US11414754B2
A film forming apparatus includes: a stage on which a workpiece on which a film is to be formed is placed; a gas supply part provided so as to face the stage, including a heater provided to be controlled to a predetermined temperature, and configured to supply a carrier gas; and a vaporization part provided between the stage and the gas supply part, and configured to be heated by heat generated from the gas supply part to vaporize a film-formation material supplied in a liquid state.
US11414743B2
Provided is a multilayered zinc alloy plated steel material comprising a base iron and multilayered plated layers formed on the base iron, wherein each of the multilayered plated layers is any one of a Zn-plated layer, a Mg-plated layer, and a Zn—Mg alloy-plated layer, and the ratio of the weight of Mg contained in the multilayered plated layers is 0.13-0.24 on the basis of the total weight of the multilayered plated layers.
US11414742B2
There is provided a substrate processing apparatus which includes: a substrate mounting table installed in a vacuum vessel; a gas supply part configured to supply a processing gas into the vacuum vessel; a vacuum-exhausting part configured to exhaust the interior of the vacuum vessel; an elevating member configured to lift up and down a substrate while holding the substrate mounted on the mounting table; and a control part configured to output a control signal to execute a first step of supplying the processing gas onto the substrate and setting an internal pressure of the vacuum vessel to a first pressure, a second step of changing the internal pressure to a second pressure lower than the first pressure, and a third step of lifting up the substrate from the mounting table after the first step and before the second step or in parallel with the second step.
US11414739B2
A mask frame assembly, including: a hollow frame, which is provided with a hollow area; and a first howling stick, disposed across the hollow area of the hollow frame in a first direction; wherein the mask frame assembly is configured to support a fine metal mask plate which includes a mask pattern area and an invalid mask area surrounding the mask pattern area; in a state of the fine metal mask plate being supported by the mask frame assembly, opposite ends of the fine metal mask plate are fixed on the hollow frame in a second direction; the mask pattern area of the fine metal mask plate is disposed in the hollow area of the hollow frame; and a projection of the first howling stick on the fine metal mask plate is in the invalid mask area. An evaporation device is also disclosed.
US11414734B2
An austenitic stainless steel alloy and turbocharger kinematic components are provided. An austenitic stainless steel alloy includes, by weight, about 23% to about 27% chromium, about 18% to about 22% nickel, about 0.5% to about 2.0% manganese, about 1.2% to about 1.4% carbon, about 1.6% to about 1.8% silicon, about 0% to about 0.5% molybdenum, sulfur in an amount of less than about 0.01%, phosphorous in an amount of less than about 0.04%, and a balance of iron, and other inevitable/unavoidable impurities that are present in trace amounts. The turbocharger kinematic components are made at least in part using this stainless steel alloy.
US11414728B2
There is provided a cobalt-based alloy product comprising: in mass %, 0.08-0.25% C; 0.1% or less B; 10-30% Cr; 5% or less Fe and 30% or less Ni, the total amount of Fe and Ni being 30% or less; W and/or Mo, the total amount of W and Mo being 5-12%; at least one of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb and Ta, the total amount of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb and Ta being 0.5-2%; 0.5% or less Si; 0.5% or less Mn; 0.003-0.04% N; and the balance being Co and impurities. The cobalt-based alloy product is a polycrystalline body of matrix phase crystal grains, wherein MC type carbide phase grains are dispersively precipitated in the matrix phase crystal grains at an average intergrain distance of 0.13 to 2 μm and M23C6 type carbide phase grains are precipitated on grain boundaries of the matrix phase crystal grains.
US11414718B2
A method for treating a Yankee cylinder, where the Yankee cylinder has a cylinder shell made of steel with a ferritic-pearlitic structure. In the disclosed method, the outer surface of the cylinder shell is heat-treated with a laser beam and hardened as a result.
US11414709B2
The invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting ploidy of chromosome segments or entire chromosomes, for detecting single nucleotide variants and for detecting both ploidy of chromosome segments and single nucleotide variants. In some aspects, the invention provides methods, systems, and computer readable medium for detecting cancer or a chromosomal abnormality in a gestating fetus.
US11414708B2
Methods, compositions, and kits for identifying individuals who will be responsive to post-operative radiation therapy for treatment of prostate cancer are disclosed. In particular, the invention relates to a genomic signature based on expression levels of DNA Damage Repair genes that can be used to identify individuals likely to benefit from post-operative radiation therapy after a prostatectomy.
US11414703B2
Disclosed are nucleic acid molecules from the genome of Dirofilaria spp. nematodes that contain single nucleotide polymorphisms related to reduced responsiveness of the nematodes to macrocyclic lactones. In one example, the species of Dirofilaria is Dirofilaria immitis (the agent of heartworm in animals). Also disclosed are methods for determining the responsiveness of Dirofilaria spp. nematodes to macrocyclic lactones, methods for selecting a treatment to treat an animal infected with a Dirofilaria spp. nematode, and kits for determining the responsiveness of Dirofilaria spp. nematodes to macrocyclic lactones.
US11414702B2
The invention provides methods and kits for ordering sequence information derived from one or more target polynucleotides. In one aspect, one or more tiers or levels of fragmentation and aliquoting are generated, after which sequence information is obtained from fragments in a final level or tier. Each fragment in such final tier is from a particular aliquot, which, in turn, is from a particular aliquot of a prior tier, and so on. For every fragment of an aliquot in the final tier, the aliquots from which it was derived at every prior tier is known, or can be discerned. Thus, identical sequences from overlapping fragments from different aliquots can be distinguished and grouped as being derived from the same or different fragments from prior tiers. When the fragments in the final tier are sequenced, overlapping sequence regions of fragments in different aliquots are used to register the fragments so that non-overlapping regions are ordered. In one aspect, this process is carried out in a hierarchical fashion until the one or more target polynucleotides are characterized, e.g. by their nucleic acid sequences, or by an ordering of sequence segments, or by an ordering of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), or the like.
US11414698B2
Disclosed herein is a method of quantifying a mutant allele burden of a target gene in a subject. The method includes providing a first plasmid that includes a mutant allele sequence and an internal control sequence, and a second plasmid that includes a wild-type allele sequence and the internal control sequence, and subjecting DNA of the subject to quantitative polymerase chain reaction to measure a mutant allele expression level of the target gene, so as to determine the mutant allele burden of the target gene in the subject based on a standard curve of the mutant allele burden of the target gene created by serial dilution of the first and second plasmids.
US11414690B1
A novel uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glycosyltransferase B (UGT-B), a polynucleotide encoding the uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glycosyltransferase B (UGT-B), an expression vector containing the polynucleotide, a microorganism comprising the uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glycosyltransferase B (UGT-B) or a polynucleotide encoding the uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glycosyltransferase B (UGT-B), and a method for producing rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M using the microorganism.
US11414689B2
The present disclosure relates to the use of beta-glucosidase to enhance the production efficiency of desired steviol glycosides, such as rebaudioside M (reb M).
US11414688B2
This disclosure provides methods for preparing a sequencing library including the steps of providing a template nucleic acid sequence, dNTPs, dUTP, a primer, a polymerase, a dUTP excising enzyme, and a plurality of beads including oligonucleotide adapter sequence segments; amplifying the template nucleic acid with the polymerase, dNTPs, dUTP and random hexamer to provide a complementary nucleic acid sequence including occasional dUTPs; and excising the incorporated dUTPs with the dUTP excising enzyme to provide nicks in the complementary nucleic acid sequence to provide a sequencing library.
US11414676B2
Compositions and methods are disclosed for producing adeno-associated virus (AAV) in insect cells in vitro. Recombinant baculovirus vectors include an AAV Capsid gene expression cassette (Cap), an AAV Rep gene expression cassette (Rep), and a baculovirus homologous region (hr) located up to about 4 kb from a start codon in an AAV expression cassette. Production levels of baculovirus and AAV in insect cells harboring recombinant baculovirus comprising a Cap, a Rep, and an hr are higher compared to controls comprising a Cap and a Rep but no hr. Furthermore, levels of baculovirus and AAV production in insect cells infected with recombinant baculovirus comprising a Cap, a Rep, and an hr are comparatively stable over serial passages of cells, whereas levels of baculovirus and AAV production decline over serial passages of insect cells comprising recombinant baculovirus comprising a Cap and a Rep, but no hr.
US11414675B2
A lentiviral vector production system comprises (a) a lentiviral culture supplement to control cell growth, (b) a transfection reagent comprising DHDMS, DOPE, and cholesterol to increase transfection efficiency, (c) a lentiviral production enhancer comprising sodium propionate, sodium butyrate, and caffeine to boost lentiviral production, wherein the lentiviral vector production system is serum-free. A method of lentiviral vector production comprises using the lentiviral production system. Another method for lentiviral vector production comprises (a) culturing eukaryotic cells in a serum-free medium, (b) providing a lentiviral culture supplement to control cell growth, (c) transfecting the cells with a lentiviral vector using a transfection reagent comprising DHDMS, DOPE, and cholesterol to increase transfection efficiency, and (d) providing a lentiviral production using a lentiviral production enhancer comprising sodium propionate, sodium butyrate capable of boosting lentiviral production.
US11414674B2
A method of expanding deficient T-cells by expressing pTalpha or functional variants thereof into said cells, thereby restoring a functional CD3 complex. This method is particularly useful to enhance the efficiency of immunotherapy using primary T-cells from donors. This method involves the use of pTalpha or functional variants thereof and polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides to expand TCRalpha deficient T-cells. Such engineered cells can be obtained by using specific rare-cutting endonuclease, preferably TALE-nucleases. The use of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR), especially multi-chain CAR, in such engineered cells to target malignant or infected cells. The invention opens the way to standard and affordable adoptive immunotherapy strategies for treating cancer and viral infections.
US11414668B2
The invention relates to plasmids capable of expressing a protein targeting immune cells when transformed into a lactic acid bacterial cell, wherein the protein is chosen from the group consisting of murine and human CXCL12 1α; CXCL17 and Ym1. The invention further relates to lactic acid bacteria transformed with a said plasmid, as well as the use of said lactic acid bacteria for wound healing in humans and animals.
