US11204054B2
Connector housings and connector assemblies for mechanically connecting a pin to a housing with or without electrical conductivity. A connector housing can be formed by attaching two housing sections together with one or both housing sections formed at least in part by a stamping process. The connector housing can have an outer contour, such as an outer perimeter, with one or more sides and with a joining section connecting two adjacent sides together. The two or more sides can be used for handling, aligning, and/or assembling of the connector housing to a cavity.
US11204048B2
A system for damping mass-induced vibrations in a machine having a long boom or elongate member, the movement of which causes mass-induced vibration in such boom or elongate member. The system comprises multiple pressure sensors operable to measure pressure fluctuations in the hydraulic fluid pressures in the non-load holding and load holding chambers of a hydraulic actuator connected to the boom or elongate member that result from mass-induced vibration, and a processing unit operable to control a first control valve spool in a pressure control mode and a second control valve spool in a flow control mode in order to adjust hydraulic fluid flow to the actuator's load holding chamber to dampen the mass-induced vibration. The system further comprises a control manifold fluidically interposed between the actuator and control valve spools that causes the first and second control valve spools to operate, respectively, in pressure and flow control modes.
US11204041B2
The ideal design for a redundant orbitally driven electric ducted fan that can replace a family of current propeller and motor combinations in electric ducted fan designs by meeting air flow and pressure requirements while drawing less electric current to rotate and thus produce the required flow not only would reduce cost of operation over the life of the fan but opens new possibilities for electric powered vertical takeoff and landing vehicles with redundant drives improving safety of operation. The entry of flying machines using propellers and lifting fans such as hover bikes and quadcopters, manned or unmanned is driving a need to re-examine the application of force applied to rotate these fans to achieve a reduction in aircraft weight and increase flying time for a given battery charge or load of fuel.
US11204039B2
An arrangement of an impeller (1) on an electrical motor, in particular on an external rotor motor (8), whereby the torque of the motor is transferred to the impeller (1) by means of a torsion-proof connection between the rotor (8) of the motor and the impeller (1) and/or its impeller hub (3), is characterised in that the connection of the impeller (1) to the motor (8) results from physical and/or chemical interactions between an adhesive medium (10) and the contact surfaces (5) of the impeller hub (3) and of the motor (8), which face each other, whereby the adhesive medium (10) fills, at least partially, an intermediate space (9) that is formed between the impeller (1) and the motor (8) by the given play.
US11204037B2
A gas turbine engine for an aircraft includes an engine core including an engine core, a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor, the turbine comprising a lowest pressure rotor stage, the turbine having a turbine diameter at the lowest pressure rotor stage. A fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan comprising a plurality of fan blades extending from a hub, the hub and fan blades together defining a fan face having a fan face area and a fan tip radius. A ratio of the fan tip radius to the turbine diameter at the lowest pressure rotor stage is in the range from 1.2 to 2.0.
US11204032B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a pump technology that provides for more effective and efficient transfer of liquids, such as petroleum products and components, to and through pipelines. Such a technology can comprise a type of external gear pump that creates higher flow, resulting in higher pressures in the pipeline, to move the liquids, while providing for longer pump life, simpler and less maintenance, and fewer undesired conditions, with a smaller footprint, in a cost-effective system.
US11204031B2
A crescent internal gear pump includes a front cover, an end cover, a ring gear and a pinion gear disposed within a gear housing in an eccentric, intermeshing relationship. The housing is disposed intermediate the front cover and the end cover. A crescent is disposed radially intermediate the ring gear and the pinion gear. The crescent partially extends into a correspondingly shaped slot in the end cover. The gear housing, the ring gear, and the pinion gear can have substantially the same thickness. A shim can be disposed intermediate the end cover and the gear housing for establishing a desired clearance therebetween.
US11204026B2
An apparatus for creating a flow of gas comprises a frame having a passage defined therethrough. The passage extends a length along a central longitudinal axis from an inlet to an outlet and has a first side and a second side. A flexible pumping membrane is disposed within the passage. The membrane has a first edge coupled to the first side of the passage at a midline thereof and a second edge, disposed opposite the first edge, coupled to the second side of the passage at a midline thereof. The membrane segregates the frame into an upper portion and a lower portion. The apparatus also includes an actuating system which is structured to selectively move portions of the membrane toward either the upper portion or the lower portion of the frame in a manner which causes a wave-like movement in the pumping membrane and creates the flow of gas.
US11204022B2
A portable air compressor includes a frame, a compressor unit coupled to the frame, and an air tank for storing compressed air generated by the compressor unit. The air tank is coupled to the frame. A battery compartment coupled to the frame. The battery compartment defines an opening and a battery receptacle within the opening. The portable air compressor also includes a battery pack selectively electrically connectable to the battery receptacle, an outlet port protruding from the battery compartment, a tank gauge on the battery compartment, a pressure regulator between the air tank and the outlet port for regulating the pressure of air supplied from the outlet port, an actuator on the battery compartment for adjusting the regulated pressure of air supplied from the outlet port, and a switch on the battery compartment for turning the compressor unit on and off.
US11204017B2
Embodiments herein describe validating an emergency stop signal before activating a brake within a wind turbine. The emergency stop signal is received from a control node of a plurality of control nodes distributed throughout the wind turbine, and the emergency stop signal indicates that the wind turbine should be shut down. The wind turbine is shut down by transmitting a shutdown signal to the plurality of control nodes. Upon determining there is no indication a person is present within the wind turbine, the emergency stop signal is validated. Additionally, upon determining the emergency stop signal is valid, a brake within the wind turbine is activated to bring the rotor to a stop.
US11204016B1
A vertical axis wind turbine is supported by a durable and lightweight composite mast comprising a foam material and a support material, wherein the foam material is either (i) layered within or (ii) distributed among the support material. The foam material may be selected from polyethylene, cross-linked polyethylene, ethafoam, polyester, polyether, ether-like-ester, expanded polystyrene, and/or polyurethane. The support material may be selected from steel, metal, carbon nanotubes, and/or plastics such as polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, polystyrene, polylactic acid, polycarbonate, acrylic, acetal and/or nylon. A mixture ratio between the foam material and the support material may be at least 15:1. The mast may comprise a central core layer of foam and a peripheral layer of the support material. In an embodiment, adjacent layers of the central core layer and the peripheral layers alternate between the core and support materials.
US11204015B2
A serrated panel (70) for a wind turbine blade is disclosed. The panel (70) is configured to be attached to the trailing edge of a blade to form a plurality of serrations (71) at the trailing edge of the blade. The serrated panel comprises a base part (72) for attaching the panel (70) to the trailing edge of the blade. An exterior surface (78) of the base part comprises a corrugated surface in direction between longitudinal ends of the panel such that the exterior surface comprises crests (82) aligned substantially with midpoints of bases (80) of the serrations (71) and valleys (83) aligned substantially between serrations (71).
US11204013B2
A method for ignition control in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine by means of acquiring an electric signal relating to ionizing currents emitted in said combustion chamber, comprising a step of detecting a substantially stepped trend of said electric signal and a consequent step of inhibiting a corrective action of an ignition advance and/or of a fuel injection limitation curve in the combustion chamber.
US11204012B2
A spark plug includes a ground electrode, an insulator, and a center electrode. In a case where a first position of a surface of the ground electrode exposed to a side of an inner wall surface of a cylinder head is a most downstream position in an air flow direction between the center electrode and the ground electrode, and a second position of the inner wall surface of the cylinder head is a position closest to the center electrode on a downstream side of the center electrode in an air flow direction, the spark plug is installed at a position where the first position and the second position are on a same air flow line, or at a position where the first position is recessed to a side where the first position recedes from the inner wall surface than the second position.
US11204009B2
If an internal combustion engine that has been automatically stopped is to be restarted under a decreased engine speed, a control unit of the internal combustion engine starts cranking when a crank angle of a cylinder in compression stroke of the internal combustion engine is closer to bottom dead center than a threshold value set in advance. More specifically, if an engine speed of the internal combustion engine is in forward rotation, the cranking is begun when the crank angle of the cylinder in compression stroke is closer to the bottom dead center than a threshold value set in advance. If the engine speed of the internal combustion engine is in backward rotation, the cranking is begun when the crank angle of the cylinder in compression stroke is closer to the bottom dead center than another threshold value set in advance.
US11203999B2
The present disclosure relates to a hydraulic control system for a thrust reverser of an aircraft turbofan nacelle. The hydraulic control system includes devices for actuating and controlling the reverser having hydraulic locks and cylinders, the corresponding hydraulic solenoid valves, and sensors. The turbofan includes a full-authority electronic computer or aircraft having an avionics computer that gives reverse thrust commands. The system further includes an electronic concentration module, different from the computer, which concentrates the data relating to the operation of the reverser actuation and control devices. The module includes internal contact switches for controlling the solenoid valves, a device for monitoring the sensors, a device for analog or digital processing of the data, and a bus for communication with the computer.
US11203997B2
A method for calibrating a fuel pump for use in a fuel supply system of a device having internal combustion engine includes determining a tolerance-conditioned and wear-conditioned deviation of the fuel pump with respect to its delivery behavior so that the calibration permits energy-consumption-optimized actuation of the fuel pump.
US11203994B2
Disclosed is a method for determining reliability regarding misfire determination of cylinders of an engine, comprising detecting a pressure in an exhaust manifold for a set of operation parameters comprising a certain range of crank angles for a certain engine load and certain engine speed so as to, for an actual cylinder setup of the engine, create pressure sample value patterns for combustion and misfire conditions. A template course is created for the thus created pressure sample value patterns comprising a set of sample points. The pressure for the created template courses is normalized at a desired crank angle. Difference values are determined based upon differences between sample points and corresponding detected and the normalized pressure values. The determined difference values are summarized so as to determine whether a predetermined share of the summarized difference values lies above or below a predetermined threshold value indicating reliability regarding misfire determination.
US11203989B2
An engine start control device is provided with: a starter relay that is provided between a battery and a starter motor; a start abnormality determining means that determines the occurrence of start abnormality of an engine; and a start control means, which turns on the starter relay, and starts supplying power from the battery to the starter motor in the cases where a start instruction signal is inputted from a start switch, and which turns off the starter relay in the cases where the start abnormality determining means determined the occurrence of start abnormality of the engine.
US11203988B1
Methods and systems for operating an engine that is coupled to a transmission that includes a power take off output are presented. In one non-limiting example, the engine may be operated in a speed control mode and a user may request smoother engine operation or more efficient engine operation via a human/machine interface. The more efficient engine operation may include operating the engine with fewer activated cylinders as compared to operating the engine for smoother engine operation.
US11203981B1
Airfoils for gas turbine engines are described. The airfoils include an airfoil body having a pressure and suction side walls and an internal rib and defining a cavity between, at least, the pressure side wall, the suction side wall, and the internal rib. A baffle insert is arranged within the cavity and includes a sealing portion arranged adjacent to the internal rib of the airfoil body with a gap therebetween. A seal element is arranged within the cavity and located in the gap. The seal element is free to move relative to each of the baffle insert and the airfoil body within the gap. When a pressure differential exists across the seal element, the seal element will sealingly engage between sealing portion of the baffle insert and the internal rib of the airfoil body to block a flow through the gap.
US11203979B2
Apparatus and system for containing a rupture of a duct. The apparatus includes an air-permeable sheet, such as a wide-weave fiberglass sheet. The air-permeable sheet includes a strap arranged on a first side of the sheet such that it forms diamond-shaped patterns along a longitudinal axis. The strap can be made of a tight-weave fiberglass. Laterally-spaced corners of the diamond-shaped patterns include connection members that can be engaged to affix the strap and the air-permeable sheet around a duct. Various aspects include an air-impermeable air barrier surrounding the wide-weave fiberglass sheet and strap. The air barrier can include a window that directs air from a ruptured duct. Various aspects can be used on a bleed-air duct of an aircraft. The window of the air barrier can be aimed at a temperature sensor. A valve can close the bleed-air duct if the temperature sensor detects a high temperature leak.
US11203975B2
A heat exchanger which may be used in an engine, such as a vehicle engine for an aircraft or orbital launch vehicle. is provided. The heat exchanger may be configured as generally drum-shaped with a multitude of spiral sections, each containing numerous small diameter tubes. The spiral sections may spiral inside one another. The heat exchanger may include a support structure with a plurality of mutually axially spaced hoop supports, and may incorporate an intermediate header. The heat exchanger may incorporate recycling of methanol or other antifreeze used to prevent blocking of the heat exchanger due to frost or ice formation.
US11203965B2
An exhaust gas aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system has a first aftertreatment element including a first inlet region and a first outlet region, and a second aftertreatment element including a second inlet region and a second outlet region The first outlet region is connected to the second inlet region via at least one connection section, and the at least one connection section extends outside the first aftertreatment element. At least parts of the first inlet region and of the second inlet region are arranged in a common distributor housing.
US11203961B2
Methods and systems are provided for emissions control of a vehicle. In one example, an emissions treatment device includes a porous substrate and a catalytic washcoat disposed thereon, the catalytic washcoat having nickel and no other metal. The porous substrate may be configured to filter particulate matter (PM) exiting the vehicle and the catalytic washcoat may be configured to oxidize at least a portion of the PM. The nickel in the catalytic washcoat may provide additional oxygen storage capacity and increased tolerance to sulfur poisoning of catalytic activity of the catalytic washcoat, further promoting PM oxidation. Moreover, because the catalytic washcoat may increase PM oxidation during passive regeneration events, a total number of active regeneration events may be decreased and fuel economy may be maintained.
US11203957B2
The head cover for an engine includes a gas passage in the head cover, a gas outlet formed on a head cover wall at a terminal end portion of the gas passage in the head cover, a gas intermediate outlet portion formed in the head cover wall so as to face space inside the head cover except the gas passage in the head cover, and a gas intermediate inlet portion formed in the head cover wall so as to face the gas passage in the head cover, in which an opening specification in which through holes penetrating the head cover wall are formed and a closing specification in which the through holes are not formed can be selected for the gas intermediate outlet portion and the gas intermediate inlet portion.
US11203954B2
A system includes a valve actuation system, a pre-lubrication pump coupled to a lubrication circuit and configured to provide oil to the valve actuation system, a catalyst for receiving and treating exhaust gasses, and a controller. The controller is configured to identify an engine start request and determine whether the catalyst temperature is below a first threshold value. In response to determining that the catalyst temperature is below the first threshold value, the controller actuates the pre-lubrication pump to direct lubricant to the valve actuation system, controls the valve actuation system to deactivate at least one cylinder of an engine, and, subsequent to deactivating the at least one cylinder of the engine, cranks the engine.
US11203936B2
An airfoil includes a body that has rib nodes that each define a node cavity therein. A cover panel is carried on the body over the rib nodes. The cover panel includes tabs that project into the node cavities. Plugs are disposed in the node cavities and pinch the tabs against the node cavities to lock the cover panel on the body.
US11203926B2
A unitary multilateral junction for deployment in a wellbore, wherein the multilateral junction permits electrical power and communications signals to be established in both a lateral wellbore and a main wellbore utilizing capacitive coupling and a cavity resonator. The unitary junction assembly generally includes a conduit with a first upper aperture, a first lower aperture and a second lower aperture where the first lower aperture is defined at the distal end of a primary passageway extending from a conduit junction and a second lower aperture defined at the distal end of a lateral passageway extending from the conduit junction. A lower wireless energy transfer mechanism in the form of a capacitive coupler is positioned along at least one of the passageways between the distal end of the passageway and the junction. A cavity resonator is adjacent the capacitive coupler to enhance the electric field signal of the capacitive coupler.
US11203922B1
The present invention provides a method and equipment for optimizing hydraulic parameters of deepwater managed pressure drilling in real time. The method comprises: acquiring overflow parameters in the current drilling process, performing preprocessing and feature extraction on the overflow parameters, and inputting the overflow parameters into trained support vector machine identification models for overflow judgment. If overflow occurs at the current drilling depth, reducing an opening of a throttle valve and increasing a displacement of a submarine pump, measuring a wellhead back pressure and calculating a bottom hole pressure, and judging whether overflow continues is performed. If overflow continues, mixing high-density drilling fluid with the original drilling fluid, pumping the mixture into a wellbore annulus, and performing the above operations of reducing the throttle valve opening, increasing the displacement of the submarine pump, calculating the bottom hole pressure and judging whether overflow continues is performed until overflow no longer occurs.
US11203921B2
A method of drilling multiple boreholes within a single caisson, for recovery of methane gas from a coal bed, including the steps of drilling first and second vertical boreholes from a single location within a single caisson; drilling at least one or more horizontal wells from the several vertical bore hole, the horizontal wells drilled substantially parallel to a face cleat in the coal bed; drilling at least one or more lateral wells from the one or more horizontal wells, the lateral wells drilled substantially perpendicular to one or more face cleats in the coal bed; continuously circulating water through the drilled vertical, horizontal and lateral wells to recover the water and entrained methane gas from the coal bed; applying friction or choke manifold to the water circulating down the well bores so that the water appears to have a hydrostatic pressure within the well sufficient to maintain an equilibrium with the hydrostatic pressure in the coal bed formation; and drilling at least a third vertical borehole within the single caisson, with one or more horizontal boreholes and one or more lateral boreholes for returning water obtained from the lateral wells into a water zone beneath the surface.
US11203916B2
This disclosure provides a multi-ball valve assembly that lessens the pressure applied from either uphole or downhole directions by directing a portion of the pressure into a sealed fluid chamber area between two balls that are operatively coupled together by one or more control arms. The multi-ball valve assembly may be a floating design where the balls move axially with respect to each other or fixed designs that use either pressure relief valves or biased travel piston valves to divert a portion of the pressure into the fluid chamber area, thereby lessening the distortion of the face of the ball valve against which fluid pressure is being applied.
US11203907B2
A tool to remove portions of casing from a wellbore. A tool may include a bottom sub-assembly and casing that selectively detach from a sub-assembly. This may allow for tools and casing within the wellbore to be efficiently and effectively removed from the wellbore without having to cut tools down well.
US11203906B2
A vessel and method to perform subsea wellbore related operations, e.g. slim hole technique drilling of a subsea wellbore are disclosed. The vessel has a hull with at least one moonpool defining first and second moonpool areas. A vertical tower is mounted on a tower supporting hull structure and has a vertical operative face. A hoisting device has a winch and winch driven cable, and is adapted to suspend a load from said vertical tower via said at least one winch driven cable and to manipulate the suspended load in a firing line of the tower that extends along and outside of said vertical operative face of the tower. The tower is slewable about a vertical slew axis by means of a slewing drive at least into first and second operative positions wherein the firing line extends through the first and second moonpool areas respectively.
US11203903B2
Various drill bits, drilling systems and related methods are provided. In one embodiment, a drill bit comprises a bit body having a face and a shank, at least one insert having a convex engagement surface coupled with the face and at least one wear insert coupled with the shank. In one particular embodiment, the at least one wear insert may be positioned immediately adjacent a coupling end of the shank. The at least one wear insert may include a superabrasive table which may be bonded with a substrate. The at least one wear insert includes a wear surface defined in the superabrasive table. In one embodiment, the superabrasive table may comprise polycrystalline diamond. Similarly, the inset having a convex engagement surface may include a superabrasive material, such as polycrystalline diamond, bonded with a substrate. Such a drill bit may be used, for example, in a top hammer percussion drilling operation.
US11203899B2
The present invention relates in general to a self-contained, solar-powered, self-regulating intelligent automated window treatment with increased energy efficiency. In particular, in accordance with one embodiment, the invention relates to a self-contained, solar-powered, self-regulating intelligent automated window treatment with increased energy efficiency consisting of: (1) a headrail with at least one solar panel, a rechargeable battery that is charged by the solar panel, and a motor that is powered by the rechargeable battery; (2) window shade fabric with one terminus of the fabric affixed to a tube and with the fabric wrapped around the tube and located within the headrail; (3) a smart bottom rail attached to the terminus of the shade fabric furthest from the tube with the bottom rail containing, at least one environmental sensor, at least one control button, at least one solar panel, and a rechargeable battery that is charged by the solar panel and that provides power to the environmental sensors and control buttons. The environmental sensors will provide information that will be used to determine when the shade motor should automatically raise and lower the shade with minimal effort from the user. In addition to relying on solar power, the automatic adjustment of the window treatment will allow for a reduction of energy consumption by the user by decreasing the need for artificial lighting, heating, and air conditioning. In another embodiment of the invention, solar power stored in the rechargeable battery of the bottom rail may be transferred to the rechargeable battery-powered motor of the headrail.
US11203897B2
A wireless electric curtain control system includes a smart curtain, a wireless repeater and a remote control. The remote control is for sending a control signal to the wireless repeater; the wireless repeater is for receiving and sending the control signal to the smart curtain; the smart curtain includes a curtain body, a motor module and a wireless module; the wireless module is for receiving and feeding back the control signal of the wireless repeater to a motor module; the motor module controls the operation of the curtain body according to the control signal received by the wireless module. The wireless repeater sends the control signal to the wireless module of the smart curtain to control the motor module and the smart curtain and increase the signal transmission distance between the smart curtain and the remote control via a wireless transmission.
US11203888B2
Latches including a slot having a length that allows a striker of the latch to move from a normal closed position downwardly toward the closed bottom of the slot into an over travel position.
US11203883B2
A system for computer-based bicycle storage control provides reserving storage compartments of varied volumes in a bicycle storage container based on dimensional specifications of the bicycle to be stored, and the storage volume of the storage compartment. The storage container interior chamber has a turntable with a rotatable platform to align compartments with the container door, which has an adjustable door width to allow a bicycle access into and out of the compartment but limit or prevent access to compartments adjacent to the accessed compartment when the door is aligned with the selected compartment.
US11203882B2
A lounge assembly comprising a lower wall structure including at least first and second spaced apart side walls and a rear wall that together form an assembly space, each of the side walls and rear wall including an internal surface, a seat assembly supported between the first and second side walls, a first coupler mounted to the internal surface of the first side wall, a support arm having an arm length dimension between proximal and distal ends, the proximal end mounted to the first coupler adjacent the internal surface of the first side wall for rotation about a first vertical axis and a tablet member supported at the distal end of the support arm for rotation about a second vertical axis through a second range of motion with respect to the support arm.
US11203880B2
Certain embodiments of the invention surround a reusable construction guardrail or stanchion. In certain embodiments, the reusable construction guardrail has features that aid in easier and faster assembly and disassembly. In certain embodiments of the invention, the construction guardrail is transportable, having telescoping features and folding features to allow greater ease in packing and transporting. Certain embodiments of the invention include a reusable construction guardrail having a uniform construction.
US11203876B2
A cladding system that is used to form a building envelope is disclosed. The system includes pre-fabricated modular cladding panels, each including a composite layer mounted onto metal or alloy sub-frame. The composite layer provides an outer insulation to the system, and a generally flat outer surface to which a veneer may be mounted. The composite layer further acts as an air and vapour barrier for the building envelope. The sub-frames may connect to one another by a tongue and groove interconnect.
US11203873B2
A two-piece baluster shoe and method for installation thereof on a baluster are provided. The baluster shoe is configured to engage with a baluster adjacent the connection of a baluster to a rail without the use of a discrete mechanical fastener, such as a set screw. The baluster shoe features an integrated resilient spring tongue that engages with the baluster, thereby securing the baluster shoe in place relative to the baluster and forcing the baluster shoe against the adjacent rail. The baluster shoe is formed in two shoe portions that snap together or otherwise are engaged with connector elements when positioned at the desired location adjacent a joint of the baluster with the rail, which can occur after the baluster is engaged with the rail.
US11203864B2
One aspect of the disclosure is a plaster board having a first edge and an opposed second edge, and a third edge and an opposed fourth edge. The plaster board includes a first layer of hardened plaster material including a first surface and an opposed second surface, and a second layer of hardened plaster material including a first surface and an opposed second surface. The second layer of hardened plaster material is stacked against the first layer such that their first surfaces face one another. The first layer and the second layer together define the first, second, third, and fourth edges of the plaster board. The plaster board also includes a viscoelastic polymer disposed between the first surfaces of the first and second layers of hardened plaster material. The viscoelastic polymer does not extend substantially to the first, second, third, and fourth edges of the plaster board.
US11203862B2
A member-to-member planar connection bracket that includes multiple repeated fuse element configurations that each provide a pre-determined inelastic load-carrying capacity and a reliable inelastic deformation capacity upon development of one or more inelastic hinge locations within the fuse elements. The fuse configurations are interconnected in series such that the total deformation accommodated between first end of the bracket and second end of the bracket is the sum of deformations accommodated by the individual fuse configurations. Multiple brackets are configured in laminar configurations and interconnected to create a connection assembly that provides increased strength or increased deformation capacity as compared to an individual bracket. The connection assembly is used to connect a first structural member and second structural member. The pre-determined maximum inelastic load-carrying capacity of the assembly is less than the elastic load-carrying capacity of the first structural member and the second structural member.
US11203854B1
The cubical support for a foot valve is configured for use with a foot valve. The cubical support for a foot valve is an openwork framework structure. The cubical support for a foot valve elevates the foot valve above the bed of a body of water. The framework structure forms a protected space around the foot valve. The openwork structure allows for the free flow of water. The cubical support for a foot valve comprises a plurality of pipes, a plurality of tee connectors, a plurality of 90-degree elbow tees, and an adhesive. The plurality of tee connectors and the plurality of 90-degree elbow tees assemble the plurality of pipes into the framework structure. The adhesive secures each congruent end of each pipe selected from the plurality of pipes to a fitting selected from the group consisting of the plurality of tee connectors, and the plurality of 90-degree elbow tees.
US11203851B2
The present invention relates to a foundation reinforcing apparatus using a bracing-type supporting structure and a lateral prestressing device and a foundation reinforcing method using the same, wherein, in the foundation reinforcement used for remodeling construction that requires an extension of a building such as an apartment, the foundation reinforcing apparatus introduces lateral pre-stressing force into a bracing-type supporting structure to introduce a preloading load to a new pile of a new footing by using an upper supporting plate, which is connected to an existing vertical part and an existing slab, as a reaction bed and allows the new pile to share a load applied before and after the extension of the building so that reinforcement efficiency is increased, and thus construction is performed economically.
US11203847B1
An apparatus for collecting waste material is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a housing, a handle and telescopic arms mounted to the housing. The apparatus comprises a first roller and a second roller. The first roller is mounted to one telescopic arm and the second roller is mounted to the other telescopic arm. The apparatus comprises a sheet dispenser holding a sheet. There is a motor mounted to the sheet dispenser. Squeezing of the handle opens the telescopic arms. The motor is operated in a forward direction to dispense the sheet over the telescopic arms and the rollers. The telescopic arms in open position are aligned with a waste material, and the motor is operated in a reverse direction to rotate the rollers inwards in order to pull the waste material into the sheet. The handle is released to dispose off the sheet comprising the waste material.
US11203846B2
A reflective pavement marker for a roadway includes a body having a bottom adapted to be secured to the roadway and at least one a reflector on the body. The reflector includes an outer face for receiving light and an inner face comprising a plurality of light reflecting elements for receiving and reflecting the light back through the outer face. The reflector comprises a light transmitting and thermochromatic polymer adapted to transition at a predetermined transition temperature so as to change the color of the light reflected by the reflector depending on the temperature of the polymer. The predetermined transition temperature can be selected so that the color change of the light reflected by the reflector indicates freezing or near freezing road conditions.
US11203844B2
A road marker placement system has a frame, a holder mechanically coupled to the frame, a drive system mechanically coupled to the frame, and a rotatable carrier mechanically coupled to the drive system to allow the rotatable carrier to be rotationally driven by the drive system. The rotatable carrier has at least a first pocket formed therein that receives one of the road markers dispensed from an opening of the holder when the rotatable carrier is in a first position. The rotatable carrier is rotated by the drive system from the first position to a second position that is facing the road surface such that the road marker held in the first pocket is forced at least by gravity and by centrifugal force of the rotating rotatable carrier to be ejected from the first pocket onto an adhesive material located on the road surface.
US11203843B2
A mobile earth working machine (10), for example a road milling machine, recycler, or surface miner, includes: a working apparatus (12) for material-removing working of a region of a substrate (U); and an extraction device (40) that is embodied to extract dust-laden air from at least one machine region at at least one extraction location (46), and to exhaust extracted air at a discharge location (50) different from the extraction location (46), the extraction device (40) comprising a filter apparatus (42) arranged along an operational flow path from the at least one extraction location (46) to the discharge location (50), the filter apparatus (42) encompassing: a filter housing (54); a filter element (52) received in the filter housing (54), the filter element (52) being embodied to remove dust particles from the air flowing through the filter apparatus (42). The filter apparatus (42) comprises a deformation actuator arrangement (44, 76a) that interacts force-transferringly with at least one wall (86) of the filter housing (54) in such a way that by actuation of the deformation actuator arrangement (44, 76a), the at least one wall (86) of the filter housing (54) is deformable orthogonally to its wall surface.
US11203838B2
A method for the production of paper or cardboard is provide comprising the following steps: (A) Adding a water soluble polymer P to a first aqueous pulp suspension, wherein polymer P is obtainable by Polymerizing to a polymer V of (i) 33 to 83 mol % of a monomer of formula I in which R1═H or C1-C6 alkyl, (ii) 6 to 56 mol % of diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, diallyl diethyl ammonium chloride or a salt form of a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, (iii) 11 to 61 mol % of a monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid or phosphonic acid, or salt forms thereof, (iv) 0 to 50 mol % of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, and hydrolyzing the N—C(═O)R1 groups to form primary amino or amidine groups, (B) dehydrating the second aqueous pulp suspension to a wet paper structure, (C) dehydrating the wet paper structure.
US11203834B2
A laundry appliance includes a cabinet having a rotating drum operably positioned therein for processing fabric. At least one transducer is positioned proximate the drum that provides an ultrasonic resonance that is directed into an interior chamber of the drum. The ultrasonic resonance is adapted to be directed into damp fabric being treated within the interior chamber. The ultrasonic resonance serves to modify water trapped within the damp fabric into a substantially gaseous form.
US11203833B2
The present disclosure provides a method for fabricating a door provided at a laundry treating apparatus, the method including: mounting a front glass to a front glass mounting jig, and mounting a door frame to a door frame mounting jig; applying an adhesive to the door frame; lifting the front glass by absorption, and then mounting onto the door frame; moving the door frame mounting jig to a compression jig; attaching the front glass to the door frame by using the compression jig; separating the door frame mounting jig from the compression jig, and moving to an initial position; and separating an assembly of the front glass attached to the door frame, from the door frame mounting jig, wherein in the applying of the adhesive to the door frame, the adhesive is applied along an adhesive filling groove formed to enclose an opening of the door frame, plural times in a divided manner.
US11203832B2
A washing appliance or additive dispensing assembly, as provided herein, may include a dispenser, a water intake, and a bulk tank. The dispenser may include a compartment to receive an additive pod. The dispenser may define a nozzle above the wash chamber to direct a wash fluid to a wash chamber. The water intake may be mounted to the dispenser in upstream fluid communication with the compartment to direct a water flow to the additive pod. The bulk tank may be spaced apart from the dispenser within a washing appliance. The bulk tank may define a reservoir in upstream fluid communication with the compartment to direct an additive flow thereto. The bulk tank may be attached to the dispenser in fluid parallel to the water intake.
US11203831B2
A laundry treating appliance, such as a clothes washer, either vertical or horizontal axis, can have a bulk dispenser capable of dispensing multiple doses of treating chemistry from a reservoir of treating chemistry. A housing fluidly couples a supply of water and the treating chemistry for supplying both to a treating chamber within the laundry treating appliance.
US11203818B2
The present disclosure relates to a silicon-based fusion composition used for a solution growth method for forming a silicon carbide single crystal, and represented by the following Formula 1, including silicon, a first metal (M1), scandium (Sc) and aluminum (Al): SiaM1bSccAld (Formula 1) wherein a is more than 0.4 and less than 0.8, b is more than 0.2 and less than 0.6, c is more than 0.01 and less than 0.1, and d is more than 0.01 and less than 0.1.
