode includes a cathode collector layer, and a cathode active material layer on a surface of the cathode collector layer. The cathode active material layer includes a sintered polycrystalline material having a plurality of crystal grains of a lithium-based oxide, and each of the plurality of crystal grains includes a seed template, and a matrix crystal around the seed template, where the seed template is a single crystal and having a shape of a plate.
US11133501B2
A composite positive active material includes a lithium nickel cobalt aluminum composite oxide. A full width at half maximum (FWHM) of a peak of a (104) plane of the lithium nickel cobalt aluminum composite oxide is 0.15 or less and an FWHM of a peak of a (108) plane of the lithium nickel cobalt aluminum composite oxide is 0.15 or less, the peaks being obtained by X-ray diffraction analysis using a CuKα X-ray. A method of preparing the composite positive active material, and a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode including the composite positive active material are disclosed.
US11133492B2
A semiconductor structure is provided that contains a non-volatile battery which controls gate bias. The non-volatile battery has a stable voltage and thus the structure may be used in neuromorphic computing. The semiconductor structure may include a semiconductor substrate including at least one channel region that is positioned between source/drain regions. A gate dielectric material is located on the channel region of the semiconductor substrate. A battery stack is located on the gate dielectric material. In accordance with the present application, the battery stack includes, an anode current collector located on the gate dielectric material, an anode region located on the anode current collector, an ion diffusion barrier material located on the anode region, an electrolyte located on the ion diffusion barrier material, a cathode material located on the electrolyte, and a cathode current collector located on the cathode material.
US11133485B2
A light-emitting device and an electrode thereof are provided. The electrode includes a first electrode and an auxiliary electrode. The auxiliary electrode is disposed on the first electrode and covers a portion of the first electrode. A material of the first electrode is a metal oxide or alkali metal salt doped with a metal. A material of the auxiliary electrode includes a metal or an alloy thereof.
US11133479B2
The present specification relates to an organic solar cell including a first electrode; a second electrode; and one or more organic material layers including a photoactive layer, wherein the photoactive layer includes an electron donor and an electron acceptor, the electron donor includes a polymer including a first unit represented by Chemical Formula 1; a second unit represented by Chemical Formula 2; and a third unit represented by Chemical Formula 3, and the electron acceptor includes a non-fullerene-based compound.
US11133475B2
An organic semiconductor element in which an organic semiconductor layer contains a compound of Formula (1) and/or a compound of Formula (2) or the organic semiconductor layer contains a polymer having a structure of any one of Formulae (6) to (8): in which Rings A and B each represent an aromatic 5-membered ring, X represents a nitrogen atom or CRX, and RX represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; E represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; R1 to R4 each represent a specific substituent; and p, q, r, and s each are an integer of 0 to 2; n is 1 or 2; and * represents a bonding site.
US11133473B2
A condensed cyclic compound and an organic light-emitting device are provided, the condensed cyclic compound being represented by Formula 1. in which R1 may be selected from a C6-C60 aryl group, a C1-C60 heteroaryl group, a monovalent non-aromatic condensed polycyclic group, and a monovalent non-aromatic condensed heteropolycyclic group, each substituted with at least one selected from —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, a cyano group, and a nitro group, and at least one selected from R2 to R13 may be a group represented by Formula 2 *-(L11)a11-(Ar11)b11,
US11133465B2
Embodiments of 3D memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a method for forming a 3D memory device is disclosed. A lower bit line contact and a lower bit line in contact with the lower bit line contact are formed. Lower memory cells are formed above and in contact with the lower bit line. Each lower memory cell includes stacked a phase-change memory (PCM) element, a selector, and electrodes. Parallel word lines in a same plane are formed above and in contact with the lower memory cells. Each word line is perpendicular to the lower bit line. Upper memory cells are formed above and in contact with the word lines. Each upper memory cell includes stacked a PCM element, a selector, and electrodes. An upper bit line is formed above and in contact with the upper memory cells. The upper bit line is perpendicular to each word line. An upper bit line contact is formed above and in contact with the upper bit line. At least one of the lower bit line contact and the upper bit line contact is disposed inclusively between the lower and upper memory cells in a plan view.
US11133459B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic element includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes a first element and a second element. The first element includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni. The second element includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Ir and Os. The second layer is nonmagnetic.
