US11339340B2
A flavor or aroma charcoal material, such as charcoal briquets, which is formulated to include a flavor or aroma component. The charcoal material may include a smoldering agent (e.g., limestone), wood particles (e.g., sawdust), a binder, and the flavor or aroma component (herbs and/or spices). The flavor or aroma charcoal material may not be configured as a fuel charcoal material, for example, it may be substantially void of char and/or coal. In an embodiment, the flavor or aroma charcoal material may be provided as part of a blend of different charcoal materials that includes both flavor or aroma briquets in combination with fuel briquets (e.g., which fuel briquets include char and/or coal, while the flavor briquets do not). The flavor briquets provide enhanced aroma and/or flavor to the grilling experience.
US11339332B2
Systems and processes integrating fluidized catalytic cracking with metathesis for producing olefins
Processes for producing olefins include introducing a hydrocarbon feed to a high-severity fluidized catalytic cracking system, contacting the hydrocarbon feed with a cracking catalyst under high-severity conditions in the high-severity fluidized catalytic cracking system to produce a cracking reaction effluent comprising butene, and passing at least a portion of the cracking reaction effluent, which includes at least butene, to a metathesis system. The processes further include contacting the portion of the cracking reaction effluent with a metathesis catalyst in the metathesis system, which causes at least a portion of the butene in the cracking C4 effluent to undergo a metathesis reaction to produce a metathesis reaction effluent comprising at least one of ethylene, propene, or both. The processes may further include separating a metathesis C5+ effluent from the metathesis reaction effluent and passing the metathesis C5+ effluent back to the high-severity fluidized catalytic cracking unit.
US11339318B2
Compositions herein may include an oleaginous continuous phase, an aqueous discontinuous phase, a first clay comprising an organophilic smectite clay, and a second clay comprising a magnesium silicate clay. Methods herein may include circulating such fluids downhole as well as admixing a magnesium silicate dispersed clay and an organophilic smectite clay in an oleaginous base fluid.
US11339316B1
A method and device for preparing a graphene-based polyethylene glycol phase change material. The method includes: (S1) dispersing carbon black in deionized water to form a carbon black dispersion; immersing polyurethane sponge in the carbon black dispersion; and taking out polyurethane sponge followed by drying to obtain a polyurethane sponge-carbon black combination; (S2) subjecting the polyurethane sponge-carbon black combination to a first electrical discharge machining to obtain a first intermediate; (S3) ultrasonically mixing the first intermediate, polyethylene glycol, and MgO to obtain a second intermediate; (S4) subjecting the second intermediate to a second electrical discharge machining to obtain a third intermediate; (S5) subjecting the third intermediate to acid washing to obtain a fourth intermediate, and drying the fourth intermediate; (S6) injecting polyethylene glycol into the fourth intermediate followed by stirring in a mold and drying to prepare the graphene-based polyethylene glycol phase change material.
US11339314B2
To provide a composition for a heat cycle system comprising trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123), which has a low global warming potential and excellent cycle performance of HFO-1123 and which has high durability, and a heat cycle system employing the composition, which has less influence over global warming and has both high cycle performance and durability. A composition for a heat cycle system, which comprises a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene, and a radical scavenger, and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.
US11339310B2
The present invention provides a polishing composition having a high polishing speed and a low etching speed and capable of achieving sufficient flattening. The present invention is a polishing composition containing abrasive grains, an oxidizing agent, an acid, an anticorrosive containing a compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof, and a dispersing medium. (In the formula (1), R1 is a linear or branched alkyl group having 6 or more and 30 or less carbon atoms or a linear or branched alkenyl group having 6 or more and 30 or less carbon atoms, R2 is a single bond or an alkylene group having 1 or more and 4 or less carbon atoms, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms.)
US11339304B2
Provided herein are metal conductive compositions with improved conductivity. The improved conductivity is attributable to the addition of a sintering agent and a polymer emulsion.
US11339302B2
A stripping composition and method for removing a coating, such as a water-based or oil-based paint or stain, from a surface without requiring the use of methylene chloride. The stripping composition preferably comprises at least one ether, at least one ester, at least one amine, at least one alcohol, and at least one glycoside and does not contain any methylene chloride. Preferred ingredients comprise 1,3 dioxolane, acetic acid methyl ester or a carbonate ester or both, MEA (2-aminoethanol), benzene methanol, an alkyl polyglucoside, and methylcellulose. The stripping composition is applied to a coating for a period of time between 5-10 minutes for most water and oil-based coatings and 20-90 minutes for most epoxy coatings to effectively remove at least 80% and preferably at least 90% of the coating.
US11339299B2
A method of making an oil repellent sheet material according to an embodiment of the present disclosures includes a step of applying to a porous sheet a composition for forming an oil repellent layer, the composition containing a solvent and an amorphous fluorine resin dispersed therein, and a step of swaging the porous sheet after the step of applying, wherein the porous sheet has a fibrous skeleton composed mainly of polytetrafluoroethylene, the method of making an oil repellent sheet material further comprising a heat treatment step of heating the porous sheet to which the composition for forming an oil repellent layer is applied, before or after the step of swaging.
US11339294B2
Provided herein are compounds that are able to bind metal ions (e.g., free metal ions or metal ions bound to low affinity ligands) in a sample or subject. Also provided herein are methods of using the compounds for chelating metal ions and for the treatment of diseases associated with abnormal levels of metal ions. Methods of preparing the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions are also provided.
US11339288B2
A photocurable composition is provided. The photocurable composition includes: a urethane acrylamide oligomer derived from a first urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate end group and a polar group-containing acrylamide; a urethane acrylate oligomer derived from a second urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate end group and a polar group-containing (meth)acrylate; and an amide group-containing acrylic polymer derived from acrylamide and a polar group-containing (meth)acrylate.
US11339286B2
Disclosed are a thermoplastic resin composition comprising, based on (A) 100 parts by weight of a base resin comprising (A-1) 75 to 90 wt % of a polycarbonate resin, (A-2) 5 to 15 wt % of an acryl-based graft copolymer, and (A-3) 5 to 15 wt % of an aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer, (B) 5 to 20 parts by weight of a polyamide-polyalkylene glycol copolymer, and (C) 4 to 6 parts by weight of a cross-linked aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer, and a molded article made using the same.
US11339282B2
Provided is a flooding composition. The flooding composition includes in weight percent (wt %) based on the weight of the composition: (A) from 1 wt % to less than 5 wt % of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) powder; (B) a styrene-ethylene/propylene block copolymer; and (C) a mineral oil having a kinematic viscosity from 32 cSt to 100 cSt at 40° C. Also a fiber optic cable is provided. The fiber optic cable includes a buffer tube; at least one optical fiber in the buffer tube; and the flooding composition.
US11339274B2
A resin composition includes a cellulose ester compound (A), a poly(meth)acrylate compound (B) containing 50% by weight or more of a constituting unit derived from a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester, a polyester resin (C), and at least one polymer (D) selected from a polymer with a core shell structure having a core layer and a shell layer containing a polymer of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester on a surface of the core layer, and an olefin polymer which is a polymer of an α-olefin and a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester and contains 60% by weight or more of a constituting unit derived from the α-olefin.
US11339265B2
A variety of foams and foam components are provided, including foam components for articles of footwear and athletic equipment. The articles include a composition having a foam structure, wherein the composition includes a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer comprising: (a) a plurality of first segments, each first segment derived from a dihydroxy-terminated polydiol; (b) a plurality of second segments, each second segment derived from a diol; and (c) a plurality of third segments, each third segment derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid. Methods of making the compositions and foams are provided, as well as methods of making an article of footwear including at least one of the foam components. In some aspects, the foams and foam components can be made by extrusion or injection molding to foam the polymeric composition, or extrusion or injection molding to foam the polymeric composition followed by compression molding of the foam.
US11339261B2
A prepreg contains: a reinforcing fiber material; and a resin composition with which the reinforcing fiber material is impregnated. The resin composition contains an epoxy resin, an amine curing agent, and an imidazole curing agent. An amount of the amine curing agent is less than or equal to 3.8 parts by mass, relative to 100 parts by mass of the epoxy resin, and a sum of the amount of the amine curing agent and an amount of the imidazole curing agent is less than or equal to 10 parts by mass, relative to 100 parts by mass of the epoxy resin. The fiber-reinforced composite material is a cured product of the prepreg.
US11339253B2
A method for preparing comb structure temperature/pH-responsive polycarboxylic acid by end-group functionalization adopts temperature/pH-responsive monomer, unsaturated halogenated hydrocarbon, small monomer of carboxylic acid and other raw materials to prepare polycarboxylic acid material via self-polymerization, substitution and copolymerization. Temperature/pH-responsive monomers are first self-polymerized to obtain temperature/pH-responsive polymer chain with end-group functionalization, and then substitution with unsaturated halogenated hydrocarbons is conducted to obtain temperature/pH-responsive macromonomers with end-group functionalization, finally the obtained product is copolymerized with small carboxylic acid monomers to prepare comb structure polymer with polycarboxylic acid main chain and temperature/pH-responsive side chain.
US11339237B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a thermoplastic resin, a thermoplastic resin prepared by the same, and a thermoplastic resin composition including the same. More specifically, the method of the present invention includes a step of performing acid coagulation of emulsion polymerization latex, a step of treating coagulated slurry with a base and performing dehydration, and a step of adding a metal salt and water to dehydrated wet powder to adjust pH to 9 or more. According to the present invention, the method may increase the productivity of a thermoplastic resin, and the thermoplastic resin prepared by the method has excellent mechanical strength, thermal stability, and appearance properties. In addition, when the thermoplastic resin of the present invention is used in coating, the thermoplastic resin has an effect of improving the adhesive strength and appearance quality of a coating film.
US11339225B2
Disclosed are a bispecific antigen-binding construct and the preparation method and use thereof, wherein the construct comprises a first antigen binding unit and a second antigen binding unit, the first antigen binding unit is a single chain variable region antibody fragment ScFV which specifically binds to the surface antigen of immune cells, and the second antigen binding unit is a Slit2D2 protein fragment which specifically binds to the surface antigen Robo1 of tumour cells. That is to say, the construct can bind to the surface antigen of immune cells and the surface Robo1 molecule of tumour cells at the same time, so that as the distance between tumour cells and immune cells get smaller, the quiescent immune cells are effectively activated, and the effect of killing and wounding tumours is produced. The construct has advantages of small molecular weight and good tissue penetrability, has significant killing and wounding effects on the tumour cells which express a large amount of Robo1, and can be used in the development of anti-tumour drugs.
US11339224B2
In order to provide an antibody having high therapeutic and prophylactic effects against cancer and the like, three types of mouse monoclonal antibodies were prepared which exhibit high affinities for a human-derived Eva1 protein. Moreover, constant regions of these antibodies were substituted with human-derived constant regions to also prepare chimeric antibodies. Further, these mouse antibodies and chimeric antibodies were found to have high ADCC and/or CDC activities. Furthermore, it was also revealed that administering these antibodies to mice having been subjected to melanoma cell administration suppresses the metastasis and the like of the cells to the lungs.
US11339211B2
The invention is in the domain of delivery of molecules to brain cells across the blood-brain barrier. The invention relates to a novel polypeptide-based carrier that allows the efficient delivery of an effector peptide, to neuron cells across the blood-brain barrier, and to methods for the production and testing of such carrier, including a model for testing the capacity of such molecule to cross the blood-brain barrier and/or the toxicity of molecules on the blood brain barrier and/or the capacity of molecules that have crossed to target human brain cells (e/g. neurons, astrocytes and microglial cells).
US11339210B2
The present invention relates to an antibody against C5, and a method for preventing and treating complement-related diseases using the antibody, wherein the antibody against C5 is effectively usable in preventing and treating complement-related diseases by inhibiting complement activation.
US11339205B2
The invention relates to a Myc dominant negative mutant, called Omomyc, for use in medicine and for use in the prevention and/or treatment of cancer. The invention also refers to a fusion protein comprising Omomyc and pharmaceutical composition thereof and their use in medicine and, in particular, for treatment of cancer.
US11339202B2
The present invention relates to a new therapeutic use of a p75NTR neurotrophin binding protein and related molecules in the treatment of osteoarthritis.
US11339196B2
The present invention relates to a cell therapeutic agent comprising a stem cell expressing Lin28, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a stem cell expressing Lin28 for the prevention or treatment of a neurological disorder, a bone disorder, a muscular system disorder, an epithelium-related disorder or a blood-related disorder, and a method for treating a neurological disorder, a bone disorder, a muscular system disorder, an epithelium-related disorder or a blood-related disorder using the composition. A stem cell excellent in terms of differentiation potency to various tissue cells and renewal ability can be prepared by introducing Lin28, which regulates an embryonic development procedure, or a vector expressing Lin28 during stem cell culturing, and by culturing the cell.
US11339195B2
The invention provides modified griffithsin polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, as well as corresponding nucleic acids, vectors, cells, fusion proteins, constructs, conjugates, and methods of inhibiting viral infection.
US11339181B2
The present invention relates to crystalline forms of the Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor 3-((3S,4R)-3-methyl-6-(7H-pyrrolo [2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1,6-diazaspiro[3.4]octan-1-yl)-3-oxopropanenitrile (Compound A), as well as, compositions thereof, methods of their preparation, methods of use thereof and methods of quantitation.
US11339177B2
The present disclosure provides heteroaryl compounds of Formula (I), processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of diseases and disorders, arising from or related to necrosis. Formula (I) is shown below:
US11339170B1
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, thereof: which inhibit coronavirus replication activity. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of treating or preventing a coronavirus infection in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11339165B2
The invention concerns compounds having antiviral activity, in particular, having an inhibitory activity on the replication of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The invention further concerns pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the compounds for use in the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection. Formula (Ia).
US11339158B2
A crystalline form of valbenazine ditosylate, processes for preparation thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing the crystalline form, use of the crystalline form for preparing vesicular monoamine transporter 2 inhibitor drugs, and use of the crystalline form for preparing drugs treating tardive dyskinesia.
US11339155B2
The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, A1, A2, A3 and n each have the meanings given above, to their use as acaricides and/or insecticides for controlling animal pests and to processes and intermediates for their preparation.
US11339154B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, N oxides, and salts thereof, wherein A, X1, X2, X3 and R2 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
US11339149B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I), methods of using the compounds as immunomodulators, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds are useful in treating, preventing or ameliorating diseases or disorders such as cancer or infections.
US11339143B2
A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, A1, D1, and R11 to R14 are the same as described in the specification.
US11339141B2
Mutations in oncogenes and tumor suppressors contribute to the development and progression of cancer. The present disclosure describes compounds and methods to recover wild-type function to p53 mutants. The compounds of the present invention can bind to mutant p53 and restore the ability of the p53 mutant to bind DNA and activate downstream effectors involved in tumor suppression. The disclosed compounds can be used to reduce the progression of cancers that contain a p53 mutation.
US11339131B2
The present invention provides improved processes for the preparation of elagolix and intermediates thereof. The intermediate of formula VII is achieved by a coupling reaction of a compound of formula V and a N-benzylidene protected compound of formula IV: The present invention is suitable for a large-scale production, avoiding the use of potential genotoxic substances and can be performed under mild conditions.
US11339125B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the prevention and treatment of keratin-based skin diseases. In particular, the application describes compositions and methods of treating a patient suffering from skin blistering comprising the use of phase II enzyme inducers and/or activity modifiers.
US11339108B2
Methods and systems for preparing acetone from cumene hydroperoxide (CHP) are disclosed. The disclosed methods involve cleaving CHP to form a cleavage product stream. In some embodiments, the cleavage product stream is separated into an overhead stream and a bottoms stream. The bottoms stream is neutralized, washed and then treated in a crude acetone column to provide a crude acetone stream. The overhead stream of the cleavage product is flashed forward in the process, bypassing the neutralization, washing, and crude acetone column and is then combined with the crude acetone stream. The combined acetone streams are provided to an acetone product column. According to some embodiments, the acetone product column comprises a side draw for obtaining a recycle acetone stream, which is recycled to the cleavage reactor(s). The recycle acetone side draw may be located lower on the acetone product column than the point from which product acetone is obtained. The disclosed methods increase the efficiency of the process.
US11339104B2
Processes and systems for upgrading natural gas liquids. At least a portion of the natural gas liquid components in a shale gas stream can be dehydrogenated to their corresponding olefin derivatives prior to separating any methane from the liquids. Further processing subsequent to dehydrogenation could include various separations, oligomerizing olefins produced in the dehydrogenation step, recovering desired products, etc. The order of the processing steps subsequent to dehydrogenation could be adjusted in various cases.
US11339089B2
A method for manufacturing neutral color antireflective glass substrates by ion implantation, the method including ionizing a N2 source gas so as to form a mixture of single charge and multicharge ions of N, forming a beam of single charge and multicharge ions of N by accelerating with an acceleration voltage A between 20 kV and 25 kV and setting the ion dosage at a value between 6×1016 ions/cm2 and −5.00×1015×A/kV+2.00×1017 ions/cm2. A neutral color antireflective glass substrates including an area treated by ion implantation with a mixture of simple charge and multicharge ions according to the method.
US11339087B2
An antiglare glass substrate includes a glass substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface that is opposite to the first main surface. The first main surface has undergone an antiglare treatment and a fluorine-containing organosilicon compound coating film as an antifouling film is laminated thereon. The first main surface partly includes a non-antiglare-treated portion that has not undergone the antiglare treatment. The non-antiglare-treated portion has a surface roughness Ra of less than 10 nm. A difference in height along a plate thickness direction of the glass substrate between the antiglare-treated portion that has undergone the antiglare treatment and the non-antiglare-treated portion is 10 μm or larger and 200 μm or less.
US11339079B2
Systems for producing articles from glass tube include a converter having a base with a plurality of processing stations and a turret moveable relative to the base. The turret indexes a plurality of holders for holding the glass tubes successively through the processing stations. The systems further include a gas flow system or a suction system for producing a flow of gas through the glass tube during one or more heating, forming, separating or piercing operations. The flow of gas through the glass tube produced by the gas flow system or suction system may be sufficient to evacuate or purge volatile constituents of the glass from the glass tube and/or pierce a meniscus formed on the glass tube during separation, thereby reducing the Surface Hydrolytic Response (SHR) of the interior surface of the glass tube and articles made therefrom.
US11339075B2
A treatment solution and method for removing heavy metal contaminants and oxyanion contaminants from an aqueous solution by promoting the affinity of precipitating the contaminants. The method adjusts the pH and the ORP of the contaminated aqueous solution by applying FeCl2 and/or NaOH reducing agents, and using and applying a titania-based treatment solution of TiO(SO4), H2SO4, and FeSO4.
US11339070B2
A method of using algae to remove a contaminant or pollutant from a first fluid is provided. The method can include providing a growing apparatus having a first reservoir containing the first fluid and a second reservoir containing a second fluid, and growing the algae using the growing apparatus. The method can further include exposing the algae to the first fluid within the first reservoir where the algae uptakes the contaminant or pollutant from the first fluid, and exposing the algae via a belt to the second fluid in the second reservoir where the algae is stimulated to release the contaminant or pollutant.
US11339068B2
A process for treating domestic wastewater may include directing wastewater into a tank containing a membrane filter and mixed liquor. The process may include recirculating wastewater and mixed liquor from a top end of the tank into a bottom end of the tank via a recirculation conduit. The process may include introducing a flow of wastewater and mixed liquor from the recirculation conduit into an aeration device and drawing ambient air into the aeration device using the flow of wastewater and mixed liquor from the recirculation conduit. The process may also include drawing wastewater and mixed liquor proximately surrounding the aeration device into the aeration device using the flow of wastewater and mixed liquor from the recirculation conduit. The process may include aerating a mixture of wastewater and mixed liquor with the ambient air below the membrane filter.
US11339066B2
A method and apparatus is provided for treating water with already-slaked lime to arrive at a lime slurry that is in a solution or suspension, and delivering the thus treated water to a separating device which separates grit particles therefrom, to recover a high quality lime/water solution or suspension. An automated system controls the addition of lime and water to a lime mixing vessel. An acid wash system is provided which comprises an automated method and apparatus for removing scale buildup, for delivering an acid wash solution to the lime mixing vessel, the lime slurry holding tank and/or the delivery system, or any of them, thereby dissolving the scale buildup.
US11339065B2
An apparatus has a platinum group metal carrying resin column provided in a supply line of ultrapure water, and has a pH adjuster injection device and a redox potential adjuster injection device provided in a later stage thereof. The apparatus has a membrane-type deaeration apparatus and a gas dissolving membrane apparatus sequentially provided in a later stage of the devices, and a discharge line communicates with the gas dissolving membrane apparatus. A pH meter and an ORP meter are each provided at some midpoint in the discharge line, and the pH meter and the ORP meter are connected to a control device. Then, the control device controls the amount of adjusters to be injected from the pH adjuster injection device and the redox potential adjuster injection device, on the basis of the measurement results of the pH meter and the ORP meter.
US11339064B2
A method for treating tailings includes the step of S1: mixing the tailings to be treated with a neutral active aqueous solution and then drying the tailings, wherein the neutral active aqueous solution is prepared from water via an electrocatalytic water device, and the circulation time of the water in the electrocatalytic water device is 5-60 min, and the mass ratio of the tailings to the neutral active aqueous solution is 1:1-10:1.
US11339061B2
A solar water pasteurizer has a water jug removably disposed in a solar box with insulation and a solar window. The water jug has a lid to close an aperture in the solar box and a handle thermally isolated from the water jug to facilitate handling of the water jug with heated water. Multiple water jugs can be swapped in and out of the solar box. The solar box also has a thermal mass to preserve some heat in the solar box.
US11339054B2
Provided is a method of producing isolated graphene sheets, comprising: (a) providing a reacting slurry containing a mixture of particles of a graphite or carbon material and an intercalant and/or an oxidizing agent; (b) providing one or a plurality of flow channels to accommodate the reacting slurry, wherein at least one of the flow channels has an internal wall surface and a volume and an internal wall-to-volume ratio of from 10 to 4,000; (c) moving the reacting slurry continuously or intermittently through at least one or a plurality of flow channels, enabling reactions between the graphite or carbon particles and the intercalant and/or oxidant to occur substantially inside the flow channels to form a graphite intercalation compound (GIC) or oxidized graphite (e.g. graphite oxide) or oxidized carbon material as a precursor material; and (d) converting the precursor material to isolated graphene sheets.
US11339053B2
An object of the present invention is to improve quality of a nitride crystal, and also improve performance and manufacturing yield of a semiconductor device manufactured using the crystal. Provided is a nitride crystal in which a composition formula is represented by InxAlyGa1-x-yN (satisfying 0≤x≤1, 0≤y≤1, 0≤x+y≤1), and the concentration of B in the crystal is less than 1×1015 at/cm3, and each of the concentrations of O and C in the crystal is less than 1×1015 at/cm3 in a region of 60% or more of a main surface.
US11339047B2
A dispense control system for filling a container using a dispensing assembly of a refrigerator appliance and a method for operating the same are provided. The dispense control system includes an emitter for generating a beam of energy and a scanning assembly for selectively directing the beam of energy along a scan path comprising a plurality of scan positions. A receiver detects the beam of energy reflected by the container or the liquid at each of the plurality of scan positions and a controller determines a height of the container or the liquid at each of the plurality of scan positions along the scan path based at least in part on a travel time of the beam of energy between the emitter and the receiver.
US11339045B2
Flavor and additive delivery systems and methods for beverage dispensers are disclosed. An example manifold of a beverage dispenser includes a base defining a base cavity and configured to extend through an opening defined by an outer wall. The manifold includes a first housing coupled to the base and defining a housing cavity. The base cavity and the housing cavity are adjacent to each other to form a chamber. The manifold includes a body coupled to the first housing and defining a body cavity and angled apertures. The manifold includes an insert housing that is coupled to the body and extends at least partially through the body cavity. The manifold includes an insert housed within the insert housing and defining a water outlet for spraying water downward into the chamber. The angled apertures are configured to receive nozzles that extend at least partially into the chamber at the predefined angle.
US11339036B2
A control stand is disclosed for controlling a crane, an excavator, a crawler, or a similar construction machine having a seat, control elements actuable from the seat for inputting control commands, a display apparatus for displaying information, and a control unit for generating adjustment signals in dependence on input control commands and/or for providing information to the display apparatus. A crane is disclosed having such a control stand that can be configured in the form of a crane operator's cabin. The control elements and/or the display apparatus of the control stand and various further auxiliary units can be individually configurable. Personal pre-settings can be saved and can be reinvoked when the control stand or the crane is to be controlled by a certain machine operator.
US11339031B2
A gripper for holding a wind turbine blade when the wind turbine blade is being transported. The gripper comprises a lower blade holding structure configured to engage an underside of the wind turbine blade, an upper blade holding structure configured to engage an upper side of the wind turbine blade and a force transfer mechanism operatively coupled to at least one of the lower or upper blade holding structures. The force transfer mechanism is configured to increase the force applied between the lower blade holding structure and the underside of the wind turbine blade and/or between the upper blade holding structure and the upper side of the wind turbine blade when the wind turbine blade is accelerated during movement along a central longitudinal axis of the wind turbine blade.
US11339027B2
An elevator car for an elevator installation may include at least one side wall having a doorway and an elevator car door. For opening and/or closing the doorway, the elevator car door can be moved at least partially parallel to the side wall on an outside of the side wall. In opening and/or closing, the elevator car door can be moved at least partially in a direction perpendicular to the side wall. In the closing process, the elevator car door can be at least partially sunk in the doorway. A coupling element may couple the elevator car door to a shaft door in at least one of opening or closing the elevator car door.
US11339014B2
An attachment is attachable to and detachable from a sheet stacking board. The attachment includes an end fence configured to restrict a position of a trailing end of a sheet in a conveying direction. The end fence includes a facing surface facing the trailing end of the sheet. The facing surface includes an inclined surface inclined with respect to a vertical direction of a stacking surface on which the sheet is stacked, such that a higher part of the facing surface is located more upstream in the sheet conveying direction.
US11339012B2
A control device (10) of an article transfer facility (100) determines the size of a first dead space surrounded by a set article (Wd) and a target article (Wc) located at a first candidate position (P1). If the size of the first dead space is smaller than a first threshold (TH1), the control device (10) sets the first candidate position (P1) as the arrangement position of the target article (Wc). If the size of the first dead space is greater than or equal to the first threshold (TH1), the control device (10) determines the size of a second dead space surrounded by the set article (Wd) and the target article (Wc) located at a second candidate position (P2). If the size of the second dead space is smaller than a second threshold (TH2), the control device (10) sets the second candidate position (P2) as the arrangement position of the target article (Wc).
US11339011B2
Disclosed is a substrate treating system and a substrate transporting method. A substrate transport mechanism of an indexer block can take a substrate W into and out of a carrier placed on a platform. Moreover, the substrate transport mechanism transports the substrate W between two treatment layers at different height positions in a first treating block and a second treating block. Accordingly, any delivery block configured to move substrates between two treatment layers in an up-down direction is not necessarily provided between the indexer block and the treating block as in the prior art. This achieves suppression of a footprint of the substrate treating system.
US11339010B2
A swirl-flow forming body includes a through-hole; a jetting port that is formed on an inner periphery facing the through-hole; a fluid passage that allows fluid to be discharged into the through-hole via the jetting port so as to form a swirl flow that generates negative pressure for applying suction to a target object; and a flange portion that is formed so as to protrude from the inner periphery, the flange portion allowing passage of fluid to which suction is applied by the negative pressure while preventing the fluid discharged via the jetting port from flowing out of the through-hole towards the target object. The inner periphery is formed so as to guide the fluid discharged via the jetting port, in a direction away from the target object, to be discharged from the through-hole.
US11339009B2
A system for performing a processing step on device parts of simulated smoking devices, such as electronic cigarettes, system comprising a processing station to perform the processing step on the device parts, product carriers to hold the device parts during the processing step, a first transport device and a second transport device to move the product carriers along at least part of a processing trajectory extending through the processing station.
US11339007B2
The present disclosure relates to a switch device for a transfer point between a first and a second rotatable star wheel, at which transfer point objects can be selectively transferred from the first star wheel to the second star wheel, comprising a two-walled first switch element, the first and second walls of which extend around the transfer point such that a passage for the objects is formed therebetween; a second and a third switch element, which are arranged and held such that they each form extensions of the first and second wall, respectively, of the first switch element in the first position and the second position of the first switch element; and a transition device, which is designed to carry out the transition of the first to third switch elements.
US11339004B2
A movable material processing apparatus for handling material such as ore, gravel, rock or the like, that includes: a foldable conveyor for discharging material from the apparatus. The foldable conveyor is movable between a transport position and an operating position. The foldable conveyor includes a loading block arranged at the loading end, and a discharge block extending from the loading block towards a discharge end. The discharge block is pivotally coupled to the loading block along a first axis being perpendicular to a transport path of the foldable conveyor and parallel with a carrying surface of the foldable conveyor. The loading block is pivotally coupled to a support structure of the movable material processing apparatus along a second axis being parallel to the transport path.
US11339003B2
Apparatus and method for transferring an object are disclosed. The apparatus includes a transfer track comprising a plurality of conveyors for transferring an object, an upper scheduler creating a transfer path for transferring the object and creating transfer information for controlling operations of conveyors constituting the transfer path, and a plurality of lower schedulers each receiving the transfer information from the upper scheduler and each controlling the operations of the conveyors based on the transfer information.
US11339001B2
A combination weighing apparatus includes a retaining hopper that retains an article and supplies the retained article onto a transport path. The retaining hopper has a coupling portion adapted to be inserted in along the support rails and pulled off from support rails disposed in a pair. The retaining hopper is thus supportable by the support rails and is readily mounted to and dismounted from the apparatus without using any tool for cleaning and other purposes.
US11338999B2
An article storage device includes a first conveying line, a second conveying line, and a temporary storage passage, wherein the first conveying line and the second conveying line ascend spirally around the temporary storage passage to form a double spiral structure, and two ends of the temporary storage passage respectively are in communication with the first conveying line and the second conveying line, the first conveying line conveys the article to the temporary storage passage, the temporary storage passage receives the article from the first conveying line and conveys the article to the second conveying line, and the second conveying line receives the article from the temporary storage passage and conveys the article.
US11338992B2
A packaging having at least one accommodating space configured for an object to be inserted therein is provided. The at least one accommodating space is openable via a hinge. The at least one rotor blade extends from the at least one accommodating space and causes an autorotation motion of the packaging during free fall.
US11338989B2
A novel chewing gum box includes a gum storage chamber, a storage chamber cover, a funnel apparatus, a gum introducing plate, a gum carrying groove, a carrying groove baffle, a push handle, a spring baffle, guide rails, guide rail grooves, a spring groove, and a spring. The gum storage chamber is communicated with the gum carrying groove through the funnel apparatus. The gum carrying groove is connected to the push handle and is capable of reciprocating along the guide rails and the guide rail groove. When retrieving gum, the box body is tilted and shaken first to allow gum in the storage chamber to slide along the gum introducing plate into the gum carrying groove via the funnel apparatus. The push handle then is actuated to have the gum pushed out along the guide rail and the guide rail groove, so that the gum is available for retrieval.
