US11208753B2
A laundry machine and a washing process allow the storage of water from prior washes, in order to minimize the consumption of water destined for laundry washing. According to an embodiment, the laundry machine includes an impeller (201); a wash tub (202); a mechanical and/or electric drive element of the impeller and of the tub; and at least a tank (203) encircling the wash tub. There is additionally a reservoir (300) in fluid communication (250) with the tank and disposed below the tank and the wash tub and encircling, at least partially, the mechanical and/or electric drive element of the impeller and the tub.
US11208747B2
An embroidery frame includes a mounting portion to be mounted on a sewing machine and a frame portion. The frame portion has a first frame, a hinge portion, a second frame, a first clamping portion, and a second clamping portion. The first frame is connected to the mounting portion. The hinge portion is connected to one end of the first frame. The second frame is connected at one end to the hinge portion such that the second frame is able to rotate with respect to the first frame. The first clamping portion is configured to clamp the first sewing object together with the first frame while the second frame is open with respect to the first frame. The second clamping portion is configured to clamp the second sewing object together with the second frame while the second frame is open with respect to the first frame.
US11208738B2
The present invention concerns a multifilament fibre comprising at least one polymer comprising a polyester, and at least one filler comprising calcium carbonate. The present invention further relates to a process of producing such a multifilament fibre as well as the use of calcium carbonate as filler in a multifilament fibre comprising at least one polymer comprising a polyester.
US11208735B2
A method for controlling fiber cross-alignment in a nanofiber membrane, comprising: providing a multiple segment collector in an electrospinning device including a first and second segment electrically isolated from an intermediate segment positioned between the first and second segment, collectively presenting a cylindrical structure, rotating the cylindrical structure around a longitudinal axis proximate to an electrically charged fiber emitter; electrically grounding or charging edge conductors circumferentially resident on the first and second segment, maintaining intermediate collector electrically neutral; dispensing electrospun fiber toward the collector, the fiber attaching to edge conductors and spanning the separation space between edge conductors; attracting electrospun fiber attached to the edge conductors to the surface of the cylindrical structure, forming a first fiber layer; increasing or decreasing rotation speed of the cylindrical structure to alter the angular cross-alignment relationship between aligned nanofibers in adjacent layers, the rotation speed being altered to achieve a target relational angle.
US11208725B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a rotary table comprising a base plate having a front surface where at least one suction hole is provided and an attraction plate having a front surface contacted with a non-processing surface of a substrate to attract the substrate, a rear surface contacted with the front surface of the base plate, and at least one through hole through which the front surface and the rear surface are connected; a rotation driving device configured to rotate the rotary table around a rotation axis; and a suction device configured to act a suction force on the suction hole, to contact the base plate with the attraction plate by acting the suction force between the base plate and the attraction plate, and to firmly contact the attraction plate with the substrate by acting the suction force between the attraction plate and the substrate through the through hole.
US11208719B2
Provided is an SiC composite substrate 10 having a monocrystalline SiC layer 12 on a polycrystalline SiC substrate 11, wherein: some or all of the interface at which the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11 and the monocrystalline SiC layer 12 are in contact is an unmatched interface I12/11 that is not lattice-matched; the monocrystalline SiC layer 12 has a smooth obverse surface and has, on the side of the interface with the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11, a surface that has more pronounced depressions and projections than the obverse surface; and the close-packed plane (lattice plane 11p) of the crystals of the polycrystalline SiC in the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11 is randomly oriented with reference to the direction of a normal to the obverse surface of the monocrystalline SiC layer 12. The present invention improves the adhesion between the polycrystalline SiC substrate and the monocrystalline SiC layer.
US11208712B2
There is provided a galvanized steel sheet more highly excellent in terms of punchability. The steel sheet has a specified chemical composition and a microstructure including a ferrite phase and a tempered bainite phase in a total amount of 95% or more in terms of area ratio, in which the average grain diameter of the microstructure is 5.0 μm or less, the amount of Fe precipitated is 0.10 mass % or more, the amount of Ti, Nb, and V precipitated in the form of precipitates having a grain diameter of less than 20 nm is 0.025 mass % or more in terms of precipitate C equivalent, and half or more of precipitates having a grain diameter of less than 20 nm are formed at random.
US11208709B2
Provided are a high-strength steel sheet having a yield strength of 550 MPa or higher and having a small amount of springback and width-direction uniformity in material properties as well as a manufacturing method therefor. The high-strength steel sheet has a yield strength (YP) of 550 MPa or higher and has a specific component composition and a microstructure containing a ferrite phase, 40 to 70% of a martensite phase in area ratio, and 5 to 30% of a bainite phase in area ratio, where: an average grain size of the martensite phase is 2 to 8 μm and an average grain size of the ferrite phase is 11 μm or less on a cross-section in the thickness direction and in a direction orthogonal to a rolling direction; and the average grain size of the ferrite phase is 3.0 times or less the average grain size of martensite.
US11208705B2
A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet which is a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more has a predetermined chemical component composition, a metallographic microstructure of the steel sheet contains, by area ratio, ferrite and granular bainite: 10% or more and 50% or less in total, one or both of upper bainite and lower bainite: 10% or more and 50% or less in total, tempered martensite: more than 0% and 30% or less, retained austenite: 5% or more, and one or more of pearlite, cementite, and martensite: 0% to 10% in total, and an area ratio of the ferrite with respect to a total area ratio of the ferrite and the granular bainite is 25% or less.
US11208703B2
A nickel-containing steel for low temperature service having a determined chemical composition of a Ni content of from 5.0 to 8.0%, in which the volume fraction of retained austenite in a region of 1.5 mm from a surface in the thickness direction is from 3.0 to 20.0% by volume, and the ratio of the hardness in a region of 1.0 mm from a surface in the thickness direction to the hardness in a region of ¼ of the thickness from a surface in the thickness direction is 1.1 or less, and a low-temperature tank using the nickel-containing steel for low temperature service.
US11208697B2
The present invention relates to methods, systems and kits for the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of bladder cancer in a subject. The invention also provides biomarkers that define subgroups of bladder cancer, clinically useful classifiers for distinguishing bladder cancer subtypes, bioinformatic methods for determining clinically useful classifiers, and methods of use of each of the foregoing. The methods, systems and kits can provide expression-based analysis of biomarkers for purposes of subtyping bladder cancer in a subject. Further disclosed herein, in certain instances, are probe sets for use in subtyping bladder cancer in a subject. Classifiers for subtyping a bladder cancer are provided. Methods of treating bladder cancer based on molecular subtyping are also provided.
US11208696B2
A method for identifying a tumor that is susceptible to treatment with a TTK inhibitor, including: a) providing a sample of a tumor; b) determining the presence of a mutated CTNNB1 gene in the sample, wherein the mutation is located in exon 3 of CTNNB1 and the presence of a mutated CTNNB1 gene indicates the tumor is susceptible to treatment with a TTK inhibitor. Alternatively, step b) is replaced by the step of determining the presence of a mutated CTNNB1 protein in the sample, wherein the mutation is located in exon 3 of CTNNB1 and the presence of a mutated CTNNB1 protein indicates the tumor is susceptible to treatment with a TTK inhibitor. In a further alternative, step b) includes determining an altered expression of a CTNNB1 regulated gene, whereby an altered expression of a CTNNB1 regulated gene indicates the tumor is susceptible to treatment with a TTK inhibitor.
US11208691B2
This invention provides novel azido linkers for deoxynucleotide analogues having a detectable marker attached thereto.
US11208688B2
Methods, compositions and kits for capturing, detecting and quantifying mature small RNAs are provided herein. Embodiments of the methods comprise ligating 5′ and 3′ ligation adaptors to the 5′ and 3′ ends of the mature small RNAs, respectively, in the presence of 5′ and 3′ semi-degenerate ligation splints to generate a ligation product. Other embodiments comprise reverse transcribing polyadenylated mature small RNA with a universal reverse transcription primer and ligating an adaptor to the 3′ end of the cDNA in the presence of a semi-degenerate ligation splint to generate a cDNA ligation product.
US11208686B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a reagent for extracting/amplifying a nucleic acid of a nucleic acid extraction target, the reagent being characterized in that a nucleic acid is conveniently extracted quickly and efficiently from the nucleic acid extraction target and inhibition of a nucleic acid amplification reaction is minimized, and the problem of providing a method for extracting or amplifying a nucleic acid using said reagent. The problems are solved by using a kit for extracting and amplifying a nucleic acid of a nucleic acid extraction target from a sample containing the nucleic acid extraction target, the kit including (i) a nucleic acid extraction reagent containing at least a surfactant having a steroid skeleton, (ii) γ-cyclodextrin having a C1-4 hydroxyalkyl group, and (iii) a nucleic acid amplification reagent.
US11208681B2
Methods for incorporation of unique bowtie-barcodes into a nucleic acid origami nanostructure (FIG. 1). In particular, provided herein are methods that facilitate pairing and analysis of nucleic acids from individual cells using, for example, high-throughput next-generation sequencing.
US11208666B2
The present invention provides for a polypeptide capable of dominant suppression of a first naturally occurring IRX10, wherein the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 70% identity as compared to a second naturally occurring IRX10 wherein the polypeptide comprises one or more of the conserved amino acid indicated in FIG. 2 substituted with a different amino acid residue.
US11208641B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US11208635B2
The invention provides novel compositions with polymerase activity and methods of using the compositions.
US11208633B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to an immunogenic composition that includes a mutant Clostridium difficile toxin A and/or a mutant Clostridium difficile toxin B. The mutant toxin may include a glucosyltransferase domain having at least one mutation and a cysteine protease domain having at least one mutation, relative to the corresponding wild-type C. difficile toxin. The mutant toxins may include at least one amino acid that is chemically crosslinked. In another aspect, the invention relates to methods and compositions for use in culturing Clostridium difficile and in producing C. difficile toxins.
US11208630B2
Provided herein are methods of improving rAAV production in cells, the method comprising increasing the salt concentration in the media in which the cells are infected or transfected, cultured, or in which they produce AAV. Aspects of the disclosure relate to improved methods of rAAV production by co-infecting suspension adapted cells (e.g., suspension adapted HEK293 cells) with viruses that encode one or more AAV components for producing rAAV particles within the suspension adapted cells.
US11208629B2
This application relates to non-human primate (NHP) induced pluripotent stem cell (IPSC)-derived hepatocytes, for example, Cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes, and methods of producing the same. Moreover, this application relates to methods of using NHP IPSC-derived hepatocytes for drug screening, drug safety assessment and in models of infection.
US11208623B2
A disposable polymer container for manipulation of small specimens adapted to optimize heat transfer between an external heating element and specimens herein contained. In particular, this invention relates to the field of containers for Assisted Reproductive Technology hereunder In-vitro fertilization (IVF).
US11208619B2
A low dose of borax and of liquid detergent is delivered to wash water in a multi-chamber single dose unit containing borax in a powder chamber and a liquid detergent in a liquid chamber. The treatment removes proteinaceous stains without a proteinase enzyme.
US11208614B2
Cleaning compositions that include esteramines. Related methods of preparation and use.
US11208610B2
Provided is a lubricating oil composition containing a base oil (A) and an amine-based antioxidant (B), wherein the component (B) contains a phenyl-naphthylamine (B1), an alkylphenyl-naphthylamine (B2) and a di(alkylphenyl)amine (B3), the content of the component (B1) is 2.0 to 10.0% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the total amount of the component (B), the content of the component (B2) is 40.0 to 90.0% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the total amount of the component (B), and the content of the component (B3) is 8.0 to 50.0% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the total amount of the component (B). The lubricating oil composition maintains excellent oxidation stability even in long-term use in high-temperature environments, and has an excellent lifetime and is excellent also in a sludge preventing effect.
US11208596B2
The present invention is to provide an optical film having optically anisotropic layer having excellent durability, and a polarizing plate and an image display device using the same. An optical film of the present invention is an optical film having at least an optically anisotropic layer, in which the optically anisotropic layer is a layer obtained by polymerizing a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a predetermined liquid crystal compound and a polymerization initiator, and an extrapolated glass transition starting temperature of the optically anisotropic layer is 70° C. or higher.
US11208589B2
Described herein are methods for controlling or limiting the deposition of inorganic sulfide scale in wellbore operations. In some cases, method can include introducing a treatment fluid including a cationic polymeric quaternary amine or a polyethyleneimine polymer into a treatment area of a wellbore having metal cations, such as iron, zinc, and/or lead cations, and sulfide anions and contacting the metal cations and sulfide anions with the treatment fluid to reduce or prevent formation of metal sulfide particles in the treatment area. The polymers can include poly(methacrylamido-4,4,8,8-tetramethyl-4,8-diaza-6-hydroxylnonamethylene dichloride), poly(vinylbenzyl trimethyl ammonium chloride), polydimethyldiallyl ammonium chloride, or quaternized ammonium salt polyethyleneimine.
US11208587B2
A stabilized composition for use as a well fluid is provided. The stabilized composition includes a brine, a polyol, the polyol in an amount operable to inhibit solid formation, the polyol further operable to dissolve within the brine; and a stabilization compound, the stabilization compound operable to stabilize the polyol, such that the polyol does not degrade at a bottom hole temperature.
US11208586B2
A method of using a suppression factor fluid during a well activity is provided. The method comprising the steps of introducing a suppression factor fluid into a wellbore, the suppression factor fluid comprising an untreated monovalent brine; and a suppression sugar alcohol, the suppression sugar alcohol in an amount operable to achieve a suppression factor, wherein a density upper limitation of the suppression factor fluid is greater than the density upper limitation of the monovalent brine; and completing the well activity in the wellbore, such that the suppression sugar alcohol inhibits crystallization during the well activity.
US11208585B2
A method of using a suppression factor fluid during a well activity is provided. The method comprising the steps of introducing a suppression factor fluid into a wellbore, the suppression factor fluid comprising an untreated divalent brine, and a suppression sugar alcohol, the suppression sugar alcohol in an amount operable to achieve a suppression factor of at least 0.1, wherein a density upper limitation of the suppression factor fluid is greater than the density upper limitation of the divalent brine; wherein the suppression factor fluid is in the absence of zinc; and completing the well activity in the wellbore, such that the suppression sugar alcohol inhibits crystallization during the well activity.
US11208575B2
A process for creating an assembly with a pressure sensitive adhesive includes the application of a light curable composition to a first substrate of the assembly. The light curable composition is cured with a single light exposure step to form a fully polymerized pressure sensitive adhesive. The resulting pressure sensitive adhesive is brought into contact with to a second substrate with sufficient force to bond the second substrate to the first substrate to complete the assembly with the pressure sensitive adhesive.
US11208574B2
Articles comprising: a molded substrate comprising one or more polycarbonate resins or blends of polycarbonate and polyester resins containing polydimethyl siloxanes modified with one or more of acrylate, hydroxyl or epoxy groups and disposed on the surface or a portion of the surface of the substrate is a cured silicone rubber; wherein the one or more polycarbonate resins or blends of polycarbonate and polyester resins contain the modified polydimethyl siloxanes in sufficient amount such that the peel strength is increased. Compositions comprising one or more polycarbonate resins or blends of polycarbonate and polyester resins containing polydimethyl siloxanes modified with one or more of acrylate, hydroxyl or epoxy groups in an amount of about 0.1 to less than 1.0 percent by weight. Methods for preparing the articles are disclosed.
US11208569B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to ink compositions suitable for applications in the printing industry, for example continuous inkjet printing, including ultra-high speed continuous inkjet printing. The ink compositions use volatile organic solvents, a colorant, and one or more binder resins including a resin that is a phenolic resole resin, wherein the ink composition is free of methanol, halogens, halogenated compounds and bisphenol-A. A phenolic resole resin of the ink composition preferably contains less than 0.1% by weight of free formaldehyde. The one or more binder resins including the phenolic resole resin may be present in an amount that is from about 5% to about 30% by weight of the ink composition.
US11208567B2
The present invention relates to an emeraldine base composite, its preparation, and use as an effective anticorrosive pigment additive for corrosion inhibition. The emeraldine base composite comprises an insulating form of polyaniline or its derivatives adhered to an inorganic or organic material substrate such that the emeraldine base covers from about 1-100% surface of the material. Inter alia, the emeraldine base composite can be added to a coating as an anticorrosive pigment additive that inhibits corrosion and as a filler material that increases strength and barrier properties of coating.
US11208558B2
In accordance with at least certain embodiments of the present invention, a novel concept of utilizing PIMS minerals as a filler component within a microporous lead-acid battery separator is provided. In accordance with more particular embodiments or examples, the PIMS mineral (preferably fish meal, a bio-mineral) is provided as at least a partial substitution for the silica filler component in a silica filled lead acid battery separator (preferably a polyethylene/silica separator formulation). In accordance with at least selected embodiments, the present invention is directed to new or improved batteries, separators, components, and/or compositions having heavy metal removal capabilities and/or methods of manufacture and/or methods of use thereof.
US11208553B2
Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent electrical properties, and the thermoplastic resin composition comprises: (A) 100 parts by weight of polycarbonate; (B) 2 parts by weight to 6 parts by weight of a cyclic phosphazene compound flame retardant; (C) 0.1 parts by weight to 5 parts by weight of an impact-reinforcing agent; and (D) 1 part by weight to 3 parts by weight of a fluorinated polyolefin.
US11208551B2
A polymer composition is presented and described and includes, based on the total weight of the polymer composition, the following components: a. from 15 to 70% by weight of PLLA, b. from 0.1 to 15% by weight of PDLA, c. from 5 to 40% by weight of polyester, and d. from 5 to 40% by weight of organic or inorganic filler. These polymer compositions can be biodegradable, comprise mainly bio-based carbon, and have an increased heat deflection temperature. These polymer compositions can moreover be used in specific processes in order to produce molded parts, films, or fibers which by virtue of their high heat deflection temperature can also be used as containers for coffee-preparation systems.
US11208550B2
There is provided a composition (C) comprising a modified PVA (A) and a compound (B), wherein the modified PVA (A) contains 0.01 mol % or more and less than 2 mol % of double bonds derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof in side chains; the compound (B) is a compound having a conjugated double bond and two or more hydroxy groups bonded to the conjugated double bond, or a salt or oxide thereof; and a content of the compound (B) in the composition (C) is 0.001 parts by mass or more and less than 5 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the modified PVA (A). The composition (C) has excellent hue, contains less insolubles in water, and has excellent water solubility.
US11208549B2
Provided is a vinyl chloride resin composition that enables production of a vinyl chloride resin molded product having a desired dark color tone and excellent heat shielding. The vinyl chloride resin composition contains a vinyl chloride resin (a), a plasticizer (b), and a heat-shielding pigment (c). The heat-shielding pigment (c) has an L* value of not lower than 18.0 and not higher than 70.0 in the L*a*b* color system and exhibits a spectral reflectance curve on which a wavelength where reflectance is 20% or more is present in a wavelength region of 800 nm to 2400 nm.
US11208536B2
The present invention relates to blowing agent compositions comprising at least one hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) selected from cis- and/or trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234ze) and at least one hydrochlorofluoroolefin (HCFO) selected from cis- and/or trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233zd) used in the preparation of foamable thermoplastic compositions. The blowing agent compositions are useful in the production of low density insulating foams with improved k-factor.
US11208533B2
A flame-retardant and abrasion-resistant composite is provided, and includes a nano-porous material and a polymer. The nano-porous material includes a plurality of powder having a particle size of less than 20 micrometers. A specific surface area of the powder is 50 to 3,000 m2/g. An amount of the powder is 50 parts per million to 30 wt %. The nano-porous material is dispersedly bound to the polymer and a limiting oxygen index of the composite is greater than or equal to 24%.
US11208529B2
To provide a fluorinated ether compound capable of forming a surface layer excellent in fingerprint stain removability and abrasion resistance as before and more excellent in light resistance than ever. A fluorinated ether compound represented by A1—O—(Rf1O)m—A2, wherein A1 is a perfluoroalkyl group or the like, A2 is —Q1[—C(R11)b(R12)3−b]a or the like, Rf1 is a fluoroalkylene group, m is from 2 to 500, Q1 is a a+1 valent organic group, R11 is —Q2—Si(R21)c(R22)d(R23)e, R12 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or the like, a is an integer of from 1 to 3, b is 2 or 3, Q2 is a single bond or a bivalent organic group, R21 is —Q3—Si(R31)3−g(R32)g, R22 is an alkyl group, R23 is a hydrolyzable group or a hydroxy group, c, d and e are from 0 to 3, c+d+e is 3, c in at last one R11 among a plurality of R11 is 2 or 3, Q3 is a bivalent organic group, R31 is an alkyl group, R32 is a hydrolyzable group or a hydroxy group, and g is from 1 to 3.
US11208527B2
The present invention provides water soluble photoactive macromolecular complexes and methods for detecting an analyte in a sample by using a binding agent conjugated to a water soluble photoactive macromolecule.
US11208524B2
An embodiment of the invention provides an anionic/non-ionic water based polymer comprising polyurethane and polyurea. The polymer is approximately 30 to 40 weight percent non-volatile and has a viscosity of between approximately 1400 and 1500 cps. Also provided is a method for producing an anion/non-ionic water based polyurethane/polyurea polymer, the method comprising heating dimethylolpropionic acid; combining the dimethylolproprionic acid with heated PEG to create a slurry; adding isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) to the slurry to create a mixture; and heating the mixture in the presence of a catalyst. The prepolymer is then salted out after catalyst is added and reaction complete. This salted prepolymer is then added to ethylene diamine in water to chain extend and promote water solubility. Also provided is a film comprising the polymer.
US11208515B2
(EN) The invention relates to the field involved in the production of aqueous compositions comprising rheology modifying agents, in particular the production of aqueous detergent or cosmetic compositions having improved, thickening and clarity properties, as well as good suspension properties. In particular, the invention relates to a rheology modifying agent which is a copolymer obtained by means of polymerisation of at least one crosslinking monomer with at least one anionic monomer comprising at least one polymerisable ethylenic unsaturation and at least one hydrophobic non-ionic monomer comprising at least one polymerisable ethylenic unsaturation.
US11208505B2
A catalyst composition for selectively hydrogenating a conjugated diene polymer in a homogeneous system is provided, wherein the conjugated diene polymer comprises a conjugated diene monomer or a combination of a conjugated diene monomer and a vinyl aromatic monomer. The catalyst composition includes the catalyst components of (a) a titanium compound; (b) an organometallic compound; and (c) an oligomer containing a polyglycol segment. The hydrogenated polymer produced using the catalyst composition and the method thereof is also provided.
US11208501B2
The present invention relates to a process for depleting epoxide species in epoxy-crosslinked polysaccharide gel compositions. In addition, the present invention relates to crosslinked polysaccharide gel compositions made by said process and their use in cosmetic and therapeutic applications.
US11208484B2
Disclosed is the use of a combination of an anti-PD-1 antibody and a VEGFR inhibitor in the preparation of a drug for treating cancers.
US11208474B2
A method of treating psoriasis in a patient previously treated with and determined to be an inadequate responder to an IL-12/23p40 antibody by administering an IL-23 specific antibody, e.g., guselkumab, in a safe and effective amount and the patient achieves PASI75, PASI90, PASI100 or IGA 0 or 1 score as measured 16, 24, 32, 40 and 48 weeks after initial treatment.
US11208470B2
Disclosed herein is a composition including a recombinant nucleic acid sequence that encodes an antibody. Also disclosed herein is a method of generating a synthetic antibody in a subject by administering the composition to the subject. The disclosure also provides a method of preventing and/or treating disease in a subject using said composition and method of generation.
US11208468B2
Compositions and methods for treating melanoma are provided. Compositions include BRAFV600E-based peptides, alone or admixed with T helper peptides. Other compositions include nucleic acid sequences encoding the BRAFV600E-based peptides, alone or admixed with nucleic acid sequences T helper peptides. Dendritic cells pretreated with the BRAFV600E-based peptides, alone or admixed with T helper peptides, are also provided. These compositions are useful to treat melanoma, optionally co-administered with antibodies to checkpoint inhibitors or molecules that mimic the action of such antibodies.
US11208461B2
The present invention concerns the use of interleukin-8 (IL-8) as a biomarker for predicting the outcome of the treatment with aflibercept, or ziv-aflibercept of a patient suspected to suffer from a cancer.
US11208457B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for high throughout cloning of fused bipartite immunoreceptor polynucleotides encoding cognate pairs of bipartite immunoreceptors. Also provided herein are various applications of the fused bipartite immunoreceptor polynucleotides, expression vectors containing the fused bipartite immunoreceptor polynucleotides, or cells containing the fused bipartite immunoreceptor polynucleotides or expression vectors.
US11208455B2
Novel therapeutic immunotherapy compositions comprising at least two vectors, each vector encoding a functional CAR, whereby the combination of vectors results in the expression of two or more non-identical binding domains, wherein each vector encoded binding domain(s) are covalently linked to a transmembrane domain and one or more non-identical intracellular signaling motifs are provided herein as well as are methods of use of same in a patient-specific immunotherapy that can be used to treat cancers and other diseases and conditions.
US11208454B2
The present invention relates to chimeric immune receptor molecules for reducing or eliminating tumors. The chimeric receptors are composed a C-type lectin-like natural killer cell receptor, or a protein associated therewith, fused to an immune signaling receptor containing an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif. Methods for using the chimeric receptors are further provided.
US11208451B2
The present invention relates to the field of biopharmaceuticals, and in particular to a protein, a protein conjugate, a pharmaceutical composition and its use for treating diabetes. The fusion protein of the present invention is obtained by linking two polypeptides, wherein one polypeptide is an interleukin-1 receptor antagonistic protein or an analogue thereof, and another polypeptide is GLP-1 receptor binding polypeptide or an analogue thereof, or an insulin receptor binding polypeptide or an analogue thereof, or a GIP receptor binding polypeptide or an analogue thereof. The fusion proteins of the present invention and conjugates thereof have a significant efficacy in treating diabetes, and can be used in a lower dose, resulting in marked reduction in side effects.
US11208446B2
Single chain peptides comprising either a cell penetrating HIV-TAT peptide sequence and a MYB:CBP complex interfering peptide sequence from MYB, or comprising a cell penetrating HIV-TAT peptide sequence, a CBP binding peptide sequence from CREB and a MYB:CBP complex interfering peptide sequence from MYB, are provided for use in preventing MYB:CBP complex formation and downstream events leading to cancer, in particular a leukemia. Both L-amino acid single chain peptides and retro-inverso single chain peptides are provided.
US11208443B2
The present invention provides peptides comprising a sequence derived from the human NAF-1 protein, analogs of said sequence or a retro-inverso sequence of said peptide or analog. The conjugates of such peptides are provided as well. The peptides and the conjugates of the present invention are useful in treating cancer, and in particular cancer in which the expression of NAF-1 is enhanced.
US11208439B2
The present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising a mutant fragment of an outer surface protein A (OspA), a nucleic acid coding the same, a pharmaceutical composition (particularly for use as a medicament of in a method of treating or preventing a Borrelia infection) comprising the polypeptide and/or the nucleic acid, a method of treating or preventing a Borrelia infection and a method of immunizing a subject.
US11208437B2
The present disclosure relates generally to bacterial delivery vehicles for use in efficient transfer of a desired payload into a target bacterial cell. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to bacterial delivery vehicles with desired host ranges based on the presence of a chimeric receptor binding protein (RBP) composed of a fusion between the N-terminal region of a RBP derived from a lambda-like bacteriophage and the C-terminal region of a different RBP, and/or the presence of an engineered branched receptor binding multi-subunit polypeptides (“branched-RBP”).
US11208436B2
Provided are populations of polypeptides, wherein each member of the population of polypeptides includes or is an amino sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 6. Also provided are methods for identifying polypeptides that bind to pre-selected target molecules, which in some embodiments can include providing a population of polypeptides as described herein, contacting the population of polypeptides with a pre-selected target molecule, and identifying a complex comprising at least one member of the population of polypeptides bound to the pre-selected target molecule; and populations of nucleic acid molecules that encode the presently disclosed populations of polypeptides.
US11208431B2
Provided are a novel internal standard useful in the measurement of androgens, a method capable of measuring the androgen in a highly selective and highly sensitive (accurate) manner using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry with simplified pretreatments, and a method for diagnosis of a disease using the androgen measurement method. The novel stable isotope-labeled compound is synthesized by performing reduction reaction in a specific solvent. An androgen is measured using this novel stable isotope-labeled compound as an IS.
US11208430B2
The present invention is directed to modified oligonucleotides having the following Formula (I) wherein one or more of phosphate groups are substituted at phosphorus, and methods for their synthesis. The modified oligonucleotides are useful for diagnostic applications involving sequence specific recognition of a nucleic acid and for use in a method of medical treatment.
US11208429B2
The present invention provides a modified nucleic acid monomer compound having a specific backbone such as 2-ethylglycerol or methoxymethyl-1,3-propanediol backbone instead of a ribose or deoxyribose backbone of a nucleoside, and an oligonucleic acid analogue containing the monomer compound as at least one of building blocks. The oligonucleic acid analogue containing the nucleic acid monomer compound of the present invention allows provision of an oligonucleic acid analogue having excellent biological stability and/or target gene silencing activity.
US11208428B2
A method for producing P1,P4-di(uridine 5′-)tetraphosphate (UP4U) that can avoid reduction of the synthetic efficiency without using UTP free is developed. A method for producing UP4U comprising reacting a phosphoric acid-activating compound represented by formula [II] or [III] with a phosphoric acid compound selected from the group consisting of UMP, UDP, UTP and a pyrophosphoric acid or a salt thereof (excluding UTP free) in water or a hydrophilic organic solvent, in the presence of a metal ion selected from the group consisting of an iron (II) ion, an iron (III) ion, a trivalent aluminum ion, a trivalent lanthanum ion, and a trivalent cerium ion. where, in the formula [II], R1 represents a uridyl group binding to the 5′-position, X represents a heterocyclic group, and n represents an integer of 1 or 2, where, in the formula [III], X represents a heterocyclic group selected from the group consisting of an imidazolyl group, a benzimidazolyl group, and a 1,2,4-triazolyl group.
US11208414B2
The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds having CD73 inhibitory activity and pharmaceutical preparations thereof. The invention further relates to methods of treating or preventing cancer using the novel heterocyclic compounds of the invention.
US11208399B2
The present invention relates to novel pyridazin-3-yl phenol compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and Z are defined herein, which inhibit NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activity. The invention further relates to the processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments containing them, and their use in the treatment of diseases and disorders mediated by NLRP3.