US11133458B2
Disclosed is a memory device. A memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a memory device including a substrate; and a lower electrode, seed layer, lower synthetic antiferromagnetic layer, magnetic tunnel junction, upper synthetic antiferromagnetic layer, and upper electrode that are laminated on the substrate, wherein the magnetic tunnel junction includes a lower pinned layer, lower tunnel barrier layer, lower free layer, separation layer, upper free layer, upper tunnel barrier layer and upper pinned layer that are sequentially laminated.
US11133452B2
A technique relates to a trilayer Josephson junction structure. A dielectric layer is on a base electrode layer that is on a substrate. A counter electrode layer is on the dielectric layer. First and second counter electrodes are formed from the counter electrode layer. First and second dielectric layers are formed from the dielectric layer. First and second base electrodes are formed from base electrode layer. The first counter electrode, first dielectric layer, and first base electrode form a first stack. The second counter electrode, second dielectric layer, and second base electrode form a second stack. A shunting capacitor is between first and second base electrodes. An ILD layer is deposited on the substrate, the first and second counter electrodes, and the first and second base electrodes. A contact bridge connects the first and second counter electrodes. An air gap is formed underneath the contact bridge by removing ILD.
US11133448B2
A light emitting device according to one aspect includes a resin package and a light emitting element. The resin package includes a molded resin part defining a part of a recessed portion, and a pair of leads. The leads are exposed from the molded resin part at a bottom surface of the recessed portion. Each of the leads includes a plating layer and exposed from the molded resin part at a lower surface of the resin package. A height of a first part of the plating layer exposed from the lower surface of the resin package and adjacent to an edge of a corresponding one of the leads is different from a height of a second part of the plating layer exposed from the lower surface of the resin package. The light emitting element is mounted on the bottom surface of the recessed portion.
US11133444B2
The light emitting apparatus includes a light emitting device including a first base at which a laminate is provided and a second base at which the light emitting device is provided. The laminate includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer of a conductivity type different from the conductivity type of the first semiconductor layer, and a light emitting layer provided between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer and capable of emitting light when current is injected into the light emitting layer. The laminate includes a plurality of columnar sections. Connecting member is so provided between the adjacent columnar sections as to be connected to the adjacent columnar sections. The laminate is connected to the second base on the side opposite the first base.
US11133438B2
A light-emitting device incorporates an electrode that includes conductive nanoparticles to increase emission performance. A light-emitting device includes a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate between a viewing side of the light-emitting device and the substrate; a second electrode disposed between the first electrode and the viewing side of the light-emitting device, wherein the second electrode includes a layer of nanoparticles that are electrically conductive; and an emissive layer comprising quantum nanoparticles in electrical contact with the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first emissive layer includes a material that emits light when electrically excited. Multiple light-emitting devices may constitute sub-pixels that are combined into a pixel, such as for a display device, wherein each sub-pixel emits light of a different color. Thicknesses of the charge transport layers are the same for the sub-pixels, and/or emissive layer portions of the different sub-pixels have different thicknesses.
US11133422B2
The performances of a semiconductor device of a memory element are improved. Over a semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode for memory element is formed via overall insulation film of gate insulation film for memory element. The overall insulation film has first insulation film, second insulation film over first insulation film, third insulation film over second insulation film, fourth insulation film over third insulation film, and fifth insulation film over fourth insulation film. The second insulation film is an insulation film having charge accumulation function. Each band gap of first insulation film and third insulation film is larger than the band gap of second insulation film. The third insulation film is polycrystal film including high dielectric constant material containing metallic element and oxygen. Fifth insulation film is polycrystal film including the same material as that for third insulation film. Fourth insulation film includes different material from that for third insulation film.
US11133417B1
Structures for a field-effect transistor and methods of forming a structure for a field-effect transistor. First and second gate structures extend over the semiconductor body, a second gate structure that extends over the semiconductor body. A source/drain region is positioned laterally between the first gate structure and the second gate structure. The source/drain region includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer has a first section and a second section. The second semiconductor layer is positioned laterally between the first section of the first semiconductor layer and the second section of the first semiconductor layer.
US11133411B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, a third semiconductor region of the first conductivity type, a first insulating portion, a second electrode, a gate electrode, a second insulating portion, and a third electrode. The second electrode is provided inside the first insulating portion, and includes a portion opposing the first semiconductor region in the second direction. The gate electrode is provided inside the first insulating portion and opposes the second semiconductor region with a gate insulating layer interposed in the second direction. The second insulating portion is linked to the first insulating portion. The third electrode is electrically connected to the second semiconductor region, and the third semiconductor region.
