US11364877B2
A wiper linkage system directly transmits rotating force of a motor to one wiper arm. The wiper linkage system includes: a gear housing installed on a wiper motor, a pipe rod installed on the gear housing, a crank arm installed on an output shaft of the wiper motor, a first wiper arm installed on a first end of the crank arm by a rotating shaft, a pivot housing assembled with the pipe rod, and a second wiper arm operated by a link structure including a link unit coupled to a second end of the crank arm and the pivot housing. In particular, a first end of the pipe rod is fixed to a vehicle body by a pipe mounting.
US11364876B2
A vehicle control device includes: an unregistered-user-face-image acquiring unit that acquires an unregistered-user-face-image when an unregistered-user-getting-on recognizing unit recognizes that an unregistered user gets on the vehicle, the unregistered-user-face-image being a face image of the unregistered user; and a vehicle entry control unit that sets vehicle to a first entry-enabled-state when a matching degree between a user-candidate-face-image and the unregistered-user-face-image is equal to or higher than a first determination level, after the unregistered-user-getting-on recognizing unit recognizes that the unregistered user gets on the vehicle until a predetermined time elapses, the user-candidate-face-image being acquired by a user-candidate-face-image acquiring unit.
US11364872B1
A vehicle includes a floor. The vehicle includes a first track elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis and fixed to the floor. The vehicle includes a roof above the floor. The vehicle includes a second track elongated along the vehicle-longitudinal axis and fixed to the roof. The vehicle includes a post supported by and movable along the first track and the second track. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the post and inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position.
US11364865B2
A system for self-extrication from a safety harness by the wearer, or during rescue of the wearer, in the event of an emergency including one or more combination cutter and glass break tools mounted onto and around selected portions of the safety harness at predetermined positions for use in cutting the webbing straps of the safety harness in the event of the inoperability of any safety harness release resulting in the severing of the harness at such a predetermined position and further resulting in the combination tool being freed for use in breaking glass out of a window of a vehicle.
US11364861B2
Provided are a vehicle data readout device and a vehicle data readout method with which it is possible to reduce power consumption in a state in which a vehicle has not been activated, even if the vehicle data readout device, which receives power from an in-vehicle power source, remains connected to the vehicle. Taking as a trigger a port voltage (Vp) of a readout communication line exceeding a voltage threshold (THv), a vehicle data readout device switches a change-over switch from off to on, to generate a pull-up state by means of a pull-up resistor, and initiates a read-out of operation parameter data (Dp) by a computer.
US11364859B2
A vehicle door assembly including a door panel. A support member is coupled to the door panel. The support member has an edge defining an opening in a top portion thereof. The support member defines at least one flange extending into the opening from the edge. A switch bezel is disposed at least partially within the opening. The switch bezel includes at least one retaining feature configured to slidably engage the at least one flange. A cover member coupled to a side portion of the support member.
US11364853B2
A universal holder for retaining an item on a vehicle interior lining component, wherein the universal holder has at least one retaining receptacle with at least one access opening. In order to provide such a universal holder, with which differently designed items can be retained in a better manner, the universal holder has at least one retaining lip that at least largely closes the access opening and is produced at least partially from an elastomer.
US11364843B2
A roadway hazard warning assembly for enhancing visibility of a disabled vehicle on a roadway includes a vehicle that has been disabled on the side of a roadway. A warning flag is positionable on the vehicle when the vehicle becomes disabled on the roadway. The warning flag has light reflecting properties for reflecting light from headlights of oncoming traffic. In this way the warning flag can alert the oncoming traffic to the disabled vehicle. A plurality of fastening straps is provided and each of the fastening straps is removably coupled between the warning flag and the vehicle for retaining the warning flag on the vehicle.
US11364837B1
Examples provide a vehicle multicolor light control system for managing light devices using serial data communication. A vehicle includes a plurality of multicolor light devices and a plurality of physical light control switches. A light controller device acts as an intermediary device between the light devices and the switch devices. The light controller device sends a data packet including instructions for controlling light activation, light deactivation, color combinations of the light, flash pattern of the light device and other functions of the light device in response to user activation or deactivation of one or more of the physical switch devices, a vehicle function activation, input from a user interface device or other data indicating a user-selected mode. The instructions in the data packet can control a single light device or multiple light devices within the same light device zone.
US11364834B2
A loading/unloading device for delivering an item(s) to be delivered. The loading/unloading device includes an outer nested track; an inner nested track nested within the outer nested track; a curved generally U-shaped guide track nested within the inner nested track; and a movable trolley accommodated and movable along the curved generally U-shaped guide track. A drive motor being is supported by a first end of the curved generally U-shaped guide track for conveying the movable trolley back and forth along the curved generally U-shaped guide track for loading and unloading the item(s) to be delivered. A delivery vehicle, including at least one loading/unloading device for delivering the item(s) to be delivered, is also disclosed.
US11364833B2
The invention relates to a device comprising a stationary transfer station (3) and a trailer train (1) comprising at least one trailer-train trailer (2), for transferring loads (L) from the trailer-train trailer (2) into the stationary transfer station (3), the trailer-train trailer (2) being provided with a continuous conveyor (25) driven by a motor (27), for receiving the load (L). The motor (27) of the continuous conveyor (25) of the trailer-train trailer (2) is powered by a battery (6) of the trailer train (1). Another continuous conveyor (30) driven by another motor (32) is arranged in the transfer station (3), for receiving the load (L), the other motor (32) of the other continuous conveyor (30) being powered in the transfer station (3) in a pre-determined handling position by the battery (6) of the trailer train (1).
US11364832B2
A vehicle floor carpet securing system includes a trim piece that includes a lateral portion connected to a vertical portion at a corner. A standoff rib anchors to a silencer layer of a vehicle carpet at an end. The standoff rib has an opposite end that engages the trim piece at the lateral portion, vertical portion and/or the corner to inhibit movement of the carpet relative to the trim piece.
US11364830B2
An apparatus of adjusting height of a headrest for a motor vehicle is provided. By forming the headrest with two divided parts, a rear portion fastened to a seatback by a stay and a front portion assembled to the rear portion movably in an up and down direction, the apparatus allows an occupant to adjust the height of the front portion according to his or her body size or preference, and thus is configured for comfortably supporting the head or neck portion of the occupant with the front portion regardless of the body size of the occupant.
US11364829B2
A seatback assembly includes a front carrier module having a mounting portion with an inverted U-shaped outer perimeter edge. A plurality of doors includes individual doors that are hingedly coupled to the outer perimeter edge of the front carrier module. Each door of the plurality of doors is operable between open and closed positions. An airbag carrier module includes an inverted U-shaped raceway with an open front portion. The airbag carrier module is operably coupled to the front carrier module, such that the doors of the front carrier module selectively open and close the open front portion of the raceway of the airbag carrier module.
US11364821B2
A seat lifter includes: an inner link for changing a height position of an inner lower arm with respect to a floor of a vehicle; an outer link for changing a height position of an outer lower area with respect to the floor; a coupling rod that couples the inner link to the outer link; a planetary gear mechanism capable of causing the coupling rod to rotate relative to the inner lower arm and the outer lower arm; a drive unit capable of driving the planetary gear mechanism; and a power transmission rod that transmits power of the drive unit to the planetary gear mechanism. The planetary gear mechanism is disposed between the inner lower arm and the outer lower arm. The drive unit is disposed outside the inner lower arm in the width direction or outside the outer lower arm in the width direction.
US11364816B2
An electronic device for detecting the presence of an occupant on board a vehicle includes an audio sensor to acquire sound-sensing signals on board the vehicle. A movement sensor acquires movement-sensing signals associated with movement of the vehicle and an environmental sensor acquires environmental-sensing signals on board the vehicle. A processing unit is coupled to the audio sensor, movement sensor, and environmental sensor processes the respective sound-sensing signals, movement-sensing signals, and environmental-sensing signals to monitor the presence on board the vehicle of the occupant and the absence of a responsible person to determine a situation of danger and to activate a corresponding alarm warning.
US11364806B2
Provided is a control apparatus for an electric vehicle, which is capable of suppressing simultaneous slip of front and rear wheels. The control apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a control portion configured to control a front electric motor and a rear electric motor so that an achievement rate of a torque command with respect to a target torque in one motor of the front and rear electric motors is lower than the achievement rate in the other motor of the front and rear electric motors.
US11364797B1
An axle assembly having an electric motor module, a drive pinion, a planetary gear set, and at least one one-way freewheel clutch. The planetary gear set may operatively connect the electric motor module and the drive pinion. The one-way freewheel clutch may be configured to selectively couple at least two components of the planetary gear set.
US11364796B2
A kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) is provided. The KERS (1) comprises a first speed-up gear arrangement (12) having an input (10) connectable to a vehicle powertrain. The KERS further comprises a hydraulic variator made up of first and second bent axis motors (20,22) fluidly connected to one another, wherein at least the first motor (20) is a variable displacement motor, and the first motor (20) is connected to an output of the first speed-up gear arrangement (12). A second speed-up gear arrangement (34) has an input connected to the second motor (22). At least one flywheel (52) is connected to an output of the second speed-up gear arrangement (34), where the at least one flywheel is located in a vacuum within at least one flywheel chamber (58).
US11364792B2
A vehicle includes an engine, an engine cover, and a cross component. The engine cover has a through-hole through which the cross component passes. The cross component is a flexible hose or a flexible pipe in which a body part extending in a cross direction is integrated with a diameter enlarged part having a diameter larger than the body part. The outer peripheral part of the diameter enlarged part makes close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the through-hole of the engine cover.
US11364791B2
A ventilation device for a vehicle includes a frame defining an opening and a closing device having at least one closing flap extending in a general direction in the opening. The closing device is movable between an open position and a closing position, the flap being movable between an open position and a closing position. The closing device includes a first actuator configured to move the closing flap between its open and closed positions by a first actuating point. The ventilation device includes a second actuator configured to move the closing flap between its open and closed positions by a second actuating point, the second actuating point being separate from the first actuating point, the first and second actuators being configured to move the closing flap jointly.
US11364790B2
The straightening plate mounting structure includes: a support member including a bottom plate portion in which a first elongated hole and second elongated holes are formed; a left straightening plate which is formed in a plate shape having a convex portion engageable with the first elongated hole and adjusts an air flow in a hood; and a right straightening plate which is formed in a plate shape having convex portions engageable with the second elongated holes and adjusts the air flow in the hood.
US11364789B2
A hybrid powertrain may include a first shifting module including a motor input shaft having a motor directly connected to the motor shaft and provided to form two shifting stages having the largest gear ratios in sequence among a series of shifting stages; a second shifting module including an engine input shaft concentrically mounted with the motor input shaft and connected to an engine through a main clutch, and provided to form the remaining shifting stages of the series of shifting stages; a center synchro mounted to intermit the motor input shaft and the engine input shaft; and a continuous variable device provided to implement a state in which the first shifting module forms a gear ratio smaller than a shifting stage having a small gear ratio among the shifting stages of the first shifting module by a continuously controlled friction force.
US11364779B2
An articulating soft front cockpit cover assembly including an auxiliary tensioning link, coupling link and cross-car bow. A pivot point rotatable joining the auxiliary tensioning link and coupling link is located at the top of the auxiliary tensioning link. A bracket is provided on the auxiliary tensioning link or coupling link and extends cross-car and attaches to the front or rear edge of the cross-car bow. The soft front cockpit cover assembly in sealing engagement with a rearward top portion of a roof. The articulating portion movable between at least a closed position over about the front vehicle cockpit and at least one open position for an open-air feel.
US11364775B2
A stretchable vehicle window shade that may have a panel and a positioning tab attached to the panel. The positioning tab may have a magnet disposed inside. The magnet may be adapted so that a magnetic force allows attachment to a metallic portion of a door frame of a vehicle.
US11364762B2
A vehicle load-bearing member includes an electro-active material, a lead wire for delivering an electric current to the electro-active material, and a controller in communication with a power supply for supplying electric current to the electro-active material for changing dynamic characteristics of the electro-active material, wherein changing dynamic characteristics of the electro-active material changes at least one of dampening and stiffness of the vehicle load-bearing member by changing the shape of the electro-active material.
US11364760B2
A tandem axle assembly includes a first slipper spring and a second slipper spring. The two slipper springs are configured or oriented in series with the slipper ends of the two slipper springs oriented toward each other. A keeper for a tandem axle suspension assembly is also disclosed.
US11364759B1
Adjustable vehicle suspension link systems suitable for connecting a first component to a second component in a vehicle suspension may include an outer assembly. An outer assembly connecting joint may be provided on the outer assembly. The outer assembly connecting joint may be configured for coupling to the first component of the vehicle suspension. An inner assembly may be disposed at least partially inside and in length-adjustable and securable relationship to the outer assembly. An inner assembly connecting joint may be provided on the inner assembly. The inner assembly connecting joint may be configured for coupling to the second component of the vehicle suspension. Adjustable vehicle suspension link methods are also disclosed.
US11364750B2
A pneumatic tire is provided. In a meridian cross-section, an external contour shape of the bead core is a polygon formed by common tangent lines of a plurality of circumferential portions of a bead wire, the external contour shape includes a single vertex located toward the outside in a tire radial direction, an internal angle formed by two sides sandwiching the vertex is an acute angle, a bottom side of the external contour shape is inclined with respect to the tire lateral direction by from 2° to 9°, and the carcass layer is bent and folded back along a circumference of the bead core in a bead portion, a folded back portion of the carcass layer from a position of an outer end of the bead core in the tire radial direction extends toward a sidewall portion in contact with a body portion.
US11364749B2
A tire side surface of a pneumatic tire includes a two-dimensional code in which a dot pattern is formed by two types of gray scale elements formed identifiable from each other by recesses and protrusions of the tire side surface, or a predetermined two-dimensional code arrangement region. The tire side surface further includes at least two marks formed in a protruded shape or a recessed shape, and the two marks are disposed on an identical position in a first direction of a tire radial direction and a tire circumferential direction and disposed separated from each other at different positions in a second direction of the tire radial direction and the tire circumferential direction to sandwich an outer edge of the two-dimensional code or the predetermined two-dimensional code arrangement region from the opposite sides in at least one of the tire radial direction or the tire circumferential direction.
US11364746B2
A rib of a pneumatic tire includes a first sipe extending from one of main grooves positioned on both sides of the rib and a second sipe extending from another one of the main grooves, one end portion of the first and second sipes terminating within the rib. The first and second sipes form a pair of sipes including edges on leading and trailing sides. Chamfered portions shorter than a total sipe length of the pair of sipes are formed on respective edges and non-chamfered regions exist on portions opposing respective chamfered portions in the pair of sipes. A maximum depth x (mm) of the sipes and a maximum depth y (mm) of the chamfered portion satisfy x×0.1≤y≤x×0.3+1.0. A sipe width is constant in a range from a portion positioned inside in a tire radial direction of the chamfered portion to a bottom of the sipes.
US11364739B2
The invention relates to a vehicle wheel comprising a wheel rim (12) that has a hub portion (38), a rim base (36) for receiving a tire, a plurality of support portions (40) interposed between the hub portion (38) and the rim base (36), at least one interspace (42) between the support portions (40), and at least one cover element (44) associated with the interspace (42), characterized in that the cover element (44) can be transferred from a first position to a second position by pneumatic actuation.
US11364731B2
A printer includes a substrate support, a printhead assembly, first and second actuators, and a controller. The printhead assembly deposits material on a substrate supported on the substrate support. The first actuator is disposed at a side of the substrate support and coupled to a first linear track disposed along the side of the substrate support and oriented in a first direction. The second actuator is disposed at an end of the substrate support and coupled to a second linear track disposed along the end of the substrate support and oriented in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first and second actuators are positioned to engage with the substrate simultaneously. The controller moves the first and second actuators together to rotate the substrate.
US11364725B2
In some examples, an apparatus can include a mating interface coupled to a dispense interface to interact with a print particle dispense nozzle, a locking mechanism coupled to the dispense interface to prevent the print particle dispense nozzle from depositing a print particle to the dispense interface, and an authentication mechanism coupled to the locking mechanism to: authenticate the print particle dispense nozzle, and unlock the locking mechanism when the print particle dispense nozzle is authenticated to allow the print particle dispense nozzle to deposit the print particle to the dispense interface.
US11364720B2
A print liquid supply interface structure is provided, to fluidically connect a fluid supply container to a receiving station, comprising a liquid channel having at least one liquid channel wall, the liquid channel including a liquid interface, and at least one key pen next and parallel to the needle receiving portion of the liquid channel, protruding from a base over more than 10 millimeters. In another example a key pen structure is provided. In yet another example an interface structure for receiving a separate key pen is provided.
US11364716B2
In an example, a logic circuitry package is configured to be addressable via a first address and at least one second address and comprises a first logic circuit. The first address may be an address for the first logic circuit, and the package may be configured such that, in response to a first command indicative of a first command time period sent to the first address, the package is accessible via at least one second address for a duration of the first command time period; and in response to a second command indicative of a second command time period sent to the first address, the first logic circuit is to, for a duration of the second command time period, disregard traffic sent to the first address.
US11364713B2
A composite for the production of filmless sailcloth laminates with an adhesive film and a textile layer including: a thermoplastic plastic film as adhesive film containing a thermally activatable crosslinking agent dispersed therein, as carrier, and a textile layer which is adhesively bonded to the thermoplastic plastic film; wherein the plastic film and the textile layer are adhesively bonded together by the effect of heat at a first temperature which does not activate the crosslinking agent, and the composite is bondable to a substrate by the effect of heat at a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature and causes crosslinking to take place.
US11364711B2
Multi-layer substrates comprising a top surface layer of pulp fibers, a bottom surface layer of pulp fibers, and a melted thermoplastic material layer between the pulp fiber layers, where the thermoplastic material comprises polyethylene or has a tan delta value of 0.2 to 0.4 within the temperature range of 100° F. to 350° F. The multi-layer substrate can include a cleaning composition loaded onto the multi-layer substrate, where a fluid pathway through the melted thermoplastic material allows the cleaning composition to travel from the top surface layer to the bottom surface layer. The multi-layer substrate may be void of chemical adhesives, where adhesion between the top surface layer and the thermoplastic layer, and between the bottom surface layer and the thermoplastic layer is instead provided by the thermoplastic material itself, which bonds to groups of fibers in the pulp fibers top and bottom surface layers that are in contact with the thermoplastic material as it melts.
US11364710B2
Provided are a composition which includes a compound having a benzodithiol structure and a compound having an —O—Si—O— structure and is capable of forming a film that has long-wavelength ultraviolet range shielding properties, high pencil hardness and good light fastness; a film; a glass article; a compound; a high purity composition; a method for producing a compound; and a method for producing a film.
US11364706B2
Provided is cookware made from a bonded multi-layer composite having at least one upper metal layer, a lower metal layer having a plurality of upwardly protruding, spaced-apart dimples formed thereon, and a graphite core layer disposed between the at least one upper metal layer and the lower metal layer. The graphite core layer has a plurality of spaced-apart holes extending through the graphite layer. The plurality of dimples extend through the plurality of holes, and the plurality of dimples are metallurgically bonded to the at least one upper metal layer and an outer portion of the lower metal layer is metallurgically bonded to the at least one upper metal layer. The at least one upper metal layer has a layer of stainless steel or titanium bonded to a sub-layer of aluminum. A method of making the bonded multi-layer composite cookware is also disclosed.
US11364705B2
A multi-layer friction reducing tape, including: a foil layer including a metal, polymer, or hybrid-metal-polymer; an under layer disposed on the foil layer; an adhesion promoting layer contiguous with a surface of the under layer; a functional layer that includes a fullerene based composite, a diamond based material, diamond-like-carbon (DLC), or combinations thereof, wherein the functional layer is contiguous with a surface of the adhesion promoting layer; and a tape, including an adhesive layer and a backing material, wherein the adhesive layer is attached to a surface of the foil layer opposite the under layer.
US11364699B2
A machine is configured to transition a blank having a fold line extending therein directly between first and second panels thereof. The machine includes a side support configured to abut an underside of the first panel, and a vacuum gripper including a suction cup that is extendable into suctioning engagement with an underside of the second panel, and that is retractable while maintaining suctioning engagement with the underside of the second panel. The vacuum gripper is configured to pull the second panel downward by retraction of the suction cup while maintaining suctioning engagement with the underside of the second panel and while the side support abuts the first panel, whereby the first panel bends along the fold line upwardly relative to the second panel. A rod is extendable into engagement with the underside of the first panel for further bending of the first panel along the fold line.
US11364697B1
An electronic device may have a housing with a display. A protective display cover layer for the display may have an image transport layer such as a fiber optic plate. The fiber optic plate may be formed from a bundle of fibers. The fibers may be formed using fiber extruding equipment. Each fiber may have a core covered with a cladding, a stray light absorbing layer, and binder material. The fibers may be deformed in a heated chamber by pressing inwardly with a die that has a recess, causing the fibers to bulge into the recess. A cutter can be used to cut off a layer of the deformed fibers. This layer may be machined and polished to form the fiber optic plate.
US11364691B2
A panel is disclosed, including a first facesheet, a second face sheet, and a plurality of pultrusion-formed web structures. Each web structure has a middle support portion, a first end portion, and a second end portion. The first end portion of each web structure is attached to the first facesheet and the second end portion of each web structure is attached to the second facesheet. The middle support portion, first end portion, and second end portion of each web structure form a single monolithic structure.
US11364690B2
A method for forming a resin-based composite structure is provided. The method includes: providing a prepreg layup, wherein the prepreg layup includes an epoxy resin-carbon fiber composite material; covering a thermal-fusion material on a surface of the prepreg layup; and performing a molding and curing process to fuse the thermal-fusion material with the prepreg layup. Wherein the molding and curing process includes: heating at a first temperature to melt, soften and fully fuse the thermal-fusion material with the prepreg layup; and heating at a second temperature to solidify the thermal-fusion material for forming the resin-based composite structure. Wherein the first temperature is lower than the second temperature.
US11364684B2
A method is disclosed in which an identifier is to be printed on a surface of a part to be additive manufactured. The identifier is utilized during post-processing of the part at the manufacturing facility, then the identifier is modified so as to no longer be visible before leaving the facility.
US11364678B2
A method of manufacturing an object comprises applying a layer of building material in powder form having a predetermined thickness onto a layer of the building material already previously applied which has been solidified in a region corresponding to a cross section of the object. A recoater is moved in a direction across the layer already previously applied, and the building material is solidified in a shape corresponding to a cross section of the object. Prior to the application of a layer, for a solidified region having a thickness in the layer applied before, the maximum of the product of the extension of this region in movement direction of the recoater and the thickness is determined and during the application of the layer, at least an additional powder amount proportional to the value of the maximum is additionally provided.
US11364675B2
A method for forming a preform for a thermoplastic retention device is provided. The method includes providing a thermoplastic base material and blending the base material with one or more chemical agents to form a polymer blend. The chemical agents are configured to modify a polymer chain of the base material when the polymer blend is exposed to radiation. The method further includes forming the polymer blend into a filament sized for a three-dimensional printing platform and printing a preform shape from the filament using the three-dimensional printing platform. After the printed preform is hardened, the method includes exposing the printed preform shape to radiation sufficient to cause a reaction between the one or more chemical agents and the base material.
US11364664B2
A method for forming at least a first primary droplet onto a primary fiber includes arranging part of the primary fiber into a reserve of liquid or viscous polymer based material so the primary fiber extends through and on both sides of the reserve. The primary fiber and/or the reserve move relative to each other so a first part of the primary fiber moves out from the reserve with a first primary velocity, forming a first primary layer of the liquid or viscous polymer based material onto the first part of the primary fiber. The first primary layer of the liquid or viscous polymer based material is allowed to form a first primary droplet onto the primary fiber holding the primary fiber relative to the reserve or moving the primary fiber and/or the reserve relative to each other with a first secondary velocity less than the first primary velocity.
US11364662B2
A lifter system and apparatus having a rotational gib for molding plastic parts, in large mold machines or small mold machines. A core blade is movably mounted with respect to a mold. A gib, such as a rotational gib, is mounted with respect to an ejector plate of the mold. A rotational mount is fixed with respect to the gib. The core blade can be moved and releasably locked at or into different positions with respect to the gib. The rotational mount can be releasably locked with respect to the gib. A detent, a bias element and a spherical surface or other contact surface can be used to hold or fix a position of the core blade with respect to the gib. A second detent, a second bias element and a second spherical surface or other contact surface can be used to hold or fix a position of the rotational mount with respect to the gib.
US11364658B2
A responsive material having an elastomeric matrix in which ferromagnetic particles are dispersed so as to have a predetermined magnetization pattern which, when exposed to an external magnetic field, changes the shape of the responsive material from an initial shape to a predetermined transformed shape dictated by the magnetization pattern. An initial shape of the responsive material is formed by direct ink printing while applying magnetic fields to a dispensing nozzle to align the particles and gives rise to the desired magnetization pattern.
US11364656B2
A method of forming particles for controlled guest agent release includes coextruding first and second polymer materials to form a multilayer polymer composite sheet comprising alternating first and second polymer layers, dividing the multilayer sheet into particles, immersing the particles in a solvent containing the guest agent such that the first layers swell and the guest agent is loaded into the swollen first layers.
US11364653B1
A device for staining or painting planks has an enclosure and a plank receiver for guiding a plank into the enclosure. At least one pair of vertical rollers are provided for engaging the plank received in the plank receiver. A lever may be positioned to contact the plank upon exit from the plank receiver. A linkage bar is affixed to the lever and to vertical rollers. Moving the lever by insertion of the plank moves the vertical rollers in preparation for receiving a leading edge of the plank. The vertical rollers are mounted on swing arms for facilitating adjustment of a space between the left vertical rollers and the right vertical rollers for accommodating planks of various thicknesses. Vertical sprayers are pivotally mounted and in communication with the swing arms for pivoting with the vertical rollers for maintaining a constant distance between the vertical rollers and the left vertical sprayer.
US11364651B2
A tool for cutting a substrate and method of use. The tool has a blade with a distal cutting tip at least one shoulder on one side of and proximal the cutting tip. The cutting tip and shoulder are positioned so that when cutting, at least a portion of the at least one shoulder is in contact with at least one cut edge of the substrate defined by a cut line formed by penetrating the substrate thickness with the cutting tip. A heater heats the blade shoulder to a temperature that causes the portion of the shoulder in contact with the cut edge of the substrate to seal the cut edge. The method includes heating the blade, penetrating the substrate with the cutting tip with a portion of the shoulder contacting the substrate, and moving the blade relative to the substrate.
US11364645B1
A folding knife and related method include actuating elements for locking or unlocking the blade of the knife. The actuating elements are permanently illuminated or backlit so that the actuating elements are more clearly visible in low light conditions and can therefore be safely operated. Such features for knife applications may provide advantages for particular activities where knives are commonly used, such as for law enforcement and hunting.
US11364638B2
A robot service providing system includes a table monitoring terminal associated with one of a plurality of tables in a venue, a central control terminal, and a movable waiter robot. The central control terminal includes a communication interface, a display, an operation panel, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the display to display a screen including an image including a consumable item captured by a camera of the table monitoring terminal based on image data received by the communication interface, and control the communication interface to transmit a service instruction in response to a user operation on the operation panel. The movable waiter robot is configured to move to said one of the tables based on the service instruction.
US11364633B2
A cleaning robot includes an arm including a distal end portion to which a brush is attached, the arm extending in a first direction parallel to a horizontal direction, a driver connected to the arm, the driver including a first mechanism that moves the arm in the first direction, a second mechanism that moves the arm in a second direction parallel to a vertical direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a third mechanism that moves the arm in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and second direction, a controller configured to switch the orientation of the distal end portion between an orientation for cleaning a first target face of the object and an orientation for cleaning a second target face of the object, the first target face facing the first direction, the second target face facing the second direction.
US11364630B2
An industrial robot having a manipulator and a robot controller configured to control the motions of the manipulator. The robot controller is configured during lead-through programming of the robot to compare a robot position or a robot orientation (TCP) with at least one virtual position or virtual orientation defined in space, and to actively control the motions of the robot in relation to the at least one virtual position or virtual orientation when the difference between the robot position or robot orientation and the least one virtual position or virtual orientation is smaller than an offset value.
US11364628B2
A gripper for finding, clamping and releasing spools having a circular grip part such as a flange or a bore hole as well as a method to operate such gripper. The gripper has a driveable clamp that is provided with a scanning system comprising ‘presence-absence detectors’ that detect the presence or the absence of the circular grip part. The gripper is slowly moved over the flange of the spool and by means of the detectors and some calculation the centre of the grip part is identified followed by the gripping of the spool. The gripper has the advantage that no back-and-forth movement is needed in order to locate the circular grip part and that the superfluous motion of the gripper is prevented.
US11364619B1
A creeper for scooting around on top of decking for decking installation, maintenance, and/or repair activities may minimize injury to a human user's knees and/or back. Movement-means of the creeper, such as, but not limited to, casters may be attached at or near a bottom of a base of the creeper to facilitate such scooting around. A seat may be attached to a top of the base of the creeper, wherein the seat may be sat upon by the human user during use of the creeper. Also attached to the base of the creeper may be a drill-guide. The drill-guide may facilitate controlled and repeatable predrilling of pilot holes, at predetermined angles (e.g., perpendicular) into decking planks and/or into joists. The creeper may also facilitate attachment of decking members, with the pilot holes, to joists.
US11364615B2
The invention relates to a system for hydraulic actuation of multiple consumer units comprising a hydraulic circuit (130) operated by means of a hydraulic motor (122) which actuates a consumer unit (111) wherein, downstream of the first consumer unit (111), the hydraulic circuit (130) has at least one secondary circuit (140, 150) having at least a second consumer unit (114, 118) and arranged before the second consumer unit (114) and a pump (113, 117) directly or indirectly actuated by the first consumer unit (111).
US11364614B2
A pneumatic tool includes a casing unit, an air motor, a rotary valve, and a turning unit. The rotary valve is rotatably mounted to the air motor. The turning unit is movably mounted to the casing unit, and is connected to the rotary valve such that movement of the turning unit relative to the casing unit drives rotation of the rotary valve relative to the air motor to one of a first-end position, a second-end position and at least one in-between position, in which an opening of the rotary valve is in spatial communication with a respective one of a first passage, a second passage and at least one sub-passage for adjusting airflow that travels from an air inlet passage of the casing unit, through the rotary valve, and into the air motor.
US11364613B2
A pneumatic tool includes a casing unit, an air motor, a rotary valve, and a turning unit. The rotary valve is mounted to the air motor and is rotatable about a valve axis. The turning unit includes a ring member that surrounds and is rotatably mounted to the casing unit, and that is connected to the rotary valve, such that rotation of the ring member relative to the casing unit drives the rotary valve to rotate about the valve axis relative to the air motor among a first-end position, a second-end position and at least one in-between position for adjusting airflow that travels from an air inlet passage of the casing unit, through an opening and an intermediate passage of the rotary valve, to an air chamber of the air motor.