US11208389B2
This invention is directed to compositions, methods and kits that can be used for reducing cell viability, inducing cell apoptosis, and inhibiting cell proliferation, such as for the treatment of cancer. The invention is also directed to compositions, methods and kits that can be used for treating inflammatory conditions, such as by modulating inflammatory cytokines.
US11208387B2
Provided herein are antibacterial compounds, wherein the compounds in some embodiments have broad spectrum bioactivity. In various embodiments, the compounds act by inhibition of bacterial type 1 signal peptidases SpsB and/or LepB, an essential protein in bacteria. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment using the compounds described herein are also provided.
US11208372B2
Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) (R1OOC)a—R2(OH)c—COO—(CnH2n—O)m—OC—R3(OH)d—(COOR4)b (I) wherein R1 and R4 independently of one another are hydrogen, a metal cation, an ammonium cation, C1-C6-alkyl, cycloalkyl with three to nine ring carbon atoms, aryl with five to ten ring carbon atoms, aryl that is substituted with one or two alkyl groups, aryl that is connected via an alkylene group with the carboxyl group, —(CnH2n—O)m—H or —O—R2(COOR1)a+1, R2 and R3 independently of one another are aliphatic hydrocarbon residues with one to eight carbon atoms, a and b independently of one another are integers from 1 to 4, c is an integer from 0 to 4, d is an integer from 1 to 4, n is 2, 3 or 4, and m is 1, 2, 3 or 4, with the proviso that R1 and R4 may be different within a molecule within the given definitions. These compounds are characterized by a very good complexation power for metal cations and can be used in detergents and cleaning agents, in oil extraction and for water softening.
US11208360B2
Compositions of a slow-release nitrogen-containing fertilizer and iron chelated to an aminopolycarboxylic acid or a polycarboxylic acid. The composition can be useful as a fertilizer for rapid greening of turfgrass.
US11208344B2
A textured glass article that includes: a glass substrate comprising a thickness, a primary surface and a bulk composition at the midpoint of the thickness; and a textured region defined by the primary surface and comprising a textured region composition. The textured region comprises a sparkle of 2% or less. Further, the bulk composition comprises about 40 mol % to 80 mol % silica and the textured region composition comprises at least about 40 mol % silica.
US11208338B2
A system containing a reactor vessel including zero valent iron media, a source of a conditioning additive, a source of a reaction additive, and a process control subsystem is disclosed. A method for reducing a concentration of one or more contaminants in contaminated water including contacting zero valent iron media with a conditioning additive, contacting contaminated water with conditioned zero valent iron media, and introducing a reaction additive is also disclosed. The conditioning additive and reaction additive may each contain an aluminum salt.
US11208332B2
Methods and compositions for improving performance of flocculants in an industrial production process. Methods include pH triggered cross-linking reaction between a flocculating agent, such as dextran, and a composition comprising a boronic acid-containing polymer. The pH trigger can be provided by a fluid having a pH of 8 or more. The production process can be a Bayer Process and the fluid is caustic liquor or slurry in the fluid circuit of the Bayer, wherein the reaction time is reduced over conventional methods and the cross-linked dextran composition effectuates improved flocculation of the trihydrate particles.
US11208325B2
The invention relates to the field of inorganic chemistry and presents a new class of acids and their salts, in particular, a class of halogenoid acids with a general formula HmXO(V+m-n)/2Han, where X is a non-metal of group 4, 5 or 6 of the periodic table of elements, V is its valence in the compound, Ha is a halogen, which may find application in chemical treatment of materials, as a part of fertilizers or insecticides in agriculture, in medicine, etc. In particular, the object of the invention is a fluoro-nitric acid of the formula H2NO3F with the structural formula In particular, the object of the invention is a chloro-nitric acid of the formula H2NO3Cl with the structural formula In particular, the object of the invention is a sulfuro-chlorous acid of the formula H2SO3Cl2 with the structural formula
US11208320B2
A MEMS microphone includes a substrate defining a cavity including a first sidewall extending a vertical direction, a back plate disposed over the substrate and defining a plurality of acoustic holes, a diaphragm disposed between the substrate and the back plate, the diaphragm having at least one vent hole, an anchor extending from a circumference of the diaphragm to connect an end portion of the diaphragm to an upper surface of the substrate, and at least one path member communicating with the vent hole, the path member providing a flow path for the acoustic pressure to flow downwardly toward the cavity.
US11208316B2
Food product dispensing machines and methods for dispensing food product into a cup. The food product dispensing machine includes a cup holder having a target element, a sensor that senses the target element, and a controller. The cup holder is configured to hold a cup such that the cup prevents the sensor from sensing at least a portion of the target element. The controller determines whether a cup is present in the cup holder and/or a size of the cup based on a remaining portion of the target element that is sensed by the sensor when the cup is held by the cup holder. Drive mechanisms are configured to move the first and second cup holders along first and second radial paths, respectively, with respect to the common dispensing position. An indicator is configured to indicate a remaining number of cup dispenses to the user.
US11208314B2
The present invention describes methods and devices in which concentrated beverage products, each packaged in a pressurized container, can be combined with liquids and/or other ingredients to produce one or more servings of a beverage. These products provide users with a convenient way to prepare both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (including carbonated beverages) in various serving sizes and quantities by combining the pressurized beverage concentrate with (possibly carbonated) liquids and other ingredients.
US11208309B2
The present disclosure relates to a device for holding a bottle to be closed, comprising a holding element for holding, in a rotationally fixed manner with respect to the holding element, a neck ring of the bottle to be closed, and a fastening element for fastening the holding element to a bottle closing device or to a bottle transport device, and having a torque sensor for detecting a torque acting between the holding element and the fastening element. Furthermore, the present disclosure discloses a device for closing a bottle and a method for closing a bottle.
US11208308B1
An extension system for a bucket tractor includes a boom and a scaffold removably secured to a base configured to be supported with a bucket of a tractor.
US11208304B2
A limited rotation slewing ring crane may include a pedestal, a column rotatively coupled, about a first rotation axis, to the pedestal by a slewing ring rotative coupling, and stops for limiting the relative rotation of the column with respect to the pedestal. The crane may also include a rotative sensor adapted to measure a rotation angle of the column with respect to the pedestal. The rotation sensor may include a tubular body axially extending from the base of the column, a stationary body connected to the pedestal and a wheel. A second rotation axis of the wheel may be offset with respect to a first rotation axis of the column with respect to the pedestal.
US11208301B2
A control switch for operating a crane. The control switch includes a first interface designed to transfer signals between the control switch and a control unit of the crane. In order to combine, in particular, the robustness and operating reliability of the control switch desired in industrial use with increased functional scope in a cost-effective way, the control switch is provided with a second interface designed to transfer signals between a mobile terminal and the control switch in order to add functions of the mobile terminal to the functional scope of the control switch.
US11208294B2
A passenger transport system sensor network has a master unit, a signal-transferring apparatus, and a plurality of sensor nodes each having at least one sensor sensing a physical measurement variable and transferring the sensed variable to the master unit via the signal-transferring apparatus. A sensor-identifying module in the master unit determines the identity of the sensors from information, stored in a database, of: a first information type about reference measurement results to be typically provided by a particular sensor under already known conditions; a second information type about the identity of a sensor node containing the particular sensor, the sensor node having a plurality of different sensors or a plurality of identical sensors in different configurations; and/or a third information type about a configuration of a sensor node holding the particular sensor, which configuration was defined in advance. Sensor identities and installation locations can be determined in an automated manner.
US11208280B2
Implementations of a tape holder are provided. In some implementations, the tape holder may be used to secure a roll of tape to a magnetic surface. In some implementations, the tape holder is comprised of a base member and a spool support.
US11208276B2
Provided is a paper sheet loading device including a paper sheet loading unit having a bottom plate and a front wall, a feed roller that comes in contact with a bottom surface of a lowermost paper sheet of a batch of paper sheets and rotates to feed the lowermost paper sheet to outside of the paper sheet loading unit, and a load adjusting member arranged so as to protrude into the paper sheet loading unit and retreat to outside of the paper sheet loading unit. At a time of protrusion of the load adjusting member, the load adjusting member presses a front side face of the batch of paper sheets by a pressing surface to displace the front side face to an innermost part, and receives a load from the batch of paper sheets by the pressing surface, thereby reducing the load applied to the feed roller from the batch of paper sheets.
US11208271B2
A quick-change vacuum starwheel assembly including at least one of a quick-change height adjustment assembly or a quick-change vacuum starwheel mounting assembly.
US11208270B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for scanning and dimensioning items in motion. In one embodiment, an example system may include a first camera oriented along a vertical axis towards a gap between a first surface and a second surface, a first light emitting array positioned to emit light towards the gap, and a first light receiving array aligned with the light emitting array and configured to detect the light. The first light emitting array and the first light receiving array may be offset from the vertical axis, and the system may be configured to determine a first dimension of an item passing over the gap using the first light emitting array and the first light receiving array.
US11208243B2
A closure capsule for closing a container, comprising: —a stopper (2) applicable to the container and comprising a first perforable membrane (21); —a first cutter (31) of the first membrane, said first cutter (31) being movable between a start stroke position and an end stroke position; in the start stroke position of the first cutter (31), in combination with at least the first membrane (21), the first cutter (31) delimits a first tank (41) for containing a first substance; in the end stroke position of the first cutter (31) at least a part of the first membrane (21) being perforated to enable passage of the first substance from the first tank (41) to the container. The stopper (2) comprises at least a second perforable membrane (22). The capsule (1) comprises a second cutter (32) for cutting the second membrane, said second cutter (32) being movable between a start stroke position and an end stroke position; in the start stroke position of the second cutter (32), in combination with at least the second membrane (22), the second cutter (32) delimiting a second tank (42) for containing a second substance; in the end stroke position of the second cutter (32) at least a part of the second membrane (22) being perforated and enabling passage of the second substance from the second tank (42) to the container.
US11208240B2
A filling system for an electronic cigarette (10) is disclosed in which a nozzle (38) of a liquid dispenser (80) contains a plunger (62) which is biased by a spring (60) into a closed position in which liquid is prevented from flowing through the nozzle (38). In use the nozzle (38) is inserted into an open end (42) of a liquid reservoir (34) for an electronic cigarette containing an air tube (32). The plunger (62) engages with the end of the air tube (32) blocking the air tube (32) and opening the liquid flow path through the nozzle (38). The arrangement of the plunger (62) and nozzle (38) is such that operation of the plunger (62) only occurs when the nozzle (38) engaged within a liquid reservoir (32). A membrane (96) can be provided to prevent leakage from the liquid reservoir (34) when the nozzle (38) is disengaged.
US11208238B2
The inventive disclosures described herein pertain to an improved tamper-resistant/tamper-evident (TE) seal for containers of consumer/commercial product-containment vessels (such as, for example, prescription bottles, condiment bottles, etc.) that enables a user, and in particular older persons, to better grip and/or exert leverage to more-easily and reliably open such containers. In one embodiment of the improved TE seal, a typical prior-art seal configuration that features an inner seal with a small overlapping flexible pull-tab layer is improved by affixing the pull-tab to another substantially rigid upper layer such that a user can insert the pull-tab member between two of the user's fingers wherein the two user fingers are also disposed between the inner seal and the substantially rigid upper layer such that a user can more easily exert leverage/force to open the container that employs the tamper-resistant seal. This configuration is generally referred to as a “T-tab” configuration.
US11208234B2
A drinking bottle includes a first bottle part (10) having an interior (100) for receiving a beverage (G) and a second bottle part (11) having an interior (110) for receiving the beverage (G) and having a bottle opening (13) for dispensing the beverage (G) from the interior (110), wherein the interiors (100, 110) of the two bottle parts (10, 11) are or can be brought into fluid communication with each other. The drinking bottle (1A-1D) has at least one configuration in which the two bottle parts (10, 11) are inclined to each other. The invention also relates to a valve for a drinking bottle. In this way, a drinking bottle can be provided which allows a user to drink in a particularly comfortable position.
US11208233B2
A box and a blank or a set of blanks made from corrugated cardboard sheet comprising side walls, a top wall linked to at least two of said opposing side walls by a junction line or a folded edge, and a bottom wall forming the bottom of the box. The top wall comprises at least two convex portions comprising a projecting part, and the bottom comprises at least two perforated surface portions of complementary shape arranged to engage with the projecting parts of the box below. Each convex portion comprises an oblique triangular or substantially triangular panel belonging partly to a side wall or a folded edge.
US11208226B2
A computer-implemented wardrobe packing method, system, and a computer program product, include selecting a plurality of items stored in a memory to pack into a container, generating a packing order of the plurality of items based on packing preference data and item data stored in the memory, creating and displaying a video of step-by-step packing instructions for the plurality of items in the packing order, monitoring and comparing an actual packing process to a generated packing order, and controlling the displaying of a step of the step-by-step packing instructions, in response to the monitoring and comparing.
US11208224B2
A bag clamping device for a material bag filling system is provided. A filling tube portion of a material bag can be blown to be in an upright state from a collapsed state through displacement and lift of an X-axis rail, a Y-axis rail and a Z-axis rail and blow of a pair of blowers. A pair of electric clamps is configured to clamp the filling tube portion. A pair of cantilevers is displaced to the bottom of a material filling device. The filling tube of the material filling device is displaced in a Z direction to enter the material bag for blowing air and filling the material. Through a conveyor belt displaced at the bottom in an X direction to carry the material bag with the filled material to a sealing device for sealing, so as to complete the packaging.
US11208217B1
In at least one aspect, a small satellite includes a cylindrical body, a predetermined payload volume, a payload adapter ring mechanical interface for interchangeably mechanically coupling to a launch vehicle payload adapter ring, an electrical interface specifying a set of electrical specifications for interchangeably electrically coupling to the launch vehicle payload adapter ring, a specified center of gravity location and specified frequency response, where the predetermined payload volume, payload adapter ring mechanical interface, electrical interface, specified center of gravity location, and frequency response range allow the small satellite to be interchanged with other small satellites when coupling to the launch vehicle.
US11208216B2
A process for assembling portions of an aeronautical wing, in which a wing covering is assembled with carrier structural elements, allows the simultaneous application of all filling tapes on an exposed surface, by speeding-up and making more reliable the process itself. The process includes: placing side by side the structural elements longitudinally, to form the spars, by determining a flat surface, having a plurality of longitudinal junctions, faced upwards; adhering to the longitudinal junctions respective filling tapes; translating and rotating by 180° the structural elements in one single solution, by keeping them fixed in the mutual positions thereof and by transferring them above an inner surface of a wing covering; and translating the structural elements in one single solution, by keeping them fixed in the mutual positions thereof, downwards, by making the flat surface thereof to coincide with said inner surface.
US11208211B2
The present specification describes a replaceable connection module. The replaceable connection module includes a port to receive signals and power from a controller and at least one receptacle to provide received signals and power to a connected electronic device. The module also includes a plurality of conductors connecting the port with at least one receptacle. Control of the signals and power at the at least one receptacle is performed by the controller.
US11208199B2
An aircraft flap deployment system has a track, a carriage supported by the track; an actuator operatively connected to the carriage for moving the carriage along the track between various carriage positions; a flap pivotally connected to the carriage and to a link such that each position of the carriage has a corresponding flap position; and a flap controller communicating with the actuator for controlling actuation of the actuator. In at least one carriage position, the flap is in an intermediate flap position at a negative flap angle and the actuator maintains the carriage and the flap in position. An aircraft wing assembly having the flap deployment system, an aircraft having the aircraft wing assembly, and a method for controlling a position of a flap of an aircraft are also disclosed.
US11208189B2
An outboard motor includes an engine, a propeller shaft that rotates together with a propeller and extends in a forward-rearward direction, and a lower case that houses the propeller shaft. The lower case includes a front case and a rear case separate from the front case and positioned rearward of the front case, and the front case and the rear case are assembled to each other.
US11208183B2
An emergency position indicating radio beacon that includes a waterproof rigid housing, antenna, a retention carriage strap securely mounted around its exterior periphery on a spool in a storage position. In an emergency the user can unwind the retention carriage strap and form an adjustable loop in the strap using hook and loop fasteners to firmly attach the strap connected to the EPIRB housing to the user's arm that allows a user to transport the radio beacon with the retention carriage strap in a hands-free configuration.
US11208178B2
Manually propelled water skis support a person skiing on water. The water ski includes a base having a binding on an upper surface and stationary propulsion structures with uniform height on the bottom surface. The propulsion structures include a rearward facing and vertical propulsion surface and a forward facing and sloped surface such that drag is greater when the water ski is moved rearwardly. The propulsion surface may be arcuate, V-shape, U-shaped, or other shaped in a horizontal plane and may also be circularly concave in a vertical plane. Buoyancy structures may be secured to the upper surface of the base forward and rearward of the binding. Water ski poles including elliptically- or cylindrically-shaped floats at the bottom ends may be used to provide a synergistic increase in waterskiing speed. Straps on the base near the binding may be used to secure the water ski poles to the base in order to form an outrigger.
US11208175B2
The present invention relates to a continuously variable transmission (1000, 8000) for a bicycle comprising: input means (1100, 2100, 3100), output means (1300, 2300, 3300, 4300, 300, 6300), and transmission means (1200) connecting the input means to the output means, wherein the output means comprise output controlling means (1340, 2340, 3340, 4340, 5340, 6340) controlling a gear ratio of the output means, wherein the continuously variable transmission is a V-belt type continuously variable trans mission.
US11208174B2
A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, an operating member, a wireless communicator, and a power supply. The base member includes a first end to be mounted to a bicycle handlebar and a second end opposite to the first end. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a first pivot axis. The electrical switch is to be activated by an input operation from a user. The wireless communicator is electrically connected to the electrical switch to wirelessly transmit a signal to an additional component in response to the input operation. The power supply is electrically connected to the wireless communicator to supply electrical power to the wireless communicator. The wireless communicator and the power supply are at least partially overlap with each other when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the first pivot axis.
US11208173B2
A flexible towing device for single-track vehicles, comprising a towing element adapted for mounting on a first of single-track vehicles and comprising a flexible towing element and a lock attached to one of the ends of the flexible towing element, a locking mechanism assembly adapted for mounting on a second of single-track vehicles and comprising a first portion of the body comprising a half-seat, a second portion of the body comprising a half-seat, which half-seats of the first and the second portion, respectively, form a seat for detachable coupling of the lock of the towing element assembly, wherein the lock of the towing element assembly is releasable from the seat of the locking element mechanism assembly following applying a release force to the lock. A towing element assembly and a locking mechanism assembly for use in the flexible towing device for single-track vehicles.
US11208171B2
The invention is a bicycle drive assembly and it generally includes a drive chain, a drive wheel including a hub, a frame including left and right chainstays, each having a raced bearing, a cassette assembly, and an axle assembly. The cassette assembly includes a body having an inner end rotatably mounted on the right chainstay bearing, an outer free end, and a cassette including a plurality of sprockets. Cooperative torque-transferring components transfer torque between cassette and body, body and axle, and axle and hub. A freewheel mechanism, as one of the cooperative torque-transferring components, allows the bicycle to coast. A drive axle is selectably movable axially between a riding position, wherein it is rotatably mounted on the chainstay bearings and supports and drives the wheel, and a release position wherein the wheel is removable.
US11208156B2
An assembly for utility truck bodies having metal and/or composite reinforcement(s) and/or foam reinforcements and/or honeycomb reinforcement/ and/or wood reinforcements encapsulated within a thermoformed thermoplastic, or thermoset or fiber-reinforced thermoset walking surface floor structure of the truck bed assembly or other composite floor structure with attachable components and junctions, e.g., sidepack(s), and methods of making the same are provided.
US11208155B2
Presented are multilayer, fiber-reinforced impact protection structures with honeycomb-core or corrugated-layer designs, methods for making/using such structures, and vehicles with traction battery packs supported on skid plates fabricated from such structures. A multilayer impact protection structure includes a first layer with continuous fibers embedded in a polymeric matrix, and a second layer that is attached to the first layer and includes an elastomeric polymer. A third layer, which is attached to one side of the first layer opposite that of the second layer, includes a fiber-reinforced polymer honeycomb and/or corrugated structure. An optional fracture detection circuit is attached to the first or third layer, and is configured to detect a break in the impact protection structure. The corrugated structure may include multiple reinforcement ribs that are interposed within and substantially orthogonal to a series of mutually parallel, elongated ridges. Comparatively, the honeycomb structure includes a lattice of adjoining polygonal cells.
US11208151B2
Pillar apparatus for use with vehicles are disclosed. A disclosed vehicle includes a roof and a roof side rail including an inner panel that extends along a side of the roof. The vehicle also includes a pillar having an outer panel that extends along the side of the roof and is coupled between the roof and the inner panel. The pillar includes a structural feature positioned on the outer panel. The structural feature is configured to cause the outer panel to form a bend that distributes a first load onto an area of the inner panel to prevent the inner panel from tearing during a first vehicle impact event in which the first load is imparted on the outer panel.
US11208139B2
An adjustable steering column assembly includes a clamp mechanism having a first rack of teeth and a second rack of teeth. A blocking device includes at least one gearwheel. At least one tooth of the blocking device is carried by the gearwheel and is engaged with the first rack of teeth when the clamp mechanism is in both the clamped position and the released position. The blocking device is disengaged from the second rack when in the released position thereby allowing the gearwheel of the blocking device to roll along the first rack of teeth during adjustment of the steering column assembly. At least one tooth of the blocking device engages the second rack of teeth when the clamp mechanism is in the clamped position. The at least one gearwheel of the blocking device in this condition is prevented from rolling along the first rack of teeth.
US11208125B2
A control system dictates operational settings of a rail vehicle system based a transitory second speed limit that is no faster than a current first speed limit and which is issued for a determined segment of the track for a determined time period. The control system obtains a current time, determines whether the transitory second speed limit has started, is in effect, or has expired based on the current time relative to the determined time period, and, in response to such determination, performs one or more of (a) generate a prompt to indicate that the determined time period has expired, (b) operate the rail vehicle system at the first speed limit, and/or (c) modify the operational settings of the rail vehicle system to exceed the second speed limit in the determined segment but not exceed the first speed limit for the determined segment.
US11208122B2
The invention relates to a railway wagon comprising a load carrier (7) and front and rear bogies (8), each of the bogies being provided with railway track wheels and being electrically, hydraulically and/or pneumatically connected to the load carrier by means of one or more electric cables, hydraulic and/or pneumatic tubings (5). The load carrier is releasably connected to the respective bogies, and in a released state laterally displaceable in relation to the respective bogies by means of a displacement device. The load carrier has a front and a rear end and is at each end provided with a support device and a ramp (13), wherein the support device is adapted to support the load carrier on the ground in a position where it is displaced in relation to the bogie, whereas the ramp is along an inner edge pivotally connected to the end of the load carrier. The ramp is provided with a suspension device on the underside of the ramp including a guide arrangement (1) extending transverse in relation to a longitudinal axis of the load carrier, along which guide arrangement a slider (2) is displaceably movable, wherein the slider is provided with a holder (3) for holding of the one or more cables and/or tubings while allowing transverse movement of the cables and/or tubings together with the slider and holder along the guide arrangement.
US11208106B2
A method for inertia drive control with torque sharing of an eco-friendly vehicle includes when an event in which the eco-friendly vehicle being decelerated with the inertia drive control is detected; calculating, by a controller, a distance variable and a speed variable according to the event; calculating, by the controller, a deceleration torque, which is required for an inertia drive of the eco-friendly vehicle, by dividing into a motor torque and a hydraulic braking torque; and performing, by the controller, inertia drive cooperative control in which the deceleration is performed without driver intervention with motor control through the motor torque and hydraulic braking control through hydraulic braking torque.
US11208105B2
An engine ECU includes a traveling control unit configured to bring a clutch device into a disconnection state to perform inertial traveling of a vehicle according to satisfaction of predetermined inertial traveling implementation conditions and configured to bring the clutch device into a connection state to cancel an inertial traveling state and perform regenerative power generation according to satisfaction of predetermined regenerative power generation implementation conditions during the inertial traveling, and a required power calculation unit configured to calculate required power of the vehicle; and the traveling control unit selectively performs the inertial traveling or the regenerative power generation an ISG based on the required power calculated in a state in which the inertial traveling implementation conditions are satisfied.
US11208094B2
A hybrid vehicle has an engine (E) that is capable of changing a combustion mode between a stoichiometric combustion mode and a lean combustion mode and a motor/generator (MG) that is capable of performing torque assist by a power running operation and torque absorption by a regenerative operation. As a boundary between a stoichiometric combustion operating region and a lean combustion operating region, a second boundary (L2) at a torque decrease has a hysteresis at a low torque side with respect to a first boundary (L1) at a torque increase. Upon shift from the stoichiometric combustion operating region to the lean combustion operating region, for delay in increase of an intake-air quantity, decrease in fuel and the torque assist by the motor/generator (MG) are carried out, and an exhaust air-fuel ratio is changed stepwise.
US11208090B2
The delivery system includes a vehicle and a server. The vehicle includes a power storage device and a refrigerator. The server performs a delivery planning process for determining an expected delivery time. In the delivery planning process, the server is configured to transmit, to the vehicle, an inquiry as to reception of the delivery matter. When the vehicle receives the inquiry from the server, the vehicle is configured to set a receivable time period and transmit it to the server. When the vehicle sets the receivable time period, if the vehicle is in a state that the vehicle is able to receive power from the power supply facility, the vehicle is configured to set the receivable time period to be longer than the receivable time period set if the vehicle is not in the state that the vehicle is able to receive power from the power supply facility.
US11208087B2
A control device is described for a brake system of a vehicle, having an electronics device that is designed to operate a motorized piston-cylinder device in a pressure buildup mode and simultaneously to control or to hold at least one first separating valve, via which at least one wheel brake cylinder is connected to a master brake cylinder, in its closed state, and to control or to hold at least one second separating valve, via which the at least one wheel brake cylinder is connected to the motorized piston-cylinder device, in its open state, and to operate the motorized piston-cylinder device in a suctioning mode, and at the same time to control the at least one second separating valve to its closed state, the electronics device being in addition designed to control the at least one first separating valve to its open state at least at times during the suctioning mode. A method is also described for increasing at least one brake pressure in at least one wheel brake cylinder of a brake system of a vehicle.
US11208086B2
A hydraulic pressure controller, cost of which can be cut, a straddle-type vehicle brake system, and a straddle-type vehicle are obtained. A hydraulic pressure controller (110) is used for the straddle-type vehicle brake system which includes a single system of a hydraulic circuit capable of controlling a hydraulic pressure and in which brake fluid in a wheel cylinder is released to a master cylinder without increasing the hydraulic pressure. A first coil (112B), a second coil (113B), and a hydraulic pressure detector (116) are erected on the same surface of a base body (111). An axis of the hydraulic pressure detector (116) is offset from a reference plane including an axis of the first coil (112B) and an axis of the second coil (113B), and is located between a first plane that is orthogonal to the reference plane and includes the axis of the first coil (112B) and a second plane that is orthogonal to the reference plane and includes the axis of the second coil (113B).
US11208078B2
The subject of the invention is an adapter (100) intended to connect a wiper to a drive arm (5) of a motor vehicle wiper system. The adapter (100) according to the invention comprises a head (1) and a body (2) which extend in the continuation of one another in a longitudinal direction of the adapter (100), and the adapter (100) according to the invention comprises a means (6, 61) of rotational connection to a connector (8) attached to the wiper (7). According to the invention, the adapter (100) is formed at least by an upper wall (10, 20) from which derive at least two lateral flanks (11, 21) so as to delimit an internal volume (101) in which the connector (8) is able to extend. The adapter (100) comprises a first immobilizing means (3) and a second immobilizing means (4), each configured to immobilize the adapter (100) on the drive arm (5) in a direction perpendicular to the upper wall (20). According to the invention, the first immobilizing means (3) is formed of at least one stud (33) which comprises a protrusion (32), and in that the second immobilizing means (4) is at least made up of a tooth (410) arranged at one end of a flexible tongue (40) and extending towards the body (2) of the said adapter (100).
US11208075B2
A sensor enclosure comprising a domed cover and a base. The base can be encased by the domed cover. The base comprises an inner frame, an outer frame, one or more wipers, and a powertrain. The inner frame can provide surfaces for one or more sensors. The outer frame, disposed underneath the inner frame, the outer frame includes a slewing ring. The slewing ring comprises an inner ring to which the domed cover is attached and an outer ring attached to the outer frame. The one or more wipers extends vertically from the outer frame, each wiper having a first end attached to the outer frame and a second end attached to a support ring, and each wiper making a contact with the dome cover. The powertrain, disposed within the outer frame, configured to rotate the ring and the dome cover attached to the inner ring.
US11208072B2
An ejector for ejecting a combustion product including, an igniter including an ignition charge and an ignition portion, a pyrotechnic agent, and a cup made of metal, the cup including a bottom surface and a peripheral wall, the peripheral wall being contiguous with a peripheral edge of the bottom surface and disposed to surround the ignition portion, the cup further including an accommodating space accommodating therein the pyrotechnic agent, the bottom surface of the cup including a through hole being defined by a plurality of through-hole peripheral edges, and the adjacent through-hole peripheral edges being connected together at a predetermined connection point, and the through hole including a narrow part, in which a width of the through hole defined by each of parts of the two through-hole peripheral edges of the plurality of through-hole peripheral edges decreases gradually with an increasing distance from a center of the bottom surface toward the peripheral edge of the bottom surface, and the narrow part being located closer to the peripheral edge of the bottom surface than a non-narrow part, which is defined by each of other parts of the two through-hole peripheral edges, is located.
US11208068B2
A side airbag inflatable between an occupant of a vehicle seat and structure of the vehicle adjacent the vehicle seat. The side airbag includes a first airbag panel for being positioned facing away from the vehicle seat and a second airbag panel for being positioned facing the vehicle seat. The first and second panels define an inflatable volume of the side airbag. A tether assembly includes a first anchor panel attached to a first portion of the first airbag panel, a second anchor panel attached to a second portion of the first airbag panel, and a strap that interconnects the first anchor panel and the second anchor panel. The tether assembly is dimensioned and configured to limit movement of the first and second portions away from each other in response to inflation of the side airbag so that the side airbag assumes a curved shape when inflated.
US11208067B2
An ECU includes a boosting circuit that boosts an input power supply voltage, a backup capacitor that charges a backup power supply in accordance with a boosted voltage boosted by the boosting circuit, an airbag ignition circuit that drives an airbag with the backup power supply charged by the backup capacitor as a driving power supply, and a bidirectional current limiting unit that limits a charging current flowing from the boosting circuit to the backup capacitor and limits a backflow current flowing from the backup capacitor to the boosting circuit.