US11133409B2
A semiconductor device includes a source, a drain, and a channel electrically connected to the source and the drain. The channel has a channel length from the drain to the source which is less than or equal to an electron mean free path of the channel material. A first gate has two arms, each extending between the drain and the source (i.e., at least a portion of the distance between the source and the drain). Each arm of the first gate is disposed proximate to a corresponding first and second edge of the channel. Each arm of the first gate has a periodic profile along an inner boundary, wherein the periodic profiles of each arm are offset from each other such that a distance between the arms is constant. A Bloch voltage applied to the first gate will reduce the effective channel with such that Bloch resonance conditions are met.
US11133400B2
Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate and a cap element over the gate stack. The cap element has an upper portion and a lower portion, and the upper portion is wider than the lower portion. The semiconductor device structure also includes a spacer element over a sidewall of the cap element and a sidewall of the gate stack.
US11133398B2
A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor layer including a main IGBT cell and a sense IGBT cell connected in parallel to each other, a first resistance portion having a first resistance value formed using a gate wiring portion of the sense IGBT cell and a second resistance portion having a second resistance value higher than the first resistance value, a gate wiring electrically connected through mutually different channels to the first resistance portion and the second resistance portion, a first diode provided between the gate wiring and the first resistance portion, a second diode provided between the gate wiring and the second resistance portion in a manner oriented reversely to the first diode, an emitter electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, electrically connected to an emitter of the main IGBT cell, and a sense emitter electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, electrically connected to an emitter of the sense IGBT cell.
US11133383B2
A semiconductor device including a buried insulating layer on a substrate; a lower semiconductor layer on the buried insulating layer, the lower semiconductor layer including a first material; a channel pattern on the lower semiconductor layer, the channel pattern being spaced apart from the lower semiconductor layer and including a second material different from the first material; and a gate electrode surrounding at least a portion of the channel pattern.
US11133375B2
In an integrated circuit (IC), a semiconductor substrate has a first side and an opposite second side. The second side has a trench. Circuitry is on the first side. An inductive structure is within the trench. The inductive structure is connected to the circuitry through vias in the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate is mounted on a package substrate. At least a portion of the inductive structure contacts the package substrate. The circuitry is coupled to the inductive structure through wires to the package substrate.
US11133374B2
A method includes depositing a magnetic layer over a dielectric layer, and etching a first portion of the magnetic layer, in which a second portion of the magnetic layer that is directly under the first portion of the magnetic layer remains over the dielectric layer after etching the first portion of the magnetic layer. The second portion of the magnetic layer is etched.
US11133367B2
A thin film transistor includes: a substrate base; a first gate electrode at a side of the substrate base; an active layer at a side of the first gate electrode away from the substrate base; a second gate electrode at a side of the active layer away from the substrate base; and a source/drain electrode at a side of the second gate electrode away from the substrate base. An orthographic projection of the source/drain electrode on the substrate base is at least partially overlapped with an orthographic projection of the second gate electrode on the substrate base.
US11133363B2
The present discloses an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The array substrate includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first active layer, a first gate, a first source and a first drain. The second transistor includes a second active layer, a second gate, a second source and a second drain. An orthographic projection of the second source on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the second drain on the base substrate at least partially overlap. One of the second source and the second drain is in the same layer as and made from the same material as the first gate. The first source and the first drain are in the same layer as and made from the same material as the other of the second source and the second drain.
US11133359B2
Integrated layered electronic display sheets for placement on product packaging and in printed media
A thin, sheetlike, electronic, self-powered component including at least a display device and/or a sensor, as well as an energy source or a combination of the preceding is provided. Furthermore, the integration of this electrical component in existing products, especially printing and paper products, without the objects having to be damaged or destroyed is provided.
US11133353B2
A display device includes a substrate provided with a first subpixel area, and a second subpixel area adjacent to one side of the first subpixel area, a first electrode provided on the substrate, including a first sub electrode provided on the first subpixel area and a second sub electrode provided on the second subpixel area, an organic light emitting layer arranged on the first electrode, a second electrode arranged on the organic light emitting layer, a bank provided between the first sub electrode and the second sub electrode, partitioning the first subpixel area from the second subpixel area, and a reflective portion provided on the bank, adjoining the organic light emitting layer.
