US11325787B2
Disclosed is a conveyor system and method for advancing an item relative to a transport axis. The conveyor system includes a conveyor belt and a modular drive assembly having at least one drive module and at least one take-up module. Each drive module and each take-up module has a housing and a pulley assembly positioned within the housing. The respective positions of the housings of the at least one drive module and the at least one take-up module relative to the transport axis are selectively adjustable to modify the conveyor movement pathway. Moreover, the drive module can also include a drive pulley removal apparatus that is detachably secured within the housing for selective removal and replacement of a drive pulley.
US11325776B1
A mass-flow hopper that stores solid particulates and provides gas assistance to readily discharge the particulate matter. The mass flow hopper has an upper conical section connected via an intermediate section to a lower conical section having a lower discharge orifice. The lower conical section has a frustoconical configured gas impermeable wall lined with a gas permeable fluidizing plate spaced therefrom to define a lower space. The upper conical section slope is steeper than the lower frusto-conically configured gas permeable wall slope. Gas injected into the lower space passes from the lower space through the gas permeable fluidizing plate into the hopper to form a fluidized layer of gas between the solid particulates in the hopper and the gas permeable fluidizing plate. The fluidized layer of gas reduces wall friction within the lower conical section to facilitate discharging the particulates from the hopper.
US11325771B2
A method for storing and preserving moisture sensitive products includes providing a moisture tight container (400) having an insert (300) made from a desiccant entrained polymer that is less than 3.25 g in mass, disposing a plurality of moisture sensitive products into the interior compartment when the container is in the open position, and moving the container into the closed position, thereby creating a moisture tight seal between the lid (420) and the container body (401). The container provides a shelf life to the moisture sensitive products of at least 12 months. The container, when in the closed position, has a moisture vapor transmission rate, at ambient conditions of 30° C. and 75% relative humidity (RH), of less than 500|ig/day.
US11325767B2
A packaging container for holding contents such as fresh food. The container comprises a tray having a flange, a pre-formed scaling ring and a flexible film for sealing in the contents of the tray. The sealing ring is made from fiber, filament or tape (“FFT”) that is shaped into a shape that matches the shape of the tray flange. The sealing ring is adhered to the tray flange by heat welding or other means and the flexible film is adhered to the sealing ring.
US11325766B2
A rotary bottle with replaceable inner container includes an outer bottle, an inner container and a rotating base, an inner cover installed above the inner container, a clamping point protruding outwards provided in an outer wall position of the inner container and correspondingly clamped in a groove at an inner wall of the outer bottle. A screw is provided in the inner position of the inner container, and an upper clamping ring connected with the inner container is provide in a position, close to a circumferential edge, and of an upper surface of a bottom of the screw. The inner container can be removed after use with a reusing function of an outer bottle remained, so as to reduce pollution to the environment, optimize a structure of the product, and reduce loss in a component.
US11325764B2
A carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton can comprise a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels can comprise a bottom panel, a top panel, and a side panel. At least two end flaps are respectively foldably attached to respective panels of the plurality of panels. The at least two end flaps can at least partially form a closed end of the carton, and the at least two end flaps can comprise a first end flap foldably connected to at least one panel of the plurality of panels at a first fold line and a second end flap foldably connected to the at least one panel at a second fold line. The second fold line is oblique relative to the first fold line.
US11325758B2
A composite container lid includes an inner plug 1 with a flow-out port and an upper lid 3 detachably attached to a container mouth portion 80, wherein: the inner plug 1 includes an upper lid engaging cylinder 5, a container mouth portion-securing member 7 having a circumferential wall 9 that surrounds the upper lid engaging cylinder 5, and linking pieces 11 that link the inner surface of the circumferential wall 9 to the upper lid engaging cylinder 5 so as to form a flow-out port 13; the upper lid engaging cylinder 5 is provided, on the upper end portion of the outer surface thereof, with a circumferential protuberance 5a for temporary engagement; engaging pieces 37 are formed on the inner surface of a top plate 31 of the upper lid 3, the engaging pieces 37 having an undercut 37a for temporarily engaging with the circumferential protuberance 5a that temporary engages with the upper lid engaging cylinder; and a sound-suppressing protrusion 50 is provided in a region surrounded by the engaging pieces 37.
US11325747B2
A container having interlocking features is provided. The container includes protrusions on the upper edges of the side wall panels and base wall panels, and notches in the runners/feet for receiving the protrusions. The runners and/or feet extend to the outer perimeter of the container so they can rest on an upper edge of a like container, and do not include a recess from the outer perimeter.
US11325746B2
Pallet container 1 for the transport of temperature-sensitive products, which pallet container 1 comprises at least one side part 21, one bottom part 22, one top part 23 and one lid part 24, each having at least one vacuum insulation panel 3 disposed therein, and wherein the at least one side part 21, the bottom part 22 and the top part 23 comprise a common stop rim portion 4, at which stop rim portion 4 the lid part 24 comes to rest partially or fully circumferentially, characterized in that the pallet container 1 comprises at least one edge protection element 7 in order to distribute a load applied by a tensioning element 6.
US11325745B1
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for a skid system including a skid apparatus. The skid apparatus may include a skid frame including at least one lateral member coupled to at least one side member at a coupling location, a skid plate coupleable to at least one of the at least one lateral member or to the at least one side member, at least one skid slot extending through the skid plate, and a pipe support configured to couple to the at least one skid slot.
US11325736B2
An extraction assembly for extracting content from a bag, said bag having an end mouth formed by two opposing flaps, comprising a separation wall which separates a first environment and a second environment at different contamination classes and which is provided with an opening communicating the first environment and the second environment, closing partitions at the opening movable between a closing position and an opening position, and a gripper to keep closed said flaps and wherein each closing partition has coupling elements to couple with a gripper, wherein said gripper and said coupling elements include a retention device, the spacing apart of partitions causing opening of the jaws and the opening of the end mouth and the communicating of the inside of the bag and of the content with said second environment through said opening.
US11325727B2
A magnetic nozzle having a converging/diverging contour shape that converts the thermal energy of a propellant into directed kinetic energy, but uses magnetic fields instead of a physical boundary to direct the flow of particles.
US11325726B2
A method and apparatus for estimating gyro scale factor during normal spacecraft operations, using small attitude motions that are compliant with mission pointing accuracy and stability requirements and a signal processing method that specifically detects the intentionally induced motions. This process increases operational availability by avoiding the need to take the spacecraft offline for large calibration maneuvers.
US11325723B2
A wireless engine monitoring system for an aircraft engine includes a housing and wireless transceiver that receives engine data, including engine data relating to environmental engine emissions. A processor processes the engine data and generates an alarm report when the environmental engine emissions exceed a threshold.
US11325719B2
Embodiments are directed to a selectable drive system that allows a rotor gearbox to send torque to a proprotor assembly and/or through a multiplier planetary gear set to a pylon-mounted ducted fan thrust unit. The rotor drive system may be a stop-fold system in which rotor blades can be folded when not rotating. This allows a normally idle lift engine to provide additional aircraft thrust during cruise where an aircraft is typically using only a dedicated thrust engine for high speed flight. An inline engage/disengage actuator or “shift fork” on the rotor gearbox is used to select the torque-output direction. The multiplier planetary gear set increases the output RPM that is received from the rotor gearbox and that is applied to the thrust fan unit.
US11325718B2
An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes a first acoustic panel and a second acoustic panel. The first acoustic panel includes a first perforated skin, a first non-perforated skin and a first cellular core arranged between and connected to the first perforated skin and the first non-perforated skin. The first perforated skin is configured with a plurality of first perforations. A first of the first perforations has a first width. A second acoustic panel includes a second perforated skin, a second non-perforated skin and a second cellular core arranged between and connected to the second perforated skin and the second non-perforated skin. The second perforated skin is configured with a plurality of second perforations. A first of the second perforations has a second width that is smaller than the first width.
US11325711B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a seat unit structure, a seat unit, and an attachment method thereof in which component reinstallation does not arise when the seat unit is attached in an aircraft. One representative seat unit structure according to the present invention relates to a seat unit structure configured to support a seat, wherein the structure has a lower structure having a monocoque structure and defines an outermost shell in at least one direction of the seat unit. That is, the member mounted in the one direction of the seat unit can be stored inside the outermost shell of the structure. In addition, the one direction is the width direction of the airframe.
US11325706B2
A disposable unmanned aerial glider (UAG) with pre-determined UAG flight capabilities. The UAG comprises a flight module comprising at least one aerodynamic arrangement; and a fuselage module comprising a container configured for storing therein a payload and having structural integrity. The container is pressurized so as to maintain structural integrity thereof at least during flight, so that the UAG flight capabilities are provided only when the container is pressurized.
US11325697B1
A vertical take-off and landing (“VTOL”) aircraft has at least two flying wings (“FW”) with each FW equipped with multiple transverse-radial propellers or a propulsion system for producing a lift force and thrust force on the stationary or non-stationary FW. This VTOL/FWA is capable of exchanging payloads horizontally, as well as vertically, with a stationary or a moving object. In particular, the VTOL/FWA can “walk” on a building wall to adjust and anchor its position in order to rescue people from a high-rise-building window horizontally.
US11325693B2
An actuation unit (15) for actuating a foldable wing tip portion (9) includes a first housing part (19) including a first attachment device (23) configured for attachment to a fixed wing (5), and a second housing part (21) including a second attachment device (25) configured for attachment to a foldable wing tip portion (9). The second housing part (21) is rotatable about a main axis of rotation (35). The second housing part (21) includes a toothed rack (37) having a concave shape and facing the main axis of rotation (35). A drive pinion (39) is supported at the first housing part (19) and engaging the toothed rack (37) for driving the second housing part (21) rotatingly relative to the first housing part (19). The drive pinion (39) is driven by a coupling arrangement (43) that is configured to be coupled to an output (45) of a motor unit (47).
US11325692B1
A propeller folding apparatus of an air mobility vehicle deploys or folds propeller blades depending on the flying state of the air mobility vehicle. The propeller blades are efficiently used depending on the flying state of the air mobility vehicle. The energy efficiency and the ferry range of the air mobility vehicle are increased.
US11325676B2
In an electric drive device for a bicycle, there is an electric motor with an output shaft and an angular gear by which the output shaft is connectable to a wheel of the bicycle in a drive-effective manner, and a fastening device is provided, carrying the electric motor and configured to fasten the electric motor to a rotation axle of the wheel.
US11325666B2
A method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy vehicle body includes the following steps: vehicle body part molding, including: profile stretch-bending and machining; vehicle body frame assembly welding, including: performing assembly welding on a lower vehicle body, left and right side panels, and front and rear roof crossbeams; outer panel manufacturing, including: manufacturing an outer panel by injection molding; and whole vehicle assembling, including: assembling interior trim parts and the outer panel to a vehicle body frame, and assembling chassis parts to the vehicle body frame. The vehicle body parts and the vehicle body frame are made of an aluminum alloy material, and the outer panel is made of a non-metallic composite material.
US11325665B2
An undercarriage system for a track-type machine includes an idler height adjustment system having piston assemblies supported in a frame, in opposition to one another, to contact upper and lower sides of an idler support element or block. A conduit connects the piston assemblies and has therein a fluid exchange valve adjustable to an open position where a flowable material such as grease is exchanged through the conduit between the piston assemblies, and a closed position where fluid connection between the piston assemblies is blocked and idler height is fixed.
US11325648B2
A front end module frame may include a cross member, a pair of side members extending from respective end portions of the cross member in a height direction of the vehicle, each of the pair of side members having a center portion connected to the front end portion of a corresponding one of front side members of the vehicle, an upper back beam member interconnecting the upper end portions of the pair of side members, the upper back beam member having opposite end portions respectively connected to the front end portions of upper fender apron members of the vehicle, and a lower back beam member extending in a width direction of the vehicle and interconnecting the center portions of the pair of side members.
US11325639B2
A steering gear includes a gear wheel, a screw pinion meshing therewith, and a screw pinion shaft that includes the screw pinion. The screw pinion shaft is mounted on one side of the screw pinion in a fixed bearing. The steering gear includes a rotary bearing which comprises an inner bearing shell and an outer bearing shell. The outer bearing shell is connected to an inner ring of a swivel ring. The inner ring is connected to an outer ring of the swivel ring by a torsion web so as to pivot about a pivot axis. The torsion web runs at a distance from a supporting surface. The distance is dimensioned such that the torsion web does not contact the supporting surface when the screw pinion shaft is not loaded with a torque, and partially contacts the same when the screw pinion shaft is loaded with an operating torque.
US11325636B2
A steering column device includes an inner tube, a housing, and a lock mechanism configured. The lock mechanism includes a first engagement member, a second engagement member, a first urging member, a second urging member, a cam member configured to rotate about a rotation axis extending in a direction in which the first urging member and the second urging member are arranged such that the second urging member serving as a follower is moved in the direction in which the first urging member and the second urging member are arranged to change a magnitude relationship between an urging force of the first urging member and an urging force of the second urging member, and an operation lever configured to operate the cam member.
US11325635B2
Embodiments may allow the steering wheel to be received in a vehicle body to secure a space for the driver's seat in autonomous driving mode and prevent the steering wheel from interfering with the driver's body, thereby allowing for the driver's comfortable movement while preventing the driver from intervening in steering. It is also possible to implement a further simplified folding structure of the steering wheel, providing more advantages in terms of costs and space.
US11325630B2
A multi child stroller includes a stroller frame and a first seat. The stroller frame has two sections adapted to fold and unfold relative to each other. The first seat is disposed on one of the two sections. The first seat includes a first seat unit and a seat back positioning member. The first seat unit has a sliding slot portion. The seat back positioning member is rotatably disposed on the stroller frame. The seat back positioning member includes a sliding bar adapted to slide inside the sliding slot portion, so as to switch the first seat unit into one of a first unfolding mode, a second unfolding mode and a folding mode.
US11325628B1
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a dolly comprising a frame, a set of guide rollers, a planetary disc, a set of rollers, and a caster. The frame comprises a plurality of cells. The set of guide rollers is coupled to the frame. The planetary disc constrained within a cell of the plurality of cells via the guide rollers. The set of rollers is coupled to the cell of the plurality of cells. Each of the plurality of rollers contacts a surface of the planetary disc. The set of rollers is constructed to distribute a load placed on the dolly over a surface of the planetary disc, thereby reducing a probability of failure of the dolly. The caster is coupled to the planetary disc.
US11325618B2
An operation control apparatus executes sending operation instructions to vehicles running in an autonomous driving mode such that a time interval at which the vehicles running in the autonomous driving mode pass a selected point in a route is substantially constant, receiving, from any one vehicle running in the autonomous driving mode, a notification that the vehicle switches into a manual driving mode in response to an instruction of a boarding staff, and sending operation instructions to the vehicle having switched into the manual driving mode and the vehicle that continues running in the autonomous driving mode such that a time interval at which the vehicle having switched into the manual driving mode and the vehicle that continues running in the autonomous driving mode pass a selected point in the route is substantially constant in a set time from when the operation control apparatus has received the notification.
US11325606B2
Methods, devices and systems enable controlling an autonomous vehicle by identifying vehicles that are within a threshold distance of the autonomous vehicle, determining an autonomous capability metric of each of the identified vehicles, and adjusting a driving parameter of the autonomous vehicle based on the determined autonomous capability metric of each of the identified vehicles. Embodiments may further include determining, based on the determined ACMs, whether one or more identified vehicles would provide an operational advantage to the autonomous vehicle in a cooperative driving engagement, and initiating a cooperative driving engagement with the one or more identified vehicles in response to determining that the one or more identified vehicles would provide an operational advantage to the autonomous vehicle in a cooperative driving engagement.
US11325599B2
A vehicle motion control system includes: a steering angle sensor for detecting a steering angle; a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a vehicle speed; a lateral acceleration sensor for detecting an actual lateral acceleration of a vehicle body; a reference lateral acceleration calculation unit configured to calculate a reference lateral acceleration from the steering angle and the vehicle speed; a required longitudinal force calculation unit configured to calculate a required longitudinal force for reducing a deviation of the actual lateral acceleration relative to the reference lateral acceleration; and a longitudinal force control unit configured to control an output of at least one of a brake and a power plant such that the required longitudinal force is generated.
US11325597B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of automobile maintenance and discloses a calibration device for a lane keeping assist (LKA) system. The calibration device includes a support apparatus, a laser and a pattern board. The support apparatus includes a horizontal graduated scale. The laser is configured to be mounted on the body of an automobile and to emit a laser beam to the horizontal graduated scale. The pattern board is mounted on the support apparatus and is configured to attach an alignment pattern. By means of the calibration device, two lasers are mounted on wheels on two sides of the automobile. Two laser beams that are emitted from equal distances with the wheels being reference points are irradiated to the horizontal graduated scale. Based on marks on the horizontal graduated scale, the support apparatus may be moved to an appropriate position to calibrate the centerline of the automobile.
US11325594B2
Methods and systems to implement sensor fusion to determine collision potential for a vehicle include identifying a specific intersection that the vehicle is approaching, and identifying collision potential scenarios associated with one or more paths through the specific intersection. Each collision potential scenario defines a risk of a collision between the vehicle and an object in a specified area. A weight with which one or more information sources of the vehicle are considered is adjusted for each collision potential scenario such that a highest weight is given to one or more of the one or more information sources that provide most relevant and reliable information about the specified area. Sensor fusion is implemented based on the adjusting the weight of the one or more information sources and performing detection based on the sensor fusion, and an alert is provided or actions are implemented according to the detection.
US11325590B2
An autonomous driving device is provided. The autonomous driving device includes a driver comprising circuitry configured to drive the autonomous driving device, a sensor, a storage configured to store characteristic information for each type of obstacle, and a processor configured to control the driver based on a result of sensing of the sensor. The processor is configured to, based on an external object sensed by the sensor being recognized as an obstacle with a possibility of collision with the autonomous driving device, identify a type of the obstacle based on the characteristic information, and to control the driver to change at least one of a velocity and direction of the autonomous driving device based on the identified type of obstacle.
US11325588B2
Disclosed herein is a vehicle control system and a method of controlling the vehicle. The vehicle control system includes: at least one sensor module disposed in a vehicle to have a detecting area for the inside or the outside of the vehicle, configured to capture detecting data and to process the captured detecting data; and a controller configured to park the vehicle in a recognized parking space using position coordinates of each of at least two objects based at least in part on the processing of the detecting data.
US11325584B2
A control device for a hybrid vehicle includes: a drive control unit that calculates required drive power which is required for a hybrid vehicle based on an accelerator opening when an accelerator return operation is performed, calculates a target engine output which changes slowly with respect to a required engine output for realizing the required drive power through slow change processing, and controls an engine, a first rotary machine, and a second rotary machine such that an engine output reaches the target engine output; and a smoothing rate setting unit that changes a smoothing rate which is used for the slow change processing based on a supercharging pressure and sets the smoothing rate to a smaller value when the supercharging pressure is high than when the supercharging pressure is low.
US11325579B2
A controller configured to control a hybrid vehicle includes a catalyst temperature increase control unit configured to execute a catalyst temperature increase control of increasing a temperature of a three-way catalyst device, a motoring control of rotating a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine with power of a motor in a state in which combustion of the internal combustion engine is stopped, and a fuel introduction process of introducing unburned air-fuel mixture into an exhaust passage by performing fuel injection in the internal combustion engine during the execution of the motoring control.
US11325572B2
A vehicle control device includes a crossing vehicle detection sensor configured to detect a crossing vehicle approaching an own vehicle while the own vehicle is traveling in an intersecting lane, the intersecting lane being a lane that intersects an own vehicle lane at an intersection at a time the own vehicle approaches the intersection, the crossing vehicle being a vehicle travelling in the intersecting lane; and a controller configured to automatically brake the own vehicle to avoid a collision between the own vehicle and the crossing vehicle under a condition that the own vehicle enters the intersecting lane. The controller is configured to set, between the own vehicle and the crossing vehicle, a virtual area that moves with the crossing vehicle and that extends in an advancing direction of the crossing vehicle, and automatically brake the own vehicle to prevent the own vehicle from contacting the virtual area.
US11325566B2
The invention relates to a wiper blade packaging device having at least one secondary packaging (10a; 10b), which is provided to receive at least one wiper blade (12a; 12b), and having at least one mounting element (16a; 16b), which is arranged in the secondary packaging (10a; 10b) in at least one packaged state and which is provided to mount the wiper blade (12a; 12b) at least in part. According to the invention, in the packaged state, the mounting element (16a; 16b) is provided in order to be penetrated by the wiper blade (12a; 12b).
US11325559B2
A roof airbag apparatus may include: a first-row deployment part deployed from the front to the rear of a roof so as to cover a front area, when gas is supplied from a gas supply part; a second-row deployment part coupled to a front end of the first-row deployment part so as to communicate with the first-row deployment part, and configured to cover a rear area which is deployed to the rear when the first-row deployment part is deployed; and an auxiliary deployment part coupled to a top or bottom surface of the first-row deployment part so as to communicate with the first-row deployment part, and configured to increase/decrease the top-to-bottom thickness of the first-row deployment part, when deployed.
US11325553B2
A side airbag device capable of preventing interference between a harness and an airbag is provided between a vehicle body and a seat. The side airbag device includes an airbag module including an inflatable airbag and an inflator supplying a gas into the airbag, a base member including an airbag storage portion having a concave shape and storing the airbag module and is attached between a vehicle body door and the seat, and a retainer member holding the airbag storage portion from the rear side of the vehicle body. The base member includes a first through hole through which a harness of the inflator is inserted and a flange which is formed in the periphery of the first through hole. The retainer member includes a second through hole through which the harness of the inflator is inserted and which is provided at a position facing the first through hole.
US11325547B2
A wire harness routing apparatus disclosed by the present specification is a wire harness routing apparatus (10) that is to be attached to a rotation platform (80) that allows a seat (S) to be rotated with respect to a base portion (90) provided in a vehicle, the wire harness routing apparatus (10) including a wire harness (20) that is arranged between the seat (S) and the base portion (90), and a case (40) that rotates accompanying the rotation of the seat (S) in a state of accommodating the wire harness (20), wherein the case (40) is arranged on the inner side in the radial direction of the rotation platform (80) using the rotation axis of the rotation platform (80) as a reference.
US11325546B2
A rotary connector includes a case including a housing space and fixed to a vehicle body that includes a steering wheel including a steering-side electric component, a rotor that is rotatable around a rotational axis relative to the case, a first connector provided on the rotor and electrically connected to the steering-side electric component, a second connector provided on the case and electrically connected to a vehicle-side electric component in the vehicle body, a flexible cable that is provided in a wound state in the housing space of the case and electrically connects the first connector to the second connector, and a controller that is disposed between the first connector and the flexible cable and performs a predetermined process on an electric signal transmitted between the first connector and the flexible cable. The controller is configured to rotate together with the rotor.
US11325541B2
A method for assembling a vehicular camera includes providing a housing a circuit element. A first housing portion includes a lens holder and a second housing portion includes a connector portion configured for connecting to wiring of a vehicle. A plurality of electrical connector elements are disposed at the connector portion of the second housing portion, each having (i) a first end portion configured for electrically connecting to circuitry of the circuit element and (ii) a second end portion configured for electrically connecting to the vehicle wiring. The first end portions have a thickness that is less than a thickness of the second end portions. When mating the first and second housing portions, the first end portions engage with the circuitry of the circuit element and the electrical connector elements flex as the first end portions engage the circuitry and make electrical connection with the circuitry.
US11325539B2
A cargo box for securely carrying fishing rods and related cargo on top of a vehicle is disclosed, including a top portion hingedly connected to a bottom portion. The bottom portion includes plurality of rod holder assemblies to support and securely hold plurality of fishing rods and reels during transport between locations. The rod holder assemblies are configured to be repositionable to accommodate various lengths of fishing rods.
US11325537B2
A storage system for a vehicle includes a storage bin. The storage bin is positioned vehicle-downward of the seating assembly of said vehicle. A trim component overlies a door sill of said vehicle. The trim component and the storage bin together define an under-seat storage cavity. The trim component defines a side receptacle distinct from the under-seat storage cavity.
US11325530B2
A system to enhance vehicle safety is disclosed comprising a vehicle having a front end and a rear end; at least one visual signal light apparatus positioned in the proximity to the front end of the vehicle; the visual signal light apparatus illuminates when the vehicle's is decelerating via its braking system; wherein the visual light apparatus is comprised of a rear view mirror having a first surface facing the front of the vehicle and a second surface facing the rear of the vehicle wherein at least one portion of solar panel is embodied to the first surface and at least one or more LED lights is embodied to the first surface.
US11325521B2
An apparatus, according to an exemplary embodiment includes, among other things, a single-piece bracket having a first mount interface configured to receive a fog lamp and a second mount interface configured to receive an actuator for an active air dam. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, injection molding a single-piece bracket from a plastic material to include a first mount interface configured to receive a fog lamp and a second mount interface configured to receive an actuator for an active air dam.
US11325515B2
A seat assembly may include a seatback frame, a rear panel connected to the seatback frame, and a bolster body releasably connected to the rear panel. The bolster body may include a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The second portion may extend from a first side of the first portion. The third portion may extend from a second side of the first portion.
US11325514B2
An armrest includes a bracket fixed to a frame of a seat, an armrest body member rotatably mounted on the bracket, a receiver coil mounted in the armrest body member, and a transmitter coil mounted in the bracket and transferring power to the receiver coil with a non-contact transmission system.
US11325506B2
A brake device for a motor vehicle seat is composed of a brake assembly, a tooth assembly, and a lever assembly. The brake assembly includes a housing, a pinion shaft, a braking component, and a drive wheel that are structured to be self-held in an assembled state by mechanical interaction thereamong. The tooth assembly includes a holder plate and a tooth plate that are structured to be self-held in an assembled state by mechanical interaction therebetween. The lever assembly includes an input lever, a cover, a coil spring, and a lever bracket that are structured to be self-held in an assembled state by mechanical interaction thereamong. The brake assembly, the tooth assembly, and the lever assembly are arranged and assembled together in an axial direction.
US11325491B1
A charging station for an electric vehicle includes a passive alignment mechanism that includes a longitudinal translation stage that allows motion in a longitudinal direction, a charging plug connected to the passive alignment mechanism, and a releasable connector. The releasable connector resists motion of the longitudinal translation stage in a connected position when a magnitude of an external force applied in the longitudinal direction is below a threshold. The releasable connector moves from the connected position to a released position to allow motion of the longitudinal translation stage when the magnitude of the external force applied in the longitudinal direction is above the threshold.
US11325487B2
An electric connection device for electric or hybrid motor vehicles, said connection device being equipped with a charging plug socket, a charging plug, a movable locking element for releasably locking the charging plug in the charging plug socket, and a drive for moving the locking element, said drive having an electric motor and a multistage transmission for acting on the locking element. The multistage transmission has individual shafts, each of which is arranged parallel to the output shaft of the electric motor as part of the drive. The device may use gearing to actuate a sensor to determine how far one of the individual shafts has rotated. An emergency unlocking crank may be mounted to a separate shaft that is engageable with one of the individual shafts via a cam.
US11325482B2
Techniques involve controlling battery access on a utility vehicle. Such techniques involve monitoring status of input signals from a group comprising: a lithium battery system, a keyed switch, and a charging receptacle, comparing the status of the input signals to timeout settings stored in memory of the motion control system, initiating a timer based on comparison of the input signals to the timeout settings, and disconnecting at least one direct current (DC) path between a lithium battery interface and a power distribution interface of the utility vehicle in response to expiration of the timer. Such techniques further involve, after disconnecting, reconnecting the at least one DC current path between the lithium battery interface and the power distribution interface in response to a change in status of at least one of the input signals. Such techniques may be performed by a motion control system of the utility vehicle.
US11325478B2
A control apparatus controls an inverter which outputs electric power to an electric motor. The control apparatus calculates a magnitude of a drive current at a one-pulse control time based on an electric motor drive torque, a rotation number of the electric motor, and a DC voltage of the electric motor and thereby determines which one of a one-pulse control and a pulse-width modulation control is employed as a control method of the inverter.
US11325470B2
A method, device, and computer-readable storage medium with instructions for controlling a display of an augmented-reality head-up display device for a transportation vehicle. A position of the transportation vehicle is determined relative to a map; at least one reference point is extracted from the map, the at least one reference point is obtained from an area within a visual range of a driver of the transportation vehicle; transforming the at least one reference point into transportation vehicle coordinates; generating a virtual object for display by the augmented-reality head-up display device, considering the at least one transformed reference point; and outputting the virtual object for display by the augmented-reality head-up display device.
US11325469B2
A conductive unit (10) electrically connected to a bracket (2) has a smaller electrical resistivity than the bracket (2) and a navigation chassis (3), and guides a noise current, generated in a disc reproducing unit (1) and conducted to the bracket (2), to a coupling unit (7) via a rear chassis (5).
US11325467B2
A gear transmission having a speed changing section includes a speed changing gear for setting a speed stage and a shift gear slidably mounted on a rotation support shaft and operated to engage and disengage with the speed changing gear, the speed changing section configured to speed-change inputted power and to output the resultant power via the rotation support shaft. An arrangement is provided for facilitating engagement of the shift gear with the speed changing gear even when respective end faces of the shift gear and the speed changing gear hit each other. A transmission mechanism (20B) is provided for outputting power of a rotation support shaft (24) to a traveling device. The transmission mechanism (20B) has a transmission flexibility portion (80) which allows free rotation of the rotation support shaft (24) by a set rotation angle.
US11325464B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a liquid container for a motor vehicle, having the method steps: providing a wall, which is provided in order to delimit an interior chamber of the liquid container for receiving a liquid; providing a structure, which is provided in order to be arranged in order to reduce sloshing noises in the interior chamber of the liquid container, wherein the structure comprises a random arrangement of threads cross-linked with each other and wherein a plurality of the threads of the structure are integrally joined, at least in sections, to at least one or more additional threads of the structure, such that a substantially monolithic structure is formed; connecting the structure to the wall.
US11325463B2
A lock device of a fuel tank cap includes: a cap configured to open and close a fuel filler port; an operating unit; a fastening unit movable in conjunction with an operation of the operating unit; a lock unit configured to lock movement of the fastening unit from a fastening position to a allowing position; and a detection switch configured to detect start of the movement of the fastening unit accompanying the operation of the operating unit. The fastening unit includes: a first fastening unit of which the start of movement can be detected by the detection switch; and a second fastening unit which enables locking by the lock unit and which is integrally moved with the first fastening unit after the first fastening unit is moved by a predetermined dimension so that the second fastening unit can be moved from the fastening position to the allowing position.