US11414665B2
Provided are an siRNA for inhibiting expression of a Hepatitis B virus gene, and a pharmaceutical composition and conjugate containing the siRNA. Each nucleotide in the siRNA is an independently modified or unmodified nucleotide; the siRNA comprises a sense strand and an antisense strand; the sense strand comprises a nucleotide sequence A; the length of the nucleotide sequence A is the same as that of a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, and the number of the nucleotide differences is not more than three; the antisense strand comprises a nucleotide sequence B; and the length of the nucleotide sequence B is the same as that of a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, and number of nucleotide differences is not more than three.
US11414660B2
The present invention relates to products and compositions and their uses. In particular the invention relates to nucleic acid products that interfere with target gene expression or inhibit target gene expression and therapeutic uses of such products.
US11414646B2
The present invention relates to a composition for inducing dendritic cell maturation and a method for maturing dendritic cells. More particularly, the present invention relates to a composition including a fusion protein of Rv2299c and ESAT-6, both derived from M. tuberculosis, as an active ingredient for inducing dendritic cell maturation, and a method for differentiating immature dendritic cells into dendritic cells by using the same. The method of the present invention can increase a dendritic cell immune response in the body.
US11414632B2
The present invention relates to an extruded bar soap composition. It more particularly relates to a soap bar composition which exhibits better bloom (perfume impact) and better deposition of actives as compared to conventional soap bars. This is obtained by ensuring that the amount of oleate soap is kept low while incorporating some amount of ricinoleate soap.
US11414618B2
A VM concentrate comprising: from about 60 to about 95 parts (and at least 50 wt %) of a diluent oil (e.g., having a KV100 of about 2 cSt to about 40 cSt); and from about 5 parts to about 40 parts (and at least 6.0 wt %) of a linear triblock copolymer characterized by the formula: D′-PA-D″; wherein D′ represents a block derived from diene, PA represents a block derived from monoalkenyl arene, D″ represents a block derived from diene, and the linear triblock copolymer is present in an amount effective to modify a lubricating kinematic viscosity at approximately 100° C. (KV100) of the concentrate, and wherein the KV100 of the concentrate is about 3000 cSt or less. The linear triblock copolymer may additionally or alternatively have a thickening efficiency span of at most 0.5.
US11414615B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a lubricant base oil for power transmission that has a high traction coefficient and a high flash point, and excellent low-temperature fluidity. The present invention relates to a lubricant base oil for power transmission containing a compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 to R5 are the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 linear or branched alkyl group, any two of R1 to R5 may bind to each other to form a C1-4 alkylene group, two R1s, two R2s, two R3s, two R4s, and two R5s may be individually the same or different, X is obtained by removing two hydroxyl groups from a C4-12 branched aliphatic diol and represents a divalent group containing no quaternary carbon, and the two hydroxyl groups are each of a primary alcohol.
US11414613B2
A method includes densifying a biomass feedstock having a moisture content of at least about 30% by weight and drying the biomass feedstock to form a densified biomass having a moisture content of less than about 10% by weight. Some methods include comminuting a biomass feedstock, pressing the biomass feedstock to form a plurality of pellets, heating the plurality of pellets to remove water therefrom, and cooling the plurality of dried pellets. The plurality of pellets exhibits a moisture content of at least about 20% by weight after pressing. The plurality of dried pellets exhibits a moisture content of less than about 10% by weight. A system for forming densified biomass may include a preheater, a press, and a dryer.
US11414607B2
An ebullated bed hydroprocessing system is upgraded using a dual catalyst system that includes a heterogeneous catalyst and dispersed metal sulfide particles to increase rate of production of converted products. The rate of production is achieved by increasing reactor severity, including increasing the operating temperature and at least one of throughput or conversion. The dual catalyst system permits increased reactor severity and provides increased production of converted products without a significant increase in equipment fouling and/or sediment production. In some cases, the rate of production of conversion products can be achieved while decreasing equipment fouling and/or sediment production.
US11414606B1
The chemical conversion of renewable oil to obtain a hydrocarbon product suitable as a fuel, includes (i) renewable oil including corn distillers oil (CDO), fatty acid glyceryl esters (FAGE), triacylglycerols (TAG), lipids, and free fatty acids (FFA), which are derived from non-fossil-fuel sources that include animals, plants, vegetables, fruits, grains, algae, and plankton (collectively “oil”); (ii) the chemical transformation of the oil by substantially reducing or eliminating the carboxylate functionality and native unsaturations of fatty acids contained therein; (iii) wherein the hydrocarbon product is substantially a mixture of saturated hydrocarbons, or alkanes, originating from corresponding structures in the oil, e.g., the hydrocarbon chains of fatty acids; and (iv) the product mixture is suitable as fuel that may be blended with or be used in place of fuel such as diesel derived from petroleum.
US11414603B2
A fireproof buffering structure includes a buffering plate and a fireproof plate attached thereto. A combustion rate of the fireproof plate is lower than that of the buffering plate. In contrast to conventional buffering structures, the fireproof buffering structure adopts the combined buffering plate and fireproof plate. The buffering plate has good impact absorbing capacity for providing a soft and comfortable seating environment and buffering and protection effects during a crash accident, and the fireproof plate can reduce the combustion rate of the integral structure when catching fire. Therefore, the fireproof buffering structure achieves the purposes of safety and comfort. The present application further discloses a supporting cushion apparatus which includes a covering member and the aforementioned fireproof buffering structure accommodated therein. The present application further discloses a child safety car seat which includes the aforementioned fireproof buffering structure and the supporting cushion apparatus.
US11414598B2
Disclosed here is a method for making a monolithic rare earth oxide (REO) aerogel, comprising: preparing a reaction mixture comprising at least one rare earth metal nitrate, at least one epoxide, at least one base catalyst, and at least one organic solvent; curing the mixture to produce a wet gel; drying the wet gel to produce a dry gel; and thermally annealing the dry gel to produce the monolithic REO aerogel. Also disclosed is an REO aerogel comprising a network of REO nanostructures, wherein the REO aerogel is a monolith having at least one lateral dimension of at least 1 cm, wherein the REO aerogel has a density of about 40-500 mg/cm3 and/or a BET surface area of at least about 20 m2/g, and wherein the REO aerogel is substantially free of oxychloride.
US11414593B2
A method for generating hydrofluoric acid (HF) in-situ in a subterranean formation (e.g. sandstone formation) by simultaneously injecting an acid generating component having ammonium fluoride and an oxidizing agent and a heat generating component having ammonium and nitrite salts into a wellbore of the formation. The method optionally involves a pre-flush of an acid (e.g. HCl) containing solution prior to the injecting. HF is generated via an endothermic reaction of the ammonium fluoride and the oxidizing agent with the assistance of the heat provided by an exothermic reaction of the ammonium and nitrite salts. The method is effective in enhancing permeability of the formation by at least 30%.
US11414585B2
A drilling fluid formulation is provided, which includes a fluid phase, an organophilic phyllosilicate as an anti-sagging additive, and a weighting agent (e.g. barite). The organophilic phyllosilicate contains an ion-exchange reaction product of a clay material (e.g. smectite) and quaternary ammonium cations. The organophilic phyllosilicate is effective in preventing barite sagging as demonstrated by low sag factor when drilling at elevated temperatures. Rheology properties of the drilling fluid including gel strength, yield point, plastic viscosity, and storage modulus are also specified.
US11414574B1
A compostable biopolymer adhesive may include a starch, a hydroxylic liquid, a preservative mixture, a crystallization inhibitor, and a carbonate, wherein the compostable biopolymer may be free of synthetic materials yet has a long shelf life, is stable at room temperature, and which can be used to make slime for play. The preservative mixture may include a mixture of saccharides and salt, and the salt may make up about 10 to about 90 wt. % of the dry materials used to make the compostable biopolymer adhesive.
US11414569B2
The present invention relates to a composition for etching, comprising a first inorganic acid, a first additive represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a solvent. The composition for etching is a high-selectivity composition that can selectively remove a nitride film while minimizing the etch rate of an oxide film, and which does not have problems such as particle generation, which adversely affect the device characteristics.
US11414566B2
Organopolysiloxane release coatings employing a higher molecular weight organopolysiloxane crosslinker having Si—H groups on not more than 67 mol percent of all siloxy groups of the organopolysiloxane crosslinker, and a lower molecular weight aliphatically unsaturated organopolysiloxane, cured by hydrosilylation with a hydrosilylation catalyst, produce strongly anchored release coatings which are able to be cured for shorter times and/or lower temperatures, and still offer a lower level of extractables than advanced release coatings employing precrosslinked unsaturated silicones.
US11414555B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a coating composition that includes a polymer material comprising an electrically conductive polymer; and a coated or partially coated magnetic material comprising a magnetic material and an antioxidant material. Aspects of the present disclosure further provide a method of making a coating composition that includes introducing, under first conditions, a magnetic material to a passivation solution comprising an antioxidant to form a coated (or partially coated) magnetic material; and introducing, under second conditions, the coated (or partially coated) magnetic material to a mixture comprising a polymer material to form a coating composition. Aspects of the present disclosure further provide a coated substrate that includes a film and a substrate, the film including a coating composition that includes an electrically conductive polymer, a magnetic material, and an antioxidant.
US11414552B2
An antibacterial device is disclosed that includes a substrate and an antibacterial coating or antibacterial surface being provided on at least a part of the substrate's surface. The antibacterial coating or surface includes Angstrom scale flakes, where the Angstrom scale flakes are arranged in a standing position on the substrate surface and are attached to the substrate surface via edge sides thereof. The Angstrom scale flakes can, for example, be graphene flakes, or graphite flakes having a thickness of a few atom layers. It has been found that such standing flakes are efficient in killing prokaryotic cells but do not harm eukaryotic cells.