US11338988B2
A dispensing pump mechanism is provided. The pump comprises integrally molded temper-evidence part between a container collar and a spout; said collar has multiple off-centre outlet channel for dispensing one or more products from the container; said collar also comprises an integrated air vent to be blocked and opened by the rotation of the spout. The whole pump can be over-molded one-piece structure with elastic parts as being actuating parts. The pump improves the functions of the pump, such as lower restitution rate, less structural parts, lower cost, water/dust proof, lightweight, easy assembly.
US11338983B2
The disclosure relates to oxygen scavenging compositions, methods of making the compositions, articles prepared from the compositions, and methods of making the articles. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US11338981B1
A padded mailer includes elongated air cells that provide stiffness, especially in the transverse direction. The increased stiffness helps prevent the mailer from flipping over during conveying, which would put a label on the underside of the mailer.
US11338980B2
A shipping package having a flexible inner sheet having a first surface and a second surface. The package has an article reservoir for accepting an article to be shipped and one or more expansion chambers. The expansion chambers can be inflated or otherwise expanded to provide structure to the package and to protect the article in the article reservoir.
US11338977B2
The invention comprises, in an embodiment, a resealable packaging structure comprising a container having a bottom and at least one sidewall extending upwardly therefrom, wherein the sidewall terminates in a flange. A flexible resealable lid is sealed to the flange. The lid comprises a polyethylene terephthalate layer disposed adjacent the flange, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer disposed adjacent the polyethylene terephthalate layer, and an oriented polypropylene layer disposed adjacent the pressure sensitive adhesive layer. The polyethylene terephthalate layer comprises a laser scored line which penetrates through the thickness of the inner layer but not through the outer layer and defines an opening portion that can be lifted out of the plane of the inner layer, thereby creating an opening through the lid defined by the laser score line.
US11338964B2
A unit for bonding the container with the lid, made of plastic, designated especially for pressurised beverages, having a profiled rim of the container opening and a profiled rim of the lid, characterised in that the profiled rim of the opening (2) of the container (1) comprises a flange (3) formed around the said opening (2), extending outwards away from the side wall of the container, where the flange (3) has a top surface (4), side surface (5) and bottom surface (6) bonded to the external side surface of the container (1), and where formed on the top surface (4) around the opening (2) of the container (1) there is a rib (7) protruding above the surface (4), while the profiled rim of the lid (8) comprises a groove (9) formed on the bottom surface (10) of the lid (8) around its bottom edge, the groove (9) accommodating the said rib (7) which supports the lid (8) without touching on the top surface (4) of the flange (3), where there is an energy director (12, 13) formed on the bottom of the groove (9) or the top surface of the rib (7), which focuses ultrasonic energy in the process of ultrasonic welding of the rib (7) and the lid (8).
US11338963B2
A closure for closing an opening defined by a finish of a container. The closure includes a main body and a tamper band. The tamper band is connected to the main body by a plurality of bridges. A hinge of the closure is configured to permit the main body to pivot relative to the tamper band.
US11338959B2
Described herein are various coupling systems to be used with storage units that are selectively coupled and decoupled. The coupling systems may be used with storage units that are stackable and/or transportable, thus allowing the storage units to function well within a large stationary environment, such as a basement, and also for a subset of the storage units to be selected and easily moved to another location.
US11338957B2
A pallet base structure including a center deck defining a support surface extending between opposed sides and having at least two lugs extending from each of the opposed sides. A pair of base side members are positioned along respective sides of the center deck. Each base side member has first and second spaced apart base legs and a support member extending between the base legs with at least two corresponding lug receiving slots defined in the support member. The respective lugs are received in the respective lug receiving slots such that the center deck support surface is aligned with an upper surface of each support member to define a planar pallet surface. A packaging system incorporating the pallet base structure is also described.
US11338952B2
There is described a labelling machine for applying label sheets onto articles comprising: a web feeding unit for feeding a web of labelling material formed by a series of label sheets joined to each other; a label transfer device receiving said web from the web feeding unit at an input station and adapted to feed single label sheets to respective articles at an application station spaced apart from the input station; and a cutting device for cutting the web of labelling material into single label sheets; the label transfer device comprises a transfer conveyor adapted to retain the single label sheets and to release the single label sheets themselves on the articles at the application station; the transfer conveyor comprises a closed-loop transfer track and at least two label holders movable on the transfer track by means of a magnetic-inductive interaction.
US11338950B2
An inspection device includes: an irradiator that irradiates an object with near-infrared light; a spectroscope that has a slit where reflected light enters and that disperses the reflected light into wavelength component lights; an imaging device that comprises an imaging element that takes a spectroscopic image of the wavelength component lights; and a processor that: obtains spectral data based on the spectroscopic image; and detects a type of the object using a predetermined analysis based on the spectral data. Each of the wavelength component lights is a single wavelength light, the inspection device satisfies L≥2P, where L is a width of each of the wavelength component lights in a wavelength dispersion direction on a light receiving surface of the imaging element and P is a width of a pixel in the wavelength dispersion direction on the light receiving surface.
US11338949B2
A sheet storing apparatus, includes: an inlet section configured to take in sheets from outside of the apparatus into the apparatus; a storing unit configured to mount a storage bag in a storing area of the storage unit; and a recognition unit configured to count the number of sheets to be stored in the storage bag mounted in the storing area of the storing unit, in which the storing unit includes: a holding section configured to hold the storage bag mounted in the storing area of the storing unit; a support section configured to support the sheets stored in the storage bag from below via the storage bag; a drive section configured to move up and down the support section between an initial position and a final position; and a control section configured to control the drive section, based on the number of sheets counted by the recognition unit.
US11338947B2
A modular packaging facility has independent packaging units configured to receive one or more product loaded supports. The upper tool and the lower tool of each unit are relatively movable the one with respect to the other between at least a first position, allowing placement of the supports in the respective seats of the lower tool, and a second position, allowing coupling of a film portion of said film to said one or more product loaded supports received by the lower tool. Each unit has a vacuum arrangement and/or a controlled atmosphere arrangement and is configured to execute a packaging cycle wherein gas is removed and/or injected via holes in the supports and/or via nozzles placed between the support and the respective film portion. The process and the infrastructure may be used to contemporaneously process and pack supports of different types.
US11338945B2
A mixing-dosage apparatus for rotary machines for packaging containers includes a mixing portion and a dosage portion. The two portions have a selective fluid connection using a flow control valve, which acts between the two portions so as to feed the dosage duct with consecutive loads of mixed food mass. Each load has a volume that is approximately equal to the volume of the mixing chamber.
US11338930B2
A nacelle of an aircraft turbofan engine including an air inlet upstream from the engine, a median section configured to surround a fan of the engine and delimited on the outside by a fan cowl supported by a fan housing to which it is attached at the upstream portion, a downstream section delimiting an annular flow path in which the air is configured to flow and housing thrust reversal devices, the thrust reversal approach including a movable cowl associated with at least one actuator for moving the movable cowl between a direct jet position, in which it provides the aerodynamic continuity of the nacelle and an indirect jet position in which it opens up a passage in the nacelle by uncovering cascade vanes arranged around this flow path that receive the cold air flow to return it towards the outside and forwards, the cascade vanes being attached to the movable cowl.
US11338926B2
A propulsor includes an electric motor, a fan unit, and a thrust system positioned downstream of and coupled to the fan unit. The electric motor converts electrical power to mechanical rotation to rotationally drive the fan unit and create an air stream directed towards the thrust control system.
US11338923B2
Disclosed is a technique for landing a drone using a parachute. The technique includes a parachute deployment system (PDS) that can deploy a parachute installed in a drone and land the drone safely. The parachute may be deployed automatically, e.g., in response to a variety of failures such as a free fall, or manually from a base unit operated by a remote user. For example, the PDS can determine the failure of the drone based on data obtained from an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer and a barometer of the drone and automatically deploy the parachute if any failure is determined. In another example, the remote user can “kill” the drone, that is, cut off the power supply to the drone and deploy the parachute by activating an onboard “kill” switch from the base unit.
US11338919B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a gimbal. The gimbal includes a pitch motor, a coaxial cable, and a first support arm arranged opposite a second support arm. The pitch motor is disposed at a front end of the first support arm, a motor shaft of the pitch motor extending in a direction of the second support arm for connecting with one end of an imaging device; a limiting shaft is disposed at a front end of the second support arm, the limiting shaft extending in a direction of the first arm for connecting with another end of the imaging device; a first wiring space is formed in the limiting shaft and a second wiring space is formed in the second support arm, a first end of the coaxial cable sequentially passing through the second wiring space and the first wiring space for electrically connecting with the imaging device.
US11338918B2
A system for airspace tolling determines a presence of an aerial vehicle in a monitored airspace and determines a unique identity of the aerial vehicle. The system then determines an operator of the aerial vehicle and accesses an account associated with the operator. The system applies a charge to the account of the operator in response to the detection and identification of the aerial vehicle in the monitored airspace.
US11338909B1
A combination of an airfoil, turbine blade, or compressor blade with a flow separation control device includes an airfoil, a flow separation control device, and an injection system. The airfoil includes a body with an upper surface and a lower surface that extend from a leading edge to a trailing edge. The flow separation control device includes a plurality of openings on the upper surface of the body. The injection system includes an inlet tube, a pump in gaseous communication with the inlet tube, and a flow regulator in gaseous communication with the pump and the plurality of capillary tube.
US11338908B2
A system and method for deploying a flight control surface. The method includes displacing actuators engaged with the flight control surface during an initial period wherein each actuator displaces from zero speed to a deployment speed, and during a deployment period after the initial period. The method includes during the deployment period, controlling displacement of at least one of the actuators in response to actuator status information received therefrom. The method includes during the initial period, limiting an acceleration of said actuator from the zero speed to the deployment speed. The system has a control unit with a force fight controller and an acceleration limiter.
US11338903B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for the manufacture of composite components having incorporated reinforcing structures machined into composite material substrates, and composite components manufactured according to disclosed methods, and assemblies and larger structures comprising the composite material components.
US11338900B2
A plug door assembly for a pressurized aircraft is provided. The door assembly includes a surround and a door, and connector assemblies along the edges that act to transfer in-plane stresses directly across the fuselage opening via the door, as well as stops that react radial loads generated by cabin pressure. The door assembly obviates the need for a separate frame to transmit stresses around the perimeter of the fuselage opening.
US11338896B2
A balloon system, preferably including a balloon and a payload. A balloon, preferably including a plurality of gores, a plurality of load members, and an apex fitting. A method of balloon system operation, preferably including deflating a balloon, and optionally including operating the balloon system in flight and/or landing the balloon system.
US11338895B2
An outboard motor includes an outboard motor main body, a support including a tilt shaft and that supports the outboard motor main body, and a trim cylinder including a first trim cylinder shaft disposed below the tilt shaft along an outer surface of a transom of a hull. A distance between the tilt shaft and the first trim cylinder shaft is adjustable.
US11338893B2
A watercraft with improved safety and stability is provided. The watercraft includes a shell defining a plurality of raceways for receiving water during certain maneuvers of the watercraft, thereby excerpting force upon the watercraft in a first direction. The shell is configured so as to prevent or otherwise inhibit the water from excerpting an opposed second force upon the watercraft. An intermediate panel of the shell provides increased flexibility, thereby serving as a shock absorber for the watercraft.
US11338892B2
An exemplary autonomous seabased resupply system includes an unmanned blob positioned in a water body, the blob containing fuel, a pump on the blob configured to pump the fuel through a conduit to a craft, and a ballast system operable to change a vertical position of the blob in the water body.
US11338875B2
A vehicle includes a fender, a storage compartment, and a first retaining wall. The fender has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a through hole connecting the inner surface and the outer surface. The storage compartment has a bottom plate. The bottom plate of the storage compartment is located at a side of the outer surface of the fender and at least covers the through hole. The fender is located below the storage compartment in a top-bottom direction of the vehicle. The first retaining wall is disposed on the outer surface of the fender and surrounds at least a portion of the through. A portion of the first retaining wall is closer to a front of the vehicle than the through hole in a front-rear direction of the vehicle.
US11338872B2
The invention relates to an autonomous device for alert in case of motion of a vehicle, comprising: an electrical energy recovery facility (11) adapted to recover electrical energy generated by rotation of a wheel (2) of the vehicle, a temporary accumulation module (12) adapted to store at least part of said electrical energy, a telecommunication module (13) adapted to be supplied by the temporary accumulation module, and configured to emit, in response to its being supplied with electrical energy by the temporary accumulation module (12), a communication destined for a network (3) for dispatching an alert message destined for a terminal (4).
US11338869B2
A track assembly includes an elongated main frame supported for pivotal movement on a transverse axis and having opposite end portions supporting a set of end wheels. An endless flexible belt extends around the end wheels and has an upper run and a lower run for engaging the ground. A plurality of longitudinally spaced bogie wheels are positioned below the main frame and engage the lower run of the belt. The bogie wheels are carried by bogie frames supported for vertical movement and also for tilting movement relative to a plane defined by the axes of the end wheels. The bogie frames are urged or biased downwardly against the lower run of the belt by compression members extending from the main frame and preferably in the form of annular rubber spring members.
US11338855B2
A three-point-turn is planned and executed in the operation of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). A candidate route from a start point and going through an end point is determined, the start point and the end point being in lanes associated with opposite travel directions. The candidate route is categorized into partially overlapping first, second, and third segments. A total cost associated with the candidate route is determined based at least in part on the first and second segments. Whether the total cost is below a threshold cost is determined. In response to a determination that the total cost is below the threshold cost, the three-point-turn is planned based on the candidate route. Further, driving signals are generated based at least in part on the planned three-point-turn to control operations of the ADV.
US11338852B2
A method of maneuvering a vehicle-trailer assembly in reverse travel with a backing system includes: initiating a backing mode for the backing system; determining a current relative position representing a relative angle between the vehicle and the trailer; retrieving an operator proficiency setting selected by an operator; determining a maximum allowable relevant position for the current trailer based on the selected operator proficiency setting and the current trailer calibration data; receiving a position adjustment request via an input device; determining a new relative position request based upon the position adjustment request and the selected operator proficiency setting; comparing the new relative position request to the maximum allowed relative position setting to determine if the new relative position is below the maximum allowed relative position setting; setting a new relative position to the new relative position request when the new relative position request is within the maximum allowed relative position setting.
US11338851B2
A hitch assist system is provided herein. The system includes an imager for capturing images of a rear-vehicle scene containing a trailer and a controller for processing the captured images. A device is disposed at a trailer location and has a display configured to flash a shape at a predetermined frequency and alternating in color. The controller identifies the shape in the captured images to determine the trailer location.
US11338850B2
A method of operating a motor vehicle includes sensing a sensed torque based on a driver interaction with a steering wheel that is part of an electric power steering system, the sensed torque being sensed using a torque sensor, calculating driver steering wheel torque using state variables of a steering system model based on the electric power steering system, and controlling a difference between the driver steering wheel torque calculated from the steering system model and sensed torque sensed by the torque sensor to converge to zero through a controller.
US11338846B2
A detection signal correction method includes: calculating a rotation angle of a rotation shaft of a motor, based on a detection signal of a sensor; calculating a steering velocity of a steering shaft based on the rotation angle; calculating an error of the detection signal; and correcting the error of the detection signals when the steering velocity is equal to or greater than a steering velocity threshold value and the error of the detection signal is equal to or greater than an error threshold value.
US11338841B2
A steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle is proposed, having a steering means which is attached to a steering column, the length and/or inclination of which can be adjusted, and having a steering means actuator which is configured to load the steering means with a torque. The steering means actuator is arranged non-displaceably and fixedly on the vehicle. The steering means actuator is assigned a first shaft, and the steering column is assigned a second shaft, the first and the second shaft having a variable axial offset and/or a variable angular offset at least over a part range of a length and/or inclination adjustment of the steering column. The first and second shafts are connected in a torque-transmitting manner via a compensation device which can compensate for a change in the axial offset and/or the angular offset.
US11338840B2
A clamping device for a longitudinally adjustable and/or vertically adjustable steering column of a vehicle, has an actuating lever, an actuating component, a tie bolt and a mating component, wherein the actuating component is assigned to the actuating lever, and the mating component is assigned to the tie bolt, and wherein the actuating component is movable relative to the mating component between a release position and a fixing position. A solid damping element is provided for damping a relative movement between the actuating component and the mating component. An adjusting device is furthermore shown.
US11338839B2
The position adjustment mechanism is configured to perform a storage operation of storing the steering wheel in a storage position to secure a space in a driver seat for a driver and an adjustment operation of adjusting the steering wheel to a position suitable for driving within an adjustment operation range. The motor control unit is configured to drive the electric motor such that a speed of the steering wheel during the storage operation is higher than a speed of the steering wheel during the adjustment operation.
US11338837B2
A transportation device and an automatic tilt stabilizer are disclosed herein. The transportation device has a structure with wheels joined by a shaft to a platform or chassis configured to support a basket, a mat, a seat and/or a tray. The automatic tilt stabilizer is configured to automatically stabilize the inclination of the platform or chassis, and includes a tilt sensor configured to detect an inclination of the platform or chassis, and a motor activated by a microcontroller configured to correct the inclination of the platform or chassis, so that the platform or chassis returns to a predefined inclination.
US11338825B2
Simulating realistic movement of an object, such as a vehicle or pedestrian, that accounts for unusual behavior may comprise generating an agent behavior model based at least in part on output of a perception component of an autonomous vehicle and determining a difference between the output and log data that includes indications of an actual maneuver of location of an object. Simulating movement of an object may comprise determining predicted motion of the object using the perception component and modifying the predicted motion based at least in part on the agent behavior model.
US11338807B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a dynamic distance estimation output platform that utilizes improved computer vision and perspective transformation techniques to determine vehicle proximities from video footage. A computing platform may receive, from a visible light camera located in a first vehicle, a video output showing a second vehicle that is in front of the first vehicle. The computing platform may determine a longitudinal distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle by determining an orthogonal distance between a center-of-projection corresponding to the visible light camera, and an intersection of a backside plane of the second vehicle and ground below the second vehicle. The computing platform may send, to an autonomous vehicle control system, a distance estimation output corresponding to the longitudinal distance, which may cause the autonomous vehicle control system to perform vehicle control actions.
US11338806B2
A bake-steering apparatus for controlling autonomous navigation of an electric scooter includes at least one electric motor coupled to at least one wheel of the scooter to provide driving power to enable forward momentum of the scooter, at least a pair of brake pads on the scooter such that each brake pad is adapted to make mechanical braking contact with respective ones of the wheels to provide navigational steering of the scooter, and a computational module on the scooter and electrically connected to each brake pad. The computational module is adapted to receive electrical signals and compute them into corresponding braking commands so as to determine the mechanical braking contact to generate corresponding slowing and turning of the forward momentum of the scooter so as to provide navigational steering of the scooter.
US11338802B2
The present invention provides a control system and a control method capable of appropriately supporting driving of a motorcycle by a rider. The control system includes an execution unit that causes the motorcycle to execute an automatic decelerating operation in a case where an obstacle is located in a predetermined range where a collision avoiding operation of the motorcycle is required, a lane position information acquiring unit that acquires relative position information of a lane boundary with respect to the motorcycle during traveling, and a detection angle range setting unit that set a detection angle range of a forward environment detecting device to be wide in a case where a determination reference is satisfied, in which the determination reference includes a condition that the lane position information acquired by the lane position information acquiring unit satisfies a prescribed condition.
US11338801B2
A collision avoidance device includes an electronic control unit configured to: determine whether or not an oncoming vehicle enters inside a turning circle of a host vehicle turning; and execute a collision avoidance control in a case where the electronic control unit determines that there is a collision possibility between the host vehicle and the oncoming vehicle, wherein the electronic control unit is configured not to execute the collision avoidance control when the electronic control unit determines that the oncoming vehicle enters inside the turning circle of the host vehicle.
US11338789B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a drive system with at least two drive units (20), each of which is paired with at least one control unit (22), wherein —a total target torque (30) is calculated by means of a master control unit (22a), —the total target torque (30) is divided into respective individual target torques (32) for each of the drive units (20) by the master control unit (22a), and —the drive units (20) are actuated by the paired control units (22) on the basis of the corresponding individual target torques (32). The invention is characterized in that the threshold torques (34) corresponding to the drive units (20) are ascertained and taken into consideration by the master control unit (22a) when dividing the total target torque (30).
US11338779B2
A braking force controller causes a first actuator unit to generate a target jerk when the target jerk is equal to or larger than a first jerk, causes the first actuator unit to generate the first jerk and a second actuator unit to generate a jerk obtained by subtracting the first jerk from the target jerk as an additional jerk when the target jerk is smaller than the first jerk and equal to or larger than the sum of the first jerk and a second jerk, and causes the first actuator unit to generate the first jerk and the second actuator unit to generate the second jerk as the additional jerk when the target jerk is smaller than the sum of the first jerk and the second jerk.
US11338771B2
A wheel fastener alarm assembly is provided having a fastener body with a first portion defining a wrenching surface and a cavity, and a second portion with a threaded portion to attach and detach from a wheel of a vehicle. A sensor array is disposed in the cavity of fastener body to detect an attribute of the fastener body and generate an output signal based on the attribute of the fastener body. An antenna connected to the sensor array to transmit the signal to a remote location. A cap is secured to the first portion of the fastener body and covers the wrenching surface and the cavity opening to define a capped fastener body.
US11338765B2
A lateral shock absorber includes a protective fender and a locking mechanism. The protective fender is pivoted to a base of a child car safety seat and pivotally switchable between a folded state or an unfolded state relative to the child car safety seat. The locking mechanism is for selectively engaging with the protective fender to restrain the protective fender from switching to the unfolded state or disengaging from the protective fender to allow the protective fender to switch to the unfolded state when the protective fender is located in the folded state. The protective fender includes a driving block, a supporting block and a combining assembly. The driving block is pivoted to the base, and the supporting block is pivoted to the driving block and engages with the driving block by the combining assembly.
US11338764B2
The present invention describes a restraining system (20) for a seat belt buckle (22) comprising: a housing (44), a motor (24), a set of gears (25, 26, 28, 30), locking mechanism (46, 48, 50), and a controlling unit (41); the restraining unit is mounted on the housing (44) for providing restraining force to the seat belt buckle (22); the restraining unit comprises at least one motor; the set of gears (25, 26, 28, 30) are mounted on the housing (44) and connected with the at least one motor (24) for providing either first direction motion or second direction motion to the seat belt buckle (22), on receiving the restraining force; the locking mechanism is mounted on the housing (44) for controlling rotation of one or more gears from the set of gears (25, 26, 28, 30); the controlling unit is operatively connected with the restraining unit and the locking mechanism, the controlling unit (41) is configured for controlling operation of the motor (24) and the locking mechanism, based on a predefined instruction.
US11338763B2
A plurality of airbags 14 are arranged, in a deflated state, at mutually different heights behind respective panels of a front face part of a vehicle, and are capable of being deployed frontward from the front face part of the vehicle. A head position deduction unit 19 of an ECU 15 deduces the height position of the head of a pedestrian from information provided by a vehicle forward camera 12 and a millimeter-wave radar 13. A collision detection unit 18 of the ECU 15 computes, from information provided by the millimeter-wave radar 13 and a vehicle speed sensor 11, a time-to-collision TTC with respect to the pedestrian, and, after elapse of the time-to-collision TTC, detects a collision between the vehicle and the pedestrian. When a collision between the vehicle and the pedestrian is detected by the collision detection unit 18, an airbag control unit 20 of the ECU 15 deploys, from among the plurality of airbags 14, an airbag 14 that can be deployed at the pedestrian's head height position deduced by the head position deduction unit 19.
US11338761B2
Gas generator including means to provide a pressurized gas, a gas exit portion and a throttle member located in said gas exit portion, having one or more openings for the passage of said gas and being deformable by a gas flowing through said throttle when the pressure of said gas is above a predetermined pressure, to prevent or reduce gas flow.
US11338749B2
An automotive vehicle includes a body having fore and aft portions. The vehicle includes a bumper beam coupled to the vehicle body proximate the fore portion and a heat exchanger disposed aft of the bumper beam. A fascia assembly is coupled to the vehicle body and extends about the bumper beam. The fascia assembly includes a fascia inlet configured to direct an airflow from the exterior of the fascia assembly to the interior of the fascia assembly. An energy absorption member is disposed between the fascia and the bumper beam. An air passage extends through at least one of the bumper beam and the energy absorption member. The air passage extends from an air passage inlet to an air passage outlet. The air passage inlet is positioned downstream of the fascia inlet with respect to the airflow, and the air passage outlet being positioned upstream of the heat exchanger.
US11338735B2
An exterior mirror assembly for a vehicle includes an arm having a proximal end coupled with a vehicle door and a distal end. A mirror assembly is coupled to the arm. The mirror assembly includes an electro-optic element. The mirror assembly is rotatable about the distal end between first and second positions. An imager is disposed proximate to the distal end and configured to capture image data within a blind spot zone of said vehicle
US11338734B2
The present disclosure relates to a method performed by an intention indicating system of a vehicle, for indicating to a potential vehicle occupant thereof an ongoing or impending autonomous kinematic action of the vehicle. The intention indicating system determines an ongoing or impending autonomous kinematic action of the vehicle. The intention indicating system further provides, with support from a light providing device including one or more light sources adapted to emit light, which light providing device is provided continuously and/or intermittently along a majority of a horizontal circumference of the vehicle, a visual light output visible at least from an inside of said vehicle representing the autonomous kinematic action. The disclosure also relates to an intention indicating system in accordance with the foregoing, and further to a vehicle including such an intention indicating system.
US11338728B2
Electronic device for installation in a motorized vehicle that warns of acceleration or deceleration
Electronic device comprising an electronic circuit that receives signals from a sensor and which are processed by a microcontroller, such that if an increase or decrease of time is detected between the signals sent by the sensor, they will be interpreted as an acceleration or deceleration respectively, being activated the acceleration or deceleration lighting devices as appropriate.
US11338714B2
A headrest assembly for use in a vehicle seat. The headrest assembly includes one or more support arms that are connected to a seatback frame. An adjustable connection assembly connects at least a portion of the one or more support arms to at least a portion of the headrest body. The adjustable connection assembly allows the head rest body to move in a forward and rearward direction, to move in an up and down direction, and/or to pivot relative to the seatback frame of the vehicle seat.
US11338707B2
A vehicle seat having a pivoting function about a vertical axis, the seat comprising a pivoting assembly) with a base, a rotating ring mounted on the base by means of a hinge mechanism interposed between the base and the rotating ring, a seating portion frame connected to the rotating ring, directly or via a raising mechanism and/or longitudinal rails, the hinge mechanism allowing rotation, about a vertical main axis, of the rotating ring relative to the base and blocking any substantial movement in the other degrees of freedom, namely the other two rotations and the three translations in an orthogonal reference system.
US11338706B2
A vehicle cabin control device includes: a plurality of seating surface changing devices; a determination unit; and an output unit. The seating surface changing devices is configured to change orientations of seating surfaces of a plurality of vehicle seats. When the determination unit determines that the sharing state is desirable, the output unit operates the seating surface changing devices so as to change orientations of bodies of the occupants to such orientations that the occupants easily communicate with each other. When the determination unit determines that the sharing state is not desirable, the output unit operates the seating surface changing device so as to change an orientation of the body of the occupant to such an orientation that the occupant does not easily communicates with the other occupants.
US11338704B2
An occupant support includes a vehicle seat mounted to a foundation frame for sliding the vehicle seat longitudinally in a vehicle. The vehicle seat is movable from a slid-back configuration to a forward-seating configuration and may be changed from a horizontal-use configuration to a tilted configuration for easy entry into or exit from a rear row of the vehicle. The vehicle seat may be locked in the tilted configuration.
US11338692B2
A system for determining a state-of-charge (SOC) of an electric vehicle includes a housing that is supportable within the electric vehicle, one or more sensors supported by the housing, and a processor. The one or more sensors are configured to determine one or more values related to the electric vehicle, respectively. Each value of the one or more values represents a state of the electric vehicle or a state of an environment in which the electric vehicle is located. The processor is configured to estimate an SOC of the electric vehicle based on the one or more determined values related to the electric vehicle. The device also includes a wireless communication interface configured to transmit data representative of the estimated SOC of the electric vehicle and/or data representative of the one or more values related to the electric vehicle to the processor or to another processor.
US11338690B2
A power-supply and recharge group for an electric vehicle comprising: a first battery pack; a second battery pack; a first DC-to-DC converter; a second DC-to-DC converter; a low-voltage power-supply source; and a control unit configured to: detect a charge difference between a first and a second battery pack; transfer an electric current from a low-voltage power-supply source to the one of the first and second battery pack having a lower charge, until said charge difference is cancelled; connect the first and the second battery pack to one another in series and recharge them by means of a recharge station on the outside of the vehicle. A direct connection between the DC-to-DC converters can replace the auxiliary low-voltage source.
US11338685B2
An engine control device for an electric vehicle having an electrical rotating machine, includes: an engine control unit determining an engine rotational speed and an engine torque such that a particulate number of particulate matter per unit gas quantity that the engine releases into an atmosphere becomes equal to or less than a target value having been set in association with a warm-up state of the engine, the engine rotational speed, and the engine torque, and such that the engine rotational speed when a vehicle speed is less than a threshold value is lower than the engine rotational speed when the vehicle speed is equal to or more than the threshold value, and controlling the engine based on the determined engine rotational speed and the engine torque.
US11338683B2
In the event of an abnormality occurring in a temperature sensor that is used to detect the temperature of a battery, an electrically driven vehicle sets a drivable time by using a reference temperature of the battery and gives permission for emergency drive until a driving time of the electrically driven vehicle reaches the drivable time. When the reference temperature is used for the first time since the occurrence of the abnormality in the temperature sensor, a temperature detected before the occurrence of the abnormality in the temperature sensor is used as the reference temperature. When the reference temperature is used for the second or subsequent time since the occurrence of the abnormality in the temperature sensor, a temperature obtained by applying a resistance value based on an inter-terminal voltage of the battery and an electric current flowing in the battery, to a correlation between battery resistance and battery temperature is used as the reference temperature.
US11338682B2
Embodiments relate to an apparatus for recommending a cluster user interface (UI) design using a distribution of design elements including an eye position detection unit to detect an eye position of a driver from an image captured through a camera in a vehicle, a visible area determination unit to determine a visible area in a cluster based on the detected eye position, a position of the cluster in the vehicle and a position of a steering wheel, a cluster UI design search unit to search for a cluster UI design related to a shape of the determined visible area in a database, and a cluster management unit to recommend the found cluster UI designs to the driver and apply a cluster UI design selected by the driver from the recommended cluster UI designs to the cluster in the vehicle.
US11338681B2
An information output method includes determining, when a first condition is satisfied, whether a second or a third condition related to a pop-up in a first form from a time point of ignition off is satisfied, and setting at least one first pop-up request corresponding to the pop-up in the first form to a second pop-up request corresponding to a pop-up in a second form output during ignition on when the second condition or the third condition is satisfied, wherein whether the second condition is satisfied is determined in consideration of a number of first pop-up requests expected at the time point of ignition off, and whether the third condition is satisfied is determined in consideration of the number of first pop-up requests which are not displayed as pop-ups in the first form after ignition off from previously generated first pop-up requests.