US11203817B2
A method of forming lead halide perovskite crystals in a solvent. The perovskite is form by solution processing of an organic and inorganic precursor in a polar protic solvent.
US11203794B2
A method for manufacturing a bainite high-strength seamless steel tube, comprising the following steps: smelting, manufacturing a billet, heating, perforating, rolling, stretch reducing or sizing to obtain tube, and cooling. In the cooling step, the quenching starting temperature is controlled to be at least 20° C. higher than the Ar3 temperature of the steel grade; the finish cooling temperature is controlled to be within a range between T1 and T2, where T1=519-423 C-30.4Mn, T2=780-270 C-90Mn, and the units of the T1 and the T2 are ° C.; in the formulas, C and Mn respectively represent the mass percents of element C and element Mn of the steel grade, the content of the element C is 0.06-0.2%, and the content of the element Mn is 1-2.5%; the cooling rate is controlled to be 15-80° C./s; and the finished product of the bainite high-strength seamless steel tube is directly obtained after the cooling step. The manufacturing of a bainite high-strength seamless steel tube using the method requires neither the addition of precious alloying elements nor the subsequent heat treatment. Therefore the production costs are low.
US11203779B2
Provided are methods and systems for reducing the time needed for sequencing nucleic acids. The approach relies on detecting formation of nucleotide-specific ternary complexes comprising a polymerase (e.g., a DNA polymerizing enzyme), a primed template nucleic acid molecule, and a nucleotide complementary to the templated base of the primed template nucleic acid. The methods and systems facilitate determination of the next correct nucleotide, as well as the subsequent next correct nucleotide from a cycle of examining four different nucleotides without requiring chemical incorporation of any nucleotide into the primer.
US11203766B2
The present invention relates to an allele designated alpha-WOLF 15 which confers resistance to at least one Peronospora farinosa f. Sp. spinacea race, wherein the protein encoded by said allele is a CC-NBS-LRR protein that comprises in its amino acid sequence: a) the motif “MAEIGYSVC” (SEQ ID NO: 13) at its N-terminus; and b) the motif “KWMCLR” (SEQ ID NO: 14); and wherein the LRR domain of the protein has in order of increased preference at least 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, 100% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO: 10. The allele when homozygously present in a spinach plant confers complete resistance to Peronospora farinosa f. Sp. spinacea races pfs:1, pfs:2, pfs:3, pfs:4 and pfs:5, pfs:6, pfs:8, pfs:9, pfs:11, pfs:12, pfs:13, pfs:14, pfs:15, pfs:16 and isolates UA1014 and US1508, and confers intermediate resistance to pfs:10, and does not confer resistance to pfs:7.
US11203761B2
The present disclosure provides engineered Vibrio sp. organisms. The organisms can be engineered to have an altered Chromosome II so that the altered Chromosome II can be used in Vibrio sp. and other organisms for the cloning or amplification of nucleic acid molecules and for the expression and production of proteins and peptides in a Vibrio sp. organism. One or more genetic elements have been deleted from Chromosome II and/or relocated from Chromosome II to Chromosome I. The engineered Vibrio sp. organisms of the invention can also have signal sequences fused to proteins or peptides to be secreted from the cell. In some embodiments the engineered Vibrio sp. organisms can have sequences that enable them to retain viability after incubation at low temperatures.
US11203756B2
RNAi agents for inhibiting the expression of the alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) gene, compositions including AAT RNAi agents, and methods of use are described. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions including one or more AAT RNAi agents together with one or more excipients capable of delivering the RNAi agent(s) to a liver cell in vivo. Delivery of the AAT RNAi agent(s) to liver cells in vivo inhibits AAT gene expression and treats diseases associated with AAT deficiency such as chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, transaminitis, cholestasis, fibrosis, and fulminant hepatic failure.
US11203751B2
In an illustrative embodiment, automated multi-module cell editing instruments are provided to automate multiple edits into nucleic acid sequences inside one or more cells.
US11203749B2
Nucleic acids encoding modified factor VII polypeptides, vectors and cells containing the nucleic acids, uses of the nucleic acids, methods of making the encoded polypeptides, and methods of treatment are provided. The encoded modified FVII polypeptides include Factor VIIa and other forms of Factor VII. Among the encoded modified FVII polypeptides provided are those that have altered activities, typically altered procoagulant activity, including increased procoagulant activities.
US11203748B2
Rapid, animal protein free, chromatographic processes and systems for obtaining high potency, high yield botulinum neurotoxin for research, therapeutic and cosmetic use.
US11203747B2
The present invention relates to methods for purifying or enriching a biomolecule using multimodal resins and an elution buffer containing a Good's buffer.
US11203742B2
The disclosure relates to a sucrose phosphorylase mutant with improved enzyme activity, and construction method thereof and use thereof, and belongs to the technical field of genetic engineering. The amino acid sequence of the mutant of the disclosure is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. The mutant of the disclosure is based on sucrose phosphorylase derived from Leuconostoc mesenteroides, and subjected to site-directed mutagenesis to improve the enzyme activity of sucrose phosphorylase. The mutant is expressed in Corynebacterium glutamicum and used as a whole cell catalyst to produce 2-O-α-D-glycerol glucoside. At a 5 L fermentation tank level, a large quantity of 2-O-α-D-glycerol glucoside can be produced efficiently in a short time, which is conducive to expanding the prospect of industrial application of sucrose phosphorylase for the production of 2-O-α-D-glycerol glucoside and realizing its large-scale industrial application.
US11203739B2
Disclosed herein are compositions, systems, and methods for modulating proliferation, differentiation and pluripotency of cells.
US11203734B2
Methods and apparatus for detecting, quantifying, enriching, and/or separating bacterial species in fluid sample are provided. The fluid sample is provided as input to a microfluidic passage of a microfluidic device, wherein the microfluidic device comprises at least one electrode disposed adjacent to the microfluidic passage. The at least one electrode is activated to capture bacteria in the sample using dielectrophoresis, wherein the capture efficiency of bacteria is at least 99%.
US11203732B2
The present invention relates to lipase variants and compositions comprising (i) at least one surfactant and (ii) at least one lipase variant of the invention. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods of using the compositions.
US11203723B2
The invention relates to a process (100) for deriving polymerizable aromatic compounds having nine carbon atoms (S) in which a component mixture (B) is formed at least partially by steam cracking, in which the component mixture (B) is subjected to a workup (2, 3, 4, 5) comprising a gasoline removal (5) and thereafter is a compression (8) and a fractionation (10), and wherein one or more pyrolysis gasoline fractions (H, L) is or are formed in the gasoline removal (5) and/or the compression (8). The invention provides that a separation feed is formed which comprises predominantly exclusively pyrolysis gasoline from the or at least one of the pyrolysis gasoline fractions (H, L) and that the separation feed is subjected to a separation (7), wherein in the separation (7) at least one fraction (P) enriched in aromatic compounds having nine carbon atoms compared to the separation feed is formed. A corresponding plant likewise forms part of the subject matter of the invention.
US11203720B2
A tube arrangement comprising a first metal tube, a second metal tube, a first sleeve part, and a second sleeve part. The first and second sleeve parts are threadedly connected to the first and second metal tubes. The first and second metal tubes are configured to be joined via a butt weld joint. The first sleeve and the second sleeve are configured to be joined via a second butt weld joint. The first sleeve part comprises a first outer surface extending at a first acute angle (α) to an axial center axis of the first sleeve part and the second sleeve part comprises a second outer surface extending at a second acute angle (β) to an axial center axis of the second sleeve part. The present disclosure also relates to a furnace.
US11203715B2
The present invention provides a quantum dot (QD) composite material, a preparation method, and a semiconductor device. The method includes synthesizing a first compound at a predetermined position, synthesizing a second compound on the surface of the first compound, the second compound and the first compound having a same alloy composition or having different alloy compositions, and forming the QD composite material through a cation exchange reaction between the first compound and the second compound. The light-emission peak wavelength of the QD composite material experiences one or more of a blue-shift, a red-shift, and no-shift. The method uses the QD successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) synthesis method to precisely control layer-by-layer QD growth and the QD one-step synthesis method to form a composition-gradient transition shell. The QD composite materials prepared by the disclosed method not only achieve higher light-emitting efficiency, but also meet the comprehensive requirements of semiconductor devices and corresponding display technologies on QD composite materials.
US11203704B2
Hot melt processable adhesive compositions to mask electronic components include at least one block copolymer, at least one tackifying resin, at least one semi-crystalline polyolefin polymer, at least one plasticizer, and at least one anti-oxidant. The adhesive composition is a hot melt processable pressure sensitive adhesive composition that is thermally stable, such that the composition when disposed on a surface withstands heating to 260° C. without degradation or flowing, remains optically transparent, and after heating to 260° C. remains cleanly removable.
US11203703B2
A polishing slurry includes an abrasive material, a first oxide polishing promoter, a first nitride polishing inhibitor, and a second nitride polishing inhibitor. The first oxide polishing promoter includes a polymer-based oxide polishing promoter. The first nitride polishing inhibitor includes an anionic nitride polishing inhibitor. The second nitride polishing inhibitor includes at least one selected from a cationic nitride polishing inhibitor and a non-ionic nitride polishing inhibitor.
US11203702B1
The present invention relates to functionalized polymers useful for coating surfaces, such as the internal bore of a column. In particular embodiments, such functionalized polymers provide a selective stationary phase useful for separating and detecting organophosphorous agents. Methods of using such polymers are also described herein.
US11203701B2
A hydroxy functional alkyl polyurea is disclosed having the formula presented in claim 1, wherein R comprises an isocyanurate moiety, biuret moiety, allophonate moiety, glycoluril moiety, benzoguanamine moiety, polyetheramine moiety, and/or polymeric moiety different from a polyetheramine and having an Mn of 500 or greater; wherein each R1is independently a hydrogen, alkyl having at least 1 carbon, or a hydroxy functional alkyl having 2 or more carbons and at least one R1 is a hydroxy functional alkyl having 2 or more carbons; and n is 2-6. Further disclosed is a coating comprising: a film-forming resin; and a hydroxy functional alkyl polyurea crosslinker having the formula presented in claim 4, wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C36 alkyl group, an aromatic group, an isocyanurate moiety, biuret moiety, allophonate moiety, glycoluril moiety, benzoguanamine moiety, polyetheramine moiety, and/or polymeric moiety different from a polyetheramine having an Mn of 500 or greater, wherein each R1 is independently a hydrogen, an alkyl having at least 1 carbon, or a hydroxy functional alkyl having 2 or more carbons and at least one R1 is a hydroxy functional alkyl having 2 or more carbons; and n is 2-6, and when R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C36 alkyl group the film-forming resin comprises COOH functionality that reacts with the polyurea to form an ester linkage. Other hydroxy functional alkyl polyurea compounds, polymers made with the same, and compositions comprising the same are also disclosed as are substrates coated at least in part with or formed with any of the compositions described herein.
US11203698B2
The invention relates to a coated packaging material that has a substrate having a base material of cellulose, an outer side to be faced away from the packaging item as well as an inner side to be faced towards the packaging item. The inner side of the substrate carries at least one layer of an aqueous composition, which includes at least polyvinyl alcohol and/or at least one polyvinyl alcohol copolymer as well as a cross-linking agent, wherein the aqueous composition has at most 40% by wt. of polyvinyl alcohol and/or polyvinyl alcohol copolymer and a total solid content of at most 55% by wt. The layer and cross-linking the polyvinyl alcohol and/or the polyvinyl alcohol copolymer is dried with the aid of the cross-linking agent with formation of a barrier layer for hydrophobic compounds are performed.
US11203696B1
The present invention relates to processes for selective reshaping of nanoparticles in three dimensional articles, three dimensional articles produced by such processes, and methods of using such three dimensional articles. As a result of the aforementioned process, such three dimensional articles can have selective tuning that arises, at least in part, from the reshaped nanoparticles found in such articles. Such tuning provides the aforementioned articles with superior performance that can be advantageous in the areas including such as optical filters, multi-functional composites and sensing elements.
US11203692B2
A method and apparatus for making carbon black having increased surface area, reduced grit and/or reduced extract levels. A plasma gas is flowed into a plasma forming region to form a plasma. The plasma then flows through a throat region which is narrower than the plasma forming section, which is connected to a separate carbon black forming region. This causes the plasma to accelerate and become turbulent prior to the exit point in the throat region. The carbon black forming feedstock is injected into the turbulence created by the throat region at a point above, at or near the exit point, resulting in the formation of a carbon black in the separate carbon black forming region. The throat region and/or injector region can be cooled, e.g., water plasma gas cooled.
US11203689B2
Labeled nucleotide analogs comprising at least one avidin protein, at least one dye-labeled compound, and at least one nucleotide compound are provided. The analogs are useful in various fluorescence-based analytical methods, including the analysis of highly multiplexed optical reactions in large numbers at high densities, such as single molecule real time nucleic acid sequencing reactions. The analogs are detectable with high sensitivity at desirable wavelengths. They contain structural components that modulate the interactions of the analogs with DNA polymerase, thus decreasing photodamage and improving the kinetic and other properties of the analogs in sequencing reactions. Also provided are nucleotide and dye-labeled compounds of the subject analogs, as well as intermediates useful in the preparation of the compounds and analogs. Compositions comprising the compounds, methods of synthesis of the intermediates, compounds, and analogs, and mutant DNA polymerases are also provided.
US11203686B2
A polymer wax powder having a self-repairing function and a preparation method thereof, wherein the polymer wax powder is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 55-75 parts of a polyethylene wax, 1-20 parts of an allyl bisphenol A diglycidyl ether epoxy resin, 0.5-2 parts of a hydroxyalkylamide, 0.5-5 parts of a silane coupling agent, 5-25 parts of a carboxyl-terminated saturated polyester, and 0.5-5 parts of an accelerator. The preparation method thereof includes steps of mixing components, melt extruding, micronizing and cross-linking by electron irradiation. A composite polymer wax micropowder with an average particle size of 1 μm-70 μm could be prepared by the above method; such wax micropowder may be used as a self-repairing functional additive for a polyester type or epoxy polyester type powder coating, thereby improving the surface hardness and stain resistance of the powder coating, and imparting a self-repairing function to the coating material.
US11203680B2
A rubber composition based on at least: from 50 to 100 phr of one or more diene elastomers, referred to as very low glass transition temperature (Tg) diene elastomers, having a Tg within a range of from −110° C. to −70° C., selected from butadiene homopolymers, copolymers of butadiene and of a vinylaromatic monomer, having a content of vinylaromatic units of between 0 and 5% by weight, and mixtures thereof a reinforcing filler a crosslinking system; and from 50 to 150 phr of at least one hydrocarbon resin predominantly composed of units derived from terpene and phenol monomers, the resin having a content of aromatic protons of greater than 15%.
US11203676B2
There is provided a heat shrinkable film comprising a polyester based copolymer capable of having an excellent shrinkage rate and being heat shrunk at a low temperature. The heat shrinkable film according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a polyester based copolymer, wherein the polyester based copolymer includes: a dicarboxylic acid-derived residue including a residue derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid; and a diol-derived residue including a residue derived from 4-(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexylmethyl 4′-(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexane carboxylate represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and a residue derived from 4,4-(oxybis(methylene)bis) cyclohexane methanol represented by the following Chemical Formula 2.
US11203675B2
Processes and machines suitable for producing polymer films, and films produced thereby. Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) particles and electrically conductive nanoparticles are combined in a liquid polymer precursor matrix and aligned along nanocolumns in a thickness direction of the polymer precursor matrix by subjecting the PZT and nanoparticles to a uniform electric field, after which the polymer precursor matrix is solidified to form a piezoelectric polymer composite film. The PZT and nanoparticles are subjected to the uniform electric field for a duration sufficient to promote sensitivity and/or energy harvesting properties of the piezoelectric polymer composite film.
US11203664B2
Provided is a polycarbonate-based resin composition, including: 50 mass % or more to 99 mass % or less of a polycarbonate-based resin (S) containing 0.1 mass % or more to 100 mass % or less of a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A), which contains a polycarbonate block (A-1) formed of a specific repeating unit and a polyorganosiloxane block (A-2) containing a specific repeating unit, and 0 mass % or more to 99.9 mass % or less of an aromatic polycarbonate-based resin (B) except the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A); 1 mass % or more to 50 mass % or less of a polyester-based resin (C); and 0.001 part by mass or more to 1 part by mass or less of an amide compound (D) with respect to 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polycarbonate-based resin (S) and the polyester-based resin (C).
US11203655B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer compound which can form a phase difference layer having high alignment and suppressed surface unevenness by being blended into a liquid crystal composition, and a liquid crystal composition, a phase difference layer, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device using the same. The polymer compound of the present invention includes a repeating unit represented by Formula (I), a repeating unit represented by Formula (II), and a repeating unit represented by Formula (III), in which an acid value is 115 mgKOH/g or more, and a hydroxyl value is 70 mgKOH/g or more.
US11203648B2
There is provided esterified starch which can be produced without using a non-aqueous organic solvent and has water resistance and miscibility with another plastic, and a starch-containing plastic composition. The esterified starch is obtained such that a starch mixture containing starch and a polyhydric alcohol, which is subjected to a heat treatment, is esterified with a vinyl ester and carbonate. Since the starch in the starch mixture enters a state in which starch granules are disintegrated by the polyhydric alcohol, by heating the starch mixture containing starch and a polyhydric alcohol, it is possible to esterify the starch without using a non-aqueous organic solvent and to obtain esterified starch having a high ester substitution degree. According to the esterified starch of the present invention, it is possible to obtain a starch-containing plastic composition having high hydrophobicity, and excellent water resistance and miscibility with another plastic.
US11203645B2
The present disclosure relates to novel glycosynthase enzymes for glycoprotein engineering and/or homogeneous antibody remodeling. The enzyme variants, termed EndoSd-D232M and EndoSz-D234M, contain the glycan conjugation and/or modification activity at the conserved N297 glycosylation site of Fc region of an exemplary antibody. It has been demonstrated that the glycosynthase activities of EndoSd-D232M and EndoSz-D234M can be applied to various mAbs targeting different receptors, including, but not limited to, Globo H, SSEA-4, SSEA-3 series of receptors (OBI-888; Globo H ganglioside), Herceptin (Her 2 receptor), Perj eta (Her 2 receptor) and Vectibix (EGFR receptor). It has been found that both mAb-GlcNAc and mAb-GlucNAc(F) were suitable substrates for both EndoSd-D232M and EndoSz-D234M. The ADCC assay of related products, OBI-888-G2S2 and Herceptin-G2S2, showed that the remodeled homogeneous antibody, mAb-G2S2, has an increased relative activity ranging from 3 to 26 folds.
US11203644B2
The present invention provides a novel antibody targeting TLR9.
US11203640B2
The present invention relates to antibodies that are heterodimeric and bind human PD-L1 and human PD-1, and may be useful for treating cancer alone and in combination with chemotherapy and other cancer therapeutics.
US11203636B2
The present disclosure provides methods of treating diuretic resistance by administering an IL-6 antagonist to patients who require diuresis. In typical embodiments, the patient has heart failure. Optionally, the patient has elevated urine levels of IL-6, plasma levels of IL-6, or both urine and plasma levels of IL-6.
US11203633B2
This disclosure relates to polynucleotides encoding antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to Pseudomonas PcrV as well as vectors and host cells comprising the same.
US11203632B2
The present invention relates to methods of selecting, screening, engineering, making and modifying antibodies that have improved bioavailability upon subcutaneous administration to a human. Antibodies and variant antibodies with improved bioavailability upon subcutaneous administration to a human are also described.
US11203631B2
The disclosure pertains to novel eukaryotic cell suitable for recombinant production of a product of interest, wherein the effect of the expression product of an endogenous gene C12orf35 is impaired in said cell, thereby increasing their productivity when recombinantly expressing a polypeptide of interest. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides associated technologies wherein such host cells are used in recombinant production technologies.
US11203629B2
The present invention provides improved LAMP Constructs comprising specific fragments of the LAMP lumenal domain to deliver antigens to immune cells for enhanced processing. These LAMP Constructs can be used for the treatment of disease and in particular, allergies, infectious disease, diabetes, hyperproliferative disorders and/or cancer. The improved LAMP Constructs allow for presentation of properly configured three dimensional epitopes for production of an immune response when administered to a subject. The improved LAMP Constructs can be multivalent molecules, and/or can be provided as part of a multivalent vaccine containing two or more LAMP Constructs. The improved LAMP Constructs as described herein can also be used to generate antibodies when administered to a non-human vertebrate.
US11203627B2
The present invention relates to T cell receptors (TCRs) which bind the HLA-A*02 restricted peptide GLYDGMEHL (SEQ ID NO: 1) derived from the MAGE-A10 protein. The TCRs of the invention demonstrate excellent specificity profiles for this MAGE epitope. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the TCRs, cells engineered to present the TCRs, cells harbouring expression vectors encoding the TCRs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the TCRs, nucleic acids or cells of the invention.
US11203626B2
The present invention is a DNA expression vector comprising: a toxP; a mutant toxO that blocks Fe-mediated regulation of gene expression; and a DNA sequence encoding a protein, wherein the toxP and the mutant toxO regulate expression of the DNA segment encoding the protein. It is preferred that DNA expression vectors of the present invention include DNA sequences encoding a signal peptide so that a protein expressed is attached to the signal peptide prior to processing. Novel proteins are produced off of the DNA expression vector of the present invention.
US11203625B2
A composition for eliciting a T-cell mediated immune response in a subject includes transfer factor from at least two different types of source animals. For example, the composition may include mammalian transfer factor and nonmammalian transfer factor. An example of the composition includes a combination of a colostrum-derived product, which includes the mammalian transfer factor, and an egg-derived product, which includes the nonmammalian transfer factor. Additionally, the egg-derived product may be substantially free of fat. Methods for forming the composition and eliciting T-cell mediated immune responses in subjects that have been treated with the composition are also disclosed.
US11203624B2
In part, the present disclosure relates methods for treating, preventing, or reducing the severity of a myeloproliferative disorder (e.g., polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and myelofibrosis) or one or more complications of a myeloproliferative disorder. The present disclosure further relates methods for treating, preventing, or reducing the severity of a Janus kinase-associated disorder or one or more complications of a Janus kinase-associated disorder. In certain aspects the disclosure provides TβRII antagonists for treating, preventing, or reducing the severity of a myeloproliferative disorder (e.g., polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and myelofibrosis) or a Janus kinase-associated disorder or one or more complications of a myeloproliferative disorder or a Janus kinase-associated disorder.
US11203620B2
The present invention provides a modified eukaryotic cell wherein the modified eukaryotic cell is not able to provide an SSN6-like protein that exerts its wildtype function and/or wildtype activity, the amount of SSN6-like protein being present in the modified eukaryotic cell differs from the amount of SSN6-like protein being present in its wildtype form, and/or essentially no SSN6-like protein is present in the modified cell. Additionally, the present invention provides a polynucleotide sequence comprising a modified ssn6-like gene, and a vector comprising said polynucleoptide. Additionally provided is an expression vector comprising a promoter that is repressed in the presence of SSN6-like protein, and a host cell comprising said vectors. The present invention further refers to a method for determining the purity of a composition by using the modified eukaryotic cell, to a method of expressing gene(s) of interest, and eukaryotic cells comprising modified ssn6-like gene.
US11203613B2
The compounds of the present invention are represented by the following compounds having Formula (I) and Formula (I′): where the substituents R, R1, R3 R4, R′, W, X, Y, Z, k, and m are as defined herein and where the substituents R, R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y, Z, and m are as defined herein. These compounds are used in the treatment of bacterial infections, parasite infections, fungal infections, cancer, immunologic disorders, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and disorders, inflammatory disorders, or muscular dystrophy or for providing immunosuppression for transplanted organs or tissues.
US11203607B2
An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.
US11203597B2
There is a crystalline compound of (S)-ethyl 8-(2-amino-6-((R)-1-(5-chloro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)pyrimidin-4-yl)-2,8-diazaspiro[4.5]decane-3-carboxylate that exhibits an XRPD pattern having a characteristic peak at 19.05±0.20 (° 2θ). There is also a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound. There is also a dosage form containing the crystalline compound and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. There is also a method for crystallizing/recrystallizing the compound. There is also a method for treating or preventing a disease with the compound.
US11203593B2
This present invention relates to forms of methyl {4.6-diamino-2-[1-(2-fluorobenzyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3.4-b]pyridino-3-yl]pyrimidino-5-yl}methylcarbamate comprising its Modification I. Modification II. mono-DMSO solvate. sesqui-DMSO solvate and ¼-ethyl acetate solvate.
US11203591B2
The present disclosure relates generally to certain 6-azabenzimidazole compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods of making and using said compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. The compounds and compositions disclosed herein may be used for the treatment or prevention of diseases, disorders, or infections modifiable by hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1 (HPK1) inhibitors, such as HBV, HIV, cancer, and/or a hyper-proliferative disease.
US11203588B2
There are provided inter alia stable anti-cancer compounds and splice modulators and methods of synthesis and use thereof.
US11203584B2
The present disclosure provides a nitrogen-containing compound, an electronic element and an electronic device, which belongs to the technical field of organic materials. The nitrogen-containing compound has a structure of Chemical Formula 1, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently selected from hydrogen or a group represented by Chemical Formula 1-1, and one and only one of R1 and R2 has the group of Chemical Formula 1-1; when R1 or R2 is selected from hydrogen, said R1 and R2 may be replaced by R4. The nitrogen-containing compound can improve the performance of electronic elements.
US11203579B2
In one aspect, compounds of Formula AA, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are featured. The variables shown in Formula AA are as defined in the claims. The compounds of formula AA are NLRP3 activity modulators and, as such, can be used in the treatment of metabolic disorders (e.g. Type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, obesity or gout), a disease of the central nervous system (e.g. Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Parkinson's disease), lung disease (e.g. asthma, COPD or pulmonary idiopathic fibrosis), liver disease (e.g. NASH syndrome, viral hepatitis or cirrhosis), pancreatic disease (e.g. acute pancreatitis or chronic pancreatitis), kidney disease (e.g. acute kidney injury or chronic kidney injury), intestinal disease (e.g. Crohn's disease or Ulcerative Colitis), skin disease (e.g. psoriasis), musculoskeletal disease (e.g. scleroderma), a vessel disorder (e.g. giant cell arteritis), a disorder of the bones (e.g. osteoarthritis, osteoporosis or osteopetrosis disorders), eye disease (e.g. glaucoma or macular degeneration), a disease caused by viral infection (e.g. HIV or AIDS), an autoimmune disease (e.g. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Autoimmune Thyroiditis), cancer or aging.
US11203574B2
Disclosed are compounds of formula I as described herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are disclosed to be inhibitors of plasma kallikrein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound of the invention, and methods involving use of the compounds and compositions of the invention in the treatment and prevention of diseases and conditions characterized by unwanted plasma kallikrein activity.
US11203565B2
An object of the present invention is to develop a therapeutic agent for an inflammatory disease such as an inflammatory bowel disease or NASH, which therapeutic agent shows less side effects and high effectiveness. The present invention provides a compound represented by Formula (I) or a salt thereof; and a Pin1 inhibitor, a pharmaceutical composition, a therapeutic agent or a prophylactic agent for an inflammatory disease, and a therapeutic agent or a prophylactic agent for colon cancer, containing the compound.
US11203564B2
A process for manufacturing a purified aromatic carboxylic acid is provided. The process comprises purifying a crude aromatic carboxylic acid in a purification zone to form a purified aromatic carboxylic acid; crystallizing a purified aromatic carboxylic acid in a crystallization zone to form a solid/liquid mixture comprising purified aromatic carboxylic acid solids; filtering the solid/liquid mixture through a filter member of a rotary pressure filter apparatus to form a filter cake comprising the purified aromatic carboxylic acid solids; removing the filter cake from the filter member; rinsing the filter member to produce a filter rinse product, wherein the filter rinse product comprises purified aromatic carboxylic acid; and directing at least a portion of the filter rinse product downstream of the purification zone for recycle to the rotary pressure filter apparatus.
US11203559B2
According to one or more embodiments presently disclosed, a method for processing a chemical stream may include contacting a feed stream with a catalyst in a reactor portion of a reactor system that includes a reactor portion and a catalyst processing portion. Contacting the feed stream with the catalyst may cause a reaction forming an effluent. The method may include separating the effluent stream from the catalyst, passing the catalyst to the catalyst processing portion, and processing the catalyst in the catalyst processing portion. Processing the catalyst may include passing the catalyst to a combustor, combusting a supplemental fuel stream in the combustor to heat the catalyst, and treating the heated catalyst with an oxygen-containing gas. The supplemental fuel stream may include at least 1 mol % of one or more hydrocarbons, and a weight ratio of catalyst to hydrocarbons in the combustor may be at least 300:1.
US11203556B2
Systems and methods for producing dicyclopentadiene from cyclopentadiene using reactive jet mixing are disclosed. A C5 hydrocarbon mixture that comprises cyclopentadiene (C5H6) is injected as a jet stream into C5 hydrocarbon liquid in a reactor tank. Under appropriate reaction conditions, cyclopentadiene is dimerized to form dicyclopentadiene.
US11203555B2
The present invention provides a method of stabilizing a nitrate-based explosive through the use of a NOx scavenger. The present invention further provides a blasting agent including ammonium nitrate and a NOx scavenger. The present invention further provides for a method of blasting adapted for use in reactive and/or elevated temperature ground.
US11203549B2
The invention relates to a glass sheet having a glass composition comprising the following in weight percentage, expressed with respect to the total weight of glass: 60≤SiO2≤78%; 5≤Na2O≤20%; 0.9
US11203547B2
A technique for fabricating a hollow core optical fiber with a controllable core region (in terms of diameter) is based upon regulating conditions (gas flow, volume, and/or temperature) within the hollow core region during the fiber draw process. The introduction of a gas, or any change in volume or temperature of the hollow core region, allows for the diameter of the hollow core region to self-regulate as a multistructured core rod (MCR) is drawn down into the final hollow core optical fiber structure. This self-regulation provides a core region having a diameter that selected and then stabilized for the duration of the draw process. The inventive process is also useful in controlling the diameter of any selected hollow region of an MCR including, but not limited to, shunts and corner capillaries disposed around the core region.
US11203540B2
A water treatment system with a photocatalytic nanocomposite sheet, an adsorbent layer, and a fibrous filter, wherein the photocatalytic nanocomposite sheet comprises polymethylmethacrylate and silver phosphate, the adsorbent layer comprises plasma activated carbon nanotubes, and the fibrous filter is a composite of polymethylmethacrylate, polyvinylidene fluoride, and polyvinylpyrrolidone polymer fibers, with carbon nanotubes that are dispersed within the polymer fibers and silver nanoparticles that are deposited on the polymer fibers. Various embodiments of the water treatment system and methods of fabricating the photocatalytic nanocomposite sheet, the adsorbent layer, and the fibrous filter are also provided.
US11203532B1
A control valve (10) includes a valve body with a plurality of ports (A, B, C, D, E, F) and a plurality of annular flow passages (53, 55,57). A piston (34) which includes a plurality of annular flow passages and a longitudinal flow passage is selectively movable within a bore (32) within the valve body through operation of a valve controller (70). The valve controller is selectively operative to control the position of the piston so as to enable liquid flow through a plurality of flow paths. A master controller wirelessly communicates with a plurality of slave controllers, including the valve controller. The master controller is operative to control conditions of the valve and an associated liquid treatment tank.
US11203525B2
Disclosed are methods and systems of controlling the placement of micro-objects on the surface of a micro-assembler. Control patterns may be used to cause phototransistors or electrodes of the micro-assembler to generate dielectrophoretic (DEP) and electrophoretic (EP) forces which may be used to manipulate, move, position, or orient one or more micro-objects on the surface of the micro-assembler. A set of micro-object may be analyzed. Geometric properties of the set of micro-objects may be identified. The set of micro-objects may be divided into multiple sub-sets of micro-objects based on the one or more geometric properties and one or more control patterns.