US11414550B2
A mineral filler composition for use in covering products may include first and second inorganic particulate material fillers having respective first and second average particle sizes, wherein the first average particle size is larger than the second average particle size, and wherein at least one of the first and second inorganic particulate material fillers is hydrophobic. A covering product may include a resin and the mineral filler composition. A method for at least one of improving filler loading and water resistance in a covering product including resin, may include providing the mineral filler composition including blended first and second inorganic particulate material fillers, and adding the blended first and second inorganic particulate material fillers to the resin.
US11414545B2
A resin composition is provided. The resin composition includes a polyimide resin; a hydrocarbon resin or a fluorinated polymer resin; and a silica that is modified by a surface modifier. The content of the hydrocarbon resin is in a range from 1 to 13 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the polyimide resin. The content of the fluorinated polymer resin is in a range from 1 to 60 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the polyimide resin. The content of the silica is in a range from 1 to 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the polyimide resin.
US11414541B2
A block copolymer composition is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the block copolymer composition includes a diblock copolymer and a triblock copolymer each including a polyolefin-based block and a polystyrene-based block. The diblock copolymer is present at less than or equal to 19% , based on total weight of the block copolymer composition, the polyolefin-based block includes a repeating unit represented by Formula 1, and the polystyrene-based block includes one or more of Formulas 2 and 3: wherein R1 is hydrogen, C3 to C20 alkyl, or C3 to C20 alkyl substituted with silyl, R2 and R3 are each independently C6 to C20 aryl, or C6 to C20 aryl substituted with halogen, C1 to C12 alkyl, or C3 to C12 cycloalkyl, n is an integer from 1 to 10,000, and l and m are each independently an integer from 10 to 1,000.
US11414538B2
A polymer suitable for use in a thin film hinge (living hinge) comprising from about 0.1 to about 5 weight % of a C4-8 comonomer and the balance ethylene, said composition having a density as determined according to ASTM D 792 from about 0.945 to about 0.965 g/cm3; a melt index as determined according to ASTM D1238 (2.16 kg/190° C.) from about 10 to about 20 g/10 min; a weight average molecular weight (Mw) from about 45,000 to about 55,000 g/mol; a polydispersity from about 2.5 to about 3.1 and when molded into a strip having a length of about 13 cm and gross thickness from about 50 to about 70 mil (about 1 to about 2 mm) and completely bent over end to end four times to create a thinned region or crease having a thickness from about 15 to about 30 mil (about 0.3 to about 0.7 mm) tested by bending and releasing the deformed thinned region of the strip through a radius of curvature from about 180 to about 190° about a rounded plate goes through not less than 500 cycles without breaking.
US11414536B2
A latex composition including a latex (A) of a diene rubber (a) having a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 or more and 1,000,000 or less and containing an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer unit; and a latex (B) of a diene rubber (b) having a weight average molecular weight of 500 or more and less than 50,000 and containing an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer unit.
US11414535B2
The present invention provides a hydrophobic thermoplastic starch and method for manufacturing the same, to be used as granules for making biodegradable composites. The hydrophobic thermoplastic Starch of the invention is in a granule type, has the melt flow index in the range of 0.2-6 g/10 min at 160° C. and has 60-80 wt % of starch and the water content less than 9%.
US11414532B2
A resin composition is provided. The resin composition comprises the following constituents: (A) epoxy resin; (B) a compound of formula (I), in formula (I), R1 and R2 are independently —H, —CH3, or —C(CH3); and (C) an optional filler.
US11414526B2
A method of melt blending a polypropylene and the melt blended polypropylene therefrom, comprising providing a base-polypropylene having a MFR of less than 15 g/10 min and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) within the range from 5 to 16, and comprising hindered phenol and phosphorous-type antioxidants, and within the range from 5 ppm to 4000 ppm of an alkyl radical scavenger relative to the total weight of the components to form a melt blended polypropylene; melt blending the melt blended polypropylene at a temperature of at least 210° C.; and isolating a melt blended, melt blended polypropylene.
US11414525B2
Hyperbranched polydiorganosiloxane polyoxamide polymers are formed from reaction mixtures containing AXg and BZm compounds where either A or B is a siloxane-based group, and each X is either an oxalylamino-functional group or an amino-functional group, and each Z is either an amino-functional group or an oxylamino-functional group, such that upon reaction X and Z form an oxamide bond.
US11414521B2
The present disclosure relates to a preparation method of a polyarylene sulfide, and this method may produce a polyarylene sulfide having properties equal to or higher than those of the conventional method at a high yield by using a dihalogenated aromatic compound in a predetermined equivalent ratio with respect to a sulfur compound and performing both dehydration and polymerization under optimum conditions.
US11414518B2
A rosin-modified resin having a structural unit (ab) derived from a compound obtained by addition of an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid or acid anhydride thereof (B) to a conjugated rosin acid (A), a structural unit (c) derived from an organic monobasic acid (C) excluding the conjugated rosin acid (A), a structural unit (d) derived from an aliphatic polybasic acid anhydride (D), and a structural unit (e) derived from a polyol (E), wherein the weight ratio between the structural unit (ab) and the structural unit (c) is within a range from 100:80 to 100:350.
US11414517B2
A low-temperature processable aliphatic polyester having 3-hydroxybutryates (3HB) and 4-hydroxybutyrates (4-HB) as basic repeated structures and an adjusted content of 4-hydroxybutyrates (4HB) is described. Articles based on the aliphatic polyesters are described and include a biodegradable wax, a medical device, a low-temperature hot melt, a non-woven cloth, a bioplastic, a drug carrier, a medical wrap, a medical fiber, a medical filament, a medical stent, or an orthopedic prosthesis. Methods for preparing the aliphatic polyesters are described.
US11414505B2
A polymerization catalyst system, a method of using the polymerization catalyst system, and a polymer produced with the catalyst system. The polymerization catalyst system has a non-metallocene catalyst and a metallocene catalyst. The metallocene catalyst has the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are each independently, phenyl, methyl, chloro, fluoro, or a hydrocarbyl group.
US11414503B2
A modified conjugated diene-based polymer, including a coupling polymer, wherein a ratio of the coupling polymer, obtained by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), is 30% by mass or more and less than 70% by mass in the entire modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and a modification ratio obtained by adsorption GPC is 30% by mass or more and less than 70% by mass in the entire modified conjugated diene-based polymer, when a peak top molecular weight, obtained by the GPC, of the coupling polymer of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer is represented by Mp1 and a peak top molecular weight of a non-coupling polymer is represented by Mp2, (Mp1/Mp2)≥3.4, and a shrinking factor (g′) is less than 0.60.
US11414501B2
The present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for extending the shelf life of an initiated monomer mixture, the method comprising the prevention of premature free radical polymerisation by introducing oxygen or oxygen-containing gas into a container of the initiated monomer mixture and providing mechanical agitation to the container, wherein said introduction and agitation are performed in a temperature and pressure controlled environment.
US11414496B2
Provided in this disclosure are anti-CD38 binding domains, a composition comprising the anti-CD38 binding domains, nucleic acids encoding the anti-CD38 binding domains, and a method of using the anti-CD38 binding domains or the composition for treating multiple myeloma.
US11414493B2
The present disclosure relates to a polypeptide containing an Fc domain in which a part of an amino acid sequence of a human antibody Fc domain is substituted with another amino acid sequence, or an aglycosylated antibody containing the same. The Fc domain of the present disclosure is optimized by substituting a part of an amino acid sequence of a wild-type Fc domain with another amino acid sequence. Therefore, it is useful in treatment of cancer due to superior selective binding ability to FcγRIIIa among Fc receptors, and can be prepared as a homogeneous aglycosylated antibody through bacterial culture.
US11414487B2
The present invention provides PD-1 monoclonal antibodies, particularly human monoclonal antibodies of PD-1, which specifically bind to PD-1 with high affinity and comprise a heavy chain and a light chain. The present invention further provides nucleic acid sequence encoding the antibodies of the invention, cloning or expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing or isolating the antibodies. Immunoconjugates, therapeutic compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The invention also provides methods for treating various cancers with anti-PD-1 antibodies.
US11414483B2
Porous affinity hydrogel particles for reducing the bioavailability of selected biological molecules
A hydrogel particle that has an average cross-sectional diameter in the range from 1 micrometer (μm) to 1000 μm, wherein the particle includes a first polymer network with an average mesh size that allows diffusion of a molecule with an hydrodynamic radius of 1000 nanometer (nm) or less into the first polymer network and which particle includes one or more binding molecules that are immobilized by the polymer network. The hydrogel particle preferably has wherein the first polymer network has an average mesh size that prevents diffusion of a molecule with an average hydrodynamic radius of more than 1000 nm to diffuse into the first polymer network, preferably the mesh size prevents diffusion of a molecule with an average hydrodynamic radius of more than 100 nm, and preferably more than 5 nm. Methods for reducing the bioavailability of one or more soluble biological molecules in a biological system by using the described hydrogel particle.
US11414482B2
Antibodies specific for secretogranin III (Scg3) are disclosed. Methods of using the antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof, or pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same in the treatment of diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, neovascular age-related macular degeneration, retinopathy of prematurity, and cancer, are also disclosed.
US11414463B2
The present invention relates to Roseburia flagellin, and/or a polynucleotide sequence encoding said Roseburia flagellin, and/or a vector comprising said polynucleotide sequence, and/or a host cell, including bacteria, comprising said vector, and/or a host cell, including bacteria, comprising said polynucleotide sequence, for use in modulating the inflammation of a tissue or an organ in a subject.
US11414454B2
Disclosed herein are compositions, methods, and systems for the purification and/or detection of recombinant and other proteins. In some embodiments, compositions may comprise recombinant protein with one or more sequences having substantial homology to RP-Tag Small or RP-Tag Large. In some cases, the disclosed compositions may be useful in binding or recognizing target proteins.