US11208065B2
A vehicle is provided including a bumper attachment member, a radiator support beam, and a bumper support assembly coupled to the bumper attachment member and the radiator support beam. The bumper support assembly includes a center stay fixed to the radiator support beam and a center stay support having a receiver, an arm, and an anti-rotation pin. The arm extends in a vehicle-longitudinal direction from the receiver. The receiver is configured to receive and engage the bumper attachment member. The anti-rotation pin extends in the vehicle-lateral direction proximate an end of the arm opposite the receiver and engages the center stay to inhibit movement of the bumper attachment member with respect to the radiator support beam.
US11208056B2
A vehicular apron is provided. The vehicular apron is dimensioned and adapted to extend the length of a door of the vehicle at its outward-most portion, thereby absorbing damage that would otherwise be imparted into the underlying door. The vehicular apron provides clips at each end for slipping on and off of a lip of the door only when the door is in an open position, whereby unintentional removal of the vehicular apron is nearly impossible when the door is in the closed position. Magnets along an inward first surface may also secure the vehicular apron to the door. A bellow strip or a plurality of spaced apart bellow piles may be provided along each apron. The bellow strip and bellow piles have accordion sidewalls which facilitate the bellow strip or pile being urged between a uninflated condition and an expanded condition for absorbing impact.
US11208053B2
A movable carrier auxiliary system includes at least two optical image capturing systems respectively disposed on a left portion and a right portion of a movable carrier. Each optical image capturing system includes an image capturing module, an operation module, at least one warning module, and at least one displaying device, and has at least one lens group including at least two lenses having refractive power. The image capturing module captures and produces an environmental image surrounding the movable carrier. The operation module electrically connected to the image capturing module detects at least one moving object in the environmental image to generate a detecting signal. The warning module electrically connected to the operation module receives the detecting signal, and generates a warning signal when determines that the moving object approach to the movable carrier. The displaying device is electrically connected to the warning module to display the warning signal.
US11208039B2
The invention is a vehicular surveillance system that captures images of road and vehicles in front of a vehicle as well as position and gaze of a driver. The images are captured and stored so as to enable someone to access image data captured prior to and at the time of an accident.
US11208036B2
An automated driving enabled vehicle includes a travel controller, an automated driving indicator lamp, and a lamp controller. The travel controller controls travel of the vehicle while switching a travel control state between automated driving and manual driving. The automated driving indicator lamp is switched on perceptibly from outside the vehicle on the occasion of the automated driving. The lamp controller makes a control to switch on the automated driving indicator lamp to indicate that the travel control state is the automated driving, during execution of the automated driving in which the travel controller controls the travel of the vehicle by the automated driving. The lamp controller changes, during the execution of the automated driving, a lighting state of the automated driving indicator lamp in response to a change in the travel control state or a change in travel environment, or both.
US11208034B2
A lamp assembly is provided herein. The lamp assembly includes a panel operably coupled with one or more projectors. A light source is disposed within each of the one or more projectors. An optical member is disposed between each of the light sources and the panel. An image interference is disposed between the optical member and an exterior surface of the panel.
US11208033B2
A vehicular lamp can enhance the impression of the direction indication due to the movement of light when performing sequential winker controls by sequentially turning off a plurality of light-emitting parts. A lighting control device for performing lighting control of the vehicular lamp including the plurality of light-emitting parts, includes processor circuitry configured to perform controls to repeat a lighting cycle including turning on the plurality of light-emitting parts and maintaining a lighting state of all the light-emitting parts, and then sequentially turning off the light-emitting parts in a predetermined direction with a time difference and maintaining a lights-out state of all the light-emitting parts in such a manner that a rise time from the lights-out state to the lighting state during energizing the light-emitting parts is made longer than a fall time from when the lighting state to the lights-out state during deenergizing the light-emitting parts.
US11208032B2
A vehicle projects various types of light beams onto a road using a light-emitting module. The light-emitting module includes: a reflection unit, and a light source unit to emit light to the reflection unit. The reflection unit includes: a first pole magnet and a second pole magnet facing each other while being spaced apart from each other; a plate disposed between the first pole magnet and the second pole magnet, and a wire disposed in a multiple number of turns in one direction along an edge of the plate; and a reflection surface disposed on the upper surface of the plate.
US11208030B2
The invention describes a method of providing an illumination pattern for vehicle lighting, the method comprising the steps of: providing a light pattern comprising a multitude of scanlines of white light by illuminating a light converter by means of a scanning laser arrangement for illuminating an area, wherein the scanlines are characterized by a defined scanline width; adapting a cut-off of the light pattern by changing a position of at least one scanline with respect to a reference illumination pattern or by dimming at least a limited portion of at least one scanline. The invention further describes a vehicle headlight system and a computer program product.
US11208029B2
A motor vehicle includes headlamps having a plurality of LED light sources, one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions. One or more processors executing the instructions are enabled to receive first data, including at least map data, indicating a road curvature upcoming along a road on which the motor vehicle is traveling. The processors are also enabled to determine a light change, the change adapting a light pattern of the headlamps in at least one of color, intensity or spatial distribution to increase light in a direction of the road curvature ahead of the motor vehicle and shaping light based at least in part on the road curvature. The processors are further enabled to control at least a first plurality of the LED light sources to provide light based at least in part on the determined light change and prior to the motor vehicle reaching the road curvature.
US11208027B1
A cargo restraint system a locking ring coupled to an extension tube, wherein the locking ring comprises an annular body and one or more tabs extending from the annular body. The cargo restrain system also includes a locking tube coupled to the main body. The locking tube comprises one or more grooves complementary to the shape and size of the tabs on the locking ring. The grooves of the locking tube inhibit rotational movement of the locking ring.
US11208024B2
A bulk material tender includes a mobile frame, a hopper, and a discharge system. The mobile frame has a left side and a right side. The hopper is disposed on the mobile frame. The discharge system is configured to discharge particulate matter from the hopper. The discharge system includes a discharge auger, a deploying actuator, and a positioning actuator. The discharge auger presents a proximal end and a distal end. The deploying actuator is configured to selectively emplace the discharge auger in a stowed orientation and a deployed orientation, wherein the distal end is adjacent to the hopper in the stowed orientation. The positioning actuator configured to selectively emplace the discharge auger along the left side and the right side of the mobile frame. Once emplaced, the discharge auger discharges particulate material from the hopper toward a target location.
US11208020B2
A seat including a backrest defining a first surface and a second surface, the second surface including an opening, the backrest including a table movable between a folded position in which the table closes off the opening, and a deployed position in which the opening is clear, the backrest including a locking device operable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, the locking device being configured, in the locked configuration, to keep the table in its folded position, and, in the unlocked configuration, to allow a movement of the table toward its deployed position, wherein the locking device includes a lock that can be actuated in order to operate the locking device between the locked configuration and the unlocked configuration.
US11208018B1
A headrest assembly includes a pivot pin rotatably coupled to a support structure. A pivot member extends outward from a headrest body and is coupled to the pivot pin. A lock assembly is disposed about the pivot pin and is operable between a disengaged condition and an engaged condition. In the engaged condition, rotation of the pivot pin relative to the support structure is generally prevented. A pulley wheel is operable to rotate about the pivot pin from a first position to a second position to prompt the lock assembly to enter the disengaged condition.
US11208011B2
An apparatus for controlling a seat of a vehicle, a system having the same, and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus for controlling a seat of a vehicle includes a digital key positioning device to measure a position of a digital key inside the vehicle and the number of the digital key, an occupant sensor to sense an occupant condition inside the vehicle, a controller to determine a target for seat-controlling based on the position of the digital key, the number of the digital key, and the occupant condition, and a seat controller to control a position of a seat using seat control information, which is received from the digital key, for each user.
US11208007B2
There is provided a direct current power supply circuit mounted in a working vehicle with increased safety as compared with related art by a configuration where a main power source is used after a battery management system (BMS) determines that the main power source can be used. A direct current power supply circuit includes a first power source, a switch, a second power source and a first relay, in which the first power source is connected to a battery management system through the first relay so as to supply direct current power, the battery management system is activated by supply of direct current power from the second power source when the switch is turned on, and the first relay is on-controlled when determined that the first power source can be used.
US11208005B2
An automatic APS map generating method is provided. The automatic APS map generating method includes measuring a state of charge (SOC) of a battery using a SOC sensor and calculating, a maximum torque of a motor based on the battery SOC and a creep torque based on a current vehicle state to set the creep torque as a minimum torque of the motor. An APS map is generated using an APS percentage table obtained and stored by converting torque values capable of being output by the motor into percentages based on a vehicle speed and an accelerator pedal position sensor (APS) percentage.
US11208004B2
Systems and methods for improving operation of an automotive battery system including an automotive electrical system comprising a battery system that uses operational parameters, predicted internal resistance of a battery expected over a prediction horizon, and real-time internal resistance of a battery to increase performance and reliability. The battery system includes a battery electrically coupled to electrical devices in the automotive system, sensors coupled to the battery that determine terminal voltage of battery, and a battery control system communicatively coupled to sensors. The battery control system determines a charging power limit used to control supply of electrical power to the battery when charging the battery, based on predicted internal resistance when measured terminal voltage of the battery is not greater than a lower voltage threshold and based on a real-time internal resistance of the battery when the measured terminal voltage of the battery is greater than the lower voltage threshold.
US11208002B2
A method for controlling charging of a high voltage power grid structure of a vehicle is provided. The method includes measuring battery voltage of a vehicle and transmitting the measured voltage to a first charger. Output voltage of the first charger is matched with the transmitted voltage and provided to a charging controller via communication between the charging controller and the first charging port to which the first charger is coupled. The vehicle is then charged by connecting a high-voltage relay to be connected to a first charging port to which the first charger is coupled. The process is repeated while the vehicle is being charged between the charging controller and a second charger by connecting to a second charging port to which a second charger is coupled.
US11207997B2
Disclosed is a device for controlling one or more charging robots in a charging station including a plurality of charging sectors. The device includes a communication unit for communicating with the charging robot, an inputter for inputting an image signal, and a controller, wherein the controller may recognize the electric vehicle entering the charging sector based on information inputted through the inputter, select a charging robot that is located at a close distance from the charging sector and is directly movable to the charging sector, and cause the selected charging robot to move to the charging sector. Accordingly, a charging robot and a control device having artificial intelligence and performing 5G communication can be provided.
US11207985B2
A power supply device includes a storage battery; a capacitor unit having first and second capacitor; a three phase power converter, connected in parallel with the storage battery, each phase having first to fourth switching elements in series; three connection terminals electrically connectable to a three-phase AC charger; and a control unit, in a case where the three connection terminals and the three-phase AC charger are electrically connected between the first switching elements and the second switching elements for the respective three phases in the three-level inverter, before the storage battery is charged by means of the three-phase AC charger, charging the first capacitor with use of the storage battery and setting voltage of the second capacitor to 0 V.
US11207984B2
Provided is a drive source control device (67) for controlling two drive sources (2L, 2R) of a vehicle. The vehicle including the two drive sources (2L, 2R), left and right drive wheels (61L, 61R), and a power transmission device (3) disposed among the two drive sources (2L, 2R) and the drive wheels (61L, 61R). The device (3) distributes powers from the two drive sources (2L, 2R) to the wheels (61L, 61R) to drive the wheels (61L, 61R). The drive source control device (67) includes: an angular acceleration calculation (71) to calculate angular accelerations of the drive wheels (61L, 61R) and/or angular accelerations of the drive sources (2L, 2R); and a torque correction (68) to, using the angular accelerations calculated by the angular acceleration calculation (71), correct command values for respective outputs of the drive sources (2L, 2R).
US11207978B2
A transaxle with a brake includes an axle supported by the transaxle casing, a continuously variable transmission disposed in the transaxle casing, a braking device that is disposed in the transaxle casing and locks a rotation of the axle, a speed control arm that is journaled so as not to rotate relatively with respect to the transmission operating shaft of the transmission, controls the transmission, and is capable of changing a rotation of the axle continuously. A brake arm that is journaled with respect to an operating shaft of the braking device and a relay arm that is journaled so as to be relatively rotatable with respect to the transmission operating shaft are also included. The relay arm has one end connected to the brake arm via a link mechanism and the other end for lock operation input.
US11207973B1
An actively controlled flap system includes a bar defining a rotational axis, a first flap rotatably coupled to the bar and configured to rotate about the rotational axis, and a second flap rotatably coupled to the bar and configured to rotate about the rotational axis, the second flap including an opening extending through the second flap. The first flap is rotatable between a first position in which the opening in the second flap is covered by the first flap and a second position in which the opening in the second flap is uncovered, and the second flap is rotatable between a third position and a fourth position.
US11207967B2
An apparatus includes a torque circuit and a clutch circuit. The torque circuit is structured to monitor a torque demand level of an engine. The clutch circuit is structured to (i) disengage an engine clutch of a transmission to decouple the engine from the transmission in response to the torque demand level of the engine falling below a threshold torque level and (ii) disengage a motor-generator clutch of the transmission to decouple a motor-generator from the engine in response to the torque demand level of the engine falling below the threshold torque level. The motor-generator is directly coupled to the transmission.
US11207965B2
A motor vehicle includes a transmission and a transmission fluid pump for transport of transmission oil to and within the transmission. The transmission fluid pump has a moving element which is coupled to a summation shaft of a planetary gear train. The planetary gear train has a ring gear which is operated by a first drive, and a sun gear which is operated by a second drive. A freewheel mechanism is arranged between the sun gear or a shaft connected to the sun gear and a further element so that the second drive can be switched off, when the first drive operates at high speeds while yet maintaining proper operation of the transmission fluid pump.
US11207961B2
A cover for a vehicle includes two straps with at least one strap forming a connector at one end; a cover panel with at least one of top and bottom loops along top and bottom peripheries of the cover panel and at least one of a first and second opening along at least one of the one of top and bottom loops configured to receive a connector on the end of the at least one strap; and at least one of a first and a second pole disposed through the loop of the cover panel and engaging the connector on the end of the at least one strap. The connector is configured to releasably secure the strap to the cover panel. The cover panel may be placed against one side of a visor with the straps against the other side of the visor to form a system. A method for assembling the cover and system are also disclosed.
US11207959B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a rear mounted folding top assembly for use with a vehicle. The folding top assembly can create an opening on the top of the vehicle by rotating a plurality of arms and folding over a cover. The assembly can be designed and shaped to improve aerodynamics when the vehicle is moving and prevent the buildup of water on the soft cover.
US11207958B2
An exemplary motor vehicle includes a first door on a first side of the motor vehicle including a first pad adjacent a rear edge of the first door, and a second door on the first side of the motor vehicle including a second pad adjacent a front edge of the second door. Further, the first pad and second pad are arranged such that, in a first condition, the first pad and second pad are spaced-apart from one another and, in a second condition, the first pad and second pad contact one another to prevent overlap of the first door and second door.
US11207956B2
A bodywork part of a motor vehicle includes a main body of plastic material and at least one structural reinforcement fastened at least partially to a first part main body. The piece also includes at least one connecting member of the first part and of a second part of the main body including an end, a portion of which forms a lock loop around a clamping element so as to secure the connecting member, the structural reinforcement and the first part.
US11207951B2
A front header structure of a vehicle body has an elongated shape in a lateral direction of the vehicle body and is attached to side structures of the vehicle body. In a longitudinal direction, the front header structure is arranged between a front section of a sunroof opening and an upper section of a windshield opening. The front header structure includes an upper part attached to an lower part and a rear part, where the rear part forms a front frame section of a sunroof frame encompassing the sunroof opening. The lower, upper and rear parts each have a rear lower section, a front upper section and an intermediate step section arranged between the rear lower section and the front upper section. The front header structure includes a first compartment formed between the lower and upper parts and a second compartment formed between the upper and rear parts.
US11207942B2
A user-actuated control mechanism that controls airflow to an air nozzle device in a vehicle includes a push button, an actuating mechanism, and a flow control valve. The button, in a first actuating sequence, translates from an initial position to an end position and back to the initial position, so that the mechanical actuating mechanism displaces the control valve from an open position to a closed position. In a second actuating sequence, the button translates from the initial position to the end position and back to the initial position, so that the mechanical actuating mechanism displaces the flow control valve from the closed position to the open position. The valve is displaced in both sequences when the button is translated from the initial position to the end position, or is displaced in both sequences when the button is translated from the end position to the initial position.
US11207936B2
An implement includes a hydraulic control to move rear wheels upward and downward. A hitch frame has a rear end pivotally connected to a front of the implement's frame about an upper hitch pivot axis and a front end connectable to a tractor drawbar. A tension link has a rear end pivotally connected to the front end of the implement about a lower hitch pivot axis located below and parallel to the upper hitch pivot, and a front end movably mounted to a front of the hitch frame. A front hydraulic cylinder moves the front end of the tension link forward and rearward. The hydraulic control activates the front hydraulic cylinder to move the tension link rearward as the rear hydraulic cylinder moves the rear wheels upward with respect to the implement frame, and to move the front end of the tension link forward as the rear wheels move downward.
US11207932B2
A vehicle suspension system includes a frame, a damper and a rocker arm. The frame is connected with the rocker arm through the damper, the swing part of swing arm limits the swing arm's rotation angle by matching the limit structure on the frame; the bottom of damper is provided with the universal structure, the damper is connected with the rocker arm through the universal structure, and the universal structure controls the damper in free deflection. A deviation motion of vehicle wheels on both ends by coordinating the swing arm, vibration damper, etc. to avoid the slipping and rollover due to great sides way upon vehicle steering and the lateral wheels disengagement from ground and to enhance the safety of cornering driving of vehicles.
US11207917B1
A wheel assembly includes: a wheel set unit including a wheel bracket and a wheel; and a brake unit including a brake element disposed between the wheel bracket and the wheel, a threaded member sleeved movably on the brake element, and a screw extending threadably through the threaded member, extending through the brake element so as to prevent movement of the threaded member on the brake element, and pushable downwardly such that the brake unit moves downwardly to press resiliently against the wheel, so as to arrest rotation of the wheel. Only a single tool is needed to be accessed to a lower end of the screw so as to adjust a distance between the brake unit and the wheel.
US11207915B1
Systems, apparatus, devices, brackets, assemblies, and methods for a wheel hub with interchangeable caps for changing the appearance of wheels having exposed lug nuts about a center hole. A bracket invention having both a small cap and a large cap can be used on an existing wheel which exposes a center hole and the lug nuts. A smaller cap can be used to cover only the center hole of the wheel. A larger cap can be used to cover both the center hole and the exposed lug nuts on the wheel. An adapter ring can be used for OEM (original equipment manufacturer) wheels to allow for using the base that allows for either a small cap or large cap to be interchangeably used to change the exterior appearance of the wheel. The bracket can be integrated with the wheel, or be attachable onto the wheel. The caps can be mounted and dismounted by pressing and rotating spring biased emblems with either ball bearings or studs from the bases.
US11207912B2
A writing utensil safety sheath comprising a body having a first open end and an internal channel. The internal channel is sized to retain at least a portion of a writing utensil in either a first extended position or a retracted position. The writing utensil safety sheath also has a grip affixed to and extending beyond the first open end of the body. The grip contacts a writing end of the writing utensil when the writing utensil is in the first extended position thus retaining the writing utensil in the first extended position while writing. When a force applied to the writing end exceeds a predetermined amount, the writing utensil retracts back into the body by sliding through the grip into the first open end of the body.
US11207907B2
Formation of a multi-colored image in thermochromic material involves controlling operation of first, second, and third heat sources. The first heat source heats pixels of the thermochromic material to activate the pixels. The second and third heat sources are selectively controlled to heat different sets of pixels using neither, one, or both of the second and third heat sources.
US11207905B2
Provided is a printing apparatus that allows the user to easily perceive that the cover is unlocked. In the printing apparatus that includes: a cover unit configured to expose the conveying path, along which the printing medium is conveyed, to the outside when the cover unit is opened and that shields the conveying path when the cover unit is closed; and a locking configured to lock the cover unit to keep it closed, and that performs printing on the printing medium being conveyed along the conveying path, the cover unit is urged by an urging unit in the opening direction. In addition, when the locking unit unlocks the cover unit the cover unit is opened by a predetermined degree by the urging force of the urging unit.
US11207904B2
A printing apparatus includes: a conveyance unit; a print head; and a slitter disposed on a downstream relative to the print head and configured to cut the printing medium in a conveyance direction in accordance with the conveyance by the conveyance unit, wherein the slitter is configured to cut a leading edge portion of the printing medium in accordance with the conveyance of the printing medium, wherein, after the leading edge portion of the printing medium is cut by the slitter, the conveyance unit is configured to convey the printing medium in an opposite direction of the conveyance direction up to a printing start position, and wherein the print head is configured to start printing the image on the printing medium, which has been conveyed in the opposite direction of the conveyance direction up to the printing start position and of which the leading edge portion has been cut.
US11207903B2
A medium transport device includes a first roller that applies a transporting force to a medium, a second roller that applies a transporting force to the medium transported from the first roller, a third roller that applies a transporting force to the medium transported from the second roller, a first rotor that transmits rotational torque to the third roller, a first shaft that is provided away from the first rotor at a first interval, and a second shaft that is provided away from the first rotor at the first interval and at a position different from a position of the first shaft. A shaft center of the first shaft and a shaft center of the second shaft are positioned on a circular arc, the center of which is a rotation center of the second roller.
US11207898B2
This invention relates to a print bar structure, a printing apparatus and a method for printing on an outer surface of an object comprising at least one cylindrical portion, particularly a cylindrical and/or conical container. The invention also relates to a manufacturing facility and method for manufacturing containers. The printing apparatus typically comprises a print bar structure, a plurality of print heads attachable to the print bar structure, a curing device, and a displacement assembly operatively attachable to the container. The print bar structure at least partly defines a print zone, wherein the print heads and the curing device is operatively disposed in the print zone. The displacement assembly is operable to rotate object about an axis substantially aligned with the central axis relative to the plurality of print heads in the print zone such that fluid is deposited onto the object during rotation of the object.
US11207878B2
A sheet-fed printing machine comprises two sheet-fed printing units; of which a first is configured as a sheet-fed simultaneous printing unit and has two collector cylinders, which interact with one another and each have an axis of rotation. An axial plane contains the axes of rotation of the collector cylinders. A reference plane contains an axis of rotation of this type and has a horizontal surface normal. An intersection angle between the axial plane and the reference plane is, at a maximum, 45 degrees. A first one of the sheet-fed simultaneous printing units has exactly four plate cylinders, of which exactly two are arranged such that they directly interact with the first collector cylinder and has exactly two others which are arranged such that they directly interact with the second collector cylinder. A second sheet-fed printing unit has at least one impression cylinder and at least one plate cylinder, which is arranged such that it directly interacts with the impression cylinder and which is configured a screen printing plate cylinder, or as a flexo plate cylinder or as a numbering plate cylinder. The two collector cylinders of the first printing unit and the impression cylinder of the second printing unit have the same circumference.
US11207869B2
A laminated glazing for a vehicle or a building, includes an inner structural glass sheet having a surface compressive stress of between 400 and 1000 MPa with exchange depths of between 100 and 500, for example at least equal to 150 μm and an outer structural glass sheet having a surface compressive stress of between 50 and 300 MPa with exchange depths of between 50 and 100 μm, on condition that the product of the two is at most equal to 25 000 MPa·μm.
US11207852B2
Embodiments of the invention allow performing an additive manufacturing process using a base object. Some embodiments enable placement of a three-dimensional base object inside a three-dimensional printer and print on the base object to produce a three-dimensional product. One exemplary embodiment is a method including: obtaining a representation of a three-dimensional physical object as a base object; obtaining a representation of a three-dimensional physical object as a product producible by adding layers of material on the base object. A representation of a support structure configured to retain the base object position within an additive manufacturing apparatus is determined, and the support structure is produced using an additive manufacturing process. Alternatively, a representation of an on-object structure determined and the on-object structure is produced using an additive manufacturing process by adding one or more layers of material on the base object.
US11207849B2
A method and system for constructing an architectural component from a three-dimensional form, the system including a movable support table for supporting and moving a three-dimensional form, a multi-task robotic arm having a base end configured for controlled movement along a path proximate the support table and a distal end configured to extend, translate, and/or rotate relative to the base and to include an end effector for applying successive layers of material onto a form on the support table, optionally, a linear rail to which said base is attached, and a computer processor for controlling a sequence of movements of the support table, the base, and the distal end of said multi-task robotic arm, and for controlling application of material to the three-diniensional form to form an architectural component of a predetermined shape and dimension.
US11207847B2
A machine for converting two different types of webs of inflatable material to two different types of inflated cushioning material includes an inflation arrangement, a sealing arrangement, and a tensioning device. The inflation arrangement is configured to provide air at a lower pressure to a first web of a first type of inflatable material to inflate the first type of inflatable material, and to provide air at a higher pressure to a second type of inflatable material to inflate the second type of inflatable material. The inflation arrangement includes a guide pin configured to the first and second webs and align the first and second webs on the machine. The sealing arrangement is configured to seal the first type of inflatable material and the second type of inflatable material to create the two different types of inflated cushioning material. The tensioning device is configured to provide a lower tensioning force to the first web as the first web moves between the inflation arrangement and the sealing arrangement, and to provide a higher tensioning force to the second web as the second web moves between the inflation arrangement and the sealing arrangement.
US11207844B2
Described is a heating device for thermally connecting a pipe, which has a first plastic material, to a bushing, which has a second plastic material, and which surrounds at least a section of the pipe, wherein an inductively heatable heating means is located between the pipe and the bushing and/or integrated in the pipe and/or the bushing. The heating device has a coil arrangement, which is excitable by a generator, and which has a first coil, which has at least one complete winding within a first cross-sectional area, and a second coil, which is electrically coupled to the first coil, and which has at least one complete winding within a second cross-sectional area. The first cross-sectional area is different from the second cross-sectional area. Furthermore, a heating system having such a heating device as well as a method for thermally connecting a pipe to a bushing are described.
US11207837B2
A method for providing control commands for producing a number of three-dimensional objects by an additive layer-wise building device. The method can include a step of providing a computer-based model of the number of objects that geometrically describes the objects, a step of modifying the computer-based model such that for the geometric description of the number of objects a location is defined as a common origin of coordinates, and a step of generating control commands for a set of control commands for controlling the production of the number of objects by the additive layer-wise building device on the basis of the modified computer-based model.
US11207834B2
A method of additive manufacturing of an object includes directing laser energy from a laser to a region for material deposition, extruding material using an extruder at the region of material deposition, sensing temperature within the region of the material deposition, and electronically controlling the laser energy using the temperature so as to sufficiently heat the region for material deposition prior to extruding the material to increase strength of the object.
US11207829B2
A molding device that molds a stereoscopic molding object through a layered molding method, where after molding of at least one molding object is started and before the molding of the at least one molding object is completed, molding of another molding object is started. The molding device 10, for example, includes an ejection head, and a molding object supporter, the molding object supporter includes, for example, a plurality of molding tables, at least an opposing surface of each molding table is independently movable, an ejection head ejects a material toward the opposing surface of at least one molding table to mold the molding object on the molding table, and at least the opposing surface of the molding table on which the molding object is molded is moved in a perpendicular direction to move the molding object in the perpendicular direction.
US11207828B2
A three-dimensional printer comprising means for build material, a printer carriage and a curtain. The means for depositing the build material deposits same on a printing zone and/or on one or more build material layers deposited on the printing zone. The printer carriage is to move along a first axis over the printing zone and comprises means for treating the build material. The curtain is attached to a first side of the printer carriage with a first side of the curtain and/or configured to move along with the printer carriage such that the curtain covers at least an area of the print zone, wherein the area varies dependent on the moving of the printer carriage over the print zone.
US11207823B2
A cap for an extruder of a three-dimensional printer is removeable and replaceable on the hot end of the extruder, e.g., for cleaning or other maintenance of the cap or extruder. The cap may be formed of a polymer having a lower thermal conductivity than the hot end of the extruder such that the cap forms a thermal barrier between the hot end of the extruder and an external environment. Further, the cap may protect the hot end of the extruder from damaging contact with deposited build material (e.g., spatters) as well as other undesirable contact during a three-dimensional printing process.
US11207821B2
A method of making a 3D tube and the 3D tube made thereby. The method comprises: inserting a deflated pre-formed bladder into the 3D tube; and inflating the pre-formed bladder to deform the 3D tube and make the 3D tube have a substantially similar shape as that of the pre-formed bladder inflated.
US11207816B2
The present invention relates to an external cooling system for a molten film tube produced by a blown film tubular extrusion process. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a unidirectional cooling element having a unidirectional cooling interface containing a cooling gas deflector spaced adjacent to the molten film tube. The unidirectional cooling element operably expels cooling gas in a path with the flow of the molten film tube toward an exit gap formed between the unidirectional cooling interface and the molten film tube. The minimum gap between the unidirectional cooling interface and the molten film tube occurs at the exit gap, and advantageously, the unidirectional cooling interface is provided with one or more compound angles to maximize stability and cooling efficiency.
US11207814B2
A method of manufacturing an escalator handrail which has a composite material including a metallic steel wire and a thermoplastic resin, said metallic steel wire having a center elemental wire and a plurality of strands placed so as to surround the center elemental wire, including: a preheating step of heating the metallic steel wire; a composite-material forming step of integrating the metallic steel wire heated in the preheating step with the thermoplastic resin in a molten state to thereby form the composite material; and a cooling step of cooling the composite material formed in the composite-material forming step.
US11207805B2
The invention relates to the film products and methods of their preparation that demonstrate a non-self-aggregating uniform heterogeneity. Desirably, the films disintegrate in water and may be formed by a controlled drying process, or other process that maintains the required uniformity of the film. The films contain a polymer component, which includes polyethylene oxide optionally blended with hydrophilic cellulosic polymers. Desirably, the films also contain a pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic active agent with no more than a 10% variance of the active agent pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic active agent per unit area of the film.
US11207800B2
The invention relates to a method for producing rotomolded products, and to an installation for carrying out such a method. The method is characterized by the simultaneous use of a plurality of spherical receptacle members, each without a dedicated rotary drive, each of which containing at least one molding die that is suppliable with raw material, and by the simultaneous use of a plurality of processing devices which are operated in a mutually independent manner, each for carrying out at least one of a plurality of production steps, using in each case one of the spherical receptacle members, wherein a plurality of processing devices which are configured as rotating stations are used in a temporally parallel or temporally overlapping manner, and/or wherein a plurality of processing devices which are configured as cooling stations are used in a temporally parallel or temporally overlapping manner, and/or wherein a plurality of processing devices which are configured as supply stations are used in a temporally parallel or temporally overlapping manner, and/or wherein a plurality of processing devices which are configured as retrieval stations are used in a temporally parallel or temporally overlapping manner, and wherein the spherical receptacle member conjointly with the content thereof and without the rotary drive is in each case retrieved from the processing device which has just terminated a processing step, said spherical receptacle member thereafter being fed to a processing device that is immediately vacant for the respective next processing step.