US11325461B2
A vehicle includes: a radiator that cools cooling water; a grille shutter that is provided on a vehicle front side of the radiator and opens or closes a grille provided in a vehicle; a first flow path in which the cooling water passes through the radiator; a second flow path in which the cooling water does not pass through the radiator; a thermostat that switches a path between the first flow path and the second flow path; and a failure determiner that performs failure determination of the thermostat based on an actual temperature of the cooling water and an estimated temperature of the cooling water, the estimated temperature being calculated based on a temperature change of the cooling water caused by an open or close state of the grille shutter.
US11325458B2
A transmission (G) for a motor vehicle includes a housing (GG), a gear set (RS) arranged within the housing (GG), an electric machine (EM), and a power electronics module (LE). The power electronics module (LE) includes a carrier element (S), a DC voltage terminal (DC), an inverter (INV), and an AC voltage terminal (AC). The housing (GG) includes, on an outer wall (GGA), a region (GGE) for accommodating the power electronics module (LE), which is closable with the carrier element (S) of the power electronics module (LE). The region (GGE) of the housing (GG) and an inner side (SI) of the carrier element (S) form a dry space (TR) for accommodating the inverter (INV), which is attached to the carrier element (S). The region (GGE) of the housing (GG) at least partially separates the gear set (RS) from the dry space (TR).
US11325450B2
In one aspect, a baggage door is provided for a vehicle. The baggage door includes a plastic outer panel for closing an opening of a vehicle and a hinge base configured to be mounted to a surface adjacent the opening. The baggage door further includes a plastic inner support having a hinge portion of the plastic inner support configured to pivotally connect to the hinge base. The inner support includes an arm portion extending away from the hinge portion for supporting the outer panel.
US11325449B2
A side vehicle-body structure of a vehicle includes a rear door having a center pillar extending in a vehicle up-down direction built in a front portion of the rear door, and a front door having a door impact bar extending in a vehicle front-rear direction built in the front door. A rear end of the door impact bar is disposed to overlap with the center pillar in a vehicle side view, a reinforcement gusset that connects a lower portion of the front door and a rear portion of the door impact bar to each other is included in an inner portion of the front door, and a side sill extending in the vehicle front-rear direction is adjacently disposed below a connecting portion of a lower portion of the front door at which the lower portion of the front door is connected to the reinforcement gusset.
US11325444B2
A heat pump system for a vehicle utilizes one chiller in which the coolant and the refrigerant are heat-exchanged to heat or cool a battery module. In addition, the heating efficiency is improved by selectively using the external heat and the waste heat of the electrical component and the battery module in the heating mode of the vehicle, wherein the electrical component is mounted on the coolant line connected to on the cooling apparatus of the heat pump system.
US11325439B2
A height-adjustable spring arrangement for a vehicle includes a bearing spring, a first limiting cylinder with a first limiting cylinder pot and a first limiting piston, a second limiting cylinder with a second limiting cylinder pot and a second limiting piston, and a guide cylinder with a guide cylinder pot, a displaceable guide piston in the guide cylinder pot and a guide piston rod fixed on the guide piston and extending out of the guide cylinder pot along a longitudinal axis of a bearing spring and through the bearing spring. The guide piston rod is displaceable by the first and second limiting cylinders such that a spring preload acting on the bearing spring and a negative spring path of the bearing spring remain constant as a result of a height adjustment.
US11325435B1
An offset hitch bale accumulator hitch for connecting a hay baler to a bale accumulator including a pitch axle based pitch movement assembly, a roll movement assembly using a long channel twisting joint, a yaw limiting movement assembly use double arm connections and an offset movement assembly including a beam in tube linear joint controlled by an extension actuator perpendicular the forward and backward towing forces.
US11325434B2
A ball mount apparatus, for hitching a trailer to a vehicle, which can include up to three or more hitch balls of different size connected to a ball block which can be locked, unlocked, and rotated manually, without the use of tools, for positioning a selected ball for use. The ball block can also be rotated by hand between a rearwardly extending towing position and a forwardly extending stowed position.
US11325430B2
A protrusion portion (110) of a pneumatic tire is formed by a plurality of protrusion parts (111) extended along a tire circumferential direction. The protrusion parts (111) are arranged with predetermined gaps therebetween so as to form a circle along the tire circumferential direction. A length (S1) of the protrusion part (111) in the tire circumferential direction is larger than a maximum width (W1) of the protrusion part (111) in a tire radial direction. In a tire side view, a narrow groove (200) extended along the tire circumferential direction is formed on a surface (111s) of the protrusion part (111).
US11325429B2
A tire has a tire center in the tire width direction. An intersection point of a carcass outer surface with a parallel line extending parallel with a rotation axis and passing through a tire maximum width position is denoted as P1. An intersection point of the parallel line LP with a side surface is denoted as P2. An intersection point of the parallel line with a protrusion portion outer surface of a protrusion portion is denoted as P3. A distance between the tire center and the intersection point P1 is denoted as W1. A distance between the tire center and the intersection point P3 is denoted as W3. A distance between the intersection point P1 and the intersection point P2 is denoted as G1. A distance between the intersection point P2 and the intersection point P3 is denoted as G2. 0.80≤W1/W3≤0.95 and 0.1≤G1/G2≤1.
US11325427B2
A tire has an outer surface comprising a decorative portion which is visible and provided with micro-protuberances at a density of from 2 to 10 micro-protuberances per 1 sq.mm, and the micro-protuberances include a recessed micro-protuberance provided at its top surface with a recess.
US11325424B2
A tire, the speed rating of which is at least V, comprises a tread, having a volumetric void ratio at least equal to 2% and at most equal to 20%, having a central part Pc comprising at least one groove, and two lateral parts PI each having a volumetric void ratio at most equal to 2%. The central part Pc of the tread has an axial width at most equal to one third of the axial width LBDR of the tread, and any portion of the central part Pc of the tread that is circumferentially delimited by two meridian planes separated by a circumferential distance dc equal to one tenth of the outer perimeter P of the tire comprises at least one and at most three grooves that open onto the meridian planes delimiting the portion in question.
US11325419B2
A steel cord containing a core layer and an sheath layer, the core layer containing a plurality of core wires with a number of n and the sheath layer comprises a plurality of sheath wires with a number of m, and the steel cord has a flat cross-section with a major axis and a minor axis, the flat cross-section has a flat ratio being the ratio of the length of the major axis and the length of the minor axis, the flat ratio is more than 1.2, the steel cord has a breaking load being BLcord, the core wires and the sheath wires have a sum breaking load being Sum BLwires when the core wires and the sheath wires are un-twisted from the steel cord, BLcord and Sum BLwires satisfies the following formula: BLcord/Sum BLwires>96%. The steel cord has higher breaking load.
US11325418B2
The assembly (24) comprises: a first structure (10) extending in a first overall direction (G1), a second structure (12), and a bearing structure (30) comprising filamentary bearing elements (32) comprising at least one filamentary bearing portion (74) extending between the first structure (10) and the second structure (12), the first structure (10) being arranged such that, for a length at rest L of the first structure (10) in the first overall direction (G1), the elongation at maximum force Art of the first structure in the first overall direction (G1) satisfies: Art≤(2π×H)/L, in which H0×K≤H where H0 is the mean straight-line distance between an internal face (42) of the first structure (10) and an internal face (46) of the second structure (12) when each filamentary bearing portion (74) is at rest, and K=0.50.
US11325417B2
A wheel assembly to be coupled to a hub of a vehicle, may include arcuate inner rim assemblies removably coupled together to define a circular inner rim to be coupled to the hub of the vehicle. Each arcuate inner rim assembly may include an arcuate inner rim segment, and an arcuate inner ring segment extending radially outward from the arcuate inner rim segment. The wheel assembly may also include arcuate outer rim assemblies removably coupled together to define a circular outer rim. Each arcuate outer rim assembly may include an arcuate outer rim segment, and an arcuate outer ring segment extending radially inward from the arcuate outer rim segment. The wheel assembly may also include gas springs operatively coupled between the circular inner rim and the circular outer rim to provide a gas suspension for relative movement therebetween.
US11325415B2
There is described a shower enclosure and kit of walls therefor. The kit of decorative wall panels comprise a first wall panel including a front face, the front face of the first wall panel defining a first decorative pattern and including a relief element, a second wall panel including a front face, the front face of the second wall panel defining a second decorative pattern, and a connecting assembly for connecting the first wall panel adjacent to the second wall panel. The first decorative pattern of the first wall panel and the second decorative pattern of the second wall panel are configured to counteract a visual distortion caused by the relief element of the first wall panel when the first wall panel is adjacent to the second wall panel.
US11325411B2
A method for manufacturing a printing blanket including an elastic body that can be repeatedly used by removing a sheet is provided. According to the above of the present invention, the printing blanket includes an elastic body and a sheet bonded to the elastic body and performs printing by pressing the sheet against a printing object surface. The method includes a sheet fixing step of fixing the sheet at a periphery of a region in which the sheet is to be bonded to the elastic body; an elastic body placing step of placing the elastic body so that a bonding surface of the elastic body faces a bonding surface of the sheet that is fixed; a wax applying step of forming a wax layer on a surface of the elastic body; an adhesive applying step of applying an adhesive to at least one of the sheet and the elastic body that is provided with the wax layer on the surface thereof; and a pressing step of pressing the sheet and the elastic body against each other and bringing the sheet into close contact with the elastic body provided with the wax layer such that the adhesive is interposed therebetween while stretching the sheet along the surface.
US11325410B2
A fabric printable medium includes a fabric base substrate, which includes yarn strands and voids among the yarn strands. The fabric printable medium further includes a finishing coating attached to the yarn strands of the fabric base substrate to form coated yarn strands. The finishing coating includes a first and a second crosslinked polymeric network. The fabric printable medium has pore spaces among the coated yarn strands that coincide with at least some of the voids of the fabric base substrate.
US11325405B2
A printer includes a print head configured to print on a recording sheet, a platen roller attached to a frame in a rotatable manner, a support having a head spring attached thereto that urges the print head toward the platen roller, and a hold unit attached to the frame in a rotatable manner and having an engaging part that engages with a projection situated at a side end of the support, wherein the head spring is configured to urge the print head toward the platen roller when the projection is engaged with the engaging part, and wherein the hold unit is configured to be rotated to cause the engaging part to disengage from the projection.
US11325397B2
A recording apparatus includes an attachment portion not having a storage unit for storing a recording material used for print processing performed by the recording apparatus, and a second control unit configured to operate the recording apparatus in a second print mode in a case where the attachment portion is in a second attachment state in which a second attachment member for protecting a connection terminal is attached to the attachment portion.
US11325394B2
A system for maintaining a desired pressure difference between a first pressure within a chamber and a reference pressure at a reference space. The system may include a peristaltic pump located along a duct that connects the chamber with the reference space. The system may further include a pressure sensor for monitoring an actual pressure difference between the first pressure within the chamber and the reference pressure at the reference space. The system may also include a controller for receiving a signal from the pressure sensor for determining the actual pressure difference from the pressure sensor and for operating the peristaltic pump, in accordance with the actual pressure difference and the desired pressure difference, to increase, decrease or leave unchanged the pressure within the chamber so as to maintain the actual pressure difference within predetermined proximity to the desired pressure difference.
US11325390B2
A system and method for positioning a food product with respect to a print head for printing on a surface thereof. The system is incorporated into a printer. The system has a movable support surface for supporting the food product thereon, the support surface being vertically and horizontally moveable with respect to the print head. A sensor is provided for detecting a position of a surface of the food product positioned on the moveable support surface with respect to the print head. The sensor provides a signal to the printer indicative of a position of the surface of the food product and wherein the moveable support surface is adjustable in response thereto. The sensor is a position sensor configured to detect the position of a top surface of the food product.
US11325386B2
A liquid container device includes: a liquid container having an inlet; a casing in which the liquid container is housed; and a cap lever having a cap configured to seal the inlet. The liquid container has an upper surface, and a visualization surface. The casing includes a cover configured to pivot and that protects the upper surface, a cap lever-engaging portion, a visualization portion having an opening, and a wall portion disposed on the +Z direction side with respect to the visualization portion. The cap lever includes an engageable portion configured to be engaged with the cap lever-engaging portion, and a body extending in the +Y direction from the engageable portion. A surface disposed so as to face the cover of the body is planar, and an end of the body in the +Y direction is separated from an end of the wall portion in the +Z direction.
US11325384B2
A method for contactless cleaning of a nozzle plate of a print head. The method may include: providing a suction element, the suction element causing a fluid to flow along a surface of the nozzle plate and toward the suction element for removing residue from the nozzle plate; sucking-in, by the suction element, the fluid together with the removed residue; and separating the sucked-in fluid from the sucked-in residue. Also, a suction element for cleaning of such a nozzle plate. The suction element may be configured to cause a fluid to flow along a surface of the nozzle plate and toward the suction element for removing residue from the nozzle plate and sucking-in the fluid with the residue. The suction element may include a mouth piece and a wheel, the wheel being arranged such that the mouth piece is spaced away from the surface of the nozzle plate.
US11325383B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion that ejects a liquid, a belt-shaped member absorbs the liquid, a feeding portion that retains the belt-shaped member in a rolled state, a pressing portion presses a contact portion of a portion of the belt-shaped member wound off from the feeding portion and bring the contact portion into contact with the liquid ejecting portion, the contact portion being located in a contact area, a winding portion moves the contact portion in a moving direction by winding up the belt-shaped member, and a control portion that, when it is assumed that a contact length is a length of the contact portion along the direction of movement, causes the winding portion to wind up the belt-shaped member corresponding to a length longer than the contact length after bringing the contact portion into contact with the liquid ejecting portion.
US11325367B2
A method for manufacturing at least one elastomeric article is provided. The method includes placing into a mold an assembly of an uncured elastomeric sheet, a first film fully covering the elastomeric sheet and a second film covering the first film, such that the second film is in contact with and positioned between the first film and an interior surface of the mold. The method further includes curing the assembly in the mold, such that the first film is laminated onto the elastomeric sheet thereby forming the at least one elastomeric article.
US11325364B2
The invention relates to a litho laminating machine (10) having a frame (18), an accelerator table (20) mounted to the frame (18) so as to be pivotable around a pivot axis (P), a plurality of accelerator rollers (24) mounted on the table (20), and a motor (42) for driving the accelerator rollers (24), characterized in that the motor (42) is mounted to the frame (18), with a rotatable transmission element (30, 36) being mounted so as to have an axis of rotation which coincides with the pivot axis (P), both the motor (42) and the accelerator rollers (24) being connected to the transmission element (30, 36).
US11325361B2
The invention relates to a polyolefin film comprising at least five layers: a core layer (a), comprising a polyolefin; an outer supporting layer (b), comprising copolymers of ethylene and propylene; an inner supporting layer (c), on the face of the core layer opposite to the outer supporting layer, comprising a polyolefin; a first coating layer (d) immediately in contact with the inner supporting layer (c), and finally a second coating layer (e) immediately in contact with the inner supporting layer (c), both comprising copolymers of ethylene with one or several polar monomers. In addition, the present invention relates to the process of manufacturing said polyolefin film and also the uses thereof for coating a substrate.
US11325346B2
A protective fabric which includes at least one structural layer and a ceramic composite material layer fixed to the at least one structural layer, is provided. The structural layer can include a non-woven material made from or containing synthetic fibers. The ceramic composite material layer is formed of ceramic composite material powder which includes a ceramic carrier, and iron-silver crystals containing zero-valent iron and zero-valent silver supported on the ceramic carrier. The protective fabric is effective for removing VOCs, suppressing bacterial growth, and filtering or inactivating virus, such as SARS-CoV-2 virus. Protective products or articles incorporating the protective fabric are also provided.
US11325344B2
A back panel of a motor vehicle seat element includes at least a first foam layer with at least two areas of different stiffness.
US11325343B2
Ion-doped two-dimensional nanomaterials are made by inducing electronic carriers (electrons and holes) in a two-dimensional material using a captured ion layer at the surface of the material. The captured ion layer is stabilized using a capping layer. The induction of electronic carriers works in atomically-thin two-dimensional materials, where it induces high carrier density of at least 1014 carriers/cm2. A variety of novel ion-doped nanomaterials and p-n junction-based nanoelectronic devices are made possible by the method.
US11325338B2
A set of thin foil surfaces configured to achieve a joint among the foil surfaces, the joint being arranged to be without discontinuity, comprising at least a first portion of surface dedicated to achieve the joint; pixelized type embossings on the first portion of surface; and at least a second portion of surface dedicated to achieve the joint. The second portion of surface is shaped to correspond to the first portion of surface for making the joint between the first portion of surface and the second portion of surface through contact.
US11325336B2
A method of forming reinforced packages. The method can comprise forming an attached web by adhering a blank to a web of material and moving the attached web in a downstream direction through at least a tube forming assembly and a carton forming assembly. The method also can comprise at least partially forming a tube by folding at least a portion of the web of material as the attached web moves through the tube forming assembly, forming a reinforcement sleeve by folding at least a portion of the blank so that the reinforcement sleeve extends at least partially around the tube as the attached web moves through the carton forming assembly, and forming a reinforced package comprising the reinforcement sleeve and a tube portion by separating the tube portion from a remainder of the tube, the reinforcement sleeve being adhered to the tube portion.
US11325334B2
A load detection device includes a detector, a wireless transmitter, a power source, and a controller. The load detection device is provided in dies that includes a first die and a second die. The load detection device is installed on at least one of the first die and the second die and configured to detect whether the first die and the second die are in a closed state. The controller is configured to execute an electricity cutoff process of stopping electricity supply from the power source to the detector and the wireless transmitter when the closed state of the first die and the second die has continued for a predetermined time.
US11325327B2
A method of forming a barrel portion including obtaining a mandrel shaped to define at least an inner surface of a barrel portion of the bat, wrapping a first plurality of layers of fiber composite material about the mandrel, placing a removable material over a first portion of the first plurality of layers, and wrapping a second plurality of layers of fiber composite material over the removable material and the portion of the first plurality of layers not covered by the removable material for form an assembly. The method further includes separating the mandrel from the assembly, inserting an expandable member within the assembly, inserting the assembly into a barrel-forming mold, and molding the assembly in a single molding cycle, curing the first and second layers with the removable material to form the barrel portion of the bat, and removing the removable material and the member from the barrel portion.
US11325325B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a fiber reinforced plastic molded body, the method including: performing thermocompression molding, by using a molding die, on a molding precursor which is obtained by arranging a prepreg including a thermosetting resin and a fiber around a thermoplastic solid body.
US11325323B2
A method for producing an acoustically resistive structure includes the steps of creating, consolidating and cutting a first layer of reinforcing fibres embedded in a first thermoplastic resin having a first melting point so as to obtain an interlayer, a step of laying a second layer of reinforcing fibres against a first face of the interlayer, a second consolidation step of consolidating the second layer of reinforcing fibres embedded in a second thermoplastic resin having a second consolidation temperature lower than the first melting point of the first resin so as to obtain a non-perforated external layer bound to the interlayer, a step of perforating the external layer and a step of laying an internal layer on a second face of the interlayer. An acoustically resistive structure obtained from the method as well as a sound-absorption panel including such an acoustically resistive structure are also described.
US11325313B2
In an example, a method includes receiving object model data at a processor, the object model data characterising an object to be generated using additive manufacturing. The method may further include receiving a status indicator for each of a plurality of additive manufacturing apparatus, the status indicator comprising, for each apparatus, an indication of an adaptable build volume. The processor may assign an object generation task corresponding to the received object model data to one of the plurality of additive manufacturing apparatus based on the status indicators.
US11325312B2
There is disclosed a build material supply unit, comprising: a supply chamber body enclosing a supply volume to contain a build material for additive manufacture; an electromagnetic distance sensor to determine a length parameter relating to a length of a beam pathway extending from an emitter of the sensor to a surface level of build material in the supply volume; and a reflector to reflect the beam pathway between the emitter and the surface level of build material; wherein the reflector is spaced apart from the emitter.
US11325306B2
Examples of the present disclosure relate to a build material container for a three-dimensional printing system. The container has an external casing with an upper surface, a lower compartment to receive a build material reservoir, at least one load-bearing element, and an upper compartment below the upper surface. The upper compartment and the lower compartment are separated by a lower surface. The at least one load-bearing element is arranged below the lower surface. The upper compartment has stiffening members arranged to distribute load received from the upper surface to the at least one load-bearing element.
US11325286B2
A machine produces foam-in-bag from foam precursors mixed within the bag. The machine comprises a base and a shell. The base and shell are moveable relative each other between a base/shell disengaged position and a base/shell engaged position. In the base/shell engaged position, the base and shell divide the bag so that a mixing chamber is isolated from the remainder portion of the bag. First and second nozzles inject foam precursors into the mixing chamber. A mixer engages the mixing chamber to provide mixing energy to facilitate the foam reaction.
US11325284B2
A protective member forming method for forming a protective member on a surface on one side of a wafer includes a resin state recognizing step of heating a thermoplastic resin in contact with the surface on the one side of the wafer while propagating an ultrasonic vibration between a resin placing surface of a stage and a wafer holding surface and recognizing whether or not the thermoplastic resin sandwiched between the surface on the one side of the wafer held on the wafer holding surface and the resin placing surface has been unified. When the thermoplastic resin is recognized to have been unified, the thermoplastic resin is spread out onto a whole area of the surface on the one side of the wafer, followed by cooling the thermoplastic resin to cure the thermoplastic resin.
US11325273B1
A safety razor is provided having a blade head capable of having an adjustable angle relative to a grasping handle and an adjustability of tension of a pivot to the blade. The blade head is connected by an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the blade head that is substantially enclosed within a conduit formed within the grasping handle. The blade head is angularly adjustable between an angle >95° from a linear centerline of the handle to about 22° from the linear centerline of the handle. A blade head adapter may be further provided to allow for attachment and use of alternate existing blade head cartridges.
US11325268B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including a robot arm configured to include at least one coupling portion configured to be coupled to a force sensor to which a specified object is attached, at least one actuator configured to drive the robot arm such that a position of the at least one coupling portion is changed, and a processor electrically connected to the actuator, wherein the processor is configured to: receive a first measurement value of the force sensor due to a weight of the specified object with respect to a first position of the at least one coupling portion, receive a second measurement value of the force sensor due to the weight of the specified object with respect to a second position of the at least one coupling portion, receive a third measurement value of the force sensor due to the weight of the specified object with respect to a third position of the at least one coupling portion, and estimate a relationship between a first coordinate system relative to the at least one coupling portion and a second coordinate system relative to the force sensor based at least on at least the first measurement value, the second measurement value, and the third measurement value to calculate a magnitude of an external force acting on the specified object.
US11325261B2
A control device of a transfer device has: a mark relative position calculation unit which calculates a relative position of the three compensation marks relative to the cart, based on a captured image of the camera; a posture calculation unit which calculates a posture of the robot arm which arranges the article at the delivery position, based on a relative position of the three compensation marks calculated by the mark relative position calculation unit, and a teaching positional relationship which is taught in advance as a positional relationship between the three compensation marks and the delivery position; a reference positional relationship determination unit which determines whether a mutual positional relationship between the three compensation marks matches with a reference positional relationship set in advance, based on the relative positions of the three compensation marks calculated by the mark relative position calculation unit; and a displacement notification unit which notifies to outside of a possibility of displacement of the three compensation marks, in a case of the reference positional relationship determination unit determining that the mutual positional relationship of the three compensation marks does not match with the reference positional relationship.
US11325255B2
A method for controlling a robot includes: establishing a reference coordinate system; capturing a user's gaze direction of an indicated target; acquiring a sight line angle of the robot; acquiring a position of the robot; acquiring a linear distance between the robot and the user; calculating in real time a gaze plane in a user's gaze direction relative to the reference coordinate system based on the sight line angle of the robot, the position of the robot and the liner distance between the robot and the user; and smoothly scanning the gaze plane by the robot to search for the indicated target in the user's gaze direction.
US11325252B2
Deep machine learning methods and apparatus related to the manipulation of an object by an end effector of a robot are described herein. Some implementations relate to training an action prediction network to predict a probability density which can include candidate actions of successful grasps by the end effector given an input image. Some implementations are directed to utilization of an action prediction network to visually servo a grasping end effector of a robot to achieve a successful grasp of an object by the grasping end effector.
US11325250B2
A mobile robot is configured for operation in a commercial or industrial setting, such as an office building or retail store. The mobile robot can have a motorized base and a robot body on the motorized base, the robot body including a rotatable ring that rotates horizontally around the robot body. A mechanical arm that can contract and extend relative to the robot body is coupled to the rotatable ring and performs a plurality of actions. A controller of the mobile robot provides instructions to the rotatable ring and the mechanical arm and can cause the mechanical arm to open a door, take an elevator to move to a different floor, and test whether a door is locked properly.
US11325247B2
The present disclosure provides a robotic arm control method as well as an apparatus and a terminal device using the same. The method includes: obtaining a current joint angle of each of M joints of the robotic arm; obtaining a reference included angle based on the current joint angle of each of the M joints of the robotic arm; determining an expected included angle corresponding to the robotic arm within a target angle range based on the reference included angle and the preset included angle related evaluation function; and controlling the robotic arm based on the target joint angles of the M joints.
US11325246B2
A device is provided. The device includes a worm drive comprising a worm and a worm gear. The device also includes an actuator comprising a motor, a shaft, and the worm, wherein the shaft is configured to rotate about a shaft axis, and the actuator is configured to (i) drive the worm drive, and (ii) move linearly along the shaft axis. The device also includes a first spring and a second spring, wherein the second ends are fixed, and wherein the first and second springs are configured to resist movement of the actuator along the shaft axis in opposite directions as a result of forces transmitted through the worm drive. The device further includes a linear position encoder configured to determine a position of the actuator along the shaft axis.
US11325244B2
A modularized externally-driven joint structure can be used for general purposes. An externally-driven joint structure: includes a shaft member that extends in an axial direction; and a number of rotatable members that are arranged along the axial direction, and are coupled with each other by the shaft member in an axially rotatable manner. Each of the rotatable members includes a pair of face portions that face each other in the axial direction, a side wall portion that is arranged along the outer circumferential edges of the pair of face portions, and at least one coupling portion that is arranged at the face portions or the side wall portion, and is coupled with a link member constituting a link of a robot.
US11325241B1
A sawhorse extension rack system incorporates two vertical extension portions coupled to a sawhorse and having openings for receiving and retaining work-pieces. The two vertical extension portions are coupled to opposing ends of the sawhorse and have a beam retainer opening that slides over a support beam extending from the sawhorse. The vertical extension portions extend up from the sawhorse and each have first and second vertical support members and one or more cross-supports to produce one or more openings to receive a work-piece. A user may slide the first and second vertical extension over the support beam and then position one or more work-pieces in the openings to increase work capacity.
US11325240B2
A tool including a handle, a head, and a flexible shaft including a plurality of shaft members each connecting the handle with the head. The shaft members include at least one fixed shaft member and at least one floating shaft member. Each of the fixed shaft members is fixedly connected with both the handle and the head, and each of the floating shaft members is reciprocably connected with at least one of the handle and the head.
US11325239B2
A manual machine tool having a drive motor, a gearbox and a tool holder, wherein a motor output of the drive motor having a gearbox drive of the gearbox and a gearbox output of the gearbox are coupled to the tool holder in a manner which permits rotation, wherein the manual machine tool has an actuating device to adjust the gearbox between its switch positions, wherein the actuating device has an actuating part which is movably mounted between actuating positions relative to a machine housing of the manual machine tool and which can be manually actuated, which actuating part is coupled to the at least one switching gear element to set the switch positions. The actuating device has a locking arrangement with locking indentations arranged on a locking structure to lock the actuating part in the actuating positions, which locking indentations are assigned to actuating positions of the actuating part, and with a locking part to engage in the locking indentations.
US11325232B2
The present disclosure relates to a tool including one or more shock absorption components disposed in the tool and adapted to protect various components of the tool in the event the tool is dropped or otherwise sustains an impact force. In an embodiment, the tool includes shock absorption foam disposed above and below an electronic display. The tool may also include a shock absorption component disposed under an end cap of the tool to absorb a shock or impact force to the tool when the tool is dropped on the end cap.
US11325225B2
A reciprocating wrench for quick combining fastener includes a main body, a claw, and an elastic positioning device therebetween. The main body includes a concavely-shaped first jaw opening, which has a pivot end at an end thereof. The claw includes a concavely-shaped second jaw opening, which has a pivotal combination portion at an end thereof. The pivotal combination portion is pivotally connected with the pivot end, such that the claw and the main body pivotally move with respect to each other. The elastic positioning device allows the claw to optionally rotate toward a closing direction or remain in the opening status. Therefore, the claw is able to remain in the opening status for combining the fastener.
US11325217B2
An accessory for an electric drill is disclosed as including a dust box for receiving abraded materials produced by an electric drill on a workpiece, the dust box including an internal cavity, a first longitudinal end with a first opening communicating with the internal cavity, an opposite second longitudinal end with a second opening communicating with the internal cavity, and a brush or a disc. When a drill bit of the electric drill is received into the internal cavity of the dust box through the second opening, the brush or disc is releasably engageable with the drill bit for simultaneous rotational movement about a longitudinal axis of the drill bit.
US11325209B2
To improve quality control of welding, there is included in resistance welding: a magnetic field measuring unit (205) disposed around a welded part and configured to measure a local current at the welded part; a high-speed camera (202) configured to capture an image for measuring local temperature at the welded part from variation of luminance of emission by capturing light emission state of the welded part; a comparison determination unit (106) configured to determine whether or not at least one of current information and temperature information has an abnormal value by comparing the current information calculated based on magnetic field information acquired from the magnetic field measuring unit with past current information and comparing the temperature information measured from an image of the high-speed camera (202) with past temperature information.
US11325201B2
A welding gun includes a proximity restricting mechanism that is provided between a shaft and a cover member in a manner to surround the shaft and to be displaceable relative to the shaft in an axial direction in accordance with expansion and contraction of the cover member, and that restricts the cover member from approaching too closely the shaft.
US11325194B2
[Problem] To protect a leading end part of a drill having a coolant hole which is adapted for drilling a thin diameter or very thin diameter hole in a workpiece. [Solution] A coolant hole 33 is formed in a shank 3 and a shaft body 7 so as to extend through from a rear end surface 31 of the shank 3 to a leading end surface 15 of the shaft body 7 along an axis thereof. A leading end part of the coolant hole 33 is branched into a pair of discharge holes 35, at a position slightly toward a base end relative to the leading end surface 15 of the shaft body 13. The discharge holes 35 extend in the opposite directions, perpendicular to the coolant hole 33, respectively, and open at opposite side surfaces 37, 37 to define discharge ports 39, 39. A leading end opening 41 of the coolant hole 33 is closed by a bottom face 17 of the drill part 9.