US11338680B2
Disclosed is an air imaging apparatus for a vehicle. The air imaging apparatus for vehicle being mounted in a vehicle, comprises: an image source configured for generating a graphic for display; and an imaging magnifier configured for magnifying the graphic generated by the image source and forming a real image in the air inside a vehicle. Further disclosed is a human-machine interactive in-vehicle assistance system, comprising the air imaging apparatus for vehicle as described above and a gesture recognition apparatus nearby the real image. With the enlarged image, the icons for displaying contents are also enlarged; as such, the gesture recognition apparatus can easily recognize which command icon is to be touched by the user's gesture. The gesture sliding distance is also correspondingly enlarged for the user's sliding gesture operation, which significantly lowers the requirement on the precision of the gesture recognition apparatus.
US11338679B2
A method of displaying a residual capacity of a secondary battery causes a computer of a display device to calculate a residual capacity of a secondary battery that stores electric power for driving a motor-driven vehicle based on an estimated value of an open-circuit voltage of the secondary battery storing the residual capacity calculated at the time of stopping of supply of electric power of the secondary battery and displaying the residual capacity at the time of stopping of supply of electric power on a display at the time of starting of supply of electric power of the secondary battery and subsequently displaying the residual capacity of the secondary battery on the display within a range with an upper limit value and a lower limit value with respect to the residual capacity at the time of stopping of supply of electric power.
US11338672B2
An axle assembly having an electric motor module, a drive pinion, and at least one rotor bearing assembly. The electric motor module may have a rotor. The rotor and the drive pinion may be rotatable about a first axis. The first rotor bearing assembly may extend between the drive pinion and the rotor.
US11338665B1
An electrified vehicle thermal management system includes, among other things, a transmission, an inverter, and a terminal block disposed between the transmission and the inverter. The terminal block includes a conduit configured to deliver transmission fluid from the transmission to the inverter. An electrified vehicle thermal management method includes circulating a transmission fluid between a transmission, a terminal block, and an inverter, and using the transmission fluid to manage thermal energy within the inverter.
US11338659B2
Methods of making a weather strip and bright strip assembly for a vehicle door include extruding a weather strip that has a longitudinal shape along an X axis, a sealing body made of at least a first material, and a carrier body made of at least a second material that is harder than the first material. The methods further include cutting at least in part a longitudinal end of the carrier body along the X axis, and removing the longitudinal end; molding a curved or angled end onto the weather strip, in replacement of the longitudinal end, wherein the curved or angled end extends between the X axis and a Y axis; and mounting a bright strip onto the carrier body, the bright strip including a first curved or angled portion covering at least in part the curved or angled end and a second longitudinal portion covering at least in part the carrier body.
US11338655B2
An automobile visor organizer is taught which includes an area for storing a mobile device, an identification card, and a document. The mobile device storage area includes means for removably affixing a mobile device thereto. The invention includes a hook for removably holding an identification card, and a document aperture for storing a document therein. The invention includes a document guide on its backside for supporting the inserted document. The invention also includes a wireless charging pad with the mobile device storage area.
US11338646B2
A heat pump system for a motor vehicle comprises at least two heat exchangers 10, 12, through which, for heating and/or cooling the motor vehicle interior, a flow is conducted, and at least two coolant circulations 14, 16 separable from one another, of which at least one is connectable, independently of the other coolant circulation, with one, two or more heat exchangers 10, 12 such that through these, in the presence of a connection with two or more heat exchangers 10, 12, a flow is successively conducted and the other coolant circulation is connectable with at least one heat exchanger 10, 12.
US11338645B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for active vehicle cabin occupant detection system. The method includes predicting the presence of a vehicle occupant during operation of a vehicle in response to a door sensor indicative of a door opening, a carbon dioxide level and a pressure sensor in a passenger seat indicative of the vehicle occupant in the passenger seat, detecting the presence of the vehicle occupant using a vehicle cabin motion detector in response to the vehicle being shutdown, confirming the presence of the vehicle occupant using an infrared camera to detect a thermal signature of the vehicle occupant in response to the predicted presence of the vehicle occupant, and transmitting an alert via a wireless transmitter indicative of the presence of the vehicle occupant.
US11338640B2
The present invention relates to refrigerated trucks, more particularly to a front-mounted external cold air intake system for a large refrigerated truck, including a refrigerated compartment, an indoor chiller unit, an outdoor chiller unit, a front-mounted air duct, air outlets, horizontal louvers, folding elbows, windshields, blade control knobs, filters, covers, wind deflectors and blades. In the front-mounted cold air intake system, the front-mounted air duct introduces outdoor cold air into the refrigerated compartment, and transmits and distributes the cold air through the air outlets. Moreover, the air window structures formed by the horizontal shutters, the folding elbows and the windshields are used for discharging air, so as to stabilize the pressure in the refrigerated compartment. The system of the present invention uses outdoor cold air to effectively cool the compartment allowing for energy saving of the refrigerated truck.
US11338637B2
A damper system for a vehicle is provided that includes a pressurized gas damper, electromagnetic actuator, and pressurized gas spring. The pressurized gas damper includes first and second working chambers that are fluidly connected by a flow control orifice. The electromagnetic actuator includes a stator assembly with a stator cavity and a magnetic rotor that is slidingly received in the stator cavity. The magnetic rotor is fixed to a damper tube that houses the second working chamber. The stator cavity and an end of the damper tube cooperate to define the first working chamber. The pressurized gas spring includes a bellows chamber that extends annularly about the damper tube. The damper tube includes an opening between the second working chamber and the bellows chamber.
US11338635B2
A multi-leg control arm for a wheel suspension in a vehicle, includes first and second control arm legs coupling the multi-leg control arm to an axle carrier, and third and fourth control arm legs coupling the multi-leg control arm to a wheel carrier. The first and/or third control arm leg comprises a first elongated hole, and the second and/or fourth control arm leg comprises a second elongated hole. The first and second elongated holes are aligned with one another and define a movement path of the multi-leg control arm with respect to the axle carrier or the wheel carrier. At least one fastening element penetrates the first and second elongated holes and is adapted to fix the multi-leg control arm with respect to the axle carrier or the wheel carrier in a movement position on the movement path to set a control arm camber or a control arm track.
US11338630B2
Deformation of a surface, such as a pavement surface is measured using a rolling weight or wheel carrying one or more accelerometers positioned to measure the deformation occurring at a point on or near the perimeter of the wheel. The weight is rolled over the surface to be measured. The signals developed by the one or more accelerometers during a stationary cycloidal period of the point on the perimeter of the wheel are analysed to provide a measure of surface deformation based on the one or more signals.
US11338629B2
A tire monitoring system with mounting features on a housing provide for positioning through a wide range of angles. Accordingly, the system can be positioned on a variety of wheel rim/valve combinations. The tire monitoring apparatus includes two opposed wings provided on the housing to facilitate the range of positioning angles at which the housing can be positioned with respect to a valve base. Each opposed wing has a same exterior surface radius of curvature and the wings are clamped between a base plate and a clamp plate at the desired angle.
US11338627B1
A method of monitoring one or more wheels of a vehicle is described. The method includes receiving first accelerometer measurements of a first accelerometer mounted on the vehicle's first wheel when the vehicle is moving during an interval of time, determining based on the first accelerometer measurements a first path followed by the first accelerometer when the vehicle is moving during the interval of time, determining based on the first path that the vehicle's first wheel is out of balance with respect to an axle of the vehicle's first wheel, and responsive to determining that the vehicle's first wheel is out of balance, transmitting to a user device a first alert that the vehicle's first wheel is out of balance.
US11338625B2
Embodiments included herein are directed towards an automatic tire inflation monitoring system and method. The method may include confirming, using a battery powered electronic sensor, that there is no active tire re-inflation in progress. The method may further include monitoring, using the battery powered electronic sensor, the status of all tire pressures over a period of time and determining, using the battery powered electronic sensor, whether a rate of tire pressure reduction exceeds a first value. The method may include reporting, using the battery powered electronic sensor, a fault if the rate exceeds the first value.
US11338618B2
The present invention includes tire treads having a plurality of sipes (14) where at least one of the opposing sides of the sipe thickness includes a plurality of projections (18, 36) and recesses (20, 38) and a method for forming the same.
US11338614B2
A wheel and a rim with weight reduction sockets are provided. The rim is made of an aluminum alloy and includes an inner flange, a middle portion and an outer flange, the inner flange, middle portion and outer flange are all annular and are connected end to end to form a cylindrical rim, in which weight reduction sockets are provided on the outer surface of the middle portion of the rim; the weight reduction sockets are rectangular ones, and are arranged in lattices in turn; and 3-5 rows of weight reduction sockets are arranged annularly on the outer surface of the middle portion of the rim.
US11338613B2
A wheel and a rim with weight reduction sockets are provided. The rim includes an inner flange, a middle portion and an outer flange, the inner flange, middle portion and outer flange are all annular and are connected end to end to form a cylindrical rim, in which the middle portion of the rim includes weight reduction sockets; and the weight reduction sockets are of regular hexagons, and are arranged adjacently on the outer side of the middle portion of the rim in the shape of a honeycomb. The weight of the hub is reduced by designing the weight reduction sockets in a specific shape for the outer rim of the hub and selecting the size of the weight reduction sockets.
US11338611B2
The present disclosure provides a process for manufacturing a light-alloy hybrid wheel comprising the following separate operation phases: obtaining a front flange with an internal profile including a tire bead seat; obtaining a rim with an annular profile including a tire bead seat at a first end and a circular flank for assembly with a part of the flange at a second end; and assembling the flange and the rim to form a wheel. The annular profiles of the flange and the rim form exterior and interior sides of the wheel. Assembling the flange and the rim comprises welding the flank of the rim and the flange together by a single friction stir weld using a pin such that the weld is exposed at the exterior and interior sides of the wheel.
US11338602B2
A handle assembly adapted to be mounted on a driving member of a stamp has a knob body and an extending portion. The knob body has a bowl-shaped head, a central post, and a fixing seat. The extending portion has a ball joint, a collar, and a fixing plate. The ball joint is engaged with and encloses the bowl-shaped head, the collar surrounds the central post, and the fixing plate is mounted in a slot of the fixing seat. The extending handle is mounted on a top of the knob body firmly by the engagement between the ball joint and the bowl-shaped head.
US11338587B2
According to one embodiment, a fluid circulation apparatus includes a first tank to store fluid to be supplied to a fluid ejection head, a circulation path including a first flow path portion to provide fluid from the first tank to a supply port of the fluid ejection head, and a second flow path portion to return fluid from a collection port of the fluid ejection head to the first tank, a bypass flow path to connect the supply port to the collection port outside of the fluid ejection head, and a pressure sensor configured to measure pressure of the bypass flow path.
US11338586B2
This disclosure describes integrated circuits which may be provided in logic circuitry packages and/or replaceable print apparatus components with print material reservoirs. An integrated circuit or logic circuitry package for a replaceable print apparatus component comprises an interface to communicate with a print apparatus logic circuit and at least one logic circuit.
US11338574B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a first pressure chamber communicating with a first nozzle configured to eject a liquid, a second pressure chamber adjacent to the first pressure chamber and communicating with a second nozzle configured to eject the liquid, and a first driving element corresponding to the first pressure chamber. The liquid ejecting apparatus executes a detection operation of detecting a fluctuation in the pressure of the liquid within the second pressure chamber that occurred when the first driving element was driven to cause the pressure of the liquid within the first pressure chamber to fluctuate.
US11338570B2
Devices include electrically conductive elements contacting a vacuum belt, and a voltage source connected to the electrically conductive elements. The electrically conductive elements form an electrical circuit from the voltage source, through the belt, and back to the voltage source. The electrically conductive elements are positioned so that they are separated from the belt when the belt moves the sheets of media between the electrically conductive elements and the belt. A processor is capable of identifying leading edges of the sheets of media on the belt (when voltage of the electrical circuit changes from a relatively higher voltage to a relatively lower voltage) and identifying trailing edges of the sheets of media on the belt (when the voltage of the electrical circuit changes from the relatively lower voltage back to the relatively higher voltage).
US11338565B2
A method and system of using a polyolefin-based, hot melt adhesive improves creep performance of elastic strands adhered to another substrate. Some deflection, greater than 1°, of the exit angle formed by a line normal to the axis of a neutrally-positioned applicator and the elastic strand extending from the applicator is introduced. Preferably, deflection of the entrance angle is also introduced and a head tilt angle is also provided. The use of deflection improves creep performance or allows for a reduced amount of adhesive to be used to achieve the same or similar creep performance. The elastic strands may be used to form a leg cuff in personal care products, such as diapers, and the substrate to which they are applied could be a polyethylene film or non-woven materials.
US11338561B2
The present disclosure is directed to a film formulation that resulted in a substantially non-migratory cold seal release film with improved blocking resistance. Specifically, the multilayered biaxially oriented polypropylene film can include a core layer of polypropylene homopolymer; a first outer layer on one side of the core layer that can be suitable for sealing, printing, or coating; and a second outer layer on the opposite side of the core layer that is a blocking resistant layer comprising thermoplastic polymers which reduce blocking tendency.
US11338556B2
A process comprises cold-forming a flat glass substrate into a non-planar shape using a die. The cold-formed glass substrate is bonded to a non-planar rigid support structure at a plurality of non-planar points using the die. Bonding methods include injection molding the non-planar rigid support structure, and direct bonding. An article is also provided, comprising a cold-formed glass substrate having opposing major surfaces and a curved shape, the opposing major surfaces comprising a surface stress that differ from one another. The cold-formed glass substrate is attached to a rigid support structure having the curved shape. The cold-formed glass substrate includes an open region not in direct contact with the non-planar rigid support structure, and the open region has a curved shape maintained by the non-planar rigid support structure.
US11338555B2
Provided is laminated glass capable of preventing generation of a void in the interlayer film in an end part of laminated glass, and keeping the appearance of laminated glass excellent. Laminated glass according to the present invention is laminate glass including a first lamination glass member, a second lamination glass member, and an interlayer film containing a thermoplastic resin, and no void is generated in the interlayer film irradiated with light in an end part of the laminated glass after a first light irradiation test: “conducting 4 cycles each cycle including the process of irradiating the laminated glass with xenon light 180 W/m2 at a black panel temperature of 83° C. and a humidity of 50% RH for 144 hours, and dipping the laminated glass in pure water at 80° C. for 24 hours”, or a void is generated within a length of 1 mm or less inwardly from an end part of the interlayer film irradiated with light in the end part of the laminated glass after the first light irradiation test.
US11338554B2
A decorative laminated glass includes a first glass sheet, a second glass sheet, and a colored lamination interlayer between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet. A coating is positioned between the first glass sheet and the lamination interlayer, and in direct contact with the first glass sheet. The coating is formed by the series of the following layers, starting from the surface of the first glass sheet: optionally, a first stack of dielectric layers; a layer based on titanium oxide having a thickness of from 5 to 70 nm; and optionally, a second stack of dielectric layers.
US11338547B2
A composite textile fabric that includes a first (face) fabric layer, and a second (back) fabric layer that is formed concurrently with the first fabric layer in a plaited construction. The second fabric includes a plurality of anchored regions at which the second fabric layer is anchored to, and in intimate contact with, the first fabric layer. The second fabric layer also includes a plurality of floating regions, overlying and unattached to the first fabric layer, interspersed between the anchored regions.
US11338546B2
A skin-covered foamed molded article having excellent lightweight property, bending rigidity, and favorable dimensional stability, which includes: a skin material composed of a hollow molded body produced by blow-molding an extruded parison; and an expanded bead molded article located inside the skin material, wherein the skin material has an average wall thickness of from 1.0 mm to 5.0 mm, the skin material includes a glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene-based resin containing glass fiber in a range of from 5 mass % to 30 mass %, the glass fiber has a weight-average fiber length of from 0.4 mm to 1.5 mm, the expanded bead molded article includes a polypropylene-based resin, the peeling strength between the skin material and the expanded bead molded article is 0.1 MPa or higher, and the longitudinal linear expansion coefficient of the skin-covered foamed molded article (100) at from 23° C. to 80° C. is 7×10−5/° C. or lower.
US11338545B2
A laminate comprising a plastic substrate (A); a hardened organic polymer layer (B) provided on a surface of the plastic substrate (A) and having a storage elastic modulus of from 0.01 to 5 GPa and tan δ of from 0.1 to 2.0 at 25° C. which are measured at a temperature elevating rate of 2° C./min by a dynamic viscoelasticity test stipulated in JIS K 7244; an organic/inorganic composite layer (C) provided on a surface of the hardened organic polymer layer (B) and containing covalently bound organic polymer and metal oxide nanoparticles; and an inorganic layer (D) provided on a surface of the organic/inorganic composite layer (C) and comprising secondary particles of ceramic or metal.
US11338542B2
A composite molded cargo body panel including a core, an interior skin secured to a first side of the core having a thickness, and exterior skin secured to a second side of the core, and a plurality of recesses. The plurality of recesses are dispersed along a first direction at intervals in the interior skin, with the core thickness at each of the plurality of recesses being reduced compared to a maximum core thickness, and each of the plurality of recesses defines a support surface. A pocket is formed in each of the plurality of recesses, with the core thickness at the pocket being less than the core thickness at each of the plurality of recesses. A plurality of logistics inserts are attached to the respective support surfaces of the plurality of recesses so that, at each of the plurality of recesses, the logistics insert extends across the pocket.
US11338538B2
A process is for manufacturing bags and a bag forming web. A bag is produced therefrom. The process includes conveying a continuous printed web including printed features along a conveying direction. The continuous printed web is cut into printed web sections along the conveying direction, and at least two of the printed web sections include(s) portion(s) of the printed features. The printed web sections are spaced-apart and a second continuous web is inserted between adjacent ones of the spaced-apart printed web sections, while an alignment between the printed web sections including printed features is maintained one relative to the other, along the conveying direction. The second continuous web is secured to the adjacent and spaced-apart printed web sections along longitudinal adjacent edges, thus forming a combined continuous bag forming web. Bags are formed from the combined continuous bag forming web, and the features on the different printed sections of the bags are in alignment.
US11338535B2
A sheet folding device and method, and a box-making machine, wherein are provided a molding belt for moving on a center side in the width direction of a cardboard sheet toward a downstream side in a transfer direction of the cardboard sheet and thereby pressing and folding both end parts in the width direction of the cardboard sheet from the outside, and a folding roller group formed by folding rollers for contacting insides of fold parts on both sides in the width direction of the cardboard sheet more toward the center in the width direction of the cardboard sheet than the molding belt, the folding rollers being arranged further upstream in the transfer direction of the cardboard sheet than a 90-degree folding position of the cardboard sheet.
US11338529B2
A repair patch includes a composite material to repair a a repair target of a composite material. The repair patch includes bonding surfaces which face a bonded surface of a counterbored hole formed in the part to be repaired, and are bonded to the counterbored hole; and an opposite surface opposite to the bonding surfaces in a thickness direction. The opposite surface has a curved plane with a first surface side curvature radius protruding toward the opposite surface in a cross section cut along a plane intersecting an axial direction in the opposite surface. The bonded surface has a curved plane with a second surface side curvature radius protruding toward the bonding surfaces facing the bonded surface in a cross section cut along a plane intersecting an axial direction in the bonded surface. The first surface side curvature radius is smaller than the second surface side curvature radius.
US11338523B2
An additive manufacturing system has a controller configured to modify numerical control programming instructions to form interlocking structures that improve object structural integrity in the Z-direction. The interlocking structures are produced by forming one layer with swaths that are separated by gaps and another layer that is formed over the gaps to fill the gaps and lay over the swaths forming the gaps.
US11338515B2
A self-rotation cleaning device has outer and inner housings, a workpiece rotating system, an ultrasonic cleaning system and a fluid perfusion system. The inner housing is in the outer housing in a horizontal direction. A cylindrical cavity is inside the inner housing. One end of the inner housing has a sealing cover detachably connected thereto, and the other end is closed. The workpiece rotating system is in the cavity for fixing a member to be cleaned, and realizes self-rotation of the member. The ultrasonic cleaning system supplies mechanical energy to the cleaning liquid in the inner housing to generate bubbles therein. The bubbles remove residual resin attached to the cleaned member surface by continuous vibration and burst. The fluid perfusion system provides self-rotation power for the cleaned member, and continuously delivers the cleaning liquid to the inside of the cleaned member, and the cleaning liquid is carried out after cleaning.
US11338502B2
The present disclosure provides methods for generating a three-dimensional object, comprising directing at least one strand material from a source of at least one strand material towards a base. Next, at least a first light beam and a second light beam from a light source is used to subject at least one strand material to heating at one or more locations along at least one strand material. At least a portion of the three-dimensional object may be generated from at least one strand material upon subjecting at least one strand material to heating along one or more locations.
US11338499B2
A substrate and a method for producing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a substrate includes a base layer, a black layer formed on the base layer, and column spacers formed on the black layer, wherein a loss rate of spacers measured by a peel test is 15% or less. The substrate can have excellent adhesiveness of the spacer to the base layer or the black layer and ensuring appropriate darkening properties. The method can effectively produce such a substrate without adverse effects such as occurrence of foreign materials without separate treatment such as heat treatment.
US11338497B2
A system for forming a thermoplastic may comprise a mandrel configured to receive a thermoplastic charge. The mandrel may rotate about a mandrel axis. A series of rollers may be located circumferentially about the mandrel and configured to apply radially inward pressure. A heating element may be located upstream of the series of rollers.
US11338494B2
A method comprising a first injection step, wherein a first predetermined volume of pressurized liquid is injected into the preform, the predetermined volume corresponding to a fraction of the container volume, the first injection step causing an expansion of the preform into a first intermediate container. The method further comprising a second injection step, wherein, once the first predetermined volume of liquid has been injected, the liquid injection speed is reduced and the pressurized liquid is further injected in the first intermediate container until a predetermined switch pressure in the liquid injection circuit is reached, the second injection step causing an expansion of the first intermediate container into a second intermediate container, and —a third injection step starting once the predetermined switch pressure is reached, wherein the liquid injection speed is decelerated until the liquid injection is stopped.
US11338490B1
A blown film coextrusion line includes a support frame, a plurality of extruders each mounted to the support frame and extending upward at an angle, and a downward facing blown film coextrusion die connected to distal ends of each of the plurality of extruders and receiving individual polymer streams from them. The blown film coextrusion line is compact and sturdy and eliminates much of the floor space and towered mounting structure that was required for conventional blown film coextrusion lines. A corresponding method of making a multilayer coextruded blown film is also provided.
US11338486B2
An injection-moulding tool (2) for producing an in particular thin-walled plastics component, comprising: —at least two tool elements (1, 1′, 1″), wherein the at least two tool elements (1, 1′, 1″), in a closed position of the injection-moulding tool (2), are moved against one another at least in sections so as to form at least a subregion of a shape-imparting tool cavity (3) of the injection-moulding tool (2), wherein—the at least two tool elements (1, 1′, 1″) each have at least one shape-imparting contouring structure (4, 4′, 4″) which delimits the tool cavity (3) at least in sections, wherein—on at least one tool element (1, 1′, 1″), adjacent to the contouring structure (4, 4′, 4″), there is formed at least one ventilation structure (5) for ventilating the tool cavity (3) in the closed position of the injection-moulding tool (2).
US11338476B2
The invention relates to macerator for processing a slurry, the macerator comprising an inlet configured to receive a flow of inlet slurry comprising particles having an average particle size of less than 20 mm, an outlet, two or more bodies that rotate relative to each other, each body comprising a plurality of apertures to define a flow path through each body, wherein the slurry traverses the flow path from the macerator inlet to the macerator outlet via the at least one aperture of each body to produce an outlet slurry.
US11338465B2
A band saw machine is adapted for cutting a lumber, and includes frame body unit, a transport unit, a hold-down unit, a cutting unit and a drive unit. The transport unit includes an endless conveyor belt extending in a front-rear direction through the frame body unit for transporting the lumber. The hold-down unit includes an endless hold-down belt extending in the front-rear direction through the frame body unit. The endless conveyor belt and the endless hold-down belt are driven by the drive unit to rotate synchronously to carry the lumber to be cut by the cutting unit.
US11338460B2
The present invention describes a novel spring mechanism for a razor. In the razor, the spring member may be disposed in a movable member assembly, portions of which may be used for ejection or pivoting. The spring may be fully encompassed within the assembly and be placed within supporting structures therein. The spring is a loop-shaped element having overlapping end portions with free distal ends. Alternately, the spring member is tear drop shaped loop shape with distal ends that are spaced apart. The spring may be disposed within a first and/or second movable member such as an eject button or a pivot member. A retarding structure on the spring provides a retarding force which is based on the interaction of the retarding structure with a protrusion on an assembly portion to keep the spring orientation intact. The spring is desirably comprised of stainless steel and is a flat wire.
US11338458B1
A combination bagel slicer and spreader includes a generally cylindrical upper portion extending along a central axis, an elongate blade extending outwardly from the upper portion and extending along a plane generally parallel to the central axis, and a lower generally cylindrical portion extending below the blade and along the central axis.
US11338452B2
A method of handling a wire harness that can automate a task of picking up and transporting the wire harness including a plurality of connectors and a wire member by gripping the plurality of connectors. In the method, positions of the plurality of connectors of the wire harness being placed apart from the robot hand are acquired, the robot hand is positioned such that the first connector is in the range of the first gripper based on the acquired position of the first connector, the first gripper is moved and the first connector is gripped and picked up by the first gripper, then, the robot hand is positioned such that the second connector is in the motion range of the second gripper based on the acquired position of the second connector, and the second gripper is moved and the second connector is gripped and picked up by the second gripper.
US11338440B2
This robot system includes a robot, a tool which is attached to the robot, an imaging device, and a controller which controls the robot and the tool, and the controller is configured so that a distal end portion of the robot is placed at a plurality of calibration positions, the tool is operated at each of the calibration positions, images of light irradiated to an object or a trace left on the object due to tool operation processing are captured by the imaging device, and calibration is performed based on comparison between irradiation positions of the light or positions of the traces, which are in an image captured by the imaging device, and predetermined reference positions.
US11338439B2
A robot control method includes, storing, in a memory, shape information about a robot including a tool attached to a tip and about a peripheral object located on a periphery of the robot. A teaching program also is stored in the memory. The teaching program includes a setting speed when operating the robot. By a processor connected to the memory, a distance between the robot and the peripheral object, based on the shape information, is calculated at each operation position when operating the robot according to the teaching program. By the processor, it is determined whether or not the calculated distance is changing in a decreasing direction. In response to determining that the calculated distance is changing in the decreasing direction, by the processor, the robot is operated at a speed lower than the setting speed in the teaching program.
US11338435B2
A gripping system includes a hand that grips a workpiece, a robot that supports the hand and changes at least one of a position and a posture of the hand, and an image sensor that acquires image information from a viewpoint interlocked with at least one of the position and the posture of the hand. Additionally, the gripping system includes a construction module that constructs a model by machine learning based on collection data. The model corresponds to at least a part of a process of specifying an operation command of the robot based on the image information acquired by the image sensor and hand position information representing at least one of the position and the posture of the hand. An operation module executes the operation command of the robot based on the image information, the hand position information, and the model, and a robot control module operates the robot based on the operation command of the robot operated by the operation module.
US11338432B2
A muscle sleeve includes: a sleeve-formed fabric; a plurality of first actuating muscles disposed next to each other and in parallel with each other on a first side of the sleeve-formed fabric; a plurality of second actuating muscles disposed next to each other and in parallel with each other on a second side of the sleeve-formed fabric; a plurality of fasteners that secure ends of the first and second actuating muscles to the fabric; and a crimp secured to the fabric.
US11338425B2
Control method for a dust extraction module (2) for a chiseling tool (5), including the following steps: using a fan (18) of the dust extraction module (2) to draw in an air flow Q from a certain place of a substrate (31) being worked by the tool (5), using a material detector (24) to identify the material M at the place of the substrate being worked by the tool (5), and adapting the suction power of the dust extraction module (2) as a function of the identified material M in order to set the air flow Q. The air flow Q is greater than or equal to a rated value Qo in the case of an iron-free mineral material M1, whereas the air flow Q is less than the rated value Qo in the case of a material M2 containing iron.
US11338422B2
A driving tool includes a main body, a trigger, a contact member and a control unit. The main body has a combustion chamber configured to be filled with fuel and compressed air. The trigger is configured to operate an ignition device to combust a mixture of the fuel and the compressed air filled in the combustion chamber. The contact member is brought into contact with a driving target member to enable an operation of the trigger. The control unit is configured to start an injection of the fuel when the contact member is turned on, and to complete an injection of the air after the trigger is turned on.
US11338411B2
An abrasive article can include a body including a bond material and abrasive particles contained within the bond material. The bond material can include an organic material including a resin, particularly a phenolic resin. A methylene bridge can be present at para or ortho sites of aromatic phenolic rings. The bond material can include an average ortho to para substituent ratio for the methylene bridge within a range including at least 1.5:1 and not greater than 9:1, particularly, within a range including at least 3 and not greater than 6.9.
US11338401B2
A work holding clamp system for securing a workpiece to a work surface having a work surface T-slot arranged along an ‘X’ axis, comprised of a base plate secured to the work surface and having a plurality of T-slots, each of the plurality of T-slots are aligned with one of a plurality of axis including at least the ‘X’ axis and a ‘Y’ axis that is transverse to the ‘X’ axis. The work holding clamp system includes a workholding element selected from the group consisting of wedge clamps, pivot clamps and workstops, that may be secured within a T-slot of the plurality of T-slots provided in the base plate.
US11338398B2
A spacer grid welding fixture comprises a frame sized to receive an assembled spacer grid comprising a first set of parallel straps and a second set of parallel straps oriented orthogonally to the first set of parallel straps, the first and second sets of parallel straps interlocked together by slots cut into the straps. A first set of grid engagement bars is placed on a first side of the spacer grid with each grid engagement bar arranged parallel with the straps of the first set of parallel straps and engaging the straps of the second set of parallel straps. A second set of grid engagement bars is placed on an opposite second side of the spacer grid with each grid engagement bar arranged parallel with the straps of the second set of parallel straps and engaging the straps of the first set of parallel straps.
US11338395B2
A welding position is provided which can prevent surface pressure drop in a seal bead in a pair of metal gaskets is determined. Joint surfaces of a pair of metal gaskets are joined to each other by welding. The pair of metal gaskets include a seal bead that encloses opening and a plurality of structures that bulge from the joint surfaces. A pressure-sensitive medium is sandwiched between the seal bead and a member to be engaged so that the pair of joined metal gaskets and the member to be engaged are stacked on one another, and the pair of joined metal gaskets are tightly engaged with the member to be engaged. The tight engagement is released, and a surface-pressure-drop location in the seal bead is detected based on a mark which remains on the pressure-sensitive medium after the release of the tight engagement. An additional welding position is determined in a rectangular area which is defined by four sides contacting a first structure closest to the surface-pressure-drop location and a second structure closest to the first structure to surround the first structure and the second structure.