US11414443B2
The present invention relates to 1-acyl-lysophosphatidyl derivatives of general formula I; in which R is C4 to C30 aliphatic hydrocarbyl chain, R1 is selected from H or C1 to C10 alkyl, preferably C1 to C6 alkyl, R2 is selected from H, C10 to C30 acyl or C1 to C10 alkyl, preferably C1 to C6 alkyl, and R3, when present, is selected from H or C1 to C10 alkyl, preferably C1 to C6 alkyl. These derivatives are intended for the treatment of cancer, in particular melanoma, hepatocarcinoma or GIT carcinomas.
US11414435B2
Described herein are compounds and compositions that modulate the activity of beta-lactamases. In some embodiments, the compounds described herein inhibit beta-lactamase. In certain embodiments, the compounds described herein are useful in the treatment of bacterial infections.
US11414434B2
The present invention relates to a compound that is capable of being used in thin-film deposition using vapor deposition. Particularly, the present invention relates to a rare earth compound, which is capable of being applied to atomic layer deposition (ALD) or chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and which has excellent thermal stability and reactivity, a rare earth precursor including the same, a method of manufacturing the same, and a method of forming a thin film using the same.
US11414425B2
This invention relates to benzodiazepine derivatives, compositions comprising therapeutically effective amounts of those derivatives and methods of using those derivatives or compositions in treating cognitive impairment associated with CNS disorders. It also relates to the use of an α5-containing GABAA receptor agonist (e.g., an α5-containing GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulator) in treating cognitive impairment associated with CNS disorders in a subject in need or at risk thereof, including age-related cognitive impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), amnestic MCI, Age-Associated Memory Impairment, Age Related Cognitive Decline, dementia, Alzheimer's Disease (AD), prodromal AD, PTSD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, ALS, cancer-therapy-related cognitive impairment, mental retardation, Parkinson's disease, autism spectrum disorders, fragile X disorder, Rett syndrome, compulsive behavior, and substance addiction. It also relates to the use of an α5-containing GABAA receptor agonist (e.g., an α5-containing GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulator) in treating brain cancers (including brain tumors, e.g., medulloblastomas), and cognitive impairment associated therewith.
US11414424B2
Provided are compounds of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2A, R2B, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein. Also provided is a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods of using a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11414423B1
The present invention provides substituted 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydroazepino[4,5-b]indoles and methods of using the compounds for treating brain disorders.
US11414418B2
The present disclosure generally relates to compounds useful as immunomodulators. Provided herein are compounds, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of their use. The disclosure further pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound according to the disclosure that are useful for the treatment of various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases.
US11414414B2
Provided are a pyrroloquinoline quinone glycine betaine salt and a crystalline form thereof. The pyrroloquinoline quinone glycine betaine salt has the advantages of high solubility, good stability, a simple preparation process and low solvent residue.
US11414411B2
The present invention provides a process of synthesizing 1-(((Z)-(1-(2-aminothiazol-4-yl)-2-oxo-2-(((3S,4R)-2-oxo-4-((2-oxooxazolidin-3-yl)methyl)-1-sulfoazetidin-3 yl)amino)ethylidene)amino)oxy)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (referred to herein as Compound X), or a salt thereof, or a solvate including hydrate thereof, and/or intermediates thereof, and the use of intermediates for preparing Compound X. In particular, the process relates to the preparation of Compound X using dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) and asymmetric catalytic reduction, thereby providing an improved route to 1-(((Z)-(1-(2-aminothiazol-4-yl)-2-oxo-2-(((3S,4R)-2-oxo-4-((2-oxooxazolidin-3-yl)methyl)-1-sulfoazetidin-3 yl)amino)ethylidene)amino)oxy)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (Compound X) and compositions containing said compound, including the arginine salt, sodium salt and hydrated solid forms of Compound X.
US11414401B2
This application discloses novel substituted 2-anilinopyrimidine derivatives, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, prodrugs, and compositions thereof, which are useful for the treatment or prevention of diseases or medical conditions mediated by epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFRs), including but not limited to a variety of cancers.
US11414398B2
Disclosed are organic cation transporters (OCTs) inhibitors of Formula (A), as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable tautomers, salts or solvates. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions including such OCTs inhibitor of Formula (A) and their use for treating and/or preventing mood-related disorders such as depressive disorders.
US11414397B2
Described herein are compounds that are somatostatin modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of somatostatin activity.
US11414391B2
Provided is a crystal of a specific oxazole compound that has specific inhibitory activity against PDE4, and that shows excellent stability. Specifically, provided is a crystal of an oxazole compound represented by formula (5) wherein the crystal has peaks at diffraction angles 2θ(°) of 9.6±0.2, 19.1±0.2, and 21.2±0.2 in an X-ray powder diffraction pattern measured using CuKα characteristic X-rays.
US11414389B2
The present invention provides a compound of Formula I: wherein R1 is hydrogen or methyl; and R2 is: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, useful for treating pain, including chronic pain, chronic lower back pain, diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain, and osteoarthritis pain.
US11414387B2
Compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof capable of binding to and modulating the activity of a stimulator of interferon genes (STING) protein are provided. Methods involving compounds of Formula I as effective modulators of STING are also provided.
US11414386B2
The present invention provides processes for the preparation of ivacaftor using novel intermediates and a process for its preparation.
US11414384B2
Provided are compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions thereof, which are useful for treating a variety of conditions associated with histone acetyltransferase (HAT).
US11414382B2
This compound, which absorbs long-wavelength active energy rays and generates with high-efficiency radicals and strong bases, and which has excellent reaction efficiency in a base generating chain reaction, is represented by formula (1), where, in formula (1), R1, R2, R3, R5 and R6 independently represent a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, or an organic group other than those substituents, the R4's independently represent an organic group including a thioether bond, and ‘A’ represents a substituent represented by formula (1-1) or (1-2), where, in formula (1-1), R7 and R8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or a heterocyclic group, and where, in formula (1-2), R9 and R10 independently represent an amino group or a substituted amino group. A photopolymerization initiator can include said compound; and a photosensitive resin composition can include said photopolymerization initiator.
US11414380B2
Disclosed are a variety of amphoteric compounds containing a quaternary nitrogen group, a covalently bound counterion, and an ester or amide group. These amphoteric compounds can be advantageously prepared via a chemoenzymatic green process, and exhibit good surfactant properties.
US11414378B2
The present invention provides a compound having the structure: and use of the compound for inhibiting the growth of or killing a fungus.
US11414376B2
Processes are disclosed for the synthesis of an α-amino acid or α-amino acid derivative, from a starting compound or substrate having a carbonyl functional group (C═O), with hydroxy-substituted carbon atoms at alpha (α) and beta (β) positions, relative to the carbonyl functional group. According a particular embodiment, an α-, β-dihydroxy carboxylic acid or carboxylate is dehydrated to form a dicarbonyl intermediate by transformation of the α-hydroxy group to a second carbonyl group (adjacent a carbonyl group of the starting compound) and removal of the β-hydroxy group. The dicarbonyl intermediate is optionally cracked to form a second, in this case cracked, dicarbonyl intermediate having fewer carbon atoms relative to the dicarbonyl intermediate but preserving the first and second carbonyl groups. Either or both of the dicarbonyl intermediate and the cracked dicarbonyl intermediate may be aminated to convert the second carbonyl group to an amino (—NH2) group, for producing the corresponding α-amino acid(s).
US11414375B2
Disclosed are a mild and efficient preparation method for an α-acyloxyenamide compound and a use thereof in the synthesis of an amide and a polypeptide. The α-acyloxyenamide compound is obtained by an addition reaction of a ynamide and a carboxylic acid in dichloromethane under conditions where the temperature is 0° C. to 50° C.; the produced α-acyloxyenamide compound can react with an amine compound to produce an amide or a polypeptide; the two reactions can be carried out step by step, and can also be carried out in one pot. According to the invention, the reaction conditions are mild and no metal catalyst is required; when the carboxylic acid, which has chirality on an alpha site of carboxyl, forms an amide bond or a peptide bond, no racemization occurs; and the operation is simple and the application range is wide.
US11414371B2
A method for producing methyl methacrylate including: a distillation step including: supplying a reaction solution, which is obtained by subjecting methacrolein, methanol, and molecular oxygen to oxidative esterification in an oxidative esterification reactor and which contains the methyl methacrylate as a reaction product, to a first distillation column located at downstream of the oxidative esterification reactor, extracting a fraction containing the methacrolein and the methanol from a medium section of the first distillation column, and extracting a column bottom liquid containing the methyl methacrylate from a column bottom of the first distillation column, wherein a concentration of the methanol in the column bottom liquid is 1% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less.
US11414370B2
A process is described for the preparation of polyglycerol fatty acid esters from a reaction mixture to which a metallic catalyst is added, as well as to a method for the purification of an intermediate synthesis product which contains excess fatty acid in addition to polyglycerol fatty acid esters. Compared with the prior art, a significantly improved yield and a higher process speed is obtained along with more economic use of raw materials, auxiliary materials, solvents and energy.
US11414363B2
A method for processing a chemical stream includes contacting a feed stream with a catalyst in a reactor portion of a reactor system that includes a reactor portion and a catalyst processing portion. The catalyst includes platinum, gallium, or both and contacting the feed stream with the catalyst causes a reaction which forms an effluent stream. The method includes separating the effluent stream from the catalyst, passing the catalyst to the catalyst processing portion, and processing the catalyst in the catalyst processing portion. Processing the catalyst includes passing the catalyst to a combustor, combusting a supplemental fuel in the combustor to heat the catalyst, treating the heated catalyst with an oxygen-containing gas to produce a reactivated catalyst, and passing the reactivated catalyst from the catalyst processing portion to the reactor portion. The supplemental fuel may include a molar ratio of hydrogen to other combustible fuels of at least 1:1.