US11207797B2
An apparatus for trimming stone and brick is disclosed. The apparatus is comprised of flat sections which radiate from a central axis. Each of the flat sections has two cutting edges, for a total six cutting edges. In use, the apparatus is placed onto a supportive platform so two of the flat sections contact the platform, while the third extends up and is an apical striking platform. The mason holds a stone or brick so it rests on one of the cutting edges of the apical striking platform and strikes the top face of the stone or brick with a hammer, approximately over where the stone or brick contacts the edge of the trimmer. In addition to providing a cutting surface, the subject matter of this application reduces errant vibration caused by the striking which can result in irregular cutting.
US11207786B1
An end-of-arm-tool attachment deploys gripper arms to help stabilize picked items. The arms rotate around the lower body of the tool and, depending on the size of the item, will either support the item from below or help reduce swinging by applying pressure to the sides/top. When not in use, the arms are stowed on the upper body of the tool to minimize potential for collision and to provide a smaller profile for maneuverability.
US11207782B2
The invention relates to a portioning device for packaging of food products (3) in a portion carrier, comprising positioning device and gripping device (1), which gripping device comprises first and second articulating jaws (12a, 12b) having first and second ends that together with a belt or table (5) for a food product (3) define an opening between said jaws (12a, 12b) arranged to grip the food product laying on the belt or table (5), wherein said first and second jaws (12a, 12b) are articulately arranged in order to be movable between at least two relative positions, one holding position and one open position, wherein the portioning device also comprises a cutting device (2) arranged at said first and/or second ends of said first and second articulating jaws (12a, 12b), and wherein said cutting device (2) is arranged to use the belt/table (5) as support for cutting. The invention also relates to a method for packaging of food products by use of the portioning device.
US11207781B2
Method for industrial robot commissioning, industrial robot system and control system using the same
Disclosed are systems and methods to provide a method for calibrating a touchscreen coordinate system of a touchscreen with an industrial robot coordinate system of an industrial robot for industrial robot commissioning and industrial robot system and control system using the same. In one form the systems and methods include attaching an end effector to the industrial robot; (a) moving the industrial robot in a compliant way until a stylus of the end effector touches a point on the touchscreen; (b) recording a position of the stylus of the end effector in the industrial robot coordinate system when it touches the point of the touchscreen; (c) recording a position of the touch point on the touchscreen in the touchscreen coordinate system; and calculating a relation between the industrial robot coordinate system and the touchscreen coordinate system based on the at least three positions of the end effector stylus and the at least three positions of the touch points.
US11207777B2
A robot controlling device inputs an operation state of a worker from a sensor. The robot controlling device calculates a position vector and a velocity vector of each of the robot and the worker from the operation state of the robot and the operation state of the worker, generates a risk determination area (an area where the robot is stopped, an area where the robot is evacuated, and an area where the robot is decelerated) around each of the robot and the worker, determines a risk based on overlapping between the generated risk determination area of the robot and the generated risk determination area of the worker, generates a collision avoidance trajectory in which collision between the robot and the worker is avoided from a result of the determination, and controls the robot based on the generated collision avoidance trajectory.
US11207775B2
A method of teaching a robot, the robot including a first and second end effector that are mounted to a robotic arm wrist, the first and second end effector being rotatable about a same rotational axis independently of each other. The method includes: a first step of, in a state where rotational positions of the first and second end effectors about the rotational axis coincide with each other, attaching a relative motion preventing device to the first and second end effector, the relative motion preventing device preventing the first and second end effector from moving relative to each other; and a fourth step of generating a teaching point of the second end effector based on: a teaching point of the first end effector; and rotational position information about the first and second end effector that are stored in a storage unit in association with each other in a third step.
US11207766B2
A mounting device is useable with a strip arrangement comprising a profile strip arrangeable or arranged at an edge area of a window pane of a motor vehicle and comprising a transport protection strip, wherein the transport protection strip is arranged at least with a portion of its cross section in a receiving area of the profile strip. The mounting device has a guide-in area configured to guide a free end of the strip arrangement into the mounting device, and a separation area configured to separate the transport protection strip from the profile strip.
US11207763B2
A signal processing apparatus for a tool including a rotating body rotated by impacts delivered from a drive apparatus is provided with: a filter a calculation circuit and a control circuit. The filter receives a torque value signal indicating a torque applied to the rotating body, and filters the torque value signal. The calculation circuit sets a filter coefficient of the filter based on a number of impacts delivered to the rotating body. The control circuit controls the impacts delivered to the rotating body, based on the torque value signal filtered by the filter.
US11207759B2
The invention relates to a dynamically dampened centerless grinding machine tool comprising wheels between which there is arranged a part to be ground, heads for carrying the wheels, at least one translation means for translating one of the heads to cause a movement according to a separation and approach direction of the wheels, detection means for detecting a vibration of at least one of the heads, and at least one damper configured for causing a vibration damping movement.
US11207757B2
In the composition according to an embodiment, the weight ratio of toluene 2,4-diisocyanate in which one NCO group is reacted and unreacted toluene 2,6-diisocyanate in the urethane-based prepolymer is adjusted, whereby such physical properties as gelation time can be controlled. Thus, the polishing rate and pad cut rate of a polishing pad obtained by curing the composition according to the embodiment may be controlled while it has a hardness suitable for a soft pad, whereby it is possible to efficiently manufacture high-quality semiconductor devices using the polishing pad.
US11207753B2
An apparatus for storing fasteners, typically screws, and guiding them during insertion into a surface employs a block of material having a lower face for bringing into proximity with surface and an upper face, parallel to the lower face. A set of screws are embedded in the block with their central axes parallel such that the screw heads are accessible to a driver from an upper face and screw tips are located within the block adjacent to a lower face. The screws are preferably deployed in side-by-side rows, advantageously in one or more rectangular or hexagonal grid. A driver acting on the head of one of screws is effective to drive the screw through block and into surface to reach a final inserted position.
US11207747B2
A welding head for a welding apparatus, the head comprising an outer face attachable to a welding device such as an electron beam gun or laser, an inner face sealable to a workpiece, and an outer sealing ring and an inner sealing ring situated within the inner face and disposed on either side of an evacuatable region, wherein the inner face has a teardrop-shaped profile. Outer and inner sealing rings can be inflatable or formed from different materials, the outer sealing ring being formed from a material with a Shore hardness of between 50 to 70 and the inner sealing ring being formed from a material with a Shore hardness of 20 to 40. A bridging seal can extend from within the inner sealing ring to the outer sealing ring.
US11207737B2
An inline tool holder including a shaft collar, a mounting plate, a first enclosure, and a second enclosure. The mounting plate is concentrically arranged around the shaft collar and includes a first surface, a second surface, and an attachment mechanism. The first enclosure is removably coupled to the first surface of the mounting plate and the second enclosure is removably coupled to the second surface of the mounting plate. The attachment mechanism of the mounting plate extends radially beyond an outer edge of both the first enclosure and the second enclosure.
US11207736B2
Provided is a cutting tool including a base material and a coating layer provided on the base material, the coating layer including a titanium carbonitride layer provided on the base material, an intermediate layer provided on the titanium carbonitride layer in contact therewith, and an alumina layer provided on the intermediate layer in contact therewith, the intermediate layer being composed of a compound made of titanium, carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, the intermediate layer having a thickness of more than 1 μm, when PN1 atomic % represents an atomic ratio of the nitrogen in an interface between the intermediate layer and the alumina layer, and PN2 atomic % represents an atomic ratio of the nitrogen at a point A away from the interface by 1 μm on a side of the intermediate layer, a ratio PN1/PN2 of the PN1 to the PN2 being more than or equal to 1.03.
US11207731B2
A process for preparing alloy products is described using a self-sustaining or self-propagating SHS-type combustion process with point-source ignition, preferably a laser, in a pressurized vessel. Binary, ternary and quaternary alloys can be formed with control over polycrystalline structure and bandgap. Methods to tune the bandgap and the alloys formed are described. The alloy products may be doped. Preferably sulfides, tellurides or selenides are formed. Cooling during reaction takes place.
US11207724B2
A crimping unit (1) having a first plate (10); a first lever (50) equipped with a winding wheel (54), a second lever (60) equipped with a crushing wheel (64), a winding actuator connected to the first lever (50), and a crushing actuator connected to the second lever (60). The winding actuator and the crushing actuator are governed by an electronic control unit (7) to vary the distance between the winding wheel (54) and/or the crushing wheel (65) of the first axis according to the angular position of the first plate (10) around the first axis.
US11207721B2
[PROBLEM] The invention provides a roll for hot rolling process having various types of more excellent durability performances than conventional rolls, and provides also a method for manufacturing the same. [SOLUTION] A cladding layer 4 is formed on an outer circumference portion of a roll for hot rolling process 1, where the cladding layer 4 comprises: 0.5 to 0.7% by mass of C, 2.8 to 4.0% by mass of Si, 0.9 to 1.1% by mass of Cu, 1.4 to 1.6% by mass of Mn, 2.7 to 3.3% by mass of Ni, 13.5 to 14.5% by mass of Cr, 0.8 to 1.1% by mass of Mo, 0.9 to 1.1% by mass of Co, and 0.2 to 0.4% by mass of Nb, with a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and has a thickness of 5 mm or more.
US11207720B2
A roll body for a hydrostatic rolling tool includes a center, an axis of rotation running through the center, and a machining zone for rolling a workpiece. The roll body is rotatable about the axis of rotation and the machining zone has a working profile line formed in a cross-section of the roll body. The working profile line has a first working arc extending around a first machining center and a second working arc extending around a second machining center. The first machining center is arranged offset to the center, and the second machining center is arranged offset to the center and offset to the first machining center. In an example embodiment, the roll body has a parallel to the axis of rotation, the first machining center lies in the cross-section on the parallel, and the second machining center lies in the cross-section on the parallel.
US11207716B2
A system includes a fluid distribution system. The fluid distribution system includes a first water wash nozzle configured to spray a wash fluid into an intake flow received through a bell mouth of a compressor during operation of the compressor in a water wash mode. The first water wash nozzle includes a first inlet end coupled to the bell mouth of the compressor, a first tip disposed opposite the first inlet end, and a first body of the first water wash nozzle extending from the first inlet end to the first tip toward an axis of the compressor. The first water was nozzle further includes a first outlet disposed at the first tip and configured to spray a first portion of the wash fluid into the intake flow during operation of the compressor in the water wash mode and a second outlet disposed along the first body and configured to spray a second portion of the wash fluid into the intake flow during operation of the compressor in the water wash mode.
US11207705B2
A mask and a method of manufacturing a mask assembly, the mask including a body, and the body including one end and another end facing each other in a length direction and having a first surface and a second surface facing each other in a thickness direction; and a pattern region between the one end and the other end, the pattern region including a plurality of pattern holes and a plurality of ribs between the plurality of pattern holes, wherein a curl value of the mask, which is defined as a shortest distance from a plane tangent to a center of the body to the one end or the other end of the body, is 1,000 μm to 4,000 μm.
US11207700B2
Provided is a rotating spray device for a lubricant, wherein the rotating driving mechanism rotates to drive the rotating spindle, and the rotating spindle drives the upper and lower rotating spray trays to rotate, and compressed air and a lubricant are respectively fed into each pitch circle closed cavity formed between each of the rotating spray trays and the spray tray main body, and then are sprayed out through the nozzles on the rotating spray trays for uniform spray coating. The device can spray the same and uniform dosage of the lubricant to the working surfaces of the maximum pitch circles of upper and lower dies, play a role of uniform forging lubrication and reduce the forging defects.
US11207697B2
Various embodiments for an adjustable flow nozzle system having a manifold with a plurality of adjustable flow nozzles in which the flow rate of each adjustable flow nozzle may be individually adjusted are described herein.
US11207696B2
A magnetic drum separator comprises a drum rotatable about an axis, the drum comprising an internal chamber and an opening at an end of the drum providing access into the internal chamber. The magnetic drum separator also comprises an inlet for supplying a liquid or granular substance into the internal chamber through the opening, a magnet outside of the drum for attracting magnetic material in the liquid or granular substance towards an internal sidewall of the internal chamber, a collection device for recovering magnetic material attracted to the internal sidewall and an annular seal member attached to the end of the drum that rotates with the drum in use. A baffle that bears against the annular seal member partially seals the opening. A plurality of cavities formed in the annular seal member receive fluid leaking into a boundary between the annular seal member and the baffle.
US11207695B2
A grinder has a bottom with a first row of first asymmetrical blades extending from the bottom. A top of the grinder has a second row of second asymmetrical blades extending from the top. The first asymmetrical blades and second asymmetrical blades are triangle shaped. A first side of each blade has one point, and a second side of each blade has two points.
US11207690B2
Sample partitioning devices and methods of making and using the same are described. A sample partitioning device includes a first film having an array of discrete stems each extending from a first major surface thereof, and a second film having an array of discrete wells formed into a second major surface thereof. The stems of the first film and the wells of the second film are mated with each other. The mated stems and wells are separable from each other, and during the removal of the stems from the wells, one or more voids are created inside the wells to suction an aqueous test sample into the wells.
US11207687B2
The invention relates to an artificial cell system comprising at least one droplet-interface bilayer (DIB) encased within a shell; a suspension comprising same; and a method and a device for the manufacture of same.
US11207686B2
An EWOD device and a related method of performing a digital biological assay are described that employs two volume measurements for enhanced assay determination. The method includes partitioning a sample reservoir and measuring the volume of each partition; initiating a biological assay wherein the biological assay includes measuring a partition property and a volume of each partition in real time as part of determining a concentration of the product substance in each partition based on the measured partition property and volume; and categorizing the partitions by a number of biological entities contained in each partition from which the number of biological entities may be calculated, which in turn may be used to calculate the total number of biological entities or concentration in the sample reservoir. The method further may include an enhanced partitioning process that minimizes variation in the volume of the partitions.
US11207684B2
A method of manipulating and/or investigating cellular bodies (9) is provided. The method comprises the steps of: providing a sample holder (3) comprising a holding space (5) for holding a fluid medium (11); providing a sample (7) comprising one or more cellular bodies (9) in a fluid medium (11) in the holding space (5); generating an acoustic wave in the holding space exerting a force (F) on the sample (7) in the holding space (5). The method further comprises providing the holding space (5) with a functionalised wall surface portion (17) to be contacted by the sample (7) and the sample (7) is in contact with the functionalised wall surface portion (17) during at least part of the step of application of the acoustic wave. A system and a sample holder (3) are also provided.
US11207681B2
The present invention provides an extraction cassette, which includes an extraction module. The extraction module includes an extraction module body, an expansion compartment, a reaction compartment, a filter, a collection compartment, a first waste-liquid compartment and a second waste-liquid compartment. The expansion compartment is formed on the extraction module body. The reaction compartment includes a reaction compartment inlet, a reaction compartment outlet and a reaction compartment notch, the expansion compartment is connected to the reaction compartment notch, and the reaction compartment notch is located between the reaction compartment inlet and the reaction compartment outlet. The filter is disposed in the reaction compartment and corresponding to the reaction compartment outlet. The collection compartment communicates with the reaction compartment outlet. The first waste-liquid compartment communicates with the reaction compartment outlet. The second waste-liquid compartment communicates with the reaction compartment outlet.
US11207680B2
A cassette may include, in an example, a substrate, a die coupled to the substrate, and a reservoir defined in the substrate exposing a proximal side of the die to an external atmosphere wherein at least a portion of the die is proud relative to at least one surface of the substrate.
US11207664B2
A heterogeneous catalyst comprising a support and a noble metal. The catalyst has an average diameter of at least 200 microns and at least 90 wt % of the noble metal is in the outer 50% of catalyst volume.
US11207662B2
One or more embodiments relates to a method of catalytically converting a reactant gas mixture for pollution abatement of products of hydrocarbon fuel combustion. The method provides substituted mixed-metal oxides where catalytically active metals are substituted within the crystal lattice to create an active and well dispersed metal catalyst available to convert the reactant gas mixture. Embodiments may be used with gasoline and diesel fueled internal combustion engine exhaust, although specific embodiments may differ somewhat for each.
US11207660B2
A method for reacting a reaction object with a liquid containing the reaction object in contact with a granular porous body. The upper limit D (mm) of the particle diameter of the granular porous body is determined from D=0.556×LN (T)+0.166 in a column flow method in non-circulation type, and determined from D=0.0315×T+0.470 in the column flow method in a circulation type and a shaking method. The granular porous body includes a skeleton body including an inorganic compound having a three-dimensional continuous network structure, and has a two-step hierarchical porous structure including through-holes formed in voids in the skeleton body, and pores extending from a surface to an inside of the skeleton body and dispersed on the surface. A functional group having affinity with the metal ion is chemically modified on a surface of the granular porous body.
US11207628B2
Sulphuric acid plants, separators for separating entrainment for process gas, and gas treatment processes for generating sulphuric acid are provided. The sulphuric acid plant comprises a source of process gas, an entrainment eliminator, a gas rotator located downstream of the gas-liquid contactor, and a separator located downstream of the entrainment eliminator and upstream of the gas rotator. The separator comprises a plurality of passages. Each passage comprises a vane extending longitudinally along the passage, wherein each vane rotates a process gas flowing through the separator. The process comprises transferring process gas from an entrainment eliminator to a separator located downstream of the entrainment eliminator, rotating the process gas through the separator to separate entrainment, and transferring the separated process gas from the separator to rotating equipment located downstream of the separator.
US11207627B2
A filter assembly includes a first screen, defining a first flow passageway, a second screen, defining a second flow passageway, and a third screen defining a third flow passageway. The second screen is positioned between the first screen and the third screen. The first flow passageway is aligned with the third flow passageway and the second flow passageway is offset from the first flow passageway and the third flow passageway.
US11207620B2
A filter assembly includes a drain port comprising a top portion and at least one surface modification along the top portion. The drain port defines an aperture therein and is alignable with an outlet port. The outlet port includes a seal member that is attachable to an end portion of the outlet port. A portion of the aperture of the drain port is sealable to the seal member when the drain port and the outlet port are aligned such that the at least one surface modification of the drain port does not abut the seal member of the outlet port, thereby creating a sealed connection between the drain port and the outlet port.
US11207616B2
A filter assembly includes a filter head and filter cartridge. The filter cartridge includes a housing and element. The housing includes a can with an open mouth. An interface ring is secured to the can adjacent to the open mouth. The outer ring surface is against the inner wall of the can. The ring wall is angled between the first and second ends greater than one degree and less than 6 degrees. Methods of filtering and making the housing are provided.
US11207607B2
Method, modules and a system formed by connecting the modules for controlling payloads are disclosed. An activation signal is propagated in the system from a module to the modules connected to it. Upon receiving an activation signal, the module (after a pre-set or random delay) activates a payload associated with it, and transmits the activation signal (after another pre-set or random delay) to one or more modules connected to it. The system is initiated by a master module including a user activated switch producing the activation signal. The activation signal can be propagated in the system in one direction from the master to the last module, or carried bi-directionally allowing two way propagation, using a module which revert the direction of the activation signal propagation direction. A module may be individually powered by an internal power source such as a battery, or connected to external power source such as AC power. The system may use remote powering wherein few or all of the modules are powered from the same power source connected to the system in a single point. The power may be carried over dedicated wires or concurrently with the conductors carrying the activation signal. The payload may be a visual or an audible signaling device, and can be integrated within a module or external to it. The payload may be powered by a module or using a dedicated power source, and can involve randomness associated with its activation such as the delay, payload control or payload activation.
US11207599B2
A gameplay system for providing interactivity based on a piece of merchandise or other object held or worn by a player. Th system includes an object identification assembly, which may be a modified computer vision system, that operates to sense, for a gameplay participant, the presence and identity of a particular augmenting object such as themed merchandise worn or held by a rider of a theme park ride. The sensing may be performed by detecting an on-and-off pattern of light emitted from the object. In response, the gameplay system selects or modifies the interactive features of gameplay associated with the participant based on the identified augmenting object. For example, the interactive features are selected from memory by the gameplay system controller to match a character associated with the augmenting object during any interactive gameplay. This allows the gameplay participant to choose their abilities or powers for gameplay.
US11207598B2
There is a system and method for gamification of real-life events over a computerized network. The system includes an observer module configured to generate real-life data in response to observation of a real-life event. The system includes an interface engine module configured to operate an ongoing computerized game that includes game objects. The system includes an implementation module configured to receive an implementation instruction and automatically effect a real-world occurrence associated with the implementation instruction. The system includes a control module, including a processor, configured to convert real-life data from the observer module into a game object, provide the created game object to the interface engine module for injection into an ongoing computer game, and convert a player interaction into an implementation instruction and provide the same to the implementation module. The system includes a player module configured to permit a player to play the ongoing game.
US11207596B2
Systems and methods for generating a performance heatmap that accounts for barriers, playable areas and non-playable areas are disclosed. The system applies a blur operation to a performance heatmap associated with a game map to generate a blurred heatmap, the heatmap having a plurality of pixels, where at least a portion of the pixels is associated with one or more values corresponding to one or more performance metrics. A mask representative of a top down image of the game map is generated, where the mask defines first areas that are accessible to players and second areas that are not accessible to players. A data structure is defined having n×m elements, wherein each of the n×m elements has a weight associated therewith based on an association of the data structure and mask. The blurring operation is executed on the heatmap using the data structure.
US11207595B2
A virtual map displaying system for a location-based game wherein the game is progressed in a virtual world through the linking to the position of a user in the real world, comprising: a real map storing portion for storing real map information that includes geographical information in the real world and text information relating to the geographical information; a virtual display data generating portion for generating and displaying virtual display data by superimposing, on the real map information, virtual objects relating to virtual geographical information corresponding to the geographical information in the real world in accordance with the progress of the game; and a related information displaying portion for displaying on a block, so as to be visually recognizable, text information that relates to geographical information that corresponds to a display location of a virtual object.
US11207585B2
A plate body is configured from a bottom part, a side surface part, and a flange part, and is formed in a concave shape, whereby the thickness of the bottom part of the plate body is reduced and the flexibility of a plate is increased. Reducing the thickness of the bottom part of the plate body reduces the length of screws for attaching a snowboard and prevents the screws from inhibiting the flexibility of the plate.
US11207582B2
A method for adaptive user training and gaming utilizing a media player is disclosed. The method includes operations of receiving, by control logic, data pertaining to selection of a first training program, transmitting, by the control logic, media instructions to cause activation of a media player configured to display visual data corresponding to the first training program, and transmitting, by the control logic, ball-throwing instructions to cause activation of a ball-throwing machine configured to impart motion to one or more balls in accordance with the first training program. The method includes additional operations of recording, by the control logic, an indication of the first training program in a player profile. Additional operations includes recording, by the control logic, training data indicating metrics associated with performance of the first training program.
US11207573B2
A golf club head with improved striking face performance is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses a golf club head having a striking face portion with a back surface provided with multiple constant thickness zones and multiple transition zones on a back surface of the striking face portion. Preferably, at least three constant thickness zones are provided in the thickened central region of the striking face portion encompassed by an intermediate transition zone and an outer perimeter region encompassing the intermediate transition zone comprising at least four outer perimeter constant thickness zones. Preferably, the thickened central region and the intermediate transition region mimic the shape of the face perimeter of the striking face portion of the golf club head.
US11207570B2
The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
US11207568B2
The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
US11207565B2
A training device for the human or animal body includes a balance body with a movable centre of mass and a holder with which the balance body can be carried. The holder includes a harness with connectors for connecting to a torso of the body and with a cavity in which the balance body is at least partially received and fixed. The harness particularly includes a first part with connector for attaching to a back of the user and a second part connected releasably to the first part. The first part and the second part adjoin each other so as to form a cavity which is open on both sides and in which the balance part is at least partially received in substantially fitting manner.
US11207558B2
A low friction rehabilitation board having an integral band retaining feature is described. The rehabilitation board may have a coefficient of static friction of no more than about 0.5 and in some embodiments no more than about 0.06. The rehabilitation board has a plurality of band retaining feature configured along one or both ends and may be an integral band retaining features being formed in the board. Additionally, the rehabilitation may include one or more band retaining features on one or both sides of the board. The unique configuration of the band retaining features enables rehabilitation method heretofore not possible with a single board. Resistance bands may be retained in the band retaining features and coupled to a user's limb, such as a foot or ankle, to resist motion, such as sliding or extending the foot along the low friction surface of the rehabilitation board.
US11207545B2
The present invention describes a membrane mask for immobilization of a region of interest during radiation therapy. The mask comprises at least one material forming a matrix, and at least one radiation-sensitive material integrated as micro- or nano-sized material elements in or onto the matrix. The radiation-sensitive material advantageously provides the possibility of using the mask for performing dosimetry. Use of the mask and a method for performing dosimetry also are described.
US11207539B2
A method of determining responsiveness of a patient wearing a wearable defibrillator configured to deliver therapy to the patient includes sensing an electrocardiogram signal of the patient wearing the wearable defibrillator via a plurality of ECG sensing electrodes, and determining whether a defibrillation treatment should be provided to the patient via at least one treatment electrode. The method includes causing a user interface to provide a patient prompt from the wearable defibrillator responsive to determining that the defibrillation treatment should be provided to the patient. The method includes receiving a first signal indicative of a first patient response within a time interval, receiving a second signal indicative of a second patient response within the time interval, and withholding the defibrillation treatment to the patient via the at least one treatment electrode in response to receiving both the first signal and the second signal within the time interval.
US11207522B2
In some examples, a processor is configured determine whether efficacy of therapy delivered by a medical device to the patient may have changed and generate a notification based on the determination. For example, a processor may be configured to determine whether a bioelectrical brain signal indicative of activity of a brain of a patient includes a biomarker that indicates efficacy of therapy delivered by a medical device to the patient may have changed, and generate notification based on determining the bioelectrical brain signal includes the biomarker. In some examples, the processor modifies the therapy delivered to the patient prior to generating the notification.
US11207513B2
The invention relates to a connecting piece for establishing a fluid connection between fluid-conducting lines for installation in a cut-out in a housing part of a medical device, in particular a dialysis unit. Furthermore, the invention relates to a medical device, in particular a dialysis unit, comprising a housing that comprises a housing part having a cut-out into which a connecting piece of this type is inserted. The connecting piece 13 according to the invention comprises a tubular body 18 that is made of an electrically conductive material and can be inserted into the cut-out 23 in the housing part 1A, the end pieces 19, 20 of which body are designed for the attachment of the fluid-conducting lines. The connecting piece 13 is distinguished by a terminal part 16 for attaching an electrical protective conductor or equipotential bonding system, the terminal part 16 being electrically conductively connectable or connected to the tubular body 18. The terminal part 16 allows an electrical connection cable 17 to be directly attached to a protective conductor 15 (PE conductor).
US11207512B2
A medical valve assembly includes a tube extending between proximal and distal tube ends. A plunger plate extends radially from the distal tube end, and a valve housing surrounds the tube and extends between proximal and distal valve housing ends. The valve housing includes a flange extending radially inwardly from the distal valve housing end and disposed in spaced relationship with the plunger plate to define a distance dimension D extending therebetween. An elastomeric seal is compressed between the plunger plate and the flange to establish a closed condition of the medical valve assembly. The elastomeric seal axially moves one of the valve housing and the tube relative to the other when a medical device is inserted into the medical valve assembly to automatically increase the distance dimension and establish an open and sealed condition of the medical valve assembly with the inserted medical valve.
US11207509B2
A diffusing applicator is provided and generally includes a head unit, and extension shaft, and a dispensing device. The head unit includes a fluid receiving space and a plurality of dispensing passageways in communication the fluid receiving space. The extension shaft is securely connected to head unit. The dispensing device holds a fluid and is connected to the extension shaft. The dispensing device is in communication with the plurality of dispensing passageways.
US11207508B2
Inventive embodiments disclosed herein include a catheter for dilating a sinus cavity lumen. The catheter includes a guide tube, having a proximal end and a distal end, that terminates in a distal tip; a sleeve member annularly positioned over the guide tube, wherein the sleeve member is movable relative to the guide tube and is capable of being advanced over the guide tube; and a balloon coupled to the sleeve member, wherein the balloon can be extendable and inflated at or beyond the end of the guide tube.
US11207501B2
A stabilization device configured to stabilize an access device when a distal end portion of the access device is inserted through a target location of a patient. The stabilization device includes a coupling surface, a proximal surface, and a base surface. The coupling surface is configured to be placed in contact with an adapter coupled to a proximal end portion of the access device. The proximal surface forms at least one angle and is configured to facilitate securement of the stabilization device to the target location. The base surface forms a contoured portion configured to be placed in contact with the target location and a recessed portion configured to be spaced apart from the target location. The stabilization device is configured to be secured to the target location such that the adapter is retained in a fixed position relative to the coupling surface and the access device is stabilized.
US11207500B2
A needle steering system and apparatus provides active, semi-autonomous control of needle insertion paths while still enabling a clinician ultimate control over needle insertion. A method and system controls the needle path as the needle is inserted by precisely controlling the rotation of the needle as it continuously rotates during insertion. This enables underactuated 2 degree-of-freedom (DOF) control of the direction and the curvature of the needle from a single rotary actuator. Control of the rotary motion is therefore decoupled from the needle insertion. The rotary motion controls steering effort and direction, while the insertion controls needle depth or insertion speed. In one implementation, the proposed method does not require constant velocity insertion, interleaved insertion and rotation, or known insertion position or speed. The insertion may be provided by a robot or other automated method, may be a manual insertion, or may be a teleoperated insertion.
US11207498B2
An apparatus includes a housing, a catheter, and an actuator. The housing has a first port and a second port that is coupleable to an indwelling vascular access device. The catheter is at least partially disposed in the housing such that the first port of the housing receives a proximal end portion of the catheter. The actuator is partially disposed in the housing to selectively engage a portion of the catheter in the housing. The actuator is configured to be rotated an angular distance relative to the housing to move a distal end portion of the catheter a linear distance from a first position inside the housing, to a second position in which the catheter extends through the second port and distal to the indwelling vascular access device when the second port is coupled thereto. The linear distance is greater than the angular distance.