US11338394B2
A laser processing apparatus and a laser processing method for improving the processing speed and forming uniform and highly accurate through holes when processing for forming fine through holes in a matrix in a long thin plate, and a thin plate having through holes in a matrix formed by such laser processing. A laser processing apparatus includes a cylindrical body having an opening on a circumferential surface around which a thin plate to be processed is wound obliquely, a thin plate transfer for transferring a thin plate wound around the cylindrical body in the longitudinal direction of the thin plate, a motor having a rotation axis arranged coaxially with a central axis of the cylindrical body, a reflecting member fixed to a rotating shaft of the motor, a laser light emitting means for emitting pulsed light. The apparatus continuously opens through holes in the thin plate.
US11338392B2
A cutting method for forming a chamfered corner includes a step of selecting a light pattern-adjusting module according to a pre-cut chamfer angle, a step of the light pattern-adjusting module emitting a laser beam to a substrate and thus forming a modified region extending in a thickness direction at the substrate, a step of the light pattern-adjusting module adjusting an axial energy distribution of a light pattern of the laser beam to vary an appearance of the modified region so as to form the modified region fulfilling the pre-cut chamfer angle, and a step of etching the substrate having the modified region to form a chamfered surface on the substrate by cutting the modified region from the substrate.
US11338377B2
A power tool includes a cutting unit configured to perform a cutting action, and a cutting action input unit configured to turn the cutting action on and off. The cutting action input unit is configured to, when the cutting action input unit is turned on, cause the cutting unit to move in a direction of an end position of the cutting action, and when the cutting action input unit is turned off, cause the cutting unit to stop moving in a case where the cutting action has not ended at a time when the cutting action input unit is turned off, and move in a direction of a standby position at which the cutting unit was located prior to a start of the cutting action in a case where the cutting action has ended at the time when the cutting action input unit is turned off.
US11338372B2
Jigs and fixtures for aligning, guiding, and/or holding a workpiece on woodworking machinery during a woodworking operation are described, as well as methods of making, modifying, and using jigs and fixtures.
US11338370B2
A cutting tool includes a base material, and a coating film covering the base material in contact with the base material. The base material is a cubic boron nitride sintered material. The coating film is a ceramic. An amount of oxygen in the coating film is less than or equal to 0.040 mass percent.
US11338366B2
Composite materials include a non-ferrous metal matrix with reinforcing carbon fiber integrated into the matrix. The composite materials have substantially lower density than non-ferrous metal, and are expected to have appreciable strength. Methods for forming composite non-ferrous metal composites includes combining a reinforcing carbon fiber component, such as a woven polymer, with non-ferrous metal nanoparticles and sintering the non-ferrous metal nanoparticles in order to form a non-ferrous metal matrix with reinforcing carbon fiber integrated therein.
US11338364B2
Aluminum powder coated with fluorine-based hydrocarbon polymer layer and preparation method therefor
The present invention relates to an aluminum powder coated with a fluorine-based hydrocarbon polymer layer, and a preparation method therefor. According to the present invention, the aluminum powder coated with a fluorine-based hydrocarbon polymer layer and a preparation method therefor enable the preparation of an aluminum powder coated with a fluorine-based hydrocarbon polymer layer, in which an additional oxidation reaction of the aluminum powder is achieved and fuel performance as a solid fuel is improved, by coating the fluorine-based hydrocarbon polymer layer on the surface of the powder.
US11338362B2
A melting apparatus for steel production includes a support structure to support a shell for the production and tapping of steel, and a source or zone for the emission of fumes resulting from the tapping of the steel from the shell. The melting apparatus also includes a tapping hood integrated into the support structure and provided with a suction mouth positioned directly above the zone for the emission of fumes, the shell is provided with a bottom wall in which an E.B.T. is provided for tapping the steel.
US11338345B2
Disclosed is a method for forming a tube with high internal pressure and low external pressure. The method comprises: putting a tube to be formed into a cavity, such that a bulging area (15) is formed between the tube to be formed and an inner wall of the cavity; continuously injecting a low-pressure fluid into the bulging area, and then injecting a high-pressure fluid into the interior of the tube to be formed, the high-pressure fluid creating a pressure on an outer wall of the tube to be formed such that the tube to be formed starts to expand to the bulging area; stopping the supply of the low-pressure fluid when the tube is bulged to conform to the inner wall of the cavity; and taking the formed tube out to complete a working cycle. Further disclosed is a forming machine for forming a tube according to the above method. According to the machine for forming a tube with high internal pressure and low external pressure, a mold body (1) is provided with a first through hole (13) and a second through hole (14) for circulating a low-pressure fluid into and out of a bulging area, so as to create a certain pressure P1 on the tube and ensure uniform bulging of the entire tube, thereby achieving a better forming effect.
US11338338B2
A drillhole plug includes a frame or housing of a corrosion-resistant material and sized to fit within a milled portion of a directional drillhole that includes a hazardous waste repository; and a material that fills at least a portion of the frame or housing. The material exhibits creep such that the material fills one or more voids between the frame or housing and a subterranean formation adjacent the milled portion of the directional drillhole.
US11338335B1
A system for cleaning agricultural bins including a conveyer belt assembly and a water jet assembly is disclosed herein. The conveyer belt includes bin rollers configured to automatically transport bins mounted thereon. The bin rollers roll bins along the conveyer assembly to the flat surface of the second end of the first section and then the bins are transferred to the cleaner section via the grapple mechanism and the pivot point to the cleaner section arranged below the bin rollers within the first section. The water jet sprays then thoroughly clean the interior and exterior of the bins. The system for cleaning agricultural bins allows a user to clean an agricultural bin in less than one minute. Furthermore, the amount of time using a water hose is reduced thereby saving money and conserving water for a user.
US11338323B2
A method of attaching heterogeneous materials comprising pretreating the surface of a metal plate with an aromatic compound containing a pyrogallol group to bind the pyrogallol group to the surface of the metal plate and coating the pyrogallol-group-bound metal plate with a polymer resin, thereby greatly improving the adhesive strength between the metal plate and the polymer resin.
US11338309B2
A connection system between a head and a bottle of a trigger dispensing device includes a main skirt having a first flexible tab and a neck having a first sloping plane and a first pocket. The first flexible tab extends circumferentially from a first end to a second end, and the first end is joined to an annular wall by a closing wall. The system also provides for an auxiliary window obtained through the annular wall of the main skirt, and a rigid auxiliary tooth of the neck, suitable to snap into the auxiliary window.
US11338291B2
Disclosed herein are microfluidic actuators for selecting objects in a fluid stream comprising a plurality of objects. In some embodiments, the actuator comprises an object detection means adapted for, upon arrival of an object, identifying whether an object is an object of interest. It further comprises a heater adapted for generating a jet flow for deflecting an object of interest from the fluid stream and a controller for activating the heater as function of the detection of an object of interest using a nucleation signal. The controller is adapted for obtaining temperature information of the heater and for adjusting a nucleation signal for the heater taking into account the obtained temperature information. Also disclosed are microfluidic systems and diagnostic devices comprising the microfluidic actuators of the disclosure, as well as methods of use thereof.
US11338283B2
A kit for centrifugal isolation of a fraction of interest from a multi-component composition according to density, comprising: a separation chamber (200) having an inlet (210) for introducing the multi-component composition and a base through-hole (220); characterized in that the separation chamber (200) comprises: an inlet section (211) communicating with the inlet (210), a base section (212) communicating with the base through-hole (220), wherein the inlet section (211) and the base section (212) communicate with each other via a necked duct (230) for detaching the inlet section (211) and the base section (212) at the necked duct (230), wherein the separation chamber (200) has a form of a syringe in which the inlet of the separation chamber (200) is connectable with an extension nozzle or needle (215) for drawing the multi-component composition, and wherein the kit further comprises a plunger (240) for embedding and being slidably moved within the base section (212) of the separation chamber (200), wherein the plunger (240) comprises a plunger handle (242), removably attached to a plunger base (241), for sealing the base through-hole (220), and wherein the diameter of the necked duct (230) lumen is selected so as to maintain the multi-component composition, after detaching the inlet section (211) and the base section (212) at the necked duct (230), in the inlet section (211), by virtue of a partial negative pressure created within the inlet section (211) when the inlet (210) is sealed.
US11338281B2
The invention further relates to a method for producing said pipetting device. The invention relates to a pipetting device, in particular for pipetting a fluid sample by suctioning into a pipetting container using air under a pipetting pressure, having the following: —a valve assembly with at least one valve device for adjusting a pipetting pressure, said valve device having a valve chamber; —at least one pump device which is connected to the valve chamber in order to generate a chamber pressure in the valve chamber; —a pipetting channel which is connected to the pipetting container, and—a bypass channel which is open towards the surroundings, wherein—the pipetting channel and the bypass channel are each connected to the valve chamber; and—the at least one valve device has a closure element with a closure surface which is designed such that the chamber pressure is distributed to the pipetting channel and the bypass channel in a metered manner by the valve device in order to generate the desired pipetting pressure in the pipetting channel. The invention further relates to a method for producing said pipetting device.
US11338271B2
A porous carbon material including a porous carbon material having a specific resistance value of 30 Ωcm or less at a packing density of 0.3 g/cc, wherein a mesopore volume (cm3/g) of the porous carbon material as measured by the BJH method is 0.5 cm3/g or greater.
US11338265B2
The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of microparticles and solid microcapsules comprising the following steps: a) the addition, with stirring, of composition C′2 in a composition C3, the compositions C′2 and C3 not being miscible with each other, the composition C′2 being either a monophasic composition C2 or an emulsion (E1) comprising drops of a composition C1, comprising at least one active ingredient, dispersed in a polymeric composition C2, the compositions C1 and C2 not being miscible in each other, the viscosity of composition C3 being greater than 10,000 mPa·s at 25° C. at a shear rate of s−1 and being less than 10,000 mPa·s at 25° C. at a shear rate of between 100 s−1 and 100,000 s−1, wherein an emulsion (E2) is obtained b) applying shear to the emulsion (E2), the applied shear rate being less than 1000 s−1, wherein an emulsion (E3) is obtained; and c) the polymerization of the composition C′2.
US11338259B2
The present technology provides a technology that liquid in round-bottom vessels is efficiently agitated. There is provided a vessel rack at least including a holder having a plurality of through-holes into which round-bottom vessels each having a closed-bottom tube shape are inserted, and a support having a plurality of supporting holes that are arranged facing to the through-holes and support bottoms of the round-bottom vessels, the bottoms of the supporting holes each having a bulge such that liquid in the round-bottom vessels forms a vortex at a time of agitation of the liquid. Also, there is provided an agitator of agitating liquid in round-bottom vessels at least including the vessel rack, a mounting unit that mounts the vessel rack, and a rocking unit that rocks the mounting unit, and the like.
US11338257B2
A fluid distributor comprises a first conduit extending along a first elongated axis and a second conduit circumscribing the first conduit. A first area comprises a cross-sectional flow area of the first conduit taken perpendicular to the first elongated axis. The first conduit comprises a first plurality of orifices comprising a first combined cross-sectional area. The second conduit comprises a second plurality of orifices comprising a second combined cross-sectional area. A first ratio of the first area to the first combined cross-sectional area can be about 2 or more. A second ratio of the first combined cross-sectional area to the second combined cross-sectional area can be about 2 or more. An angle between a direction of an orifice axis of a first orifice of the first plurality of orifices and a direction of an orifice axis of a first orifice of the second plurality of orifices can be from about 45° to 180°.
US11338243B2
Methods and apparatus to thermally destruct volatile organic compounds are disclosed. An example thermal oxidizer for a furnace includes: an oxidation chamber comprising an inlet configured to receive exhaust gases from a furnace and an outlet configured to output resultant gases; and a plurality of heating elements within the oxidation chamber configured to heat the exhaust gases to oxidize one or more components of the exhaust gases between the inlet and the outlet to result in the resultant gases, the plurality of heating elements comprising resistive heating elements forming coils having respective axes, the plurality of heating elements being oriented within the oxidation chamber such that the axes of the coils are transverse to an exhaust gas flow direction from the inlet to the outlet of the oxidation chamber.
US11338227B2
A manifold assembly and a method of engaging a filter capsule in the manifold assembly are provided.
US11338224B2
This disclosure relates generally to phase separation, and more particularly, to a apparatus and a method for phase separation. In one example, the apparatus includes a spiral shaped body, split outlets and an adjustable splitter. The spiral shaped body includes an inlet portion to receive a mixture of phases associated with distinct effective masses, an outlet portion, and multiple helical turns stacked between the inlet and outlet portion. A portion of helical turns are twisted to form a twisted portion having opposite walls of a preceding helical turn turned relative to one another in opposite directions. The split outlets are configured at walls of the preceding helical turn to withdraw the phases based on an effective mass of said phases. The adjustable splitter is movably configured at least a portion of a cross section of the spiral shaped body to facilitate separate withdrawal of the one or more phases of the mixture.
US11338222B2
Purified and modified Cannabis products and methods for producing the same. The purified Cannabis product comprises substantially no volatile organic compounds while retaining Total Potential cannabinoid content. The modified Cannabis product comprises a purified Cannabis product modified by at least one added volatile unsaturated hydrocarbon. The modified Cannabis product is formed by extracting a volatile organic compound from a Cannabis raw material to form a purified Cannabis product, and then adding the at least one volatile unsaturated hydrocarbon to the purified Cannabis product to form the modified Cannabis product and cause an enhanced user experience during combustion and inhalation of the modified Cannabis product.
US11338217B1
A distillation apparatus has a cooling spiral surrounding at least a part of a vertical extent of a fraction collector in the disclosed technology. Connecting to and/or extending into an interior space of the fraction collector is an end of a vertically-extending passageway. This passageway is functionally connected at an other end to a lower-end entry portal. An outer cover substantially covers the cooling spiral, fraction collector, and a portion of the vertically-extending passageway, excepting for a top portal, a side exit portal, at least one cooling spiral intake, and at least one cooling spiral outtake.
US11338210B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods for providing contextual game guidance are described herein. An example method includes determining based on contextual information regarding an application an objective of the user; automatically deriving based on the contextual information and the objective contextual guidance to assist the user; generating a user interface having the contextual guidance; and transmitting the user interface to a client device.
US11338201B2
A method for facilitating user interactions. The method includes detecting a selection by a pointer device of a first character; detecting a movement of the pointer device towards a target object; presenting an indicator; detecting that the pointer device is within a predetermined distance of the target object; determining whether a job to be executed with respect to the target object is capable of being executed by the first character; highlighting the target object when the pointer device is within the predetermined distance and the first character is capable of executing the job; assigning the first character to the 10 target object; causing the first character to execute the job with respect to the target object; and updating a presentation of the target object to present a result of the executed job.
US11338200B2
Methods and systems for provisioning resources for games executed by a cloud gaming system includes accessing online interactions of a plurality of users in relation to a game. The online interactions are processed to classify discussion features obtained from online social communications. A model is generated to predict game use, using the classified discussion features. The model is updated with online interactions received over time. Resources for the game are provisioned at a data center. The provisioning is done by accessing the model and identifying adjustments in the provisioning for an anticipated usage spike that is to occur by a plurality of users, based on current online interactions.
US11338197B2
A portable information handling system interacts with a game controller through either a direct connection at a wired interface at the sides of opposing controller housings and the information handling system housing or through a bridge having a bridge housing that directly couples to the controller housing as a bridge to the information handling system, such as with a wireless interface. Embedded code executing on a controller processor in the controller housing supports a controller state machine that interacts directly with the information handling system or with a bridge state machine executing as embedded code on a bridge processor. Updates to the embedded code may be communicated both to and from the controller through the information handling system or the bridge.
US11338194B2
Automatic card shufflers may include a card input mechanism for inputting cards into the card shuffler, a card storage device for receiving cards from the card input mechanism and temporarily storing cards within the card shuffler, and a card output mechanism for outputting cards from the card shuffler. The automatic card shufflers may randomly select an internal compartment to be an overflow compartment for inserting cards when a failure of insertion of a card to a selected primary card position occurs.
US11338189B2
A method and system for conducting multiple competitions of skill for a single performance are described herein. User generated competition groups and system generated competition groups allow users to participate in multiple competitions at once based on answering the same questions or making the same selections related to a single event. The users are informed of each competition either via email, text message or when logging into the network via a website. The users select which competition groups to join. After joining the desired groups, users then make their selections related to the event which are transmitted to the network where results are tabulated and transmitted back to the users. The results are separated based on each competition group, so that users can continually know where they stand in each separate competition. With multiple competition groups, users are able to have varying success from the same performance in multiple competitions.
US11338185B2
A training system for developing tackle technique and tackle follow-up technique at a range of heights in contact sports, especially American football, comprises a first padded tackling training apparatus for targeted training of tackle technique tackle follow-up technique at a first level corresponding to a relatively low body height, a second padded tackling training apparatus for targeted training of tackle technique and tackle follow-up technique at a second level corresponding to a medial body height; and a third padded tackling training apparatus for targeted training of tackle technique and tackle follow-up technique at a third level corresponding a relatively high body height facilitates coaching of improved technique for tackling and follow-up technique in contact sports, particularly in American football. The system and apparatus enables technique at a targeted tackling height to be coached and has features to facilitate follow-up actions and thereby providing more effective and safe tackling at a range of targeted heights for use in game play.
US11338183B2
Disclosed herein is an iron-type golf club head comprising a body comprising a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, and a topline portion. The topline portion has a mass per unit length of between 0.09 g/mm and 0.40 g/mm. The golf club head also comprises a strike plate coupled to the body at a front portion of the golf club head and a cavity defined between the topline portion, the sole portion, and the strike plate. The golf club head further comprises a bridge bar at a rear portion of the golf club head. The bridge bar spans the cavity, is spaced apart from the strike plate, and is rigidly fixed to and extends uprightly between the sole portion and the topline portion. The bridge bar has a mass per unit length of between 0.09 g/mm and 0.40 g/mm.
US11338150B2
A method for treating a subject by applying one or more pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) signals, the method including: providing an array of a plurality of loop antennas coupled to a corresponding one or more generator circuits in an enclosure configured to house at least the array of plural loop antennas, the enclosure including a treatment surface configured to be placed proximate the subject; activating one or more of the generator circuits to generate one or more preliminary treatment signals to corresponding one or more of the loop antennas; detecting a presence of the subject; and upon a condition of detecting the subject being proximate the treatment surface, activating the one or more of the generator circuits to generate another one or more treatment signals associated with the subject to the corresponding one or more loop antennas.
US11338144B2
A multiple output current stimulator circuit with fast turn on time is described. At least one pair of input side and output side transistors is arranged in a current mirror connected to a supply transistor by cascode coupling. The output side transistor supplies stimulation current to an electrode in contact with tissue. An operational amplifier connected to a reference voltage and to the output side transistor drives the supply transistor to maintain the voltage at the output side transistor equal to the reference voltage. The at least one pair of transistors includes multiple pairs of transistors whose output side transistors drive respective electrodes with stimulation currents. The stimulator determines the initiation and duration of stimulation current pulses supplied to each electrode. At circuit activation, large currents are generated which discharge capacitances in the output side transistors causing rapid output side transistor turn on.
US11338142B2
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system for treating obstructive sleep apnea in a subject. The system can include a power source and a neuromuscular stimulator in electrical communications with the power source. The neuromuscular stimulator can include a controller and at least one electrode. The controller can be configured to receive certain power and stimulation parameters associated with a therapy signal from the power source. The at least one electrode can be configured to deliver the therapy signal to a target tissue associated with control of a posterior base of the tongue of the subject.
US11338138B2
According to an embodiment, a system for acquiring ECAP recordings at a later session for a cochlear implant patient is disclosed. The system includes a receiving unit configured to receive, corresponding to an electrode, a stored prior individual value from a plurality of stored prior individual values of ECAP/an ECAP prior growth function, the plurality of stored prior individual values or the ECAP prior growth function being obtained at a previous session. Furthermore, a processing unit configured to process the received prior individual value/ECAP growth function to determine a stimulus signal value corresponding to the received individual value/a selected point on the ECAP prior growth function, instruct a signal delivery unit to provide to the electrode a first stimulus signal comprising a first level that is same or above said stimulus signal value, and determine a resulting ECAP generated in response to said first stimulus signal.
US11338129B2
Methods of providing electrical neural modulation to a patient's brain are disclosed herein. The methods involve differentially modulating two or more target regions of the brain. For example, a first target region may be provided with an electrical neural modulation signal that activates that target region while a second target region is provided with an electrical neural modulation signal that suppresses or deactivates that target region. As the implantable pulse generators (IPGs) described herein include independent current sources, such differential modulation can be provided with a single IPG.
US11338127B2
A method is disclosed for programming a patient's stimulator device using an external device. The method provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on the external device that allows the patient to select from a plurality of displayed stimulation modes to program stimulation provided by one or more electrodes of the stimulator device. The external device stores a model derived for the patient, which model comprises information indicative of a plurality of frequency/pulse width/amplitude coordinates predicted to provide optimal stimulation for the patient. Each stimulation mode corresponds with a subset of coordinates defined in accordance with the plurality of coordinates in the model. Selection of one of the stimulation modes limits programming the stimulator device with coordinates that are within the corresponding subset of coordinates.
US11338124B2
The catheter device comprises a drive shaft connected to a motor, and a rotor mounted on the drive shaft at the distal end section. The rotor has a frame structure which is formed by a screw-like boundary frame and rotor struts extending radially inwards from the boundary frame. The rotor struts are fastened to the drive shaft by their ends opposite the boundary frame. Between the boundary frame and the drive shaft extends an elastic covering. The frame structure is made of an elastic material such that, after forced compression, the rotor unfolds automatically.
US11338120B2
Methods for treating a subject for a parasympathetic bias mediated condition are provided. Aspects of the methods include modulating at least a portion of the subject's autonomic nervous system to increase the sympathetic/parasympathetic activity ratio in a manner effective to treat the subject for the parasympathetic bias mediated condition. In some instances, the subject is known to have parasympathetic bias. Also provided are devices that find use in practicing various embodiments of the methods.
US11338116B2
A ventricular catheter assembly including a proximal catheter and a cooperating cranial cover. The cranial cover includes a base plate having an opening aligned with a burr hole in the skull of a person. A guide extends upwardly from the base plate and receives the proximal catheter.
US11338113B2
A catheter system having one or more needle position indicators to assist an operator in withdrawing the introducer needle to a “parked” position, as part of a catheterization procedure, wherein the needle position indicator provides a visual indication to the operator.
US11338098B2
An electronic cigarette, an atomizing assembly, and a method of manufacturing an atomizing assembly. The atomizing assembly includes a liquid absorbing unit and a heating unit. The liquid absorbing unit is configured to absorb and store liquid and the liquid absorbing unit forms an atomizing channel therein and includes an atomizing surface on which the liquid is atomized and volatilized. The atomizing surface defines a boundary of the atomizing channel through which the smoke flows. The heating unit is configured to atomize the liquid and includes a buried portion and an embedded portion connected to each other. The embedded portion is embedded in the liquid absorbing unit and is internally tangent to the corresponding atomizing surface. The buried portion is wrapped in the liquid absorbing unit, wherein a predetermined distance is designed between the buried portion and the corresponding atomizing surface in a radial direction of the atomizing channel.
US11338096B2
The present disclosure relates to a medicament injection device (1) comprising a housing (3) arranged to receive a medicament container (11a), a needle cover (9) movable relative to the housing (3), from a retracted position, in which it engages the housing (3) and enables medicament delivery, to an extended position, a plunger rod (7), and a plunger driver (5) movable relative to the housing (3) from all initial position to a final position, and arranged to actuate the plunger rod (7), wherein the plunger rod (7) has a first guide arrangement and the housing (3) has a second guide arrangement, the first guide arrangement (7d) and the second guide arrangement being arranged to cooperate to guide movement of the plunger rod (7) relative to the housing (3), wherein the first guide arrangement and the second guide arrangement in a first stage provide a linear motion path for the plunger rod (7), enabling the plunger rod (7) to initially move in the axial direction and in a second stage provide a rotation motion path for the plunger rod (7), enabling the plunger rod (7) to rotate relative to the housing (3) to release the plunger rod (7) from the plunger driver (5), whereby the plunger driver (5) attains a released state enabling movement of the plunger driver (5) to its final position, wherein in the released state the plunger driver (5) is arranged to release the needle cover (9) from the housing (3) and to actuate the needle cover (9) to its extended position.
US11338095B2
The disclosure relates to a drug delivery device, comprising: a housing to receive a cartridge with a needle and a stopper, wherein the cartridge is movable within the housing so as to cover the needle within the housing or advance the needle beyond the housing, a gas tank containing a pressurized gas within the housing, the gas tank connectable with a cavity for moving the cartridge, a cavity for moving the stopper and a cavity for moving the cartridge, a release member fixed to the housing and adapted to restrict movement of the cartridge relative to the housing in a proximal direction, a membrane between the cavity and the retraction release member adapted to operate the release member if the membrane is deformed by a pressure within the cavity exceeding a predetermined value allowing movement of the cartridge relative to the housing in the proximal direction.
US11338089B2
An injection device comprising a housing (12) and a dose selector (16) to set a dose of medicament to be ejected from the injection device. A spring (20) coupled to the dose selector stores energy necessary for ejecting the dose from the injection device. A ratchet (25) arrangement is provided to rotationally couple a ratchet component and an internal surface of the housing in a coupled state and to allow relative rotation between the ratchet component and the internal surface of the housing in an uncoupled state. An over-torque feature (27) located between the dose selector and the spring is actuatable, when the rotation of the dose selector causes the charging force to exceed a defined limit, to reduce the charging force transferred from the dose selector to the spring. Both the ratchet component and the over-torque feature are provided on a single component (28).
US11338088B2
A closure for use with a specimen collection container is disclosed. The closure includes a base portion having a first end adapted for engagement with an open end of the specimen collection container, and a second end adapted for receiving a portion of a syringe assembly therein. The closure also includes a luer fitting connected to the base portion and having at least one channel for venting an interior of the specimen collection container to atmosphere during introduction of a fluid specimen from the syringe assembly into the specimen collection container. The closure further includes a shielding portion connected to the base portion and adapted to transition from an open position in which fluid communication is established between the first end and the second end through the luer fitting, to a closed position in which the luer fitting is fully shielded by the shielding portion.
US11338084B2
An apparatus includes a body, a cannula, and a needle. The cannula is flexible and extends distally from the body. The needle is slidably disposed in the cannula. The needle includes a sharp distal tip and a curved portion. The needle is configured to translate relative to the cannula between a proximal position and a distal position. The distal tip is configured to be positioned inside the cannula when the needle is in the proximal position. The distal tip is configured to be positioned outside the cannula when the needle is in the distal position. The needle is resiliently biased to extend along a curve through the curved portion.
US11338082B2
A dispenser includes a container with an endwall and a cap covering the endwall. The cap has an aperture and a first film covering the aperture. A hood over the cap has a barrel defining a bore which is coaxially aligned with the aperture, a second film sealing the bore, and a gasket compressed behind the second film. A spike is carried for movement in the barrel between retracted and advanced positions. The dispenser has first and second conditions. In the first condition, the first and second films are against each other and seal the aperture and barrel, and in the second condition, the first and second films are away, unsealing the aperture and the barrel. When the dispenser is in the second condition and the spike moves from the retracted position to the advanced position, the spike pierces the endwall.
US11338072B2
This disclosure relates to a blood treatment system including a blood treatment machine, a dialyzer configured to be coupled to the blood treatment machine, a blood line having a first end configured to be connected to the dialyzer and a second end configured to be connected to a needle for insertion into a patient, and one or more sensors operable to transmit, to the blood treatment machine, data related to tension along the blood line. The blood treatment machine is configured to take action in response to the data received from the one or more sensors.
US11338064B2
A bioprosthetic valve for repairing a deep venous insufficiency in a subject includes a single leaflet from a xenogeneic heart valve attached at natural margins of attachment to a patch of valve wall tissue. The patch may extend axially above and below the leaflet and circumferentially on either side of the leaflet to provide a region for attaching the patch to a fenestration in a host vein. A bioprosthetic valve may be manufactured by excising a portion of a xenogeneic heart valve including a single leaflet and contiguous wall tissue, and may further comprise shaving off excess leaflet tissue from adjacent leaflets. A method of replacing a malfunctioning venous valve in a subject includes providing a bioprosthetic valve as described above and inserting it to the host vein.
US11338062B2
The presently disclosed composition and methods are provided for a hydrogel or nanofiber-hydrogel composite integrated with a surgical scaffold or mesh. A surgical scaffold device comprised of laminar composite is disclosed for the purpose of reducing foreign body response, managing tissue-materials interface, and improving the integration of the surgical mesh with the surrounding tissue of a subject.
US11338052B2
An excimer lamp includes a dielectric tube, an end cap, a conductive hollow tube, and an electrode grid. The dielectric tube has a closed end and an open end, and defines a cavity. The end cap sealingly covers the open end. The conductive hollow tube passes through the end cap and into the cavity of the dielectric tube, with a volume defined between an exterior surface of the conductive hollow tube and an interior surface of the dielectric tube. The volume is configured to hold a gas. The electrode grid is disposed on an exterior surface of the dielectric tube.
US11338051B2
Closure mechanisms for closing and sealing sterilization containers and indicators for indicating the seal integrity sterilization containers are provided. For example, a container closure mechanism may be configured to distribute a closure force along a gasket to seal a container lid to a container body. Further, a seal indicator may visibly indicate at the container exterior whether the container is sufficiently sealed to prevent an ingress of contaminants into the container. If the container is sufficiently sealed, the seal indicator is a first state, and if the sterilization container is not sufficiently sealed, the seal indicator is in a second state. Thus, the seal indicator undergoes a state change when the sterilization container transitions from unsealed to sealed or from sealed to unsealed, such that a user can ascertain whether the container is properly sealed to maintain sterility or whether the seal and sterility of the container have been compromised.
US11338050B2
An excimer bulb assembly including an excimer bulb and a pass filter such that the excimer bulb assembly does not emit substantial UV radiation in wavelengths longer than 231 nm, 232 nm, 233 nm, 234 nm or 235 nm. The wavelengths are measured at an incident angle of zero (0) degrees to the filter plane. The pass filter is preferably constructed of a plurality of layers of hafnium oxide, and most preferably constructed of less than seventy five (75) layers of hafnium oxide. The excimer bulb, pass filter, and two electrical connectors may be adapted to form a cartridge which may be adapted to swivel along its main axis. The cartridge may further include a smart chip. The smart chip may retain and store information regarding the assembly and preferably retains hours of use of the excimer bulb.
US11338044B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for modulating the production of a protein in a target cell. The compositions and methods disclosed herein are capable of ameliorating diseases associated with protein or enzyme deficiencies.
US11338039B2
The present invention relates to an abuse-proof solid pharmaceutical composition comprising an active ingredient with potential for abuse, silica in an amount of from 10 mg to 1000 mg, guar flour in an amount of from 100 mg to 300 mg, and a water soluble diluent in an amount of from 500 mg to 5000 mg.