US11414354B2
A ceramic matrix composite article includes a melt infiltration ceramic matrix composite substrate comprising a ceramic fiber reinforcement material in a ceramic matrix material having a first free silicon proportion, and a melt infiltration ceramic matrix composite outer layer comprising a ceramic fiber reinforcement material in a ceramic matrix material having a second free silicon proportion disposed on an outer surface of at least a portion of the substrate, or a polymer impregnation and pyrolysis ceramic matrix composite outer layer comprising a ceramic fiber reinforcement material in a ceramic matrix material having a second free silicon proportion disposed on an outer surface of at least a portion of the substrate. The second free silicon proportion is less than the first free silicon proportion.
US11414350B2
Oil ash comprising carbon in an amount in the range of 60% to 89% is an effective set retarder in a cement composition. The oil ash prolonged the initial and final setting time of cement paste and retained the slump flow in concrete for a longer time than concrete without the retarder. Also, the addition of oil ash to cement marginally improved the compressive strength of concrete. The advantage of oil ash is that it can be used as a solid retarder of cement hydration to substitute for the conventional commercial retarding admixtures with a limited shelf-life.
US11414349B2
The present invention relates to advanced multi-functional asbestos-free thermal insulating materials utilizing appropriate matrixes comprising nano thermal insulating precursor powder predominantly comprising calcium silicate and calcium magnesium silicate prepared from marble waste powder, rice husk and calcium hexametaphosphate; crushed silica fiberglass and a supporting matrix.
US11414347B2
A concrete product set by pouring a concrete slurry includes a) a concrete mixture; b) a graphene oxide admixture; and c) at least one reinforcing fiber selected from the group of fibers. As the poured concrete slurry cures, the poured slurry hardens into a composite material product, and the composite material is embedded with graphene oxide. In another exemplary embodiment, the present invention is directed to a process for preparing a concrete product. The process comprises the steps of a) preparing a concrete slurry with integral graphene oxide; b) pouring the concrete slurry; c) allowing the concrete slurry to cure; and d) optionally spray-applying graphene oxide and/or optional colloidal silica as a curing technique. In another exemplary embodiment, the present invention is directed to the product itself; namely, a concrete product with fibers and embedded graphene oxide flakes.
US11414344B2
The apparatus and methods include moving an optical fiber over a fiber path that includes a marking location at which resides a marking unit that dispenses an ink-jet stream. A centering method is performed whereby the optical fiber is incrementally moved in a lateral direction through the path of the ink-stream and the mark number density of marks formed on the optical fiber is measured along with the optical fiber position. A process window is defined by the range of lateral fiber positions over which a target mark number density is formed on a consistent basis. A controller calculates an optimum fiber path position and stores it memory for future reference while also moving the fiber path to the optimum position. The initially wet ink marks are dried and the fiber coated with a transparent protective overcoat to form a coated and marked optical fiber.
US11414340B2
To provide An Al2O3-free dental lithium silicate glass composition comprising the following components: SiO2: 60.0 to 80.0% by weight Li2O: 10.0 to 17.0% by weight K2O: 0.5 to 10.0% by weight a nucleating agent: 1.0 to 6.0% by weight a colorant: 0.0 to 10.0% by weight, and, a metal oxide Me(tetravalent)O2: 5.0 to 10.0% by weight.
US11414339B2
An alkali free glass has an average coefficient of thermal expansion at 50 to 350° C. of 30×10−7 to 43×10−7/° C., a Young's modulus of 88 GPa or more, a strain point of 650 to 725° C., a temperature T4 at which a viscosity reaches 104 dPa·s of 1,290° C. or lower, a glass surface devitrification temperature (Tc) of T4+20° C. or lower, and a temperature T2 at which the viscosity reaches 102 dPa·s of 1,680° C. or lower. The alkali free glass contains, as represented by mol % based on oxides, 62 to 67% of SiO2, 12.5 to 16.5% of Al2O3, 0 to 3% of B2O3, 8 to 13% of MgO, 6 to 12% of CaO, 0.5 to 4% of SrO, and 0 to 0.5% of BaO. MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO is 18 to 22%, and MgO/CaO is 0.8 to 1.33.
US11414329B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for reducing the level of a cyanotoxin in cyanotoxin contaminated-water. The electrolytic destruction methods can include contacting the contaminated water with an electrochemical cell in the presence of a magnesium salt and applying an electrical current to the water for a time and in an amount sufficient to oxidize the cyanotoxin. The methods are useful for treatment of lake water, reservoir water, pond water, river water, or irrigation water and any water that serves as a source of drinking water.
US11414324B2
Described is a method for extracting lithium from salt lake brine and simultaneously preparing aluminum hydroxide. This method includes a. adding an aluminum salt to the brine, adding an alkali solution, then subjecting to crystallization reaction and solid-liquid separation to obtain lithium-containing brine; b. evaporating and concentrating the lithium-containing brine, adding an aluminum salt, adding an alkali solution dropwise to perform a co-precipitation reaction and solid-liquid separation to obtain a lithium-containing layered material filter cake, wherein in steps a and b, the alkali solution is an alkali solution free of carbonate ion; c. dispersing the lithium-containing layered material filter cake in deionized water to form a suspension slurry, then adjusting the pH value of the suspension slurry so as to carry out a lithium deintercalation reaction; d. filtering to obtain aluminum hydroxide filter cake; e. washing the aluminum hydroxide filter cake with deionized water and drying.
US11414323B2
A treatment method for reducing carbon dioxide emission of combustion exhaust gas includes: a caustic soda synthesis step; a treatment step of reducing carbon dioxide emission of combustion exhaust gas; and a recycling step. In the caustic soda synthesis step, a natural sodium carbonate aqueous solution (Na2CO3) prepared by dissolving natural sodium carbonate ore powder composed of Na2CO3 and NaHCO3 in a caustic soda aqueous solution is used to generate a caustic soda aqueous solution and calcium carbonate precipitate by a causticization reaction with slaked lime, and solid-liquid separation is performed to obtain a synthetic caustic soda aqueous solution. In the treatment step, the synthetic caustic soda aqueous solution and purified combustion exhaust gas are brought into gas-liquid countercurrent contact so that carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas is absorbed by the synthetic caustic soda aqueous solution and immobilized as sodium carbonate.
US11414320B2
A method for producing a thin-film layer includes providing a layer stack on a carrier substrate, wherein the layer stack includes a carrier layer and a sacrificial layer, and wherein the sacrificial layer includes areas in which the carrier layer is exposed. The method includes providing the thin-film layer on the layer stack, such that the thin-film layer bears on the sacrificial layer and, in the areas of the sacrificial layer in which the carrier layer is exposed, against the carrier layer. The method includes at least partly removing the sacrificial layer from the thin-film layer in order to eliminate a contact between the thin-film layer and the sacrificial layer in some areas. The method also includes detaching the thin-film layer from the carrier layer.
US11414315B2
A dispensing system includes a liquid dispensing tap and an associated or integrated measuring cap/cup. The dispensing tap and cap/cup are configured such that the cap/cup is assembled with the tap prior to installation onto a container, and stays assembled with the tap during installation onto the container at the filling line, and which can later be removed for use and then reattached to the tap or container after use by the consumer.
US11414307B2
Provided is an outrigger pad hoist apparatus that raises and lowers outrigger pads on a mobile crane. The outrigger pad hoist apparatus includes a frame having two arms that form an angle such that frame conforms and may be coupled to a rear end of an elevated deck of a mobile crane system. The outrigger pad hoist apparatus includes a winch mechanism, a chain, and an outrigger pad holder coupled to the chain. The outrigger pad holder moves along the frame via movement of the chain by the winch mechanism. Outrigger pads may be placed on the outrigger pad holder. The outrigger pads may be moved to a lower position for easier removal by operating the winch mechanism. Mobile cranes having the outrigger pad hoist and methods of operation and manufacture are also provided.
US11414302B1
A foldable elevator cabin and a foldable elevator shaft are disclosed. The foldable elevator cabin has a plurality of members attached at a centralized point for centralized folding using arms attached between each member. A ceiling and a base are attached to the top and bottom of the various members. Secondly, a foldable elevator structure having a plurality of members is shown having each member sequentially attached between a preceding member and a succeeding member until all members have been attached. In this fashion, the foldable structure is foldable between each set of two adjacent members.
US11414298B2
A governor assembly and an elevator system. The governor assembly includes: a stationary shaft; a sheave arranged on the stationary shaft and rotatable on the stationary shaft; a core ring arranged on one side of the sheave on the stationary shaft and associated with a safety apparatus; and a lock mechanism including a plurality of rockers, wherein each rocker includes a first end pivotably connected to the sheave and a second end connected to a respective roller, the plurality of rockers are connected by connecting rods such that the plurality of rockers can be pivoted synchronously between a first position where the respective roller is separated from the core ring and a second position where the respective roller is jointed to the core ring, and in the second position, each roller rotates along with the sheave to drive the core ring, thus triggering the mounting apparatus.
US11414294B2
Folder systems and related methods are provided for accurately and efficiently folding a paper carrier that has a card attached without bending or dislodging the card from the carrier. A movable fold chute receives a portion of the carrier with the card attached and allows the carrier to fold while protecting the card portion of the carrier. The fold chute moves between different positions which allow the carrier to enter and exit through folding rollers along a generally straight paper path without forcing the cards around small radii, thereby preventing damage to the cards or causing them to separate from the carrier sheet.
US11414293B2
The present invention is to provide an image forming system including a sheet folding processing apparatus and a sheet pressing apparatus capable of performing additional folding processing without decreasing productivity. The sheet pressing apparatus of the present invention includes a pressing roller including a pressing surface configured to press a fold line part of a folding processed sheet conveyed from a carry-in port in a thickness direction of the sheet and a guide portion configured to guide the folding processed sheet so that the fold line part is positioned at the pressing surface, a nipping member configured to nip the fold line part between the pressing surface and the nipping member, a first moving unit configured to move the pressing roller to a nipping position at which the fold line part is nipped between the nipping member and the pressing surface of the pressing roller and a retracting position.
US11414287B2
A roller (1) is used for guiding and/or width stretching of a running material web (2). The roller (1) has a supporting body (3), on the outside of which receptacles (4) for axially displaceably held battens (5) are provided. These grasp the material web (2). In order to improve the functionality of this roller (1), at least one undercut groove (6) is formed on the supporting body (3) between at least two of the battens (5). This undercut groove (6) can receive at least one functional component (7).