US11203514B2
An aseptic filling system includes a heat sterilizer and a filler. The heat sterilizer has a heating unit, a holding tube, a first stage cooling unit and a second stage cooling unit. A circulation line composed of a heating-water line and a cooling-water line is connected to the heating unit and the first stage cooling unit. A connection line is connected to the cooling-water line, and aseptic cooling water in the cooling-water line is sent to the filler through the connection line.
US11203505B2
A sheet folding processing device includes a folding processing mechanism that includes a folding roller pair for forming a plurality of folds on the sheet conveyed in a predetermined sheet conveying direction to produce Z-fold, additional folding rollers and a lower folding guide. The additional folding rollers and the lower folding guide are arranged on the downstream side of the folding roller pair in the sheet conveying direction to face each other and cooperate with each other to press the folds. The interval between the folding roller pair and the additional folding rollers is determined such that when the leading fold as viewed in the sheet conveying direction is pressed between the additional folding rollers and the lower folding guide, the sheet part having a plurality of layers of sheet where the sheet is folded between the additional folding rollers can also be held between the folding roller pair.
US11203501B2
A roller features a circumferential trench into which a wire is deposited from a wire dispensing head having a wire dispensing tip. A moving web of material engages the roller as the roller rotates. The wire dispensing tip engages sidewalls of the trench so that the wire dispensing tip remains in the trench as the roller rotates. Wire from the trench is deposited onto the web of moving material and is secured thereto by fasteners or tape or adhesive or the like.
US11203497B2
An image forming apparatus includes a controller circuitry configured to control the ink-jet module to form a density adjustive image pattern on one of the multiple sheets, detect a jam during continuous feeding, and then determine whether or not images, which are to be formed on one or more fed-and-unejected sheets, include the density adjustive image pattern, where the images include the density adjustive image pattern, determine whether or not the unejected sheet, on which the density adjustive image pattern is to be formed, has passed through a certain position of the sheet conveyer path, and control the ink-jet module, where the unejected sheet, on which the density adjustive image pattern is to be formed, has passed through the certain position, not to re-form the density adjustive image pattern and to re-form images on rest of the unejected sheets.
US11203496B2
An image forming apparatus includes a feeding unit, a detection unit provided downstream of the feeding unit, a measurement unit that measures a measured time from the start of conveyance of a recording material to the detection of the recording material, and a determination unit that performs renewal determination for determining whether the feeding unit has been replaced with a new feeding unit. Thus, replacement of the feeding unit with a new feeding unit can automatically be detected.
US11203493B2
A system for managing parcel flow includes: an upstream conveyor for receiving and conveying a bulk flow of parcels; and a damming conveyor positioned to receive parcels offloaded from the upstream conveyor. The system may also include: a destacking conveyor positioned to receive parcels offloaded from the damming conveyor and configured to separate vertically stacked parcels; and a downstream conveyor positioned to receive parcels offloaded from the destacking conveyor. The damming conveyor can be selectively activated and deactivated to offload parcels in discrete batches, instead of a continuous flow. Selective activation and deactivation of the damming conveyor and/or destacking conveyor can be based on instructions communicated from a control subsystem in accordance in a prearranged sequence or based on data from one or more sensors configured to acquire data corresponding to the positioning of parcels within the system.
US11203484B2
A flat-packing machine for producing a package of compressed innerspring units (10) comprises a press device having a first pressing tool (210) and a second pressing tool (220). The press device is configured to compress an innerspring unit (10) between the first pressing tool (210) and the second pressing tool (220) while one of the first pressing tool (210) and the second pressing tool (220) holds one or more further previously compressed innerspring units (10) in a compressed state.
US11203478B2
Disclosed are a container cover and a vacuum preservation container. The container cover comprises a cover body and an air extraction assembly, wherein a first through hole is provided in the cover body, the air extraction assembly comprises an outer cover and an inner cover, the inner cover is arranged on an upper end of the first through hole in a sealing manner, a second through hole and a third through hole are provided in the inner cover, the second through hole is in communication with the first through hole, a first one-way valve is arranged in the second through hole, and a second one-way valve is arranged in the third through hole.
US11203476B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a product carrier, clip and a blank for forming the product carrier. An aspect of the invention provides a package comprising a display card and a clip. An article is mounted to the display card by the clip. The display card comprises a front panel and a rear panel. The clip comprises a front wall and opposed side walls. The clip together with at least one of the front and rear panels forms a tubular structure for receiving a part of the article. The article comprises at least one limb. The article is mounted to the display card by the at least one limb which extends through the tubular structure.
US11203469B1
Disclosed herein are embodiments of liquid dispensing container preferably configured as portable, handheld liquid dispensing containers. These liquid dispensing containers possesses a vent structure that provides improved liquid dispensing along with simplified vent construction and container integration. In these regards, these liquid dispensing containers advantageously overcome one or more shortcomings associated conventional liquid dispensing containers and other types of containers.
US11203465B2
A container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching assemblies. The latching assembly may comprise a latch body, a locking member, a biasing member, and an activating member. Additional features of the container may include handles and strength increasing features. The base and lid may also feature attachment points for various accessories.
US11203464B2
A storage tube assembly, with a cap having a top surface and a sealing member connected to the top surface, the sealing member has a generally cylindrical upper wall and a generally cylindrical lower wall, the sealing member also has a recessed portion between the upper wall and lower wall and a flange cut into the lower wall; a sealing ring, the sealing ring is sized to cooperate with and be received in the recessed portion of the sealing member of the cap; and a tube, the tube has a generally circular inner wall with a cut therein, the cut in the inner wall is positioned to receive the sealing ring when the sealing ring is positioned within the recessed portion of the cap and the cap is placed into an open end of the tube.
US11203460B2
A multi-carton container can be separated into a first carton and a second carton. The top wall of each of the first carton and the second carton can be at least partially connected to each other along a line of weakness. Side walls of each of the first carton and the second carton can also be at least partially connected to each other along lines of weakness.
US11203455B2
A wrapping machine for wrapping trayed food products includes a wrap station at which trayed food products are wrapped and a film dispensing system for drawing out film at the wrap station. A conveying system moves trayed food products through the wrapping machine. The machine may include a printer and label apply arrangement positioned for applying labels to trayed food products after wrapping, where the printer and label apply arrangement includes a support that is pivotable between an operating position and an access position. The film dispensing system may include a knife movable for cutting the film, and opposite ends of the knife are mechanically linked via spaced apart first and second belts to maintain alignment of the opposite ends.
US11203443B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) including a detection device configured to detect that a disassembly operation has been performed on the UAV and a controller configured to determine whether the disassembly operation is an unauthorized disassembly operation, and prohibit the UAV from moving in response to the disassembly operation being the unauthorized disassembly operation, where the detection device is communicatively connected to the controller.
US11203434B2
An aircraft seating system includes spreaders having restricted channels to receive a portion of diaphragm wrapped around a cord to hold the diaphragm in place at each side. The diaphragm includes a second or core layer of fabric within the diaphragm to increase the strength of the diaphragm, provide ventilation, and/or provide cushioning. The spreaders may include restricted channels to receive a diaphragm and cord for a seat back portion. The seat back portion and seat bottom portion may be a single piece or separate pieces.
US11203430B2
A method for launch of an airship includes connecting a cargo airship to a second airship that is not positively buoyant at the launch site, launching the cargo airship, transferring lifting gas from the cargo airship to the second airship where said lifting gas is carried by the cargo airship while aloft; and releasing the second airship from the cargo airship. A releasable payload return vehicle, wherein the payload return vehicle generates aerodynamic forces while it is mated to the cargo airship.
US11203429B2
A data storage system that moves and transfers components (e.g., the data storage cartridges, data storage magazines, etc.) utilizing drone systems is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises at least one data storage library for storing, reading, and writing of data to or on a plurality of data storage cartridges and at least one drone vehicle. The system also includes a processing device and a non-transitory, computer-readable memory containing programming instructions. The programming instructions are configured to cause the processing device to receive a request to transfer a data storage component to a destination location, in response to receiving the request, instruct a drone vehicle to perform at least part of the transfer of the data storage component to the destination location, and by the drone vehicle, perform at least part of the transfer of the data storage component to the destination location. In accordance with another embodiment, a drone vehicle for transferring data storage components is disclosed. According to yet another embodiment, a method of transferring data storage components within a data storage system utilizing drones is disclosed.
US11203428B2
A removable aerial application system and a method of installing the removable aerial application system in an aircraft such as a helicopter. In one embodiment, a removable aerial application system for an aircraft comprises: a tank insertable into a cabin of the aircraft; a first delivery conduit and a second delivery conduit, the first and second delivery conduits being in communication with the tank and extending aftward beneath a fuselage of the aircraft, a first auger within the first delivery conduit and a second auger within the second delivery conduit; a collector assembly defining a chamber, each of the first and second delivery conduits being in communication with the chamber; a distribution system coupled to the collector assembly; and a hydraulic system in mechanical communication with each of the first and second augers.
US11203427B2
A tethered uni-rotor network of satellite vehicles, is a novel aerial system which combines the best features of both fixed-wing and rotorcraft design methodologies, while minimizing their respective deficiencies. It is made up of a central hub with multiple tethers, where each tether arm radiates outward and attaches to a satellite vehicle; each having lifting airfoil surfaces, stabilizers, control surfaces, fuselages, and propulsion systems. The entire system operates in a state of rotation, which is driven by the propulsion units on each satellite. As the system rotates, centrifugal forces pull the satellite vehicles outward, which maintain tension on the tether arms. As the satellite vehicles move through space, the airfoils generate lift which supports each satellite and a distributed portion of the weight of the central hub.
US11203424B2
A mechanical power transmission that pivots about an axis to vary an angle between an input shaft and an output shaft. The mechanical power transmission includes an input gear having an input shaft that couples to a drive shaft, an output gear having an output shaft that couples to a tail rotor, a first intermediate gear rotationally coupled to the input gear, and a second intermediate gear rotationally coupled to the output gear. The mechanical power transmission further comprises a shaft that mechanically couples the first intermediate gear with the second intermediate gear, where a centerline of the shaft is coincident with the axis.
US11203413B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to advanced propeller assemblies that include a pressure modifying element that modifies its aerodynamic characteristics. Embodiments of the invention may provide benefits including but not limited to: increased thrust per rotation, greater efficiency, modified aerodynamics, and the ability to use such propellers for novel applications. Practical applications for embodiments of propellers of the invention include use with aircraft, drones, watercraft, autogyros, fans, blowers, pumps, generators, compressors, mixers, and blenders.
US11203391B2
A self-balancing scooter and a main frame assembly thereof are provided. The self-balancing scooter includes a first main frame and a cooperated second main frame. The first main frame includes a first connecting portion, the first connecting portion includes a first end surface, the first end surface defines a guide hole, and the guide hole is positioned between a center and an edge of the first end surface. The second main frame includes a second connecting portion, the second connecting portion includes a second end surface corresponding to the first end surface of the first connecting portion, the second end surface defines a conduit, the conduit is positioned between a center and an edge of the second end surface, the conduit is accommodated in the guide hole, and the first connecting portion is assembled and connected to the second connecting portion.
US11203388B2
A bicycle electric suspension comprises a first tube, a second tube, a positioning structure, an electric positioning actuator, and a telescopic controller. The first tube has a center axis. The second tube is telescopically received in the first tube. The positioning structure is configured to relatively position the first tube and the second tube in a telescopic direction extending along the center axis of the first tube. The electric positioning actuator is configured to actuate the positioning structure. The telescopic controller has a pairing signal transmission mode in which the telescopic controller transmits a pairing signal to a bicycle electric device.
US11203387B2
A bicycle seat post isolator assembly constructed to be fixedly engaged in a seat post receiving opening in a bicycle frame. A seat post gripper includes an elongated inner tubular body with an outer elastomeric layer/covering, inserted into the opening to receive a seat post coaxially therein. The layer/covering is positioned between the body and the bicycle frame. A retaining structure designed to be fixed adjacent an edge of the seat post receiving opening with a portion extending into the opening to only engage portions of the outer elastomeric layer/covering of the seat post gripper so as to lock the seat post gripper in the seat post receiving opening, whereby the layer/covering of the gripper is positioned between the body of the gripper with the seat post inserted coaxially into the gripper and the bicycle frame.
US11203373B2
A vehicle steering column includes a support unit and by which an actuator unit is held in which a steering spindle is mounted to rotate about a longitudinal axis. An adjustment drive is disposed between the support unit and the actuator unit and by which the actuator unit is adjustable. The adjustment drive has a threaded spindle which engages in a spindle nut and has a spindle axis. The spindle nut and the spindle are drivable by a servomotor to rotate in a mutually relative manner. The servomotor has a motor shaft which is coupled to a drive gear which is rotatable about a drive axis and which operatively engages with an output gear which is rotatable about the spindle axis and is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the spindle nut or the threaded spindle. The drive axis and the spindle axis are disposed mutually parallel.
US11203370B2
A system for monitoring shopping carts uses cameras to generate images of the carts moving in a store. In some implementations, cameras may additionally or alternatively be mounted to the shopping carts and configured to image cart contents. The system may use the collected image data, and/or other types of sensor data (such as the store location at which an item was added to the basket), to classify items detected in the shopping carts. For example, a trained machine learning model may classify item in a cart as “non-merchandise,” “high theft risk merchandise,” “electronics merchandise,” etc. When a shopping cart approaches a store exit without any indication of an associated payment transaction, the system may use the associated item classification data, optionally in combination with other data such as cart path data, to determine whether to execute an anti-theft action, such as locking a cart wheel or activating a store alarm. The system may also compare the classifications of cart contents to payment transaction records (or summaries thereof) to, e.g., detect underpayment events.
US11203369B2
A dolly assembly includes a dolly having an upper surface and a lower surface, and an aperture passing into at least the lower surface, and a ramp having an extension that extends beyond an edge of the ramp, the extension having at least one upward-facing ramp nub that, when positioned in the aperture, the ramp and the dolly are locked together as a unit.
US11203368B2
A railway turnout control method comprises: constructing a data space corresponding to a railway turnout area (101); adding a virtual railway turnout, in the data space, to an area in which a target turnback stopping point is located (102); adding the virtual railway turnout to a railway turnout list corresponding to a route along which a train drives into the area (103); and not releasing claim of the virtual railway turnout when the train stops at the turnback stopping point (104); Also provided is a railway turnout control system. The method and system can solve problems of deadlock of a turnback area and insufficient safety protection of crossed routes.
US11203363B2
Disclosed is a method for balancing at least one component of the power supplied by two inverters powered in parallel in a power grid of a railway vehicle, the method including:—a step for measuring the variation of a component of a current supplied by a first inverter, in order to obtain a measured variation; and—a step for modifying a control setpoint of the first inverter as a function of the measured variation.
US11203361B2
A method for performing on-device learning of embedded machine learning network of autonomous vehicle by using multi-stage learning with adaptive hyper-parameter sets is provided. The processes include: (a) dividing the current learning into a 1-st stage learning to an n-th stage learning, assigning 1-st stage training data to n-th stage training data, generating a 1_1-st hyper-parameter set candidate to a 1_h-th hyper-parameter set candidate, training the embedded machine learning network in the 1-st stage learning, and determining a 1-st adaptive hyper-parameter set; (b) generating a k_1-st hyper-parameter set candidate to a k_h-th hyper-parameter set candidate, training the (k−1)-th stage-completed machine learning network in the k-th stage learning, and determining a k-th adaptive hyper-parameter set; and (c) generating an n-th adaptive hyper-parameter set, and executing the n-th stage learning, to thereby complete the current learning.
US11203359B2
A vehicle control system includes: a recognition unit (16, 321, or 322) recognizing a surrounding status of a vehicle; a control unit (200 or 300) executing driving support for the vehicle by controlling one or both of steering and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding status recognized by the recognition unit; a reception unit (40 or 80) receiving an instruction relating to the driving support from a vehicle occupant of the vehicle; and an inhibition unit (130) inhibiting inactivation or reduction in functionality of the driving support using the control unit in a case in which a surrounding status of the vehicle is a predetermined surrounding status, or the predetermined surrounding status in the future is predicted in a case in which an instruction for inactivation or reduction in functionality of the driving support is received by the reception unit.
US11203356B2
A method for setting a driving mode of a vehicle which is driven by at least one electric machine, wherein several levels of a recuperation mode and a coasting mode are provided for the vehicle mode, wherein a first operating step or a second operating step is carried out with an operating element, wherein a level of the recuperation mode is raised upon a one-time carrying out of the first operating step with the operating element, wherein a level of the recuperation mode is set by one-time carrying out of the first operating step with the operating element which level is higher than a lowest level of the recuperation mode, wherein the coasting mode is directly set up when carrying out the second operating step with the operating element starting from the set, in particular higher level of the recuperation mode.
US11203355B2
A method for operating an aspect of a vehicle is provided. One example method includes providing an option for setting operations modes of the vehicle via display screen of the vehicle. The operational modes including a restricted use mode that is settable using credentials associated with a user account. The user account has the vehicle pre-associated to a user profile associated with the user account. The method includes receiving selection of the restricted use mode, the selection sets the vehicle to be operation without credentials associated with the user account. The restricted use mode includes limits that restrict access to a plurality of vehicle inputs and restricts access to a geographical zone. The method includes monitoring use data of the vehicle while in the restricted use mode. The use data is communicated to a server of a connected services provider. The use data including one or more violations detected during use of the vehicle in the restricted user mode. The method includes providing an indicator for rendering on the display screen of the vehicle informing an occupant of the vehicle that the restricted user mode is active and providing at least one detail regarding the one or more violations detected during use of the vehicle in the restricted user mode.
US11203353B2
A steering control system includes: a deviation amount detection unit configured to detect a deviation amount of a car that travels on a track, from a reference traveling path of the car in a width direction of the track; a roll or lateral direction vibration amount detection unit configured to detect a roll or lateral direction vibration amount of the car; and a feedback control unit configured to perform feedback control of steering of the car so as to reduce the deviation amount and the roll or lateral direction vibration amount. The feedback control unit is configured to output a steering command value in which a specified frequency to be reduced is suppressed.
US11203351B2
A control device of an automatic drive vehicle includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires power generator information as information on a power generator provided in the automatic drive vehicle; an operation control unit that switches between a first state in which automatic driving of the automatic drive vehicle is executed without restriction and a second state in which the automatic driving is partially or entirely restricted; and a determination unit that determines whether to perform switching to the second state by the operation control unit.
US11203340B2
A vehicular vision system includes a side-viewing camera mounted within an exterior rearview mirror assembly attached at a side of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular vision system. The side-viewing camera has a field of view at least sideward of the side of the equipped vehicle at which the exterior rearview mirror assembly is attached. The side-viewing camera captures an image of a scene occurring exterior of the equipped vehicle. The captured image includes an image data set representative of the exterior scene. A control includes an image processor, and the image data set is provided to the control. The control processes a reduced image data set of the image data set provided to the control to detect edges present exterior of the equipped vehicle within an area of interest of the scene occurring exterior of the equipped vehicle that is within the field of view of the side-viewing camera.
US11203336B2
Provided is a vehicle stop support system for supporting vehicle stop in an emergency condition. The vehicle stop support system sets an allowable lateral acceleration, based on a physical abnormality of a driver; detects a plurality of stop point candidates in a traveling direction of a vehicle; estimates a lateral acceleration to be generated during traveling of the vehicle to each of the candidates; estimates a rear-end collision risk that the vehicle will be rear-ended by a following vehicle; sets a stop point; and controls the vehicle to travel to the stop point and stop at the stop point. The system is operable to set, as the stop point, one of the candidates which satisfies a condition that the lateral acceleration estimated with respect thereto is equal to or less than the allowable lateral acceleration and which is lowest in terms of the rear-end collision risk.
US11203334B2
A working machine includes a braking assembly and a throttle assembly. A controller is operatively connected to the braking assembly and the throttle assembly. A proximity sensor is operatively connected to the controller and is adapted to emit radiation away from the rear of the working machine, and to receive reflected radiation indicating the presence of a person or object within a danger zone adjacent to the rear of the working machine and within a warning zone that extends beyond the danger zone. The proximity sensor is adapted to send a signal to the controller when it detects a person or object in the danger zone to cause the braking assembly to brake the working machine, and to send a signal to the controller when it detects a person or object in the warning zone to cause the throttle assembly to reduce the speed of the working machine.
US11203333B2
An apparatus for controlling a trailer parking brake status indicator in a tractor is provided that allow an operator to deactivate the indicator when the tractor is operating without a trailer using a pre-existing operator interface. The apparatus includes means for determining whether a trailer is coupled to the tractor and a controller configured to execute, when a determination whether the trailer is coupled to the tractor cannot be made, a process for controlling activation and deactivation of the indicator. The process includes determining whether a speed of the tractor meets a predetermined condition relative to a predetermined speed. The process further includes monitoring, after determining that the speed of the tractor meets the predetermined condition relative to the predetermined speed, for an activation command to activate a parking brake on the trailer. The process further includes deactivating the trailer parking brake status indicator responsive to the activation command.
US11203326B2
An autonomous vehicle includes a front bumper comprising an opening; a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor comprising a surface exposed to the opening of the front bumper; and a sensor cleaning device configured to remove foreign materials on the surface. The sensor cleaning device includes a wiper configured to move over a surface of a sensor to remove foreign materials from the surface of the sensor; and a movement unit connected to the wiper and comprising at least a linkage system configured to perform folding and unfolding movements, which causes the wiper to reciprocate over the surface of the sensor.
US11203325B2
An identification system configured so as to identify a driver of a vehicle after the vehicle has been started, the identification system includes a state detection module configured so as to generate a first dataset containing information relating to at least one movement of a device of the vehicle; an identification module carried or worn by a carrier or wearer and configured so as to generate a second dataset including movement data of the carrier or wearer; and a computing module configured so as to correlate the first dataset with the second dataset so as to determine whether the carrier or wearer and the driver are the same person.
US11203323B2
A process for detecting a portable user device in a predetermined zone on the inside or outside of a vehicle by a detection device onboard the vehicle. The high-frequency, BLE type communication includes a first signaling mode and a second communication mode, the first mode including: positioning the portable device at a predetermined fixed distance from the detection device, transmitting a signal by the detection device with predetermined transmission power on a channel. As long as the detection device is receiving a response signal from the portable device, repeating transmission of the signal at the same transmission power on other channels, otherwise, repeating transmission of the signal on a channel with reduced transmission power, and if the detection device no longer receives a response signal, comparing the transmission power to a predetermined threshold transmission power, and applying a correction to the transmission power during the second mode.
US11203319B2
An assembly for a vehicle includes an airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes a first panel, a second panel, and an inflation chamber between the first panel and the second panel. The assembly includes an inflation restraint exterior to the inflation chamber. The inflation restraint includes a first end fixed to the first panel and a second end fixed to the second panel. The inflation restraint includes a releasable extension between the first end and the second end. The releasable extension is movable from an unreleased position to a released position as the airbag inflates to the inflated position.
US11203315B2
Among other things, a documentation of a crash involving a vehicle is generated automatically. Telematics data is received that has been produced by one or more sensors associated with a telematics device at the vehicle. Based on the telematics data, a vehicle crash period is determined that begins at a start time and ends at an end time of the vehicle crash. Based on the telematics data, one or more metrics are determined associated with the vehicle during the vehicle crash period. Based on one or more metrics, a human-readable documentation of the vehicle crash is generated automatically.
US11203310B2
An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical terminal that is mounted to a support structure. The assembly also includes a stabilizer that has a slot that receives a free end of the electrical terminal. The assembly further includes a first spring that operatively supports the stabilizer relative to support structure. The first spring biases the stabilizer away from the support structure to a pre-staged position. The first spring is configured to flex from the pre-staged position to an assembled connector position in which more of the free end protrudes through the slot than in the pre-staged position. The first spring extends from each of opposing sides of a first post which is arranged at a first lateral edge of the stabilizer. A second post and a second spring are arranged at a second lateral edge of the stabilizer opposite the first lateral edge.
US11203308B2
A wire harness routing device 11 includes a wire harness 15, a case 16 in which the wire harness 15 is accommodated and which has an opening 30 through which the wire harness 15 can be led out of or into the case, a protector 21 attached to the wire harness 15 that is led out through the opening 30, and an engagement means 22 configured to disengageably engage the case 16 and the protector 21 with each other.
US11203305B2
An integrated housing assembly can be mounted on a roof of a vehicle, such as a semi-trailer truck. The integrated housing assembly includes a main enclosure that includes four sides, a top panel, and a bottom panel. One of the four sides is a front panel that is inclined towards the ground. The main enclosure includes one or more cavities. A front panel of the integrated housing assembly includes one or more openings to allow cameras or sensors to be placed within the one or more cavities and behind the one or more opening. The cameras or sensors cameras can be clamped at a downward angle within multiple lock apparatus. The angled front panel and the inclined cameras or sensors within the lock apparatus allow the cameras or sensors to obtain images or sensor data from one or more regions of interest at some distance from the front of the vehicle.
US11203298B2
A vehicle display assemblage that includes a display body formed of a one-piece injection molding constructed and arranged to secure via double-sided tape against at least a portion of a side-view mirror of a motor vehicle for displaying indicia; and wherein said display body constructed and arranged to receive display members for personalization.
US11203297B2
A holder device for a rear-view and/or display device of a motor vehicle having at least one holder plate fixed to a panel or plate-like object, and having at least one securing foot, which is or can be detachably arranged on the holder plate wherein by at least one retaining means fixed to the securing foot or at least partially surrounding the securing foot, which is or can be fixed to a vehicle component spaced apart from the holder plate, which limits a movement of the securing foot in a state in which it is at least partially detached from the holder plate in form fitting and/or force-locking manner.
US11203293B2
A system for detecting activities that pose a risk during driving is described. The system includes a vehicle comprising a steering device. Sensors are placed around various positions of the steering device that are configured to detect a presence of one or two hands on the steering device. The system further includes processing circuitry configured to: identify a position of the one or two hands on the steering device or a lack thereof based on binary signals received from the plurality of sensors; and determine whether to generate an alert to the operator of the vehicle based on the position of the one or two hands on the steering device or lack thereof, the alert requesting the operator of the vehicle to place one or two hands on the steering device and/or any other authorized device.
US11203290B2
Provided is a vehicle illumination system, including: interior lighting provided in a vehicle that is operable in a manual driving mode and in an autonomous driving mode; a detection device, provided in the vehicle, that detects an ambient light level outside the vehicle; a first control unit, provided in the vehicle, that controls switching on and switching off of headlights on the basis of a detection result from the detection device; and a second control unit that controls an illumination level of the interior lighting, such that the illumination level of the interior light when the headlights have been switched on while the vehicle is in the autonomous driving mode is higher than the illumination level of the interior lighting when the headlights have been switched on while the vehicle is in the manual driving mode.
US11203264B2
Charging socket for an electrically driven vehicle, having a main body with at least one contact section having electrical contacts for receiving in an interlocking manner a mating contact section of a charging plug having electrical mating contacts for forming an electrical charging connection between the electrical contacts and the electrical mating contacts, wherein the main body has at least one heating element for heating the at least one contact section.
US11203260B2
A clutch device includes a clutch input hub which is connectable to a drive unit (24), a clutch output hub which is connectable to an electric machine and/or to a transmission, a clutch via which the clutch input hub can be selectively brought into rotary driving connection with the clutch output hub, and an actuating piston for hydraulically actuating the clutch, a chamber to which fluid may be applied being assigned to said actuating piston, wherein fluid can be applied to the chamber via a first rotary feedthrough between a stationary component and the clutch input hub and via a second rotary feedthrough between the clutch input hub and the clutch output hub. The first rotary feedthrough and the second rotary feedthrough are designed on the side of clutch input hub facing outward in radial direction. A drivetrain having the clutch device is also included.
US11203255B2
Protection device for a motor vehicle interior having a flexible fabric which is displaceable along a guide direction between a compact, stored rest position and a protection position, outstretched flat at least in sections, a guide device fixed to the vehicle, in a mounted state, on which the flexible fabric is guided in a linear manner along the guide direction. At least one luminous element is provided which is associated with the flexible fabric and which emits light onto the flexible fabric in an operating state. At least one carrier element is provided, the luminous element being positively joined thereby to the guide device.
US11203253B2
In a work vehicle, a windshield provided at a front portion of a vehicle body includes an upper shield disposed upwardly of a hood and a lower shield that can be disposed at a position closing a gap formed between a lower end of the upper shield and an upper face of the hood. There is provided a support unit configured to support the lower shield vertically movably to be capable of selectively disposing the lower shield at the closing position for closing the gap and an opening position for opening the gap.
US11203241B2
The invention relates to a chassis for a utility vehicle, having a first J chassis element extending transversely with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction and a second chassis element (5) fixed to the outer side thereof, wherein the second chassis element (5) is supported against the outer side of the first chassis element via at least one roughened supporting area (11, 12). In order to avoid relative movements between the chassis elements connected by clamping forces in a utility vehicle chassis, the roughening comprises a surface structure produced by machining the supporting area (11, 12) in a blasting process and preferably a laser beam process. The invention further relates to specific individual parts of such a chassis, specifically an axle shell, an axle guide (5), and a brake carrier.
US11203237B2
An assembly for a tire inflation system includes a ring portion. The ring portion has an outer surface and an inner surface. A first projection and a second projection each extend from the inner surface. A valve assembly is connected to the ring portion and disposed in from the outer surface.
US11203236B2
The disclosed technology generally relates to a tire sensor and more particularly to a tire sensor configured to be fixed to a tire in a screwing manner, and a tire having the same. In one aspect, a tire sensor configured to be fixed to a tire in a screwing manner includes a sensor module configured to be attached to an inner surface of a tread of a pneumatic tire to detect conditions of the tire, a sensor casing formed to surround the sensor module, and a sensor fixture including a fixing screw to fixedly attach the sensor casing to the inner surface of the tread of the tire in a screwing manner by turning the fixing screw. In another aspect, a tire includes the tire sensor fixedly attached in a screwing manner therein for detecting tire conditions.
US11203228B2
An apparatus and method for holding a lug nut. The apparatus includes a base (150), a barrel (140), a lug nut engagement assembly (130), a plunger and a cam guide (170). The barrel (140) is coupled with the base (152) in a manner allowing the barrel (140) to move upwardly or downwardly within the base (150). The barrel (140) has an internal cam track portion (145). The lug nut engagement assembly (130) includes retractable fingers (132). The lug nut engagement assembly (130) is removeably affixed to the barrel (140). The plunger (160) is disposed within a portion of the lug nut engagement assembly (130), the barrel (140) and the cam guide (170). The plunger (160) has a tip for engagement with the retractable fingers (132). The cam guide (170) is disposed and moveable within a bottom portion of the barrel (140). The cam guide (170) has longitudinal rails (172) for engagement with the internal cam track (145) of the barrel (140).
US11203224B2
Certain aspects and features relate to using an image modifier to generate digital designs and to printing the digital designs on a structure for flooring or other decoration that can more realistically mimic designs found in nature or otherwise provide designers with the freedom to create aesthetic designs more easily. An image modifier can receive an image, such as an image of a naturally occurring view and generate modified designs based on the image. The modified designs can be slight modifications to the image and printed on the structures for flooring such that together the printed structures exhibit the appearance of a design found in nature or a desired appearance by a designer.
US11203223B2
An apparatus and method for a reel-to-reel chalk line comprising a first housing comprising a first reel, a first rotatable crank mechanism connected to the first reel, and a first chalk bin comprising apertures for allowing the passage of a continuous impregnable chalk line. The apparatus further comprises an opposed second housing comprising a second rotatable reel, a second crank mechanism connected to the second reel, and a second chalk bin comprising apertures for allowing passage of the continuous impregnable chalk line. The continuous impregnable chalk line is reeled about the first and second reels as the respective crank mechanisms are alternately rotated forward and backward. The chalk may include a variety of substances including powders, reactive powders, liquids, dyes, glass, minerals, plastics, ceramics, metals, and fibers. The continuous chalk line may comprise interconnected impregnable chalk lines joined by mechanical or chemical means forming the continuous impregnable chalk line.