US11338038B2
Disclosed are methods, compositions, reagents, systems, and kits to prepare and utilize branched multi-functional macromonomers, which contain a ring-opening metathesis polymerizable norbornene group, one or more reactive sites capable of undergoing click chemistry, and a terminal acyl group capable of undergoing a coupling reaction; branched multi-cargo macromonomers; and the corresponding polymers are disclosed herein. Various embodiments show that the macromonomers and polymers disclosed herein display unprecedented control of cargo loading of agents. These materials have the potential to be utilized for the treatment of diseases and conditions such as cancer and hypertension.
US11338034B2
The present invention relates to a hydroxyapatite and/or tricalcium phosphate powder characterized in that it has undergone at least one sintering step at a temperature between 400° C. and 600° C. The invention also relates to a process for preparing such a powder, and to a composition comprising such a powder for use as an anti-tumour auto-vaccine and particularly in the treatment of the following pathological conditions: osteosarcoma, B or T lymphoma, mammary tumour, melanoma, haemangiosarcoma, mastocytoma, fibrosarcoma, brain tumours and schwannoma in a subject. The present invention also covers a drug combination comprising the composition of the invention and at least one second therapeutic agent, preferably an anti-tumour agent and/or a radiotherapeutic agent.
US11338033B2
Vaccines that elicit broadly protective anti-influenza antibodies. The vaccines comprise nanoparticles that display HA trimers from Group 2 influenza virus on their surface. The nanoparticles are fusion proteins comprising a monomeric subunit (e.g., ferritin) joined to stabilized stem regions of Group 2 influenza virus HA proteins. The fusion proteins self-assemble to form the HA-displaying nanoparticles. Also provided are fusion proteins, and nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins, and assays using nanoparticles of the invention to detect anti-influenza antibodies.
US11338029B2
Disclosed herein are nucleic acid molecules comprising one or more nucleic acid sequences that encode a mutated consensus PRAME antigen. Vectors, compositions, and vaccines comprising one or more nucleic acid sequences that encode a mutated consensus PRAME antigen are disclosed. Methods of treating a subject with a PRAME-expressing tumor and methods of preventing a PRAME-expressing tumor are disclosed. Mutated consensus PRAME antigen is disclosed.
US11338027B2
The present invention provides a complex for use in the prevention and/or treatment of cancer, the complex comprising a) a cell penetrating peptide, b) at least one antigen or antigenic epitope, and c) at least one TLR peptide agonist, wherein the components a)-c) are covalently linked. In particular, compositions for use in the prevention and/or treatment of cancer, such as a pharmaceutical compositions and vaccines are provided.
US11338015B2
The application provides data from a clinical trial of a PSD-95 inhibitor in subjects undergoing endovascular repair of an aneurysm in or otherwise affecting the CNS. The subjects were stratified by whether the aneurysm ruptured before performing the endovascular surgery. Rupture is associated with higher mortality or increased debilitation if a subject survives. The trial provided evidence of significant benefit in subjects with and without aneurysm rupture before endovascular was surgery performed. Surprisingly, the subjects benefitting most from treatment as judged both by pathology and neurocognitive outcome were those in which the aneurysm had ruptured causing a subarachnoid hemorrhage. These data constitute evidence that a PSD-95 inhibitor is beneficial not only in ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke but in forms of hemorrhage in or affecting the CNS, particularly, subarachnoid hemorrhage.
US11338005B2
A medicinal composition having a nitrate enriched extract of Amaranth for the prevention and treatment of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, and for the improvement of cardioprotective health and cardio renal protection. A method for the prevention and treatment of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, method of improving cardioprotective health and cardio renal protection by using the composition having a nitrate enriched extract of Amaranth.
US11337998B2
The present invention provides improved and/or shortened methods for expanding TILs and producing therapeutic populations of TILs, including novel methods for expanding TIL populations in a closed system that lead to improved efficacy, improved phenotype, and increased metabolic health of the TILs in a shorter time period, while allowing for reduced microbial contamination as well as decreased costs. Such TILs find use in therapeutic treatment regimens.
US11337994B2
Described herein are in situ gelling compositions. The compositions include an anti-inflammatory polysaccharide and a gelling polymer, wherein the composition is a liquid prior to administration to a subject but converts to a gel upon administration to the subject. The compositions described herein have numerous applications with respect to the local treatment (reduction or prevention) of inflammation and/or tissue damage.
US11337982B2
The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for treating hepatitis B virus infection. In particular, the present invention is directed to a combination therapy comprising administration of a TLR7 agonist and an HBV capsid assembly inhibitor for use in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B patient.
US11337980B2
The present invention provides a composition comprising one or more deoxyribonucleosides for use in the treatment of a mitochondrial DNA depletion and/or multiple deletions syndrome provided that the syndrome is not caused by a defect in the deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) metabolism. With the use of the invention there is a recovery in mitochondrial DNA levels independently from the severity of the patient's disease, which confers a great therapeutic value to the invention.
US11337973B2
The invention relates to prolyl endopeptidase (PREP) inhibitors of formula (I) which contain a condensed 2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one ring system, methods for producing same, the use thereof alone or in combinations for treating and/or preventing diseases, and the use thereof for producing drugs for treating and/or preventing diseases, in particular for treating and/or preventing inflammatory lung diseases (COPD).
US11337962B2
The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for intranasal administration comprising a salt of sumatriptan or a physiologically acceptable solvate thereof, an alkyl glycoside or saccharide alkyl ester and optionally at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the said composition provides Tmax value of less than 30 minutes upon said administration. Other aspects and embodiments are contemplated and described. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition for intranasal administration comprising a triptan, a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle and a mucosal permeation enhancer, wherein upon said administration said composition provides a Tmax substantially equivalent to subcutaneous administration of said triptan. Other aspects and embodiments are contemplated and described.
US11337961B2
Disclosed herein are self-emulsifying compositions and formulations of Dimdolylmethane (“DIM”) and certain derivatives of DIM, their uses and methods of making. In particular, the disclosed compositions comprise a DIM-related indole as an active agent and a carrier, wherein the carrier comprises a solvent, one or more surfactants with an HLB of greater than 7, and one or more co-surfactants with an HLB equal to or less than 7. In certain aspects of the invention, the compositions disclosed herein show improved bioavailability.
US11337960B2
The disclosure provides thiol-containing alkyl fatty acid compound formulations for intravenous, parenteral or oral administration. The compositions of the present technology have optimal controlled bioavailability and are useful for treating metabolic dysfunctions such as pre-diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and diabetes. Also provided are methods of treatment comprising the daily administration of the disclosed thiol-containing alkyl fatty acid formulations.
US11337956B2
Compounds which directly inhibit IRE-1α activity in vitro, prodrugs, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Such compounds and prodrugs are useful for treating diseases associated with the unfolded protein response or with regulated IRE1-dependent decay (RIDD) and can be used as single agents or in combination therapies.
US11337954B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for extraction, isolation, purification, and conversion of various cannabinoids, and modifications of whole-plant hemp extracts therewith are presented. A method for preparing a whole-plant hemp extract based product includes extracting cannabinoids from plant materials, such as one or more hemp varieties of Cannabis sativa. The method also includes separating and purifying CBD from the extracted cannabinoids, converting purified CBD to Δ9-THC and Δ8-THC and concurrently converting Δ9-THC to CBN, purifying and separating the CBN, and combining the purified CBN with a whole-plan hemp extract. Products and supplements related to the method are also described.
US11337952B2
Biologically active cannabidiol analogs comprising a compound of the formula wherein one of R1 or R2 or both is/are the residue of a moiety formed by the reaction of an amino group of the amino acid ester of R1 or R2 or both with a dicarboxylic acid or a dicarboxylic acid derivative and the other R1 or R2 (in the case of the mono) is the residue of a dicarboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acid derivative or Hydrogen (H), (i.e. underivatized), and salts thereof. These CBD analogs are be useful in pain management in oncology and other clinical settings in which neuropathy is presented. Furthermore, these CBD-analogs are useful in blocking the addictive properties of opiates.
US11337940B2
Compositions and methods to produce adhesive articles with active agents concentrated at the substrate contacting surface. The active agents are applied in powder form, or in combination with a liquid or gel vehicle, to the substrate contacting surface of an adhesive layer of an adhesive article. The active agent compositions are directly applied to the adhesive layer, or are first applied to a release liner, which is then brought into contact with the adhesive layer to dispose the active agent compositions to the substrate contacting surface of the adhesive layer. Upon application of the adhesive article to a substrate, the active agent is delivered to a region of interest on the substrate.
US11337934B1
A composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a cannabinoid and protocatechuic acid is provided. The disclosure further provides a method of treating inflammation comprising administering a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a cannabinoid and protocatechuic acid to a patient in need thereof. The disclosure further provides a method of treating inflammation including administering a composition including protocatechuic acid and a composition including a cannabinoid to a patient in need thereof. In embodiments, the composition including protocatechuic acid and the composition including a cannabinoid may be administered simultaneously within about 60 minutes of each other. In embodiments, the cannabinoid includes Cannabidiol (CBD).
US11337932B2
The present invention relates to a transdermal therapeutic system (TTS) for the transdermal administration of asenapine comprising a self-adhesive layer structure comprising a therapeutically effective amount of asenapine, said self-adhesive layer structure comprising: A) a backing layer; B) an asenapine-containing layer comprising: 1. asenapine in the form of the free base; and 2. a polymer selected from the group consisting of polysiloxanes and polyisobutylenes in an amount of more than 50% by weight based on the total weight of the asenapine-containing layer; and C) optionally an additional skin contact layer.
US11337928B2
A method of making a tablet for hot espresso beverage extraction includes the steps of grinding a brewable product to obtain a powder having a substantially uniform particle size, dosing a predetermined amount of the ground product powder, moistening the powdered product dose, homogenizing the moistened mixture to obtain a powdered product with a substantially uniform moisture content, forming the powdered product dose to obtain a disk-shaped or prismatic tablet, and supplying an amount of energy to the tablet to obtain a substantially compact and integral item. The step of supplying energy is carried out by irradiating the tablet with an electromagnetic wave beam to overheat and partially bake and/or sinter the particles of the powdered product and impart a relatively compact and self-supporting construction to the finished tablet. The electromagnetic wave irradiation step is carried out at the end of the forming step while continuously compressing the dose.
US11337920B2
An orally administrable drug powder composition which forms a gastro-retentive RAFT having at least two trigger pulses is provided. The composition contains, at a minimum, (a) at least one GHB drug in a first pulse release which releases in less than about 3 hours; (b) at least one GHB drug in a delayed trigger release form; (c) at least one non-toxic gas generating agent; and (d) a RAFT system, wherein following oral ingestion, the composition provides a self-assembling gastro-retentive RAFT having entrapped therein, the at least one drug of (a) and (b) and the gas generated in situ by the non-toxic gas generating agent, thereby providing a floating gastro-retentive RAFT having a dual pulse system wherein at least the second pulse is a trigger pulse and which retains the at least one GHB drug in the stomach for at least about 3 hours.
US11337903B2
An oral care composition comprising zinc phosphate, stannous fluoride and an organic acid buffer system, as well as methods of using the same.
US11337900B2
Aspects of the present invention are directed to a method for improving the occlusiveness of a topical pharmaceutical or cosmetic formulation in use in a patient in need thereof, comprising adding to the formulation at least 0.1-to about 10% w/w of one or more of a monofatty acid ester of glycerin and/or one or more of a monofatty acid ester of glycol, or mixtures thereof. Aspects of the present invention are also directed to a method for maintaining skin barrier efficiency of the stratum corneum of a patient in need thereof, comprising applying to the skin of said patient a pharmaceutical or cosmetic formulation containing at least 3% w/w of one or more of a monofatty acid ester of glycerin and/or one or more of a monofatty acid ester of glycol, or mixtures thereof.
US11337899B2
Provided herein is a cosmetic composition comprising gellant technology combined with at least two different gelling agents; neutralizing agent; colorant; and water.
US11337895B2
Various aspects of the subject disclosure relate to a compounder system having a cartridge that includes fluid pathways controllable by valves of the cartridge. A pump component within the cartridge is actuable to move fluid through the controllable fluid pathways. The cartridge includes a needle extending from a cartridge body and fluidly coupled to at least one of the controllable fluid pathways. A vial puck is provided for attachment to a vial to be fluidly coupled to the cartridge by the needle. The vial puck may include a hygroscopic member to absorb fluid from the needle to ensure a dry disconnect. A shuttle valve may also be provided.
US11337888B2
A posture correcting device using vibration or emitted electrical pulses in a pre-determined time sequence that may be adjusted in timing, intensity or strength, and a device for securing said posture correcting device to a body of a wearer.
US11337887B2
An adjustable massage apparatus with: a body, a back panel, and at least two shoulder straps, the back panel has at least one massage apparatus and a substantially rigid material that is at least 1 mm thick, the massager apparatus has at least two massage heads which are retained on the back panel inside at least one tunnel, each of the massage heads are fixed on a band to provide the massage head on the band and moving in the tunnel which is substantially the same width as each of the massage heads.
US11337882B2
A pattern changing sheet includes: lenticular lenses in number corresponding to one wavelength of the pattern changing sheet and disposed with the bus-line pitch to in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis; and a pattern layer opposed to the lenticular lenses on the rear face of the lenticular lenses, the pattern layer having a gradation pattern (dots) disposed in the bus-line pitch L0. The gradation pattern includes bright dots and dark dots in the bus-line pitch to in the disposing direction. The viewer views the display pattern that is a connection of the corresponding dots of the lenticular lenses depending on the viewpoint position, and the display pattern progresses at a predetermined speed scale-factor of the movement of the viewpoint. This configuration creates and provides a pattern changing sheet having a high degree of freedom and depending on the intended use.
US11337880B2
A system is provided for supporting an arm of a user that includes a harness configured to be worn by the user, and an arm support coupled to the harness and including an arm rest to support an arm of the user. The arm support is configured to accommodate and follow movement of the arm without substantially interfering in such movement. The arm support may at least partially offset a gravitational force acting on the arm as the user moves and the arm support follows the movement of the user's arm. For example, the arm support may transfer at least a portion of the weight of the user's arm to the torso or other region of the user's body and/or may apply an opposing force to at least partially offset the gravitational force acting on the arm.
US11337879B2
An orthosis for increasing a range of motion of an ankle is disclosed. In various embodiments, the orthosis includes a frame including a ball shell and a heel shell; a first actuator disposed on the ball shell and configured to apply a first force against a ball region of a foot, resulting in a moment being applied at the ankle; and a first rod connecting the heel shell and the ball shell, the first rod being slidably connected to at least one of the heel shell or the ball shell. In various embodiments, a second actuator is disposed on the heel shell and configured to apply a second force against a heel region of the foot. In various embodiments, a calf shell is configured to support a calf region of a leg that is connected to the ankle.
US11337876B2
A transparent article of manufacture with improved and convenient access ports, light weight, venting, and ready for quick deployment. It may be single-use or reusable (upon proper sanitation). It has a vent for removal of aerosolized bacterial and viruses, and ports for clinicians to insert their hands. The general pyramidal shape promotes air flow to the vent, where aerosolized bacteria and viruses may be safely expelled, and allows for stacking.
US11337868B2
A pull-on absorbent article includes: an absorbent main body including an absorbent body along a vertical direction; and waist-circumference sections in a pair respectively located on one end side and another end side of the absorbent main body, the waist-circumference sections each including an elastic member stretchable in a lateral direction, the absorbent main body including extension sections in a pair respectively extending outward on two lateral sides of the absorbent body, the extension sections each having an elastic member stretchable in the vertical direction placed therein, the extension sections each forming a leg opening and including an overlap portion that overlaps in the vertical direction with at least one of the waist-circumference sections in a pair, the overlap portion having at least a part joined to the waist-circumference section, the overlap portion of the extension section having a welded region having a predetermined lateral length placed therein.
US11337866B2
A absorbent member manufacturing method of the invention is a method for manufacturing an absorbent member (100) including synthetic fibers (10b). The method involves: a transporting step of transporting a plurality of sheet fragments (10bh) including synthetic fibers (10b) to an accumulating depression (41) by using a duct 3; an accumulating step of accumulating, in the accumulating depression (41), the plurality of sheet fragments (10bh) transported in the transporting step, and forming an accumulation (100a′) which is a constituent member of the absorbent member (100); and a pressing step of pressing the accumulation (100a′) over its entirety in the thickness direction.
US11337861B2
The present application relates to a battery-powered electronic device, such as an electronic hearing protector, with switchable electrical contacts. The device includes a housing enclosing the battery and an electronics assembly. The electronics assembly is powered by the battery, and the electronics assembly comprises a processor controlled by updatable software. The device further includes a first electrical contact that is a ground line; a second electrical contact that is a data programming line in a first state, and that is a charging voltage line in a second state; and a third electrical contact that is a clock line in a first state, and that is a charge enable line in the second state. The first, second and third electrical contacts are accessible from outside the housing. A switch enclosed by the housing changes the second electrical contact between the first state and the second state.
US11337858B2
An ostomy pouching system is described. A baseplate includes a seal adapted to be securely placed on the skin about the perimeter of tissue defining a stoma incised into a patient. An ostomy reservoir forms a sealed space within which discharge can be received and held. A flex layer includes a seal that is airtight, watertight, or both, and which is structurally interposed between at least a portion of two or more of the skin, tissue, stoma, baseplate, and ostomy reservoir. The flex layer includes a resiliently and elastically malleable phase change material. The flex layer is deformable such that at least one portion of the flex layer can transmute the magnitude of a force applied to the flex layer and redirect the force. External forces acting upon at least one of the skin, tissue, stoma, baseplate, and ostomy reservoir are mitigated, transmuted, and isolated by the flex layer.
US11337856B2
A method for treating glaucoma with an implantable glaucoma device includes inserting a hollow elongated needle into the eye between the cornea and iris and into the anterior chamber of the eye to form a needle tract in the eye, introducing a distal end of a guidewire through the needle and into the anterior chamber, introducing a snare through a corneal incision into the anterior chamber. The snare has a sheath and a hook or loop inside the sheath and extendible therefrom. The method includes capturing a segment of the guidewire proximate the distal end of the guidewire with the snare within the anterior chamber, removing the needle from over the guidewire outside of the eye, coupling a glaucoma drainage device to a proximal end of the guidewire that extends outside of the eye, and pulling on the captured guidewire segment with the snare to pull the glaucoma drainage device into the needle tract and into the anterior chamber of the eye until the glaucoma device is located in an implanted position in the eye. The method can also possibly involve removing the snare from the eye, cutting a distal end of the glaucoma device (possibly within the anterior chamber), and removing the cut distal end of the glaucoma drainage device from the eye. An improved glaucoma drainage device and other deployment systems and methods are also described and claimed.
US11337852B2
A system for storing and delivering a predetermined amount of fluid includes a syringe including a barrel, a flange disposed at the proximal end of the barrel, and a plunger assembly configured to be received in the lumen of the barrel. The plunger assembly includes a piston and a plunger rod. The plunger rod is removably couplable to the piston at the distal end of the plunger rod and includes a thumb press flange at the proximal end of the plunger rod. The system further includes a stop feature that is removably couplable to the syringe or the plunger assembly. The stop feature is configured to arrest distal advancement of the plunger assembly relative to the syringe when the plunger assembly reaches a predetermined position relative to the syringe. The stop thus ensures that a predetermined amount of fluid remains in the barrel.
US11337848B1
A male external catheter includes a base and a body. The base includes a planar body and an opening, wherein the planar body includes a first planar surface and a second planar surface opposite the first planar surface. The body extends from the second planar surface of the base and has a tubular shape about the opening of the base. The body also includes a base portion adjacent to the base and having a base wall thickness; a tip portion distal from the base and including a tip configured to connect to the tubing of the drainage bag, wherein the tip portion has a tip wall thickness; and a central portion between the base portion and the tip portion and having a central wall thickness. The central wall thickness is less than at least one of the base wall thickness and the tip wall thickness.
US11337845B2
A method, system, apparatus, and/or device for supporting a plantar flexion ridge. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include a leg calf shell further with a leg calf shell plantar flexion ridge at a lowermost point. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include a boot shell connected to a bottom portion of the leg calf shell. The boot shell may include a boot shell plantar flexion ridge at an uppermost point or the boot shell. The boot shell plantar flexion ridge may contact the leg calf shell plantar flexion ridge at a plantar flexion ridges region. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include a posterior stretch cord assembly. The first end of the posterior stretch cord assembly may attach to a back of the leg calf shell and the second end of the posterior stretch cord assembly may be attached to a back of the boot shell.
US11337832B2
A continuous socket/suspension monitoring system according to principles of the present invention tracks relative displacement between amputee residuum and their socket using magnetic sensors. The system includes at least one magnetic sensor in a liner worn on the amputees' residuum which correspond to sensors provide in or on the prosthesis socket. The system allows for monitoring of pistoning continuously during locomotion and does not require socket modification, is safe to amputee patients, is easy to use, and is low cost.
US11337831B2
A flexible plastic, resin or polymer material forming a trial plate for use is surgery of bones including spine and extremities. The trial plate having at least one radio opaque region and guides for positioning. A kit may be provided containing at least one flexible trial plate.
US11337829B2
A driving instrument for adjusting a spinal implant includes an outer shaft having a distal end configured to actuate a proximal adjustment assembly of a spinal implant, and an inner shaft having a distal end configured to actuate a distal adjustment assembly of the spinal implant. The inner shaft is disposed within the outer shaft, with a proximal end of the inner shaft extending proximally from the outer shaft. The proximal end is configured to be rotated such that rotation of the inner shaft results in simultaneous rotation of the inner and outer shafts, with rotation of the outer shaft ceasing at a first value of resistance associated with the proximal adjustment assembly and rotation of the inner shaft ceasing at a second value of resistance associated with the distal adjustment assembly such that cessation of rotation of the inner shaft is independent from cessation of rotation of the outer shaft.
US11337822B2
The present disclosure provides intramedullary mandibular implants for the temporomandibular joint. The mandibular implants include a stem portion, a collar portion and a head portion. The stem, collar and head portions may be integral. The stem portion may define an inferior end and the head portion may define a superior end of the implants. The head portion may be arcuate in the sagittal plane to provide an articulating surface with a fossa or a fossa component. The collar portion may be intermediate of the head and stem portions and form a channel between an interior surface of the collar portion and an exterior surface of the stem portion. In use, the stem portion may be implanted within a condyle of a mandible such that an end portion of the condyle is situated within the channel of the implant and the head portion articulates with the fossa or fossa component.
US11337813B2
A method for implanting a non-invasively and post-operatively adjustable penile implant in a penis of a patient, the implant comprising an expandable portion having a hollow portion adapted to receive a fluid, thereby allowing the expandable portion to be adjustable from a collapsed state into an expanded state. The method comprises the steps of: placing a proximal portion of said hollow portion in at least one corpus cavernosum, such that said proximal portion substantially extend on the inside of the male person when implanted in the penis; placing a distal portion of said hollow portion in the at least one corpus cavernosum such that said distal portion substantially extends on the outside of the male person when implanted in the penis, wherein the distal portion is placed with an invagination extending into the hollow portion in the collapsed state, and wherein said invagination is adapted to expand the hollow body in a length direction of the penile implant in the expanded state.
US11337810B2
This application relates to methods, systems, and apparatus for replacing native heart valves with prosthetic heart valves and treating valvular insufficiency. In a representative embodiment, a support frame configured to be implanted in a heart valve comprises a main body formed by formed by a plurality of inner members forming an inner clover and a plurality of outer members forming an outer clover. The support frame can include gaps located between inner members of the plurality of inner members and outer members of the plurality of outer members. The inner clover can be radially inside the outer clover, and the outer clover can have larger dimensions than the inner clover. The support frames herein can be radially expandable and collapsible.
US11337806B2
A method of delivering a collapsible prosthetic heart valve may include providing a delivery device having a catheter assembly and an operating handle. The catheter assembly may include a compartment adapted to receive the valve and a slidable distal sheath. The operating handle may include a housing and first and second lead screws each movable in first and second opposite longitudinal directions. The method may include loading the valve into the compartment and covering the compartment and the valve with proximal and distal segments of the distal sheath. The method may include inserting the catheter assembly into the patient, and partially deploying the valve by moving the first lead screw in the first longitudinal direction. The method may include fully deploying the valve by simultaneously continuing movement of the first lead screw in the first longitudinal direction and moving the second lead screw in the second longitudinal direction.
US11337803B2
A prosthetic heart valve, which may include an expandable annular outer frame having a tubular portion and at least one tissue anchor portion configured to extend from the tubular portion, may be provided. The at least one tissue anchor portion may have a plurality of attachment locations. The prosthetic heart valve may also include an expandable inner frame configured at least partially within the expandable annular outer frame. The expandable inner frame may be connected to the expandable annular outer frame solely at one or more of the plurality of attachment locations of the at least one tissue anchor portion.
US11337802B2
A heart valve delivery system may be provided. The heart valve delivery system may include at least a first catheter movable relative to second and third catheters, arranged in a telescoping configuration. The second catheter may be movable relative to and extend from the distal end of the third catheter. The delivery system may include a first adjustable flexure radius associated with the second catheter, and a second flexure radius. The delivery system may include at one control handle assembly configured to permit the catheters to rotate together, independently adjust the first and second flexure radii, cause relative axial movement between the catheters, and permit the ejector to cause relative movement between a heart valve and a capsule connected to the first catheter.
US11337797B2
Systems, methods, and devices for inserting an intraocular lens (IOL) assembly into an eye may be provided. A device for delivery of the IOL into the eye may include a nozzle; a bay adjacent to the nozzle, wherein the bay is configured to contain the lens component and comprises a recess in a shape of a haptic extension; and a cam-actuated mechanism comprising a slider configured to move in a direction toward the nozzle; a side arm moveably disposed within the bay, wherein the side arm is positioned at an end of the slider, the end of the slider comprising a groove aligned with the side arm, wherein the groove extends from an outer edge of the slider into an interior portion of the slider, wherein the groove is angled to receive the side arm as the slider moves.
US11337794B2
An ophthalmic device includes an optic and a haptic structure coupled with the optic. The optic includes an optic axis. The haptic structure is coupled to the optic. The haptic structure retains the ophthalmic device within a capsular bag of a patient's eye. At least a portion of the haptic structure has a cross-section and a peripheral surface forming an outer periphery of a portion of the cross-section. At least a portion of the peripheral surface contacts the capsular bag and is smoothly curved.
US11337783B2
The invention relates to a dental machine tool, in particular a dental milling machine (10), having a tool (12) that is changeable in particular via a tool bank (16), and a workpiece holder (14) for receiving a workpiece such as a dental blank made of ceramic, composite or plastics material such as PMMA, and having a housing (24) which is closable during machining by the machine tool, and having a negative-pressure connection to the housing (24). At least one air nozzle (30) that is fitted on or in the housing (24) is directed towards the workpiece and/or the workpiece holder (14) and/or the tool (12) and/or the tool bank (16) and/or a pane of a front flap of the machine tool. Said air nozzle (30) is equipped with at least one electrode for generating an electric field in the region of the nozzle or in front of the latter, and at least one nozzle comprising at least one electrode is directed towards that side of the workpiece or of the workpiece holder (14) on which the tool (12) machines the workpiece. At least two electrodes of an ionizer extend in a spaced-apart manner over a substantial part of the housing (24), and as a result of the application of an in particular pulsating AC voltage provides spatial deionization of the air flowing through the housing (24) and/or deionization of the surfaces of the workpiece, workpiece holder (14), tool (12) and/or window (28) and of the chips produced by the machining operation.
US11337772B2
An implantable device has a body that is substantially rigid and has a predetermined shape. The body is further bioabsorbable and has a density less than or equal to about 1.03 g/cc. When the device is implanted in a resected cavity in soft tissue, it causes the cavity to conform to the predetermined shape. The implantable device is further imageable due to its density being less than that of soft tissue such that the boundaries of the tissue corresponding to the predetermined shape can be determined.
US11337767B2
A method for engaging and disengaging a surgical instrument of a surgical robotic system comprising: receiving a plurality of interlock inputs from one or more interlock detection components of the surgical robotic system; determining, by one or more processors communicatively coupled to the interlock detection components, whether the plurality of interlock inputs indicate each of the following interlock requirements are satisfied: (1) a user is looking toward a display, (2) at least one or more user interface devices of the surgical robotic system are configured in a usable manner, and (3) a surgical workspace of the surgical robotic system is configured in a usable manner; in response to determining each of the interlock requirements are satisfied, transition the surgical robotic system into a teleoperation mode; and in response to determining less than all of the interlock requirements are satisfied, transition the surgical robotic system out of a teleoperation mode.
US11337763B2
Proposed is a medical imaging system including: a C-arm including an X-ray source and a detector; a first plate installed on an X-ray path between the X-ray source and the detector, and including a first transmissive surface provided with a plurality of first ball markers blocking an X-ray, and a first optical marker; a second plate installed on the X-ray path between the X-ray source and the detector, and including a second transmissive surface provided with a plurality of second ball markers blocking the X-ray, and a second optical marker; a reference optical marker configured to provide a 3D reference coordinate system; an optical tracking device configured to recognize locations of the first and second optical markers and the reference optical marker; and a matcher configured to calculate a matching relationship between coordinates on a 3D reference coordinate system and locations on first and second captured images.
US11337755B2
Skin treatment apparatus comprising an energy applicator structure configured to establish heating or ablation at a predetermined and controllable (i.e. selectable) depth below a surface of skin tissue with which it is in contact. The applicator structure may receive a cooling medium and microwave frequency electromagnetic energy, which provide a combined treatment effect that results in heating or ablation in a zone beneath the skin surface. The applicator may be a waveguide (e.g. waveguide horn antenna) with internal shielding configured to provide a substantially uniform heating effect. The applicator may include a thermal camera to monitor treatment.
US11337747B2
A system for use with a surgical instrument includes an end effector, a memory circuit to store computer-executable instructions, and a processor. The end effector comprises a cutting member and a load cell sensor configured to sense a measure of force used to advance the cutting member through captured tissue. The processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to initiate a first treatment cycle, access the measure of force used during the first treatment cycle to advance the cutting member through the captured tissue, determine that the measure of force exceeds a predetermined threshold, and generate an alert to a user of the surgical instrument based on the determination that a value of the measure of force exceeds the predetermined threshold. The predetermined threshold is based on an accumulation of biological material on the cutting member and a normal operational parameter of the first treatment cycle.
US11337734B2
The present disclosure includes bone screws and assemblies thereof for surgical procedures of the spine including but not limited to posterior spinal fixation procedures.
US11337727B2
Cannula devices, systems, and methods are provided for introducing one or more instruments into a patient's body to perform a procedure. In one example, the cannula device includes first and second housings defining a throughbore, and a plurality of elongate members extending distally from the housings, the elongate members cooperatively defining a passage axially aligned with the throughbore between proximal ends and distal tips of the elongate members. The first housing is moveable in an axial direction with respect to the second housing to cause the proximal ends of the elongate members to move outwardly to increase a size of the passage and, optionally, may taper when expanded. Optionally, one or more secondary devices, e.g., an obturator with a sharpened tip, or an obturator and tubular access device may be provided that may be inserted through the throughbore into the passage before expansion of the passage.