US11325192B2
The invention relates to a cutting tool with a holder, a cutting insert and a screw, wherein the holder has at least one seat with a base, a first side wall and a second side wall, wherein in a plane parallel to the base the first side wall extends in a first direction and the second side wall includes an acute angle (C) with the first side wall, wherein the base has a threaded hole for receiving the screw, wherein the cutting insert has a cut-out for the screw, wherein the cutting insert has a base contact surface, a first positioning surface and a second positioning surface, and wherein in a locked position the base contact surface, the first positioning surface and the second positioning surface of the cutting insert contact the base, the first side wall and the second side wall of the at least one seat, respectively, wherein the second side wall is offset from the threaded hole in the first direction towards a front end of the seat, and in that a screw head of the screw and the cut-out of the cutting insert are provided with complementary conical surfaces, such that when tightening the screw the cutting insert is forced with the first positioning surface and the second positioning surface against the first side wall and the second side wall, respectively.
US11325191B2
A method for forming a three-dimensional article through successive fusion of parts of a metal powder bed is provided, comprising the steps of: distributing a first metal powder layer on a work table inside a build chamber, directing at least one high energy beam from at least one high energy beam source over the work table causing the first metal powder layer to fuse in selected locations, distributing a second metal powder layer on the work table, directing at least one high energy beam over the work table causing the second metal powder layer to fuse in selected locations, introducing a first supplementary gas into the build chamber, which first supplementary gas comprising hydrogen, is capable of reacting chemically with or being absorbed by a finished three-dimensional article, and releasing a predefined concentration of the gas which had reacted chemically with or being absorbed by the finished three dimensional article.
US11325174B2
A method for chipless production of a rotationally symmetrical body from a circular sheet metal blank shapes the circular sheet metal blank into a pot-shaped body by pressing or pressure rolling around an inner mandrel, and a hub-shaped projection protruding outward from the base of the pot-shaped body is molded on by pressing around a central projection. The circular sheet metal blank is clamped only in the radial inner region of the blank in the axial direction between the inner mandrel and at least one projection during the shaping process.
US11325167B2
A system for and method of improving fluid flow is provided. The system includes a discharge manifold defining a primary flow path partially obstructed by one or more flow diverter. The flow diverter includes an obtrusion pair, each obtrusion of the obtrusion pair extending from a rear wall of the discharge manifold into an interior area of the discharge manifold, thereby creating a void along the primary flow path. The system further includes a first nozzle extending through the primary flow path and into the void such that a nozzle inlet of the first nozzle is positioned at least partially within the void. The system further includes a plurality of subsequent nozzles, each of the first and subsequent nozzles defining a respective secondary flow path for directing fluid away from the discharge manifold. The method includes utilizing obtrusion pairs to reduce or eliminate hydraulic skip.
US11325166B2
Devices and processes for axial disentanglement of debris from a rotatable mechanical agitator generally includes a cleaning member including a top stem portion, an intermediate cutting portion, and a bottom base portion; and a cylindrically-shaped mechanical agitator rotatably mounted within a head unit. The mechanical agitator includes one or more channels extending along a longitudinal axis and the head unit includes a slot opening coaxially aligned with a channel when in use. The bottom base portion and the intermediate cutting portion are configured to traverse a length of the one or more channels, wherein the intermediate cutting portion is positioned to cut debris entangled on the mechanical agitator when the top stem portion slidingly engages the slot opening in the head unit.
US11325165B2
The present disclosure provides an ion-bar structure with a self-cleaning function including an ion-bar body, a slide assembly, and a brush assembly. The ion-bar body has a slide track disposed along its own axis. The slide assembly is movably disposed on the slide track. The brush assembly is connected to the slide assembly for moving with the slide assembly. The brush assembly is contacted with a bottom side of the ion-bar body.
US11325159B2
A classifying and purifying apparatus of a solid blowing agent includes a classifier which classifies a supplied solid blowing agent into first microspheres and second microspheres, a storage connected to the classifier, in which the classified first microspheres flow in to be stored and emitted, and a filter arranged on the moving route of the solid blowing agent or the first microspheres which separates metallic substance from the object of filtering comprising the solid blowing agent or the first microspheres.
US11325158B2
A sieve device for fine-cleaning of grainy material after preliminary cleaning in an aspirator, having an inclined body made of separably integrated frames, in which replaceable stationary sieve are placed one below the other, the upper sieve having openings corresponding to the size of the grain, and the lower sieve having openings smaller than the grain, while a charging hopper is mounted in the upper, peripheral part of the body above the upper sieve. The each sieve consists of cascading identical flat sieve segments connected in sequence by z-shaped connectors, so that the planes of all sieve segments are parallel and above each z-shaped connector there is a set of plates mounted pendulously and independently on a bracket mounted on the frame of the body above the sieve, parallel to the z-shaped connector, the combined width of the plates in the set corresponding to the width of the sieve segment.
US11325153B2
A circuit of control of ultrasound transducers, is configurable according to the type of transducers to be controlled, and includes a first terminal intended to be coupled to a first electrode of each of the transducers, and a bias switch configurable to couple the first terminal to one or the other of first and second bias nodes according to the type of transducers to be controlled.
US11325149B2
The apparatus has an atomizer for the dispersal of a liquid and has an enclosed removable cartridge assembly with a reservoir of liquid and a wick with one end in communication with the liquid and a vibrating transducer in contact with another end of the wick; the transducer, wick and cartridge of liquid are arranged to allow a capillary volume of liquid from the wick to vibrate together to disperse the liquid in a direction away from the wick.
US11325148B2
A liquid paint suction rod including an upstream tube, a flexible intermediate tube and a rigid downstream tube, which includes a downstream elbow, the downstream tube delimiting a series of passage sections defining centers constituting a trajectory, the downstream elbow extending along a curved part of the trajectory, along which the passage sections are substantially discoid and have a preferably constant diameter; in order to avoid imposing too great a curve on the intermediate tube while offering a reduced head loss for the paint passing through the rod and while being easy to manufacture, the curved part is in the shape of a planar arc of circle, having a curve radius, the ratio of the diameter to the curve radius being less than 1.
US11325143B2
A powdering system, having a working configuration and a cleaning configuration and including a powder reservoir, including a supply chamber receiving powder; a sprayer, including a powder applicator, and a cleaning inlet, fluidly connected to the supply chamber such that, in the cleaning configuration, a cleaning air supply source can be connected to the cleaning inlet so as to circulate cleaning air in the supply chamber, wherein the powder reservoir includes a discharge opening, arranged through a wall of the supply chamber and opening into the supply chamber, and a movable plug, which is movable between a closing position, in the working configuration, and an open position, in the cleaning configuration, such that the circulation of cleaning air causes residual powder to be discharged through the discharge opening.
US11325139B2
A shower assembly includes an inlet port, a reservoir, and a plurality of drop outlets. The inlet is for receiving water from a water source. The reservoir receives water from the inlet port and is not pressurized by a line pressure of the water source. Each of the drop outlet ports is configured, such that water passes from the reservoir, through the plurality of drop outlet ports, forms a drop at each drop outlet port, and falls from each drop outlet port only as discrete drops of water.
US11325137B2
The invention discloses a conical cyclone separator and a dust collecting apparatus including the same. The multi-conical cyclone separator includes a multi-conical main body and a fitting multi-conical cover body, the multi-conical main body has conical tubes, the multi-conical cover body has diversion columns which correspond to the conical tubes one by one, the diversion column is inserted into the corresponding conical tube to form a casing structure, the side of each conical tube of the multi-conical main body is provided with an air inlet and a compensation tuyere for compensating an inlet air flow rate to reduce a negative pressure in the conical tube and improve a dust-gas separation effect.
US11325136B2
A seal assembly for providing a seal between a first zone and a second zone includes a rotatable sealing member including a first sealing ring, a stationary sealing member including a second sealing ring and a device for bringing the first and second sealing rings into engagement with each other. The first and second sealing rings are arranged so that a double contact seal having at least one chamber arranged at a radial plane is formed upon engagement between the first and second sealing rings. The seal assembly further includes at least one fluid connection to the chamber. A centrifugal separator includes such a seal assembly.
US11325131B1
Animal bedding is disclosed. The animal bedding comprises a juniper tree cut at ground level, the juniper tree having needles and a trunk. The juniper tree is naturally dried until the needles are brown, then ground using a screen that is 3 inches or less. The ground juniper tree is hammer milled and dust of 20 mesh minus is extracted from the hammer milled tree, which is then placed in a bagging machine and dust is vacuumed from the juniper tree. The juniper tree is then bagged.
US11325122B2
The application relates to microfluidic apparatus and methods of use thereof. Provided in one example is a microfluidic device comprising: a first fluidic input and a second fluidic input; and a fluidic intersection channel to receive fluid from the first fluidic input and the second fluidic input, wherein the fluidic intersection channel opens into a first mixing chamber on an upper region of a first side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the first mixing chamber has a length, a width, and a depth, wherein the depth is greater than about 1.5 times a depth of the fluidic intersection channel; an outlet channel on an upper region of a second side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the outlet channel has a depth that is less than the depth of the first mixing chamber, and wherein an opening of the outlet channel is offset along a width of the second side of the first mixing chamber relative to the fluidic intersection.
US11325106B2
Ceramic compositions with catalytic activity are provided, along with methods for using such catalytic ceramic compositions. The ceramic compositions correspond to compositions that can acquire increased catalytic activity by cyclic exposure of the ceramic composition to reducing and oxidizing environments at a sufficiently elevated temperature. The ceramic compositions can be beneficial for use as catalysts in reaction environments involving swings of temperature and/or pressure conditions, such as a reverse flow reaction environment. Based on cyclic exposure to oxidizing and reducing conditions, the surface of the ceramic composition can be converted from a substantially fully oxidized state to various states including at least some dopant metal particles supported on a structural oxide surface.
US11325104B2
A system and method of applied radial technology chromatography using a plurality of beads is disclosed, with each bead comprising one or more pores therein having a diameter of about 250 Å to about 5000 Å, and each bead having an average radius between about 100 μm to about 250 μm. Also disclosed are processes for selecting beads for use in a radial flow chromatography column, and for purifying an unclarified feed stream using a radial flow chromatography column.
US11325098B2
An absorbent composition having a bismuth material on a support containing at least one of a metal oxide, a metalloid oxide or an activated carbon and methods of making and using the same. The adsorbent composition is usful for adsorbing arsine from a fluid stream.
US11325095B2
A gas processing device includes: a casing that includes a first end having a first opening region constituting an intake port, a second end having a second opening region constituting an exhaust port, and a main body portion on the inside of which is formed a hollow portion; a discharge lamp that has a tube body which is disposed in the hollow portion and which has a shape extending in the first direction, a first electrode, and a second electrode, the discharge lamp that emits ultraviolet rays from the tube body; a power supply unit arranged outside the casing; and a first power supply line and a second power supply line that are wired so as to pass through a side closer to the first end than the main body portion, and that electrically connect the power supply unit to the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11325082B2
A blower unit for pneumatic mixers, comprising: a hollow element internally defining a duct, extending between an input section and an output section, for the passage of an air flow between said sections, wherein said input section can be connected to a source of pressurised air and said output section can be connected to a manifold of a pneumatic mixer; a shutter suitable to shut off said airflow through said output section in a controlled manner; an actuator connected to the shutter and configured to regulate the position of the shutter; the hollow element has a first end portion, at said output section, that can be reversibly coupled to a corresponding end portion of the manifold and wherein the blower unit further comprises first reversible connecting means to establish a reciprocal connection between the end portions.
US11325081B2
An apparatus for manufacturing water having a high concentration of dissolved ozone is characterized by being configured by connecting: a filtering device; a water tank connected to the filtering device; a pump connected to the water tank; a Venturi tube connected to the pump; a first gas dissolving pressure device connected to the Venturi tube; and a second gas dissolving pressure device connected to the first gas dissolving pressure device.
US11325077B2
A composite membrane including carbide-derived carbon (CDC) particles deposited onto a surface of an intermediate layer which is supported on a porous polysulfone substrate. The intermediate layer contains reacted units of a polyfunctional acyl halide (e.g. trimesoyl chloride) and polydopamine. Methods of making the composite membrane via techniques such as filtration-assisted deposition of CDC particles and interfacial polymerization are specified. Water flux and oil rejection (e.g. diesel) performances of the composite membrane are evaluated. A method of separating an organic compound, such as hydrocarbons, from an aqueous sample utilizing the membrane is also provided.
US11325076B2
A battery and a method of fabricating a porous membrane are disclosed. The battery includes an anode, a cathode, and a battery separator. The battery separator is positioned between the anode and the cathode and includes a macroporous substrate and a mesoporous silica thin film (MSTF) with perpendicular mesopore channels. The MSTF is positioned on the macroporous substrate. The method includes the following steps. A polymer film is formed on a macroporous substrate. A MSTF with perpendicular mesopore channels is grown on the polymer film. The polymer film is removed to form the porous membrane.
US11325057B2
The trap includes a container with a top opening covered by a lid. Inlet and outflow pipes extend through the lid into the container. A sheet of mesh filtration material (fiberglass, foam etc.) is situated within the container, below and preferably bonded to the interior surface of the lid. The inlet and outflow pipes extend through the filtration sheet into the container such that as the water level rises, sediment from the water flowing through the container settles to the bottom of the container and floating particles on the surface of the water which would otherwise be carried out of the trap with the water as the water exits the container remain in the filtration sheet.
US11325051B1
An assembly for launching toy projectiles includes a body having a bore, a plunger extendable from the bore, and a shaft removably attachable to the body. The body includes a first recess having a first diameter for receiving a first projectile. The shaft includes a second diameter for receiving a second projectile therearound and a second recess having a third diameter for receiving a third projectile therein. The first diameter is substantially equal to a diameter of the first projectile, the second diameter is substantially equal to a diameter of the second projectile, and the third diameter is substantially equal to a diameter of the third projectile but smaller than the second diameter. The plunger drives air through the assembly when released from an extended position to eject any one of the first, second, or third projectiles positioned in the first recess, on the shaft, or in the second recess.
US11325048B2
In various embodiments, a method is presented that includes: generating, via a system including a processor, behavioral experience analysis (BEA) tools based on a preference learning model; receiving, via the system, game telemetry data from a gaming application; generating, via the system, a predicted user motivation by applying the BEA tools to the game telemetry data; and facilitating adaptation of the gaming application based on the predicted user motivation.
US11325042B2
A method and system for verifying a client device's location in a parallel reality game hosted by a server. The client transmits its location to the server and receives verification instructions comprising a landmark and a verification pathway. The client prompts a player to capture image data of the landmark and, in response, receives a first set of image data of the landmark from an initial perspective. The client determines whether the first set of image data matches to the landmark before prompting the player to move along the verification pathway while capturing image data. The client receives a second set of image data of the landmark from a moving perspective. The client determines whether the second set of image data matches to an expected change in perspective of the landmark. Upon completion of the verification instructions, the client confirms to the server the client's location.
US11325039B2
A method of providing an enhanced gaming experience includes steps of sensing environmental audio with at least one microphone of an earpiece, combining a game sound with the environmental audio to provide a composite audio signal, and transducing the composite audio signal at the earpiece. The game sound may be positioned within a three-dimensional audio environment. The composite audio signal may be transduced to provide a three-dimensional audio experience.
US11325038B2
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for a game device having a processor, in which the program causes the processor to: identify a game element in a virtual space, or a position of the game element in the virtual space, based on an indicated direction in the virtual space in accordance with an operation input made by a user; and generate first information to enable a position designation image to be displayed on a display unit, the position designation image being to representative of the position in the virtual space depending on an identification result obtained by identifying the game element or the position of the game element.
US11325023B1
A board game apparatus is disclosed. The board game apparatus has a support assembly, a first member rotatably supported by the support assembly, a second member rotatably supported by the support assembly and covering part of the first member, a board member rotatably supported by the support assembly and including a plurality of apertures, the board member covering the first member and the second member, and a raised member rotatably supported by the support assembly above the board member and forming a gap between the raised member and the board member. A first portion of the first member and a second portion of the second member are visible from above the board member through the plurality of apertures.
US11325015B1
A golf training device comprising a base platform and a golf-ball platform that are interconnected with a telescoping, extendable rail. The base platform provides an area on which a golfer assumes a stance when addressing a golf ball. The rail is constructed with a rigid but pliable material that twists and contorts when a golfer is standing on the base platform. Therefore, the golfer must remain completely balanced while addressing the ball and swinging the club to prevent the platform from wobbling uncontrollably. The base platform is mounted on a turntable that allows a golfer to rotate the base platform between a first orientation where balance must be maintained in a direction parallel to the shoulders and a second orientation where balance must be maintained in a direction perpendicular to the shoulders.
US11324998B2
A calf-stretching device enables a user to conduct stretching exercises of the gastrocnemius muscles of the leg. The calf-stretching device includes a support base positionable on a floor surface and left and right surfaces immovably attached to the support base. Each of the left and right surfaces present a convex curved surface from a front side to a back side to receive respective feet of the user, the convex curved surface having a greater radial dimension on an inner portion than an outer portion to correspond to a foot arch of the user.
US11324987B2
A bar and weight discs assembly with disc holding elements intended for sports reveals a set with a bar and at least one disc for weight exercises or weightlifting, where said set is obtained by coupling the discs to the bar without the need to use other coupling means such as bar clamps or safety collars, the set can be used both for an exercise bar of the conventional type of 28 mm in diameter or for an Olympic bar of 50 mm in diameter, as well as the discs that are inserted in the bar (1) which can be of different weights.
US11324982B1
A fire suppression composition comprises CF3I and CO2, wherein said CF3I is present in an amount of from 23 mol. % to 39 mol. %, based on the total moles of CF3I and CO2 present in the fire suppression composition. Alternatively, the fire suppression composition comprises CF3I and CO2, wherein said CF3I is present in an amount of from 53 mol. % to 85 mol. %, based on the total moles of CF3I and CO2 present in the fire suppression composition.
US11324981B2
A readiness monitoring system for a fire apparatus includes a processing circuit that has programmed instructions to acquire fluid level data indicating at least one of a water level within a water tank, a fire suppressing agent level within an agent tank, a fuel level within a fuel tank, or a diesel exhaust fluid level within a diesel exhaust fluid reservoir of the fire apparatus; acquire fault data indicating any active faults with components of the fire apparatus; acquire maintenance data indicating whether maintenance is due or overdue; acquire exercise data indicating an elapsed time since the fire apparatus was last exercised; and determine a readiness score for the fire apparatus based on the fluid level data, the fault data, the maintenance data, and the exercise data.
US11324978B2
The present application is provided with a fluid storage apparatus of a battery pack, including: a box, where the box has an inner cavity; a partition member, where the partition member is located in the inner cavity of the box, and the partition member divides the box into a fluid storage portion and a gas storage portion. The fluid storage portion is used to store spraying liquid and the fluid storage portion has a fluid outlet; the gas storage portion is used to store gas and the gas storage portion has a fluid inlet. And the partition member is configured to move toward the fluid outlet under the action of compressed gas in the gas storage portion.
US11324973B2
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for using a multi-layer multi-color scintillation based detector element to image a tumor of a patient using a process of determining residual energies of positively charged particles after passing through the patient, the process comprising the steps of: (1) transmitting the positively charged particles at known energies through the patient and into a multi-layer detector element; (2) detecting first and second secondary photons, resultant from passage of the positively charged particles, respectively from a first layer of a first scintillation material and a second layer of a second scintillation material at two respective layer depths, where the first wavelength range differs from the second wavelength range; (4) determining residual energies of the positively charged particles, using output from the step of detecting; and (5) relating the residual energies to body densities to generate an image.
US11324971B2
A linear accelerator system comprising a source arranged to produce a pulsed beam of charged particles, a linear accelerator string arranged to accelerate the pulsed beam up to a predetermined range of energies, and a pre-acceleration stage interposed between the source and the linear accelerator string and arranged to accelerate the pulsed beam up to an energy suitable for beam insertion into the linear accelerator string and perform bunching of the pulsed beam. An average current detector is arranged to measure an average current in the pulsed beam, the average current detector comprising at least one non-interceptive sensor placed at an input side of the linear accelerator string, downstream of the pre-acceleration stage, the sensor being responsive to the pulsed beam passing thereby.
US11324967B2
A method that produces high energy charged particles that may be used to destroy cancer cells contained in cancerous tissues. The device uses electronic neutron generators to produce neutrons with energies that have a high probability to interact with a therapeutic source comprised of a reactive material with an outer layer of a material having a high atomic number such as Platinum or Gold. The reaction produces high energy electrons, and in some cases other charged particles with relatively short half-lives, which can destroy the cancerous cells, without seriously damaging the surrounding healthy tissue.
US11324966B2
A delivery system and method for radiation shielded brachytherapy has a drive assembly, and a plurality of shield assemblies, pivotally mounted to the drive assembly, each having a tubular body defining an outer surface and a bore longitudinally extending between opposite ends of the tubular body. Each of the shield assemblies has radiation shielding material extending about a circumferential portion of the tubular body and disposed between the outer surface and the cavity. An interlocking system is operatively mounted to the rotating assembly, and engages a group of the plurality of shield assemblies. The interlocking system is configured for transmitting a rotational input received from a driving mechanism to the group of shield assemblies, for synchronously rotating each shield assembly of the group about their respective longitudinal axis.
US11324963B2
Provided herein are, for example, systems and methods of diagnosing and treating depression, in which a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy is administered to a subject in need thereof and measuring a TMS evoked response in the subject, are provided. The systems and methods allow tailoring or optimizing of a treatment protocol for maximal individual benefit, thereby providing an individualized and optimized treatment protocol for psychiatric disorders such as depression.
US11324953B2
A patient control is disclosed that facilitates operation of an implantable medical device.
US11324951B2
An electrical treatment device (200) includes a remaining power detection unit (302) that detects a remaining battery power of the electrical treatment device (200); a treatment content setting unit (306) that sets a treatment content; an impedance measurement unit (304) that measures a bioelectrical impedance of a site on a body of a user by using electrodes that come into contact with the site; a treatment execution unit (312) that performs treatment of the site by controlling a voltage waveform applied to the electrodes; and a determination unit (310) that determines whether treatment in accordance with the treatment content can be executed up until a treatment time elapses on the basis of a current remaining battery power and a power consumption calculated from the bioelectrical impedance and the voltage waveform. When treatment in accordance with the treatment content cannot be executed up until the treatment time elapses, the treatment execution unit (312) modifies a voltage waveform corresponding to the treatment content currently set so that treatment can be executed up until the treatment time elapses, and outputs the modified voltage waveform.
US11324934B2
This disclosure relates to procedures for administering a blockade of the sphenopalatine ganglion (“SPG”). Methods may include advancing a catheter through nostril at least 8 cm. Methods may include advancing the catheter through an inferior meatus. Methods may include causing the catheter to bend after contacting posterior wall of the nasal cavity. Methods may include advancing the catheter superiorly to a position posterior to the middle turbinate. Methods may include advancing the catheter superiorly to a position posterior to the superior turbinate. Methods may include advancing the catheter superiorly into a sphenoethmoid recess. Methods may include bringing a distal tip of the catheter in contact with the SPG. Methods may include ejecting an anesthetic from a distal tip of the catheter and bathing the SPG to administer a blockade of the SPG.
US11324930B2
According to one aspect, a guidewire assembly for positioning within a body of a patient may include a guidewire shaft having a proximal section and a distal section. The distal section may be configured to move within the body of a patient when the guidewire assembly is in a first operating state. The distal section may be configured to expand radially outward when the guidewire assembly is in a second operating state to engage an interior surface of the body and inhibit movement of the guidewire shaft.
US11324926B2
A catheter system may include a catheter adapter, a catheter extending distally from the catheter adapter, an introducer needle extending through the catheter, a flash chamber in fluid communication with a needle lumen of the introducer needle, and a seal element. The introducer needle may include a wall defining the needle lumen, a first notch formed through the wall, and a second notch formed through the wall. The seal element may be proximal to the first notch and the second notch and within the catheter between an outer surface of the introducer needle and an inner surface of the catheter. The seal element may prevent priming fluid from travelling distal to the seal element. The seal element in conjunction with the first notch, the second notch, and the flash chamber may facilitate pressure-driven blood flow into the catheter for detection of flashback and transfixing when priming occurs prior to insertion into vasculature.
US11324925B2
An elongate shaft management device has an upper plate and a lower plate. The lower plate has at least one groove that is sized to receive the elongate shaft. The at least one groove in the lower plate cooperates with the upper plate to capture the elongate shaft and prevent movement of the elongate shaft. The upper plate is releasably coupled to the lower plate to provide access to the elongate shaft and allow it to be manipulated.
US11324921B2
A wall of a catheter (a) includes a braided portion having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a braided interior between the outer and inner surfaces, and (b) is shaped to define first and second longitudinally-running channels therethrough. A distal portion of the catheter is shaped to define first and second lateral openings. An angle between (a) a first line running between the first and second lateral openings, and (b) a second line that is parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the catheter when the catheter is straight, is between 30 and 150 degrees. A flexible longitudinal member passes from a proximal portion of the catheter to the distal portion via the first channel, out of the first channel via the first lateral opening, into the second channel via the second lateral opening, and from the distal portion to the proximal portion via the second channel.
US11324905B2
The present invention relates to a tracheal ventilation apparatus, in particular a tracheostomy cannula or an endotracheal tube, having a cannula tube, which from a point of view from a gas supply, has a proximal tube portion with a proximal opening and a distal tube portion with a distal opening. In order to provide an easy-to-handle tracheal ventilation apparatus that can easily be inserted and that impedes a swallowing process as little as possible, the proximal tube portion and the distal tube portion are connected to one another by way of an axially air-permeable joint that facilitates at least restricted mobility and, in particular, pivotability of a longitudinal axis of the distal tube portion with respect to a longitudinal axis of the proximal tube portion.
US11324904B2
A device and a system that delivers continuous positive airway pressure in conjunction with oxygen delivery is disclosed. The system is portable so that patients may be mobile and conveniently travel. Several means are disclosed for integrating oxygen production into a positive airway pressure (PAP) device, including oxygen production machinery entirely integrated into the PAP housing, oxygen production machinery that mates with a PAP device but which may operate independently, and where portions of the oxygen production machinery are located in the PAP housing and other portions (for example, the compressor) are located in a separate module, such as, for example, an AC-to-DC power conversion module.
US11324897B2
A device for intraosseous injection is provided which can accurately, quickly, and safely introduce desired fluid into a patient's bone marrow. The intraosseous injector includes a housing, a container located within the housing, a hollow needle, and a valve. The intraosseous injector may further include a release mechanism comprising a bone probe needle and a movable release member. The intraosseous injector may include a depth limiter mechanism operable to limit a depth of penetration of the needle relative to a surface of a bone. A method for intraosseous injection is also provided.
US11324892B2
The invention relates to an electronic module for recording information of a drug delivery device, the electronic module comprising at least one connector, wherein at least one connector is adapted to be connected to a port of the drug delivery device and wherein at least one connector is adapted to be connected to a port of a computer. Furthermore, the invention relates to a drug delivery device, comprising a port for connecting to the connector of the electronic module.
US11324880B2
An infusion management and monitoring system comprises an infusion pump and instructions executable by a processor to cause a remote device separate from and in communication with the infusion pump to receive data for a medication to be administered to a patient via the infusion pump within a healthcare environment; receive from the infusion pump data for administration of the medication to the patient; determine a status of the administration of the medication based on at least one of the data for the medication or the data for the administration of the medication; and transmit the status to a mobile communication device within the healthcare environment.
US11324877B2
An airway assist device and methods of making and using an airway assist device to assist in opening an airway or removing fluid or material obstructing an airway of a subject.
US11324871B2
The present invention relates to a blood treatment machine having a control, having a pump actuator for pumping blood through an extracorporeal blood circuit which comprises an arterial line and a venous line, and having a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure in the venous line, wherein the control has a detection function for detecting a venous needle disconnect which compares a value determined on the basis of the pressure in the venous line with a limit value to recognize a venous needle disconnect, wherein the limit value with which the detection function compares the value determined on the basis of the pressure in the venous line can be set variably and/or is set variably by the control.
US11324867B2
Graphical user interfaces for use with extracorporeal blood treatment systems may include a blood circuit pressure graphical element. The blood circuit pressure graphical element may include a venous portion and an arterial portion. The venous portion may depict, or include, a presently-monitored venous blood circuit pressure value and a graphical representation of previously-monitored venous blood circuit pressure values, and the arterial portion may depict, or include, a presently-monitored arterial blood circuit pressure value and a graphical representation of previously-monitored arterial blood circuit pressure values.
US11324865B2
A method for facilitating milk extraction from a female breast may involve applying a breast contacting portion of a breast pump system to a breast, activating the breast pump system to administer multiple breast pumping cycles, and applying vibrations to the breast during at least a portion of each of the breast pumping cycles, using a vibration device. A vibration generating device may be a component of a breast pump system, an added attachment on a breast pump system or a separate component that works in conjunction with a breast pump system.
US11324862B2
An endoluminal device includes a composite yarn with a polymer yarn and an alloy wire. The polymer yarn includes a biodegradable polymer, and the alloy wire includes a biocompatible alloy. An endoluminal device can include a plurality of polymer yarns and at least one alloy wire, in which the polymer yarns include a biodegradable polymer, and the least one alloy wire includes a biocompatible alloy. A surgical system or kit includes an endoluminal device and a delivery instrument.
US11324849B2
A fragrance dispenser and a corresponding method of dispensing fragrance, comprising at least one receptacle having a major open end, with a porous diffuser layer occlusively overlying the major open end of the receptacle, wherein at least a sectional area of the porous diffuser layer is removable to uncover a portion of the receptacle to control of the release rate of a fragrance source. The fragrance dispenser may comprise a plurality of receptacles and the porous diffuser layer comprises a plurality of sections that are individually removable to uncover each receptacle. The fragrance dispenser could comprise a removable cover sheet that is peelably detachable from the porous diffuser layer. Porous diffuser layer could be an organic polymeric nonwoven web and/or the receptacle is made of a thermoplastic organic polymeric resin. The fragrance dispenser may further comprise a secondary diffuser layer that has 50% more permeability that the porous diffuser layer.
US11324846B2
A sanitizer using radiation comprises a hollow housing with an aperture, the housing being generally opaque to the radiation utilized. Mounted to the interior surfaces of the housing are radiation sources that produce radiation when powered. In operation, multiple objects to be sanitized are placed within the interior and the radiation sources powered, thereby sanitizing by radiation any pathogens present on the objects be irradiated. An easily adjustable shelving system that is substantially non-opaque to the radiation utilized, such as wire shelving with minimal opaque surfaces, may be used to support the objects to be sanitized. Depending on size, the portable box allows for multiple objects to be sanitized at the same time. The sanitizer in certain embodiments includes a plurality of UVC radiation sources mounted in the interior of the housing so as to surround the object to be sanitized on multiple sides.
