US11226299B2
A system for determining one or more properties of one or more gases. The system comprises sensors configured to measure thermal conductivity and exothermic responses of a sample at multiple temperatures. Sensor responses to exposure to a gas sample at two or more temperatures are compensated and analyzed by a subsystem. The subsystem is configured to determine a thermal conductivity of the gas sample at each of the two or more temperatures and determine at least one component of the gas sample based at least in part on the thermal conductivity value of the sample at each of the two or more temperatures. Related systems and methods of determining one or more properties of a sample are also disclosed.
US11226298B2
An x-ray imaging system includes an x-ray source configured to emit x-ray radiation towards a sample, and a primary detector configured to detect x-ray radiation from the x-ray source passing through the sample. The x-ray imaging system also includes a secondary detector configured to detect x-ray radiation from the x-ray source scattered in the sample, and imaging optics configured to guide x-ray radiation scattered in the sample onto the secondary detector.
US11226293B1
A method of imaging surface features with a large (non-microscopic) field-of-view includes projecting a structured illumination pattern onto the transparent target. The surface features modify the structured illumination pattern, and an image of the modified structured illumination pattern is imaged at each of multiple different introduced phase shifts via an imaging device. The method further provides for extracting, from each of the captured phase-shifted images, image components that correspond to frequencies exceeding a cutoff frequency of the imaging device; and using the extracted image components to construct a corrected image of the surface features of the transparent target. The corrected image has a resolution that is greater than a spatially incoherent point-to-point optical resolution of the imaging device.
US11226292B2
A method of analysing an at least partially transparent object, such as a gemstone, includes fixing the object in a holder; immersing the object in the holder in an immersion material; and analysing internal and/or external features of the object. Analysing comprises visualizing an internal and/or external portion of the object using light rays while the object is immersed in the immersion material, and determining characteristics of the object based on the visualized internal and/or external portion of the object. During the analysing step, the difference between the refractive index (RI) of the immersion material and the RI of at least an immersed portion of the holder, which is in contact with the object, is less than 0.3.
US11226289B2
The present disclosure provides a remote sensing-based detection system for gaseous pollutant from diesel vehicle exhaust, including: a diesel vehicle exhaust emission measuring device, a main control computer, an information display device, a vehicle driving status monitoring device, a weather monitoring device and a vehicle license plate recognizing device; where the diesel vehicle exhaust emission measuring device, the information display device, the vehicle driving status monitoring device, the weather monitoring device and the vehicle license plate recognizing device are in communication connection with the main control computer, the main control computer is connected to a motor vehicle emission monitoring platform via internet, and the vehicle driving status monitoring device includes a speedometer, an accelerometer or a radar speedometer. Compared with a traditional detection system, the present disclosure uses remote sensing technology for detection of gaseous emission concentration in exhaust from diesel vehicle in real time.
US11226283B2
A cuvette comprising a pyramidal shaped cavity with four sides surfaces, which are connected to each other by curves, wherein side surfaces and curves merge into a transition area that is located above a ring followed by a cone above the bottom of the pyramidally shaped cavity.
US11226282B2
A system includes a cuvette including a cuvette body forming a substantially planar exterior surface and having a sensor window defined within the substantially planar exterior surface. The cuvette further includes a probe retention structure extending from the cuvette body. The system includes a probe with a probe body and a protrusion that is removably coupled to the probe retention structure.
US11226281B1
Techniques for non-invasive diagnosis and/or monitoring of corrosion in high temperature systems using specialized sensors that produce multi-mode acoustic signals in situ for accurate determination of wall loss and/or physical property changes for a vessel in contact with a high temperature, highly corrosive substance are disclosed. Sensitivity of a few microns (or about 0.1%) of wall loss, detection of changes in physical properties of vessel contents (e.g., approximately 1%), or both, at temperatures of 500° C., 600° C., or higher may be realized. Corrosion may be identified and/or monitored using time domain, frequency domain, or mixed time domain and frequency domain analysis of signal characteristics, signal delay, or both, for relatively short circumferential acoustic wave propagation (e.g., a few inches), as well as relatively long axial acoustic wave propagation (e.g., tens of feet).
US11226280B2
The present disclosure provides methods for automated slide assessments made in conjunction with digital image-based microscopy. Automated methods of acquiring patient information and specimen information from prepared slides, and digitally linking such information into patient-tagged specimen data, are provided. Also provided are methods that include automatically identifying an optimal area for morphological assessment of a blood smear on a hematological slide, including methods for triggering the analysis of such an area, e.g., using an automated digital image-based hematology system. The present disclosure also provides devices, systems and computer readable media for use in performing processes of the herein described methods.
US11226278B2
A microfluidic solenoid point of use device for discrete quantitation of magnetized cells. The inventive device provides higher accuracy, lower cost, and less bulk than other counting devices.
US11226271B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods of fixing and staining rare cells. Further, disclosed herein are methods of identifying circulating tumor cells (CTC). In some embodiments, the method includes: imaging a cell sample to identify a cell of interest; determining a first pixel intensity of a stained nuclear area; determining a second pixel intensity of a background area; calculating a ploidy status of the cell of interest by subtracting the second pixel intensity from the first pixel intensity; and determining whether the cell of interest is a CTC based on the ploidy status. The method may be computer implemented, such that the method uses a machine learning algorithm to identify a feature; process the feature to extract a parameter of interest; analyze the parameter of interest; and when the parameter of interest is greater than or less than a predetermined threshold, classify the cell of interest as a CTC.
US11226263B2
A diagnosis apparatus is applied to an in-line three-cylinder internal combustion engine, and includes a diagnosing unit and an angular acceleration derivation unit. The diagnosing unit is configured to execute a diagnosis process for diagnosing whether there is a compression leak in any one of cylinders while the internal combustion engine is in steady operation. The angular acceleration derivation unit is configured to derive an angular acceleration of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. The diagnosing unit is configured to, in the diagnosis process, when an amount of change in the angular acceleration per a predetermined period during an expansion stroke of any one of the cylinders is less than or equal to a threshold amount of change, diagnose that there is a compression leak in the any one of the cylinders.
US11226247B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for testing a water rocket and a method for use thereof, comprising a load cell assembly, a launcher assembly, a rocket assembly, and a base piston, all situated within a housing. Air and/or water pressurizes the rocket assembly and the launcher assembly, which is released to cause the rocket to exert a propelling force on the rocket. The load cell is adapted to capture and record the thrust of the water rocket. The housing is adapted to retain the released water within the housing. The base piston is adapted to move the launcher assembly out of the way of the releasing water and air, whereby the launcher assembly does not impede the exit of the water or air that could result in inaccurate data.
US11226244B2
A method of manufacturing a sensor include depositing a metal layer on a substrate and fabricating a calibration structure on the metal layer. The calibration structure can include a first calibration portion and a second calibration portion. The method may further include, performing a first calibration of the sensor by modifying the first calibration portion. In addition, the method can include placing a cover layer on a portion of the first calibration portion after the first calibration and then performing a second calibration of the sensor by modifying the second calibration.
US11226242B2
An industrial process temperature transmitter for measuring a temperature of a process medium includes a temperature sensing unit, a compensation circuit, an output circuit and a housing. The temperature sensing unit includes a process temperature sensor and a secondary temperature sensor. A temperature signal that is indicative of the temperature of the process medium is produced based on a process temperature signal output from the process temperature sensor and a secondary temperature signal output from the secondary temperature sensor. The compensation circuit compensates the temperature signal for a response time of the temperature measurement to a change in the temperature of the process medium, and outputs a compensated temperature signal. The output circuit produces a temperature output as a function of the compensated temperature signal. The housing is attached to an exterior of the process vessel and contains the secondary temperature sensor.
US11226216B2
A gauge assembly includes a dial face with a scale indicative of a vehicle operating parameter. The dial face includes an opening proximate the scale and an illuminable tick mark that extends through the opening in the dial face with the tick mark being larger than the opening.
US11226215B2
A modular field device kit with interchangeable components allowing for customization and a method of assembly of a field device using such kit.
US11226207B2
Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for synchronizing map updates for a navigating autonomous vehicle. A management service on a managing node can receive an update to a portion of a first map, where a limited visibility map, which is a subset of the first map, can be determined based on a geographical area around an autonomous vehicle navigating a route. The limited visibility map can be synchronized among all the nodes while the autonomous vehicle is using the limited visibility map by the management service delivering, to a plurality of downstream nodes, the update to the limited visibility map when the update does not modify a portion of the limited visibility map, and by bypassing, to the plurality of downstream nodes, the update to the limited visibility map when the update modifies a portion of the limited visibility map.
US11226203B2
This disclosure relates to an underground mining vehicle comprising a three-axis MEMS gyroscope rotatable about a rotation axis and a gyroscope interface that calculates a first rotation rate bias with respect to a first axis different to the rotation axis, a second rotation rate bias with respect to a second axis different to the first axis and different to the rotation axis, a rotation rate about the rotation axis based on the Earth rotation rate vector by correcting the rotational measurement data using the first rotation rate bias and the second rotation rate bias and a third rotation rate bias with respect to the rotation axis based on the calculated rotation rate about the rotation axis. A navigation unit receives the first rotation rate bias, the second rotation rate bias and the third rotation rate bias and calculates a pose of the vehicle.
US11226202B2
A micromechanical rotation rate sensor system and a corresponding manufacturing method are described. The micromechanical rotation rate sensor system includes a first rotation rate sensor unit drivable rotatorily about a first axis in an oscillating manner for detecting a first outside rotation rate about a second axis and a second outside rotation rate about a third axis, the first, second and third axes being situated perpendicularly to one another, and a second rotation rate sensor unit linearly drivable by a drive unit along the second axis in an oscillating manner for detecting a third outside rotation rate about the first axis. The second rotation rate sensor unit is connected to the first rotation rate sensor unit via a first coupling unit for driving the first rotation rate sensor unit by the drive unit.
US11226201B2
Provided are apparatus and methods for generating a representation of a physical environment, comprising: a mobile sensor platform (MSP) including sensors that output sensor signals relating to parameters such as range, gravity, direction of the Earth's magnetic field, and angular velocity. The MSP is adapted to be moved through the environment. The sensor signals are processed and observations of axes in the environment are generated for a sequence of time steps, the orientation of the MSP is estimated for each of the time steps, observed axes are identified at each orientation, and similar axes are associated. The orientations, the axes in the environment, and the directions of gravity and the Earth's magnetic field are linked such that each observation is predicted based on the estimates of the orientations. An estimate of the orientations is optimized and an output of the representation of the physical environment is generated based on the optimized orientation estimates. The output may be an axis map, a visual representation, and/or a data set. In one embodiment the output device may produce an output comprising a stereonet.
US11226194B1
An apparatus and method for precise and fast measurement of distances between fiducial features of samples such as transducers spans. In one approach, the apparatus includes a sample holder for holding a plurality of discrete samples having fiducial features thereon. The apparatus also includes a device configured to acquire locations of the fiducial features of the samples positioned in the sample holder. An x-y stage is configured to move the sample holder along an x-y plane for selectively positioning a first fiducial feature of a selected one of the samples to within ±10 micrometers or better of a predefined location in a field of view of the device in both x and y directions. A precision stage is configured to control an extent of movement of the selected one of the samples along an axis a predefined distance to an accuracy of about ±50 nanometers or better.
US11226189B2
Described herein are an apparatus and method by which at least one core specimen is obtained from a patient. The specimen is optionally placed on a tray, in a holder, or in another device designed to hold the tissue specimen; images of the specimens are acquired with optical coherence tomography, optical coherence tomography image data and, optionally, data from an additional imaging or analysis method, and when analyzed with the tissue classification process yield information on one or more of: the adequacy of the specimens obtained; the likelihood that they contain abnormal or malignant tissue; the regions and/or specimens most likely to contain diagnostic tissue; the approximate dimensions, area, or volume of the abnormal tissue; and the probable type of abnormality.
US11226177B2
A weapons system is comprised of a human transported weapon for firing a munition through a barrel aimed towards an identified target, a targeting subsystem, a decision subsystem, a weapons aim adjustment controller, and, a targeting subsystem for choosing, from up to a plurality of targets, one said target as a selected target in a field of view of the human transported weapon. The targeting subsystem chooses, from up to a plurality of targets, one said target as a selected target in a field of view of the human transported weapon. The decision subsystem compares where the selected target is located versus where the barrel is aimed. The weapons aim adjustment controller, adjusts aim of the barrel so that when fired, the munition will hit the selected target, responsive to the decision subsystem. The firing subsystem fires the munitions at the selected target at a first firing time responsive to the weapons aim adjustment controller. The munition is tracked after it is fired, to generate tracked munitions data. The selected target is tracked after the munitions is fired, to generate tracked target data.
US11226176B2
A network of scopes, including one or more lead scopes and one or more follower scopes, is provided to allow the respective scopes to track the same presumed target. A lead scope locates a target and communicates target position data of the presumed target to the follower scope. The follower scope uses the target position data and its own position data to generate electronic control signals for use by follower scope to make position movements so as to re-position the follower scope from its current target position to move towards the target position defined by the target position data received from the lead scope. At least the second scope is mounted to, or integrated into, a vehicle, which uses the target position data to move to a new location so as to allow the second scope to better view the target.
US11226151B2
Provided is a refrigerator which allows a pivoting bar to pivot to seal a gap between a pair of doors regardless of whether the door at which the pivoting bar is not installed between the pair of doors is open or closed. The refrigerator includes a guide device which induces the pivoting bar to pivot. Here, the guide device includes a rack that is moved forward and backward linearly depending on opening and closing of the second door and includes a second magnet built therein, a pinion gear engaged with the rack and pivoting when the rack is moved linearly, and a guide unit which includes a guide groove guiding a guide protrusion and is engaged with the pinion gear to move linearly in a direction opposite to that of the rack to allow the pivoting bar to pivot when the pinion gear pivots.
US11226145B2
A method for controlling a refrigerator includes turning on a compressor to operate with a predetermined cooling power for cooling a storage compartment, turning off the compressor when a temperature of the storage compartment reaches a temperature equal to or lower than a first reference temperature, and turning on the compressor again when the temperature of the storage compartment reaches a temperature equal to or higher than a second reference temperature higher than the first reference temperature. In the turning on the compressor again, the compressor is operated with a cooling power determined based on an on slope, which is a temperature change slope of the storage compartment during an on time of the compressor, and an off slope, which is a temperature change slope of the storage compartment during an off time of the compressor.
US11226143B2
In some embodiments, an air-cooled ammonia refrigeration system comprises: a plurality of air-cooled condensers, each having a heat exchanger and at least one axial fan and having a first operating state capable of condensing vaporous ammonia to form liquid ammonia; an evaporator coupled to the air-cooled condenser; a subcooler positioned between the air-cooled condenser and the evaporator; a compressor coupled to the evaporator; an oil cooler coupled to the compressor; and a plurality of valves coupled to the plurality of air-cooled condensers and having a first configuration corresponding to the first operating state of the plurality of air-cooled condensers, and a second configuration corresponding to a second operating state of one or more of the plurality of air-cooled condensers such that the one or more of the plurality of air-cooled condensers functions as an evaporator capable of evaporating liquid ammonia to form vaporous ammonia.
US11226138B2
A thermodynamic apparatus that includes a displacer within a cylinder is disclosed. The displacer reciprocates within the cylinder by a linear actuator that includes electrical coils, an armature, and a coil spring system. The spring system includes collinear first and second coil springs of opposite sense. First ends of the springs are captured in a first plate; second ends of the springs are captured in a second plate. Without constraint, the springs can compensate to forces by bending, rotating, increasing in diameter, and combinations thereof. In certain applications, such as the heat pump, bending should be minimized. By selecting the points of capture of the hooks at the ends of the springs in the plates, bending force of the first spring counteracts the bending force of the second spring.
US11226137B2
A system for regulating fluid flow in a geothermal energy production system includes a flow control device disposed in an injector well and/or a producer well, which are disposed in a subterranean region. The injector well includes an outflow port configured to inject a fluid into the region, the producer well includes an inflow port configured to receive the fluid from the region, and the outflow port and the inflow port are in fluid communication via one or more passages in the subterranean region between the injector well and the producer well. The flow control device is configured to restrict a flow of a fluid into the producer well based on a temperature and/or a flow rate of the fluid in the flow control device. The temperature and/or the flow rate selected to maintain a temperature of the fluid entering the producer well within a selected range.
US11226135B2
An apparatus and system for a combination space and water heater including a controller device and a method for control. The controller device is a self-contained system that can be added to, or in combination with, existing water heaters and hydronic air heating systems using standard plumbing connections, and provides a potable water system without any need of an intermediary heat exchanger. The controller device automatically monitors a heating capacity of the water heater and the hydronic heating coil over time, and correlates measured heating loads with one or more environmental temperatures, thermostats, user settings, and/or a supplemental heating system.
US11226128B2
A condition identification module is configured to, based on output from the at least one of a microphone and a camera, indicate an occurrence of a user having a physical condition. A correlation module is configured to, based on the occurrence of the user having the physical condition and at least one of a temperature of air, a relative humidity of air, an amount of particulate of at least a predetermined size present in air, an amount of VOCs present in air, and an amount of carbon dioxide present in air, selectively identify the presence of a correlation between the occurrence of the user having the physical condition and the at least one of the temperature, the RH, the amount of particulate, the amount of VOCs, and the amount of carbon dioxide.
US11226127B2
In a control system, a heat load estimation unit, by referring to location information that indicates a location environment of a house H1 and to weather information that indicates a weather forecast for a certain time slot T1, estimates a heat load which depends on solar radiation to the house H1 during the time slot T1. Specifically, the heat load estimation unit checks whether or not there is a building that blocks the solar radiation to the house H1 during the time slot T1 based on the location information when the weather forecast indicated in the weather information is sunny. Further, the heat load estimation unit estimates the heat load which depends on the solar radiation to the house H1 during the time slot T1 according to a result of the check. An operation control unit controls ahead, operation of an air conditioner provided in the house H1 before the time slot T1 according to the heat load estimated by the heat load estimation unit.
US11226123B2
An inductive-humidification and evaporative-cooling ventilation system comprising: means for generating a flow of air; a channel for conveying said flow of air, said channel comprising a plurality of inductive holes for transferring said flow of air into the environment, said channel further comprising at least one outflow mouth for expelling said flow of air, which has a three-dimensional structure open both at the back and at the front, and a fluid-thread straightener set at the rear end of said at least one outflow mouth, which recalls a flow of air from the environment surrounding said channel; and at least one humidification device for introducing nebulised water into the environment; wherein said at least one humidification device is set within said at least one diffusion mouth, and said plurality of holes are arranged in a number of rows aligned longitudinally along the ducts.
US11226122B1
A module air curtain and recirculation system that can be incorporated into various tables and workstations that provides 1) an effective air curtain between individuals, 2) a reduction of harmful viruses and 3) the ability for two or more people to be in close proximity without having to wear personal protective equipment such as face masks.
US11226112B2
In an air-conditioning system including a thermal storage heat exchanger, a refrigerant circuit is configured such that an indoor heat exchanger and a receiver communicate with the thermal storage heat exchanger when an operational mode of the refrigerant circuit is switched to a cooling operation in which the thermal storage heat exchanger serves as a radiator and the indoor heat exchanger serves as an evaporator.
US11226108B2
The present invention relates to a heat transfer system comprising a heating circuit having a feed conduit for an incoming flow of heat transfer fluid having a first temperature, and a return conduit for a return flow of heat transfer fluid having a second temperature, the second temperature being lower than the first temperature. The heat transfer system also includes a cooling circuit having a feed conduit for an incoming flow of heat transfer fluid having a third temperature, and a return conduit for a return flow of heat transfer fluid having a fourth temperature, the fourth temperature being higher than the third temperature, and a heat pump including a first heat exchanger having a first circuit for circulating heat transfer fluid and a second circuit for circulating heat transfer fluid.
US11226106B2
A cooking appliance includes a housing having a heating cavity defined therein, wherein a heat source is in thermal communication with the heating cavity. A cooling channel is disposed proximate a sidewall of the housing. A blower selectively operates to move at least cooling air through the cooling channel and to an air outlet. A vent aperture extends through the sidewall between the heating cavity and a ventilation channel. The ventilation channel includes a narrowed portion proximate the vent aperture, wherein during operation of the blower, the narrowed portion defines a low static pressure region of the ventilation channel that draws cavity air from the heating cavity and directs the cavity air into the ventilation channel to be combined with the cooling air.
US11226105B2
A cooking appliance, in particular a baking oven, includes a cooking compartment for cooking food to be cooked, and a door for closing the cooking compartment in an operating position, with the door having a receptacle. Arranged in the door is a sensor module for identifying a property of the food to be cooked when the door assumes the operating position. The sensor module is receivable in the receptacle and reversibly removable from the receptacle.
US11226100B2
A fuel injection system includes an outer support defining a fuel manifold and an inner support, with a feed arm extending radially between the inner support and the outer support. A plurality of outlet openings extending in an axial direction from the feed arm for feeding respective injection nozzles. The feed arm defines a plurality of fuel passages therethrough in fluid communication with the fuel manifold and outlet openings to supply fuel from the fuel manifold to the outlet openings. A heat shield extends from the outer support to the inner support and extends about the outer support and the feed arm to provide heat shielding to the fuel manifold and the fuel passages.
US11226097B2
Briefly, apparatus and methods for detecting and terminating production of undesirable gases, such as carbon monoxide (“CO”), at a potential source, such as a household appliance. The apparatus and methods may determine a threshold level of the gas. In one embodiment, the method and apparatus may determine whether to provide power to a power supply input of a controller of a potential gas producing device based on the detected level of gas, where providing power to the power supply input of the controller of the potential gas producing device enables the controller of the potential gas producing device to provide power to the potential gas producing device. In another embodiment, when gas concentrations about a potential source are above a maximum threshold, the system communicates with a fuel supply valve of the potential source to cause the valve thereof to interrupt the supply of fuel to the potential source.
US11226094B2
Systems, methods, and devices are provided herein for burners. In one aspect, a burner is provided comprising at least one air pipe; at least one fuel pipe; a plurality of groups of mixing units disposed at a downstream end of the burner, wherein each of the plurality of groups of mixing units is arranged coaxially and adjacent to one another, and each group of mixing units comprises at least one fuel channel connected to the at least one fuel pipe and at least one air channel connected to the at least one air pipe, wherein an outlet of the at least one fuel channel and an outlet of the at least one air channel are angled at a certain degree relative to one another such that the fuel flowing out of the outlet of the at least one fuel channel is mixed with the air flowing out of the outlet of the at least one air channel, thereby achieving multiple-stage mixing of the air and fuel.
US11226089B1
An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a sheet member, a support assembly including a movable, elongated member that is attached to a first end portion of the sheet member, an end assembly attached to a second end portion of the sheet member, and a plurality of lighting devices attached to the sheet member. The plurality of lighting devices is a plurality of flat panel lighting devices.
US11226082B1
An optoelectronic light source includes a semiconductor laser configured to produce polarized primary radiation, a converter material configured to absorb at least part of the primary radiation and convert the primary radiation into a secondary radiation of an increased wavelength, a planar multi-layered mirror located between the semiconductor laser and the converter material, the multi-layered mirror configured to transmit the primary radiation and reflect the secondary radiation, and an optical element provided between the semiconductor laser and the multi-layered mirror, wherein the optical element is configured such that the primary radiation coming from the semiconductor laser impinges on the multi-layered mirror at a Brewster angle.
US11226079B2
A light system having a hollow housing; a light source provided in the housing; means for mounting the housing to a pool wall or floor; and a lens provided at an open end of the housing, having at least a portion configured to modify at least a portion of the light to match, blend in with, or at least compliment the pool wall or floor; and a flange surrounding the periphery of the lens.
US11226075B1
A light fixture a baseplate having a pair of tabs extending from its opposing edges. A printed circuit board (PCB) attached to the baseplate has an aperture aligned with an aperture in the baseplate. An array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) is disposed on the PCB. A mounting bracket attached to the baseplate includes a strap and a pair of clips disposed at its opposite ends. Each clip engages one of the tabs to secure the mounting bracket to the baseplate. A pair of clamp arms extend from the strap, each including an arcuate central portion. An aperture passes through the strap that is aligned with the baseplate aperture. A power cable passes through the strap aperture, the baseplate aperture, and the PCB aperture. A protective cover protects the baseplate and the PCB, and provides for transmission of light from the LEDs.
US11226064B2
A foldable display stand includes a leg unit and two support arm assemblies. The leg unit includes two leg tubes. Each of the support arm assemblies includes a support arm, and is convertible among a storage state where the support arm is substantially retracted into a respective one of the leg tubes, a projecting state where the support arm substantially projects out of the respective leg tube and where the support arm extends along an extending axis of the respective leg tube, and a display state where the support arm extends in a direction transverse to the direction of the extending axis of the respective leg tube.
US11226063B2
A top bracket (10) for tripods provided with a center opening (22) and comprises respective leg supports (12, 13, 14), the opening (22) has a cylindrical upper section (27), and further comprises an adjustable fastening means that fixes the position of said top plate (30) when being inserted and allows removal of the top plate (30) when loosened, wherein a spherical cavity (29) is provided in the opening (22) starting under the cylindrical upper section (27) which has a height much smaller than the height of the cylindrical cavity (29) under it, and the diameter of the spherical cavity (29) increases under the cylindrical upper section (27) until at a central height region of the body (11) it takes the highest equatorial diameter (D) and narrows down in downward direction, and the opening (22) is designed to receive either the cylindrical top plate (30) with a cylindrical side surface at its upper part (31) or to receive a leveling support (40) that has a spherical side (43) that fits in the spherical cavity (29), and the top bracket (10) comprises a mechanism that allows insertion and removal of the leveling support (40) in the opening (22).
US11226061B2
A device for winding a reinforcing strip onto a repair length on either side of a portion to be repaired of a pipe, including: a carriage bearing a reel holder and a reel, means for rotating the carriage around the pipe and for translating same along the longitudinal axis of the pipe so that the strip is wound around the pipe in the form of a helix, means for reversing the direction of translation movement of the carriage so that, at each change of direction, the carriage moves in a direction opposite to the previous one and a layer of reinforcing strip is wound around the pipe, overlapping the previous layer. The means for translating the carriage include a conveying chain and the reversing means are actuated automatically without the intervention of an operator.
US11226055B1
A fluid control valve with mechanical switch is a tube body having a seat portion in the through hole. A rod body passes through the bore of the seat portion, with two ends of the rod body provided with a block member and a valve plate, respectively. The rod body has an elastic member between the seat portion and the block portion, and another elastic member between the seat portion and the valve plate. The rod body further includes an adjustment member for adjusting the compression level of at least one elastic member, so as to adjust the prestress difference between the two elastic members, thereby adjusting the valve plate to normally open or close according to the movement of the rod body.
US11226042B1
In an embodiment, a gate valve includes a valve body including a first opening, a second opening, a flow passage from the first opening to the second opening, and a gate channel intersecting the flow passage. The gate channel is defined in part by two side walls facing parallel to a center axis of the flow passage, and wherein at least one of the side walls has a concave slot extending lengthwise along a center of the side wall. In an embodiment, gate for a gate valve includes a first disc-shaped side and a second disc-shaped side. The first disc-shaped side includes a first center guide and a first diameter, the first center guide being a convex ridge extending across the first diameter.
US11226040B2
Rotary seal systems and apparatus communicate a working fluid between first and second associated machine components that are rotatable relative to each other. A rotary seal apparatus includes annular inner and outer sleeve members for engaging the associated machine components, and a sealing system disposed between the inner and outer sleeve members. The sleeve members each define respective passageways extending through sleeve bodies thereof, and the sealing system forms a fluid chamber between the sleeve bodies defining an annular fluid channel operable to communicate the working fluid between fluid ports of the associated machine components via the passageways of the sleeve members. The rotary seal system may be provided in combination with an axle having a radial passageway opening outside of axially spaced apart first and second bearings carrying the axle.
US11226031B2
A drive assembly 1 for a vehicle includes a prime mover housing section 2 and a transmission housing section 3. The prime mover housing section 2 encompasses a dry space 4, and the transmission housing section 3 encompasses an oil space 5. The oil space 5 is at least partially filled with an oil 6. A prime mover shaft 10 extends from the dry space 4 into the oil space 5. A partition 7 separates the oil space 5 from the dry space 4. A sealing device 13 seals the prime mover shaft 10 with respect to the partition 7. The sealing device 13 is arranged in the partition 7. A connecting unit 19 provides a fluidic connection between and compensates for pressure differences between the oil space 5 and the dry space 4.
US11226028B2
A variable-speed gear arrangement for a vehicle includes a harmonic drive device, a driven wheel and an optional stop disk. The stop disk can be arranged between the driven wheel and a shaft, with a fastener for connecting the shaft to the stop disk and the driven wheel. The fastener presses the shaft, the stop disk and the driven wheel together in an axial direction. The driven wheel and/or the shaft and/or the stop disk includes a deformation section, and the deformation section includes a contact surface and a deformation surface. In a first state of assembly, the deformation section brings a member of the clamping connection into contact with the contact surface, simultaneously forming a free deformation region. In a second state of assembly, the contact surface and the deformation surface are applied to the member of the clamping connection in a flat manner.
US11226010B2
A system and method for increasing a tooth shear strength without also increasing a torsional rigidity of a flexible sleeve disposed between two hubs of a flexible coupling for transmitting mechanical motion between two shafts includes attaching a stiffening caps to both ends of a flexible sleeve, between the flexible sleeve and the hubs.
US11226007B2
A tolerance ring including a sidewall having a first and a second opposite major surfaces spaced apart by a thickness, wherein the first major surface defines an inner diameter of the tolerance ring at a first location of the sidewall and an outer diameter of the tolerance ring at a second location of the sidewall. A method of forming a tolerance ring including providing a strip of material comprising a first, a second, a third, and a fourth edge, shaping the first edge of the strip toward the third edge, and shaping the second edge of the strip toward the fourth edge.
US11226004B2
A rolling element for use in a rolling-element bearing is proposed, including an outer casing and a bore hole. The bore hole is provided along a center line of the rolling element. The rolling element has at least one sensor arranged in the bore hole for load measurement and a radio module for transmitting the data measured by the sensor, wherein the rolling element has a micro-generator to provide the energy required for operation of the sensor and/or of the radio module.
US11225998B2
A semi-cylindrical half bearing for a sliding bearing includes at least one axial groove formed on its inner circumferential surface that includes a smooth groove surface formed back away from the inner circumferential surface toward a radially outer side. The half bearing further includes a plurality of axial narrow grooves and a plurality of circumferential narrow grooves that are formed further back away from the groove surface toward the radially outer side, and extend in circumferential and axial directions, respectively, so as to cross each other. A depth of the axial narrow groove from the groove surface is greater than a depth of the circumferential narrow groove from the groove surface, and a width of the axial narrow groove on the groove surface is greater than a width of the circumferential narrow groove on the groove surface.