US11203221B1
Embodiments of a store label booklet include a plurality of sheets stacked one on top of the other and connected to a binding that spans an entire thickness of the booklet, each sheet including a planar array of store labels. No release coating is used. When each store label or row is removed from the book, a liner strip remains connected to the binder and a portion of the adhesive lying opposite the liner strip is exposed for application of the label to a retail shelf edge. Each store label may differ in orientation, size, or style and may contain different product information. Location information may be located on a binding of the booklet, on the label, or on both the binding and the label. The store labels may be printed in a predetermined order.
US11203220B2
An ink for forming a photothermal conversion layer used to cause at least a portion of a thermal expansion layer of a thermal expansion sheet to swell. The ink includes an inorganic infrared absorbing agent having a higher absorptivity in at least one region of the infrared light spectrum than in the visible light spectrum.
US11203210B2
A printing apparatus includes at least a tank configured to hold a first printing material at a first position and a tank configured to hold a second printing material at a second position different from the first position. A light emitting control unit controls light emitting states of a plurality of light emitters. If an amount of the printing material in the first tank is less than a predetermined amount, and an amount of the printing material in the second tank is greater than a predetermined amount, the light emitting control unit transits a state of a first light emitter from a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is greater than the predetermined amount to a state indicating that the amount of the printing material is less than the predetermined amount, and maintains a state of a second light emitter.
US11203204B2
Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus comprising: a print head that ejects ink; a tank that contains ink to be supplied to the print head; a floating body that floats on the liquid surface of the ink inside the tank; and an electrode pin that detects the level of the liquid surface inside the tank. The floating body includes an opening portion in which to insert the electrode pin, and a perimeter of the opening portion protrudes from a top surface side of the floating body.
US11203201B2
An image recording apparatus includes a recording head including a plurality of nozzles from which ink is ejected, a memory, and one or more hardware processors coupled to the recording head and the memory. The one or more hardware processors are configured to: determine, for each of the plurality of nozzles, whether a position of the corresponding nozzle is a position to eject ink; determine whether a successive ejection operation is necessary for a nozzle out of the plurality of nozzles, whose position is determined as the position to eject ink; and cause ink to be successively ejected at the position to eject ink at a predetermined successive ejection frequency from the nozzle that is determined to have the necessity of the successive ejection operation.
US11203198B2
A printing apparatus of the present disclosure is for performing printing of a viscous fluid onto a print target using a screen mask, the printing apparatus including: a moving section configured to perform at least one of moving an exchangeable member to an exchange position or loading and unloading of the exchangeable member, for at least two types of the exchangeable member that, out of a cartridge configured to house the viscous fluid, a squeegee, a screen mask, a cleaning member used to clean the screen mask, and a support member configured to fix the print target, include at least one out of the cartridge, the squeegee, and the cleaning member; and an exchange control section configured to control the moving section to perform exchange processing of exchanging the exchangeable member.
US11203196B2
A device for imprinting cans comprises a plurality of ink cartridges that supply ink to a plurality of printing plates; the printing plates communicate with transfer blankets fixed to a drum, the transfer blankets move ink from the printing plates and apply it to cans; each transfer blanket includes a different art in low relief which produces an image on cans in addition to the image produced by printing plates; the device is preferably a rotary dry offset printer.
US11203186B2
A multi-layered structure (1) for the production of a floor or wall covering. The structure comprises: a first assembly (E) successively comprising at least: a transparent wear layer (E1) made of polyvinyl chloride; a decorative layer (E2) bonded to the wear layer (E1); a backing layer (E3), bonded to the decorative layer (E2), produced from plasticized and loaded polyvinyl chloride; a foam layer (2), bonded to the backing layer (E3), imparting sound-insulating properties to the structure, and having a lower side. The first assembly (E) comprises a tensile modulus for 1% elongation greater than 5 MPa, and a flexural modulus at 3.5% between 10 MPa and 20 MPa and the foam layer (2) is a cross-linked polyolefin foam layer, having a thickness between 0.5 mm and 2 mm, and a density between 60 kg/m3 and 120 kg/m3.
US11203185B2
Articles comprising a fluoropolymer-containing composition bonded to a silicone polymer-containing composition are described, where at least one of the compositions comprise a partially-fluorinated silane bonding agent. Methods of preparing such articles, and exemplary articles such as fuel hoses are also described.
US11203183B2
A single and multi-layer flat glass-sensor structure and method of making the flat glass-sensor structure. The flat glass sensor structure comprises at least one flat glass layer, a sensor and a heater. The flat glass layer has a plurality of cutouts that are configured to “suspend” the sensor on top of or in plane with the flat glass layer. The sensor is an electrochemical wafer with at least one sensory element and flat glass connectors. Each flat glass connector is in minimal contact with at least one sensory sub-area. The heater is a resistive heating element that is on top of or in plane with the flat glass layer configured to heat the sensor. The flat glass connectors are configured to provide support for electrical leads to the heater and membrane. The flat glass connectors are also configured to provide temperature insulation of the suspended sensor.
US11203177B2
Provided is a decorative sheet which can impart, to molded resin articles, excellent design attractiveness and an excellent touch both due to a rugged shape. The decorative sheet comprises, superposed in the following order, a base layer, a surface layer which is constituted of a cured object obtained from a curable resin composition and has the rugged shape, and a removable thermoplastic resin film.
US11203175B2
A bonding device includes an upper chamber a pad with which a display substrate is pressable to a substrate; a stage between a lower chamber and the pad and including an opening through which air is introduced; a molding member between an upper chamber and the pad and surrounding the pad and the opening; and a support member connected to the stage The display substrate disposed on the molding member disposes first and second portions of the display substrate overlapping the planar and bending portions of the substrate, respectively, the molding member presses the first portion to the planar portion, and air introduced through the opening, expands the molding member to press the second portion to the bending portion.
US11203169B2
A method of manufacturing a fibre-reinforced polymer object by means of vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding (VARTM), wherein fibre material is impregnated with liquid resin in a mould cavity comprising a rigid mould part having a mould surface defining an outer surface of the object, is described. One or more pressure sensors are connected to resin inlets of the VARTM system. A control unit is used for controlling a polymer supply unit based on measured resin pressure and is adapted to adjusting a resin flow rate, if pressure measured by the pressure sensors is below a lower threshold level or above a higher threshold level.
US11203159B2
A three-dimensional object production method according to the disclosure includes a step of allocating one of regions in a nozzle row (22) that is different from each other to each of pixel groups (25A, 25B) divided into a predetermined number n (n being an integer ≥2) of groups among pixel rows constituting the unit layer (25), and a step of forming the pixel rows by nozzles (21) included in each region forming one pixel group (25A, 25B).
US11203158B2
According to one embodiment, of the present disclosure, a stereolithography apparatus is a 3D printer of various kinds used to form a solid object (a mockup of a tennis racket or a golf club) on the basis of original design data (CAD data). In this apparatus, markers (MKa, or MKb1 to MKb4) corresponding to one or more sinkers are disposed at one or more positions of an object formed to be lighter than a design weight of the solid object formed on the basis of the original design data. In the structure, one or more sinkers having a certain weight, size, and shape, are disposed in one or more marker positions of the object.
US11203157B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for preparing geometry for 3D printing. In one embodiment, a 3D printing preparation application receives 3D geometry and repairs non-manifold edges and non-manifold vertices, producing a topological manifold geometry. The 3D printing preparation application then welds coincident edges without coincident faces and fills holes in the geometry. The 3D printing preparation application may further perform resolution-aware thickening of the geometry by estimating distances to a medial axis based on distances to distance field shocks, and advecting the distance field using a velocity field. A similar approach may be used to perform resolution-aware separation enforcement. Alternatively, one component may be globally thickened and subtracted from another for separation enforcement. The 3D printing preparation application may also split large models and add connectors for connecting the split pieces after printing. In addition, the 3D printing preparation application may generate a 3D print preview.
US11203153B2
A powder bin for an additive manufacturing apparatus has a plurality of walls forming an annular body to surround a build plate. The plurality of walls include an annular outer wall and an annular inner wall that are separated by a cavity, and a gap between a top edge of the inner wall and a top edge of the outer wall is configured to receive powder between the top edges of the outer walls and the inner walls. The annular body has an aperture that extends laterally through the inner wall and outer wall. A base is connected to a bottom edge of the outer wall and a bottom edge of the inner wall, and the base includes one or more ports. A sloped barrier is positioned in the cavity configured to direct powder around the aperture to the one or more ports in the base.
US11203146B2
A vacuum plastic molding machine includes a heating device, a plurality of upright posts, a carrier assembly, and a demolding mechanism. The carrier assembly includes an upper carrier and a lower carrier. The upper carrier includes an upper frame, multiple upper movement structures, at least one rotation plate, at least one driving member, and at least one linking mechanism. An adjusting space is defined between the at least one rotation plate and the at least one linking mechanism. The lower carrier includes a lower frame, multiple lower movement structures, and at least one locking tenon. The locking tenon is placed into the adjusting space. The at least one driving member is rotated to change the position of the at least one locking tenon in the adjusting space, and to adjust the distance between the upper carrier and the lower carrier.
US11203144B2
A hollow body forming mold includes left and right half molds, a bottom of the left half mold is provided with a left avoidance slot, a bottom of the right half mold is provided with a right avoidance slot, a left bottom slider is disposed in the left avoidance slot, a right bottom slider is disposed in the right avoidance slot, and the left and right bottom sliders constitute a group of sliders. The mold design resolves a difficult problem that a fabrication hole exists during forming of a hollow body with a built-in component by using an existing conventional process The hollow body forming method has the advantages of a short forming period, the high production efficiency, good combination between a built-in component and an inner wall of an fuel tank, and the high location stability.
US11203132B2
There is provided a method and system for forming a composite material. The method includes: combining a first component element with a second component element to form a composite mixture; subjecting the composite mixture to a first force to in order to form ligaments and disperse the first component element and second component element in relation to each other, wherein the first force is a mechanical force, subjecting the ligaments to at least one second force in order to form attenuated ligaments and further disperse the first component element and second component element in relation to each other, wherein the at least one second force imparts both shear flow deformation and extensional flow deformation to the ligaments to form the attenuated ligaments; and collecting the attenuated ligaments. There is also provided a composite material prepared using the method described above.
US11203127B2
A cutting implement including an annular blade defining a central blade aperture and a circular cutting edge. The annular blade is rotatably mounted in a handle covering a covered arc segment of the blade while allowing an outer arc segment of the blade to protrude from the handle. The device may be held through the use of a palm grip wherein some of the fingers of the user are inserted through the blade aperture and press the handle against the palm of the hand. A mechanism may be provided for selectively restraining the rotation of the blade relative to the handle.
US11203122B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing goal-based robot animation. One system includes a robot configured to receive a goal that specifies a goal state to be attained by the robot or one of the components. A collection of animation tracks is searched to identify one or more animation tracks that when executed by the robot cause the robot to perform one or more physical movements to satisfy the goal state. The identified one or more animation tracks are executed to perform the one or more physical movements to satisfy the received goal state.
US11203118B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods to implement preferred pathways in mobile robots. Example methods may include obtaining, via at least one of a user interface and a corresponding Application Programming Interface API call, at least one preferred pathway for an autonomous mobile robot, transmitting the at least one preferred pathway to the autonomous mobile robot, generating a planned path for the autonomous mobile robot based at least in part on an influence function, the influence function being representative of an amount of bias towards the at least one preferred pathway on a motion planning decision of the autonomous mobile robot, the amount of bias being based at least in part on a metric associated with the at least one preferred pathway, and causing the autonomous mobile robot to move from a start point to an end point along the planned path.
US11203116B2
A computing system is provided for training one or more machine learning models to perform at least a portion of a robotic task of a physical robotic system by monitoring a model-based control algorithm associated with the physical robotic system perform at least a portion of the robotic task. One or more robotic task predictions may be defined, via the one or more machine learning models, based upon, at least in part, the training of the one or more machine learning models. The one or more robotic task predictions may be provided to the model-based control algorithm associated with the physical robotic system. The robotic task may be performed, via the model-based control algorithm associated with the robotic system, on the physical robotic system based upon, at least in part, the one or more robotic task predictions defined by the one or more machine learning models.
US11203113B1
A segmented bending system includes multiple linkages coupled to one another in a stacked arrangement. The segmented bending system also includes multiple rotation assemblies coupled to one another to extend through the multiple linkages. The multiple rotation assemblies include multiple cam members, and each cam member of the multiple members extends into a respective opening formed in a corresponding linkage of the multiple linkages. At least one cam member of the multiple cam members is offset from at least one other cam member of the multiple cam members in a circumferential direction about a center axis of the multiple rotation assemblies.
US11203108B2
A grip device for hexagonal wrenches includes a body, a rotary member, a resilient member and a fastening member. The body includes an engaging portion which includes multiple recesses, multiple first slots and an axle. The rotary member is rotatably and movably mounted to the axle. The rotary member includes a first room defined in the inner periphery of the passage through which the axle extends. A first shoulder is formed between the first room and the passage. The resilient member is mounted to the axle and the fastening member is connected to the axle. An L-shaped tool has the first section thereof received in one of the recesses and the first slot of the recess. When the rotary member is moved toward the engaging portion, the first section is inserted into the first slot. The L-shaped tool is restricted by the rotary member and used as a T-bar tool.
US11203097B2
A socket includes a first and a second sleeve members. The first sleeve member has a first end for connecting to a driving tool and a second end having a first connecting portion for sleeving onto a first fastener, and has an internal space and an internal circumferential wall. The second sleeve member is movably inserted into the internal space and has an external circumferential wall and a second connecting portion connected together. The second connecting portion is for sleeving onto a second fastener whose size is different from a size of the first fastener. One of the external and the internal circumferential walls is tapered from the first end toward the second end to form a gap. The other one of the external and the internal circumferential walls has a restriction unit extending into the gap.
US11203095B2
A rock sanding device includes a base, a bottom sanding plate, an adjustable connecting rod, an elastic loader, a connector, a side sanding brush, a top sanding plate, an inner rod, a prong and a drill rod. The top of the drill rod is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft of the external water drilling rig and the external water drilling rig has a water inlet joint to introduce water into the drill rod. The inner rod and drill rod are connected and fixed coaxially, and the bottom of the drill rod is symmetrically welded with four prongs. The rock specimen is placed in the center of the side sanding brush. The top sanding plate and the bottom sanding plate are provided in the top side and bottom side of the rock specimen, respectively.
US11203092B2
A method for fabricating vacuum tooling is disclosed using porous granular media. A sheet of steel webbing is affixed to a frame. A plurality of layers of fiberglass is affixed to the webbing. A vacuum port is installed through the webbing and plurality of layers of fiberglass. A granular media is mixed with epoxy to form a granular mixture. The granular mixture is layered over the plurality of layers of fiberglass to form a flat surface and machined for uniformity before sealing.
US11203084B2
Laser processing systems and methods image a multiple core array to a work surface in a multiple processing beam array. An optical system separates processing beams and converges the beams toward the work surface and focuses each beam of the array at or near the work surface. A central axis with access for filler material flow to the work surface is provided. The processing beam array and central filler material feed provide omni-directional additive laser processing capability.
US11203082B2
A cam assembly in a linear friction welding system includes two power shafts. Each of the shafts have two timing gears mounted thereupon. For one of the shafts, one of the timing gears includes a slot extending within the timing gear which is formed as an arc about a center of rotation of the power shaft. The other timing gear on that shaft includes a fixed pin which extends into the slot. A cross-over shaft is operably connected to both power shafts.
US11203078B2
A method and apparatus for providing a welding type power is disclosed. It includes an outer housing having a wind tunnel within the outer housing. Air flows through the wind tunnel in an air flow direction. The width of the tunnel is less at one location than at another location. Electrical components receive power and provide a welding type output. A first group of those components require air flow for cooling, and are disposed at least partially in the wind tunnel. A second group of components are not disposed in the wind tunnel. The wind tunnel can also change direction.
US11203077B2
My invention is an improvement to a welding arc igniter. My invention periodically disables the arc igniter for one or more AC half-cycles. When the igniter skips an AC half-cycle, the welding arc may not ignite, so average weld heat is reduced. AC weld heat can be adjusted in real time, by varying the fraction of AC half-cycles that are skipped. AC polarity balance can be adjusted in real time, by preferentially skipping the electrode-positive or electrode-negative half-cycles.
US11203056B2
The invention relates to a device for the impact treatment of transition radii (8) of a crankshaft (4), in particular transition radii (8) between connecting rod bearing journals (5) and crank webs (7) and/or transition radii (8) between main bearing journals (6) and the crank webs (7) of the crankshaft (4). The device comprises an impact device (1) in order to introduce an impact force (FS) into at least one transition radius (8), wherein the impact device (1) has multiple impact heads (21) which are paired with the same transition radius (8).
US11203052B2
A forging and inclined window hole punching composite die includes an upper die holder, a connection sleeve, an upper die sliding sleeve, a pressure plate, inclined window puncher pins, a center puncher pin, first connection screw rods, first springs, second connection screw rods, second springs, hydraulic assistant systems, a lower die and a bottom plate. Bottom surface of the pressure plate of the composite die is a plane to avoid deformation of a front molding surface. Hydraulic power is added to the inclined window puncher pins to increase the pressure for punching inclined holes, avoid quality problems and increase a demolding force. A multi-split synchronous hydraulic device may well realize synchronization of the plurality of inclined window puncher pins.
US11203050B2
A method is provided for producing a steel component assembly, wherein a steel component having a predetermined breaking point is provided and the predetermined breaking point of the steel component is punched through by way of a press-fit element in order to form an opening. Subsequently, the press-fit element is pressed into the opening of the steel component, and, at least in overlap with the press-fit element, a component is adhesively bonded to the steel component by an adhesive applied over an area. A friction-drilling hole is melted through the press-fit element, the steel component and the component by way of a friction-drilling element.
US11203036B1
A dip coating apparatus includes a liquid tank containing paint and a hanging tool for dipping into or removal from the liquid tank. The hanging tool includes a hollow frame, a first and second rack, and two first hanging frames. The hollow frame has a first and second strip. The first and the second racks are disposed in the hollow frame and connected to the first and the second strips. Each of the first hanging frames includes a first top strip connected to the first rack, a first bottom strip connected to the second rack, and a first lateral strip connected to the first top strip and the first bottom strip. Each first lateral strip forms an obtuse angle with the corresponding first top strip and an acute angle with the corresponding first bottom strip. Each first lateral strip includes a first top hook and a first bottom hook.
US11203028B2
A masking plug assembly includes a lower anvil and an elongate member coupled to a central portion of the lower anvil, where the elongate member includes at least one coupling part. The assembly also includes an upper anvil having a central opening for receiving the elongate member therethrough, where the upper anvil includes at least one complementary coupling part configured to be releasably coupled with the at least one coupling part of the elongate member. The assembly also includes a deformable plug with a central opening for receiving the elongate member therethrough, where the deformable plug is configured to be positioned within the hole of the structure between the lower anvil and the upper anvil, and where the deformable plug is composed of a resilient material such that at least a portion of the deformable plug expands horizontally when compressed vertically between the lower anvil and the upper anvil.
US11203026B2
Disclosed is a liquid pump (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900), including a movable unit and a fixed unit. The movable unit is capable of moving relative to the fixed unit so as to pump a product out. An elastic mechanism (130, 230, 330, 430, 530, 630, 730, 820, 930) is provided between the movable unit and the fixed unit, and the elastic mechanism (130, 230, 330, 430, 530, 630, 730, 820, 930) comprises at least one elastic strip (131, 231, 331, 431, 531, 631, 731, 821, 931). The elastic strip (131, 231, 331, 431, 531, 631, 731, 821, 931) applies a biasing force to the movable unit to restore the movable unit after the product is pumped. The liquid pump (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900) further comprises an elastic mechanism adjusting member movable between a first position in which the elastic strip (131, 231, 331, 431, 531, 631, 731, 821, 931) of the elastic mechanism (130, 230, 330, 430, 530, 630, 730, 820, 930) is in a relaxed state, and a second position in which the elastic strip (131, 231, 331, 431, 531, 631, 731, 821, 931) of the elastic mechanism (130, 230, 330, 430, 530, 630, 730, 820, 930) is in a preloaded state. With the provision of the elastic mechanism adjusting member, it is convenient to press down a pressing head (110, 210, 310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 910) during use, and the yielding deformation of the elastic strip (131, 231, 331, 431, 531, 631, 731, 821, 931) due to long-term stress can also be avoided.
US11203025B2
A portable, hand-held electrospinning or electrospraying device and system, method, and portions thereof are described. Such device can be for electrospinning or electrospraying a predetermined solution toward a deposit surface. The device can have a durable portion, a semi-durable portion, and a consumable portion. The consumable portion can be received and held by the semi-durable portion, and the semi-durable portion holding the consumable portion can be removably coupled to the durable portion.
US11203021B2
A herb grinder includes: a main body with a receiving indentation, which has a spout indentation; a cutting section with top and bottom cutting parts, a magnet, and a ferromagnetic part; a main body with a receiving indentation, which has a spout indentation, a center interior, traversal ridges, a flow blocker, an exit canal, and an exit aperture; a slidable exit lid that covers the dispensing aperture; a window, a light source, a rotatable dispensing spout assembly with a dispensing arm and a dispensing spout that is configured to connect with an empty cigarette tube; a dispensing vibrator, and a vibration button.
US11203014B2
Disclosed are devices, kits, compositions, and methods for collecting, transporting, and detecting toxicants, pathogens, and biomarkers in a biological sample. The devices, kits, compositions and methods may be utilized to collect and transport dried blood samples from a skin prick and detect toxicants, pathogens, and biomarkers in the dried blood samples.
US11203010B2
A novel catalyst composition and its use in the dehydrogenation of alkanes to olefins. The catalyst comprises a Group VIII noble metal and a metal selected from the group consisting of manganese, vanadium, chromium, titanium, and combinations thereof, on a support. The Group VIII noble metal can be platinum, palladium, osmium, rhodium, rubidium, iridium, and combinations thereof. The support can be silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, aluminum oxide, silica-alumina, cerium dioxide, zirconium dioxide, magnesium oxide, metal modified silica, silica-pillared clays, silica-pillared micas, metal oxide modified silica-pillared mica, silica-pillared tetrasilicic mica, silica-pillared taeniolite, zeolite, molecular sieve, and combinations thereof. The catalyst composition is an active and selective catalyst for the catalytic dehydrogenation of alkanes to olefins.
US11203009B2
Disclosed herein are a catalyst composition, catalyst devices, and methods for removing formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds, and other pollutants from an air flow stream. The catalyst composition including manganese oxide, optionally one or more of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, zinc, iron, binder, an inorganic oxide, or carbon.
US11203003B2
The present invention relates to a carbon aerogel precursor, a preparation method thereof and a carbon aerogel prepared thereby and, more particularly, to a carbon aerogel precursor which can be converted into a carbon aerogel that exhibits excellent specific surface area and physical properties by using a binder that has a low carbonization ratio and is capable of performing phase conversion while using a carbon material having physical properties such as diameter, length and the like that are not adjusted, a preparation method thereof, and a carbon aerogel prepared thereby.
US11202999B1
A stirring system for a bucket having a sidewall configured to form an inner cavity for containing liquid therein. The system a lid having a center hole extending through the thickness of the lid; a shaft extending from a first end to a second end, the shaft is configured to extend through the center hold of the lid and into the inner cavity; a quick-release device secured to the first end of the shaft; an upper perforated stirring paddle rigidly attached to and extending from the shaft; a middle perforated stirring paddle rigidly attached to and extending form the shaft, the middle perforated stirring paddle is configured to extend in a first plane parallel to the upper perforated stirring paddle; and a lower perforated stirring paddle secured to the second end of the shaft and extending along a second plane, the lower perforated stirring paddle having a first length equal to a second length of the upper perforated stirring paddle plus a third length of the middle perforated stirring paddle.
US11202998B2
A discharge system includes a mixing vessel and a feedstock input in fluid communication with the mixing vessel. A solvent input is in fluid communication with the mixing vessel. A discharge output is in fluid communication with an outlet of the mixing vessel to discharge effluent. A method for generating turbulence on a liquid surface within a discharge system includes supplying a mixing vessel with feedstock fluid and solvent fluid to generate a liquid mixture and a gas pocket in the mixing vessel. The method includes supplying an impinging solvent fluid through a nozzle extending from a first end of the mixing vessel to generate a roiling surface at an interface between the gas pocket and the liquid mixture and permit uptake of gas from the gas pocket into the liquid mixture.
US11202993B2
There is provided a system and method for angstrom confinement of trapped ions. The method including: receiving water molecules and ionic compounds in a first reservoir, an angstrom confinement assembly is positioned between the first reservoir and a second reservoir, the angstrom confinement assembly defining angstrom conduits; and repeatedly applying an electric field across a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode on a same side of the angstrom confinement assembly as the first reservoir and the second electrode on a same side of the angstrom confinement assembly as the second reservoir, the electric field applied such that, when the electric field is applied, positive ions of the ionic compounds are induced to flow through the angstrom conduits, and wherein, when the electric field is not applied, water molecules flow into the angstrom conduits due to capillary forces to confine the positive ions in the angstrom conduits.
US11202992B2
A nitric acid production process, comprising tertiary abatement of N2O and NOx on a tail gas withdrawn from an absorption stage, said abatement including passing the tail gas over a sequence of a deN2O stage comprising a Fe-z catalyst and a deNOx stage comprising a V2O5-TiO2 catalyst in the presence of gaseous ammonia, wherein the tail gas at the inlet of deN2O stage and the tail gas at the inlet of deNOx stage have a temperature greater than 400° C.
US11202988B2
A desulfurization gas process includes water vapor, CO2 and SOx (x=2 and/or 3). In a treatment unit, the gas contacts a cooled alkaline aqueous solution having a temperature lower than an initial gas temperature, water and a carbonate of an alkali metal, to cool the gas, condense some water vapor and absorb SOx in the carbonate-containing solution, produce an SOx-depleted gas and an acidic aqueous solution including sulfate and/or sulfite ions. The SOx-depleted gas and a portion of the acidic aqueous solution can then be withdrawn from the treatment unit. Carbonate of the alkali metal can be added to remaining acidic aqueous solution to obtain a made-up alkaline aqueous solution. This solution can be cooled and reused as the cooled alkaline aqueous solution. An SOx absorbent solution includes a bleed stream from a CO2-capture process, sodium or potassium carbonate, and an acidic aqueous solution obtained from desulfurization.
US11202986B2
A plasticization-resistant polyurethane membrane for gas separation and producing method are disclosed. The plasticization-resistant polyurethane membrane may include a soft segment, a hard segment and a chain extender. The soft segment may include a polyol compound and the hard segment may include a diisocyanate. The plasticization-resistant polyurethane membrane may be a cross-linked polyurethane membrane.
US11202985B2
A facility and method for membrane permeation treatment of a feed gas flow containing at least methane and carbon dioxide that includes a compressor, a gas analyser, at least one valve, and first, second, third, and fourth membrane separation units for separation of CO2 from CH4 to permeates enriched in CO2 and retentates enriched in CH4, respectively. A pressure of the feed gas flow is adjusted according to a CH4 concentration of the second retentate.
US11202978B2
A liner for a filter sub-assembly has a wall having an innermost surface that bounds a cavity extending between opposing first and second ends of the liner. The wall has a deflected portion extending into the cavity and delimiting an opening. The liner may be used in a rotor of a filter assembly.
US11202973B2
The present invention relates to the field of upgrading biomass, in particular algal biomass, and more specifically the present invention relates to a method for extracting water-soluble compounds from microalgae and/or cyanobacteria, as well as the product obtained by this method and the uses of same, in particular in the food industry or as food supplements.
US11202964B1
A water ride system with a flume that includes one or more sections in which a raft is unguided (except with flume sidewalls) to provide a dynamic experience with side-to-side movement and rotation. Further, the flume is configured to include one or more controlled or guided sections in which a raft is funneled or directed into a keyed guided portion of the ride path and then later released into one of uncontrolled or unguided sections of the flume. A raft includes a keyed guide assembly, mounted upon a lower surface of the raft body, that includes a pair of spaced apart guide members. In a guiding subsection of the flume, the bottom wall or lower surface of the flume includes a raised portion that includes a guideway or groove for receiving the guide assembly, whereby the raft has it directional and rotational movements guided in the flume.
US11202959B2
In order to select a content to be used in a specified game or game stage from a plurality of contents, a selection image including a plurality of contents is displayed in which possessed contents and unpossessed contents not possessed by a user are visually distinguishable, and at least a display form or display position of each content is varied based on parameters set for a combination of the content and the specified game or game stage, and at least one is selected from the plurality of contents displayed in the selection image.
US11202950B2
The presently disclosed subject matter is generally directed to one or more golf alignment rods that can be used as a multipurpose golf training aid, such as to teach proper golf club alignment and/or swing technique. Particularly, the alignment rod comprises a base defined by a first end and a second end. The alignment rod further includes a cap positioned at one end of the base. The cap comprises a magnet positioned on an interior surface. The magnet allows two or more alignment rods to be removably coupled together, such as when stored upright in a golf bag. In this way, movement of the alignment rods in the golfer's bag (e.g., when the cart is in motion) is minimized. In addition, the alignment rods are more easily accessible when needed by the golfer.
US11202947B2
Methods and systems for detecting configuration states of a golf club and adjustment systems of a golf club, such as a shaft connection system. A golf club configuration detection system captures configuration data from the adjustment system of the golf club by a configuration detection device, such as a camera, a barcode scanner, or an RFID scanner. The captured configuration data is compared to reference configuration data to determine a configuration state of the adjustment system. Swing data and ball-flight data are tracked for golf-ball strikes with the golf club in the detected configuration state. Recommendations for configuration states may be generated based on the tracked data.
US11202932B2
A free weight includes: an enclosure comprising a plurality of body sections assembled in a shape approximating a torus, each body section forming part of the approximated torus and having a sectional seam formed along an approximated major diameter of the approximated torus, and each body section is coupled to each adjacent body section at an inter-sectional seam, each inter-sectional seam formed along an approximated section diameter of the approximated torus; and a fill disposed within an interior space formed by the enclosure.
US11202926B2
Tools for fire monitoring are presented. One method includes an operation for accessing values of features for monitoring a fire in a region. The features include satellite images at a first resolution, vegetation information, and weather data. Further, each satellite image includes first cells associated with the geographical region and the first resolution defines a first size of each first cell. The method further includes generating a map of the geographical region comprising a plurality of second cells having a second size, which is smaller than the first size. Additionally, the method includes operations for estimating, using a machine-learning model, probability values for the second cells in the map based on the features, each probability value indicating if the second cell contains an active fire, and for updating the map based on the probability values for the second cells. The map is presented in a user interface.
US11202921B2
A phototherapy device, a kit containing such a phototherapy device, and a method for treating a patient with a phototherapy device, the phototherapy device containing a housing, an emission portion, and a light tube, the housing containing a light source that emits light at a wavelength of from about 400 nm to about 550 nm, and may contain a light shield proximal to the light source, the emission portion being distal form the housing and connected thereto via a light tube which contains an optical fibre, and a mesh that may enclose the optical fibre and may allow a limited amount of light to leak from the optical fibre to the outside environment.
US11202920B2
In one aspect, a luminaire is provided for illumination, in which the luminaire has a normalized spectral power distribution (SPD) curve for promoting human wellness, the normalized SPD curve having the following percentage areas for the following wavelength domains, the normalized SPD curve including spectral energy in a 620 nm to 640 nm region of the SPD curve ranging from 9.5% to 10.5% of a total of an area for a normalized SPD curve; spectral energy in a 640 nm to 660 nm region of the SPD curve ranging from 7.25% to 9.8% of the total of the area of the normalized SPD curve; spectral energy in a 660 nm to 680 nm region of the SPD curve ranging from 4.8% to 7.8% of the total of the area for the normalized SPD curve; spectral energy in a 680 nm to 700 nm region of the SPD curve ranging from 2.75% to 5.5% of the total of the area for the normalized SPD curve; and a remainder of spectral energy of the total normalized SPD curve is in a 400 nm to 620 nm region area of the SPD curve.