US11324841B2
The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent, particularly an MRI contrast agent derived from nanoparticle that is porous first metal-doped second metal oxide nanoparticle with a central cavity, and a method for producing the same. The MEI contrast agent made in accordance with the present invention can be used not only as a drug-delivery agent for therapy but also as an MRI contrast agent for diagnosis.
US11324840B2
The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance structure with a cavity or a reserved space that provides contrast and the additional ability to frequency-shift the spectral signature of the NMR-susceptible nuclei such as water protons by a discrete and controllable characteristic frequency shift that is unique to each MRS design. The invention also relates to nearly uniform solid magnetic resonance T2* contrast agents that have a significantly higher magnetic moment compared to similarly-sized existing MRI contrast agents.
US11324838B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating joint disorders that are characterized by an inflammatory component. In some aspects, the compositions and methods are to prevent the progression of osteoarthritis and other arthritides and to treat osteoarthritis and other arthritides in a mammalian joint.
US11324834B2
Provided are methods of treating myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), oligoblastic acute myelogenous leukemia (O-AML), or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) using 765IGF-MTX and other IGF-receptor-targeted agents, and formulations for delivering 765IGF-MTX and other IGF-receptor-targeted agents to patients. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions for use in treating MDS, O-AML, and CMML.
US11324829B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel application of meglumine or a salt thereof. The present invention is an antiseptic agent consisting of meglumine or a salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antiseptic agent according to the present invention, and pertaining to: a pharmaceutical composition which does not comprise benzalkonium chloride and which is placed in a reusable container; a product that comprises the pharmaceutical composition comprising the antiseptic agent according to the present invention and a reusable container; and a method of improving the antiseptic effect of the pharmaceutical composition by comprising meglumine or a salt thereof in the pharmaceutical composition that has been placed in the reusable container.
US11324825B2
There are described novel compounds of formula I: (I) in which, in which A1, A2, A3, A4, R1 and R2 are each as herein defined, for use in the treatment or alleviation of an RAR mediated condition; and methods related thereto.
US11324821B2
The present application relates to triterpene glycoside saponin-derived adjuvants, syntheses thereof, and intermediates thereto. The application also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the present invention and methods of using said compounds or compositions in the treatment of and immunization for infectious diseases and cancers.
US11324820B2
The present invention provides methods for the treatment of a subject having a Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, e.g., a chronic HBV infection, using a combination of an RNAi agent that targets HBV and an HBV vaccine. It is disclosed a RNAi agent and an HBV vaccine for use in treatment of HBV infection, comprising sequentially administering to the subject having an HBV infection: a) an RNAi agent that inhibits expression of at least three HBV transcripts, wherein the RNAi agent forms a double stranded region; b) a protein-based vaccine comprising a first HBV core antigen (HBcAg) polypeptide, and a first HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) polypeptide; and c) a nucleic acid-based vaccine comprising an expression vector construct encoding a second HBcAg polypeptide, and/or a second HBsAg polypeptide, wherein the second HBcAg polypeptide, and/or the second HBsAg polypeptide, shares at least one epitope with at least one of the first HBcAg polypeptide, and/or the first HBsAg polypeptide.
US11324809B2
Provided are: a pharmaceutical composition for curing, treating, or preventing a disease involving a biological mechanism controlled by a dendritic cell immunoreceptor, in which the pharmaceutical composition contains a carbohydrate modifying enzyme as an active ingredient; and a method of curing, treating, or preventing a disease involving a biological mechanism controlled by a dendritic cell immunoreceptor.
US11324807B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising anakinra, buffer, and optionally at least one osmolyte and optionally further excipients. Further, the present invention relates to use of said compositions for treatment of for example ophthalmic disorders.
US11324795B2
Disclosed is a composition, which comprises Hordeum vulgare extract as an active ingredient and is effective at promoting longitudinal bone growth.
US11324787B2
The present invention relates to a method for identifying the skin sensitizer potency of a test agent, and arrays and analytical kits for use in such methods.
US11324777B2
A method of generating an isolated population of cells comprising anti-third party cells having a central memory T-lymphocyte (Tcm) phenotype, the cells being tolerance-inducing cells and/or endowed with anti-disease activity, and capable of homing to the lymph nodes following transplantation is disclosed. The method comprising: (a) contacting peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) with a third party antigen or antigens in the presence of IL-21 so as to allow enrichment of antigen reactive cells; and (b) culturing the cells resulting from step (a) in the presence of IL-21, IL-15 and IL-7 in an antigen free environment so as to allow proliferation of cells comprising the central memory T-lymphocyte (Tcm) phenotype.
US11324758B2
Disclosed in some forms is a process of limiting the impact of surgery on a nerve, the process comprising applying a therapeutic substance to the nerve during surgery. In some aspects, disclosed is a formulation for reducing nerve trauma comprising an active pharmacological ingredient adapted to intervene in the activation of pathways of cellular degradation within the nerve and a carrier adapted to reduce dissemination of the active pharmacological ingredient beyond the site at which its effect is intended.
US11324754B2
A method of forming a dietary supplement can include steps of creating a composition of matter comprising tianeptine, sakae naa, and optionally, at least one of kava, CDP Choline, and Alpha GPC; and providing the composition of matter in a liquid or solid form. The ingredient of tianeptine can be tianeptine sodium, tianeptine free acid, or both. Providing the composition of matter can include filling a container with the composition of matter.
US11324750B2
Disclosed herein are methods for treating an individual having a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The method may comprise administering a JAK inhibitor, for example ruxolitinib (JAKAFI®), to an individual in need thereof, such individual generally being an individual having, or suspecting of having, SARS-CoV-2 infection. The individual in need thereof may be an individual having, or suspected of having or at risk for developing SARS-CoV-2 infection-related cytokine storm. The individual in need thereof may further be an individual having, or suspected of having SARS-CoV-2 infection-related pneumonia.
US11324742B2
The present invention relates generally to methods of using nalfurafine for treating and/or preventing demyelinating disease in a subject, and in particular for treating and/or preventing multiple sclerosis (MS). Also disclosed is nalfurafine for use in treating and/or preventing MS as well as pharmaceutical compositions and unit dosage forms comprising nalfurafine for use for treating and/or preventing demyelinating disease in a subject, and in particular for treating and/or preventing MS.
US11324739B2
Novel combination therapies involving nitroxoline, its analogue or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof with at least one additional anti-cancer chemotherapy or immunotherapy agent are described. Related kits, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of production arlinee also described.
US11324735B2
This application relates to a method of treatment with tradipitant, and more particularly, to a method of treatment of pruritus with tradipitant.
US11324732B2
The disclosure is directed to methods of treating dyskinesia in cerebral palsy in human patients using deutetrabenazine and its active metabolites.
US11324723B2
Compositions and methods are provided that are useful for diagnosing, treating, and monitoring alcohol dependence and disorders, susceptibility to alcohol dependence disorders, as well as drug related dependence and disorders. The methods include treating patients with an antagonist of the serotonin receptor 5-HT3 for such disorders, wherein the patient's serotonin transporter gene SLC6A4 is known to have particular genotypes.
US11324722B2
The present disclosure is directed to compositions comprising oxymetazoline and methods of treating various eye disorders related to drooping eyelids, such as ptosis, in a subject comprising administering to the subject compositions comprising oxymetazoline.
US11324721B2
Embodiments are directed to secnidazole formulations and the use of a secnidazole formulation for the treatment of trichomoniasis in a subject in need thereof.
US11324720B2
Methods for inhibiting cell growth, inhibiting DNA polymerase activity, and inhibiting DNA replication and repair are provided. In a method of inhibiting cell growth, a cell, such as a cancer cell, is contacted with zelpolib or a derivative or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The cell growth can be inhibited in vivo, and in certain embodiments, the cell growth is inhibited in vitro. In a method for inhibiting DNA polymerase activity, a DNA polymerase is contacted with zelpolib or a derivative or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In certain embodiments, the DNA polymerase is Pol δ. In a method for inhibiting DNA replication and repair, a cell, such as a cancer cell, is contacted with zelpolib or a derivative or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The DNA replication and repair can be inhibited in vivo, and in certain embodiments, the DNA replication and repair is inhibited in vitro.
US11324715B2
The invention relates to bismuth-thiol compounds and pharmaceutical preparations thereof. The invention further relates to methods for treating a topical wound, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a bismuth-thiol compound, wherein the composition is applied to the infection. Methods for treating microbial infections such as diabetic foot infections are also provided.
US11324714B2
A method for treating a lymphoma selected from non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's lymphoma comprising administering an organoarsenic compound having a structure of the formula (I) wherein X is S or Se and R1 and R2 are independently C1-30alkyl (R3, R3′, R4, R5, W and “n” are as defined in claim 1) in particular where the compound is S-dimethylarsinoglutathione, N-(2-S-dimethylarsinothiopropionyl)glycine, 2-amino-3-(dimethylarsino)thio-3-methylbutanoic acid, S-dimethylarsino-thiosuccinic acid or S-dipropylarsino-1-thioglycerol.
US11324713B2
A method for treating a lymphoma selected from non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's lymphoma comprising administering an organoarsenic compound having a structure of the formula (I) wherein X is S or Se and R1 and R2 are independently C1-30alkyl (R3, R3′, R4, R5, W and “n” are as defined in claim 1) in particular where the compound is S-dimethylarsinoglutathione, N-(2-S-dimethylarsinothiopropionyl)glycine, 2-amino-3-(dimethylarsino)thio-3-methylbutanoic acid, S-dimethylarsino-thiosuccinic acid or S-dipropylarsino-1-thioglycerol.
US11324708B1
The invention relates to a method of treating a viral infection caused by or associated with SARS-CoV-2 in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject by inhalation intraorally and/or intranasally a therapeutically effective amount of a formulation comprising niclosamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a cyclodextrin.
US11324706B2
Disclosed are a composition and a perfume composition for inhibiting growth of breast cancer stem cells containing phenylacetaldehyde or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active (effective) ingredient, and a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition or the like for inhibiting metastasis of breast cancer, or treating or preventing breast cancer, including the composition. The phenylacetaldehyde inhibits growth of breast cancer cells and formation of breast cancer stem cells. In addition, the phenylacetaldehyde inhibits expression of self-renewal genes such as Nanog, Sox2, Oct4, and CD44 known to be specifically expressed in breast cancer stem cells, inhibits production of IL-6 known to be involved in formation of mammospheres of breast cancer stem cells, and inhibits STATS signaling pathways. Accordingly, the compound inhibits growth of breast cancer stem cells and is useful for the treatment of breast cancer.
US11324705B2
Provided herein is a water- and sweat-resistant transdermal drug delivery system for application to the skin of a mammal that comprises a patch having a diameter between 1 and 8 cm in length and a surface area between 4 and 8 cm2. Also provided are methods of producing the transdermal drug delivery system and methods of treatment comprising the use of the transdermal drug delivery system.
US11324700B2
A method of preparing a pharmaceutical formulation which is suitable for inhalation, the method comprising: providing a solution comprising a first solvent or mixture of solvents and a poorly water soluble active agent; providing a second solution comprising a second solvent or mixture of solvents and an excipient. The first and second solvents or mixture of solvents are removed by simultaneously drying both solutions in a spray dryer equipped with a three-fluid nozzle to produce particles comprising an active agent and an excipient.
US11324697B2
Described herein are emulsion compositions comprising fish oil and medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) and/or omega-3 fatty acids and medium-chain triglycerides (MCT). In some embodiments, the compositions further comprise, e.g., alpha-tocopherol, or one or more fatty acids. Further provided herein are methods of using the compositions, e.g., to provide nutrion, e.g., parenteral nutrition to a subject and/or to treat or prevent certain conditions described herein.
US11324696B2
Suspensions of metronidazole or baclofen and/or salts or ester derivative thereof, such as metronidazole benzoate, are disclosed. The suspension my include metronidazole or baclofen, and/or a salt or ester derivative thereof a hydrocolloid stabilizer, simethicone emulsion, a buffer, such as sodium citrate, (dihydrate), a preservative, a thickening agent, a sweetener, and water.
US11324695B2
Described herein are transdermal solvent systems comprising at least one active agent in solution in a base solution, the base solution comprising at least one fatty acid ester compound, at least one monoterpene compound and a co-solvent in the form of DMSO or DMI and at least one plant oil. The base solution was found to be highly versatile and provide superior or at least comparable skin penetration efficacy and active agent compatibility. Methods of treatment, uses of the solvent system and methods of manufacture are also described.
US11324693B2
A solid matrix sustained release ophthalmic formulation for topical delivery of a solid ophthalmic drug to the eye, medical devices, drug cores, drug inserts and drug delivery systems comprising the formulation, methods of manufacturing the formulation, medical devices and their methods thereof for delivering the ophthalmic drug for a treatment period provided herein. The formulation disclosed herein is an admixture of an ophthalmic drug, and a combination of a hydrophobic polymer, a hydrophilic polymer and a surfactant, wherein the drug is eluted daily over an extended period of time at therapeutic dose of drug.
US11324690B2
A composition for restorative vaginal lubrication and a method of use thereof facilitates enhances the overall vaginal health. The composition includes a quantity of water, a quantity of glycerin, a quantity of cetearyl alcohol, a quantity of glyceryl stearate, a quantity of avocado oil, a quantity of squalene oil, a quantity of lecithin, a quantity of benzoin oil, a quantity of xanthan gum, a quantity of citric acid, a quantity of potassium sorbate, a quantity of Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), a quantity of elderberry extract, a quantity of damiana extract, a quantity of progesterone, a quantity of pomegranate oil, and a quantity of sodium benzoate. The composition is homogeneously mixed into a vaginal salve that may be both externally and internally applied with the vaginal area in order to moisturize the vaginal area and enhance sexual pleasure during sexual activity. The vaginal salve also promotes blood circulation for the vaginal area.
US11324689B2
The present invention relates to composition for styling hair comprising: (a) a first phase comprising: at least one alkoxysilane having at least one solubilizing functional group and at least one amino substituent; at least one water-soluble metal salt; at least one acidifying agent; and at least one cosmetically acceptable carrier comprising water; and (b) a second phase comprising: at least one silsesquioxane resin and at least one volatile solvent. The present invention also relates to methods of styling hair.
US11324677B1
Disclosed herein are oral care compositions comprising a peroxide whitening complex in an amount to provide from 3.5% to 7% of hydrogen peroxide by weight of the composition, and a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide in an amount of from 40% to 60% by weight of the composition. Methods of making and using the dentifrices are also provided.
US11324676B2
The present disclosure concerns a cosmetic product for modifying the natural color of keratinous fibers, in particular human hair. The cosmetic product includes at least one packaging (VP) and a cosmetic composition (KM) contained in this packaging (VP). The packaging is made of a multi-layer film (F) including at least two polymer layers (P1) and (P2) and at least one barrier layer (BS). The cosmetic composition includes at least one oxidizing agent, at least one C8-C30 alcohol, at least one specific anionic surfactant, at least one non-ionic surfactant and at least one acrylic-based thickening agent. The use of the packaging (VP) in combination with the cosmetic composition (KM) does surprisingly not lead to an inflation of the packaging or an excessive water loss of the agent (KM) during storage.
US11324673B2
The present invention is directed to targeted delivery of a cold slurry underneath a patient's skin to improve the cosmetic appearance of the skin. The “target” tissue can be muscle tissue that when cooled cannot contract and cause wrinkles/lines in the skin to appear. The target tissue can also be adipose tissue that causes overlying tissue to sag and form wrinkles/lines. The cold slurry induces apoptosis, and reduces the size of the tissue, and causes the connective tissue supporting the skin to thicken and tighten, thereby reducing wrinkles/lines. Skin can also be tightened with cold slurry injected into the dermis layer of the skin or within the layers of the oral mucosa making a cold slurry treatment ideal for reducing the appearance of baggy skin after a patient loses weight and or for treating obstructive sleep apnea. Cold slurry can also be used to treat cellulite and acne.
US11324670B2
The present invention is a cocoa butter powdered moisturizer with the addition of cocoa powder serving as a stabilizing agent. The cocoa butter is grated and/or shredded into a fine granulated form and is supplemented with the stabilizing cocoa powder such that the resulting moisturizer attains a consistent, usable form. The resulting moisturizer is stable at room temperature and provides an SPF-15 level of sun protection for the skin.
US11324660B2
A container, in particular an ampule, of a plastic material has a container part (10) for receiving the contents of a container (14) to be dispensed via a container opening (12). Opening (12) is closed by a head part (18) that can be separated along a separation line (16). The head part (18) is adjoined by a neck part (20), which has a plurality of different functional surfaces on the inner circumference. One functional contact surface (44) is used to seal against a withdrawal body (32), which is provided for withdrawing the contents of a container (14) when the container opening (12) is opened. A lead-in area (50) is provided as a further functional surface on the interior of the neck part (40) and differs geometrically from the functional contact surface (44). The lead-in area (50) seamlessly merges into the functional contact surface (44). The lead-in area (50) and the functional contact surface are located between the other functional surfaces in the neck part (20).
US11324651B2
A body weight support system includes a trolley, a powered conductor operatively coupled to a power supply, and a patient attachment mechanism. The trolley can include a drive system, a control system, and a patient support system. The drive system is movably coupled to a support rail. At least a portion of the control system is physically and electrically coupled to the powered conductor. The patient support mechanism is at least temporarily coupled to the patient attachment mechanism. The control system can control at least a portion of the patient support mechanism based at least in part on a force applied to the patient attachment mechanism.
US11324650B2
A patient repositioning apparatus includes a mounting frame configured to couple to an underside of a bed frame. A motor housing is rotatably coupled to the mounting frame for rotation about an axis. The motor housing carries a motor and a winch. The motor is operable to turn the winch. A strap is coupled to the winch and configured to be wound around the winch by the motor. The strap has at least one coupling mechanism configured to couple to a bed sheet.
US11324646B2
A dispenser (100) for medical articles (163), comprising a base (110) and a cover (120), wherein the base (110) comprises at least one stopper arrangement (170) integrated in the main wall of the base (110) and protruding from the inside surface (111b) of the main wall of the base (110), wherein each of the at least one stopper arrangement (170) has at least one cut-out (171) configured to to hold medical articles (163), received in a respective opening in the cover (120) when the dispenser (100) is in a closed configuration, and configured to release receive and hold at least one medical article (163), or a container (160) configured its hold on the at least one medical article (163) or the container (160) when the dispenser (100) is in an open configuration.
US11324638B2
The base of this bandaging system is attached to the skin around a wound by adhesive and supports the edges of the lid, which covers the wound and can easily be removed and replaced or re-used many times to facilitate examining or treating the wound while the base remains in place. The bandaging system has multiple embodiments to accommodate various situations. An embodiment with generally planar components is very simple but may cause vertical pressure on the skin near the wound when the lid is removed or attached. Such pressure is avoided by alternative embodiments in which the components have non-planar parts. Some embodiments have a hinge on an edge of the lid which allows the wound to be uncovered without detaching the lid. The components which latch lids to bases contribute to making the systems easy, quick, convenient, and comfortable to use.
US11324636B2
The present application provides a cerumen removing device, comprising a container section comprising a recovery hole and a discharge hole; a head section exposed to the outside through the recovery hole and having at least one air ejection hole; and a pump configured to discharge air to the outside through the air ejection hole.
US11324632B2
The present invention discloses a helmet with an inwards flipping type goggle, which includes a helmet body, a goggle, a front protection lens and a link mechanism; the front protection lens is fixed to the front side of the helmet body, the goggle is fixed to the link mechanism, the link mechanism is capable of adjusting the goggle to move up and down and to be rotatably connected to the two sides of the helmet body, and the goggle are located in the helmet body. The present invention has the following beneficial effects: by adopting the inwards flipping type, the goggle are prevented from being easily contaminated by welding splash, grinding splash and dust when the goggle are upwards flipped outside; the defects that the gravity center of the entire helmet moves forwards and the helmet is heavy are avoided; the goggle can be upwards flipped inside the helmet, the sight is not affected under the situation that the helmet is not taken off, and it is applicable to wider occasions, is more flexible and is more convenient to operate.
US11324631B2
Systems and methods for adjusting an angle of incidence of a laser surgery system include a laser source to produce a laser beam and an optical delivery system to output the laser beam pulses to an object at an adjustable incident angle. A first rotator assembly receives the beam from the laser source along a first beam axis. The first rotator assembly rotates around the first beam axis and the first rotator assembly outputs the beam along a second beam axis different from the first beam axis. A second rotator assembly receives the beam from the first rotator assembly along the second beam axis. The second rotator assembly rotates around the second beam axis. The second rotator assembly follows the rotation of the first rotator assembly and the first rotator assembly is independent of the rotation of the second rotator assembly.
US11324617B2
The present disclosure includes an endoprosthesis delivery system comprising an elongate member, such as a catheter, an endoprosthesis, a covering member disposed about the endoprosthesis, and at least one flexible element situated between the endoprosthesis and the covering member. The covering member can extend beyond an end of the endoprosthesis. In operation, as the covering member is removed, the flexible element can guide the covering member over the end of the endoprosthesis to prevent entanglement between the end of the endoprosthesis and the covering member.
US11324616B2
A system for deploying a shape memory catheterization device within a patient, includes a catheter for endovascular insertion of the shape memory catheterization device. A heat source heats the shape memory catheterization device above the transition temperature. A transformation data generator includes a circuit driver for driving a circuit that includes at least one capacitive element of the shape memory catheterization device and a detection circuit for generating transformation data based on a capacitance of the at least one capacitive element, wherein the transformation data indicates a shape transformation of the shape memory catheterization device from a catheterization shape to a transformed shape.
US11324608B2
Placement apparatus and methods of use for impanation of spacers within an inter-vertebral disc space. In one embodiment, the load-bearing superstructure of the implant is subdivided and the bone forming material is positioned within an internal space of the placement instrument but external to the load bearing elements themselves. At least a portion of the bone graft material is freely contained within the disc space. A method of using the device is also described. In one embodiment, the placement device is used to place the implantable spacers at opposing ends of the disc space using a directly lateral surgical approach.
US11324606B2
Spinal interbody cages are provided that include a bulk interbody cage, a top face, a bottom face, pillars, and slots. The pillars are for contacting vertebral bodies. The slots are to be occupied by bone of the vertebral bodies and/or by bone of a bone graft. The spinal interbody cage has a Young's modulus of elasticity of at least 3 GPa, and has a ratio of the sum of (i) the volumes of the slots to (ii) the sum of the volumes of the pillars and the volumes of the slots of 0.40:1 to 0.90:1.
US11324604B2
An interbody at least one surface including a plurality of members that are independently configured and dimensioned to move from a first position to a second position is disclosed.
US11324599B2
According to one example, a femoral prosthesis system is provided that has a plurality of sizing options using two families of femoral prostheses is disclosed. The second family of femoral prostheses can have a predetermined increase in femoral posterior condylar offset relative to the first family of femoral prosthesis. In one example, the second family of femoral prostheses can have the predetermined increase in the femoral posterior condylar offset while maintaining substantially a same femoral medial-lateral condylar extent relative to a comparably sized one of the first family of femoral prostheses.
US11324598B2
Methods are disclosed for designing a tibial implant to minimize cortical impingement of a keel or other fixation structure when the tibial implant is implanted in the tibia bone. The design of the keel or other fixation structure on the tibial baseplate can be based on determining a common area between defined cancellous regions of at least two tibia bones. Methods are disclosed for designing a femoral component having a stem extension such that the stem can be sufficiently placed in the diaphysis of the femur when the femoral component is implanted. The method includes determining a canal axis in a femur that creates adequate engagement between a reamer and the diaphysis of the femur.
US11324597B2
Provided is an implantable composite which includes a plurality of resorbable ceramic particles with or without a biodegradable polymer. The resorbable ceramic particles can be granules including carbonated hydroxyapatite and tricalcium phosphate in a ratio of 5:95 to 70:30. Some resorbable ceramic particles are granules, which include carbonated hydroxyapatite and β tricalcium phosphate in a ratio of 5:95 to 70:30. The resorbable ceramic particles have a particle size from about 0.4 to about 3.5 mm. The implantable composite is configured to fit at or near a bone defect as an autograft extender to promote bone growth. Methods of using the implantable composite are also provided.
US11324596B2
According to an aspect, an implant includes an inflatable member and a pump assembly configured to facilitate a transfer of a fluid from the reservoir to the inflatable member. The inflatable member defining a lumen and including a structural member. The inflatable member includes a coating.
US11324595B2
According to an aspect, an implant includes an inflatable member and a pump assembly configured to facilitate a transfer of a fluid from the reservoir to the inflatable member. The inflatable member has a sidewall that defines a lumen. The sidewall has an outer surface and an inner surface disposed opposite the outer surface. The inner surface has a series of undulations.
US11324592B2
A mitral valve prosthesis to be implanted in a heart, comprises an asymmetrical ring, the asymmetrical ring is dimensioned to mimic a native mitral annulus of a patient; an anterior flexible leaflet and a posterior flexible leaflet, said leaflets suspended from the asymmetrical ring and configured to substantially coapt with each other; and at least four sets of cords, each set of cords attached to the anterior or posterior leaflet on a first end and attached into a cap on a second end, the cap is configured to be attached onto papillary muscles of the heart on another end of the cap.
US11324588B2
The present invention refers to an intraocular lens provided with specific diffractive profile, in which each step height is individually defined, with no fixed pattern. The intraocular lens provides a better control of the luminous efficiency of each focal point, guaranteeing more flexibility and customization, being adaptable to the optical quality that the patient needs.
US11324587B2
A corneal implant and methods of forming and implanting the implant are described. The corneal implant comprises a portion of corneal endothelial tissue and a portion of scleral tissue. The corneal implant is keyhole shaped, with a disc portion and a tail portion. The tail portion may further comprise a perforated section.
US11324585B2
A method for manufacturing a breast implant includes producing a silicone shell of the breast implant by rotating a mold containing a silicone material to evenly spread the silicone material over an inner surface of the mold. Subsequently, an elastic filler material including silicone foam is formed in the shell by (i) injecting into the mold a mixture comprising silicone gel and gas bubbles and (ii) rotating the mold to homogenize the mixture.
US11324576B2
The invention relates to a suction device for intraoral use, comprising a suction line and a tongue protection, said suction line being bent substantially U-shaped, which are configured by a molded part, in particular integrally with one another. The suction tube comprises a connection which points mesially for a suction hose. In the course of the suction tube the connection is adjoined by an upper U-leg, a mesial U-central portion and a lower U-leg, said legs extending distally from the U-central portion. The lower U-leg comprises suction openings and is surrounded by a suction sponge which covers the suction openings. The suction tube terminates at the distal end of the lower U-leg in an end suction opening which is covered by the suction sponge.
US11324575B2
A pump body of an oral irrigator includes a mount, a motor disposed at a rear end away from the mount, a pinion disposed on a shaft of the motor, an annular gear disposed on a shaft member to mesh with the pinion, a cam disposed in the annular gear and adjacent to one side, a linkage secured to the cam, front and rear plungers disposed on a front end of the linkage, and a cylindrical tube disposed on the plungers in the mount. The rotation of the cam only allows the linkage to repetitively move in a back-and-forth linear motion. Wear between the plungers and the cylindrical tube is decreased to a minimum and leakage is prevented.
US11324574B2
An accurate and precise surgical guide for dental procedures, especially a procedure involving a subject with few or no teeth as well as methods for making and use of such guides.
US11324563B2
Protective coverings are provided for hand-held medical devices that have a measuring port for a disposable analytical test element. The coverings also include a sleeve having a reception opening and can be slipped over the devices to at least partially enclose the devices in a usable protected state. The coverings further include a test element adapter formed as an integral part of the sleeve to receive the test element in alignment with a measuring port, where the sleeve includes the test element adapter and is arranged as a sealing barrier between the test element and the device port in a protected state.
US11324562B2
A latex glove inflation assembly includes a housing that is fluidly coupled to a vacuum source for purging the housing of air. The housing has a pair of glove apertures extending into an interior of the housing. A plurality of engagements is each distributed around a respective one of the glove apertures. Each of the engagements engages a wrist opening on a respective pair of latex gloves when the engagements are turned on. The latex gloves are inflated when the housing is purged of air thereby facilitating a user to insert their hands into the gloves. Each of the engagements releases the latex gloves when the engagements are turned off. A release is coupled to the housing and the release facilitates air to fill the housing when the release is turned on thereby facilitating each of the latex gloves to deflate around the user's hands.
US11324560B2
A surgical instrument according to one or more embodiments may include: a base; an end effector; an elongated element to drive the end effector; a flexible shaft including a distal end coupled with the end effector; a winding member provided to the base rotatably about a rotational axis orthogonal to the second surface such that the elongated element from the flexible shaft is wound around the winding member; a drive receiving member rotatable about a rotational axis orthogonal to the second surface, to receive drive for rotating the winding member; a first guide pulley; and a second guide pulley. The first guide pulley guides the elongated element drawn from the shaft toward the second guide pulley along the rotational axis of the winding member, and the second guide pulley guides the elongated element from the first guide pulley toward the winding member in a direction intersecting the rotational axis.
US11324557B2
A surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a shaft, a sensing array and a fluid detection circuit. The sensing array is positioned within the shaft. The fluid detection circuit is electrically coupled to the sensing array, and is configured to determine when a fluid originating from an environment external to the shaft is present within the shaft.
US11324554B2
Floating electromagnetic field generator systems and methods are provided. The system comprises a surgical bed portion. The system also comprises a brace component disposed within the surgical bed portion. Additionally, the system comprises a first arm that is attached to the brace component. The first arm is positioned adjacent to the surgical bed portion. Additionally, the first arm has at least one field generator coil embedded therein. The system also comprises a second arm that is attached to the brace component. The second arm is positioned adjacent to the surgical bed portion. Additionally, the second arm has at least one field generator coil embedded therein. The second arm is positioned parallel to the first arm.
US11324542B2
A device is provided for generating RF power for an electrosurgical instrument, wherein the circuit provides the electrosurgical current according to a specified set of predefined parameters. The invention further includes at least one read and write RFID that reads information from a RFID tag. The circuit changes the parameters based on the information.