US11225997B2
A cable conduit end for securing a cable to a cable abutment of a latch is provided. The cable conduit end having: a housing; an alignment feature incorporated into a surface of the housing; a flexible retention feature integrally formed with the conduit end, wherein the flexible retention feature is spring biased away from the housing to a first position; and a radial retention feature extending outwardly away from the housing, wherein the flexible retention feature is located proximate to a first end of the housing and the radial retention feature is located proximate to a second end of the housing.
US11225991B2
Devices and system for releasably securing objects are disclosed. An insert with tabs around a perimeter is inserted into a receiver. The tabs follow inlet grooves and tab capture grooves, and then retract into tab resting depressions, securing the insert and receiver while force is maintained between the insert and the receiver. The force is removed and the tabs exit the tab resting depressions into the tab release groove. Application of the force again causes the tabs to enter into an outlet groove and out of the receiver, thus detaching the insert and the receiver. The device is preferably used in a system for raising a lowering a rectangular platform with a device at each corner of the platform.
US11225990B2
A welding method includes overlapping a thin metal plate with a base material, and setting an annular welding schedule line on a welding schedule portion of the thin metal plate; forming a welding line such that a continuous irradiation with a laser light from a fiber laser is performed while moving the laser light along the welding schedule line, and while vibrating the laser light across the welding schedule line; and setting a length of the welding line such that an entire inside of the welding schedule line is welded.
US11225980B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for using an ionizing fluidic accelerator that may encompass the use of an ionizing fluidic accelerator including a substrate, an electron emitter having a negative bias and being formed on the substrate, an anode having a positive bias and being formed on the substrate, and an attractor having a negative bias and being formed on the substrate. The electron emitter and the anode may be separated in a first direction and the negative bias of the electron emitter and the positive bias of the anode may produce a first electric field in the first direction. The anode and the attractor may be separated in a second direction, the positive bias of the anode and the negative bias of the attractor may produce a second electric field in the second direction, and the second direction may be orthogonal to the first direction.
US11225976B2
The invention relates to a housing (1) for a fluid machine, in particular for a radial fan (2), comprising at least one housing part (3), wherein the housing part (3) has at least one inlet opening (7), wherein the housing part (3) can at least partially delimit a fluid chamber (8) for receiving at least one fan wheel (9), and wherein the inlet opening (7), at least in part, has a curved inlet surface (11). To produce a housing (1) for a fluid machine, in particular a housing (1) for a radial fan, preferably for use in a car seat and offering reduced noise emission together with good performance, the curved inlet surface (11) has at least in part the form of a logarithmic spiral in cross-section, and/or at least one guide element (21) extends from the inlet surface (11) towards a central axis of the inlet opening (7), and/or on the inside (17) of the housing part (3) there is provided a circumferential recess (25) which at least partially circumferentially surrounds the inlet opening (7) and/or a circumferential projection (6) which at least partially surrounds the inlet opening.
US11225974B2
A fan impeller structure includes a hub and a blade set. The hub has a top wall and a circumferential wall extending from a circumference of the top wall. The blade set has multiple upper blades and multiple lower blades. The upper and lower blades are alternately arranged on the circumferential wall. Each upper and lower blade respectively has a first windward face and a second windward face which is extending in a different direction from the first windward face. The first windward face is disposed in such a direction as to face the rear edge of the lower blade on the lower side, while the second windward face is disposed in such a direction as to face the rear edge of the upper blade on the upper side.
US11225972B2
An electrical submersible pump assembly for pumping well fluid from a well has a motor and a pump. The motor having a motor shaft that drives a pump shaft of the pump. A thrust bearing unit between the motor and the pump has a thrust bearing shaft that rotates a thrust runner in sliding engagement with a non-rotating thrust bearing base. A pump shaft coupling couples the thrust bearing shaft with the pump shaft. A motor shaft coupling couples the thrust bearing shaft with the motor shaft. At least one of the couplings has a one-way clutch that allows forward direction rotation of the thrust bearing shaft and prevents reverse direction rotation.
US11225970B2
A rotary compressor may include a rotary shaft; a plurality of plates that supports the rotary shaft; a cylinder provided between the plurality of plates to define a compression space, and provided with a vane slot; a roller slidably coupled to the rotary shaft inside of the cylinder, and having a hinge groove on an outer circumferential surface of the roller; and a vane, a first end of which is slidably coupled to the vane slot of the cylinder, and a second end of which is rotatably coupled to the hinge groove of the roller. When an imaginary line passing through an axial center of the rotary shaft and a hinge center of the vane is a first center line, and a radial center line of the vane slot passing through the hinge center of the vane is a second center line, the vane slot is disposed such that the second center line is intersected by a predetermined tilting angle with respect to the first center line. With this structure, a roller reaction force is canceled to suppress an increase in side pressure or side wear between a vane and a vane slot into which the vane is inserted.
US11225969B2
A motor-operated compressor includes a compression part including a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll that form a compression chamber configured to compress fluid by an orbiting motion of the orbiting scroll relative to the fixed scroll. A motor part is disposed at one side of the compression part, and configured to generate a drive force to cause the orbiting scroll to make the orbiting motion. A rotary shaft is connected to the motor part and the orbiting scroll to transmit the drive force generated by the motor part to the orbiting scroll. A main frame is disposed between the compression part and the motor part in an axial direction of the rotary shaft, and configured to support the fixed scroll in the axial direction of the rotary shaft. A discharge chamber is formed between the fixed scroll and the main frame, and fluid discharged from the compression part passes through the discharge chamber to outside of the motor-operated compressor.
US11225967B2
The scroll compressor (2) comprises a hermetic enclosure (3) comprising an outer shell (4); a compression unit (11) arranged within the hermetic enclosure (3); an electric motor (21) configured to drive the compression unit (11), the electric motor (21) including a rotor (22) and a stator (23); and an inner shell (26) in which the electric motor (21) is arranged. A baffle (34) is arranged inside the inner shell (26) at a stator end winding (25) of the electric motor (21), the baffle (34) comprising deflecting means configured to deflect at least a part of a main refrigerant flow, flowing inside the inner shell (26), towards said stator end winding (25).
US11225964B2
Cylindrical symmetric volumetric machine (1), which machine (1) includes two cooperating rotors (6a, 6b), namely an outer rotor (6a) which is rotatably mounted in the machine (1) and an inner rotor (6b) which is rotatably mounted in the outer rotor (6a), whereby the machine (1) is provided with an electric motor (15) with a motor rotor (16) and a motor stator (17) to drive the outer and inner rotor (6a, 6b), characterised in that the electric motor (15) is mounted around the outer rotor (6a), whereby the motor stator (17) is directly driving the outer rotor (6a), and whereby the electric motor (15) extends along only a part of the length (L) of the outer rotor (6a) and the inner rotor (6b), whereby the motor (15) is located at an end (9b) of the inner rotor (6b) with a smallest diameter (D).
US11225961B2
Bending mode transducers are provided including a substrate made of a high density material, the substrate having a first surface and a second surface, opposite the first surface. A piezoelectric layer is provided on the first surface of the substrate and at least one patterned electrode is provided on the piezoelectric layer. A mounting block is on the at least one patterned electrode at least one electrical contact point is provided on the first surface of the substrate remote from the at least one patterned electrode. Related devices and methods are also provided.
US11225950B2
A multirotor wind turbine (1) comprising a vertical tower and at least two energy generating units (5), a load carrying structure (9, 10) extending transverse to the vertical direction and carrying the at least two energy generating units (5); and at least one escape route extending between a start and an exit. To provide a safe escape route, the load carrying structure forms at least a first section of the escape route from the start to an intermediate location, and the wind turbine comprises an escape opening in the nacelle, the escape opening leading from an interior space of a nacelle of the energy generating unit to a passage structure and the passage structure extending from the escape opening to the start of the escape route.
US11225945B2
A method for controlling an inclination of a floating wind turbine platform to optimize power production, or to reduce loads on the turbine, tower, and platform, or both, includes receiving data associated with the inclination of the floating wind turbine platform and wind speed and direction data. An angle of difference between the turbine blade plane and the wind direction is determined, where the angle of difference has a vertical component. A platform ballast system is then caused to distribute ballast to reduce the vertical component to a target angle chosen to optimize power production, or reduce turbine, tower, and platform loads, or both.
US11225942B2
A wind turbine composite laminate component and method for producing it is disclosed as initially assembling a laminated structure having at least two reinforced layers and a plurality of interleaf layers positioned adjacent to one of the at least two reinforced layers. Then placing the laminated structure into a mold where resin is sequentially and independently transferred into each of the plurality of interleaf layers. Then curing the transferred resin in the laminated structure to form a composite laminate component having the at least two reinforced layers, the plurality of interleaf layers, and cured resin.
US11225941B2
Systems and methods for capturing renewable energy are disclosed herein. An example system can include a concave receptacle configured to float on top of water, a turbine positioned centrally with the concave receptacle, a buoyancy control system having a pump and one or more vessels, a controller having a processor and memory for storing instructions, the processor executing the instructions to cause the buoyancy control system to submerge the concave receptacle under the water by filling the one or more vessels with a fluid using the pump and cause the buoyancy control system to release the fluid from the one or more vessels and allow the concave receptacle to travel upwardly so that water is directed into the turbine to produce electricity.
US11225939B2
The present invention relates to a spark plug extension body connecting an ignition coil with a spark plug for a spark ignited internal combustion engine, as well as a method for providing such a spark plug extension body for reduction of partial electrical discharges in the spark plug extension body. In conventional spark plug extensions are coil springs used as electrical conductor against the spark plug terminal and/or ignition coil terminal. These coil springs cause Corona effects and short circuiting requiring replacement of the spark plug extension. With the invention the entire electrical conductor (CRu, 64, CRL) is in a rod like form and at least both ends (CRu, CRL) of the electrical conductor (CRu, 64, CRL) are made as a monolith in a flexible and electrically conducting polymeric material, preferably electrically conducting rubber.
US11225935B1
A dual path fuel vapor purge system is disclosed for an engine having a turbocharger or a super. The purge system includes a canister configured to collect fuel vapor from a fuel tank. A canister purge valve is provided downstream from the canister. An ejector valve receives fuel vapors from the canister through the canister purge valve. A first vapor purge path directs the fuel vapor to an intake manifold of the engine. A second vapor purge path directs fuel vapor to an air induction system. A check valve downstream from the ejector valve receives the fuel vapor from the ejector and supplies the fuel vapor to the air induction system. Boost flow opens the check valve when the air induction system is in operation to boost the engine and closes the check valve when the engine is in operation with normal aspiration or when a leak is detected.
US11225930B2
An engine includes a cylinder head, an intake manifold, and a partition wall. The cylinder head includes an intake port communicating with a combustion chamber. The intake manifold is fixed to the cylinder head and includes an intake passage communicating with the intake port. The partition wall that separates at least part of the intake port into a first channel and a second channel. The partition wall includes a partition wall member extending from the intake port to the intake passage and fixed to an inner wall of the intake port and an inner wall of the intake passage.
US11225927B2
An air-fuel ratio control system for a hybrid vehicle engine is provided, including a torque coordination calculation module, which converts a target effective torque of a hybrid power control unit into a target indicated torque; a torque estimation module, which obtains an estimated indicated torque according to an operating state of an engine; an air-fuel ratio feedback control module, which generates a feedback correction factor based on deviation between the estimated indicated torque and the target indicated torque; and an air-fuel ratio feedforward control module, which converts the target indicated torque into an air-fuel ratio feedforward control signal according to a calibration parameter and engine speed. A target air-fuel ratio is obtained by correcting the air-fuel ratio feedforward control signal, via the feedback correction factor; and the target air-fuel ratio is configured to act on the engine to achieve air-fuel ratio control.
US11225924B2
An imbalance detection device is provided. An obtainment process includes obtaining a rotation waveform variable based on a detection value of a sensor that detects a rotational behavior of a crankshaft, and an air-fuel ratio detection variable in each of a plurality of first intervals. A calculation process includes calculating an imbalance variable based on an output of a mapping having a value obtained by the obtainment process as an input. The imbalance variable indicates a degree of variations in an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine. The rotation waveform variable indicates a difference between instantaneous speed variables that are variables corresponding to the rotational speed of the crankshaft in each of the second intervals.
US11225908B2
A hydraulic and pneumatic control circuit for a turbojet, a main hydraulic line having an oil/fuel heat exchanger with a function of transferring heat from the oil flowing in an oil circuit of the turbojet to the fuel flowing in the main hydraulic line, the circuit having a first hydraulic line for feeding fuel to a combustion chamber of the turbojet, a second hydraulic line for feeding fuel to one or more actuators for controlling variable geometry equipment, each actuator being fed with fuel via an electrohydraulic servovalve, a pneumatic line for feeding air to a pneumatic control member for bleed valves of a compressor and a blade tip clearance control valve of a turbine of the turbojet, and a fuel/air heat exchanger positioned on the second hydraulic line upstream from the hydraulic servovalve and on the pneumatic line upstream from the pneumatic control member.
US11225901B2
An expansion tank, includes: a tank main body defining a storage chamber storing a coolant liquid therein; multiple partition walls provided in the tank main body to divide the storage chamber into multiple division chambers including an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber, the partition walls being formed with communication holes for bringing adjacent ones of the division chambers into communication with each other; a coolant liquid inlet portion that is provided on the tank main body and is open to the inlet chamber; a coolant liquid outlet portion that has an outlet opening in a depression formed in a bottom of the tank main body and is open to the outlet chamber; and a barrier wall extending from a side wall of the tank main body or one of the partition walls into the depression.
US11225899B2
Systems and apparatuses include method of controlling a fan to supplement engine braking, including determining that an engagement condition for the fan exists, interpreting an operating parameter of the fan, determining a modified operating parameter for the fan based on a predefined limit, operating the fan according to the modified operating parameter, and ceasing operation of the fan according to the modified operating parameter when a disengagement condition for the fan exists.
US11225895B2
A catalyst article for treating a flow of a combustion exhaust gas comprises: a catalytically active substrate comprising one or more channels extending along an axial length thereof through which, in use, a combustion exhaust gas flows, the one or more channels having a first surface for contacting a flow of combustion exhaust gas; wherein the substrate is formed of an extruded vanadium-containing SCR catalyst material, wherein a first layer is disposed on at least a portion of the first surface, wherein the first layer comprises a washcoat of an ammonia slip catalyst composition comprising one or more platinum group metals supported on a particulate metal oxide support material, and wherein a layer comprising a washcoat of SCR catalyst composition is disposed on a surface in the one or more channels, wherein at least the portion of the first surface on which the first layer is disposed comprises a compound of copper, iron, cerium or zirconium or a mixture of any two or more thereof.
US11225877B2
The present disclosure relates generally to a sliding seal between two components. The sliding seal includes a first seal section and an uncoupled second seal section which allows the first and second seal sections to move relative to one another during relative movement between the two components. A wave spring and/or a rope seal is disposed between the first and second seal sections biases the first and second seal sections away from one another.
US11225873B2
A system includes an air foil positionable in a combustion flow path of a combustion turbine. A shank may be integrally formed with the air foil, and the platform may be integrally formed with the shank. The platform includes linear fluid passageways, access ducts penetrating a wedge face surface of the platform, and outlet apertures formed in a radially outward surface of the platform. The outlet apertures are in fluid communication with respective linear fluid passageways such that fluid flowing through the respective linear fluid passageways is discharged from the outlet apertures into the combustion flow path. The platform also includes plugs is disposed in respective access ducts to form a fluid tight seal and be positioned in at least one of the respective linear fluid passageways. Fluid flowing through the respective linear fluid passageways flows away from a respective plug for discharge from a respective outlet aperture.
US11225871B2
A turbine engine airfoil apparatus, including an airfoil defined by a plurality of airfoil sections arrayed along a stacking axis that extends between a root and a tip, wherein at least two of the airfoil sections spaced apart from each other have differing airfoil section thermal expansion properties.
US11225860B2
The present disclosure introduces methods and systems for capturing knowledge and experience of wellsite operators. Sensors at a wellsite generate sensor data during a wellsite operation. Operator data indicative of human actions performed at the wellsite during the wellsite operation are also generated. The sensor and operator data is synchronized to capture job experience and knowledge pertaining to the wellsite operation.
US11225859B2
Methods and systems produce petroleum products by insulating a thermal hydrocarbon recovery process from heat loss to surrounding areas of a formation utilizing an insulating composition including a non-gaseous phase component introduced into the reservoir that is different from water and insoluble in the hydrocarbons. The insulating composition may be disposed in the reservoir adjacent to where the heat loss is desired to be limited. In addition, the insulating composition may be disposed in a thief zone and may also be from an agent activated to form the composition at such desired locations by selecting activation dependent on at least one of temperature, time delay and oil saturation.
US11225844B2
The submarine drilling support system includes a first guide support part that has a ring shape, has a plurality of rollers of which roller axes are directed to a horizontal direction and is arranged along a circumferential direction going around a rotation support axis parallel to a vertical direction, and is provided to allow the drill pipe to be inserted through in the vertical direction; and a first rotation holding part that is configured to support the first guide support part so as to be rotatable in the circumferential direction. The pluralities of rollers are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction and are arranged in a state where the drill pipe is able to insert through a space surrounded by the plurality of rollers.
US11225833B2
A ladder with a first guardrail locking system having a first pair of side rails with a first set of steps and a second pair of side rails with a second set of steps. The two sets of side rails are rotatably joined together by a pair of hinges at a first pair joining sections and a second pair joining sections. The first pair joining sections and the second pair joining sections have joint points such as indentations which engage the locking key of a first guardrail so that the first guardrail may be fixedly attached to the joining sections. The ladder may also have a second guardrail, wherein the second guardrail is attached to the first guardrail so that two guardrails form a ring around a user standing on a foldable stand of the ladder.
US11225829B2
Structure of fillings for openings comprising a sheet material panel, a frame set, seals, a shock-dampening and absorption system, and insulation materials. With the filling structure for openings, the kinetic energy of a shock wave from an explosion is converted throughout the surface of the filling into a potential energy of the building, i.e. the kinetic energy of the shock wave is absorbed into the building.
US11225828B2
A security panel system that is adapted to protect innocent bystanders from gunfire in the event of a shooting. The security panel system includes a main body having a first rail, a second rail, a panel, and a locking mechanism. The first rail and the second rail may each be mounted adjacent to a window and movably secure a panel therebetween. The panel is movable between an opened position and a closed position. The locking mechanism is configured to secure the panel in the closed position. It should be appreciated that, while the panel is in the closed position, the shooter may not be able to see or fire through the window due to use of the security panel system.
US11225821B2
The present invention relates to a door operator (1) and to a method performed in a door operator system (100) comprising a door operator (1) connected to and arranged to move at least one door leaf (5) between an open and closed position, the door operator (1) comprising a control unit (3) configured to control the movement of the at least one door leaf (5), the method comprising: obtaining (S100), in a sleep mode of the door operator system (100), a sequence of input data in one or more components of the door operator (1) or the at least one door leaf (5), receiving (S110), in the control unit (3) of the door operator (1), said sequence of input data from the one or more components, and evaluating (S120) said sequence of input data and ranking (S130) the probability of that said sequence of input data corresponds to an intrusion attempt on the door operator system (100).
US11225805B2
A bracket is delineated for supporting a pool liner to form a framed pool. The bracket comprises an upper frame including a plurality of first supporting tubes. A plurality of second supporting tubes couple to the upper frame for vertically supporting the upper frame. A plurality of connectors couple the plurality of first supporting tubes to one another to form the upper frame and also couple the plurality of second supporting tubes to the upper frame wherein each connector of the plurality of connectors is coupled to the first supporting tubes via a press-fit connection without using pins or other retention members. A framed pool including the bracket is also delineated herein.
US11225800B2
A floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor covering consists of floor panels, which, on at least one pair of edges, are provided with coupling parts. The coupling parts substantially are manufactured from the material of the floor panel, and the coupling parts are configured such that two such floor panels, at the pair of edges, can be installed and locked to each other by means of a downward movement and/or by means of the fold-down principle.
US11225794B2
A trussed girder for the construction industry, having an upper flange and having a lower flange made of square timber, which extend along the longitudinal axis of the trussed girder and which are connected to one another by a plurality of struts, which are each arranged so as to extend obliquely to the flanges. The struts are formed by at least one strut run, the upper side and underside of which are formed in an undulating manner in the axial direction and are arranged so as to extend parallel to one another with radii corresponding to one another. The strut run is mortised or dovetailed in the axial direction alternately by means of the upper flange and the lower flange and is formed as a single-piece wood material part. The invention additionally relates to a method for producing trussed girders of this kind, in particular on a mass scale.
US11225788B2
To provide a roof structure free from generation of a dead space, capable of reducing a load moment. A roof structure including a roof (1) supported by a post (2) is a cantilever structure having the front end of the roof (1) formed in a free end and the rear end connected to the upper end of the post (2). The lower end of the post (2) is fixed in a concrete foundation (5). The post (2) is tilted with the upper end directed backward and with the lower end directed forward. A counter moment cm generated on the post (2) at the time of application of a load to the roof (1) reduces a load moment (M) generated by the load, thereby bringing the post (2) into an advantageous state in strength. The configuration of the post (2) with two post members and a vertical connecting member (10) connecting the post members facilitates the construction of the post (2) to be tilted at a desired angle.
US11225780B2
The present invention refers to a drinking and service water system with a connection (2) to the public water supply network, at least one supply line (4, 6) leading to at least one consumer (8), a flushing valve (10) downstream of the consumer (8) in the flow direction for draining water from the drinking and service water system, a control unit (12) connected to the flushing valve (10) in terms of control, and a first temperature sensor (18) upstream of the consumer (8) in the flow direction, the control unit (12) comprising a flushing module which determines flushing processes to the control unit (12) at specific times and/or at specific time intervals. This invention is intended to provide a drinking and service water system which, with an efficient flushing device, fulfills the hygienic requirements placed on a drinking water system. To solve the problem, a second temperature sensor (20) is arranged between the consumer (8) and the flushing valve (10) and the control unit (12) is arranged to decide whether the predetermined flushing operation is to be suspended or postponed on the basis of a temperature difference between a measured value of the first temperature sensor (18) and a measured value of the second temperature sensor (20). In a secondary aspect, the present invention provides a method for flushing such a system.
US11225779B2
A retainer sleeve for use with a lock in a ground engaging tool. The retainer sleeve can include a skirt extending part way around a retainer axis. The retainer sleeve can further include a plurality of legs joined to the skirt and formed to mate with a lock cavity of the ground engaging tool. The skirt can form an inner surface shaped to rotatably receive an outer surface of the lock.
US11225776B2
A hydraulic system for recovering potential energy of a load implement of a mobile construction vehicle. The hydraulic system includes first and second actuators and control valving. The first and second actuators are configured to be coupled to the load implement for controlling raising and lowering of the load element. The control valving is operable between a first position at which, during a lowering of the load implement, the control valving directs hydraulic fluid from one of the first and second actuators to an accumulator to charge the accumulator, and a second position at which the control valving directs hydraulic fluid from the accumulator to one or more of the first and second actuators to power the one or more of the first and second actuators to raise the load element.
US11225772B2
Systems and methods for providing grade control on a motor grader without the use of masts attached to the blade. Embodiments include a body angle sensor configured to detect movement of a construction machine's body, a front 3D positioning device configured to detect a geospatial position of the construction machine's body within a world space, a drawbar angle sensor configured to detect movement of the construction machine's drawbar, and a blade angle sensor configured to detect movement of the construction machine's blade. Two positions on the blade may be calculated first within a machine space and subsequently within the world space. Movement of at least one articulating connection may be caused based on the blade positions within the world space.
US11225771B2
A shovel includes a traveling body, an upper turning body turnably provided on the traveling body, an attachment including a boom, an arm, and a bucket and attached to the upper turning body, and a processor. The processor is configured to correct a motion of the boom cylinder of the attachment in such a manner as to control a lift of the rear of the traveling body with the front of the traveling body serving as a tipping fulcrum. The processor is configured to correct the motion of the boom cylinder based on a rod pressure and a bottom pressure of the boom cylinder.
US11225757B2
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a barrier laminate in which barrier materials is directly coated on a paper substrate, by suppressing penetration of barrier materials into paper through the paper surface sizing or coating process and increasing density and smoothness of the paper through the calendering process.
US11225756B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing one or more low molecular weight aromatic lignin-derived compounds. The method preferably comprises providing lignocellulosic material, subjecting the lignocellulosic material to a pulping process, separating pulp to provide a substantially pulp-free process stream comprising a modified lignin-derived component, isolating the modified lignin-derived component, subjecting the isolated modified lignin-derived component to a decomposition step comprising oxidative cracking (cracking and oxidizing) or reducing under the influence of a catalyst or electro-oxidation, and subjecting the resulting products to an isolation step, to provide a low molecular weight aromatic lignin-derived compound. Said compound may be further modified, e.g. by annulation. The inventive method preferably comprises further oxidizing said compound to a redox active compound. Additionally, the present invention relates to compounds obtainable by the inventive method and to an assembly for carrying out the inventive method. Furthermore, the present invention refers to a method for providing an existing pulp and/or paper manufacturing plant with said assembly.
US11225749B2
A direct driving apparatus for a washing machine according to the present invention, capable of deceleration driving, includes a tub, a stator assembly coupled to the tub and a rotor assembly positioned outside the stator assembly, wherein the apparatus further includes a deceleration coupling unit positioned in a central space of the stator assembly.
US11225745B2
A laundry treating appliance and method of operating a laundry treating appliance that includes wetting the laundry load in a drum according to a selected cycle of operation and determining a magnitude of imbalance of the wetted laundry load. A controller of the laundry treating appliance is configured to determine a first extraction speed for rotating the drum based on the magnitude of imbalance.
US11225737B2
A composite material developed for manufacturing thermoformed products has applications in furniture making, automotive industry, etc. The composite material for thermoforming is made of a thermoplastic fibrous component consisting of 4-60 mm long and 7-16 DEN polypropylene fibers representing 40% to 50% of the total material weight, and a plant fiber component which can be hemp, jute, sisal, coconut, etc., or a mix of natural fibers which is 70-80 DEN and 5 to 100 mm in length and represents 60% to 50% of the total material weight. Manufacturing the composite material comprises proportioning the components, followed by mixing and coarse defibering, then fine mixing in a four-chamber module which also opens the natural fibers to 70-80 DEN, followed by the consolidation of the fibers and rolling of the resulting fabric in a roll. The machinery for manufacturing the composite material has a modular structure, comprising two modules (1 and 2) for feeding the components, two modules (3 and 4) for weighing and proportioning the components, a primary mixing and coarse defibering module (5), a module (7) for fine mixing and fiber opening, an interlacing module (8), and a module (9) for pulling and rolling the final fabric.
US11225732B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a mechanoluminescent fiber. The method includes the steps of: preparing an elastic fiber having a longitudinal groove on the surface thereof; forming a primer layer including a coupling agent on the elastic fiber; filling the groove of the elastic fiber with a mixture of a stress transfer substance and a stress luminescent substance; and forming a silicon adhesive layer on the elastic fiber of which the groove is filled with the mixture of a stress transfer substance and a stress luminescent substance. The silicon adhesive layer is 3-dimensionally bonded to the elastic fiber and the mixture of a stress transfer substance and a stress luminescent substance.
US11225722B2
An alkaline cupric chloride etchant for a printed circuit board, comprising copper chloride and a sub-etchant. The sub-etchant comprises the following in percentage by weight: 10 to 30 percent of ammonium chloride, 0.0002 to 25 percent of carboxylic acid and/or ammonium carboxylate, 0.01 to 45 percent of ammonium carbonate and/or ammonium bicarbonate, 0.0001 to 20 percent of one or more selected from hydroxylamine hydrochloride, hydroxylamine sulphate and hydrazine hydrate, the balance being water. The initial feed amount B of copper chloride is calculated according to the following formula: B=(134.5/63.5)x the set value of the copper ion concentration A; the control parameter of the production process of the resulting etchant is set to be: the copper ion concentration of 30-170 g/L.
US11225710B2
A method for preparing a super-lubricative multi-layer composite fullerene-like carbon layer/graphene-like boron nitride thin film is provided. A substrate is ultrasonically cleaned in absolute ethyl alcohol and acetone sequentially for 15 min. The substrate is cleaned by argon plasma bombardment for 15 min. A fullerene-like carbon layer A having an onion-like structure is prepared by high-vacuum medium-frequency magnetron sputtering for 30 s. A graphene-like boron nitride layer B is prepared by high-vacuum medium-frequency magnetron sputtering and coating device to sputter the elemental boron target for 30 s. Steps (3) and (4) are repeated 80 times to overlay the fullerene-like carbon layer A and the graphene-like boron nitride layer B in an alternate way. The super-lubricative multi-layer composite fullerene-like carbon layer/graphene-like boron nitride thin film has a large load capacity, and excellent wear resistance, high temperature resistance and super lubrication.
US11225709B2
Provided are a Mn—Zn—O sputtering target that can be used for DC sputtering and a production method therefor. The Mn—Zn—O sputtering target has a chemical composition containing Mn, Zn, O, and an element X (X is one or two elements selected from the group consisting of W and Mo). A surface to be sputtered of the target has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 1.5 μm or less or a maximum height Ry of 10 μm or less.
US11225706B2
A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a steel sheet and an amorphous oxide layer that is formed on the steel sheet, in which the steel sheet includes, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.085% or less, Si: 0.80% to 7.00%, Mn: 1.50% or less, acid-soluble Al: 0.065% or less, S: 0.013% or less, Cu: 0% to 0.80%, N: 0% to 0.012%, P: 0% to 0.50%, Ni: 0% to 1.00%, Sn: 0% to 0.30%, Sb: 0% to 0.30%, and a remainder of Fe and impurities, and a NSIC value of a surface is 4.0% or more, the NSIC value being obtained by measuring an image clearness of the surface using an image clearness measuring device.
US11225700B2
Provided is an annealing separating agent composition for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and a method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet. The annealing separating agent composition for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention contains 30 to 70% by weight of a calcium compound, and the remainder of magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide on a solid basis.
US11225688B2
Provided herein are methods including alternating series of sequencing cycles and dark extension cycles allowing longer read lengths and addressing disadvantages of traditional nucleic acid sequencing protocols.
US11225684B2
The present invention relates to a method for genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using a lateral flow test device. The invention also relates to a kit comprising said lateral flow test device and also to the use thereof for genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs).
US11225678B2
Disclosed are methods for producing steviol glycosides, such as rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M, using engineered yeast. The methods include at least two phases: first and second phases where a glucose-containing feed composition is provided to the medium in different modes of feeding in each phase, such as variable feeding and then constant feeding. The two phase feeding can result in a growth rate that is slower in the second phase than in the first phase, and consequently increased steviol glycoside production rates, reduced fermentation times, and reduced biomass concentrations.