US11364603B2
A ratchet wrench with electric assistance includes a wrench body, a ratchet device, a pawl device, and a switch device. The switch device is configured for optionally gearing the pawl device with the ratchet device, so that the ratchet wrench is operated in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. During the directional changing process, the switch device optionally engages the first gear and the second gear with the transmission gear of the power device, such that the power device transmits the power to the ratchet device for controlling the clockwise or counterclockwise rotation of the ratchet device, realizing the ratchet wrench with an electric assistance function.
US11364602B2
A screw bit body which allows for efficient torque force application onto a socket fastener. The screw bit body includes a plurality of laterally-bracing sidewalls, a first base, and a second base. The laterally-bracing sidewalls are radially distributed about a rotation axis of the screw bit body with each further including a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a bracing surface, and an engagement cavity. The engagement cavity creates a gripping point to prevent slippage in between the screw bit body and the socket fastener. The engagement cavity traverses normal and into the concave surface and the convex surface. The engagement cavity includes an angled driving portion and a concave portion. The angled driving portion is positioned adjacent to the first lateral edge with the concave portion being positioned opposite to the first lateral edge, across the angled driving portion.
US11364599B2
A two-way ratchet wrench includes a wrench body having a ratchet groove located in a head at one end thereof, an accommodation chamber in communication with the ratchet groove, an accommodation hole above the accommodation chamber, a ratchet wheel mounted in the ratchet groove, a ratchet block mounted in the accommodation chamber and meshed with the ratchet wheel, a dial block rotatably mounted in the accommodation hole and operable to move the ratchet block between a first position and a second position, and a positioning device mounted in the accommodation chamber such that the ratchet block is held in the first position when the positioning device is abutted against the first recess of the ratchet block, or the second position when the positioning device is abutted against the second recess of the ratchet block.
US11364597B2
The disclosure provides a tire centering fixture including: a gear, a first rack, a second rack, a third rack, a shaft sleeve, and a guide cylinder. The first rack, the second rack, and the third rack are engaged with the gear. The gear is disposed around the shaft sleeve; the gear and the shaft sleeve are disposed on the guide cylinder. The guide cylinder includes a central cavity and a base wall. The base wall includes a central hole and a circular recess; a lower end of the shaft sleeve is in movable fit with the circular recess of the base wall, and a lower end face thereof is flush with the bottom surface of the circular recess. A locating base is disposed on the upper end face of the guide cylinder and is fixed on the guide cylinder. The locating base functions as an end cover.
US11364596B2
Locking pliers according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can be easily unlocked by pressing a pressing unit of an opening lever with a thumb while gripping the levers with one hand, and the locking pliers can give tension to an object by pulling the object through the principle of leverage.
US11364594B2
A clamping device includes a first, a second clamping member, a first, a second connecting rod, and an elastic member. The first clamping member includes a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The second clamping member includes a third side and a fourth side opposite to each other. The first connecting rod is pivotally disposed between the first side and the third side. The second connecting rod is pivotally disposed between the second side and the fourth side. The elastic member is connected between the third side and the first connecting rod. The elastic member provides a restoring force to make the first connecting rod rotate relative to the second clamping member, to drive the second connecting rod and the first clamping member to rotate, so that a distance between the first and the second clamping member is shortened to clamp an object.
US11364586B2
A device for simultaneously measuring and adjusting the tool holding portion of a spindle. The device has a body defining a datum surface providing a magnetic portion and an indicator portion. A socket extends from the magnetic portion, the socket dimensioned and adapted to receive and seat a first component of the tool holding portion on the magnetic portion. A compressible indicator tip extends in an outward-biased manner from the indicator portion, wherein a distance from the distal end of the indicator tip and the indicator portion of the datum surface is displayed along the body.
US11364584B2
The present invention relates to a removal system and a method for removing parts processed in a processing system (200). The removal system is designed for engagement with a transportation unit (110) which is used for intermediate storage and/or transportation of a workpiece processed with the processing system (200), the processed workpiece comprising the parts to be removed. The removal system comprises a bridge movement system (120) which extends with its central longitudinal axis transversely to the longitudinal axis of the transportation unit (110) and can be moved axially in the longitudinal axis of the transportation unit (110). In addition, the removal system comprises a first parts conveyor system, which is arranged on the bridge movement system (120) and extends substantially parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the bridge movement system. Finally, the removal system comprises control unit which communicates with the transportation unit, the bridge movement system and the first parts conveyor system and provides control commands for the transportation unit, the bridge movement system and the parts conveyor system.
US11364583B2
A newly configured centerpoint drill and a drill attachment device that can be attached to a conventional cordless drill include configurations that require a user's hand to be in direct alignment with the keyless chuck of the drill to enable a user or operator to apply maximum pressure or force during use of a drill to reduce time and effort spent by a user/operator.
US11364578B1
A method for assembling a brazing ring on a return tube constituting a refrigerant passage of a heat exchanger according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes performing a pipe shrinking process on a straight portion of the return tube, coupling the brazing ring on the return tube through a return tube assembly device, and performing a pipe expanding process on the straight portion of the return tube to which the brazing ring is coupled. The coupling of the brazing ring on the return tube is performed using the return tube assembly device.
US11364576B1
A laser machining apparatus includes a chuck configured to hold a workpiece such that the workpiece is rotatable about a rotational axis, a first workpiece support provided on a first side with respect to the chuck in an axial direction along the rotational axis and configured to support a projected workpiece projecting from the chuck on the first side, and a parts catcher configured to receive a product when the projected workpiece is not supported by the first workpiece support and convey the product to a loading dock. The parts catcher includes a first catcher workpiece support configured to support the projected workpiece. In the axial direction, a first distance between the first catcher workpiece support and the chuck is shorter than a second distance between the first workpiece support and the chuck.
US11364560B2
A method for the grinding finish machining of an already toothed gearwheel workpiece in an NC-controlled machine tool, comprising the following steps: a. providing the gearwheel workpiece in the machine tool, b. providing a first grinding tool in the machine tool, c. providing a second grinding tool in the machine tool, d. grinding machining of at least one tooth flank of the gearwheel workpiece using the first grinding tool, e. grinding machining of at least one tooth flank in the transition region to the tooth head of the gearwheel workpiece using the second grinding tool in the machine tool to generate a head edge rounding on the gearwheel workpiece, f. further grinding machining of at least one tooth flank of the gearwheel workpiece using the first grinding tool and/or the second grinding tool in the machine tool.
US11364553B2
A robotic forming system and method for forming a tapered hole in a workpiece include a housing and a nose extending from the housing. The housing defines an internal chamber. A vacuum gate is in fluid communication with an internal cavity of the nose. A seal is within the nose. A first spindle includes a first operative head. The first spindle is retained within the internal chamber. The first spindle is configured to be moved between a first stowed position within the housing and a first operating position in which the first operative head extends into the nose. The first operative head is configured to form an initial hole within the workpiece. A second spindle includes a second operative head. The second spindle is retained within the internal chamber. The second spindle is configured to be moved between a second stowed position within the housing and a second operating position in which the second operative head extends into the nose. The second operative head is configured to modify the initial hole to form a tapered hole.
US11364528B2
The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for a new and improved coiling head utilized in wrapping elongated materials, which may have a zero and or near zero gap between leaves thereby reducing and or elimination indentations in the coiled elongated materials.
US11364516B2
An atomizer for applying a coating includes a nozzle plate, an actuator, and an acoustic focusing device. The nozzle plate defines at least one aperture. The actuator is configured to oscillate to form pressure waves within a fluid to eject the fluid from the nozzle plate. The acoustic focusing device focuses the pressure waves toward the apertures.
US11364514B2
The present disclosure is intended to provide a discharge apparatus and an industrial robot, discharge apparatus having a relatively simple configuration capable of removing a remainder of a discharge material remaining in a discharge nozzle and a feeding channel, enabling cost reduction, and having a structure which is easy to clean and with which a function of preventing drips can be imparted. The discharge apparatus includes: a nozzle head having a plurality of feeding channels for feeding a discharge material, and a removal channel communicating with the feeding channels and usable for removing a remainder of the discharge material remaining in the feeding channel; a plurality of discharge nozzles configured to be attached to the nozzle head such that each of the plurality of discharge nozzles is connected to an associated one of the plurality of feeding channels; a delivery tube configured to deliver the discharge material selectively to one of the plurality of feeding channels so that the discharge material is discharged from the discharge nozzle; and a suction tube connectable to the removal channel and usable for sucking the remainder of the discharge material remaining in the feeding channel and the discharge nozzle through the removal channel.
US11364508B2
An electrostatic air filter connected to a high voltage source, including an air flow channel, an ion generator, at least one corona electrode and at least one cumulative electrode, the corona electrodes and the cumulative electrodes are configured so that corona discharges occur between the corona electrodes and the cumulative electrodes due to a first potential difference, causing ionization of contaminant particles present in the air flow channel. A separator of contaminant particles is disposed in the air flow channel and includes input and output electrodes that enable the flow of air therethrough in a direction away from the input electrode to the output electrode and further to the channel outlet. During operation, there is a first potential difference between the corona and input electrodes and a second potential difference between the input and output electrodes, so that the electric field strength in the space between the input and output electrodes is directed opposite to that in the space between the ion generator and the input electrode.
US11364506B2
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to a plant trimming machine. Plants are placed in a tumbler. As the tumbler rotates, leaves are sucked through the tumbler by a vacuum assembly and cut by at least one rotatable blade adjacent to the tumbler. The tumbler and blade are housed in separate cartridges so that they can be easily removed and inserted. Thereby, it is relatively easy to clean and replace a tumbler or blade with minimal downtime to the machine.
US11364505B2
There is provided a method for enhanced extraction of cannabis oil from a cannabis plant material, and a free-flowing powder consisting of particles of cannabis plant material for use in such method. The cannabis plant material is characterized by a cannabis strain and a cannabis plant part. The method including a step of comminuting the cannabis plant material to a powder of a preselected particle size distribution (PSD) characterized by 10≤Dv(90)≤100 μm as determined by laser diffraction particle size analysis prior to the extraction process, whereby the PSD is preselected in accordance with cannabis strain and the plant part.
US11364494B2
The invention relates to an array type paper chip for 2019-nCoV virus high-throughput detection and a manufacturing method of the array type paper chip. The array type paper chip comprises a glass substrate layer, a paper unit layer and a cell grid layer which are arranged in sequence from bottom to top, wherein the grid layer comprises N circular paper detection units with a diameter R being arranged in the form of an array; and the unit grids of the unit grid layer are in one-to-one correspondence to the paper detection units to separate the paper detection units. The array type paper chip is simple in structure, the manufacturing process is simple and stable, the finished products are stable, requirements on the processing environment and conditions are very low, and processing equipment is low in price. Moreover, the processing process does not revolve any chemical reagent, and therefore, the method is more environmentally friendly than methods such as ultraviolet lithography.
US11364493B2
A microfluidic apparatus may include, in an example, a substrate, at least one silicon die embedded into the substrate, and a planarization layer layered over, at least, a portion of the substrate that interfaces with the silicon die to prevent a fluid from contacting an edge of the silicon die.
US11364488B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a cobalt-containing Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst with good physical properties and high cobalt loading. In one aspect, the present invention provides a process for preparing a supported cobalt-containing Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst, said process comprising the steps of: (a) impregnating a support material with cobalt haydroxide nitrate, or a hydrate thereof, of formula (I) below to form an impregnated support material, [Co(OH)x(NO3)(2-x).yH2O] (I) where: 0
US11364480B2
A chromatography medium includes a porous matrix and nonporous globules bound on the inner and outer surfaces of the porous matrix. The average radius of the microglobules is not more than 30% of the average pore diameter of the porous matrix. The chromatography medium can be used in affinity chromatography. A method for preparing the chromatography medium may include providing a porous starting matrix, providing a polymerization solution, and initiating polymerization of the polymerization solution in the presence of the porous starting matrix to form insoluble nonporous microglobules that are bound to the inner and outer surfaces of the porous starting matrix.
US11364476B2
The present invention is a dust abatement device that secures over a container. Powdery material, such as plaster, cement, grout or the like, is poured through the device, and mixed with water inside the container. The device has a mounting sleeve and radial manifold. The manifold forms a radial pneumatic channel with a circumferentially disbursed air intake that generates a radially uniform airflow to draw in airborne dust that would otherwise escape to the surrounding air. The manifold is connected to a vacuum with an air filter, and generates a dust shield zone above and around the device, which only extends down from the manifold a few inches. The manifold also funnels material and water into the container, and forms an inner eave that spaces material and water from the air intake, and forms a splash guard to retain upwardly projected splashes of material and water inside the container.
US11364472B1
The present disclosure relates to nanochannel plates for use in reverse osmosis systems and methods of their manufacture. An example nanochannel plate includes a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first surface and the second surface are parallel to a major flat of the nanochannel plate. The nanochannel plate also includes a plurality of channels. At least one channel includes a carbon nanotube having a first end opening proximate to the first surface and a second end opening proximate to the second surface. Optionally, a core portion of the carbon nanotube could be configured to transport water from the first surface to the second surface or vice versa. Optionally, the core portion of the carbon nanotube has a core diameter of less than or equal to 0.7 nanometers.
US11364471B2
Membranes, methods of making the membranes, and methods of using the membranes are described herein. The membranes can comprise a gas permeable support layer, an inorganic layer disposed on the support, the inorganic layer comprising a plurality of discreet nanoparticles having an average particle size of less than 1 micron, and a selective polymer layer disposed on the inorganic layer, the selective polymer layer comprising a selective polymer having a CO2:N2 selectivity of at least 10 at 57° C. In some embodiments, the membrane can be selectively permeable to an acidic gas. The membranes can be used, for example, to separate gaseous mixtures, such as flue gas.
US11364470B2
A filter medium including: a porous first support; nanofiber webs respectively stacked at the upper and lower parts of the first support, and made of a plurality of nanofibers of which the diameters have a standard deviation of 300 nm or less; and a porous second support interposed between the first support and the nanofiber web. The filter medium is implemented by fibers having uniform diameters, and thus is easily manufactured to have a predetermined pore diameter and simultaneously has excellent uniformity of the pore diameters, thereby having excellent filtering efficiency and being more suitable when selectively separating specific objects. Backwashing is enabled at uniform pressure during backwashing such that high cleaning power is obtained. The filter medium has excellent water permeability and excellent mechanical strength so as to minimize the shape and structural deformation and damage of the filter medium.
US11364466B2
The present disclosure provides an automatic control system for emission indexes of a desulfurization device of a thermal power unit, which comprises a first controller, a second controller and a flow controller. At the same time, the present disclosure provides an automatic control method for emission indexes of a desulfurization device of a thermal power unit. The present disclosure runs through the production and operation data of waste gas desulfurization treatment facilities, and establishes a pH optimization set value prediction model according to the data, and can realize automatic regulation and control of pH value by optimizing and controlling the pH optimization set value and the slurry flow optimization set value every moment through the dynamic model, thus solving the problem that the pH value control process is large in lag and slow in dynamics, and improving the pH value control quality.
US11364464B2
A system for enhancing adsorption of contaminated vapors to increase treatment capacity of a regenerable, synthetic adsorptive media. The system includes an inlet configured to receive a flow of contaminated vapors. One or more vessels are coupled to the inlet, the one or more vessels each including a regenerable, synthetic adsorptive media therein, are configured to remove contaminants from the vapors by adsorption. A vapor cooling subsystem is coupled to the inlet, and configured to cool the flow of contaminated vapors, thereby increasing the treatment capacity of the regenerable synthetic adsorptive media.
US11364453B2
An aqueous solution including salt stored in a first storage is led to a mixer through a first pipe, and an organic solvent stored in a second storage is led to the mixer through a second pipe. The aqueous solution and the organic solvent are mixed by the mixer, so that a mobile phase is produced. At least a portion of the first pipe and at least a portion of the second pipe are heated by a heater such that a temperature of the mobile phase produced by the mixer is equal to or higher than the dissolution temperature of salt included in the aqueous solution.
US11364449B2
The present invention utilizes mechanical vapor compression and/or thermal vapor compression integrating compression loops across multiple process stages. A sequential network of compressors is utilized to increase the pressure and condensing temperature of the vapors within each process stage, as intra-vapor flow, and branching between process stages, as inter-vapor flow. Because the vapors available are shared among and between compressor stages, the number of compressors can be reduced, improving economics. Balancing vapor mass flow through incremental compressor stages which traverse multiple process stages by splitting vapors between compressor stages enables the overall vapor-compression system to be tailored to individual process energy requirements and to accommodate dynamic fluctuations in process conditions.
US11364448B2
A mix or match toy set is disclosed wherein an airplane toy can be converted into several differently shaped units. The units are held together by using magnets in male and female connectors. The unit has interchangeable cockpit fuselage sections, jet, propeller, and fuel tank magnetic attachments and interchangeable airplane tails.
US11364443B2
Computer game metadata is used to select a video widget provided in a video template. The widget can be operable to present metadata in the video template, change an association between features of the video template and metadata generated during play of a computer game, search for clips similar to a video clip presented by the video template, vary a length of a video clip presented by the video template, or vary an intensity of action used to select a video clip presented by the video template.
US11364442B2
Systems, methods, and devices disclosed herein relate to an improved interactive experience. The system can be for delivery of an interactive attraction experience. The system can include a passenger vehicle having a plurality of passenger locations and a content presentation system that can present a virtual portion of the attraction experience viewable from the plurality of passenger locations. The system can include a transceiver that can transmit a trigger signal and at least one processor. The at least one processor can control delivery of the virtual portion of the attraction experience via the content presentation system, detect presence of a non-ride device, and deliver a trigger signal via the transceiver to the non-ride device, the trigger signal linked with the attraction experience.
US11364439B2
A game processing system that controls a display to display a plurality of graphic forms each indicating an identifier; identifies a trajectory of a continuously drawn input selecting a plurality of the graphic forms; identifies the identifiers of the graphic forms corresponding to the input trajectory; identifies at least a first command based on an arrangement of the identifiers when detecting an end of the input; and controls a game operation of attacking an opponent based on the command.
US11364428B2
The present invention is not a method of directly calculating the rotational characteristics of a ball through frequency analysis of a received signal as in the prior arts, but a method of determining a final spin information by finding the spin information of the moving ball while approaching a ball trajectory predicted in terms of the trajectory of a moving ball using the position coordinate data of the ball to the trend data indicating the trend of the position coordinates of the moving ball. The present invention provides a method of finding the spin in terms of the trajectory of the moving ball, regardless of whether it is possible to check the frequency characteristics of the rotation of the ball from the signal reflected from the moving ball, and thus derives a fairly accurate and uniform spin calculation result.
US11364414B2
An exercise training device for connection to a laterally extending overhead bar and use in modifying a toes to bar exercise, including at least one bar mounting assembly, an elongated, laterally extending target portion, and a spacer portion connected at a first end to and extending longitudinally away from the at least one bar mounting assembly, and connected at an opposed second end to the elongated, laterally extending target portion. Also disclosed is a method of positioning an exercise training device on a laterally extending overhead bar to modify a toes to bar exercise, including connecting to the laterally extending overhead bar an exercise training device having the aforementioned structure, and adjusting the exercise training device to extend downward and forward from the laterally extending overhead bar.
US11364412B2
A cordless treadmill including a frame, a belt system, and a drop-in cartridge is disclosed. The cartridge includes a plurality of staggered rollers configured to provide tactile feedback to the user. The frame is adapted to receive the belt system and the cartridge as they are lowered into the frame, and the frame is adapted to place the belt of the belt system into tension as the belt system is lowered into the frame. An integrated flywheel generator system provides smooth operation of the treadmill and generates electricity to power additional systems.
US11364410B2
A dual-turntable training device includes a base, two turntable units, and a resistance unit. Each turntable unit includes a rotating shaft, a turntable, and a grip. The rotating shaft is pivoted to the base. The turntable is secured to the rotating shaft. The two turntables of the two turntable units are horizontally arranged side by side. The grip is vertically disposed on the turntable. The resistance unit includes a control member and two resistance members. The control member is disposed on the base. The control member is connected to the two resistance members. The two resistance members correspond to the two turntables and are configured to apply rotation resistance to the two turntables. By operating the control member, the two resistance members are moved closer to or away from the two turntables for adjusting the rotation resistance.
US11364408B2
An exercise or training device that includes a first pulley, a second pulley, and a two ended line trained through the first and second pulley, the line having a first end and a second end, the first end of the line affixed to a first handle for gripping, a second handle for gripping affixed to the line at a position between the first end and the second end of the line. The pulleys may be fixed in position to a wall or rack such that they are horizontally spaced apart. In some embodiments, the pulley or pulleys may be attached to the fixed position by a spring assembly or other device to increase the linear force in the handles or bar.
US11364402B1
A cycling system includes a cycle having a frame with a resistance element attachment point, a resistance element, and a harness. The harness is releasably secured to the resistance element attachment point by the resistance element.
US11364397B2
A face mask includes an outer layer, an inner layer, and a filter. The outer layer includes an outer front guard constructed from a light-transmissive material and an outer filtering surface extending posteriorly from the outer front guard that includes at least one outer air hole. The inner layer is nestled within the outer layer. The inner layer includes an inner front guard constructed from a light-transmissive material and separated from the outer front guard by a buffer space. The inner layer also includes an inner filtering surface extending posteriorly from the inner front guard that includes at least one inner air hole. A filter is positioned between the outer filtering surface and the inner filtering surface and covers the at least one outer air hole and the at least one inner air hole.
US11364393B2
An apparatus for use in a treatment planning process or in a treatment process, includes: an input for obtaining a parameter representing a number of beam on-off transitions; and a treatment planner configured to optimize a treatment plan based on parameter representing the number of beam on-off transitions. An apparatus includes: an input configured to obtain a width of a gating window for a treatment plan; and a gating window adjustor configured to adjust the width of the gating window during a treatment session. An apparatus includes: a dose calculator configured to calculate doses for different treatment variations; an evaluator configured to evaluate treatment acceptance criteria against the calculated doses; and a delivery limit module configured to determine one or more limits for one or more delivery parameters based on an evaluation of the treatment acceptance criteria by the evaluator.
US11364388B2
A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) comprises a support structure to be worn by a patient, an energy storage module to store an electrical charge, a discharge circuit coupled to the energy storage module, a measurement circuit, a user interface that includes a speaker, and a processor. The processor is configured to monitor a physiological signal of a patient with the measurement circuit to detect cardiac arrhythmia when the patient is wearing the support structure, determine whether a validation criterion is met in response to detection of a cardiac arrhythmia, provide no alarm with the user interface the validation criterion is being determined, and cause a shock to be delivered to the patient from the energy storage module by the discharge circuit in the event the validation criterion is met.
US11364385B2
Implantable nerve transducers are provided herein, along with methods of fabricated such implantable nerve transducers. An exemplary implantable nerve transducer includes a plurality of semiconductor structures protruding from an exterior surface provided by a substrate and a plurality of conductors extending from the exterior surface of the substrate to an interior surface of the substrate and within a plurality of openings in the substrate. Each conductor is electrically coupled to one of the semiconductor structures. The exemplary implantable nerve transducer further includes one or more electronic components electrically coupled to the semiconductor structures by the conductors and a cap bonded to the substrate to provide a sealed chamber. The sealed chamber contains the one or more electronic components.
US11364384B2
A cochlear implant including a cochlear lead, an antenna, a stimulation processor, and a magnet apparatus, associated with the antenna, including a case and a magnet assembly, having a spine and at least one magnet that is secured to the spine, that is located within the case and is rotatable relative to the case.
US11364383B2
A system for electrically stimulating a user includes an electrode assembly, a control module, an electrode usage module, a communication module, a stimulus generator, and a client application. Additionally or alternatively, the system 100 can include any or all of: a head apparatus, a power source, a sensor subsystem, an electrical coupling subsystem, a user device, and/or any other suitable component(s). A method for electrically stimulating a user includes reading a tag of the electrode assembly, applying electrical stimulation to a user, determining and/or updating an electrode usage, and triggering an action based on the tag. Additionally or alternatively, the method can include any or all of: coupling an electrode assembly with a head apparatus, receiving an input from a user to initiate an electrical stimulation session, transmitting tag information, updating the tag, applying electrical stimulation to a user, verifying tag information, and/or any other suitable process(es).
US11364381B2
A method of managing pain related to a peripheral nerve injury of a subject comprises delivering stimulation energy of a first frequency to the target nerve via at least one electrode assembly during a regenerative phase and delivering stimulation energy of a second frequency for a predetermined period via the at least one electrode assembly during at least one neuropathic pain management phase.
US11364379B2
A patch for a therapeutic electrical stimulation device includes a shoe connected to the first side of the patch, the shoe including a body extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end, and having first and second surfaces, the first end of the shoe defining at least two ports, and the first surface of the shoe defining a connection member. The patch also includes at least one conductor positioned in the ports of the first end of the shoe. The shoe is configured for sliding insertion into a receptacle defined by a controller so that the conductor is connected to the controller to deliver electrical current from the controller, through the conductor, and to the electrodes, and the connection member is at least partially captured by a detent defined by the controller in the receptacle to retain the shoe within the receptacle.
US11364375B2
The invention relates to a medical treatment apparatus comprising a tube set 20, a peristaltic pump 6 for conveying fluid, and a monitoring apparatus 15 for monitoring the occlusion of the positive displacement elements 13A, 13B of the peristaltic pump. In addition, the invention relates to a tube set 20 for a medical treatment apparatus, and to a method for monitoring the occlusion of the occlusion elements of a peristaltic pump for conveying a fluid for a medical treatment apparatus. The invention is based on the fact that the occlusion of the positive displacement elements 13A, 13B of the peristaltic pump 6 is monitored in order to monitor the fluid flow in the hose line 5. For this purpose, the electrical resistance or a variable which correlates with the electrical resistance is measured between a first and a second electrode 16A, 16B, the first electrode 16A being arranged on the hose line 5 upstream of the occlusion elements 12 of the peristaltic pump 6 and the second electrode 16b being arranged on the hose line downstream of the occlusion elements such that an electrical contact is produced between the first and second electrode 16A, 16B and the fluid flowing in the hose line 5. The electrodes 16A, 16B are preferably integral component parts of a connecting piece 10, by means of which the hose segment 5A to be inserted into the peristaltic pump 6 is fixed in the form of a loop.
US11364373B2
Blood pump assemblies and methods of manufacturing and operating blood pump assemblies are provided. The blood pump assembly includes a pump and an impeller blade rotatably coupled to the pump. The blood pump assembly also includes a pump housing component sized for passage through a body lumen and coupled to the pump. The pump housing component includes a peripheral wall extending about a rotation axis of the impeller blade. The peripheral wall includes an inner peripheral wall surface and an outer peripheral wall surface. The peripheral wall also includes one or more blood exhaust apertures. Each blood exhaust aperture in the one or more blood exhaust apertures is defined by an inner aperture edge and an outer aperture edge. Each inner aperture edge is chamfered between the inner peripheral wall surface and the outer peripheral wall surface.
US11364371B1
A safety syringe extension adapter and an applicator unit having at least one applicator is disclosed. More particularly, an applicator unit is connected to a syringe by a safety syringe extension adapter and including an applicator wherein the applicator unit comprises pivotal movement relative thereto about two separate pivot axes for following the skin contours of a user during certain skin related procedures such as applying Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) to the skin; applying a chemical peel to the skin using Trichloracetic Acid (TCA), glycolic acid (GA), or any fluid for purposes of applying to the skin; applying antiseptics to sterilize the skin prior to or after a procedure; or applying analgesics to the skin surface or any other fluid to the skin surface.
US11364369B2
An interventional catheter is adapted for treating a blood vessel. In an embodiment, the catheter includes an elongate shaft sized for insertion in a blood vessel and a stent positioned on a distal region of the elongate shaft. An expandable dilation member is coupled to a distal region of the elongate shaft. The expandable dilation member is adapted to expand outward. A stent containment member is positioned over the elongate shaft and the stent to contain the stent in a collapsed state.
US11364364B2
A valve bypass tool, and a biostimulator transport system having such a valve bypass tool, is described. The valve bypass tool includes an annular seal to seal against a protective sheath of the biostimulator transport system. The valve bypass tool is slidably mounted on the protective sheath and includes a bypass sheath to insert into an access introducer. The valve bypass tool can lock onto the access introducer by mating a locking tab of the valve bypass tool with a locking groove of the access introducer. The locking tab can have a decent that securely fastens the components to resist decoupling when the biostimulator transport system is advanced through the access introducer into a patient anatomy. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US11364359B2
Described herein are various embodiments of an oxygen concentrator system and method of delivering oxygen enriched gas to a user. In some embodiments, oxygen concentrator system includes one or more components that improve the efficiency of oxygen enriched gas delivery during operation of the oxygen concentrator system.
US11364356B2
To provide an inhaler cartridge and an inhaler including a novel structure. Provided is a cartridge for an inhaler. The cartridge includes: a housing including an accommodation space capable of accommodating a liquid, an air flow passage, and a partition member partitioning the accommodation space and the air flow passage in a longitudinal direction; a heater configured to be capable of heating the liquid and arranged in the air flow passage; and an air inlet port provided at a position facing the partition member and communicating with the air flow passage. The housing includes an air outlet port communicating with the air flow passage, and a position of the air outlet port in a transverse direction at least partially overlaps in a longitudinal direction with a position of the heater in a transverse direction, or an end of the air outlet port close to a side of the air inlet port in a transverse direction is positioned on a side of the accommodation space relative to an end of the heater close to a side of the air inlet port in a transverse direction.
US11364355B2
The aerosol-generating device comprises a device housing (2), a mouthpiece (3) associated to the device housing, a receiving chamber (4) configured to receive from external to the device at least a portion of a sheet of aerosol-forming substrate in a non-rolled form and configured to accommodate a cylindrically shaped of aerosol-forming substrate and a holder (6) for holding the sheet of aerosol-forming substrate. The device further comprises a rolling device (7) for receiving a flat or non-rolled sheet of aerosol-forming substrate and for rolling the sheet of aerosol-forming substrate around the holder from the non-rolled form into a cylindrically shaped aerosol-forming substrate.
US11364351B2
The present invention relates in one aspect to an infusion fluid warmer which comprises a casing shell having an upper wall structure and a lower, opposing, wall structure. The casing shell encloses a fluid channel or passage extending through the casing shell in-between the upper and lower wall structures and fluid inlet and outlet ports coupled to opposite ends of the fluid channel or passage to allow a flow of infusion fluid through the casing shell. A housing shell is formed in a thermally conducting and electrically insulating material and a heating element is bonded to the housing shell and thermally coupled thereto. The fluid channel or passage extends through the housing shell or extends around the housing shell such that heat energy is transferred to the infusion fluid by direct physical contact with housing shell material.
US11364340B2
A simplified insulin pump allows type II diabetics to identify routine patterns in their daily lifestyle that provide a generally accurate typical pattern of activity and meals. An infusion regimen can be programmed into the pump that generally correlates with this typical pattern to provide a viable treatment option for a type II diabetic without the need for specific and precise matching of insulin to carbohydrate consumption or activity level.