US11414286B1
Disclosed is a device for mounting and unspooling a packaging film roll. The device is attached to a horizontal, form, fill, and seal packaging machine. The film is used to form the bottom portion of packages made by the machine. The device comprises of a shaft, sleeve subassembly, air chuck, adjuster subassembly, internal and external housing subassemblies, brake, and film roller subassembly. The sleeve subassembly along with the chuck is used for holding the packing film roll. The adjuster subassembly is used to aligning the packaging film roll with the machine's conveying chain. The conveying chain pulls the film into the machine, resulting in unspooling of the packaging film roll. The brake is used to controllably stop and restart the unspooling of the film roll, which allows the film roller subassembly to keep the packing film entering the machine is flat and properly tensioned.
US11414285B2
A transport device unwinds a medium from a roll body to which a shaft member is mounted and transports the medium. The transport device includes an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the roll body, a main body portion to which the accommodation portion is mounted, and a roller pair configured to nip the medium. The accommodation portion and the main body portion are relatively movable. The main body portion includes a rack configured to engage with a gear of the shaft member. The rack is engaged with the gear when the accommodation portion moves relative to the main body portion to be pulled out of the main body portion.
US11414276B2
A drive pulley for a continuous conveyor includes an inner drum and a traction drum disposed along an outer peripheral surface of the inner drum. The traction drum has a thickness in a radial direction relative to the axle that is subject to wear during driving contact between the traction drum and a conveyor belt. At least one sensor is embedded in the traction drum. The at least one sensor has an outer wear surface that coincides with an outer surface of the traction drum. The at least one sensor is configured to wear such that the outer wear surface of the at least one sensor is adapted to wear at a same rate as the outer surface of the traction drum. The at least one sensor is configured to generate a wear signal that is indicative of wear of the traction drum.
US11414274B2
A work-piece feeding assembly includes a first vibratory parts-transferring assembly, and a second vibratory parts-transferring assembly. The first vibratory parts-transferring assembly is for transferring a work piece along a first travel direction via a common parts-feeding path. The second vibratory parts-transferring assembly is for transferring the work piece along a second travel direction via the common parts-feeding path.
US11414268B2
An automated cryogenic storage system includes a freezer and an automation system to provide automated transfer of samples to and from the freezer. The freezer includes a bearing and a drive shaft though the freezer, the drive shaft being coupled to a rack carrier inside the freezer and adapted to be coupled to a motor. The automation module includes a rack puller that is automatically positioned above an access port of the freezer. The rack puller engages with a sample rack within the freezer, and elevates the rack into an insulating sleeve external to the freezer. From the insulating sleeve, samples can be added to and removed from the sample rack before it is returned to the freezer.
US11414267B2
A tipper assembly includes a base configured to couple to a tailgate of the refuse vehicle, an actuator powered by electric energy, an arm extending from and pivotally coupled to at least one of the actuator or the base, and an implement coupled to the arm. The implement is configured to engage with a refuse container such that operation of the actuator facilitates pivoting the implement and the refuse container from a base position to a dump position to dump contents within the refuse container into an opening in the tailgate.
US11414260B2
A piston for a collapsible cartridge for dispensing a material, the piston includes a rigid portion and a flexible portion. The rigid portion has a first diameter, a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to be disposed in a material dispensing direction. The flexible portion has a second diameter less than the first diameter, a first end disposed in the material dispensing direction and a second end disposed in an opposite direction. The flexible portion is disposed on the first end of the rigid portion such that the second end of the flexible portion is disposed to face the first end of the rigid portion. The flexible portion is configured to radially expand and longitudinally compress upon a force applied to the first end of the flexible portion to compress the collapsible cartridge between the flexible portion and an interior surface of a support cartridge.
US11414251B2
In an example embodiment, a re-sealable label for covering an opening of a box includes a sheet of polymer material that includes a re-sealable adhesive on an underside thereof. A liner is adhered to the underside of the sheet of polymer material. The liner is configured to cover the opening and includes a foil layer and a paper layer. The sheet of polymer material includes a line of perforations wherein one or more of the perforations of the line of perforations include a rectilinear portion and a non-rectilinear portion.
US11414250B2
The present invention relates to a stand-up packaging (1) for food products comprising at least one pouch (2) for carrying a food product, an outer packaging (3) having two cover elements (31,32) at least partially sandwiching the pouch (2), and at least one further element (33,2′) being at least partially sandwiched between the pouch (2) and one of the cover elements (31). The further element (33,2′) is penetrated by a through hole (22,36). The one cover element (31) is glued (G) to the pouch (2) via the through hole (22,36).
US11414249B2
Articles of manufacture, products, and packaging methods are provided that include a label with a tear strip. A labeled container includes a base, a lid, and a label sealing the base to the lid. The base includes a bottom wall and a base side wall. The lid includes a top wall and a lid skirt. The lid mates with the base to define an interior space. The label has a front face and a rear face. The label includes an outer web including polymer film, paper, or a combination thereof and an inner web of polymer. A tear strip is defined in the inner web by one or more weakened portion, score lines, or cuts in the inner web. The rear face of the label is adhesively bonded to the base side wall and to the lid skirt to form a seal between the base and the lid. The tear strip is positioned between a portion of the label adhesive bonded to the base side wall and a portion of the label adhesively bonded to the lid skirt. The tear strip can be used to open the container.
US11414243B2
An inline dispersal valve that can be used with or without a base. One embodiment includes a rotatable member that is rotatable from a fluid stream obstructing condition to an out-of-the-way condition to prevent fluid diversion into the dispersal valve. Another embodiment includes a lever handle for quickly setting the amount of fluid being diverted into the inline dispersal valve. Another embodiment includes an indicator that can be viewed from a position above the inline dispersal valve. Another embodiment includes a cap that can be secured or removed without the aid of tools. Another embodiment includes a clip that allows one to disassemble the inline dispersal valve for servicing. Another embodiment includes a dispensing valve that can be reversed and still properly divert fluid into a dispersant chamber. Another embodiment includes an inline dispersal valve with a bleed valve positioned to allow one to bring the air volume in the dispersant chamber to the proper level.
US11414240B2
A debris barrel comprising: a bottom of the barrel, where the bottom of the barrel has a circular shape, such that the barrel can be rolled about its bottom; a barrel wall extending from the bottom, the barrel wall and bottom forming a container; a top of the barrel located at the top of the barrel wall, where the top of the barrel comprises a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, where the first side is parallel to the third side, the second side is parallel to the fourth side, the first side is orthogonal to the second side and fourth side, the second side is orthogonal to the third side, and the third side is orthogonal to the fourth side; a bottom cap removeably attached to the bottom of the barrel and a portion of the barrel wall; and a handle means located near the top of the barrel. A barrel bottom cap configured to attach to a bottom of a barrel and a portion of a barrel wall, the bottom cap comprising: a generally planar circular surface, the generally planar circular surface having an outer perimeter; a circular opening located in the center of the generally planar circular surface; a circular wall extending upward from the outer perimeter of the circular surface, the circular wall generally at an obtuse to right angle with the circular surface; a first catch member extending upward from the circular wall, the first catch member comprising: a first catch orifice, where the first catch orifice is configured to lock with a first tongue member located on an outer surface of a barrel wall when the barrel bottom cap is slid onto the bottom of the barrel.
US11414236B2
A carton for containing at least one article. The carton comprises at least one panel that can form an interior of the carton. The carton comprises at least one protection feature for protecting the articles from breakage. The article protection feature can comprise at least one feature in end flaps of the carton. The article protection feature can comprise an article protection flap foldably connected to the at least one panel. The article protection flap can be moveable between a first position and a second position wherein the article protection flap is folded relative to the at least one panel.
US11414234B1
A reusable shipping box system and methods are provided. The reusable shipping box system includes a shipping box including a rectangular sheet of material including a first planer surface and a second planer surface. The first planer surface can include a first herringbone pattern of half cut and full cut incisions and the second planer surface can include a second herringbone pattern which is different from the first herringbone pattern. The rectangular sheet of material can be capable of collapsing into an elongated shaped parcel by way of the first and second herringbone patterns of half cut and full cut incisions. A shipping sleeve can define a cross-sectional shape and sized to be capable of sliding over the collapsed shipping box and securely hold the shipping box in the collapsed shape.
US11414221B2
The technology described herein generally relates to an automated packaging apparatus and system that packages loose particles into a conical container as well as the final packed containers. More specifically, loose plant matter, such as crumbled dried leaves, are supplied to successive paper cones. The apparatus provides a system for reliably and accurately depositing or injecting a fluid into a cone packed with loose particulate.
US11414219B2
A spacecraft propulsion system comprises two thrusters, each operating in accordance to a corresponding propulsion technique. A controller is configured to direct collected solar energy to heat a propellant for consumption in one of the two thrusters, or to generate electric energy for the other one of the two thrusters.
US11414215B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for predicting radio altimeter failures are provided. An example method may include determining a first plurality of altitude values associated with a first radio altimeter, determining a second plurality of altitude values associated with a second radio altimeter, calculating a first level feature based at least in part on the first plurality of altitude values and the second plurality of altitude values, and determining a radio altimeter failure indicator based at least in part on the first level feature.
US11414213B2
A manufacturing system employing a bifurcated backbone having an upper plate and lower plate, with a longitudinal slot between the upper and lower plate. A plurality of actuator groups are mounted longitudinally adjacent the slot. A carrier supports a panel for longitudinal translation into the slot and the carrier is configured to pulse longitudinally in the slot relative to the plurality of actuator groups during a sequence of fabrication operations by the plurality of actuator groups on the panel.