US11225676B2
A PHA copolymer which is slowly crystallized is improved in crystallization speed to improve the melt workability of the PHA copolymer in working such as injection molding, film molding, blow molding, fiber spinning, extrusion foaming or bead foaming, thereby improving the resultant articles in productivity. A method for the improvement is a method for producing a PHA mixture, including the step of culturing a microorganism having both of a gene encoding a PHA synthase that synthesizes a copolymer PHA (A) and that is derived from the genus Aeromonas, and a gene encoding a PHA synthase that synthesizes a PHA (B) different in melting point from the copolymer PHA (A) by 10° C. or more to produce, in a cell of the microorganism, two or more PHAs different in melting point from one another by 10° C. or more simultaneously.
US11225673B2
The invention relates to vectors comprising two or more homologous nucleotide sequences and methods for generating them. The invention concerns substituting bases in the homologous nucleotide sequences with different bases that do not alter the encoded amino acid sequence. The invention allows for the reduction of intramolecular recombination between homologous nucleotide sequences, in particular in mammalian cells. The invention further relates to nucleotide sequences containing substituted bases.
US11225669B2
The invention provides recombinant DNA molecules comprising novel synthetic Intergenic Sequence Regions for use in plants to reduce the interaction of a first transgene expression cassette on a second transgene cassette when inserted between the first transgene cassette and second transgene cassette. The invention also provides transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising the novel synthetic Intergenic Sequence Regions. The invention also provides methods to reduce the interaction between transgene expression cassettes using the novel synthetic Intergenic Sequence Regions.
US11225668B2
Methods and compositions using populations of randomized modified FRT recombination sites to identify, isolate and/or characterize modified FRT recombination sites are provided. Kits comprising the library populations of FRT sites are also provided, as are methods to make a library of modified FRT recombination sites. The recombinogenic modified FRT recombination sites can be employed in a variety of methods for targeted recombination of polynucleotides of interest.
US11225666B2
A method for cloning an exon into a plasmid vector. Exons related to prostate cancer (PVT1 exon 9, PVT1 exon 4A or PVT1 exon 4B) and miRNAs (miR-1205 or miR-1207-3p) are transformed into the plasmid vector. The cloned exons or miRNAs are linearized and their concentrations quantified. Serial dilutions in conjunction with spectroscopy permit the construction of a standard curve that permits absolute quantification of the exons or miRNAs in a biological sample from a patient.
US11225662B2
Oligonucleotide analogues conjugated to carrier peptides are provided. The disclosed compounds are useful for the treatment of various diseases, for example diseases where inhibition of protein expression or correction of aberrant mRNA splice products produces beneficial therapeutic effects.
US11225661B2
Method for controlling for the appearance of seizures in the mammalian brain comprising modifying the abundance of a specific miRNA—miR-211, for uses in preventing seizures and providing a model system to examine the effect of a drug or a treatment to seizures.
US11225652B2
Provided are methods for lyophilization of an aqueous thrombin solution, thrombin solutions for use in such lyophilization methods, and solid thrombin compositions produced by such methods.
US11225651B2
The present invention is directed to methods of treatment of airway obstruction associated with fibrin-containing cast formation by administering a fibrinolytic agent.
US11225639B2
A cell sorting device is characterized by including: a main flow channel (14) through which a liquid containing a row of cells including a target cell flows, and in which a cell separation area for separating the target cell from the row of cells is provided at a halfway position in a flow direction, the main flow channel being formed in a substrate (12); a selection flow channel (16) into which the target cell is pushed out from the main flow channel, the selection flow channel being formed in the substrate so as to branch from the main flow channel downstream of the cell separation area; a sub flow channel (18) through which a separating liquid flows, the separating liquid being for separating the target cell from the row of cells and pushing out the target cell into the selection flow channel, the sub flow channel being formed in the substrate so as to intersect with the main flow channel in the cell separation area; a pair of liquid flow generating members (22) for generating a liquid flow of the separating liquid in the sub flow channel, the liquid flow generating members being provided at one end and the other end of the sub flow channel; and a drive control member (23) for actuating the pair of liquid flow generating members, wherein the drive control member actuates the pair of liquid flow generating members in conjunction with each other so that the separating liquid forms a liquid flow in a first direction from the one end to the other end of the sub flow channel and a liquid flow in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US11225626B2
Phase change material compositions and methods for using the compositions to prepare substrate coatings or bulk blended polymers that advantageously lower friction between interacting substrate surfaces and lower substrate surface wear.
US11225620B2
A fuel additive composition, including: (a) one or more copolymer(s) including: at least one unit of the following formula (I), where u=0 or 1, E=—O— or —N(Z)—, or —O—CO—, or —CO—O— or —NH—CO— or —CO—NH—, where Z represents H or a C1-C6 alkyl group, G represents a group selected between a C1-C34 alkyl group, aromatic ring, aralkyl including at least one aromatic ring and at least one C1-C34 alkyl group, and at least one unit of the following formula (II), where R1″ is selected between a hydrogen atom and a methyl group, Q is selected between an oxygen atom and a group —NR′—, where R′ is selected between a hydrogen atom and C1-C12 hydrocarbon chains, R includes a C1-C34 hydrocarbon chain substituted with at least one quaternary ammonium, (b) one or more amines substituted with a polyalkenyl group, and (c) at least one carrier oil.
US11225619B2
An aviation biofuel component including 90.0 vol % or more of isoparaffins of C10 to C12 and 30.0 vol % or more of isoparaffins which are at least C10 or C12.
US11225615B2
Provided is a method of desalting crude oil capable of effectively removing metal impurities in the crude oil and a rag layer which is formed in a crude oil desalting process.
US11225602B2
A light emitting device having excellent external quantum efficiency contains an anode, a cathode, and two organic layers between the anode and cathode. The first organic layer contains a fluorescent low-molecular weight compound, and the second organic layer contains a cross-linked body of a cross-linkable polymer compound containing a unit having a group obtained from a metal complex represented by the formula (1), a cross-linkable constitutional unit having a cross-linkable group, and an aromatic amine constitutional unit: In formula (1), M represents a palladium atom, n1 represents an integer of 1 or more, n2 represents an integer of 0 or more, E1 and E2 represent a carbon atom, Ring L1 represents an aromatic hetero ring, Ring L2 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or an aromatic hetero ring, and A1-G1-A2 represents an anionic bidentate ligand.
US11225601B2
For applications in the fields of organic electronics and photonics, disclosed are fluorescent charge-transfer compounds emitting in the visible spectral range from blue to red, including a triarylamine moiety, an electron-withdrawing group and at least two photopolymerizable groups. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing a film-forming and photo-crosslinkable composition including at least one compound of the invention and its use as a precursor of a photocrosslinked emissive layer.
US11225594B1
The present invention relates to a drilling fluid for enhancing stratum pressure bearing capacity, and a method of preparing and using the drilling fluid. The drilling fluid comprises water, bentonite, low adhesive aggregation anionic cellulose, lignite resin, high temperature resistant and salt resistant filtrate reducer, silanol inhibitor, inorganic micrometer-nanometer rigid particles and emulsified asphalt. The bentonite is 2-9 parts by weight, the low adhesive aggregation anionic cellulose is 0.1-1 parts by weight, the lignite resin is 1-5 parts by weight, the high temperature resistant and salt resistant filtrate reducer is 0.1-2 parts by weight, the silanol inhibitor is 0.1-2 parts by weight, the inorganic micrometer-nanometer rigid particles are 0.5-5 parts by weight, and the emulsified asphalt is 1-10 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of water.
US11225586B2
The present invention relates to strategies by which one or more phenolic resins are provided in aqueous phenolic dispersions in a manner so that the resultant aqueous phenolic dispersions are more easily combined with water-based latex compositions. The principles of the present invention make it much easier to formulate water-based latex compositions in which substantial phenolic resin content can be stably dispersed for long periods of time. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a method of making a coating composition, comprising a) providing an inverted aqueous dispersion comprising i) at least one polymer having one or more polar, hydrophilic groups; and ii) at least one phenolic resin; b) providing a latex composition; and c) blending the latex composition with the aqueous dispersion to form the coating composition.
US11225585B2
Disclosed are protective coating compositions having enhanced gloss retention properties formed by steps comprising: (i) providing one or more fluorocopolymers by copolymerization of (1) one or more hydrofluoroolefin monomer(s) selected from the group consisting of hydrofluoroethylenes, hydrofluoropropenes, hydrofluorobutenes, hydrofluoropentenes and combinations of these, (2) one or more vinyl ester monomer(s), and (3) one or more vinyl ether monomer(s), wherein at least a portion of said vinyl ether monomer is a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether monomer, wherein the copolymer preferably has a number average molecular weight of greater than about 10,000; (ii) providing a VOC containing carrier for said one or more fluorocopolymers; and (iii) providing a stabilizing agent comprising: a) a radical scavenger and b) an absorber of UV light; and (iv) combining said one or more fluorocopolymers with said carrier and said stabilizing agent to produce a polymeric coating composition.
US11225584B2
Adhesion promoter systems and methods of producing same, the systems including the admixing product of at least 60 percent by weight of a first functionalized polyolefin, and less than 40 percent by weight of a second functionalized polyolefin, based on the total weight of the solid content, and one or more solvents. The second functionalized polyolefin includes homopolymers of propylene or copolymers of propylene with hexene, octene and/or other alpha-olefins. The homopolymers or copolymers have a single unsaturation a terminal succinic anhydride moiety, and additional succinic anhydride substitutions on the polypropylene backbone. The succinic anhydride substitution ranges from about 5 to about 45 weight percent of second functionalized polyolefin.
US11225583B2
Provided herein is an aqueous polymer dispersion including A) a polymer synthesized from monomers including a) 1.0 to 90% by weight of at least one alkyl (meth)acrylate; b) 0.1 to 10% by weight of at least one ethylenically unsaturated acid or vinyl monomer with latent ionic groups; c) 0 to 5.0% by weight of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer having at least one keto or aldehyde group; d) 1.0 to 90% by weight of at least one vinyl ester of saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid in which the carboxyl groups are attached to tertiary and/or quaternary carbon atoms; e) 0 to 20% by weight of at least one vinyl aromatics; and f) 0 to 20% by weight, based on the total amount of monomers for the synthesis of polymer A), of at least one hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate. Also included herein is an ink anchorage primer that enhances ink bonding.
US11225558B2
A graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite comprising an essentially uniform distribution in a thermoplastic polymer of about 10% to about 50% of total composite weight of particles selected from graphite microparticles, single-layer graphene nanoparticles, multi-layer graphene nanoparticles, and combinations thereof, where at least 50 wt % of the particles consist of single- and/or multi-layer graphene nanoparticles less than 50 nanometers thick along a c-axis direction. The graphene-reinforced polymer matrix is prepared by a method comprising (a) distributing graphite microparticles into a molten thermoplastic polymer phase comprising one or more matrix polymers; and (b) applying a succession of shear strain events to the molten polymer phase so that the matrix polymers exfoliate the graphite successively with each event until at least 50% of the graphite is exfoliated to form a distribution in the molten polymer phase of single- and multi-layer graphene nanoparticles less than 50 nanometers thick along a c-axis direction.
US11225557B2
A method for producing a molded article from a molding material, wherein the molding material contains a fluorine-containing graft chain. Also disclosed is a molding material for a fluorine-containing molded article including a resin material having a graft chain.
US11225554B2
A method of manufacturing a polymer coated cellulose nanocrystal composite material begins with an aqueous cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) suspension mixture. The aqueous CNC suspension mixture is dried to remove the liquid solvent from the aqueous CNC suspension mixture to form a dry CNC powder. Diethylenetriamine (DETA) is combined with melted Maleated-anhydride Polypropylene (MAPP) to form a DETA-functionalized MAPP (MA) mixture. The MA mixture is cooled and pelletized to form MA pellets. The MA pellets, the dry CNC powder, and a neat polypropylene (PP) are combined to form a CNC-PP mixture. The CNC-PP mixture is compounded by melting, subsequently cooled and pelletized to form CNC-PP pellets.
US11225546B2
A process for preparing an isocyanate product includes providing a phosgene inlet stream and an amine in solvent inlet stream to a phosgenation mixer, the amine in-solvent inlet stream including one or more amines and one or more inert solvents, and during steady state operation compensating for a fouling pressure drop increase by decreasing a pressure drop in the phosgenation mixer over a time period divided into at least a first period of time T1 and a second period of time T2 that is subsequent to the first period of time T1. During the second period of time T2 an amine concentration of the one or more amines in the amine-in-solvent stream is higher than during the first period of time T1, and during the second period of time T2 a phosgene-to-amine ratio value in the phosgenation mixer is higher than during the first period of time T1.
US11225543B2
In one or more embodiments, the present invention provides a novel approach to the addition of plasticizers for softening TPUs, i.e., lowering the durometer and the melt viscosity. This approach involves incorporating bonded sulfonate groups with quaternary ammonium counterions into the TPU. In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the softening of TPU is achieved by incorporating an ionic diol, such as N,N-bis (2-hydroxyethyl)-2-aminoethane-sulfonic acid (BES), coupled with various bulky alkyl ammonium cations, during the chain extension step of the TPU synthesis. It is believed that that steric hindrance of the bulky quaternary ammonium groups weakens the dipole-dipole interactions of the sulfonate groups and/or lowers the crystallinity of the hard block, thereby creating additional free volume that softens the polymer and lowers the melt viscosity.
US11225536B1
A solid catalyst component for polymerization of an olefin having a polymerization activity equivalent to or higher than a solid catalyst component having a phthalic acid ester compound or diether compound as an internal electron-donating compound, and can produce an olefin polymer having excellent bulk density and low content of olefin oligomers. A solid catalyst component for polymerization of an olefin is obtained by: (i) bringing compounds selected from particular phthalic acid ester compounds (A), a magnesium compound and a halogen-containing titanium compound into contact; (ii) bringing the first contact product obtained in step (i) and compounds selected from particular diether compounds (B) into contact, and washing the second contact product; and (iii) obtaining a contact product between the washed second contact product and a halogen-containing titanium compound, washing the contact product, and bringing it into contact with particular phthalic acid ester compounds (A) and a halogen-containing titanium compound.
US11225520B2
The present invention provides universal immunotherapy compositions useful for targeted treatment of cancers and other immune disorders.
US11225513B2
The present invention relates to the field of protein purification. In particular, the invention concerns methods for increasing the filtration capacity of virus filters, by combined use of endotoxin removal and cation-exchange media in the prefiltration process.
US11225512B2
The present invention is directed towards the use of Growth Differentiation Factor 1 (Gdf1) and variants thereof to modulate and regulate ceramide neutralization in cells.
US11225498B2
The present invention provides a method for preparing rhodium (III) 2-ethylhexanoate solutions which supplies the reaction product with higher space yield, as well as lower sodium and chloride ion content. An aqueous solution of an alkali salt of 2-ethylhexanoate is thereby initially converted with a rhodium (III) precursor. The rhodium (III) precursor is selected from rhodium (III) chloride solution, rhodium (III) chloride hydrate, and rhodium (III) nitrate. The mixture is heated for several hours. After cooling to room temperature, the rhodium (III) 2-ethylhexanoate formed is extracted from the aqueous solution with an alcohol that is immiscible in water or a carboxylic acid that is immiscible in water, and optionally washed with aqueous mineral acid. The rhodium (III) 2-ethylhexanoate solution obtainable in this way may be used directly as catalyst in hydroformylation reactions.
US11225497B2
There are provided compounds of Formula I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, used for inhibition or modulation of the activity of cyclin dependent kinases (CDK) and/or glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3), for the treatment of disease states or conditions mediated by cyclin dependent kinases and/or glycogen synthase kinase-3, including cancers.
US11225496B2
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are compositions including a compound of Formula (I) together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and methods for imaging prostate cancer cells.
US11225493B2
Provided herein are compounds, such as a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, that are immunoproteasome (such as LMP2 and LMP7) inhibitors. The compounds described herein can be useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of immunoproteasomes. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds.
US11225488B2
A novel organic compound is provided. Alternatively, an organic compound that exhibits light emission with favorable chromaticity is provided. Alternatively, an organic compound that exhibits blue light emission with favorable chromaticity is provided. Alternatively, an organic compound with favorable emission efficiency is provided. Alternatively, an organic compound having a high carrier-transport property is provided. Alternatively, an organic compound with favorable reliability is provided. An organic compound including at least one amino group in which any one of a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuranyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothiophenyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted carbazolyl group is bonded to any one of a substituted or unsubstituted naphthobisbenzofuran skeleton, a substituted or unsubstituted naphthobisbenzothiophene skeleton, and a substituted or unsubstituted naphthobenzofuranobenzothiophene skeleton is provided.
US11225485B2
Provided are cyclic iminopyridimdine compounds and their bicyclic derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds or compositions, such as methods of treating a proliferation disorder, such as a cancer or a tumor, or in some embodiments disease or disorders related to the dysregulation of kinase such as, but not limited to B-Raf V600E kinase.
US11225474B2
The invention relates to the organic chemistry, pharmacology and medicine, and concerns the prevention and treatment of human and animal diseases associated with the disruption of the activity of various kinases, in particular Abl kinase, for example diseases such as leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, ovarian cancer, lymphoma, using a new salt form of 3-(1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine-3-ylethynyl)-4-methyl-N-(4-((4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)methyl)-3-trifluoromethylphenyl)benzamide. The salt of this compound with methanesulfonic acid, or its hydrate, solvate, as well as polymorphic modifications that have the ability to inhibit the activity of kinases, in particular Abl kinases. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a salt of the invention, to a method for preparing a crystalline salt of the invention, as well as to a method for treating oncological diseases in a subject.
US11225473B2
The present disclosure relates generally to compounds that bind to FXR and act as agonists of FXR. The disclosure further relates to the use of the compounds for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases and/or conditions through binding of said nuclear receptor by said compounds and to a process for the synthesis of said compounds.
US11225472B2
The present invention relates to the compounds according to Formula (I), the racemates, enantiomers, diastereomers thereof or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions comprising these, for the treatment or prevention of metabolic disorders. The compounds according to Formula (I) are, as GPR40 agonists, available for oral administration with glucose-dependent insulin secretion mechanism, which exhibit excellent glucose lowering efficacy without the risk of hypoglycemia. Thus, the compounds and/or pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds as effective components are useful in treating and/or preventing symptoms of type 2 diabetes through adequate control of blood glucose.
US11225469B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (II), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, pro-drugs, and compositions thereof. Also provided are methods and kits involving the compounds of Formula (I), (II) or (III) for treating diseases associated with the over-expression of phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH) in a subject, such as proliferative diseases (e.g., cancers (e.g., breast cancer, ER negative breast cancer, melanoma, cervical cancer), benign neoplasms, diseases associated with angiogenesis, inflammatory diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, and autoimmune diseases). Treatment of a subject with a proliferative disease using a compound or composition of the invention may inhibit the activity of PHGDH or inhibit the serine biosynthetic pathway, or both.
US11225462B2
The present invention relates to crystal forms of an oxypyridine amide derivative and a preparation method therefor. In particular, the present invention relates to crystal forms A, B, C, D, E and F of a compound represented by formula (I) and a preparation method therefor. The crystal forms of the compound represented by formula (I) as described in the present invention have good crystal form stability and may be better for clinical use.
US11225461B2
Provided is a compound represented by Formula (1).
US11225460B2
A pyrrolidineamide derivatives and uses thereof, specifically, the present invention relates to a novel pyrrolidineamide compound and a pharmaceutical composition containing this compound, which can be used as a MAO-B inhibitor. The present invention also relates to methods of preparing this compound and pharmaceutical composition, and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for treating a disease regulated by MAO-B comprising a neurodegenerative disease, especially Parkinson's disease.
US11225444B2
A method of column control includes: passing a feed stream and a make-up stream through a column; withdrawing an overhead fraction from the column; purging at least a portion of the overhead fraction; cooling at least a portion of the overhead fraction in a heat exchanger and passing it through a reflux drum; withdrawing a purge stream and a distillate stream from the reflux drum, wherein the distillate stream has a constant flow rate; recycling at least a portion of the distillate stream back to the column; and passing at least a portion of the distillate stream to a downstream process.
US11225438B2
The invention provides novel paving stones and construction block composite materials and methods for preparation thereof. The paving stones and construction block composite materials can be readily produced from widely available, low cost precursor materials by a production process that involves compacting in a mold that is suitable for large-scale production. The precursor materials include calcium silicate, for example, wollastonite, and particulate filler materials which can comprise silicon dioxide-rich materials. Additives can include calcium carbonate-rich and magnesium carbonate-rich materials. Various additives can be used to fine-tune the physical appearance and mechanical properties of the composite material, such as colorants such as particles of colored materials, such as, and pigments (e.g., black iron oxide, cobalt oxide and chromium oxide). These paving stones and construction block composite materials exhibit visual patterns similar to stone as well as display compressive strength and water absorption equal to or better than that of stone.
US11225429B2
The present invention relates to a continuous method for the production of hollow quartz-glass ingots and an apparatus for said method, whereby the hollow quartz-glass ingots are cooled on the internal surface.
US11225427B2
Residuals, such as slag particles, from iron- and/or steel-making, and/or water-leached eluates thereof, are added directly to a conventional or multi-staged anaerobic digester or other sewage sludge or biosolid handling process. The slag particles or other residuals sorb, sequester, immobilize, or otherwise promote the removal of phosphorus and/or sulfur from wastewater, sludge, or biosolids being treated, such that the associated aqueous phase concentrations of phosphorus and sulfur are significantly reduced.
US11225421B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods of treating process water using a reactor for generating chlorine dioxide onsite. The onsite generation system may include double ensured precursor feeding, effective reactor, automated control/alarm, and effective product delivery. The reactor may include a mixing device, a first feed line connected to the mixing device, and a second feed line connected to the mixing device. The reactor may include a proximal portion in fluid communication with the mixing device and a distal portion in fluid communication with a motive water line. The mixing device, the reactor, a portion of the first feed line, and a portion of the second feed line may be positioned within the motive water line.
US11225419B2
In one aspect, a sterilization apparatus is provided to include a flow channel body comprising an inflow unit configured to provide an inflow channel through which water flows in one direction, a discharge unit configured to provide a discharge channel through which water is discharged, and a bypass channel unit configured to provide a bypass channel through which water bypasses in a different direction from the direction of the water flowing in the inflow unit; a mounting unit formed on the flow channel body and configured to provide an installation space connected to the bypass channel, a UV light emitting unit disposed in the installation space and configured to emit UV light towards the bypass channel; and a holder coupled to the mounting unit and securing the UV light emitting unit inside the mounting unit.
US11225412B2
A titanium carbonitride powder for use as a starting material for a hard material satisfies a D50 of from 2.0 μm to 6.0 μm and a D10/D90 of from 0.20 to 0.50, wherein D50 is a particle size at a cumulative percentage of 50% of a particle size distribution by volume, D10 is a particle size at a cumulative percentage of 10% of the particle size distribution by volume, and D90 is a particle size at a cumulative percentage of 90% of the particle size distribution by volume.
US11225403B2
The present invention relates to a modular pit structure for an inground lifting system. The pit structure includes: a first end part; a second end part; at least one intermediate part, wherein the at least one intermediate part has a length, a width and a height; and a frame configured to be placed in an assembled pit structure. After assembling of a pit, the length of the intermediate part extends in a substantially horizontal direction between the first and second end parts and an interlock between adjacent parts of the pit structure extends in a substantially vertical direction.
US11225390B2
The invention relates to a method for feeding and splicing sheets of material wound in bobbins (20, 21, 22, 23), the method including: providing a rotating wheel (10) having at least a first, a second, a third and a fourth bobbin holder (103, 104, 105, 106) defining a first, a second, a third and a fourth station; unwinding a first sheet of material (201) wound in a first bobbin (20) provided in the first station; detecting the amount of first sheet of material remaining in the first bobbin (20) in the first station; depending on the amount of first sheet of material (201), splicing the first sheet of material (201) unwound from the first bobbin with a second sheet of material (211) unwound from a second bobbin (21) present in the second station; preparing for splicing a third sheet of material in a third bobbin (22) present in the third station including: reading information about the third bobbin (22) contained in a sticker, label or tag; removing the sticker, label or tag from the third bobbin (22); and rotating the wheel (10) so that the substantially empty first bobbin (20) is moved to the fourth station and the third bobbin is moved to the second station. Further, the invention relates to an apparatus for feeding and splicing materials wound in bobbins (20, 21, 22, 23) for conducting the above method.
US11225389B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a sheet cassette attachable to the main body and configured to support one or more sheets to be supplied to the image forming unit, and a controller. The main body includes an electrode movable relative to the main body, a capacitance detector configured to output a signal indicating a value corresponding to a quantity of electricity stored in the electrode, and a wire. The sheet cassette includes a metal member, and a sheet supporting plate made of metal, movable relative to the sheet cassette in an up-down direction, and configured to support one or more sheets from below. The controller is configured to determine whether the sheet cassette is at an installation position in the main body from a level of the value of the signal outputted from the capacitance detector connected to the electrode via the wire.
US11225366B2
Described herein is a packaging system comprising a sleeve having a plurality of sides, an open top, and an open bottom, each of the sides having an inner surface, an inner liner located on the inner surfaces of the sides of the sleeve, the inner liner having an inner surface that defines a cavity, a plurality of building panels located in the cavity, and an outer wrapping surrounding at least a portion of the sleeve and at least a portion of the plurality of building panels.
US11225361B2
A closure for a container includes a cap connected to a retaining ring. The cap includes a cover and a skirt. A plurality of concentric threads are disposed on an inside surface of the skirt. The plurality of threads includes at least a first thread at a first level and a second thread at a second level. The first thread is comprised of at least a first thread segment separated from a second thread segment by a first space. The second thread is comprised of at least a third thread segment separated from a fourth thread segment by a second space. A plurality of latch segments includes a first latch segment separated from a second latch segment by a third space. The first space, the second space, and the third space at least partially overlap in along a radial direction of the cap to provide a flex point.
US11225355B2
The present invention relates to a flexible membrane lid for a container comprising a top paper layer which is perforated to form a perimeter of at least one peelable portion and a bottom film layer. In some embodiments, the bottom film layer is partially adhered to the top paper layer, wherein the layers are not adhered within the perimeter of the peelable portion. In other embodiments, the layers are adhered with a pressure sensitive adhesive within the perimeter of the peelable portion and with a permanent adhesive in the remainder of the area between the top paper layer and bottom film layer. In other embodiments, the invention relates to a flexible membrane lid for a container comprising a top paper layer comprising a pull tab and a bottom film layer which is removably adhered to the top paper layer, wherein bottom film layer comprises a separate pull tab.
US11225354B2
A blank for forming a tamper evident container includes a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines configured for extending at least partially around an interior space, including a first side panel, a top panel, a second side panel and a bottom panel. A bottom flap is foldably connected to an edge of the bottom panel on the first end of the blank. A top flap is foldably connected to an edge of the top panel on the first end of the blank. The top flap includes a major flap and a minor flap. The major flap connects between the top panel and the minor flap. The major flap includes a tamper evident access feature.
US11225353B2
A packaging system comprising a trough and a packaging element separate therefrom for closing the trough, the packaging trough having an outer cardboard structure folded or formed from corrugated board with an insert of a single or multiple layer plastic film, the inner side of each side wall of the cardboard structure being connected by material means to the insert only in its upper part of the side wall, the insert forming a substantially identically shaped, but loose contact surface with the lower part of the inner side of each side wall down to the base of the packaging trough and the trough having at least one gas venting opening.
US11225342B2
An overwrap feed station wraps a product with an overwrap material by drawing the overwrap material around the product to form a tube around the product as the product moves through the feed station. The feed station is configurable in one of first and second configurations based upon a desired location of a longitudinal seal to be formed on the tube around the product. A first former is configured to guide the overwrap material through the entrance of the feed station so that longitudinal edges of the overwrap material overlap on a first side of the tube during wrapping of the product. The second former is configured to guide the overwrap material through the entrance of the feed station so that longitudinal edges of the overwrap material overlap on a second side of the tube during wrapping of the product. The second side is transverse to the first side.
US11225338B2
This solar panel (12) includes a structure (14) and at least two photovoltaic cells (16A, 16B) each defining a lateral contact face (30A, 30B) and including a base element (20A, 20B), a grid of electric conductors (24A, 24B) and a protective element (22A, 22B) made from transparent material, the grid (24A, 24B) including at least one conductive wire extending along the lateral contact face (30A, 30B). The cells (16A, 16B) are arranged on the structure (14) such that at least part of each of the lateral contact faces (30A, 30B) is arranged across from the other part. The solar panel (12) further includes a barrier (18A) made from dielectric material arranged on the structure (14) between the lateral contact faces and extending along the opposite parts of these faces (30A, 30B).
US11225337B2
Systems and methods are provided for calculating satellite access windows for a constellation of imaging satellites. In some implementations, systems and methods are provided for managing execution of native programs on high performance computing systems.
US11225331B2
A method for supplying power to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes converting heat generated by at least one energy component of the UAV into electrical power and supplying the electrical power to the UAV based on a flying status of the UAV and/or a discharge status of a power battery of the UAV. The power battery is a main power source of the UAV.
US11225324B2
A rotor blade for a rotary wing aircraft includes a rotor hub including a first flex-beam attachment member and a flex-beam assembly. The flex-beam assembly includes a flex-beam support member having an attachment end and a wrapping end. A first flex-beam includes a first end, a second end and an intermediate portion. The first end of the first flex-beam is connected at the first flex-beam attachment member and the second end of the first flex-beam being connected to the attachment end of the flex-beam support member. A second flex-beam includes first end portion, a second end portion and an intermediate section. The first end portion of the second flex-beam is connected at the first flex-beam attachment member, the second end portion of the second flex-beam being connected at the second flex-beam attachment member and the intermediate section extending about the wrapping end of the flex-beam support member.
US11225321B1
In an aspect a system for fly-by-wire flight control configured for use in electric aircraft including at least a sensor, wherein the sensor is communicatively connected a pilot control and configured to detect a pilot input from the pilot control and generate, as a function of the pilot input, command datum. A system includes a flight controller, the flight controller including a computing device and configured to perform a voting algorithm, wherein performing the voting algorithm includes determining that the sensor is an allowed sensor, wherein determining that the sensor is an allowed sensor includes determining that the command datum is an active datum, determining the command datum is an admissible datum, generating, as a function of the command datum and the allowed sensor, a control surface datum wherein the control surface datum is correlated to the pilot input.
US11225320B2
Systems and methods for controlling a fixed-wing aircraft during flight are disclosed. The aircraft comprises first and second flight control surfaces of different types. The method comprises determining that a pilot command of the first flight control surface will excite a structural flexible mode of the aircraft and then executing the pilot command of the first flight control surface in conjunction with a command of the second flight control surface to mitigate the effect of the excitation of the structural flexible mode of the aircraft.
US11225314B2
The present invention relates to an actuator system in an aircraft for monitoring a no-back brake, which system comprises an actuator for actuating a flap of a flight control system of the aircraft, a first torque sensor for detecting a torque on the drive side of the actuator, and a second torque sensor for detecting a torque on the output side of the actuator, wherein the actuator is provided with an auto-switching no-back brake to hold the flap actuated by the actuator in position. The actuator system further has a monitoring unit, which is connected to the first torque sensor and the second torque sensor and is designed to detect an acute or imminent fault condition of the no-back brake depending on an actuator state and the detected torque values of the first torque sensor and the second torque sensor.