US11364339B2
Improvements in an infusion unit are disclosed. The infusion unit is a portable pump that can be used with patient that have wrist access or decubital PICC/MID-LINES without the risk of line accidently getting pulled. The infusion unit is in the shape of a conveniently shell that has an appearance of an arm cast. There are no hoses that extend beyond the body of the infusion unit and any vein penetration is completely covered under the body of the infusion unit. The secure enclosed unit prevents unauthorized tampering and entry into the unit. The medication dosing can be remotely monitored, fusion resumed, changed by nursing and the patient. The infusion unit has a wireless connection to a network to adjust medication and monitor vital signs, namely heart rate, O2 level and blood pressure that can be monitored and recorded for review.
US11364336B2
A device for delivering a fluid includes a housing defining an interior space and having a bottom surface configured for contacting a patient. The bottom surface defines a needle opening. The device also includes a reservoir disposed within the interior space of the housing for containing a fluid therein, a needle carrier disposed within the housing, and an injection needle supported by the needle carrier and defining a lumen. The lumen of the injection needle is configured to be placed in fluid communication with the reservoir. The injection needle is transitionable from an initial position in which the injection needle is disposed within the housing, to a use position in which the injection needle extends through the needle opening, and a substantially shielded position in which the injection needle is disposed within the housing and the lumen of the needle is blocked by a portion of the housing.
US11364335B2
A fill adapter system for an infusion pump assembly. The system includes a reusable fill adapter base, the base including a volume control mechanism to adjust an available fill volume of a reservoir of the infusion pump assembly and a pump mechanism configured to pump air into a fluid vial. The system also includes a vial adapter assembly including a first needle configured to penetrate a septum of the fluid vial for fluidly coupling the pump mechanism to the fluid vial and a second needle having a first end configured to penetrate the septum of the fluid vial and a second end configured to penetrate a septum of the reservoir of the infusion pump assembly to allow transfer of fluid from the fluid vial to the reservoir of the infusion pump assembly in response to air being pumped into the fluid vial and a needle carriage adapted to carry the first needle and the second needle, wherein the needle carriage slidably attached to the interior of the vial adapter assembly, wherein the needle carriage adapted to slide from a vial end of the vial adapter to a receptacle end of the vial adapter.
US11364325B2
A method for promoting growth of bone, periodontium, ligament, or cartilage in a mammal by applying to the bone, periodontium, ligament, or cartilage a composition comprising platelet-derived growth factor at a concentration in the range of about 0.1 mg/mL to about 1.0 mg/mL in a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid carrier and a pharmaceutically-acceptable solid carrier.
US11364324B2
Methods of forming a connective tissue-to-bone interface scaffolds (e.g., ligament-to-bone interface scaffolds, tendon-to-bone interface scaffolds, etc.). These scaffolds (grafts) may be formed from in such a way as to provide both a mineralized and demineralized layer in which the entire graft is flexible, compressible and compliant.
US11364316B2
An air disinfection device includes: a housing including an inlet port and a disinfection chamber that has a shape of a frustum; and a disinfection head disposed in the inlet port and including a fan for taking air into the housing, a filter for filtering the air; and a light source for generating disinfection light that forms a light frustum and disinfects the air in the disinfection chamber. The air disinfection device further includes a power source that provides electrical power for the disinfection head. The light source is arranged so that the light frustum is coaxial with the chamber frustum, and the light and chamber frusta diverge along the same direction. The lateral surface of the light frustum can coincide with the inner lateral surface of the disinfection chamber and the entire portion of a space defined by the disinfection chamber is located within the light frustum.
US11364301B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing an immunoligand/payload conjugate, which method encompasses conjugating a payload to an immunoligand by means of a sequence-specific transpeptidase, or a catalytic domain thereof (FIG. 6B).
US11364294B2
Disclosed herein are nanoparticles suitable for use in vaccines. The nanoparticles present antigens from pathogens surrounded to and associated with a detergent core resulting in enhanced stability and good immunogenicity. Dosages, formulations, and methods for preparing the vaccines and nanoparticles are also disclosed.
US11364292B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to nucleic acid vaccines. The vaccines include one or more RNA polynucleotides having an open reading frame encoding one or more Chikungunya antigen(s), one or more Zika virus antigens, and one or more Dengue antigens. Methods for preparing and using such vaccines are also described.
US11364290B2
Vaccine vectors and methods of using the vaccine vectors to enhance the immune response to an Apicomplexan parasite and reduce the morbidity or mortality associated with subsequent infection are provided herein. The vaccine vectors include a polynucleotide encoding a Rhomboid polypeptide and optionally include an immune-stimulatory polypeptide suitably expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector.
US11364287B2
Described herein are compositions which include digestive enzymes and which are formulated to reduce one or more symptoms of Celiac Disease. Also described herein is a method for treating a subject with Celiac Disease using digestive enzymes and their derivatives to alleviate the symptoms of Celiac Disease. The method comprises administering to the individual an effective amount of digestive enzymes that are either naturally or recombinantly derived, or their derivatives, in an amount effective to reduce one or more symptoms of Celiac Disease.
US11364282B2
The present invention relates i.a. to compositions which are suitable for treatment of infertility or subfertility, in particular infertility or subfertility caused by polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)or anovulation, or which are suitable for treatment of PCOS or anovulation itself.
US11364278B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating autoimmune, microbial, metabolic, neoplastic, and posttraumatic diseases mediated by inflammation in a subject. Compositions and methods including at least one importin beta-selective nuclear transport modifier (NTM) and/or at least one importin alpha-selective NTM, and/or at least one importin alpha-specific NTM, and/or at least one inhibitor of importin alpha and importin beta complex formation may be administered to a subject to modulate the transport of transcription factors, mediated by nuclear import adaptors, into the nucleus of a cell resulting in a decrease or abrogation of inflammation.
US11364271B2
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) leads to chronic respiratory infections especially in patients with cystic fibrosis patients and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), characterized by a high morbidity. After screening Lactobacilli coming from CF expectoration, on their capacity to inhibit two Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) virulence factors (elastase, pyocyanin), the inventors evaluated the effect of intranasal administration of Lactobacilli on PA murine pneumonia. The primary outcome was the bacterial lung load 24 hours after PA induced pneumonia. To understand the role of Lactobacillus, the chemokines, the pro and anti-inflammatory BAL rates were also measured. The administration of Lactobacilli cocktail 18 h prior the PA lung infection decreases significantly the lung bacterial load at 24 h post-infection. Although the mechanisms need to be deeply explored, an immunomodulation effect may be involved, notably through the recruitment of neutrophils. Thus the present relates to a method of treating a Pseudomonas aeruginosa respiratory tract infection in a patient in need thereof comprising administering to the patient's respiratory tract a therapeutically effective amount of at least one Lactobacillus strain.
US11364270B2
The present disclosure provides methods, systems, compositions, and kits to address the need for microbiome-related treatment of health conditions and disease. The present disclosure provides for treatment of metabolic conditions using microbial compositions.
US11364228B2
Methods and pharmaceutical compositions containing gaboxadol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for treating 1p36 deletion syndrome are provided.
US11364221B2
A method of enhancing positive therapeutic effects of a psychedelic, by inducing a positive psychological state in an individual with an empathogen/entactogen of MDMA administered in a dose of 20-200 mg, administering a psychedelic to the individual, and enhancing a positive response to the psychedelic. A composition including an entactogen/empathogen and a psychedelic in the same dosage form.
US11364214B2
Disclosed are compositions, methods of treatment using the compositions and methods of preparing the compositions for the treatment of eczema. The compositions may include propionic acid and/or non-steroidal esters of propionic acid. The compositions may further include a corticosteroid, immunomodulator, antibiotic, antibody, colloidal oatmeal, conditioned media prepared by bacterial fermentation, short chain fatty acids, picolinic acid, or emollient. The method of treatment may include analysis of the skin microbiome.
US11364213B2
The present invention provides a novel method of initiating or escalating dofetliide dosage with the goal of maximizing patient safety while shortening the time period required for electrocardiographic monitoring from three days to one day.
US11364206B2
The present invention addresses a problem of providing a high quality seamless capsule, with excellent uniformity of shell thickness and virtually no eyes in the shell. The problem can be solved by manufacturing a seamless capsule using a shell composition comprising at least one polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of agar, carrageenan and gellan gum, and a PVA copolymer comprising the following structural units: (i) polyvinyl alcohol, (ii) at least one unsaturated carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, fumaric acid and maleic acid, and (iii) at least one unsaturated carboxylic acid ester selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula [I]: H2C═C(R1)—COOR2 [I] (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms).
US11364205B2
The present invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition or dosage form having a stable, low (diluted) digestive enzyme content comprising at least one digestive enzyme and at least one carrier, or a dosage form thereof. The invention is also directed to a process of preparation of the composition or the dosage form. In addition the invention is directed to the treatment and prevention of disorders or conditions associated with a digestive enzyme deficiency in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to said patient a pharmaceutically acceptable amount of the composition having a stable low digestive enzyme content or dosage form thereof.
US11364197B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating and delivering medicinal formulations using an inhaler. The composition includes a space filled flocculated suspension having one or more flocculated particles of one or more active agents and a hydrofluoroalkane propellant. A portion of the one or more flocculated particles is templated by the formation of hydrofluoroalkane droplets upon atomization and the templated floc compacts upon the evaporation of the hydrofluoroalkane propellant to form a porous particle for deep lung delivery.
US11364195B2
The invention pertains to liposomes containing an oil-in-water emulsion of a selected combination of at least ten different essential plant oils produced with phospholipids found in human membranes and methods for treating respiratory diseases, disorders or conditions by administering the liposomes into the nose and respiratory system.
US11364192B2
The disclosure describes compositions for dental varnishes, methods of making the compositions, and methods of using the compositions, such as in the treatment and prevention of hypersensitivity in teeth.
US11364183B2
The present invention relates to a cosmetic system comprising an applicator and a gel composition, and methods for making-up and enhancing the appearance of keratinous materials using the systems.
US11364182B2
Core-shell particles and methods of making and using thereof are described herein. The core is formed of or contains one or more hydrophobic materials or more hydrophobic materials. The shell is formed of or contains hyperbranched polyglycerol (HPG). The HPG coating can be modified to adjust the properties of the particles. Unmodified HPG coatings impart stealth properties to the particles which resist non-specific protein absorption and increase circulation in the blood. The hydroxyl groups on the HPG coating can be chemically modified to form functional groups that react with functional groups and adhere the particles to tissue, cells, or extracellular materials, such as proteins.
US11364177B2
The present invention relates to a pressure equaliser (1) comprising:—a hollow element (101) with a cup-shaped section (1011) and a tubular section (1013) that merge seamlessly one into the other, and—a sealing element (103) that comprises a top edge (1031) with a first diameter (D1) and a central part (1033) with a second diameter (D2), wherein the top edge of the cup-shaped section (1011) of the hollow element (101) is inserted into the second inner diameter (D2) of the central part (1033) of the sealing element (103), the pressure equaliser being characterised in that at least the hollow element (101) can be disassembled into at least two hollow element parts (10a, 101b) along its longitudinal axis. The present invention further relates to a baby bottle assembly comprising: —a bottle-shaped container (3), —a pressure equaliser (1) according to the invention, —a screw element (5) and—a nipple (7a) or closure cap (7b).
US11364168B2
A surgical monitoring system including a machine vision sensor, an electronic controller communicatively coupled to the machine vision sensor, the electronic controller including a processor and a memory storing a computer readable instruction set, where, when the computer readable instruction set is executed by the processor, the electronic controller, detects a position of a subject with the machine vision sensor, detects a position of a person support apparatus, compares the detected position of the subject with the detected position of the person support apparatus, and determines if the detected position of the subject and the detected position of the person support apparatus indicates that the subject is not aligned with the person support apparatus.
US11364165B2
A motorized hospital bed assembly includes a bed frame that is positionable in an open position to define an opening in the bed frame. A motor is coupled to the bed frame and a drive unit is engaged to the motor. The drive unit urges the bed frame between the open position and the closed position. A toilet support is coupled to the bed frame and a portable toilet is positioned on the toilet support. The portable toilet is aligned with the opening when the bed frame is positioned in the open position to be employed by a patient while the patient is lying on the bed frame. A remote control is positionable on the bed frame and the remote control is in wireless communication with the drive unit to remotely control the drive unit.
US11364163B1
A transport chair of this disclosure includes a frame having a pair of fixed sides and hinged sides, the frame moveable between stowed and deployed states. The frame includes wheel receiving means and armrest and push handle assemblies receiving means with quick connect-disconnect clamps or pins. A bar, which is connectable to, and detachable from, each hinge extends between the pair of hinged sides. When connected to the hinged sides, the bar locks the frame in the deployed state and prevents the frame from moving to the stowed state. The chair may be quickly assembled and then dissembled for storage without the need for tools. When dissembled, the transport chair fits within an within an envelope 9 inches deep×14 inches wide×22 inches long.
US11364160B2
A package containing a stack of folded disposable absorbent articles, the package being formed of flexible polymeric film, and having a path of perforations or scoring defining a hood opening structure, is disclosed. The hood opening structure may be configured to open proximate the fold noses of the articles for easy tactile identification, grasping and withdrawal of individual ones thereof, and may be configured so as to serve as an effective package reclosure device whereby the package may be used to store the unused supply of articles following opening. The package, and printed commercial artwork and product information on the package surfaces, may be configured such that the fold noses are disposed at the apparent bottom of the package, for improved standing stability when the package is shelved.
US11364155B2
An incontinence detection pad has an RFID tag in which an authentication code, such as an electronic product code (EPC), is stored. A reader in wireless communication with the RFID tag of the incontinence detection pad verifies that the incontinence detection pad is an authorized detection pad. Thus, unauthorized incontinence detection pads that do not have the proper authentication code are not able to be used in an incontinence detection system.
US11364130B2
An instrument includes a sleeve extending between proximal and distal ends. The sleeve defines a passageway. The proximal end includes an aperture extending into an outer surface of the sleeve. The distal end includes an engagement surface and an opening extending through the engagement surface. The opening is in communication with the passageway. A member is movably disposed in the aperture. The member includes a spring and a body. The body defines a bore. A shaft extends between opposite proximal and distal ends. The proximal end of the shaft extends through the bore. The distal end of the shaft extends through the opening. Systems and methods of use are disclosed.
US11364127B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to stemmed and stemless humeral anchors for use in shoulder arthroplasty procedures. For example, the humeral anchor can include a first end, a second end, and an interior surface extending between the first end and the second end. The interior surface can be disposed about a recess disposed between the first end and the second end. The recess can be configured to secure a coupling of a shoulder articular body directly to the interior surface.
US11364123B2
An orthopaedic prosthetic component is provided. The orthopaedic prosthetic component comprises a porous three-dimensional structure shaped to be implanted in a patient's body. The porous three-dimensional structure comprises a plurality of unit cells. At least one unit cell comprises a first geometric structure having a first geometry and comprising a plurality of first struts, and a second geometric structure having a second geometry and comprising a plurality of second struts connected to a number of the plurality of first struts to form the second geometric structure.
US11364119B2
This invention relates to the design and function of a retrieval device for a prosthetic heart valve for re-positioning or removal of a previously implanted valve prosthesis from a beating heart without extracorporeal circulation using a transcatheter retrieval system.
US11364100B1
Improvements in a dental model tray and associated articulation system for use in forming a dental model includes providing: a flange integrally attached to the upper edge of an upstanding side wall of said tray; a pair of spaced apart ears that project outwardly from said flange; an alignment pin extending upwardly from and perpendicular to a planar base of said tray; a centric stop mechanism in which the cylindrical hollow post forming the centric stop is provided with a thin membrane covering over the otherwise open end of the post; and an articulation system which includes a ridged first leg and a second leg which is formed in the shape of a flat plate having sufficient thickness to be substantially rigid but which also allows limited torsional movement or bending about its longitudinal length as well as limited flexing about its longitudinal length.
US11364095B2
A discharger for discharging a predetermined amount of fluid from a separate container including a discharge section defining a longitudinal axis and having a proximal end and a distal end and having a discharge passage for the fluid extending between an inlet opening and an outlet opening of the discharge section. The discharger further includes an intermediate section including a distal portion cooperating with the proximal end of the discharge section and a proximal portion defining a receiving space which is adapted to be loaded with the separate container holding an amount of fluid to be discharged by the discharger. The distal portion and the proximal portion are formed in one piece and are interconnected by a breakable section.
US11364092B2
The present invention relates to a fixing piece firing device for a dental membrane, the device being capable of firing the fixing piece to fix the dental membrane that covers a graft site after bone graft during implant surgery, and of facilitating access into an oral cavity due to a tip part with a curved front end, thus enabling a quick and easy procedure without using a typical dental drill.
US11364090B2
A reusable flexible arm stabilizes tissues during surgical procedures. The stabilizer arm switches between a flexible state for conforming to a desired curvature and a rigid state for maintain a desired positioning. A suspension length provided by the stabilizer arm is also adjustable. The arm has an articulating portion with successive articulating links each having a central passage. A length adjustable portion has successive length-adjustable links each having a central passage. A tension cable extends through the central passages between a proximal one of the length-adjustable links and a distal one of the articulating links. A base member captures the length-adjustable links at a position corresponding to a desired extension length of the arm. A control mechanism is movable between a retracted position and an extended position to selectably separate the captured length-adjustable links, thereby adjusting a tension in the tension cable and a rigidity of the stabilizer arm.
US11364074B2
A surgical device integrating a suction mechanism with a coagulation mechanism is provided for improving lesion creation capabilities. The device comprises an elongate member having an insulative covering attached about means for coagulating soft tissue. Openings through the covering expose regions of the coagulation-causing elements and are coupled to lumens in the elongate member which are routed to a vacuum source. A fluid source to passively transport fluid along the contacted soft tissue surface may be provided in order to push the maximum temperature deeper into tissue.
US11364071B2
A handheld dissector includes a handle including an elongated cuff disposed at a distal end thereof. The elongated cuff defines an opening extending therethrough configured to receive a tissue specimen. The elongated cuff includes a proximal end including a cavity defined therein configured to receive a crimp ring configured to support a plurality of insulative tubes along an inner peripheral surface thereof. Each tube is configured to insulate a wire disposed therein and configured to extend from a distal end thereof. The crimp ring electrically couples to each wire. The dissector also includes a distal end configured to receive a return ring. An active lead operably couples to the crimp ring and a return lead operably couples to the return ring. An activation switch selectively energizes the dissector.
US11364069B2
A target-treating system treats a target disposed within a bone of a patient. The system comprises a probe configured to be inserted into the bone and navigated therethrough toward the target. The probe comprises a shaft that includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a main body extending between and interconnecting the proximal end and the distal end. The distal end is configured to engage the target such that, upon activation of the probe, the target is treated.
US11364066B2
An irrigating bipolar forceps may include a first forceps arm, a conductor tip of the first forceps arm, a second forceps arm, a conductor tip of the second forceps arm, an input conductor isolation mechanism, and irrigation tubing. A proximal end of the first forceps arm may be disposed within the input conductor isolation mechanism and a proximal end of the second forceps arm may be disposed within the input conductor isolation mechanism. An application of a force to a lateral portion of the forceps arms may be configured to close the forceps arms. A reduction of a force applied to a lateral portion of the forceps arms may be configured to open the forceps arms. The irrigation tubing may transport a fluid from an irrigation supply system to a surgical site.
US11364063B2
An implant bending device includes a first work surface. An implant support is movable relative to the first work surface. A second work surface is movable relative to the first work surface. A sensor is connected with the work surfaces and configured to detect contact of at least one of the work surfaces with an implant. Systems, surgical instruments, spinal constructs, implants and methods are disclosed.
US11364060B2
A spinal screw includes a shaft formed with a lumen and including a head, and a distal movable member including a distal tip and arranged to move in a distal portion of the lumen. A distal movable member (18) includes a proximal surface (24) arranged to abut against a stopper (26) formed in the shaft (12).
US11364058B2
A surgical instrument comprises an outer sleeve including an inner surface that defines a cavity. An inner shaft is fixed with the outer sleeve and extending within the cavity. The inner shaft includes a drive engageable with a first mating surface of a bone fastener. An inner sleeve is disposed between the inner shaft and the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve is rotatable relative to the outer sleeve and includes an element connectable with a second mating surface of the bone fastener. Systems, spinal implants and methods are disclosed.
US11364053B2
The present application discloses a hemostatic device comprising a flexible, adjustable closure device that is adapted to fit the lower leg and foot of patients having a range of anatomical differences in leg and foot shape and size, the hemostatic device further comprising at least one compression element that is adapted to apply targeted pressure to a surgical vascular access site located on the patient's lower leg or foot. In some embodiments, the compression element is moveable such that it may be used to apply pressure to a select one of common arterial access points located on the lower leg or foot.
US11364052B2
A sleeve insertion assembly includes a sleeve inserter defining an inner chamber and having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, a sleeve receivable within the inner chamber, and a blade guard receivable within the sleeve and having a cylindrical body that defines an interior and an open end. The open end is sized to receive jaw members of an end effector into the interior but prevent the end effector from entering the interior, and the blade guard is forced out of the sleeve when the sleeve is installed on the end effector.
US11364051B2
A tissue guard includes a body having a first section and a second section each defining an open proximal end, an open distal end, and a lumen extending therethrough. The distal end of the first section includes a plurality of resilient fingers operably coupled thereto, each of the plurality of resilient fingers including a flange biased towards the distal end of the first section. The second section includes a corresponding plurality of holes defined therein in annular row-like spatial registration with the plurality of resilient fingers. The distal end of the second section is configured to be telescopically received within the proximal end of the first section such that mechanical engagement of the plurality of fingers with a corresponding row of annular holes locks the first section relative to the second section to incrementally adjust the height of the body.
US11364050B2
A catheter placing instrument is provided. The catheter placing instrument includes an elongated body that extends in a longitudinal direction from a proximal end to a distal end. The elongated body has a top surface configured to receive a catheter extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The elongated body includes a catheter insertion section and a grip section. The catheter insertion section includes a catheter locking clamp located at the distal end of the elongated body, and the grip section includes a catheter guide. The catheter placing instrument can be used to place or implant any tubular medical device within a patient's body. A method of placing a tubular medical device at a deep location within a patient's body is also provided.
US11364049B2
Exemplary embodiments of method and apparatus are provided for resurfacing of skin that includes formation of a plurality of small holes, e.g., having widths less than about 1 mm or 0.5 mm, using a mechanical apparatus, thus avoiding generation of thermal damage as occurs with conventional laser resurfacing procedures and devices. The holes formed can be well-tolerated by the skin, and can exhibit shorter healing times and less swelling than conventional resurfacing procedures. The apparatus includes one or more needles adapted to remove a small portion of tissue when inserted into and withdrawn from the skin. The fractional surface coverage of the holes can be between about 0.1 and 0.7, or between about 0.2 and 0.5. The exemplary method and apparatus can produce cosmetic effects such as increases in collagen content, epidermal thickness, and dermal/epidermal junction undulations in the skin.
US11364048B2
An energy treatment device includes a movable handle including a jaw and a first through hole, an elongated member, and a sheath including a hollow portion and a second through hole, wherein the hollow portion is configured to receive the elongated member. The second through hole is configured to extend so as not to overlap with the hollow portion. The movable handle is configured to rotate about an axis which is configured to pass through the first through hole and the second through hole such that the jaw is rotatable with respect to the sheath, and (D1+D2)/2
US11364047B2
A surgical instrument includes a shaft assembly and an articulation control assembly. The shaft assembly includes an articulation section. The distal end of the shaft assembly is configured to receive an end effector. The articulation section is configured to deflect the end effector from the longitudinal axis. The articulation control assembly includes a first articulation control member, a second articulation control member, and a transmission assembly. The transmission assembly includes a high ratio drive and a low ratio drive. The high ratio drive is configured to drive the articulation section to deflect the end effector at a high rate of articulation in response to actuation of the first articulation control member. The low ratio drive is configured to drive the articulation section to deflect the end effector at a low rate of articulation in response to actuation of the second articulation control member.
US11364046B2
A surgical cutting and fastening instrument is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the instrument includes an end effector comprising an elongate channel, a clamping member pivotably connected to the channel, and a moveable cutting instrument for traversing the channel to cut an object clamped in the end effector by the clamping member when the clamping member is in a clamped position. The instrument may also comprise a main drive shaft assembly for actuating the cutting instrument in the end effector, a gear drive train connected to the main drive shaft assembly, and a motor for actuating the gear drive train. The instrument may also includes a closure trigger and a firing trigger, separate from the closure trigger, for actuating the motor when the firing trigger is retracted. Also, the instrument may comprise a mechanical closure system connected to the closure trigger and to the clamping member for causing the clamping member to pivot to the clamped position when the closure trigger is retracted.
US11364036B2
A surgical saw includes a body, a coupling assembly, and a motor. The coupling assembly is mounted to the body and adapted to releasably hold a saw blade. The coupling assembly includes an anvil, a press, and a clamping assembly. The anvil has a channel or a press foot. The press has the other of the press foot and the channel. The press foot is receivable by the channel. The clamping assembly selectively moves the press and the anvil towards and away from each other. When the press is brought towards the anvil, the press foot may press a lock tooth of the saw blade into the channel so that the lock tooth is compressed between the anvil and the press to coin the lock tooth. The motor, internal to the body, is connected to the coupling assembly to reciprocate the coupling assembly and the saw blade.
US11364032B2
Provided herein is a clamp device that can be used in minimally invasive procedures, including surgeries such as laparoscopic surgeries, for clamping a tissue or an organ or a portion of a tissue or organ. Also provided herein are methods of clamping a tissue or an organ or a portion thereof during minimally invasive surgery using the clamp device provided herein. Also provided are systems for performing a minimally invasive surgery that include the clamp device for minimally invasive surgery provided herein and an injection device configured to access an endoscopic port for the minimally invasive surgery.
US11364028B2
A surgical instrument equipped with a coupler arrangement for coupling end effectors to an elongated shaft assembly of the surgical instrument. The end effectors may include a pair of jaws in the form of a carrier supporting a surgical staple cartridge and an anvil. The anvil is movable relative to the carrier in opening and closing directions. The end effector may include an articulation joint that facilitates pivotal travel of the carrier and anvil as a unit relative to the elongated shaft assembly in the same directions in which the anvil is opened and closed relative to the carrier.
US11364027B2
A surgical instrument system is disclosed which comprises a control screen usable to control the surgical instrument system in real time.
US11364016B2
Aspects of present disclosure relates to mobile information and control terminals for ultrasonic diagnostic systems and the ultrasonic diagnostic systems. In certain embodiments, ultrasonic diagnostic system includes: a mobile information and control terminal, a local host in a first location, a remote host connected to an ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system in a second location, and a communication network. Mobile information and control terminal is operated by an ultrasonic diagnostic expert in the first location. Mobile information and control terminal retrieves patient information of a patient from patient database, provides ultrasonic diagnostic control instructions from ultrasonic diagnostic expert to ultrasonic diagnostic technicians in second location. An ultrasonic diagnostic technician performs ultrasonic diagnostic examination on patient according to ultrasonic diagnostic control instructions and transmits patient ultrasonic diagnosis information back to local host and ultrasonic diagnostic expert in real time. The ultrasonic diagnostic expert then generates and displays ultrasonic diagnosis reports of patient.
US11364013B2
An ultrasound imaging system according to the present disclosure may include or be operatively associated with an ultrasound transducer configured to acquire echo signals responsive to ultrasound pulses transmitted toward a medium. The system may include a channel memory configured to store the acquired echo signals, a neural network coupled to the channel memory and configured to receive one or more samples of the acquired echo signals, one or more samples of beamformed signals based on the acquired echo signals, or both, and to provide imaging data based on the one or more samples of the acquired echo signals, the one or more samples of beamformed signals, or both, and may further include a display processor configured to generate an ultrasound image using the imaging data provided by the neural network. The system may further include a user interface configured to display the ultrasound image produced by the display processor.
US11364012B2
An ultrasound imaging system includes a biplane ultrasound probe and a console. The biplane ultrasound probe includes a sagittal array and a transverse array. The console includes a transmit circuit, a receive circuit, and an image generator. The transmit circuit is configured to control the sagittal and transverse arrays to emit ultrasound signals while the probe is manually rotated and translated. The receive circuit is configured to receive electrical signal produced by the sagittal and transverse arrays in response to the sagittal and transverse arrays receiving echoes produced in response to the corresponding ultrasound signals interreacting with structure. The image generator is configured to construct a three-dimensional image with the electrical signals from the sagittal or transverse array using the electrical signals from both the sagittal and transverse arrays to track the motion of the probe and align scanplanes.
US11364011B2
An apparatus can be used to generate acoustic imaging pulse sequences and receive corresponding echoes elicited by the acoustic imaging pulse sequences. An acoustic radiation force (ARF) pulse sequence can be generated to agitate a contrast medium in a tissue region between the acoustic imaging pulse sequences. A decorrelation between images corresponding to the received echoes can be determined. A weighting map can be applied to an image to weight a region of the image corresponding to a spatial location of the contrast medium using the determined decorrelation. In an example, the receiving of corresponding echoes elicited by the acoustic imaging pulse sequences can include receiving acoustic energy having a range of frequencies offset from a fundamental frequency associated with the acoustic imaging pulse sequences. An acoustic imaging pulse sequence can include a pulse having an inverted amplitude envelope with respect to another pulse included in the sequence.
US11363997B1
A method, system, apparatus, and/or device that may include: a housing, a sensor interface, and a processing device. The housing may be shaped to be affixed to a body of a user and may include an inner cavity that houses electronic components and an impedance sensor. The impedance sensor may include a first contact terminal and a second contact terminal. The sensor interface may be configured to: generate an electric signal; receive the electric signal through a skin layer below a surface of the body of the user; and determine an impedance measurement between the first contact terminal and the second contact terminal based on the electric signal. The processing device may be configured to determine, based on the impedance measurement: a condition of a vascular system of the user; an amount of a constituent of the vascular system of the user; or a hydration condition of the user.
US11363985B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products for recording and monitoring pain are disclosed. A device may record a date and time corresponding to a pain entry, a pain type corresponding to the pain entry, and a pain intensity corresponding to the pain entry. The device may further record a pain location on a body corresponding to the pain entry. The device may also display the pain entry. In various embodiments, the device may display a graphical pain representation superimposed over the pain location on the body. The device may also read an input encircling the pain location on the body. The device may further display a plurality of pain entries in a plot relative to time.
US11363980B2
A device for measuring and/or stimulating a brain activity, preferably an EEG device, including a transmitter and/or detector for transmitting and/or detecting physiological signals produced by the brain of an individual, and a support for the transmitter and/or detector, wherein the support is configured to extend over the top of the individual's head, the support removably attachable to an accessory intended to be worn by the individual, on his or her head, such as an audio headset, the support being configured such that, when the device is worn by the individual, the transmitter and/or detector are held in substantially close contact with the individual's head by the accessory.
US11363963B2
A method for determining the hydration, fitness and/or nutrition status of a human body, or of segments of the human body, comprises providing values each of a mass or volume fraction of intracellular water and a mass or volume fraction of extracellular water of the human body or the segment, defining a two-dimensional parameter space, determining a reference line within the parameter space, locating a position within the parameter space which corresponds to the associated values of the mass or volume fraction of intracellular water and the mass or volume fraction of extracellular water of the human body or the segment, determining a distance between the position and the reference line, and deriving a mass or volume, or a mass or volume fraction, of hydration from the determined distance from the reference line for the human body or the segment.