US11133348B2
A sensor package structure and a sensing module thereof are provided. The sensor package structure includes a substrate, a sensor chip disposed on the substrate, a light-curing layer disposed on the sensor chip, a light-permeable layer arranged above the sensor chip through the light-curing layer, and a shielding layer disposed on a surface of the light-permeable layer. The light-curing layer has an inner lateral side and an outer lateral side opposite to the inner lateral side, and the inner lateral side is separated from the outer lateral side by a first distance. In a transverse direction parallel to a top surface of the sensor chip, the outer lateral side is separated from an outer lateral edge by a second distance which is within a range of ½ to ⅓ of the first distance.
US11133347B2
An active matrix substrate includes a photoelectric conversion element 12, a first inorganic insulating film 106, a first planarizing film 107, and a second inorganic insulating film 108a and/or 109 on a substrate 101. The first inorganic insulating film 106, the first planarizing film 107, and the second inorganic insulating film 108a and/or 109 are provided up to an end P2 of the substrate. The first inorganic insulating film 106 covers a surface of the photoelectric conversion element 12, the first planarizing film 107 has a tapered portion, and an angle θ between the tapered portion and the first inorganic insulating film 106 is an acute angle. The second inorganic insulating film 108a and/or 109 covers the first planarizing film 107.
US11133346B2
A stacked-die image sensor may be provided with an array of image pixels. The stacked-die image sensor may include at least first and second integrated circuit dies stacked on top of one another. Some of the pixel circuitry in each pixel may be formed in the first integrated circuit die and some of the pixel circuitry in each pixel may be formed in the second integrated circuit die. Coupling structures such as conductive pads may electrically couple the pixel circuitry in the first integrated circuit die to the pixel circuitry in the second integrated circuit die. A shielding structure may partially or completely surround each conductive pad to reduce parasitic capacitive coupling between adjacent conductive pads. The shielding structure may be a metal wire coupled to a ground voltage. The shielding structure may extend between columns of image pixels and/or between rows of image pixels.
US11133345B2
An active matrix substrate includes a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion element, and a second electrode on a substrate. The first electrode, the photoelectric conversion element, and the second electrode are covered with a first inorganic insulating film including a first opening on the second electrode. The first organic insulating film including a second opening is provided on the first inorganic insulating film, and a surface of the first organic insulating film inside the second opening is covered with a second inorganic insulating film including a third opening overlapping the first opening in a plan view. A conductive film in contact with the second electrode in the first opening is provided on the second inorganic insulating film.
US11133333B2
A thin film transistor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a gate electrode supported by a substrate; a gate insulating layer covering the gate electrode; a silicon semiconductor layer being provided on the gate insulating layer and having a crystalline silicon region, the crystalline silicon region including a first region, a second region, and a channel region located between the first region and the second region, such that the channel region, the first region, and the second region overlap the gate electrode via the gate insulating layer; an insulating protection layer disposed on the silicon semiconductor layer so as to cover the channel region and allow the first region and the second region to be exposed; a source electrode electrically connected to the first region; and a drain electrode electrically connected to the second region. The channel region is lower in crystallinity than the first region and the second region.
US11133330B2
A semiconductor device is described, which includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a capacitor. The second transistor and the capacitor are provided over the first transistor so as to overlap with a gate of the first transistor. A semiconductor layer of the second transistor and a dielectric layer of the capacitor are directly connected to the gate of the first transistor. The second transistor is a vertical transistor, where its channel direction is perpendicular to an upper surface of a semiconductor layer of the first transistor.
US11133328B2
A semiconductor device includes: a stack structure including horizontal conductive patterns and interlayer insulating layers, which are alternately stacked; gate patterns overlapping with both ends of the stack structure under the stack structure, the gate patterns being spaced apart from each other; and a channel pattern including vertical parts penetrating the stack structure, and a connection part disposed under the stack structure, the connection part connecting the vertical parts.
US11133321B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a memory cell, a first logic transistor, and a second logic transistor. The semiconductor substrate includes a memory region and a logic region. The memory cell is disposed in the memory region. The first logic transistor is disposed in the memory region and disposed adjacent to the memory cell. The second logic transistor is disposed in the logic region. The first logic transistor is configured to control operation of the memory cell in response to a memory control signal provided by the second logic transistor.