US11207495B2
A catheter assembly includes a catheter hub defining an interior cavity and a catheter tube extending distally thereof. A rigid actuator is positioned to extend proximally in the interior cavity and support a seal member positioned thereon in the interior cavity. The seal member includes a central membrane, a distal portion, and a proximal portion. An hourglass shaped actuator cavity is formed in the distal portion and receives a barbed end of the actuator. The outer surface of the seal member is in partial circumferential engagement with the catheter hub to define an air path that allows fluid communication between areas of the interior cavity distal and proximal of the seal member. The seal member may be configured for multi-use and include a biasing member that moves the seal member to force the membrane back over the actuator to close the membrane.
US11207493B2
A medical elongated body is disclosed, which includes a shaft having a lumen through which a contrast agent can flow; and a tubular structure portion which is provided at a distal portion of the shaft and has an insertion hole. The tubular structure portion includes an inner tube fixed to the distal portion of the shaft; an outer tube which is disposed radially outward of the inner tube and is liquid-tightly fixed to the distal portion of the shaft and a proximal portion of the inner tube; a space portion communicating with the lumen of the shaft between the inner tube and the outer tube, and an opening portion through which a contrast agent flows from the lumen into the space portion flows out.
US11207489B2
Described is an improved brain-machine interface including a neural interface and a controllable device in communication with the neural interface. The neural interface includes a neural device with one or more sensors for collecting signals of interest and one or more processors for conditioning the signals of interest, extracting salient neural features from and decoding the conditioned signals of interest, and generating a control command for the controllable device. The controllable device performs one or more operations according to the control command, and the neural device administers neuromodulation stimulation to reinforce operation of the controllable device.
US11207486B2
An apparatus such as a fluid mixer, suitable for use with a respirator, including a venturi nozzle for flow of a pressure-controlled fluid; an ambient fluid aperture in fluid communication with the venturi nozzle; a fluid port; a pressure force multiplier in fluid communication with the fluid port; and a valve moveable relative to the venturi nozzle between a start flow position and a stop flow position; where the pressure force multiplier is configured such that fluid forced into the fluid port actuates the valve relative to the venturi nozzle; and where the pressure force multiplier is configured such that fluid withdrawn from the fluid port actuates the valve relative to the venturi nozzle. A method of using an apparatus suitable for a ventilator is also disclosed.
US11207485B2
An air delivery tube for a CPAP system includes a first end configured to connect to a flow generator of the CPAP system and a second end configured to connect to a patient interface of the CPAP system. The air delivery tube also includes a central lumen that is formed by an inner wall of the air delivery tube and is configured to convey pressurized breathable gas from the first end to the second end. In addition, a circumferential chamber surrounds the central lumen and is configured to retain a supply of water. A wick is located within the central lumen and is connected to the inner wall.
US11207475B2
The method and system according to preferred embodiments of the present invention allows an effective delivery of aerosolized medicament (e.g., a surfactant) to the patient's lungs. According to a preferred embodiment, the method of the present invention provides an efficient delivery of the aerosol medicament (possibly breath synchronized). A glass vial in which medicaments are usually stored and shipped is used directly as a component of the system. Its function in the system is that of an intermittently pressurized chamber that can inject the surfactant into the catheter of the atomizer device. According to a preferred embodiment the delivery can be done in phase with the beginning of each inspiration. The main elements of the system are: a source of compressed gas, the already mentioned medicament vial, a catheter, and optionally means to detect the breathing pattern and a control unit.
US11207472B2
A needle hub assembly for a pen needle includes a needle hub, an inner shield and an outer cover. The open end of the outer cover is closed by a removable seal to access the needle hub. The needle hub has a body with a shoulder and a tower extending from the body for supporting a cannula. The inner shield fits over the tower and the cannula and includes a flange that has an outer dimension complementing the outer dimension of the needle hub and contacts the shoulder of the needle hub in the assembled condition. The outer cover encloses the needle hub and the inner shield and includes a stop member on an inner surface that contacts the flange of the inner shield to capture the inner shield between the shoulder of the needle hub and the outer cover.
US11207469B1
A low deadspace syringe having a pivoting protective needle guard on a fixed needle assembly that is permanently attached to the syringe.
US11207468B2
A syringe is provided, including a syringe barrel, a needle set and a push rod. A front end part is provided in the syringe barrel. An end of the needle set has an open area, the open area is transversely provided with a first snap part. The push rod is slidably disposed within the syringe barrel, and an end of the push rod facing the front end part has a second snap part. When the push rod is slidingly moved to the front end part, the second snap part is engaged with the first snap part.
US11207464B2
An apparatus for filling a syringe with a verified dose of radiant fluid has a container holder that holds a container of the radiant fluid wherein a syringe oriented at a septum of the container can penetrate the septum. The syringe holder is configured to continuously grip the syringe, to drive the syringe to the container holder and penetrate the septum, to fill the syringe with a dose of the radiant fluid from the container, to drive the syringe to a transfer post, to drive the syringe to a metering zone of a metering station in order to verify that measured radiation is compatible with the dose, and to release the continuous grip.
US11207453B2
A peritoneal dialysis catheter includes: a catheter tube defining a lumen for carrying peritoneal dialysis fluid to at least one aperture located at or near a distal end of the lumen; at least one cuff located along the outside of the catheter tube; an access site proximally spaced from the at least one cuff, the access site allowing an antimicrobial agent to be introduced into the catheter tube; a reservoir operable with the catheter tube and in fluid communication with the access site, the reservoir storing an amount of the antimicrobial agent received from the access site after an antimicrobial agent introducer is removed from the access site; and a delivery area of the catheter tube in fluid communication with the reservoir, the delivery area positioned so as to target delivery of the antimicrobial agent to the at least one cuff or other desired location along the catheter tube.
US11207451B2
An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of fluid and a process of setting up a medical apparatus for the delivery or collection of fluids are disclosed. According to the apparatus and the process, a control unit (10) is configured calculate set values of two or more of the fluid flow rates by imposing that an emptying time of containers of fresh fluid (16, 20, 21, 26) and/or a filling time of a waste container is substantially same as, or multiple of, the emptying time of one or more of the other containers of fresh fluid.
US11207440B2
Volatile composition dispenser with increased membrane exposure and volatile composition weight loss
A volatile composition dispenser includes a housing having opposing first and second walls that are joined along their peripheries to one another. The first wall has an aperture and the second wall has a plurality of apertures. Within the housing, rests a volatile composition cartridge and a gap, which exists between the cartridge and a bottom surface of the housing, wherein said bottom surface is formed from a joinder of a base portion of one or both of the first and second walls, and wherein, upon activation, the exposure percentage of the dispenser is from about 40% to about 90%; wherein at least about 60% of the total surface area of the plurality of apertures results from individual apertures of said plurality that each have an area of at least 30 mm2 and an aspect ratio of at least about 1:2. Dispenser of a similar housing, cartridge, and gap when is activated by a user and thirty days after said activation, exhibits about 70% to 90% weight loss of said volatile composition of a partially exposed membrane of a fully exposed membrane.
US11207436B2
The present invention relates to methods and devices for providing microbial control and/or disinfection/remediation of an environment. The methods generally comprise: generating a Purified Hydrogen Peroxide Gas (PHPG) that is substantially free of, e.g., hydration, ozone, plasma species, and/or organic species; and directing the gas comprising primarily PHPG into the environment such that the PHPG acts to provide microbial control and/or disinfection/remediation in the environment, preferably both on surfaces and in the air.
US11207432B2
Fluoridated organofluoroborates comprising at least one 18F atom and precursors thereto, for use in PET scanning.
US11207426B2
In some aspects, the disclosure relates to methods and compositions for modulation of miR-122 expression in a cell or a subject. In some embodiments, methods and compositions described by the disclosure are useful for the treatment of liver-associated diseases (e.g., chronic liver disease, alcoholic liver disease).
US11207424B2
This document relates to methods and materials for increasing viral vector infectivity. For example, methods and materials for using spliceosome inhibitors (e.g., U2 snRNP spliceosome inhibitors such as meayamycin B or pladienolide derivative E7107) to increase viral vector (e.g., adeno-associated virus-based vector) infectivity are provided.
US11207421B2
The present disclosure provides nanostructures (e.g., monolayer or bilayer nanostructures) comprising porphyrins with cobalt chelated thereto such that the cobalt metal resides within monolayer or bilayer in the porphyrin macrocycle. The nanostructures can have presentation molecules comprising epitopes from microorganisms with a histidine tag attached thereto, such that at least a part of the his-tag is within the monolayer or bilayer and coordinated to the cobalt metal core and the presentation molecules are exposed to the outside of the nanostructures. The nanostructures can further comprise a cargo. The nanostructures can be used to deliver the cargo to an individual.
US11207415B2
The invention involves the coupling of compounds that can be bound by Haptocorrin (R-binder; Transcobalamin I; HC) to a target drug to improve pharmacokinetics, avoid undesirable side effects, and/or modify CNS access and localization. The pharmaceutical effect may be improved by conjugating the drug to haptocorrin binding substrate. This allows the conjugate to become bound to unsaturated haptocorrin in the blood, thereby protecting the drug from metabolism or excretion to increase protein half-life while not interfering with the efficacy of the protein drug. The conjugation may additionally prevent the drug from reaching the central nervous system or modify where the drug localizes and produces undesirable side effects such as nausea or hypophagia. Such a route also would prevent, in all case save for actual vitamin B12, binding by serum transcobalamin II (TCII), and thus not cause B12 deficiency with long term use.
US11207407B2
High concentration antibody formulations capable of stable long-term storage are disclosed.
US11207390B2
The present invention relates to compositions, immunogenic or vaccine compositions and pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of a condition or disorder selected from a pruritic condition or an allergic condition, of equine mammals, preferably of horses. Furthermore, the invention provides methods for preventing or treating pruritus, preferably pruritus associated with a pruritic condition or an allergic condition such as allergic dermatitis, of equine mammals, preferably of horses.
US11207388B2
This document provides dietary supplement compositions. For example, multi-supplement compositions having combinations of dietary supplement formulations useful for human or animal consumption are provided.
US11207383B2
Provided is a complex composition, of which positional isomers are minimized by using a N-terminus of an immunoglobulin Fc region as a binding site when the immunoglobulin Fc region is used as a carrier. Also provided are a protein complex which is prepared by N-terminal-specific binding of immunoglobulin Fc region, thereby prolonging blood half-life of the physiologically active polypeptide, maintaining in vivo potency at a high level, and having no risk of immune responses, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition including the same for improving in vivo duration and stability of the physiologically active polypeptide. The protein complex may be usefully applied to the development of long-acting formulations of various physiologically active polypeptide drugs.
US11207372B2
Provided herein are peptide formulations comprising polymers as stabilizing agents. The peptide formulations can be more stable for prolonged periods of time at temperatures higher than room temperature when formulated with the polymers. The polymers used in the present invention can decrease the degradation of the constituent peptides of the peptide formulations.
US11207370B2
Compounds, compositions and methods for preventing, treating or curing a coronavirus, picornavirus, and/or hepeviridae virus infection in human subjects or other animal hosts. Specific viruses that can be treated include enteroviruses. In one embodiment, the compounds can be used to treat an infection with a severe acute respiratory syndrome virus, such as human coronavirus 229E, SARS, MERS, SARS-CoV-1 (OC43), and SARS-CoV-2. In another embodiment, the methods are used to treat a patient co-infected with two or more of these viruses, or a combination of one or more of these viruses and norovirus.
US11207368B2
Disclosed herein are dietary supplement compositions and methods for increasing or stimulating bone growth, decreasing or preventing bone resorption, increasing bone strength, improving bone structure, and improving bone architecture comprising a first composition comprising a combination of at least two of: quercetin, Rehmannia sp., Rehmannia sp. root, Siberian ginseng, Sophora japonica, licorice, and ipriflavone, wherein the combination of the first composition increases bone morphogenic protein-2 gene, promoter or protein expression; and a second composition comprising an extract of pomegranate in combination with at least one of Siberian ginseng, Ginkgo biloba, green tea, Sophora japonica, Rehmannia sp., grape seed, Dong Quai, and ipriflavone, wherein the combination of the second composition inhibits the expression of RANK-L.
US11207361B2
AAV mediated exendin-4 gene transfer to salivary glands to protect subjects from diabetes or obesity
The invention relates to a gene transfer-based method to protect a subject from diabetes or obesity. The method comprises administering to a salivary gland of the subject an AAV virion comprising an AAV vector that encodes an exendin-4 protein. Also provided are exendin-4 proteins and nucleic acid molecules that encode such exendin-4 proteins. Also provided are AAV vectors and AAV virions that encode an exendin-4 protein. One embodiment is an exendin-4 protein that is a fusion protein comprising an NGF secretory segment joined to the amino terminus of an exendin-4 protein domain.
US11207360B2
A pharmaceutical composition comprising at least a probiotic and at least a carotene, for the treatment of dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiota, is disclosed. The association of these ingredients allowed to obtain a clear synergistic effect.
US11207355B2
An enriched amnion derived tissue graft has a stromal matrix layer and an epithelium layer. A stromal matrix layer may contain a basement membrane layer, a compact layer, a fibroblast layer, and an intermediate layer. An amnion derived tissue graft may have a plurality of tissue layers and the layers may be configured with the epithelium layers toward the inside and the stromal matrix layers toward the outside surface. An enriched portion may be coated onto or be configured within a tissue layer and have an increased concentration of cells, of proteins, growth factors, seed cells, pharmaceuticals or any combination thereof. A carrier fluid such as amniotic fluid may be used to produce an enrichment composition for coating the tissue graft. The cells within the enriched portion may be stem cells from the amnion, or cells from other tissue and may be seed cells selected based on the treatment location.
US11207350B2
This invention is directed to treatment of a subject having or suspected of having a cancer comprising administering to the subject a monoclonal antibody and NK-92 expressing Fc receptor.
US11207338B2
The present invention relates to a compound of dihydrophaseic acid 3′-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. It was found that the D3G isolated from the Lycium root bark extract induces the activity of osteoblast differentiation while promoting the proliferation of pre-osteoblast, and promotes the bone remodeling by promoting the differentiation of both osteoblast and osteoclast when mixing and culturing pre-osteoblast which is the precursor of osteoblast, and monocyte which is the precursor of osteoclast. Therefore, the D3G of the present invention is expected to be useful as a pharmacological agent or functional food effective for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis which is a disease caused by the abnormal balance of bone remodeling.
US11207337B2
The present invention is directed to the use of co-therapy comprising administration of canagliflozin and phentermine for the treatment of obesity and obesity related disorders. More particularly, the present invention is directed to co-therapy for treating obesity, for promoting weight loss and/or for suppressing appetite; for treating, delaying, slowing the progression of and/or preventing metabolic disorders (including for example Type 2 diabetes mellitus); for treating, delaying, slowing the progression of and/or preventing renal or fatty liver disorders (including for example NASH, NAFLD, etc.); for treating, delaying, slowing the progression of and/or preventing sleep disorders (including for example sleep apnea); for providing cardiovascular protection; for treating, delaying, slowing the progression of and/or preventing cardiovascular events (including major adverse cardiac events (MACE) such as myocardial infarction, unstable angina, cardiovascular death, revascularization, fatal or non-fatal cerebrovascular accident, peripheral arteriopathy, aortic events, hospitalization due to congestive heart failure, etc.); and/or for extending or prolonging life span.
US11207336B2
The present application relates to compounded compositions, methods of making compounded compositions, and methods of using compounded compositions. For example, disclosed herein are compounded compositions and methods of making compounded compositions comprising one or more anti-infective agents such as streptomycin and one or more of colistimethate, clindamycin, mupirocin, or levofloxacin.
US11207330B2
Mirtazapine is useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of medication overuse headache based on tension-type headache. Moreover, a pharmaceutical composition and/or the use of mirtazapine for the manufacture of a medicament, are useful against medication overuse headache based on tension-type headache, and the treatment of medication overuse headache based on tension-type headache.
US11207327B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US11207322B2
Certain embodiments are directed to methods of treating or preventing an addictive behavior in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of a 5-HT2C receptor agonist in combination with a DA D3/D4 receptor antagonist.
US11207319B2
Methods of treating bladder cancer using terconazole are disclosed herein. Terconazole can be administered as part of a comprehensive treatment program, which can also include chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy and/or surgical treatment.
US11207305B2
The invention provides antibiotic combination therapies for treating an A. baumannii infection in a subject. The combination therapies include rifabutin and a second antibiotic, such as colistin and cefiderocol.
US11207300B2
The invention relates to compounds for the treatment of ribosomopathies. In particular, it refers to compounds for the treatment of Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome (SDS) and other ribosomopathies, such as Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA), X-linked dyskeratosiscongenita (DKC) and Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS).
US11207297B2
The present invention relates to liquid pharmaceutical composition suitable for oral administration comprising clonidine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof with at least one buffer and at least one preservative. The present invention also relates to process for preparing the said liquid pharmaceutical composition.
US11207293B2
The present invention discloses a composition and method of use for the general improvement of hypertension, high cholesterol, and cardiovascular health. The novel composition is comprised of thiamin (vitamin B1), vitamin B2 (as riboflavin-5′-phosphate), niacin (vitamin B3, as niacinamide), vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine hydrochloride), folic acid, vitamin C, vitamin D, calcium (as calcium carbonate), magnesium (as magnesium taurate), aged garlic extract, olive leaf extract (as 20% oleuropein), coenzyme Q10 (as ubiquinol), L-Arginine (as hydrochloride), L-Citrulline (as malate), and lycopene.
US11207291B2
The invention relates is directed to antimicrobial compositions comprising cannabinoid compounds and methods of utilizing the antimicrobial compositions to inhibit the growth of microorganisms, to treat and/or prevent microbial infections.
US11207289B2
A method for suppressing tumor metastasis, in which an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) is administered to a subject in need thereof. Also disclosed is a method of treating cancer, in which an effective amount of a chemotherapy agent and an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) is administered to a subject in need thereof. Further disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions for suppressing tumor metastasis and for treating cancer, each of the compositions containing a compound of formula (I).
US11207279B2
Provided is a novel compound having rapid and long-lasting therapeutic effects on diseases exhibiting depressive symptoms. Specifically, provided are an agent for prevention and/or treatment of a depressive symptom, consisting of R(−)-ketamine or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for prevention and/or treatment of a depressive symptom, comprising R(−)-ketamine or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof in an effective amount for reducing a depressive symptom, and being substantially free of S(+)-ketamine, and a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.
US11207272B2
Self-righting articles, such as self-righting capsules for administration to a subject, are generally provided. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may be configured such that the article may orient itself relative to a surface (e.g., a surface of a tissue of a subject). The self-righting articles described herein may comprise one or more tissue engaging surfaces configured to engage (e.g., interface with, inject into, anchor) with a surface (e.g., a surface of a tissue of a subject). In some embodiments, the self-righting article may have a particular shape and/or distribution of density (or mass) which, for example, enables the self-righting behavior of the article. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may comprise a tissue interfacing component and/or a pharmaceutical agent (e.g., for delivery of the active pharmaceutical agent to a location internal of the subject). In some cases, upon contact of the tissue with the tissue engaging surface of the article, the self-righting article may be configured to release one or more tissue interfacing components. In some cases, the tissue interfacing component is associated with a self-actuating component. For example, the self-righting article may comprise a self-actuating component configured, upon exposure to a fluid, to release the tissue interfacing component from the self-righting article. In some cases, the tissue interfacing component may comprise and/or be associated with the pharmaceutical agent (e.g., for delivery to a location internal to a subject).
US11207264B2
A cosmetics composition having improved water absorbability and oil absorbability is provided. The cosmetics composition effectively controls sweat and sebum, thereby making it possible to improve persistence of make-up and to keep skin from looking dull.
US11207260B2
The invention relates to a cosmetic process for caring for or making up keratin materials, comprising the topical application to the keratin materials of a cosmetic composition comprising a phosphonic polymer derived from the polymerization of: (a) 45% to 95% by weight of ethylenic monomer bearing an at least C8 linear or branched alkyl group; (b) 5% to 25% by weight of vinylphosphonic acid monomer; (c) 0 to 50% by weight of additional monomer chosen from linear or branched C1C6 alkyl (meth)acrylates, C6-C12 cycloalkyl (meth)acrylates, and polydimethylsiloxanes bearing a mono(meth)acryloyloxy end group, optionally combined with an additional compound chosen from polyamine compounds bearing several primary amine and/or secondary amine groups, aminosilanes, salts of divalent or trivalent metal ions, clays and metal oxides. The process makes it possible to obtain a film-forming deposit that has good resistance to water, to oil and to sebum. The film is also non-tacky and transfer-resistant. The invention also relates to polymers containing the three monomers (a), (b) and (c).
US11207259B2
The present disclosure relates to a cosmetic product for the temporary reshaping of keratinous fibers, particularly human hair, containing potato starch and dehydroxanthan gum.
US11207255B2
A self-foaming cleansing compositions are provided. The self-foaming cleansing composition includes a) of one or more volatile silicone oil; b) one or more surfactants; and c) one or more polymers with suspending properties. The self-foaming cleaning composition is free of perfluoro compound.
US11207253B2
A preservative composition is described that may be used in personal care products and other products for protecting the products against bacteria and fungus during production and during use. The composition can about 3 to about 15% by weight of an organic acid; about 3 to about 15% by weight of a C8-C18 fatty alcohol; about 30 to about 60% by weight of an aromatic alcohol; and about 30 to about 60% by weight of an organic solvent.
US11207250B2
The present application provides elastomeric articles that are able to deliver skin care properties to a person wearing or coming into contact with the article. The articles comprise an elastomeric film a plant stem cell material. The plant stem cell material may be in the form of a bilayer membrane-encapsulated plant stem cell material. The plant stem cell material may be present as a layer or coating on a surface of the elastomeric film. Also provided are methods for the production of the articles.
US11207241B2
The invention generally relates to prefilled disposable medication devices, method of making, and using to store, contain and deliver at least a diluent for allergenic extract and more particularly to a prefilled cartridge containing a diluent for allergenic extract for use with an injection pen for allergy treatments.
US11207240B2
A drug mixing container is provided. The drug mixing container includes a container with an opening facing upward and a cover body. An inner peripheral wall of the container includes at least one piercing structure protruding toward the opening of the container. The cover body accommodates a drug and includes a sealing film for sealing the drug in the cover body. In use, when an opening of the cover body is coupled downward to the opening of the container, the sealing film is pierced and torn by the piercing structure to make the drug in the cover body flow into the container, thereby preventing hands of an operator from being stained with the drug.
US11207235B2
A walking assistance apparatus includes a rear support module configured to support a rear portion of a waist of a user, a driving module configured to provide a power to assist a motion of a hip joint of the user, a thigh support connected to the driving module, the thigh support configured to support a thigh of the user, and a waist frame including a pair of shafts configured to connect the rear support module and the driving module.
US11207231B2
An apparatus for transporting a patient. The apparatus includes a supporting portion to grasp part of the body of a patient. A footboard unit is provided upon which the patient is able to stand when supported by the supporting portion, the footboard unit movable along a floor by movable means. A frame is connected between the footboard unit and the supporting portion. The apparatus is configured so that the footboard unit is able to move in proximity to a bed upon which the patient is lying, whereat the supporting portion can grasp the part of the body of the patient, wherein the frame and the supporting portion are able to support the patient in transitioning from a lying position on the bed to a standing position adjacent the bed as the footboard unit is moved relative to the bed.
US11207229B2
The invention discloses a care bed including a bed frame and a wheelchair. A head panel, a tail panel, a foldable first lateral connecting portion and a second lateral connecting portion of the bed frame constitute an accommodating space of the bed frame. The bed frame has a notch formed at the folded first lateral connecting portion. The wheelchair is moved by the carriage base into the accommodating space through the notch. The backrest, the first armrest, the second armrest, the leg-rest and the footrest of the wheelchair are regulated into a co-plane with the seat to constitute a mattress. The mattress fits the accommodating space of the bed frame.
US11207217B2
A dressing for treating tissue with negative pressure is provided herein comprising a composite of dressing layers, including a release film, a perforated coated polymer film, a manifold, and an adhesive cover. Additionally, a method of manufacturing the dressing may comprise applying a cross-linkable polymer to a polymer film, curing the cross-linkable polymer to a gel layer to form a coated polymer film, and perforating the coated polymer film to form fluid restrictions, such as slits and/or slots, though the coated polymer film.
US11207213B2
A medical instrument and method is described for facilitating lacrimal occlusion. The instrument has two arms for holding a plug being inserted through the punctum, each arm having a distal end and a proximal end. Attached to the proximal end of the arms is a dilator oriented in the opposite direction along the longitudinal axis of the instrument. The instrument is conveniently rotated in the hand of the practitioner to alternately present the functioning end of the instrument as either the distal end of the arms (for holding a plug) or the distal end of the dilator (for enlarging the punctum prior to attempting to inserting the plug). The instrument has a means for moving the two arms near to each other and away from each, and a means for holding the two arms near to each other without requiring closing pressure applied by the practitioner.
US11207208B2
Systems, methods, devices, and apparatus for positioning a patient's mandible in response to sleep apnea status are provided herein. In one aspect, a system for monitoring and treating sleep apnea in a patient comprises one or more sensors configured to monitor the patient for symptoms associated with sleep apnea; an intraoral appliance worn by the patient, one or more processors, and memory comprising instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to: receive a set of sensor data from the one or more sensors, detect, using a machine learning algorithm, onset of a sleep apnea event based on the set of sensor data, and transmit a control signal to the intraoral appliance to cause the intraoral appliance to displace a lower jaw of the patient from a first position to a second position in order to treat the sleep apnea event.
US11207207B2
Disclosed herein are mandibular advancement devices comprising an upper splint and a lower splint, where the upper splint comprises one or more upper fins, where each upper fin is located at a distance UD from back of the upper splint; the lower splints comprise one or more lower fins, where each lower fin is located at a distance LD from back of the lower splint; where the position of the upper and lower fins is unchangeable. Also disclosed are methods of reducing partial constriction of airway during sleep for a patient, the method comprising identifying a patient in need thereof; and administering to the patient the disclosed mandibular advancement device. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing a mandibular advancement device, the method comprising obtaining measurements from a patient's dentition; digitally designing a mandibular advancement device; and milling the mandibular advancement device.
US11207206B2
A urine removal device includes a pouch with a proximal opening that provides access to an internal compartment of the pouch that is suitable to contain urine. A fluid diverter system is disposed inside of the pouch and extends from the proximal portion of the pouch, where it interfaces via an outlet conduit member to the environment outside of the pouch, to the distal end of the pouch where it draws in urine from the pouch. The pouch has at least one air port to allow air flow through the device to support suction that is applied inside of the pouch. The fluid diverter system has at least one conduit member configured to draw urine from the distal portion of the pouch up to the proximal end of the pouch, and into the outlet conduit member where it exits the fluid collection device.
US11207205B2
The invention relates to method of manufacturing a custom stoma insert for a patient having a stoma, as well as to a stoma made using the method of the invention. The method comprises the steps of scanning the stoma and surrounding skin area to generate a three-dimensional scan of the area for which the stoma insert is to be manufactured; manipulating scan data obtained from the three-dimensional scan to render a three-dimensional model of the stoma and surrounding skin contours, such that the scan data is suitable for use in an additive manufacturing environment; creating a custom mould for the stoma insert using additive manufacturing such that the mould provides a complementary surface closely mirroring the contours of the stoma and surrounding skin area; and producing the stoma insert by casting a physiologically acceptable mouldable material into the custom mould.
US11207194B2
A system for delivering bone graft material into an interbody fusion device (IBFD) in an intradiscal space of a spine, the IBFD having an open-frame with a hollow interior and an opening through its proximal end communicating with the interior. Included is an elongate channel having a lumen extending therethrough, the distal end being in engagement with the IBFD to align the lumen with the opening through the proximal end of the IBFD. An adjustable block is movably attached to the channel, the block having plural chambers containing bone graft material, the chambers being individually sequentially alignable with the lumen. A plunger pushes graft material from each chamber, through the lumen and into the IBFD. A distal end of a tamper is configured to be inserted through each chamber and the lumen and into the IBFD interior for tamping graft material deposited into the interior of the IBFD.
US11207191B2
A dynamic intervertebral spacer includes a ring which is split on an anterior portion. A posterior portion of the ring acts as a torsion spring. After implantation, the ring is able to act as a spring between superior and inferior vertebral bodies, thus allowing dynamic bone growth in fusion procedures.
US11207185B2
A bone graft containment device includes a body extending longitudinally from a first end to a second end. The body is defined via a strut framework sized and shaped to correspond to an outer surface of a target bone. The strut framework defines an interior space configured to receive a bone graft or bone graft substitute material. The device also includes a first grasping structure and a second grasping structure extending from an exterior of the body. The first and second grasping structures are configured to receive a bone fixation plate therebetween.
US11207183B2
A mitral cerclage annuloplasty apparatus includes a catheter with a blocking member and a capturing member. The blocking member is in the shape of a pigtail or a balloon, and is configured on the distal portion of the catheter preventing the catheter from traversing through an unsafe zone thereby enabling the catheter to pass through the safe zone. This prevents damage to critical cardiac tissues. The capturing member is adapted for pulling out a RVOT cerclage wire into the IVC, and comprises of an expandable and collapsible mesh so that the RVOT cerclage wire is captured and directed into the IVC through the safe zone. Thus the RVOT cerclage wire is passed through the RV without damaging the heart tissue forming a complete circle around the mitral valvular annulus.
US11207179B2
A valve insertion tool is disclosed. The valve insertion tool may be used in a minimally invasive cardiac surgery. The valve insertion tool includes a housing and a cover, the housing having at least one valve recess and a suture channel. The valve insertion tool is suitable for use in delivering a prosthetic heart valve into a thoracic cavity of a patient during a minimally invasive cardiac surgical procedure. One or more valve insertion tools may be stackable and be pre-loaded with one or more prepared prosthetic heart valves. These one or more valve insertion tools may be packaged as a valve insertion kit.
US11207177B2
A heart valve prosthesis and methods of its implantation are described herein. The prosthesis can be implanted in a heart of a patient by positioning an upper support of an anchoring element into a left atrium of the patient. The upper support can expand adjacent to a native valve structure of the patient. Further, the upper support can be moved against the native valve structure in a direction toward a left ventricle of the patient. A lower support of the anchoring element can be positioned into the left ventricle, spaced apart from the upper support, the lower support being separate from the upper support and coupled to the upper support by a flexible connector. Finally, the lower support can expand within the left ventricle, and engagement members of the lower support can engage with tissue of the native valve structure.