US11363959B2
A bio-signal measuring apparatus includes an optical sensor including a photodetector and a light source array disposed around the photodetector, a first electrode disposed between the photodetector and the light source array, and a second electrode disposed on an outer periphery of the light source array. The bio-signal measuring apparatus further includes an impedance measurer configured to measure an impedance of an object, using the first electrode and the second electrode, and a processor configured to determine a contact state between the object and the optical sensor, based on the measured impedance.
US11363941B2
An overtube device and an endoscope assembly are provided, the overtube device includes an overtube body having a proximal end and a distal end, the overtube body is provided with a bore which extending from the distal end to the proximal end of the overtube body, the bore is configured to allow a passing portion of the endoscope assembly to pass therethrough; a pulling lumen is formed in the overtube body, which extends from the distal end to the proximal end of the overtube body, the pulling lumen is configured to allow a pulling part to pass therethrough, and the distal end of the pulling part is fixed with the distal end of the overtube body.
US11363934B2
The present disclosure provides a segmented rotary floor stripping pad having a plurality of symmetrical, polygonal pad segments secured together in partially overlapping relation to form an annular pad. The segments are preferably formed from non-woven polyester fibers and are secured radially along the overlapping, adjacent side edges by hot melt glue, ultrasonic welding or by stitching. There is no backing pad, and since the segments are symmetrical, the pad is reversible so that both sides can be used. The plurality of pad segments are secured together in an overlapping manner such that each pad segment presents an angled leading cutting edge and each pair of adjacent pad segments forms a radial fluid channel. Depending on the degree of overlap and the thickness of the pad segment, the presentation angle of the cutting edge can be varied.
US11363933B2
An autonomous cleaning robot comprises a chassis, at least one motorized drive wheel mounted to the chassis and arranged to propel the robot across a surface, and a pair of cleaning rollers mounted to the chassis and having outer surfaces exposed on an underside of the chassis and to each other. The cleaning rollers are drivable to counter-rotate while the robot is propelled, thereby cooperating to direct raised debris upward into the robot between the rollers. A side brush is further mounted to the chassis to rotate beneath the chassis adjacent a lateral side of the chassis about an upwardly extending side brush axis, and the outer surface of a first of the cleaning rollers of the pair extends laterally beyond the outer surface of a second of the cleaning rollers of the pair and laterally beyond the side brush axis, such that the first cleaning roller defines a cleaning width spanning the side brush axis.
US11363926B2
A vacuum cleaner dust container holder for holding a dust container having a connector plate. The holder has an insert slot configured to receive the connector plate of the dust container and configured to hold the connector plate in a working position within a vacuum cleaner during use of the vacuum cleaner. The insert slot is configured to bend at least a first portion of the connector plate upon insertion of the connector plate into the insert slot, or configured to bend at least a first portion of the connector plate after insertion of the connector plate into the insert slot. A connector plate for a vacuum cleaner dust container, and a vacuum cleaner comprising a holder are also provided.
US11363922B2
A vacuum cleaner including a suction inlet, a conduit in fluid communication with the suction inlet, a filter having a valve releasably connected to a filter inlet, the filter configured to collect debris drawn through the suction inlet. The vacuum cleaner further comprising a release mechanism moveable from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the filter is in fluid communication with the conduit to collect debris with the valve being open, and in the second position, the filter is disconnected from the conduit with the valve being closed. Movement of the release mechanism between the first and second positions closes the valve.
US11363920B2
A toilet comprising a frame; a bowl supported by the frame; a seat also supported by the frame; a shroud covering the frame; a lift mechanism supported by the frame for adjusting the position of the seat; a foot platform positioned to support the feet of a user sitting on the seat wherein the foot platform comprises at least one foot platform weight sensor; at least one seat weight sensor between the frame and the seat for measuring the weight of a user on the seat; and a controller receiving data from the at least one foot platform weight sensor and from the at least one seat weight sensor, wherein the controller uses the data from the foot platform weight sensor and from the frame weight sensor to control the at least one lift mechanism is disclosed.
US11363919B2
A paper product dispenser includes a hood having a first coupling component; a rear housing member including a second coupling component; a pair of roll support couplers and a dispensing member at least partially disposed within said housing; and a pair of roll support arms. The second coupling component cooperates with the first coupling component for releasably coupling the hood and the rear housing member to one another. The rear housing member and the hood jointly define a housing adapted to hold a roll of paper product therein. The dispensing member is configured to selectively dispense the paper product from within said housing. Each pair of roll support arms are configured to support an end of a roll of paper product within the housing and each is configured for releasable coupling with one of the pair of roll support couplers. The releasable coupling between the hood and the rear housing member or between at least one of the pair of roll support arms and one of the pair of roll support couplers is free of fasteners.
US11363912B2
A fire pit includes a main body having a double outer wall that defines an air inlet. An accessory support post is received by the main body within the double outer wall. A locking projection and locking flange cooperate to lock the vertical and rotational position of the support post with respect to the main body of the fire pit. A floating fire box is supported from above by a grilling flange that allows the fire box to move down when heated. The accessory post can be used with a post holder next to a camp fire. The post holder and accessory post use of the locking projection and locking flange to secure the accessory post with respect to the holder. A grill having an outer body member protects the user's finger from engaging sharp edges of an expanded metal grill.
US11363910B2
A cooking system for cooking food includes a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. A lid is configured to cover the upper portion of the housing and the opening to the hollow chamber in a closed position. The lid is movable to an open position where the lid does not cover the opening to the hollow chamber. At least one heating element associated with at least one of said housing and said lid. The cooking system is operable in a plurality of modes including a pressure cooking mode and a convective cooking mode. In the pressure cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a pressure cooker, and in the convective cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a convection cooker.
US11363908B2
A bottle warming apparatus is disclosed that combines heating and agitating of a bottle and its contents in order to achieve even warming, as well as, mixing the contents of the bottle.
US11363903B2
The subject application is directed to a food processing device to extract juice. The device includes an inlet coupled to a disintegrator. The inlet is configured to accept food items and the disintegrator configured to disintegrate food items passed through the inlet. The device further includes a separator that accepts the disintegrated food items and separates out the liquid components from the food item. The device further includes a reservoir that is coupled to the separator for accepting and holding the liquid components. The reservoir includes a translucent member for viewing of liquid levels within the reservoir, and a valved outlet. The valved outlet is configured to allow or prevent the flow of liquid from the reservoir through the valved outlet.
US11363899B1
A collapsible hanger includes a hook unit, a first hanger body, and a second hanger body. The hook unit has a hook and a pair of pivot shafts. The first hanger body has a pair of first extensions and a pair of first pivot rings, which are pivotally sleeved on the pivot shafts respectively. The second hanger body has a pair of second extensions, a pair of second pivot rings, and at least one stop section. The second pivot rings are pivotally sleeved on the pivot shafts respectively. The stop section is fixed on one of the second pivot rings. When the first and second hanger bodies are at their respective extended positions and the hook is in a top-side space, the stop section and at least one of the first extensions interfere with each other such that the two hanger bodies cannot pivot away from the hook simultaneously.
US11363893B2
A foldable play yard includes a plurality of corner posts; a plurality of top rails, each of the top rails rotatably connected to two of the plurality of corner posts to define a polygonal shape; a plurality of reversing links, each of the plurality of reversing links rotatably connected to one of the plurality of corner posts; a central hub; a plurality of lower linkage assemblies, each of the lower linkage assemblies rotatably connected to one of the plurality of reversing links and rotatably connected to the central hub; and a plurality of post linkage assemblies, each of the post linkage assemblies rotatably connected to one of more of the top rails and rotatably connected to one of the reversing links. Lowering the central hub causes each of the lower linkage assemblies to rotate relative to the corner posts in a first direction.
US11363889B2
This disclosure relates to a seat device (1) comprising an underframe (2) and a seat (3) connected to the underframe (2) in such a way as to pivot about a pivot seat axis (A1), there being provided means for elastically biasing the seat (3) in anti-clockwise rotation. The seat device (1) further comprises a lumbar part (42); rotationally secured to the seat (3), and a saddle (5) for supporting the top of the thighs of the user, the saddle (5) being connected to the front region of the seat (3).
US11363888B2
A tiltable chair includes a fixing base having a tiltable housing. A gas cylinder inside the tiltable housing reciprocates in upward and downward directions. A seat plate is on top of the gas cylinder. And an elastic tiltable member is inside the fixing base accommodates a longitudinal lower part of the gas cylinder so the gas cylinder moves tiltably about a vertical axis to the bottom of the fixing base. A fixed frame is on the bottom of the fixing base, a coupling frame is inside the center portion of the fixed frame to accommodate the gas cylinder therein, and a rubber packing is between the fixed frame and the coupling frame and deformed elastically in every direction. The rubber packing has tilt concave grooves formed inward to a given depth from top and underside reduced in width toward the insides thereof to form inclined surfaces.
US11363885B2
A sliding rail positioning device includes a first rail, a second rail, and a third rail. The second rail includes a second body and a second holding member. The second body defines a first receiving hole. The third rail includes a third body and a third holding member. When the second body is driven by the first rail to slide out, the third holding member is biased toward the second body to be received in the first receiving hole, so that the second body cannot be retracted back. When the first rail is retracted, the first rail presses the second holding member to press the third holding member out of the first receiving hole so that the second body can be retracted.
US11363884B2
A secure product dispenser assembly comprises a base portion having a first end and a second end, and being configured to hold a plurality of units of product. The base portion comprises a bottom, a first divider coupled to the bottom, and a second divider positioned opposite the first divider and coupled the bottom. A top portion is configured to adjustably couple to the base portion and a dispenser portion is coupled to the top portion and positioned at the first end of the base portion. The dispenser portion is configured to rotate between an open position to enable removal of one unit of product from the first end of the base, and a closed position inhibiting removal of the one unit of product from the first end of the base.
US11363881B1
A fin toothbrush includes a contoured neck and a back fin. The back fin moves soft tissue, such as the cheek or tongue of a user's mouth, thereby providing greater access to teeth when brushing. In one embodiment, the back fin is located at the back of the brush head and neck and extends in a direction that is opposite of the bristles. The back fin also has an elongated curved shape so as to provide a smooth surface to the tongue and soft tissues when brushing. When the toothbrush is positioned to brush the back teeth, the back fin pushes the cheek away from the teeth, thereby allowing the teeth to be easily cleaned. The toothbrush also includes a contoured neck, which provides space and relief to prevent the neck of the toothbrush from rubbing against soft tissues.
US11363880B2
A Manual Force Sensitive Toothbrush which includes a pivot section which couples a main beam section to a bristle beam section. The pivot section provides notification to user when force upon gumline is exceeded beyond the predetermined levels of force. The pivot is a manual system the connects and reconnects through the use of magnets. When magnets are in connect, the main beam and bristle beam sections provide the end user a gripping section and bristle section to carefully and effectively brush tooth and gums, adversely the force sensitive toothbrush releases upon excessive force applied against tooth and gum—creating a force sensitive section in the toothbrush as referred to as the pivot section. The release of the bristle beam section extends between 15-20 degrees from the resting plane of the main beam section. As further use, the bristle beam section bristle head backside has a thoughtfully designed indent for the use to apply an index finger to stabilize the main beam section with the bristle beam section to brush the tongue with ability to apply forces above that designed for the tooth and gum.
US11363876B2
This invention relates to assemblies, components and method for application of cosmetic products. For example, a cosmetic applicator holder having a base that can be coupled to a makeup applicator and a ring portion for gripping between two fingers. The assemblies are designed to be easy and comfortable to use.
US11363867B2
A portable container, of the type of a trolley, suitcase, trunk, crate, and the like, includes at least one outer shell, for delimiting at least one accommodation compartment for objects in general, and an extractable handle, which can move between a minimum protrusion configuration, in which the handle is arranged in a respective seat, and at least one maximum protrusion configuration, in which the handle is extracted from the seat. The container includes at least one protrusion that protrudes from the edge of a slot and provided along the handle at least one respective recess provided on a tooth that contrast free movement of the handle.
US11363844B2
A mask having an inner surface facing a wearer and an outer surface located opposite to the inner surface has first to fourth filters. The first filter is disposed on the outer surface of the mask and has air permeability and a water absorption capacity of 100% or more and less than 1000%. The second filter is layered on the first filter on the side of the inner surface of the mask and has air permeability and a water absorption capacity of less than 30%. The third filter is layered on the second filter on the side of the inner surface of the mask and is formed of an electret filter having air permeability and a water absorption capacity of less than 50%. The fourth filter is disposed on the inner surface of the mask and has air permeability.
US11363833B2
A blister capsule for an aerosol-generating system, and a container including blister capsules, are provided, the blister capsule including a blister shell; a tubular porous element disposed in the blister shell; a volatile liquid sorbed on the tubular porous element; and a film configured to seal the blister shell, the film and the blister shell being frangible, and the container including at least two of the blister capsules coupled together by a hollow tubular canister configured as a mixing chamber for the volatile liquids contained in each of the blister capsules.
US11363823B2
The invention relates to a method for preserving the fresh juice of citrus fruits or pomegranates following the conventional treatment of the fruit and corresponding extrusion or expression of same to obtain the juice. The method consists of: applying, prior to introducing the juice into a container, CO2 in the form of carbonic snow, which removes the oxygen content in the container; then introducing the juice continuously; subsequently adding, according to the characteristics of the juice, a dose of liquid nitrogen that allows the atmosphere of the headspace thereof to be corrected; and hermetically sealing the container, such that the absence of oxygen therein is ensured, preventing the product from oxidising and increasing the durability thereof, as long as said product is preserved at a final temperature between 1 and 4° C.
US11363800B2
A pet chew toy selectively affixed to footwear is disclosed. In combination, the he invention having several main parts comprising: a chew toy, a shoe (such as a slipper and the like), an anchor plate and a T-clip. Said anchor plate being sewn into the shoe and having a T-shaped slot configured to receive said T-clip also sewn into a chew toy. The connection apparatus allowing a user to selectively swap out various chew toys according to the preference of a user and their pet. An object of the invention is to provide hands-free entertainment for a pet while allowing a user to perform other tasks.
US11363798B2
An automatic pet feeder, comprising a bowl with a plurality of compartments, a cover and a sensor, the bowl being rotated relative to the cover to sequentially expose each the compartments, the bowl having location regions detectable by the sensor, each location region having a first edge and a second edge, the motor being driven at a first speed until the first edge is detected, and the motor being driven at a second, slower speed until the second edge is detected, stopping the motor.
US11363793B2
The disclosure provides for tomato variety NUN 01502 TOF, as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 01502 TOF is a saladette tomato variety for the fresh market, comprising resistance to Meloidogyne incognita, Verticillium dahliae (Va and Vd) Race 0, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici Races 0, 1, and 2, Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV) Strain 0, Stemphylium sp., Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV), Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV), and Torrado Virus (ToTV).
US11363790B2
A soybean cultivar designated 91320747 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 91320747, to the plants of soybean cultivar 91320747, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 91320747, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 91320747. 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 91320747. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91320747, 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 91320747 with another soybean cultivar.
US11363789B2
A soybean cultivar designated 90440910 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 90440910, to the plants of soybean cultivar 90440910, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 90440910, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 90440910. 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 90440910. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 90440910, 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 90440910 with another soybean cultivar.
US11363787B2
A soybean cultivar designated 99250985 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 99250985, to the plants of soybean cultivar 99250985, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 99250985, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 99250985. 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 99250985. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 99250985, 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 99250985 with another soybean cultivar.
US11363778B2
A soybean cultivar designated 90221620 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 90221620, to the plants of soybean cultivar 90221620, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 90221620, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 90221620. 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 90221620. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 90221620, 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 90221620 with another soybean cultivar.
US11363769B2
The present invention relates to a Diplotaxis tenuifolia seed designated 89-600 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including downy mildew resistance, red vein, erect to semi erect leaf attitude and absent or weak secondary lobing. The present invention also relates to a Diplotaxis tenuifolia plant produced by growing the 89-600 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the wild rocket cultivar, represented by wild rocket variety 89-600 RZ.
US11363763B2
A plant growing system has a number of modular units arranged together on a flat surface in side of a growing room. The modular units have rigid boxes therein with vertical holes therethrough inside of which is located a growing soil. Water and nutrients are pumped from a reservoir to a distributor located in a growing soil of the rigid boxes as called for by moisture sensors, which activates a controller to turn ON a delivery pump. When moisture and nutrients need to be removed from an impermeable flexible liner located below the modular units, the controller turns ON a return pump, which pumps the excess water and nutrients back to the reservoir.
US11363761B2
An apparatus is provided. There is a substantially rectangular frame having a plurality of corners with a light panel that is secured to the frame. Brackets a first opening are secured to each corner. Mounting members are secured to the brackets. The mounting members have: a first body; a second and third aligned openings formed in the first body; a fourth opening formed in the first body; and a plurality of second bodies, where each second body extends from the bottom face of the first body. Also, each second body includes a front and a rear, wherein the front of each second body is at least partially set back from the front face of the first body, and wherein the rear of each second body is substantially aligned with the rear face of the first body.
US11363760B2
A wreath decoration mounting system is a system that enables the mounting, positioning, and orienting of different ornaments around a wreath's center. The system can be attached at various locations and angles along the wreath's wire frame to support the different ornaments that would otherwise be glued or wired to the wreath's wire frame. The system may include a first wire fastener, a second wire fastener, a support beam, and a support platform. The first wire fastener and the second wire fastener secure the support beam to the wreath's wire frame. The first wire fastener and the second wire fastener also help offset the support beam from the wire frame to hide the support beam behind the wreath. The support beam receives the load from the support platform and any ornament mounted onto the support platform. The support platform facilitates the mounting of the desired ornaments to the support beam.
US11363758B2
A cylindrical bale-wrapping apparatus includes a main frame having a vehicle mounting apparatus, a first sub-frame adjustably mounted on the main frame between a bale-loading position and a bale-wrapping position, and a second sub-frame adjustably mounted on the main frame between a transport position and a bale-wrapping position. A wrapping table adapted to rotate a cylindrical bale about a central axis is associated with the first sub-frame. A wrapping ring including at least one roll support adapted to rotate about the wrapping table is mounted on the second sub-frame. The second sub-frame has a bale-support element.
US11369048B2
Electromagnetic wave absorbing particles are provided that include hexagonal tungsten bronze having oxygen deficiency, wherein the tungsten bronze is expressed by a general formula: MxWO3-y(where one or more elements M include at least one or more species selected from among K, Rb, and Cs, 0.15≤x≤0.33, and 0
US11369038B2
The light irradiation device includes a housing an air inlet through which cooling wind is introduced into the housing, an air outlet through which the cooling wind is discharged, a wind flow path through which the cooling wind taken in through the air inlet into the housing flows toward the air outlet, a light source part configured to be able to emit light toward the outside of the housing, and a heat sink provided at a position opposite to the first surface based on the light source part, in the wind flow path, wherein the wind flow path includes a first wind flow region and a second wind flow region located closer to the air outlet than the first wind flow region and having a smaller flow path cross sectional area than the first wind flow region.
US11369030B2
An electronic device includes a slot, and a backboard that is disposed on the depth side in the slot and is electrically connected to a printed circuit board inserted in the slot. The electronic device further includes a casing having the slot formed therein, the casing being configured to accommodate therein at least part of the backboard, and a cover member configured to be attachable to and removable from the casing. When attached to the casing, the cover member together with the casing forms the external appearance of the electronic device. The cover member is attached to the backboard integrally.
US11369002B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for WLAN selection. One apparatus includes a transceiver that receives a WLAN selection/routing command. The apparatus further includes a controller that identifies whether the apparatus has selected a WLAN. The controller further determines whether to accept WLAN selection/routing commands based on a device configuration and/or whether the apparatus has selected a WLAN. In certain embodiments, the WLAN selection/routing command is a LWA command, RCLWI command, or LWIP command.
US11368986B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses and computer program products for random access in a wireless communication system. A method in a terminal device comprises receiving a random access configuration from a network device, the random access configuration including information for determining a set of candidate subframe numbers and a set of candidate system frame numbers for transmitting a random access preamble; transmitting the random access preamble in a subframe within a radio frame, the subframe being associated with a subframe number, and the radio frame being associated with a system frame number; wherein the subframe number is selected from the set of candidate subframe numbers, and/or, the system frame number is selected from the set of candidate system frame numbers t, based on a size of a Message 3 (Msg3) to be transmitted by the terminal device to the network device during the random access.
US11368985B2
An example method in a user equipment comprises generating a random access preamble signal and transmitting the random access preamble signal. This generating of the random access preamble signal comprises generating a random access preamble signal comprising two or more consecutive preamble symbol groups, each preamble symbol group comprising a cyclic prefix portion and a plurality of identical symbols occupying a single subcarrier of the random access preamble signal. The single subcarrier for at least one of the preamble symbol groups corresponds to a first subcarrier frequency and the single subcarrier for an immediately subsequent one of the preamble symbol groups corresponds to a second subcarrier frequency.
US11368982B2
For mobile phone network random access, a method transmits a connection release message (200) to communication device (110). The connection release message (200) includes a transmission identifier (205) and the transmission identifier derives a paging frame (280) and a paging occasion for the communication device. The method further transmits a group paging (250) at the paging frame (280) and the paging occasion. The group paging includes a scrambling value (255) and a listening window duration (260). In addition, the method transmits scheduling information (296) via a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scrambled by the scrambling value (255).
US11368979B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a node may identify a listen-before-talk (LBT) success time at which an LBT procedure, performed by the node, succeeds; determine a lag between the LBT success time and a most recent synchronization reference boundary that occurred prior to the LBT success time; and determine a maximum channel occupancy time for transmissions on an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band based at least in part on comparing the lag and a threshold. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11368976B2
Some of the example embodiments are directed towards a base station for determining a control timing configuration in order to provide a subframe timing setting for configuring downlink HARQ-ACK control timing for a cell serving a user equipment in a multiple cell communications network. The user equipment is served by a TDD based cell and a FDD based cell. Some example embodiments are directed towards user equipment for determining the control timing configuration as discussed above.
US11368974B2
A control information processing method and system includes: receiving, by a first device, first control information sent by a network device; determining, by the first device based on first information, that the first control information is used to schedule a target device, where the target device is one of the first device and at least one second device. The first information is related to the first control information. When the target device is at least one second device, determining, by the first device, second control information based on resource information that is used for data transmission and that is included in the first control information, and sending the second control information to the target device, so that the target device transmits data based on the second control information. When the target device is the first device, transmitting, by the first device, data based on the first control information.
US11368966B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a UE. In one embodiment, the method includes triggering a first SR by a first LCH, wherein the first LCH is associated with a first SR configuration. The method also includes triggering a second SR by a second LCH while the first SR is pending, wherein the second LCH is associated with a second SR configuration, and the first SR configuration and the second SR configuration are configured for the same serving cell. The method further includes using a first SR opportunity and a second SR opportunity to transmit SRs to a network node until the SRs are cancelled, wherein the first SR opportunity corresponds to the first SR configuration and the second SR opportunity corresponds to the second SR configuration.
US11368965B2
Disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are a wireless communication method, a terminal device and a network device. The method includes a terminal device that determines a first frequency domain resource within a pre-configured resource block (RB) range; and performs interference measurement or received energy measurement over the first frequency domain resource.
US11368958B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining a frequency resource and a user equipment. In the method, for a hop in frequency domain, when a first part of a frequency resource of the hop is outside a first bandwidth part (BWP), the UE moves the frequency resource of the hop, such that the whole frequency resource of the hop is turned inside the first BWP.
US11368955B2
An apparatus and method for broadcast signal frame using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a bootstrap and a preamble using the time-interleaved signal.
US11368954B2
An operation method performed by a first communication node for receiving a frame in a communication system is provided. A part of the frame is received from a second communication node during a first interval. A delay period is determined for delaying a switching time point from the first interval to a second interval is later than a preconfigured switching time point based on a result of receiving the part of the frame. Then a reception of the frame is completed during the delay period and the first interval is switched to the second interval.
US11368953B2
A method and an apparatus for processing scheduling information in a terminal into which a plurality of forward carriers and reverse carriers are aggregated are provided. The method includes receiving a control message from a base station, the control message including information on a reverse carrier added by the carrier aggregation, and determining a new buffer state table to be used for reporting the state of buffers to the base station, based on the information included in the control message.
US11368945B2
The present invention may provide a method for receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving at least one piece of parameter information for acquisition of a control channel element (CCE) index corresponding to a candidate PDCCH, and period information on at least one period during which a configuration related to each of the at least one piece of parameter information is maintained; acquiring the CCE index, using an identical parameter based on each of the at least one piece of parameter information, for each of the at least one period; and receiving the PDCCH by monitoring the candidate PDCCH on the basis of the CCE index.
US11368939B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing cellular relay for an accessory device. A relay device may establish cellular communication with a base station and an accessory device. Establishing communication with the accessory device includes establishing synchronization with the accessory device using a cellular sidelink synchronization channel and a cellular broadcast channel. Establishing communication with the accessory device includes configuring resources for performing communication with the accessory device. Establishing communication with the accessory device includes indicating the resources to the accessory device. The relay device may relay information between the base station and the accessory device using the resources.
US11368935B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to monitoring a paging signal are provided. A wireless communication device may receive a first system information signal from a base station (BS) and may configure a counter with an initial counter value in response to receiving the first system information signal. Additionally, the wireless communication device may receive a second system information signal from the BS and may modify the counter value of the counter in response to receiving the second system information signal. The wireless communication device may monitor for a paging signal from the BS while the counter is outstanding.
US11368920B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting an SAR value, a mobile terminal, and a computer storage medium. The method for dynamically adjusting the SAR value is applied to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises a WiFi antenna used for connecting a WiFi network. The method comprises: monitoring the change of a cell or the change of a network type of the mobile terminal; when monitoring the change of the cell or the change of the network type of the mobile terminal, obtaining a working frequency band on which the mobile terminal currently camps; and adjusting the transmit power of the WiFi antenna according to a difference value between a pre-stored SAR value corresponding to the working frequency band and an SAR standard value.
US11368915B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for fast uplink power control. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for fast uplink power control comprises receiving a transmit power control command from a network node and determining one of two or more predefined transmit power control mapping tables to be used by the wireless device to interpret the transmit power control command. The method further comprises determining a power adjustment value based on the transmit power control command received from the network node using the one of the two or more predefined transmit power control mapping tables and adjusting a transmit power of the wireless device based on the power adjustment value. In this manner, different transmit power control mapping tables can be used in different scenarios, which allows fast uplink power control.
US11368914B2
A power control method, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The method includes: a terminal device resets a first closed loop adjustment factor associated with first Sounding Reference Signal Resource Indicator (SRI) information in condition that a first open loop power control parameter associated with the first SRI information or a first downlink Reference Signal (RS) associated with the first SRI information is reconfigured, the first open loop power control parameter being configured for power control of a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and the first downlink RS being configured to measure a path loss value for power control of over the PUSCH; and the terminal device determines transmit power of the PUSCH according to the reset first closed loop adjustment factor.
US11368910B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, particularly, to a method and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a WUS sequence in a WUS resource on a carrier, wherein the WUS resource is defined as a plurality of consecutive OFDM symbols and a plurality of consecutive subcarriers; and attempting to detect a physical channel corresponding to the WUS, wherein the WUS sequence exists in the same pattern regardless of the position of a frequency band of the carrier, in the Nth (N>1) to last OFDM symbols of the WUS resource, and the WUS sequence exists selectively on the basis of the position of the frequency band of the carrier, in the first to (N−1)th OFDM symbols of the WUS resource.
US11368909B2
A data transmission method provided in embodiments of the present application includes: determining, by a mobility management entity MME, that user equipment UE changes from an unreachable state to a reachable state; sending, by the MME, a request message to a serving gateway SGW; receiving, by the MME, downlink data sent by the SGW; and sending, by the MME, the downlink data to the UE. In this way, when the UE changes to a reachable state for downlink data, the MME requests the SGW to send the downlink data, and the MME then sends the downlink data to the UE, thereby avoiding loss of the downlink data caused by delivery of the downlink data to the UE that is in an unreachable state, and improving real-time accuracy of transmission.
US11368906B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for controlling link selection and aggregation across multiple wireless networks based on a location of a mobile device. A location of a mobile device in a physical environment can be identified. At least portions of the physical environment can be in wireless range of a first wireless network and a second wireless network. Whether to access network services through either or both the first wireless network and the second wireless network can be determined based on the location of the mobile device in the physical environment. Further, a first interface at the mobile device to the first wireless network and a second interface at the mobile device to the second wireless network can be selectively toggled according to whether it is determined to access the network services through either or both the first wireless network and the second wireless network based on the location.
US11368896B2
A communication system includes multiple distributed antenna circuits and an access point (AP). The AP is coupled to the distributed antenna circuits and includes multiple transmit chains, multiple receive chains, and an antenna control circuit communicatively coupled to the transmit chains and the receive chains. The antenna control circuit is configured to determine a subset of the distributed antenna circuits to communicatively couple to at least some of the transmit chains to transmit data to a wireless station (STA) that is in range of the subset. A corresponding method includes determining the subset to communicatively couple to the at least some of the transmit chains of the AP. The method includes communicatively coupling the subset to the at least some of the transmit chains. The method includes directing the data from the at least some of the transmit chains to the subset of the distributed antenna circuits.
US11368893B2
The communication device collects information regarding the communication quality of communication by the first other communication device and information regarding the type of the first other communication device; and transmits information regarding the communication quality corresponding to at least one of the types along with the information regarding the types to a second other communication device based on the information collected.
US11368885B2
A first base station receives, from a wireless device, one or more temporary mobile group identities (TMGIs) of one or more multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) services that the wireless device is receiving or interested to receive. A message requesting resource configuration for the wireless device and comprising the one or more TMGIs is sent to a second base station. An acknowledge message comprising a group-radio network temporary identifier (G-RNTI) of at least one of the one or more MBMS services associated is received from the second base station. A radio resource control message comprising the G-RNTI is transmitted to the wireless device.
US11368880B2
An access point advertises a management frame quality of service (MFQ) policy that defines an access category used for transmitting a first type of management frame. Each mobile station associated with the access point is to prioritize transmission of management frames according to the MFQ policy advertised by the access point, unless a policy configuration request for the mobile station to prioritize transmission of management frames according to a different MFQ policy has been accepted.
US11368879B2
The disclosure relates to a mobile device configured to receive from a network a notification of a predicted change of a Quality-of-Service, QoS related to a local end-to-end data communication path; and configured to provide a report to the network, the report comprising at least one of the following information: location information, application layer information, mobile device status information, experienced QoS at mobile device side, radio channel conditions. The disclosure further relates to a network device configured to transceive communication data via a communication path, in particular a local end-to-end data communication path between a mobile device and another mobile device, based on a Quality-of-Service, QoS, requirement for the communication path; and configured to notify the mobile device about a predicted change of the QoS related to the communication path.
US11368878B2
The present invention describes a radio base station and a method for integrated access and backhaul by using backhaul capacity requests. The radio base station is configured to allocate a first part of its capacity to access traffic and a second part of its capacity to backhaul traffic. It is further configured to form a self-backhauled network with a plurality of other radio base stations and select a backhaul route through the self-backhauled network for uplink and downlink backhaul traffic.