US11225309B2
Methods and systems to provide breathing air to underwater divers in response to the divers' respiration at pressures less than 25 psi above atmospheric pressure during inspiration while delivering no or minimal air during exhalation, by controlling the actions of a pump during the time course of breathing. Methods and systems that sense a diver's need for breathing air, determine inhalation demand or exhalation state, and control the operation of a pump which delivers breathing gas to the diver via a tube. An integrated system for the same which incorporates at least an energy source (26), pump (28), air tube (30), breathing aperture (10), sensor (20), and logic processor (24) is disclosed.
US11225293B2
A lift apparatus is provided for use with a vehicle comprising a first frame and a second frame. The lift apparatus comprises a spindle, a bearing, a cylinder, a snap ring, and a bearing retainer. The spindle is configured to be attached to the second frame so as to extend therefrom in spaced apart relation to the first frame. The bearing is positioned on the spindle. The cylinder is configured to be attached to the first frame and is attached to the second frame to move the first frame relative to the second frame. The cylinder is positioned on the bearing such that the bearing enables movement between the spindle and the cylinder. The snap ring is attached to the spindle. The bearing retainer is positioned on the spindle between the snap ring, and the bearing retains the bearing on the spindle.
US11225285B2
A vehicle control method and a vehicle control system are provided. A lateral distance between a vehicle and a tunnel wall of a tunnel is obtained through a lidar sensor when the vehicle is moving in a lane in the tunnel. A lateral offset parameter between the vehicle and a lane centerline is obtained based on the lateral distance. A moving direction of the vehicle is controlled according to the lateral offset parameter.
US11225279B2
A child seat is detachably mounted on a foldable stroller comprising a stroller handle and front and rear leg portions. The stroller handle is foldably connected to the rear leg portion. The front leg portion is foldably connected to the rear leg portion and has a first adaptor. The child seat includes a first pivot and a seat frame having a lower seat portion and an upper seat portion foldably connected to the lower seat portion. The first pivot is pivotably connected to the lower seat portion and detachably mounted on the first adaptor. When the front leg portion and the stroller handle are folded relative to the rear leg portion, the upper seat portion is folded on the lower seat portion, and the lower seat portion is folded on the front leg portion via the first pivot together with the upper seat portion.
US11225268B2
A portable tow system includes a drive system for removable mounting to a first anchor point, a flywheel system for removable mounting to a second anchor point distal from the first anchor point, and a tow strap for connecting a drive wheel of the drive system to a flywheel of the flywheel system. One or more persons or objects can be removably attached or connected to the tow strap. The drive system includes a motor for causing the drive wheel to rotate, which rotation causes the tow strap to rotate, such that the person(s) or object(s) connected thereto may be pulled from the first anchor point to the second anchor point or vice versa.
US11225266B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving visual scanning behavior of an operator in a vehicle with a vehicle display. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to detecting a transition to a manual mode of operating the vehicle, identifying, using at least one sensor of the vehicle, objects in a present operating environment around the vehicle according to a visual profile of the operator. The method also includes controlling the vehicle display to selectively render one or more graphic elements according to at least a gaze score.
US11225265B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle by recognizing an object near the vehicle. The method may include: obtaining first sensing data regarding the object near the vehicle, from a first sensor; obtaining second sensing data regarding the object, from a second sensor; obtaining a first object recognition possibility of a driver regarding the object and a second object recognition possibility regarding the object, based on the first sensing data, the second sensing data, and characteristics of the first sensor and the second sensor; obtaining a degree of risk of the object, based on the first object recognition possibility and the second object recognition possibility; and performing a certain function of the vehicle, based on the degree of risk of the object.
US11225263B2
A driver assistance system, a computer program product, a signal sequence, a vehicle and a method for providing information to a user of a vehicle are provided in this disclosure. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an intuitively comprehensible announcement associated with a point of interest (POI) for the user.
US11225258B2
A safe driving assistance system includes a wearable terminal having a terminal identification information, a first and a second sensor acquiring a biometric information of a driver, a safe driving assistance in-vehicle device having a criteria determination unit. The criteria determination unit determines that a blood glucose level is a predetermined number or less and at least one selected the group consisting of that a heart rate is more than a predetermined number, a skin temperature change is more than a predetermined number and an increase in sweat rate is more than a predetermined number, a safe driving assistance in-vehicle device is connected to a vehicle control unit controlling a vehicle driven by the driver, and an operating state of the vehicle is controlled based on a determination result by the criteria determination unit.
US11225256B2
A vehicle control system provided with a first detection unit and a second detection unit, which are configured to acquire peripheral information of a self-vehicle, comprises: a control unit that performs traveling control of the self-vehicle using the peripheral information, wherein when switching from a first traveling state using peripheral information detected by the first detection unit to a second traveling state using peripheral information detected by the second detection unit is performed, the control unit suppresses a control amount based on the peripheral information of the self-vehicle.
US11225255B1
Apparatus for providing hydraulic line pressure and vacuum respectively to the steering subsystem and the braking subsystem of a wheeled motor vehicle comprises a battery powered electric motor which drives one or more of a hydraulic pump and a vacuum pump. When the engine is stopped while the vehicle is moving, to save fuel, the electric motor drives the pumps, so that hydraulic pressure and vacuum are provided for continued safe operation of the vehicle.
US11225251B2
The vehicle control device includes a start determination unit configured to determine whether or not the inter-vehicle distance between the preceding vehicle and the host vehicle has become equal to or greater than a start threshold greater in value than the stop threshold, and a vehicle control unit configured to start the host vehicle based on a preset speed profile after the start determination unit determines that the inter-vehicle distance between the preceding vehicle and the host vehicle is equal to or greater than the start threshold and maintain the stopped state of the host vehicle until the start determination unit determines that the inter-vehicle distance between the preceding vehicle and the host vehicle is equal to or greater than the start threshold after the preceding vehicle and the host vehicle stop.
US11225240B2
A vehicle drive system for a vehicle including a first prime mover, a first prime mover driven transmission, and a rechargeable power source can be configured for reduced fuel consumption at idle. The vehicle drive system includes an electric motor in direct or indirect mechanical communication with the first prime mover. The control system causes fuel to be eliminated to the first prime mover while the vehicle is stopped and causes the electric motor to rotate the first prime mover at a speed, thereby reducing fuel consumption at idle for the vehicle.
US11225222B2
A method for access to a vehicle includes receiving data from an identification device related to at least one device environment sensor of the identification device. At least one pattern associated with the received data is identified. An environment of the identification device based on feedback from the at least one device environment sensor is determined. The environment to the at least one pattern is compared. In response to the comparing step, access to the vehicle is allowed or denied.
US11225221B2
A safety alert system for a vehicle has a computerized monitoring apparatus storing a pre-programmed telephone number for a specific cellular telephone, a plurality of sensors coupled to the computerized monitoring apparatus, sensing at least on/off status of vehicle ignition system, presence or absence of a person in a driver's seat of the vehicle, and presence of a person or another animal in a location in the vehicle other than the driver's seat, and wireless transmission circuitry adapted to send an alert to a cellular telephone. The computerized monitoring apparatus senses that vehicle ignition is on, a person is in the driver's seat, and there is a person or another animal in a location in the vehicle other than the driver's seat, then senses that the ignition is switched off, then senses that there is no person in the driver's seat, and then sends an alert to the cellular telephone.
US11225219B2
[Problem] To provide an airbag device or the like that can suppress the occupant seated in a driver seat from moving toward the passenger seat. [Solving Means] An airbag device includes an airbag cushion inflating and deploying in a vehicle cabin of a vehicle to laterally restrain an occupant seated in a seat, and the airbag cushion includes: a housing portion that stores an inflator for jetting gas for inflation and deployment; a first portion folded in a roll or bellows shape from one horizontal end of the airbag cushion to a vicinity of the housing portion; a second portion that horizontally extends opposite to the first portion when viewed from the housing portion and is folded back toward the folded first portion; and a third portion that further extends from the second portion disposed opposite to the housing portion (411) with respect to the first portion, the third portion being folded in a roll or bellows shape.
US11225216B1
A vehicle seat safety system. The vehicle safety seat system comprises a vehicle seat configured to move between a substantially reclining position and a substantially sitting position. The vehicle seat comprises at least a seat back and a seat bottom. The system also includes an enclosure configured to store a blanket airbag in an undeployed position prior to a collision, wherein the enclosure is disposed near the head of a passenger in the vehicle seat, and wherein the blanket airbag is ejected from the enclosure to an intermediate position in the event of a collision. The system further comprises a first electromechanical restraint system associated with the seat back and coupled to the blanket airbag by a first physical coupling and a second electromechanical restraint system associated with the seat bottom and coupled to the blanket airbag by a second physical coupling. The first and second electromechanical restraint systems pull the blanket airbag from the intermediate position to a deployed position in which the blanket airbag substantially covers the passenger.
US11225215B2
A footwell assembly for a vehicle is disclosed herein. The footwell assembly includes a receiving member that defines a recess configured to receive a stowed foot pedal. A cover feature includes a connecting member that is removably coupled to the receiving member and a cover member that is coupled to the connecting member. The cover member is operable to move relative to the connecting member from a first position to a second concealment position to cover the stowed foot pedal.
US11225208B2
A wire harness including: a wire; an electromagnetic wave absorber that has a through hole through which the wire passes, and that is provided so as to surround an outer circumference of the wire; and a movement restrictor that is provided adjacent to the electromagnetic wave absorber, and that restricts movement of the electromagnetic wave absorber in a length direction of the wire.
US11225206B2
A wiring harness assembly includes a first flexible planar wire cable. The first flexible planar wire cable has a first plurality of separated conductors formed in a first insulating layer. The first insulating layer includes a first flat exterior surface. The first flat exterior surface defines first apertures that expose at least a portion the first plurality of separated conductors. The first apertures are sized, shaped, and arranged such that arranging a second flat exterior surface of a second flexible planar wire cable in contact with the first flat exterior surface enables an electrical connection between the first plurality of separated conductors and a second plurality of separated conductors formed in a second insulating layer of the second flexible planar wire cable.
US11225200B2
A bicycle carrier includes a vehicle engaging frame portion configured to be coupled a carrying vehicle and a rearward extending support member coupled to the vehicle engaging frame portion by a variably configurable hub configured to set the support member in a plurality of orientations relative to the vehicle engaging frame portion. The support member accommodates one or more bicycles and the support member is configured to be coupled to an add-on support member that accommodates one or more additional bicycles. The add-on support member includes an actuator configured to set the support member in the plurality of orientations relative to the vehicle engaging frame.
US11225192B2
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle advancing monitoring system, comprising: a monitoring unit configured to acquire image information in a specified direction of the vehicle, and generate alarm information upon detection of an object with a relative distance to the vehicle less than a preset value in the specified direction, the specified direction referring to a left rear direction and/or a right rear direction; a display unit configured to display the image information acquired by the monitoring unit; and an alarm unit configured to alarm according to the alarm information. The present disclosure can ensure safe driving.
US11225187B1
A Roof Top Rig is a kit which permits a user to erect a tent upon the top of a utility trailer. The device also provides for at least one fold down bed, at least one fold down table, at least one flip down seat and a portable solar panel. A plurality of electrical generation devices, household convenience devices, and plurality of electrical outlet and wireless communication systems may be included.
US11225185B1
A vehicle includes a chassis and a vehicle body coupled to the chassis. The vehicle body includes a cab disposed on a forward end of the chassis and a cargo body disposed on a rear end of the chassis. The cab includes a front door that is slidably engaged to the cab. The cargo body includes a side door that is slidably engaged to the cargo body. The front door and the side door are disposed on the same side of the vehicle.
US11225184B2
The invention relates to a device (07) for receiving and transporting components, in particular pipes or tubes (15), on a vehicle (01). The vehicle (01) carries a container (03) having a container cover (05) that is tiltable about a cover axis (19). A carrier (12) of the device is mountable on the container cover (05). An adjustment drive (22) that can pivot the carrier (12) about a pivot axis (21) between a transport position and a working position is preferably also present. Also provided are a retaining device (13) for accommodating at least one component (15), and a drive unit for moving the retaining device (13) relative to the carrier (12) between an upper holding position and a lower removal position. The invention further relates to a suction excavator (01) having a material collection container (03) that includes such a device for receiving and transporting pipes.
US11225178B2
A slim headrest device may include a fixed guide bracket provided upside a seatback; a moving plate, a first end portion of which is moved forward and rearward by being guided by the fixed guide bracket and a second end portion of which is in a shape bent upward; and a moving guide bracket to which a headrest is mounted, the moving guide bracket being moved upwardly and downwardly by being guided by the second end portion of the moving plate.
US11225165B2
A system includes a first battery in a vehicle. The vehicle is capable of being coupled at least temporarily with a second, removable battery and is powered by at least one of the first or the second battery. The system also includes a controller in the vehicle which is configured to estimate an amount of travel-related charge based at least in part on a pickup and drop off location. It is decided whether to charge the first battery using the second battery based at least in part on the amount of travel-related charge and a measured amount of stored charge in the second battery. If it is decided to do so, the first battery is charged using the second battery.
US11225164B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for adaptive regeneration systems for electric vehicles. In one embodiment, an example method may include determining, by an adaptive regeneration system, that an electric vehicle is decelerating, determining an output voltage of a power source at the electric vehicle, determining that a voltage potential of a battery system at the electric vehicle is greater than the output voltage, and causing the voltage potential of the battery system to be modified to a value equal to or less than the output voltage.
US11225160B2
An energy storage device charging system applied to a solid state transformer structure is coupled to a power grid and charges a plurality of energy storage devices, or feeds power back to the power grid from the energy storage devices. The charging system includes a conversion module, a bus path, a charging module, and a control unit. A total power conversion capacity of the conversion module is less than a total charging power capacity of the charging module. The control unit respectively allocates a plurality of demand power capacities of the charging units according to a power conversion upper limit value of the total power conversion capacity.
US11225156B2
A thermal protection system includes an electrical circuit and a thermal switch. The electrical circuit transmits an electrical signal between a charge source and a charge receiver during a charging process. The thermal switch is placed in-line with the electrical circuit. The thermal switch opens above a threshold temperature to block transmission of the electrical signal. Blocking the transmission of the electrical signal causes the charging process to stop. In further examples, the charge source includes and electric vehicle charging system and the charge receiver includes an electric vehicle. In further examples, the electrical signal is required for compliance with one or more electric vehicle charging standards implemented by the electric vehicle charging system and the electric vehicle.
US11225145B1
An electronic apparatus for an emergency control is provided. The electronic apparatus controls a human machine interface associated with a first vehicle to display a first user-selectable element. The electronic apparatus receives a first input, which corresponds to a first selection of the first user-selectable element. The first selection indicates a request to enable an emergency mode. The electronic apparatus activates a timer, which is associated with the electronic apparatus, for a pre-determined time period based on the first input. The electronic apparatus establishes a first communication with an emergency device associated with the first vehicle for the emergency mode, based on an expiration of the timer. The electronic apparatus deactivates a second user-selectable element on the human machine interface based on the first communication. The electronic apparatus receives one or more control instructions for the first vehicle from the emergency device based on the first communication.
US11225142B2
A method for controlling the air-conditioning function of a transportation vehicle seat wherein a value of an air-conditioning parameter is set by an operating element which is moved from a null position in two opposite directions. The air-conditioning parameter controls the distribution of an air-conditioning function in different regions along a first direction indicated by the geometry of the transportation vehicle seat. The separate regions include at least one first and second region. A uniform distribution of the air-conditioning function is produced in the regions in the null position of the operating element. When the operating element is moved in one direction of the two opposite directions, the value of the air-conditioning parameter for at least one of the first and second regions remains constant and is changed for at least the other of the first and second regions. Also disclosed is a device for carrying out the method.
US11225132B2
A hybrid module for a powertrain of a motor vehicle includes a rotational axis defining an axial direction, a housing, first and second support bearings, an intermediate shaft, a separating clutch, and a sensor device. The second support bearing is arranged at a distance from the first support bearing in the axial direction to form a receiving space therebetween. The intermediate shaft is mounted by the first support bearing and the second support bearing to be rotatable relative to the housing about the rotational axis. The separating clutch has a rotary component arranged to be coupled to an electric machine, and connected for conjoint rotation with the intermediate shaft. The sensor device includes at least one part arranged in the receiving space.
US11225123B2
An HVAC case for a vehicle including an airflow outlet defining a first outlet area having a first width and a first depth, and a second outlet area having a second width and a second depth. The first outlet area is larger than the second outlet area. A ramped surface is adjacent to the second outlet area. An airflow control door is movable to an open position, a partially closed position in which the airflow control door obstructs airflow through the first outlet area and permits airflow through the second outlet area, and a fully closed position in which the airflow control door obstructs airflow through both the first outlet area and the second outlet area.
US11225120B2
A vehicle includes a body, a pair of front gas springs coupling a pair of front wheel end assemblies to the body, and a pair of rear gas springs coupling a pair of rear wheel end assemblies to the body. At least one of the rear gas springs includes a cylinder, a rod extending within the cylinder and movable relative to the cylinder, the rod and the cylinder together at least partially defining a chamber having a variable volume and receiving a first pressurized gas therein, and an accumulator in communication with the chamber and containing a second pressurized gas therein. The second pressurized gas within the accumulator is held at a threshold pressure creating a first spring rate when the first pressurized gas is below the threshold pressure and a second spring rate when the first pressurized gas is above the threshold pressure.
US11225114B2
A conveying device according to the present invention includes a first connection mechanism provided on an upper surface, a base member provided on the upper surface, a sliding mechanism that relatively and slidably moves the position of the first connection mechanism relative to the base member on the slide axis, and a traveling mechanism that makes the conveying device travel. The first connection mechanism has an over-riding portion provided on the slide axis, and a connection part connected with the object to be conveyed. The over-riding portion is in an over-riding state of over-riding an upper surface of the base member when the sliding mechanism slidably moves the position of the first connection mechanism relative to the base member. The connection part performs a lifting operation to be connected with the object to be conveyed when the over-riding portion is in the over-riding state.
US11225110B2
Received acceleration or motion information are analyzed and when the analysis of this information indicates that motion or acceleration is detected, received burst patterns from the other sensors are analyzed. Based upon analyzing the detected burst patterns from the other sensors, a first burst pattern is selectively altered to transmit according to a single communication format, the single format being for a single vehicle manufacturer.
US11225109B2
A tyre includes a tread portion provided with circumferentially extending main grooves and land portions. The main grooves include an outboard crown main groove, and an inboard crown main groove. The land portions include a crown land portion defined between the outboard crown main groove and the inboard crown main groove. The crown land portion is provided with first crown sipes having first ends connected to the outboard crown main groove and second ends terminating within the crown land portion, and second crown sipes having first ends connected to the inboard crown main groove and second ends terminating within the crown land portion, wherein the first crown sipes are inclined with respect to a tyre axial direction in a same direction as the second crown sipes, and the first crown sipes and the second crown sipes are different in angle with respect to the tyre axial direction.
US11225105B2
A spoke wheel includes a rim for supporting a tire having rim guards, a hub located radially inwardly with respect to the rim, and a plurality of spokes integrally connected with the rim and the hub at outer and inner ends, respectively, and extending radially with respect to the hub; a laterally outer surface of the outer end of each spoke and a laterally outer peripheral edge of the rim are located laterally inwardly with respect to a tip of a laterally outer rim guard; outer ends of main spokes among the spokes are provided with convex portions projecting laterally outwardly and extending in the radial direction, and a lateral position of a laterally outer tip of each convex portion lies in the range between a lateral position of the laterally outer peripheral edge of the rim and a lateral position of the tip of the laterally outer rim guard.
US11225093B2
A support structure defining a flat support surface for supporting a web material includes a number of beams, each having a cross-section elongated in a first direction normal to the support surface. The beams have a ruler edge extending in a second direction in parallel with the support surface, which is defined by the ruler edges. The support structure includes a number of adjustment mechanisms for adjusting the positions of the ruler edges in the first direction. Each beam has a base part and a ruler part, the ruler part defining the ruler edge and being connected to the base part by at least three adjustment mechanisms distributed over the length of the beam. Each adjustment mechanism includes a lever that is pivotable relative to the base part about a fixed fulcrum, is connected to the ruler part, and has an adjustment arm with an adjustable free end.
US11225092B2
A liquid ejection apparatus includes a first control unit, a light projection unit, a light reception unit, a determination unit, and a liquid ejection head. The first control unit is configured to change a threshold for determining a lifting of a recording medium conveyed along a conveyance path according to thickness of the recording medium. The light projection unit is configured to emit a detection beam for detecting the lifting of the recording medium. The light reception unit is configured to receive the detection beam. The determination unit is configured to determine the lifting of the recording medium, when the recording medium is detected with a height greater than the threshold by the detection beam. The liquid ejection head is configured to eject liquid to the recording medium.
US11225087B2
A method of controlling a hand-operated printer (3) includes detecting a transverse movement of the hand-operated printer (3) after finishing a first swath (1). The method compares a transverse distance covered by the transverse movement with a predetermined transverse distance (11) between said first swath (1) and a second swath (2). A transverse-stop signal is emitted when the transverse distance covered by the transverse movement reaches the predetermined transverse distance (11).
US11225075B2
In a liquid ejection head, a substrate includes a first inflow port which is located on an upstream side of a pressure chamber in a flow direction of liquids in a liquid flow passage and allows a first liquid to flow into the liquid flow channel, a second inflow port which is located on the upstream side of the first inflow port and allows a second liquid to flow into the liquid flow passage, and a confluence wall provided between the first inflow port and the second inflow port and having a portion at a higher position than a surface of the substrate on a downstream side of the first inflow port in the flow direction. In the pressure chamber, the first liquid flows in contact with a pressure generating element and the second liquid flows closer to an ejection port than the first liquid does.
US11225068B2
In some examples, a fluid dispensing device includes a plurality of fluidic actuators, activate data storage elements, and sense measurement storage elements. The fluid dispensing device includes a decoder to detect, based on a first activate indicator of the activate indicators, that a first fluidic actuator is to be activated, detect, based on a first sense measurement indicator of the sense measurement indicators that a sense measurement is to be performed on the first fluidic actuator, and in response to detecting that the first fluidic actuator is to be activated and the sense measurement is to be performed on the first fluidic actuator, suppress activation of the first fluidic actuator at a first time, and activate the first fluidic actuator at a second time corresponding to a sense measurement interval to perform the sense measurement of the first fluidic actuator.
US11225066B2
A print system and a method for detecting and correcting underperforming LEDs in-line of a 3D object printer are disclosed. For example, the print system includes a plurality of printheads arranged in a two-dimensional array, a curing light source, an inline detection and correction (IDC) system, a movable member to hold an object and a test plate and a controller to control movement of the movable member to move the object and the test plate past the array of printheads, to operate the plurality of printheads to eject a marking material onto the object as the object passes the two-dimensional array of printheads, to operate the curing light source apply energy to the test plate and to cure the marking material, and to operate the IDC system to read the test plate to confirm that the curing light source is operating correctly based on a reading of the test plate.
US11225065B2
A system and method for producing a heat-sealable composite liquid impervious, moisture-eliminating membrane with a metallic antimicrobial surface treatment including a compatibilized thermoplastic laminate structure, an integral inductive-welding element, and a metallic antimicrobial surface treatment. The method is provided with at least one scrim, a film exudate, a quantity of primary adhesive, at least one susceptor, and a quantity of flocking material, wherein the scrim, film exudate, and flocking material are composed of a compatibilized thermoplastic compound. The method is further provided with an optional metallic slurry, defining a thermoplastic-particulate emulsion configured to coat and embed into a subjected membrane section and fibrous materials when exposed to heat. The method is further expanded to apply to extant installations of similar membrane sections, enabling to post-manufacture surface treatment of a surface with the metallic slurry to confer manifold antimicrobial benefits to said surface.
US11225061B2
The invention discloses oxygen scavenging films having at least one oxygen scavenging layer comprising a blend of ethylene/methyl acrylate/cyclohexene methyl acrylate copolymer (EMCM) as oxygen scavenger resin and a catalyst in a carrier resin, and an outer substrate layer having a thickness greater than 5% with respect to the total thickness of the film. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacturing of such films, to the use of said films in food packaging and to the packages obtained therefrom.
US11225057B2
A method for making a bonded article, wherein a thin glass substrate is bonded on a support substrate in the absence of any interlayer by an electrostatic adhesion process with the assistance of external pressure, the pressure is applied constantly or stepwise during the adhesion process by use of a tool such as a roll or a wheel or other movable device with curved surface. The bonded article has no defects, e.g. bubbles or inclusions, in the bonded interface, which benefits transportation of the thin glass substrate and its post-processing as well. Such defect-free bonded article is also disclosed. Pressure supported electrostatic adhesion, initiated by electrostatic charges adhesion of a two members, e.g. a substrate member and a support member, is enabled to minimize, prevent and exclude defects, distortion between the adhered surfaces.
US11225056B2
The present invention relates to a sandwich panel and a method of manufacturing the same. The sandwich panel according to the present invention has high density and improved physical properties such as flexural strength, flexural modulus, bending strength and lightening weighting ratio and is suitable for use in various consumer products or industrial materials.
US11225049B2
A laminated member as a laminate of a plurality of alloy ribbons is used. The laminated member has a side surface with a fracture surface. A laminated body as a laminate of the laminated member is used. A motor that includes a core using the laminated body is used. A method for manufacturing a laminated member is used that includes: fixing a plurality of amorphous ribbons to one another in a part of layers of the amorphous ribbons after laminating the amorphous ribbons; and punching a laminated member by cutting the laminate of the amorphous ribbons at a location that excludes the portion fixing the amorphous ribbons in the laminate.
US11225043B2
An apparatus for the manual/automatic production of a tube-like packaging material can include a guiding chute with an opening for ejecting the packaging material from a roll arranged in the ejection position, wherein the guiding chute has an inner contour narrowing towards an opening in an ejection direction, a primary seating for at least partly circumferentially gripping the first roll and for holding the first roll in the ejection position, and at least one secondary seating for receiving of at least a second roll for reloading the apparatus, wherein the secondary seating is movable with a second roll between a passive position in which the second roll is outside an ejection position and an active position in which the second roll is arranged in the ejection position or is displaceable from the secondary seating into the primary seating under (e.g. exclusively under) the impact of gravity.
US11225041B2
A separator system (1) and method for separating a mixture including said one or more liquids or semi-liquids and a loose, solid material substantially into liquid and solid phases. The system includes the components of: a compression separator (100) for separating the liquid from the solid material by compression; a vacuum supply (200) for generating suction to draw mixture into the separator via a feed line. The liquids are captured in a collection tank (301) and the solids in a hopper (320).
US11225030B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional article by additive manufacturing includes a processor and an information storage device. The information storage device includes a non-transient or non-volatile device storing software instructions. In response to execution by the processor, the software instructions cause the apparatus to: receive initial data defining the three-dimensional article having an outer surface, define a shell having the outer surface of the three-dimensional article and an opposing inner surface that defines an inner cavity, define a boundary in the inner cavity that further defines an outer lattice volume between the inner surface of the shell and the boundary and an inner volume inside the boundary, and define a lattice that fills the outer lattice volume.
US11225016B2
Some examples include a method of operating an additive manufacturing machine including spreading a build material in a first direction across a build surface to form a layer, the layer having a thickness, decreasing a distance between a spread mechanism and the build surface, and translating the spread mechanism in a second direction opposite the first direction over the build surface to reduce the thickness of the layer.
US11225010B2
The device comprises at least one forming and wrap-around labeling assembly (60) suitable for taking up an active configuration in which said assembly has a forming chamber (36) and a looping chamber (46), which chambers are in axial alignment and communicate with each other via an annular passageway (62) provided through the end wall of the forming chamber. The assembly is further provided with a pusher member (66) configured to push a wrap-around label (27) that is looped in the looping chamber into the forming chamber. At least one portion (36C′) in the forming chamber (36) flares going away from the end wall (36B) of the forming chamber and the pusher member is configured to expand radially while pushing the wrap-around label (26A) into said flared portion (36C′) of the forming chamber (36).
US11225008B2
Method for determining at least one layer property of a layer to be determined, in particular a foam layer, in an extrusion process, where a supply material is at least partially foamed and an extrusion product with the foam layer is put out (in other words, is output). The method has at least the steps of irradiating the extrusion product using electro-magnetic radiation, and electro-magnetically measuring at least one radiation having travelled through the foam layer. Measuring at least one feed-in rate or feed-in volume of the supply material, and determining the at least one material property of the layer to be determined from the measured feed-in volume and the electro-magnetic measurement.
US11225006B2
Systems and approaches for controlling an injection molding machine and a mold forming a mold cavity and being controlled according to an injection cycle. The systems and methods include analyzing a model of at least one of the injection molding machine, the mold, and a molten material to determine initial values for one or more control parameters of the injection molding machine, and executing a run of injection cycles at the injection molding machine; measuring operation of the injection molding machine during a particular injection cycle of the run of injection cycles; determining one or more operational parameters exceed a threshold; and upon determining that the one or more operational parameters exceed the threshold, adjusting the one or more control parameters for subsequent injection cycles of the run of injection cycles.
US11224997B2
The present invention relates to a plastic material for use in various application. Further, the present invention relates to a plastic material for an industrial former (herein also designated as a mold). Additionally, the present invention relates to a mold made of a plastic material and the method for the manufacture of said mold. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an industrial process using such mold, such as in a process for making rubber goods comprising dipping of a mold into a rubber emulsion, wherein the mold consisting of a plastic material having a surface tension in the range from 25 to 60 mJ/m2 measured according to ASTM standard D-2578/09.
US11224994B2
A method of recovering structural members from a used absorbent article comprising a front sheet, a back sheet and an absorbent body between the front sheet and the back sheet, wherein at least one of the front sheet and the back sheet includes a film, and wherein the absorbent body includes an absorbent body material, may include swelling the used absorbent article with water, applying a physical shock to and disintegrating the swelled used absorbent article into at least the film and the absorbent body material, and separating the film and the absorbent body material.
US11224993B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing a coating liquid impregnated sheet-like reinforcing fiber bundle formed by applying a coating liquid to a sheet-like reinforcing fiber bundle that is unidirectionally arranged continuous reinforcing fibers long in one direction. The present invention provides a production method and a coating device of a coating liquid impregnated sheet-like reinforcing fiber bundle, wherein the method and device can effect continuous running without clogging of generated fuzz even at a high running speed and effect efficient impregnation of a coating liquid into the sheet-like reinforcing fiber bundle. The present invention relates to a method of producing a coating liquid impregnated sheet-like reinforcing fiber bundle, including allowing a sheet-like reinforcing fiber bundle, which is unidirectionally arranged reinforcing fibers, to pass substantially vertically downward through the inside of a coating section storing a coating liquid, whereby the method provides the sheet-like reinforcing fiber bundle with the coating liquid; wherein the coating section includes a liquid pool and a narrowed section which are in communication with each other; wherein the liquid pool has a portion whose cross-sectional area decreases continuously along a running direction of the sheet-like reinforcing fiber bundle, and wherein the narrowed section has a slit-like cross-section and has a smaller cross-sectional area than the top side of the liquid pool.