US11207175B2
A method of implanting a prosthetic heart valve within a patient can comprise inserting a distal end portion of a delivery apparatus and a prosthetic heart valve into the patient and advancing the prosthetic heart valve to a deployment location within the heart of the patient and inflating one or more of a plurality of differently-sized balloons in a balloon-assembly on the distal end portion of the delivery apparatus. The prosthetic heart valve can be mounted on the balloon assembly in a crimped state and the inflating of the one or more of the plurality of differently-sized balloons can expand the prosthetic heart valve from the crimped state to a radially expanded state having a non-cylindrical shape.
US11207173B2
Apparatus consisting of a plurality of mechanically connected magnetic elements implanted around the lower esophagus sphincter with the purpose to restore its normal function in patients suffering from gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), while avoiding dysphagia.
US11207171B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to methods and/or apparatuses involving the deployment and coupling of catheters. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, each of first and second catheters extend from a proximal end to a distal end and has a magnet. The catheters may be deployed, and the distal ends of the respective catheters can be aligned and connected via magnetic coupling of the magnets to one another. A shaft structure is configured and arranged to extend within the first catheter and into the second catheter, through the connected distal ends of the respective catheters.
US11207166B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a support portion disposable within a pelvic region and a strap extending from the support portion. The strap has a length and is configured to be disposed at least partially within a pelvic tissue. A sleeve is releasably disposed over at least a portion of the strap. The sleeve has a length that is longer than the length of the strap. In some embodiments, the length of the sleeve is at least twice as long as the length of the strap. In some embodiments, a suture couples the sleeve to the strap. The apparatus can also include a suture disposed at least partially within an interior of the sleeve and forming two strands of suture within the interior of the sleeve. The two strands are separated by a distance defined by a separator portion of the sleeve.
US11207155B2
The invention relates to the application of a composition containing recombinant amelogenin and propylene glycol alginate (“PGA”) on to cut dentin tubules followed by installation of a definitive restorative in a single visit.
US11207142B2
A composite image generation system comprises: a position information detection device that detects position information about a predetermined spot in a real space; and a processing device that generates a composite image in which a separately acquired superimposed image is overlaid onto a desired region in a camera image of the real space captured by a movably placed video camera, based on the detected position information. In the processing device, after performing an initial setting that sets a global coordinate system that serves as a reference when generating the composite image, the initial setting being performed while each optical marker is in a stationary state, position information about a peripheral marker used during the initial setting is reset according to a recognition state of the peripheral marker provided at a predetermined spot presumed to be disposed in the stationary state and a detection state from an acceleration sensor.
US11207138B2
A process according to certain embodiments includes generating a distal femur model including an intercondylar surface model, receiving information related to user-selected points on the intercondylar surface model, generating a datum line extending between the points, generating an axis line, and determining an AP axis based upon the axis line. Generating the axis line includes performing an axis line procedure including generating a plurality of planes along the datum line, generating a plurality of contours at intersections between the intercondylar surface model and the planes, generating saddle points at local extrema of the contours, and fitting the axis line to the saddle points. The process may further include generating an updated datum line based upon the axis line, and performing a subsequent iteration of the axis line procedure using the updated datum line.
US11207127B2
A surgical end effector assembly includes a pair of jaw members, a knife defining a longitudinal slot, a pivot pin coupling the jaw members to one another, and a drive member including a drive pin that is engaged to the jaw members. The pivot pin and/or the drive pin extends through the longitudinal slot of the knife to couple the knife to the jaw members and/or the drive member. The end effector assembly is transitionable between a use position, wherein the knife and drive member are generally aligned with one another to facilitate releasable engagement of the end effector assembly with a surgical instrument, and a cleaning position, wherein the jaw members, knife, and drive member are fanned apart from one another to facilitate cleaning of the end effector assembly. Methods of disengaging and sterilizing end effector assemblies for reuse are also provided.
US11207118B2
An instrument and method for applying thermal energy to targeted tissue. An instrument and method for tissue thermotherapy. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a vapor source comprising a pump configured for providing a flow of liquid media from a liquid media source into a vaporization chamber having a heating mechanism, actuating the pump to provide the liquid into the vaporization chamber, applying energy from the heating mechanism to convert a substantially water liquid media into a minimum water vapor level for causing an intended effect in tissue. For examples such levels can comprise at least 60% water vapor, at least 70% water vapor, at least 80% water vapor or at least 90% water vapor for causing an intended effect in tissue.
US11207101B2
The invention includes systems and methods using certain embodiments of a medical device to facilitate child birth through cervical ripening. Certain embodiments of the invention may include an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end where the distal end terminates in a tip. The tip may be covered by a balloon disposed adjacent to the tip, and an expandable member may be positioned adjacent to the balloon such that when expanded, the expandable member may at least partially cover the balloon, and accommodate the user's finger to guide and place the device through the cervix and into the internal os, where, upon expansion of the balloon, pressure is applied to the internal os to facilitate cervical ripening and child birth.
US11207095B2
A thrombus treatment device includes a support wire, a body frame portion that is disposed about an axis defined by the support wire, one or more tethers that each have a first end and a second end, and a filter element extending from the body frame portion. Each of the one or more tethers is attached at its first end to the body frame portion, and at its second end to a collar that couples the second end of each of the multiple tethers to the support wire. When the collar is positioned substantially within a region interior of the body frame portion, a rotational actuation of the support wire causes a swiveling motion of the one or more tethers.
US11207093B2
A tissue resecting system includes an assembly having first and second tubular members. An electrical motor drive and controller moves the second member to resect tissue received in a window of the first member. A tachometer sends motor drive rotational signals to the controller, and the controller modulates a motor voltage in response to the signals from the tachometer both to drive the second member at a predetermined speed and to calculate resistance to driving the second member at the predetermined speed.
US11207082B2
A surgical drill type cutting tool includes a shank and an active portion extending in the extension of the shank, with chip areas extending along the active portion, and a ring surrounding a part of the active portion, an inner surface of the ring engaging the active portion without closing off the chip areas, allowing irrigation fluid to provides useful irrigation over most of the length of the active portion of the surgical drill bit.
US11207081B2
A system for intramedullary preparations comprises a directional reamer including a flexible drive shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and a cutting head operably connected to the distal end of the flexible drive shaft. The system further includes a means of displacing the distal end of the flexible drive shaft and deflecting the cutting head to selectively shape a medullary canal in a bone. A follower sleeve is also include in the system and has a proximal end and a distal end in the form of a collar, with the follower sleeve being configured to accept the flexible drive shaft. The system additionally includes a reaming plunger that extends through the follower sleeve and is positioned adjacent to the flexible drive shaft such that the reaming plunger engages the collar of the follower sleeve to deflect the cutting head.
US11207080B2
An orthopedic drill bit that is configurable to form a first bone tunnel having a first bore when inserted through a bone and a second, larger bore as the drill is partially withdrawn from bone to produce a reverse counterbore for accepting an anchor. The drill bit has a shaft with a pivotal cutting tip that is movable from a narrow boring configuration into a wider boring configuration. The drill bit has a body enclosing the shaft that is biased into engagement with the cutting tip. Rotation of the body allow a user to move the cutting tip from the narrower bore configuration used to drill a pilot hole into a wider bore configuration used to drill a reverse counterbore for accepting the anchor.
US11207073B2
Described here are closure devices and methods for ligating tissue, such as the left atrial appendage. The closure devices may comprise a snare loop assembly comprising a snare and a suture loop releasably attached thereto. The snare may be releasable from an elongate body of the closure device. In some instances, the closure device may comprise one or more markers to allow a user to determine whether the snare loop assembly is twisted.
US11207071B2
An apparatus includes a handle assembly having a body, a shaft assembly having an outer tube member, an end effector, an anvil, a first trocar closure system, and a second trocar closure system. The end effector has having a staple deck fixed relative to the body, a staple driver operable to actuate relative to the staple deck between an unfired position and a fired position, and the trocar configured to selectively couple with the anvil and actuate relative to the staple dreck. The first trocar closure assembly can actuate in a first motion to drive the trocar between a distal position and a first closed position. The second trocar closure assembly can actuate in a second motion between the first closed position and a second closed position. The staple drive is inoperable at least until the first trocar closure assembly actuates the trocar to the first closed position.
US11207070B2
Described here are devices and methods for treating hypertension by forming a fistula between two blood vessels to reduce blood pressure of a patient. The fistula may be formed using a catheter having an electrode that is placed in a first blood vessel. In some instances, a desired amount of blood pressure is determined. In other instances, the hypertension is drug resistant hypertension.
US11207065B2
Methods for fabricating an anvil for a surgical stapling device. Various methods include forming an anvil body from a first material and a deformable anvil tip from a second material and attaching the deformable anvil tip to a distal end of the anvil body with a deformable second attachment member. Other methods include molding a deformable anvil tip to a distal end of an anvil body.
US11207063B2
A suture passer comprising: a hollow tube, the hollow tube comprising a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending from the distal end to the proximal end; and a clamping rod slidably received in the lumen of the hollow tube, the clamping rod comprising a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end being bifurcated into a first arm and a second arm, one of the first and second arms extending distally of the other of the first and second arms and including a clamping surface; wherein at least one of the first arm and the second arm comprises a friction-enhancing surface for facilitating manipulation of a suture via engagement of the suture with the friction-enhancing surface.
US11207055B2
Example apparatus, systems, and methods for image data processing are disclosed and described. An example system includes an image capturer to facilitate capture of an image. The example system includes a Doppler spectrum recorder to record a Doppler spectrum. The example system includes a study type inferrer to infer a study type associated with the Doppler spectrum by: processing the Doppler spectrum using at least one neural network to generate a first probability distribution among study type classifications; processing the image using the at least one neural network to generate a second probability distribution among the study type classifications; and combining the first probability distribution and the second probability distribution to infer a study type.
US11207054B2
According to various embodiments, there is provided a headset mountable on a head, the headset including a probe for emitting energy into the head. The headset further includes a support structure coupled to the probe. The support structure includes translation actuators for translating the probe along two axes generally parallel to a surface of the head.
US11207051B2
A wearable patch (10) comprising an ultrasound transducer (30) mounted on the patch, the ultrasound transducer comprising a major surface for contacting the skin of a wearer of the patch, said major surface being covered by a layer (33) of a soluble adhesive precursor, the wearable patch further comprising a seal ring (40) extending from the patch, said seal ring surrounding the ultrasound transducer. Also disclosed are a wearable patch kit, assembly and application method.
US11207048B2
A method of controlling an X-ray image capturing apparatus, including acquiring, using a camera, a first image by photographing a detector configured to receive X-rays emitted from an X-ray emission surface, generating a second image by performing a correction on the first image, wherein the correction includes changing a first detector shape in the first image to match a second detector shape photographed in a direction perpendicular to the X-ray emission surface, and displaying the second image.
US11207047B2
Methods and systems for x-ray and fluoroscopic image capture and, in particular, to a versatile, multimode imaging system incorporating a hand-held x-ray emitter operative to capture digital or thermal images of a target; a stage operative to capture static x-ray and dynamic fluoroscopic images of the target; a system for the tracking and positioning of the x-ray emission; a device to automatically limit the field of the x-ray emission; and methods of use. Automatic systems to determine the correct technique factors for fluoroscopic and radiographic capture, ex-ante.
US11207043B2
The present invention relates to image processing devices and related methods. The image processing device (10) comprises a data input (11) for receiving spectral computed tomography volumetric image data organized in voxels. The image data comprises a contrast-enhanced volumetric image of a cardiac region in a subject's body and a baseline volumetric image of that cardiac region, e.g. a virtual non-contrast image, wherein the contrast-enhanced volumetric image conveys anatomical information regarding coronary artery anatomy of the subject. The device comprises a flow simulator (12) for generating, or receiving as input, a three-dimensional coronary tree model based on the volumetric image data and for simulating a coronary flow based on the three-dimensional coronary tree model. The device comprises a perfusion synthesis unit (13) for generating a perfusion image representative of a blood distribution in tissue at at least one instant in time taking at least the baseline volumetric image and said coronary flow simulation into account.
US11207035B2
A framework for sensor-based patient treatment support. In accordance with one aspect, one or more sensors are used to acquire sensor data of one or more objects of interest. The sensor data is then automatically interpreted to generate processing results. One or more actions may be triggered based on the processing results to support treatment of a patient, including supporting medical scanning of the patient.
US11207031B2
A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for receiving a single-lead heartbeat waveform for a user; associating a heart health indicator with the single-lead heartbeat waveform; and providing the heart health indicator to a recipient.
US11207025B1
A wearable monitoring device can include an electronics module containing a printed circuit board (PCB) to which one or more sensors are coupled. The one or more sensors can include one or more contacting sensors and/or one or more non-contacting sensors. In some cases, the wearable monitoring device can include an onboard power supply (e.g., a battery) and a wireless communication antenna. The PCB can be constructed to specifically include the one or more sensors on a first side facing the skin of the user when the wearable monitoring device is being worn, allowing one or more processors, memory, and other components to be included on the opposite side facing away from the user. Certain components, such as the power supply and wireless communication antenna, can be spaced apart from the PCB and located opposite the PCB from the one or more sensors.
US11207021B2
A system, computer-readable storage medium, and a method capable of, directly or indirectly, estimating sleep states of a user based on sensor data from movement sensors and/or optical sensors.
US11207019B1
The Parkinson's disease information providing apparatus using a neuromelanin image according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an image receiving unit which acquires an MRI image obtained by capturing a brain of a patient; an image preprocessing unit which preprocesses the acquired MRI image to observe the neuromelanin region used as an image bio marker of the Parkinson's disease; an image processing unit which analyzes the preprocessed MRI image to classify a first image including the neuromelanin region and detects the neuromelanin region from the classified first image; and an image analyzing unit which diagnoses whether the patient has the Parkinson's disease by analyzing whether the detected the neuromelanin region is normal.
US11207014B2
Automatic electromyography (EMG) electrode selection for robotic devices is disclosed. A plurality of signals from a corresponding plurality of sensors coupled to a skin of a user is received. For each pair of at least some pairs of the plurality of sensors, a sensor pair signature is generated based on differences in signals that are generated by the respective pair of sensors. Each of the sensor pair signatures is compared to a predetermined sensor pair signature to identify a particular pair of sensors. A signal difference between two signals generated by the particular pair of sensors is subsequently utilized to generate a command to drive a motor.
US11207002B2
A wearable sensor apparatus is disclosed that includes a flexible substrate adapted to be coupled with a skin surface of an expectant mother. A conductor is disposed on the flexible substrate. The conductor can include micron-scale invaginations. The conductor can be capable of repeatable variation in resistance when subject to a strain. Also disclosed is a system for monitoring the health of a fetus in utero that includes a wearable sensor apparatus. The wearable sensor apparatus is configured to output a signal responsive to an electrical input. The system includes a computing system with one or more hardware processors. The computing system is programmed to implement a signal processing module configured to access the output signal from the wearable strain gauge and generate an output indicative of health of the baby in utero. The output can be based in part on the received output signal and previously stored correlations between signal data from the wearable strain gauge and observations of the system or of the mother. A user interface module can be provided and can be configured to display an output indicative of health of the baby in utero.
US11207001B2
A device that non-invasively detects objects beneath or around the foot or a foot position and transmits signals which are processed and then output via an output device on a skin surface not affected by a neurological deficit, such as the hands or thighs. This device is suitable for subjects with diabetic neuropathy who have lost sensation in their feet and are at risk of punctures, cuts or other physical damage and at risk of sprains, strains or falls due to lack of an ability to detect objects underfoot and foot position.
US11206992B2
Wireless, variable inductance and resonant circuit-based vascular monitoring devices, systems, methodologies, and techniques, including specifically configured anchoring structures for same, are disclosed that can be used to assist healthcare professionals in predicting, preventing, and diagnosing various heart-related and other health conditions.
US11206988B2
Apparatus and methods are described, including apparatus that includes an antenna (34), configured to, by drawing energy from a magnetic field, provide a main supply voltage. The apparatus further includes operational circuitry (46, 22) configured to operate only if a derived supply voltage, derived from the main supply voltage and supplied to the operational circuitry, is greater than a threshold value, and modulating circuitry (36, 40, 42), configured to modulate a load of the antenna by alternatingly (i) connecting current-drawing circuitry to the main supply voltage, thus causing the main supply voltage to drop below the threshold value, and (ii) disconnecting the current-drawing circuitry from the main supply voltage without disconnecting the operational circuitry from the main supply voltage. Other embodiments are also described.
US11206981B2
Techniques for use with an implantable medical device (IMD) reduce how often a first receiver of the IMD wakes up a second receiver thereof to reduce power consumption. A received message and/or a channel over which messages can be received is/are examined, and a value is adjusted based on results thereof. After being adjusted, the value is compared to a first threshold if the IMD is in a normal state, or compared to a second threshold if the IMD is in a noise state. If in the normal state, there is a determination whether to stay in the normal state or switch to the noise state. If in the noise state, there is a determination whether to stay in the noise state or switch to the normal state. At least the second receiver is temporarily put to sleep, if the IMD is maintained in or switched to the noise state.
US11206979B2
An external data retrieval apparatus receives a low resolution version of a physiological signal from an active implantable medical device and determines if the physiological signal represents a clinically significant event. The apparatus provides an indication of such determination to the implantable medical device. If the physiological signal does represent a clinically significant event, the apparatus receives a full download of the physiological signal from the implantable device.
US11206974B2
A surgical instrument including: a main body; an elongated shaft tube connected to the main body, the shaft tube having at least one working channel tube arranged in an interior of the shaft tube, the at least one working channel tube extending in a longitudinal direction of the shaft tube; and a connection body coupled to a proximal end region of the main body; wherein a proximal end region of the at least one working channel tube is accommodated inside the connection body and is sealed with respect to the connection body.
US11206965B1
An adjustable rack suitable for storing lids or other items vertically includes a base platform in two sections telescopically attached to one another and having pluralities of slots formed in sidewalls of the base sections. A plurality of dividers are selectively attached to the rack at any of the plurality of slots. A lock allows the base sections to be secured in a selected position which is either extended or collapsed.
US11206963B2
A cleaning device is removably attachable to a replacement head. The replacement head includes pad that is attached to the lower side of an attachment member and is in contact with the floor during cleaning. The cleaning device is removably attached to the attachment member of the replacement head by lowering the cleaning device body downward vertically onto the replacement head until a mechanical connection is achieved.
US11206958B2
The toilet paper dispenser as claimed for the invention including a housing in which is housed a roll of a paper strip, which has perforations transverse to strip defining rectangular paper sheets whose width is transverse and whose length is longitudinal. Housing features a nozzle with a dispensing orifice, by means of which the paper strip is unwound. The dispenser is characterized in that the nozzle and the paper roll are disposed in such a way that the paper sheets unwind one by one and emerge with a reduced crumpling as they exit the nozzle, the width of a sheet is between 125 mm and 180 mm, and the ratio of the width of a sheet to its length is between 0.45 and 1, preferably between 0.5 and 0.65, the paper being consumed optimally and in a pleasant manner.
US11206955B2
The present invention comprises an upright standing soap hosting device with a holder/brackets for soap that rest on and allows the soap to stand and never touch the bottom of the soap dish/case. The hosting device is configured in different sizes to accommodate different shapes and molds of soap.
US11206953B1
A system to create a consumable good utilizing interchangeable ingredients is disclosed in which the system includes an ingredient storage location to hold a plurality of ingredients usable in the consumable good, a selector to gather ingredients selected for inclusion in the consumable good, a mixing device to prepare the ingredients, a processing device to convert the ingredients into the consumable good, and a completion location to at least one of store the consumable good and deliver the consumable good to a user. A method and another system are also disclosed.
US11206949B1
Several embodiments include a cooking instrument having: a housing frame defining a slot to fit a food item; a heater mechanically coupled to the housing frame and adapted to produce electromagnetic waves to heat the food item; one or more optical feedback components configured to measure light intensity at one or more regions in the slot perpendicular to an opening of the slot; and a controller configured to control the heater based on an output of the optical feedback components.
US11206948B2
The invention relates to a grill system that achieves direct and indirect heat functionality through one or more mechanisms including a heat deflector within the cooking chamber that is adjustable through a repositioning means that allows a user to reposition the heat deflector in relation to the burner from a location external to the cooking chamber when the grilling system is in cooking operation. The system may also provide a drip tray with louvers or other apertures placed over the burner area for further optimizing transfer of direct heat to the cooking area.
US11206944B2
A self charging mug that is capable of charging or discharging an energy storage system thereof to charge a phone and heat or cool a liquid therein. The self charging mug includes an outer shell and an inner shell nested within the outer shell. The self charging mug also includes a thermal interface member in contact with the inner shell and a thermal electric plate engaged with the thermal interface member. The self charging mug further includes a component fixture assembly and an energy storage system arranged within the component fixture assembly. The self charging mug also includes a bidirectional power supply and a seal connector secured to the bidirectional power supply. The self charging mug also includes a battery management system in contact with the component fixture assembly and a charge and discharge controller arranged on a surface of the battery management system in order to control the charging and discharging of the battery according to the present invention.
US11206940B2
An apparatus for receiving and preventing unauthorized access to deliveries has an enclosure, a moveable roof on the enclosure, a rotatable basket within the enclosure, and a connecting member coupling motion of the roof and the basket. The basket is rotatable between an upright and an upside-down position. The roof is moveable between an open position in which the basket is accessible and a closed position in which the basket access is blocked. When the roof is moved to the open position, the connecting member rotates the basket to the upright position thereby allowing a user to place the article into the basket. Moving the roof to the closed position rotates the basket to the upside-down position thereby causing the article to drop out of the basket towards the bottom of the enclosure. The enclosure may open into a chute or building for delivering the parcels to a remote location.
US11206933B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus to block off a space under a bed frame, the apparatus comprising a longitudinal member configured to fill a gap between a floor and a lower edge of the elongated portion of the bed frame, the first end of the longitudinal member being removably connected to the first leg of the bed frame by a first connector, and the second end of the longitudinal member being removably connected to the second leg of the bed frame by a second connector. Corresponding systems and methods also are disclosed.
US11206931B2
A convertible bassinet including a mobile support enabling selective movement about a supporting surface and a braking apparatus providing the ability to secure the mobile support in a laterally fixed position on the surface. The mobile support also includes a vertical adjustment mechanism enabling the height of the bassinet to be altered by a user. The bassinet further includes a top perimeter frame with a position actuator for varying the height of the top perimeter frame above a child supporting surface. When in an uppermost position the perimeter frame defines a bassinet. A changing table surface is defined when the perimeter frame is repositioned to a lowermost position. Resilient connectors between the position actuator and the perimeter frame members allow the top perimeter frame to move from the uppermost position to the lowermost position independent of movement of the position actuator.
US11206915B1
A foldable broom including a head assembly and a broomstick assembly is disclosed. The broomstick assembly includes a handle having double hinge mechanisms thereon to allow the foldable broom to easily and quickly expand or collapse along the double hinge mechanisms to achieve an open or closed configuration respectively. The closed configuration allows the foldable broom to save space and easily be stored in smaller areas or locations.
US11206914B2
A face mask usable with skin preparations is formed in a plurality of sections. Each of the sections has elastic properties. Each section attaches to one or more adjoining sections. The positioning of the sections relative to each other is selectively variable by the user. The sections are connected so as to form a mask having a height and width as constructed by the user. The sections are selectively positioned and spaced apart to provide openings for the eyes and/or the nose and/or the mouth of a user. An absorbent material that absorbs the desired skin preparation composition applied to the face may be attached to the plurality of the sections and behind the plurality of sections and adjacent to the face.
US11206913B2
The invention relates to an applicator for applying a product to eyelashes and/or eyebrows, comprising an application body produced by material moulding, said application body comprising: a core extending along a longitudinal axis; and spikes (12) carried by the core, having a convex polygonal cross-section with at least six sides, two opposite sides (12b) of which are oriented substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the core.
US11206909B2
According to the invention there is provided a smart phone case (1) having formations to hold a smart phone in the case, a back (9) from which the formations extend forwards, an open or openable front for the display of the smart phone and an openable make-up compartment (8) connected to the case. The openable make-compartment (8) is arranged to be behind the smart phone when closed, the compartment having at least one forwards facing make-up receptacle (11), the compartment when open facing in the same direction as the display and presenting make-up for the user's use in the or each receptacle. When the compartment (8) is open the user can use the screen side camera of the smart phone to display her photograph as she applies make-up.
US11206900B2
A body measuring device configured to determine size and shape of a body portion of a user. The body measuring device incorporates a measuring sensor for measuring a physical change amount based upon a change in electrical characteristics wherein the measuring sensor is characterized by including at least either a pressure-type measuring sensor for measuring a pressure applied from the body of the user or an expansion-type measuring sensor for measuring a degree of expansion of a base member caused by the body shape of the user. This body measuring device configuration determines size and shape without a user needing to undertake any self-measurements.
US11206899B2
A shoe may include an upper portion constructed from a continuous textile (e.g., a knit textile) that includes an elastic region and a structural region. The elastic region may be positioned about a perimeter of an opening into a cavity configured to receive a wearer's foot, and the elastic region may be configured to secure the shoe to a wearer's foot. The elastic region may have a first elasticity that is greater than a second elasticity of the structural region. In an unworn configuration, the elastic region may cause a tread surface of a sole of the shoe to have a continuous curvature. In a worn configuration, substantially all of an intermediate section of the tread surface may contact a surface on which the shoe is placed. The elastic region may improve the performance of the shoe, including the comfort and durability.
US11206898B2
An article of footwear including a sole, an upper joined with the sole, and a lacing system. The lacing system is configured to secure the footwear to the wearer's foot and includes a primary lace support, a secondary lace support, and a lace. The primary lace support has a plurality of primary loops disposed on an exterior surface of the upper. Portions of the secondary lace support are inserted through the primary loops to form a plurality of secondary loops. A lace extends through the plurality of secondary loops. The lace is slidably adjustable within the secondary loops and the secondary loops are slidably adjustable within the primary loops to adjust the fit of the article of footwear on a wearer's foot.
US11206897B2
Ground-engaging components for articles of footwear include: (a) an outer perimeter boundary rim at least partially defining an outer perimeter of the ground-engaging component and an open space at least at a forefoot support area, wherein the outer perimeter boundary rim defines an upper-facing surface and an opposite ground-facing surface; and (b) a forefoot edge support extending along and defining at least a portion of a first forefoot edge of the ground-engaging component. A bottom surface of the forefoot edge support (which may engage the ground) slants in an outward and downward direction from a location adjacent the open space toward the first forefoot edge. In some shoe pairs, the forefoot edge supports may be provided on a lateral forefoot side edge of one shoe, e.g., the right shoe, and on a medial forefoot side edge of the other shoe, e.g., the left shoe. The ground-engaging component(s) further may have “directional traction” features designed to support plant and rotation of the different feet when running a curve (e.g., on a curved or banked track).
US11206895B2
A sole structure may include a bladder network. The bladder network may include multiple bladders interconnected by one or more conduits. At least a portion of the bladder network may contain a fluid. The sole structure may further include one or more stems. Each of the one or more stems may be positioned to impinge upon an external surface of, and at least partially deform, a corresponding conduit.
US11206894B2
A material includes a support layer comprising a woven fiber layer less than 30 mils thick. The support layer includes an elongate strap support. The support layer has a ratio of elongation to tensile strength (lb/in-width) that is less than 0.9 in a first direction and greater than 0.9 in a perpendicular second direction. The material additionally includes an adhesive layer on said support layer for adhesive attachment of said support layer to the outer skin surface of a user and a removable cover layer on said adhesive layer. Methods of use of the material and elongate strap support(s) to a human body include providing anatomical support or therapeutic effects.
US11206885B2
A wearable neck accessory, worn how a traditional necktie is worn. This tie does not connect at both ends, does not loop, knot or tie to be worn. This tie connects to the top button hole and loop of a shirt, or may stand alone with no attachment to the shirt. This tie is normally worn on open collared/un-buttoned shirts but is not limited to. Tie length can be adjusted in the middle of the tie.
US11206881B2
A face shield system formed by a lay-flat headband removably joined with a lay-flat face shield. The headband having a first connection feature located at one end of the headband and a second connection feature located at an opposing end of the headband. The second connection feature removably connects with the first connection feature in order to provide a closed headband configured for placement around a user's head. A third connection feature is located between the first and second connection features. The face shield includes a fourth connection feature that removably engages with the third connection feature when the face shield is in a curved configuration in order to removably connect the headband together with the face shield. When the face shield is connected to the head band, a center of the face shield is spaced apart from a face of the user and a center of the headband.
US11206868B2
Aspects of the instant disclosure relate to electronic cigarettes; more particularly, to electronic cigarettes including a clearomizer. Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a clearomizer with a refillable electronic cigarette juice tank with a first fill aperture, and a mouthpiece including a second fill aperture. The mouthpiece and the refillable tank rotate relative to one another along a common longitudinal axis to align the fill apertures, and facilitate filling of the refillable tank.
US11206867B2
A variable-frequency surface acoustic wave electronic cigarette includes an atomizer. An atomization cavity is disposed in the atomizer, and a variable-frequency surface acoustic wave atomization chip is disposed at a lower portion of the atomization cavity. An inverted trapezoidal interdigital transducer is disposed on the variable-frequency surface acoustic wave atomization chip. An e-liquid storage cavity is disposed in the atomization cavity. A porous ceramic sheet is disposed between the e-liquid storage cavity and the atomization chip. The new variable-frequency surface acoustic wave electronic cigarette can realize any adjustment of the working frequency within a set range, thereby realizing the autonomous regulation and control of a smoke particle size after atomization of the e-liquid.
US11206865B2
Provided is an adsorbent which does not undergo the seeping of an oily component contained therein to an area surrounding the absorbent and has an excellent property to absorb a specific range of hydrocarbons. More specifically provided is a granular absorbent comprising a granular base material, an oil or fat having a melting point of 50° C. or higher and a polyol.
US11206864B2
The present disclosure relates to a cartridge for use in an aerosol delivery device and an aerosol delivery device having the same. The cartridge includes a first reservoir configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition, and an atomizer having a liquid transport element in fluid communication with the first reservoir and a heating element configured to vaporize the aerosol precursor composition transported by the liquid transport element. The cartridge also includes a second reservoir, the second reservoir including two or more separate chambers, wherein at least one of the chambers contains a flavorant. A flow of air is configured to pass adjacent to the atomizer to entrain particles of the aerosol precursor composition that are vaporized by the heating element. The flow of air is also configured to pass at least one of the chambers of the second reservoir to entrain the flavorant of the respective chamber.