US11368877B2
Systems and methods relate to a Self-Organizing Network (SON) that makes changes to operating parameters for the purpose of load balancing, to increase data communication throughput and capacity. A device may determine load balancing ratios and unused throughput for a first frequency band and a second frequency band for a cell site. The device may also determine, based on the load balancing ratios and the unused throughputs, whether a load balancing procedure for the cell site should be performed to increase a traffic throughput at the cell site.
US11368867B2
A method performed by a terminal according to the disclosure may comprise: receiving configuration information related to a measurement including measurement object information, wherein the measurement object information including a frequency of a synchronization signal block (SSB) and a measurement timing configuration information of the SSB; determining a reference cell to which the measurement timing configuration information of the SSB is applied based on a type of a signaling radio bearer (SRB) for which the configuration information is provided; measuring the SSB on the frequency of the SSB based on the reference cell and the measurement timing configuration information of the SSB; and transmitting a measurement report including a measurement result of the SSB on the frequency of the SSB.
US11368857B1
Optimal determination of wireless antenna configurations may be provided. A computing device may direct an antenna array of an Access Point (AP) to generate a wide beamwidth, to locate a cluster of two or more stations. Upon locating the cluster, the AP can narrow the beamwidth, and, with the narrower beamwidth, receive a key performance indicator (KPI) from at least one of the two or more stations in the cluster. The computing device may then generate a statistical model, based on the KPI and an antenna vector of the antenna array. Based on the statistical model, the computing device can determine a second antenna vector to optimize the KPI for one or more of the client stations. The computing device can then modify the antenna state of the AP to generate the determined antenna vector.
US11368853B2
Methods and apparatus for provision of resources from one or more devices within a wireless communication network to one or more devices that are outside of the wireless communication network. In one embodiment, the methods and apparatus utilize so-called “quasi-licensed” CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) wireless spectrum in conjunction with a cellular wireless communication network (e.g. 4G, 5G, or LTE-based) for the delivery of services to a number of installed fixed wireless apparatus (CPE/FWA) at user or subscriber premises. The CPE/FWAs may act as relays and/or supplementation devices to provide service to the CPEs that are out of the network coverage, effectively enabling addition of new customers to the network. As such, additional CAPEX (capital expenditure) on infrastructure is largely avoided.
US11368851B2
An electronic device that transmits traffic in a wireless network is described. During operation, the electronic device transmits, using a first transceiver, a first type of traffic in a shared frequency band that is unlicensed. Then, the first transceiver reserves time for transmitting a second type of traffic in the shared frequency band. The reserved time may be determined in response to a request to reserve the time from a second transceiver in the electronic device transmitting the second type of traffic in the shared frequency band. Next, the first transceiver permits, in the reserved time, transmission by the second transceiver of the second type of traffic in the shared frequency band. Furthermore, the first transceiver prevents transmission of the first type of traffic during the reserved time, thereby segregating the first type of traffic from the second type of traffic in the shared frequency band.
US11368842B2
An exemplary method, device, and system for configuring a session for communication between electronic devices. The method includes sending, by a session management entity of a wireless network, a first request message to a policy control entity of the wireless network, the first request message comprising a key identifier, receiving, by the session management entity, a first response message from the policy control entity, wherein the first response message corresponds to a response to the first request message, and the first response message comprises a session policy for a communication session corresponding to the key identifier, and configuring, by the session management entity, the communication session based at least in part on the session policy.
US11368840B2
An always-listening-capable computing device is disclosed, comprising: a first electronic sensor configured to receive user input, a second electronic sensor configured to receive a signal indicating that a user depressed a physical button, a gate-keeping module implemented by a processor, wherein data from the first electronic sensor passes through the gate-keeping module while a gatekeeping function is disabled, no data from the first electronic sensor passes through the communications module while the gatekeeping function is enabled, all data input to the gate-keeping module is received via an exclusive input lead from the first electronic sensor, and all data output from the gate-keeping module is transmitted via an exclusive output lead to a component other than the first electronic sensor. The device receives the signal indicating that the user has depressed the physical button; and enables or disables a functionality of a second computing device.
US11368838B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a gateway system and a communication method. The gateway system includes: a control plane entity, connected or integrated with a mobility management network element, and configured to allocate an IP address to UE and configure a data path for connecting a user plane entity with an RAN, a PDN or another gateway; one or more user plane entities, located between the PDN and the RAN, independent of the control plane entity, configured to forward data on the data path configured by the control plane entity. The gateway system is composed of the control plane entity and the user plane entity which are independent of each other, the number of the user plane entities may be independently changed to adapt to the change of network traffic without replacing all gateway entities, the network deployment is more convenient and the cost is lower.
US11368833B2
ANNOUNCED ROAMING LOCATION (ARoL) SERVICE is a telecom service that permits a better management of received calls when travelling abroad. The ARoL service main idea is to inform a caller—calling an ARoL subscriber—where he is roaming and the local time there. This service is proposed with two levels: Basic ARoL Level—where the caller is simply informed about the country where the called ARoL subscriber is roaming and the local time there. Advanced ARoL Level—where the caller is further offered the option of assuming roaming charges. By offering this service, a Mobile Operator aims further enhancements of its customers' retention and loyalty, and creation of a new revenue stream.
US11368829B2
An electronic device includes a narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) circuit; a shared central processor to control the narrowband internet of things circuit; a shared memory to store data or code from the shared central processor; and a communicator controlled by the shared central processor. The communicator stores the data or the code in the shared memory.
US11368815B2
A tracking system determines a location of a tracking device associated with a user using one or more access points at the location. Each access point at the location is configured to detect and couple with the tracking device when the tracking device is within a communicative range of the access point. An access point provides updates on the tracking device's presence, as well as the tracking device's arrival to and departure from the communicative range of the access point, to a tracking server. The tracking server determines, from these updates, whether the tracking device is at the location. The user may be notified, via a mobile device, of the tracking device's location.
US11368814B2
Techniques for tracking an evacuation of a location in an environment that utilizes physical tokens to prove physical presence at the location are presented. The techniques include receiving data representing of subordinates of an evacuation facilitator; receiving physical token based location status information for at least one of the subordinates, where the physical token based location status information is based on electronic readings of the physical tokens; determining based on the physical token based location status information, a physical presence status at the location for the at least one of the subordinates; receiving evacuation status information for each of the at least one of the subordinates that has a physical presence status that indicates a presence at the location; and recording the evacuation status information for each of the at least one of the subordinates that has a physical presence status that indicates a presence at the location.
US11368809B2
Single antenna direction finding is performed by physically moving a device to different device positions. As the device is physically moved, signal processing hardware within the device is used to make a plurality of signal response measurements of a wireless signal detected by a single antenna of the device. The wireless signal emanates from an object. The plurality of signal response measurements are made by sampling signal response at a plurality of sample times. An inertial measurement system makes a plurality of inertial measurements at the plurality of sample times. The plurality of signal response measurements and the plurality of inertial measurements are used to produce a virtual response array vector. The virtual response array vector is used to calculate a direction of arrival from the object to the device.
US11368799B2
Methods and systems for customizing a hearing device. The disclosed methods involve receiving an audio sample associated with a target entity, calculating at least one acoustic parameter from the audio sample, generating an audio stimulus using the at least one calculated acoustic parameter, presenting the audio stimulus to a user, receiving a response to the audio stimulus, and adjusting the hearing device based on an optimal parameter.
US11368796B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of performing bilateral dynamic range compression of first and second microphone signals generated by first and second hearing aids, respectively, of a binaural hearing aid system. The method comprises to pick-up sound pressure inside an ear canal of the user's left or right ear by a first microphone to generate a first microphone signal in response to incoming sound and pick-up sound pressure inside an ear canal of the user's opposite ear by a second microphone to generate a second microphone signal in response to the incoming sound.
US11368787B1
A speaker system comprises a first speaker subsystem comprising a first active driver and a first passive radiator that is forward facing; and a second speaker subsystem comprising a second active driver and a second passive radiator that is backward facing. The first speaker subsystem has a corner frequency that is a first predetermined harmonic of the resonance frequency of the first passive radiator, and the first active driver has a resonance frequency that is a second predetermined harmonic of the resonance frequency of the first passive radiator. The second speaker subsystem has a corner frequency that is the first predetermined harmonic of the resonance frequency of the second passive radiator, and the second active driver has a resonance frequency that is the second predetermined harmonic of the resonance frequency of the second passive radiator.
US11368782B2
A system and method for converting a passive protector earmuff to a communication and/or active noise reduction (ANR) headset include mounting active components to a frame subassembly configured for insertion into the passive earcup to divide the earcup volume into a front cavity without additional passive leak paths and a back cavity having a volume that improves speaker/driver power efficiency with a resistive vent to atmosphere. An earcup having an external shell includes a frame configured for positioning within the external shell and having a first support adapted to contact an interior of the shell and a second circumferential support cooperating with a seal to contact an ear seal plate of the earcup to form the front and back cavities. The frame may support a speaker between the front and back cavity, and secure circuitry within the back cavity.
US11368777B2
Provided are a program upgrade method, a TWS headphone, a method and system for upgrading a program of a TWS headphone. The program upgrade method, applied to a TWS headphone including a first wireless headphone and a second wireless headphone arranged in pairs, includes, establishing a wireless communication connection between the first wireless headphone and terminal, and receiving, by the first wireless headphone, a first upgrade file sent by the terminal for upgrade; and establishing a wireless communication connection between the second wireless headphone and the terminal, and receiving, by the second wireless headphone, a second upgrade file sent by the terminal for upgrade after the first wireless headphone completes upgrade.
US11368767B2
A transmission apparatus includes circuitry configured to perform high dynamic range (HDR) opto-electronic conversion on HDR video data to obtain HDR transmission video data. An encoder receives input of at least the HDR transmission video data and output a video stream including coded video data, and a transmitter sends the video stream. The circuitry is further configured to insert HDR conversion characteristic meta-information into the video stream, the HDR conversion characteristic meta-information indicating a characteristic of the HDR conversion.
US11368766B2
The disclosed technology relates to methods, devices, systems and computer program products that facilitate access to metadata associated with a content. In one example, a method is described that includes receiving a multimedia content at a receiver device, extracting a watermark message from a first segment of the multimedia content, using at least a portion of the first watermark message to obtain additional information regarding the first segment of the multimedia content that includes the first watermark message, and associating and storing one or more values of the first watermark message and the additional information. The method further includes repeating the above operations to extract additional watermark messages from additional segments of the content and to form a table or array of items that can be accessed by specifying the one or more values of the first watermark message or one or more values of the additional watermark messages.
US11368758B2
A video on demand (VOD) service system is based on an artificial intelligence (AI) video learning platform. A VOD service system based on an AI video learning platform may perform video learning according to AI-based Super Resolution Convolutional Neural Networks (SRCNNs) to calculate a weight required for restoring a high image quality video from a high image quality VOD file, and then restore a low image quality VOD file to a high image quality VOD file using the calculated weight corresponding to the VOD file later on.
US11368757B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method and a device for transmitting and receiving service guide information. The service guide information transmission method, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: generating service guide information including information on broadcast service and content; encoding the generated service guide information; and transmitting the encoded service guide information.
US11368756B1
A system and method for correlating video frames in a computing environment. The method includes receiving first video data and second video data from one or more data sources. The method further includes encoding the received first video data and the second video data using machine learning network. Further, the method includes generating first embedding video data and second embedding video data corresponding to the received first video data and the received second video data. Additionally, the method includes determining a contrastive IDM temporal regularization value for the first video data and the second video data. The method further includes determining temporal alignment loss between the first video data and the second video data. Also, the method includes determining correlated video frames between the first video data and the second video databased on the determined temporal alignment loss and the determined contrastive IDM temporal regularization value.
US11368749B2
A process that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a video cue frame within the multimedia data. The video cue frame has an image portion including alternative multimedia content and an encoded message, wherein the alternative multimedia content is imperceptible at a display device during a normal display rate presentation. The alternative multimedia content is obtained from the video cue frame responsive to receiving a first selection of a first alternative display rate that differs from the normal display rate. The alternative multimedia content is provided for display at a display device based on the encoded message. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11368748B2
The present technology relates to a demodulation device, a processing device, a reception device, and a data processing method for more flexibly coping with change in transmission method. Provided is a demodulation device including a demodulation unit configured to demodulate a first transmission packet obtained from a broadcast signal, and an output unit configured to output a divided packet via a predetermined interface, the divided packet being obtained by dividing the first transmission packet that is a variable-length packet used in a first transmission method into a packet length according to a second transmission packet that is a fixed-length packet used in a second transmission method and arranging the first transmission packet in a payload, and adding a header including information for restoring the first transmission packet to the payload. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a demodulation IC incorporated in a television receiver or a set top box.
US11368747B2
Methods for generating an AV bitstream (e.g., an MPEG-2 transport stream or bitstream segment having adaptive streaming format) such that the AV bitstream includes at least one video I-frame synchronized with at least one audio I-frame, e.g., including by re-authoring at least one video or audio frame (as a re-authored I-frame or a re-authored P-frame). Typically, a segment of content of the AV bitstream which includes the re-authored frame starts with an I-frame and includes at least one subsequent P-frame. Other aspects are methods for adapting such an AV bitstream, audio/video processing units configured to perform any embodiment of the inventive method, and audio/video processing units which include a buffer memory which stores at least one segment of an AV bitstream generated in accordance with any embodiment of the inventive method.
US11368746B2
A method for generating a special effect program file package includes: importing a group of sub-materials, where the group of sub-materials include a plurality of sub-materials; obtaining parameter values of playback parameters of the group of sub-materials; and generating a special effect program file package according to the group of sub-materials and the parameter values of the playback parameters.
US11368743B2
Systems, devices and processes and described herein to improve the generation of video content in video production systems. In general, the systems, devices and processes facilitate the incorporation of remotely generated user telestration inputs into output video streams generated by the video production systems. In one embodiment user telestration inputs are received at a control device. Minimum capture shapes corresponding to the user telestration inputs are then determined and images corresponding to the minimum capture shape are captured. The captured images are then transmitted from the control device to the video access point device. At the video access point device the captured images can then be combined with previously captured and transmitted images and overlaid with a selected input video stream. The video input stream with the overlaid image can then be transmitted as an output video stream.
US11368737B2
An electronic device, according to various embodiments, comprises: a communication unit; and a control unit, wherein the control unit may be configured to: receive, from one or more second electronic devices, via the communication unit, data regarding feedback on an image while transmitting the image that is received from a first electronic device to the one or more second electronic devices for displaying in the one or more second electronic devices; create a partial image for the one or more second electronic devices from the image on the basis of the data regarding the feedback; and provide the one or more second electronic devices with the partial image as an image corresponding to a user's preference associated with the one or more second electronic devices.
US11368730B2
A broadcast content transmission method includes checking input of moving caption data, configuring signaling information of the moving caption data based on signaling and description defined in a broadcast service system, configuring broadcast content data, into which the signaling information of the moving caption data is inserted, and transmitting the broadcast content data, into which the signaling information of the moving caption data is inserted.
US11368728B2
Systems and methods include receiving, at a server, a content data and a set of timepoints relating to the content data and storing, by the server, the set of timepoints in a database. The method also includes sending, by the server, the content data and the set of timepoints to a portable device, generating, at the portable device, display signals based on the content data and sending display signals, by the portable device, to a display device that represent the content data. The method also includes receiving, by the server, a notification from the portable device over the internet. The notification indicates that the content data has reached a first time associated with a first timepoint of the set of timepoints. The method further includes sending, from the server, via the Internet, an identification of one or more particular additional content; interrupting, by the portable device, presentation of the content data and presenting the one or more particular additional content and after presenting the one or more particular additional content, resuming, by the portable device, presentation of the content data.
US11368724B2
To enable a good HDR image or video coding technology, being able to yield high dynamic range images as well as low dynamic range images, we invented a method of encoding a high dynamic range image (M_HDR), comprising the steps of: converting the high dynamic range image to an image of lower luminance dynamic range (LDR_o) by applying a) scaling the high dynamic range image to a predetermined scale of the luma axis such as [0,1], b) applying a sensitivity tone mapping which changes the brightnesses of pixel colors falling within at least a subrange comprising the darker colors in the high dynamic range image, c) applying a gamma function, and d) applying an arbitrary monotonically increasing function mapping the lumas resulting from performing the steps b and c to output lumas of the lower dynamic range image (LDR_o); and outputting in an image signal (S_im) a codification of the pixel colors of the lower luminance dynamic range image (LDR_o), and outputting in the image signal (S_im) values encoding the functional behavior of the above color conversions as metadata, or values for the inverse functions, which metadata allows to reconstruct a high dynamic range image (Rec_HDR) from the lower luminance dynamic range image (LDR_o).
US11368722B2
Disclosed herein is a method for decoding a video including determining a coding unit to be decoded by block partitioning, decoding prediction syntaxes for the coding unit, the prediction syntaxes including a skip flag indicating whether the coding unit is encoded in a skip mode, after the decoding of the prediction syntaxes, decoding transform syntaxes including a transformation/quantization skip flag and a coding unit cbf, wherein the transformation/quantization skip flag indicates whether inverse transformation, inverse quantization, and at least part of in-loop filterings are skipped, and the coding unit cbf indicates whether all coefficients in a luma block and two chroma blocks constituting the coding unit are zero, and reconstructing the coding unit based on the prediction syntaxes and the transform syntaxes.
US11368719B2
A method of encoding a three-dimensional (3D) image including a point cloud includes grouping a plurality of points included in the point cloud into at least one segment; generating patches by projecting the points included in the segment onto a predetermined plane in a first direction or a second direction; generating two-dimensional (2D) images by packing the patches; and generating and outputting a bitstream including information about a direction in which each point is projected to generate the patches and information about the 2D images.
US11368710B2
A decoding method and apparatus are provided. A first candidate having a first motion vector that has been used to decode a first block, a first prediction direction that corresponds to the first motion vector, and a first reference picture index that identifies a first reference picture is derived. A second candidate having a second motion vector that has been used to decode a second block, a second prediction direction that corresponds to the second motion vector, and a second reference picture index that identifies a second reference picture is derived. When a total number of candidates is less than a maximum number, a third candidate is derived by combining the first motion vector and the first reference picture index for the first prediction direction of the first candidate and the second motion vector and the second reference picture index for the second prediction direction of the second candidate.
US11368703B2
An image decoder splits a block of a picture into a plurality of sub blocks in a first direction using a first partition mode; and decodes the plurality of sub blocks, wherein, when the block is sized N pixels by 2N pixels and the first direction is along the 2N pixels, N being an integer, the first partition mode includes splitting the block into the plurality of sub blocks including at least one sub block sized N/4 pixels by 2N pixels, and excludes splitting the block into two sub blocks sized N/2 pixels by 2N pixels.
US11368701B2
A method is provided for encoding a digital video to improve perceptual quality. The method includes receiving a digital video at a video encoder, providing a perceptual quantizer function defined by P Q ( L ) = ( c 1 + c 2 L m 1 1 + c 3 L m 1 ) m 2 , wherein L is a luminance value, c1, c2, c3, and m1 are parameters with fixed values, and m2 is a parameter with a variable value, adapting the perceptual quantizer function by adjusting the value of the m2 parameter based on different luminance value ranges found within a coding level of the digital video, encoding the digital video into a bitstream using, in part, the perceptual quantizer function, transmitting the bitstream to a decoder, and transmitting the value of the m2 parameter to the decoder for each luminance value range in the coding level.
US11368698B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for video encoding/decoding. Prediction information for a current block in a current picture that is a part of a coded video sequence is decoded. The prediction information indicates an intra sub-partition (ISP) mode for the current block. The ISP mode indicates that the current block is to be partitioned in one of a vertical mode and a horizontal mode. The current block is partitioned into a plurality of sub-partitions based on the ISP mode. Each sub-partition is associated with at least one different reference sample that is in one of (1) a row above the current block and (2) a column left to the current block. Each sub-partition is reconstructed based on the at least one different reference sample associated with the respective sub-partition. The current block is reconstructed based on the reconstructed plurality of sub-partitions.
US11368697B1
A method includes compressing an image using a quality setting, determining a quality of the compressed image based on a quality metric, and determining if the quality of the compressed image is within a quality range. In response to determining the quality of the compressed image is within the quality range, store the compressed image; and in response to determining the quality of the compressed image is not within the quality range, modify the quality setting, and repeat the compressing step with the modified quality setting, both determining steps, and the applicable in response to step.
US11368694B1
A quantized transform coefficient matrix is partitioned into a sequence of partition portions. The coefficients of the matrix are grouped into the sequence of partition portions based on a hardware implemented scan order. Each partition portion is processed in an order of the sequence in a first pass. For each partition portion, a group of coefficients in the partition portion is determined. For each partition portion, a first data rate estimation for the quantized transform coefficient matrix is updated based on at least some coefficients of the group of coefficients in the partition portion and a maximum end-of-block. For each partition portion, an end-of-block estimation of the quantized transform coefficient matrix is updated based on at least some coefficients of the group of coefficients in the partition portion. A first resulting data rate estimation and a true end-of-block of the quantized transform coefficient matrix are determined after the first pass.
US11368693B2
A quantization scheme substitutes the division operation by forward and inverse quantization look-up tables to improve efficiency.
US11368692B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for generating a model for determining a quantization strength to use when encoding video frames are disclosed. A pre-encoder performs multiple encoding passes using different quantization strengths on a portion or the entirety of one or more pre-processed video frames. The pre-encoder captures the bit-size of the encoded output for each of the multiple encoding passes. Then, based on the multiple encoding passes, the pre-encoder generates a model for mapping bit-size to quantization strength for encoding video frames or portion(s) thereof. When the encoder begins the final encoding pass for one or more given video frames or any portion(s) thereof, the encoder uses the model to map a preferred bit-size to a given quantization strength. The encoder uses the given quantization strength when encoding the given video frame(s) or frame portion(s) to meet a specified bit-rate for the encoded bitstream.
US11368683B2
An image decoding method according to the present document derives a left mode, which is a candidate intra prediction mode for a left peripheral block of a current block, derives an upper mode, which is a candidate intra prediction mode for an upper peripheral block of the current block, constructs an MPM list on the basis of the left mode and the upper mode, derives an intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the MPM list, generates prediction samples of the current block on the basis of the intra prediction mode, generates a restoration picture of the current block on the basis of the prediction samples, and derives the left mode or the upper mode as one from among candidate intra prediction modes of the MPM list, on the basis of when the left mode and the upper mode are not the same and the left mode and the upper mode are respectively a planar mode and a DC mode.
US11368682B2
A device for encoding/decoding the image according to the present invention includes an intra prediction module configured to: determine an intra prediction mode of a current block; determine a scanning order of multiple sub blocks in the current block on the basis of the determined intra prediction mode; and perform intra prediction of the current block on the basis of the determined scanning order.
US11368672B2
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for testing and validation of a camera. A device may capture a first image of a target using a camera, wherein the camera is in a clean state, and wherein the target is in a line of sight of the camera. The device may apply an obstruction to a portion of a lens of the camera. The device may apply a camera cleaning system to the lens of the camera. The device may capture a post-clean image after applying the camera cleaning system. The device may determine a post-clean SSIM score based on comparing the post clean image to the first image. The device may compare the post-clean SSIM score to a validation threshold. The device may determine a validation state of the camera cleaning system based on the comparison.
US11368664B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus to realize communication between users via a network in a more favorable manner, the information processing apparatus including: a communication unit configured to perform communication with an external device via a predetermined network and a control unit configured to perform control regarding presentation of a second image to a second user, the second image being generated by applying image processing based on first setting associated with a first user and second setting associated with the second user to a first image associated with the first user.
US11368660B2
A system and method are disclosed to display advertisements in an augmented window implemented within a capsule traversing an evacuated tube transportation (ETT) structure, where advertisement(s) are displayed within different perspectives rendered in an augmented window. Additional perspectives are continuously computed for rendering in the augmented window each time a passenger moves to a different location within the capsule, where such additional perspectives are derived from pre-recorded video data in real-time and displayed in the display along with the advertisement.
US11368654B2
A security device is disclosed herein, comprised of a body having a first end connectable into a standard light socket or plug, and a second end having a rotatable/extendable mount with a camera mounted thereon. The body may also include a controller, a wireless communication module, lights, one or more optional sensors (such as a motion sensor, ambient light sensor, etc.), a back-up battery, a 2-way speaker, and/or a microphone.
US11368650B2
A system includes a downstream facing port (DFP) coupled to a video source, an upstream facing port (UFP) coupled to a video sink, and a cable. The cable includes a first end that is connected to the DFP and a second end that is connected to the UFP. The cable is configured to carry a differential auxiliary transmission signal and detect polarity in the differential auxiliary transmission signal.
US11368635B2
A controller for a vehicle includes: a disaster determining section that determines presence or absence of damage caused by a disaster; and an activating section that activates a capturing section mounted on the vehicle. An information processing system is an information processing system that includes plural vehicles and a server. The vehicle activates the capturing section mounted on the vehicle at the time of the disaster, and sends a video image captured by the capturing section and location information to the server. The server accumulates the video images sent from the plural vehicles, and associates the video images with map information.
US11368634B2
A switching device determines a video parameter value of a switching point of a first video stream, and determines a video parameter value of a switching point of a second video stream. The video parameter value includes a timestamp and/or a sequence number. The switching device determines an audio parameter value of a switching point of a first audio stream based on a timestamp of the switching point of the first video stream, and determines an audio parameter value of a switching point of a second audio stream based on a timestamp of the switching point of the second video stream. The audio parameter value includes a timestamp and/or a sequence number. The switching device performs switching based on determined switching points.
US11368629B2
An image capturing apparatus includes: an image capturing unit that includes an imaging device and outputs an image signal obtained by image capturing of a subject by the imaging device through an image capturing optical system; a control unit that, in a case of controlling an exposure for each of three or more division regions obtained by dividing an image represented by the image signal and in a case of dividing the image into a plurality of segment regions that are different from the division regions and among which a segment region extends across a boundary between some of the division regions, controls an exposure of the segment region in accordance with information about at least one division region among the some of the division regions over which the segment region extends; and a display unit that displays the image for which the exposure is controlled by the control unit.
US11368616B2
A vehicle display control device is configured to perform operations including: performing processing for hindering visual recognition of an occupant of a vehicle on a captured image captured by an image-capturing device; generating a display image; acquiring information indicating a state of the vehicle and information regarding a surrounding environment of the vehicle; and determining whether the vehicle is in a first condition. In a case where it is determined that the vehicle is in the first condition, a display image obtained by prohibiting application of the processing to the captured image or by reducing an application degree of the processing is generated, and is displayed by the display device.
US11368615B2
Systems and methods are presented for modifying image parameters of an image to be captured by an image capturing device based on input from a wearable computing device. In some embodiments, the system receives image data, determines an image parameter based on the image data, and receives data from a wearable computing device positioned proximate to a subject of the image. The system modifies the image parameter based on the data received from the wearable computing device and captures the image data using the modified image parameter.
US11368605B2
An information processing device includes a memory and a processor configured to instruct an image output unit to output a colorimetric pattern including plural test images, the image output unit being configured to output, onto a recording medium, an image based on image data processed by an image processing unit, and notify, based on a difference between a measured value obtained by measuring a color of each test image in the colorimetric pattern output by the image output unit and a target value determined according to characteristics of the recording medium used for outputting the image, whether resetting is to be performed in relation to the image processing unit or be performed in relation to the image output unit.
US11368600B2
Embodiments disclosed include systems and methods for computer automated print services control comprising authenticating a user credential input via a user device. The system and method includes generating, by a printer driver comprised in the user device, a user interface comprising features supported by a plurality of printing devices. Further, it includes receiving via the user device over the network, a print instruction comprising the features supported by the plurality of printing devices connected to the computer system over the network. And based on the print instruction, generating a print job in an embodiment. Further, based on the user authentication at one of the plurality of printing devices, converting via a gateway, the received print instruction into a format compatible with that printing device and releasing the generated print job for printing at that printing device, according to an embodiment.
US11368599B2
An image processing method is an image processing method of a recording device. The image processing method includes inputting the image data having a resolution in a sub scanning direction of X×N dpi, performing data processing on the image data for each N-unit region, performing resolution reduction processing of reducing, to 1/N, a resolution in the sub scanning direction, and generating a recording data based on the reduced image data. In the data processing step, when the N-unit region is formed of a pixel having a black gradation value and a pixel having a gradation value that is equal to or greater than a predetermined value when expressed by RGB, and the pixel having the black gradation value is consecutive from another N-unit region adjacent to the N-unit region, a black dot is generated in a pixel after the resolution reduction processing.
US11368596B2
A sheet feeding device includes a stacking tray for stacking a sheet; a sheet detector for detecting presence/absence of the sheet on the stacking tray; a feeder for feeding the sheet detected by the sheet detector; an LED, provided adjacent to the sheet stacked on the stacking tray, for emitting light; a display, provided substantially in parallel with an optical axis of the LED, for being illuminated by the light emitted from the LED; a reflector, provided opposed to the display portion, for reflecting and scattering the light emitted by the LED, toward the display; and a controller for controlling emission of the light of the LED on the basis of a signal outputted by the sheet detector.
US11368594B2
Conveyance modes include a registration mode accompanied with skew correction and a registrationless mode unaccompanied with skew correction. When a jam occurs, the controller interrupts a job, and invokes blank-feed processing starting from a state with all sheets re-set. On invoking blank-feed processing, the controller checks the conveyance mode and recognizes the number of jams. If the conveyance mode is the registration mode and in addition the number of jams has not reached a threshold number of jams, the controller invokes blank-feed processing in the registrationless mode.
US11368593B2
An image forming system that is capable of reducing time and effort of a user for setting a display language. The image forming system including the following members. An image forming device forms an image on a sheet. A display device displays information. A microphone obtains voice. An obtainment unit obtains a plurality of pieces of word information based on audio information on the phrase obtained through the microphone. A specification unit specifies a language using the plurality of word information. An update unit updates a display language of the display unit based on the language specified by the specification unit.
US11368592B1
A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store calibration logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the calibration logic to generate a uniformity compensated transfer function for each of a plurality of pel forming elements, generate a missing neighbor corrected transfer function for each of the pel forming elements, generate a missing neighbor transfer function based on the uniformity compensated transfer functions and the missing neighbor corrected transfer function and compute an average of the missing neighbor transfer functions to generate an average missing neighbor transfer function.
US11368589B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products include smart capacity workload routing with workload modeling. One example involves storing a workload model in memory regarding a set of different factors associated with user communications, with each factor is associated with a measurement of workload. A received request including information regarding one or more of the factors is processed and used in identifying a workload measurement for the requested user communication based on comparing the received request information to the stored workload model. An agent with capacity that is available to handle the requested user communication is identified. A communication slot for the identified agent is activated and defined by the identified workload measurement, and the request is routed to the identified agent and updating available workload capacity in the system.
US11368582B1
One example method of operation may include receiving one or more data messages, identifying calls and corresponding call data from the one or more messages, identifying call parameters from the call data, applying a call activity filter criteria to the call parameters to identify a suspect sub-set of the call parameters which indicate an elevated likelihood of call scam, forwarding the call parameters and the suspect sub-set of call parameters to one or more call data tables, and assigning one or more scam designation threshold scores to the suspect sub-set of the call parameters in the one or more call data tables.