US11324537B2
Multi-mode torque drivers employing anti-backdrive units for managing pedicle screw attachments with vertebrae, and related systems and methods are disclosed. A spinal column includes vertebrae in an articulating structure protecting a spinal cord. Medical intervention may involve limiting the relative motion between vertebrae by fusing vertebrae together with mechanical assemblies, including pedicle screws attached to the vertebrae. A torque driver may be used to form the pedicle screw attachments with vertebrae. By including an anti-backdrive unit and a motor assembly enclosed within a handle body as part of a multi-mode torque driver, the user may apply sequential combinations of manual and motorized torques to the screws with high levels of tactile feedback as desired. In this manner, pedicle screw attachments may be efficiently achieved with fewer injuries to the patient and surgeon while minimizing screw attachment failures.
US11324536B2
A deformable seal for use together with a laparoscopic port has a deformable body with an upper region, a lower region, and a narrowed waist. A plurality of tool passing channels are individually formed in an axial direction through the deformable body, and each tool passing channel has a tool entrance on a surface of the upper region and a tool exit on a surface of the lower region. The tool passing channels are sufficiently elastic to conform to and seal about a shaft of a laparoscopic tool present in the channel and to close to inhibit leakage of an insufflation gases when the tool is removed from the tool passing channel.
US11324533B2
An ultrasonic probe comprising a housing, a first ultrasonic transducer array, a second ultrasonic transducer array, a first light source, and a second light source. The first ultrasonic transducer array is coupled to the housing and configured to emit a first planar ultrasonic beam in a first direction within a first plane. The second ultrasonic transducer array is coupled to the housing and configured to emit a second planar ultrasonic beam in the first direction within a second plane, which is substantially perpendicular to the first plane. The first light source is coupled to the housing and configured to project a first light line substantially within the first plane. The second light source is coupled to the housing and configured to project a second light line within a third plane, which is substantially perpendicular to the first plane and intersects the second plane at an oblique angle. The first light line intersects and is substantially perpendicular to the second light line.
US11324531B2
A medical drill assembly includes a probe connectable at a proximal end to an electromechanical transducer for generating mechanical vibration of an ultrasonic frequency. The probe has a shaft with a central lumen or channel, the shaft being formed at a distal end with a head having a tapered distal side. A source of pressurized liquid communicates with the lumen or channel of the probe, and a translatory or linear drive is operatively connected to the probe for applying a distally directed force to the probe. A controller is operatively connected to the translatory or linear drive for periodically at least reducing the magnitude of the distally directed force.
US11324526B2
Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for the removal of objects from the body. The device may be a urethral catheter configured to aspirate kidney stones from the urinary tract through one or more aspiration ports at the distal face or along a lateral side of the catheter. The catheter may include one or more irrigation ports at the distal face or along the lateral side of the catheter for dislodging kidney stones. The device may be steerable. The spatial arrangement of the one or more irrigation ports with respect to the one or more aspiration ports may vary. The device may include an irrigation tube and/or a shield member configured to spatially confine the kidney stones adjacent the catheter. Various temporal patterns of aspiration and irrigation are disclosed for optimizing removal of kidney stones.
US11324524B2
A weight-bearing stance corrected foot orthotic (12) is adapted to be used on the foot (2) of a anaesthetised patient in the supine or prone position, the weight bearing stance corrected foot orthotic (12) adapted to dorsiflex the toes of the forefoot of the patient an angle of between 30° to 50° to the plane of the foot (2). A surgical foot orthotic (12) is formed by the steps of disposing a patient's foot (2) or both feet in a weight bearing neutral position and dorsiflexing the forefoot or forefeet of the patient such that patient's foot (2) or feet are in or towards the Windlass configuration. A first orthotic (5) correcting the stance of the patient in the weight bearing position with dorsiflexed forefoot is formed and this is scanned to form an electronic image of the corrective load bearing surface. The electronic image is modified to include one or more guide apertures or cut-outs (9) and a surgical corrected weight-bearing orthotic from the modified electronic image is 3-D printed with the one or more guide apertures or cut-outs.
US11324520B2
A system and method for harvesting autologous tissue, mincing it into fragments that are visible and measureable when filtered, and delivering a portion of the tissue back into the patient without the need to directly touch the tissue. During the same surgical procedure, the tissue can be mixed with a biocompatible agent before introduction into the repair site.
US11324514B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for closing a tubular structure within a patient's body. The apparatus includes a needle including a proximal end including a hub, a distal end including a sharpened distal tip, a lumen having an oblong cross-section extending proximally from the distal end, and defining a longitudinal axis between the proximal and distal ends, and a clip deliverable from the lumen. The clip is compressible between a relaxed state in which a plurality of tines of the clip are shaped to engage and close a tubular structure within a patient's body, and a stressed state in which the tines are compressed to allow the clip to be loaded into the. The apparatus may also include a pusher member for deploying the clip from the distal tip of the needle such that the tines engage and close a tubular structure through which the tubular member is directed.
US11324512B2
A sphincter augmentation device includes a plurality of bodies and a flexible band coupled with the bodies. The bodies define a first circumferential portion of the device and are magnetically biased toward one another. The flexible band defines a second circumferential portion of the device such that the bodies are arranged non-axisymmetrically about a central axis of the device. The device is sized to be positioned around a human urethra so that the bodies and the flexible band bear inwardly against the urethra. The device is configured to transition between a radially expanded state and a radially contracted state by the magnetic bias of the bodies to constrict the urethra.
US11324511B2
Tissue ligation devices and methods are provides to mechanically strangulate abnormal or undesirable tissue. Tissue ligation devices include a catheter having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of a standard endoscope channel such that the catheter can be inserted into the endoscope. Tissue ligation devices also include a ligation system with an expandable hood disposed located at the distal end of the catheter. A suture extends through a lumen of the catheter and has a distal loop portion exposed outside of the expandable hood.
US11324509B2
A method for obviating spline crash in a surgical stapler that utilizes a motor of the surgical stapler includes oscillating an anvil retainer of the surgical stapler in a first oscillation pattern, oscillating the anvil retainer in a second oscillation pattern that is different from the first oscillation pattern after the first oscillation pattern, and retracting the anvil retainer until an anvil of the surgical stapler is in a clamped position relative to a shell assembly after the second oscillation pattern. Oscillating the anvil retainer in the first oscillation pattern includes oscillating the anvil retainer in a longitudinal direction between extension and retraction with the motor such that the anvil moves towards and away from the shell assembly. Oscillating the anvil retainer in the second oscillation pattern includes moving the anvil towards and away from the shell assembly.
US11324500B2
A surgical stapling device includes a tool assembly that has a staple cartridge that includes a perfluorocarbon (hereinafter “PFC”) solution that is injected into tissue when the surgical stapling device is fired to improve oxygenation of tissue being treated. In aspects of the disclosure, the tool assembly of the surgical stapling device includes a staple cartridge that has staples that are supported on pushers and an actuation sled that is movable through the staple cartridge into engagement with the pushers to eject staples from the staple cartridge. In certain aspects of the disclosure, the PFC solution is contained within the pushers of a staple cartridge of the tool assembly and the actuation sled includes protrusions that engage the pushers to eject the PFC solution from the pushers when the stapling device is fired.
US11324499B2
A surgical instrument including a housing, an endoscopic portion, a shaft portion and an end effector is disclosed. The endoscopic portion extends distally from the housing and defines a longitudinal axis. The shaft portion is selectively connectable to a distal end of the endoscopic portion. The end effector is selectively connectable to a distal end of the shaft portion.
US11324497B2
Described herein are examples of illustrative orthopedic staples, systems and methods. In an illustrative orthopedic staple for fusion of a foot or ankle bone fracture, the staple includes a bridge, a first staple leg and a second staple legs. The bridge of the illustrative staple extends from a first end portion to a second end portion along a first direction. The bridge also includes a step down region located between the first end portion and the second end portion, the step down region having a height along the insertion axis of the staple. In some examples, the first staple leg has a first staple leg height extending from the bridge to the first distal tip and the second staple leg has a second staple leg height extending from the bridge to the second distal tip, and the first staple leg height is greater than the second staple leg height.
US11324489B2
A device for soft tissue biopsy or excision for either handheld or stereotactic table use may comprise a work element configured to selectively open and close at least one articulable beak configured to penetrate tissue, or follow a central lumen of another device or over a wire in a longitudinal direction. Flush and vacuum tissue transport mechanisms may be incorporated. A single tube or an inner sheath and an outer sheath which may be co-axially disposed relative to a work element may be configured to actuate a beak or beaks and provisions for simultaneous beak closing under rotation may be incorporated.
US11324488B2
The present embodiments relate generally to methods for providing viewing access to an ultrasound image feed generated at an ultrasound imaging machine. A multi-use display device may form a first link-layer connection with the ultrasound image machine for transmitting commands that control imaging parameters of the ultrasound image feed. The multi-use display device may then: determine link-layer connection parameters that allow the ultrasound imaging machine to form a second link-layer connection with a receiving device (the receiving device having no link-layer connection with the ultrasound imaging machine), and provide the connection parameters to the receiving device. The ultrasound imaging machine forms a second link-layer connection with the receiving device, based the connection parameters. The second link-layer connection is then used for receiving, at the receiving device, the ultrasound image feed controlled by the multi-use display device.
US11324484B2
An ultrasound circuit comprising a multi-stage trans-impedance amplifier (TIA) is described. The TIA is coupled to an ultrasonic transducer to amplify an electrical signal generated by the ultrasonic transducer in response to receiving an ultrasound signal. The TIA may include multiple stages, at least two of which operate with different supply voltages. The TIA may be followed by further processing circuitry configured to filter, amplify, and digitize the signal produced by the TIA.
US11324476B2
A device is provided for automatically assessing functional hemodynamic properties of a patient is provided, the device comprising: a housing; an ultrasound unit coupled to the housing and adapted for adducing ultrasonic waves into the patient at a vessel; a detector adapted to sense signals obtained as a result of adducing ultrasonic waves into the patient at the vessel and to record the; and a processor adapted for receiving the recorded signals as data and transforming the data for output at an interface. Other devices, systems, methods, and/or computer-readable media may be provided in relation to assessing functional hemodynamics of a patient.
US11324475B2
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for providing sterile and cost-affordable handheld surgical devices with tactile operable controls. In some aspects, a surgical device includes a surgical probe including a probe detector and a set of operable controls; an exterior shell casing including an opening at one end leading to an interior cavity structured to have a size and shape to fit the surgical probe within and position the probe detector in a first region and a handle of the surgical probe in a second region, in which the first region of the exterior shell casing is configured to be inserted into an incision of a patient's body and the second region is configured to provide a user of the surgical device utilization of the operable controls of the surgical probe through the exterior shell casing; and a cap attachable to the exterior shell casing to close the opening.
US11324467B2
A full-angle coincidence brain PET detector and apparatus, including a plurality of PET detection modules, each of which includes PET detection crystals, a photoelectric sensor array and light guides, all the detection crystals being arranged towards a cavity. The detection modules form a chamber having an opening, each dimension of the cavity is no greater than 35-50 cm, the opening is located at a lower side of the chamber. A cross-sectional area at the opening is greater than a maximum cross-sectional area of a head in a horizontal direction. Except for the opening, all the detection modules are non-detachably connected together. All cross-sectional areas of gaps between the detection modules are less than ½ to ⅓ of the area of the smallest one of the detection crystals. At least 75% to 80% of a coincidence event occurring at a center of the chamber is detected by the detection modules.
US11324465B2
A method includes receiving, from a volumetric imager, a first image including a target of a patient. The method further includes receiving a second image including the target of the patient. The method further includes tracking, by a processing device, a position of the target using the first image and the second image by maintaining a fixed alignment between a treatment beam of a linear accelerator (LINAC) and a source and detector pair of the volumetric imager during operation of the LINAC.
US11324464B2
A mobile radiography apparatus includes a moveable transport frame and an adjustable support arm attached thereto to support an x-ray source. At least one digital detector storage slot in the transport frame is configured to receive and to controllably lower at least one portable radiographic detector into the slot at a controlled speed.
US11324462B2
Methods and systems are provided for fasting switching a filter of an imaging system during scan. In one embodiment, a method comprises determining a first contrast enhancement of an injected contrast agent; responsive to the first contrast enhancement being higher than a first threshold, acquiring a first dataset by transmitting a radiation beam to an imaging subject via a first filter; switching to a different, second filter; acquiring a second dataset by transmitting the radiation beam to the imaging subject via the second filter, wherein an average contrast enhancement of the injected contrast agent during the acquisition of the first dataset is substantially the same as an average contrast enhancement of the injected contrast agent in the imaging subject during the acquisition of the second dataset.
US11324460B2
According to one embodiment, an X-ray mammography apparatus includes a breast support, a compression plate, and a compression controller. The breast support where the breast is placed. The compression plate is arranged such that the breast is sandwiched between the breast support and the compression plate. The compression controller is configured to control the breast support to move toward the compression plate so as to compress the breast from below between the breast support and the compression plate.
US11324457B2
There is included an apparatus and system including an intra-heartbeat (HB) extraction code configured to extract intra-HB features from electrocardiography (ECG) signals, and an inter-HB extraction code configured to extract inter-HB features from the ECG signals, and at least one attention mechanism code configured to control at least one of the intra-HB extraction code and inter-HB extraction code based on at least one attention mechanism.
US11324432B2
A signal processing apparatus includes an input voltage selector configured to select an input voltage from a plurality of input voltages; an input element connected to the input voltage selector; and an input current controller configured to control an inflow of an input current in conjunction with an operation of the input voltage selector.
US11324428B2
In one aspect, a computer-implemented method corrects a multi-sphere head model used in dipole localization for a set of magnetic field sensors (MEG sensors) by replacing ghost spheres with replacement spheres that are not ghost spheres. One type of ghost sphere completely encloses the brain volume but is so large that a center of the sphere is outside the brain volume. Another type of ghost sphere lies entirely outside the brain volume. Various approaches for correcting ghost spheres are disclosed.
US11324426B1
A system including a mobile device with at least one sensor to collect data about a user based on movement of the user in possession of the mobile device, a movement feature analyzer configured to determine out-of-the-ordinary movement pattern made by the user, a physiological/psychological state classifier configured to classify a physiological/psychological state of the user based on the out-of-the-ordinary movement of the user based on the movement feature analyzer and report at least one of a magnitude and a level of the physiological/psychological state experienced by the user based on at least one of data collected about the motion experienced by the mobile device and data collected about the geographic location of the mobile device, and a notification device to provide notification that the user is experiencing a physiological/psychological state measured on the at least physiological/psychological state level and the physiological/psychological state magnitude.
US11324423B2
Disclosed is a non-invasive system for testing blood sugar and a method of the same. The system includes a case, a control key unit, an input electrode unit, a signal filter unit, a signal transformation unit, a control processing unit, a signal amplification unit, an output electrode unit, a driver, a display unit, and a battery unit for preliminarily testing and instantly showing blood sugar or glucose in a non-invasive manner. Owing to a simple structure without any additional device or connection wire, the system is easy to use and practical to assist the user to readily test blood sugar. As a result, the present invention effectively avoids any potential risk of infection of bacteria or other microorganism due to frequently sampling the blood by pricking the finger, and particularly provides a function of fast and readily testing blood sugar everywhere for long term monitoring.
US11324417B2
A magnetic resonance coil frame includes a frame structure, forming in between a receiving space for at least a body portion of a recumbent patient located in a lying plane, wherein at least a first air-operated body-fixation means having a variable shape for immobilizing the body portion is arranged outside the lying plane at a side of the frame structure facing the receiving space. Thus, immobilizing a patient during magnetic resonance imaging and/or treatment can be improved.
US11324416B2
The invention relates to sensing compositional information about material by measuring thermal properties of the material. In one arrangement there is provided a needle probe for sensing compositional information. The probe comprises a needle having a tip region. A resistive element is attached to the needle at the tip region. A measurement system is configured to: 1) drive an electrical current through the resistive element to apply heating to the resistive element, and 2) measure an electrical response of the resistive element to the heating. A processing unit analyses the measured electrical response of the resistive element to the heating to determine compositional information about material in contact with the tip region.
US11324414B2
A probe device provides an enhanced bioelectric and spring-loaded sensing tip with an integrated force sensor. The probe device measures the bioelectric conductance value from a patient for therapeutic and/or diagnostic purpose using the spring-loaded sensing tip. In addition, the probe device measures the force applied by the spring-loaded sensing tip against the patient using the integrated force sensor. Using feedback from the force sensor and the bioconductive data of the patient, the force applied at the spring-loaded sensing tip may be adjusted to obtain improved results.
US11324413B1
A method to increase the reliability and clinical utility of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in single subjects and a semi-automated method of identifying and quantifying small hemorrhages using susceptibility-weighted images (SWI) of single subjects include storing an image template formed from control subjects, storing a brain image of the single subject, correcting for image acquisition differences of the control subjects and single subject, and performing regional analysis of the brain image of the single subject. The method may include analysis of fractional anisotropy values that are age-corrected between the control subjects and the single subject before performing voxel-based analysis (VBA), and a hybrid VBA and tract-based spatial statistical (TBSS) analysis with the VBA and TBSS results combined using a statistical calculation. The resulting combined DTI image may be further combined with an SWI image, FLAIR image, and/or T1 image of the single subject.
US11324410B2
Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some instances, the intravascular device is a guide wire with electrical conductors embedded within a core wire. In some instances, the electrical conductors are coupled to conductive bands adjacent a proximal portion of the guide wire and a sensing element adjacent a distal portion of the guide wire. Methods of making, manufacturing, and/or assembling such intravascular devices and associated systems are also provided.
US11324409B2
An implantable device for sensing intravascular pressure, the device comprising a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator arranged to be deflected by changes in intravascular fluid pressure to provide a pressure dependent sensing signal and an acoustic reflector arranged to separate the BAW resonator from the intravascular fluid and to mediate pressure from the intravascular fluid to the BAW resonator wherein the acoustic reflector comprises a layer structure arranged to provide a series of transitions in acoustic impedance between the intravascular fluid and the BAW resonator.
US11324392B2
A vacuum storage system (40) for storing an article, comprises a sealable outer chamber (30) and a sealable inner chamber (20). The sealable outer chamber (30) has an evacuation valve (21) for connection to a suction device (48) for evacuation of said outer chamber (30). The sealable inner chamber (20) is adapted to receive said article and has a one-way valve (13) in communication with the outer chamber (30). The one-way valve (13) is adapted to open upon the application of suction to the outer chamber (30), thereby to enable evacuation of said inner chamber (20), but to close upon discontinuation of said suction.
US11324390B2
The present disclosure relates to an endotherapy camera coupler. The coupler may detachably couple an endotherapy eyepiece cap to a camera and may support a drape for covering the camera. In one example, the coupler comprises an optically transmissible and liquid impermeable member configured to be arranged in an optical path between the eyepiece cap and the camera, a base holding the optically transmissible and liquid impermeable member in the optical path, a receiving portion for the eyepiece cap, wherein the receiving portion comprises a base-side receiving portion configured to receive the eyepiece cap along an insertion path extending in one direction, and a liquid barrier provided in the receiving portion and configured for hindering or preventing liquid from entering between the eyepiece cap and the optically transmissible and liquid impermeable member when the eyepiece cap is coupled to the camera. Other examples of devices and methods of use are described.
US11324389B2
The invention relates to an endoscope having an endoscope head and an Albarran lever that is attachable to the endoscope head. The Albarran lever has the following: a tool guide surface with which a tool that is guidable through a working channel of an endoscope may come into contact, and a detent device for form-fit locking to a force transmission section of the endoscope head of the endoscope that is actuatable from a proximal side of the endoscope, wherein the force transmission section transmits a force to the Albarran lever in order to pivot the Albarran lever.
US11324385B2
An endoscope system according to the present invention includes: a first illuminating portion that emits first illumination lights having low-spatial-frequency and high-spatial-frequency and changes the intensity distribution of the first illumination lights over time; a second illuminating portion that emits a second illumination light; an imaging unit that images first and second illumination images of an subject respectively illuminated by the first and second illumination lights; and an image-processing portion that processes the first and second illumination images. The imaging unit images four images including images that correspond to the first illumination lights having low-spatial-frequency and high-spatial-frequency and images in which light and dark portions of the first illumination lights are exchanged with each other. The image-processing portion separates three image information for different depths, and processes the second illumination image by the image information other than the image information about the outermost surface side.
US11324383B2
A dishwasher including a nozzle capable of widening an injection region of washing water includes a main body, a washing tub provided inside the main body, and a nozzle configured to inject washing water into the inside of the washing tub, wherein the nozzle includes an injection port through which the washing water is injected, a guide portion configured to spirally guide the washing water injected through the injection port, and a leg portion configured to connect the guide portion and the injection port.
US11324377B2
A driving mechanism for an autonomous planar surface cleaning robot is disclosed. The driving mechanism includes a first transmission component and a second transmission component spaced apart in parallel relationship relative to the first transmission component. Each of the first and second transmission components defines first and second ends and first and second sides, wherein the first sides face each other and the second sides face away from each other in a direction transverse from the direction of motion and the first and second ends are oppositely spaced along the direction of motion. Each of the first and second transmission components are independently controllable by a control unit of the autonomous planar surface cleaning robot.
US11324362B2
Embodiments are directed to a dispensing device and methods of using a dispensing device having an improved out indicator. The dispensing device includes a housing having a cavity. A tissue stack is disposed within the cavity, the tissue stack including a plurality of tissue sheets folded along a crease. An aperture is formed in a top surface of the housing such that a tissue sheet is removable from the cavity through the aperture. A portion of the tissue sheets includes an out indicator formed along a centerline of each tissue sheet and across the crease.
US11324354B2
A Thermos Coffee Maker having a main thermos body, a lid member, a screen member and a screen retaining assembly. The screen retaining assembly includes a threaded cylindrical member and a screen retaining ring. The lid has internal threads and is attached to the upper portion of the screen retaining assembly. The screen retaining assembly is attached at its lower end to the internally threaded portion of the main thermos body. The screen is trapped between the screen retaining ring and a ledge located on the interior of the screen retaining assembly. The user to pours ground coffee into the main thermos body then pours in hot water and screws on the lid. The coffee is allowed to brew-steep. The brewed coffee can be poured through the screen member thereby blocking the coffee grounds and allowing brewed coffee to be poured from the main thermos to a coffee cup.
US11324351B1
The present invention pertains to a Magnetized Multiple Media Memorabilia/Tool Stand apparatus assembly device mechanism, aimed particularly at enabling an end user to have object(s) securely, safely, easily, quickly and in a cost effective method and it/they are mounted/attached in/on a singularly base and be used in multiple locations. This “Magnetized Memorabilia Media Stand”, allows an item(s) including but not limited to work, employment, sports, etc., or the like to be usable as well as displayed. Said can be hung on a Wall-Post, Garage-Refrigerator-House Door, Window Seal, be a Desk Paper Weight, PencilPen-Clip Holder, on Mailboxes, etc. Said has multiple purposes and be used in multiple locations. As “Helmet Hoodie Stand”, it doesn't have multiple magnets nor bolted to a Vehicle, for effectiveness as described herein. Said configuration allows it to be superior to prior art, because its shaft/rod/brace/bracket/magnet mechanism embodiments, etc., are not exclusively for a hood purpose.
US11324341B2
The invention relates to display equipment and is directed toward providing greater variety in terms of converting a tray. The present tray comprises a base consisting of a flat rectangular bottom delimited by a front wall and a rear wall, which are disposed perpendicular to the upper surface of the bottom, and legs disposed on the lower surface of the bottom, close to the back wall of the base, and further comprises removable vertical side walls. The legs are configured in the form of hollow parallelepipeds, the bottoms of the legs are cut away at an acute angle to the longitudinal axes of the parallelepipeds, causing the base to be inclined, the top of the rear wall of the base is provided with two triangular protuberances, the distance between which coincides with the distance between the inner surfaces of the cavities of the legs, the rear sides of the triangular protuberances are parallel to the axes of the legs, and the left and right edges of the base of the tray are provided with fastening elements. The legs of a tray and the top of the rear wall of a base equipped with triangular protuberances are provided with elements for the mutual fastening thereof.
US11324335B2
An inflatable furniture design has a user-interfacing surface, such as the sleeping surface of an air mattress, which includes a breathable multilayer mesh which separates the user from the underlying air-impermeable sheet. The breathable mesh is made from a material such as 3D fabric, which is resiliently deformable while also allowing for airflow through and around the volume of the mesh material of the breathable interface material. When a person contacts the inflatable furniture, her or his body comes into direct contacts with the breathable mesh. The mesh then resiliently deforms such that airflow through and around the mesh is still permitted. This airflow allows heat and moisture from the user to dissipate through mesh of the breathable interface material. This, in turn, enhances the comfort of the breathable mesh, while also reducing the potential for the proliferation of bacteria and mites on the user-contacting surface.
US11324323B2
A body support structure includes a structural lattice structure having a first stiffness, and a compressive lattice structure supported by the structural lattice structure and having a second stiffness less than the first stiffness. A skin lattice structure is supported by the compressive lattice structure, wherein the skin lattice structure is resistant to shear deformation in response to a normal force and is expandable in a direction transverse to the normal force.
US11324322B2
A body support structure includes a shell having a central region, an outer peripheral region spaced from the central region, and at least one array extending between the central region and the outer peripheral region. The at least one array includes a plurality of spaced apart support members and at least one connector connecting adjacent support members within each array. The support members of the at least one array are progressively divided between the central portion and the outer peripheral edge.
US11324315B2
A refrigerator includes a housing, a plurality of openings and a drawer. The housing includes a plurality of side surfaces which define an accommodating cavity. The plurality of openings are respectively formed in different side surfaces. The drawer is arranged in the accommodating cavity and can be pulled out along any one of the plurality of openings. The drawer is arranged in the accommodating cavity so that a user can pull out the drawer to take and place food from the openings located in different side surfaces of the housing.
US11324310B2
An elevation working platform includes a lower support and an upper support. At least one group of X-type elevation mechanisms is provided between the lower support and the upper support. The elevation working platform further includes an elastic element. A first end of the elastic element is connected between two end points of a first support rod or a second support rod. A second end of the elastic element is connected to the lower support or a second hinging seat capable of sliding relative to the lower support. Using the X-type elevation mechanisms, the front and back positions of the upper support do not change in an elevating process of the upper support, the structure is simple and practical, and the cost is relatively low.
US11324309B2
A latch release assembly for folding furniture is provided for simultaneously releasing a plurality of latchable hinges. A rigid elongate member is connected at each end to a latch release lever of a latchable hinge. The rigid elongate member simultaneously transfers a releasing force to each release lever in order to actuate and open the connected latches to allow the latchable hinges to open and pivot. The latch release assembly may be fitted to a table top and table support frame to provide a latching hinge system for a folding table to allow a user to actuate a table from a horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation to facilitate compact and space-saving storage.
US11324292B2
A ring-type wearable device is disclosed. The disclosed ring-type wearable device comprises: an outer ring member; an inner ring member separably inserted into the outer ring member; a sensor unit disposed in the outer ring member; and a control unit disposed in the outer ring member so as to be electrically connected to the sensor unit, wherein the sensor unit can maintain constant sensitivity in correspondence to the thickness of the inner ring member.
US11324289B2
A clasp includes a base member with a first magnetic element and a detachable member with a second magnetic element. The first magnetic element is positioned within a lateral groove in the base member and the second magnetic element is position on a tongue of the detachable member. A first cleat in the base member engages second cleat on the tongue when the tongue is secured in a seated position within the lateral groove. The magnetic elements bias the tongue into the seated position within the lateral groove in response to positioning the second cleat over the first cleat and then moving the second magnetic element into proximity with the first magnetic element. The detachable member may be detached from the base member by applying a lateral force that overcomes friction between the members and magnetic forces between the magnetic elements to slide the tongue laterally through the lateral groove.
US11324288B2
A restrain adjustment mechanism (100) has a buckle (122) with a rotatable dial (302) which is connected by a gear to a pair of strap adjusters (118, 120). Rotation of the dial 302 adjusts the straps (102, 104). The adjusters (118, 120) are removably mounted to the buckle (122).
US11324287B2
The present disclosure provides a detachable buckle, including a belt head, a tail clamp, a fixing base, buckle buttons. One end of the fixing base is a hollow slot, the one end of the fixing base is connected with the tail clamp, and at least one socket is disposed on the one end of the fixing base. An opening is disposed on an edge of the hollow slot. Sliding grooves are disposed on both ends of the tail clamp, and the one end of the tail clamp is near the fixing base. Insert blocks sliding along the sliding grooves are disposed inside the sliding grooves. The insert blocks are connected with the buckle buttons, the buckle buttons drive the insert blocks to enter the hollow slot of the fixing base by pushing the tail clamp, and the buckle buttons are fixed with the sockets.
US11324279B2
A corrective shoe insole system is configured to produce and promote a positive forefoot. A corrective shoe insole system includes an insole having a forefoot portion and a heel portion. The forefoot portion is be thicker than the heel portion to promote forefoot striking when walking or running. An insole may have one or more forefoot risers coupled thereto to provide a specific positive forefoot insole for the user. A user may gradually increase the thickness of live forefoot portion of the insole by adding or changing out forefoot risers. This gradual increase in forefoot thickness of the insole may prevent injury and muscle strain from the adjusted foot striking position. A forefoot riser may be detachably attachable to the forefoot portion of the insole and an attachment feature may provide positive and secure attachment to prevent movement of the forefoot riser.
US11324277B2
An all-in-one footwear spike wrench and dirt removal tool includes a footwear spike wrench key and also a footwear dirt removal prong. The prong is adjustable between a stored position in which the prong is inoperative and a deployed position in which the prong is operative. The tool may include a compartment configured and dimensioned for storing running spikes. A tool kit includes the tool, a separate wrench key bit and a separate dirt removal prong bit, the latter two being selectively retained in a base member of the tool.
US11324265B2
A pocket structure for a waistband of a garment, comprising: an outer pocket panel attached to an inner pocket panel along respective first side edges, second side edges, and bottom edges thereof forming a pocket therebetween and a back portion of the waistband; wherein respective unattached top edges of the outer and inner pocket panels are narrower than the respective bottom edges thereof. And, a waistband for a garment, comprising: an outer pocket panel attached to an inner pocket panel along respective first side edges, second side edges, and bottom edges thereof forming a pocket therebetween and a back portion of the waistband; and, a front portion of the waistband attached to the back portion of the waistband along respective first side edges and second side edges thereof; wherein respective unattached top edges of the outer and inner pocket panels are narrower than the respective bottom edges thereof.