US11206853B2
An apparatus for generating and mixing gas bubbles into an aqueous solution includes a structure defining an interior fluid-flow chamber extending along a longitudinal axis between a liquid input end and a liquid output end. The structure is characterized by a gas injection portion and a mixing vane portion. The gas injection portion is located downstream from the liquid input end and upstream from the liquid output end. The gas injection portion defines a first region of the interior fluid-flow chamber and a gas injection lumen that is surrounded by the interior fluid-flow chamber. The gas injection lumen, which extends along a length of the gas injection portion, is configured to inject gas from the interior of the gas injection lumen into the surrounding interior fluid-flow chamber. The mixing vane portion extends in the downstream direction from the gas injection portion and define a second region of the interior fluid-flow chamber.
US11206850B2
An extended shelf-life proteinaceous meat analogue comprising vegetable protein, including at least wheat gluten, and a plasticizer. Said proteinaceous meat analogue has a water content of less than 20% (w/w) and a torque value at 10 mn of at least 10 gram meter (g*m), as determined by a test A. A method for obtaining an extended shelf-life proteinaceous meat analogue comprises the steps of (i) mixing vegetable proteins, including at least vital wheat gluten, and a plasticizer for obtaining a dough, and (ii) heating said dough, wherein said extended shelf-life proteinaceous meat analogue has a water content of less than 20% (w/w). A foodstuff comprises said extended shelf-life proteinaceous meat analogue and the method for obtaining said foodstuff.
US11206848B2
Coffee beans having an increased flavor component, a method for increasing a flavor component in coffee beans, and a method for evaluating coffee beans are provided. A fatty acid methyl ester content of coffee beans is increased.
US11206846B2
Methods and systems for making a high-purity α-lactalbumin composition are described. The composition may be made by providing a whey protein mixture, and adding an alkaline solution to the mixture to make the mixture alkaline and promote the aggregation of ß-lactoglobulin proteins. The alkaline whey protein mixture is filtered into a ß-LG aggregate composition and a α-LA enriched composition. A final α-lactalbumin enriched composition sourced from the α-LA enriched composition is dried into the high-purity α-lactalbumin composition (a powdered dairy composition) that is at least 70 wt. % α-lactalbumin on a protein basis. A protease enzyme may optionally be added to the α-LA enriched composition to form an enzymatically treated α-LA enriched composition that becomes the source of the final α-lactalbumin enriched composition.
US11206831B2
The present invention relates to novel oxadiazoles of formula I, or the N-oxides and/or their agriculturally useful salts and to their use for controlling phytopathogenic fungi, or to a method for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi, which process comprises treating the fungi or the materials, plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungal attack, with an effective amount of at least one compound of formula I, or an N-oxide, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof; the present invention also relates to mixtures comprising at least one such compound of formula I and at least one further pesticidally active substance selected from the group consisting of herbicides, safeners, fungicides, insecticides, and plant growth regulators; and to agrochemical compositions comprising at least one such compound of formula I and to agrochemical compositions further comprising seeds.
US11206826B2
Low foaming, highly acidic peroxycarboxylic acid sanitizing compositions are disclosed as having both improved antimicrobial efficacy in comparison to conventional peroxyoctanoic acid and peroxyacetic acid compositions for sanitizing applications. The compositions include a combination of a low-foaming surfactant and an aluminum sulfate (or other metal salt) defoaming agent that is compatible with the highly acidic peroxycarboxylic acid sanitizing compositions. In particular, the sanitizing peroxycarboxylic acid compositions are also low odor and low/no VOC dual functioning acid wash and sanitizing compositions.
US11206821B2
A fishing reel, including a frame; a reel seat disposed in the frame and including a central through hole; a spool disposed on the reel seat; a main shaft slidably disposed in the central through hole, and including a first end and a second end; a roller disposed on the first end of the main shaft; a first gear and a second gear both disposed on the second end of the main shaft; a handle disposed on the frame and connected to the first gear; a release button disposed on the frame; a first pressure spring disposed between the second gear and the main shaft; a line guide seat disposed on the roller; a line hanging rod disposed on the line guide seat; an elastic member disposed between the line guide seat and the roller; and a cam unit disposed on one end of the reel seat.
US11206802B2
A method of inoculating a tree with an ectomycorrhizal fungus is disclosed. The method comprises contacting at least one non-terrestrial adventitious root of the tree with the ectomycorrhizal fungus under conditions suitable for inoculation of the at least one non-terrestrial adventitious root by the ectomycorrhizal fungus. Methods of cultivating the ectomycorrhizal fungus are also disclosed as well as systems and devices for same.
US11206800B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 18R067. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 18R067. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 18R067 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 18R067 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US11206798B2
The present disclosure provides cotton plants with reduced gossypol levels in the seed, and in further embodiments provides cotton plants with increased gossypol levels in the leaves. Also provided are methods for reducing gossypol content in seeds of a cotton plant by down-regulation of CGF2 expression, and in certain embodiments CGF1 and/or CGF3 expression, in the plant, and methods for increasing gossypol content in leaves of a cotton plant by tissue-specific overexpression of CGF2, and in certain embodiments CGF1 and/or CGF3, in the plant.
US11206789B1
A novel maize variety designated X18R026 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 X18R026 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18R026 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X18R026, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18R026 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18R026 and methods of using maize variety X18R026 are disclosed.
US11206785B1
A wheat variety designated 6PZRK73B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PZRK73B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PZRK73B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PZRK73B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PZRK73B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PZRK73B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US11206782B2
A novel canola variety designated CL233163 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a canola plant that comprise crossing canola variety CL233163 with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into CL233163 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid canola seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the canola variety CL233163 or a locus conversion of CL233163 with another canola variety.
US11206781B2
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 41-950 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-950 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-950 RZ.
US11206776B2
Methods for conveying soybean rust (SBR) resistance into non-resistant soybean germplasm are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include introgressing SBR resistance into a non-resistant soybean using one or more nucleic acid markers for marker-assisted breeding among soybean lines to be used in a soybean breeding program, wherein the markers are linked to and/or associated with SBR resistance. Also provided are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with resistance to SBR; soybean plants, seeds, and tissue cultures produced by any of the disclosed methods; seed produced by the disclosed soybean plants; and compositions including amplification primer pairs capable of initiating DNA polymerization by a DNA polymerase on soybean nucleic acid templates to generate soybean marker amplicons.
US11206774B2
Systems and methods for vertical hydroponic growing of plants within an optional enclosure, in particular utilizing liquid nutrigation and/or solid nutrient medium/supplements in combination with vertically configured arrays of interchangeable grow cups to produce near year-round ideal plant growing conditions.
US11206773B2
The present invention includes a modular aeroponic garden system for growing plants. Through circulating an atomized fluid, nutrients and air through a conduit circuit the modular aeroponic garden system provides a closed-loop aeroponic system for growing plants. The closed-loop configuration allows the user to better control the internal environmental conditions of the modular aeroponic garden system, therein facilitating improved plant growth. Modular sections of conduit and modular joints allow the user to customize the aeroponic garden system to unique spaces and grow a variable quantity of plants. In doing so, the closed-loop system reduces time spent on maintenance, cleaning and monitoring of the plants grown within the modular aeroponic garden system and the system itself while better conserving resources such as water, electricity, and nutrients than comparable open-loop systems.
US11206769B2
A frame includes a first frame assembly, where the first frame assembly includes an arm member having a first and second end, a leg member having a first and second end, a first fitting connecting the first end of the arm and leg members at an angle, and a flexible panel fastened to the arm and leg members. A method of building a frame includes assembling a first frame assembly by connecting a first end of an arm member having a first and second end with a first end of a leg member having a first and second end, at an angle using a first fitting, and fastening a first flexible panel to the arm and leg members.
US11206756B2
A method for reducing an overall transport profile of a multi-section tillage implement. The tillage implement includes a frame including a center frame section and at least one wing frame section. The tillage implement includes a plurality of ground-engaging tools pivotally mounted to the frame. The method includes pivoting each of the plurality of ground-engaging tools away from the ground surface from a ground-engaging position to a retracted position. The frame is disposed at an initial height relative to the ground surface before pivoting. After pivoting, the frame is lowered to a transport height relative to the ground surface. At least one wing frame section is folded relative to the center frame section from an operating position to a transport position to reduce a width of the tillage implement in the widthwise direction.
US11212950B2
A support pin arrangement determination assisting apparatus including a display unit which displays an image including a board image, the board image indicating a shape and an arrangement of a component on the board, a position input unit through which an arrangement position of the support pin is input, a display processing unit which causes the display unit to display a figure to be superimposed on the board image, the figure corresponding to the support pin of which the arrangement position is input, a storage unit which stores three-dimensional shape data of an electronic component and three-dimensional shape data of the support pin, an interference judging unit which judges whether or not one or some of the support pins of which arrangement positions input interfere an already mounted component, and an alarm unit which announces occurrence of interference if the interference judging unit judges the occurrence of interference.
US11212938B2
A serial transmission fan control device comprises a master controller, a first fan controller, and a second controller. The master controller generates a serial control data, wherein the serial control data comprises a plurality of packets concatenated in an order and each of the plurality of packets comprises a control parameter set of a fan. The first fan controller electrically connects to the master controller, receives the serial control data, extracts a packet from the plurality of packets of the serial control data, and sends a first downlink serial data, wherein the first downlink data comprises all of the plurality of packets of the serial control data except for the extracted packet. The second fan controller electrically connects to the first fan controller, receives the first downlink serial data, and extracts a packet from the packets of the first downlink serial data.
US11212934B2
A server chassis includes a casing, a first upper cover and a second upper cover. The casing includes a bottom plate and two partition plates respectively located on two opposite sides of the bottom plate so a receiving recess is formed. Each partition plate includes a first engaging groove and a second engaging groove. The first upper cover has two first engaging portions. The second upper cover has two second engaging portions. The first upper cover covers a part of the receiving recess by engaging the first engaging portion with the first engaging groove. The second upper covers another part of the receiving recess by engaging the second engaging portion with the second engaging groove. The first upper cover and the second upper cover can be detached from the first engaging grooves and the second engaging grooves in directions away from each other.
US11212921B2
A method for repairing a fine line is provided. Nano metal particles are filled in a defect of a circuit board. The nano metal particles in the defect are irradiated by a laser, or heated, such that the nano metal particles in the defect are metallurgically bonded to an original line of the circuit board. A surface of the circuit board is cleaned to remove residual nano metal particles on parts of the circuit board where metallurgical bonding is not performed, thereby completing line repairing of the circuit board.
US11212914B2
The present disclosure provides a circuit board, including a substrate on which a first conductive layer and an electronic device are disposed, wherein the first conductive layer is disposed on a first surface of the substrate, and wherein a bottom end of the electronic device is disposed on the first conductive layer through the substrate. The present disclosure provides a display device.
US11212911B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for a non-contactive sensor having an ESD protection structure, and an apparatus for a non-contactive sensor having an ESD protection structure according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a sensing member that acquires sense information emitted from a detection target object; a circuit board that is separately positioned below the sensing member and includes a sensor IC and one or more grounds; and an ESD protection element that is positioned on the circuit board and encloses a part of the sensor IC protruding on the circuit board.
US11212909B2
A wireless communication device configured to be removably received in a first compartment of a first power tool device of a first type or in a second compartment of a second power tool device of a second type different than the first type of the first power tool device. An electronic processor of the wireless communication device may be configured to determine whether the wireless communication device is coupled to the first power tool device of the first type or the second power tool device of the second type. The electronic processor may be further configured to set an operational characteristic of the wireless communication device based on the determination of whether the wireless communication device is coupled to the first power tool device or the second power tool device.
US11212907B2
A circuit board assembly has a circuit board and an electrical component embedded in a cured plastic layer, as well as a heat sink for cooling the component. The component is placed with a first side on a surface of the circuit board facing the heat sink and in electrical contact with the circuit board, and is located in a window in the cured plastic layer. Moreover, the component is materially bonded to a surface of the heat sink facing the circuit board at a second side lying opposite the first side, in particular through soldering or sintering. The plastic layer is injected and cured between the surface of the circuit board and the surface of the heat sink. In the production process, the material is melted by the heat at the same time as the injection, such that the component is materially bonded to the heat sink.
US11212903B2
An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation includes a droplet generator configured to generate target droplets. An excitation laser is configured to heat the target droplets using excitation pulses to convert the target droplets to plasma. A deformable mirror is disposed in a path of the excitation laser. A controller is configured to adjust parameters of the excitation laser by controlling the deformable mirror based on a feedback parameter.
US11212891B2
A light tube apparatus includes a tubular housing, a LED module, an EMI circuit, a rectifier circuit, a filter circuit, a conversion circuit, a safety circuit and a PWM modulation circuit. The safety circuit is connected to a dimming signal from a dimmer for preventing an incorrect connection when the dimmer is connected in wrong direction causing loop breakage. The PWM modulation circuit is connected to the conversion circuit and the safety circuit for performing a pulse width modulation for the dimming signal supplied to the conversion circuit for adjusting a luminance level of the LED module.
US11212887B2
A light having a first set of electrically coupled solid state light sources having a first forward voltage drop and a second set of electrically coupled solid state light sources having a second forward voltage at least approximately matching the first forward voltage drop. The first set and second sets of solid state light sources are electrically coupled in parallel to a constant current source. A resistor is electrically coupled to at least one of the first and second sets of solid state light sources. Control circuitry is operably coupled to control a resistance electrically coupled in series with said at least one of the first set and the second set of solid state light sources to adjust a respective current therethrough and thereby dim said at least one of the first set and the second set of solid state light sources while maintaining the respective forward voltage drops.
US11212886B1
An apparatus includes a power adapter, a security camera and a base. The power adapter may be configured to receive an AC power source, pass through the AC power source to a light bulb and generate DC power by converting the AC power source. The security camera may be configured to receive the DC power from the power adapter. The security camera may comprise a camera module. The base may comprise an opening for a light fixture and an attachment location. The power adapter may be electrically connected to the attachment location. The power adapter may receive the AC power source from an electrical connection for the light fixture. The security camera may be configured to receive the DC power from the power adapter. The security camera may be removably attached to the attachment location. The camera module may be located beyond a front face of the light fixture.
US11212884B2
In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a cooking apparatus includes a casing, a cooking chamber formed inside the casing, a duct member formed outside the cooking chamber to extend from a first plate of the cooking chamber to a second plate forming an upper surface of the cooking chamber, a heater installed inside the duct member, and a fan installed inside the duct member and configured to blow air in the duct member, wherein the cooking chamber is formed to cook food using high-temperature air discharged into the cooking chamber through a first outlet part formed at the second plate.
US11212883B2
A cooling system (12) for a cooking oven (10) is provided. The cooling system (12) has a first air path including a first suction area (28), at least one first fan (20) and a first air guidance (48) of a blowing-out area (30) connected in series. The cooling system (12) has a second air path including a second suction area, at least one second fan (22) and a second air guidance (50) of the blowing-out area (30) connected in series. The first suction area (28) is connected to an oven cavity (14) of the cooking oven (10) via an vapour outlet (32), so that the first air path is provided for conveying moist air. The second suction area is connected to the environment of the cooking oven (10), so that the second air path is provided for conveying dry air.
US11212879B2
Temperature measurement systems (20) include a temperature sensor (22) and an electronic signal interrogator (24). The temperature sensor (22) has a transponder (26) equipped with an antenna (28), and a separate parasitic antenna (32) with a temperature-sensitive transducer (34, 68-74, 78a-84a), while the interrogator (24) has a transmitter (42) and antenna (40). The sensor (22) is designed to be placed in thermal contact with an object to be temperature-measured, with the interrogator (24) placed in proximity to the object. The systems (20) may be used with food servingware domes (88, 114), which can be preheated and placed over a food-bearing plate to maintain the temperature of the food.
US11212878B2
A system for heating a selected section of a conductive ribbon comprises a non-conductive base and conducting pads. Further, the system comprises a variable voltage power supply electrically coupled to the conducting pads and a sensor. A processor is programmed to enable the variable power supply to produce a voltage signal across the conducting pads to cause the selected section, which includes a biological sample and is clamped to the non-conductive base via the conducting pads, to heat up. The processor receives, from the sensor, an electrical measurement. A correction for the voltage signal is computed based on the measurement to achieve a desired temperature, wherein the desired temperature is for processing the biological sample and the correction accounts for a variance in the selected section. The applied voltage signal is adjusted based upon the correction to regulate the selected section of at the desired temperature for a time.
US11212870B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and a system for creating and managing a private, decentralized, secure peer-to-peer IP based mesh overlay network. In one embodiment, the mesh network is created comprising at least one gateway node capable of controlling one or more resources connected to the at least one gateway node. A mesh network management server authenticates and provisions the gateway node with a license and firmware for adding to the mesh overlay network and grants ownership of the gateway node to an authorized user. The owner may request for addition or removal of the gateway node or the resources. Each gateway node in the mesh overlay network is configured to share network information of all other gateway nodes, thereby enabling every gateway node to synchronize all of the information of the network, thus creating and managing a mobility resilient, self-healing, plug and play network infrastructure for connecting applications, devices and services for the Internet of Everything (IoE).
US11212869B2
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify and configure sensors are disclosed. Certain examples provide an apparatus including a processor and a communication interface. The example processor is configured to broadcast, using the communication interface, a request for sensor identification in a detection mode. The example processor is configured to receive, using the communication interface, sensor identification information. The example processor is configured to instruct, based on the sensor identification information, sensors to enter a monitoring mode to await a stimulus. The example processor is configured to receive, in response to a first stimulus applied to a first location, a first sensor response to the first stimulus from a first sensor. The example processor is configured to evaluate the first sensor response with respect to an expected sensor response. The example processor is configured to when the first sensor response satisfies a criterion, associate the first sensor with the first location.
US11212849B2
A mission critical wireless link (MCWL) node for communicating with a human machine interface (HMI) terminal over a mission critical wireless link is provided. The MCWL node includes a MCWL wireless circuit configured to communicate with a first MCWL node over the mission critical wireless link by employing a mission critical communication protocol; an HMI communication circuit for communicating with an HMI terminal over the mission critical wireless link by employing a short-range communication protocol; a synchronizer for controlling at least a time at which the MCWL wireless circuit and the HMI communication circuit access the wireless link; a multiplexer coupled to the MCWL wireless circuit and the HMI communication circuit, wherein the multiplexer is configured to select any of the MCWL wireless circuit and the HMI communication circuit based on a control signal received from the synchronizer; and a radio frequency (RF) transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with both the first MCWL node and the HMI terminal.
US11212848B2
Embodiments of the disclosed technologies provide a carrier frequency selecting method and apparatus. The method comprises: determining, by UE, whether information of a service carrier frequency sent by a base station is received, wherein the service carrier frequency is the carrier frequency to carry traffic selected by the base station when a target cell carrying the UE is a multi-carrier cell; residing, by the UE, at a carrier frequency corresponding to the information for a service carrier frequency, if so; and, otherwise, residing, by the UE, at an original camped carrier frequency. With the embodiments of the disclosed technologies, the problem that a service carrier frequency selecting strategy in related techniques is to perform selection passively and lacks initiative is solved, and a technical basis for balancing loads on carrier frequencies carrying traffic is provided and further system efficiency is enhanced for an NB-IoT system, which is mainly to transmit small data.
US11212842B2
A master node associated with a primary or master network may facilitate user equipment (UE) random access channel (RACH) procedures to secondary networks for dual connectivity. A master node may identify a connected UE is to perform a RACH procedure for connection with a secondary network (e.g., to the same network as the primary network via a secondary node). The master node may then identify a transmit beam for the secondary node to use for reference signal repetitions based on a beam report received from the UE. The master node may transmit an indication of the repetition, which may include a number of repetitions and/or a transmit beam to be used for the reference signals of the RACH procedure. The UE may perform a receive beam sweep procedure while the secondary node transmits the reference signal repetitions on the transmit beam to identify a preferred receive beam.
US11212839B2
A method for a terminal device to access a network, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The method includes: sending a random access preamble by a terminal device; receiving, by the terminal device, indication information sent by a first network device; and receiving, by the terminal device, random access response information sent by at least one network device according to the indication information, wherein the at least one network device comprises the first network device.
US11212824B2
Provided in the embodiments of the present application are a method for transmitting data, an access network device, a terminal device, and a network entity. The method comprises: a first access network device sends a physical downlink control channel to a terminal device, the physical downlink control channel comprising scheduling information of downlink data of the terminal device, the first access network device being any network access device in a first access network device set, the access network set comprising at least one access network device, the terminal device being able to move without switching within the range covered by the at least one access network device; and the first access network device sends the downlink data to the terminal device. In the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device is capable of receiving downlink data without recovering a high-level signalling connection, thereby improving system efficiency and reducing the power consumption of the terminal device.
US11212803B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for synchronizing the switching of different wireless platforms to different portions of a frequency band. An embodiment, at a first wireless platform, operates by receiving a band switch request message from a second wireless platform, wherein the band switch request message comprises a band switch delay period for the second wireless platform. The embodiment calculates a band switch time based on a band switch delay period for the first wireless platform and the band switch delay period for the second wireless platform. The embodiment transmits a band switch accept message comprising the band switch time to the second wireless platform. The embodiment sets a first filter to operate on a second portion of the frequency band based on the band switch time. The embodiment then operates on the second portion of the frequency band.
US11212801B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method performed by a wireless device. The method generally includes identifying one or more narrowband regions within a wider system bandwidth, based on an amount of available resources in the system bandwidth, and communicating using at least one of the identified narrowband regions.
US11212798B2
A method for transmitting information, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The method comprises: a terminal device receives n groups of downlink channels/signals on a downlink resource in the channel occupancy time (COT), each group of downlink channels/signals in the n groups of downlink channels/signals comprising at least one downlink channel/signal; the terminal device transmits uplink information corresponding to an i-th group of downlink channels/signals in the n groups of downlink channels/signals on an uplink resource in the COT; the starting time for transmitting uplink information corresponding to the i-th group of downlink channels/signals is determined according to the end time T0 of the i-th group of downlink channels/signals, the end time T1 of the downlink resource, and a processing delay of the downlink channel/signal.
US11212795B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for indicating and determining a slot structure, the method comprising: a base station determining a structure in a slot; the base station indicating, in a dynamic or semi-static manner, the structure in the slot to a terminal; receiving the structure in the slot indicated by the base station, in the dynamic or semi-static manner, to the terminal; and the terminal determining the structure of one or more slots according to the indicated slot structure. By means of the present invention, when a future mobile communication system needs to provide lower network delay and support richer service types, a slot structure supported by the system is more flexible and diverse.
US11212786B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for service indication via downlink control information (DCI) in which different services have a same DCI size. Techniques provide also that a DCI format may be indicated by a masking operation on a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the DCI. The DCI may include an indicator field that may indicate the service of the associated operation. The indication may also be provided via different monitoring occasions of the DCI transmissions that are associated with different services. Different DCI search spaces also may be associated with different services and provide the service indication. Additionally or alternatively, different scrambling sequences used on all or a portion of control information or demodulation reference signal transmissions may be associated with different services.
US11212782B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises allocating a control channel resource in a wireless relay transmission frame on a wireless relay link; generating a control signaling based on at least one of a resource allocation scheme, a status of the wireless relay link and a traffic condition of the wireless relay link; mapping the control signaling to the allocated control channel resource via at least one of a time-first mapping, a frequency-first mapping, and a multiplexing mapping; and transmitting the control signaling in the allocated control channel resource on the wireless relay link to at least one associated relay node.
US11212769B1
A method may include receiving an indication that an electronic alert is to be transmitted to a user; obtaining contextual information associated with the user; determining a first time for presenting the electronic alert to the user based in part on the contextual information; transmitting the electronic alert to a computing device associated with the user at the first time; storing the electronic alert in a message feed data structure; receiving a request to view the electronic alert at a second time, the second time occurring after the first time; in response to the request, retrieving the electronic alert from the message feed data structure; and transmitting the electronic alert at the second time.
US11212759B2
In one example, a system comprises a central unit and a radiating point located remotely from the central unit and communicatively coupled to the central unit. The radiating point is configured to provide radio frequency signals to a coverage zone via one or more antennas. The system further comprises a radar sensor communicatively coupled to the radiating point and configured to capture image data in the coverage zone of the radiating point, wherein the radar sensor includes a plurality of transmitters and receivers coupled to an antenna array. One or more components of the system are configured to determine user detection data for users in the coverage zone based on the image data captured by the radar sensor and adjust the power consumption of the radiating point based on the user detection data.
US11212755B2
Embodiments of this application provide a maximum transmission power determining method, an apparatus, a system, and a storage medium. A network device configures, for a terminal device that works in a DC mode but does not support dynamic power sharing, power information corresponding to a first time unit and power information corresponding to a second time unit when a first radio access technology is used, and correspondingly, the terminal device determines maximum transmission power corresponding to the first time unit and maximum transmission power corresponding to the second time unit.
US11212754B2
A method and an apparatus for determining a transmission mode of a terminal device are provided. The method includes: determining a first power configuration value and a second power configuration value of the terminal device; determining that a sum of the first power configuration value and the second power configuration value is greater than a first threshold; and determining whether the terminal device uses a first transmission mode or a second transmission mode.
US11212747B2
Base stations and wireless devices may use cross-slot scheduling for each of a plurality of cells. Base stations and wireless devices may communicate regarding the cross-slot scheduling, including for example, one or more indications associated with cross-slot scheduling for one or more cells. A wireless device may determine cross-slot scheduling for one or more transmissions associated with the one or more cells. The wireless device may save power by switching to a power saving mode for at least one cell during one or more slots, based on the cross-slot scheduling.
US11212745B2
Power management for remote units in a wireless distribution system. Power can be managed for a remote unit configured to power modules and devices that may require more power to operate than power available to the remote unit. For example, the remote unit may be configured to include power-consuming remote unit modules to provide communication services. As another example, the remote unit may be configured to provide power through powered ports in the remote unit to power-consuming devices. Depending on the configuration of the remote unit, the power-consuming remote unit modules and/or power-consuming devices may demand more power than is available at the remote unit. In this instance, the power available at the remote unit can be distributed to the power-consuming modules and devices based on the priority of services desired to be provided by the remote unit.
US11212734B2
A mobile telecommunications system method for transmitting on demand system information to a user equipment includes requesting system information, based on a specific radio resource control connection state, and to transmit system information to the user equipment, based on the system information request.
US11212714B2
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 for supporting handover and a corresponding base station and network node for performing the method is provided. The method includes forwarding data to a target base station, receiving a first end marker packet from a core network, and transmitting, for a quality of service, quality of service (QoS), flow for which the data forwarding has been completed, a second end marker packet to the target base station, the end marker packet containing a QoS flow identity (QFI). The methods of embodiments of the disclosure may reduce the packet transmission delay and improve the user experience.
US11212709B2
Disclosed are methods, apparatus and systems for resource allocation when configurable bandwidths are available. One method includes performing a first transmission using a first set of resources in a first bandwidth, and subsequently performing a second transmission using a second set of resources in a second bandwidth, where the first bandwidth is greater than the second bandwidth, where the first and second set of resources are identified by a first and second value, respectively, and where a bit representation of the first value is a zero-padded version of a bit representation of the second value on either the most significant bit (MSB) or the least significant bit (LSB).
US11212708B2
The present technology provides a system that can provide relay communication adaptive to a communication status between a relay terminal and a remote terminal. A relay communication device that is made movable and relays communication between a base station and a remote terminal includes a determination unit configured to determine a parameter set on the basis of information indicating a communication status related to distance or traffic between the relay communication device and the remote terminal, the parameter set being settable regarding communication between the relay communication device and the remote terminal, and a notification unit configured to notify the remote terminal of information indicating a determination result by the determination unit.
US11212702B2
The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus and method which are able to suppress a reduction in reception sensitivity. A reception signal is compressed so as to have a predetermined signal level or lower, and transmission data transmitted from a transmitter side and included in the reception signal compressed so as to have the signal level or lower is decoded. For example, an approximate replica signal reproducing large amplitude changes of the reception signal is generated, and the approximate replica signal is subtracted from the reception signal to compress the reception signal so as to have the signal level or lower. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a signal processing apparatus, a reception apparatus, a transmission/reception apparatus, a communication apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an electronic device, a computer, a program, a storage medium, a system, and so on.
US11212700B2
The present disclosure relates in general to cellular radio network communication. In one of its aspects, the technology presented herein concerns a method implemented in a receiver for detecting delayed or lost signaling messages. The signaling messages are receivable both over a Master Node, MN, and a Secondary Node, SN, and detecting delayed or lost signaling messages is based on sequence number. The method comprises detecting a gap in sequence numbers of received signaling messages.
US11212693B2
A method for transmitting a measurement report by a wireless node in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises measuring a channel for obtaining channel congestion information; and transmitting the measurement report including the channel congestion information to the network, wherein the channel congestion information is determined based on a number of times a busy period appears and a number of busy samples, within a reporting interval.
US11212689B2
Disclosed by an embodiment of the present disclosure is an interference processing method. The method includes that: a transmission apparatus obtains first indication information; and the transmission apparatus performs transmission on a particular resource according to the first indication information. Moreover, also disclosed by embodiments of the present disclosure are an interference processing device, an apparatus and a storage medium.
US11212686B2
The present invention discloses a method for performing radio link monitoring by a user equipment in a wireless communication system and device for supporting the same. Particularly, the present invention discloses a method for performing radio link monitoring by a user equipment when a base station supports at least one beam and device for supporting the same.
US11212685B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of measuring and transmitting a Channel occupancy Ratio (CR) by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method including measuring the CR evaluated as the number of subchannels related to a transmission of the UE in an interval in a predetermined size and performing the transmission based on the measured CR, wherein the interval in the predetermined size includes both a past time interval and a future time interval with reference to a timing at which the user equipment measures the number of the subchannels.
US11212680B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for resuming connections. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes receiving, at a user equipment, a radio resource control connection resume message; verifying, at the user equipment, an integrity of the received radio resource control connection resume message, wherein the user equipment verifies the integrity based on a predetermined value of a packet data convergence protocol hyper frame number; and resuming, by the user equipment, use of a suspended radio resource control connection, when the integrity verification of the received radio resource connection resume message is passed successfully. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US11212667B2
Disclosed are a method for transferring a user equipment (UE) capability and an apparatus for supporting the same. The method comprises the steps of: updating a version of the UE capability by the UE; determining, by the UE, whether the UE capability of the updated current version has been stored in a base station; and transmitting, by the UE, a version index indicating the current version to the base station when it is determined that the UE capability of the current version has been stored in the base station.