US11368575B2
Call originator feedback may be gathered from members of a call group for a call originator. This feedback may be stored in a contact firewall data structure indexed by call originator identification information, where a contact firewall function can intercept a call to a member of the group when the contact firewall data structure indicates that an action to impact the call should be taken. In another aspect, a method may include receiving an indication of no-answer by a recipient of a call, activating a sender-controlled media (SCM) content selection/generation interface on the caller's phone, and delivering the item of content to the recipient's call message storage system, where the item of content is linked to the missed call. For example, a SCM data structure, or a link to the SCM data structure, may be delivered to the recipient's call message storage system.
US11368568B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal and an image acquisition module. The image acquisition module includes a mounting seat, a camera assembly, and a light source. The mounting seat includes a pedestal and a light transmission member, the light transmission member is coupled to the pedestal, wherein the pedestal and the light transmission member cooperatively define a receiving cavity; the camera assembly has an incident face, the camera assembly is arranged in the receiving cavity, and the incident face exposes from the light transmission member; a light source is configured to emit light transmitting through the light transmission member.
US11368567B2
A system and method is provided for using a case and/or skin having various components for improving and/or enhancing a camera (e.g., photographic, video, etc.) feature of a portable electronic device, such as a smartphone. The system preferably includes a case and/or skin having a lens (e.g., focusable lens) that is aligned with a lens on the smartphone, a light (e.g., a flash, etc.), and at least one shutter release button. An application operating on the smartphone may then be used to control the light (or flash) and to capture an image in response to a user depressing the shutter release button. Communications between the smartphone and the case can be accomplished via either a wired or wireless communication link, which may involve the inclusion of at least one transceiver (e.g., Bluetooth transceiver) and/or processor on the case.
US11368564B2
Various example embodiments for supporting fragmentation and reassembly of packets in communication networks are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting fragmentation and reassembly of packets in communication networks may be configured to support fragmentation and reassembly of labeled packets, such as Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) packets or other types of labeled packets, in communication networks. Various example embodiments for supporting fragmentation and reassembly of labeled packets may be configured to support fragmentation and reassembly of labeled packets at various contexts of the labeled packets where the contexts of the labeled packets may be indicated within the labeled packets using sets of context labels for the contexts of the labeled packets.
US11368554B2
Systems and methods for regulating service behavior include a system provider device where a policy is registered. The policy defines a modified service behavior for a service running one or more remote servers. In some embodiments, the registered policy is transmitted to a first satellite agent located at a first remote server. By way of example, and after transmitting the registered policy to the first satellite agent, data is received from the first satellite agent corresponding to the service having the modified service behavior running on the first remote server. Thereafter, the system provider may verify that the service having the modified service behavior running on the first remote server satisfies a metric. In various embodiments, and in response to the verifying, the registered policy is transmitted to a second satellite agent located at a second remote server.
US11368553B1
Supporting a scalable and Highly Available (HA) virtual Cable Modem Termination System (vCMTS). A software component receives, from the vCMTS, an update about a particular cable modem (CM) or customer premises equipment (CPE). The update may be sent in response to the particular CM or CPE becoming online or offline. In response to receiving the update, the software component provides, to at least one edge router, route data for the particular CM or CPE. The route data informs the edge router of a next hop network address for a network address of the particular CM or CPE. The edge router is not and need not be provided with either (a) any Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) data for the particular CM or CPE and (b) any Neighbor Discovery (ND) data for the particular CM or CPE.
US11368552B2
Apparatus and methods related to on-boarding software applications on a platform used in a content delivery and/or service provider network. In one embodiment, a centralized platform such as a premises gateway is provided to act as an application portal or store for all consumer devices that connects to a service provider network. In one variant, a software architecture is provided for the gateway which includes at least one of an open-sourced OS (e.g., OpenWrt) and containerization engine (e.g., Docker) which enables a broader range of application compatibility with the gateway itself and end user devices within the premises by abstracting the services and functions above the specific hardware/firmware configurations of each of the end user devices.
US11368548B2
A computer-implemented method in a content delivery network (CDN) comprising multiple content delivery (CD) services including at least one beacon service, the method comprising: at particular CD service in the CDN: (A) obtaining and responding to at least one first request; (B) obtaining and responding to at least one second request; and (C) making a beacon request to a beacon CD service, the beacon request including particular information about: (i) the at least one first request, and (ii) the at least one second request, wherein at least some of the particular information is encoded in the beacon request, wherein the beacon request comprises an HTTP request.
US11368544B2
Disclosed are techniques and apparatuses that are configured to receive an indication that a web browsing session executing on an enterprise server needs additional information based on a request for additional information being sent to a client device. The request may include an identifier of the web browsing session and an identifier of an enterprise server that initiated the web browsing session. A globally unique identifier related to the web browsing session and an identifier of the enterprise server is stored in a common data store. The web browsing session may be paused when the web browsing session requests additional information from a client device. The client device may respond with the additional information. The system may provide the identifier of the enterprise server to a load balancing component so the identified web browsing session executing on the enterprise server may continue to be used.
US11368533B2
In one aspect, a system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) and an integrated circuit (IC). The IC is configured to transmit, to the ECU, absolute data on a message line at a first rate; and transmit, to the ECU, incremental data on an index line at a second rate. The second rate is faster than the first rate and the incremental data includes data associated with changes in the absolute data.
US11368526B2
Systems and methods are provided for managing server loads that accounts for various measures of risk associated with different workloads assigned to servers. The systems and methods may include a memory storing instructions for server load management operations, and a processor configured to execute the stored instructions. The processor may receive a workload, determine a value associated with the workload indicating a predetermined importance of the workload, receive information for a plurality of active servers in a server cluster associated with the processor, determine risk levels associated with the active servers based on the received information, and assign the received workload to one of the active servers based on the determined value and the determined risk levels.
US11368518B2
Management of communication systems is facilitated. A method comprises: processing, by a device comprising a processor, first information representative of human-readable language and indicative of terms of agreements associated with respective software for a communication system, wherein the communication system is arranged according to a first configuration of virtual machines and server devices, and wherein the agreements comprise license agreements for the respective software; converting, by the device, the first information into machine-readable rules indicative of the terms of the agreements associated with the respective software for the communication system; and based on a result of comparing the machine-readable rules and first information indicative of the first configuration, determining, by the device, whether the first configuration of the communication system satisfies a defined criterion.
US11368516B1
A proxy server for uploading a file according to an embodiment of the present disclosure improves the upload speed of a file and to minimize upload delay due to the occurrence of an error in the upload process. Due to the fact that the upload of the upload target file is started by the client delivering only one HTTP request to the proxy server to start the upload of the upload target file instead of requesting an upload link for each divided chunk to the backend server and receiving the response message from the backend server, a transaction over a network having a relatively slow communication speed can be minimized and the upload speed can be improved accordingly.
US11368505B2
Techniques for improved media streaming are provided. A request for a variant list for streaming media content is received from a requesting entity, where the request includes a predefined flag. A set of predefined rules corresponding to the predefined flag is identified. The variant list is pruned based on the set of predefined rules, and the pruned variant list is transmitted to the requesting entity.
US11368476B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to data management. A computer system may evaluate network traffic to extract and group data objects based on their content satisfying similarity criteria, and to identify baseline behavior with respect to those data objects. The computer system may generate data-defined network (DDN) data structures that include a content class and one or more behavioral classes. The content class may be indicative of one or more of the data objects that have been grouped based on them satisfying the similarity criteria. The one or more behavioral classes may indicate baseline behavior of those data objects within the content class as determined from evaluation of the network traffic. The computer system may detect, using the DDN data structures, anomalous data behavior within network traffic. In response to detecting anomalous data behavior, the computer system may prevent network traffic corresponding to the anomalous data behavior from being communicated.
US11368467B2
An information handling system operating a data integration protection assistance system may comprise a processor linking first and second data set field names identified within a previous execution of a data integration process for transferring a data set field value identified by the first data field name at a source geographic location to a destination geographic location for storage under the second data field name. The processor may receive a user instruction to associate data set field names labeled as sensitive private individual data with a barred geographic location, determine the second data set field name is labeled as sensitive private individual data and the destination storage location matches the barred geographic location. A graphical user interface may display a notice that the data set field value was stored during the previously executed integration process within the barred geographic location.
US11368463B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device for sharing control rights of appliances, a storage medium, and a server. The method includes that: a sharing request is received from a first user for sharing a control right of at least one appliance with at least one second user; and in response to the sharing request, a sharing operation of sharing the control right of the at least one appliance with the at least one second user is performed, so that both the first user and the at least one second user share the control right of the at least one appliance.
US11368449B2
In an embodiment, a system for asserting a mobile identity to users and devices in an enterprise authentication system includes a communication interface and a processor coupled to the interface. The processor is configured to receive, via the communication interface and from a first device, a request to authenticate a user to a service using a unique identity associated with a second device. The processor is configured to determine, based at least in part on the unique identity, an identity certificate associated with the request, generate an identity assertion based at least in part on the identity certificate, and provide the identity assertion via the communication interface to a requesting node with which the request to authenticate is associated.
US11368448B2
Systems and methods for network security are provided. Various embodiments of the present technology provide systems and methods for an identity security gateway agent that provides for privileged access. Embodiments include a system and method that uses a single sign-on (SSO) (or similar) mechanism to facilitate a user accessing web-based service providers, but separates the assertion and entire SSO process from the user credential.
US11368445B2
The present disclosure describes techniques that allow for a client-side application, located on a first client device, to generate a random encryption key and encrypt locally-stored application data with the random encryption key. The random encryption key is used in lieu of a password-derived encryption key. In order to ensure that the client-device application is unable to decrypt the locally-stored encrypted application data prior to authenticating with an external authentication source (i.e., SSO, IdP), the random encryption key is encrypted with a key-encrypting key derived using a pseudorandom function (PRF). By using a PRF, the first device is able to authenticate to the first server and derive a secure key as part of the authentication process. Accordingly, the present disclosure describes techniques for securing data on a client device when credentials are managed by an external authentication system.
US11368442B2
The present disclosure describes a method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium that includes instructions that permit users of different secure communication networks to exchange secure communications. A secure communication platform includes a user database that allows users from different secure communication networks to access keys for recipients outside of their network. Additionally, the secure communication platform provides a high degree of trust regarding the sender's identity, allowing the receiving network to trust the sender.
US11368436B2
A zero knowledge communications protocol is provided that can unconditionally secure communications sent through a communications network by encrypting all messages, continuously sending noise messages through the network, and routing all network activity through an anonymity network. This combination of components prevent an eavesdropper on the network from garnering any information about when a communication is sent, the contents and statistics of a communication, the sender, or the intended recipient of the communication.
US11368431B2
Some embodiments provide a method for applying a security policy defined for a logical network to an MHFE that integrates physical workloads (e.g., physical machines connected to the MHFE) with the logical network. The method applies the security policy to the MHFE by generating a set of ACL rules based on the security policy's definition and configuring the MHFE to apply the ACL rules on the network traffic that is forwarded to and/or from the physical machines. In order to configure an MHFE to implement the different LFEs of a logical network, some embodiments propagate an open source database stored on the MHFE, using an open source protocol. Some embodiments propagate a particular table of the database such that each record of the table creates an association between a port of an LFE stored in a logical forwarding table and one or more ACL rules stored in an ACL table.
US11368427B1
A device may identify network interfaces of the device and may create a list of the network interfaces of the device. The device may receive a cell site name associated with the device and may generate dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) requests with a DHCP option that includes data identifying the cell site name and the network interfaces of the list. The device may broadcast the DHCP requests to one or more components that are connected, via connections, to the network interfaces, and may cause, based on broadcasting the DHCP requests to the one or more components, a user equipment to receive an indication of whether the connections to the network interfaces are valid.
US11368422B1
Methods and systems for controlling electronic message transmission are described. An example method may include: receiving, via a network, an error report generated based on a response from a recipient email server responsive to an attempt to send a message to an email address associated with the recipient email server, the error report indicating that the attempt to send the message was rejected by the recipient email server; adding the email address to a block list, wherein any subsequent attempt to send messages to the email address is blocked based on the email address being in the block list; and removing the email address from the block list after a defined period of time.
US11368414B1
One example method of operation may include identifying a content thread in a content sharing forum, ranking topics of the content thread to identify highest weighted topics based on content of messages included in the topics, creating a share link to access the highest weighted topics, and posting the share link in one or more other content threads of one or more other content sharing forums, and the one or more other content threads include topics with similar content to content of the highest weighted topics of the content thread.
US11368411B2
In a communication system including first virtual CPE and second virtual CPE, the first virtual CPE includes a band acquisition unit configured to acquire a first contract band set for a subscriber under control of the first CPE and acquire a value of decrease in the first contract band when at least one subscriber terminal of the subscriber transitions from being under control of the first CPE to being under control of the second CPE, and a band control unit configured to control a communication band for the first CPE, and the second virtual CPE includes a band acquisition unit configured to acquire a second contract band set for a subscriber under control of the second CPE and acquire a value of increase in the second contract band, and a band control unit configured to control a communication band for the second CPE.
US11368400B2
Application data may be transmitted while oscillating a transmission parameter. A metric associated with a complementary network property is analyzed to identify a transition point between a stochastic error state and a deterministic error state of the complementary network property. Additional network properties or states may be inferred from the transition point, and the transmission of the application data may be optimized based on the inferred additional properties or states.
US11368399B2
An apparatus comprises a host device comprising a processor coupled to memory. The host device is configured to obtain a network congestion notification from a portion of a network that is utilized by the host device for submitting IO operations to a storage system. The network congestion notification comprises an indication that the portion of the network is experiencing network congestion. The host device is further configured to identify a first path of a plurality of paths as a path that utilizes the portion of the network and to adjust a dispatch weight of the first path based at least in part on the network congestion notification. The host device is further configured to submit an IO operation to the storage system along a second path instead of the first path based at least in part on the adjusted dispatch weight of the first path.
US11368397B2
The present subject matter relates to a method comprising receiving at a first gateway a data packet from a first host in destination to a second host. A first portion of a header information of the data packet may be replaced by the first gateway by information comprising an identity information of at least one of the first host and the second host. The data packet may be transmitted by the first gateway in accordance with a second portion of the header information to a second gateway serving the second host.
US11368395B2
A Multiprotocol Storage Controller (MPSC) System on a Chip (SOC) comprising multiple heterogeneous network interface ports, a switch core, a global memory mapper and a frame router. The interface ports capable of interconnecting networks of devices with differing data and signaling protocols and differing number of data and signal lines.
US11368392B2
A method and an apparatus for forwarding a packet in a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network are provided. Based on an example of the method, a Provider Edge (PE) device assigns a private network application identifier to a received Internet Protocol (IP) packet and sends a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) packet that is generated based on the IP packet and carries the private network application identifier in an extension label. In this way, when receiving the MPLS packet, a Provider (P) device may identify the private network application to which the MPLS packet belongs based on the private network application identifier in the extension tag.
US11368390B2
A first network device is configured with a rule preventing network traffic from travelling from the first network device to one or more other network devices. The first network device is configured to receive and distribute network traffic to the one or more other network devices. A second network device receives and distributes network traffic to the one or more other network devices. The first network device determines that the second network device has failed. In response to determining that the second network device has failed, the first network device removes the rule so that the first network device receives and distributes network traffic to the one or more other network devices.
US11368366B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide for group policy object (GPO) update compliance. A method for GPO update compliance includes selecting both a compliance update and also a computing system as an endpoint targeted for receiving the compliance update, directing execution of a remediation process that applies the compliance update onto the selected endpoint and performing a re-scan of the selected endpoint subsequent to the execution of the remediation process. The method further includes executing a GPO update within a threshold period of time after the re-scan and repeating the re-scan after the GPO update and then comparing a log produced by the repeated re-scan after the GPO update with a log produced by the re-scan before the GPO update, detecting an out-of-compliance update in the comparison and responding to the out-of-compliance update by directing a repair of the out-of-compliance update using a domain login for the selected endpoint.
US11368358B2
A method of automated ticket resolution comprises training and testing feature-specific classifier models using ticket database records. The feature-specific classifier models include machine-learning-based classification models related to features of a ticket system. The method includes training and testing feature-specific solution models using resolved ticket solution database records. The feature-specific classifier models include machine-learning-based solution models related to the features. The method includes receiving a ticket inquiry including a ticket indicative of an issue related to the features, generating a problem statement representative of the issue using the tested classifier models, and communicating the problem statement to the tested solution models. The method includes predicting a solution to the problem statement by using the tested solution models. The solution includes directions to resolve the ticket. The method includes implementing the solution in the system to resolve the issue based on certainty characteristics of the solution and recover a system if required.
US11368356B2
A computer includes a central processing unit, a first network adapter, a second network adapter, and an embedded switch. The embedded switch has a port coupled to the central processing unit, a port coupled to the first network adapter, and a port coupled to the second network adapter. The embedded switch provides a central processing unit with access to an external network using a selected one of the first and second network adapters, runs a baseboard management controller module that includes the functionality of a baseboard management controller, and provides the baseboard management controller module with access to an external network through the embedded switch to communicate with a remote management node.
US11368341B2
According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a signal processing method, wherein a frame is generated in which at least one position of occurrence of a transition in a pulse value is determined from an input bitstream. According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a signal processing method, wherein a frame including at least one pulse having a pulse width not less than a minimum pulse width is generated from an input bitstream.
US11368338B2
A network system includes a first network through which a frame of a first type is transmitted in accordance with a first communication protocol and includes a second network in which a frame of a second type is transmitted in accordance with a second communication protocol. A gateway device is connected to the first network and the second network. The gateway device sequentially receives frames of the first type from the first network and determines whether to transmit data regarding the received frames of the first type to the second network. The gateway device transmits, to the second network, a frame of the second type including data regarding a plurality of the frames of the first type determined to be transmitted to the second network when a condition relating to a number of frames of the first type received by the gateway device is satisfied.
US11368327B2
A system comprises premises devices located at a premises. A gateway device is located at the premises and may communicate with the premises devices. A server is configured to interact with the premises devices and the gateway device. A touchscreen device may communicate with the server and configured to interact with the premises devices. The touchscreen device includes a user interface configured to interact with the gateway device. The user interface is configured to control interactions between the premises devices and the gateway device and trigger, based on at least one automation rule, an action of at least one of the premises devices. Corresponding methods, apparatuses and other systems are also provided.
US11368325B2
Systems for communicating over a network and between two or more network connected devices. In particular, the disclosure reveals systems which may utilize multicast communication protocols to facilitate secure communication among one or more network connected devices. A system for secured messaging may include a network system including a first server, a second server and a first node. Further, the first server is configured to authenticate the first node for secure multicast messaging, and the second server is configured to authenticate the first node for secure multicast messaging.
US11368319B2
The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit and a method of using the integrated circuit used to perform authentication using a challenge-response method. The challenge-response method includes an internal challenge generator, a physically unclonable function (PUF) block, and a response generator. The internal challenge generator is configured to receive a challenge, generate a plurality of internal challenges corresponding to the challenge, and generate at least one valid internal challenge among the plurality of internal challenges using screen information. The physically unclonable function (PUF) block is configured to generate a plurality of valid internal responses respectively changing according to the plurality of valid internal challenges. The response generator is configured to output a response generated using the plurality of valid internal responses.
US11368314B2
A public-private key cryptographic scheme is described for granting authenticating a client to a remote device or service in order to access a secure resource. The client is provided the public key, but the private key is stored in a hardware security module (HSM) that the client is not able to access. The client requests a digital signature be generated from the private key from a secure vault service. The secure vault service accesses the HSM and generates the digital certificate, which is then passed to the client. The digital certificate may be added to a security token request submitted to an identity provider. The identity provider determines whether the digital signature came from the private key. If so, the identity provider provides authenticates the client and provides an access token that is usable by the client for authentication to the remote device with the secure resource.
US11368309B2
Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and apparatuses, including computer programs stored on computer-readable media, for generating and verifying password. One of the methods includes: receiving a password setup request, the password setup request including a list identifying at least one verifier and data representing a user-provided password; forming a basis password based on the user-provided password; generating a plurality of system-generated passwords based on the basis password; encrypting the plurality of system-generated passwords to generate a plurality of encrypted passwords including a first encrypted password; submitting the plurality of encrypted passwords to a blockchain system for recordation; and providing a first address of the first encrypted password on the blockchain system to a first verifier identified in the list.
US11368306B2
Techniques for using signed nonces to secure cloud shells are provided. The techniques include receiving, by a session manager service, a request to connect a user device to a secure connection to a secure shell instance. The session manager service may authorize the user device to access the secure shell instance and may configure the secure shell instance, being described by a shell identifier of the secure shell instance. The techniques also include generating, by the session manager service, a nonce token and providing the shell identifier, and a router address of the secure shell router to the user device. The techniques also include generating, by the session manager service, a signed nonce token using the nonce token; and providing the signed nonce token and the shell identifier to a user device.
US11368297B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for updating a digital certificate. A specific embodiment of the method includes: receiving digital certificate data, the digital certificate data including a number of times of forwarding and a first forwarding moment; determining whether the following conditions are satisfied: the number of times of the forwarding being less than a preset threshold, or a time length between a current moment and the first forwarding moment being less than a preset time length; and increasing, in response to determining at least one of the conditions being satisfied, the number of times of the forwarding by a preset number, and forwarding the digital certificate data to another proxy server.
US11368292B2
Methods and systems for securing customer data in a multi-tenant database environment are described. A key identifier received from a security server may be stored by an application server. The key identifier may be associated with a private key that is accessible by the security server and not accessible by the application server. A request to derive a symmetric key may be transmitted from the application server to the security server, the request including a public key generated by the application server, a salt value, and the key identifier. The symmetric key may then be derived based on the transmitted public key and the private key using a key derivation function. The application server may then receive and store the symmetric key in an in-memory cache, and be used to securely encrypt data received by the application server from client devices.
US11368286B1
Compression techniques by pre-sorting transactions in a consistent way. In at least one embodiment, the compression does not rely on consistent mempool across full nodes. Transactions in a block can be hashed and sorted. Ambiguity can arise from the hashes, which can be resolved using various techniques.
US11368284B2
A system is disclosed that may comprise: one or more processors of a center node, wherein the center node is a vehicle computer; and memory of the center node, wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the one or more processors, the instructions comprising to: determine a first network comprising the center node and a plurality of member nodes based on a mesh network of the center node and the plurality of member nodes; add at least one virtual node to the first network; and using the first network, exchange cryptographic data between the at least one virtual node, the center node, and the plurality of member nodes.
US11368282B2
Some embodiments are directed to an electronic cryptographic device arranged to perform a cryptographic operation on input data obtaining output data. The cryptographic device stores an internal state as sets of shares. Fourier coefficients corresponding to the sets of shares satisfy a predetermined relationship among them. The cryptographic operation is performed by repeatedly updating the internal state.
US11368281B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for a efficient distributed secret shuffle protocol for encrypted database entries using dependent shufflers. Each of multiple clients provides an encrypted client-specific secret input value. A subset of clients are shuffling clients who participate with a service provider in a secret shuffling of the encrypted client-specific secret input values. The protocol includes generation and exchange of random numbers, random permutations and different blinding values. A last protocol step includes using homomorphism, for each client, to perform computations on intermediate encrypted data to homomorphically remove a first blinding value and a second blinding value, to generate a client-specific rerandomized encrypted secret input value. As a result, the client-specific rerandomized encrypted secret input values are generated in an order that is unmapped to an order of receipt, at the service provider, of the encrypted secret input values.
US11368279B2
A processing apparatus includes at least one processor configured to function as: an input unit that receives encrypted data based on homomorphic encryption as an input; and a process execution unit that executes a predetermined process by using the encrypted data while maintaining a secret state by encryption and includes one or more processing units. At least one of the processing units is a multiplication corresponding processing unit for executing a calculation in a ciphertext space corresponding to a processing of multiplying plaintext data by a predetermined multiplier. The multiplication corresponding processing unit executes a calculation in the ciphertext space corresponding to a calculation of multiplying the plaintext data by an adjustment multiplication value on first encrypted data input from a preceding stage and outputs resulting data. The adjustment multiplication value is obtained by multiplying the predetermined multiplier by a predetermined adjustment value for the multiplication corresponding processing unit and by performing an integer processing.
US11368274B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for channel quality estimation in consideration of interference control and coordinated communication in a cellular system. A base station receives an SRS transmitted by a terminal to thus measure received power, and then configures, for the terminal, a CSI process which may measure SINRs for base stations having higher SRS received power. If the terminal feeds back, to the base station, channel quality information for the configured CSI process, the base station determines an SINR and a MCS to be applied to data transmission in consideration of a received CQI and a CoMP transmission scheme, and applies the determined SINR and MCS to thus transmit data.
US11368265B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus of a Fifth Generation (5G) NodeB (gNB) comprises one or more baseband processors to encode one or more channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE). The one or more CSI-RS signals comprise a complex sequence mapped to a resource element (RE) such that all CSI-RS ports use an identical sequence for the one or more CSI-RS signals in a symbol. In other embodiments, the gNB comprises one or more baseband processors to encode a scrambling identity (ID) configuration for one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRS), wherein the scrambling ID configuration indicates one of two scrambling IDs to be signaled to a UE.
US11368258B2
Disclosed is a downlink data transmission method, including determining, by a terminal device, a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state corresponding to downlink data transmission based on downlink control information (DCI); and determining a redundancy version (RV) value corresponding to the downlink data transmission based on the DCI. The TCI state and the RV value are used for the terminal device to receive downlink data. Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a terminal device and a storage medium.
US11368256B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method performed by a terminal device, comprising: sending a first data packet to a network device in a first time unit in a GUL transmission manner, where the first data packet corresponds to a first HARQ process number, and the first data packet corresponds to first new data indication information; receiving first instruction information, where the first instruction information is used to instruct the terminal device to send a second data packet in a second time unit, the second data packet corresponds to the first HARQ process number, and the second data packet corresponds to second new data indication information sent by the network device; and performing buffering processing on the first data packet or sending the second data packet, based on a value of the first new data indication information and a value of the second new data indication information.
US11368246B2
The present invention relates to a method and device for transmitting or receiving a broadcast service including a packet, which is generated using an application layer forward error correction (AL-FEC) scheme, in a multimedia service system. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for transmitting a broadcast service by a transmitter, the method comprising the steps of: determining one forward error correction (FEC) scheme for a broadcast service among multiple FEC schemes; configuring a signaling message so as to include an identifier indicating the determined FEC scheme; and transmitting the configured signaling message.
US11368239B2
A wavelength conversion device includes a wavelength converter converts a wavelength band of a wavelength-division multiplex signal, a first wavelength filter transmits the wavelength-division multiplex signal on an input side of the wavelength converter, a second wavelength filter transmits the wavelength-division multiplex signal on an output side of the wavelength converter, and a controller controls a temperature of the wavelength converter such that a difference between a ratio of power of the wavelength-division multiplex signal which is not transmitted through the first wavelength filter on the input side to power of the wavelength-division multiplex signal which have been transmitted through the first wavelength filter on the input side and a ratio of a power of the wavelength-division multiplex signal which is not transmitted through the second wavelength filter on the output side to power of the wavelength-division multiplex signal which have been transmitted through the second wavelength filter.
US11368238B2
This disclosure relates generally to wireless communications and, more particularly, to systems and methods for bit level processing to produce a scrambled data bit sequence that, after modulation, may produce a symbol sequence that matches a symbol sequence produced by symbol spreading. In one embodiment, a method performed by a communication device includes: encoding user data to produce a first data bit sequence; generating a result bit sequence based on a first scrambling bit sequence and the first data bit sequence; and transmitting a signal based on a scrambled data bit sequence scrambled with the result bit sequence.
US11368228B2
Optical network systems are disclosed, including systems having transmitters with a digital signal processor comprising forward error correction circuitry that provides encoded first electrical signals based on input data; and power adjusting circuitry that receives second electrical signals indicative of the first electrical signals, the power adjusting circuitry supplying third electrical signals, wherein each of the third electrical signals is indicative of an optical power level of a corresponding to one of a plurality of optical subcarriers output from an optical transmitter.
US11368222B2
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for communicating between distributed automotive sensors, including radar sensors, wherein sensors transmit a synchronization (SYNC) signal, each SYNC signal transmitted via a substantially equal-length fiber optic link corresponding with each sensor. A central node receives the SYNC signals via the fiber optic links corresponding with each of the sensors and determines a master SYNC signal based on the received SYNC signals. The central node then transmits the master SYNC signal via the fiber optic links to the sensors, which receive the master SYNC signal and transmit, via fiber optic link, sensor data synchronized in accordance with the master SYNC signal. The synchronized sensor data are received at the central node and coherently aggregated, and transmitted to a compute node for post-processing. For radar data, the post-processing may include determination of an angular position of an object within detection range of at least two radar sensors.
US11368221B2
A multi-range communication system is provided that can be expanded to support communications using both RF signals and millimeter wave signals without having to install entirely new systems to support communication of the signals. The communication system can use one or more shared optical fibers to simultaneously communicate both RF signals and millimeter wave signals in different ranges between network devices and mobile devices. The communication system permits the co-location of components for the communication system for the different ranges, which can result in substantially similar coverage areas for each of the ranges supported by the communication system. In addition, the corresponding equipment used for communicating signals in each of the ranges can be powered from a common DC power source. The supplied power can be configured for each piece of equipment, and corresponding range, such that the substantially similar coverage areas are obtained.
US11368220B2
The embodiments provide a bandwidth scheduling method and an apparatus to resolve a problem in the prior art that a transmission delay is relatively large and user experience is relatively poor when a baseband unit and a radio remote unit are networked by using a passive optical network. The method includes: allocating, by a baseband unit, radio resources used for data transmission between N first radio frequency units and a terminal to the N first radio frequency units connected to the baseband unit, where N is an integer greater than 0; and then allocating, by the baseband unit based on the radio resources of the N first radio frequency units, bandwidth resources used for data transmission between the baseband unit and the N first radio frequency units to the N first radio frequency units.
US11368219B2
A polarization dependent loss (PDL) compensation device for an optical system can be configured to output a compensating PDL to at least partially cancel a PDL of the optical system. In certain embodiments, the device can include a first polarization controller configured to modify a state of polarization of an optical signal, a PDL emulator disposed upstream of the first polarization controller and configured to output the compensating PDL upstream of the first polarization controller, and a second polarization controller disposed upstream of the PDL emulator and configured to modify a state of polarization of the optical signal upstream of the PDL emulator.
US11368218B2
Communication of light signals and optical cables can be managed to mitigate error associated with using optical cables to communicate light signals. A communication management component (CMC) can embed respective timing synchronization pulses in respective lights signals having respective wavelengths. The light signals can be typical light signals or can be squeezed and twisted to generate a desired twisted light signal. The light signals can be transmitted via the optical cable to a receiver. A CMC, at the receiver end, can determine error associated with the transmission of the light signals via the optical cable and respective characteristics of the respective light signals, including respective arrival times of the respective timing synchronization pulses and respective light intensity or power levels of the respective light signals. From the respective characteristics, CMC can determine a compensation action to perform mitigate the error with regard to subsequent transmissions of light signals.