US11224988B2
The disclosure relates to a method for producing a wooden composite material board, in particular an MDF or HDF board, wherein a cake made of wood chips or wood fibres wetted with a binder is spread, which is subsequently pressed in a hot press to form a board of a desired thickness, wherein, before the pressing, a mixed powder made of colour pigments and a second binder is spread onto an upper side of the cake as a primer, wherein the cake is sprayed with water after the spreading of the mixed powder.
US11224973B2
A multi-level hand apparatus includes a plurality of hands arranged to overlap with each other as viewed in a vertical direction, and each hand includes a hand body and a support body that supports the hand body at a base portion of the hand body. The multi-level hand apparatus further includes a guide for allowing and guiding movement of the hands in the vertical direction while maintaining the orientations of the hands, and a hand pitch limiter for defining a maximum pitch of the hands. The hands are divided into two groups, i.e., the first-group hands located at every other position and the second-group hands other than the first-group hands. The hand pitch limiter defines the maximum pitch between pairs of a first-group hand and a second-group hand that are vertically adjacent to each other.
US11224971B2
Robotic devices may be trained by a user guiding the robot along target action trajectory using an input signal. A robotic device may comprise an adaptive controller configured to generate control signal based on one or more of the user guidance, sensory input, performance measure, and/or other information. Training may comprise a plurality of trials, wherein for a given context the user and the robot's controller may collaborate to develop an association between the context and the target action. Upon developing the association, the adaptive controller may be capable of generating the control signal and/or an action indication prior and/or in lieu of user input. The predictive control functionality attained by the controller may enable autonomous operation of robotic devices obviating a need for continuing user guidance.
US11224969B2
A modular autonomous bot apparatus assembly is described for transporting an item being shipped. The assembly includes a modular mobility base having propulsion, steering, sensors for collision avoidance, and suspension actuators; a modular auxiliary power module with a power source and cargo door; a modular cargo storage system with folding structural walls and a latching system; and a modular mobile autonomy module that covers the cargo storage system and provides human interaction interfaces, externals sensors, a wireless interface, and an autonomous controller with interfacing circuitry coupled to the human interaction interfaces and sensors on the mobile autonomy module. The assembly has a power and data transport bus that provides a communication and power conduit across the different modular components. A method for on-demand assembly of such a bot apparatus is further described with steps for authenticating the different modular components during assembly.
US11224959B2
A driving tool for driving fasteners into a workpiece and operable in a single shot mode and in a bump fire mode, wherein the driving tool includes a resetting assembly including a control volume, wherein the resetting assembly is activatable in the bump fire mode by movement of a piston during each fastener driving-in cycle so that a fluid path from a cylinder to the control volume facilitates an increase in pressure to the control volume, and wherein responsive to a pressure in the control volume falling below a limit value due to venting of air from the control volume, the resetting assembly is operable to prevent actuation of a workpiece contact element from causing a valve piston to move to an actuation position until a trigger lever is released.
US11224954B2
A non-contact tool setting apparatus, suitable for use with machine tools and the like, is described in which a transmitter emits light that is received by a receiver. An analysis unit is provided for analysing the light received by the receiver and generating a trigger signal therefrom. The receiver includes an imaging sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD sensor, having a plurality of pixels. The analysis unit generates the trigger signal by analysing the light intensity measured by a first subset of the plurality of pixels. This analysis may involve, for example, determining a resultant received light intensity or performing edge detection. The non-contact tool setting apparatus can thus emulate the operation of a laser based non-contact tool setting apparatus whilst also permitting imaging of cutting tools.
US11224952B2
A machine tool includes: a cutting tool; rotating means; feeding means; vibrating means for reciprocatingly vibrating the cutting tool and the workpiece relative to each another; and amplitude control means for controlling the amplitude of the reciprocating vibration by the vibrating means. The cutting process is carried out by rotation of the workpiece and the cutting tool relative to each other and feeding of the cutting tool accompanied by the reciprocating vibration with said amplitude in the machining feeding direction of the cutting tool, to thereby move the cutting tool along a predetermined movement path relative to the workpiece. The movement path comprises a plurality of divisional paths divided at predetermined coordinate positions on the movement path. The amplitude control means is adapted to set the amplitude individually for each of the divisional paths.
US11224940B2
A powder bed containment system for use with a rotating direct metal laser melting (DMLM) system includes an annular build plate, which includes an inner wall, an outer wall concentric with the inner wall and spaced radially apart from the inner wall, and a substantially planar build surface extending between the inner wall and the outer wall, where the substantially planar build surface is arranged to receive a weldable powder for manufacture of an object. The powder bed containment system also includes an outer containment wall radially outward of the outer wall of the annular build plate, an inner containment wall radially inward of the inner wall of the annular build plate, and at least one actuator mechanically coupled to at least one of i) the outer containment wall and ii) the inner containment wall, where the at least one actuator is configured to raise at least one of i) the outer containment wall and ii) the inner containment wall axially relative to the substantially planar build surface during manufacture of the object.
US11224931B2
A system and method for servicing a welding torch is provided. The system includes a gripping module for holding and releasing a component of the welding torch, the gripping module is movable along an axis of the gripping module and rotatable about the axis; and a control system for providing a degree of freedom in a movement of the gripping module to control or reduce a force exerted between mating components of the welding torch.
US11224927B2
Exemplary embodiments of the invention include a method and apparatus for assembling a semiconductor device. The method may include heating the semiconductor device, which comprises a printed circuit card and a packaging laminate, according to a device heating profile to melt solder material located between an array of contact points on the printed circuit card and an array of corresponding contact points on the packaging laminate; and cooling the semiconductor device to solidify the solder material, wherein during at least a portion of the cooling a temperature of the printed circuit card is kept at substantially a same temperature or a higher temperature than a temperature of an electronic module attached to the packaging laminate opposite the corresponding array of contact points.
US11224918B2
A system and apparatus for electron beam melting comprises a superconducting radio frequency accelerator configured to produce an electron beam, a conduction cooling system configured to cool the superconducting radio frequency accelerator, and an electron beam melting system wherein the electron beam melts power in a build chamber of the electron beam melting apparatus.
US11224913B2
A holding device for holding a casting core in a casting mold, especially in a die-casting mold, includes a plurality of clamping sections which are positioned in relation to each other in such a way that a clamping region for a casting core is formed.
US11224906B2
Described herein is a soil remediation material capable of absorbing and removing chromium from soil and being recycled so as to enable efficient remediation, repeated recycle, and reduction in remediation cost.
US11224902B2
A system includes a sensor window, a sensor having a field of view through the sensor window, a piezoelectric vibrator positioned to impart vibrations to the sensor window, and a computer communicatively coupled to the sensor and the piezoelectric vibrator. The computer is programmed to identify a type for an obstruction of the sensor window based on data from the sensor, and instruct the piezoelectric vibrator to vibrate the sensor window with vibrations having a vibration profile. The vibration profile has at least one of frequency or phase velocity chosen according to the identified type of obstruction.
US11224897B2
The invention relates to a detection system in a screening device for screening material, e.g. aggregate, ore or similar, comprising at least one screening decks, the at least one screening deck having a screening surface comprising one or more screening modules. The system comprises a sensor arranged at or near at least one screening deck of the screening device. The sensor is arranged such that it can detect objects present leaving the at least one screening deck. The invention also relates to a method for detection of objects in a screening device, and use of the detection system.
US11224896B2
A screen drive for a mobile material processing screen which can be at a travel width without having to fold or disable the screen drive. The screen drive system includes a drive motor, which is tucked at least partially under the vibrating screen; a sheave, having a double row ball bearing being supported by a shaft; a belt, coupling sheave and drive motor; a drive shaft coupled to a first universal joint, and a second universal joint, which is coupled to an opposing end of the drive shaft and to sheave.
US11224890B2
When a slurry s obtained by dispersing a rare-earth-compound powder in a solvent is applied to sintered magnet bodies m, and dried to remove the solvent in the slurry and cause the surfaces of the sintered magnet bodies to be coated with the powder, and the sintered magnet bodies coated with the powder are heat treated to cause the rare-earth element to be absorbed by the sintered magnet bodies, the sintered magnet bodies m are warmed or heated before the slurry s is applied. As a result, the rare-earth-compound powder can be efficiently and uniformly applied to the surfaces of the sintered magnet bodies.
US11224888B2
Provided is a fluid container including: a container main body, of which one side is open, configured to store a fluid; a housing having an outlet provided at one side and in which the container main body slides in a longitudinal direction; and a pump module coupled to the open one side of the container main body and configured to discharge the fluid to the outlet by sliding the container main body.
US11224887B1
A dispenser system for applying multi-component adhesives or like substances to work surfaces in carpeting, roofing and like applications as well as a method of dispensing and applying multi-component adhesives to work surfaces.
US11224873B2
Systems and methods for light based heating of light absorbing sources for modification of nucleic acids through fast thermal cycling of polymerase chain reaction are provided. The system includes a polymeric fluidic device comprising one or more reaction wells. A first light absorbing material is disposed on a first support to define a reaction well and first and second ports are coupled to the reaction wells. The first and second ports are configured to allow input of a fluidic sample into the reaction well. A lyophilized reagent is pre-loaded in the reaction well. A light source is configured to illuminate the first light absorbing material. A first portion of light illuminated onto the first light absorbing material is absorbed into the first light absorbing material and is configured to elevate the temperature of the first light absorbing material to heat the fluidic sample within the reaction well.
US11224871B2
The present invention provides a phosphate adsorbing agent for blood processing comprising a porous formed article comprising an organic polymer resin and an inorganic ion adsorbent and having a most frequent pore size of 0.08 to 0.70 μm measured with a mercury porosimeter, the phosphate adsorbing agent for blood processing having a biocompatible polymer in the surface of the porous formed article.
US11224866B2
The invention discloses a visible light responsive tricobalt tetraoxide dodecahedron/carbon nitride nanosheet composite and an application thereof in exhaust gas treatment. The preparation method of the composite comprises the following steps: with urea as a precursor, carrying out twice calcination to obtain carbon nitride nanosheet; dispersing the carbon nitride nanosheet into methanol, sequentially adding cobalt nitrate hexahydrate and 2-methylimidazole, and carrying out a reaction to obtain a carbon nitride nanosheet composite; and calcining the carbon nitride nanosheet composite in an air atmosphere at a low temperature to obtain the tricobalt tetraoxide dodecahedron/carbon nitride nanosheet composite. The in-situ growth synthesis method can ensure that the tricobalt tetraoxide obtained by follow-up calcination is uniformly coated on the carbon nitride nanosheet to improve the catalytic performance; the low temperature calcination ensures that the carbon nitride can maintain its wrinkle state and chemical structure during the calcination process.
US11224864B2
The invention is directed to a CO to CO2 combustion promoter comprising microsphere sized porous silica and/or alumina comprising particles further comprising on or more Group VIII noble metals wherein the noble metal is distributed in the particle as an eggshell such that a higher content of noble metal is present in the outer region of the particle as compared to the content of noble metal in the center of the particle.
US11224860B2
The present disclosure relates to a surface comprising a photocatalyst affixed thereupon via an adhesive layer and methods for affixing the photocatalyst to the surface via the adhesive layer. The present disclosure also provides a purifier comprising the photocatalyst affixed surface and a purifier system comprising such purifier.
US11224853B2
A catalytic membrane composite that includes porous supported catalyst particles durably enmeshed in a porous fibrillated polymer membrane is provided. The porous fibrillated polymer membrane may be manipulated to take the form of a tube, disc, or diced tape and used in multiphase reaction systems. The supported catalyst particles are composed of at least one finely divided metal catalyst dispersed on a porous support substrate. High catalytic activity is gained by the effective fine dispersion of the finely divided metal catalyst such that the metal catalyst covers the support substrate and/or is interspersed in the pores of the support substrate. In some embodiments, the catalytic membrane composite may be introduced to a stirred tank autoclave reactor system, a continuous flow reactor system, or a Parr Shaker reaction system and used to effect the catalytic reaction.
US11224852B2
A chemical reaction apparatus includes a horizontal flow-type reactor in which a content horizontally flows with an unfilled space being provided thereabove, a microwave generator that generates microwaves, and at least one waveguide that transmits the microwaves generated by the microwave generator to the unfilled space in the reactor.
US11224851B2
A plug (10) for plugging a port (P) in a flow reactor comprises a metal guide (12) having first and second ends (14,16) and a wall (18) surrounding a cylindrical interior volume (20) having an opening (22) at the first end (14); a plug body (40) having a first face (42) and an opposing second face (44) and a side surface (46) and positioned partially within the interior volume (20) with the first face (42) protruding from the opening (22); wherein the plug body (40) comprises a chemically resistant first polymer constituting at least the first face (42) and a thermally resistant second polymer constituting at least the second face (44) and at least a portion of the side surface (46).
US11224848B2
A mixing machine includes a mixing head and at least one connection means for connecting a mixing container to the mixing head for forming a closed mixing container. The mixing head is pivotably mounted with respect to a frame such that the closed mixing container formed from the mixing head and container can be pivoted relative to the frame for performing the mixing process. The mixing head carries at least one rotationally-driven mixing tool. The mixing head comprises a head plate having a connecting flange molded thereon which is configured as an annular disc and comprises a planar contact surface. This contact surface has a radial extension such that mixing containers with different connection diameters on their mixing head connection side can be connected to the mixing head. The at least one connection means is configured for gripping mixing containers which differ in the diameter of their connection sides.
US11224843B2
The present invention relates to a crosslinked unreinforced cellulose hydrate membrane crosslinked using at least two different crosslinking agents, to a method for the production thereof and to the use of the crosslinked unreinforced cellulose hydrate membrane according to the invention.
US11224834B2
A combustion system and process of operating the combustion system incorporating an electrostatic precipitator, an optional flue gas desulfurizer, and a temperature swing adsorptive gas separator, for post-combustion emission abatement is provided. A very low pressure steam stream may be employed as a first regeneration stream for the temperature swing adsorptive gas separator where the very low pressure steam stream may optionally be recovered from, a very low pressure steam turbine or an auxiliary boiler. A fluid stream at a suitable temperature for regeneration of at least one adsorbent material in the temperature swing adsorptive gas separator may be employed as a second regeneration stream where the fluid stream may optionally be recovered from an electrostatic precipitator, an oxidant preheater, or an auxiliary heater.
US11224816B2
An information processing device that progresses a game using a game content associated with a player. In response to receiving an obtaining request, the device selects a subset of game contents, where a portion of the game contents has a same identification information and each of the portion of the game contents has a different validity period. The device obtains a validity period associated with each of the selected game contents. When a first game content associated with the player has the same identification information as a second game content, the device updates, for each game content, a validity period of the first game content based on the validity period of the second game content in the subset of game contents. The device then restricts use of the first game content in the game when the validity period of the first game content lapses.
US11224813B2
A method for controlling falling of a virtual object is performed at an electronic device, the method including: displaying, in a virtual scene, a follow button in an area corresponding to a first virtual object, the follow button being used for controlling a second virtual object to follow the first virtual object to fall; detecting a touch operation on the follow button of the first virtual object; obtaining falling dynamic information of the first virtual object; and controlling the second virtual object to fall in the virtual scene according to the falling dynamic information.
US11224810B2
This disclosure relates to a distance information display method in a virtual scene and a terminal. The method includes: obtaining location information of a target location point in the virtual scene; obtaining distance information according to the location information of the target location point; and displaying the distance information corresponding to an indication icon of the target location point in a scene picture of the virtual scene. According to the foregoing solution, in a virtual scene, for a target location point at which an indication icon exists in a scene picture of the virtual scene, the terminal may display information about a distance between a current controlled object and the target location point corresponding to the indication icon in the scene picture of the virtual scene.
US11224805B2
Provided is a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having an information processing program stored therein that, in a game in which a predetermined condition is set as an achievement goal, makes it unnecessary to start the game over again even if the predetermined condition is not achieved. At least one game object selected from among game objects possessed by a user is arranged within a game space, and a score is calculated on the basis of the game object. If the score satisfies an achievement condition, an in-game effect corresponding to the achievement condition is caused. If the score does not satisfy the achievement condition but satisfies a sub-achievement condition that is not satisfied simultaneously with the achievement condition, change of a game state is performed so as to cause the in-game effect corresponding to the achievement condition in exchange for change of an exchange parameter.
US11224794B2
The subject of the invention is an in-line skate braking system designed to brake in-line skate wheels. This is achieved by an electric motor controlling the action of the brake segment on in-line skate wheels.
US11224793B1
A skateboard truck includes a metal bolt called a kingpin and a threaded fastener, called a hex nut, which when combined hold the two main components of a truck together: the baseplate, which is mounted to the bottom surface of the skateboard deck; and the turning part of the truck called the hanger, which is mounted onto the baseplate by means of the kingpin, and affixed tightly into the baseplate by means of a threaded hex nut. Two bushings placed along the shaft of the kingpin and on either side of a flange protruding from the hanger hold the hanger in place by the tightening of the kingpin into the threaded shaft nut fastener. The kingpin is oriented such that a threaded portion of the kingpin (on an end opposite a bolt head portion) is generally facing towards a bottom surface of the skateboard deck.
US11224792B2
The present disclosure provides athletic hand grips and methods of using the same. The hand grips may be provided in pairs and worn on both hands to protect the user's palms, in particular. The hand grips may be worn during various athletic activities, including weight lifting, CrossFit activities, and gymnastics, for example.
US11224786B2
A golf club has a first shaft coupled to a club head, a second shaft configured to slidably engage a portion of the first shaft, a grip coupled to the second shaft, and an adjustable length shaft assembly received by the second shaft and configured to allow a portion of the first shaft to slide in relation to the second shaft in a first configuration, and to restrict a portion of the first shaft from sliding in relation to the second shaft in a second configuration. The grip is restricted from rotation about the first shaft or the second shaft as the first shaft slides in relation to the second shaft.
US11224784B2
Some embodiments include a first golf club head and a second golf club head. The first golf club head includes a body having a face portion, and the second golf club head includes a body having a face portion. Meanwhile, the first club face portion comprises a face surface and at least one first club groove, and the second club face portion comprises a face surface and at least one second club groove. An edge radius of the first club head groove(s) can be less than an edge radius of the second club head groove(s), a base width of the first club head groove(s) can be less than a base width of the second club head groove(s), and/or a sidewall angle of the first club head groove(s) can be greater than a sidewall angle of the second club head groove(s). Other embodiments of related club heads and methods are also disclosed.
US11224776B2
A terminal fixture is provided for installation at the end of each sprinkler head drop in a fire protection system. The terminal fixture is an automatic valve device that operates in response to the installation or removal of a sprinkler head from the fixture itself. When the sprinkler head is removed the terminal valve operates to close the end of the sprinkler drop feed line to prevent flow of fire protection fluid by preventing an open system. When a sprinkler head is reinstalled into the valve, the valve plunger is automatically displaced to an open position to restore full and unobstructed flow to the sprinkler head returning the drop to full and operable status. In this manner, no manual valves are added to the system which would prevent failsafe operation thereof.
US11224774B1
A configurable support for an autonomous firefighting tower is mainly used as an unmanned, single leg firefighting tower that extinguishes fires in smaller scale areas. The configurable support includes a support member, a supply pipe, a pipe inlet, and a leg-engagement feature. The support member is the main structure that houses the supply pipe. The supply pipe allows fluid to flow from a water supply and out of the support member. The pipe inlet allows a water supply hose or similar conduit to be hermetically attached to the supply pipe. The leg-engagement feature allows the configurable support to receive an extension leg in order to be situated on a ground surface when the configurable support is combined with the multiple configurable supports to form an unmanned, multiple leg firefighting tower.
US11224771B2
Apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for altering equipment operation are provided. An example tool control and breathable air delivery system includes equipment including a tool and a controller configured to control the tool. The example system also includes a wearable respirator and an air delivery device connected to the wearable respirator. The example system further includes an air evaluation monitor configured to generate a signal based upon a condition of air being delivered to the wearable respirator. An example electronic circuit is configured to adjust the tool based at least in part on the signal generated by the air evaluation monitor. An example method includes enabling the tool, providing air to a respirator, determining a condition of the air, and adjusting the tool based on the condition of the air.
US11224768B2
An apparatus for controlling the angular direction of energy emitted from a plurality of energy delivery devices. The apparatus includes a plurality of rods, each rod mechanically coupled to one of the energy delivery devices, to a stationary plate, and to a moveable plate. The stationary plate includes holes that are configured to receive a portion of a first rotatable joint that is mechanically coupled to each rod. The moveable plate includes holes that are configured to receive a portion of a second rotatable joint, the second rotatable joint slidingly engaging a portion of the respective rod. The angle of each rod changes when the moveable plate is moved in any direction with respect to the stationary plate. Changing the rod angle changes the angular direction of the energy emitted from the energy delivery devices such that the energy passes through an intended focal position.
US11224765B2
A method of calibrating a monitoring system (10,14) is described in which a calibration phantom (70) is located with its center located approximately at the isocenter of a treatment room through which a treatment apparatus (16) is arranged to direct radiation, wherein the surface of the calibration phantom (70) closest to an image capture device (72) of the monitoring system (10,14) is inclined approximately 45° relative to the camera plane of an image capture device of the monitoring system. Images of the calibration phantom (70) are then captured using the image capture device (72) and the images are processed to generate a model of the imaged surface of the calibration phantom. The generated model of the imaged surface of the calibration phantom (70) is then utilized to identify the relative location of the center of the calibration phantom (70) and the camera plane of the image capture device (72) which is then utilized to determine the relative location of the camera plane of the image capture device and the isocenter of a treatment room.
US11224763B2
A control part 30 includes: a DRR image creation part 31 that creates a DRR image including a specific site; a specific site projection part 32 that creates a projection region image representing the region of the specific site; a discriminator learning part 33 that learns a discriminator for recognizing the region of the specific site by performing machine learning with use of the DRR image and the projection region image as a training label image; a specific site region detection part 34 that detects the region of the specific site by performing discrimination using the discriminator learned by the discriminator learning part 33 on an X-ray fluoroscopic image including the specific site; and a radiation signal generation part 35 that transmits a treatment beam radiation signal to an irradiation device 90 when the region of the specific site detected by the specific site region detection part 34 is included in the radiation region of a treatment beam.
US11224755B2
A transcutaneous connection between an exterior and an interior of a human or animal body includes a cylindrical skin penetration piece which provides a passage through the skin and has a longitudinal axis that determines the direction of passage through the skin. Wound-healing action and reliable disinfection are effected using an annular flat electrode arrangement, which has a contact surface at an angle to the longitudinal axis, can be fastened to the skin penetration piece. The electrode arrangement includes a flat electrode and a flat dielectric shielding the electrode relative to the surface of the skin, and is designed as a counter-electrode to generate a dielectric barrier plasma between the dielectric and the surface of the skin.
US11224753B1
Medical devices provide metallic connector enclosures. The metallic connector enclosures may be constructed with relatively thin walls in comparison to polymer connector enclosures to aid in miniaturizing the medical device. The metallic connector enclosures may be constructed with interior surfaces that deviate less from an ideal inner surface shape in comparison to polymer connector enclosures to allow for better concentricity of electrical connectors. The metallic connector enclosures may include a panel that allows access to the cavity of the connector enclosure where set screw blocks, lead connectors, spacers, seals, and the like may be located. Furthermore, the lead connectors within the metallic connector enclosures may be separated from the metallic connector enclosure by being positioned within non-conductive seals that reside within features included in cavity walls of the connector enclosure. Similarly, set screw blocks may be separated from the metallic connector enclosure by non-conductive spacers present within the cavity.
US11224752B2
Systems and methods for pacing cardiac conductive tissue are described. In an embodiment, a medical system includes an electrostimulation circuit to generate His-bundle pacing (HBP) pulses. A sensing circuit senses an atrial activation. A control circuit detects a retrograde atrial conduction timing, such as a His-to-atrial interval between the HBP pulse and the sensed atrial activation in response to the HBP pulse, and verifies capture status using the determined retrograded atrial conduction timing. Based on the capture status, the control circuit determines a HBP threshold, and the electrostimulation circuit delivers HBP pulses in accordance with the determined HBP threshold.
US11224747B2
The present disclosure relates generally to systems, methods, and devices for closed loop deep brain stimulation. In particular, a neural signal is measured and provided to software. The software includes a feature generator and a brain network model that takes the neural signal and estimates other neural signals that are not directly measured, and operates as a model of the brain. The software determines a stimulation signal to be sent to stimulating electrodes. Estimated signals by the brain network model are continuously compared to actual signals from the brain. The closed loop feedback system advantageously allows for electrical stimulation levels and patterns to be continuously updated while delivered to a patient.
US11224746B2
In electrically stimulating neural tissue it is important to prevent over stimulation and unbalanced stimulation, which would cause damage to the neural tissue, the electrode, or both. It is critical that neural tissue is not subjected to any direct current or alternating current above a safe threshold. Further, it is important to identify defective electrodes, as continued use may result in neural damage and further electrode damage. The present invention presents system and stimulator control mechanisms to prevent damage to neural tissue.
US11224745B2
A cochlear implant device is disclosed, comprising an inductive antenna, a stimulation unit, an electrode array, and an energy harvesting apparatus. The inductive antenna is configured to receive energy to operate the cochlear implant and to receive signals for a stimulation of a cochlea via an electrode array comprising a plurality of electrodes. The stimulation unit is configured to process the signals received by the inductive antenna to be usable for the electrodes of the electrode array. The electrode array is configured to apply the signals processed by the stimulation unit to the cochlea for the stimulation thereof. The energy harvesting apparatus is connected to the stimulation unit or to the electrode array, and is configured to harvest energy based on at least one of thermal, biochemical, biophysical, and mechanical processes/phenomena pertaining to the cochlea, and is configured to provide harvested energy to the stimulation unit or the electrode array, respectively.
US11224742B2
In certain variations, systems and/or methods for electromagnetic induction therapy are provided. One or more ergonomic or body contoured applicators may be included. The applicators include one or more conductive coils configured to generate an electromagnetic or magnetic field focused on a target nerve, muscle or other body tissues positioned in proximity to the coil. One or more sensors may be utilized to detect stimulation and to provide feedback about the efficacy of the applied electromagnetic induction therapy. A controller may be adjustable to vary a current through a coil to adjust the magnetic field focused upon the target nerve, muscle or other body tissues based on the feedback provide by a sensor or by a patient. In certain systems or methods, pulsed magnetic fields may be intermittently applied to a target nerve, muscle or tissue without causing habituation.
US11224735B2
The present invention relates to an implantable device for improving the pump function of the heart of a human patient by applying an external force on the heart muscle, said device comprising at least one pump device comprising: a first part having a first surface, and a second part having a second surface. The first part is displaceable in relation to the second part and said first and second surfaces abut each other, at least partially. The second part exerts, directly or indirectly, force on an external part of said heart muscle.
US11224730B2
A drug mixing system including at least one receptacle port adaptor adapted to be inserted into a port of a fluid receptacle, at least one syringe adaptor adapted to be attached to a syringe and to the at least one receptacle port adaptor and at least one vial adaptor adapted for connection to a vial containing a drug and adapted for connection to the at least one syringe adaptor, the system being characterized in that at least one of the receptacle port adaptor, the at least one syringe adaptor and the at least one vial adaptor being vented to the atmosphere in a manner which prevents release to the atmosphere of possibly harmful contents of the vial in a liquid, solid or gaseous form.
US11224729B2
An access portal is provided including a housing, a body defining a fluid reservoir, and a septum enclosing the fluid reservoir. A stem in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir extends from the fluid reservoir. The access portal also includes a reservoir insert disposed within the fluid reservoir, in which the reservoir insert decreases the fluid fill volume of the reservoir.
US11224727B2
Today's suppositories are typically packaged individually for digital administration into the anal canal of a patient. A suppository applicator described herein, which works with individually packaged suppositories, can alternatively be shipped in a prepackaged operational arrangement with a suppository to enable the patient to administer the suppository through use of the applicator in a single operation after opening a hygienic wrapper containing the applicator-suppository combination. A method for manufacturing a suppository includes manufacturing the suppository in the presence of and in contact with an element configured to be used to insert the suppository into a body cavity. The method may include using the element to define a shape of the suppository during the manufacturing. The resulting applicator-suppository combination is more hygienic and easier to handle than the separate applicator and suppository and provides more efficiency from time of opening the packaging to time of commencing administration of the suppository.
US11224724B2
A catheter insertion device that allows for single-handed insertion of the catheter within the vasculature of the patient is disclosed. The catheter insertion device includes an insertion group and a catheter group. The insertion group includes a handle, a needle cannula partially within the handle, and a needle support connected to the handle. The catheter group includes an elongated catheter and a catheter hub connected to the proximal end of the elongated catheter. The needle support includes two parallel features separated by a distance greater than an outer diameter of the elongated catheter to stabilize the needle cannula during insertion of the needle cannula into a patient. The needle cannula includes a cantilever portion extending from the handle. The needle support stabilizes the needle cannula during insertion of the needle cannula into a patient.
US11224717B2
A computer-implemented method for delivering therapy to a user includes: providing data representative of an initial sensory stimulus to a sensory stimulus device and causing the sensory stimulus device to provide the initial sensory stimulus to the user; receiving alpha wave biometric data of the user from a brain electrical activity sensor while the sensory stimulus device provides the initial sensory stimulus; determining whether the alpha wave biometric data meets sensory stimulus adjustment criteria; if the alpha wave biometric data meets sensory stimulus adjustment criteria, adjusting the sensory stimulus provided to the user by providing data representative of an adjusted sensory stimulus to the sensory stimulus device and causing the sensory stimulus device to provide the adjusted sensory stimulus; and if the alpha wave biometric data fails to meet sensory stimulus adjustment criteria, continue causing the sensory stimulus device to provide the initial sensory stimulus to the user.
US11224714B2
Respiratory diseases affect a large part of world population, especially in developing world. In this invention, we present a breathing support system to provide life-saving support to such patients. The system automates and regulates the use of a bag valve mask (commonly known as an ambu bag). The system uses mechanical actuators, sensors and a smart feedback control mechanism to automate and regulate the operation of the ambu bag to implement core functions of mechanical ventilation for life-saving applications. The system can also be used to provide better breathing support to newborns (e.g. to prevent hypoxia). The system can be used to save hundreds of thousands of lives in the developing world, in emergencies and during transportation globally.
US11224711B2
A respiratory mask can have a frame supporting a sealing arrangement. Various features of the frame and sealing arrangement can improve comfort and reduce the occurrence of pressure sores. The frame can include cheek supports that have a large surface area configured to spread loads over a greater area of the patient's face and therefore reduce the forces applied to the face and the occurrence of point loads. The seal can have a main body that includes a spring with a silicone skin, wherein the spring applies a substantially constant force to the face and/or nares of the patient.