US11212664B2
The present invention discloses methods and systems for communicating at a cellular router between a first wireless communication module and a first subscriber identity module (SIM). The cellular router receives a first request from a first wireless communication module and encapsulates the first request in a first modified request. The cellular router then sends the first modified request to a first SIM card in a first communication apparatus and waits for a first modified reply. While waiting for the first modified reply the cellular router sends at least one halt message to the first wireless communication module after a first time threshold. After receiving the first modified reply, the cellular router decapsulates the first modified reply to retrieve a first reply and sends the first reply to the first wireless communication module where the first modified reply is a reply to the first.
US11212659B1
A platform that utilizes QR codes, Radio Frequency Identification and/or Near Field Communication for geolocation in securing users safety and a MESH network to ensure emergency safety device performs under any network configuration cellular/wifi/bluetooth. The platform enables the dashboard and/or application programs executing thereon to effectively secure users of platform with audio/visual recordings of any such events which may endanger an associate working in a discrete location on their own. A user can also locate the associate in the case of an emergency. The platform also enables speech enabled summoning of the panic button. The platform plans to utilize ultra wide band technologies in addition to cellular/wifi/bluetooth channels. The platform is also available to emergency services based on the severity of an issue that may arise. The platform can also transmit single channel walkie talkie services to users of platform at the same location.
US11212658B2
A communication field, more particularly to a method for providing near field communication device information for a user and a system therefor, where the method includes: when a near field communication device receives a command for reading a near field communication data exchange format file, writing the near field communication device information and a preset application identifier into the near field communication data exchange format file and sending the near field communication data exchange format file to a terminal; obtaining, by the terminal, an application identifier and the near field communication device information from the near field communication data exchange format file; initiating an application corresponding to the application identifier and storing the near field communication device information to a position readable by the application. The method provides a great convenience for a user to obtain the near field communication device information.
US11212651B1
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for handling audio messages received during audio conversations. For example, a method comprises determining a first user accesses a mobile application on a first mobile device of the first user; broadcasting on the mobile application, to the first user, an audio conversation involving a second user and a third user conducted via the mobile application; receiving a first audio message from the first user during the audio conversation involving the second user and the third user; initiating storage of the first audio message; and broadcasting the first audio message during the audio conversation, in response to receiving selection of an option to play the first audio message by the at least one of the second user or the third user.
US11212644B2
In one embodiment, a method includes storing, by a tracking system server, information identifying each computing device of multiple computing devices and a location of each computing device. The method includes receiving, by the tracking system server from a first computing device, a tracking device request including an identifier for a tracking device and instructions for the tracking device. The method includes identifying, by the tracking system server, a second computing device based on a location of the second computing device and a most recent location associated with the tracking device. The method includes sending, by the tracking system server to the second computing device, a tracking device forwarding request including the identifier for the tracking device and the instructions for the tracking device, wherein the second computing device is configured to send the instructions for the tracking device to the tracking device.
US11212643B1
Methods and systems to determine a change in a location of a device relative to an initial location of the device are provided. The method includes periodically receiving a parameter of the device and determining the change in the location of the device relative to an initial location of the device based on a change in the parameter over a period of time. In an example, the method includes determining a first trend in the parameter over a first period of time, determining a second trend in the parameter over a second period of time, and determining a change in the location of the device from a first location to a second location by comparing the first trend to the second trend.
US11212637B2
An apparatus includes a processor configured to receive one or more media signals associated with a scene. The processor is also configured to identify a spatial location in the scene for each source of the one or more media signals. The processor is further configured to identify audio content for each media signal of the one or more media signals. The processor is also configured to determine one or more candidate spatial locations in the scene based on the identified spatial locations. The processor is further configured to generate audio to playback as virtual sounds that originate from the one or more candidate spatial locations.
US11212636B2
A method of presenting audio comprises: identifying a first ear listener position and a second ear listener position in a mixed reality environment; identifying a first virtual sound source in the mixed reality environment; identifying a first object in the mixed reality environment; determining a first audio signal in the mixed reality environment, wherein the first audio signal originates at the first virtual sound source and intersects the first ear listener position; determining a second audio signal in the mixed reality environment, wherein the second audio signal originates at the first virtual sound source, intersects the first object, and intersects the second ear listener position; determining a third audio signal based on the second audio signal and the first object; presenting, to a first ear of a user, the first audio signal; and presenting, to a second ear of the user, the third audio signal.
US11212628B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for testing a speaker, an electronic device and a storage medium. A specific implementation includes: obtaining first audio data recorded by a microphone integrated with the speaker in ambient white noise; analyzing the first audio data to derive a first analysis result; and determining whether there is a defect in the microphone according to the first analysis result. Hence, these allow for testing a completed set on an assembled speaker to ensure the consistency of a microphone test and improve the accuracy of the test result.
US11212618B2
A vibration sounding device includes a panel, and an electromagnetic driver attached to the panel and configured to drive the panel to vibrate and sound. The electromagnetic driver includes a housing, a driving unit received in the housing, and a cover. The cover is attached to the panel. The driving unit includes a coil assembly mounted to the cover and a pair of magnet assemblies mounted to the housing. The coil assembly includes a coil defining an axial direction around which the coil is wound. The pair of magnet assemblies is located at opposite sides of the coil assembly with gaps formed therebetween in the axial direction. The electromagnetic driver includes a first elastic member configured to support the coil assembly in the housing. The first elastic member is connected between the coil assembly and the housing and configured to provide an elastic supporting force for the coil assembly.
US11212615B2
System, method, and various embodiments for providing a speaker normalization system are described herein. An embodiment operates by identifying a plurality of speakers connected to an audio device, wherein the audio device includes an internal speaker for which first capability information is known. Second capability information of each of the plurality of speakers is retrieved. User input indicating a relative position of each speaker is received. An audio configuration is calculated based on the second capability information and the relative position of each of the plurality of speakers. The calculated audio configuration is provided to each of the plurality of speakers, wherein each of the plurality of speakers is configured to receive and audibly output audio from the audio device based on the audio configuration.
US11212612B2
Multiple aspects of systems and methods for voice control and related features and functionality for various embodiments of media playback devices, networked microphone devices, microphone-equipped media playback devices, and speaker-equipped networked microphone devices are disclosed and described herein, including but not limited to designating and managing default networked devices, audio response playback, room-corrected voice detection, content mixing, music service selection, metadata exchange between networked playback systems and networked microphone systems, handling loss of pairing between networked devices, actions based on user identification, and other voice control of networked devices.
US11212611B2
A MEMS microphone and a manufacturing method thereof. The method comprises: sequentially forming a first isolation layer, a diaphragm, and a second isolation layer on a substrate; sequentially forming a first protective layer, a backplate electrode, and a second protective layer on the second isolation layer; forming a release hole penetrating through the first protective layer, the backplate electrode, and the second protective layer; forming an acoustic cavity penetrating through the substrate; releasing the diaphragm through the acoustic cavity and the release hole; and forming a groove on a surface of the first isolation layer, wherein the diaphragm conformally covers the surface of the first isolation layer, thereby forming a spring structure at a position of the groove.
US11212610B2
A hearing device is characterized by being provided with: a bone conduction drive that converts acoustic electric signals to vibrations; a housing that contains the bone conduction drive; a vibration output structure that is provided in the housing and that outputs the vibrations converted by the bone conduction drive; and an ear-hanging member provided to the housing, wherein one of a plurality of the vibration output structures which have different shapes is provided to the housing.
US11212608B2
A microphone array (3) having microphones (2) observing sound and a noise elimination processing unit (5) obtaining a sound of interest by eliminating noise from the observed sound signal are provided. The two microphones (2) which are adjacent to each other from among the plurality of microphones (2) have a positional relationship in such a manner that, in a plane (12) including the two microphones (2), a sound-of-interest source (A) generating a sound of interest, and a noise source (B) generating noise, the perpendicular bisector (13) of a first line segment (10) connecting the two microphones (2) coincides with the bisector of the angle θ between a second line segment (14) connecting the sound-of-interest source (A) and the midpoint (11) of the first line segment (10) and a third line segment (15) connecting the noise source (B) and the midpoint (11) of the first line segment (10).
US11212601B1
A sound transducer includes a substrate including a first surface, a second surface, and a cavity, a support structure disposed on the first surface and including an inner peripheral edge and a third surface, a fixing structure disposed on the third surface, a moving structure including an exterior peripheral edge and a fourth surface, a first set of comb fingers fixed to the inner peripheral edge, extending toward the moving structure, and being electrically isolated from the fixing structure and the moving structure, a second set of comb fingers fixed to the exterior peripheral edge, extending toward the support structure, and interdigitated with the first set of comb fingers, and an elastic connecting structure including a first connecting part connected to the fourth surface, a second connecting part connected to the fixing structure, and an elastic body; the moving structure is disposed above the cavity.
US11212591B2
Concepts and technologies for video alternate network access points and receivers that enable wireless delivery of video content to multiple customer premises over a service area are provided herein. In an embodiment, a system includes a satellite dish receiver that is configured to receive a satellite video feed, and a video alternate network access point that is communicatively coupled to the satellite dish receiver. The video alternate network access point can perform operations that ingest the satellite video feed directly from the satellite dish receiver. The operations can activate a microcell transceiver embedded within the video alternate network access point, and identify a multicast-broadcast single-frequency network channel. The operations can then transmit, to a video alternate network receiver device from the microcell transceiver, the satellite video feed over at least the multicast-broadcast single-frequency network channel.
US11212580B2
Example levitating meter apparatus are disclosed. An example metering system includes a meter having a display to present indicia associated with a panelist, the meter having a microphone to receive audio output from the media device and circuitry to perform media monitoring. The example metering system includes a base having a cavity to receive at least a portion of the meter, the meter to magnetically levitate relative to the base to decouple the meter from the base.
US11212579B2
A method, executed by a processor, is used to determine presence of a viewer at a media device. The method includes receiving viewer biometric data captured by a biometric capture device associated with the media device; determining a category of the viewer based on the captured viewer biometric data; comparing the captured viewer biometric data to a reference to determine a possible identity of the viewer, by: determining a presence probability for the viewer based on a match between the biometric data and the reference, and determining a confidence level for the probability; and when the probability and confidence level equal or exceed a threshold, determining the viewer is present at the media device.
US11212575B2
Methods and apparatus that support implementing a pause, e.g., of a broadcast, on a device, recording the paused program and resuming playback of the paused program on a device associated with a user's account, are described. The pause function allows a user to pause a broadcast on a device and initiate recording of the paused program, e.g., to network storage. The pause initiating device displays a pause indicator indicating that the program output has been paused. A user logging into the user's account from a device other than the device from which the pause was initiated is presented an opportunity to resume the paused playback. Playback is resumed from the pause point on the playback device from which a resume signal is received. Upon resumption of playback on a device other than the device from which the pause was initiated, the pause indicator on the pause initiating device is removed.
US11212566B1
An attribution system aggregates and merges online data and offline chronologically. The attribution system examines merged data for unique visitor (UV) sessions initiated at an online medium (e.g., a website) within an attribution window for a spot that aired on an offline medium (e.g., a television network) and, for each conversion event that occurred in a UV session, assigns a session timestamp to it so that the conversion event is correlated to the spot. The attribution system then determines an overall conversion rate of UVs to the online medium in the attribution window and the attribution by the spot that aired on the offline medium to the overall conversion rate of UVs to the online medium in the attribution window. Results of the offline attribution to the online conversions can be visualized and presented on a client device communicatively connected to the attribution system.
US11212564B2
Systems and methods for efficiently distributing digital cinema files from a server to a theater are disclosed. The systems and methods may comply with DCI requirements. A server updates an original composition playlist, updates a track file associated with the updated composition playlist, and distributes the updated composition playlist and updated track file to one or more theaters over a communications network. The theater is configured to store the updated track file at a storage containing copies of all track files associated with the updated composition playlist and update the theater's original composition playlist to the updated composition playlist. The server may have a database configured to track the composition playlists and associated track files present in each theater in the system.
US11212548B2
A method for motion compensated prediction, the method comprising determining a residual signal for at least one sample; determining if said residual signal is representing residual for samples in more than one channel; and if affirmative, applying said residual signal for at least a first sample in a first channel for generating a first reconstructed sample; and applying said residual signal for at least a second sample in a second channel for generating a second reconstructed sample.
US11212541B2
A method for encoding a video sequence in a scalable video encoder to generate a scalable bitstream is provided that includes encoding the video sequence in a first layer encoder of the scalable video encoder to generate a first sub-bitstream, encoding the video sequence in a second layer encoder of the scalable video encoder to generate a second sub-bitstream, wherein portions of the video sequence being encoded in the second layer encoder are predicted using reference portions of the video sequence encoded in the first layer encoder, combining the first sub-bitstream and the second sub-bitstream in the scalable bitstream, and signaling an indication of a highest temporal level of the first sub-bitstream comprising at least one of the reference portions in the scalable bitstream.
US11212531B2
According to one method, a method for decoding data using rate sorted entropy coding occurs at a video decoder implemented using at least one processor. The method comprises: receiving rate control information associated with a first bitstream; determining, using the rate control information, a maximum amount of bits available for a next symbol in the first bitstream; determining, using a symbol probability model and a first deterministic algorithm, an amount of bits for a least probable value of the next symbol; and determining that the next symbol is included in the first bitstream if the amount of bits for the least probable value of the next symbol is less than or equal to the maximum amount of bits available for the first bitstream.
US11212523B2
Video processing methods and apparatuses include receiving input video data, determining a Merge number for a regular Merge mode, comparing the Merge number for the regular Merge mode with a predefined value, and only signaling or parsing a difference between the Merge number for the regular Merge mode and a Merge number for a Geometric Partition Mode (GPM) Merge mode when the Merge number for the regular Merge mode is larger than or equal to the predefined value. The difference between the Merge numbers is inferred to 0 when the difference is not signaled. The Merge number for the GPM Merge mode defines a size of a GPM Merge candidate list constructed for each block coded or to be coded by the GPM Merge mode.
US11212511B1
Multiview calibration is essential for accurate three-dimensional computation. However, multiview calibration can not be accurate enough because of the tolerances required in some of the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters that are associated with the calibration process, along with fundamental imperfections that are associated with the manufacturing and assembly process itself. As a result, residual error in calibration is left over, with no known methods to mitigate such errors. Residual error mitigation is presented in this work to address the shortcomings that are associated with calibration of multiview camera systems. Residual error mitigation may be performed inline with a given calibration approach, or may be presented as a secondary processing step that is more application specific. Residual error mitigation aims at modifying the original parameters that have been estimated during an initial calibration process. These new, modified parameters are then used for triangulation and depth estimation of scene information. This approach also resolves parameter tolerances that are either too cumbersome to measure, or otherwise impossible to measure for practical stereo and multiview camera production and calibration applications.
US11212500B2
An image capture apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data of a subject; an identification unit configured to identify a color temperature of light from the subject on the basis of the image data acquired by the acquisition unit; an adjustment unit configured to adjust a white balance of the image data on the basis of the color temperature identified by the identification unit; and a suppression unit configured to suppress a chroma of the image data applied adjustment by the adjustment unit on the basis of the color temperature identified by the identification unit if image data of a specific light-emitting body is included in the image data.
US11212499B2
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus comprising: a camera module; a communication module; and a processor electrically connected to the camera module and the communication module, wherein the processor is capable of: obtaining an image of one or more external objects by using the camera module; recognizing at least one specified external object among the one or more external objects; transmitting image color information, corresponding to said at least one recognized specified external object, to an external electronic apparatus via the communication module; receiving attribute information on a light source for the image, determined using reference color information, corresponding to said at least one specified external object, and the image color information, from the external electronic apparatus; and correcting the color temperature of the image by using the attribute information received from the external electronic apparatus. Other various embodiments identified in the description are possible.
US11212492B1
A management terminal manages a plurality of Self-Service Terminals (SSTs) for customer-assistance, transaction overrides, theft determinations, and transaction security audits. One or more overhead cameras stream real-time video of the transactions being processed at the SSTs to a server. Transaction data produced in real time at the SSTs are also provided to the server. The video is correlated with the transaction data and evaluated for security events. The video is also cached on the server. An operator of the management terminal can access a video review interface based on events and/or information visually gleaned by the operator during the transactions. The interface permits the operator to view a configured cached portion of the video captured for any given transaction to provide context to the operator for determining whether to perform or whether not to perform a transaction audit.
US11212487B2
Information having an appropriate content corresponding to an area in which a person stays can be presented to a user as information related to a staying state of the person in each area inside a facility. In a target area such as an office and a conference room, a processor of a facility management apparatus executes each process of seat occupancy detection, area determination, and screen control, obtains staying information related to the staying state of the person, and generates display information on which the staying information is reflected in accordance with a display item for each target area based on a video of a camera.
US11212480B2
A method for recording an image. The method includes: detecting an area using a sensor and generating a map of the area having a predefined number of pixels, which indicate brightness values, and subdividing the map into blocks) having a predefined first size, creating an auxiliary map by scaling down the blocks to a predefined second size, which is smaller than the predefined first size, sorting the pixels of each block of the auxiliary map according to their brightness values, determining processing parameters for each block on the basis of the sorted pixels, with which the pixels of the associated block are processed in order to achieve a brightness maximization and/or a contrast maximization, interpolating a processing function from the processing parameters, and applying the processing function to the pixels of the map to generate the image.
US11212477B2
To prevent generation of an invalid frame while suppressing power consumption. An image processing device including an ADC unit including a plurality of ADCs configured to convert a pixel signal read from an image sensor from an analog format to a digital format, and a selection unit configured to select the number of used ADCs, which is the number of ADCs used, among the plurality of ADCs on the basis of a decimation rate of pixels in reading of the pixel signal from the image sensor, in which the number of used ADCs and the decimation rate are switched such that a product of the number of used ADCs and the decimation rate is maintained to be a constant state.
US11212476B2
There is provided an image sensor including a pixel unit, the pixel unit including a photodiode, a first color filter and a second color filter each disposed in a different position on a plane above the photodiode, and a first on-chip lens disposed over the first color filter and a second on-chip lens disposed over the second color filter.
US11212472B2
An image sensor including: a plurality of phase shift code generators, wherein each of the plurality of phase shift code generators outputs a phase shift code; a test data selection circuit for outputting test data corresponding to a test pattern; a counter for receiving the phase shift code from at least one of the plurality of phase shift code generators, receiving the test data from the test data selection circuit, latching a digital code corresponding to the test pattern using the phase shift code, and outputting the digital code; and a control logic for calculating a data pattern using the digital code and selecting one of the plurality of phase shift code generators in accordance with a result of a comparison between the data pattern and the test pattern.
US11212471B2
Solid-state image capturing elements are disclosed. In one example, a solid-state image capturing element includes a noise-cancelling-signal generating circuit connected to a pixel power source. It executes a gain change and a polarity inversion on a first noise cancelling signal to output a second noise cancelling signal. The element also includes a DA converter that outputs a reference signal and converts a current of the second noise cancelling signal into a voltage to superpose the converted voltage on the reference signal; a comparator that receives inputs of the reference signal and a pixel signal and outputs an inversion signal according to the pixel signal and a gain setting; a counter that converts an inversion timing of the comparator into a digital value; and a gain controlling unit that outputs, when changing a gradient of the reference signal and an input capacity to execute a gain control on the comparator.
US11212468B2
An event-based vision sensor system comprises an event-based pixel array including pixels that detect light, a readout circuit for reading out events associated with light received by each pixel and with the position it occupies in the array, and a memory controller that enables writing of each event, or event-related data, associated with a certain pixel to a certain address in a memory.
US11212457B2
A pixel cell includes a first subpixel and a plurality of second subpixels. Each subpixel includes a photodiode to photogenerate image charge in response to incident light. Image charge is transferred from the first subpixel to a floating diffusion through a first transfer transistor. Image charge is transferred from the plurality of second subpixels to the floating diffusion through a plurality of second transfer transistors. An attenuation layer is disposed over the first subpixel. The first subpixel receives the incident light through the attenuation layer. The plurality of second subpixels receive the incident light without passing through the attenuation layer. A dual floating diffusion (DFD) transistor is coupled to the floating diffusion. A capacitor is coupled to the DFD transistor.
US11212453B2
A vehicular camera module includes a main circuit board electrically connected with an imager circuit board via a flexible ribbon cable, an imager disposed on the imager circuit board, a housing, and a lens barrel accommodating at least one lens. Image data captured by the imager is provided via the flexible ribbon cable to circuitry disposed at a main PCB of the main circuit board. The main circuit board is accommodated within front and rear portions of the housing, while the imager is disposed within the rear portion and is not accommodated within the front portion. The lens barrel, as disposed at the camera module, is tilted at an acute angle upward relative to the plane of the main PCB of the main circuit board. The electronic circuitry disposed at the main PCB includes an electrical socket connector for electrical connection to a plug connector of a vehicular wire harness.
US11212446B2
A tracking device, comprising a first image stabilization actuator that moves the image stabilization lens, a second image stabilization actuator that moves an image sensor, and a processor that has a calculation section, a determination section and a tracking control section, wherein the determination section determines whether or not a subject image exists at a specified position within an effective imaging region of the image sensor, the calculation section calculates movement direction and movement velocity for moving the subject image with respect to the image sensor, and the tracking control section performs drive control for at least one of the first image stabilization actuator and the second image stabilization actuator based on the movement direction and movement velocity that have been calculated by the calculation section, to perform tracking such that the subject image is always positioned at a specified position within the effective imaging region of the image sensor.
US11212440B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, a detection sensor, a memory, and a processor. The image sensor is configured to repeatedly perform an image pickup operation to generate a set of a plurality of images with different exposures in one image pickup operation. The detection sensor is configured to perform a first detection to detect a motion of the image sensor. The processor is configured to execute instructions in the memory to perform a second detection to detect a motion vector, to select an image used to detect the motion vector in the second detection based on the motion of the image sensor from the set of the plurality of images with different exposures among the images, and to generate a combined image by performing alignment and combining processing on at least some of the images generated by the image sensor based on the motion vector.
US11212439B2
A communication terminal is communicable with another communication terminal mounted on a mobile apparatus or with a communication device of the mobile apparatus via a network. The communication terminal transmits operation instruction information for controlling the mobile apparatus to the another communication terminal or the communication device. The communication terminal includes circuitry configured to: receive a first video transmitted by one of the another communication terminal and the communication device and a second video having a wide-angle of view captured by a wide-angle image capturing apparatus; display, on a display device, at least one of the first video and the second video that are received; and display, on the display device, a controller for controlling an operation of the mobile apparatus as being superimposed on the at least one of the first video and the second video.
US11212435B2
A semiconductor device includes a distortion correction unit that performs correct distortion processing on a captured image, a SRAM that stores image data after the distortion correction processing, a filter processing unit that receives the image data after the distortion correction processing from the SRAM and that performs smoothing filter processing on the image data after the distortion correction processing, after the image data after the distortion correction processing having a size required for the smoothing filter processing is stored in the SRAM, and an image reduction unit that performs reduction processing on image data after the smoothing filter processing.
US11212431B2
Methods and apparatus for remotely controlling a camera in an environment with communication latency
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for remotely controlling a camera in an environment where there is a delay. A control device is provided for controlling a remotely located camera via a network. The control device comprises a monitor for viewing an image provided by the camera. A control signal is sent from the control device to the camera with a command for controlling at least one of a function, setting, or parameter of the camera. An image displayed on the monitor of the control device is modified in accordance with the command to provide an emulated image for display prior to execution of the command at the camera.
US11212425B2
An image capture device may include an image sensor, a processor, and a memory. The image sensor may be configured to obtain an image. The processor may be configured to generate a grid on the image. The grid may include one or more vertices. The one or more vertices may be used to form tiles. The processor may be configured to determine a flare level of each vertex. The processor may be configured to assign a maximum flare level for each tile of the image. The processor may be configured to sort the tiles. The tiles may be sorted based on the maximum flare level of each tile. The processor may be configured to apply a flare compensation to a subset of the tiles to obtain a processed image. The processed image may have reduced flare artifacts or no flare artifacts. The processed image may be stored in the memory.
US11212422B2
A color gamut mapping method and apparatus, includes obtaining a to-be-processed image, obtaining lightness and chroma information of a target color gamut, and mapping a lightness value and a chroma value of a pixel in the to-be-processed image to obtain a processed image corresponding to the target color gamut, where a pixel in the processed image has a mapped lightness value and a mapped chroma value, and the mapped lightness value and the mapped chroma value are obtained by mapping the lightness value and the chroma value of the pixel in a color gamut of the to-be-processed image to the target color gamut using a point with a minimum lightness value in the target color gamut as a mapping end point.
US11212421B2
Techniques for interactively determining/visualizing the color content of a source image and how the corresponding image data is mapped to device colors are described herein. For example, the color content of a digital image can be converted between different color spaces to identify gamut limitations of an output device (e.g., a printing assembly), discover color(s) that cannot be accurately reproduced, etc. Color space conversions enable the transformation of the color content of the digital image from device-specific colorants to a device-independent representation (and vice versa). In some embodiments, these transformations are facilitated using lookup tables that are implemented in graphical processing unit-resident memory.
US11212416B2
Systems and methods for generating certified images, annotations, and incident reports are disclosed. A media capture device can be used to capture a media asset and related metadata. The image and its metadata can then be certified upon capture so that it can be verified as authentic and unaltered after certification. The certified media asset can then be included in or as a part of an incident report, which may optionally align multiple media assets along a path based on location and time of capture. The report may itself be certified and synchronized with a cloud server system.
US11212412B2
An information processing apparatus includes a screen information request receiver, an application identification information specifying unit, a screen information transmitter. The screen information request receiver receives, from a device, a screen information request used to request screen information for providing an application. The screen information includes at least dealer information representing a dealer that sells the device. The application identification information specifying unit specifies application identification information corresponding to the dealer information included in the screen information request based on application correspondence relation information representing a correspondence relation between the dealer information and the application identification information identifying an application available to the device. The screen information transmitter transmits, to the device, the screen information for providing the application identified by the application identification information specified by the application identification information specifying unit as a response to the screen information request received by the screen information request receiver.
US11212409B2
According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, when no user operation has been performed for a set period, an information processing device is caused to transition to a sleep mode including stopping display on a display unit. However, the information processing device is controlled to not transition to the sleep mode until a slideshow currently being displayed on the display unit, ends, in a case where the slideshow has been started.
US11212403B2
A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a control unit. When performing binding for binding a plurality of sheets a plurality of times continuously, the controller measures the processing time required for the binding during first binding and notifies an image forming apparatus of a post-processing time including the measured processing time.
US11212402B2
A medium transporting apparatus includes a feeding roller that rotates to transport a medium along a transportation path, an electrode installed downstream of the feeding roller on the transportation path and having conductivity, and an electric charge detecting circuit that outputs a signal having a magnitude corresponding to an amount of an electric charge, which moves from the medium to the electrode after the medium being transported along the transportation path comes into contact with the electrode.
US11212401B2
An image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the image processing apparatus are provided. The image processing apparatus holds a type of image data and a setting item of image processing corresponding to the type in association with each other, and obtains, by applying a learned learning model to image data which are input, a result of classifying the image data into the type. The image processing apparatus presents, based on the setting item input by a user and the held setting item that corresponds to the type of the obtained image, a recommended setting item corresponding to the image data to the user.
US11212397B1
Provided is an image reading system that can disperse and improve the image quality of a document. The document reading unit reads a document page by page and outputs it as image data. The area classification unit classifies the read image data into area data for each content. The blockchain creation unit creates a block in which identification information is added to the classified area data, and sequentially calculates and includes the previous hash value of the previous block, thereby creating the blockchain of the document. The image processing unit in information processing apparatus processes or deletes the area data for each received block. The block acquisition unit acquires a block processed by the information processing apparatus. The document output unit collectively reconstructs the block that is acquired into document data and outputs the document data.
US11212396B2
An operation setting selection apparatus includes, a physical property obtainer which obtains physical property information of a recording medium on which an image is formed; and a hardware processor. The hardware processor obtains from first information, in which operation failure information regarding contents of operation failure which occurs when an image forming operation is performed is associated to the physical property information of the recording medium used when the operation failure occurs and the operation setting regarding the image forming, the operation setting and the operation failure information associated to the physical property information obtained by the physical property obtainer. The hardware processor performs operation regarding selection of the operation setting regarding the image forming operation on the recording medium based on the physical property information, the operation setting and the operation failure information which are obtained.
US11212387B1
An example operation may include one or more of receiving a data file comprising a list of interactive voice response (IVR) prompts, identifying an IVR prompt with incorrect content that will cause an error during one or more of reading and playing of the IVR prompt, modifying the incorrect content via addition or removal of an element from text content within the IVR prompt, and storing the modified IVR prompt in memory.
US11212382B2
A mobile device includes a photographing unit to photograph an object to generate an object image, a display unit having a panel to display a screen, a sensor configured to sense a motion of the mobile device, and a control unit configured to unlock the mobile device to access the normal mode according to either one of a first unlocking process using a password and a second unlocking process using the sensed motion and the object image in response to the sensed motion.
US11212377B2
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device for blocking light. The electronic device may comprise: a housing comprising a front plate, a rear plate facing in the opposite direction to the front plate, and a side member surrounding the space between the front plate and the rear plate; a touch screen arranged in the space and exposed through the front plate; and a camera assembly exposed through one selected from the front plate and the rear plate. The camera assembly may comprise: a camera lens facing a first part of the one selected from the front plate and the rear plate; a flash facing a second part of the one selected from the front plate and the rear plate; and an opaque layer arranged between the camera lens and the flash when seen from above the one selected from the front plate and the rear plate. The second part may be arranged adjacent to the first part. The camera lens and the flash may be arranged side by side with each other in a first direction. The opaque layer may comprise a first slit extending between the camera lens and the flash on the basis of a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. Other embodiments are also possible.
US11212376B2
A method of transmitting a data signal in sync with a clock signal in a DTV receiver. The method includes performing demodulation processing and error correction processing on an input carrier wave and outputting signals resulting from these types of processing; acquiring a transport stream (TS) packet included in the signals; acquiring a variable-length packet included in the signals; and selecting either the TS packet or the variable-length packet and outputting the selected packet as the data signal, where to variable-length packet is either a type length value (TLV) packet or an Internet protocol (IP) packet.
US11212367B2
An electronic device for collecting and displaying measurement data includes a data interface, a processor and a transport interface. The data interface obtains measurement data. The processor is configured to generate portable graphical user interface (GUI) information indicating a visual format corresponding to at least one of the measurement data or the electronic device, and to associate the portable GUI information with the measurement data. The transport interface is configured to deliver the measurement data and the associated portable GUI information to a remote display, enabling the remote display to display the measurement data in accordance with the visual format indicated by the portable GUI information.