US11337723B2
The present embodiments provide apparatus and methods for treating tissue by applying a force to the tissue. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a deployable segment having proximal and distal regions, a main body extending therebetween, and a loop member formed at the distal region of the deployable segment. A cannula having a bore is dimensioned to circumferentially surround at least a portion of the main body at a location proximal to the loop member, and a spring member is disposed between the cannula and the loop member. The proximal end of the spring member is affixed to the cannula, and the distal end of the spring member is movable to apply a compressive force to adjust the size of the opening of the loop member and compress tissue disposed within the opening of the loop member. In an alternative embodiment, the cannula is omitted, and a diameter of the loop member is configured to be reduced and increased any number of times before final deployment of the deployable segment.
US11337722B2
A device for shearing tissue in a human or animal body may include a first member made of a first material and a second member made of a second material. A thread is connected to the first member and to the second member, and the first and second materials show magnetic attraction between one another. A means is provided for pulling the thread between the first and second members.
US11337719B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide improved methods and apparatus of treating the prostate. In many embodiments, at least a portion of the prostate is enucleated with a water jet, in order to decrease the invasiveness of the surgery. The access to the prostate can be provided with one or more of open surgical access, percutaneous access, or urethral access. The prostate can be enucleated such that an inner portion of the prostate comprising adenomatous tissue of the prostate is separated from a portion an outer the prostate comprising the capsule. In many embodiments, the patient is treated with energy of the water jet configured to separate the capsule from the inner tissue of the prostate and to inhibit cutting of blood vessels.
US11337718B2
Systems (10) and methods (12) of controlling an ultrasonic surgical tool (20) with a console (22) are provided. A first drive signal (40) is applied to the ultrasonic surgical tool (20). A characteristic of a harmonic signal (44) resulting from application of the first drive signal (40) to the ultrasonic surgical tool (20) is acquired. A cancellation signal (70) is generated based on the characteristic of the harmonic signal (44). The first drive signal (40) and the cancellation signal (70) are combined to produce a second drive signal (80) that is sinusoidal. The second drive signal (80) is applied to the ultrasonic surgical tool (20) such that presence of the harmonic signal (44) resulting from application of the second drive signal (80) is reduced relative to presence of the harmonic signal (44) resulting from application of the first drive signal (40).
US11337717B2
An articulating ultrasonic surgical end effector includes a clevis, a transducer housing pivotably coupled to the clevis, an ultrasonic transducer disposed within the transducer housing, a waveguide extending distally from the ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic blade disposed at the distal end of the waveguide, a shaft extending distally from the transducer housing about at least a portion of the ultrasonic blade, and a clamp arm pivotably coupled to the shaft and movable relative to the ultrasonic blade between an open position and a clamping position. Ultrasonic energy produced by the ultrasonic transducer is transmitted along the waveguide to the ultrasonic blade for treating tissue therewith.
US11337712B2
An aspiration thrombectomy system, comprising an aspiration catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the aspiration catheter comprises a lumen configured to accommodate fluid, a vacuum source comprising a controllable vacuum valve, and a controller configured to detect a change in a connection between the aspiration catheter and the aspiration thrombectomy system, wherein the controller is further configured to change a pulsation protocol associated with the aspiration catheter responsive to the change in the connection between the aspiration catheter and the aspiration thrombectomy system, wherein the pulsation protocol specifies pressure variations and pressure patterns to modulate the vacuum valve to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the aspiration catheter.
US11337709B2
A drill bit including a shaft which has a pyramidal shaped end defining a drill tip with a plurality of edges defining the pyramidal shape. One or more recesses are provided for directing away debris produced whilst drilling. At least one recess has a first portion extending along the shaft and a second portion having a first portion extending along the shaft and a second portion which extends along the drill tip. The second portion of the at least one recess extends along an edge of the drill tip.
US11337705B2
An embolization device may include a fiber section having a plurality of polymeric electrospun fibers and, optionally, a contrast agent. An embolization device may further include a plurality of fiber sections, wherein each fiber section is separated by a linker. A method of deploying such an embolization device may include inserting the embolization device into a vessel. The method may further include applying an electrical current to one or more of the linkers, applying electrothermal heat to at least a portion of the device, or applying force to at least a portion of a delivery vehicle for the device. A method of manufacturing the device may include electrospinning a fiber section, and processing the fiber section by straining, twisting, heating, or shaping it.
US11337700B2
A medical device and methods for hemostasis in a living body are disclosed. The medical device including a base configured to arranged on an upper surface of the tissue in the living body; a plurality of levers, each of the plurality of levers having a needle arranged on a lower surface thereof and configured to puncture the tissue in the living body, and wherein the plurality of lever are configured to be received with a slot or track of the base; and at least one tie, the at least one tie configured to hold together the plurality levers and needles upon compressing the tissue in the living body upon moving the plurality of levers inward in the slot or track of the base.
US11337698B2
A surgical stapling apparatus is disclosed which comprises cartridge body and a layer. The layer is implantable against tissue by staples deployed from the cartridge body and deformed by an anvil. The cartridge and the layer comprise co-operating features which reduce relative movement between the cartridge and the layer. Such co-operating features can also releasably retain the layer to the cartridge body. In addition to or in lieu of the above, the anvil and the layer comprise co-operating features which reduce relative movement between the anvil and the layer. Such co-operating features can also releasably retain the layer to the anvil. In certain instances, the layer can be positioned against the anvil, but releasably attached to the cartridge. The layer can comprise buttress material and/or a tissue thickness compensator, for example.
US11337693B2
A staple cartridge comprising a cartridge body, staples, and a sled is disclosed. The cartridge body comprises a longitudinal slot separating the cartridge body into a first lateral side and a second lateral side. The cartridge body further comprises a first longitudinal row of staple cavities defined in the first lateral side and a second longitudinal row of staple cavities defined in the first lateral side. The staple cavities of the first longitudinal row of staple cavities are angled toward the longitudinal slot. Gaps are present between the staple cavities in the first longitudinal row of staple cavities. The staple cavities of the second longitudinal row of staple cavities are angled toward the longitudinal slot. The staple cavities of the second longitudinal row of staple cavities are laterally aligned with the gaps. The staples are removably stored in the first and second longitudinal rows of staple cavities.
US11337692B2
A surgical stapling apparatus includes a handle assembly, a shaft assembly extending distally from the handle assembly, and an end effector selectively detachable from the shaft assembly. The end effector includes a first jaw member and a second jaw member. The first jaw member supports a lever that is pivotally movable relative to the first jaw member between an extended position and a retracted position. The lever is in contact with a leaf spring to spring bias the lever to the extended position. The second jaw member supports a drive beam that is selectively engagable with the lever to facilitate a pivotal movement of the second jaw member relative to the first jaw member between an unapproximated state and an approximated state.
US11337690B2
Improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods for maintaining a position and orientation of a suture needle at a fixed location relative to a suturing device. An exemplary device include a clamp having opposing grasping surfaces for grasping the needle at a first location, and a needle contacting surface for contacting the needle at a second location, the second location a distance axially away from the first location so as to inhibit unintended movement of the needle relative to the device, which may include rotation of the needle about the first location and rotation of the needle about its axis. In many embodiments, the device includes a first and second clamp and a mechanism for alternating grasping of the needle between the first and second clamp. The device may also be incorporated into a single-clamp needle grasping device.
US11337684B2
An occluder has a first disk-shaped structure with a grid, wherein the first disk-shaped structure is woven from at least two groups of braided wires, and the two groups of braided wires are crossed to form multiple rings of crossing points. A blocking membrane is also arranged in the disk-shaped structure, with an edge of the blocking membrane connected to the outermost ring of crossing points of the multiple rings of crossing points through a sewing wire, and the number of crossing points in the outermost ring of crossing points sewn with the blocking membrane is smaller than the number of all the crossing points in the outermost ring of the crossing points. The occluder can reduce the possibility of the phenomenon where the edge of the blocking membrane cannot abut against a disk face edge of the occluder, thereby improving the occlusion effect of the occluder.
US11337673B2
A system for boundary identification includes a memory (42) to store shear wave displacements through a medium as a displacement field including a spatial component and a temporal component. A directional filter (206, 208) filters the displacement field to provide a directional displacement field. A signal processing device (26) is coupled to the memory to execute a boundary estimator (214) to estimate a tissue boundary in a displayed image based upon a history of the directional displacement field accumulated over time.
US11337672B2
A console includes an image processing unit, a defective pixel map data acquisition unit, a failure condition estimation unit, a notification unit, and a display unit. The defective pixel map data acquisition unit acquires defective pixel map data output from a radiography unit. The failure condition estimation unit receives the defective pixel map data acquired by the defective pixel map data acquisition unit and estimates the failure probability of the radiography unit or the usage state of the radiography unit at the time of failure.
US11337667B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for determining rotation angles. The systems may perform the methods to: obtain a rotation speed of a radioactive scanning source in a CT scanner; obtain a plurality of original projection acquisition times corresponding to a plurality of projection samples, the plurality of projection samples being associated with rotation of the radioactive scanning source; determine a plurality of original rotation angles corresponding to the plurality of projection samples based on the plurality of original projection acquisition times and the rotation speed of the radioactive scanning source; and determine a plurality of modified rotation angles corresponding to the plurality of projection samples by modifying the plurality of original rotation angles.
US11337664B2
The present invention is an improved barrier-contained radiological sensor holder. In particular, the present invention is directed to radiological sensor holder contained in a barrier to reduce or prevent contamination. The radiological sensor holder preferably comprises a sensor holder at least partly contained within a barrier having a closed end and an open end. The barrier preferably comprises elastomer latex material and the sensor holder preferably comprises a polymer-based material with a treated surface or material characteristics amenable to anchorage of the elastomer. Alternatively, the holder is a wood pulp-based material with naturally coarse or irregular surface characteristics providing anchorage infusion of the elastomer. The sensor holder preferably has a sleeve with a base, first and second sides, and an opposing face and a bite wing integrally formed with the sleeve along a spine on the base. The sensor holder may alternately include an expansion slot along the opposing face.
US11337652B2
A method for determining spatial information for a multi-segment articulated rigid body system having at least an anchored segment and a non-anchored segment coupled to the anchored segment, each segment in the multi-segment articulated rigid body system representing a respective body part of a user, the method comprising: obtaining signals recorded by a first autonomous movement sensor coupled to a body part of the user represented by the non-anchored segment; providing the obtained signals as input to a trained statistical model and obtaining corresponding output of the trained statistical model; and determining, based on the corresponding output of the trained statistical model, spatial information for at least the non-anchored segment of the multi-segment articulated rigid body system. Determining the spatial information may include determining the position and/or orientation of the non-anchored segment relative to the anchor point and/or determining a spatial relationship between the anchored and non-anchored segments.
US11337651B2
The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for measuring sub-epidermal moisture to provide clinicians with information related to physical conditions and ailments associated with accumulation or depletion of extracellular fluid.
US11337650B2
In one embodiment, a hydration sensor or sensing element is configured to measure the hydration level of a user. The sensing element can include a water-permeable material positioned in between two water-impermeable material. The sensing element can be coupled to a bottle of fluid, or a carrier with a timer. The sensing element can be incorporated into a handheld device. The sensing element can be a disposable element, an element applicable for more than one-time use, or a re-usable element. The sensing element or sensor can be calibrated for a specific user or a group of users. One or more additional sensors that do not measure hydration level of the user can be coupled to a hydration sensing element to determine the amount of fluid consumption for the user in different conditions.
US11337649B2
Systems, devices, and methods for post-surgical joint range of motion measurement, activity monitoring, as well as monitoring compliance with post-operative extremity elevation and cooling recommendations are provided. The system comprises sensor(s) to be attached adjacent a joint of the patient, with limb attachment element(s), applications running on a computing device of the patient and medical practitioner, and a cloud-based backend system.
US11337647B2
A magnetic resonance pulse sequence technique may acquire a water reference spectrum and two water suppressed metabolite spectra and with frequency selective inversion pulse centered at either single frequency, at multiple frequencies, or in a single acquisition. Subtraction of the inverted from non-inverted water suppressed metabolite spectrum results in single or a combination of specific metabolite peak/peaks alone with a flat baseline for easier quantification.
US11337644B2
Method, device and machine for calculating an index representative of properties of a material of the bone type of an individual to be subjected to tests, particularly wherein the method includes a first acquisition step for acquiring at least one image having a plurality of elementary units of a sample of the material, wherein a generation step is provided for generating a grid of elementary geometric elements, or cells, which is associated with, in particular superimposed on, the image, an image processing step in which it is provided to calculate at least the apparent elastic modulus and a density coefficient of the material, both as a function of characteristic values of each cell, and a calculation step for calculating the index representative of the properties of a material, wherein the index is a function of the value of the apparent elastic modulus net of the contribution of the density coefficient.
US11337642B2
An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a sensor and a processor. The processor implements the method, including measuring infrared light corresponding to a user using the sensor, and detecting biometric information of the user if the infrared information satisfies a predetermined condition.
US11337641B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a hardness meter which estimates hardness in a stable manner regardless of a compression strength. Disclosed is a hardness meter characterized in being provided with: a movable portion which is continuously pressed against an object to be measured; a sensor which outputs an output signal reflecting a reaction force at a part of the object to be measured that is in contact with the movable portion; a motive force mechanism that causes the movable portion to perform a piston motion; and a hardness estimating portion which estimates the hardness of the object to be measured on the basis of an alternating current component of the output signal, generated by the piston motion of the movable portion.
US11337635B2
A method for automatically and independently associating a cardiovascular disease with an electrocardiogram, ECG, signal includes receiving the ECG signal; denoising the ECG signal using a wavelet transform; determining peaks of the denoised ECG signal by applying a combination of (1) two event-related moving averages and (2) fractional-Fourier-transform (FrFT) to the denoised ECG signal; and passing the peaks through a classifier for identifying the cardiovascular disease that corresponds to the ECG signal.
US11337632B2
The present disclosure relates to a device configured to be adhered to the surface of a mammal for recording physiological signals. The device may include a housing enclosing a circuit board and a flexible wing extending from the housing. The device may include an electrode coupled to the flexible wing and an electrical trace for transmitting an electrical signal between the electrode and the circuit board. The electrical trace may have an insulator with a conductive material and resistors printed on the surface of the insulator. The trace layer may include conductive vias for transmitting the signal from a bottom of the trace layer to a top of the trace layer. The housing may include a battery having a battery terminal connector configured to provide electrical access to both terminals on a single side of the battery. The housing may include a floating trigger button.
US11337619B2
A device (10) configured to detect the presence of metal artifacts in a patient's eye includes a head mount (14) configured to receive at least a portion of the patient's head. At least one inductor coil (12) is disposed on or in the head mount and positioned to inductively couple with at least one eye of the patient's head received into the head mount. An inductance meter (18) is operably connected to the at least one inductor coil to measure an inductance as a change of frequency of the at least one inductor coil. A processor (22) is programmed to: determine whether the inductance is greater than an inductance threshold value; and generate an indication of at least one metal artifact when the inductance is greater than the inductance threshold value. A display component (24) is configured to display the indication.
US11337607B2
An ophthalmic imaging apparatus comprising: an illumination light source and an optical assembly for directing light from the light source into an eye of a subject; a photosensor array comprising a plurality of photosensors positioned for acquiring images of portions of a fundus of the eye; an objective lens positioned along an imaging axis intersecting a point on the fundus of the eye wherein the objective lens is positioned for refracting light that has been reflected by the fundus to form an image of the fund us on an image plane of the objective lens such that the image plane is positioned away from the photosensor array; and a microlens array comprising a plurality of microlenses wherein the microlens array is spaced away from and positioned behind the image plane and wherein the microlens array is positioned in between the image plane and the photosensor array such that each microlens in the array projects a different view of the image formed at the image plane thereby forming an array of elemental images on the photosensor array.
US11337603B2
Devices used during minimally invasive surgery (sometimes called minimal access surgery or laparoscopic surgery) for implantation and fixation of various cameras, for example, to the human body. An insertable device including a housing divided into two sections, a camera, a sensor, at least two LED lights, a lens flush located above the camera lens to clean a lens of the camera, and a motor for moving the camera in relation to the housing with pan and tilt capabilities. An insertion tool for inserting devices including a cannula, a top housing, and a bottom, wherein the bottom couples with the insertable device. A capture and fixation device for capturing and fixing an insertable device to an internal body cavity wall, the device includes a cannula, at least one slideable clamp device, and a retractable loop. Once the insertable device is positioned, the retractable loop fixes the insertable device to the body cavity wall.
US11337596B2
Controlling integral energy of a light pulse in a fluorescence imaging system is disclosed. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes an electromagnetic sensor for sensing energy emitted by the emitter. The system includes a controller configured to synchronize timing of the emitter and the image sensor. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 795 nm to about 815 nm.
US11337595B2
When a first mode is set in an endoscope apparatus, a light source control unit causes a light source to be turned on during a period including all or a part of a period during which available storage periods of pixels in all simultaneous exposure lines. An imaging device generates a first image. When a second mode is set, the light source control unit causes the light source to be turned on during a period including all of the available storage period of the pixels in each of a plurality of rows. The imaging device generates a second image. The rolling distortion determination unit determines a situation of occurrence of rolling distortion using the first image and the second image.
US11337587B2
A medical system includes a medical device, an over-tube, and a console. The medical device includes an insertion portion. The over-tube is configured to receive the insertion portion. A console having a first connector is attached to the medical device and a second connector is attached to the over-tube. The over-tube has a tubular main body and a proximal-end portion. The proximal-end portion comprises a tubular member having an insertion port for receiving the insertion portion of the medical device therethrough. A base portion is coupled to the second connector and a moving mechanism is coupled to both the tubular member and the base portion. The moving mechanism is configured to cause the tubular member to move with respect to the second connector such that the tubular member has two or more degrees of freedom with respect to the second connector.
US11337584B2
The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus, system and method for efficiently and rapidly cleaning the bottom of a shoe. The system includes a base having a plurality of alternating, complementary shaped cleansing portions separated by grooves. The configuration of the cleansing portions provides for a sturdy and efficient device for cleaning the bottom of a shoe.
US11337580B2
A method for controlling operation of a household appliance may include supplying a liquid to a first space, determining a first behavior(TB1) of temperature measured by a first temperature sensor during supplying of the liquid to the first space, supplying the liquid to a second space by activating a pump in order to transport the liquid from the first space to the second space, determining a second behavior (TB2) of temperature measured by a second temperature sensor during supplying of the liquid to the second space, and determining if a sufficient amount of the liquid has been supplied to the second space or not based on the second behavior (TB2) evaluated with respect to the first behavior (TB1). A household appliance may also be provided.
US11337575B2
The present disclosure provides a floor cleaner that includes a replaceable component, such as a brushroll or a filter. The floor cleaner has a detection mechanism comprising a magnet on the replaceable component and a Hall Effect sensor positioned to detect the permanent magnet when the replaceable component is correctly installed on the floor cleaner. Operation of one or more electrically-powered components of the floor cleaner is prevented when the permanent magnet is not detected by the Hall Effect sensor.
US11337573B2
A cleaning apparatus including a vacuum cleaner and a docking station is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a vacuum cleaner including a dust collecting chamber in which foreign substances are collected, and a docking station configured to be connected to the dust collecting chamber to remove the foreign substances collected in the dust collecting chamber. The dust collecting chamber is configured to collect foreign substances through centrifugation, and configured to be docked to the docking station, and the docking station includes a suction device configured to suction the foreign substances and air in the dust collecting chamber docked to the docking station.
US11337569B2
A drying device includes: a housing having a ventilation device provided therein; a drying nozzle provided in the housing, and having a ventilation groove from which an air flow generated by the ventilation device is discharged; and a driving motor for moving the drying nozzle forward and backward by rotating the drying nozzle.
US11337566B2
Toilet paper includes at least two sheets on which embossments are formed and that are joined together in a nested manner. The area of a top part of an embossed protrusion of each of the embossments is between 0.8 mm2 and 1.5 mm2, and the area percentage of top parts of embossed protrusions of the embossments is between 5% and 10%.
US11337559B2
A removable handle assembly for a container having a side wall includes a container handle, a first removable handle and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is coupled to the first removable handle and automatically secures the first removable handle to the container handle. The locking mechanism includes a catch coupled to a rotatable shaft. The catch pivots with rotation of the shaft between a locked position and an unlocked position. When in the locked position, the at least one catch is positioned under a part of the container handle to deter wobbling or relative movement between the container handle and the first removable handle when the container handle is fixedly attached to a container.
US11337558B1
A meals preparation machine and a method for preparing meals, using a meals preparation machine, configured to: receive a meal package (MP) into the meals preparation machine, the MP having an identifier thereover; detect one or more characteristics of the identifier of the received MP, using at least one sensor, outputting sensor data indicative of the detected one or more characteristics; identify a meal preparation code of the respective MP, based on the sensor data; retrieve a meal preparation plan that is associated with the identified meal preparation code of the respective MP; and control preparation of a meal of the respective MP, based on the retrieved meal preparation plan.
US11337557B2
An air circulation and ventilation apparatus for a food processing machine (70), and the air circulation and ventilation apparatus comprises: a motor (10) and a fan (30), in which the motor (10) is used for driving an agitating or pulverizing assembly and is arranged within a base of the machine, and a body (60) of the machine is disposed outside the base, and the gap between the body (60) and the outer side wall of the base forms an air inlet passage; the fan (30) is equipped with a driving motor and is arranged within the base, and under the effect of the fan (30), airflow enters the air inlet passage by means of an air inlet port (22) on the base and flows through the motor (10) within the base and is discharged from an outlet port (23) on the base. By independently and separately providing the motor (10) for driving the agitating or pulverizing assembly of the food processing machine (70) and the fan (30) for ventilation, the load on the motor (10) and the vibration of the food processing machine (70) maybe be reduced, while also reducing noise; the fan (30) drives the operation thereof, and can independently adjust the rotational speed thereof according to ventilation needs, thus preventing waste of resources; further, when an operation problem occurs with the motor (10), the motor (10) may be effectively cooled down, thus maintaining good heat-dissipation efficiency, thereby prolonging the service life of the food processing machine (70).
US11337547B1
Ingredient level consumption guidance methods and control systems in beverage mixture dispensing systems are disclosed. A disclosed method for operating a beverage mixture dispensing system includes setting an ingredient consumption threshold for an ingredient. The ingredient consumption threshold is associated with an account. The method also includes mixing a beverage using an amount of the ingredient, dispensing the beverage, updating an ingredient consumption level associated with the account, by adding the amount to the ingredient consumption level, and displaying, on a display, the ingredient consumption level and the ingredient consumption threshold.
US11337534B2
A drink container and plug lid for use therewith. The lid has an upper member and a lower member with a ring seal positioned therebetween and radially outwardly stretchable from an initial diameter to a larger sealing diameter in response to an actuator moving the upper and lower members together to place the ring seal in fluid-tight sealing engagement with the container body. Moving the upper and lower members apart allows the radially outward stretched ring seal to move from the sealing diameter to the initial diameter whereat it is out of fluid-tight sealing engagement with the container body.
US11337533B1
A portable, self-contained beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly. In certain embodiments, one or more positive displacement pumping mechanisms are configured to pump additive liquid from additive containers into a beverage chamber. Other features relate to audio engagement processing. Other features relate to situational processing. Other features relate to group engagement processing.
US11337521B2
A hydraulic foot assembly for supporting an object on a surface, the foot assembly comprising a cylinder defining an interior reservoir, a piston dividing the reservoir into two chambers in fluid communication with one another, the piston moveable within the reservoir, the position of the piston within the reservoir effecting the overall length of the foot assembly, a valve arrangement configured to limit movement of the piston within the reservoir.
US11337520B2
A sliding device is provided for a drawer which may provide a detent function by an elastic displacement to a rail member enabling a storage body to be moved from a main body in a sliding manner, thereby implementing a fixed maintenance force having a more robust state at a drawn-into location of the storage body to the main body. The sliding device includes: a first rail member which has a locking projection, an intermediate rail member coupled to be movable with respect to the first rail member, a second rail member coupled to be movable with respect to the intermediate rail member at a location opposite to the first rail member, and a detent member which is provided on the second rail member, and has an opening which accommodates the locking projection and a constraining protrusion which suppresses the locking projection from being separated from the opening.
US11337511B2
The new paintbrush (19) includes a brush handle (1), a bristle carrier (11) and a ferrule (15). The brush handle (1) has a first end (3) including a brush handle snap element (4). The bristle carrier (11) has a first front side (36) including a bristle carrier snap element (12), the bristle carrier snap element (12) engaging the brush handle snap element (4) such that the bristle carrier (11) is fixedly connected to the brush handle (1). The bristle carrier (11) includes a plurality of recesses (23) and a plurality of bristles (20), the bristles (20) being arranged to form a plurality of bristle bundles (24), the bristle bundles (24) each being arranged to be gluelessly fixed in one of the recesses (23). The ferrule (15) is designed as one piece with the bristle carrier (11).
US11337506B1
An improved nail polish bottle includes a receptacle having an inner volume configured to retain a nail polish substance. The receptacle having two openings with a pair of coupling members attached to the two openings. The pair of coupling members configured to couple two nail polish cap and brush assemblies. Each nail polish cap and brush assembly includes a different brush type. One is a standard brush for general nail polish use and the other is detailed brush for fine detailed work, such as nail art. The caps on the assemblies may include different shapes or designs so the user knows which cap corresponds to a specific brush. Both brush types share the same nail polish substance in the inner volume of the receptacle.
US11337503B2
Disclosed is a foundation container having a discharge pump therein, in which a contents container of stretchable material for storing cosmetic contents is coupled inside a container main body, and is fixed by a middle cap, and the contents container is provided with a rounded curved portion (42) at a lower edge thereof, an annular bent portion (43) at a lower center portion thereof, and spaced protrusions (44) protruding radially on an upper bottom surface, such that the contents container is evenly pressed from the rounded curved portion during the pumping operation of the pump, and even when the contents container is compressed, the gap is secured to discharge minimal contents, whereby the contents are smoothly discharged, and by the branch structure of the distribution plate and the discharge plate, it is possible to minimize the residual contents and improve use efficiency while discharging the cosmetic contents evenly.
US11337493B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for closure of footwear. According to an example embodiment, an article of footwear that automatically secures to a user's foot includes a sole and a closure mechanism with a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the closure mechanism is attached to the sole. The second portion extends away from the sole. Deformation of a surface of the closure mechanism actuates the closure mechanism such that it automatically moves from a first stable position to a second stable position. In the second stable position, the closure mechanism conforms to and applies a force to at least one of an upper surface of the article of footwear and an upper surface of a foot of a user of the article of footwear.
US11337490B2
A foot pain relief device formed as a shoe or boot insert comprising a plurality of removable pieces designed to be selectively removed from the insert to thereby create a hollow portion, indentation, dip, concavity, groove, or impression area of the insert that allows the injured area to be free from impact of any sort while going through its healing process while the user continues daily activities without feeling discomfort or pain from the injured area of the foot.
US11337488B2
An article of footwear has an upper that is direct attached with the sole. The sole has a film extending up sidewalls of the sole to a film edge that is prior to the sidewall and the upper joining. Method of manufacture of the article of footwear includes steps of positioning a film over a mold cavity and then securing the film to the mold. The film is heated and then drawn into the mold cavity under a vacuum. The film forms a liner of the mold cavity. A foam composition is injected into the lined mold cavity. As the foam composition expands, the foam composition interacts with and mechanically engages with the upper that is positioned at the mold cavity to allow for the mechanical engagement that results in the direct attach of the sole to the upper. The film is then trimmed from the sole sidewalls.
US11337486B2
A method of forming an arch member comprising an arch member body and an arch member coupling integral with the body, comprising: providing a substrate comprising a resilient material; and removing a portion of the substrate to form the arch member. The arch member body including a cross-sectional geometry that varies along a length of the body. Also a method of designing an orthodontic appliance comprising: providing a proposed specification of the orthodontic appliance, wherein the orthodontic appliance comprises an arch member comprising an arch member body and an arch member coupling integral with the body, and a set of anchors, providing a first digital image representing a first dental arrangement associated with the orthodontic appliance; deriving a target digital image representing a target dental arrangement; revising the proposed specification of the orthodontic appliance based in part on the target digital image; and forming the orthodontic appliance based on the revised proposed specification.
US11337482B2
A helmet assembly may include a helmet and an integrated chinbar. The chinbar may include an attachment portion and the helmet may include a docking frame. Coupling together of the attachment portion to the docking frame may couple the chinbar to the helmet. The attachment portion may then be secured to docking frame to secure the chinbar to the helmet. In certain embodiments, the attachment portion may be coupled to the docking frame of an interior side of the liner. Thus, the attachment portion may accordingly be disposed on the side of the liner closer to a wearer's face.
US11337477B2
The present invention is a re-usable headwear with a removable heating pad insert. The removable heating pad insert is separable from the cap body, allowing the cap body to be washed by itself without damaging the heating pad insert. The heating pad insert is re-heatable through a microwave, allowing for multiple uses. The cap body contains an insert pocket and an insert opening. The heating pad insert is installed into the insert pocket through the insert pocket. The heating pad insert contains a plurality of heating media compartments, where each of the plurality of heating media compartments contains heating media. This heating media takes the form of microwavable flax seed that absorbs and retains the heat from the microwave.
US11337475B2
Aspects herein provide for a pocket structure for a garment that is configured to effectively stow and secure objects such as balls. The pocket structure comprises a gusset insert located on an outer-facing panel of the pocket structure and a pleat structure located on an inner-facing panel of the pocket structure. The gusset insert and the pleat structure work in combination to increase the interior volume of the pocket structure to effectively accommodate the stored object.
US11337472B2
A glove is provided that enables suppression of cracks in a coating layer containing nitrile butadiene rubber as a principal component. The glove comprises: a glove main body made of fibers for covering a wearer's hand; and a coating layer which comprises nitrile butadiene rubber as a principal component and coats at least a part of an outer face of a palm region of the glove main body, in which: the coating layer comprises zinc oxide and a cross-linked product of the nitrile butadiene rubber and polycarbodiimide; and a mass ratio of the polycarbodiimide to the nitrile butadiene rubber is no less than 0.002. The mass ratio of the polycarbodiimide to the nitrile butadiene rubber is preferably no greater than 0.09. The content of the zinc oxide with respect to 100 parts by mass of the nitrile butadiene rubber is preferably from 0.3 to 5 parts by mass.
US11337470B2
Relating to a multi-component garment including a first outer component, provided with first fixing; a second inner component for providing protection against knocks and/or falls, provided with second fixing; and a third, inner, thermal insulation component provided with third fixing. The first, second and third fixing are designed to cooperate with each other so as to allow selective mutual fixing of at least: (a) the first outer component and the second inner component, (b) the first outer component and the third inner component and (c) the first outer component, the second inner component and the third inner component to each other.
US11337463B2
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device and a case configured to receive the aerosol-generating device. The case includes a housing having an opening and a device holder pivotally coupled to the housing and pivotable relative to the housing between an open position and a closed position. The device holder includes an external wall and one or more internal walls arranged to releasably hold the aerosol-generating device. The device holder has a first end and a second end, opposite the first end, and the device holder is pivotally coupled to the housing at or around the first end.