US11224700B2
A delivery tool connectable with a syringe can be used to deliver a viscoelastic solution. The tool includes a first segment, a second segment and an inner lumen defined by the first and second segments. A distal portion extends from the second segment in a curved manner.
US11224698B2
Disclosed is an injection device for injecting a hypodermic syringe along an injection direction defining an injection axis. The injection device comprises a housing for being positioned at a user's skin, and a movable element movably arranged relative to the housing between a retracted position and an injection position.
US11224689B2
Guided relay infusion systems and methods are provided. A guided relay infusion system may be a portion of an infusion pump that can simultaneously deliver a medical fluid from two syringes. When a first one of the syringes is running out of the medical fluid and a second one of the syringes is more full of the medical fluid than the first one of the syringes, guided relay messages are provided for a relay handoff from the first one of the syringes to the second one of the syringes that ensures a smooth continuous delivery of more of the medical fluid than the first one of the syringes holds.
US11224683B2
A method of performing dialysis includes: recirculating a dialysis fluid from a patient or a dialyzer for at least two cycles, each cycle contacting the dialysis fluid first with a zirconium phosphate layer followed by at least one of a urease layer, a zirconium oxide layer, or a carbon layer; storing the recirculated dialysis fluid in a storage container; and transferring the dialysis fluid from the storage container to the patient or the dialyzer. In one example, the zirconium phosphate layer and the at least one of the urease layer, the zirconium oxide layer, or the carbon layer is provided by a sorbent cartridge.
US11224677B2
Non-woven graft materials for use in specialized surgical procedures such as neurosurgical procedures, methods for making the non-woven graft materials, and methods for repairing tissue such as neurological tissue using the non-woven graft materials are disclosed. More particularly, disclosed are non-woven graft materials including at least two distinct fiber compositions composed of different polymeric materials, methods for making the non-woven graft materials and methods for repairing tissue in an individual in need thereof using the non-woven graft materials.
US11224672B2
The present invention is generally related to a device and method for sanitizing a medical instrument with ozone, in particular the invention relates to a system, method and a device for sanitizing a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device. The device has an ozone compartment, an ozone operating system and one or more ozone distribution lines that distribute ozone to a continuous positive airway pressure device. The device may further include a heater adapter unit to connect heating systems in CPAP devices while distributing ozone to sanitize the CPAP device in accordance with the present invention.
US11224666B2
A functional gadolinium contrast agent comprising a gadolinium cation and a ligand secured to the gadolinium cation is disclosed, the ligand comprising a reactive group capable of bonding to a capture substrate. A method of removing gadolinium contrast agents from a patient is disclosed, the method comprising providing a gadolinium contrast agent containing a reactive group; providing a capture substrate for insertion into a patient's bloodstream; administering the gadolinium contrast agent to the patient; conducting a magnetic resonance imaging procedure; and sequestering the gadolinium contrast agent on the capture substrate. A system for removing gadolinium contrast agents is also disclosed.
US11224657B2
A composition includes a pharmaceutical tablet dosage form configured to disintegrate in oral saliva and maintain a pH of 4 or less within the saliva during the time the dosage form is dissolving therein, the dosage form including a therapeutically effective amount of melatonin in a carrier matrix, a disintegrant, and a sufficient amount of acid to impart the pH to the saliva, the amount of disintegrant being sufficient to cause the dosage form to completely disintegrate in the saliva within ten minutes from contacting the saliva.
US11224655B2
This invention related to manufactured microbubbles, as well as methods of using manufactured microbubbles, for example, in medicinal applications. The invention pertains to the physical structure and materials of the microbubbles, as well as to methods for manufacturing microbubbles, methods for targeting microbubbles for specific medicinal applications, and methods for delivering microbubbles in medical treatment.
US11224649B2
The present invention relates i.a. to a 4/91 IBV (infectious bronchitis virus) encoding for a heterologous S (spike) protein or fragment thereof. Further, the present invention relates to an immunogenic composition comprising said 4/91 IBV encoding for a heterologous S (spike) protein or fragment thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods for immunizing a subject comprising administering to such subject the immunogenic composition of the present invention. Moreover, the present invention relates to methods of treating or preventing clinical signs caused by IBV in a subject of need, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an immunogenic composition according to the present invention.
US11224645B2
Certain embodiments are directed to an immunogenic composition comprising an immunogenic glycoconjugate comprising a glycan having the chemical formula of galactopyranose (Galp)-α(1,2)-R, Galp-α(1,3)-R, Galp-α(1,4)-R, or Galp-α(1,6)-R, wherein in R is any monosaccharide, oligosaccharide, or polysaccharide, coupled to a carrier peptide or protein. Certain aspects described herein are directed to compounds and therapies for treating Leishmania infections. In certain aspects, the glycoconjugates as described herein, are incorporated into pharmaceutical compositions or vaccines
US11224640B2
Liquid formulation containing botulinum toxin and stabilizing agent, and preparation method therefor
The present invention relates to a liquid formulation containing botulinum toxin and stabilizing agent, and preparation method therefor. A liquid formulation containing botulinum toxin and stabilizing agent according to the present invention can be easily stored and distributed. It was proved a significant effect on the stabilization of botulinum toxin under suitable conditions according to the temperature and pH of the human body. Thus, it is expected that the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention will greatly contribute to the safe and convenient medical use of botulinum toxin.
US11224633B2
Disclosed is a kit including a first container including a composition including at least one antioxidant selenoprotein and at least one second container including at least one composition including at least one oxidant selenocompound. Also disclosed is a method of administration that allows to administer effective and cytotoxic doses of selenocompounds, allowing the inhibition of the hyper-activation of phagocytes and in particular of circulating immature neutrophils and directly and indirectly protects endothelial cells, in particular for the treatment of sepsis, SIRS and leukemia. Further disclosed is an administration device adapted to the administration method.
US11224630B2
The present invention relates to the field of health care food technology, specifically to a traditional Chinese medicine composition with a function of protecting joints, a use thereof, a method for producing the same and a health care food thereof. The Chinese medicine composition comprises CURCUMAE LONGAE RHIZOMA extract, cartilage extract, COICIS SEMEN extract and PUERARIAE LOBATAE RADIX extract. The composition of the present disclosure has a reasonable formulation, and the ingredients cooperate with each other to achieve functions of reducing arthrocele degree, decreasing arthritis index, ameliorating biochemical index of arthritis and reducing articular cavity area through various paths and at various levels.
US11224620B2
The invention provides compositions comprising one or more bacterial strains for treating or preventing visceral hypersensitivity.
US11224608B2
The present application provides, in some aspects, methods of treating cancers, such as homologous recombination (HR)-deficient cancers. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides a method for treating cancer by administering to a subject a compound of Formula (I):(I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11224605B2
The application relates to synthetic compositions containing one or more human milk oligosaccharides for treating serotonin and/or tryptophan dysregulation.
US11224598B2
Described herein are methods and pharmaceutical formulations for treating dry eye disease.
US11224593B2
Disclosed herein is hyperbaric solution for injection of Ropivacaine Hydrochloride which comprises Ropivacaine Hydrochloride; a base/acid to adjust the pH and a baricity adjuster to modify Baricity of the injection solution.
US11224590B2
The present disclosure provides methods related to treating or preventing gastrointestinal dysfunction in a subject in need thereof, which include the use of a diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1) inhibitor. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a DGAT1 inhibitor, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof, useful for the treatments described herein.
US11224589B2
A composition for improving sleep. In one embodiment, the composition comprises L-Tryptophan, L-Theanine, Reishi mushroom extract, Uridine, a polyphenol, and paeoniflorin. In certain embodiments, the composition further comprises citrus bioflavonoid extract, γ-Oryzanol, holy basil extract, saffron extract, Schisandra chinensis extract, sesamin extract, blueberry extract, quercetin, Polygala tenuifolia root extract, gotu kola extract, ashwagandha extract, betaine, magnesium, or combinations thereof. In other embodiments, the composition further comprises astaxanthin, lycopene, hawthorne extract, or combinations thereof. In certain embodiments, the composition is incorporated into pills. A method for promoting the brain pathways involved in sleep, relaxation, and calmness comprising: ingesting a composition comprising L-Tryptophan, L-Theanine, Reishi mushroom extract, Uridine, a polyphenol, and paeoniflorin. In one method, the composition is ingested at least one and a half hours before bedtime.
US11224580B2
Treatment of intrahepatic cholestatic diseases by therapy with seladelpar or a salt thereof.
US11224564B2
Disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition and a beauty-purposed pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of neuromuscular disease, the composition including a combination of Erigeron annuus flower-based essential oil and Botox. Erigeron annuus flower-based essential oil inhibits t-SNARE protein and v-SNARE protein expression in neurons to inhibit the formation of SNARE protein complexes. Erigeron annuus flower-based essential oil inhibits the regeneration of t-SNARE protein and v-SNARE protein degraded by Botox to inhibit neurotransmitter release. Accordingly, an efficacy duration of Botox may be extended. Thus, Erigeron annuus flower-based essential oil may be usefully used in combination with Botox as Botox adjuvant for the prevention and treatment of neuromuscular disease or for beauty.
US11224550B1
The apparatus of the present invention provides an apparatus for moving a patient on a pad and holding the pad in place on the surgical table. The disposable pad works in conjunction with the reusable patient lifting/moving base, allowing nurses to more readily and easily move patients on the table in order to facilitate surgical positioning. In another embodiment, the entire apparatus may be disposable. A pressure sensitive adhesive may hold the pad in place and prevent slippage between the pad and the top of the surgical table.
US11224548B2
A patient rotation system for rotating the body of a patient comprises an air inflatable cushion having two elastic exterior surfaces, e.g. of stretch material, wherein one of said two elastic surfaces of said cushion forms the top surface, and the other one forms the bottom surface. In deflated state the cushion has a flat shape and in inflated state the two elastic surfaces bulge away from each other, such that inflation of the cushion causes the cushion to assume a wedge shape thereby rotating the body around said rotation axis. The cushion is embodied as a unitary, semi-rigid, portable board when in its deflated state, which enables the sliding of the deflated cushion in between the body of the patient and a horizontal surface, on which the body is lying in supine position, until its posterior support points are being supported by the cushion at its top elastic surface.
US11224547B2
An absorbent article has a front side, a back side, a longitudinal axis, a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core includes a first type of channels and a second type of channels. The first type of channels have bonds with a Static Peel Force Time which is higher than the Static Peel Force Time of the second type of channels.
US11224542B2
Foam wound inserts with high-density and low-density regions, methods for making wound inserts, wound-treatment methods, and wound-treatment systems.
US11224539B2
Surgical instruments for use in membrane peeling in treatments of different macular surface diseases are disclosed herein. Membrane forceps may include a forceps extension and forceps jaws extending from a distal termination of the forceps extension. The forceps jaws may include a first jaw and a second jaw. Each of the first jaw and the second jaw may include a gripping tip that abuts one another when the forceps jaws are in a closed configuration so as to grasp a membrane The first jaw and the second jaw may each include a coating at a distal end of the forceps jaws configured to increase a frictional force between the membrane and the forceps jaws.
US11224537B2
A gas mixture apparatus includes a measurement control system, an activation system, a pressurized chamber with one or more gases, and a mixing chamber. A filter can be preattached to the outlet of the mixture apparatus, allowing excess gas to be discharged therethrough and then atmospheric air to be drawn into the mixture apparatus through the filter for creating a therapeutic gas mixture.
US11224534B2
A scrotal edema support has a main body with a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side, a second side, a rear end, and a front end. The top surface includes a flexing area and a resting area. The flexing area is disposed adjacent to the rear end of the main body. The resting area is disposed adjacent to the front end of the main body. The flexing area is configured to receive an edematous scrotum of a patient. The bottom surface has a sloped portion and a leveled portion. The sloped portion is disposed adjacent to the rear end of the main body. The leveled portion is disposed from the front end to the sloped portion. The sloped portion of the bottom surface is oriented at an angle relative to the leveled portion of the bottom surface.
US11224527B2
An interchangeable lock-pump prosthetic system that includes a universal dummy, vacuum pump, and mechanical lock. Each of the three objects have similar geometries for the purpose of fitting into a prosthetic, whereupon a user may for instance, swap the vacuum pump with the lock, depending on the needs of the user and without changing to a separate prosthetic. The universal dummy is an inactive component and acts as a placeholder during manufacturing of the socket, for the eventual inclusion of the vacuum pump or mechanical lock. The vacuum pump is a pressure dependent object that acts to remove any residual air between the socket and the elastomeric liner. The lock takes advantage of a mechanical locking pin which receives a properly configured liner, thus securing the user within the prosthetic socket.
US11224526B2
A prosthetic liner for use with a prosthetic socket that has a thermoplastic elastomeric (TPE) layer that is in contact with the amputee's residual limb. The TPE layer is not uniform in thickness but has ridges to extend circumferentially around the TPE layer. A fabric exterior layer covers the outer surface of the TPE layer conforming to the ridges and is used as a substrate to form a mechanical bond to an elastomeric material. Impregnating the elastomeric material within the fabric exterior occurs by applying an uncured material to the fabric exterior layer and onto at least the apex surfaces located within the sealing regions thereby creating an air tight boundary layer when inserted into a socket. When a vacuum is applied the air is evacuated from the volume below the seal layer.
US11224519B2
An orthopaedic tibial prosthesis includes a tibial baseplate with an asymmetric periphery which promotes proper positioning and orientation on a resected tibia, while also facilitating enhanced kinematics, soft-tissue interaction, and long-term fixation of the complete knee prosthesis. The asymmetric baseplate periphery is sized and shaped to substantially match portions of the periphery of a typical resected proximal tibial surface, such that proper location and orientation is evident by resting the baseplate on the tibia. The baseplate periphery provides strategically positioned relief and/or clearance between the baseplate periphery and bone periphery, such as in the posterior-medial portion to prevent deep-flexion component impingement, and in the anterior-lateral portion to avoid undue interaction between the anatomic iliotibial band and prosthesis components.
US11224514B2
A bone structural device including a plurality of bone structural segments, wherein adjacent bone structural segments are pivotally connected to one another about a pivot axis, and the bone structural segments are expandable in height, which is in a direction generally parallel to the pivot axis.
US11224506B2
A mechanical prosthetic heart valve having a ring, multiple hinges, and multiple leaflets. The hinges are attached to the ring and are evenly spaced from one another along the inner circumference of the ring. Each leaflet is rotably attached to a hinge by an opening located in the center of the lower portion of the leaflets. The ring can include multiple protrusions located along the inner circumference of the ring. The protrusions of the ring limit the opening angle of the leaflets. By limiting the opening angle of the leaflets, wear and tear of the hinges and leaflets, as well as the probability of malfunction of the mechanical prosthetic heart valve are reduced. In addition, limiting the opening angle of the leaflets may increase the opening and closing speed of the leaflets, thus improving performance of the mechanical prosthetic heart valve when the patient is experiencing an elevated cardiac frequency.
US11224504B2
The present invention relates to a prosthetic capsular bag and method for inserting the same. The prosthetic capsular bag helps to maintain the volume of the natural capsular bag, thereby stabilizing the effective lens position of an IOL so that refractive outcomes may be improved with cataract surgery. The prosthetic capsular bag further provides an integrated refractive surface, providing a means for experimentally determining an effective lens position prior to inserting an IOL.
US11224500B2
A custom oral device is provided that fits on the maxillary or mandibular arch of a wearer. The oral device comprises a tray that corresponds with the shape and size of a wearer's oral anatomy. A soft liner is disposed within an occlusal channel of the tray having an upper surface that comprises an impression having features that correspond to at least a portion of the wearer's dentition and in which the wearer's teeth align. An apparatus and a method for making the custom oral device are provided.
US11224499B1
An orthodontic absorbing retractor and methods for retracting regions of a mouth of a patient with the orthodontic absorbing retractor. The orthodontic absorbing retractor includes a braided cotton roll having a cylindrical shape, and has a central axis, a first end and a second end. The orthodontic absorbing retractor further includes a shape retention wire coaxially located within the braided cotton roll between the first end and the second end. The orthodontic absorbing retractor further includes a flexible hydrophobic plastic thread wrapped around an exterior of the braided cotton roll from the first end to the second end. The flexible hydrophobic plastic thread prevents sticking of the orthodontic absorbing retractor to an interior surface of the mouth.
US11224498B2
A method of placing a dental implant at an implant site in the jaw bone of a patient, said method comprising: (a) without reflecting soft tissue covering the implant site causing a tip of a piezoelectric device to pierce the soft tissue so that the tip comes into direct contact with underlying jaw bone at the implant site; (b) making a starter bore, but not a full-depth osteotomy, at the implant site with the piezoelectric device; and (c) placing the dental implant into the implant site through the starter bore. Alternatively, a tissue punch may be used to create a hole in the soft tissue through which hole access can be gained to the underlying jaw bone for subsequent starter boring with the piezoelectric device.
US11224496B2
The present invention relates to patient monitoring, such as hemodynamic monitoring. In order to perform provide monitoring in various scenarios, a patient monitoring device (10) is provided that comprises a patient medical monitoring unit (12) and an information unit (14). The patient medical monitoring unit is configured to perform monitoring at least one physiological parameter of a patient. The information unit is configured to provide a data carrier signal (16) indicative of information about the patient medical monitoring unit, for example, upon connection to a monitoring system. The data carrier signal is provided as an analogue sequence (18) comprising a predetermined waveform (20) indicative of the information about the patient medical monitoring unit.
US11224495B2
A system includes a base, and an actuator having a first end and a second end. The system also includes a shaft configured to rotate relative to the base, and a drive link fixed to the shaft. The system further includes a support arm. A first end of the support arm being fixed to the shaft such that rotation of the shaft causes commensurate rotation of the support arm. The system also includes a timing link having a first end pivotably connected to the base and a second end opposite the first end. Additionally, the system includes a mount coupled to the second end of the timing link. The mount is configured to maintain a substantially constant orientation relative to the base as the support arm transitions between a raised position and a lowered position.
US11224491B2
A surgical system for selective connection to a robotic arm includes an instrument drive unit, an instrument support platform coupled to the instrument drive unit, an instrument carriage coupled to the instrument support platform, and a surgical instrument releasably coupled to the instrument carriage. The surgical instrument includes an end effector controllable to perform surgery in response to telemanipulation of actuators in the instrument drive unit.
US11224487B2
A robotic surgical system and accessory having a robotic base or hand piece having a plurality of motors and a mechanical actuator each for operating a mechanical positioning arm in a different degrees of freedom. The robotic base is reusable and provides the platform for the system. The drive system has a port that interfaces with the robotic base and allows for insertion of surgical instruments into the base.
US11224477B2
An electrosurgical device comprising: (a) forceps including: (i) a first working arm and (ii) a second working arm; (b) a blade electrode; wherein the electrosurgical device is capable of being switched between a first electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a first therapy current through the first working arm, the second working arm, or both, and a second electrical configuration so that the electrosurgical device delivers a second therapy current through the blade electrode; and wherein the first working arm and the second working arm of the forceps are immobilized in the second electrical configuration so that both the forceps and the first therapy current are disabled.
US11224476B2
A bipolar forceps includes a mechanical forceps including first and second shafts each having a jaw member extending from a distal end thereof and a handle disposed at a proximal end thereof for effecting movement of the jaw members relative to one another about a pivot. A disposable housing is configured to releasably couple to at least one of the shafts and an electrode assembly is configured to releasably couple to the disposable housing. The electrode assembly includes electrodes releasably coupleable to the jaw members. At least one of the electrodes includes a knife channel configured to receive a knife blade therethrough to cut tissue grasped between the jaw members. An actuation mechanism is configured to selectively advance the knife blade through the knife channel to cut tissue.
US11224474B2
A protection circuit for a direct-current (DC) ablation prostate therapy system. The protection circuit is selectively coupled to a power source that provides DC constant current to a plurality of electrodes in a catheter configured to deliver DC ablation therapy to prostate tissue. The protection circuit is controlled by a controller and a switching circuit to buffer energy from the power source in response to a monitoring circuit that monitors at least one parameter of the DC ablation therapy, such as voltage or impedance. The controller is configured to selectively activate the switching circuit based on the monitoring circuit detecting an undesirable increase in the energy delivered for the DC ablation therapy.
US11224468B2
Bone plates for engaging bone members are described herein. The bone plates can receive one or more screws to secure the bone plates to an underlying bone member. The one or more screws can be inserted into bone plate holes that can be considered locking or non-locking. The bone plates described herein can have particular combinations of locking and/or non-locking holes. Additional bone plate holes can be used to accept sutures, K-wire, or other instrumentation.
US11224452B2
A medical assistive device for quick positioning which can be combined with surgical reduction forceps rapidly, free from angle limitation, operated more conveniently. It comprises a base, the top surface thereof can hold the patient's wrist region; a socket holder located under the bottom surface of the base, provided with a round cavity-like hole slot; multiple support columns vertically located on the bottom surface of the base, surrounding the socket holder, forming connected passages under the base; a universal joint, embedded in the hole slot of socket holder, flexibly diverted. Thereby, the lower forceps body of surgical reduction forceps can reach the lower part of socket holder at any angle under the base, so that the lower forceps body is combined with the universal joint quickly, the combination is rapid, and the lower forceps body can rotate flexibly.
US11224447B2
A drill tap dilator comprises a dilator body having a central lumen extending therethrough, an elongate sleeve slidably received with the lumen, and a control knob coupled to the sleeve. The control knob is movable rotatably and axially relative to the dilator body. The sleeve includes docking teeth that are extendable from a retracted position within the body lumen to a deployed position outside the body lumen upon rotation of the control knob relative to the dilator body in one rotational direction. Adjustment of the length of drill tap dilator is allowed upon rotation of the control knob in an opposite rotational direction relative to the dilator body and manual axial movement of the control knob relative to the dilator body.
US11224446B2
The invention is directed to a surgical device which is externally used as aiming device that permits accurate placement of surgical wire to mend a supracondylar fracture. The device of the invention decreases operative time, risks of the re-dislocation through continuous manipulation, radiology exposure for both the patient and operation room staff, and to decreases anesthesia duration. It is also directed to surgical use of the device for repair of a supracondylar fracture and to methods for making it.
US11224441B2
The present invention relates generally to first aid articles and more specifically tourniquets suitable for one handed application. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a tourniquet having a base defining first and second ends. A constricting band is attached to and extends from the first end of the base. A handle is engaged with the constricting band. The constricting band engages a self cinching buckle which includes polygonal frame member and a self cinching member engaged with the polygonal frame member. A hook member is attached to the first end of the base and is configured to engage the polygonal frame member.
US11224440B2
Provided is a release device for medical tissue clips, including an outer tube provided with a release member, a control wire, and at least one tissue clip; wherein the release member is connected to the distal end of the control wire; the at least one tissue clip is movably connected to the release member and the control wire; the tissue clip includes a clip base and a clip piece which is movably disposed inside the clip base; the tissue clip is in a locked state when the clip piece is retreated to the proximal end, and in an opened state when the clip piece moves forwards to the distal end; the clip base includes an elastic member which is in a compressed state when being located in the outer tube and in an opened state upon detachment from the outer tube to abut against an end of the outer tube.
US11224434B2
Disclosed are coating compositions, processes, and designs for endowing vascular devices with thromboresistant and endothelializing properties. Also disclosed are designs of vascular devices used as aneurysm treating devices for assisting in the delivery, packing, and maintenance of embolization coils within an aneurysm, particularly a neurovascular aneurysm.
US11224426B2
A surgical apparatus includes an end effector configured to interact with a tissue during a plurality of zones of operation. The surgical apparatus further includes at least one drive mechanism operable to effect at least one motion in the end effector during each of the zones of operation. The surgical apparatus also includes one or more vibration sensors configured to record vibrations generated by the at least one drive mechanism during the zones of operation, wherein the one or more vibration sensors are configured to generate an output signal based on the sensed vibrations, and wherein the output signal is employed to determine a status of the surgical apparatus based on predetermined threshold values that are unique to each of the zones of operation.
US11224417B2
A simple, threaded suture anchor is pre-loaded with suture in a configuration that allows a surgeon to compress tissue against the bone without tying a knot. The knot-tying step is replaced by a simple suture looping step which requires less time and is not prone to errors in knot tying technique. The suture anchor is a screw-in style anchor body. The suture is loaded into the anchor in a configuration that allows it to create a loop on top of the tissue after it has been passed through the tissue from bottom to top. The suture limbs are then loaded into a knotless anchor which is implanted off the lateral edge of the tissue. Tensioning of the suture limbs in the knotless anchor tightens the loop on top of the tissue, providing a fulcrum point of fixation over the pre-loaded suture anchor without the otherwise need for requisite knot tying.
US11224415B1
A retractor system for enabling access to a surgical site is disclosed. The retractor system may include a primary retractor assembly configured to open and close a first arm and a second arm along a first path of travel. The primary retractor assembly may include a handle assembly having first and second handles configured to open and close the first and second arms, and the first and second arms may be operably coupled to first and second blades, respectively. The retractor system may further include a secondary retractor assembly configured to couple and uncouple with the primary retractor assembly and independently extend and contract a third arm and optionally a fourth arm. The third arm and optional fourth arm may be operably coupled to third and fourth blades, respectively. The inclination of each blade may be independently adjusted and each arm may also be independently moved.
US11224411B1
The described nasopharyngeal or nasal swabs allow for collection of biological specimens. In an illustrative embodiment, a first member may be coupled to a second member to form the nasopharyngeal swab. The first member may include a male connector and a collection end. The second member may incorporate a corresponding female connector and a handle. The first member may be decoupled from the second member when force is applied to the swab causing it to bend beyond a threshold arc. The force may be applied to a proximal position on the first member through a container. The first member having the collection end may be gathered in the container after decoupled from the second member.
US11224408B2
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an imaging unit that converts a received signal output from an ultrasound probe into an image to generate an ultrasound image; an input unit that is used by a user to input patient information; a memory unit that stores content of an examination for continuously examining a plurality of examination parts so as to be associated with the patient information; an examination situation determination unit that, in a case in which new patient information is input to the input unit during the continuous examination, determines whether the examination of all of the plurality of examination parts related to the content of the examination associated with the patient information has ended; and a tag giving unit that gives an examination interruption tag to the patient information in a case in which it is determined that the examination of all of the plurality of examination parts has not ended and gives an examination end tag to the patient information in a case in which it is determined that the examination of all of the plurality of examination parts has ended.
US11224400B2
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a probe configured to irradiate an ultrasonic signal to an object and receive the ultrasonic signal reflected from the object; a pressure device configured to contract or expand a blood vessel of the object and is divided into a plurality of regions; and a controller configured to operate in one region of the plurality of regions to generate an image related to the blood vessel of the object and sequentially operate in other regions of the plurality of regions.
US11224399B2
A method and apparatus is provided that uses a deep learning (DL) network to correct projection images acquired using an X-ray source with a large focal spot size. The DL network is trained using a training dataset that includes input data and target data. The input data includes large-focal-spot-size X-ray projection data, and the output data includes small-focal-spot-size X-ray projection data (i.e., smaller than the focal spot of the input data). Thus, the DL network is trained to improve the resolution of projection data acquired using a large focal spot size, and obtain a resolution similar to what is achieved using a small focal spot size. Further, the DL network is can be trained to additional correct other aspects of the projection data (e.g., denoising the projection data).
US11224388B2
Disclosed herein is an image sensor comprising: a plurality of X-ray detectors; an actuator configured to move the plurality of X-ray detectors to a plurality of positions, wherein the image sensor is configured to capture, by using the detectors, images of portions of a scene at the positions, respectively, and configured to form an image of the scene by stitching the images of the portions.
US11224386B2
A method for determining a configuration setting of a source of ionizing radiation reducing a radiation dose absorbed by a patient and a practitioner in a medical operating room during a procedure. Prior to the procedure a database of maps of simulated propagation and scattering of ionizing radiation in a model of the medical operating room is obtained for different configuration settings. During the procedure, a position of the practitioner is determined. After determining a set of configuration settings of the source enabling the production of an image of a target anatomical structure a radiation dose absorbed by the patient and the practitioner is determined using the maps from the database. A recommended configuration setting for which a combined radiation dose is reduced is then outputted.
US11224377B2
A method of measuring skin pigmentation includes placing a camera at a target measurement position of skin, capturing an infrared image and an ultraviolet image of the skin by the camera, defining areas in the captured infrared image, generating digitized infrared pigmentation information by analyzing infrared pigment data in each of the area, defining areas in the captured ultraviolet image, generating digitized ultraviolet pigmentation information by analyzing ultraviolet pigment data in each of the areas, generating a pigmentation image by comparing the infrared pigmentation information with the ultraviolet pigmentation information in each of the same areas, and completing measurement by representing a numerical pigmentation degree of each area through analysis of the pigmentation image.
US11224362B2
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to monitoring and/or controlling blood glucose levels in patients. In particular, times for obtaining metered blood glucose samples of a patient may be altered based, at least in part, on a blood glucose level of said patient observed from a blood glucose sensor.
US11224342B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for examining the retinal vascular endothelial function of the vessels of the retina at the fundus (F) of a patient's eye. Using a fundus camera, the vessels of the retina are stimulated with flicker light during a stimulation phase and sequences of images of areas of the fundus (F) are recorded, from which vascular parameters are derived which describe the retinal vascular endothelial function of the vessels. By imaging a macula stop (MB), which covers the macula, onto the fundus (F), the fundus (F) can be illuminated with a higher light intensity, which improves the stimulation effect and the image quality and/or reduces the strain on the patient.
US11224341B2
A mobile communication device-based corneal topography system includes an illumination system, an imaging system, a topography processor, an image sensor, and a mobile communication device. The illumination system is configured to generate an illumination pattern reflected off a cornea of a subject. The imaging system is coupled to an image sensor to capture an image of the reflected illumination pattern. A topography processor is coupled to the image sensor to process the image of the reflected illumination pattern. The mobile communications device includes a display, the mobile communications device is operatively coupled to the image sensor. The mobile communications device includes a mobile communications device (MCD) processor. A housing at least partially encloses one or more of the illumination system, the imaging system, or the topography processor.
US11224338B2
Disclosed is a method for measuring the refraction of an individual by a refraction measuring appliance, including: an initial step of determining at least one initial value of a visuo-postural parameter of the individual; a step of processing the initial value in order to deduce at least one initial value of a regulating parameter of the refraction measuring appliance, the regulating parameter being associated with the visuo-postural parameter; a step of regulating the refraction measuring appliance according to the initial value of the regulating parameter; and a step of measuring the refraction of the individual by the measuring appliance regulated in this way. Also disclosed is a method for the optical design of an ophthalmic lens, and to a pair of glasses including such a lens.
US11224337B2
An oropharyngeal glove for use with a rigid bronchoscope is provided for use during a rigid bronchoscopy procedure. When the oropharyngeal glove is in its installed state, it conforms to the patient's mouth and throat. The oropharyngeal glove includes upper and lower teeth guards that protect the patient's upper and lower front teeth, respectively, when the glove is in the installed state. A first opening is formed in the oropharyngeal glove in its proximal end that allows the rigid bronchoscope to enter glove. The oropharyngeal glove has a second opening formed in its distal end through which the rigid bronchoscope passes to enter the patient's trachea. The portions of the glove that conform to the patient's mouth and throat comprise a protective lining that protects the mouth, throat and vocal cords from being damaged by the rigid bronchoscope.