US11133314B2
Disclosed are semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor memory device comprises a capacitor that includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode opposite to the bottom electrode across a dielectric layer, and an interface layer between the bottom electrode and the dielectric layer. The interface layer includes a combination of niobium (Nb), titanium (Ti), oxygen (O), and nitrogen (N), and further includes a constituent of the dielectric layer.
US11133309B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure includes removing a portion of a first dielectric layer surrounding each of a plurality of channel layers of at least a first nanosheet stack. A portion of a second dielectric layer surrounding each of a plurality of channel layers of at least a second nanosheet stack is crystallized. A dipole layer is formed on the etched first dielectric layer and the crystallized portion of the second dielectric layer. The dipole layer is diffused into the etched first dielectric layer. The crystallized portion of the second dielectric layer prevents the dipole layer form diffusing into the second dielectric layer.
US11133307B2
Example embodiments relating to forming gate structures, e.g., for Fin Field Effect Transistors (FinFETs), are described. In an embodiment, a structure includes first and second device regions comprising first and second FinFETs, respectively, on a substrate. A distance between neighboring gate structures of the first FinFETs is less than a distance between neighboring gate structures of the second FinFETs. A gate structure of at least one of the first FinFETs has a first and second width at a level of and below, respectively, a top surface of a first fin. The first width is greater than the second width. A second gate structure of at least one of the second FinFETs has a third and fourth width at a level of and below, respectively a top surface of a second fin. A difference between the first and second widths is greater than a difference between the third and fourth widths.
US11133304B2
A device includes a first die and a second die. The first die includes: a first substrate that contains first electrical circuitry, a first interconnection structure disposed over the first substrate, a first dielectric layer disposed over the first interconnection structure, and a plurality of first bonding pads disposed over the first dielectric layer. The second die includes: a second substrate that contains second electrical circuitry, a second interconnection structure disposed over the second substrate, a second dielectric layer disposed over the second interconnection structure, and a plurality of second bonding pads disposed over the second dielectric layer. The first bonding pads of the first die are bonded to the second bonding pads of the second die. At least one of the first die or the second die includes a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor. The MIM capacitor includes more than two metal layers that are stacked over one another.
US11133303B2
An embodiment of a semiconductor device includes a plurality of transistor sections separated from each other and a plurality of diode sections separated from each other. Each transistor section includes an emitter electrode and a collector electrode. Each diode section includes an anode electrode and a cathode electrode. Each transistor section is electrically coupled to a common gate pad. A ratio between an active transistor part and an active diode part of the semiconductor device is adjustable by activating a first number of the transistor sections by selectively contacting the emitter electrodes and the collector electrodes of the first number of transistor sections, and by activating a second number of the diode sections by selectively contacting the anode electrodes and the cathode electrodes of the second number of diode sections.
US11133302B2
A microelectronic module that includes a semiconductor carrier including a FET that comprises a serpentine gate electrode having an elongated gate width and gate width-to-gate length ratio in access of 100 wherein resistive, capacitive, and inductive elements are embedded within the structure of the serpentine gate electrode.
US11133279B2
A method for manufacturing connection structure, the method includes arranging conductive particles and a first composite on a first electrode located on a first surface of a first member, arranging a second composite on the first electrode and a region other than the first electrode of the first surface, arranging the first surface and a second surface of a second member where a second electrode is located, so that the first electrode and the second electrode are opposed to each other, pressing the first member and the second member, and curing the first composite and the second composite.
US11133278B2
A semiconductor package and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor die, a cap layer, a conductive terminal, and a dam structure. The semiconductor die has a first surface. The cap layer is over the semiconductor die and has a second surface facing the first surface of the semiconductor die. The conductive terminal penetrates the cap layer and electrically connects to the semiconductor die. The dam structure is between the semiconductor die and the cap layer and surrounds a portion of the conductive terminal between the first surface and the second surface, thereby forming a gap between the cap layer and the semiconductor die.
US11133277B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip having a first bonding layer and a second semiconductor chip stacked on the first semiconductor chip and having a second bonding layer. The first bonding layer includes a first bonding pad, a plurality of first internal vias, and a first interconnection connecting the first bonding pad and the plurality of first internal vias. The second bonding layer includes a second bonding pad bonded to the first bonding pad. An upper surface of the first interconnection and an upper surface of the first bonding pad are coplanar with an upper surface of the first bonding layer. The first interconnection is electrically connected to the plurality of different first internal lines through the plurality of first internal vias.