US11324260B2
A shirt collar stiffening device comprises an elongated bendable main body, a first elongated bendable length adjustment member with a first collar stay member pivotably attached, and a second elongated bendable length adjustment member with a second collar stay member pivotably attached. The elongated bendable main body has a first plurality of loops projecting outward from a first side, and a second plurality of loops projecting outward from a second side. The first elongated bendable length adjustment member is slidably engageable with the main body by inserting a proximal end of the first length adjustment member through two of more of the first plurality of loops of the main body. The second elongated bendable length adjustment member is slidably engageable with the main body by inserting a proximal end of the second length adjustment member through two of more of the second plurality of loops of the main body.
US11324257B2
An electronic cigarette, including: a cigarette holder assembly; a threaded sleeve; a meshed heating disc; e-liquid conducting cotton; an e-liquid load module; and a base assembly. The cigarette holder assembly includes a cigarette holder, an air adjusting ring, and a threaded gasket. The air adjusting ring includes a bottom wall and is embedded in the cigarette holder. The threaded gasket is in threaded connection to the air adjusting ring, and a plurality of holes is disposed in the bottom wall of the air adjusting ring. The e-liquid load module includes a cotton support, an e-liquid feeding hopper, a compression ring, a telescopic column, a spring, an anode connecting piece and an end plug. The spring, the telescopic column, the compression ring and the e-liquid feeding hopper are mounted in the anode connecting piece in that order. The cotton support is embedded in the anode connecting piece.
US11324252B2
An aerosol generating article (10) comprises an aerosol generating substrate (12); a mouthpiece (14) comprising an element (20) defining a cavity having a longitudinal axis; and a particulate aerosol altering material (30) partially filling the cavity. The particulate aerosol altering material (30) is adhered to the cavity-defining segment (20) by means of a permanent adhesive provided over at least a portion of an inner surface of the cavity-defining segment (20) to define an aerosol passage (32) substantially concentric with the longitudinal axis of the cavity.
US11324243B2
The disclosure provides methods and processes for the preparation of oil-in-water emulsions by mechanical means and injection of the emulsions into meat and poultry to improve eating qualities associated with flavour, juiciness, tenderness and fat content. The disclosure also provides a meat or poultry product prepared by the methods described herein.
US11324239B2
The present invention relates to high pressure processing (HPP) methods of and containers for preparation of food products such as solid or semi-solid foods, beverages and food supplements containing high-pressure sensitive probiotics and other high-pressure sensitive substances, which maintain their viability, biological activity and other beneficial properties in the prepared food product. The present invention also relates to pasteurized food products containing biologically active high-pressure sensitive probiotics, other high-pressure sensitive substances, or their combinations.
US11324237B2
The invention describes products, uses thereof, compositions thereof, and methods to prepare products formed from Maillard reaction products from a sugar donor and/or sweet tea extracts, stevia extracts, swingle (mogroside) extracts, one or more sweet tea extract components, one or more steviol glycosides, one or more mogrosides, one or more glycosylated sweet tea glycosides, one or more glycosylated steviol glycosides or one or more glycosylated mogrosides and an amine donor/reactant.
US11324233B2
The present invention relates in general to the field of pet food. In particular the present invention relates to a meat like chunk that can be incorporated into a complete pet food. One embodiment of the present invention is a method of using multiple scraped surface heat exchangers and a steam tunnel to produce a meat like chunk. Another embodiment is a composition of meat ingredients, dried egg product, egg whites, and pea protein that results in a meat like chunk having an improved appearance that closely resembles that of actual pieces of meat.
US11324230B2
The present invention relates to food compositions, in particular soft food compositions comprising amorphous porous particles, the amorphous porous particles comprising sweetener, bulking agent and surfactant. Further aspects of the invention relate to a spread having an enhanced sweetness perception and a process for manufacturing a food composition having a soft texture.
US11324229B2
The present invention relates to anew method of producing a high-protein, acidified, liquid, dairy product. The invention furthermore relates to new high-protein acidified, liquid dairy product, to protein/mineral compositions and uses of these for producing liquid dairy products having a high-protein content and a low viscosity.
US11324224B2
The subject invention provides microbe-based compositions comprising cultivated microorganisms and/or growth by-products thereof, as well as methods and systems for producing and using these compositions. More specifically, the subject invention provides microbe-based compositions comprising biologically pure yeast selected from the Pichia clade, and/or growth by-products thereof, such as biosurfactants, enzymes and solvents. Methods of using these compositions to enhance production in agriculture, horticulture, livestock rearing and aquaculture industries are also provided.
US11324223B2
This invention relates to an improved system for releasing beneficial mites and the use of such a system. Mite species that can be used beneficially for human purposes may for example be employed in the control of pests, such as in the field of agriculture, including agricultural production systems for plant products, agricultural production systems for animal products, and animal husbandry, or in the field of storage of food products. The system of the invention may find use in any of these fields.
US11324215B2
A viable disc regenerative composition has a micronized material of nucleus pulposus and a biological composition made from a mixture of mechanically selected allogeneic biologic material derived from bone marrow having non-whole cellular components including vesicular components and active and inactive components of biological activity, cell fragments, cellular excretions, cellular derivatives, and extracellular components; and wherein the mixture is compatible with biologic function and further includes non-expanded whole cells. The biological composition is predisposed to demonstrate or support elaboration of active volume or spatial geometry consistent in morphology with that of disc tissue. The viable disc regenerative composition extends regenerative resonance that compliments or mimics disc tissue complexity.
US11324209B2
The current invention concerns an aqueous synergistic solution for promoting non-lethal migration of acarids from their habitat towards a carrier comprising an attractant for the attraction of acarids, wherein said attractant is limonene, one or more attraction enhancers chosen from the group citronellal, linalool, geranyl acetate, caryophyllene, caryophyllene oxide and/or neryl acetate, and an emulsifier, preferably polysorbate. The current invention also concerns a method for attracting and holding acarids, comprising of the steps: providing a sheet having interstices sufficiently large and a thickness sufficiently large to hold acarids; and applying on said sheet the aqueous synergistic solution in a non-lethal dose per area. The synergistic solution promotes migration of acarids from their habitat into said sheet, after which the sheet can be disposed or the acarids removed therefrom.
US11324203B2
Systems and methods for sorting livestock including a livestock processing station, a computer network system, and a livestock routing mechanism. The livestock processing station confines the individual livestock, allowing individual livestock data to be collected and analyzed. The computer network system includes a programmable logic controller (PLC) for data input at the livestock processing station and a sorting application coupled to the PLC via a computer network, the sorting application for analyzing individual livestock data and assigning livestock to pens.
US11324199B2
An equine ankle brace including a panel of a resilient thermally insulating, heat retaining material, having a cup-shaped bottom portion for enabling the panel to be wrapped around the horse's ankle to readily conform to it. The panel has an inner surface and an outer surface, a pair of front marginal edges including releasably securable fastening straps for securing the brace in place. A stabilizing, e.g., leather, patch is fixedly secured to the panel at the location of the cup-shaped bottom portion. A fetlock support strap is fixedly secured to the stabilizing patch and includes respective portions configured to be pulled into an X-shaped overlapping relationship over the front of the brace for releasable securement to portions of the outer surface of the brace.
US11324190B2
One embodiment relates to seed and plants of pepper hybrid XHP16841. Another embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid XHP16841, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US11324187B1
The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line SVGV2089. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of bean line SVGV2089 and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SVGV2089 with itself or with another bean plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of bean line SVGV2089, including the pods and gametes of such plants.
US11324185B2
A novel garden bean cultivar, designated HMX0164423, is disclosed. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the seeds of garden bean HMX0164423, to the plants and plant parts of garden bean HMX0164423, and to methods for producing a garden bean plant by crossing the garden bean HMX0164423 with itself or another garden bean plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing other garden bean plants derived from the garden bean HMX0164423.
US11324183B2
A soybean cultivar designated 90250820 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 90250820, to the plants of soybean cultivar 90250820, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 90250820, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 90250820. 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 90250820. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 90250820, 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 90250820 with another soybean cultivar.
US11324178B2
Plants with resistance to glyphosate are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the disclosure relate to human induced non-transgenic mutations in the EPSPS gene in plants.
US11324175B2
The invention provides seed and plants of the lettuce line SVLD9013. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of lettuce line SVLD9013 and to methods for producing a lettuce plant produced by crossing a plant of lettuce line SVLD9013 with itself or with another lettuce plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of lettuce line SVLD9013 including the gametes of such plants.
US11324171B2
An aeroponic plant-growth system includes growth space and a control unit that may be assembled using factory made modules. The growth space includes layers at different heights, and each layer includes plant holders and misters positioned to apply a mist to roots of plants in the plant holders. The control unit employs a controller to execute a program that operates a liquid supply system to provide liquid flows to the misters in the layers. Each of the liquid flows may be regulated according to the height of the layers.
US11330751B2
There is provided a board work machine (a component mounting machine) including a data registration section for registering in advance multiple data (ultra-high precision data, high precision data, normal precision data) for each characteristic of a member constituting a base material for a circuit board in accordance with the type and characteristic of the member; a work performing section (a part camera) for performing work using the member or performing work on the member while selecting one item of data from the multiple data for reference; and an automatic data switching section for automatically switching among the multiple member data that the work performing section refers to in accordance with the performing situation of the work performed by the work performing section.
US11330740B2
A rack-mountable computer system enables an airflow that cools components in an upstream portion of the computer system interior to be cooled through mixing with a bypass airflow downstream of the components in the upstream portion. The mixed airflow can cool components in a downstream portion of the interior. The bypass airflow is directed by a bypass plenum that is unencompassed by the separate plenum that directs the airflow to cool the upstream portion components. The bypass plenum can be at least partially established by an external surface the computer system and one or more external structures, including an external surface of an adjacently mounted computer system. Relative flow rates through the separate plenums can be adjusted, via flow control elements, to separately control heat removal from components upstream and downstream of the air mixing, based at least in part upon air temperatures in the separate interior portions.
US11330737B2
A heat sink includes a base and a plurality of fins. A root of the fin is connected to the base. A heated area, a dropping pipe, and a spacing strip between the heated area and the dropping pipe are formed in the fin. A first passage and a second passage are formed between the heated area and the dropping pipe. A hydraulic diameter of a pipeline in the heated area is less than a critical dimension. A hydraulic diameter of a pipeline of the dropping pipe is greater than or equal to the critical dimension, and a pressure of liquid at an intersection of the second passage and the dropping pipe is greater than a pressure of liquid at an intersection of the second passage and the heated area.
US11330734B2
A case assembly and an electronic device are provided. The case assembly includes a metal case and a plastic cladding body. The metal case includes an inner side and an outer side, the inner side is opposite to the outer side. The metal case further includes a channel which is concavely disposed on the inner side to divide the inner side into a plurality of thermal insulation areas. The plastic cladding body is disposed on the metal case, and completely covers the outer side of the metal case. The electronic device includes a case assembly and a plurality of heart sources. The heart sources are corresponded to the thermal insulation areas on the inner side of the metal case respectively. Thus, the case assembly and the electronic device are able to prevent the heat produced from elements effect each other.
US11330733B2
A tray for accommodating electronic components is disclosed. The tray has a body that defines a storage space for accepting electronic components in a side-by-side configuration. The body also defines a first airflow channel for guiding airflow from the storage space towards the outside of the body. The body has air inlets and air outlets for providing fluid communication with the storage space. The component bodies of the electronic components are configured to at least partially define a second airflow channel in the storage space for guiding, in use, the airflow from the air inlets to the air outlets, and has been selected for increasing a surface area of the first electronic component being in contact, in use, with the airflow in the storage space.
US11330728B2
A handle extension structure includes a connection assembly and an operation assembly. The connection assembly has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The operation assembly is slidably disposed at the connection assembly. The operation assembly includes an extension element and a grip element. The extension element has a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to each other. The first end portion is slidably disposed between the first end and the second end. The grip element is pivoted to the second end portion. An electronic device casing includes a body, a movable apparatus, and the handle extension structure. The handle extension structure is pivoted to the movable apparatus through the connection assembly.
US11330727B2
A display device includes a frame, a display module is provided in the frame, a plurality of press sheets for fixing the display module are provided around the display module. Each press sheet is provided with a positioning part which limits a position of the press sheet in a direction parallel to a display surface of the display module.
US11330720B2
A detection device is provided including first substrate including first region, second region and third region arranged in first direction, second region arranged between first and third regions; first detection electrode arranged on first substrate; second detection electrode arranged on first substrate and being adjacent to first detection electrode; first electrode coupled to first detection electrode and continuously formed from first to third regions; second electrode coupled to second detection electrode, and continuously formed from first to third regions, convex portions located between first electrode and second electrode in second region and spaced away from first and second electrodes; and protective layer formed on first and second electrodes in first region and not formed on first electrode and second electrode in third region, wherein at least one of convex portions is covered with protective layer, and at least another one of convex portions is not covered with protective layer.
US11330713B2
A printed wiring board includes an insulating substrate having openings, a first conductor layer formed on a first surface of the insulating substrate, a second conductor layer formed on a second surface of the insulating substrate, magnetic material portions formed in the openings of the insulating substrate and having through holes extending from the first surface to second surface of the insulating substrate, and through-hole conductors formed on side walls of the through holes such that the through-hole conductors connect the first conductor layer and second conductor layer. The magnetic material portions include magnetic particles and resin such that the magnetic particles include particles forming the side walls and that gaps are formed between the particles and the resin, and each of the through-hole conductors includes a chemical copper plating film such that the chemical copper plating film is deposited in the gaps formed between the particles and the resin.
US11330707B2
A carrier substrate (1) that includes an insulation layer (11) and a metal layer (12), wherein a flank profile (2), in particular an etching flank profile, at least zonally borders the metal layer (12) in a primary direction (P) extending parallel to the main extension plane (HSE), wherein, viewed in the primary direction (P), the flank profile (2) extends from a first edge (15) on an upper side (31) of the metal layer (12), which faces away from the insulation layer (11), to a second edge (16) on a lower side (32) of the metal layer (12), which faces the insulation layer (11), characterized in that the flank profile (2), viewed in the primary direction (P), has at least one local maximum (21) and at least one local minimum (22).
US11330703B2
A wireless communication system includes a first differential signal line, a differential coupler, and an electronic circuit. The differential coupler has a second differential signal line to perform wireless communication of a differential signal with the first differential signal line via electromagnetic field coupling. The electronic circuit is connected to the differential coupler via a wired transmission path to process the differential signal. A surface of a board or a ground pattern of the electronic circuit is inclined or upright with respect to the second differential signal line so as to separate away from a direction in which the first differential signal line extends.
US11330692B1
A multiple light controlling system where a primary control pod receives a lighting schedule wirelessly and re-communicates the lighting schedule to a plurality of slaved secondary control pods via power line communication. Each of the control pods may in turn control several lights in a growing zone. Each zone may have its own lighting schedule to promote optimal plant development. Each of the control pods may also gather environmental or operational information and return that information to the primary control pod and ultimately to a remote computing device.
US11330688B2
An LED luminaire comprising LED arrays, a buck circuit with a switching portion comprising a transformer, and an LED driving circuit comprising a feedback control circuit is used to replace a conventional luminaire with a severe temporal light artifact. The buck circuit with the switching portion is configured to generate a variable DC voltage with a low-frequency ripple associated with AC mains. The feedback control circuit is configured to feedback a mixed voltage and current control signal to the buck circuit with the switching portion to compensate the low-frequency ripple so as to regulate an LED driving voltage with a ripple-reduced LED current to drive the LED arrays with a flicker-reduced light emission that may protect users of the LED luminaire from possible health hazards such as seizures, headaches, eyestrain, reduced visual performance, migraines, etc.
US11330677B2
The laminated glass comprises a pair of glass plates, a pair of intermediate layers located between the pair of glass plates and being in contact, respectively, with the glass plates and a substrate located between the intermediate layers and provided with an electrically conductive heated material, wherein a first bus bar, which is connected to the electrically conductive heated material, is arranged along at a left end of the substrate; a second bus bar, which is connected to the electrically conductive heated material is arranged along at a right end of the substrate, and a third bus bar is disposed as superimposed on at least a part of the region of at least one bus bar among the first and second bus bars.
US11330667B2
A user plane function (UPF) receives, from a session management function (SMF), a session configuration message. The session configuration message comprises a packet detection rule (PDR) for a group communication session. The PDR comprises a multicast address mapped to a plurality of wireless devices associated with the group communication session. The PDR comprises a forwarding rule for packets associated with the multicast address. Data packets comprising the multicast address are received. Based on the PDR, the data packets are sent to the plurality of wireless devices.
US11330664B1
A disclosed method includes receiving emergency data related to emergency calls emanating from mobile devices, independently from emergency call routing to an emergency network; determining an emergency network that should receive the emergency data; providing the emergency data to the emergency network; and providing a map view to the emergency network entity of the emergency network using the emergency data and displaying location indicators corresponding to locations of mobile devices identified by the emergency data. Another disclosed method includes receiving emergency data related to emergency calls emanating from mobile devices, independently from emergency call routing to an emergency network; detecting emergency call data received at the emergency network; and providing a map view to an emergency network entity of the emergency network using the emergency data, where the map view displays location indicators corresponding to locations of mobile devices identified by the emergency call data received at the emergency network.
US11330662B2
This document describes techniques and devices for handling an attempt to resume a wireless connection using a base station that supports a different core-network type. While in a current resource control state, such as an inactive state 332, a user equipment (UE) 111 or 112 selects a base station 124 with a different core-network type than a previously selected base station 122 or 121. In some cases, this selected base station 124 does not support the current resource control state or does not enable the UE 111 or 112 to transition to a different resource control state, such as a connected state 330. Consequently, if the UE 111 or 112 attempts to perform a procedure that would result in the UE 111 or 112 transitioning to the unsupported resource control state, the procedure may fail and consequently waste network resources or delay communications with the UE 111 or 112.
US11330659B2
There are provided a method for processing an exceptional case of establishing a default bearer and a device therefor in order to solve a problem in that a user equipment cannot actually receive an IP service by accessing a packet network while failing in establishing the default bearer in a mobile communication system. A method for processing an exceptional case of establishing a default bearer in a mobility management entity includes: receiving a network attachment request from a user equipment; transmitting a network attachment acceptance including an activation request of the default bearer to the user equipment in response to the network attachment request; and cancelling a network attachment procedure when a completion response to the activation request of the default bearer is not received from the user equipment within a predetermined time.
US11330655B2
A user equipment (UE) may include a first subscriber identity module corresponding to a first cellular network, a second subscriber identity module corresponding to a second cellular network, a wireless communication circuit, and a processor. The processor may be is configured to: perform data communication with the first cellular network that supports EUTRA NR dual connectivity (EN-DC) using first identity information of the first subscriber identity module, via the wireless communication circuit; detect an activity that triggers data communication via the second cellular network; and in response to the detection of the activity, perform a process of connecting data communication with the second cellular network using second identify information of the second subscriber identity module via the wireless communication circuit, and maintain support of an EN-DC of a UE capability associated with the first cellular network.
US11330653B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless communications system may support multi-connectivity for a user equipment (UE) with multiple distributed units (DUs) under one central unit (CU), the DUs and the CU belonging to a base station. The UE may establish radio resource control (RRC) connections with multiple cell groups corresponding to multiple DUs under the CU. The UE may transmit measurement reports that provide measurement information for cells in proximity to the UE. The UE may maintain a set of active cell groups and a set of inactive cell groups. In some cases, one or more cell groups may be identified as controlling cell groups used to transmit control information. In some examples, the UE may replicate an uplink packets and transmit the uplink packet and replicates on multiple cell groups. In some cases, the UE may aggregate an uplink transmission among multiple cell groups.
US11330652B2
Methods and apparatuses for multiple radio frequency band operation are described. In one example, a first device is operated in a first radio frequency band. A connection request is received at the first device from a second device utilizing the first radio frequency band. The connection request is processed to designate whether the connection request is a priority services request type or a non-priority services request type. Responsive to designating the connection request as the non-priority services request type, a non-priority services communications channel is established utilizing a second radio frequency band. Responsive to designating the connection request as a priority services request type, it is determined whether a priority services channel is available or not available in the first radio frequency band. A priority services communications channel is established utilizing the first radio frequency band or an interim non-priority services communications channel is established utilizing the second radio frequency band.
US11330644B2
A system and method (600) of securely and accurately connecting mobile devices (110) to wireless networks in vehicles (210) for a predetermined work assignment by using encrypted wireless network configurations based on vehicle specific data is disclosed herein. The system comprises a vehicle (210) comprising an on-board computer (232) with a memory (231) having a vehicle identification number (233), a connector plug (235), and an motorized engine (234), a connected vehicle device (130) comprising a processor, a WiFi radio, a BLUETOOTH radio, a memory, and a connector for mating with the connector plug of the vehicle (210), and a mobile device (110) comprising a graphical user interface (335), a processor (310), a WiFi radio (307), a BLUETOOTH radio (306), and a cellular network interface (308).
US11330627B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for wireless communications. A wireless device may perform listen before talk (LBT) procedures for licensed assisted access (LAA) cells. The LBT procedures may use different monitoring periods. The wireless device may transmit transport blocks (TBs) via the LAA cells.
US11330621B2
An operation method of a terminal in a communication system includes receiving an RRC message from a base station, the RRC message including configuration information of a plurality of CGs; transmitting a first signal to the base station through a first CG resource indicated by a first CG among the plurality of CGs; receiving a control message from the base station; and based on a result of receiving the control message, transmitting a second signal to the base station through a second CG resource indicated by an activated second CG among the plurality of CGs, wherein a pattern of the first CG resource is different from a pattern of the second CG resource.
US11330615B2
Disclosed are a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and transmitting and receiving nodes. The method comprises: a terminal device receiving, in a first time domain scheduling unit, first downlink control information; and the terminal device acquiring, according to the first downlink control information, information about second downlink control information to be detected in the first time domain scheduling unit. The method, the terminal device and the transmitting and receiving nodes in the embodiments of the present application are beneficial to reduce the complexity of PDCCH detection by the terminal device.
US11330609B2
A method for performing an uplink transmission to a base station by a user equipment through an unlicensed cell in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: receiving an uplink grant that schedules the uplink transmission in at least one subframe from the base station; and performing the uplink transmission in the at least one subframe using at least one of a first type channel access or a second type channel access. The uplink transmission is performed using the second type channel access when all of the at least one subframe is included in a predetermined interval determined based on a downlink transmission through the unlicensed cell from the base station.
US11330606B2
The present disclosure provides a new radio base station for a mobile telecommunications system. The new radio base station has a circuitry configured to communicate with at least one user equipment and at least one LTE base station and to establish a new radio cell. The circuitry is further configured to transmit a time division duplexing configuration of the new radio cell to the LTE base station for identifying, based on the received time division duplexing configuration, a coexistence and intermodulation influence on an LTE receiver of the at least one user equipment.
US11330602B2
A wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device are provided. The terminal device receives a first indication message sent by the network device, so that the terminal device may select, according to the first indication message, to fly in an appropriate cell. This ensures communication between the terminal device and the network device. The method includes: receiving, by the terminal device, the first indication message sent by the network device. The first indication message includes at least one of: flight zone restriction information of at least one cell, flight altitude information of the at least one cell, flight speed information of the at least one cell, volume information of a flight device, and weight information of the flight device, and/or the first indication message includes information about a flight transmission characteristic supported by the at least one cell.
US11330596B2
A method and a device for indicating transmission resources, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: selecting N transmissions according to a target indication rule, and determining N transmission resources of data information of a data packet corresponding to the N transmissions as selected; and transmitting in control information the N transmission resources as determined.
US11330588B2
This application discloses a carrier selection method and a communications device. The method includes: obtaining channel busy ratios (CBRs) of a plurality of candidate carriers and selecting, when a value of a resource reselection counter C_resel is equal to 0, a carrier from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers. Therefore, the carrier is selected from the plurality of candidate carriers according to the CBRs of the plurality of candidate carriers, thereby reducing carrier switching frequency and ensuring system stability while the carrier is selected.
US11330566B2
A method and a device for a sidelink in a wireless communication system are provided. A transmission terminal supporting a sidelink performs transmission/reception beam pairing by using control information for a sidelink. The transmission terminal and a reception terminal can find an optimum transmission/reception beam pair on the basis of a method of repeatedly transmitting/receiving control information by the sidelink. Therefore, an appropriate transmission/reception beam pair can be found without repeatedly transmitting a synchronization signal. The reception terminal can provide feedback information on the received control information to the transmission terminal. The transmission terminal can determine an optimum transmission/reception beam pair on the basis of the feedback information.
US11330561B2
This application discloses a method and an apparatus for determining a data feedback resource. The method includes receiving, by a first terminal, first data sent by a second terminal. The method includes determining a feedback resource of the first data. The feedback resource of the first data is a feedback resource in a feedback resource pool. The method includes sending feedback information of the first data to the second terminal on the feedback resource. The feedback information indicates a receiving status of the first data.
US11330551B2
A method of selecting an optimal wireless link based on an information handling system location fingerprint may comprise receiving a plurality of wireless signals from a plurality of address-identified wireless local area network (WLAN) access points (APs), detecting a plurality of time of flight (TOF) signal distances between the information handling system and the plurality of address-identified WLAN APs based on the plurality of wireless signals, determining a location fingerprint of the information handling system, relative to the plurality of address-identified WLAN APs, identifying an optimal wireless link associated with the location fingerprint of the information handling system, and automatically establishing the optimal wireless link associated with the location fingerprint of the information handling system.
US11330550B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A position of a user equipment (UE) may be determined when communications between the UE and a base station are routed through a relay node. For example, the UE 115 may determine whether communications are received from the base station or the relay node based on positioning assistance data that contains positioning-related information about different base stations and relay nodes in the system. The UE may then transmit a position metric based on this determination, where a location server uses this position metric for determining the location of the UE. Additionally or alternatively, the location server or base station may use the positioning assistance data to determine whether an uplink transmission is received directly from the UE or via the relay node and may generate a position metric that the location server uses for determining the location of the UE.
US11330549B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart-city, smart-car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a positioning method and device for user equipment (UE), and UE, the positioning method for UE comprising: detecting, by an auxiliary positioning entity, whether a condition of transmitting positioning related information is currently satisfied; transmitting the positioning related information, if the condition is satisfied, wherein the positioning related information comprises any one of the following: auxiliary positioning information, and location calculation information fed back for positioning request information transmitted by a target UE.
US11330545B2
In one aspect of the teachings herein, a transmitter transmits synchronization signals according to one or more defined transmission characteristics that enable a receiver to distinguish the type of transmitter and/or the type of carrier used to convey the synchronization signals. Different types of transmitters reuse at least some of the same synchronization signal sequences and generation algorithms, but use different transmission parameters to impart one or more recognizable characteristics to the transmitted synchronization signals. In turn, an appropriately configured receiver “knows” which characteristics are associated with which transmitter and/or carrier types. For example, wireless devices operating in a wireless communication network transmit device-generated synchronization signals that reuse at least some of the same sequences used by network base stations for the transmission of network synchronization signals. However, device-generated synchronization signals are transmitted using a relative positioning or mapping that characteristically differs from that used for network synchronization signals.
US11330544B2
Provided is a method for automatically calibrating wireless frequency offsets. The method includes following steps: a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) wireless transmission module monitors or scans a specific data packet of an access point (AP); the Wi-Fi wireless transmission module acquires a frequency offset between a central frequency of the Wi-Fi wireless transmission module and a central frequency of the AP according to the specific data packet; the Wi-Fi wireless transmission module executes frequency offset tracking according to the frequency offset to control the Wi-Fi wireless transmission module to calculate a central frequency according to a frequency offset acquired for a surrounding AP of the Wi-Fi wireless transmission module in such a way that each of the calculated central frequency and the frequency offset for the surrounding AP is in a preset standard, and adjusts the central frequency of the Wi-Fi wireless transmission module according to the calculated central frequency. Provided is also a device for automatically calibrating wireless frequency offsets.
US11330540B2
A method of searching a cell in a mobile station of a communication system in which a plurality of cells are grouped into a plurality of cell groups, each cell group including at least two cells, includes: detecting a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal from a received signal; and identifying a cell based on a combination of the primary synchronization signal and the secondary synchronization signal. The secondary synchronization signal is related to the cell group to which the mobile station belongs and the primary synchronization signal is related to the cell to which the mobile station belongs within the cell group.
US11330534B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, and a base station may receive, a report that includes information related to a power headroom available to the UE at a current power level and information related to a duty cycle that the UE can sustain over a moving integration window based at least in part on a maximum permissible exposure limit. In some aspects, the base station may transmit, and the UE may receive, scheduling information based at least in part on the information related to the power headroom available to the UE at the current power level and the information related to the duty cycle that the UE can sustain over the moving integration window. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11330517B2
Managing an association of a wireless device to an access point of a wireless network is disclosed. Probe requests are received from the wireless device at access points within the wireless network. The probe requests are forwarded from the access points to a network controller. The network controller selects an access point to connect the wireless device to, based on information available thereto. The selected access point is informed that it has been selected. A probe response is provided to the wireless device from the selected access point.
US11330508B1
An apparatus for obtaining sensory data is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a battery displaced within the housing, and circuitry displaced at least partially within the housing, the circuitry including an integrated circuit, an accelerometer, and a communications interface. The housing is formed from one or more of hardened plastic, metal, glass or composite. The circuitry further includes a vibration sensor. The communication interface enables communications with external network devices or a cloud server. The circuitry includes logic to perform operations including: receiving signals from one or more network devices; and parsing a first signal to identify (i) a unique identifier of a first network device of the one or more network devices, wherein the first network device transmitted the first signal, and (ii) determine a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value of the first signal.
US11330502B2
A communication method and an apparatus are disclosed, and the method includes: receiving, by a terminal, first indication information sent by a first network device; and if the first indication information indicates the second network device supports the enhanced signal transmission, receiving, by the terminal, an enhanced downlink signal sent by the second network device, where the second network device is a neighboring network device of the first network device. This avoids a technical problem that a delay is relatively long because the terminal still receives a downlink signal in an existing manner when the terminal cannot accurately obtain whether the second network device supports the enhanced signal transmission.
US11330499B2
In a wireless communication system of the present disclosure, when activation of a protocol data unit (PDU) session of a user equipment (UE) is needed, the UE performs an access control check to determine whether an access attempt for the PDU session is allowed. If the access attempt is allowed, the UE transmits a service request for the PDU session. The access control check for the PDU session is performed even if the UE is in a connected state.
US11330497B2
A communication controller (communication control apparatus) acquires, from an MEC node (NW information collection unit), cell transition information for each vehicle that moves in a plurality of cells formed by a plurality of base stations connected to the MEC node. The communication controller determines a vehicle group that is made up of a plurality of vehicles and is to be subjected to uplink transmission control for path-dependent data based on the acquired cell transition information. The communication controller further performs, with respect to the determined vehicle group, transmission control for limiting uplink transmission of path-dependent data to a portion of vehicles that belong to the vehicle group.