US11224334B2
A radial illumination system is for projecting a light pattern radially. A light source generates a light output to an optical fiber. A ferrule is provided around the end of the optical fiber, and a reflector is mounted over or in the ferrule or integral with the ferrule, for redirecting the light to form generally radial light. In this way, a simple design with low component count is able to perform the optical alignment and optical reflecting functions.
US11224331B2
An advance and retreat assisting tool for a treatment instrument includes: a base; an attaching portion; a first cylinder which is attached to the base; a second cylinder which has a fixing portion fixing the treatment instrument and slides in an advance and retreat direction with respect to the first cylinder along a center axis of the first cylinder; an advance and retreat mechanism which advances and retreats the second cylinder along the center axis with respect to the first cylinder by rotation; and an assisting portion which urges the second cylinder in a predetermined direction along the center axis with respect to the base with an urging force smaller than a resistance force when the second cylinder slides and assists the rotation of the advance and retreat mechanism when the advance and retreat mechanism rotates in one direction.
US11224326B2
A system for refilling, emptying and/or recharging of an autonomous floor cleaner includes a docking station adapted to be coupled with a household plumbing infrastructure. The docking station can be provided on a household appliance, which may be a toilet, a dishwasher, or another appliance coupled with the plumbing infrastructure.
US11224314B2
A dispenser assembly and method of providing a web material dispenser assembly that is configured to dispense towel and wipe web materials, whether continuous or interwoven, in a pull-through manner from a core of a roll of material. The dispenser assembly includes a housing having a base and a moveable cover. A roll guide is disposed in the housing and defines a portion of the dispense passage associated with extraction of material from the dispenser assembly. A restrictor plate is supported by the roll guide and is rotatable and axially translatable relative thereto. The restrictor plate defines a number of dispense openings that can be selectively aligned with the portion of the dispense passage defined by the roll guide such that the characteristics associated with the pull-through dispense activity of the dispenser assembly can be quickly and conveniently configured to achieve a desired dispense action.
US11224303B2
A ornament fixture structure, used to secure an ornament onto a decorative main body, includes a positioning clamp for clamping onto the decorative main body and a supporting shaft provided for the ornament to be mounted and attached thereon. The positioning clamp includes an axial tube, a left clamp member and a right clamp member. The left and right clamp members are arranged at two sides of the axial tube respectively, which also include left and right jaw portions extended to front sides thereof and provided for clamping, left and right wings extended to rear sides thereof and provided for operation. The supporting shaft uses its bottom end for attaching onto the axial tube, and a supporting end is formed at the top end in order to allow the ornament to be mounted thereon.
US11224301B2
A beverage container with a tactile indication of a properly open position for drinking. The beverage container includes a base, a collar, and a cap having an annular seal gasket for opening and closing the container for pouring/drinking. The improvement is a collar stop located on the collar, together with a pair of seal stops extending from the seal gasket and forming a notch therebetween. Rotation of the cap to open the container becomes more difficult as the collar stop interferes with the leading one of the seal stops. Continued rotation to seat the collar stop in the notch provides a tactile indication that the cap has rotated to the properly open position and further rotation may be avoided.
US11224300B2
A travel pillow has an integral head portion that can be positioned behind the head of the traveler during use. The travel pillow incorporates a charging station in one of the forwardly extending arms and a stress reliever in the opposing arm. A Bluetooth™ audio system is included to pair with selected electronic devices to enhance the entertainment of the traveler. The pillow also includes a central opening, corresponding for positioning the traveler's neck, which receives a removable snack bowl and lid, held in place within the central opening by a releasable closure device on the opposing arms of the travel pillow. The lid can be formed to receive an electronic device, such as a cell phone or a digital device generating sound received by the audio system. The head portion can be formed as an animal head with the stress reliever being the tail of the animal.
US11224298B2
A child carrier includes a booster seat and a leg assembly. The leg assembly is detachably installed on the booster seat. The leg assembly includes an upper support and a lower support. The upper support is detachably installed on the booster seat. The lower support is detachably installed on the upper support. The child carrier is in a high chair mode when the lower support and the upper support are respectively installed on the upper support and the booster seat to connect the leg assembly to the booster seat, the child carrier is in a youth chair mode when the upper support is installed on the booster seat and the lower support is detached from the upper support, and the child carrier is in a booster mode when the upper support is detached from the booster seat to separate the leg assembly from the booster seat.
US11224297B2
An elastic device providing means of controlling its stiffness by controlling the tension of the string or group of springs resulting in adjustable transverse stiffness of it, arranged in matrix to enable the control of spatial stiffness of a 2D matrix in unlimited resolution.
US11224296B2
A mattress comprising a polyurethane layer; at least one intermediate layer comprising at least one channel, at least one support element, or both, wherein a bottom-most intermediate layer is and disposed directly above the polyurethane layer; and a comfort layer disposed directly above an uppermost intermediate layer. A mattress assembly comprising the mattress and a mattress foundation.
US11224292B2
A seat core material having reduced deformation, extremely excellent dimensional accuracy, sense of unity, and strength is thus provided. The frame member and the foamed particle molding are integrated in the seat core material.
US11224285B2
A cleaning device that passively self-adjusts to improve biofoul removal across curved, non-uniform, or irregular underwater surfaces. The cleaning device includes a motor, one or more shafts coupled to the motor and coupled to one another via at least one universal joint, and a cleaning mechanism for removing biofoul from the target surface. The cleaning device includes an alignment mechanism that restricts the cleaning mechanism's movement to improve biofoul removal. The alignment mechanism can include bearings, spring components, dampening material, adhesion components, floatation objects, or a combination thereof.
US11224284B2
A personal care system or fluid supply system with components specifically designed and arranged to speed up the process of initially priming an applicator of the personal care system with a fluid. The personal care system may include a personal care implement having an applicator and a fluid supply system disposed within the personal care implement. The fluid supply system may include multiple reservoirs, both filled with a fluid, and one of which has an absorbent member disposed therein. A first capillary member may extend from one of the reservoirs to the applicator and a second capillary member may extend from the reservoir with the absorbent member therein to the applicator. The fluid may travel faster along the second capillary member to speed up the priming process.
US11224280B2
A tactical strap includes an elongated body, a plurality of tabs, and a pouch. The elongated body has a first end, an opposing second end, a front surface, and a rear surface. The plurality of tabs are spaced along at least a portion of the front surface of the elongated body. The pouch is attached to the front surface of the elongated body proximate the first end. The pouch defines a cavity that is selectively accessible.
US11224268B2
A ring comprised of two interlinked bands not fused together, an inner band 101 and an outer band 102. This arrangement allows the outer band 102 to revolve around the inner band 101 without separating. Other embodiments of this method are described and shown.
US11224266B2
External part for a timepiece or piece of jewellery, this external part being produced by means of a polymer matrix in which piezochromic molecules are dispersed that change from a first stable state to a second stable state while changing colour under the effect of applied pressure.
US11224264B2
The invention relates to sole elements for articles of footwear, and systems and methods for manufacturing same. One embodiment of the invention includes a method of manufacturing a sole element for an article of footwear including the steps of forming a sole element preform, inserting the sole element preform into a press mold cavity, and press-forming the sole element preform within the press mold cavity to form a unitary finished sole element comprising a first region having a first density and hardness and a second region having a second density and hardness different from the first density and hardness.
US11224260B2
The challenge of protecting caps from excess perspiration is solved by providing a hat liner comprising: (a) a first portion including a plurality of tabs separated by one or more gaps, the first portion dimensioned so that at least a part of it fits between, and is held by, the sweatband of a cap and one or more front panels of a hat; and (b) a second portion, directly or indirectly joined with the first portion along a length, and including at least one moisture absorbing layer. The second portion may further include at least one moisture wicking layer. The first portion may include at least three tabs defined and separated by at least two gaps. At least some of the two gaps may have a wider open end and a narrower closed end. Each of the plurality of tabs in the first portion may be provided with a plurality of lateral ridges. The second portion may be indirectly joined with the first portion via the hinge portion. The hinge portion is provided with a plurality of lateral slits.
US11224259B2
A helmet comprising a shell, a wire guard, at least one spacer, and at least one fastener. The shell has at least one attachment portion which includes an outer surface. The wire guard has at least one attachment portion corresponding to the at least one attachment portion of the shell. The attachment portion of the wire guard includes an inner surface. Each spacer has an outer surface corresponding to the inner surface of a the attachment portion of the wire guard. Each spacer also has an inner surface corresponding to the outer surface of the attachment portion of the shell. The at least one fastener engages each spacer with the corresponding attachment portions of the shell and wire guard.
US11224256B2
The present invention is a peritoneal undergarment for alleviating unpleasant irritation while receiving dialysis treatment. The current method of taping the transfer set is not effective during dialysis treatment due to the constant irritation while the patient's skin is pressed against the dialysis port. The present invention is a specially designed peritoneal undergarment that is effective at relieving pain while dialyzing. The current invention is ideal to combat irritation and can be manufactured using a variety of materials such as cotton which may be washed with household detergent.
US11224254B2
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including a storage portion to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a heater assembly including an electrical heating element to heat the substrate to form aerosol, and a capillary body to convey the substrate to the element disposed at a porous outer surface of the body, the storage portion being at a first portion of the cartridge, a first airflow channel being at another portion of the cartridge adjacent to the element and defining a first airflow path extending from an air inlet toward the element in a first direction, a second airflow channel defining a second airflow path extending toward the element in a second direction, and a third airflow channel defining a third airflow path extending from the element toward an air outlet in a third direction and to convey aerosol, and the first, second, and third directions are different.
US11224253B2
A shisha consumable cartridge includes a housing having an exterior surface sized and shaped for operable insertion into a shisha device. The cartridge further includes a first chamber in the housing; a first aerosol-generating substrate in the first chamber; a second chamber in the housing and adjacent to the first chamber. A second aerosol-generating substrate in the second chamber. The compositions of the first aerosol-generating substrate and the second aerosol-generating substrate may be the same or different. The first chamber defines a first fresh air inlet and an opposing first aerosol outlet, such that, in use, fresh air entering the first fresh air inlet carries aerosol generated from through the first aerosol outlet. The second chamber defines a second fresh air inlet and an opposing second aerosol outlet, such that, in use, fresh air entering the second fresh air inlet carries aerosol generated from through the second aerosol outlet.
US11224252B2
Various embodiments of a pipe for cooled smoke and containment are disclosed. In some embodiments, the pipe includes a body and a cover movable engaged to the body. The body includes a first end, a second end, and an axis extending between the first and second end. The body further includes a receptacle positioned closer to the first end than the second end. The cover includes an aperture. The aperture can be selectively aligned with the receptacle of the body. Optionally, the body includes one or more channels that direct smoke to travel along the axis of the body in opposite directions. Further optionally, the body includes one or more reservoirs that direct smoke to travel in a direction perpendicular to the axis.
US11224247B2
A process for preparing coated particles of a plant material includes: (a) combining plant material particles and a protein in a liquid medium, wherein the protein adsorbs onto at least a portion of a surface of the particles to form a first layer; and (b) mixing a polysaccharide including a pectin with the liquid medium, so that the polysaccharide adsorbs onto at least a portion of a surface of the first layer to form a second layer. In addition, a palatable product comprising at least one coated particle prepared by this process is described.
US11224246B2
A non-micellar mineral-protein complex including an exogenously added mineral and a protein, where the mineral-protein complex is soluble in a solution at a physiological pH between 6.6 to 6.9 and the complex includes exogenous phosphorus.
US11224244B2
The present invention relates to novel strains of Lactobacillus as well as preparations and compositions, such as fermentation broths, protective cultures, final food or feed product with Lactobacillus alone or in combination with bacteria of the genus Propionibacterium. The present invention further relates to methods for the controlling of growth of a contaminant, such as a bacteria, yeast or mould by using these novel strains of Lactobacillus.
US11224243B2
The present invention relates to the use of a compound according to formula (I) in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof, and wherein n is an integer from 0 to 2; the dotted line represents a carbon-carbon single or double bond; and each of R1 to R4, when taken independently from each other, represents a hydrogen atom or represents a R5 or OR5 group, R5 representing a C1 to C5, or even a C1 to C3, alkyl group; and optionally one of the groups R1 to R4 represents —OH; and/or when R1 and R2 are taken together, and/or R3 and R4 are taken together, represent a OCH2O group, provided said groups taken together are adjacent substituents of the phenyl group; as an ingredient in combination with other ingredients to confer, enhance, improve or modify the kokumi or umami taste of a flavored article.
US11224242B2
A frozen product of minced fish meat frozen into granules includes: 90 wt % or more of meat granules having a substantially columnar shape with a 3 mm to 7 mm diameter; and 10 wt % or less of meat granules with a short diameter of 2 mm or less. A method of producing the minced fish meat frozen into granules includes: raising the temperature of fish meat which has been frozen at −20° C. or less to a temperature of from −10° C. to −5° C.; mincing the fish meat while maintaining the temperature of the fish meat at −10° C. to −5° C. by using a meat mincer having a feed screw, a plate, and a plate knife at a rotation speed of 200 rpm or less; lowering the temperature of minced fish meat to −20° C. or less; and crushing the minced fish meat frozen at −20° C. or less into granules.
US11224241B2
This document relates to food products containing highly conjugated heterocyclic rings complexed to an iron ion and one or more flavor precursors, and using such food products to modulate the flavor and/or aroma profile of other foods. The food products described herein can be prepared in various ways and can be formulated to be free of animal products.
US11224231B2
A method for brewing a beverage, a water concentrate for brewing the beverage and the beverage thereof are provided, wherein the water concentrate includes a hardness between 10,000 ppm and 100,000 ppm, a calcium ion concentration between 300 ppm and 10,000 ppm, a magnesium ion concentration between 200 ppm and 20,000 ppm, a sodium ion concentration between 30 ppm and 1,000 ppm, a potassium ion concentration between 30 ppm and 1,000 ppm, a bicarbonate ion between 10 ppm and 300 ppm, and a pH between 6 and 9. By controlling the hardness and mineral composition of the water concentrate, the invention increases the affinity to amino acids, flavonoid compounds, polyphenolic compounds, terpenoid compounds, alkaloids, and organic acids in coffee or tea beverages, and adds the content of substances which are helpful to the human body in addition to improving the taste and flavor of the beverages.
US11224224B2
The present invention relates to 2-thiobenzimidazoles of formula (I) which are of use as fungicides.
US11224223B2
Compounds are used as agents that deter feeding by insect pests, such as Hemiptera, Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. Feeding deterrence is obtained by contact of the insect pests with at least one of the compounds of the structure (I) wherein R is —OH, ═O, —OC(O)R4, —OR6, or —(OR6)2, each R6 is independently an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R4 is a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated, hydrocarbyl group with zero to two double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms; X is O or CH2 with the proviso that when X is O, R can only be ═O; each Z is independently (CH) or (CH2); y is a numeral selected from 1 and 2; R1 is H or a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group with zero to two double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms; R2 is H or a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group with zero to three double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms; R3 is selected from H, a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group with zero to three double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, —(CH2)nOH, —C(O)OR5, —CH2C(O)OR7, —CH2C(O)R8, —C(O)NR9R10, and —CH2C(O)NR11R12 where each of R5, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11 and R12 is independently selected from H and a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group with zero to three double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms and n is an integer of from 1 to 12; the bond between the 2 and 3 positions in the ring structure may be a single or a double bond; and wherein the compounds of structure (I) contain from 9 to 20 total carbon atoms in the compounds.
US11224216B2
An apparatus for keeping a deceased person's mouth closed is disclosed herein. The apparatus ensures that the deceased person's mouth does not open during a period of muscle relaxation that immediately follow death, and ensures that the deceased mouth is not open during rigor mortis, which makes it more difficult to close the deceased open mouth later. The apparatus is comprised of various modular and swappable elements to ensure universal fit, as well as anti-slippage elements that ensure that the apparatus does not slip off a person's body when in use.
US11224215B2
An animal decoy comprising a coil spring, where the coil spring is shaped to resemble at least a portion of a body of an animal, and an exterior fabric layer over at least a portion of the coil spring. The compressible coil spring inside the body is configured to expand to press the material into a shape of an animal torso when released and can be compressed to a generally flat position. The coil spring extends from a solid front end of a decoy to a solid rear end of the decoy. The decoy also comprises removable antlers and tail. The decoy also comprises positionable ears that can be manipulated by a user.
US11224213B2
This invention provides a tilt angle adjustable combined rat-proof device, relating to the technical field of rat-proof devices. A rat-proof device includes a rat-proof plate body, a fixing mechanism and an adjusting mechanism, wherein the rat-proof plate body is inserted into the fixing mechanism so that the rat-proof plate body is able to be clamped, and an upper end of the fixing mechanism is clamped into the adjusting mechanism and is able to slide along the adjusting mechanism so as to drive the rat-proof plate body to move, thereby realizing adjustment of the tilt angle of rat-proof plate body. The device can adjust the tilt angle based on the user's actual requirements, therefore adapting to the use environment, and it is also extremely convenient in the process of transportation, disassembly and installation.
US11224210B2
An adjustable depth fishing lure including a lip and a lure body is provided. The lip is partially received in a slot of the lure body and is movable to predetermined positions relative to the lure body. The lip may include an eyelet. The lip includes a locking member and the lure body includes a plurality of teeth. The locking member is configured to engage at least one of the teeth to fix the lip relative to the lure body at one of the predetermined positions. This engagement between the locking member and the teeth provides a rigid connection that resists loading applied to the lip by the fisherman pulling on the fishing line and/or a fish biting a hook connected to the lure body.
US11224209B1
A fish hook assembly that includes a rounded bead affixed in the notch between the eye of the hook and an intermediary object, such as a weed guard, fish attractor component, weighted head, or bend. Underwater obstructions that would normally get snagged in the notch will roll away over the bead.
US11224200B2
An excrement treatment material includes a plurality of granules that absorb excrement. Each granule includes a granular core portion, and a coating portion. The core portion has a circular cross-section, and has a function of absorbing and retaining the excrement. The coating portion coats the core portion. The coating portion has a function of causing the plurality of granules, which have absorbed the excrement, to adhere to each other. In a cross-section of each granule that is in the same plane as the cross-section of the core portion, a thickness of the coating portion on one side of the core portion is smaller than a thickness of the coating portion on another side of the core portion.
US11224197B1
The pet privacy barrier creates a protected space. The protected space formed by the pet privacy barrier provides a companion animal with a sense of security that allows the companion animal to generate the excretions and eliminations that form the befoulment of the companion animal. The pet privacy barrier comprises a barrier structure, a detachable canopy, and a base carpet. The barrier structure mounts on the base carpet. The detachable canopy removably attaches to the barrier structure. The barrier structure is a vertical structure that forms a portion of the boundary of the protected space. The detachable canopy is an elevated horizontal structure that forms a portion of the boundary of the protected space. The base carpet forms the pedestal of the pet privacy barrier. The base carpet simulates turf to provide a more natural environment for the activities of the companion animal.
US11224187B1
The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVPB8487, pepper line SBO-E717-0904, and pepper line SBO-E717-0898. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVPB8487, pepper line SBO-E717-0904, and pepper line SBO-E717-0898 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVPB8487, pepper line SBO-E717-0904, and pepper line SBO-E717-0898 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11224184B1
A soybean cultivar designated 93330609 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 93330609, to the plants of soybean cultivar 93330609, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 93330609, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 93330609. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93330609. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 93330609, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 93330609 with another soybean cultivar.
US11224183B1
A soybean cultivar designated 95040275 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 95040275, to the plants of soybean cultivar 95040275, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 95040275, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 95040275. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 95040275. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 95040275, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 95040275 with another soybean cultivar.
US11224182B1
A novel maize variety designated X18R891 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 X18R891 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18R891 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X18R891, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18R891 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18R891 and methods of using maize variety X18R891 are disclosed.
US11224177B2
The present invention relates to a Capsicum annuum seed designated 35-1144 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including resistance to Tobamovirus (TMV) pathotypes P0 and P1, resistance to Tobamovirus (PMMoV) pathotype P (1-2) and pathotype P (1-2-3), a medium plant height, early to medium time of fruit maturity and sweet blocky bell pepper fruits with light yellow mature fruit color. The present invention also relates to a Capsicum annuum plant produced by growing the 35-1144 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the pepper cultivar, represented by hybrid pepper variety 35-1144 RZ.
US11224176B2
Disclosed is a growing system that includes a hollow grow tower with planting units configured to hold plants disposed on the tower exterior where the planting units have a passage that extends into the tower interior. The tower also includes a drain port at one end and a water-dispensing nozzle at the other end. The nozzle includes outlet apertures in fluid communication with the interior of the tower where one or more of the nozzle outlet apertures may be square. An enclosure surrounds the tower, and one or more light sources are mounted on the enclosure to direct light towards the tower. The tower and enclosure can be connected to a suspension frame that suspends the entire system off the ground. The system may include a closed-loop irrigation system and a multi-tank cleaning system. System variables, such as water flow, temperature, lighting, and water nutrient level can be computer controlled.
US11224175B1
A horticulture apparatus and method for planting, growing, and harvesting plants may include a platform having a width axis and a length axis, a gantry sized to straddle and move across at least one of the platform's width and length axes, and a controller. The gantry may comprise a frame, a motor mounted to the frame, a container bin operatively connected to the frame, and a modular tool operatively connected to the frame. The controller may engage the motor of the gantry to move the gantry across the platform, thereby providing the modular tool with access to different locations on the platform.
US11224174B2
A plant watering device designed and configured to efficiently provide water to either potted plants or to in-ground garden plants. The plant watering device having a hollow elongated cylindrical member and at least one series of linearly aligned apertures having sequential decreasing diameters along a length of a lower section of the hollow elongated cylindrical member which is inserted into a plant root zone. The hollow elongated cylindrical member of the invention being structured to receive at least one aqueous liquid from at least one aqueous liquid source.
US11224170B2
A hood assembly for a fan that has a base section, a discharge nozzle pivotally coupled to the base section, and a motor coupled between the base section and the discharge nozzle. Wherein, the discharge nozzle is repositionable with the motor to alter the orientation of the discharge nozzle relative to the base section.
US11224163B2
A rotary cutter for cutting grass, brush, shrubs, bushes, trees, and other vegetation, and a method of using the same. The cutter includes a bi-fold door proximate to an open front portion of the cutter's deck, which defines an open cutting area. The bi-fold door moves between a closed position where it shields the cutting area and an open position where it exposes the cutting area. The bi-fold door includes a front cover rotatably coupled to a rear cover via the first hinge, with the rear cover being rotatably coupled to the deck via the second hinge. The cutter also includes a first ramp and second ramp flanking the open front portion of the deck. Protrusions of the bi-fold door slide along inclined surfaces of the ramps as the bi-fold door moves between the closed position and the open position.
US11224160B2
The present invention relates to method of implementing an ecologically sustainable and economically practical Vetiver plantation, which provides for reduced cost and time for propagating, transplanting and harvesting of Vetiver Grass by mechanical and/or automatic means. Primary and secondary application benefits, as well as cold tolerant Vetiver grass plant are described herein.
US11224158B2
A metering device for dispensing agricultural product from a bin. The metering device comprises an upper housing and a lower housing removably engaged with the upper housings. The metering device further includes at least one metering wheel positioned within an interior space presented by the upper housing or the lower housing.
US11224157B2
A seed firmer and bracket combination for a planter row unit. The bracket includes a forward configured to mount to a frame member of the planter row unit. A rearward portion extends rearward of the seed tube or seed conveyor. The seed firmer includes a body having an upper portion, a tail portion, and a resilient flexible portion between the upper portion and the tail portion. The upper portion is releasably received in a vertical opening in the bracket such that the resilient flexible portion and tail portion extend downwardly and rearwardly from the bracket. The seed firmer is releasably restrained in the bracket preventing the seed firmer from moving upward, forward, rearward and downward until the upper portion of the seed firmer is disengaged from the bracket.
US11229140B2
Carriers may be adapted, or configured, to allow devices received thereby to move towards and away from an interface end region. When devices are positioned proximate the interface end region of the carriers, interfaces of the devices may be presented by the carriers for operable coupling to an enclosure. When devices are positioned away from the interface end region of the carriers, interface adapters may be coupled to the interfaces of the devices, which may present a different interface for operable coupling to an enclosure.
US11229129B2
A housing according to the embodiment includes a lower surface part, an upper surface part, and a side surface part. The lower surface part includes a contact surface contacting an adherend. The upper surface part is separated in a vertical direction from the lower surface part with a first space interposed. The side surface part is provided around the first space and is connected to the upper surface part and the lower surface part. The upper surface part and the side surface part include a first material. The lower surface part includes a second material that is softer than the first material. A portion that includes the second material is exposed for at least a portion of the contact surface.
US11229122B2
Techniques are described for an electronic device to increase the exposure of the externally bound components, such as sensors and antennas, which performance is improved by such exposure. A flexible printed circuit board (PCB) is affixed to the top surface of the device's enclosure, thereby placing the flexible PCB outside of the enclosure. Externally bound component(s) are integrated onto the flexible PCB, which has multiple layers, including an interface layer and a spacer layer. The spacer layer has an aperture extending through the layer at the locations corresponding to the externally bound components, thereby exposing the externally bound component's surface.
US11229116B2
A board assembly sheet includes a plurality of mounting boards each for mounting an electronic component. The mounting boards are defined in the board assembly sheet. The mounting board has a total thickness of 60 μm or less. The board assembly sheet has a through hole passing through the board assembly sheet in a thickness direction. The through hole is formed to be along an end edge of the mounting board or along a phantom line extending along the end edge.
US11229114B2
This heat dissipation structure includes: a circuit board; an integrated circuit mounted thereon; a first thermal pad disposed on the surface of the integrated circuit; a heat sink having a first surface that applies pressure to the first thermal pad by sandwiching the first thermal pad together with the surface of the integrated circuit and a second surface facing the first surface; a second thermal pad disposed on the second surface; a heat dissipation casing having a surface that applies pressure to the second thermal pad by sandwiching the second thermal pad together with the second surface; and stud components for pulling up the heat sink from the heat dissipation casing side together with the circuit board such that the second thermal pad is sandwiched and pressurized between the heat dissipation casing and the heat sink.
US11229100B2
A light source driving device may include a DC-DC conversion unit for generating an output voltage by adjusting a level of an input voltage, and a first light-emitting unit and a second light-emitting unit, which are driven by the output voltage of the DC-DC conversion unit. A regulator may be connected to the output end of the second light-emitting unit, and a controller may have a feedback terminal connected to the output ends of the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit. The regulator may operate such that a preset target current is supplied to the second light-emitting unit. The controller may adjust a duty of the pulse control signal based on the entire preset target current of the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit and the feedback current inputted through the feedback terminal.
US11229094B2
An embodiment of a heating system includes a cavity configured to contain a load, a thermal heating system (e.g., a convection, radiant, and/or gas heating system) in fluid communication with the cavity and configured to heat air, and an RF heating system. The RF heating system includes an RF signal source configured to generate an RF signal, first and second electrodes positioned across the cavity and capacitively coupled, a transmission path electrically coupled between the RF signal source and one or more of the first and second electrodes, and a variable impedance matching network electrically coupled along the transmission path between the RF signal source and the one or more electrodes. At least one of the first and second electrodes receives the RF signal and converts the RF signal into electromagnetic energy that is radiated into the cavity.
US11229083B1
Embodiments described herein may provide for the return (e.g., reconnection) of a User Equipment (“UE”) to a first radio access network (“RAN”) to which the UE was connected, after the UE has been redirected to a second RAN based on the occurrence of an event. The event may include a voice call placed by or to the UE. The return of the UE to the first RAN may occur based on a request from the UE, such as a request made via Radio Resource Control (“RRC”) messaging. The UE may make the request upon termination of the voice call. The first RAN may queue downlink data for the UE, received from a core network or some other source, based on receiving the request, in order to allow the UE to be instructed to connect to (e.g., be redirected to) the first RAN.
US11229080B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for managing a session in a wireless communication system. The method includes identifying a session management module with a failure from among a plurality of session management modules that each manage at least one session; determining a substitute module that replaces the session management module with the failure; obtaining, from a control plane entity, information about at least one session managed by the session management module with the failure; and controlling the substitute module to manage the at least one session, based on the obtained information about the at least one session.
US11229078B2
Embodiments of this application provide a bearer configuration method in a dual connectivity network and associated apparatus, and a network device. The method includes: receiving, by a first node, a first request message sent by a second node, the first request message carrying first indication information, and the first indication information is for deciding, by the first node, whether to configure a default bearer. The first node is a secondary node, and the second node is a master node.
US11229075B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a wireless communications device may determine that the wireless communications device is hardware capable of supporting DSDA operation, where the wireless communications device is a DR-DSDS wireless communications device that is configured for at least one of UL CA or MIMO operation. In some aspects, the wireless communications device may operate as a DSDA wireless communications device based at least in part on determining that the wireless communications device is hardware capable of supporting DSDA operation. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11229063B1
A wireless data message generally includes the destination address (such as MAC address) encoded in a field of the data message. A base station must receive the data message and decode the address before the core network can deliver the message to the recipient's cell. For faster communication, certain address messages are disclosed, by which the destination address may be disclosed before the data message is uploaded. Early disclosure of the destination address may enable the core network to deliver the data message to the recipient with fewer delays. In various configurations, the destination address may be provided concurrently with a scheduling request, or combined with a BSR (size) message, or delivered on a random access channel, among other possibilities. For faster uploads, a pointer or code representing the destination address can be specified, resulting in further delay reductions.
US11229061B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device, such as a base station or a user equipment, may identify an energy detection threshold for a sensing beam associated with a channel access procedure, such as a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure. The wireless device may also identify a set of transmit power parameters for one or more transmit beams. The wireless device may determine a degree of overlap between a beam shape of one or more transmit beams and a beam shape (e.g., a coverage area) of the sensing beam. The wireless device may adjust the set of transmit power parameters, the energy detection threshold, or a combination thereof based on the degree of overlap. The wireless device may perform the channel access procedure based on the determining, the adjusting, or both.
US11229056B2
Embodiments described herein provide methods and apparatus for performing a random access procedure to access a wireless communications network. A method in a wireless device comprises responsive to transmitting a first random access preamble to a base station using first random access resources in an uplink, UL, bandwidth part, BWP, of a carrier: selecting, based on an association, a first downlink, DL, BWP of the carrier, wherein the association maps a plurality of DL BWPs of the carrier to different values of a parameter related to physical random access configurations and/or to different UL BWPs of the carrier; and monitoring the first DL BWP in order to receive a random access response from the base station.