US11202906B2
A skin treatment device, adapted for delivery of an active ingredient into the human skin by means of iontophoresis, the device having electrodes to establish an electric field on the human skin, wherein the device includes an array of n electrodes with at least a first and a second electrode.
US11202900B2
The present invention provides an intravascular blood pump comprising a handle in operational connection and communication with a rotational motor and impeller assembly that is configured for placement and positioning within a patient's vasculature. The handle comprises a display for displaying real-time physiological parameters associated with the blood pump procedure and controls for modifying operational parameters. In some embodiments, the display portion of the handle may be connected and/or disconnected from the non-display portion to allow re-use of the display portion in subsequent blood pump procedures.
US11202896B2
A system for controlling a tattoo machine configured to push ink includes a computerized processor configured to control a voltage supplied to the tattoo machine. The computerized processor includes programming configured to monitor a hand gesture input, determine a desired command for the tattoo machine based upon the monitored hand gesture input, and control the voltage supplied to the tattoo machine based upon the determined desired command. Monitoring the hand gesture input can include monitoring a touch-free hand gesture sensor.
US11202895B2
The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for delivering and/or receiving a substance or substances such as blood, from subjects, e.g., from the skin and/or from beneath the skin. In one aspect, the present invention is generally directed to devices and methods for receiving or extracting blood from a subject, e.g., from the skin and/or from beneath the skin, using devices containing a fluid transporter (for example, one or more microneedles), and a storage chamber having an internal pressure less than atmospheric pressure prior to receiving blood. In some cases, the device may be self-contained, and in certain instances, the device can be applied to the skin, and activated to receive blood from the subject. The device, or a portion thereof, may then be processed to determine the blood and/or an analyte within the blood, alone or with an external apparatus. For example, blood may be received from the device, and/or the device may contain sensors or agents able to determine the blood and/or an analyte suspected of being contained in the blood. In another aspect, the present invention is generally directed to arrangements of skin insertion objects such as microneedles and methods of forming and arranging skin insertion objects. Other aspects of the present invention are directed at other devices for receiving blood (or other bodily fluids, e.g., interstitial fluid), kits involving such devices, methods of making such devices, methods of using such devices, and the like.
US11202894B1
An improved two-part swab applicator is provided, having a handle section and a receptacle section that are engaged through coupling and an end cap. A stem having a swab attached at one end is encompassed by both sections with the swab nesting within the receptacle section. The receptacle section has a hollow body and a plurality of ribs on the body to prevent the applicator from rolling and the liquid from spilling. The receptacle section may also have a collar with one or more notches to prevent rolling of the receptacle section. The end cap may have a collar with one or more notches that prevent the handle section and/or the applicator from rolling and catches any drips of the liquid when the swab is removed for use. The end cap also has a plurality of ribs on its body that prevents the applicator from rolling. The handle and receptacle sections nest in each other with a snug fit and mate and decouple with a twisting or rotating action of the end cap that also serves as a drip shield preventing the liquid from dripping. When connected, any liquid contained in the receptacle section is securely air sealed by the snug contact of the receptacle and handle sections. The swab may be impregnated with a medicine or liquid. Alternatively, the swab may be sterile and is used to collect a tissue or excretion sample from humans or animals. After use, the swab may be returned to the receptacle section and the air-tight seal reformed for sanitary disposal or further transport for analysis of the collected sample. The swab may be used on an exterior part or body cavity of a human or an animal.
US11202888B2
The disclosure relates to medical devices and methods of assembling medical devices, such as MRI-compatible interventional wireguides. An example of a wireguide includes a series of individual segments, a plurality of connectors, and a plurality of spacers. Each segment in the series of individual segments has a first end and a second end. Each connector of the plurality of connectors joins adjacent segments in the series of individual segments to one another such that a first end of a first segment and a second end of a second segment in the series of individual segments are attached to a connector of the plurality of connectors. A spacer of the plurality of spacers is disposed between each pair of adjacent segments in the series of individual segments. Each of the segments in the series of individual segments is electrically insulated from an adjacent segment in the series of individual segments.
US11202887B2
A needle tip shielding device, comprising a base plate with a hole extending there through from the proximal side of the base plate to the distal side of the base plate, and at least one resilient arm extending at an attachment point at said base plate (101) is provided. The resilient arm has a resting state wherein a distal hook of the resilient arm will coincide with a straight imaginary line extending longitudinally through said hole in the axial direction of said base plate. The resilient arm comprises a knob at its distal end, said knob extending laterally from the resilient arm. The knob is shaped with an outer curvature in the transversal plane around an axis parallel to the central axis of the needle tip shielding device and said knob is shaped with an outer curvature in the midsaggital plane around an axis perpendicular to the central axis of the needle tip shielding device.
US11202880B2
Inhalation of low levels of nitric oxide can rapidly and safely decrease pulmonary hypertension in mammals. A nitric oxide delivery system that converts nitrogen dioxide to nitric oxide employs a surface-active material, such as silica gel, coated with an aqueous solution of antioxidant, such as ascorbic acid.
US11202877B2
A nasal assembly for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a frame having lateral connector, a cushion with a pair of nozzles, and a clip to secure the cushion to the frame. The frame includes a vent channel and a plurality of vent holes. The frame/cushion includes structure (lugs/cut outs) to prevent the assembly of an unvented frame with an unvented cushion, for safety purposes. The frame includes cored portions that interface with corner lugs provided on the cushion. A patient interface includes a frame, a cushion (nasal mask, nasal-oro mask, nozzles, etc.) and a vent assembly including a pattern of vent holes including at least two rows.
US11202873B2
Therapy gas delivery systems that provide run-time-to-empty information to a user of the system and methods for administering therapeutic gas to a patient. The therapeutic gas delivery system may include a gas pressure sensor attachable to a therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas pressure data to a therapeutic gas delivery system controller, a gas temperature sensor positioned to measure gas temperature in the therapeutic gas source that communicates therapeutic gas temperature data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow controller that communicates therapeutic gas flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, at least one flow sensor that communicates flow rate data to the therapeutic gas delivery system controller, and at least one display that communicates run-time-to-empty to a user of the therapeutic gas delivery system. The therapeutic gas delivery system controller of the system includes a processor that executes an algorithm to calculate the run-time-to-empty from the data received from the gas pressure sensor, temperature sensor, flow controller and flow sensor, and directs the result to the display.
US11202869B2
An auto-retractable blood collection needle, including: a needle holder including a first tube, a second tube and a holder tail; a needle in stalled in the first tube; a built-in sliding sleeve which is elongated and through and has a C-shaped cross section; a needle shield which is hollow and elongated; and a spring sheathed on the first tube. The second tube is installed in the built-in sliding sleeve and is capable of sliding back and forth. The built-in sliding sleeve is installed in the needle shield and is capable of sliding back and forth. A locking mechanism is formed by the holder tail and the needle shield. When the holder tail is unlocked from the needle shield, a force of the spring pushes the second tube to slide backward, and then the built-in sliding sleeve is driven to slide rearward to lock with the needle shield.
US11202868B2
The present invention is directed to a safety needle assembly having the high safety and high operability, comprising: a hub; a cannula; a collar; a protector; and a sheath. The sheath includes an opening of housing the cannula; a cannula fixing part of locking the cannula housed in the opening; an attachment part of rotatably supporting the sheath attached to the hub or the collar; and a protrusive stopper which a user pushes by a finger to pivot the sheath thereby to house the cannula in the opening of the sheath. Herein, the stopper is arranged at a vicinity of a central portion of the sheath in a longitudinal direction at the opposite side of the aperture of the opening, or arranged at a portion closer to a distal end side than the central portion of the sheath.
US11202867B2
An activation assembly for a medicament delivery device is presented having a delivery member cover provided with legs and configured to be biased in a proximal direction, a movable sleeve configured to be received between the legs, and an activation sleeve configured to be biased in the proximal direction, wherein the delivery member cover is configured to be moved in an axial direction between a first position and a second position, wherein movement of the delivery member cover from the first position to the second position causes movement of the movable sleeve from a first movable sleeve position to a second movable sleeve position. The delivery member cover axially displaces the activation sleeve in a distal direction when the delivery member cover moves towards the second position, thereby causing a first actuation of a sensor. The activation sleeve is configured to move in the proximal direction when the delivery member cover returns from the second position to the first position, thereby providing a second actuation of the sensor.
US11202857B2
The subject invention provides a drug delivery device for injecting medicament which includes a tubular reservoir; a stopper slidably disposed in the reservoir; a spring for moving the stopper in the reservoir; at least one needle, the needle having a distal end for insertion into a patient, and a lumen extending proximally from the distal end, the lumen being in direct or indirect communication with the reservoir; a needle driver for displacing the needle; and an actuator. Activation of the actuator causes the spring to move the stopper and the needle driver to displace the needle. The needle moves relative to, and separately from, the reservoir with the needle being displaced. Advantageously, with the subject invention, a drug delivery device is provided wherein a needle is moved, relative to the reservoir, in being displaced for injection. This permits control of the needle displacement separate from the reservoir.
US11202847B1
A germicidal panel light includes a housing, a sterilization component, a fan component and a lighting component; the housing provided with a mounting cavity as well as an air inlet and an air outlet connecting to the mounting cavity, inner wall of the mounting cavity forming an air guiding plane corresponding to the air inlet and the air outlet respectively, the appearance of the housing provided with a containing groove whose inner wall is provided as a reflecting surface; the sterilization component is provided in the mounting cavity; the fan component is provided in the mounting cavity and is provided at intervals with the sterilization component; and the lighting component is provided in the containing groove. The germicidal panel light has an air guiding plane in the mounting cavity nearby the air inlet, so air can be guided into the mounting cavity, air flows slowly, and noises are reduced.
US11202846B2
A diffuser includes an adjustable heater having a temperature control knob providing indicia coordinated with like indicia on packets of vaporizable materials of different tendencies to vaporize. By manipulating the temperature control knob to the indicia corresponding to the indicia on the packet, a suitable quantity of energy is delivered to the diffuser resulting in suitable vaporization. One indicia is color coded packets and similarly color coded markings adjacent the temperature control knob.
US11202845B2
An air purifier performing an air purifying operation by drive of an air blower, and the air purifier includes: a housing in which an inlet and outlets and are opened; an air passage that connects the inlet and the outlets and; the air blower that is disposed in the air passage; a pre-filter that is disposed so as to face the inlet; and an operation panel that has a plurality of touch keys to and a plurality of light sources which correspond to the respective touch keys, in which a human body detection unit that detects presence/absence of a person is provided in the housing, and an LED of a predetermined touch key of a first group is turned off when a person is not detected by the human body detection unit, and is turned on or blinks when a person is detected by the human body detection unit.
US11202827B2
This invention relates methods of using a non-fucosylated anti-CD40 antibody for treatment of cancer and chronic infectious diseases.
US11202826B2
The present application relates to a method for desensitization of allergic patients. More specifically it relates to an epicutaneous desensitization method, applicable to any type of allergens and of patients. The method of the invention is essentially non-invasive and does not require the use of adjuvants. Further, it may be easily applied and monitored by the actual patient.
US11202821B2
Glucose oxidase and further compositions are described. The glucose oxidase compositions have glucose oxidase and at least one ingredient selected from one or more of carbohydrate (e.g. dietary fibre or saccharide), polyol or sugar alcohol while further compositions are sweeteners, food, compositions for fortification of food, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals. The compositions incorporate low glycemic index nutritive compound of glycemic index less than 70, preferably less than 50, and are in the form of powders, granules, crystalline compositions, flours, pills, tablets, capsules, pellets, powder for oral suspensions, gels, liquid solutions and suspensions, and sterile preparations. The compositions regulate one or more diseases/conditions, including but not limited to those associated with blood, kidney, thyroid, nerves, joints, weight, diabetes, oxidative stress, cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, amyloid foot ulcers, cataract, glaucoma, hypertension, metabolic disorders, digestive disorders, polycystic ovarian syndrome, mastopathy, dupuytren's contracture, gingivitis, periodontitis, dental caries, mouth disorders, cognitive dysfunction, and Parkinson's disease.
US11202819B2
The disclosure relates to the use of variants of C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) to treat osteoarthritis, to ameliorate one or more symptoms of osteoarthritis, and to treat disorders having an osteoarthritis component.
US11202816B1
Compositions and methods are presented in which a plurality of chemically distinct polyphenols inhibit multiple enzymes in pathways associated with health and healthy ageing. Preferred compositions are derived from colored plant materials that are commonly found in the Mediterranean diet and provide the biochemical basis for the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet. Notably, the enzyme inhibition observed with the combined polyphenols was synergistic with respect to not one but a significant number of enzymes in the pathways associated with health and healthy ageing, thus providing an amplified desirable effect.
US11202813B2
A novel lactic acid Lactobacillus rhamnosus bacterium suitable for treatment of e.g. bacterial vaginosis.
US11202800B1
The present invention relates to the treatment of refractory Emotional Cognitive Disconnect (ECD) through a combination of pharmaceutical agents and therapy. Individual patients are treated with a combination of magnesium, inositol, and N-acetylcysteine along with Vitamin E, Vitamin C, zinc, biotin, alphalipoic acid and lysine as required. The compositions may be administered sequentially or simultaneously in any order and may be formulated in singular or combinatorial dosage forms.
US11202794B2
Modulation of microRNAs against myotonic dystrophy type 1 and antagonists of microRNAs therefor. The invention provides the use of inhibitors of microRNAs repressors of MBNL1 and/or MBNL2 genes for the manufacture of a medicinal product for the treatment of myotonic dystrophy 1. Inhibiting these microRNAs allows to increase the endogenous levels of the corresponding proteins MBNL1 and/or MBNL2, thereby alleviating symptoms of the disease, especially when inhibiting repressors that are expressed in the main affected organs: skeletal muscle, heart or organs of the central nervous system. The inhibition of the microRNAs miR-23b-3p and miR-218-5p is preferred. It also provides oligoribonucleotide or oligoribonucleotide analogue antagonists suitable therefor, preferably antagomiRs directed against the microRNAs mentioned with chemical modifications that enhance their interaction with the target, their stability in vivo and their ability to penetrate into the cells and distribute throughout tissues and organs.
US11202786B2
Bile acids and related compositions and methods of synthesis and use. More specifically, deoxycholic acid and related compositions, said compositions being free of all moieties of animal origin and free of pyrogenic moieties.
US11202781B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions comprising inhibitors of human histone methyltransferase EZH2 and one or more other therapeutic agents, particularly anticancer agents such as prednisone, and methods of combination therapy for administering to subjects in need thereof for the treatment of cancer.
US11202772B2
The present invention relates in part a to multiparticulate sprinkle dosage form comprising duloxetine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having higher acid resistance as compared to commercially available delayed release formulations. It further relates to various methods of administering the said multiparticulate sprinkle dosage forms.
US11202766B1
Novel hydrocodone bitartrate and guaifenesin pharmaceutical compositions. Methods of making and using the hydrocodone bitartrate and guaifenesin pharmaceutical compositions also are disclosed.
US11202765B2
A novel pharmaceutical composition is provided comprising beta-caryophyllene or a functionally equivalent derivative, analogue or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in a base cream comprising triglycerides, phospholipid, water, wax, alcohol, with other minor constituents. The composition is useful to treat pain and/or inflammation, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, moisturize, and protect skin with anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and insect repelling properties.
US11202761B2
The invention relates to a formulation for the delayed and controlled delivery of an adsorbent into the lower intestine of mammals. The formulation includes a carrageenan and an adsorbent, such as activated charcoal. The invention further relates to uses of this formulation, in particular to pharmaceutical uses. In one embodiment, the formulation is used to eliminate or reduce the side effects in the intestine, in particular in the colon, of pharmaceutical agents that are administered as a treatment for a disorder, but that have side effects when they reach the late ileum, the caecum or the colon.
US11202760B2
This disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising midodrine, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, desglymidodrine, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a combination therefore that can be administered to a human subject in need thereof in a supine position. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions which can be administered once-a-day. This disclosure further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising an extended release composition and providing a delayed release period between about 30 min to about 12 hours.
US11202757B2
A pharmaceutical composition in a form of dry powder for intranasal administration includes solid particles of at least one opioid receptor antagonist as active ingredient and two types of solid particles. A naloxone pharmaceutical composition in the form of dry powder for intranasal administration, including as active agent naloxone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A kit for intranasal administration of naloxone. A method of treating opioid overdose/intoxication and/or a symptom thereof in a patient in need thereof by intranasally administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including solid particles of at least one opioid receptor antagonist as active ingredient and two types of solid particles.
US11202756B2
The present invention relates to fast dissolving film composition comprising paracetamol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient whose bitter taste is to be masked. More specifically, the present invention relates to a fast dissolving film composition containing paracetamol and taste masking agent; wherein taste masking agent is a mixture of sodium carbonate, citric acid and magnesium aluminometasilicate.
US11202726B2
A personal hygiene product with a digital element is described. In one embodiment, a conductive sensor assembly is disposed within the personal hygiene product that includes one or more moisture sensors that generate a resistive and/or capacitive signal indicative of saturation of the personal hygiene product when in wetting contact with menstrual fluid.
US11202724B2
A water repellent is applied to a spun lace nonwoven fabric in which a surface sheet comprises 100% by weight of cotton fibers, and a large number of openings that penetrate the obverse and reverse surfaces are formed in at least a portion that corresponds to an excretory opening. A heat-fusible fiber sheet is disposed adjacent to the absorber side surface of the surface sheet. A plurality of adhesive portions are formed between the surface sheet and the heat-fusible fiber sheet along the longitudinal direction and spaced apart in the widthwise direction of an incontinence pad. A compressed groove recessed from the outer surface of the surface sheet toward the absorber is formed close to the adhesive portions.
US11202717B2
A medical fixation device having a device attachment portion, a compression bearing portion and a barb portion. The barb portion is separated from a device constraining means by the incorporation of the compression bearing portion.
US11202712B2
A spinal implant which is configured to be deployed between adjacent vertebral bodies. The implant has at least one fixation element with a retracted configuration to facilitate deployment of the implant and an extended configuration so as to engage a surface of an adjacent vertebral body and secure the implant between two vertebral bodies. Preferably, the implant is expandable and has a minimal dimension in its unexpanded state that is smaller than the dimensions of the neuroforamen through which it must pass to be deployed within the intervertebral space. Once within the space between vertebral bodies, the implant can be expanded so as to engage the endplates of the adjacent vertebrae to effectively distract the anterior disc space, stabilize the motion segments and eliminate pathologic spine motion. Angular deformities can be corrected, and natural curvatures restored and maintained.
US11202701B2
A stent for placement in a blood vessel with a wall having an aneurysm including an endovascular graft having a first end, a second end, and a tubular body that is expandable and extends from the first end to the second end. The stent also includes a coagulation apparatus attached to the tubular body between the first and second ends. The coagulation apparatus has a frame and a coagulant attached to the frame. When the stent is deployed within the blood vessel, the tubular body extends across the aneurysm and expands at the first and second ends to seal against the wall of the blood vessel such that blood is channeled across the aneurysm through the tubular body such that a pocket of blood is defined external to the tubular body. The frame expands into the pocket to orient the coagulant therein and promote coagulation of blood within the pocket.
US11202692B1
Orthodontic braces comprising rotatable versatile brackets are provided. Each rotatable bracket has two different slot sizes, and rotation of the whole bracket before its bonding to the tooth brings one or the other of the slot sizes into horizontal alignment so that different archwires corresponding to the selected size can be accommodated.
US11202681B2
The present invention relates to a method, such as a surgical method for assisting a surgeon for placing screws in the spine using a robot attached to a passive structure. The present invention also related to a method, such as a surgical method for assisting a surgeon for removing volumes in the body of a patient using a robot attached to a passive structure and to a device to carry out said methods. The present invention further concerns a device suitable to carry out the methods according to the present invention.
US11202680B2
A method comprises segmenting first modality image data representing a model of one or more passageways within a patient; generating a first set of points based on the segmented image data; registering the first set of points to a second set of points obtained by a second modality by: determining a set of matches between the first and second sets of points, and discarding a first subset of the set of matches based on a heuristic to generate a modified set of matches by ignoring an associated set of matches between the first and second sets of points when computing a corrective motion for the second set of points—an ignored match is included in a second subset of the set of matches when computing a second corrective motion for the second set of points; and displaying a visual representation of the passageways based on the modified set of matches.
US11202677B2
Treatment trajectory guidance systems and methods are provided. In one embodiment, the method for treatment trajectory guidance in a patient's brain includes obtaining a three- dimensional (3D) brain model that includes a model of an anatomy, the model of the anatomy including a plurality of feature points; modifying the 3D brain model based on magnetic resonance (MR) data of the patient's brain from a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device to obtain a plurality of modified feature points on a modified model of the patient's anatomy in the patient's brain; displaying on a display a first planned trajectory for treating the patient's anatomy based on the plurality of modified feature points; and displaying, on the display, a first estimated treatment result for the first planned trajectory.
US11202661B1
A surgical instrument includes spinal implant reduction instrument defining a longitudinal axis. The spinal implant reduction instrument includes a first member connected to a body. The first member includes a tapered projection configured to interlock to a first mating recess of a bone fastener. A second member is connected to the body. The second member includes a tapered projection configured to interlock to a second mating recess of the bone fastener. At least one of the members is rotatable relative to the longitudinal axis for connecting the members to the bone fastener. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and methods are disclosed.
US11202657B2
According to some embodiments, a method of treating a skin surface of a subject comprises heating a skin surface, abrading native skin tissue of a subject using a microdermabrasion device, wherein using the microdermabrasion device comprises moving the microdermabrasion device relative to the skin surface while simultaneously delivering at least one treatment fluid to the skin surface being treated and cooling the abraded skin surface.
US11202651B2
A balloon includes a plurality of radial projections formed in a working surface for use in providing a focused force during the angioplasty procedure. The plurality of radial projections may be formed in a wall of the balloon and spaced apart in a longitudinal direction. The projections for use in connection with such a balloon may comprise wires or wire segments, and may also comprise radiopaque materials to facilitate viewing under fluoroscopy during the procedure. Related methods of manufacturing are also disclosed.
US11202650B2
A surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector, a clamp actuator, and a blade cooling system. The end effector has a clamp arm and an ultrasonic blade coupled with an ultrasonic transducer. The clamp arm is configured to selectively move from a first actuator position toward a second actuator position thereby directing movement of the clamp arm from the open position toward the closed position, respectively. The cooling system is operable to deliver fluid coolant to the ultrasonic blade to thereby cool the ultrasonic blade while the clamp actuator remains in the first actuator position.
US11202649B2
A method for removing materials from a subject can include inserting an endoscope into the subject through an esophagus of the subject; introducing, through a cavity wall of a stomach of the subject to access a site within the subject outside the stomach, an endoscopic tool coupled with the endoscope; actuating a cutting assembly of the endoscopic tool to cut material at the site, the material associated with at least one of a pancreatic fluid collection in a pancreas of the subject or an extra-pancreatic fluid collection external to the pancreas; and applying suction to a first end of an aspiration channel of the endoscopic tool to remove the material through the aspiration channel, the aspiration channel extending from the first end to a second end at an opening of the cutting assembly.
US11202642B2
Disclosed herein is a tool assembly for use with an energy applicator having a shaft extending along an axis between a proximal end and a distal end. The tool assembly comprises a support structure to support the energy applicator, and a connector assembly arranged to engage and releasably lock the energy applicator to the support structure in a locked state. A drive system is coupled to the support structure and is configured to rotatably drive the shaft of the energy applicator about the axis. The drive system comprises a counterweighted clutch assembly.
US11202629B2
A surgical stapler includes a body, a shaft assembly, and an end effector at a distal end of the shaft assembly. The end effector is actuatable between an open state for receiving tissue and a closed state for clamping the tissue. A closure system is operable to actuate the end effector from the open state to the closed state. A firing system is operable to actuate the end effector in the closed state to staple the clamped tissue. A firing lockout mechanism is movable between a lockout state that inhibits actuation of the firing system, and a bypass state that permits actuation of the firing system. The firing lockout mechanism is configured to maintain the lockout state until the end effector assumes the closed state, and is further configured to transition from the lockout state to the bypass state in response to the end effector assuming the closed state.
US11202622B2
A biopsy device includes a body, an axial tube, a needle assembly, and a tissue sample holder. The body includes a proximal end. The axial tube extends proximally from the proximal end of the body. The axial tube includes at least one aperture. The needle assembly extends distally from the body and includes a needle and a cutter. The cutter is movable relative to the needle. The tissue sample holder is configured to removably couple to a proximal end of the body such that the axial tube is disposed within the tissue sample holder. At least a portion of the tissue sample holder is rotatable relative to the body such that the tissue sample holder is configured to rotate about the axial tube. The tissue sample holder is in fluid communication with the axial tube through the at least one aperture.
US11202616B2
A probe cable support (146) includes a leg (202) with a top side (208) and a bottom side (210). The leg further includes a plurality of supports (2161, 2162, . . . , 216N) protruding from the bottom side and intermittently arranged with non-zero gaps there between. The leg further includes an arm (226) protruding from the top side. A system (101) includes an ultrasound imaging system (100) configured with at least one probe (102) and a console (104), a cable (116) configured to electrically connect the probe and the console, a cart (106) configured to support the ultrasound imaging system, and a probe cable support (146) configured to support the cable.
US11202608B2
A radiography apparatus includes: an irradiation unit that emits radiation; an arm to which the irradiation unit and an image receiving unit that receives the radiation are capable of being attached at a position where the irradiation unit and the image receiving unit face each other with a subject interposed therebetween and which is rotated to reverse a positional relationship between the irradiation unit and the image receiving unit with respect to the subject; a first light source that is provided in the irradiation unit and emits visible light indicating an irradiation field of the radiation; and a second light source that is provided in the image receiving unit and emits visible light indicating a center position of the irradiation field of the radiation emitted by the irradiation unit.
US11202606B2
A system for detection of optically anisotropic tissue is provided. The system comprises an optical source, an optical detector, a processing unit and a probe. The probe has a shaft with a longitudinal axis and a front end, and a plurality of optical fibers; wherein an end of each of the optical fibers is arranged at the front end of the shaft, and at least one of the optical fibers is a source optical fiber adapted to transmit optical radiation emitted from the optical source to a tissue adjacent to the front end of the shaft. Another one of the optical fibers is a detector optical fiber adapted to transmit optical radiation reflected from the tissue to the optical detector, so that an optical path through the tissue is defined, wherein the optical paths differ from each other with respect to their spatial orientation, and wherein the optical paths cross each other. The processor is configured to control the optical source to emit optical radiation, to receive a signal generated by the optical detector based on the optical radiation reflected by the tissue, to determine a plurality of optical spectra of the reflected optical radiation based on the received signal, wherein the optical spectra are obtained of the same location from at least two different directions, wherein the measurement of the optical spectra is performed either simultaneously or sequentially, and to compare the plurality of optical spectra, wherein the optical spectra relate to optical radiation of the different optical paths thus allowing the detection of anisotropic tissue using differences between the optical spectra.
US11202605B2
A device provides a first data signal that indicates an activity of at least one muscle of a patient that is relevant for an inspiratory breathing effort and a second data signal that indicates an activity of at least one muscle of the patient that is relevant for an expiratory breathing effort. The data signals are generated from electromyography (EMG) signals detected by surface electromyography sensors. A computer is configured to determine breathing phase information on the basis of a breathing signal and to check at least one of the electromyography signals or at least one of the separated signals for detectability of a heart signal component and further to assign the signals to an inspiratory breathing activity as well as to an expiratory breathing activity of the patient as a function of the breathing phase information.
US11202601B2
This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for monitoring a patient at risk of epilepsy. A system comprises a sensor circuit that senses from the patient at least first and second physiological or functional signals. A wellness detector circuit can detect an epileptic event using the sensed physiological or functional signals, or additionally classify the epileptic event into one of epileptic seizure types. The system can generate a wellness indicator based on a trend of the physiological or functional signal during the detected epileptic event. The wellness indicator indicates an impact of the detected epileptic event on the health status of the patient. The system includes an output unit configured to output the detection of the epileptic event or the wellness indicator to a user or a process.
US11202586B2
Embodiments described herein relate to an analyte monitoring device having a user interface with a display and a plurality of actuators. The display is configured to render a plurality of display screens, including a home screen and an alert screen. The home screen is divided into a plurality of simultaneously displayed panels, with a first panel displays a rate of change of continuously monitored analyte levels in interstitial fluid, a second panel simultaneously displays a current analyte level and an analyte trend indicator, and a third panel displays status information of a plurality of components of the device. When an alarm condition is detected, the display renders the alert screen in place of the home screen, the alert screen displaying information corresponding to the detected alarm condition. Furthermore, the actuators are configured to affect further output of the analyte monitoring device corresponding to the detected condition.
US11202582B2
The present invention relates to a device (10), system (1) and method (200) for use in blood oxygen saturation measurement of a subject. To enable blood oxygen saturation measurements with improved reliability, a processing device (10) is presented comprising an input (11) for receiving first and second detection data of a tissue region of the subject, said first detection data being data acquired over time by detecting radiation at a first wavelength (λ1) and at a second wavelength (λ2) received from said tissue region; said second detection data being data acquired over time by detecting radiation at the first wavelength and at the second wavelength received from said tissue region in response to coherent light at the first wavelength and coherent light at the second wavelength being emitted towards the tissue region; a PPG unit (12) for deriving, from said first detection data, a first PPG signal indicative of an absorption of light within the tissue region at the first wavelength, and a second PPG signal indicative of an absorption of light within the tissue region at the second wavelength; a flow unit (13) for deriving, from said second detection data, a first flow signal indicative of a flow of light scattering particles within the tissue region probed at the first wavelength, and a second flow signal indicative of a flow of light scattering particles within the tissue region probed at the second wavelength; and a processing unit (14) for correcting said PPG signals based on said flow signals and/or for providing a feedback signal based on a comparison of the first and second flow signals.
US11202580B2
In some examples, devices, systems, and techniques are configured to compensate for changes in sensed blood pressure due to issues such as blood pressure sensor movement. For example, processing circuitry of a device may determine a difference value between a first blood pressure value representative of a blood pressure at a first time and a second blood pressure value representative of the blood pressure at a second time. Responsive to determining that the difference value is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the processing circuitry may generate updated blood pressure values by applying an offset value to the second blood pressure value and subsequently received blood pressure values that compensates for the difference value between the first blood pressure value and the second blood pressure value.
US11202575B2
The invention presents an apparatus (6) for characterization of a condition of a vessel (12) wall of a living being (2). The relationship between temporal blood pressure (621) and blood flow (622) measurements of pulsatile blood motion within the vessel (12) is an indication of the health of the vessel (12) wall. Furthermore, the invention discloses a system (1) comprising the apparatus (6), and a method (100) of characterizing the condition of vessel (12) walls.
US11202571B2
A wireless patient monitoring device can be fully functional stand-alone patient monitoring device capable of various physiological measurements. The patient monitoring device is small and light enough to be comfortably worn on the patient, such as on the patient's wrist or around the neck. The patient monitoring device can have a monitor instrument removably engaging a disposable base. The base can have outlets for connecting to an acoustic respiration sensor and an oximeter sensor. The patient monitoring device can have pogo pin connectors connecting the monitor instrument and the disposable base so that the monitor instrument can receive sensor data from the sensors connected to the disposable base.
US11202558B1
An interactive magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy system comprises a pose monitoring module, an automatic cruise control module, a capsule and a human-computer interaction module. The pose monitoring module is configured to continuously detect pose of a subject in real time, and the automatic cruise control module includes a magnetron device and a control terminal, wherein the magnetron device is configured to generate a driving magnetic field to drive the capsule to move in the digestive tract of the subject and the control terminal runs an automatic cruise examination program. The automatic cruise examination program is configured to initiate a pose change whenever needed by the automatic cruise examination program, perform real-time alignment of the magnetron device, so that the subject is within the effective working range of the driving magnetic field and drive the capsule to move in and acquire image data of the digestive tract of the subject according to data of the pose of the subject.