US11330475B2
The disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology. The disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. A method for a control plane to transmit rule information to a user plane is provided. The method includes receiving PPC rule information from a PCF, identifying predetermined policy rule sets for a PDR set based on the PCC rule information, identifying rule set information corresponding to the PDR set, and transmitting the rule set information to the user plane, wherein the PDR set includes multiple pieces of PDR information.
US11330465B2
A method, apparatus and system for transmitting control information in a header of a physical protocol data unit (PPDU), such as an IEEE 802.11 compliant PPDU. Embodiments include indicating control features in an EDMG PPDU for Wireless LAN communications. The method and system may include overloading at least one bit of a Scrambler Initialization Field in the PPDU header (e.g. the PHY header) to convey control information, as well as to be used to initialise the scrambler shift register. The same header bits are thus used for both purposes. Examples of control information include a primary channel, channel width or MIMO configuration to be used in further communication.
US11330457B2
A beam indication (BI) mechanism is proposed to provide user equipment (UE) information of network (NW) beam(s) for later transmission. UE can then select its UE beam(s) for the later transmission based on the BI. In one embodiment, NW provides beam management configuration to UE via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, and then provides beam indication index signaling to UE via MAC-CE or DCI. The beam management configuration comprises a mapping table between network beams and configured reference signal (RS) resources. The beam indication index signaling indicates one or more preferred beam pair links (BPLs). Upon triggering a beam management procedure by the network, UE is able to identify the beam management procedure and selects corresponding UE beam(s) based on the beam management configuration and the beam indication index signaling.
US11330449B2
A communication system includes a plurality of sensor terminals each having an individual time and a management terminal having a reference time. The management terminal associates the individual time with the reference time at which the individual time was received and stores the associated times as a time pair. The management terminal determines a communication delay time using the configuration information of the hardware of the sensor terminal, the version of the software of the sensor terminal, the configuration information of the hardware of the management terminal, the version of the software of the management terminal, and a communication delay-causing combination table. The management terminal corrects the correspondence relationship between the individual time and the reference time in accordance with the communication delay time and corrects information detection time received from each of the plurality of the sensor terminals based on the corrected correspondence relationship.
US11330441B2
A system including: a transceiver; a boot processor configured to: capture an image of a container of the system, determine whether the system container image has been modified, and post, to a node of a distributed ledger network, a first attestation based on a determination of whether an anomaly exists in the system container image; a system processor; and a memory storing instructions that instruct the system processor to: receive a request to connect to an external device, request a second attestation from a node of the distributed ledger network as to whether an anomaly exists in the external device container image, determine whether an anomaly exists in the external device container image, and either: establish, in response to determining that an anomaly does not exist, a connection with the external device, or deny the request to connect to the external device in response to determining that an anomaly exists.
US11330438B2
In accordance with some embodiments, an apparatus for privacy protection includes a housing arranged to hold a personal communication device. The apparatus further includes a remote communication device and a local communication device at least partially supported by the housing, where the remote communication device is operable to provide a remote communication channel between the apparatus and a remote device and the local communication device is operable to provide a local communication channel to the personal communication device. The apparatus additionally includes a security management controller operable to: (a) extract data from communication messages received via the remote communication channel; (b) scan the extracted data in order to identify a first type of extracted data; and (c) send the first type of extracted data to the personal communication device through the local communication channel.
US11330437B2
An e-mail application is identified by parsing a network packet from the network packets. Responsive to the e-mail application identification, a display name associated with the user is extracted and the display name is stored among a plurality of display names in association with the company e-mail address of the user. Responsive to one of the plurality of display names matching a display name of a private e-mail address of the user as a destination of e-mail along with surpassing a threshold amount of data transfer, the user is flagged for possible data exfiltration.
US11330433B2
A method performed by an authentication server for provisioning a user equipment (1), UE. The method comprises: obtaining a message authentication code, MAC, based on a provisioning key specific to the UE to the UE and a privacy key of a home network (3) of the UE, wherein the provisioning key is a shared secret between the authentication server (14) and the UE and the privacy key comprises a public key of the home network; and transmitting the privacy key and the MAC to the UE. Methods performed by a de-concealing server and the UE, respectively are also disclosed as well as authentication servers, de-concealing servers and UEs. A computer program and a memory circuitry (13) are also disclosed.
US11330430B2
The VOIP call security is enhanced using the caller's geographical location information, which is transmitted to the home network device using an unmodifiable header. The home network device checks the veracity of the caller's geographical location information to determine whether the caller is suspicious.
US11330426B2
Provided is a method for reporting capability, user equipment, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: determining a support capability for a supplementary uplink (SUL) frequency; generating indication information of the support capability of UE for the SUL frequency based on the support capability for the SUL frequency; and reporting the indication information of the support capability for the SUL frequency to a network side.
US11330423B2
Disclosed are methods and devices for multi-Subscriber Identify Module (SIM) wireless communication. In an embodiment, a method includes establishing a window for at least receiving paging in an idle state of a first wireless communication associated with a first SIM. A prediction is made, based on the window, of a collision or non-collision between the paging and a second wireless communication associated with a second SIM. It is then determined, in response to a collision prediction, whether a simultaneous reception of the paging and the second wireless communication is possible through use of different respective carriers, if so, respective radio frequency (RF) paths are allocated to the paging and the second wireless communication, where the allocated RF paths correspond to the different respective carriers.
US11330406B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing a caller identifier are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a server, a request to initiate a telephone call between a calling phone and a callee phone, wherein the request includes a telephone number of the calling phone. The actions further include determining, by the server, a name that corresponds to the telephone number. The actions further include accessing, by the server, a calling history that indicates previous telephone calls of the phone number. The actions further include, based on the calling history that indicates previous telephone calls of the phone number, determining, by the server, whether to generate a notification that includes the name that corresponds to the telephone number.
US11330405B2
A method of selecting a call connection device according to perception of surrounding conditions is disclosed. The method includes sensing an external electronic device paired with a user's portable device while waiting to receive a call, collecting first information on the paired external electronic device, recognizing at least one of first peripheral information recognizing surrounding conditions of the external electronic device and second peripheral information recognizing surrounding conditions of the portable device based on the collected first information, and learning the recognized first peripheral information or the recognized second peripheral information and recommending one of the portable device and the external electronic device suitable for surrounding conditions of the user based on a result of the learning to connect a call with the other party. Hence, the user can prevent the exposure of personal privacy by recommending the call connection device suitable for user's surroundings.
US11330397B2
A position tracking system for Tags to collect relative proximity to other Tags using received signal strength, with methods to reduce power consumption with controlled degradation in overall system performance such as location accuracy and frequency of location updates. Configurable parameters for control of tag functions facilitate performance tradeoffs against application requirements. System architecture using mobile phone and gateway for uploading data enables efficient upload of tag data without user intervention. Applications of the disclosure include self-quarantine, contact tracing, mother-infant pairing, location history tracking, and personnel-asset usage monitoring.
US11330396B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for presence detection of wireless device in a sensing region. Communication parameters determined by a computing device over one or more periods may be used to generate criteria for determining occurrence of enter events or of leave events. The criteria may comprise, for values of one or more communication parameters, rates of change associated with movement into or out of a sensing region. The criteria may be compared against subsequent data, associated with the communication parameters, to determine if an enter event or a leave event has occurred.
US11330392B2
The disclosed embodiments include methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for enabling beta testing of new features within a native application. In one embodiment, a native application executed by a client device may include executable instructions that are activated and executed only upon indication of a user belonging to a beta test group. The client device may receive a signal from a service or content provider that includes test group information indicating whether a user is a member of a test group. The client device may process the received signal to determine whether the user is a member of a test group and, if so, activates and executes certain instructions received as part of the native application that define a user interface enabling access to additional functionality unavailable to a user determined not to be a member of a test group.
US11330391B2
Reverberation techniques for 3D audio are disclosed. In an example method, a three-dimensional (3D) reverberation is applied to a sound object placed at a sound object position in a sound room. The sound object originates from a sound object position. A sound object signal is received. A 3D spatial room response (SRR) signal is computed corresponding to the user-selected position. A time convolution operation is performed between an audio signal of the sound object signal and the computed SRR value to generate a reverberated signal.
US11330388B2
An audio customization system operates to enhance a user's audio environment. A user may wear headphones and specify what portion the ambient audio and/or source audio will be transmitted to the headphones or the personal speaker system. The audio signal may be enhanced by application of a spatialized transformation using a spatialization engine such as head-related transfer functions so that at least a portion of the audio presented to the personal speaker system will appear to originate from a particular direction. The direction may be modified in response to movement of the personal speaker system.
US11330380B2
An ear-wearable device is described that includes a plurality of modules that mate together forming a physical outer shell of the ear-wearable device. Each module from the plurality of modules is associated with a different, corresponding feature of the ear-wearable device and each module from the plurality of modules includes a respective physical portion that comprises a different, corresponding part of the outer shell. In addition, each module from the plurality of modules shares a physical interface with at least one other module from the plurality of modules.
US11330376B1
The disclosed technology generally relates to a hearing device configured to process a signal in a first path and a second path, where the first path and second path apply different digital signal processing operations to the signal. The hearing device is configured to determine a relatedness factor that compares the processed signals along the first and second path. Based on the relatedness factor, the hearing device can apply different gains to the signal in the first and second paths. The hearing device can output a combined signal based on the signals from the first and second paths. In some embodiments, the second path can be associated with receiving a signal from an external device.
US11330373B2
The present disclosure provides a dome type diaphragm, a balanced dome diaphragm, and a speaker capable of outputting sounds in a high sound area at a high sound pressure. A dome type diaphragm according to the present disclosure includes: a first part having a first curvature; and a second part that is arranged in an inner peripheral side of the first part and is integrally provided with the first part, the second part having a second curvature that is different from the first curvature.
US11330368B2
An apparatus, system and method for a portable microphone array system comprising a computing device and a case having an array of microphones embedded or integrated into the case. A user may position the laptop and case facing the general direction of a target audio source to capture a target acoustic audio input at the microphone array. The microphone array may deliver a first stage of beamformed audio from the acoustic audio input to the computing device via a communications interface or bus. The computing device may comprise an audio processor configured to perform one or more successive audio processing steps to process the audio input and render a digital audio output. The digital audio output may be outputted from the computing device to an audio output device, such as headphones or an earpiece.
US11330361B2
A hearing aid includes a speaker driver, an optical source secured directly to the speaker driver, an optical detector secured directly to the speaker driver, a first light guide extending outwardly from the optical source and in optical communication with the optical source, and a second light guide extending outwardly from the optical detector and in optical communication with the optical detector. The first light guide is configured to deliver light from the optical source into an ear region of the subject via a distal end thereof, and the second light guide is configured to collect light from the ear region via a distal end thereof and deliver collected light to the optical detector. The hearing aid may include at least one signal processor configured to process signals produced by the optical detector, and at least one of the following: an accelerometer, a humidity sensor, an altimeter, a temperature sensor.
US11330358B2
Various implementations include systems for processing inner microphone audio signals. In particular implementations, a system includes an external microphone configured to be acoustically coupled to an environment outside an ear canal of a user; an inner microphone configured to be acoustically coupled to an environment inside the ear canal of the user; and an adaptive noise cancelation system configured to process an internal signal captured by the inner microphone and generate a noise reduced internal signal, wherein the noise reduced internal signal is adaptively generated in response to an external signal captured by the external microphone.
US11330356B2
Some headphone systems include two ear cups, a headband assembly, an interface system and a control system. Each ear cup may include an ear cup enclosure, an ear pad assembly, a speaker system and a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly may be disposed within the ear cup enclosure such that it is not visible from outside the ear cup. The headband assembly may connect with each of the ear cups via the hinge assembly. The interface system may include at least one interface and a plurality of input source buttons disposed on at least one of the ear cups. Each of the input source buttons may be configured for selecting a source of audio data received via the at least one interface. The control system may be configured for controlling the speaker system to reproduce audio data received via the interface and selected by one of the input source buttons.
US11330350B2
A field device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of types of sensors, at least one converter configured to acquire measured results of the plurality of types of sensors and to convert the measured results into measured information, the measured information being a physical quantity, and an information providing device configured to acquire and store the measured information from the at least one converter and to provide the stored measured information to an outside of the field device in a case that a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11330346B1
Viewers of a video stream may generate video clips including different portions of the video stream. Popularity measures may be computed for the video clips, for example based on tracked actions associated with the video clips, such as frequency of playing and sharing of the video clips. The popularity measures may be used to select and provide video clips to viewers. Video items may be generated by streamers, such as may include selected portions of video of streamers playing a game. A video item generated by a particular streamer may be displayed to viewers only during times when that particular streamer is participating in an active game session. Viewers of the video item may provide input that allows viewers to receive a live stream of the streamer's active game session that it is being played simultaneously with the display of the video item.
US11330343B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating a predicted number of viewers in support of selecting an advertisement to be displayed during an advertisement break. The method includes: generating, by an advertisement break class identifier module, a plurality of advertisement break classes based on historical advertisement break information and prediction errors generated by a regression model analysis of advertisement break data samples; evaluating, by the advertisement break class identifier module, the plurality of advertisement break classes; redefining and rearranging, by the advertisement break class identifier module, advertisement break classes from the plurality of advertisement break classes based on the step of evaluating which results in an updated set of advertisement break classes; forwarding, by the advertisement break class identifier module, the updated set of advertisement break classes and trained model information to a prediction module; receiving, modifying and returning prediction model information to the prediction module by a training function in the advertisement break class identifier module; generating, by the prediction module, the prediction of a number of viewers for the advertisement break, wherein a regression model uses the updated set of advertisement break classes and data associated with a specific advertisement break to generate the prediction; and sending, by the prediction module, the prediction of a number of viewers for the advertisement break to a scheduler of advertisements.
US11330335B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods of presentation and management of audio and visual content across devices. Example methods may include causing presentation of first audio content at a speaker device, causing presentation of a first audio notification indicative of visual content available for presentation, causing presentation of second audio content after the first audio notification, and sending first visual content to a first display device for presentation during presentation of the second audio content.
US11330328B2
Methods and apparatus to identify media based on watermarks across different audio streams and/or different watermarking techniques are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a watermark detector to detect a first watermark embedded in a first audio stream, the first watermark including a first source identifier and a first timing identifier, and detect a second watermark embedded in a second audio stream, the second watermark including a second source identifier and a second timing identifier. The disclosed example apparatus also include a controller to associate the first and second watermarks with a media detection event when both (1) the first and second source identifiers match and (2) the first and second timing identifiers are chronologically congruent. The disclosed example apparatus further include a transmitter to transmit the media detection event to a data collection facility.
US11330319B2
A method of encoding, and decoding, a human-inaudible acoustic signal 240 embedded within audio content, suitable for use within the processor of an encoding and broadcasting system or a decoding and receiving system 200, 202. A binary message is encoded into a sequence 1000, 2000 of symbols selected from a group of four or eight symbols, each symbol encoding two or three binary bits with an associated frequency. The human-inaudible acoustic signal may have a variable length, with the length of the signal encoded in a header 1002-1008, 2002-2009. The encoding uses both forward error correction and cyclic redundancy coding to increase the robustness of the transmission. Furthermore, the binary bits encoded by the symbols are selected such that a Hamming distance of a single bit transformation exists between symbols associated with adjacent frequencies, so that a frequency error creates only a single bit error.
US11330314B2
Methods and systems are described herein for preventing a user from terminating a service. Specifically, the media guidance application may generate for display content aimed at preventing the user from terminating a service in response to determining that a user is likely to terminate the service. For example, in response to determining that a particular media asset preferred by a user is accessible through another service, the media guidance application generates the content associated with preventing the user from terminating his or her current service (e.g., discounts to the cost of the current service, promotion or lists of media content available through the current service, etc.).
US11330309B2
First foviated images are streamed to a streaming client. The first foviated images with first image metadata sets are used to generate first display mapped images for rendering to a viewer at first time points. View direction data is collected and used to determine a second view direction of the viewer at a second time point. A second foviated image and a second image metadata set are generated from a second HDR source image in reference to the second view direction of the viewer and used to generate a second display mapped image for rendering to the viewer at the second time point. The second image metadata set comprises a display management metadata portions for adapting a focal-vision and peripheral-vision image portions to corresponding image portions in the second display mapped image. The focal-vision display management metadata portion is generated with a predicted light adaptation level of the viewer for the second time point. The second foviated image and the second image metadata set are transmitted to the video streaming client.
US11330308B1
System for present content. The system includes means for receiving a set of timepoints relating to a content data and means for generating display signals based on the content data. The system also includes means for sending display signals to a display device that represent the content data and means for notifying a server over the Internet, that a timepoint among the set of timepoints has been reached in the content data. The system also includes means for receiving, from the server, via the Internet, an identification of one or more particular additional content and in response to receiving the identification of the one or more particular additional content from the server, means for interrupting presentation of the content data; and presenting the one or more particular additional content. The system further includes means for resuming, presentation of the content data after presenting the one or more particular additional content.
US11330307B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for generating supplemental content by generating new content structures from content segments. A content segment that includes a plurality of objects may be received. A content structure based on the content segment may be generated, and a primary object may be identified from the plurality objects. The primary object may include first and second mappings indicating first and second time periods when the primary object appears in the content segment. A new content structure may be generated that includes the primary object, where the first and second mappings may be concatenated. A new content segment may be generated based on the new content structure, and this new content segment may be transmitted to an electronic device.
US11330302B2
A video signal decoding apparatus comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: parse a syntax element related to a secondary transform of a coding unit from a bitstream of a video signal when one or more preset conditions are satisfied; check whether or not the secondary transform is applied to a transform block included in the coding unit based on the parsed syntax element; obtain one or more inverse transform coefficients for a first sub-block by performing an inverse secondary transform based on one or more coefficients of the first sub-block which is one of one or more sub-blocks constituting the transform block when the secondary transform is applied to the transform block; and obtain a residual sample for the transform block by performing an inverse primary transform based on the one or more inverse transform coefficients.
US11330301B2
The present application provides a method and a device of encoding and decoding based on free viewpoint, and relates to the technical field of video encoding. The method includes: generating a planar splicing image and splice information based on multiple single-viewpoint videos at a server side; generating a planar splicing video based on the planar splicing image; generating camera side information of the planar splicing video based on camera side information existing in the multiple single-viewpoint videos; and encoding the planar splicing video, the splice information and the camera side information of the planar splicing video to generate a planar splicing video bit stream, and decoding a planar splicing video bit stream to acquire a virtual viewpoint according to viewpoint information of a viewer at client side.
US11330298B2
This disclosure describes video encoding and video decoding techniques for encoding and decoding video data in a chroma intra prediction mode. The techniques may improve the encoding and decoding process by simplifying aspects of the encoding and decoding process and by reducing a number of binarization tables used for the encoding and decoding. Moreover, reducing the number binarization tables may, in turn, reduce the amount of memory needed in an encoder device or decoder device to perform the video encoding or decoding process.
US11330291B2
Systems and methods for reducing latency through motion estimation and compensation techniques are disclosed. The systems and methods include a client device that uses transmitted lookup tables from a remote server to match user input to motion vectors, and tag and sum those motion vectors. When a remote server transmits encoded video frames to the client, the client decodes those video frames and applies the summed motion vectors to the decoded frames to estimate motion in those frames. In certain embodiments, the systems and methods generate motion vectors at a server based on predetermined criteria and transmit the generated motion vectors and one or more invalidators to a client, which caches those motion vectors and invalidators. The server instructs the client to receive input from a user, and use that input to match to cached motion vectors or invalidators. Based on that comparison, the client then applies the matched motion vectors or invalidators to effect motion compensation in a graphic interface. In other embodiments, the systems and methods cache repetitive motion vectors at a server, which transmits a previously generated motion vector library to a client. The client stores the motion vector library, and monitors for user input data. The server instructs the client to calculate a motion estimate from the input data and instructs the client to update the stored motion vector library based on the input data, so that the client applies the stored motion vector library to initiate motion in a graphic interface prior to receiving actual motion vector data from the server. In this manner, latency in video data streams is reduced.
US11330288B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to constraints for usage of updated motion information. A method for video processing is provided, including: determining original motion information associated with a current block; generating updated motion information based on specific prediction mode; and performing, based on the updated motion information, a conversion between the current block and a bitstream representation of a video data including the current block, wherein the specific prediction mode includes one or more of bi-directional optical flow (BIO) refinement, a decoder-side motion vector refinement (DMVR), frame-rate up conversion (FRUC) techniques or a template matching technique.
US11330280B2
A method of encoding a video frame into a bitstream is described including: applying a downsampling scheme to an original video frame of a first resolution for determining a first low-resolution, LR, original frame and one or more second original LR frames, the first LR original frame and the one or more second LR original frames being of a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution; partitioning the first LR original frame into first original blocks and partitioning the one or more second LR frames into second original blocks; using a prediction method for determining first predicted blocks, the first predicted blocks defining predictions for the first original blocks of the first LR original frame; determining first residual blocks based on the first predicted blocks and the first original blocks and, subsequently, determining first reconstructed blocks based on the first residual blocks and the first predicted blocks; determining second predicted blocks based on the first reconstructed blocks, the second predicted blocks defining predictions for the second original blocks of the one or more second LR original frames; determining second residual blocks based on the second predicted blocks and the second original blocks; and, transforming the first residual blocks and second residual blocks into a bitstream, the bitstream including metadata for signalling a decoder apparatus that during the encoding a downsampling scheme was used for downsampling the video frame.
US11330275B2
An image decoding apparatus comprises a selector configured to select, from a set of candidate prediction operations each defining at least a prediction direction, a prediction operation for prediction of samples of a current region of a current image, the current region comprising an array of two or more rows and two or more columns of samples; and an intra-image predictor configured to derive predicted samples of the current region with respect to one or more of a group of reference samples of the same image in dependence upon a prediction direction, defined by the selected prediction operation, between a current sample to be predicted and a reference position amongst the reference samples; in which, for at least some of the candidate prediction operations, the group of reference samples comprises two or more parallel linear arrays of reference samples disposed at different respective separations from the current region.
US11330273B2
According to the present invention, an image-encoding method comprises the following steps: receiving image information; generating a restored block for the current block based on the image information; and generating a finally restored block for the current block by applying an in-loop filter to the restored block on the basis of the image information. According to the present invention, image-encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved.
US11330269B2
A moving image coding device 10 includes: a cost determination unit 12 that determines, as a cost relating to a block to be coded, a minimum cost among appraisal costs relating to determined candidates for a motion vector; a storage unit 13 that stores, as coding information relating to the block to be coded, a candidate for the motion vector corresponding to the determined cost; and an update unit 14 that updates, to coding information relating to the block to be coded, the cost of which is smaller than the sum total of costs relating to blocks included in the block to be coded, the coding information relating to the included blocks and stored in the storage unit 13.
US11330260B2
A video coding device and method are provided to perform video coding by receiving a value indicating a maximum allowed partitioning depth; updating the maximum allowed partitioning depth based on one or more inference rules; determining a partitioning for a coded video block based on the maximum allowed partitioning depth; and reconstructing the video data based on the determined partitioning for the coded video block.
US11330256B2
An encoding device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: estimate a prediction value in a reference direction that is selected when intra prediction in an angle prediction mode is performed in a block to be processed on the basis of a value indicating a reference direction selected when the intra prediction in the angle prediction mode has been performed in an adjacent block adjacent to the block to be processed; and binarize the value indicating the reference direction selected when the intra prediction in the angle prediction mode has been performed in the block to be processed and perform arithmetic encoding for a comparison result between a value of a most significant bit of a binary signal and the prediction value.
US11330234B2
An electronic device includes a first duct for guiding the air blown out from blowers for cooling a liquid crystal panel mounted on an illumination optical system to the liquid crystal panel, a second duct for guiding the air passing through the liquid crystal panel in the opposite direction of the air blown out from the blowers, a heat sink for removing heat from the air passing through the second duct and a blower holding unit for holding the blowers are provided in a dust-proof case, and the top surface of the blower holding unit, the blower holding unit forms a third duct for guiding the air from which heat has been removed by the heat sink to the air inlet of the blowers that is a space formed along the top surface of the dust-proof case.
US11330233B2
A device for projecting an image. The device has a laser device, which is developed to emit a laser beam, the laser device having a modulation unit, which is developed to modulate image data onto the laser beam; and a micromirror device, which is developed to deflect the laser beam in a linear manner. The modulation unit is developed to modulate the laser beam in such a way that a predefined optical warning signal is emitted in a region around reversal points of the linear deflection.
US11330229B1
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide for generation of a collaborative contextual summary interface in association with an audio-video conferencing interface service. An example embodiment is configured to monitor an active audio-video conference presentation that is configured for display to participating client devices by the audio-video conferencing interface service, identify a first capture content request associated with the active audio-video conference presentation, generate a first captured content data object based at least in part on the first capture content request, correlate a first captured content interface indicator to the first captured content data object, and generate a collaborative contextual summary interface based at least in part on the first captured content data object, wherein the collaborative contextual summary interface comprises the first captured content interface indicator.
US11330228B1
Implementations for selecting processing settings based on a device characteristic are described. A content signal, such as an audio signal or a video signal, is received. A characteristic of an input device and/or an output device is then determined and one or more processing settings for processing the content signal are determined based on the characteristic of the input device and/or the output device. The content signal is then processed based on the one or more settings and the processed content signal is sent for output. Feedback regarding the quality of the processed content signal is received. If the quality of the processed content signal is unacceptable, then one or more of the signal processing settings can be changed by deactivating a setting or changing a parameter of a setting.
US11330226B2
A configuration capable of recording MMT format data on a medium as BDAV format data and performing copy control according to the original copy control information is achieved. The MMT format data, for which copy control information is set, is input and recorded on an information recording medium as BDAV format data. As record data, (a) a stream file including a packet string in which the MMT format data is stored, and (b) copy control information corresponding to the stream file, in which the copy control information corresponding to the MMT format data is reflected, are generated and recorded as an additional header of a packet included in the stream file or as another file.
US11330221B1
Row-by-row pixel read-out is executed concurrently within respective clusters of pixels of a pixel array, alternating the between descending and ascending progressions in the intra-cluster row readout sequence to reduce temporal skew between neighboring pixel rows in adjacent clusters.
US11330220B2
Shared-readout pixels conventionally disposed in two or more physical columns of a pixel array are spatially interleaved (merged) within a single physical column to yield a pixel array in which each physical pixel column includes two or more logical columns of shared-readout pixels coupled to respective logical-column output lines.
US11330219B2
The present disclosure relates to a dynamic vision sensor. The dynamic vision sensor comprises a pixel array, address event representations, and a control logic. The pixel array includes a plurality of dynamic vision sensor (DVS) pixels connected to a plurality of row lines and a plurality of column lines. Each of the DVS pixels is configured to output an event signal in response to a change in light. The address event representations are configured to select one of the plurality of column lines and obtain an event signal output from DVS pixels connected to the selected column line. The control logic is configured to generate image data, including an object capable of generating a movement using an event signal output from each of the plurality of DVS pixels. The control logic divides the plurality of DVS pixels into a plurality of groups and allocates different readout times to each of the plurality of groups.
US11330212B2
An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of pixels each including a first light-receiving element and a second light-receiving element, the plurality of pixels including a first pixel. The imaging device further includes a generating section that generates a first detection value on a basis of a light-receiving result by the first light-receiving element of each of the plurality of pixels, and generates a second detection value on a basis of a light-receiving result by the second light-receiving element of each of the plurality of pixels. The imaging device further includes a diagnosis section that performs a diagnosis processing on a basis of a detection ratio that is a ratio between the first detection value and the second detection value in the first pixel.
US11330210B2
A moving image processing apparatus is configured to extract position information of a saturation region from a first frame, the saturation region including pixels each having at least a threshold pixel value that is associated with an afterimage being formed in a subsequent frame elapsed from the first frame. The moving image processing apparatus is configured to extract an afterimage region corresponding to the saturation region from the second frame, calculate motion information of the afterimage region based on motion information indicating motion between a second frame and a third frame, extract a candidate region that is matched to the afterimage region in the third frame based on the motion information, and correct the afterimage region based on the candidate region data.
US11330202B2
To reduce power consumption in a solid-state image sensor that measures a time. The solid-state image sensor includes a count unit, a count control unit, a clock unit, and an estimation unit. The count unit counts the number of times a photon has been incident within a predetermined exposure period, and outputs a count value. The count control unit performs control to stop the count unit and performs a request of time information in a case where the count value has reached a predetermined value before the predetermined exposure period elapses. The clock unit measures a time and outputs the time information in response to the request. The estimation unit estimates the number of incident times of a photon within the predetermined exposure period on the basis of the output time information.
US11330191B2
Provided is an image processing device that includes a wide image capturing unit which captures an image of a wide viewing angle, a tele image capturing unit which captures an image of a narrow viewing angle, and an image processing unit which receives an input of the captured images of the respective imaging units and executes signal processing. In a case where a wide conversion lens is attached to the tele image capturing unit, the image processing unit executes any one of a high-sensitivity image generation processing, a HDR image generation processing, or a high-resolution image generation processing based on the captured images of the wide image capturing unit and the tele image capturing unit according to a situation at the time of imaging with a wide conversion lens attachment detection unit which detects whether the wide conversion lens is attached.
US11330179B2
An imaging device includes: an imaging element configured to capture an image using a luminous flux passing through an imaging optical system; a blur corrector configured to move a part of the imaging optical system or the imaging element; a movement detection unit configured to detect the motion of a main subject; and an imaging control unit configured to perform control so that multiple imaging is performed on the main subject under different imaging conditions to obtain a plurality of images to be combined. The imaging control unit causes the blur corrector to be driven so that the motion of the main subject detected by the movement detection unit is reduced in the multiple imaging.
US11330176B2
This invention provides an image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing unit, and a communication unit for communicating with a distribution server via internet, wherein the image capturing apparatus comprises a time measuring unit for measuring, if a distribution instruction for live distribution using the distribution server has been given, an elapsed time since the instruction has been given; and a control unit for starting, if the elapsed time measured by the time measuring unit has reached a predetermined set time, distributing an image captured by the image capturing unit to the distribution server via the communication unit.
US11330167B2
In various example embodiments, a system and method for modifying images are presented. The system receives a user interface selection initiating an image capture and detects a first image capture parameter. The system identifies an object of interest within a field of view of an image capture device and identifies a set of object characteristics of the object of interest. The system generates a parameter notification indicating a suggested modification of the first image capture parameter based on one or more object characteristics of the set of object characteristics. The system causes presentation of the parameter notification at the image capture device.