US11133273B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming an assembly including placing a semiconductor die and a launcher structure on a carrier substrate, encapsulating at least a portion of the semiconductor die and the launcher structure, and applying a redistribution layer on a surface of the semiconductor die and a surface of the launcher structure to connect a bond pad of the semiconductor die with an antenna launcher of the launcher structure. The assembly is attached to a substrate and a waveguide overlapping the assembly is attached to the substrate. The waveguide structure is physically decoupled from the assembly.
US11133271B2
In a semiconductor device, a first outer edge of a conductive pattern is located between the outermost edge of a first dimple and the innermost edge of a second dimple in a cross-sectional view of the device. When thermal stress due to temperature changes in the semiconductor device is applied to the ceramic circuit board, the first and second dimples suppress deformation of the ceramic circuit board that is caused due to the temperature changes. As a result, cracks in the ceramic circuit board and separation of the metal plate and the conductive pattern are prevented.
US11133269B2
A semiconductor package and a manufacturing method for the semiconductor package are provided. The package comprises a die, through interlayer vias (TIVs), a dielectric film, a backside film and solder paste portions. The TIVs are disposed beside the semiconductor die and a molding compound laterally surrounds the die and the TIVs. The dielectric film is disposed on a backside of the semiconductor die, and the backside film is disposed on the dielectric film. The backside film has at least one of a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and a Young's modulus larger than that of the dielectric film. The solder paste portions are disposed on the TIVs and located within openings penetrating through the dielectric film and the backside film. There is a recess located at an interface between the dielectric film and the backside film within the opening.
US11133265B2
An integrated fan-out package including an integrated circuit, an insulating encapsulation, and a redistribution circuit structure is provided. The integrated circuit includes an active surface, a plurality of sidewalls connected to the active surface, and a plurality of pads distributed on the active surface. The insulating encapsulation encapsulates the active surface and the sidewalls of the integrated circuit. The insulating encapsulation includes a plurality of first contact openings and a plurality of through holes, and the pads are exposed by the first contact openings. The redistribution circuit structure includes a redistribution conductive layer, wherein the redistribution conductive layer is disposed on the insulating encapsulation and is distributed in the first contact openings and the through holes. The redistribution conductive layer is electrically connected to the pads through the first contact openings. A method of fabricating the integrated fan-out package is also provided.
US11133263B2
An integrated circuit package may be formed including at least one die side integrated circuit device having an active surface electrically attached to an electronic interposer, wherein the at least one die side integrated circuit device is at least partially encased in a mold material layer and wherein a back surface of the at least one die side integrated circuit device is in substantially the same plane as an outer surface of the mold material layer. At least one stacked integrated circuit device may be electrically attached to the back surface of the at least one die side integrated circuit through an interconnection structure formed between the at least one die side integrated circuit device and the at least one stacked integrated circuit device.
US11133254B2
An integrated circuit structure includes a substrate having a front side and a back side, the back side being an opposite side of the substrate from the front side. A first power rail extends in a first direction, is embedded in the front side of the substrate, and provides a first supply voltage. A second power rail provides a second supply voltage different from the first supply voltage, extends in the first direction, is embedded in the front side of the substrate, and is separated from the first power rail in a second direction different from the first direction. A first device is positioned between the first power rail and the second power rail and located on the front side of the substrate. A first via structure extends to the back side of the substrate and is electrically coupled to the second power rail.
US11133249B2
A semiconductor device includes a contact structure connected to an active region. A first insulating layer is disposed on a barrier dielectric layer and has a first hole connected to the contact structure. A second insulating layer is disposed on the first insulating layer and has a trench connected to the first hole. The second insulating layer has an extended portion along a side wall of the first hole. A width of the first hole less the space occupied by the extended portion is defined as a second hole. A wiring structure including a conductive material is connected to the contact structure. A conductive barrier is disposed between the conductive material and the first and second insulating layers. An etch stop layer is disposed between the first and second insulating layers and between the extended portion of the second insulating layer and a side wall of the first hole.
US11133247B2
A semiconductor device includes a first dielectric layer over a substrate, the first dielectric layer including a first dielectric material extending from a first side of the first dielectric layer distal from the substrate to a second side of the first dielectric layer opposing the first side; a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer; a conductive line in the first dielectric layer, the conductive line including a first conductive material, an upper surface of the conductive line being closer to the substrate than an upper surface of the first dielectric layer; a metal cap in the first dielectric layer, the metal cap being over and physically connected to the conductive line, the metal cap including a second conductive material different from the first conductive material; and a via in the second dielectric layer and physically connected to the metal cap, the via including the second conductive material.