US11337459B2
There is provided an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate and a plurality of electrical fuses. The plurality of electrical fuses are spaced apart from each other, each electrical fuse disposed proximate a portion of the aerosol-forming substrate. There is also provided an aerosol-generating device for the aerosol-generating article, an aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and the aerosol-generating device, and a controller for the aerosol-generating device.
US11337458B2
A vaporizer including a first outer casing; a second outer casing; a main body; a turnover member; a first heating unit; a second heating unit; a first connector; a second connector; a fastener; a fixed part; a pneumatic switch; a buckle; a fixing pin; a first spring; a second spring; a button; a support frame; a control plate; a light column; a battery. The main body is disposed between the first outer casing and the second outer casing and includes a side wall and a through hole disposed in the side wall. The turnover member is disposed at one side of the main body and is next to the through hole of the main body. The first heating unit is cup-shaped and communicates with the through hole of the main body. The turnover member is curved and fixed on the main body via the buckle.
US11337450B2
UHT treated liquid nutritional compositions are provided having a high caloric content of around 2.0 kcal/ml and higher, a savoury taste and comprising protein, carbohydrate and fat components. The nutritional compositions are for use in the treatment of patients having high energy needs.
US11337449B2
A synthetic nutritional composition comprising a vitamin for use to promote, support or optimise de novo myelination, in particular the de novo myelination trajectory, and/or brain structure, and/or brain connectivity, and/or intellectual potential and/or cognitive potential and/or learning potential and/or cognitive functioning in a subject, in particular a formula fed subject.
US11337445B2
Cocoa or cinnamon is mixed at least one enzyme to form a mixture, and the mixture is combined with a cereal food composition. In one embodiment, the cereal food composition is extruded or otherwise formed into a plurality of cereal pieces after the mixture is combined with the food composition. In another embodiment, the mixture is coated onto cereal pieces formed from the food composition. Preferably, the at least one enzyme includes at least two carbohydrases, and can also include soluble fiber enzymes, and even one or more fat soluble enzymes. In each case, the at least one enzyme is deactivated, either during working of the cocoa or cinnamon after combining with the cereal food composition or prior to the mixture being combined with the cereal food composition.
US11337442B2
The invention relates compositions rich in yeast proteins, methods for producing processing wheat for recovery of the compositions rich in yeast proteins, and uses thereof as animal feed.
US11337425B2
The disclosure is directed to a chemically strengthened glass having antimicrobial properties and to a method of making such glass. In particular, the disclosure is directed to a chemically strengthened glass with antimicrobial properties and with a low surface energy coating on the glass that does not interfere with the antimicrobial properties of the glass. The antimicrobial has an Ag ion concentration on the surface in the range of greater than zero to 0.047 μg/cm2. The glass has particular applications as antimicrobial shelving, table tops and other applications in hospitals, laboratories and other institutions handling biological substances, where color in the glass is not a consideration.
US11337419B2
A method of lyophilizing exosomes using a cryoprotectant comprising methionine, mannitol and trehalose is disclosed. The lyophilized exosome product shows a good appearance which maintains a porous sponge shape without forming ice crystals. In addition, the lyophilized exosome product can be applied to a pharmaceutical composition, a skin external preparation and a cosmetic composition. For example, the lyophilized exosome product can be used as a solution obtained by simply mixing it with a diluent.
US11337414B2
An insect trap and a method of using the same. The insect trap includes a housing. The insect trap also includes a glue board receiving space located inside the housing. The insect trap further includes one or more light sources for attracting insects into the housing. The insect trap also includes a camera having a lens. The lens has a front element. The camera is positioned to capture images of a glue board when the glue board is received in the glue board receiving space. There is no line of sight between the or each light source and the front element of the lens. This may prevent light from the or each light source reaching the front element directly. The method can include using an image captured by the camera to determine that a glue board received in the glue board receiving space needs to be replaced.
US11337411B2
A fishing rod includes a rod body. The rod body includes a plurality of strips, each of the plurality of strips includes a tip strip portion having a first narrowing section which gradually narrows in width towards the rod end side and an end strip portion having a second narrowing section which gradually narrows in width towards the rod tip side. At least a part of the first narrowing section and at least a part of the second narrowing section overlap with each other to form an overlapping portion.
US11337408B2
The present disclosure relates to emersed shellfish storage. A container support has a surface to support containers. Each container has respective cells to accommodate live shellfish, such as lobster, in a vertical orientation substantially perpendicular to the surface. Water from a reservoir is pumped, intermittently in some embodiments, to one or more of the containers above the shellfish, and a collector collects and provides to the reservoir the water that is pumped by the pump system and flows over the shellfish. In an embodiment, the cells are provided by a divider that divides an interior space of each container, and the divider carries a perforated top insert at or below a top edge of each container, to distribute fluids to the cells.
US11337402B1
Hybrid tomato variety ‘H2016’ is described. The tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid processing tomato variety suitable for machine harvest and is adaptable to the arid climactic conditions of regions such as California, USA. It is a full season variety with resistance to verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1, 2, and 3, root rot nematode, bacterial speck, and tomato spotted wilt virus. The high viscosity of its processed juice makes it particularly valuable for production of thick sauces, such as ketchup, where varieties with good field performance and resistance to fusarium wilt race 3 are lacking.
US11337401B2
A soybean cultivar designated 90370640 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 90370640, to the plants of soybean cultivar 90370640, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 90370640, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 90370640. 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 90370640. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 90370640, 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 90370640 with another soybean cultivar.
US11337394B2
A soybean cultivar designated 86092833 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 86092833, to the plants of soybean cultivar 86092833, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 86092833, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 86092833. 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 86092833. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 86092833, 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 86092833 with another soybean cultivar.
US11337386B2
The present invention relates to an indoor aquaponics assembly which includes a base, an aquarium positioned above and supported by the base, a planter positioned above the aquarium, an aquarium conduit and a planter conduit. The planter is provided with at least two through holes facing towards the aquarium, one being adapted for a water drainage tube to pass through for draining water from the planter to the aquarium, and one being adapted for a tube of a pump to pass through for pumping water from the aquarium to the planter. The present invention aims at reducing the time and efforts required for caring and maintaining the aquarium and the plants.
US11337382B2
An installation such as, for example, a box or cabinet for horticultural applications includes a lighting space between a lighted plane and a lighting plane parallel to the lighted plane, with side walls that are at least partly light-reflective. The illuminated plane may be defined by the upper surface of a plant culture medium. A set of light radiation sources, e.g. LEDs, arranged centrally relative to the lighting plane projects light radiation towards the lighted plane in the direction of a radiation emission axis. The set of light radiation sources emits light radiation with a distribution of illuminance projected towards the lighted plane, wherein the lighted plane is non-uniform and gradually decreases as a function of the angle relative to the aforesaid radiation emission axis, wherein the reflection of the radiation on the side walls facilitates uniform illuminance at the lighted plane.
US11337374B2
A full floor sweep system having a skeletonized head section to facilitate removal of grain from a grain bin. The sweep system having an elongated body extending a length between an inward end and an outward end and having a leading side and a trailing side. The elongated body is connected to a pivot point at the center of the grain bin and is configured to rotate around the pivot point. An agitator is connected to the outward end of the elongated body and is configured to agitate grain as the elongated body rotates around the pivot point. The agitator includes an impeller that is connected to a shaft that extends through the elongated body. A scraper is positioned at the outward end of the elongated body and is configured to move grain into the path of the elongated body.
US11337371B2
An agricultural system includes a frame, a cutter bar assembly configured to move relative to the frame during an operation of the agricultural system, a reel assembly configured to guide crops to the cutter bar assembly during the operation of the agricultural system, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive feedback indicative of a profile of the cutter bar assembly, set a position boundary of the reel assembly based on the feedback, and block movement of the reel assembly to a position beyond the position boundary of the reel assembly.
US11337367B2
A pitchfork is disclosed. The pitchfork includes a pitchfork subassembly and a collection basket subassembly. The pitchfork subassembly includes a base, a plurality of tines coupled to the base, a handle receiving port coupled to the base, and a handle received in the handle receiving port. The collection basket subassembly includes two or more rear supports coupled to the base, a plurality of vertical wires coupled to the two or more rear supports, a plurality of horizontal wires coupled to the two or more rear supports, two or more side supports each coupled to an outside tine of the plurality of tines.
US11337366B2
Described herein are systems and devices for controlling and monitoring liquid applications of agricultural fields. In one embodiment, a flow device for controlling flow during an agricultural operation includes an offset ball valve having multiple openings that rotate in position to control flow of a liquid through the offset ball valve to an outlet passage. The flow device also includes a first passage that provides a first flow path from an inlet to at least one opening of the offset ball valve and second passage that provides a second flow path from the inlet to at least one opening of the offset ball valve.
US11337365B2
A particulate material sensing and agitation control system of an agricultural system includes a drive system configured to operate an agitating system, a plurality of sensors, in which each sensor of the plurality of sensors may detect presence of particulate material at the sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a functional status of each sensor of the plurality of sensors, and, in response to determining the functional status of a respective sensor of the plurality of sensor is functioning, determine a detection status of the respective sensor. The controller is further configured to output a control signal to instruct the drive system to operate the agitating system in a selected operating mode of a plurality of operating modes based on a position within the agricultural system, the functional status, and the detection status of each sensor of the plurality of sensors.
US11337364B2
A selective transplanter is provided for transplanting seedlings from a tray to seedling planting apparatus. The tray includes a plurality of cells for holding plugs of growing medium containing seedlings. The transplanter is arranged to eject plugs from the cells of the tray to a conveyor which conveys the plugs to the seedling planting apparatus. The transplanter is arranged to remove plugs that do not contain germinated seedlings from the conveyor at a removal position before they are transferred to the seedling planting apparatus. A seedling retention roller engages with plant material of the seedlings projecting from the plugs at the removal position before the plugs are transferred to the seedling planting apparatus, preventing removal of plugs containing seedlings with projecting plant material. The transplanter provides the advantage that the plugs containing seedlings can be planted in rows in a field without dud plugs being planted, leaving the rows substantially gap free.
US11337357B2
An agricultural tool bar has outer wings foldable between a lowered use or field position and a raised transport position. A primary pair of hydraulic cylinders fold and unfold the wings, while a secondary pair of hydraulic cylinders initially incline the wings from the horizontal use position before folding to the transport position. The secondary set of cylinders allow the tool bar to be used for narrow row planting without interference from seed boxes mounted on the toolbar center frame and the wings. The primary cylinders extend to push the wings to the transport position and retract to pull the wings to the use position.
US11343945B2
A combined liquid and air cooling system is provided over a printed circuit board (PCB) of an electronic device, where the PCB includes an integrated circuit package including an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die and a plurality of high bandwidth memory (HBM) modules located proximate the ASIC die, and the combined liquid and air cooling system includes a liquid cooling system located over the integrated circuit package and an air cooling system integrated with the liquid cooling system and a portion of the PCB. The system operates in a normal mode, where both liquid and air cooling systems provide cooling to components of the PCB, and a fail-safe mode, where the liquid cooling system is not operating (e.g., due to a detected condition) but the air cooling system operation is adjusted such that it provides sufficient cooling to PCB components which facilitates continuous operation of the electronic device.
US11343944B2
A deep-water submersible system is disclosed. The system can include a pressure vessel and an internal assembly. The internal assembly can include a housing and a wedge lock assembly coupleable to the housing. The wedge lock assembly can include a plurality of wedge members arranged along a longitudinal axis and including end wedge members at each end and one or more intermediate wedge members between the end wedge members. The wedge lock assembly can also include a displacement device along the longitudinal axis and connecting the end wedge members. The displacement device can be actuatable in one direction to move the end wedge members toward one another to displace adjacent wedge members relative to one another in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis to engage and apply a clamping force to the housing and the pressure vessel. In addition, the wedge lock assembly can include a variable gap compensation mechanism operable to exert a biasing force on the plurality of wedge members to accommodate the relative transverse movement of the adjacent wedge members and maintain the clamping force on the housing and the pressure vessel within a predetermined range as a distance between the housing and the pressure vessel varies.
US11343920B2
A method for producing an electronic sensor module includes applying first soldering material onto electrical soldering pads of a printed circuit board element and/or electrical soldering pads of a printed circuit board element contact side of a sensor carrier, arranging the sensor carrier with the electrical soldering pads of the printed circuit board element contact side on the electrical soldering pads of the printed circuit board element to produce electrical connections between connecting lines and the printed circuit board element, applying second soldering material onto electrical connecting elements of a sensor element and/or soldering pads of the sensor receptacle, arranging the sensor element in the sensor receptacle such that the second soldering material produces electrical connections between the electrical connecting elements of the sensor element and the soldering pads of the sensor receptacle, and reflow-soldering the first soldering material and the second soldering material in a joint reflow-soldering process.
US11343916B2
A component carrier has a stack including at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure. A component is embedded in the stack. The component includes a redistribution structure with at least one vertically protruding electrically conductive pad, and an electrically conductive material on at least part of said at least one pad. A method of manufacturing a component carrier is also disclosed.
US11343914B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a conductive support member, a first circuit board connected to the conductive support member by a first capacitor, a second circuit board connected to the conductive support member by a second capacitor, a first conductive connection member electrically connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and a first ground structure, at least a portion of the first ground structure being interposed between the first conductive connection member and the conductive support member. The ground structure includes a non-conductive layer physically contacting the conductive support member, and a conductive layer electrically connected to the first conductive connection member to form a capacitive coupling with the conductive support member.
US11343913B2
Provided is a circuit board structure including a first circuit board having bus bars and a second circuit board arranged spaced apart from the first circuit board, multiple FET being arranged on the bus bars, and terminals of the multiple FETs being connected to the bus bars. The circuit board structure includes a conducting wire group sheet that covers a portion of the bus bar and is provided with multiple conducting wires that allow electricity to flow between gate terminals of the FETs and the second circuit board. The semiconductor element FETs, which are arranged side by side, are provided such that the gates terminals are arranged in the same direction with respect to the direction in which the semiconductor element FETs are arranged side by side.
US11343900B2
A novel thin-film target can the life of tritium targets for the production of 14 MeV neutrons by the 3H(2H,n)4He nuclear reaction while using only a small fraction of the amount of tritium compared to a standard thick-film target. With the thin-film target, the incident deuterium is implanted through the front tritide film into the underlying substrate material. A thin permeation barrier layer between the tritide film and substrate reduces the rate of tritium loss from the tritide film. As an example, good thin-film target performance was achieved using W and Fe for the barrier and substrate materials, respectively.
US11343896B2
An optical-effect light may include a LIDAR system for detecting objects. The optical-effect light may be controlled based on one or more parameters of the detected object. The optical-effect light may include at least one radiation source configured to emit light and at least one acquisition unit configured to acquire data pertaining to the object(s). The light may be controlled based on the acquired data.
US11343887B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose an adaptive bleeder control method and circuit, the method including: acquiring a peak characterizing voltage of a grid, wherein the peak characterizing voltage is a voltage value that characterizes a peak state among the grid characterizing voltages that are detected within a preset time and being scaled in proportion to the magnitude of the grid voltage; generating a switch control signal according to the peak characterizing voltage; performing switch control according to the switch control signal to generate a bleeder signal; and performing bleeder control on a light source device according to the bleeder signal to connect or disconnect a loop with a SCR in the light source device. In the present application, the dimming function of the light source device while preventing the bleeder current path from being constantly closed and reducing system efficiency may be implemented.
US11343878B2
Described is a method of controlling a cooking appliance which includes at least one electrical load and a controller. The electrical load is variably connected to at least one of a plurality of phases of a power connection. The phase is selected from among the plurality of phases. Furthermore, a cooking appliance and a heating element are described.
US11343876B2
Provided herein are method and apparatus for beam recovery. An embodiment provides an apparatus for a user equipment (UE) including a radio frequency (RF) interface; and processing circuitry configured to: determine, in response to a beam failure, a channel for transmission of a beam failure recovery request as one of: a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), a non-contention based Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), and a contention based Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH); and encode the beam failure recovery request for transmission to an access node via the determined channel using the RF interface. At least some embodiments allow for transmission of a beam failure recovery request for beam recovery, allow for beam failure detection or new Tx beam identification, and allow for determining whether to configure a scheduling delay between a PDCCH and a PDSCH.
US11343861B2
There is are provided methods and apparatus relating to layer 2 relaying and mobility using a sidelink interface, including a remote user equipment (UE) for use in a wireless communication network, the UE comprising: a device to network (D2N) entity, a device to device (D2D) entity, and control logic to: receive a service data unit derived from an IP packet direct the service data unit to the D2N entity for communication with an eNB using a Uu interface in a first mode of operation, and direct the service data unit to the D2D entity for communication with the eNB via a first relay UE using a sidelink interface in a second, relay, mode of operation.
US11343857B2
Systems, methods, and devices for random access to a communications network by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). In some implementations, the WTRU receives random access response (RAR) configuration information. The WTRU determines a time offset for a RAR window, based on a minimum round trip time (RTT) between the WTRU and a non-terrestrial network device. The WTRU determines a length of the RAR window. the WTRU monitors a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from the non-terrestrial network device during the RAR window based on the time offset and the length of the RAR window.
US11343845B2
The present disclosure relates to channel state reporting in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a first wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: establishing a PC5 radio resource control (RRC) connection between the first wireless device and a second wireless device; receiving sidelink control information (SCI) from the second wireless device, wherein the SCI instructs the first wireless device to perform sidelink (SL)-channel state information (CSI) reporting for the PC5 RRC connection; triggering the SL-CSI reporting; and based on that a sidelink resource for the SL-CSI reporting is unavailable and the first wireless device is configured with a mode in which sidelink resources are scheduled by a network, transmitting a signal related to the SL CSI reporting for requesting the sidelink resource to the network.
US11343844B2
A wireless device may receive one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising first parameters of a first configured grant configuration of the cell and second parameters of a second configured grant configuration of the cell. The wireless device may trigger a power headroom report. The wireless device may determine one of: a first resource associated with the first configured grant configuration; and a second resource associated with the second configured grant configuration, as a selected uplink resource for transmitting the power headroom report. The wireless device may determine the selected uplink resource based on a first priority of the first configured grant configuration and a second priority of the second configured grant configuration. The first resource and the second resource may overlap in one or more symbols. The wireless device may transmit the power headroom report via the selected uplink resource.
US11343843B2
A method of wireless communication includes receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a grant from a base station on a control channel, the grant including content indicating a mini-slot assigned to the UE. The method may include interpreting the grant based on a current configuration of a data channel to determine the mini-slot. The method may include communicating with the base station during the mini-slot indicated by the grant.
US11343842B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Techniques are described herein for managing timers for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes associated with multiple configured grants that are active at the same time. Techniques are also described herein for allocating HARQ identifiers (IDs) to HARQ processes associated with multiple configured grants that are active at the same time. A user equipment (UE) may configure timers to be associated with a HARQ ID and a configured grant. A base station or UE may include indicators of the configured grants associated with a HARQ process when exchanging signaling about the HARQ process. A UE may allocate HARQ IDs to multiple configured grants to reduce a likelihood that HARQ processes collide.
US11343841B2
It is disclosed a network node, a communication device and methods therein, for scheduling of uplink resources in multiple time instances and transmitting in accordance with the scheduled UL resources. By including an indicator in an UL grant comprising an UL resource allocation, the indicator indicates that, for at least one UL time instance of the multiple time instances, at least one UL resource is excluded from, or added to, the UL resource allocation of the UL grant.
US11343833B2
The present disclosure relates to Vehicle to Everything (V2X) message communication methods and apparatus. One example method performed by a terminal includes sending a quality of service QoS request message to a network device, receiving QoS information of the terminal that is sent by the network device based on identification information of the terminal, obtaining, based on the QoS information, a QoS parameter corresponding to a message identifier of a to-be-sent V2X message, obtaining, based on the obtained QoS parameter, a radio resource used to send the to-be-sent V2X message, and sending the to-be-sent V2X message by using the obtained radio resource.
US11343831B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for automatically forming a wireless sensor network, implementing power management for the wireless sensor network, and/or self-healing within the wireless sensor network. For example, hub devices, configured to forward messages through the wireless sensor network to a gateway device having access to a network, may automatically join and configure into the wireless sensor network by locating and connecting to master devices using signal frequencies representing numbers of hops to the gateway device. A hub device may be configured to transition between a low power sleep state for power conservation and an awakened normal operational state for transmitting timing signals according to a duty cycle, and thus the hub device may be capable of operating from a battery. If a hub device determines that a master device has become inoperable, the hub device may automatically search for a new master device.
US11343830B2
Disclosed are a method for transmitting a signal, a network device and a terminal device. The method includes: a first network device determining, in a first frequency band corresponding to the first network device, a time-frequency resource for transmitting a signal; and the first network device carrying out the transmission of the signal with a first terminal device on the time-frequency resource.
US11343822B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to methods and apparatus for coded-bit allocation for UCI segmentation. An exemplary method that may be performed by a wireless device generally includes generating coded bits of uplink control information (UCI) to be transmitted as one or more segments, applying one or more rules to ensure an integer number of bits are allocated to each of the one or more segments, and transmitting the UCI in the segments according to the assignment.
US11343818B2
Embodiments herein relate to method for transmitting positioning reference signals (PRSs) in a cell served by a base station. The base station maps PRSs onto different groups of time-frequency resources according to different respective PRS patterns, wherein each of the different groups spans one or more consecutive subframes in time. The base station transmits the PRSs in the cell in accordance with said mapping.
US11343816B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for supporting uplink Transmission Time Interval (TTI) bundling in Long Term Evolution (LTE) are provided. Methods, systems, and apparatus for signaling, activation/deactivation, and wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) behavior are also provided.
US11343815B2
A method and a device for detecting slot format indication, and a method and a device for configuring slot format indication are provided. The method for detecting slot format indication is applied to a terminal and includes: obtaining a bit length of SFI index information of a target cell or a target carrier and a slot format configuration set corresponding to the bit length; detecting the SFI index information of the target cell or the target carrier; and determining a slot format configuration corresponding to the detected SFI index information based on the detected SFI index information and the slot format configuration set corresponding to the bit length of the detected SFI index information.
US11343801B2
Embodiments of the present invention describe a feedback information transmission method and apparatus. The feedback information transmission method may include receiving, by a first terminal, first data sent by a second terminal. The method may also include sending, by the first terminal, feedback information for the first data to the second terminal in a first subframe, where there is second data to be sent by the first terminal in the first subframe. The feedback information may be carried in sidelink control information (SCI) of the second data, or the feedback information may be carried in a data packet carrying the second data. According to the embodiments of the present invention, the feedback information is carried in the SCI or the data packet carrying the second data, so that a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of a system can be reduced.
US11343793B1
A method for paging priority and wireless access which includes receiving, at a base station and from a core network, a paging message associated with a priority connection from a first user equipment device (UE) having an elevated priority status, to a second UE having a non-elevated priority status. The method further includes determining, at the base station, that non-elevated priority wireless access channels are congested, detecting, at the base station, a priority indicator within the received paging message in response to determining that the non-elevated priority wireless access channels are congested. The method further includes caching, at the base station, an identifier of the second UE in response to detecting the priority indicator in the received paging message, and establishing a wireless connection between the first UE and the second UE upon verifying that the identifier of the second UE has been cached.
US11343786B2
Disclosed herein are a method for broadcast gateway signaling using a cloud network and an apparatus for the same. The method includes generating an outer packet corresponding to the outer layer of a tunneling system using an inner packet corresponding to the inner layer of the tunneling system, generating a header of the outer packet, and transmitting the outer packet to a transmitter through a Studio-to-Transmitter Link (STL). The header includes an STL propagation delay time field indicating a reception wait time for an STL stream corresponding to the outer packet.
US11343784B2
A 5G wireless communication system to transmit a beam ID or part of a beam ID by joint design of a secondary synchronization sequence (SSS) and Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH). In 5G during the initial access procedure a terminal will try to obtain fundamental system information/identifiers which are required for future signal transmission/reception activities. Due to the extensive usage of beamforming techniques in 5G, besides identifying a cell ID and obtaining time/frequency synchronization, the terminal may identify a beam ID during the initial access procedure. Therefore, a beam ID is transmitted as part of synchronization signals (SS) broadcast by a gNB, more particularly as part of SSS or as part of PBCH. The synchronization signals may be transmitted as a set of SS blocks, each having an index, which may be a time index, for facilitating identification.
US11343777B2
A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information for a power control of a sidelink and a downlink reference signal (RS) to measure a downlink channel from the BS, wherein the sidelink is established between the UE and another UE; receiving, from the BS, the downlink RS based on the configuration information; calculating a first pathloss for the downlink channel between the UE and the BS based on the configuration information; identifying a second pathloss for the sidelink between the UE and the other UE; and transmitting, to the other UE, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) based on the first pathloss and the second pathloss.
US11343773B2
A wireless communication method is provided. The method includes sending, by a wireless communication device, a broadcast message to a terminal device. The broadcast message may include device identification information of the wireless communication device. The method may further include receiving, by the wireless communication device, a scan request message sent by the terminal device. The method may further include sending, by the wireless communication device, a scan response message to the terminal device in response to receiving the scan request message. The scan response message may include attribute data associated with the wireless communication device, and the attribute data may include identification information of content associated with a physical location of the wireless communication device.
US11343771B2
An operating method of a wireless communication apparatus including a plurality of antennas and receiving a data signal through a downlink channel from a base station includes: calculating a plurality of estimated energy efficiencies under a plurality of reception conditions of the wireless communication apparatus in accordance with prior information regarding a number of transmission ranks and a number of receiving antennas to be used for receiving the data signal; and generating channel state information by using the calculated estimated energy efficiencies and determining the number of receiving antennas.
US11343764B2
Disclosed is a wireless communication base station device capable of reducing the power consumption of a terminal when broadband transmission is performed with only an uplink. With this device, a setting unit sets mutually different terminal IDs per a plurality of uplink unit bands for a terminal that communicates using a plurality of uplink unit bands and prescribed downlink unit bands which are fewer in number than the uplink unit bands; a control unit that respectively allocates resource allocation information per a plurality of uplink unit bands to a PDCCH arranged in a prescribed downlink unit band; and a PDCCH creation unit that creates a PDCCH signal by respectively masking the resource allocation information per a plurality of uplink unit bands with the terminal ID that has been set per a plurality of uplink unit bands.
US11343762B1
A method and system to control selection of a serving cell for a UE. An example method includes determining respectively for each candidate cell of multiple candidate cells a maximum backhaul bit rate of the candidate cell, determining that a given one of the candidate cells has a highest determined maximum backhaul bit rate among the candidate cells, and based at least on the determining that the given candidate cell has the highest determined maximum backhaul bit rate among the candidate cells, selecting the given candidate cell to be the serving cell for the UE. Further, the method could also include basing the selection on consideration of a backhaul packet-drop rate of the given cell. In example implementations, the selection of a serving cell could be a selection of a PCell for carrier-aggregation service, an anchor cell for dual-connectivity service, or a secondary cell for dual-connectivity service, among other possibilities.
US11343757B2
A method for service processing and a user equipment are provided, and the method for service processing includes: starting a back-off timer, after receiving a rejection response message sent by a network side through a 3GPP access; and stopping the back-off timer and triggering a service request process that is based on the 3GPP access, when a non-access stratum notification message sent by the network side through a non-3GPP access is received before the back-off timer expires.
US11343755B2
A base station distributed unit transmits at least one system information block to a wireless device. The at least one system information block indicates a first public land mobile network (PLMN) and a second PLMN. The base station distributed unit receives a radio resource control message from the wireless device. The radio resource control message indicates at least one PLMN of the first PLMN and the second PLMN. The base station distributed unit determines, by based on the at least one PLMN, at least one base station central unit from: a first base station central unit of the first PLMN; and a second base station central unit of the second PLMN. The base station distributed unit transmits the radio resource control message to the at least one base station central unit.
US11343754B2
First identification information is information indicating a mobility type supported by a core network, and second identification information is information indicating a mobility type allowed by the core network. A communication control method for a terminal apparatus of the present invention includes a step of receiving an attach accept message from the core network via a base station apparatus, the attach accept message including at least the first identification information and/or the second identification information. Accordingly, there is provided a communication procedure that is suited to the determination of a mobility type of a terminal.
US11343750B2
A method is proposed for the identification of a connected object in a network infrastructure which comprises at least two networks of connected objects interconnected by the intermediary of a data transport network. The method enables a connected object to search for and identify one or more other connected objects of the network infrastructure on the basis of specific search criteria. In particular, a connection gateway can, first, receive (201) and process (202) a request, which contains the search criteria, coming from a connected object and, secondly, transmit (203) to said connected object identification information for other connected objects that meet these criteria.
US11343744B2
In the context of management of handover roaming, a communication system comprises a first LPWAN network of a first operator and a second LPWAN network of a second operator. The first network comprises gathering gateways, a first server managing the gathering gateways, and a second server controlling the MAC layer. The second network comprises a third server interfacing fourth and fifth servers with the second server. Uplink frames of application data are transported from an end device of the second operator to the fourth server by successive relayings of the first, second and third servers. However, when the end device of the second operator requests joining the communication system in order to benefit from the services of the fourth server, the gathering gateways communicate with the fifth server, short-circuiting the first, second and third servers.
US11343736B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for performing a handover in a wireless communication system.
US11343731B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention a source node decides to attempt to handover a user equipment to a target cell based at least in part on a comparison of a closed access group information of the user equipment and a stored closed access group information of a target cell associated with the target node. The source sends to the target node a handover message comprising an identifier of the target cell, receives from the target node a handover failure message comprising second closed access group information of the target cell which the source node uses to update the stored closed access group information of the target cell.
US11343730B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method by a first base station, which includes receiving, from a second base station, a first message for requesting cell global identity (CGI) measurement; transmitting, to a terminal, a second message including configuration information for the CGI measurement based on the first message; and transmitting, to the second base station, a third message including a measurement report based on the configuration information.
US11343718B2
A method includes: a) provisioning at least one latency critical application; b) determining mean latency and mean throughput which are required by a respective latency critical application, and assigning the determined mean latency and mean throughput to a reference point value; c) allocating the reference point value to the respective latency critical application; d) calculating via a time variable point value function an actual point value for the respective latency critical application; e) comparing the reference point value with the actual point value; f) determining a difference value between the reference point value and the actual point value; g) repeating steps d) to f) for a subset of points in time within the time interval; h) summing up all difference values determined in step f) for all points in time of the subset; and i) continuously optimizing current use of resources in the cell.
US11343716B2
Provided are a base station which processes a plurality of cells in a wireless communication system and an operation method of the base station. The operation method of the base station which processes a plurality of cells includes pooling a processing power of a first processor that processes a signal of a first cell and a processing power of a second processor that processes a signal of a second cell, and distributing the processing powers to the first processor and the second processor and processing, by the first processor and the second processor, the signal of the first cell and the signal of the second cell by using the distributed processing powers.