US11330165B2
An electronics-enabled eyewear device includes a mode indicator comprising a series of light emitters arranged on a forward-facing surface of the eyewear device, for example being provided by a ring of LEDs arranged peripherally about a camera lens opening in a front surface of an eyewear frame. The mode indicator automatically displays different visual indications corresponding to different modes of operation or states of the eyewear device. One visual indication provides an animated pattern of circulating LEDs during video capture by the eyewear device.
US11330164B2
Methods and systems for determining focus settings for use in a specimen scan are provided. One method includes generating a focus map defined as values of best focus as a function of position on a specimen using output generated in one or more pre-focus swaths scanned on the specimen by an output acquisition subsystem configured to direct energy to a specimen, to detect energy from the specimen, and to generate output responsive to the detected energy. The method also includes interpolating the focus map to generate focus settings for a scan performed on the specimen during a process and storing information for the generated focus settings for use in the scan performed on the specimen during the process.
US11330154B1
Methods, apparatus and systems related to automated production of multimedia contents are described. In one example aspect, an automated production system includes a directing server configured to store production-stage information in a machine-readable script and manage production of a multimedia content according to the script. The system also includes a device management server configured to coordinate one or more shooting locations for the production of the multimedia content. The device management server is configured to receive a portion of the production-stage information extracted from the script based on its location. The system further includes end devices connected to the device management server. The device management server is configured to track activities of the end devices and to provide status of the end devices at a production time to the directing server to enable the directing server to dynamically update the script for subsequent shooting activities at the production time.
US11330153B2
In some examples, a method comprises receiving pixel data from an image capture device having a color filter, wherein the pixel data represents a portion of an image. The method further includes performing wavelet decomposition on the pixel data to produce decomposed pixel data and determining a local intensity of the pixel data. The method also includes determining a noise threshold value based on the local intensity and a noise intensity function that is based on the color filter; determining a noise value for the pixel data based on the decomposed pixel data and the noise threshold value; and correcting the pixel data based on the noise value to produce an output image.
US11330145B1
A device for removing a noise artifact from a document receives a scan of the document, where the document contains a noise artifact at least partially obstructing a portion of the document. The device generates an image of the document, and extracts a first set of features from the image. The device identifies noise artifact features from the first set of features, and generates a second set of features by removing the noise artifact features. The device generates a test clean image of the document based on the second set of features. The device determines whether a portion of the test clean image that previously displayed the noise artifact corresponds to a counterpart portion of the training clean image. If it is determined that the portion of the test clean image corresponds to the counterpart portion of the training clean image, the device outputs the test clean image.
US11330136B2
Provided is a light source device including a plurality of light emitting points arranged in matrix within a first cross section parallel to a first direction and a second direction. When light emitting points are projected within a second cross section parallel to first direction and a third direction perpendicular to first cross section, light emitting points have equal intervals between projections adjacent to each other. When light emitting points are projected within a third cross section parallel to second and third directions, light emitting points have equal intervals between projections adjacent to each other. An interval between light emitting points adjacent to each other in a row of matrix, an interval between light emitting points adjacent to each other in a column of matrix, an angle between row and column, an angle between column and first direction, and an angle between row and second direction are appropriately set.
US11330127B2
An image reading apparatus includes: at least one processor configured to: set reading resolutions in a first and a second directions when reading an image of a document; determine an inclination amount of the document; correct an image to reduce the inclination amount; output image data indicative of an corrected image; and obtain information relating to a first direction length of the document. In a case where the first direction length of the document is less than a predetermined length and the processor outputs the image data indicative of the corrected image, whose resolution in the first direction is a first resolution and resolution in the second direction is a second resolution lower than the first resolution, the processor sets the reading resolution in the second direction to a third resolution higher than the second resolution.
US11330125B2
According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a scanner unit, an image forming unit, a frame, a first adjustment mechanism, and a second adjustment mechanism. The scanner unit has an image reading section. The image forming unit forms an image read by the scanner unit on a sheet. The frame includes a first support section and a second support section. The first support section supports the image forming unit. The second support section is positioned below the scanner unit. The first adjustment mechanism steplessly adjusts a distance in an up-down direction between the scanner unit and the second support section. The second adjustment mechanism gradually adjusts the distance in the up-down direction between the scanner unit and the second support section.
US11330120B2
A display control apparatus includes: a determination unit configured to determine whether each of a plurality of images is an image having a high dynamic range (HDR) or an image having a standard dynamic range (SDR); and a control unit configured to display a list of the plurality of images in a display unit and display an image selected from the list of the plurality of images in the display unit, wherein the control unit is further configured: to display a selected image in the plurality of images using the HDR, in a case where the image having the HDR is selected, and to display the plurality of images in the list uniformly using the HDR or the SDR, in a case where the plurality of images in the list includes both the image having the HDR and the image having the SDR.
US11330119B2
To make it possible for a user to easily modify the recognition state of a document by document recognition processing at the time of multi-cropping processing. A preview screen is displayed on a user interface, which displays the results of the document recognition processing for a scanned image obtained by scanning a plurality of documents en bloc on the scanned image in an overlapping manner. Then, a button for dividing the detected document area is displayed on the preview screen so that it is made possible for a user to easily perform division.
US11330116B2
An image forming device includes a document information acquirer that acquires information related to a document, a sheet information acquirer that acquires information related to a print sheet, a storage that stores, in advance, information related to the document and the print sheet, and prediction condition information including proposal processing associated with the document and the print sheet, a processing predictor that acquires, based on the information related to the document and the information related to the print sheet acquired by using the prediction condition information, proposal processing associated with the placed document and the print sheet, and a proposal processing generator that generates information related to the proposal processing to be presented to a user based on the acquired proposal processing. When the user places a document and a print sheet, the proposal processing is acquired and presented to the user.
US11330113B2
Embodiments of this application provide a charging method. The method includes that a session management function determines, a data flow within a protocol data unit, PDU, session and a charging key corresponding to the data flow within the PDU session, wherein a plurality of user plane functions are involved in the PDU session. For each of the plurality of user plane functions, the session management function sends to an online charging system, a quota request for a charging key without available quota for the UPF.
US11330110B2
Systems and methods for establishing call connection in response to user action, the method including receiving a first user action from a user associated with making a call connection, wherein the first user action comprises any of copying at least part of a phone number, pasting at least part of the phone number, or inputting at least part of the phone number. The method also includes determining one or more call recipients based on the first user action. The method also includes establishing one or more silent call connections based on the determined one or more call recipients, wherein each of the one or more silent call connections comprises a call connection with a predetermined parameter so that there are no incoming call indicators on one or more devices associated with the one or more call recipients.
US11330109B2
Techniques described provide for transferring calls between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE. One implementation may include receiving a request to transfer a call, which has been established between the first UE and a third party device, to be between a second UE and the third party device. Location information for the first and second UEs may be received. A determination may be made to determine whether the first and second UE are in proximity to each other. In the event that a determination is made that the first and second UE are in proximity to each other, the established call may be transferred from the first UE to the second UE. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11330108B2
Systems and methods for a work distribution service. At a multi-tenant platform that provides a work distribution service for a plurality of external systems, a priority is assigned to a first work item of a first external system. The work item is received via a RESTful work item API call request. The priority is assigned based on work item attributes of the work item and a workflow instruction corresponding to workflow information specified by the work item. The workflow instruction is provided by the external system via a RESTful Workflow API. A worker is assigned to the work item based on: the priority of the work item, the workflow information, and worker state managed by the first external system via a RESTful Worker API. The worker state includes worker attributes. The work item is generated by the external system, and the workflow instruction is managed by the external system.
US11330107B2
The technology disclosed herein enables a call to be immediately reconnected to the same agent of a contact center after the agent has been disconnected while the caller remains connected to the contact center. A method provides determining that a first agent system, operated by a first agent of the contact center, has been disconnected from a communication session between the first agent system and a first caller system, operated by a first caller, due to a non-recoverable error. The first caller system remains connected to the contact center. The method further provides generating identification information that identifies the communication session and generating a link to join the communication session that includes the identification information. The method also provides transferring the link to a second agent system operated by the first agent. The second agent system is connected to the communication session when the second agent system follows the link.
US11330105B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, and/or computing entities for processing performance metric recommendations for an agent profile. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided that includes: generating an agent feature data object for the agent profile from communication data objects representing communications; processing the agent feature data object using an agent group identifier machine learning model to generate an agent group data object; identifying a top agent performer data object based at least in part on the agent group data object; generating an agent assessment data object representing performance of an agent represented by the agent profile; processing the agent assessment data object and the top agent performer data object using a comparison machine learning model to generate inferred performance gap data objects; and generating the performance metric recommendations based at least in part on the inferred performance gap data objects.
US11330094B2
Systems and methods for generating an alert on an eyewear device are provided. The systems and methods include receiving, by an eyewear device, from a mobile device, data indicative of a first combination of notification attributes that trigger a first alert on the eyewear device; determining that the mobile device has received a new notification based on additional data received from the mobile device; determining that a combination of attributes of the new notification matches the first combination of notification attributes; and in response to determining that the combination of the attributes of the new notification matches the first combination of notification attributes, retrieving from a storage device of the eyewear device, a first visual indicator animation that represents the first alert; and activating a visual indicator of the eyewear device in accordance with the retrieved first visual indicator animation to generate the first alert on the eyewear device.
US11330087B2
Various systems and methods for implementing a software defined industrial system are described herein. For example, an orchestrated system of distributed nodes may run an application, including modules implemented on the distributed nodes. In response to a node failing, a module may be redeployed to a replacement node. In an example, self-descriptive control applications and software modules are provided in the context of orchestratable distributed systems. The self-descriptive control applications may be executed by an orchestrator or like control device and use a module manifest to generate a control system application. For example, an edge control node of the industrial system may include a system on a chip including a microcontroller (MCU) to convert IO data. The system on a chip includes a central processing unit (CPU) in an initial inactive state, which may be changed to an activated state in response an activation signal.
US11330077B2
The described technology relates to rendering a client-side user interface using a server-side cache for providing the displayed data. In an example implementation, in response to a user interface (e.g., dashboard with multiple widgets in a web application) being launched on the client device, the server initiates a refresh of the cache for the widgets; and transmits a first set of data obtained from the cache for widgets in the user interface before the cache is updated in response to the initiated refresh. The first set of data is followed by a second set of data obtained from the cache for at least some of the widgets after the cache is updated in response to the initiated refresh. The client displays the user interface using the second set of data while overwriting, for one or more of the widgets, information previously displayed using the first set of data.
US11330069B2
A service subscription method for reporting service change in a communications system is provided. In the method, a first network function network element sends a first message to a second network function network element to subscribe a first service on behalf of a third network function network element. The first service is provided by the second network function network element and the first message includes a first address of the first network function network element. When the second network function network element is changed to a fourth network function network element, the fourth network function network element sends a third message to the first network function network element according to the first address to notify the first network function network element that a subscription of the first service has changed.
US11330068B2
Methods and systems for recording user operations on a cloud management platform are provided. According to one aspect, a method comprises recording one or more user operations on a cloud management platform, the one or more user operations being associated performing a task; storing data associated with the one or more user operations in a database; and executing the data associated with the one or more user operations, allowing replay of the one or more user operations on the cloud management platform to repeat the task. The one or more user operations on the computing platform correspond to one or more application programming interface (API) operations and executing the one or more user operations on the cloud management platform, causing the computing device to call the one or more API operations to complete the task on the cloud management platform.
US11330061B2
A remote monitoring device is provided for monitoring the status of an electronic display unit. The remote monitoring device includes a current detector connected to an input power cord that provides power to said electronic display unit, the current detector outputting a current detection signal based on the current of the input power cord. The remote monitoring device further includes a cellular communication module that communicates via a cellular communication network to an internet-connected server, and a Wi-Fi communication module that communicates with one or more local Wi-Fi access points and obtains access point identification information related to the one or more local Wi-Fi access points. The remote monitoring device also includes a memory module that stores data and instructions, and a processor unit in communication with the current detector, the cellular communication module, the Wi-Fi communication module and the memory module, the processor unit executing the instructions to (1) periodically record an electric current value associated with the current detection signal, (2) generate a message containing the recorded electric current values and the access point identification information, (3) provide the message to the cellular communication module, and (4) instruct the cellular communication module to send the message via the cellular communication network to the internet-connected server.
US11330059B2
A head unit of a vehicle is capable of defining a policy about conversion of interworking means between the vehicle and a mobile device and controlling conversion of the interworking means according to the defined policy to thereby minimize a delay generated upon conversion and to provide a service without interruption. A vehicle includes the head unit and a method of controlling the vehicle includes the head unit. The head unit of a vehicle interworking with a mobile device comprises: a communication interface including a wired communication module and a wireless communication module; a display configured to display an image corresponding to a video signal transmitted from the mobile device through the communication interface; and a controller configured to determine, if a new interworking request is received when the head unit interworks with the mobile device, whether the interworking with the mobile terminal is wired interworking through the wired communication module or wireless interworking through the wireless communication module. The controller is configured to determine whether to allow or disallow the new interworking request according to the determination.
US11330054B2
Various implementations of the invention provide load balancing in a data storage system. A computing processor receives a request to create a new data storage container on a selected one of a plurality of data storage assets, where each of the plurality of data storage assets is configured to host a plurality of data storage containers. The computing processor determines which of the plurality of data storage assets is farthest away from an existing data storage container corresponding to the new data storage container and creates the new data storage container on the data storage asset that is farthest away from the existing data storage container.
US11330047B2
Work-load management in a client-server infrastructure includes setting request information in accordance with request semantics corresponding to a type of request from a client. The request semantics include different request-types provided with different priorities during processing. Within a server, requests with high priority are included in a standard request processing queue. Further, requests with low priority are excluded from the standard request processing queue when server workload of the server exceeds a predetermined first threshold value.
US11330045B2
A processing system may identify a first set of downloader devices for a first media stream from a first uploader device, where a plurality of servers of a distribution network is available to route the first media stream between the first uploader device and the first set of downloader devices, calculate a first upload bitrate and a first upload server of the plurality of servers for uploading the first media stream, where the calculating may minimize an average latency experienced by a plurality of downloader devices and maximize an average download bitrate for the downloader devices across a set of media streams including the first media stream, where the plurality of downloader devices includes the first set of downloader devices, and where each media stream is associated with a respective uploader device, and assign the first upload bitrate and the first upload server to the first uploader device.
US11330044B2
A method to load balance via a load balancing node in a virtual network environment, the method including: receiving a request packet from a client through a router; selecting, via a load balancer of the load balancing node, a backend virtual machine server to receive the received request packet; generating, via a virtual switch of the load balancing node, a packet for virtual networking by overlaying information for transmitting the received request packet to the selected backend virtual machine server through a virtual network to the received request packet; and transmitting the generated packet for virtual networking to a hypervisor node including the selected backend virtual machine server.
US11330042B2
Embodiments for optimizing dynamic resource allocations for storage-dependent workloads in a disaggregated computing environment. A new workload is assigned to a subset of a plurality of processors, the subset of processors assigned a subset of a plurality of memory devices associated with a plurality of storage devices. A determination is made that the new workload is categorized as a storage-dependent workload having a storage need which can be met primarily by a subset of the storage devices after having identified whether data requests associated with the new workload can be satisfied by the subset of memory devices. Pursuant to determining the new workload is the storage-dependent workload, a storage related action is proactively performed to increase efficiency of the new workload prior to commencement of a performance of the new workload.
US11330040B2
A method for transmitting messages from a server to a client in an internet transmission system includes: (a) the client sends to the server a request for transmitting a picture file, (b) in response to the reception of the request the server generates a picture file with a first content, in case that no message is available for the client, and delays the transmission of the picture file to the client for a time interval, (c) in response to the reception of the picture file with the first content, the client again sends a request for sending (transmitting) a picture file, (d) the steps (a) to (c) are repeated till, upon the last request, a message is available at the server for transmission to the client, (e) the server transmits, in response to the last request of the client, the picture file with a second content, (f) in response to the reception of the picture file with the second content, the client then sends a request for transmitting the message, (g) in response to the reception of the request for transmitting the message, the server then transmits the message to the client.
US11330038B2
A system described herein may provide the use of secured ledger techniques, such as blockchain techniques, to secure information provided by a content provider, such as an application server. A device may generate a file containing such information, and a file name of the file may exclude identifying information for the content provider, such as a Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) or domain name associated with the content provider. The device may generate a first mapping between the file name and the content provider, and may record the first mapping to a ledger system. The device may maintain a second mapping of an identifier of a portion of the ledger system, in which the first mapping was recorded, to the content provider, and may use this second mapping to retrieve the information from the file upon an authorized request.
US11330034B1
Systems and methods for tracking and logging mute events that occur during communication sessions are disclosed. The method includes generating a disruption report that includes one or more aspects of a mute event detected during a communication session. The disruption report is communicated to a network for further analysis.
US11330033B2
A method for streaming and nonstreaming media transfer between devices includes receiving, by a server, a request message for a handoff of content from a first device displaying the content to a second device. The method further includes generating a handoff protocol for the handoff in response to the handoff request message. The method further includes transmitting, to one of the first device and the second device, a first notification message that includes a plurality of handoff parameters, based on the handoff protocol, that identifies an algorithm for the handoff of the content. The content is displayed with the second device after the handoff is complete.
US11330025B1
A system which automatically provisions teleconferencing equipment with virtually all necessary settings is provided. The need for end users to spend time manually configuring such equipment to use the services of a teleconferencing service provider is, in most cases, eliminated.
US11330024B2
A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for providing personalized content sharing service is presented. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include receiving a request to share a content item with a member of the social network. The method may further include determining an interest of the member of the social network based on social data about the member of the social network. A customized posting to share the content item with the member of the social network is then generated using the interest of the user.
US11330019B2
The disclosure relates to decentralized management of edge nodes operating outside an enterprise network using blockchain technology. A management node may operate within a firewall of the enterprise to manage the edge nodes operating outside the firewall using blockchain technology. The management node may coordinate management by writing change requests to a decentralized ledger. The edge nodes may read the change requests from its local copy of the distributed ledger and implement the change requests. Upon implementation, an edge node may broadcast its status to the blockchain network. The management node may mine the transactions from the edge nodes into the distributed ledger, thereby creating a secure and scalable way to coordinate management and record the current and historical system state. The system also provides the edge nodes with a cryptographically secured, machine-to-machine maintained, single version of truth, enabling them to take globally valid decision based on local data.
US11330004B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for mitigating falsified log data provided to an AI-learning system. In use, from an artificial intelligence (AI) analysis system, suspicious data of a predicted situation is received. Additionally, event log data associated with the predicted situation is received. Simulated log data is created based on the event log data. The simulated log data is sent to the AI analysis system. Imitation data of the predicted situation is received from the AI analysis system. The imitation data of the predicted situation is compared with the suspicious data of a predicted situation to verify the event log data. When the imitation data matches the suspicious data, at least one the suspicious data or an originator of the suspicious data are authenticated.
US11330002B2
The Kentik Data Engine (KDE) is an integrated real-time, big data software system able to analyze what exactly is happening on a network at the present moment, and what happened on the network over the a prior period of time. KDE collects live operational data from computer network infrastructure devices (routers and switches) and computer hosts, consisting of multiple data types, categories, and protocols, and correlates them to analyze network activity and health. KDE does this in a lossless manner, meaning that it retains all raw data rather than summarizing or aggregating prior to storage. In this way, KDE provides a combination of precise, actionable information in real-time as well as a complete forensic data store for detailed exploratory analysis.
US11329999B1
Techniques are provided for determining environment parameter values based on rendered emoji analysis, A server computer provides a first set of code that, when executed by a browser application at a client computing device, renders a set of emoji at the client computing device, generates a set of rendered graphic data for the set of emoji at the client computing device, and transmits the set of rendered graphic data for each emoji of the set of emoji from the client computing device to the server computer. The server computer receives the rendered graphic data generated at the client computing device, Based on the set of rendered graphic data for the set of emoji generated at the client computing device, the server computer determines a set values for one or more environment parameters of the client computing device.
US11329996B2
A method by a web application layer proxy for dynamically creating counters during runtime based on actual web application layer requests received by the web application layer proxy. The method includes installing a counting rule in the web application layer proxy, where the counting rule specifies a set of parameters based upon which to create counters, receiving a web application layer request generated by a web application client that is intended for a web application server, determining a set of parameter values associated with the web application layer request that corresponds to the set of parameters specified by the counting rule, and creating a counter associated with the set of parameter values associated with the web application layer request in response to a determination that a counter associated with the set of parameter values associated with the web application layer request does not exist.
US11329976B2
Examples associated with presence identification are described. One example includes detecting a presence identifier broadcast by a mobile device. The mobile device belongs to a user. A portion of the presence identifier is generated based on a one-time password seed. The portion of the presence identifier is provided to an identification server. Identifying information associated with the user is received from the identification server. The identification server uses the portion to identify the user based on the one-time password seed. An action is performed based on the identifying information.
US11329975B1
A method of granting or denying access to data is disclosed herein. A server requests behaviometric data from a device regarding a user thereof. If behaviometric data is provided, the server uses it to authenticate the user. If behaviometric data is not provided, the server requests device-identifying data from the device. If the device-identifying data matches data of a device from which a user previously consented to collection of behaviometric data, behaviometric data is collected. If not, a request for collection is made.
US11329961B2
Methods and systems are provided for increasing application performance and accelerating data communications in a WAN environment. According to one embodiment, packets are received at a flow classification module operating at the Internet Protocol (IP) layer of a first wide area network (WAN) acceleration device via a private tunnel, which is operable to convey application layer data for connection-oriented applications between WAN acceleration devices. The packets are passed to a WAN socket operating at the transport layer. Based on the application protocol, the packets are passed to an application handler of multiple application handlers operating at the application layer each of which implements one or more application acceleration techniques for a particular application layer protocol known to behave poorly within a WAN environment. The existing connection-oriented flow is securely accelerated by performing one or more application acceleration techniques and applying one or more security functions.
US11329951B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for enabling secure transfer of Internet domains between registrars. An example method can include receiving, at a registry, a request from a first registrar for information associated with an object recorded in the registry and registered by the first registrar, then generating, at the registry, an authorization code, the authorization code having an expiration. The registry can then transmit, to the first registrar, the authorization code, which in turn can be given to the registrant. The registrant can forward the authorization code to the second registrar, and the registry can receive, from a second registrar before the expiration has been reached: the authorization code and a transfer request for the object, the transfer request identifying a transfer of the object from the first registrar to the second registrar. At that point the registry can verify the authorization code authorize the transfer request of the object from the first registrar to the second registrar.
US11329944B2
Systems and methods are provided for transmitting events. The systems and methods include operations for: receiving data indicating a level of user engagement with a messaging application for a given user; determining that the level of user engagement is below a specified threshold; prioritizing a plurality of events, associated with the messaging application, for transmission to a client device of the given user in response to determining that the level of user engagement is below the specified threshold; and transmitting a first event of the plurality of events to the client device based on prioritizing the plurality of events.
US11329942B2
Methods, systems, and media for presenting messages related to notifications are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: determining notification settings; determining that a notification of a particular type of notification is to be presented on a user device, wherein the particular type of notification is a notification that indicates recommended content to a user of the user device; causing the notification to be presented on the user device; determining that a message containing information related to the notification is to be presented on the user device, wherein the message includes a selectable input that, when selected, causes a user interface for modifying the notification settings to be presented; causing the message to be presented concurrently with the notification on the user device; in response to determining that the selectable input has been selected, causing the user interface for modifying the notification settings to be presented on the user device.
US11329939B2
A method, computer program product and computer system to generate a spatial visualization of topics contained in messages data is provided. A processor retrieves message data associated with a user. A processor determines one or more topics represented by the message data. A processor generates a spatial visualization of one or more user interface elements, where the spatial visualization includes a size and a location for the one or more user interface elements. A processor displays one or more user interface elements corresponding to the one or more topics.
US11329936B1
The system executes online on corporate premises or in a cloud service, or offline. An e-mail message is received at a server within a corporate network or cloud service. A header of the e-mail message is parsed to determine locations of server computers through which the e-mail message has traveled. Geographic locations are placed into a routing map. A banner is inserted into the e-mail message that includes the routing map or a link to the routing map. The routing map is stored by the e-mail gateway server at a storage location identified by the link. The modified e-mail message is delivered or downloaded from the e-mail server to a user computer in real time. The sender Web site is parsed to identify sender domain information to be inserted into the banner. If offline, a product fetches and modifies the e-mail message using an API of the e-mail server.
US11329925B2
Technologies for managing low-latency network packet transmissions include an internet-of-things (IoT) device, or other networked device, depending on the embodiment, configured to determine a transmit mode of a network packet to be transmitted from the IoT device, wherein the transmit mode comprises one of a legacy network packet transmission mode or an immediate transmission mode. The IoT device includes a processor configured to write data of the network packet directly to a transmit buffer register of a network interface controller (NIC) of the IoT device subsequent to a determination that the transmit mode corresponds to the immediate transmission mode. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11329923B2
A network device for a communications network includes a port configured to transmit data to the network at a maximum transmit data rate. The device also includes a transmit buffer configured to buffer data units that are ready for transmission to the network, and a packet buffer configured to buffer data units before the data units are ready for transmission. The packet buffer is configured to output data units at a maximum packet buffer transmission rate faster than the maximum transmit data rate. The device includes a rate controller configured to control a transmission rate of data from the packet buffer to the transmit buffer so that averaged over a period, the transmission rate from the packet buffer to the transmit buffer is at most equal to the maximum transmit data rate, while allowing the transmission rate, at one or more time intervals, to exceed the maximum transmit data rate.
US11329922B2
Real-time cell performance information for each of cells in a mobile communication network, referred to herein as network topology information, is produced using IP addresses of data sessions in the cells, measured performance of the data sessions, and IP address to cell identifier mappings. The network topology information may be used to determine, in real time, a level of monitoring for each of the cells. The network topology information may be used to determine, in real time, performance of video streams in each cell. The network topology information may be used to determine, in real time, that a cell is experiencing a performance anomaly. Determinations made using the network topology information may be used to configure, maintain, and optimize the performance of the mobile communication network.
US11329921B1
A disclosed method may include (1) identifying a route installed in a Forwarding Information Base (FIB) of a network device included in a network, (2) identifying a plurality of active paths that lead from the network device to a destination device of the route installed in the FIB, (3) determining a load distribution of the plurality of active paths by calculating a plurality of traffic loads that represent amounts of traffic that traverse from the network device to the destination device via the plurality of active paths, and (4) making a trafficking decision in connection with the plurality of active paths based at least in part on the load distribution of the plurality of active paths. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11329917B2
There are provided methods and apparatuses for switching frames. A method includes receiving a frame from a source host node, wherein the frame includes a Layer 2 broadcast address for retrieving a MAC address of a destination host node and the frame further includes an original source MAC address of the source host node; generating a new MMSP MAC address which is associated with said original source MAC address; generating an individual MMSP unicast address including an individual switch ID; replacing the destination MAC address indicated in the frame with the individual MMSP unicast address; replacing the original MAC address indicated in the frame with said new MMSP MAC address to generate, a new frame including the individual MMSP unicast address and the new MMSP MAC address of the source the host node; and forwarding each new generated frame to every switch.
US11329915B2
Within a communication system having redundant routers, datagrams are forwarded from source communication devices to target communication devices via routers based on routing information stored in routing tables of the routers, wherein for each communication terminal, a virtual router is configured as a default gateway, to which virtual router a group of a plurality of routers is assigned, where routers from the same group assigned to a virtual router select from among themselves a router operated as the active default gateway, the routers not operated as the active default gateway are operated as reserve gateways, and where the active default gateway in question transmits, only upon a request for stored address assignments that is received from a reserve gateway, all stored address assignments to a requesting reserve gateway in bundled form.
US11329912B2
A routing system for routing packets for a route or service comprises a plurality of routers including a source router, wherein the source router is configured to receive, using a service and topology exchange protocol, service and topology state information from a STEP repository for at least one other router based on configured relationships between routers; determine a first path to a destination for a route or service based on the service and topology state information, the first path including an ordered list of successive routers to receive a packet associated with the route or service starting with a first successive router and ending with a destination router; and transmit a packet toward the first successive router with first metadata including a list of at least one remaining router of the ordered list of routers to receive the packet associated with the route or service. Each successive router, starting with the first successive router, is configured to receive a packet and determine if the router is the destination router based on metadata associated with the received packet, and when the router is not the destination router, forward the packet toward a next successive router in the ordered list of routers.
US11329907B2
In one embodiment, resource availability reallocation is used in establishing one or more new designated multicast flow paths with guaranteed availability of resources currently allocated and/or used by one or more designated existing multicast flow path to allocate/use for the new designated flow path(s). These resources typically include allocated guaranteed bandwidth of a network path between two adjacent or non-adjacent nodes of the network, and possibly forwarding/processing/memory resources of a network node. One embodiment communicates multicast control messages between nodes identifying to establish a new multicast flow path with resource availability reallocation from a designated multicast flow path. In one embodiment, a Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Join/Prune Message identifies Pruning of one or more multicast flow paths and Joining of one or more different multicast flow paths and designating resource availability reallocation from these Pruned multicast flow path(s) to these Joined multicast flow path(s).
US11329903B2
Incorporation of a trace visualization with a traffic graph visualization in a service mesh is disclosed. Traffic graph information that identifies a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges is accessed. Each node corresponds to a particular service of a plurality of interrelated services, each service being configured to receive and/or send a message to at least one other service, each edge representing a path that at least one message has taken between two services. First trace information that identifies a first set of services that were invoked during a same first transaction is accessed. Each service in the first set of services is correlated with a corresponding node of the plurality of nodes. A traffic graph visualization and a first transaction trace visualization are presented concurrently on a display device.
US11329901B2
Examples can include an optimizer that dynamically determines where to place virtual network functions for a slice in a distributed Telco cloud network. The optimizer can determine a slice path that complies with a service level agreement and balances network load. The virtual network functions of the slice can be provisioned at clouds identified by the optimal slice path. In one example, performance metrics are normalized, and tenant-selected weights can be applied. This can allow the optimizer to prioritize particular SLA attributes in choosing an optimal slice path.
US11329900B1
Determining an upgrade path from a starting topology to a target topology of a network is computationally intense and does not guarantee a steadily increasing usable capacity of the network at each stage within the upgrade path. The disclosed technology allows for a sequence of stages related to network upgrades to be generated. The technology ensures that networks can be upgraded in a sequential manner, where each step in the sequence does not violate service level objectives related to the network, ensures operational continuity of the network by users of the network, and ensures that the available network resources increase as the sequential upgrades are rolled out. The pathway determined is determined in a computationally efficient manner.