US11414202B2
A plate cooler or heat exchanger includes a channel plate defining first cooling channels on a first side of the channel plate and second cooling channels on a second side of the channel plate opposite to the first side. The first cooling channels are arranged side-by-side in a first direction of coolant flow from a first common inlet to a first outlet. The second cooling channels are arranged side-by-side in a second direction of coolant flow from a second common inlet separate from the first common inlet to a second outlet separate from the first outlet. The second direction of coolant flow is transverse or counter to the first direction of coolant flow.
US11414199B2
A line-replaceable thrust module includes a nacelle configured to be mechanically connected to an anchoring location of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), an electric motor coupled to the nacelle, an electric speed controller configured to control the speed of the electric motor and configured to be electrically connected to a communication network of the UAV, and a fuel cell system configured to produce electrical energy from an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a hydrogen tank, a pressure regulator coupled to the hydrogen tank, and a supply line coupled between the pressure regulator and the fuel cell.
US11414189B2
The embodiments disclose a method including providing an aerial drone coupled wirelessly to a social distancing application on a user digital device, wherein the drone is coupled to solar cell panels for recharging its batteries, providing a strobe light coupled to the drone for signaling an S.O.S. automatically in emergency situations, cellular communication device coupled to the drone for transmitting and receiving messages from the social distancing application, wherein the drone includes a cellular signal strength sensor to automatically move to a location to boost cellular signal strength, and providing at least one camera for capturing images and videos during user directed reconnaissance, drone sensors to detect and measure aerosols including biologics and DNA in an area, electromagnetic fields, barometric pressure, humidity, ambient temperature, wind speed and direction, detection and identification devices to detect unnatural sounds, to analyze and identify manmade, animal and environmental objects and conditions using computer vision.
US11414187B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a parasail-assisted system for launching a fixed-wing aircraft into free flight and for retrieving a fixed-wing aircraft from free flight.
US11414186B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle is removably connected to a container. The container has a vessel retaining a pressurized gas supply and a manifold having a plurality of ports connected to a plurality of expandable structures. The pressurized gas supply is in communication with a plurality of expandable structures. The container also has least one compartment having a plurality of expandable structures configured to capture a payload. Additional improvements include an improved docking structure for the unmanned aerial vehicle to engage a container and a rotatable weight distribution system for maintaining a center of gravity at the physical center of gravity of the unmanned aerial vehicle.
US11414183B2
In an implementation, the compound helicopter may include at least one rotary wing system, at least one first power generator and at least one second power generator. The at least one first power generator may rotate the at least one rotary wing blade to provide lift and a primary thrust force in a first direction to the helicopter. The at least one second power generator may be connected to the helicopter and may provide lift and a secondary thrust force in a direction that is independent of a direction of the primary thrust force and may also provide a secondary thrust force in a direction that is substantially parallel to the primary thrust force.
US11414178B2
A boundary layer ingestion fan system for location aft of the fuselage of an aircraft is shown. It comprises a nacelle defining a duct, and a fan located within the duct. The fan comprises a hub arranged to rotate around a rotational axis (A-A) and a plurality of blades attached to the hub. A blade blockage, which is the ratio of the blade thickness to the product of the circumferential pitch and the cosine of a blade inlet angle (t/s·cosβ1), is 0.25 or greater at the 0 percent span position.
US11414174B1
Multiple redundant harmonic drive motors on a rotor head actuate the angle of attack of rotor blades at the rotor blade roots, providing collective control that, in combination with a system for providing cyclic control on the rotor blades, eliminates the need for a swashplate, thereby advantageously reducing the weight and maintenance cost of a helicopter, increasing its reliability, and reducing its vulnerability to ballistic attack.
US11414170B2
An altitude control system for an unmanned aerial vehicle includes a compressor assembly defining a plenum therein, a passive valve assembly coupled to a first portion of the compressor assembly and in fluid communication with the plenum, and an active valve assembly coupled to a second portion of the compressor assembly and in fluid communication with the plenum. A method of controlling an altitude of an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle are also provided.
US11414167B1
A method for controlling marine vessel speed includes determining a setpoint vessel speed, which is constant while the system is operating in a cruise control mode. The method includes using vessel speed feedback control to adjust operational characteristics of the engine so as to achieve the setpoint vessel speed. The method also includes determining a measured vessel speed and filtering the measured vessel speed. In response to determining that the measured vessel speed is within a given range of the constant setpoint vessel speed, the method includes transitioning to the cruise control mode and comparing the filtered measured vessel speed to the constant setpoint vessel speed for purposes of the feedback control.
US11414161B1
A sandwich cable fairing designed for attachment to cables that are towed at operational speeds by marine vessels. The sandwich cable fairing has a seven-layer design that combines layers of elastic, fiber reinforced, and adhesive materials. The fairing dampens the vibration resulting from the frequency of flapping caused by a cable being towed at operational speeds. The layering of materials allows the fairing to have the flexibility to be crushed by cable equipment while maintaining the requisite stiffness to reducing flapping and the resulting vibration.
US11414153B2
A straddle-type vehicle includes a driver seat on which a driver rides, a cylinder head of an engine arranged in a region in front of and below the driver seat, an exhaust pipe that is connected to an exhaust port formed on a front surface of the cylinder head and exhausts exhaust of the engine, and a control unit that is arranged in an engine front space formed in front of the cylinder head, above the exhaust pipe, and below an upper end surface of the engine and controls the straddle-type vehicle.
US11414150B2
An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member, an operating member, an electric switch, and a controller. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The electric switch is configured to receive a user input in response to a movement of the operating member to operate an additional device. The controller is configured to change a mode of the controller at least between a first mode in which the controller is configured to be under first power consumption and a second mode in which the controller is configured to be under second power consumption different from the first power consumption.
US11414147B2
A slope sensitive pitch adjustor for a bicycle seat includes a rotatable seat support, a gravity sensor mounted thereto, a means for rotating the rotatable seat support, and an automated controller configured to drive the rotating means in response to an acceleration signal received from the gravity sensor. The automated controller stores data representing an initial condition of a pitch angle of the rotatable seat support with respect to horizontal and executes a control algorithm to maintain the initial condition when the bicycle is ridden over changing gradients.
US11414135B2
This disclosure relates to a moveable reinforcement assembly for a motor vehicle, such as a motor vehicle with a front trunk (i.e., a “frunk”). An example vehicle includes a front end assembly, a panel moveable relative to the front end assembly between a closed position and an open position, and a reinforcement assembly mounted to the panel and configured to interface with the front end assembly when the panel is in the closed position. The reinforcement assembly effectively absorbs and transfers loads applied thereto while also being moveable so as to not obstruct access to a front trunk.
US11414124B2
A power conversion apparatus converts power from a power supply to power to be supplied to a motor including windings for n phases where n is an integer equal to or greater than three. The power conversion apparatus includes a first inverter connected to one end of the winding for each phase of the motor, a second inverter connected to another end of the winding for each phase, and a control circuit to control an operation of each of the first and second inverters. The windings for the n phases include a winding for a first phase and a winding for a second phase, and the control circuit superimposes a correction wave to reduce an induced electric current induced in the winding for the second phase by passing electricity through the winding for the first phase on a fundamental wave to pass electricity through the winding for the second phase.
US11414120B2
An improved auto-chocking enabled cargo dolly that is towable by ground support equipment. The dolly has a frame, wheels attached to the frame that support the frame and rotate to allow movement of the frame, a tow bar, a linkage in communication with the tow bar and that actuates when the tow bar is raised, and a wheel engagement chocking system fixed to the dolly frame and disposed to selectively engage at least one of the wheels attached to the dolly frame. The wheel engagement system is responsive to a position of the linkage, where the wheel engagement chocking system applies pressure directly to at least one of the wheels to hold the wheel(s) in place when the linkage is actuated by the tow bar.
US11414113B2
A foldable beach wagon with steerable front wheels is disclosed. The wagon has a frame having a first end assembly, an opposing second end assembly and a floor assembly connected between the first end assembly and the second end assembly. A steering link is pivotally connected to the wagon frame adjacent the first end assembly, and a handle is pivotally connected to the steering link. When the steering link is pivoted by the handle a tie rod moves laterally to pivot the front wheels for turning the wagon. A hanger assembly is connected to the wagon frame adjacent the second end assembly. The hangar assembly is adapted to receive one or more chairs. Fenders are provided over the rear wheels to block engagement of the chairs with the rear wheels of the wagon.
US11414093B2
A system for transitioning a vehicle from an autonomous mode in response to a handover event, the system includes one or more processors and a memory device operably coupled with the one or more processors. The memory device stores a driver assessment module, an operational condition adjustment module, and a transitioning module. The driver assessment module configures the one or more processors to determine an ability level and a comfort level of a driver of the vehicle in response to the handover event. The operational condition adjustment module configures the one or more to adjust at least one operating condition of the vehicle to be within the ability level of the driver and comfort level. The transitioning module configures the one or more processors to transition the vehicle from the autonomous mode to a driver input mode.
US11414086B2
A computer implemented method for localizing an occupant within a vehicle includes identifying whether at least one occupant is present within the vehicle based on a signal of an ultrasonic sensor and determining information regarding an inclination of the vehicle based on at least one signal of an inclination sensor. Based on the information regarding inclination of the vehicle, it is determined whether an occupant is present in one of a plurality of predefined sections of the vehicle if the presence of at least one occupant within the vehicle is identified.
US11414083B2
A method for avoiding a lateral collision of an ego vehicle includes monitoring a lateral area of the ego vehicle, the monitored area subdivided into at least two subareas and the subareas are at least one pre-warning area and a trigger area. The method also includes identifying a target vehicle in the pre-warning and trigger area, determining movement parameters of the ego vehicle and of the target vehicle. The ego vehicle is controlled in such a way that the distance from the target vehicle is increased. Further, the ego vehicle is controlled as a function of a residence time of the target vehicle in the pre-warning area and in the trigger area, wherein the monitored subareas are located on the lane neighboring the lane used by the ego vehicle and/or a lane adjacent to the neighboring lane.