US11202556B2
A medical system is provided comprising a medical device including a handle and a mechanism for moving a distal end of the medical device; an auxiliary medical device comprising a basket retrieval device including a basket sheath disposed over a basket wire and received into a working channel of the medical device; a knob assembly in communication with the basket retrieval device, the knob assembly rotatable so that the basket sheath, wire, or both move within the working channel; and a base removably connecting the auxiliary medical device to the handle wherein the handle and the base are configured to be simultaneously gripped with a hand, and wherein the mechanism is configured to be moved with a first finger to move the distal end of the medical device and the knob assembly is configured to be rotated with a second finger to move the basket sheath wire, or both.
US11202547B2
A cleaner includes a body forming an external appearance, and a spin-mop cleaning module configured to support the body and including at least one spin-mop provided so as to come into contact with a floor while rotating in a clockwise direction or in a counterclockwise direction when viewed from an upper side. The inclination angle of a lower surface of the spin mop is changeable relative to a horizontal plane.
US11202546B2
A bare floor cleaner with an upright assembly pivotally mounted to a base assembly, a steam generator, a fluid distributor which distributes steam onto the surface to be cleaned, and a brush assembly provided on the base assembly. A steam distribution manifold is provided within an interior of the brush assembly and fluidly coupled with the steam generator to distribute steam through the brush assembly.
US11202545B2
A robotic device that includes a housing defined by a proximal end and a distal end, the housing including a top planar surface, a bottom planar surface, and a sidewall extending between the top planar surface and the bottom planar surface. The housing further includes an angled surface extending distally from the proximal end between the bottom planar surface and the top planar surface such that the angled surface forms a wedged nose at the proximal end along the bottom planar surface. A conveyor track is positioned along the angled surface and transports articles positioned thereon from the proximal end along the bottom planar surface toward the distal end along the top planar surface.
US11202537B1
The invention discloses a toilet lid, a toilet seat, and a universal base; the toilet lid and the toilet seat are both hinged on the universal base, and the toilet lid is located above the toilet seat; the universal base is provided with spring component grooves, and the inside of the spring component groove is provided with a spring fixing plug; the spring fixing plug is provided with a spring; the toilet lid and the toilet seat are installed outside the spring component grooves through the spring fixing plugs; a spring buckle is installed inside the spring component groove, and the toilet lid and the toilet seat are fixed on the universal base. In the invention, high elastic springs are added to the two sides of the connecting device between the toilet lid and the toilet seat, so that it can automatically return to a standing posture after each use.
US11202531B2
A grill or BBQ appliance that is generally intended for outdoor use has a pivoting hood disposed in hinged connection with a grill body, both of which are raised above a firebox that receives a food support grate including a set of food support modules. A gas burner assembly including a set of modular trellis burners may be positioned along the lower end of the firebox. A set of radiant tray modules may be correspondingly positioned between food support modules and burners. Branches of burner trellises may be spaced apart in distances corresponding to locations of an array of tiles grasped by the radiant tile module.
US11202524B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure include an absorbent, storable, low-profile, non-slip, quick drying rug that is stored in an upright position against a wall or tub when the rug is not being used for drying, so as to maintain the rug's cleanliness and enhance its quick-drying capabilities. Also disclosed is a method for using an absorbent, storable, low-profile, non-slip, quick drying rug.
US11202522B2
Provided is a suspension pillow that, when being used, gives an improved sense of stability and reduces a load applied on a neck and shoulders. A suspension pillow 10 is provided with: a placement part 1; a pair of support parts 3 which stand at a prescribed interval from the placement part 1; a side frame 4 which is disposed between the pair of support parts 3; and a sheet-like pillow part 5, wherein the pillow part 5 is connected, at at least three points or continuously, to the pair of support parts 3 and the side frame 4, and the pillow part 5 is connected, at a position above the pair of support parts 3, to the side frame 4.
US11202520B2
A baby carrier has a baby pouch, waistband, side straps and shoulder straps. The baby pouch has an adjustable size and may have an adjustable headrest. The baby carrier provides an efficient way of carrying a child by keeping the child's weight close to the user's body.
US11202512B2
A self-retractable step for assisting a user in elevating him or herself above a floor, is disclosed. The self-retractable step comprises a self-retractable foot member and a cylindrical assembly coupled with the self-retractable foot member. The foot member is configured to move from one position to another position. The cylindrical assembly comprises a rotary member, one or more spring members and a protuberance member. The rotary member is configured to move the foot member to a predetermined position. Further, the spring members coupled to the rotary member is configured to self-retract the foot member from the predetermined position. The protuberance member disposed at the cylindrical assembly is configured to act as a stopper to hold the foot member in a predetermined position on retraction by the spring members. The self-retractable step further comprises a load bearing member at a base of the foot member.
US11202508B2
An article of wicker furniture is provided that includes one or more wicker lengths, where the length includes a fin portion extending from a raised portion. Disclosed embodiments employ a Q-shaped wicker length as an example. When installed or affixed on a frame of an article of furniture, the fin portion may be stapled or otherwise connected to the frame, such that the Q-shaped wicker lengths overlap each other to form a nested configuration that is protective of the points of affixation, comfortable, and aesthetically pleasing. Also provided are methods of manufacturing an article of wicker furniture using Q-shaped wicker lengths.
US11202503B1
A dual tablet and dual smartphone holder that is a rectangular cuboid that defines an upper central slit, that holds two tablets that face in opposite directions, and that further defines a left upper slanted slit and a right upper slanted slit that that run inward toward the upper central slit, the left upper slanted slit and the right upper slanted slit hold smartphones. The smartphones placed in the left upper slanted slit and the right upper slanted slit are at an angle that allows each smartphone to capture the image of a user that is placed before the screen of the smartphone when the rectangular cuboid is placed on a table or desk that is before the user.
US11202486B2
A protective footwear includes a foot engagement portion, a lower-leg engagement portion, and a cable closure system. The lower-leg engagement portion defines a cable end interface and a buckle interface. The cable closure system is configured to facilitate at least partially securing the protective footwear to a leg of a wearer. The cable closure system includes a buckle assembly configured to releasably couple to the buckle interface and a cable extending between the cable end interface and the buckle assembly. The cable has a first end coupled to the cable end interface and an opposing second end coupled to the buckle assembly.
US11202484B2
An article of footwear or an article of apparel can include provisions for facilitating the installation of a control device. The control device can include a panel comprising a plurality of buttons that can provide manual control to a user. The control device can be installed in a compartment within the article after initial manufacture of the article of footwear. In some cases, the control device can include a raised standoff assembly that can be configured to decrease inadvertent pressure being applied to the buttons.
US11202483B2
Aspects herein are directed to braided articles and methods for their manufacture. The braided articles may include articles of footwear having braided uppers. The braided uppers may include a base yarn and a high performance yarn. The high performance yarn may form a braided structure within the braided upper. The braided structure may be continuously braided to provide continuous support to a wearer's foot when the article of footwear is worn as intended, by a wearer. Additionally, the high performance yarn may be configured to exit the braided upper and re-enter the braided upper to form a plurality of arcuate loops along the throat area of the braided article of footwear for accommodating a lace for further adjustment of the fit of the article of footwear on the wearer's foot, when worn.
US11202482B2
A ventilated helmet is provided. The helmet includes a shell defining a cavity, the shell having a front section provided with an opening to allow the wearer to see. The helmet also includes a transparent shield adapted having an inner surface and being adapted to substantially close the opening. Finally, the helmet includes a ventilation system having an evacuation subsystem adapted to create an evacuation airflow to evacuate humid air within the cavity to a surrounding environment. The ventilation system further has a pressurizing subsystem adapted to admit a pressurizing airflow within the cavity to create a high-pressure zone and a low-pressure zone within the cavity, wherein when in use, the wearer exhales air within the low-pressure zone, and wherein the high-pressure zone prevents air within the cavity from travelling from the low-pressure zone to the high-pressure zone. A method of evacuating humid air from the cavity is also provided.
US11202480B2
The disclosure relates to a hair wrap for securing cranial hair of a human during sleep, exertion, or exposure to the elements, for example. The wrap includes a slip-resistant material positioned at or near an inferior edge that extends about the hairline of the wearer. One or more fastener pairs have halves positioned at lateral ends of the wrap and are used to secure the wrap to the head. An extension of the wrap can enclose or envelop the hair, preventing disruption of hairstyles or undesired contact of the hair with external substances.
US11202474B2
A sock having a sole that has impact zones in the toe region, the ball region and the heel region, the sole includes stimulation elements in a toe groove region located between the toe region and the ball region as well as in a metatarsal arch region located between the ball region and the heel region, but not in the impact zones.
US11202470B2
The present disclosure generally relates to compositions, and related devices and methods, useful in vaporizing devices such as electronic cigarettes. The composition may comprise nicotine, at least one solvent, and at least one ion pairing agent, and may be vaporized to form a condensation aerosol, wherein inhalation of the aerosol allows for deposition of nicotine with the respiratory system, including deep lung deposition. The vaporizing device may comprise a vaporization unit, a battery, and an integrated circuit coupled to the battery, wherein the integrated circuit is configured to control the battery for rapid initial vaporization without overheating, producing thermal degradation products, or draining battery energy. The battery may operate with pulse width modulation for at least a portion of the time the vaporizing device is being used.
US11202469B2
A power supply device for an electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette. The power supply device for an electronic cigarette includes a power supply body and an adopter. The power supply body is provided with a receiving portion, the receiving portion is provided with a receiving chamber configured to receive an atomization device and an extending opening for a mouthpiece of the atomization device to extend out, and a bottom portion of the receiving chamber opposite to the extending opening is provided with a socket removably connected to a first connector of the atomization device. Two ends of the adapter is provided with a first adapter and a second adapter respectively, the first adapter is removably connected to the first connector, and the second adapter is removably connected to the socket, such that the first connector and the socket are conducted by the adapter.
US11202467B2
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-forming substrate including aerosol-forming material and a tobacco-containing wrapper around and in contact with the aerosol-forming material, the wrapper having an aerosol former content of between about 5% and about 30% by weight of the total weight of the wrapper; a combustible heat source upstream of the aerosol-forming substrate; and a heat-conducting element around and in contact with at least a portion of the wrapper.
US11202464B2
Systems, techniques and methods for estimating the metabolic state or flux, e.g., the body energy state (“BES”) of a patient, are disclosed. The BES provides deep insight into the nutritional needs of the patient, thus allowing for a sort of exquisite glycemic control with regard to the patient. The invention discloses systems and methods for estimating fractional gluconeogenesis, which is the % of glucose production that comes from gluconeogenesis (“GNG”), as opposed to glycogenolysis (“GLY”), the other form of glucose production. Nutritional formulations, materials, cocktails and methods for feeding patients by parenteral and other means are disclosed. The amount, type and rate of such nutritional feeding are typically based upon the above estimating. The invention discloses formulations that contain labels, such as deuterium, for medical diagnostics, such as for estimating BES and fractional gluconeogenesis. The invention is suitable for any sort of patient, including those who are injured, such as with traumatic brain injury, ill, or have other conditions that stress the metabolic system.
US11202456B1
A food item freshness notification system may include a remote device and a gas sensor configured to sense gas adjacent the food item and generate food item freshness data related thereto. The food item freshness notification system may also include a food item freshness server configured to obtain the food item freshness data from the gas sensor and determine a freshness level for the food item based upon the food item freshness data. The food item freshness server may also be configured to communicate a notification to the remote device based upon the freshness level.
US11202453B2
A gripper device is configured to pick up a pliable food product having a tail-like part from a pick-up area and releasing it at a releasing area, where a support is provided. A pair of jaws is mounted to the support for movement of distal ends thereof towards each other defining a closing position of the pair of jaws and away from each other defining an open position of the pair of jaws. A tail bender device is attached to the support and adjacent to one end of the pair of jaws. The tail bender device is moveable in relation to the pair of jaws and is configured to bend the tail-like part while transferring the food product from the pick-up area until releasing it at the releasing area.
US11202451B2
A roller of generally elongated ellipsoid of revolution (also known as prolate spheroid) shape having an outer corrugated surface comprised of rounded, smooth, curved surface ridges and furrows that are transversely oriented along a major axis of the roller.
US11202447B2
The invention relates to herbicidal compositions comprising an effective amount of an active ingredient combination composed of (a) at least one substituted thien-3-ylsulfonylamino(thio)carbonyl-triazolin(thi) one of the formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description, —or salts of the compounds of the formula (I)— and (b) one or more compounds from a second group of herbicides which comprises selected 4-HPPD inhibitors, and, if desired, additionally (c) a crop plant tolerance promoter compound. The invention further relates to the use of the compositions for controlling unwanted plant growth and to a process for producing the compositions.
US11202441B2
A pet exercise apparatus includes: a base module; a running module which has an exercise space formed therein in an axial direction and an inner circumferential surface or outer circumferential surface rotatably coupled to the base module; and an LED module provided in the base module or the running module to irradiate LED light to the exercise space. The pet exercise system may further includes: a rotary module which has an exercise space part formed therein as a space in which the pet may exercise and a gaze inducing part provided on an inner circumferential surface and inducing a pet's gaze so that the pet continuously moves in the exercise space part and may exercise; a support module supporting the rotary module so that the rotary module is rotatable according to the motion of the pet; a control module controlling an operation of the gaze inducing part; and a terminal including a communication part transmitting an operation control signal CI of the gaze inducing part to be transmitted to the control module.
US11202430B1
A soybean cultivar designated 93120753 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 93120753, to the plants of soybean cultivar 93120753, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 93120753, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 93120753. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93120753. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93120753, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 93120753 with another soybean cultivar.
US11202429B1
A soybean cultivar designated 91410746 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 91410746, to the plants of soybean cultivar 91410746, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 91410746, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 91410746. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91410746. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91410746, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 91410746 with another soybean cultivar.
US11202428B1
A soybean cultivar designated 91792430 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 91792430, to the plants of soybean cultivar 91792430, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 91792430, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 91792430. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91792430. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91792430, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 91792430 with another soybean cultivar.
US11202425B1
A novel maize variety designated X95P775 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95P775 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95P775 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95P775, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95P775 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95P775 and methods of using maize variety X95P775 are disclosed.
US11202421B2
The present invention relates to an allele designated alpha-WOLF 8 which confers resistance to at least one Peronospora farinosa f. Sp. spinacea race, wherein the protein encoded by said allele is a CC-NB S-LRR protein that comprises in its amino acid sequence: a) the motif “MAEIGYSVC” (SEQ ID NO: 15) at its N-terminus; and b) the motif “KWMCLR” (SEQ ID NO: 16); and wherein the LRR domain of the protein has in order of increased preference at least 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, 100% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO: 12. When the allele is homozygously present in a spinach plant confers complete resistance to Peronospora farinosa f. Sp. spinacea races pfs:1, pfs:2, pfs:6, pfs:8 and pfs:15, and isolate US1508, and confers intermediate resistance to pfs:5, pfs:10 and pfs:16, and does not confer resistance to pfs:3, pfs:4, pfs:7, pfs:9, pfs:11, pfs:12, pfs:13 and pfs:14.
US11202414B2
A device including a work table having an upper plate elevated from a floor, a cultivation bed disposed on the upper plate and including an accommodation hole to accommodate soil or culturing solution therein, and a flow tube disposed in the soil or culturing solution to supply or drain water to and from the accommodation hole, a supply portion to circulate water in the flow tube to lower the temperature of water, a light emitting portion including a pillar adjustable in height and a UV light source emit UV light toward an upper portion of the cultivation bed, and a power generator including a servo motor disposed below the work table, and a bracket configured to adjust a location of the light emitting portion with respect to the side surface of the work table.
US11202412B1
A bale processing apparatus include a frame, a bale hopper defining a bale chamber for receiving a bale, a bale shredding assembly including a shredding rotor rotatable in a rotor chamber, and a bale movement assembly configured to move a bale in the bale chamber toward the bale feed opening and the shredding rotor. In embodiments, the apparatus may be mountable on support arms of a loader such that the bale processing apparatus is liftable off of the ground surface, and may include a rotor operating assembly may be mounted on the frame and configured to rotate the shredding rotor, and the operating assembly may include an engine fully mounted on the frame such that the frame and the engine may be removed as a unit from the loader. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US11202411B2
Rake wheels for a raking apparatus for gathering crop material into a windrow. The rake wheel may include a center hub and a plurality of tines that extend outward from the center hub. In some embodiments, the rake wheel includes support members such as disks for securing and limiting movement of the tines of the rake wheel.
US11202406B2
An embodiment includes a combine having a feeder housing for receiving harvested crop, a separating system for threshing the harvested crop to separate grain from residue, a grain bin for storing the separated grain, a bin level sensor for detecting grain in the grain bin; and a controller that controls the combine. The controller is configured to generate a usable operating range by discarding a selected range of values from an operating range of the bin level sensor, generate a shifted operating range by shifting the usable operating range by a shift value, receive a first value indicating a level of grain in the grain bin, generate a second value by shifting the first value by the shift value, and present the second value to an operator of the combine.
US11202405B2
Weed seeds are destroyed in the chaff from a combine harvester by repeated high speed impacts caused by a rotor which accelerates the discarded seeds in a direction centrifugally away from the rotor onto a stator including stator surfaces around the axis. Thus the discarded seeds rebound back and forth between the rotor and the stator to provide a plurality of impacts. A transfer auger at the rear edge of the combine sieve carries the weed seeds outwardly to respective weed seed destructors driven by the shaft of the transfer auger. The seeds are discharged radially through a discharge opening, where the angle of the discharge around the rotor axis can be changed to direct the seeds towards the guide fins of the tailboard of the chopper, or into the housing of the straw chopper.
US11202404B2
A row unit for a seeding machine includes a ground view sensor coupled to the frame. The ground view sensor is operable to sense the furrow and generate depth signals corresponding to actual sensed depth of the furrow. The row unit also includes a controller configured to receive the signals, and a downforce adjustment mechanism coupled to the frame and to the controller. The controller is configured to activate the downforce adjustment mechanism to adjust a downforce on the frame based on the signals received by the controller.
US11206711B2
A 5G or pre-5G communication system is provided to support higher data transmission rates after 4G communication systems such as LTE. To support communication of a terminal that dually accesses a first radio access technology (RAT) communication system and a second RAT communication system, a session generation request message for transmitting traffic is received from a terminal. A target communication system that is to generate a data path with respect to the traffic from the first RAT communication system and the second RAT communication system is determined, the data path for the target communication system is configured, and information about the configured data path is transmitted to the terminal.
US11206710B2
A session management function (SMF) receives a message from a network exposure function (NEF). The message comprises downlink data and a release assistance indicator (RAI). The RAI indicates that transmission of uplink data by a wireless device is expected subsequent to transmission of the downlink data. The RAI indicates a release of a connection associated with the wireless device after the transmission of uplink data. The SMF receives an indication that the uplink data is transmitted. The SMF upon receiving the indication, sends a release message to an access and mobility management function (AMF). The release message indicates release of a non-access stratum message associated with the wireless device. The release message comprises the release assistance indicator.
US11206706B2
In one example, a method and apparatus for web browsing on multihomed mobile devices having multiple communication interfaces are disclosed. In one example, the method establishes a primary multiple path transmission control protocol subflow for the transfer of a resource from a server to a user endpoint device. The method then determines a threshold of resource size. When the size of the resource is determined to exceed the threshold, the method establishes a secondary multipath transmission control protocol connection that cooperates with the primary multiple path transmission control protocol subflow for the transfer of the resource from the server to the user endpoint device.
US11206702B2
A method for accessing a network by UE, a network device, and first UE are disclosed. The first UE sends a first message, where the first message includes a message that second UE accesses a network by being associated with the first UE; and after an access response sent by the network device is received, the first UE and the second UE associated with the first UE access the network. After receiving the first message, the network device sends an access response to the first UE, to specifically allocate a transmission resource to a wearable device that needs to transmit data, so as to save network resources.
US11206701B2
Apparatus and methods to support access to services of multiple wireless networks by a single-radio, multiple subscriber identity module (SIM)/electronic SIM (eSIM) wireless device are disclosed. To send or receive voice communications for multiple SIMs/eSIMs, when an active voice connection for a first SIM/eSIM uses wireless circuitry to connect to a first cellular wireless network via a first radio access network, the single-radio, multi-SIM/eSIM wireless device uses alternative data transports, such as via a wireless local area network (WLAN) or by tunneling through the first radio access network of the first cellular wireless network to connect to services of additional cellular wireless networks associated with the multiple SIMs/eSIMs.
US11206700B2
A session management method and system, and a terminal, where the method includes: when a user equipment (UE) has a first protocol data unit (PDU) session, sending, by the UE, a service request message to an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity; receiving, by the UE, a first message sent by the AMF entity; and determining, by the UE based on the first message, to re-establish or modify the first PDU session. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the UE sends the service request message to the AMF entity, and then the AMF entity sends, to the UE, the first message used to determine to re-establish or modify the first PDU session.
US11206695B2
A system, method and computer-readable medium for enforcing user telecommunication privileges on a per-schedule basis are provided. Enterprise members may have a schedule associated therewith that defines scheduled locations of the users. Telecommunication service privileges may be coordinated with the users' schedules such that communication services are disabled at particular times based on the users' schedules. In other implementations, particular users may have telecommunication services disabled by an administrator in the event of a catastrophe or emergency. By this mechanism, users that are not proximate to a particular catastrophe or emergency area according to the users' schedule may have services disabled while other users that are located more proximate to the emergency may have their telecommunication services enabled. In this manner, the demand on a cellular network may be alleviated thereby increasing the likelihood that users directly impacted by the emergency may receive and place calls or access data services.
US11206688B2
Embodiments of this application provide a network access method for a low power terminal. The method includes: finding, by a low power terminal, at least one high performance terminal in a first resource pool based on a synchronization signal and a broadcast channel of a virtual micro cell that are sent by a high performance terminal; determining, from all found high performance terminals, a first high performance terminal that needs to be used to access a network; obtaining configuration information through a broadcast channel of a virtual micro cell of the first high performance terminal, where the configuration information includes a second resource pool; and sending a random access request to the first high performance terminal by using a resource in the second resource pool.
US11206687B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for coordinating access to a shared wireless medium among multiple master devices operating on the same frequency band. In some implementations, master devices may contend for access to the shared medium during a medium reservation window (MRW). During the MRW, master devices may advertise their intent to reserve at least a portion of the shared medium for one or more timeslots within a subsequent medium utilization period. The reservation messages may be broadcast to other master devices in the vicinity to prevent other master devices from accessing the wireless medium during a reserved timeslot. In some implementations, the owner of a timeslot may share at least a portion of its timeslot with other master devices. For example, the timeslot owner may enable other master devices to utilize an unused portion of the wireless medium, such as unused channels, spatial streams, or time.
US11206685B2
The disclosure relates to a fifth-generation (5G) or a pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a fourth-generation (4G) communication system such as Long-Term Evolution (LTE). The disclosure relates to uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, in which an operating method of a user equipment (UE) may include: receiving information about a UE group to which the same uplink resource is allocated from a base station; receiving uplink resource allocation information corresponding to the UE group from the base station; performing channel access for uplink transmission on the basis of the received uplink resource allocation information; and transmitting uplink data to the base station after accessing a channel, wherein the channel access may be performed using a multilevel threshold value in a contention slot for the UE.
US11206682B2
Group transmission of data from a group of User Equipment devices to a network node of a cellular communication system where communication between devices is effected by device-to-device technology can provide significant improvements in uplink coverage and user bit rate. However, the benefits of group transmission means that not all devices of a group have sufficient network coverage to reliably receive a grant signal scheduling uplink resources from a network node. Methods, devices and a network node are proposed that enable the dynamic selection of either a direct grant mode, in which each device receives the uplink grant directly from the network, or a relayed grant mode, in which a device acting as group coordinator relays the grant to all members of the group, to ensure optimal performance for group transmissions. The selection is dependent on at least one determined condition relating to the group of devices and/or the group transmission. The group transmission is made by the group devices and received by the network node with a delay associated with the selected grant mode.
US11206671B2
A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, control information indicating reserved resources, wherein the control information indicates a time pattern of the reserved resources and indicates frequency resources of a cell bandwidth of the reserved resources, wherein the indicated frequency resources are a portion of the cell bandwidth. The UE may further receive, from a base station, physical downlink shared channel transmissions in resources of the cell bandwidth outside of the reserved resources.
US11206670B2
User equipment (UE) may receive a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) including a master information block (MIB). Further, the PSS, SSS and PBCH are in a first bandwidth of a cell having a cell bandwidth, wherein the first bandwidth is a first portion of the cell bandwidth. The MIB includes an indication of frequency resources and time resources for use in acquiring additional system information. The UE may further acquire the additional system information using the indication of the frequency resources and the time resources.
US11206668B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station used for wireless communication. The UE performs energy detection in a first time interval to obtain a first detection power, and performs energy detection in a second time interval to obtain a second detection power; a value of the first count is obtained according to the relationship between the first detection power and a first threshold, and a value of the second count is obtained according to the relationship between the second detection power and a second threshold. The present disclosure optimizes the selection of beamforming-based transmission parameter group by establishing a relationship between a spatial transmit parameter group adopted by the first radio signal, a length of a time window for energy detection and multiple thresholds, thereby improving overall system performance.
US11206662B2
The disclosure provides a method and a device in a communication node for wireless communication. The communication node performs signaling monitoring in a first time window, X1 signaling(s) being detected in the signaling monitoring process, determines Y1 candidate resource set(s) from a first candidate resource pool, transmits a first signaling, and receives first feedback information in a target resource set, the target resource set being one of the Y1 candidate resource set(s); the X1 signaling(s) is(are) used for determining Y2 candidate resource set(s), any one of the Y2 candidate resource set(s) belongs to the first candidate resource pool, any one of the Y1 candidate resource set(s) is one candidate resource set in the first candidate resource pool other than the Y2 candidate resource set(s); and the first signaling is used for indicating the target resource set. The disclosure avoids or reduces feedback collision.
US11206658B2
A narrowband apparatus determines a set of monitored resource blocks (RBs) on a subframe for monitoring for CRS from a base station may monitor for the CRS from the base station on the subframe based on the set of monitored RBs. The base station determines a bandwidth for transmitting the CRS to a user equipment, the bandwidth being less than a system bandwidth and transmits the CRS to the UE using the determined bandwidth. The UE monitors for the CRS on a set of monitored RBs. The set of monitored RBs may include a center set of resource blocks and a number of resources blocks around a center frequency on a subset of subframes. The center set of resource blocks may have a size based on a bandwidth capability of the UE and a system bandwidth.
US11206654B2
A method for receiving a downlink channel by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a device therefor. More particularly, a method includes: receiving, from a base station, configuration information relating to a plurality of transmission beams of the base station, wherein the configuration information includes configuration items with respect to one or more beam sets including the plurality of transmission beams; receiving information indicating any one beam set among the one or more beam sets from the base station; and receiving a downlink control channel from the base station based on the indicated beam set, wherein, if the information indicating any one beam set is not received from the base station, the downlink control channel can be received based on a pre-configured beam set among the beam sets.
US11206633B2
A communication method and system for converging a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT) are provided. The communication method and system may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of a terminal receiving a paging message is provided. In addition, a method of a terminal acquiring system information is provided.
US11206632B2
A method of determining a position of a user equipment (UE) relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The method of determining a position of a user equipment (UE) includes measuring, via at least one of a downlink (DL) or an uplink (UL), a first measurement of a set of measurements. The method further comprises estimating, at least in part, the position of the UE using the first measurement of the set of measurements.
US11206621B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and a device in a node for wireless communication. A first node receives first information, the first information being used for determining a first parameter set, the first parameter set comprising K1 power parameters; and the transmits a first radio signal; a transmitting power value of the first radio signal is a first transmitting power value, a first power parameter is one of the K1 power parameters, the first power parameter is used for determining the first transmitting power value; information of a position of the first radio signal relative to the first node is used for determining the first power parameter out of the K1 power parameters. The present disclosure manages to associate arrival expected power or pathloss compensation factors on the PC5 link in V2X system with the distance between two terminals in communication with each other in V2X network.
US11206619B2
The method of the terminal transmitting the SRS on the basis of the aperiodic SRS triggering according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a plurality of aperiodic SRS configuration information from the base station; receiving an aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator from the base station; selecting the specific aperiodic SRS configuration information among the plurality of aperiodic SRS configuration information on the basis of at least one among a sub-frame index for receiving the aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator, a time relation between the aperiodic SRS transmission sub-frames, and an uplink channel state; and transmitting an aperiodic SRS for the aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator on the basis of the selected aperiodic SRS configuration information, the plurality of aperiodic SRS configuration information including the information about a resource for transmitting the aperiodic SRS corresponding to the aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator. In addition, according to the present invention, the terminal can be used for receiving a power offset value for transmitting the aperiodic SRS from the base station and determining a transmission power value for transmitting the aperiodic SRS.
US11206615B2
Systems, methods, devices, computer readable media, and other various embodiments are described for location management processes in wearable electronic devices. Performance of such devices is improved with reduced time to first fix of location operations in conjunction with low-power operations. In one embodiment, low-power circuitry manages high-speed circuitry and location circuitry to provide location assistance data from the high-speed circuitry to the low-power circuitry automatically on initiation of location fix operations as the high-speed circuitry and location circuitry are booted from low-power states. In some embodiments, the high-speed circuitry is returned to a low-power state prior to completion of a location fix and after capture of content associated with initiation of the location fix. In some embodiments, high-speed circuitry is booted after completion of a location fix to update location data associated with content.
US11206614B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system and method, for determining power requirements according to a data connection with a remote server that provides services to support execution of a remote application that corresponds to a local application that executes on the mobile device. The power requirements are compared to a remaining charge of a battery of the mobile device to obtain a comparison, and the remote application, in lieu of the local application that executes on the mobile device according to the comparison. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11206610B2
A method, performed by a base station (BS), of supporting access to network slices in a wireless communication system includes: receiving a registration request message including requested network slice identification information of a user equipment (UE) and network slice group identification information corresponding to the requested network slice identification information; selecting an access and mobility management function (AMF) to which the registration request message is to be transmitted based on the registration request message and network slice group information and network slice information supported by at least one AMF stored in the BS; transmitting the registration request message to the AMF; receiving a registration accept message in response to the registration request message; and transmitting the registration accept message to the UE.
US11206602B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and an apparatus for enhancement of closed access groups (CAGs). For example, the apparatus can include a non-volatile memory, receiving circuitry, transmitting circuitry and processing circuitry. The receiving circuitry can be configured to receive a configuration update command message and a registration accept message, each of which includes a CAG information list IE containing a CAG information list. The transmitting circuitry can be configured to transmit a configuration update complete message and a registration request message. The processing circuitry can be configured to store the CAG information list of the CAG information list IE in the non-volatile memory, and select a public land mobile network based on the CAG information list stored in the non-volatile memory.
US11206601B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure also relates to a method and an apparatus for configuring barring configuration information of a user equipment (UE). A method of a UE according to the disclosure comprises: receiving a system information block (SIB) including barring information per access category; identifying an access category relating to an access attempt; identifying an index included in barring information corresponding to the access category; and determining whether to bar the access attempt based on access control information indicated by the index.
US11206600B2
An interface device may provide a first wireless network and a second wireless network in a user's premise. The interface device may encourage some user devices to connect to the second wireless network without controlling the user devices. For example, the interface device may receive a request from a device to access its first wireless network. The interface device may then determine whether the device is a premise device by, for example, searching a database of device registration information. The interface device may determine that the device is a premise device and deny the request to access the first wireless network. The device may then be available to access the second wireless network.