US11343707B2
Provided is a controller for optimizing a wireless network by selectively enabling different codecs at different Radio Access Networks (“RANs”), and/or by dynamically provisioning resources to support interoperability between the selectively enabled codecs and other codecs in use elsewhere in the network. The controller may receive a request with an indication of a first codec and a second codec for establishing a session via a particular RAN. The controller may disable availability of the second codec for the session by providing a modified request that omits the second codec in response to the quality of service at the particular RAN satisfying performance criteria. The controller may selectively enable use of the second codec and provide transcoding between the first and second codecs by forwarding the request without modification to the session recipient in response to the quality of service at the particular RAN not satisfying the performance criteria.
US11343695B2
According to an aspect, a network node serving a wireless device obtains a quality requirement for a wireless device measurement that is based on RSSI measurement samples and determines configuration parameters for the wireless device based on the quality requirement. The network node sends the determined configuration parameters to the wireless device. The wireless device obtains a set of the configuration parameters for RSSI measurements. The configuration parameters specify a length for RSSI measurement durations in which RSSI measurement samples are obtained and an RSSI measurement periodicity for the RSSI measurement durations. The wireless device adapts operation of the UE with respect to the measurement that is based on RSSI measurement samples, based on a quality requirement for the measurement that is based on RSSI measurement samples.
US11343693B2
A method for a user equipment, UE, device to perform measurements in order to assess network performance, including minimization of drive test, MDT, measurements. Configuration information is received at the UE, the configuration information providing information for controlling service specific measurements and for controlling tagging of measurement reports by the UE with at least one of a service flow identifier and an indication that the measurement relates to one of a single service data flow and a multiplicity of service data flows.
US11343687B1
One example Land Mobile Radio (LMR) base station includes a network interface and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive profile information of a plurality of fifth generation (5G)/Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication devices. The profile information of the plurality of 5G/LTE communication devices may be transmitted (i) over a background gateway communication channel to an LMR communication network that includes the LMR base station and (ii) in response to the 5G/LTE software defined network detecting a fault condition of the first 5G/LTE communication network. The electronic processor is further configured to broadcast a capture beacon based on the profile information and compliant with at least some characteristics of a 5G/LTE communication protocol. The capture beacon is configured to be received by the 5G/LTE communication device to reconfigure the 5G/LTE communication device for communication compliant with an LMR communication protocol.
US11343675B2
Disclosed is a method in an operator authentication server for authentication of a communication device associated with a communication device manager. The communication device manager being associated with a plurality of communication devices, wherein the operator authentication server has transmitted group subscriber identity module (SIM) information to the communication device manager, wherein the group SIM information is associated with an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and a shared secret K. The method comprises receiving from the communication device a request for authentication comprising a sub identifier associated with the communication device; determining whether the sub identifier is known. Wherein if it is determined that the sub identifier is known, the method comprises: deriving a secret Ki associated with the communication device based on the shared secret K, and the sub identifier; transmitting a challenge to the communication device, wherein the challenge is formed cryptographically based on the derived secret Ki; receiving from the communication device a response to the challenge, wherein the response is cryptographically formed based on the derived secret Ki; determining whether the received response is correct by confirming that it was cryptographically formed by using the derived secret Ki. When it is determined that the received response is correct, the method comprises: authenticating the communication device and derive a first session key based on the derived secret Ki.
US11343658B2
Provided are a method and device for determining a transmission mode, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes acquiring information for determining the transmission mode, where the information includes at least one of: service profile information about a first service from an upper layer of a first terminal or an application layer of the first terminal, access layer information about the first terminal, transmission parameter information configured for the first terminal by a base station, or capability information about a second terminal of a proximity service; and determining the transmission mode according to the information. This can solve the problem in the existing art of how to perform communication better when there are UEs of different types or different capabilities in a system.
US11343649B2
A mobile terminal having a second communication device performing Sigfox communication, which is a wireless communication standard such that an acknowledgement is not sent back even when data is received, includes: a specifying unit specifying a state of the mobile terminal; a determination unit determining whether the state specified by the specifying unit satisfies a predetermined condition or not; and a communication control unit starting Sigfox communication using the second communication device, when the determination unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11343648B2
A mobile device running a software application is configured to provide initial location data to a server when it is first turned on, or reaches a predetermined movement status. The server determines, based on the initial location data, geo data including a set of geo-fences near the mobile device and a region including areas defined by the set of geo-fences, and provides the geo data to the mobile device. The mobile device is further configured to collect its locations when the mobile device is within any of the set of geo-fences and to provide the collected locations to the server. The mobile device is further configured to track its movement status after it has been outside the region and, in response to having reached a predetermined movement status, obtain updated geo data including a new region and a new set of geo-fences from the server. The software application enables efficient tracking of mobile device locations and reduces power consumption.
US11343647B2
Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device for determining a location, and an operating method thereof. The electronic device may include a communication circuit, a memory, and at least one processor. The memory may store instructions, when executed, causing the processor to determine a visiting area of the electronic device based on at least one signal received through the communication circuit, acquire information on a plurality of places corresponding to the visiting area, acquire place-related information based on at least one of usage information of the electronic device and information stored in the memory, and determine one place among the plurality of places as a visiting place of the electronic device based on the information on the plurality of places and the place-related information. Other embodiments may also be possible.
US11343637B2
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for use of crowdsourced microphone or other information with a digital media content environment. A user may bring their media device with media application to a venue/performance, for example a theater, or a music concert, or other event which the user desires to attend. A microphone and/or other hardware components of the media device can be used to indicate a presence of the media device. The system can also, or alternatively, utilize an interaction information by the media device or the user thereof with other systems or environments. The media application can be configured so that, upon determining that the media device is present within a particular venue or attending a particular performance, the media server can enable one or more venue-aware media application features, to provide various types of functionalities that improve the user experience.
US11343630B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal, which synthesize an object signal and a channel signal and effectively perform binaural rendering of the synthesized signal. To this end, provided are a method for processing an audio signal, which includes: receiving an input audio signal including a multi-channel signal; receiving truncated subband filter coefficients for filtering the input audio signal, the truncated subband filter coefficients being at least some of subband filter coefficients obtained from binaural room impulse response (BRIR) filter coefficients for binaural filtering of the input audio signal and the length of the truncated subband filter coefficients being determined based on filter order information obtained by at least partially using reverberation time information extracted from the corresponding subband filter coefficients; obtaining vector information indicating the BRIR filter coefficients corresponding to each channel of the input audio signal; and filtering each subband signal of the multi-channel signal by using the truncated subband filter coefficients corresponding to the relevant channel and subband based on the vector information and an apparatus for processing an audio signal by using the same.
US11343618B2
A hearing device with online (real-time) intelligent performance management. The online management component of the hearing device learns a hearing device user's preferences for operation of the hearing device while the user is using the hearing device in every-day life. The online management component learns the user's preferences from the user's perception of the hearing device output in different listening environments and/or during different activities. The users perception include positive/satisfactory responses of the user to the output from the hearing device. The online management component builds up an individualized model for the user based upon the users perceptions whilst encountering different listening environments and/or engaging in different activities. The individualized model is used to control the hearing device to produce an acoustic output for the user.
US11343615B2
A sound producing structure includes: a frame body, a magnetic circuit system, a first diaphragm, and a second diaphragm. The frame body includes a receiving cavity, and the receiving cavity includes a first opening and a second opening that are located on two opposite sides of the frame body. The magnetic circuit system is located in the receiving cavity, and the magnetic circuit system includes a first magnetic channel and a second magnetic channel that are isolated from each other. The first diaphragm is disposed facing the first opening, a first voice coil is disposed on the first diaphragm, and a portion of the first voice coil extends into the first magnetic channel. The second diaphragm is disposed facing the second opening, a second voice coil is disposed on the second diaphragm, and a portion of the second voice coil extends into the second magnetic channel.
US11343609B2
Techniques described herein generally relate to generating an audio signal with a speaker. In some examples, a speaker device is described that includes a membrane and a shutter. The membrane can be configured to oscillate along a first directional path and at least one frequency effective to generate an ultrasonic acoustic signal. The shutter is positioned along the propagation of ultrasonic acoustic signal and configured to modulate the ultrasonic acoustic signal such that an audio signal is generated.
US11343606B2
A headphone or earphone (10; 50) consists of a casing (12) adapted to fit to a user's ear, the casing (12) enclosing a driver (22) with a diaphragm. Behind the driver (22) is a rear closure element (15; 52); and the driver (22) is clamped against at least one resilient element (23) that engages with its front face near the periphery, or alternatively is clamped between two such resilient elements (23, 24). The casing (12) defines a cavity in front of the driver (22) that communicates with a sound outlet duct (18) adapted to provide sound to the user's ear. The sound outlet duct (18) may define a restrictive duct portion with a cross-sectional area between 18% and 28% of the cross-sectional area of the diaphragm. Behind the driver (22) may be an enclosed airtight cavity, or alternatively the rear closure element (52) may define a rear outlet duct (54) aligned with the sound outlet duct (18).
US11343605B1
System for automatic right-left ear detection for headphone comprising: first earcup and second earcup that are identical. Each of first and second earcups includes: first microphone located on perimeter of each earcup, when first earcup is worn on user's right ear first microphone of first earcup is at location farthest from user's mouth when headphone is worn in normal wear position; second microphone located on perimeter of each earcup, when first earcup is worn on user's right ear, second microphone of first earcup is at location closer than first microphone of first earcup to user's mouth; third microphone located inside each earcup facing user's ear cavity, fourth microphone located at perimeter and bottom center portion of each earcup and facing exterior of each earcup, and fifth microphone located on perimeter of each earcup above and to left of second microphone when looking at outside housing of each earcup.
US11343598B2
In some examples, a system includes an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) having at least one sensor configured to generate a stream of usage data; and an analytical stream processing component comprising: a communication component that receives the stream of usage data; a memory configured to store at least a portion of the stream of usage data and at least one model for detecting a safety event signature, wherein the at least one model is trained based as least in part on a set of usage data generated by one or more other articles of PPE of a same type as the article of PPE; and one or more computer processors configured to: detect the safety event signature in the stream of usage data based on processing the stream of usage data with the model, and generate an output in response to detecting the safety event signature.
US11343597B1
A system and method for processing a plurality of channels, for example audio channels, in parallel is provided. For example, a plurality of telephony channels are processed in order to detect and respond to call progress tones. The channels may be processed according to a common transform algorithm. Advantageously, a massively parallel architecture is employed, in which operations on many channels are synchronized, to achieve a high efficiency parallel processing environment. The parallel processor may be situated on a data bus, separate from a main general-purpose processor, or integrated with the processor in a common board or integrated device. All, or a portion of a speech processing algorithm may also be performed in a massively parallel manner.
US11343594B2
Systems and processes associated with an augmented film crew. For example, a computer-implemented method may include receiving, at a display of a user media device, an indication that a user of the user media device intends to generate a user video in an environment; receiving, at the display, an input indicating a user preference associated with the user video; generating, by the user media device, data associated with the environment using a sensor of the user media device; determining, by the user media device, a purpose for the user video using the user preference and the data associated with the environment, wherein the purpose is chosen from a predetermined set of purposes; detecting an additional media device that is located in the environment, wherein the additional media device is associated with the user or the user media device; determining pre-production assignments for the user video using the purpose and the additional media device, wherein the pre-production assignments indicate one or more characteristics of the scene for the user video in the environment; generating, using the user media device, a first video stream of the scene in the environment using the pre-production assignments; receiving, from the additional media device, a second video stream of the scene; and generating, by the user media device, the user video using the first video stream or the second video streams. The above steps may be implemented as instructions stored in a computer-readable medium, computer program product, or device such as a television receiver, or in other types of embodiments.
US11343593B2
The disclosure provides for use of watermarking as a basis control abandonment of dynamic content modification. Upon detecting of the occurrence of a trigger event for causing a content presentation device to abandon a dynamic content modification with respect to a media stream being delivered to the content presentation device, an entity encodes into the media stream an abandonment-watermark interpretable by the content presentation device to cause the content presentation device to abandon the dynamic content modification. The content presentation device then detects the abandonment-watermark in the media stream being received by the content presentation device and in response to the abandonment-watermark, abandons the dynamic content modification.
US11343588B2
The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, information processing method, transmission apparatus, and transmission method, capable of improving the convenience of a voice AI assistance service used in cooperation with content. Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processing unit configured to process, in using a voice AI assistance service in cooperation with content, specific information associated with a universal invoking name included in a voice uttered by a viewer watching the content on the basis of the universal invoking name and association information, the universal invoking name being common to a plurality of programs that perform processing corresponding to the voice uttered by the viewer as an invoking name used for invoking the program, the association information being associated with the specific information to each of the programs. The present technology can be applied to a system in cooperation with a voice AI assistance service, for example.
US11343587B2
In one embodiment, a viewing behavior subsystem computes estimated viewership among target audiences at a person-level based on a household viewing logs and person-level data. A viewing behavior subsystem distributes the household viewing logs across buckets based on the sizes of the households and sets of person-level characteristics that are associated with the persons within the households. The viewing behavior subsystem generates a model for viewing behaviors associated with different sets of person-level characteristics based on the buckets. Subsequently, the viewing behavior subsystem estimates viewership among a target audience that is associated with one or more of the sets of person-level characteristics based on the model and census data. Advantageously, by combining household viewing logs for a relatively large number of households with person-level data, the viewing behavior subsystem enables accurate estimations of viewership among target audiences that are distinguished by person-level characteristics.
US11343584B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying unselected video content items and preconfiguring playback views for unselected video content items. During a warm-up phase, access to the unselected video content items is precoordinated individually with a separate video player, manifests and license/key are retrieved in anticipation for possible selection for playback. Subsequent selection of one of the unselected video content items initiates playback responsive to selection without repeating any of the preconfiguring, preauthorizing or fetching. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11343583B2
The present application discloses a GUI method for providing menu items, which is used to automatically adjust display locations of the menu items according to a setting language of a display device. The method includes: displaying an image content in a content display area of a display in response to a first control instruction input by a user and used for displaying the image content; and calculating a layout location of at least one menu item in a menu display area of the display based on a setting language of the display device, where the at least one menu item is configured for the image content and used to perform functions required for the image content; and displaying the at least one menu item based on the calculated layout location.
US11343575B2
The present invention provides an image processing system, an image processing method, and a program capable of suppressing confusion that may arise in a case where a target person is identified when tracking a person. An image processing system includes: a camera control unit which accepts input video images captured by a plurality of video cameras; a tracked person registering unit capable of registering one or more persons appearing in the video images inputted from the camera control unit; and a display screen generating unit which displays switchable windows of the video images inputted from the video cameras for each person registered by the tracked person registering unit.
US11343574B2
The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium for recommending multimedia resource, and relates to the field of machine learning. The method includes: acquiring features of the multimedia resource based on a convolutional neural network, where the convolutional neural network comprises N convolutional layers, where N is a positive integer; determining user interest information based on an identifier of a recommended user, where the user interest information is corresponding to the feature of each convolutional layer; determining a first feature matrix based on the convolution of convolution kernel and the feature, where the convolution kernel comprises the user interest information; generating user preference data based on the first feature matrix; and recommending the multimedia resource to the recommended user based on the N generated user preference data.
US11343571B2
In one aspect, a method includes determining a content-transmission delay between a content-distribution system and a content-presentation device. The method also includes using at least the determined content-transmission delay as a basis to select, from among a plurality of reference fingerprint data sets, a reference fingerprint data set that corresponds with the determined content-transmission delay. The method also includes transmitting to the content-presentation device, the selected reference fingerprint data set that corresponds with the determined content-transmission delay to facilitate the content-presentation device detecting a match between query fingerprint data representing content received by the content-presentation device and at least a portion of reference fingerprint data in the transmitted reference fingerprint data set.
US11343567B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include receiving original media content, transcoding the original media content into a plurality of encoded media files, determining an adaptive bit rate for providing a one of the plurality of encoded media files to a computing device, delivering the encoded media file to the computing device at the adaptive bit rate for viewing on a display device of the computing device, and measuring a quality of the displayed encoded media file based on an overall mean opinion score associated with the delivered encoded media file. The overall mean opinion score may be based on a measured playback quality associated with the encoded media file and a measured upload quality associated with the original media content. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11343564B2
An automated learning system of a content provider includes a database, an image processing unit, and a server. The database stores data related to visual marks, features of the visual marks, a set of discriminating instances, a position of a region of interest, and pre-defined threshold values. The image processing unit includes a detection module, a determination module, and a feature generation module. The detection module detects frames from a primary display device. The determination module extracts a static visual area, and determines a visual mark. The feature generation module generates discriminating features of the visual mark. The server maps the discriminating features with the stored data, identifies at least one closest visual mark, and transmits the updated visual mark and the discriminating features to secondary display devices.
US11343557B2
An entertainment system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of mobile units each of which has an output device for outputting a video and/or a sound of content, an arrangement control unit configured to control an arrangement of the plurality of mobile unit, and an output control unit configured to control the video and/or the sound of the content, which is output from each of the plurality of mobile units, based on the arrangement of the plurality of mobile units.
US11343549B2
The present technique relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method capable of supporting various service modes. The reception apparatus obtains first meta data including class information for providing, in multiple modes, a service transmitted via a digital broadcast signal using an IP transmission method, and controls reproduction of a component of the service by processing a stream including the component of the service for each of the multiple modes based on the class information included in the first meta data. The present technique can be applied to, for example, a fixed receiver such as a television receiver, a mobile receiver such as a smartphone, and the like.
US11343543B2
A geolocationing system and method for providing awareness in a multi-space environment, such as a hospitality environment or educational environment, are presented. In one embodiment of the geolocationing system, a vertical and horizontal array of gateway devices is provided. Each gateway device includes a gateway device identification providing an accurately-known fixed location within the multi-space environment. Each gateway device includes a wireless transceiver that receives a beacon signal from a proximate wireless-enabled personal locator device. The gateway devices, in turn, send gateway signals to a server, which determines estimated location of the wireless-enabled personal locator device.
US11343532B2
A computer-implemented method, comprising, extracting a video sequence, the video sequence including a series of video frames, estimating current poses of one or more subjects within each video frame and determining joint locations for a joint associated with the one or more subjects within each video frame, computing optical flows from the video sequence, extracting motion features from the video sequence based on the optical flows, and predicting at least one future pose.
US11343531B2
A storage system and method for object monitoring/anticipation in surveillance systems are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to identify positions of an object in a plurality of frames of video data provided by a video capture device; determine a rate of movement of the object based on the identified positions; and based on the determined rate of movement of the object, provide a suggestion to the video capture device to dynamically modify an encoding bit rate of the video data to improve video quality of the object. Other embodiments are provided.
US11343527B1
Techniques for implementing video processing techniques are described. In one example implementation, a method of video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, a modified motion vector set; and performing the conversion based on the modified motion vector set. Due to the current block satisfying a condition, the modified motion vector set is a modified version of a motion vector set associated with the current block.
US11343524B2
A method of decoding an encoded video bitstream using at least one processor, including: obtaining from the encoded video bitstream a coded video sequence including a picture unit corresponding to a coded picture; obtaining a picture header (PH) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit included in the picture unit; obtaining at least one video coding layer (VCL) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit included in the picture unit; decoding the coded picture based on the PH NAL unit, the at least one VCL NAL unit, and an adaptation parameter set (APS) included in an APS NAL unit obtained from the coded video sequence; and outputting the decoded picture, wherein the APS NAL unit is available to the at least one processor before the at least one VCL NAL unit.
US11343521B2
A method of encoding and decoding video data is described. According to an aspect of an invention, luma and chroma components may have separate quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structures and a scaling parameter for a chroma coding block is determined based on one or more properties of a luma component.
US11343515B2
A computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes specifying occurrence frequencies of respective gradation values with regard to pixels included in image data and represented by gradation values of a predetermined bit count; extracting a predetermined number of gradation values from a gradation value having a high occurrence frequency in a descending order; generating correspondence information for performing bit conversion of the extracted gradation values into coded values of a bit count in accordance with the predetermined number; and encoding the image data by performing bit conversion of first pixels having any one of the predetermined number of gradation values among the pixels based on the correspondence information, and performing bit conversion of second pixels having any one of gradation values other than the predetermined number of gradation values among the pixels.
US11343506B2
A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: determining a motion vector precision of a current block, generating a motion vector candidate list of the current block, obtaining a motion vector prediction value of the current block from the motion vector candidate list, determining whether a precision of the motion vector prediction value is identical to a motion vector precision of the current block, scaling the motion vector prediction value according to the motion vector precision of the current block, when the precision of the motion vector prediction value is different from the motion vector precision of the current block, and obtaining a motion vector of the current block using the scaled motion vector prediction value.
US11343505B2
A method for video processing is provided to include: performing a conversion between a current video block of a video that is a chroma block and a coded representation of the video, wherein, during the conversion, the current video block is constructed based on a first domain and a second domain, and wherein the conversion further includes applying a forward reshaping process and/or an inverse reshaping process to one or more chroma components of the current video block.
US11343502B2
An apparatus for decoding an image can include an inverse scanning module for generating a quantized block by applying an inverse scan pattern to significant flags, coefficient sign and coefficient levels respectively; an inverse quantization module for generating a quantization parameter predictor, adding the quantization parameter predictor to a differential quantization parameter to generate a quantization parameter and inversely quantizing the quantized block using the quantization parameter; an inverse transform module for inversely transforming the inversely quantized block to restore a residual block; an intra prediction module for generating a prediction block; an adder for generating a reconstructed block using the residual block and the prediction block, in which certain types of scans are used based on a size of a transform unit and various parameters are set according to availability conditions.
US11343498B2
A method of processing video signal according to a present invention comprises determining a transform set for a current block comprising a plurality of transform type candidates, determining a transform type of the current block from the plurality of transform type candidates and performing an inverse transform for the current block based on the transform type of the current block.
US11343493B2
An example method includes decoding a plurality of filter coefficients of a cross-component adaptive loop filter, wherein decoding a particular filter coefficient of the plurality of filter coefficients comprises: decoding, from an encoded video bitstream, a syntax element specifying an exponent value that represents a log base 2 of an absolute value of the particular filter coefficient as two raised to the power of the exponent value; and determining a value of the particular filter coefficient based on the exponent value; reconstructing samples of a block of video data; and cross-component adaptive loop filtering, based on the plurality of filter coefficients, the block of video data.
US11343487B2
Embodiments allow a viewer of a display to see images. The images viewed by the glasses may be based on the orientation of the glasses, so that the images correspond to the user's viewpoint. Different images may be presented to left and right eyes for 3D stereoscopic viewing. The position and orientation of the glasses may be tracked by analyzing images from one or more cameras observing the glasses. Glasses may have distinct geometric shapes or features, such as circular lenses, rims, regions around the lenses, to facilitate tracking. One or more regions of the glasses may be illuminated by self-contained or reflected light, to facilitate tracking under various ambient lighting conditions. The lenses of the glasses may have selective barriers such as anaglyph filters, polarizing filters, and shutters, to select images from the display.
US11343485B1
An apparatus including a stereo camera and a processor. The stereo camera may comprise a first capture device and a second capture device in a vertical orientation. The first capture device may be configured to generate first pixel data and the second capture device may be configured to generate second pixel data. The processor may be configured to receive the first pixel data and the second pixel data, generate a vertical disparity image in response to the first pixel data and the second pixel data, generate a virtual horizontal disparity image in response to the first pixel data and the vertical disparity image and detect objects by analyzing the vertical disparity image and the virtual horizontal disparity image. An analysis of the virtual horizontal disparity image may enable the processor to detect the objects not detected in the vertical disparity image alone.
US11343479B2
A control method for a position detecting device including a first adjusting step of emitting detection light to a jig for adjustment disposed on a screen and adjusting the detection light to first detection light such that the detection light is emitted to a specific range of the jig for adjustment and a step of setting, in a state in which the detection light has been adjusted to the first detection light, a region including the jig for adjustment as a non-detection area where a detecting section does not detect the detection light as the reflected light from an obstacle, wherein the position detecting device including a light emitting section configured to emit the detection light and the detecting section.
US11343478B2
A method of controlling a display system including the steps of projecting, by a plurality of group-belonging projectors, an image in one display area corresponding to one projector group to thereby display one composite image corresponding to the one projector group out of a plurality of composite images corresponding one-to-one to a plurality of projector groups in the one display area, estimating, by a control device, brightness of the plurality of composite images, identifying, by the control device, a dark image which is the darkest and a first adjustment target image different from the dark image from the plurality of composite images based on a result of the brightness estimation, and controlling, by the control device, at least one projector in the projector group corresponding to the first adjustment target image to thereby approximate brightness of the first adjustment target image to brightness of the dark image.
US11343477B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for correcting a color convergence error, and a device. The method includes: in a darkroom environment, acquiring a projection image obtained by projecting a test pattern containing N white shape points by a projection system, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; performing color separation on N shape image points on the projection image, to obtain N shape image points corresponding to R, G, and B color components respectively; determining color coordinates corresponding to R, G, and B according to the N shape image points corresponding to R, G, and B color components respectively; and adjusting an assembly parameter of the projection system according to the color coordinates corresponding to the R, G, and B. The present disclosure may detect and correct color convergence error of the projection system.
US11343474B2
A camera image processor receives frames from an image sensor of the camera. While continuing to receive frames from the image sensor, the camera image processor detecting an action within one or more frames of the received frames, for example using a convolution neural network trained to recognize one or more actions. While continuing to receive frames from the image sensor, the camera image processor captures the one or more frames with the detected action, for example as a still image, or as a slow-motion portion of a video that includes the received frames.
US11343472B2
A portable device, and a method performed in a portable device, for associating media captured by the portable device to one or more parties having requested the media to be captured at one or more locations. The method comprises: receiving information associating each of the one or more parties with a location; dynamically determining a location of the portable device; dynamically associating the media captured by the portable device to the one or more parties, such that media currently being captured by the portable device is associated with a party that according to the received information is associated with a current location of the portable device.
US11343470B1
Disclosed is a collaboration system that synchronizes what is seen and heard by all participants to a conference such that participant input provided during the conference are seen and heard with respect to the same state of a presented asset. Additionally, the collaboration system may monitor the conference, may extract a first participant contribution prior to presentation of a first asset in the conference and a second participant contribution that is made during a particular interval of the conference when the first asset is presented. The collaboration system may link the second participant contribution to the first asset, may receive a request for the first asset after the conference has concluded, and may provide the first asset with the second participant contribution in response to the request.
US11343467B1
A new real-time video communication system and method improves the clarity of shared screen by automatically adjusting the key frame's quantization parameter values. The adjustment depends on the underlying network's connection condition. When the connection bandwidth deteriorates, the key frame's quantization parameter value is further decreased on the value output from a standard H.264 encoder to derive a desirable quantization parameter value and thus achieve a desirable user experience of the shared screen. Moreover, the new real-time video communication system and method adjusts the frame rate of the shared screen based on the present quantization parameter value to achieve a more desirable user experience of the screen sharing.
US11343455B2
The present technique relates to a solid-state imaging device, a solid-state imaging device manufacturing method, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of providing a solid-state imaging device that can prevent generation of RTS noise due to miniaturization of amplifying transistors, and can achieve a smaller size and a higher degree of integration accordingly. A solid-state imaging device includes a photodiode as a photoelectric conversion unit, a transfer gate that reads out charges from the photodiode, a floating diffusion from which the charges of the photodiode are read by an operation of the transfer gate, and an amplifying transistor connected to the floating diffusion. More particularly, the amplifying transistor is of a fully-depleted type. Such an amplifying transistor includes an amplifier gate (gate electrode) extending in a direction perpendicular to convex strips formed by processing a surface layer of a semiconductor layer, for example.
US11343451B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of imaging pixels configured to generate an image, and a plurality of phase difference detection pixels configured to perform phase difference detection are arranged, each of the plurality of phase difference detection pixels including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a plurality of floating diffusions configured to convert charges stored in the plurality of photoelectric conversion units into voltage, and a plurality of amplification transistors configured to amplify the converted voltage in the plurality of floating diffusions.
US11343449B2
Disclosed is an image sensor that includes a pixel array including first pixels sharing a first floating diffusion region and second pixels sharing a second floating diffusion region, a first analog-to-digital converter, a second analog-to-digital converter, and a switch circuit. In a first mode, the first analog-to-digital converter processes the first pixels, and the second analog-to-digital converter processes the second pixels. In the second mode, the first analog-to-digital converter processes a first image component of a pixel signal of the first pixels, and the second analog-to-digital converter processes a second image component of the pixel signal of the first pixels. An HDR image is implemented based on processing results of the first analog-to-digital converter and the second analog-to-digital converter.
US11343446B2
A computerized system comprising a processing unit and a memory, the system operating in connection with a real-time video conference stream containing a video of a user, wherein the memory embodies a set of computer-executable instructions, which cause the computerized system to perform a method involving: receiving the real time video conference stream containing the video of the user; detecting the background in the received real time video conference stream from the user; and matching the first background and a second background associated with the second user.
US11343445B2
A computerized system comprising a processing unit and a memory, the system operating in connection with a real-time video conference stream containing a video of a user, wherein the memory embodies a set of computer-executable instructions, which cause the computerized system to perform a method involving: receiving the real time video conference stream containing the video of the user; detecting and separating the background in the received real time video conference stream from the user; and replacing the separated background with a background received from a system of a second user or with a pre-recorded background.
US11343443B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a vehicle body and a multi-ocular imaging assembly. The multi-ocular imaging assembly includes at least two imaging devices disposed in and fixed to the vehicle body.
US11343439B2
A high dynamic range imaging pixel may include first and second photodiodes that generate charge in response to incident light. The second photodiode may have a higher sensitivity than the first photodiode. When generated charge in the first photodiode exceeds a given charge level, the charge may overflow through a transistor to a capacitor. The overflow path from the first photodiode to the capacitor may optionally pass through the floating diffusion region. A transistor may be coupled between the first and second photodiodes. A gain select transistor may be coupled between the floating diffusion region and the capacitor. After sampling the overflow charge, the charge from both the first and second photodiodes may be sampled. In one arrangement, overflow charge may be transferred to a capacitor in a subsequent row.
US11343423B2
There is provided a focus adjustment apparatus. A selection unit repeatedly executes selection processing for selecting a main subject from one or more subjects included in a shooting range based on an autofocus (AF) setting. A focus adjustment unit performs focus adjustment on a target position determined based on the selected main subject. A change unit changes the AF setting. In a case where the AF setting is changed after a previous execution of selection processing, the selection unit determines whether to execute selection processing based on a main subject selected in the previous execution of selection processing or whether to execute the selection processing independently of the main subject selected in the previous execution of selection processing according to a change content of the AF setting.
US11343416B2
Various embodiments related to a camera module assembly are presented and, according to one embodiment, the camera module assembly comprises: at least one camera module including a lens assembly, an image sensor configured to receive light having passed through the lens assembly, a camera housing for accommodating the lens assembly and the image sensor therein, a circuit board having the image sensor arranged thereon, and a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected with the circuit board and including wiring and a connector, which are for connecting the image sensor with an external device; and a support member including an opening for accommodating the at least one camera module in at least a part thereof, wherein the support member can be formed such that at least a part of the flexible printed circuit board is maintained in a bent state through at least a part of the opening, and additional other various embodiments are possible.