US11229054B2
The method for feedback for broadcast- or multicast-based device-to-device communication in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, is performed by a first terminal and may comprise the steps of: determining whether or not a collision has occurred in data received from a counterpart terminal; and in response to the determination that a collision has occurred, transmitting feedback information, including collision resource information and terminal operation information, to the counterpart terminal.
US11229041B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a downlink control information (DCI) transmission method, a network device, and user equipment. The method includes the following steps: A network device transmits DCI in a first DCI format; when the DCI is used to schedule a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrying a multicast traffic channel, the network device indicates, by using a first radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), that the DCI is used to schedule the PDSCH carrying the multicast traffic channel, and that first information is indicated in the DCI and second information is not indicated in the DCI; and when the DCI is used to schedule a user equipment-specific (UE-specific) PDSCH, the network device indicates, by using a second RNTI, that the DCI is used to schedule the UE-specific PDSCH, and that the first information is not indicated in the DCI and the second information is indicated in the DCI.
US11229034B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and an electronic device for wireless communication. A method includes transmitting, by a first transceiver, control packets via a first wireless communication channel using a first radio access technology. The method includes determining, by processing circuitry, a first parameter indicating an interval between transmissions of the control packets. Further, the method includes determining, based on the first parameter, a size limit for packets to be received by a second transceiver that is configured to receive the packets via a second wireless communication channel using a second radio access technology. The method includes transmitting, by the second transceiver, information indicating the size limit over the second channel so that sizes of the packets sent by the second radio access technology are such that the packets are received by the second transceiver in a time period within the interval between the transmissions of the control packets.
US11229015B2
A communication apparatus including a communication unit that performs a wireless communication, and a control unit that performs a control to cause control information regarding allocation of a resource for a communication with a first apparatus via a first wireless link to be notified to a second apparatus via a second wireless link.
US11229012B2
A device may send a first message to a user device requesting information identifying a radio access technology (RAT) or a band supported by and enabled on the user device. The device may receive an indication of the RAT or band supported by and enabled on the user device and send, to the user device, a second message instructing the user device to modify the RAT or band enabled on the user device. The second message may include an indication of updated RAT or band information. The device may receive from the user device, a confirmation that the RAT or band enabled on the user device has been modified.
US11229010B2
A wireless communication device in a wireless network sets management information notification cycles at specified time intervals and transmits management information containing receive timing information showing its own position to start receiving information, receive window information, and receive cycle information. Another wireless communication device receiving that management information links it to a communication device number for the corresponding wireless communication device and stores the receive timing, the receive window information, and the receive cycle information. When seeding information, the receive start position of the corresponding communication device is found from the receive timing information, the receive window information, and the receive cycle information of the other, communication and information is then transmitted at that timing. An asynchronous ad-hoc communication wireless network can therefore be configured without a particular control station.
US11229009B2
Various examples and schemes pertaining to narrowband reference signal (NRS) transmission on non-anchor carriers in narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) are described. A wireless network indicates a subset of one or more paging groups of user equipment (UEs) among a plurality of UEs in an NB-IoT cell. The wireless network then transmits one or more narrowband reference signals (NRSs) in one or more paging frames or one or more paging occasions associated with the subset of one or more paging groups.
US11228997B2
A method of handling multi-access (MA) Protocol data unit (PDU) session under inter-system change is proposed. An MA PDU session uses one 3GPP access network or one non-3GPP access network at a time, or simultaneously one 3GPP access network and one non-3GPP access network. The UE and network can support Access Traffic Steering Switching and Splitting (ATSSS) functionalities to distribute traffic over 3GPP access and non-3GPP access for the established MA PDU session. Upon intersystem change from 5GS to EPS over the 3GPP access, if interworking with EPS is not supported, the MA PDU session is maintained in 5GS over the non-3GPP access type. Data traffic over of the MA PDU session over the 3GPP access type is transferred to the non-3GPP access type.
US11228975B2
A service control apparatus (20) according to the present disclosure includes: a communication unit (21) configured to receive a first communication pattern that defines a timing of communication between a service providing apparatus (30) and a communication terminal (10) from the service providing apparatus (30) and a second communication pattern that defines a timing of communication between a service providing apparatus (32) and the communication terminal (10) from the service providing apparatus (32); and a controller (22) configured to determine whether the first communication pattern and the second communication pattern indicate communication timings different from each other. When the first communication pattern and the second communication pattern indicate communication timings different from each other, the communication unit (21) transmits a message to the second service providing apparatus (32) requesting it to change its communication pattern to the first communication pattern.
US11228970B2
An electronic device is provided for use in a NAN cluster. The electronic device includes Wi-Fi communication circuitry; a memory that stores instructions; and a processor that executes the instructions to, while the electronic device operates as a master of the NAN cluster based on a first master preference, control the Wi-Fi communication circuitry to transmit discovery signals outside of discovery windows (DWs), based on a determination that a state of the processor is switched from a wake-up state to a sleep state, change control information for the NAN cluster, wherein the changed control information for the NAN cluster includes data regarding a second master preference that is distinct from the first master preference, and provide the changed control information to the Wi-Fi communication circuitry. The Wi-Fi communication circuitry, while the processor is switched to the sleep state, transmits the changed control information for the NAN cluster.
US11228969B2
Provided are a method for accessing a wireless local area network, a terminal device and a network device, which are applied in a fifth-generation (5G) communication system using 5G mobile communication technologies. The method comprises: a terminal device receives first radio resource control (RRC) signaling sent by the network device, the first RRC signaling comprising first information that is determined by the network device and that is used for accessing a wireless local area network by the terminal device; and the terminal device accesses the wireless local area network according to the first information.
US11228967B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may obtain access to a base station by performing an initial access procedure within an initial access bandwidth. In some cases, the UE may monitor for a cell specific configuration in the initial access bandwidth that indicate one or more first common search spaces within the initial access bandwidth that the UE may monitor for control information. Additionally, the UE may receive dedicated signaling after the initial access procedure that indicates a downlink bandwidth part (BWP) and one or more second common search spaces within the downlink BWP to monitor for control information. Accordingly, the UE may monitor the first common search spaces, the second common search spaces, or both based on the dedicated signaling.
US11228966B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A first wireless node may establish a wireless connection between the first wireless node and a second wireless node in a wireless backhaul communications network. The first wireless node may identify, at the first wireless node, a need for additional resources for wireless communications with a third wireless node. The first wireless node may transmit a request message to the second wireless node indicating that resources are requested at the first wireless node. The first wireless node may receive an indication of one or more available resources from the second wireless node. The first wireless node may select one or more of the available resources for wireless communications with the third wireless node.
US11228965B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a time-frequency resource for transmitting and/or receiving using a system parameter. One apparatus (200) includes a receiver (212) that receives (702) system information on a time-frequency resource. The time-frequency resource is determined by a system parameter, and the system parameter includes a system operation mode.
US11228962B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method that comprises receiving, from a first node, a neighbor solicitation (NS) message via a virtual link, wherein the NS message is configured to provide an indication of a request to communicate with a second node, and request one or more communication parameters corresponding to the second node. The method can also include storing the indication of the request in a report list, and transmitting, via the virtual link, a neighbor advertisement (NA) message to the first node in response to the NS message, wherein the NA message comprises the one or more communication parameters corresponding to the second node.
US11228958B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques transmitting a recommended bit rate query. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) generally includes participating in a voice call with a base station using a channel and a bit rate for the voice call, measuring one or more channel quality metrics for the channel during the voice call, determining whether to transmit a query message to the base station to request a change in the bit rate based, at least in part, on the measured one or more channel quality metrics, at least one of a handover indication received from the base station or a change mode request received from the base station, and a prohibit timer, and taking one or more actions based on the determination.
US11228952B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, and services associated with security and safety) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology.
US11228951B2
A session handling method and a related device, where the method includes: receiving, by a first access and mobility management function (AMF) network element, a first message from a second AMF network element, where the first message includes information about a network slice corresponding to current sessions of a terminal; when determining that the first AMF network element does not support a network slice corresponding to a first session, sending, by the first AMF network element, a first notification message to the second AMF network element, where the first notification message notifies that the first AMF network element does not support the network slice corresponding to the first session; and releasing, by the second AMF network element, a network resource corresponding to the first session. A waste of network resources can be reduced using this application.
US11228949B2
A method of an access and mobility function (AMF) for state management in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises determining a state of at least one state machine, receiving, from a target access network (AN), an N2 path switch request message based on the state of the at least one state machine, transmitting, to a session management function (SMF), an N11 message, and transmitting, to the target AN, an N2 path switch request acknowledgement (Ack) message when receiving an N11 Ack message, from the SMF, corresponding to the N11 message, wherein the target AN transmits a release resource message to a source AN when the target AN receives the N2 path switch request Ack message.
US11228947B2
A network slice deployment method is provided. Under the method, a network device receives a first request message instructing to deploy a target network slice for providing a target service to the terminal device, from a terminal device. The network device sends a second request message to the management function entity for indicating the target network slice information. The network device receives a second response message indicating that the target network slice has been completely deployed.
US11228942B2
Systems and methods for scheduling data traffic in a wireless time sensitive network (TSN). A computer configured to synchronize clocks of all nodes with a common clock in the TSN. Obtain data traffic information for the TSN using a network scheduler to establish routing paths. Determine routing paths using the obtained data traffic information and stored routing information via a memory. Compute a link communication delay for each link of the one or more relay nodes connecting a source node to a destination node of the TSN for each TSN stream using a network scheduler. Determine interfering links for each wireless link using the network scheduler. Determining a scheduling period using the network scheduler. Determine optimal scheduling using an optimal scheduling module. Generate the gate control list for each egress port of the wired node and the wireless transmitter of the TSN, and begin transmission of the data.
US11228939B2
A computer implemented method for managing wireless bands and/or wireless channels comprises receiving information on connected local devices for a plurality of wireless routers, wherein the plurality of wireless routers are using a same wireless band and/or wireless channel, and wherein each connected local device for which information is received utilizes one or more of the plurality of wireless routers for a network connection. The method further comprises calculating, for each of the plurality of wireless routers, a congestion quotient from the received information on the connected local devices, wherein the congestion quotient defines a likelihood of destructive interference at each respective wireless router. The method further comprises determining changes in wireless band and/or wireless channel for one or more wireless routers of the plurality of wireless routers, wherein the changes lower the respective congestion quotients for each of the respective one or more wireless routers.
US11228937B2
Embodiments concern managing traffic in a radio device. While classifying user-plane packets from multiple applications according to quality of service requirements, a specific user-plane packet is classified as/determined to be a predetermined special-type packet (e.g., the special-type packets establish a new TCP/IP connection for a newly activated application). Based on that, that specific user-plane packet is mapped to a pre-defined radio bearer associated with a preconfigured priority, for example a highest priority among all bearers to which any of these user-plane packets from the multiple applications are mapped. Then all the mapped user-plane packets are scheduled for transmission according to their respective priorities. For example, the specific user-plane packet could be a SDU having a SYN, SYN-ACK or ACK, and the network convergence sub-layer (NCS) constructs a L2 NCS PDU using a designated format with the SDU in the payload and context information in the header.
US11228931B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first base station may transmit a request for a user equipment (UE) to provide a physical layer report for a second base station. The second base station may be a base station of a dual connectivity configuration, a deactivated base station of the carrier aggregation configuration, or a non-serving base station of the UE. The UE may measure transmissions of the second base station and generate, at the physical layer of the UE, a physical layer report based on the measurements. The UE may transmit the physical layer report to the first base station.
US11228927B2
A user terminal, method used in a user terminal, and an apparatus for a user terminal include receiving from a base station measurement configuration information configuring measurement of a frequency channel in an unlicensed band, measuring signal strength of radio signals transmitted in the frequency channel, determining occupancy situation of the frequency channel based on the measured signal strength and a threshold, and transmitting to the base station a measurement report including information indicating the occupancy situation of the frequency channel.
US11228918B2
A communication method and a system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system or networks beyond 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of tThings (IoT) are provided. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, a smart retail, security and safety services. A method of performing minimisation of drive tests (MDT), in a mobile telecommunication network is provided. The method includes providing an MDT measurement relating to a result of an early measurement, wherein the early measurement is a measurement performed in an idle state or an inactive state, and wherein the mobile telecommunication network configures a user equipment (UE) to report to the mobile telecommunication network upon transition to a connected state.
US11228913B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a system, comprising a mobile device configured to register with a service provider via an application program, obtain network credentials of communication networks operated by the service provider at various locations, connect to a communication network via the network credentials when approaching a selected location of the service provider, and transmit, to a first computing device via the communication network, a first identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device. The system also comprises the first computing device positioned at service provider's locations and configured to receive and transmit the first identifier to a second computing device. The system also comprises the second computing device configured to receive the first identifier, compare the unique identifier to a plurality of unique identifiers, and provide a service customized to a user of the mobile device based at least upon the comparison result.
US11228910B2
A mobile communication device comprising a microphone; a display; a computer storage configured to store an operating system, a messaging application, and one or more other software applications; and a processor configured to execute the messaging application. The messaging application is configured to check for conditions including a status of the operating system and for presence of test-keys; presence of software applications that allow access to the mobile communication device in root mode thereof; and/or an ability to perform operations on behalf of a root user; wherein if the mobile communication device is considered compromised, a visual warning message is displayed on the display.
US11228909B2
A communication apparatus acquires information about a communication-parameter setting process from a different communication apparatus and determines whether the acquired information includes identification information for identifying the different communication apparatus. If it is determined that the identification information is included, an authentication request is transmitted by unicast based on the identification information. If it is determined that the identification information is not included, the authentication request is transmitted by broadcast.
US11228895B2
Disclosed are a method for determining the mobility state of user equipment (UE), UE and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: when a UE enters a connected state for a short time, keeping maintaining a movement state evaluation variable, and determining a movement state thereof based on the movement state evaluation variable.
US11228889B2
An intercom network for real-time audio communication between users has a stationary element to which the users are connected, a mobile terminal that comprises an audio input and that can transmit audio signals wirelessly to the stationary element or to another user, and a device in the stationary element for user management, that administers the users connected to the stationary element, and that carries out an authorization check for logging the mobile terminal onto the stationary element. An NFC element is provided in the device on the stationary element, and an NFC counter-element is provided on the mobile terminal that can transmit authorization information to the NFC element when the mobile terminal approaches the stationary element.
US11228885B2
Techniques for provisioning electronic devices that may not have a local provisioning agent (LPA), such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices, to a mobile network of a mobile network operator (MNO), are discussed herein. The IoT devices and/or the associated embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) may have one or more device profile templates stored thereon, where individual ones of the device profile templates are associated with a particular MNO. A device provisioning system of an MNO may provision the IoT device in a machine-to-machine (M2M) manner over the air (OTA) by communicating, such as via a radio node, one or more configuration parameters to the IoT device. The IoT device may identify a device profile template associated with the MNO to which the IoT device is to be provisioned and configure that device profile template based at least in part on the configuration parameters received from the device provisioning system.
US11228881B2
A base station apparatus (130, 220) in a network (410) transmits V2X support information indicating that a V2X service is supported by the network (410). In response to receiving V2X support information, a radio terminal (100, 120) transmits, to the network (410), V2X terminal information indicating that the radio terminal (100, 120) is interested in the V2X service. The network (410) transmits V2X configuration to the radio terminal (100, 120) in response to receiving the V2X terminal information transmitted from the radio terminal (100, 120). The radio terminal (100, 120) receives the V2X configuration and performs V2X communication in accordance with the V2X configuration. It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to achievement of a procedure for performing provisioning for the V2X service on the radio terminal that intends to use the V2X service.
US11228878B1
As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for edge management of geographically dispersed sensors. An edge device within a network accesses observations of a plurality of geographically dispersed sensors. Additionally, the edge device processes the observations to determine overlapping portions of the observations. Further, the edge device optimizes the observations to form optimized observations for transmission to a cloud processing system, wherein the optimizing is based on the determined overlapping portions of the observations.
US11228870B2
A method for dynamically adjusting a broadcast area is provided. The method includes the following steps. Information of at least one target base station which subscribes a broadcast service is obtained. A broadcast service base station list corresponding to a broadcast area identification code is set to contain the at least one target base station. The broadcast area identification code corresponds to the broadcast service. A command for adding a new broadcast area identification code is selectively transmitted to the at least one target base station in the broadcast service base station list so that the at least one target base station records the broadcast area identification code to receive the broadcast service corresponding to the broadcast area identification code.
US11228869B2
Techniques for providing cooperative communication via multicast communications are disclosed. An example apparatus comprises a memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to generate a multicast group address based, at least in part, on a geographical region of the apparatus, and broadcast the multicast group address to allow cooperative communication enabled devices to join a multicast group corresponding to the multicast group address. The apparatus is also configured to receive requests from the cooperative communication enabled devices to join the multicast group. The apparatus is also configured to transmit messages to the multicast group via multicast communications.
US11228861B2
Aspects discussed herein relate to providing alerts to a community of devices located in or near a geographic area such as a building or property. The alerts override any alert-inhibiting state of the mobile device to deliver audio, visual, and/or haptic alerts in emergency situations. The communication and emergency alert system may be used to communicate with many different communities of people. Moreover, certain individuals may be members of more than one community at the same time, and the communities themselves may change over time based both on the user's preferences and on their physical locations. Users may set their own preferences for how alerts are provided, such as customizing the visual and/or audible notifications provided for an alert.
US11228857B2
A system for dynamically updating a head-related transfer function (HRTF) model that is customized to a user. The system receives one or more images of the user captured by one or more imaging devices. The system determines a pose of the user using the one or more captured images. The pose of the user includes a head-torso orientation of the user. The system updates a HRTF model for the user based on the determined pose including the head-torso orientation. The system generates one or more sound filters using the updated HRTF model and applies the one or more sound filters to audio content to generate spatialized audio content. The system provides the spatialized audio content to the user.
US11228856B2
A method for generating loudspeaker signals associated with a target screen size is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bit stream containing encoded higher order ambisonics signals, the encoded higher order ambisonics signals describing a sound field associated with a production screen size. The method further includes decoding the encoded higher order ambisonics signals to obtain a first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing dominant components of the sound field and a second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing ambient components of the sound field. The method also includes combining the first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals and the second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals to produce a combined set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals.
US11228851B2
A cerumen protection plug for a hearing device. The cerumen protection plug prevents cerumen from passing along a sound conduit in the hearing device and blocking sound output from a receiver in the hearing device. The cerumen protection plug includes a circular plug containing a cerumen barrier. A positioning handle allows the cerumen barrier to be positioned along the sound conduit, where it prevents cerumen that has entered the sound conduit from traveling along the sound conduit to the receiver or an output port of the receiver.
US11228850B2
The present disclosure relates to an RF antenna adapted to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic RF signals within a first frequency range enclosing a first frequency of resonance of the RF antenna, the RF antenna comprising: an electrically conductive antenna element having a feed for electrically connecting to an RF transmitter and/or an RF receiver; an electronic component adapted to receive and/or provide one or more electric signals from/to an electronic circuit within a second frequency range not overlapping the first frequency range; and one or more electric leads electrically connected to lead the one or more electric signals between the electronic component and the electronic circuit, each of the one or more electric leads being electrically connected to the electronic circuit through a respective inductor adapted to reflect and/or attenuate signals within the first frequency range and pass signals within the second frequency range.
US11228847B2
A microphone can include a cover having a series of slits and a nest. The nest can be configured to receive a first diaphragm, a second diaphragm, and a PCB in a stacked arrangement, such that the PCB is positioned between the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm. Also, the first diaphragm can define a first plane, the second diaphragm can define a second plane, and the PCB can define a third plane and the first plane, the second plane, and the third plane can extend parallel to one another. The cover can also include slits having a first length and a second length, and the first length can be greater than the second length. The slits can extend both radially and axially.
US11228846B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to low noise microphone assemblies for electronic devices. A microphone assembly may include components for sensing sound, mounted on a substrate, under a cover disposed on the substrate. The components may receive sound through an opening in the substrate. The microphone assembly may include an interposer on the substrate. The interposer includes one or more contacts on a surface that is spatially separated from the surface of the substrate, in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. A first side of the substrate may be mounted to an inner surface of a housing of the electronic device. The components, the cover, and the interposer may be mounted to an opposing second side of the substrate. A flexible printed circuit may be coupled to the contacts on the surface of the interposer, and mechanically attached to a surface of the cover.
US11228844B2
Provided is an energy harvesting system, including: a first electrode; a second electrode; a non-metalized mono-charged electret diaphragm disposed between the first and second electrodes; a base; a spring extending between the base and the electret diaphragm; and a rod in communication with the electret diaphragm and for manipulating a position of the electret diaphragm relative to the first and second electrodes.
US11228840B2
Embodiments described herein provide an audio device and a method of operating the audio device. The audio device comprises at least one surface, a first surface transducer positioned to excite first modes of oscillation in a first surface of the at least one surface, and a second surface transducer positioned to excite second modes of oscillation in a second surface of the at least one surface, wherein the first modes of oscillation are of a higher frequency than the second modes of oscillation.
US11228828B2
Headphones includes a pair of cups, each housing a speaker to be positioned over an ear of a user, a microphone, a processor, an actuator to move a member of at least one of the cups to uncover at least a portion of the ear of the user to expose the user to ambient sound, a user control to active a training mode of the headphones in which the processor operates the microphone to record relevant sounds occurring when the training mode is activated, the processor to subsequently analyze ambient sounds external to the headphones that are received by the microphone and compare those ambient sounds to the recorded relevant sounds and the processor to selectively activate the actuator to uncover at least a portion of the ear of the user to expose the user to ambient sound in response to determining that the ambient sounds match the relevant sounds.
US11228825B1
A sound system is shown in the form of a speaker with or without a speaker box. A front member may be used with an elongate open portion with a top end and a bottom end and a speaker support with the speaker mounted to the speaker support. The speaker support may be coupled to the front member with a front of the speaker facing the front member and the front of the speaker substantially aligned with the bottom end of the elongate open portion. The bottom end of the elongate open portion may be positioned adjacent to a lower portion of the back of the torso of a user and the top end of the open portion is positioned higher near the back of the torso of the user. This combination may be used in a backpack, a chair or any other similar device.
US11228823B2
An optical receiver is disclosed, including an optoelectronic detector, a transimpedance amplification (TIA) circuit, a single-ended-to-differential converter, an I/O interface, and a controller. The optoelectronic detector, having bandwidth lower than required system transmission bandwidth, converts an optical signal into a current signal. The TIA circuit compensate gain for the received current signal based on a received control signal, to obtain a voltage signal, where a frequency response value of the current signal within first bandwidth is greater than that within the bandwidth of the optoelectronic detector, and any frequency in the first bandwidth is not lower than an upper cut-off frequency of the optoelectronic detector. The single-ended-to-differential converter converts the voltage signal into a differential voltage signal. The I/O interface outputs the differential voltage signal. The controller generates the control signal based on the differential voltage signal. The optical receiver disclosed can reduce costs while ensuring signal quality.
US11228821B2
Methods and systems of correcting operation of multiple modules are described. The methods include generating a first dual-tone signal in a first module and transmitting the first dual-tone signal to a second module. A second dual-tone signal is generated in the second module and transmitted to the first module. The first module determines a first phase of the received second dual-tone signal and the second module determines a second phase of the received first dual-tone signal. Operation of one or both of the first and second modules is corrected based on the determined first phase and the determined second phase.
US11228820B2
Systems and techniques to facilitate generating and/or encoding rotational data associated with a mechanical element are presented. A sensor system can measure rotational speed data and phase data associated with a mechanical element that rotates. The sensor system can also encode the rotational speed data and phase data into a digital data packet. Furthermore, the sensor system can transmit the digital data packet associated with the rotational speed data and phase data to one or more sensor devices in communication with the sensor system.
US11228814B2
A data analyzer engine can be configured to receive feedback indicating different content currently consumed by subscribers in a cable network environment. The data analyzer engine analyzes the feedback to identify most popular consumed content amongst the different content and produces a content guide to include multiple selectable channels from which content is available for retrieval over a shared communication link in the cable network environment. The content guide can include one or more selectable viewing options to view a rendition of content being identified as more or most popular. Each of one or more playback devices or other suitable resources retrieves and initiates display of the content guide on a display screen. Accordingly, a subscriber can view different available content options as well as an identification of content that is currently the most popular consumed content amongst viewers.
US11228810B1
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented process for evaluating user activity, user preference, and/or user habit via one or more personal devices and providing precisely timed and situationally targeted content recommendations. It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a technological solution to the long felt need in small scale content recommendation systems caused by the technical problem of generating situationally targeted and user preference targeted content recommendations for users of an interactive electronic system.
US11228806B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising receiving one or more media content items; creating one or more leveraged content items from the media content item(s) by extracting one or more leverage points from the media content item(s); obtaining user information, such as user preferences and user context; selecting a selected content item from the leveraged content item(s) based on the user information; creating a custom content item by further extracting a subset of the leverage points from the selected content item based on the user information; and presenting the custom content item to the user's equipment. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11228801B2
The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for providing a multi-view streaming service having at least two screens. According to an embodiment, the multi-view streaming service providing apparatus includes a first screen control module, a second screen control module, and a playback control module. The first screen control module supports playback processing of a first MPEG media transport (MMT) streaming data for a first screen. The second screen control module supports playback processing of a second MMT streaming data for a second screen. The playback control module identifies playback time information inserted in each media processing unit (MPU) of the first and second streaming data in response to a request for multi-view streaming playback, and controls the first and second screen control modules to synchronize and play the respective MPUs of the first and second streaming data in accordance with the identified playback time information.
US11228793B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the presentation and marking of media modules. In different aspects, the systems and methods may allow a user to present and consume a media module, particularly a media module containing data that is typically presented in a serial manner such as audio, visual, or video media, and to create a marked media module for quickly and easily returning to a marked point of interest in the media module at a later time or on a different device.
US11228792B1
Dynamic transcoding can be used to provide supplemental content, selected to be played during breaks in a stream of primary content, that has the same format as the primary content. It can be desirable to provide supplemental content that is personalized. This may include additional content or advertising that may be of interest or relevance to a viewer. In many instances, the supplemental content will come from a different source and thus can be in a different format. Approaches in accordance with various embodiments can take advantage of dynamic transcoding of the supplemental content to provide properly formatted supplemental content through the same stream as the primary content. A custom manifest can be provided to the media player that points to the transcoded supplemental content. At an appropriate break in the playback, the media player can use the manifest to obtain the formatted supplemental content.
US11228785B2
The image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: determining the availability of a block adjacent to a current block; configuring a merge candidate list for the current block on the basis of the result of the determined availability; and performing motion compensation for the current block on the basis of the merge candidate list, wherein the step of determining availability comprises the steps of inducing block availability information on the adjacent block and inducing the availability of motion information on the adjacent block, and the step of determining the availability of the adjacent block is such that when there is more than one adjacent block, the availability of adjacent blocks can be determined in accordance with a predetermined order restriction.
US11228766B2
Videos may be characterized by objective metrics that quantify video quality. Embodiments are directed to target bitrate prediction methods in which one or more objective metrics may serve as inputs into a model that predicts a mean opinion score (MOS), a measure of perceptual quality, as a function of metric values. The model may be derived by generating training data through conducting subjective tests on a set of video encodings, obtaining MOS data from the subjective tests, and correlating the MOS data with metric measurements on the training data. The MOS predictions may be extended to predict the target (encoding) bitrate that achieves a desired MOS value. The target bitrate prediction methods may be applied to segments of a video. The methods may be made computationally faster by applying temporal subsampling. The methods may also be extended for adaptive bitrate (ABR) applications by applying scaling factors to predicted bitrates at one frame size to determine predicted bitrates at different frame sizes. A dynamic scaling algorithm may be used to determine predicted bitrates at the different frame sizes.
US11228753B1
Pointers are added to a 3D volumetric dataset to help the user visualize the direction of blood flow. A 3D volume containing at least one blood vessel is created. Next, the direction of the blood flow is determined. Next, at least pointer is placed into the 3D volume in an aligned fashion with the direction of blood flow such that the 3D volume is modified. Next, the modified 3D volume is displayed on a head display unit, such as an augmented reality or virtual reality display. Next, at least one pointer is advanced to a new position for additional modification of the 3D imaging volume.
US11228748B2
A digital photographing device may include a plurality of cameras on a common side of the device, an application processor for switching image capture between the camera, and a display. The application processor may switch images output on the display when the cameras are switched. During the image transition, one or more virtual viewpoint images are output between a pre-transition image and a post-transition image. The virtual viewpoint images interpolate a disparity between the pre-transition image and the post-transition image caused by the different cameras being located at different positions, and result in a smooth visual transition. When a camera switching input includes a zoom factor signal, the virtual viewpoint images may be compensated images according to the input zoom factor and a disparity.
US11228747B2
A video display device includes: a video receiver that receives video data including a video and dynamic luminance characteristics indicating a time-dependent change in luminance characteristics of the video; a tone mapping processor that, in the case where a luminance region having a luminance less than or equal to a first luminance is defined as a low luminance region, and a luminance region having a luminance exceeding the first luminance is defined as a high luminance region, (i) performs first tone mapping using first conversion characteristics when first luminance characteristics exceed a predetermined threshold value, and (ii) performs second tone mapping using second conversion characteristics when the first luminance characteristics are less than or equal to the predetermined threshold value.
US11228746B2
Image analysis and processing may include a multiple-tone-control (MTC) unit configured to obtain a tone-control gain lookup table, a plurality of MTC gain lookup tables, wherein the input image is divided into a plurality of blocks and wherein the plurality of MTC gain lookup tables includes a respective MTC gain lookup table corresponding to each respective block from the plurality of blocks, MTC grid parameters, MTC weighting parameters, a tone-control gain based on the tone-control gain lookup table, a MTC gain based on at least one MTC gain lookup table from the plurality of MTC gain lookup tables, the MTC grid parameters, and the MTC weighting parameters, and an output value based on the tone-control gain and the MTC gain.
US11228745B2
A display apparatus including first and second displays or projectors that display first and second images for first and second eyes, respectively; first and second portions facing first and second eyes, respectively, first and second portions having first (F-F′) and second (S-S′) optical axes, respectively; means for tracking positions and orientations of first and second eyes relative to corresponding optical axes, respectively; and processor. The processor or external processor obtains current relative positions and orientations of both eyes; determines first and second transformations for first and second input image frames, respectively, given transformation being applied to correct apparent per-pixel distortions produced when given input image frame is displayed; and applies first and second transformations to generate first and second distortion-corrected image frames, respectively, wherein processor renders first and second distortion-corrected image frames.
US11228742B2
A projection system includes a signal processor, a light source, an optical relay system, an adjusting member, and a DMD. The signal processor receives image data. The signal processor increases grayscale values of pixels of the image data. The optical relay system provides illumination light to the DMD for modulating to obtain projection light required for a projection image. The adjusting member reduces the luminous flux of the illumination light provided to the DMD when the grayscale values of the pixels of the image data are increased. A reduction ratio of the luminous flux of the illumination light matches an increase ratio of the grayscale values of the image data. The DMD modulates the adjusted illumination light according to the image data with increased grayscale values to generate the projection light required for the projection image.