US11133235B2
A package structure includes a first encapsulation member, a second encapsulation member, at least one semiconductor chip, a plurality of metal pins and a second insulation layer. The first encapsulation member includes a first metal layer, a first insulation layer and a second metal layer. The at least one semiconductor chip is disposed between the first encapsulation member and the second encapsulation member. The at least one semiconductor chip comprises a plurality of conductive terminals connected with the first metal layer or a third metal layer. The plurality of metal pins are disposed between and extended outward from the first encapsulation member and the second encapsulation member. The second insulation layer is disposed between the first encapsulation member and the second encapsulation layer for securing the first encapsulation member, the second encapsulation member, the at least one semiconductor chip, and the plurality of metal pins.
US11133226B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming a fully silicided (FUSI) gated device, the method including: forming a masking layer onto a gate structure over a substrate, the gate structure comprising a polysilicon layer. Forming a first source region and a first drain region on opposing sides of the gate structure within the substrate, the gate structure is formed before the first source and drain regions. Performing a first removal process to remove a portion of the masking layer and expose an upper surface of the polysilicon layer. The first source and drain regions are formed before the first removal process. Forming a conductive layer directly contacting the upper surface of the polysilicon layer. The conductive layer is formed after the first removal process. Converting the conductive layer and polysilicon layer into a FUSI layer. The FUSI layer is thin and uniform in thickness.
US11133225B2
An optical fiber adapter and method of fabricating the same from a wafer including a double silicon-on-insulator layer structure. The optical fiber adapter may include a mode converter, a trench, and a V-groove, the V-groove and the trench operating as passive alignment features for an optical fiber, in the transverse translational and rotational degrees of freedom, and in the longitudinal translational degree of freedom, respectively. The mode converter may include a buried tapered waveguide.
US11133221B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes providing a substrate, a plurality of first nanostructures, a plurality of second nanostructures, two tensile epitaxial structures, two compressive epitaxial structures, and a dielectric layer over the substrate. The method includes forming a gate dielectric layer over the first nanostructures and the second nanostructures. The method includes forming a first work function metal layer over the gate dielectric layer over the first nanostructures. The method includes forming a second work function metal layer over the gate dielectric layer over the second nanostructures. The method includes forming a compressive gate electrode layer over the first work function metal layer using an atomic layer deposition process or a chemical vapor deposition process. The method includes forming a tensile gate electrode layer over the second work function metal layer using a physical vapor deposition process.
US11133214B2
In a substrate transportation method, a first movement process is provided for moving a camera to a position above a predetermined region where a peripheral edge of a substrate is supposed to be located in a state where the substrate is lifted by pins protruding beyond a mounting table while a transfer mechanism that has received an instruction for starting an unloading of the substrate mounted on the mounting table is moving to the mounting table. Further, a first image capturing process is provided for controlling the camera moved in the first movement process to capture an image of the predetermined region, and a first detection process is provided for detecting a positional displacement and/or a tilting of the substrate lifted by the pins based on the image captured by the camera in the first image capturing process.
US11133212B2
A substrate support is disclosed. The substrate support has a dielectric body with a plurality of features formed thereon. A ledge surrounds the plurality of features about a periphery thereof. The features increase in number from a central region of the substrate support towards the ledge. A seasoning layer is optionally disposed on the dielectric body.
US11133208B2
An EFEM includes first and second chambers, an airflow formation unit, and a gas discharge port. The first chamber includes a dry air introduction port. The second chamber is connected with a lower part of the first chamber and includes an openable door. The airflow formation unit produces a circulating airflow between the first and second chambers. The gas discharge port discharges a gas of the second chamber therefrom. The first and second chambers are connected via first and second communication sections. In the first communication section, a filter is disposed, and an airflow from the first chamber to the second chamber is generated. In the second communication section, a ventilation state is changed by a ventilation state switchable unit, and an airflow from the second chamber to the first chamber is generated.
US11133206B2
A method for marking a semiconductor substrate at the die level for providing unique authentication and serialization includes projecting a first pattern of actinic radiation onto a layer of photoresist on the substrate using mask-based photolithography, the first pattern defining semiconductor device structures and projecting a second pattern of actinic radiation onto the layer of photoresist using direct-write projection, the second pattern defining a unique wiring structure having a unique electrical signature.