US11206599B2
There is provided a main unit and a distributed antenna system including the same. The main unit for constituting a distributed antenna system that receives a base station signal from at least one base station, transmits the base station signal to at least one user terminal, and includes a plurality of main units, the main unit includes: a first receiver for receiving a first group of base station signals; a second receiver for receiving a second group of base station signals from another main unit; a signal combiner for combining the first and second groups of base station signals; and a delay compensator for compensating for time delay corresponding to a path between the main unit and the other main unit with respect to the first group of base station signals before combining the first and second groups of base station signals.
US11206597B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for wireless communications. One apparatus includes processing circuitry that selects a non-default and unevaluated URSP rule as an evaluating URSP rule. The URSP rule includes a traffic descriptor matching an application triggered by the apparatus. The processing circuitry selects a first unevaluated RSD of the evaluating URSP rule as an evaluating RSD, and determines whether the evaluating RSD includes at least one of a non-supported PDU session type, a non-supported SSC mode, and a non-supported S-NSSAI. When the evaluating RSD is determined to include at least one of the non-supported PDU session type, the non-supported SSC mode, and the non-supported S-NSSAI, the processing circuitry determines whether the evaluating URSP rule includes a second unevaluated RSD. The processing circuitry selects the second unevaluated RSD as the evaluating RSD when the evaluating URSP rule is determined to include the second unevaluated RSD.
US11206590B2
Disclosed in the present disclosure is a method for realizing wireless network convergence. The method comprises: constructing a convergence link table in an AP of a wireless network cell; arranging a user management system in an external network; when cross-cell movement of a user station occurs, the user management system configuring convergence link tables in corresponding access points (APs) of two cells; and based on the configured convergence link tables, data transmitted by the user station in an original cell being transmitted in a new cell, thereby realizing wireless network convergence.
US11206589B2
A device can receive, from a network node device, call trace event data relating to characteristics of a wireless communication session between the network node device and a user equipment. The device can sequence and combine the call trace event data for a period of the wireless communication session. The device can analyze the call trace event data to determine a category of network communication traffic transmitted via a communication channel between the network node device and the user equipment. In response to a determination that the network communication traffic comprises streaming video packets, the device can facilitate directing of network resources to be allocated to support the wireless communication session.
US11206575B2
A system and method to identify different access names for discovering and learning service provider's Wi-Fi access networks in user's premises where user may have defined a customized SSID on said Wi-Fi Access Points, for increasing the likelihood for automatic Wi-Fi offload on service provider network thus enhancing user experience to dynamically offload a user equipment [202] and prevent revenue loss for the service provider by keeping the user always on its Network (either cellular or Wi-Fi). Furthermore, the method encompasses identifying of a parent service provider's user-defined Wi-Fi Access Network SSID(s), learning one or more information of connection between said SSID(s) and the UE [202], categorizing said SSID(s) and allowing automated offload to a selected SSID whenever the UE [202] is within its coverage.
US11206569B2
A wireless device determines a change in a signal quality measurement of a wireless network. In response to the determining, a first message for changing one or more media for a video call in the wireless network is transmitted from the wireless device to a video application function (AF). A policy and charging rules function (PCRF) receives from the video AF, a DIAMETER AA-request (AAR) command for modifying a quality of service (QoS) of the video call. The PCRF transmits to a policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF), a second message comprising an updated QoS, wherein the updated QoS comprises QoS data bearer modification information based on the change in the signal quality measurement of the wireless network. The PCEF implements the updated QoS for the video call.
US11206553B2
A maintenance base controls a plurality of mobile robots providing a radio coverage area. The maintenance base instructs a mobile robot of the plurality of mobile robots to maintain a formation with the other mobile robots in the plurality of mobile robots such that the radio coverage area is provided, and instructs the mobile robot to rotate positions within the formation to maintain the radio coverage area as a further mobile robot in the formation leaves the formation and another mobile robot enters the formation. The mobile robot acts in accordance with the instructions of the maintenance base.
US11206547B1
When access nodes provide collocated service on overlapping carriers with different subcarrier spacing than each other, at least one of the access nodes could be configured to cluster its respective allocation of air-interface resources at an end of the frequency-overlap region, and a single guard band could then separate that clustered resource allocation from the remainder of the frequency-overlap region in which the other access node could allocate resources. In an example implementation for instance, the access nodes could be configured to cluster their respective concurrent allocation of resources at different respective ends of the frequency-overlap region so as to help maximize frequency width between transmission in the frequency-overlap region on one of the carriers with one subcarrier spacing and transmission in the frequency-overlap region on the other carrier with the other subcarrier spacing.
US11206542B2
The disclosed technology includes a method and system for preventing or reducing cyber-attacks in a 5G network. The system can register, by a computing device associated with the 5G network, a connected device with the 5G network and request a personalized signature from the connected device. The system can create a schedule for the personalized signature to be sent from the connected device to the 5G network and send the connected device the schedule. The 5G network can monitor for the personalized signature at the times in the schedule. In response to not receiving the personalized signature from the connected device at a scheduled time in the schedule, the system can determine that the connected device is at risk of a cyber-attack. In response to determining that the connected device is at risk of the cyber-attack, the system can deauthorize the connected device.
US11206539B2
Methods, User Equipment, UE, (120) and source network node (111) for re-establishing a Radio Resource Control, RRC, connection to a target cell in a wireless communications network (100), The UE generates a security token using a set of input parameters, and sends a re-establishment request with the security token to a target network node (112) serving the target cell. When receiving the re-establishment request, the source network node generates a security token using a set of input parameters in the same manner as the UE. If the received security token is successfully verified when compared with the generated security token, the source network node provides to the target network node a UE context of the UE, to enable the target network node to re-establish the RRC connection.
US11206536B2
A communication apparatus executes authentication via wireless communication with a mobile device and, based on an authentication process, controls execution of a vehicle operation requested by a user. The communication apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect closure of a door of a vehicle, an authentication processing unit configured to determine, in response to detection of the closure of the door by the detection unit, whether a specific mobile device is inside the vehicle by executing a first authentication process corresponding to a vehicle operation for which a highest security is set, among a plurality of vehicle operations that can be requested by the user, and an execution unit configured to execute, when the authentication processing unit has determined that the specific mobile device is inside the vehicle, a requested vehicle operation requestable from an inside of the vehicle and included in the plurality of vehicle operations.
US11206535B1
Systems and methods for authenticating User Equipment (UE) are disclosed. The method includes a network obtaining a cross-registration status for the UE based on receiving a registration request from the UE. The network can execute a network registration response according to the cross-registration status that represents a permission given to the UE to register outside of an original network.
US11206530B2
To enable quick execution of pairing among devices with saving user's effort when grouping three or more communication devices. Group list information indicating a device selected as a device capable of wireless communication and as a device capable of corresponding to a group that performs communication is generated or acquired. For example, a master device generates the group list information and a slave device receives and acquires the group list information. Then, pairing processing of setting a own device and a communication device indicated in the group list information to be wireless communication targets to each other is performed by reference to the group list information.
US11206527B2
A communication method for a user equipment includes: receiving, by the user equipment, at least one software component or software module or configuration information via a configuration and/or control channel between the user equipment and a telecommunications network and/or via a first set of communication capabilities of the user equipment, wherein the at least one software component or software module or configuration information is related to a second set of communication capabilities corresponding to enhanced and/or modified communication relative to the first set of communication capabilities, the second set of communication capabilities being related to access-stratum capabilities of the user equipment and/or to non-access-stratum capabilities of the user equipment and/or to other communication services of the user equipment; and activating the second set of communication capabilities.
US11206525B2
Accordingly, embodiments herein disclose a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method comprises receiving, from an access and mobility management function (AMF), a non-access stratum (NAS) message, wherein the non-access stratum (NAS) message includes information indicating whether the UE is registered for emergency services and determining registering for the emergency services based on the NAS message.
US11206523B2
A method and apparatus for the PWS transmission on unlicensed frequency in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device camps on a cell on a specific unlicensed frequency. A wireless device receives a public warning system (PWS) notification from the cell. A wireless device prioritize at least one licensed frequency over unlicensed frequencies including the specific unlicensed frequency.
US11206504B2
Systems and methods for rendering spatial audio in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a spatial audio system, including a primary network connected speaker, including a plurality of sets of drivers, where each set of drivers is oriented in a different direction, a processor system, memory containing an audio player application, wherein the audio player application configures the processor system to obtain an audio source stream from an audio source via the network interface, spatially encode the audio source, decode the spatially encoded audio source to obtain driver inputs for the individual drivers in the plurality of sets of drivers, where the driver inputs cause the drivers to generate directional audio.
US11206503B2
Technologies are described herein for enabling the automated testing of remote control units by providing a suitable test station. The test station includes features that allow it to interact with the remote control units inputs, such as buttons and microphone, and outputs, such as IR and RF remote control codes, status LEDs, and audio output. The test station may be controlled by a controller that executes test scripts or other routines that exercise the functionality of the remote control unit as desired.
US11206501B2
A method operates a hearing instrument that is worn in or at the ear of a user. The method includes capturing a sound signal from an environment of the hearing instrument; analyzing the captured sound signal to recognize own-voice intervals, in which the user speaks, and foreign-voice intervals, in which at least one different speaker speaks; and determining, from the recognized own-voice intervals and foreign-voice intervals, at least one turn-taking feature. From the at least one turn-taking feature a measure of the sound perception by the user is derived. Predefined action for improving the sound perception is taken if the measure or the at least one turn-taking feature fulfill a predefined criterion.
US11206497B2
The disclosed technology generally relates to operation modes for hearing devices. In some implementations, the disclosed technology includes a hearing device entering into and operating in airplane mode or a mode of operation that limits communication with a select frequency or select group of frequencies. To enter a mode of operation, a user can use two inputs for the hearing device. For example, one input is a battery closing and another input is the device pushing of a button on the device (e.g., on the hearing device or a mobile device in communication with the hearing device).
US11206496B2
The present disclosure relates to a hearing device and in particular to hearing device and related method for configuration or operation of a hearing device. Disclosed is a hearing device comprising a processing unit configured to compensate for hearing loss of a user of the hearing device, a memory, and an interface. The processing unit/hearing device may be configured to receive a mode request via the interface; authenticate the mode request; and place the hearing device into the requested mode if authentication of the mode request succeeds.
US11206483B2
Provided are an audio signal processing method and device. The method can include acquiring audio signals from at least two sound sources through at least two microphones to obtain multiple frames of original noise signals of the at least two microphones in a time domain, and, for each frame in the time domain, acquiring respective frequency-domain estimated signals of the at least two sound sources according to the respective original noise signals. The method can further include, for each sound source, dividing the frequency-domain estimated signal into frequency-domain estimated components which each corresponds to a frequency-domain sub-band and includes multiple frequency point data in a frequency domain, determining a weighting coefficient of each frequency point in the frequency-domain sub-band, and updating a separation matrix of each frequency point according to the weighting coefficient and obtaining the audio signals based on the updated separation matrices and the original noise signals.
US11206482B2
A system method provides for multi-port wind noise protection. A sound may include a desired component such as speech and an undesired component such as wind. Multiple apertures on a housing receive the sound and conduct it to a microphone. The undesired component such as wind is uncorrelated at the apertures and mixes at the microphone, attenuating in amplitude while the desired component such as speech is correlated at the apertures. In this manner, the signal to noise ratio between the desired component and undesired component is improved at the microphone.
US11206474B2
The utility model relates to a Bluetooth earphone, comprising a main earphone unit and an auxiliary earphone unit, further comprising a pair of ear hooks. The front part of the inner side of each of the said earphone units is provided with a connecting canal for inserting the said vertical insertion segment at the bottom. The Bluetooth earphone provided in the utility model not only adapts to applications in different situations by setting a pluggable ear hook, but also uses memory alloy as the inner skeleton of the ear hook to facilitate a user make a fine adjustment by his/her shape of auricle.
US11206467B2
Constellations of distributors interconnect access nodes to form a vast contiguous network. The access nodes are generally geographically spread and the constellations are generally geographically spread, however the distributors within each constellation are collocated. The access nodes are arranged into access groups. The access nodes of each access group interconnect through selected constellations, with each access node having a wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) link to each of the selected constellations, to form a three-stage network. The three-stage networks corresponding to the access groups are mutually fused so that an access node of any three-stage network has multiple paths, each traversing one distributor, to each other access node of the same three-stage network and a path to each other access node of the entire network traversing one distributor. The distributors are preferable configured as fast optical switches. The network is structured to provide global coverage without the need for conventional cross-connectors.
US11206455B2
A device and method are presently disclosed. The computer implemented method, includes at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, displaying a still image on the touch-sensitive display, while displaying the still image, detecting user's finger contact with the touch-sensitive display, and in response to detecting the user's finger contact, video recording the still image.
US11206443B2
This disclosure describes a video co-watching system that can efficiently, flexibly, and securely provide access to, and synchronize, co-watching digital video content across multiple participant devices while providing live digital video chat streams between the participant devices. For example, the video co-watching system can enable the participant devices to simultaneously present co-watching digital video content together with a presentation of a video chat. In addition, the video co-watching system can synchronize the co-watching digital video content at each participant device while also facilitating video chatting between the participant devices by transmitting a playback modifier signal to cause one participant device to perform a modification to the playback made at another participant device.
US11206440B1
Creating a customized channel of content. A cloud infrastructure receives digital content, such as television show, advertisement, and the like, transmitted over an Internet Protocol (IP) network from a local broadcaster or channel owner. A plurality of formatted versions of the digital content is stored in a content repository in the cloud infrastructure. Each of the plurality of formatted versions differs from the others based on one or more of: an encoded bit rate, resolution, and frame rate; each of the plurality of formatted versions are aligned at a same fragment boundary. A manifest manipulator, deployed in the cloud infrastructure, creates the customized channel by selecting a particular sequence of fragments stored in the content repository and transmitting the particular sequence of fragments on the customized channel. The customized channel may be transmitted via a plurality of different propagation mediums.
US11206437B2
Control information for configuring an audiovisual device to present multimedia content according to a first service type may be generated. A method may include generating first control information for configuring an audiovisual device to decode a multimedia stream, generating first data that indicates a structure of the first control information, and transmitting the first data and the first control information. The first control information may be generated according to a first protocol version. Second data and second control information may be similarly generated and transmitted according to a second protocol version. Disclosed techniques may facilitate receiving devices to determine whether they support received wireless transmissions and decode the transmissions based on the control information.
US11206434B2
Methods and systems to authorize devices and/or perform other actions based on identifying content distributors are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems access video content playing at a client device, calculate fingerprints of a portion of the video content, identify a distributor of the video content based on the fingerprints, and perform an action in response to the identification of the distributor of the video content, such as actions to authorize the client device or other associated devices (e.g., second screens) to receive content from the distributor, actions to present sponsored content to the client device or associated devices, and so on.
US11206432B1
A system has a plurality of machine readable tags, and includes a server system for synchronizing the display of interactive mobile content on a user device with a destination of a vehicle, the system. Each of the machine readable tags encodes an address, and is mounted within the vehicle for access by persons in the vehicle. The system receives a request from the user device, generated by scanning one of the machine readable tags, and determines the destination of the vehicle. A coupon is selected and provided that corresponds with the destination of the vehicle. The users on the vehicle that have selected the coupon for download are determined, each of the users who have downloaded the coupon are notified of the identities of the other users who downloaded the coupon, and transportation of all of the users is facilitated, to the location of the restaurant so they may utilize the coupon which each of them downloaded.
US11206429B2
An image decoding device (31) includes a transform coefficient decoding unit (311) configured to decode a transform coefficient for a transform tree included in a coding unit. In the transform tree, the transform coefficient decoding unit splits a transform unit corresponding to luminance and then decodes the transform coefficient related to the luminance, and does not split the transform unit corresponding to chrominance and decodes the transform coefficient related to the chrominance.
US11206427B2
A method of processing data includes obtaining, by an encoding medium, the data of at least one of a geometry information or a texture information of a target. The method additionally includes converting, by the encoding medium, the geometry information into a plurality of periodical functions. Additionally, converting, by the encoding medium, the texture information into a second 2-D representation. Further, the method includes converting, by the encoding medium, each periodical function of the plurality of periodical functions and the second 2-D representation into an image. Moreover, the method includes decoding, by a decoding medium, the image into a 3-D representation using a transformation.
US11206408B2
A method includes: parsing a bitstream to obtain an index value of a candidate motion vector list; constructing the candidate motion vector list, where the candidate motion vector list includes candidate motion vectors of K control points of a current block, the candidate motion vectors of the K control points are obtained based on a 2N-parameter affine transform model used for a neighboring block of the current block, N, K are integers greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 4, and N is not equal to K; determining, in the candidate motion vector list, target candidate motion vectors of the K control points based on the index value; and obtaining a predicted motion vector of each subblock of the current block based on the target candidate motion vectors of the K control points. It helps improve coding efficiency in an audio and video coding process.
US11206407B2
The present invention relates to a method of performing motion compensation by using motion vector prediction. To this end, a method of decoding an image may include: generating multiple motion vector candidate lists according to an inter-prediction direction of a current block; deriving multiple motion vectors for the current block by using the multiple motion vector candidate lists; determining multiple prediction blocks for the current block by using the multiple motion vectors; and obtaining a final prediction block for the current block based on the multiple prediction blocks.
US11206404B2
A video coding system in which video images of a video bitstream are rescaled prior to encoding, and again at the decoder upon reception. When encoding a given video frame, the video encoder deduces a level of resampling to apply to a reference frame in order to properly predict blocks in the given video frame or the full given video frame, and carries out one or more predictions by first applying a resampling process on the reference frame data at the deduced level. To decode the given video frame of the bitstream, a video decoder compares a size of the given video frame to sizes of a reference frame to determine a level of resampling for the reference frame data, and carries out predictions to generate predicted data by first applying the determined level of resampling to the reference frame data.
US11206402B2
An encoder includes memory and circuitry which: (i) encodes an image block; (ii) when encoding the image block: binarizes coefficient information indicating coefficients of the image block; and controls whether to apply arithmetic encoding to a binary data string obtained by binarizing the coefficient information; and (iii) when binarizing the coefficient information: binarizes the coefficient information according to a first syntax structure when arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string and a predetermined condition is not satisfied; binarizes the coefficient information according to a second syntax structure when arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string and the predetermined condition is satisfied; binarizes the coefficient information according to the second syntax structure when no arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string; and subtracts 1 from a value of an initial non-zero coefficient when no arithmetic encoding is applied to the data string when encoding the image block.
US11206396B2
An example method of coding video data includes selecting, by one or more processors a sub-set of a plurality of neighboring samples of a current block in a current picture, wherein the plurality of neighboring samples includes a row of samples adjacent to a top row of the current block in the current picture and a column of samples adjacent to a left column of the current block in the current picture; deriving, by the one or more processors and based on the sub-set of the plurality of neighboring samples in the current picture, local illumination compensation (LIC) parameters for the current block; and performing, by the one or more processors and based on the LIC parameters, LIC on samples of the current block to generate compensated samples of the current block.
US11206393B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for measuring a display latency. A video capturing device is configured to capture a video of a reference light flash of a light emitter of a computing device. In the same video, the video capturing device is configured to capture a flash of a predetermined image displayed in a reference frame on a display screen coupled to the computing device. The video is analyzed to determine a time difference between the reference light flash of the light emitter and the flash of the predetermined image on the display screen. The determined time difference is compared with a reference time difference to determine a display latency, and the display latency may be provided to a user. In this manner, a display latency may be determined accurately and with readily available hardware, thus reducing the need to rely on expensive and specialized measuring equipment.
US11206392B1
An image sensor includes a pixel array with active rows of pixel cells, a black level calibration row with black image data generation circuits coupled to generate black image data signals representative of an absence of the incident light, and a dummy row with black level clamping circuits coupled to receive a black sun reference voltage to clamp bitlines of the pixel array, and a black level calibration circuit coupled to receive the black sun reference voltage to generate a black sun calibration voltage. A black sun feedback circuit is coupled to generate the black sun reference voltage in response to the black sun calibration voltage and a black level sample reference, and a black level sampling circuit is coupled to the bitlines to sample the black image data signals to generate the black level sample reference received by the black sun feedback circuit.
US11206390B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that includes a substrate, and a display pipeline coupled to the substrate. The display pipeline may to barrel an initial image to form a barreled image.
US11206388B2
A depth map generation unit generates a depth map from images obtained by picking up a subject at a plurality of viewpoint positions by an image pickup unit. On the basis of the depth map generated by the depth map generation unit, an alignment unit aligns polarized images obtained by the image pickup unit picking up the subject at the plurality of viewpoint positions through polarizing filters in different polarization direction at the different viewpoint positions. A polarization characteristic acquisition unit acquires a polarization characteristic of the subject from a desired viewpoint position by using the polarized images aligned by the alignment unit to obtain the high-precision polarization characteristic with little degradation in temporal resolution and spatial resolution. It becomes possible to acquire the polarization characteristic of the subject at the desired viewpoint position.
US11206386B2
The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method, which enable efficient description of depth representation information in an MP4 file. A file generation unit samples and arranges an elementary stream obtained by encoding a depth image including pixel values, which are obtained by quantizing depth information indicating a position of each pixel in a depth direction, as well as groups samples with the same depth representation information regarding the depth image and generates the MP4 file in which the depth representation information of each group is described. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a file generation apparatus and the like.
US11206385B2
A processing system having at least one processor may obtain a two-dimensional source video, select a volumetric video associated with at least one feature of the source video from a library of volumetric videos, identify a first object in the source video, and determine a location of the first object within a space of the volumetric video. The processing system may further obtain a three-dimensional object model of the first object, texture map the first object to the three-dimensional object model of the first object to generate an enhanced three-dimensional object model of the first object, and modify the volumetric video to include the enhanced three-dimensional object model of the first object in the location of the first object within the space of the volumetric video.
US11206379B2
A controlled apparatus that operates as a first controlled apparatus, comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with a second controlled apparatus, a detection unit configured to detect a second controlled apparatus having a predetermined relationship with the first controlled apparatus via the communication unit, and a control unit configured to generate a first web page capable of controlling the first controlled apparatus if the detection unit has not detected the second controlled apparatus having the predetermined relationship, and generate a second web page capable of collectively controlling the first controlled apparatus and the second controlled apparatus, if the detection unit has detected the second controlled apparatus having the predetermined relationship.
US11206378B2
A camera module aligning method includes the following steps. Firstly, a reference chart having plural chart characteristic points is provided. Then, a camera module is used to shoot the reference chart, and an installation position and an installation posture of the camera module are acquired according to an internal parameter matrix and an external parameter matrix. When the camera module shoots the reference chart and an image is formed on an imaging plane of the camera module, a relationship between at least one image characteristic point of the image and the corresponding chart characteristic point complies with a standard relationship. The standard relationship is defined by the internal parameter matrix and the external parameter matrix.
US11206377B2
An imaging apparatus includes: an imager configured to generate an imaging signal; a transmission channel configured to connect a controller and the images; a superimposed signal generator that is arranged on a proximal end side of the transmission channel, the superimposed signal generator being configured to generate a superimposed signal by superimposing a pulsed data signal and a pulsed reference clock signal, and output the generated superimposed signal to the transmission channel; a first extractor that is arranged on a distal end side of the transmission channel, the first extractor being configured to extract the data signal and the reference clock signal from the generated superimposed signal; and a second extractor that is arranged on the distal end side of the transmission channel, the second extractor being configured to extract the negative voltage from the generated superimposed signal.
US11206372B1
The embodiments of the disclosure provide a projection-type video conference system, which includes a video conference device and a cloud service system. The cloud service system is configured to provide services to the video conference device. The video conference device includes: a camera assembly configured to acquire image information of a conference scene and generate a conference video; an audio input assembly configured to collect voice signals of the conference scene, the voice signals including a recognizable voice instruction; a projection assembly configured to display the conference video. The video conference device can recognize the voice instruction, and perform, according to the voice instruction, an operation corresponding thereto. The video conference device may be controlled through voice, and it has high integration and is convenient to carry.
US11206370B2
A recording control apparatus configured to control data recording to a recording medium in a first unit (AU) or in a second unit (RU) smaller than the first unit includes a position recording unit configured to control the recording medium to record a position of the second unit, the position being an intermediate position in the first unit, as position information when the data recording is completed, the position information being information about a position from which next data recording to the recording medium is to be started, and a control unit configured to control whether to cause the position recording unit to record the position information to the recording medium when the data recording is completed.
US11206367B1
An image sensor pixel includes a substrate, a photodiode and a pixel circuit in the substrate. The pixel circuit includes a transfer element, which is electrically connected between the photodiode and a floating diffusion node that accumulates electrical charges generated by the photodiode in response to light incident the substrate, and a driving element, which is electrically connected to the floating diffusion node. An output circuit is also provided, which is electrically connected between a column line and the pixel circuit. The output circuit includes a switching element electrically connected to an output terminal of the driving element, a primary capacitor electrically connected to the switching element, a secondary capacitor, which is selectively connected to or disconnected from the switching element based on an on/off switching state of a first enable element, and a first selection element electrically connected between the switching element and the column line.
US11206366B2
In a case where power P_C supplied to CA during the image reading operation is normal power PN_C, in an AED operation of detecting irradiation start of X-rays, a control unit of an electronic cassette causes at least one of non-detection CAs other than a detection CA that is the charge amplifier connected to a detection channel of a detection pixel for irradiation start detection, among the plurality of CAs connected to a MUX to be in a power saving state in which the supply power P_C is lower than the normal power PN_C during the image reading operation.
US11206365B2
Method and apparatus for overlaying themed imagery onto real-world objects in a head-mounted display device (HMDD). A computing device receives, from an HMDD, depth data that identifies distances from the HMDD to surfaces of a plurality of objects in a user space. The computing device detects at least one object in the user space based at least in part on the depth data. The computing device determines a classification of video content being presented on a display system of the HMDD. The computing device selects, based on the classification, a particular image theme from a plurality of different image themes, the image theme comprising one or more image textures. The computing device sends, to the HMDD, at least one image texture for overlaying the at least one object during presentation of the at least one object on the display system of the HMDD in conjunction with the video content.
US11206359B2
An image outputting method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: shooting a scene by using a plurality of different exposure durations to obtain a plurality of images respectively; performing a summation operation according to the images to obtain a first image; adjusting a first brightness of the first image to an output brightness to generate a second image; respectively converting pixel values of a plurality of first pixels in the second image into other corresponding pixel values in another value domain to generate an output image; and outputting the output image.
US11206355B2
An image processing apparatus adjusts a band of a filter that extracts a high-frequency component from frequency characteristics of an image according to a change in imaging setting.
US11206354B2
An electronic device comprises an adjustment unit for adjusting a focus distance of a lens unit and obtainment unit for obtaining, from the lens unit, first information relating to a first range and second information relating to a second range. The first range being a focus range of the lens unit, and the second range being a focus range, in the first range, in which adjustment by the adjustment unit is limited. The electronic device controls, on the basis of the first information and the second information, the display device so as to display the first range and the second range to be distinguishable from each other.
US11206352B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for image or video shooting. The method is applied to a terminal that includes a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera. The second camera is a black-and-white camera, and the first camera, the second camera, and the third camera are cameras using prime lenses. The third camera is a color camera using a tele-photo lens. The method includes determining at least one camera from the first camera, the second camera, and the third camera based on a target zoom ratio as a target camera. The method further includes capturing, by using the target camera, at least one image that includes a target scene. The method further includes obtaining an output image of the target scene based on the at least one image that includes the target scene. According to the present disclosure, an approximately 5× lossless zoom effect is achieved.
US11206343B2
System and method for improving the shaving experience by providing improved visibility of the skin shaving area. A digital camera is integrated with the electric shaver for close image capturing of shaving area, and displaying it on a display unit. The display unit can be integral part of the electric shaver casing, or housed in a separated device which receives the image via a communication channel. The communication channel can be wireless (using radio, audio or light) or wired, such as dedicated cabling or using powerline communication. A light source is used to better illuminate the shaving area. Video compression and digital image processing techniques are used for providing for improved shaving results. The wired communication medium can simultaneously be used also for carrying power from the electric shaver assembly to the display unit, or from the display unit to the electric shaver.
US11206332B2
A pre-distortion system for improved mobile device communications via cancellation of nonlinear distortion is disclosed. The pre-distortion system may transmit an acoustic signal from a network to a device, wherein the acoustic signal includes a linear signal and a nonlinear cancellation signal that cancels at least a portion of nonlinear distortions created once a loudspeaker in the device emits the linear signal. Thus, when a loudspeaker of a mobile device is operating and nonlinear distortions are generated by the loudspeaker or adjacent components of the mobile device in close proximity to the loudspeaker, the pre-distortion system may create one or more nonlinear cancellation signals in the network. The nonlinear cancellation signal may be combined with the linear signal sent to the loudspeaker to cancel the nonlinear distortion signal created by the loudspeaker emitting acoustic sounds from the linear signal. Thus, the nonlinear cancellation signal becomes a pre-distortion signal.
US11206330B1
Disclosed here is a method to determine a user intent when a user device initiates an interactive voice response (IVR) call with a wireless telecommunication network. A processor can detect the IVR call initiated with the network and determine whether the user device is a member of the network. Upon determining that the user device is a member of the network, the processor can obtain user history including interaction history between the user and the network. Based on the user history, the processor can predict the user intent when the user initiates the IVR call. The processor can detect whether user device is a 5G capable device. Upon the determining that the device is 5G capable and based on the predicted user intent, the processor can suggest to the user an application configured to execute on the user device and configured to address the predicted user intent.
US11206329B1
Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems for providing selective data access to representatives. In some embodiments, the system can monitor a call between a user and a representative regarding a subject matter. The user can have an associated profile with data, and the data can be locked such that the representative cannot access the data. During the conversation between the representative and the user, the system can continuously convert both parties' speech into text. The system can determine an intent of the call based on the text and unlock a portion of the data about the user based on the determined intent of the call. Only the unlocked portion of the data is displayed to the representative.
US11206323B2
Disclosed is a method for determining relative positions of dual screens, suitable for a dual-screen foldable terminal in which two screens of the terminal are provided with at least two types of sensors, respectively. The method includes: collecting data of each sensor on the two screens, respectively; simulating data of a target virtual sensor according to the data collected on each screen; and determining an included angle between the two screens according to the data of the target virtual sensor corresponding to the two screens. Further disclosed are a display control method and a dual-screen foldable terminal. By means of the present disclosure, an included angle between the two screens can be accurately measured so as to control the display.
US11206319B2
An interface between a vehicle control system and a communication system is provided. The interface comprises an input configured to receive data from at least one of the vehicle control system and the communication system. The interface comprises a conversion layer configured to translate the received data into a format that is comprehensible to the other of the vehicle control system and the communication system. The interface also comprises an output configured to output the translated data to the other of the vehicle control system and the communication system. This enables both the vehicle control system and communication system to understand the other while still retaining their individual autonomy.
US11206308B2
Facilitating support functionalities through a support appliance device in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) is provided herein. A method can comprise facilitating, by a support appliance device comprising a processor, a dedicated communication link with a remote support entity via a secure internet connection. The method also can comprise, based on a receipt of a request for an active session, establishing, by the support appliance device, the active session with the remote support entity via the dedicated communication link. Further, the method can comprise receiving, by the support appliance device, input data associated with an item. The method also can comprise outputting, by the support appliance device, an indication on the item based on the support appliance device being in proximity of the item. An instruction related to the indication can be controlled by the remote support entity and implemented by the support appliance device.
US11206307B2
Embodiments are directed to communicating with and controlling operation of electronically-controlled appliances. In one scenario, a computer system receives a first input from a computing system indicating that an electronically-controlled appliance is permitted to communicate with a cloud computing platform. The computer system generates a notification that is to be sent to a software application, where the software application is configured to control functions of the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system transmits the generated notification to the software application, where the generated notification indicates that the cloud computing platform is communicably connected to the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system then receives a second input from the software application indicating that specified functions are to be performed on the electronically-controlled appliance, and transmits instructions to the electronically-controlled appliance to perform the specified functions. These functions are then interpreted and carried out by a hardware controller on the electronically-controlled appliance.