US11368216B2
A bidirectional optical repeater having two unidirectional optical amplifiers and a supervisory optical circuit connected to optically couple the optical ports thereof. In an example embodiment, the supervisory optical circuit provides one or more pathways therethrough for supervisory optical signals, each of these pathways having located therein a respective narrow band-pass optical filter. The supervisory optical circuit further provides one or more pathways therethrough configured to bypass the corresponding narrow band-pass optical filters in a manner that enables backscattered light of any wavelength to cross into the optical path that has therein the unidirectional optical amplifier directionally aligned with the propagation direction of the backscattered light.
US11368215B2
An optical link for a communication network, the optical link having an optical fibre link, a downstream transmitter, a downstream receiver, an upstream transmitter and an upstream receiver. The upstream and downstream transmitters are configured to transmit a respective pilot tone on a respective optical carrier and are configured to tune a frequency of the pilot tone within a preselected frequency range. The upstream and downstream receivers are configured respectively to determine an upstream notch frequency, fnotch-US, and a downstream notch frequency, fnotch-DS, of respective detected photocurrents from at least one respective pilot tone frequency at which the respective detected photocurrent is equal to or lower than a photocurrent threshold. The optical link also includes processing circuitry configured to receive the upstream and downstream notch frequencies and configured to estimate a propagation delay difference of the optical link depending on the upstream and downstream notch frequencies.
US11368210B2
There is provided a relay device for relaying communication between a radio base station and a communication terminal, the relay device including a relay function management switch that switches on and off a relay function for relaying communication between a radio base station and a communication terminal of a relay means; and a change command transmitter that transmits, to the communication terminal, a change command of a handover threshold for the communication terminal establishing a wireless communication connection with the relay device when the relay function management switch switches the relay function off.
US11368207B1
The present invention provides an alternative communication path which uses a buried wired and a buried wire oscillator to transmit data between a centrally located pivot panel and an end tower control panel. According to a first preferred embodiment, a pivot panel of the present invention preferably includes a machine controller, a smart relay board, a modem, a guidance controller and a buried wire oscillator. According to a further preferred embodiment, a tower control panel of the present invention preferably includes a tower board controller, a modem, and a data antenna.
US11368206B2
A configuration method for beam failure and a terminal are provided, and the method includes: receiving notification signaling used to notify a change in a state of a cell, a cell group, or a carrier group; configuring at least one of a counter and a timer according to the change in the state of the cell, the cell group, or the carrier group, and/or, stopping a specific operation during a beam failure recovery procedure according to the change in the state of the cell, the cell group, or the carrier group, wherein the counter and the timer are a counter and a timer used for beam failure detection and configured by the terminal for the cell or a cell in the cell group or a cell in a carrier group.
US11368204B2
For example, an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (EDMG) initiator station (STA) of a Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) Transmit (TX) Sector Sweep (SS) (TXSS) may be configured to, during an initiator BRP TXSS, transmit one or more initiator EDMG BRP-TX packets to an EDMG responder STA; during a responder BRP TXSS following the initiator BRP TXSS, to receive one or more responder EDMG BRP-TX packets from the EDMG responder STA; and to transmit to the EDMG responder STA a BRP frame including feedback based on measurements on the one or more responder EDMG BRP-TX packets.
US11368197B1
The present disclosure relates generally to a network system having multiple users, multiple inputs, and multiple outputs to transmit data from a data source through a link to a data sink. One example of a Multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) system relates to the use of primary transceivers and secondary transceivers in respective networks that effectuate data transmission. The primary transceivers are coupled with a data source and broadcast or transmit the data source signal to a plurality of secondary transceivers in a local area network. The signal is then transmitted over a long link to another set of secondary transceivers that then pass the signal to another primary transceiver. This another primary transceiver is coupled with the data sink to effectuate signal transmission to the data sink. The data is synchronized in manner that requires minimal processing and does not require closed loop phase control.
US11368192B2
Disclosed are an electronic device and a method of short range wireless communication in an electronic device. The method of operating the electronic device may include: when a cover is connected to the electronic device through a short range wireless communication connection, determining generation of an event related to the cover. The method further comprises, when the event is generated, supplying power to the cover through wireless communication, when the cover is driven by the supplied power, transmitting event information to the cover through the short range wireless communication connection to display the information related to the generated event on the cover, and, when an operation of the cover according to the event is completed, switching to a standby mode after releasing the short range wireless communication connection with the cover.
US11368188B2
Disclosed are a carrier channel control method and apparatus, a storage medium and a processor. The carrier channel control method includes: applying an air conditioner control signal to a power line carrier to obtain a power line communication (PLC) signal, wherein, the power line carrier comprises a plurality of communication subcarriers; determining PLC noise values respectively corresponding to each of the communication subcarriers used to transmit the PLC signal; generating state data of carrier channels respectively corresponding to the communication subcarriers based on each of the PLC noise values which corresponds to one of the communication subcarriers, wherein each of the carrier channels respectively corresponds one of the communication subcarriers; and controlling each of the carrier channels respectively according to the state data of each of the carrier channels.
US11368182B2
A code acquisition module for a direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) receiver includes: a Sparse Discrete Fourier transform (SDFT) module configured to perform an SDFT on a finite number of non-uniformly distributed frequencies comprising a preamble of a received DSSS frame to calculate Fourier coefficients for the finite number of non-uniformly distributed frequencies; a multiplier configured to multiply the Fourier coefficients for the finite number of non-uniformly distributed frequencies of the received DSSS frame by complex conjugate Fourier coefficients for the finite number of non-uniformly distributed frequencies to generate a cross-correlation of the received DSSS frame and the complex conjugate Fourier coefficients; and a filter module configured to input the cross-correlation and output a delay estimation for the received DSSS frame.
US11368177B2
In a radio frequency module, the first inductor is disposed on the first principal surface of the mounting board and located on the first reception path through which a first reception signal of a first frequency passes, on an input side of the first low noise amplifier. The second inductor is disposed on the first principal surface of the mounting board and located on the second reception path through which a second reception signal of a second frequency lower than the first frequency passes, on an input side of the second low noise amplifier. The radio frequency component is disposed between the first inductor and the second inductor. A distance between the first inductor and the shielding layer is greater than a distance between the second inductor and the shielding layer. The first inductor overlaps the first low noise amplifier in a thickness direction of the mounting board.
US11368173B2
Wireless mesh network (WMN) architectures of network hardware devices organized in a mesh topology is described. One device communicates, using a first radio, first data with a second device via a first wireless link between the device and the second device. The device communicates, using a second radio, second data with a third device via a second wireless link between the device and the third device. The device communicates, using a third radio, third data with a fourth device via a third wireless link between the device and the fourth device. The device communicates, using a fourth radio, fourth data with a server of a content delivery network (CDN) via a point-to-point wireless link between the device and the server. The device is an only ingress point for content files for a mesh network that includes at least the device, the second device, and the third device.
US11368172B2
A radio frequency module includes a module board including a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides thereof; a transmission power amplifier; a control circuit configured to control the transmission power amplifier; a first transmission filter and a second transmission filter; and a first switch configured to switch connection of an output terminal of the transmission power amplifier between the first transmission filter and the second transmission filter. The control circuit is disposed on the first principal surface, and the first switch is disposed on the second principal surface.
US11368168B2
A method and system for decoding low density parity check (“LDPC”) codes. An LDPC code decoder includes LDPC decoding circuitry comprising a Q message generator and a P sum adder array. The Q message generator combines an R message from a previous iteration with a P message to produce a Q message. The P sum adder array adds the P message to a difference of an R message from a current iteration and the R message from the previous iteration to produce an updated P message.
US11368161B2
A signal divider includes: a dividing circuit arranged to generate an output oscillating signal according to a first input oscillating signal; and a signal generating circuit, coupled to the dividing circuit, for generating an injection signal to the dividing circuit. The dividing circuit is arranged to generate the output oscillating signal with a predetermined phase according to the injection signal and the first input oscillating signal.
US11368159B2
A clock data recovery circuit includes a phase-locked loop circuit generating a multi-phase clock signal based on input data, the phase-locked loop circuit including a multi-rate phase detector being operable at an initial rate among a plurality of rates in an initial period; a lock detector generating a lock-enable signal by detecting a lock state of the phase-locked loop circuit; a dead zone calibration circuit determining an operational rate corresponding to a data rate of the input data among the plurality of rates in response to the lock-enable signal; and a digital block controlling the multi-rate phase detector to operate at the operational rate, and generating a calibration-enable signal. The dead zone calibration circuit determines whether the multi-phase clock signal is locked within a dead zone in response to the calibration-enable signal, and changes a phase of the multi-phase clock signal based on the multi-phase clock signal.
US11368154B2
A clock gating cell includes an input logic/latch circuit, a keeper logic/signal generating circuit, and an output driver. The input logic/latch circuit generates an internal enable signal based on first and second input enable signals, and generates a first internal signal provided to a first node based on the internal enable signal and an input clock signal. The keeper logic/signal generating circuit is connected between the first node and a second node, includes a feedback path feeding back the first internal signal, generates a second internal signal provided to the second node based on the first internal signal and the input clock signal, and includes first and second paths discharging the second node. The first and second paths are different. The second path is connected to the feedback path. The output driver generates an output clock signal based on the second internal signal.
US11368151B2
This application relates to methods and apparatus for driving a transducer with switching drivers where the switching driver has an output bridge stage for switching an output node between switching voltages and a modulator for controlling the duty cycle of the output bridge stage based on an input signal. The switching driver also includes a voltage controller for providing the switching voltages which is operable to provide different switching voltages in different driver modes. A controller is provided to control the driver mode of operation and the duty cycle of the switching driver based on the input signal, and the controller is configured to transition from a present driver mode to a new driver mode by controlling the voltage controller to provide the switching voltages for the new mode and controlling the modulator to vary the duty cycle of the output bridge stage. The change in duty cycle is controlled such that there is no substantial discontinuity in switching ripple due to the mode transition.
US11368148B2
Driver circuitry for driving a power semiconductor switch having a control input and main terminals is described. The driver circuitry includes control terminal driver circuitry coupled to the control input and configured to provide a drive signal, a sense terminal coupled to the main terminal, a current mirror coupled to the sense terminal to mirror a current input into the sense terminal during turn-off, a first current comparator configured to compare a current signal received from the current mirror to a first current threshold and output a first signal representative of the comparison, and a second comparator configured to compare a signal received from the sense terminal to a turn-on threshold and output a second signal representative of the comparison. The turn-on threshold represents a highest voltage of the main terminal during turn-on. The first current threshold represents a highest voltage of the main terminal during turn-off.
US11368144B1
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a power supply noise disturbance rejection circuit (NDRC) having a first circuit reference potential (CRP1), a second circuit reference potential (CRP2), and a galvanic link conductively connecting CRP1 and CRP2 and providing a non-zero resistance return path for at least one current mode signal (CMS). In an illustrative example, a power supply monitor circuit (PSMC) may be referenced to CRP1 and a control circuit to CRP2. The PMSC may, for example, generate a voltage mode signal (VMS) relative to CRP1 and representing an output parameter of a power supply circuit (PSC), and convert the VMS into a first CMS (CMS1). The control circuit may, for example, generate a control signal for the PSC from CMS1. Various embodiments may advantageously attenuate a noise margin of a CMS presented at the control circuit by a factor of at least 10 relative to an equivalent VMS.
US11368137B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to an acoustic wave device with transverse mode suppression. The acoustic wave device can include a piezoelectric layer, an interdigital transducer electrode, a temperature compensation layer, and a multi-layer mass loading strip. The mass loading strip has a density that is higher than a density of the temperature compensation layer. The mass loading strip can overlap edge portions of fingers of the interdigital transducer electrode. The mass loading strip can include a first layer for adhesion and a second layer for mass loading. The mass loading strip can suppress a transverse mode.
US11368136B2
An acoustic wave device comprises a piezoelectric material and a second material disposed on the piezoelectric material and having a temperature coefficient of frequency of a sign opposite a sign of a temperature coefficient of frequency of the piezoelectric material, the second material including one or more of Si1-x-yTixPyO2-zFz (x,y,z<0.1), Si1-x-yGexPyO2-zFz, Si1-x-yBxPyO2-zFz (x=y<0.04), Si1-3xZnxP2xO2-yFy, Si1-xPxO2-yFy, Si1-2yGaxPxO4, Si1-2yGay-xBxPyO4, Si1-2yGay-xBxPyO4-zFz, TiNb10O29, Si1-xTixO2-yFy, Si1-x-yTixPyO2, Si1-xBxO2-yFy, Si1-x-yBxPyO2, GeO2, GeO2-yFy, Si1-xGexO2, Si1-xGexO2-yFy, Si1-x-yGexPyO2, ZnP2O6, Si1-3xZnxP2xO2, Ge1-3xZnxP2xO2, TeOx, Si1-xTexO2+y, Ge1-xTexO2+y, Si1-3x-yGeyZnxP2xO2, Si1-xPxO2-xNx, Si—O—C, Si1-2yAlxPxO4, or BeF2.
US11368130B1
A direct current (DC) offset protection circuit includes: a DC offset detection circuit and a control circuit. The DC offset detection circuit is arranged to detect whether a DC component exists in pulse-width-modulation (PWM) signals and accordingly generate a DC offset detection result. The control circuit is arranged to control an audio system according to the DC offset detection result. The DC offset detection circuit comprises a PWM polarity judgment circuit, a cascaded integrator-comb (CIC) filter and a DC offset judgment circuit. The PWM polarity judgment circuit is arranged to judge a polarity of complementary PWM signals and accordingly generate a polarity indication value. The CIC filter is arranged to generate a filter output signal by averaging a plurality of polarity indication values. The DC offset judgment circuit is arranged to generate the DC offset detection result by comparing the filter output signal with a predetermined DC threshold.
US11368125B2
A crystal oscillator reducing phase noise and a semiconductor chip including the same are provided. The crystal oscillator includes a transconductance circuit electrically connected to a crystal, a load capacitor connected to the transconductance circuit, a feedback resistance circuit connected between an input terminal of the transconductance circuit and an output terminal of the transconductance circuit, the feedback resistance circuit configured to provide a feedback resistance, and a variable resistance controller configured to generate a resistance control signal for controlling the feedback resistance, the resistance control signal causing the feedback resistance to have a first value in a first period and a second value in a second period, the first value being less than the second value, the first period corresponding to a first portion of a cycle of the clock signal, and the second period corresponding to a second portion of the cycle different from the first portion.
US11368118B2
A motor driving device that is a device for driving a motor including stator windings, includes: a connection switching unit that includes relays as mechanical switches connected to the stator windings and excitation coils opening or closing the relays by being energized or non-energized with excitation current and switches connection condition of the stator windings to either of first connection condition (star connection) and second connection condition (delta connection) different from the first connection condition by opening or closing the relays; and an inverter that supplies AC drive voltages to the stator windings.
US11368115B2
A vehicle driving device is driven by a power unit. A three-phase motor includes a first stator winding and a second stator winding. The first stator winding is connected in parallel to the second stator winding, and the first stator winding and the second stator winding are synchronized with each other. A first current sensor is coupled to the first stator winding for measuring a first-phase current. A second current sensor is coupled to the first stator winding for measuring a second-phase current. A third-phase current of the first stator winding is generated according to a calculating procedure of the first-phase current and the second-phase current. A duty cycle between a first power module and a second power module is controlled according to a feedback compensation of the first-phase current, the second-phase current and the third-phase current.
US11368114B2
The invention provides an adaptive inertial control method based on IIDG (Inverter Interfaced Distributed Generator) of a virtual synchronous motor. By building an adaptive virtual inertia and IIDG output frequency model, the adaptive control sensitive factor is selected from a model according to the virtual synchronous motor dynamic response features; the adaptive inertial upper and lower limits are selected from a model according to the energy storage configuration constraint; the IIDG optimization control strategy is obtained. The control on the grid-connected inverter distributive power supply can be realized, so that the IIDG output is more stable; the interference on the system can be well handled; meanwhile, the characteristics of small overshoot and fast response are realized; the ultra-high dynamic features are realized.
US11368111B2
A circuit comprises a multiphase gate driver to be coupled to a multiphase inverter for driving a multiphase motor. For each phase, the multi-phase gate driver is to, in accordance with a pulse width modulation (PWM) control signal, turn on and off a high side transistor of a given pair of high and low side transistors of the multiphase inverter, discontinue the PWM control signal turn to the high side transistor of the given pair and turn off the high side transistor of the given pair, and turn on the low side transistor of the given pair until a current level through the low side transistor falls below a threshold, at which time, turn off the low side transistor.
US11368107B2
A multi-level switched capacitor boost inverter includes a series connection of a two-switched capacitor circuit, a source module and at least one one-switched capacitor circuit. Level-shifted pulse width modulation is used to apply gate pulses to the switches. The multi-level switched capacitor boost inverter uses only three capacitors and a single DC voltage source to generate thirteen voltage levels at load terminals with a voltage gain of three. The capacitors of the two-switched capacitor circuit are self-balancing. Additional one-switched capacitor circuits can be added in series with the inverter. Each additional one-switched capacitor circuit increases the number of levels and increases the gain by one.
US11368106B2
A pulse width modulator (PWM) of a multi-phase power converter is provided. The PWM includes a signal modulator that corresponds to each phase of the converter. Each signal modulator of the PWM is configured to receive a unique triangle carrier signal, receive a unique sine wave signal, compare the received triangle carrier signal and the received sine wave signal, and output at least one control signal based on a result of the comparison. The control signal controls an inverter that applies pulse width modulation to a DC power for converting the DC power to a multi-phase power, AC harmonics of the multi-phase power filtered by a common mode inductor.
US11368105B2
A power conversion device of an embodiment includes a power conversion unit, a first capacitor, a gate circuit, a bypass circuit, and a discharging circuit. The power conversion unit includes a plurality of switching elements each having a gate and generates alternating current (AC) power from direct current (DC) power supplied to a provided DC input terminal. The first capacitor is provided on a DC input side of the power conversion unit. The gate circuit includes a drive circuit configured to output a gate drive signal to be supplied to gates of one or more switching elements among the plurality of switching elements and a second capacitor configured to smooth a power supply voltage of power to be supplied to the drive circuit. The bypass circuit causes the second capacitor to be charged with a part of power stored in the first capacitor at the time of power supply loss of a control system circuit and enables the gate drive signal to be maintained in a negative bias by power stored in the second capacitor.
US11368104B2
A power converter path of a modular multilevel power converter includes a multiplicity of modules forming an electrical series circuit. The series circuit includes four groups of modules, of which two successive or sequential groups are disposed one above the other in a tower structure. A modular multilevel power converter with a power converter path is also provided.
US11368101B2
First to n-th (n is an integer of 2 or more) power conversion devices are connected in parallel to a load. First to n-th fuses are provided in first to n-th wirings, respectively. Each of the first to n-th power conversion devices includes a converter, an inverter, and a DC bus supplying a DC voltage from the converter to the inverter, and capacitors connected to the DC bus. An i-th (1≤i≤n−1) wiring includes the DC bus of an i-th power conversion device and the DC bus of an (i+1)-th power conversion device. The n-th wiring is connected between the DC bus of the n-th power conversion device and the DC bus of the first power conversion device.
US11368083B2
A method for the discharging a DC-link capacitor includes electrically coupling the DC-link capacitor to at least one half-bridge, wherein the half-bridge comprises at least two switches and that are connected in series. The method includes at least one step in which the switches and of the half-bridge are controlled in order to carry out a simultaneous closing of the switches.
US11368082B2
A power conversion device includes a plurality of conversion units electrically connected in parallel to each other and configured to perform voltage conversion of electric power supplied from a power supply and a control device configured to set a conversion unit that will operate within the plurality of conversion units, wherein, after the number of conversion units that are operating within the plurality of conversion units is increased, the control device makes an electric current flowing through an operation start conversion unit which is a conversion unit that has started to operate from a non-operating state larger than an electric current flowing through an operation maintenance conversion unit which is a conversion unit that continues to operate before and after the number of operating conversion units is increased.
US11368073B2
In a rotating electrical machine, of both ends of a stator winding of each phase, an end portion on a neutral point side is a first end portion, and an end portion on a connection point side of an upper arm switch and a lower arm switch of an inverter is a second end portion. The rotating electrical machine includes a neutral-point bus bar that electrically and mechanically connects the first end portions of the phases to one another. The first end portion and the second end portion of each phase is arranged in an end portion on a same side in an axial direction of a stator. The neutral-point bus bar and the second end portion of each phase are mechanically connected with an insulating sheet therebetween.
US11368070B2
A flywheel energy storage fan includes a base seat, a fan electrical apparatus serving as a motor or a generator and a flywheel energy storage device having a flywheel rotary body. The base seat has a case section and a central column section disposed on the case section. The case section has a vacuumed chamber and a bearing cup disposed in the vacuumed chamber. The fan electrical apparatus has a rotational shaft. The rotational shaft is rotatably disposed in the central column section and the bearing cup. The flywheel rotary body is disposed on the rotational shaft in the vacuumed chamber. The flywheel energy storage fan is able to save electrical energy.
US11368067B2
Provided is a covering element for covering a slot between two adjacent teeth of an electromagnetic machine, a stator for an electromagnetic machine and a method of forming a covering element. The covering element comprises a first sub-element and a second sub-element. The first sub-element and the second sub-element are arranged adjacent to each other in a first direction. Further, the second sub-element is made of a different material than the first sub-element.
US11368063B2
A rotor capable of suppressing cogging torque and heat build-up caused when an electric motor is operated. The rotor includes a sleeve fixed to a radially outside of a rotary shaft, a plurality of magnets disposed around a radially outside of the sleeve, and a reinforcing member having a cylindrical shape that surrounds the plurality of magnets while being in contact with an outer surface of each of the plurality of magnets to hold the plurality of magnets with the sleeve, each of the plurality of magnets including a central portion in a circumferential direction, in contact with the sleeve, and an end portion in the circumferential direction, having a thickness less than that of the central portion and forming a gap with the sleeve.
US11368060B2
A device including a plurality of motors is disclosed. The device includes a body comprising a plurality of magnet arrays. Each magnet array comprises a plurality of magnets which define a polygon and the plurality of magnets are arranged in a semi-Halbach configuration. The polygons of the plurality of magnet arrays form a tessellating pattern in which the magnet arrays each share at least one magnet with another one of the magnet arrays. Each magnet is configured to be rotatable relative to the body, or in the case of coils as magnets, the input of each coil can be manipulated to replicate the same or similar effect. The device further comprises a plurality of rotors, wherein each magnet array is configured to receive a rotor rotatable relative to the body.
US11368059B2
A rotating electric machine includes a non-rotating member, a stator fixed to the non-rotating member, a field coil fixed to the non-rotating member, disposed on an inner diameter side of the stator, and having an iron core and a winding wound around the iron core, and a rotor rotatably disposed between the stator and the field coil. The rotor has, at a portion facing the stator, different radial dimensions with respect to a rotary shaft of the rotor between a one end of the rotor in an extending direction of the rotary shaft and a portion different from the one end in the extending direction.
US11368052B2
Disclosed herein is a bridge rectifier and associated control circuitry collectively forming a “regtifier”, capable of both rectifying an input time varying voltage as well as regulating the rectified output voltage produced. To accomplish this, the gate voltages of transistors of the bridge rectifier that are on during a given phase may be modulated via analog control (to increase the on-resistance of those transistors) or via pulse width modulation (to turn off those transistors prior to the end of the phase). Alternatively or additionally, the transistors of the bridge rectifier that would otherwise be off during a given phase may be turned on to help dissipate excess power and thereby regulate the output voltage. A traditional voltage regulator, such as a low-dropout amplifier, is not used in this design.
US11368045B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for storing energy. A photon battery assembly may comprise a light source, phosphorescent material, a photovoltaic cell, and a waveguide. The phosphorescent material can absorb optical energy at a first wavelength from the light source and, after a time delay, emit optical energy at a second wavelength after a time delay. The photovoltaic cell may absorb the optical energy at the second wavelength and generate electrical power. In some instances, a first waveguide may be configured to direct the optical energy at the first wavelength from the light source to the phosphorescent material and/or a second waveguide may be configured to direct the optical energy at the second wavelength from the phosphorescent material to the photovoltaic cell.
US11368040B2
A power supply system includes a high voltage battery, a first DCDC converter connected to the high voltage battery, a low voltage lead battery configured to be charged from the high voltage battery via the first DCDC converter, a low voltage lithium battery connected to a low voltage power supply circuit, the low voltage lead battery, and a load, a second DCDC converter connected to the low voltage power supply circuit and disposed between the low voltage lead battery and the low voltage lithium battery, a bypass circuit connected to the low voltage power supply circuit to bypass the second DCDC converter, and a control device configured to watch the low voltage lithium battery and control on/off of a switch unit provided in the bypass circuit.
US11368037B2
An on-board charger for charging a battery, such as a traction battery of an electric vehicle, includes an AC/DC converter and a pulsating buffer (PB) converter. The AC/DC converter is configured to convert an AC input from a mains supply into an output having a DC voltage and a current ripple. The PB converter is connected to the AC/DC converter and is configured to process the output of the AC/DC converter to reduce or minimize the current ripple thereof and transform the output of the AC/DC converter into a battery-level DC output for charging the battery.
US11368035B2
An on-board charger (OBC) for an electric vehicle includes a charge unit, a controller, and a control pilot (CP) wake-up circuit. The charge unit is operable for receiving energy from an EVSE for charging a traction battery of the vehicle. The controller while awake can control the charge unit to charge the battery with energy from the EVSE. The CP wake-up circuit receives a control pilot (CP) signal from the EVSE, detects for a change in a current state of the CP signal while the controller is asleep, and generates a wake-up signal for waking up the controller in response to the current state of the CP signal changing to a new state. The CP wake-up circuit includes first/second detector circuits usable for detecting for a change in the current state of the CP signal to a first/second new state.
US11368033B2
A remote controlled battery cell monitoring and control system that utilizes empirical and theoretical data to compare performance, sensor data, stored patterns, historical usage, use intensity indexes over time and tracking information to provide a sophisticated data collection system for batteries. This tracking is designed to better the specifications, designs, training, preventative maintenance, and replacement and recycling of batteries.
US11368026B2
A power distribution assembly that includes a planar substrate, a set of switchable elements arranged on the planar substrate, a conductive bus bar underlying the planar substrate and interconnected with the set of switchable elements, and a set of power connections. The power distribution assembly distributes power from a power source to one or more loads.
US11368019B2
An active filter device includes a power module configured to generate a compensating current to suppress a harmonic current generated from a load device and a controller configured to control the power module. The controller includes a current command calculation unit configured to calculate a compensating current command to suppress the harmonic current, a control variable calculation unit configured to calculate a control variable based on a deviation between the compensating current command and an actual compensating current, a duty cycle calculation unit configured to calculate duty cycle of each of three phases based on the control variable, a duty cycle modulation unit configured to perform two-phase modulation on the duty cycle of each of three phases, and a control signal generation unit configured to, after the two-phase modulation, generate, from the duty cycle of each of three phases, a control signal to drive the power module.
US11368018B2
A hybrid cascaded APF topology and control method therefor for improving the ability of a system to compensate for higher harmonics, raise the quality of electric energy of output currents, and reduce costs. The topology includes: a three-phase cascaded H-bridge including bridge arms of three phases, each bridge arm including a plurality of H-bridge cells connected in series, and the bridge arms of the three phases connected to a power system needing active filtering via inductors; and a three-phase H-bridge circuit connected at star connection points of the three-phase cascaded H-bridge, the three-phase H-bridge circuit including branches of the three phases and two capacitors connected in parallel across the branches of the three phases, and the branch of each phase including two switching transistors connected in series, where switching transistors of the H-bridge cells use Si devices, and the switching transistors of the three-phase H-bridge circuit use SiC devices.
US11368016B2
An integrated circuit device having insulated gate field effect transistors (IGFETs) having a plurality of horizontally disposed channels that can be vertically aligned above a substrate with each channel being surrounded by a gate structure has been disclosed. The integrated circuit device may include electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit structures. The ESD protection circuit structures may be formed in regions other than the region that the IGFETs are formed as well as in the region that the IGFETs having a plurality of horizontally disposed channels that can be vertically aligned above a substrate with each channel being surrounded by a gate structure are formed. By forming ESD protection circuit structures in regions below the IGFETs, an older process technology may be used and device size may be decreased. Furthermore, planar IGFETs of FinFETs may be formed in other regions to decrease device size and improve costs.
US11368015B2
A process tests an operability of a circuit breaker device (18, 20, 34) to establish/sever a connection of two circuit areas (36, 38, 40, 42). The circuit breaker device includes a MOSFET (44) with a source terminal (46) connected with a circuit area, a drain terminal (48) connected with a circuit area, and a gate terminal (50) with a gate voltage applied by an associated gate driver device (52) to switch into a connection switching state connecting the two circuit areas during a connection phase. The gate voltage is monitored during the connection phase, a base voltage being applied to the source terminal or/and to the drain terminal during the connection phase is monitored. If a difference between the gate voltage and the base voltage falls below a predefined reference difference during the connection phase, it is determined that a circuit defect is present in the MOSFET.
US11368013B2
An overcurrent protection method is provided. The overcurrent protection method is applied to a USB with a PD function. The overcurrent protection method includes the steps of converting an input voltage into a first voltage to provide power to the first electronic device; determining whether the working current of the first electronic device is greater than a first default value; determining whether the working current of the first electronic device is greater than a second default value; in response to the working current being greater than the first default value, a first sensing signal is generated to disable a switch and to form an open circuit between the first electronic device and the second electronic device; and in response to the working current being greater than the second default value, conversion of the input voltage into the first voltage is stopped.
US11368012B2
Apparatus and method for controlling a pyro-fuse. A pyro-fuse control system includes a current sensing circuit and a diagnostic circuit. The current sensing circuit is configured to determine whether the current flowing in conductor exceeds a threshold current. The diagnostic circuit is coupled to the current sensing circuit. The diagnostic circuit is configured to determine whether an indication of current exceeding the threshold current generated by the current sensing circuit is caused by current flowing the conductor and is not caused by a fault in the current sensing circuit.
US11368011B2
An intermediate relay maloperation preventing device and method based on an improved recursive wavelet algorithm is provided. The device includes a power supply module, a voltage sampling circuit, an analog-to-digital conversion module, a DSP chip, and a relay maloperation signal shielding module. The voltage sampling circuit is connected to the analog-to-digital conversion module. The analog-to-digital conversion module is connected to the DSP chip. The DSP chip is connected to and controls a relay signal control module. The voltage sampling circuit collects a voltage. An improved recursive wavelet is used to extract a voltage feature. As such, identification of a fault signal and a normal signal is achieved, and real-time fault monitoring is accomplished. The detection method may be easily implemented, exhibits good filtering performance and anti-interference capability, delivers high detection accuracy, and may accomplish real-time online monitoring of intermediate relay faults.