US11206306B2
A system includes a memory and at least one processor to monitor for a condition associated with a first cloud computing resource performing a cloud computing operation, determine that the condition associated with the first cloud computing resource has occurred, analyze the condition associated with the first cloud computing resource and compare the first cloud computing resource with a second cloud computing resource that is capable of performing at least a subset of the cloud computing operation, automatically modify the cloud computing operation that uses the first cloud computing resource to use the second cloud computing resource, and send at least one notification to a computing device about the condition associated with the first cloud computing resource and information associated with a modification of the cloud computing operation from the first cloud computing resource to the second cloud computing resource.
US11206305B1
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for monitoring, by a LML plug-in to a first service executed within a first datacenter, accesses to provide access data representative of the accesses to a data record stored in the first datacenter, the accesses including local accesses executed by the first service and remote accesses executed by a second service executed within a second datacenter, receiving, by a LML instance executed within the first datacenter, the access data from the LML plug-in to the first service, determining, by the LML instance, a set of metrics for the data record based on the local accesses and the remote accesses in a first time period, and selectively executing a transfer process based on the set of metrics to copy the data record to the second datacenter.
US11206301B2
Sharing resources by users of computing devices includes providing, at each computing device, a respective viewport to a common desktop environment that has the shared resources. The desktop is independently viewable and independently navigable through each respective viewport. Furthermore, each of the resources is independently viewable and able to be independently acted upon through each respective viewport. One or more resources of each computing device may be added to the desktop environment through the respective viewport of the computing device. A search user interface is provided for text string searching of resources of a respective viewport by a user at the computing device of the respective viewport; and an application launcher view user interface is provided for launching applications, which is viewable by clicking on an open space of the desktop environment as seen through the respective viewport, and by which launchable applications are searchable.
US11206297B2
A live broadcast streaming system is provided, comprises an ingest decoding module; a processing and encoding module; a video routing module; a collection module; a real-time analysis module; a reporting module; and a control module. A media streaming event can be collected from one source and delivered to heterogenous viewing platforms, while collecting viewer analytics from the heterogenous platforms to provide an aggregated view of analytics.
US11206296B2
Processing a media file includes receiving a request for a media file from a client system and determining, using a processor, a non-chronological ordering of a plurality of segments of the media file for buffering according to historical playback data for each of the plurality of segments of the media file. A first segment of the media file is sent for buffering to the client system as specified by the non-chronological ordering of the plurality of segments. The non-chronological ordering is determined prior to sending any segment of the media file to the client system.
US11206288B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for dynamically creating groups of users based on attributes for simulated phishing campaign. A campaign controller determines one or more attributes of a plurality of users during execution of a simulated phishing campaign and creates one or more groups of users during based on the identified attributes. The campaign controller selects a template to be used to execute a portion of the simulated phishing campaign for a first group of users and then communicates one or more simulated phishing communications to the first group of users according to the template. The template may identify a list of a plurality of types of simulated phishing communications (email, text or SMS message, phone call or Internet based communication) and at least a portion of the content for the simulated phishing communication.
US11206284B2
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automated threat analysis of a system design are provided herein. An example method includes obtaining a design of a security architecture; analyzing the design to identify existing security controls in the architecture; in response to determining that the existing security controls fail to satisfy one or more mitigation criteria for mitigating at least one security threat: identifying one or more of at least one additional security control that mitigates the at least one security threat, and at least one change to at least one of the existing security controls that mitigates the at least one security threat; generating mitigation information indicative of one or more of the at least one additional security control and the changes; and revising the design based at least in part on the mitigation information.
US11206278B2
Technology related to risk-informed autonomous adaptive cyber controllers is disclosed. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method includes generating probabilities of a cyber-attack occurring along an attack surface of a network. The probabilities can be generated using sensor and operational data of a network as inputs to an attack graph. The risk scores can be determined using a plurality of fault trees and the generated probabilities from the attack graph. The respective risk scores can correspond to respective nodes of an event tree. The event tree and the determined risk scores can be used to determine risk estimates for a plurality of configurations of the network. The risk estimates for the plurality of configurations of the network can be used to reconfigure the network to reduce a risk from the cyber-attack.
US11206276B2
A correlator that includes a number of modules cooperating with each other. A transaction correlation module correlates network flow information for one or more network packet flows corresponding to one or more host-agent network-transaction records on whom participated in a network packet flow. The host-agent network-transaction records at least contain source information. A host input module to take in the host-agent network-transaction records from each host agent on its host computing device connecting to the correlator. A merged record creator creates a merged record for corresponding matches of one or more of the host-agent network-transaction records to one or more of the network packet flows. The merged record gives the network policy enforcement module a complete picture of both the network traffic flow information along with the source information that participated in the network packet flows in order to apply network polices against the network packet flows.
US11206273B2
In embodiments, a computer program may be stored on a storage medium for securely inserting portions of content maintained on external web servers into an online community web page. The computer program may comprise a set of instructions operable to cause a computer to receive a request to render a web page maintained within a social platform, the web page including embedded settings that refer to content on one or more remote servers. The computer program may further cause the computer to retrieve, at a rendering time of the web page, based at least in part on the embedded settings, content from the one or more remote servers, process the retrieved content in a secured environment according to one or more security protocols and insert it into the web page. In embodiments, the computer program may further cause the computer to render the web page in a main window and the inserted content in an isolated custom window. Related methods and apparatus are also presented.
US11206268B2
An account lifecycle management system is provided. The system includes a discovery engine configured to discover and identify an account. The system further includes a policy engine configured to identify privileged access data granted to the account identified by the discovery engine. The system further includes a data modeling engine configured to associate the identified privileged access data with organizational information. The system further includes a remediation engine configured to remediate the account based on the associated privileged access data.
US11206258B2
There are provided systems and methods for identity confirmation during authentication requests using nearby devices. A device and/or service provider may detect an authentication request, including one for device process or a service provider interaction. In response to the request, the device may scan for nearby devices over short range wireless communications and identify one or more devices that are close to the device. An identity confirmation request may be generated, which may include a picture of a user that should be performing the authentication, such as a user owning the device or account that is being accessed. The request may be transmitted to the nearby devices to require that users of the nearby devices can identify that user and utilizing the device to process the authentication request. This may include using facial recognition to image the user by the other devices.
US11206257B1
One example method of operation may include receiving an access attempt from a user device, retrieving a user identifier associated with the user device stored in a database, creating a data tuple having three or more data elements based on the access attempt from the user device, storing the data tuple in the database, the data tuple includes at least a one-time code generated by an access device, a current time and the user identifier, and logging a successful access attempt by the user device when the user identifier is identified as being part of a list of user identifiers.
US11206252B2
An information processing system, an authentication platform, and an authorization information verification method. The information processing system stores, for each service, association information indicating association between service identification information for identifying the service and the one or more usage functions provided as the service and in verifying the authorization information designating service identification information and one or more usage functions, verify validity of the association between the designated service identification information and the one or more usage functions based on the stored association information.
US11206250B2
A coordination support system includes circuitry configured to: accept login information including user identification information and coordination identification information of a coordination process to be executed from a device; determine whether coordination setting for execution of the coordination process identified by the coordination identification information is configured; store an authentication ticket and a temporary token in association with each other based on a determination that the coordination setting is not configured, the authentication ticket indicating authentication of use of a function of the service providing apparatus executing the coordination process, and the temporary token indicating permission of use of the service providing apparatus; and transmit setting information including address information and the temporary token to a destination indicted by a communication address of a user identified by the user identification information, the address information indicating a storage location of a setting screen.
US11206247B2
A system and method for providing access to data of a user or services relevant to a user. A customer data key is created by a server that is specific to an application, the user of the application, and the device upon which the application resides. The server may receive an application programming interface call to create the customer data key; however, any call accessing or affecting user-specific data which does not contain a valid and authorized customer data key may be rejected. To authorize the access to the offered data or services, the user conducts an entirely separate transaction not mediated by the application. During this separate transaction, the customer data key may be activated, permitting access to the data or services using the activated customer data key.
US11206237B1
A specification of a logic flow for automatically interacting with a message recipient is received. The logic flow specifies a dynamic interaction between a plurality of different communication channels for the message recipient. The logic flow is deployed including by automatically sending a first message to the message recipient via a first communication channel, receiving an indication provided in response to a plurality of response options provided in the first message, and in response to the indication, automatically sending a second message associated with the indication via a second communication channel that is different from the first communication channel.
US11206234B2
In an approach to validating proposed recipients based on message contents, a number of keywords in a message under construction that are not in a keyword database for each addressee in the message under construction are counted. Responsive to determining that the number of keywords that are not in the keyword database for each addressee in the message under construction is above a threshold, notifying the user of a possible incorrect addressee.
US11206232B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for generating and maintaining group messaging threads associated with ephemeral content. For instance, the disclosed systems can facilitate the creation of ephemeral content including a customizable group messaging graphical element associated with the ephemeral content the enables users to join a group messaging thread associated with the ephemeral content. In addition, the disclosed systems can generate user requests to join the group messaging thread based on user interaction with a group messaging graphical element within ephemeral content and can present the requests to the creator of the ephemeral content. Accordingly, in various embodiments, the disclosed systems can facilitate group messaging threads between creators of ephemeral content and users that view the ephemeral content via associated group messaging graphical elements.
US11206222B2
Memory management in communication networks is disclosed. The method includes generating a memory allocation trigger for an event based on an event type and estimating a memory size required by the event based on the event type of a user service and at least one configuration parameter. The event type includes a new user service request, a modified user service request, or a network event. The method includes allocating a memory section to the event based on the estimated memory size for the event of the user service and availability of memory blocks in a memory pool, the memory section comprises at least one memory block. The method includes verifying performance of the communication network. Verifying further includes receiving performance feedback for the communication network in response to allocating the memory section for the user service and modifying at least one of the set of configuration parameters.
US11206221B1
The present disclosure relates to an online task dispatching and scheduling system. The system includes an end device; an access point (AP) configured to receive a task from the end device; one or more edge servers configured to receive the task from the AP, the one or more edge servers including a task waiting queue, a processing pool, a task completion queue, and a scheduler, wherein the AP further includes a dispatcher utilizing Online Learning (OL) for determining a real-time state of network conditions and server loads; and the AP selects a target edge server from the one or more edge servers to which the task is to be dispatched; and wherein the scheduler utilizes Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) in generating a task scheduling policy for the one or more edge servers.
US11206207B1
Managed multicast communications may be implemented across isolated networks. A virtual traffic hub may be implemented that connects different isolated networks. A control plane for the virtual traffic hub may accept requests to enable a multicast group between different isolated networks connected to the virtual traffic hub. The multicast group may then be enabled at the virtual traffic hub so that requests to add members to the multicast group and data packets directed to the multicast group can be handled according to multicast protocols by the virtual traffic hub.
US11206191B2
Disclosed herein is a method and a data transfer system for providing seamless data transfer between communication devices. Properties of data to be transferred, status of network parameters and power associated with the communication devices are monitored in real time. Further, communication protocols available at the communication devices and a need to switch between the communication protocols are determined. Splitting of the data into subsets of data and sequencing the subsets of data are performed using a neural network, which is trained based on properties of the data, data storage space of the communication devices, speed of data transfer and a communication channel available for the data transfer. The optimum communication protocols are identified based on order of priority value and contention value. The subsets of data are transferred using identified optimum communication protocols, until a change in the monitored status is detected to switch the optimum communication protocols.
US11206189B2
A system and method for configuring a performance analytics (PA) software application is disclosed. The system may be disposed within a computational instance of a remote network management platform that remotely manages a managed network. The system may include a database of content plugins for configuring respective key performance indicator (KPI) modules, each implementing PA applied to an associated KPI of the managed network. Configuring the KPI modules may specify respective graphical configurations of a dashboard for displaying graphical representations of the associated KPI in a graphical user interface (GUI) within the managed network. A gallery of icons each identifying a plugin may be displayed in, and selected from, the GUI. A selected plugin may then be installed via a common plugin interface, whereby an associated KPI module becomes configured and ready for execution.
US11206187B2
A method for virtual function self-organisation in operation of a network service in a virtual network environment managed by a Network Functions Virtualisation Management and Orchestration, NFV MANO, system. The method comprises monitoring (502) processing load on a first service chain component. If a processing load change is detected (504) at the first service chain component the method comprises determining (508) impact of the processing load change on a second service chain component located downstream in said service chain; and notifying (512) the NFV MANO system about the impact the processing load change will have on the second service chain component in said service chain if (510) the processing load of the second service chain component is expected to cross a threshold.
US11206184B2
An electronic device is provided, which includes a housing, at least one wireless communication circuit located inside the housing and configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal in accordance with the IEEE 802.11 standard, a processor operatively connected to the wireless communication circuit, and a memory operatively connected to the processor and configured to store target wake time (TWT) configuration information based on a quality of service (QoS) individually related to at least one service type, wherein the memory, when executed, stores instructions to cause the processor to broadcast a signal including the TWT configuration information using the wireless communication circuit, receive, from an external electronic device, an authority request for a first TWT at least partly based on the broadcasted information, transmit an authority approval for the first TWT to the external electronic device based on the TWT configuration information and the authority request, and transmit and receive data with the external electronic device at a time selected by the TWT configuration information based on the first TWT. Other certain embodiments are possible.
US11206182B2
A computing system including a processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to: analyze input received through an input interface of a computing device; determine a context based on the input; and reconfigure the input interface to comprise a key based on a domain associated with the context.
US11206181B1
Techniques for safe oversubscription of connection tracking entries are described. A method for safe oversubscription of connection tracking entries may include receiving a request for an allocation of a resource on a physical host in a provider network, the request received by a resource allocation monitor from an instance hosted by the physical host, determining a resource availability on the physical host, the resource availability based on a total amount of the resource on the physical host, a reserved amount of the resource to a plurality of instances hosted by the physical host, and a shared amount of the resource, and granting or denying the resource allocation based at least on the determined resource availability.
US11206176B2
A method and device for preventing a failure processing delay are provided in the disclosure. In an example, when the number of queue elements in an equivalence class time-window queue reaches a set threshold (denoted as N) in a set time-window, it means that there are N Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) sessions in the same equivalence class set, that detect Down events. It thus can be intelligently inferred that a public network path carrying the N BFD sessions breaks down. For processing a failure in time and reducing data stream loss on an upper layer, the present disclosure may allow reporting a corresponding Down event for each BFD session in the equivalence class set to which the N BFD sessions belong.
US11206175B1
This disclosure describes techniques for identifying blocked paths and network configuration settings that block paths in networks, such as network paths in a virtual private cloud (VPC). The configuration of virtual networks depends on the correct configuration of many networking resources, such as firewalls, security groups, routing lists, access control lists (ACLs), and the like. In some cases, an analysis that uses formal methods can be performed to determine a network configuration of a virtual network. Using the network configuration information, network paths that are blocked and network configuration settings that may be blocking one or more of the network paths can be determined. The PAS can provide an explanation of what is blocking the network paths. For example, the PAS may identify that a configuration setting of a firewall, router, network gateway, an access control list (ACL), and the like may be blocking a network path.
US11206164B2
The application provides a short training sequence design method and apparatus. The method includes: determining a short training sequence, where the short training sequence may be obtained based on an existing sequence, and the short training sequence with comparatively good performance may be obtained through simulation calculation, for example, by adjusting a parameter; and sending a short training field on a target channel, where the short training field is obtained by performing inverse fast Fourier transformation IFFT on the short training sequence, and a bandwidth of the target channel is greater than 160 MHz.
US11206149B1
Ad hoc forums may be created and updated to enable users to easily share information, collaborate, track reading progress, coordinate events, and/or exchange other information related to reading of a book or other written work. The ad hoc forum may be accessible via a uniform resource locator (URL), which may be provided to users without requiring user registration and without a need for a dedicated reader device. A service provider may receive information from contemporaneous readers to update the forum, such as to update reading progress information, add messages, add comments, add annotations, and/or other add or modify other collaborative information. The service provider may exchange information with user devices of users via communication channels other than the forum, such as via email and/or text messages, as well as dedicated reader devices, while using this information to update the forum.
US11206140B2
An approach is disclosed that places a first side of an optical communication mounting frame (OCMF) onto a surface of a device with some of the device's display and its digital camera being are hidden from view from outside of the OCMF. A second device is received at another side of the OCMF, with some of the device's display and its digital camera being are hidden from view from outside of the OCMF. Each display is viewable from the other device's digital camera. Optical communications between the devices is performed by displaying data on one display that is read by the other device's digital camera and this communication is allowed while the OCMF is present. However, communication between the devices is inhibited when the OCMF is not present.
US11206128B2
According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a computer implemented method includes computing a hash value of a page of memory of a computer system and comparing the hash value with a previously computed hash value of the page. A per-encryption value per page can be used in encrypting the page based on determining that the hash value matches the previously computed hash value. A modified value of the per-encryption value per page can be used in encrypting the page based on determining that the hash value mismatches the previously computed hash value.
US11206127B2
The disclosure disclosures a blockchain-based verifiable inter-domain routing validation method, which includes: constructing a blockchain-based verifiable inter-domain routing system consisting of a verifiable inter-domain routing and a routing behavior validation subsystem; constructing, by a sender router R1, a routing behavior validation terminal of an autonomous domain to which the R1 belongs, and the routing validation blockchain system, a routing evidence and a routing evidence validation proposal, validating and endorsing the proposal, determining whether the proposal satisfies an endorsement policy, generating a routing evidence transaction, conducting consensus ordering on the transaction and updating a routing validation blockchain; and constructing, by a receiver router T, a routing behavior validation terminal of an autonomous domain to which the T belongs, and the routing validation blockchain system, a routing request validation message and retrieving whether a routing evidence corresponding to the routing request exists.
US11206123B2
A method for synchronizing data collected by one or more sensors of an aerial vehicle includes: generating, by a controller of the aerial vehicle, one or more time stamps each representing a clock time of the controller; sending instruction information to one or more sensors external to the aerial vehicle; receiving a plurality of data packets returned from the one or more external sensors corresponding to a number of first clock times; obtaining data collected by a built-in sensor at a number of second clock times; and analyzing, according to the data packets returned by the external sensors and the data collected by the built-in sensor, a flight state of the aerial vehicle. The instruction information carries the one or more time stamps and directs the one or more external sensors to perform data collection. Each second clock time is the same as a corresponding first clock time.
US11206122B1
A Bluetooth receiver has an RF front end which has a gain control input, the RF front end converting wireless packets into a baseband signal which is coupled to the input of an analog to digital converter (ADC). A clock generator provides a clock coupled to the ADC, and an AGC processor performs an AGC process to provide a gain which places the baseband symbols in a range that is less than 90% of the input dynamic range of the ADC. When in a connected state, the clock generator provides a clock which is slower than is required to complete the AGC process during a preamble interval, and the AGC process uses a few initial bits of the address field. The remaining bits of the address field is compared with the corresponding address bits of the receiver to determine whether to receive the packet.
US11206115B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of configuring a reference signal to manage backhaul (BH) links in an integrated access and BH (IAB) is provided. The method includes providing channel measurement and reporting information, and using the channel measurement and reporting information to discover and maintain backup BH links.
US11206110B2
[Problem to be Solved] It is possible to achieve more appropriate retransmission control in wireless LAN systems. [Solution] There is provided a wireless LAN communication device including: a generator that generates a data frame for which a data unit in which an encoding process is performed and a data unit in which a retransmission process is performed are different from each other; and a transmission section that transmits the data frame. The encoding process makes it possible to determine whether or not decoding is successful.
US11206106B2
Provided is a data packet transmission method and device. The method includes: generating, by a first network element, first indication information according to a delivery status fed back by a second network element to the first network element, where the first indication information is used for instructing the second network element which has not successfully sent a data packet to a terminal to discard the data packet indicated by the first indication information. The present disclosure may solve the problem in the related art of unsynchronized data transmission in sending of a data packet to a terminal by a plurality of second network elements.
US11206105B2
A method for transmitting data includes: a terminal device obtains transmission control information of each network device among at least one network device, the transmission control information of each network device being used to indicate the state of a data duplication and transmission function configured by the corresponding network device for a first data radio bearer (DRB), the state being an active state or an inactive state; the terminal device updates a control variable according to the transmission control information of each network device, the control variable being used to maintain the states of the data duplication and transmission function configured by a plurality of network devices for the first DRB, the plurality of network devices including the at least one network device; and the terminal device controls the data duplication and transmission function of the first DRB according to the updated control variable.
US11206103B2
An apparatus and method for broadcast signal frame using a boundary between Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs) of a core layer are disclosed. An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a preamble for signaling time interleaver information corresponding to the time interleaver, the time interleaver uses one of time interleaver groups, and a boundary between the time interleaver groups is a boundary between Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs) of a core layer corresponding to the core layer signal.
US11206093B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a propagation path search method. In one embodiment, the method includes: defining a target three-dimensional object, where the target three-dimensional object is configured to describe full space; setting a signal transmission point in internal space of the target three-dimensional object to perform initial beam modeling of a signal point source, where the signal transmission point is used to transmit an initial beam; tracking the initial beam to determine a propagation manner generated by the initial beam in the three-dimensional object; and determining that a path corresponding to a target beam is an effective path when the target beam reaches a signal receiving point, where the target beam is included in the initial beam, or is obtained after the initial beam is split or changed.
US11206089B2
Embodiments herein describe a system that includes a first Faraday cage defining a first aperture through which a first conveyor extends, a first wirelessly controlled machine disposed in the first Faraday cage, where the first wirelessly controlled machine is configured to transmit control signals using a first frequency range, a second Faraday cage defining a second aperture through which a second conveyor extends, and a second wirelessly controlled machine disposed in the second Faraday cage where the first wirelessly controlled machine is configured to transmit control signals using the first frequency range. Further, a portion of at least one of the first Faraday cage and the second Faraday cage is disposed between the first and second apertures.
US11206088B2
A communication device is provided that estimates one or more disturbance values associated with one or more components of the communication device, and adjusts the communication device to change a received power of the output signal. The communication device includes a transmitter having a seed laser configured to provide an amount of bandwidth for an output signal, an Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) configured to increase an amplitude of the output signal, and a single mode variable optical attenuator (SMVOA) configured to decrease the amplitude of the output signal.
US11206087B2
Provided is an optical module comprising a plate-like metal stem and a semiconductor optical modulation element mounted to a dielectric substrate provided on one side of the metal stem, wherein the metal stem has a metal stem penetration section in which a metal lead pin is inserted coaxially in a penetration hole which is formed in the metal stem and a dielectric member is provided to fill the penetration hole around the outer circumference of the lead pin, and a signal for modulation is supplied to the semiconductor optical modulation element connected in parallel with a terminal matching circuit, from the other side of the metal stem via the metal stem penetration section, wherein the terminal matching circuit is configured by a series connecting body which is comprised of a first resistor and a parallel body which is comprised of a second resistor and a capacitor.
US11206086B2
[Problem] To allow addition of new functions to an optical module at a low cost. [Solution] An optical transceiver 11a includes a CPU 21 configured to perform download control of a program for executing an additional function to be newly added to the optical transceiver 11a, a wireless transmitting and receiving device 22 configured to receive, in accordance with the download control, the program from a terminal device 13 that stores various programs, and a memory unit 23 configured to store the program that is received. The CPU 21 is configured to perform, by interrupting a monitoring and control signal from a transmission device 12, control to write data related to transmission and reception processing of a Tx 25a and a Rx 26a in accordance with execution of the programs stored in the memory unit 23 in a storage area at a specific address of an EEPROM 24.
US11206084B2
[Problem] A signal distortion generated when a multi-level modulated optical signal is transmitted through an optical transmission path where optical amplifiers are scattered is suppressed and transmission quality is improved. [Solution] An optical transmission system 20 includes Tx 21a to Tx 21n configured to transmit a multi-level modulated optical signal 32 to an optical fiber 25, optical amplifiers 26a to 26f configured to amplify the optical signal 32 transmitted through the optical fiber 25, the optical amplifiers 26a to 26f being scattered on the optical fiber 25, and Rx 24a to Rx 24n configured to receive the amplified optical signal 32 via the optical fiber 25. A pre-dispersion compensation unit 27 of each of the Tx 21a to Tx 21n performs pre-dispersion compensation on the transmitted optical signal 32, based on a pre-dispersion compensation ratio for determining a percentage of dispersion compensation to be performed in advance on a wavelength dispersion to be accumulated in the optical fiber 25, with respect to the dispersion compensation to narrow a bandwidth to be widened by the wavelength dispersion during transmission of the optical signal 32 through the optical fiber 25.
US11206078B1
Satellites provide communication between devices such as user terminals and gateways to other networks, such as the Internet. Non-geosynchronous orbit satellites move relative to user terminals, passing in and out of communication over time. The user terminal itself may also move. Each satellite maintains a plurality of subbeams, each directed towards a different area on the Earth for a portion of an orbit. Based on a predicted location for the user terminal, a handover from a first subbeam to a second subbeam is determined. To minimize disruption due to the handover, communication resources associated with the second subbeam are allocated and provided to the user terminal and the satellite in advance. At the handover time, if the user terminal is within a threshold distance of the predicted location, the user terminal may transition to using the second subbeam. Otherwise, the user terminal may continue to use the first subbeam.
US11206074B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first wireless device may receive a first beam measurement report from a second wireless device, the first beam measurement report indicating a first set of beam measurements for a wireless channel between the first wireless device and the second wireless device. The first wireless device may transmit to the second wireless device a cluster validity metric for at least one beam in the first beam measurement report. The first wireless device may receive from the second wireless device, in response to transmitting the cluster validity metric, a second beam measurement report indicating a second set of beam measurements for the wireless channel. The first wireless device may select a beam for transmitting to the second wireless device based at least in part on the first and second beam measurement reports.
US11206070B2
A method performed by a wireless device (510, 700, 1100) is disclosed. The wireless device obtains (601) a configuration for a sub-band channel quality indicator (CQI) granularity and a sub-band precoding matrix indicator (PMI) granularity for the wireless device. The wireless device determines (602) channel state information (CSI) feedback according to the configured sub-band CQI granularity and the sub-band PMI granularity. The sub-band PMI granularity corresponds to a first sub-band size and the sub-band CQI granularity corresponds to a second sub-band size. The first sub-band size is smaller than the second sub-band size. The wireless device transmits (603), to a network node (560, 1000), the determined CSI feedback.
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Aspects of the disclosure relate to a transmitting device, which may explicitly or implicitly signal the use of continuous precoding for a resource block (RB) cluster. For example, the transmitting device may implicitly indicate that continuous precoding is applied to an RB cluster by dynamically controlling one or more parameters of a transmission over those RBs. Further, when continuous precoding is applied to an RB cluster, the transmitting device may explicitly or implicitly signal the dynamic control over one or more transmission properties, with an aim to maximize the benefits of such continuous precoding. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US11206063B2
[Object] To enable a cell appropriate for a terminal device to be selected when beamforming is performed. [Solution] Provided is a device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire multiple weight sets for beamforming; and a control unit configured to map a reference signal for measurement to radio resources associated with a weight set in advance for each weight set included in the multiple weight sets, and multiply the reference signal by the weight set.
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The present disclosure relates to wireless communication. A communication node first performs X first-type measurement(s) in a target time-frequency resource pool, the X first-type measurement(s) respectively being used for acquiring X first-type measurement value(s); performs a target second-type measurement; and transmits a first radio signal. The target time-frequency resource pool is one of Q alternative time-frequency resource pools, the Q alternative time-frequency resource pools respectively correspond to Q Rx parameter groups; an Rx parameter group of the Q Rx parameter groups corresponding to the target time-frequency resource pool is associated with a Tx parameter group for the first radio signal; the X first-type measurement(s) is(are) used for the target second-type measurement, a second measurement value acquired after performing the target second-type measurement is used for determining an MCS adopted by the first radio signal and radio resources occupied by the first radio signal.
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This disclosure describes techniques for operating an inductive coupling reader. The techniques include operations comprising: applying an excitation frequency to a resonance circuit of the inductive coupling reader; detecting a change to a resonance frequency of the resonance circuit of the inductive coupling reader; and in response to detecting the change to the resonance frequency of the inductive coupling reader, adjusting the excitation frequency being applied to the resonance circuit.
US11206060B2
Apparatus for communicating across an isolation barrier. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a transformer having a first winding disposed on a first side of a printed circuit board (PCB) and coupled to a first local ground, and a second winding disposed on a second side of the PCB, the second side opposite to the first side, and coupled to a second local ground; a transmitter coupled to the first winding; and a receiver, coupled the second winding, that generates an output signal based on a signal received from the transmitter.
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In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder is provided, comprising a modulator, a current sensor and a clock recovery circuit, wherein: the modulator is configured to modulate an unmodulated carrier signal received from an external RFID reader; the current sensor is configured to sense a current that flows through one or more transistors comprised in the modulator; and the clock recovery circuit is configured to recover a clock signal using the current sensed by the current sensor. In accordance with a second aspect of the present disclosure, a corresponding method of operating a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder is conceived.
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Some embodiments of the present inventive concept provide a system for maintaining clock synchronization including an ultra-wideband (UWB) transmitting system and a UWB receiving system. The high precision input clock at the transmitting system produces a high precision clock frequency. A message is sent from the transmitting system including a transmit time of the message in UWB transmitter clock units. The message is received at the UWB receiving system at an arrival time in UWB receiver clock units. A time of flight (ToF) and an oscillator offset is calculated based on the transmit time included in the message and the arrival time. A tuning register uses the calculated oscillator adjustment to adjust the low precision resonator to synchronize the low precision resonator with the high precision input clock at the UWB transmitting system.
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A communication method and a communications device are provided, to improve flexibility of transmitting a physical uplink shared channel resource. In at least some embodiments, first indication information is generated by a network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate one or more frequency hopping bandwidths used by a terminal device to send a physical uplink shared channel resource to the network device. The first indication information is sent by the network device to the terminal device. The methods provided in the embodiments may be applied to a communications system, e.g., vehicle to everything (V2X), vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), internet of vehicles (IoV), to improve an autonomous driving capability of a vehicle.
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An encoder and decoder using LDPC-CC which avoid lowering the transmission efficiency of information while not deteriorating error correction performance, even at termination; and an encoding method of the same. A termination sequence length determining unit determines the sequence length of a termination sequence transmitted added to the end of an information sequence, according to the information length (information size) and encoding rate of the information sequence. A parity calculation unit carries out LDPC-CC coding on the information sequence and the known-information sequence necessary for generating a termination sequence of the determined termination sequence length, and calculates a parity sequence.
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An operating method of a memory controller is provided. The operating method includes receiving a first read data and a second conversion information, the second conversion information including data obtained by converting a second read data based on a linear operation, and the first read data and the second read data including data read from same memory cells; converting the first read data based on the linear operation to generate a first conversion information; performing a logical operation on the first conversion information and the second conversion information to generate an operation information; performing an inverse operation of the linear operation on the operation information to generate a reliability information; and correcting an error of the first read data based on the first read data and the reliability information.
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An apparatus for determining a bit index for a parity bit of a polar codeword is disclosed. Each index of a polar codeword may have an associated weight and an associated reliability value. The apparatus may compare the weights and reliability values of a group of bit indices in parallel to determine a bit index of the group associated with the lowest weight and highest reliability value. Additional groups may be processed until all of the bit indices of the polar codeword have been examined and the bit index with the lowest weight and highest reliability value is identified.
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Techniques described herein may relate to providing a programmable interconnect network (e.g., a programmable network-on-chip (NOC)). A method may include determining a transmission parameter, bonding one or more channels of an interconnect network based at least in part on the transmission parameter, and power-gating any unused channels after the bonding.
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A skew compensation circuit includes a skew detection circuit configured to generate skew detection signals by detecting a skew characteristic of a basic logic element constituting a semiconductor apparatus, a skew compensation signal generation circuit configured to generate a skew compensation signal by comparing the skew detection signals and a plurality of reference voltages, a variable delay circuit configured to generate a compensation signal by delaying an input signal by a delay time varied according to the skew compensation signal, and a reference voltage generation circuit configured to generate the plurality of reference voltages of which offset components are compensated for according to variations of a temperature and an external voltage.