US11368010B2
A system includes a first circuit breaker comprising a first solid state switch, first mechanical contacts, and a current sensor structured to sense current flowing through the first circuit breaker, and a second circuit breaker electrically coupled to the first circuit breaker and being structured to interrupt current flowing to the first circuit breaker, wherein the first circuit breaker is structured to transmit, to the second circuit breaker, a request upon detecting a failure mode, and wherein the second circuit breaker is structured to interrupt current flowing to the first circuit breaker in response to receiving the request, and the first circuit breaker is further structured to open the first mechanical contacts when the current flowing through the first circuit breaker drops to a predetermined level.
US11368009B2
An electronic control unit (ECU) operates between first and second voltage rails and includes an amplifier circuit and a single current sense circuit coupled to carry a signal to a bus pin and to protect the bus pin from both a short to ground and a short to battery. The single current sense circuit includes a switch circuit that passes the signal to the bus pin and a forward current sensing circuit that provides a second current that is proportional to an output current at the bus pin. The forward current sensing circuit causes the second current to be substantially zero when voltage on the bus pin is above a given value. The single current sense circuit also includes a forward current protection circuit and a reverse current switching circuit that receives the second current and closes a connection to the second voltage when the second current is zero.
US11368007B2
The invention relates to a strain relief bushing made of an elastic material for receiving at least one cable in at least one axial through-opening which is connected to an adjacent through-opening or to an outer side of the strain relief bushing via a slit in such a way as to be openable, wherein each of the through-openings has, one behind the other in the axial direction, at least two strain relief portions of different cross-section, wherein central axes of the at least two strain relief portions of different cross-section extent in parallel and eccentrically such that the outer circumferences of the at least two strain relief portions of different cross-section are flush with one another along the slit, and wherein the strain relief portion having the smallest cross-section of the through-opening accounts for at least 10%, preferably at least 15%, of the axial length of the respective through-opening.
US11368006B2
A clip includes first and second portions that are joined to one another by a living hinge. A snap includes first and second coupling elements that are respectively provided on the first and second portions. The first and second coupling elements are decoupled from one another in an open clip position and are coupled to one another in a closed clip position. Each of the first and second portions define an elongated slot that extends through a width of the clip that has an open end and a closed end. The open ends face a same direction. Each of the first and second portions include a first and second spring respectively. The first and second springs face one another. The first and second springs are configured to clamp about a wiring in the closed clip position.
US11368004B2
A flexible channel molding assembly may include a plurality of molding members. Each of the molding members defines a channel configured to receive a cable, and the plurality of molding members are configured to be pivotally coupled to one another along an axial direction to conform to a surface having a complex geometry.
US11368003B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a unitary electrical conduit that includes a central conductor, a socket coupled to a first end of the central conductor, a male insert coupled to a second end of the central conductor a dielectric sheath surrounding the central conductor, and an outer conductor surrounding the dielectric sheath, wherein a substantially 90 degree bend is formed along a length thereof.
US11367997B2
A method for manufacturing a monolithically integrated semiconductor optical integrated element comprising a DFB laser, an EA modulator, and a SOA disposed in a light emitting direction, comprising the step of forming a semiconductor wafer on which the elements are two-dimensionally arrayed and aligned the optical axes; cleaving the semiconductor wafer along a plane orthogonal to the light emitting direction to form a semiconductor bar including a plurality of the elements arranged one-dimensionally along a direction orthogonal to the light emitting direction such that the elements adjacent to each other share an identical cleavage end face as a light emission surface; inspecting the semiconductor bar by driving the SOA and the DFB laser through a connection wiring part together; and separating out the semiconductor bar after the inspection to cut the connection wiring part connecting the electrode of the SOA and the DFB laser to isolate from each other.
US11367985B2
A connector assembly (10) is disclosed in which a connector part (12) and a cable manager part (20) are provided. The cable manager part (20) can be provided with a rear housing (40), a lacing fixture part (30), and a grounding part (50). In one aspect, the grounding part (50) provides grounding contact between an inserted cable (4) and the connector part (12). In one aspect, the grounding part (50) secures the connector part (12) to the rear housing part (40). In one example, a connector assembly (110) is provided with a grounding arrangement (150) including a plurality of deflectable grounding members (152) and provides grounding contact between the inserted cable (4) and the connector part (112). In one aspect, the grounding members (152) each provide two points of contact against the cable (4).
US11367983B2
A connection system for a quantum computer that employs constant impedance connectors with attenuation or filtering components or both embedded therein or within an adaptor removably insertable within an adaptor housing for use in a cryogenically cooled quantum computer. The connection system provides a higher density of cables traversing through a hermetic sealed top plate, and which are accessible to chill blocks to reduce the thermal energy from the signal lines. Attenuators or filter circuits are embedded in the constant impedance connector housings, or provided in adaptors that connect on each end to form mating constant impedance connections, in order to reduce signal strength as the signal progresses through the cryogenic environment and to remove extraneous electrical signal noise.
US11367980B2
A board-to-board connector for connecting printed boards to each other includes a receptacle comprising a plurality of signal contact elements to be electrically connected to one of the printed boards, and a plug comprising a plurality of signal contact elements to be electrically connected to the other of the printed boards, wherein each of the signal contact elements of the plug is in contact with the corresponding signal contact element of the receptacle when the plug has been inserted into the receptacle. The receptacle comprises an electromagnetic interference shield which continuously or discontinuously surrounds the plurality of signal contact elements of the receptacle, and the plug comprises an electromagnetic interference shield which continuously or discontinuously surrounds the plurality of signal contact elements of the plug.
US11367978B2
A connector apparatus configured to connect to a connection port in order to transfer data and/or electrical power between two electronic devices or between an electronic device and an electrical outlet, the connector apparatus comprising: a first part configured to connect to the connection port by friction; two or more coupling portions which can engage or disengage when a force is applied to at least one of the coupling portions; and a retracting mechanism which pulls the two or more coupling portions towards each other when the coupling portions are separated by a separating force larger than a threshold force; wherein the first part remains connected to the connection port, while the two or more coupling portions engage or disengage when the force is applied and/or while the retracting mechanism pulls the two or more coupling portions towards each other.
US11367969B2
A wire with terminal WT1 is provided with a wire 2 including a core 2B and an insulation coating 2C covering around the core 2B, and a terminal 1 including a coating crimping portion 50 crimped to the insulation coating 2C. The wire 2 is pulled out rearward from the terminal 1. A water cut-off member 60 for suppressing liquid intrusion into the core 2B is disposed between an inner peripheral surface 20A of the coating crimping portion 50 and an outer peripheral surface 2A of the insulation coating 2C. The coating crimping portion 50 is provided with an oblique extending portion 70 for reducing the outflow of the water cut-off member 60 to outside due to crimping.
US11367954B1
An antenna system and method includes or uses a set of M antenna structures and a cross bar beam former. The analog (or digital) cross bar beam former includes a set of M N to 1 (M(N×1)) interfaces, each of the M N to 1 interfaces having a first line coupled to a respective one of the set of the M antenna structures. The cross bar beam former also includes a set of N 1 to M (N(1×M)) interfaces, each of the N 1 to M interfaces having a set of M second lines, each of the M second lines being coupled to a respective one of the M N to 1 interfaces. Each of the N 1 to M interfaces includes a third line for a respective one of N independent beams.
US11367947B2
A medical device is configured for diagnosis or treatment of a tissue within a body. The medical device comprises an elongate member and a position sensor. The elongate member is configured to be received within the body, and has a lumen extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The position sensor is disposed within the lumen proximate the distal end of the deformable member. The position sensor comprises a coil wound to form a central passage and configured to generate a current flow when subject to a magnetic field, and a high-permeability antenna having at least a portion disposed outside the central passage to concentrate the magnetic field into the coil and increase the current flow.
US11367942B2
Disclosed herein is an antenna device that includes a substrate; a conductor pattern formed on the substrate and including a spiral or loop-shaped antenna coil, a spiral or loop-shaped coupling coil being connected to the antenna coil and having a diameter smaller than that of the antenna coil, and a spiral-shaped booster coil at least partially overlapping the antenna coil through the substrate without being connected thereto; and a resonance capacitor connected to the booster coil. The number of turns of the booster coil is larger than that of the antenna coil.
US11367939B2
The present invention includes a method of creating electrical air gap low loss low cost RF mechanically and thermally stabilized interdigitated resonate filter in photo definable glass ceramic substrate. Where a ground plane may be used to adjacent to or below the RF filter in order to prevent parasitic electronic signals, RF signals, differential voltage build up and floating grounds from disrupting and degrading the performance of isolated electronic devices by the fabrication of electrical isolation and ground plane structures on a photo-definable glass substrate.
US11367935B2
The invention relates to a microwave circular polarizer including: a first outer conductor; a second outer conductor connected to the first outer conductor forming a first step discontinuity therewith; and a third outer conductor connected to the second outer conductor forming a second step discontinuity therewith. An inner conductor is provided which extends inside and is spaced apart from the first, second and third outer conductors. The first and second outer conductors are axially asymmetric with respect to the inner conductor, and the third outer conductor is axially symmetric with respect to the inner conductor. The microwave circular polarizer includes first and second rectangular waveguide ports in signal communication with an internal cavity through, respectively, a first rectangular aperture and a second rectangular aperture formed through the first outer conductor. The microwave circular polarizer further includes a first septum and a second septum.
US11367932B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of energy storage device, and particularly relates to an electrode member, an electrode assembly and a secondary battery. The electrode member comprises an electrode body and a conductive structure. The conducting layer comprises a first portion having an active material and a second portion extending from the first portion; the second portion comprises a main portion and a transition portion, the transition portion is provided between the main portion and the first portion, and a width of the transition portion is larger than a width of the main portion. The conductive structure is welded with the second portion and extends along a direction away from the first portion, and at least a part of a welding region formed by the second portion and the conductive structure is positioned at the transition portion. The present disclosure can avoid the overcurrent area being significantly reduced caused by the main portion, ensure that every position the electric current passing through has a sufficient overcurrent area, and improve the safety performance of the secondary battery.
US11367916B2
A modular cover for a battery system and a method for assembling the modular cover are disclosed. The apparatus can include a first modular segment and a second modular segment that are interconnected. The modular cover can be expanded in size for use with different types of battery systems and housings.
US11367914B2
A metal air battery cell has a sealed pouch defined by a metallocene film and a gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer, and an electrochemical cell contained within the pouch. The metallocene film and gas and liquid impermeable flexible layer are sealed to each other and around the electrochemical cell.
US11367911B2
Disclosed is a cylindrical battery cell in which a heat-shrinkable tube wraps an outer surface of a cylindrical case of the cylindrical battery cell except electrode terminals, the heat-shrinkable tube including: a base material, which is a polyester resin, capable of shrinking by heat; a supplement, which is a nylon resin, capable of increasing a tensile strength and operating temperature of the heat-shrinkable tube; and an ultraviolet stabilizer capable of inhibiting a chain reaction of free radicals generated by cleavage of polymer chains of the nylon resin or the polyester resin, when the heat-shrinkable tube is exposed to an ultraviolet ray irradiation.
US11367909B2
A power device capable of displaying various statuses and a displaying method are provided. The power device includes: a central microprocessor, a power conversion circuit, an LED bar (or a light bar) circuit, and a battery pack. The central microprocessor intrinsically has color setting and control logic and is internally provided with a color setting and control logic circuit. The power device is externally connected to a utility power source, a solar photovoltaic power source, a backup battery pack, and a load. The color setting and control logic circuit enables the LED bar circuit to correspondingly emit LED light of at least two colors according to different power sources supplied to the load or a battery capacity, and the LED light is displayed in a breathing-like manner. The central microprocessor adjusts a breathing rate of the LED light according to a power consumption of the load.
US11367904B2
An energy storage apparatus is described and claimed herein comprising, generally, a battery housing enclosing a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte comprises a salt dissolved in either an amide-based solvent. In various embodiments, the amide-based solvent is a tertiary amide. Moreover, the energy storage apparatus may be a lithium ion battery that comprises an electrolyte with a lithium salt dissolved in a tertiary amide.
US11367902B2
A lithium secondary battery including a cathode; an anode; and an electrolyte disposed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the cathode includes a cathode active material represented by Formula 1, the electrolyte includes a lithium salt; a non-aqueous solvent; and a monofluorosilane compound represented by Formula 2, wherein an amount of the monofluorosilane compound is in a range of about 0.1 percent by weight (wt %) to about 5 wt % based on the total weight of the electrolyte wherein, in Formula 1, 0.9≤x≤1.2, 0.85
US11367897B2
According to one embodiment, provided is a solid electrolyte material including an oxide, the oxide including an octahedral coordination structure that includes a metal element M and oxygen atoms arranged centering on the metal element M. The metal element M includes Nb and Ta. Amass ratio αTa/αNb of a mass αTa of Ta to a mass αNb of Nb is within a range of 5×10−5≤αTa/αNb≤3×10−3.
US11367896B2
Set forth herein are garnet material compositions, e.g., lithium-stuffed garnets and lithium-stuffed garnets doped with alumina, which are suitable for use as electrolytes and catholytes in solid state battery applications. Also set forth herein are lithium-stuffed garnet thin films having fine grains therein. Disclosed herein are novel and inventive methods of making and using lithium-stuffed garnets as catholytes, electrolytes and/or anolytes for all solid state lithium rechargeable batteries. Also disclosed herein are novel electrochemical devices which incorporate these garnet catholytes, electrolytes and/or anolytes. Also set forth herein are methods for preparing novel structures, including dense thin (<50 um) free standing membranes of an ionically conducting material for use as a catholyte, electrolyte, and, or, anolyte, in an electrochemical device, a battery component (positive or negative electrode materials), or a complete solid state electrochemical energy storage device. Also, the methods set forth herein disclose novel sintering techniques, e.g., for heating and/or field assisted (FAST) sintering, for solid state energy storage devices and the components thereof.
US11367894B2
Provided is a lithium metal secondary battery ensuring electrode-separator adhesive strength and a method for fabricating the same. The lithium metal secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes a negative electrode, a separator and a positive electrode, the negative electrode including a lithium metal foil as a negative electrode material, wherein a nano imprint pattern structure is formed on a lithium metal foil surface which is a surface of the negative electrode facing the separator, and the negative electrode and the separator are adhered to each other.
US11367893B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for multifunctional battery packaging and insulation are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a battery pack comprises a plurality of battery cells. The battery pack further comprises a block comprising a plurality of recesses formed within the block. In one or more embodiments, each of the recesses respectively houses one of the battery cells within the block. In at least one embodiment, the block comprises a low density ceramic fiber reinforced foam that is porous such that a gas or liquid may pass through the block to cool the battery pack. In one or more embodiments, at least a portion of the block is covered with a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material comprising a ceramic slurry composite pre-impregnated (prepreg) with fibers. In some embodiments, the CMC material is cured via kiln firing the block.
US11367890B2
A cell including: a pair of interconnectors for electrically connecting unit cells; a membrane-electrode assembly disposed between the interconnectors; a pair of current collectors, each of which includes an abutting surface abutting against a corresponding one of the electrode layers and a first base material surface being in contact with a corresponding one of the interconnectors and electrically connecting the corresponding of the electrode layers and the corresponding one of the interconnectors; and elastic bodies biasing the abutting surface of at least one current collector toward a corresponding one of the electrode layers. The elastic bodies includes: a second base material surface being in contact with the first base material surface; and an elastic body protruding portion supporting the abutting surface and protruding from the second base material surface toward the corresponding one of the electrode layers to bias the abutting surface toward the corresponding one of the electrode layers.
US11367888B2
The invention relates to solid oxide fuel cell anodes, in particular anodes which containing porous particles coated with catalytic nickel. The use of porous particles as a carrier for the nickel catalyst helps to overcome some of the redox stability issues experienced by some systems and improves the internal reforming properties of the system and permits less nickel to be used in SOFC systems.
US11367887B2
Provided is a fuel cell system capable of further increasing electric power generation efficiency, compared to the current circumstances, with respect to a fuel cell SOFC that generates electric power by supplying a reformed gas obtained by steam reforming to a fuel electrode. A steam reformer that reforms a hydrocarbon fuel by a steam reforming reaction; a fuel cell that operates by introducing a reformed gas to a fuel electrode; and an anode off-gas circulation path that removes condensed water while cooling an anode off-gas, and introduces the anode off-gas to the steam reformer are provided. A condensation temperature in a condensing device is controlled by a control unit that controls a steam partial pressure of the anode off-gas circulated to the steam reformer, and S/C adjustment is adapted to high-efficiency electric power generation.
US11367880B2
A bipolar plate to be arranged opposite to an electrode that is supplied with an electrolyte solution to cause a battery reaction includes a plurality of groove portions in which the electrolyte solution flows and rib portions that each separate the adjacent groove portions on at least one of its front and back surfaces. A specific rib portion including a contact surface to be brought into contact with the electrode and one or more recessed portions that are open in the contact surface is included among the rib portions.
US11367875B2
A positive electrode active material includes powder of composite particles including a lithium transition metal composite oxide having a lamellar rock-salt structure and a spinel phase. The spinel phase includes an oxide including lithium and at least a first element X1 selected from the group consisting of magnesium, aluminum, titanium, manganese, yttrium, zirconium, molybdenum, and tungsten, and the lithium transition metal composite oxide includes nickel or cobalt and the first element X1.
US11367872B2
A crystalline precursor compound for manufacturing a lithium transition metal based oxide powder usable as an active positive electrode material in lithium-ion batteries, the precursor having a general formula Li1−a((Niz(Ni0.5Mn0.5)yCox)1−kAk)1+aO2, wherein A comprises at least one element of the group consisting of: Mg, Al, Ca, Si, B, W, Zr, Ti, Nb, Ba, and Sr, with 0.05≤x≤0.40, 0.25≤z≤0.85, x+y+z=1, 0≤k≤0.10, and 0≤a≤0.053, wherein said crystalline precursor powder has a crystalline size L, expressed in nm, with 15≤L≤36.
US11367858B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display module and display device. The display module comprises a display panel which is an organic electroluminescent display panel; a first phase retarder located on a side of an out-light surface of the display panel; a linear polarizer located on a side of first phase retarder facing away from the display panel; and a second phase retarder covering a side of the linear polarizer facing away from the display panel.
US11367857B2
A display device includes a display panel; a polarizing film disposed on the display panel; a touch film disposed on the polarizing film; a light control film disposed on the touch film; a barrier film disposed over the polarizing film; and a cover window disposed on the barrier film.
US11367855B2
A display panel and a method of manufacturing the same, a display device are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed oppositely to each other, and a sealant, spacers and a solidification inhibiting layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, the solidification inhibiting layer being provided between the sealant and the spacers, and configured to inhibit the spreading of the sealant to the spacer.
US11367844B2
Included are the steps of: forming a laminated body (7) by disposing a resin layer (12), an inorganic layer (3) having mean stress (Px) of 0 (zero) or having tensile stress, a TFT layer (4), an OLED element layer (5), and a sealing layer (6) in this order on an upper side of a supporting substrate (50); and separating the supporting substrate (50) from the laminated body (7).
US11367836B2
Provided is a heterocyclic compound of Chemical Formula 1: and an organic light emitting device including the same.
US11367831B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a surface perpendicular to the first direction; a vertical Hall element formed in the semiconductor substrate, and including a magnetosensitive portion having a depth in the first direction, a width in the second direction, and a length in the third direction; and an excitation wiring extending in the third direction and disposed above the semiconductor substrate and at a position that overlaps the center position of the width of the magnetosensitive portion, and the value u derived from Expression (1) is 0.6 or more: u = tan - 1 ( W + Wc 2 h ) - tan - 1 ( W - Wc 2 h ) 2 tan - 1 ( Wc 2 h ) ( 1 ) where W is the width of the magnetosensitive portion, Wc/2 is a distance from the center position of the width of the magnetosensitive portion to the first end surface closer thereto, and h is a distance from the center position of the depth of the magnetosensitive portion to the excitation wiring.
US11367823B2
A light emitting device may include: a substrate including a plurality of unit light emitting regions; and first to fourth insulating layers sequentially on the substrate. Each of the unit light emitting regions may include: at least one light emitting element on the first insulating layer, the at least one light emitting element including a first end portion and a second end portion in a length direction thereof; first and second banks on the substrate; a first electrode on the first bank and a second electrode on the second bank; a first contact electrode on the first electrode; a second contact electrode on the second electrode; and a conductive pattern provided between the first insulating layer and the first contact electrode, the conductive pattern surrounding the first and second electrodes when viewed on a plane.
US11367822B2
High-voltage solid-state transducer (SST) devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. An SST device in accordance with a particular embodiment of the present technology includes a carrier substrate, a first terminal, a second terminal and a plurality of SST dies connected in series between the first and second terminals. The individual SST dies can include a transducer structure having a p-n junction, a first contact and a second contact. The transducer structure forms a boundary between a first region and a second region with the carrier substrate being in the first region. The first and second terminals can be configured to receive an output voltage and each SST die can have a forward junction voltage less than the output voltage.
US11367817B2
An optoelectronic component includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip including a carrier substrate, a first and a second side surface facing one another, respectively, and a third and a fourth side surface that intersect the first and second side surfaces, and a first main surface, at which at least one contact area is arranged, the carrier substrate being transparent to the emitted electromagnetic radiation, a transparent first potting compound directly adjacent to the first side surface; and a reflective potting compound directly adjacent to the second side surface and the carrier substrate and applied directly to the semiconductor chip.
US11367815B2
A display device is provided including a substrate. A second semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The second semiconductor layer includes Si. A second gate lower electrode overlaps a channel region of the second semiconductor layer. A second gate insulating layer is disposed on the second gate lower electrode. A second gate upper electrode and a light blocking layer are disposed on the second gate insulating layer. A first auxiliary layer is disposed on the second gate upper electrode and the light blocking layer. A first semiconductor layer overlaps the light blocking layer. The first semiconductor layer includes an oxide semiconductor. A first gate electrode overlaps a channel region of the first semiconductor layer. The first auxiliary layer includes an insulating layer including at least one compound selected from SiNx, SiOx, and SiON, and at least one material selected from F, Cl, and C.
US11367809B2
Embodiments relate to a light emitting device package and a light source device. A light emitting device package according to the embodiment may include a first package body; a second package body disposed on the first package body, and comprising an opening passing through an upper surface and a lower surface of the second package body; and a light emitting device disposed in the opening, and comprising a first bonding part and a second bonding part. The first package body may include a first opening and a second opening that pass through an upper surface and a lower surface of the first package body. The upper surface of the first package body may be coupled with the lower surface of the second package body, the first bonding part may be disposed on the first opening, and the second bonding part may be disposed on the second opening.
US11367808B2
A radiation-emitting semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor body; a first contact layer having a first contact surface for external electrical contacting of the semiconductor chip and a first contact web structure connected to the first contact surface, wherein the first contact web structure is a region of the first contact layer that, compared to the first contact surface, has a comparatively small extent at least in a lateral direction; a second contact layer, wherein first and second contact web structures overlap in places in plan view of the semiconductor chip; a current distribution layer; and an insulation layer having a plurality of openings into which the current distribution layer extends.
US11367805B2
Solar cells, absorber structures, back contact structures, and methods of making the same are described. The solar cells and absorber structures include a pseudomorphically strained electron reflector layer.
US11367804B2
A directional photodetector comprises a photosensitive element and a light selector. The photosensitive element comprises a single-photon avalanche diode, SPAD, or an array of SPADs or SPAD array. The light selector is arranged on or above the photosensitive element, in particular on or above an active surface of the photosensitive element. The light selector is configured to restrict a field of view of the photosensitive element at least for light with a wavelength within a specified wavelength range. The light selector is configured to restrict the field of view by predominantly passing light with a direction of incidence within a range of passing directions of the light selector.
US11367802B2
The present disclosure relates to a photovoltaic (PV) device that includes a first junction constructed with a first alloy and having a bandgap between about 1.0 eV and about 1.5 eV, and a second junction constructed with a second alloy and having a bandgap between about 0.9 eV and about 1.3 eV, where the first alloy includes III-V elements, the second alloy includes III-V elements, and the PV device is configured to operate in a thermophotovoltaic system having an operating temperature between about 1500° C. and about 3000° C.
US11367801B2
Angle insensitive/angle-robust colored filter assemblies are provided for use with a photovoltaic device to create a decorative and colored photovoltaic device assembly. The filter may be passive or active with an ultrathin reflective layer of high refractive index material, like amorphous silicon (a-Si). A passive filter may have transparent first and second pairs of dielectric materials surrounding the ultrathin reflective layer. An active filter may have transparent first and second electrodes and first and second doped hole/electron transport layer surrounding the ultrathin reflective layer. The filter can transmit a portion and reflect a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to generate a reflected color output with minimal angle dependence. Angle insensitive colored photovoltaic device assemblies having high power conversion efficiencies (e.g., ≥18%) including a passive or active colored reflective filter and a photovoltaic device are also contemplated. The photovoltaic device may include a photoactive layer comprising crystalline silicon (c-Si).
US11367800B1
Optically-thin, quantum-structured solar cells incorporating III-V quantum wells or quantum dots have the potential to revolutionize the performance of photovoltaic devices. Enhanced spectral response characteristics have been widely demonstrated in both quantum well and quantum dot solar cells using a variety of different III-V materials. To fully leverage the extended spectral response of quantum-structured solar cells, new device designs are disclosed that can both maximize the current generating capability of the limited volume of narrow band gap material and minimize the unwanted carrier recombination that degrades the voltage output.
US11367786B1
A semiconductor device. In some embodiments, the semiconductor device includes a back gate layer; a buffer layer, on the back gate layer; a device quantum well layer, on the buffer layer; a cap layer, on the device quantum well layer; a top layer, on the cap layer; a first doped region of a first conductivity type, extending at least part-way through the device quantum well layer; a second doped region, of a second conductivity type, within the buffer layer; and a third doped region, of the second conductivity type extending from the top layer to the second doped region. The top layer may include a dielectric layer, and, in the dielectric layer, a plurality of conductive elements, including one or more dot gates, an ohmic contact, a bath gate, a supply gate, and a halo contact.
US11367771B2
A display device of embodiments of the present disclosure may include a substrate including a display area including a plurality of pixel areas, and a non-display area adjacent the display area, a circuit element layer on the substrate, and including a plurality of non-transmission areas in which a plurality of signal lines for transferring signals for driving a pixel are positioned, and a plurality of transmission areas for transmitting light and located between the signal lines in a plan view, a light emitting element layer on the circuit element layer, and including light emitting elements, and a light blocking layer between the substrate and the circuit element layer, and including a plurality of first opening portions overlapping the non-transmission area, and a plurality of second opening portions overlapping the transmission area, wherein one of the non-transmission areas and the transmission area are in each of the pixel areas.
US11367762B2
A pixel definition layer, a display substrate, a display device and an inkjet printing method are provided. The pixel definition layer includes a first pixel definition layer and a second pixel definition layer. The first pixel definition layer includes first openings, which include a first sub-pixel opening and a second sub-pixel opening; and an opening size of the second sub-pixel opening is larger than an opening size of the first sub-pixel opening. The second pixel definition layer is on the first pixel definition layer, and includes second openings, the second openings include a fourth sub-pixel opening and a fifth sub-pixel respectively corresponding to and connecting to the first sub-pixel opening and the second sub-pixel opening. A difference between opening sizes of the fourth sub-pixel opening and the first sub-pixel opening is larger than a difference between opening sizes of the fifth sub-pixel opening and the second sub-pixel opening.
US11367738B2
A semiconductor device (1) is manufactured which includes a SiC epitaxial layer (28), a plurality of transistor cells (18) that are formed in the SiC epitaxial layer (28) and that are subjected to ON/OFF control by a predetermined control voltage, a gate electrode (19) that faces a channel region (32) of the transistor cells (18) in which a channel is formed when the semiconductor device (1) is in an ON state, a gate metal (44) that is exposed at the topmost surface for electrical connection with the outside and that is electrically connected to the gate electrode (19) while being physically separated from the gate electrode (19), and a built-in resistor (21) that is made of polysilicon and that is disposed below the gate metal (44) so as to electrically connect the gate metal (44) and the gate electrode (19) together.
US11367736B2
A first-tier structure includes a first vertically alternating sequence of first continuous insulating layers and first continuous sacrificial material layers and a first-tier retro-stepped dielectric material portion overlying first stepped surfaces of the first vertically alternating sequence. A second vertically alternating sequence of second continuous insulating layers and second continuous sacrificial material layers is formed over the first-tier structure. A vertically alternating stack of insulating plates and dielectric material is formed over the first-tier retro-stepped dielectric material portion. Alternatively, dielectric pillar structures may be formed in lieu of the vertically alternating stack. After formation of memory stack structures, electrically conductive layers replace portions of the first and second continuous sacrificial material layers. Contact via structures are formed through the vertically alternating stack or the dielectric pillar structures, through the first retro-stepped dielectric material portion, and directly on a first subset of the electrically conductive layers.
US11367732B2
A semiconductor device having a three-dimensional (3D) structure is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a first chip configured to include a logic circuit, and a second chip stacked on the first chip and configured to include a memory cell array. At least one transfer circuit for connecting a row line of the memory cell array to a global row line is distributed to each of the first chip and the second chip.
US11367729B2
Bonded semiconductor devices having processor and NAND flash memory and methods for forming the same
Embodiments of semiconductor devices and fabrication methods thereof are disclosed. In an example, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor structure including a processor, an array of static random-access memory (SRAM) cells, and a first bonding layer including a plurality of first bonding contacts. The semiconductor device also includes a second semiconductor structure including an array of NAND memory cells and a second bonding layer including a plurality of second bonding contacts. The semiconductor device further includes a bonding interface between the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer. The first bonding contacts are in contact with the second bonding contacts at the bonding interface.
US11367724B2
A method for manufacturing a fin field-effect transistor is provided, comprising making metal gates, a gate dielectric layer, and a work function layer of the metal gate structures, followed by removing a portion of the end of each of the metal gates that protrudes from a fin region. Since the work function layer is already formed by the removing step, the process window of the work function layer is not affected. Therefore, a relatively large edge region of the metal gates can be removed, thereby minimizing the parasitic capacitance Cgs between the gate and the source or parasitic capacitance Cgd between the gate and the drain of a fin field-effect transistor device in operation. Meanwhile this step simplifies and compatible with the finFET process.
US11367723B2
A semiconductor device includes a first transistor in a first region of a substrate and a second transistor in a second region of the substrate. The first transistor includes multiple first semiconductor patterns; a first gate electrode; a first gate dielectric layer; a first source/drain region; and an inner-insulating spacer. The second transistor includes multiple second semiconductor patterns; a second gate electrode; a second gate dielectric layer; and a second source/drain region. The second gate dielectric layer extends between the second gate electrode and the second source/drain region and is in contact with the second source/drain region. The first source/drain region is not in contact with the first gate dielectric layer.
US11367716B2
The present disclosure provides a display assembly, a display device including the display assembly, and a manufacturing method of the display device. The display assembly includes: a display panel having a display surface with a fingerprint detection area, and a back surface facing away from the display surface; and a carrier adhesive including a binding surface and a grooved surface facing away from the binding surface, wherein the carrier adhesive is provided with a carrier groove having an opening formed on the grooved surface, the binding surface is attached to the back surface of the display panel and the carrier groove is opposite to the fingerprint detection area.