US11414076B2
A vehicle control system includes a travel control section, a first traffic condition quantity acquisition section, a second traffic condition quantity acquisition section, a correction parameter calculator, and a correction section. The first traffic condition quantity acquisition section acquires a current traffic condition quantity on a road on which a preceding vehicle is traveling further ahead of a front vehicle. The second traffic condition quantity acquisition section acquires a reference traffic condition quantity, which is a traffic condition quantity that serves as a reference for the road on which the preceding vehicle is traveling. The correction parameter calculator calculates a difference between the current traffic condition quantity and the reference traffic condition quantity and calculates a correction parameter using the difference. The correction section corrects a control parameter used during execution of the vehicle speed control by the travel control section, using the correction parameter.
US11414075B2
A system, method and computer program product provide vehicle driving assistance, wherein candidate travel routes for the vehicle are analyzed to identify one of the travel routes as a selected travel route. The selection includes calculating a route cost associated with directing the vehicle to ride over a center of a travel lane, for each of the candidate routes and selecting the one with the lowest cost.
US11414071B2
A method and an apparatus for controlling a vehicle and a storage medium are disclosed. The method includes: controlling a vehicle to drive into a first parking space, the first parking space being a target parking space determined to be in an idle state; controlling the vehicle to stop driving into the first parking space in response to determining that the vehicle fails to drive into the first parking space while the vehicle is controlled to drive into the first parking space; determining a second parking space as the target parking space automatically; and controlling the vehicle to drive into the second parking space.
US11414061B2
A variable type flex brake system includes: a driving control unit that receives interior or exterior information of a vehicle, provides an autonomous driving control mode or a normal driving control mode, calculates a required braking force in the autonomous driving and normal driving control modes, and generates a braking force signal corresponding to the required braking force; a first selection unit selecting a braking slope corresponding to a speed belonging to any one of low-speed, medium-speed, and high-speed sections to generate a first braking map; a second selection unit selecting a braking slope corresponding to a speed belonging to remaining speed sections that are not selected in the first selection unit, to generate a second braking map; and a braking control unit generating a braking-hydraulic-pressure signal based on the first or second braking map in response to the required braking force signal.
US11414058B2
A parking brake device includes a toggle mechanism including a base member, a connecting member, a brake lever, a junction member that connects an intermediate position of the brake lever with the connecting member. The junction member includes two junction parts that are connected to each other and are rotatable relative to each other. During a process of an operation of the braking lever from a non-operating state of the parking brake device to an operating state of the parking brake device, the two junction parts integrally rotate when an operation angle of the brake lever is equal to or less than a predetermined angle, and one of the two junction parts connected to the intermediate position of the brake lever is rotatable about a connecting portion where the two junction parts are connected.
US11414051B2
A keyed-alike digital consumer access key is generated for distribution to a plurality of vehicles of a fleet. The keyed-alike digital consumer access key is deployed to the plurality of vehicles. The keyed-alike digital consumer access key is deployed to a mobile device. A request from a mobile device may be received to gain access to the plurality of vehicles. Responsive to validating the mobile device, the mobile device may be sent the keyed-alike digital consumer access key and a unique identifier corresponding to the mobile device, the keyed-alike digital consumer access key for use by the mobile device in authentication to one or more of the plurality of vehicles, the unique identifier for use by the mobile device in tracking which mobile device is accessing the one or more of the plurality of vehicles.
US11414047B2
An activation system includes: management apparatus configured to manage activation information which is information associated with a vehicle and is information for activation of a vehicle control system, the management apparatus being provided outside the vehicle; and an activation device configured to activate the vehicle control system, the activation device being provided in the vehicle. The management apparatus transmits the activation information to the activation device when the management apparatus receives an activation request signal. The activation device activates the vehicle control system when the activation device receives the activation information from the management apparatus.
US11414041B2
A vehicle seat including: an outside cover; an inside cover; a side airbag module; a side frame; an outside reinforcement cloth that covers a seat width direction outer side of the side airbag module; and an inside reinforcement cloth that is disposed between the side frame and the side airbag module, that covers a seat width direction inner side of the side airbag module, that includes one seat front-rear direction end portion separated into seat upper and lower sides and fixed to the side frame in a manner that avoids the fixing portion, that includes another seat front-rear direction end portion joined to the inside cover at the join portion, and that is configured to transmit tension to the join portion during inflation and deployment of the side airbag.
US11414034B2
An occupant protection system has a component in question reduced in size and cost. The occupant protection system includes: a rollover airbag device provided in a vehicle interior; a battery configured to supply power to the rollover airbag device; a controller configured to determine a rollover of a vehicle and, if a rollover of the vehicle is determined, activate the rollover airbag device using power supplied from the battery; and a backup power source configured to charge power to be used if the battery fails. The controller determines a collision of the vehicle and examines the battery for any failure and, if a collision of the vehicle is determined and the battery is examined to have a failure, activates the rollover airbag device using the power charged in the backup power source.
US11414021B1
The disclosure provides a rack system for securing articles. The rack system can include a longitudinal elongate rail traversing a longitudinal direction, and a lateral rail adjustably mounted to the elongate rail. The lateral rail can be orthogonally oriented (or obliquely oriented) with respect to the longitudinal elongate rail. The lateral rail can be configured to be mounted at a plurality of longitudinal positions along the longitudinal rail. The rack can further include one or more upwardly extending brackets that are adjustably mounted to the lateral rail. The upwardly extending bracket(s) can be mounted at one or more lateral positions along the lateral rail. The lateral rail and the upwardly extending bracket(s) cooperate to form a concavity for at least partially surrounding a portion of an article to hold the article in position when mounted to the system.
US11414013B2
Viewing system (20) for a vehicle, comprising: —at least one camera (25), —a monitor (26) arranged within the compartment (4), —at least one cable (30) connecting the camera (25) to the monitor (26), —at least one support (21) comprising a fixed support part (22) and a movable support part (23) rotatably mounted on the fixed support part (22), wherein the support (21) comprises at least one tensioning arrangement (35) configured to resiliently urge at least a cable portion of the cable (30) along a travel as the movable support part (23) is moved in a plurality of positions.
US11414011B2
A lighting device for a vehicle includes a map lamp, left and right rear seat reading lamps, left and right trunk lightings, left and right rear gate lightings, and left and right rear pillar lightings. The map lamp, the left rear seat reading lamp, the left trunk lighting, the left rear gate lighting, and the left rear pillar lighting are disposed along a left connecting line. In addition, the map lamp, the right rear seat reading lamp, the right trunk lighting, the right rear gate lighting, and the right rear pillar lighting are disposed along a right connecting line. The left and right connecting lines extend such that a gap in a vehicle width direction is gradually reduced from a rear side of the vehicle toward a front side of the vehicle.
US11414006B2
A locking mechanism for use on a ratchet assembly includes a ratchet assembly including a ratchet body, a ratchet axle, ratchet gears, and a ratchet handle, wherein the ratchet handle moves between a locked position and a released position; an aperture for receiving a drain plug; and a pin that extends through a throughhole in the ratchet body, wherein, when the handle is in the released position, the pin extends through the throughhole.
US11414004B2
A trailer-mounted pumping system includes a flatbed trailer having a generally flat deck surface, a pump, a batch controller, and a metering device in electronic communication with the batch controller, wherein the pump is configured to move a liquid from at least one tote supported by the generally flat deck surface to a location off-board the flatbed trailer, and the batch controller is configured to measure a volume of the liquid via the metering device. The pump, the metering device, and/or the batch controller may be disposed beneath the generally flat deck surface.
US11413996B2
A composite structure comprising a substantially planar portion and a border arranged on the border of the substantially planar portion. A first linking zone is arranged at one end of the border along a first axis and a second linking zone is arranged at another end of the border along the first axis. The border further comprises a reinforcing zone connecting the first and second linking zones, in that the border has a profile transverse to the first axis that is substantially U-shaped opening on a side opposite the substantially planar portion and in that the border is reinforced by at least one rib substantially parallel to a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and included in the plane of the portion.
US11413991B2
A child safety seat includes a seat shell, a belt tightener and a latching mechanism. The seat shell includes a seat portion and a backrest portion respectively having a first and a second belt path, each of the first and second belt path being configured to receive an anchoring belt for attaching the child safety seat on a vehicle seat. The belt tightener is pivotally connected with the seat shell and carries a first and a second pressing portion, the belt tightener being movable between a first position for clamping an anchoring belt disposed along the first belt path with the first pressing portion in contact with the anchoring belt, and a second position for clamping an anchoring belt disposed along the second belt path with the second pressing portion in contact with the anchoring belt. The latching mechanism can lock the belt tightener in the first and second position.
US11413988B2
Clutch-based adjustment mechanism for motorized multi-way seat adjustment An adjustment mechanism comprises multiple screw shafts (111, 112, 113) and a motor (150) for driving the screw shafts. Further, the adjustment mechanism comprises a clutch mechanism (160) for selectively engaging the motor (150) with one or more of the screw shafts (111, 112, 113). A rotation of one or more of the screw shafts (111, 12, 113) caused by the motor (150) translates into adjustment of the seat according to a first degree of freedom. A rotation of one or more others of the screw shafts (111, 12, 113) caused by the motor (150) translates into adjustment of the seat according to a second degree of freedom.
US11413986B2
Provided is an information providing system capable of promoting reuse of secondary batteries. An information providing system includes a supplementing target device and a server. The supplementing target device includes: a power calculating unit configured to calculate maximum required power; an air temperature acquiring unit configured to acquire past air temperature data; and a supplementing target information requesting unit configured to transmit, to the server, supplementing target information. The server includes: a secondary battery searching unit configured to search for a secondary battery that satisfies the air temperature data and the data of the auxiliary power included in the supplementing target information when receiving the supplementing target information from the supplementing target information requesting unit, and an information transmitting unit configured to transmit secondary battery information relating to the second battery searched by the secondary battery searching unit to the supplementing target device.
US11413984B2
An in-vehicle power system includes: a charging-discharging device configured to selectively perform both a charging function for receiving and delivering a first power signal and a discharging function for transmitting a second power signal; a battery configured to store an electrical energy transferred after DC conversion of the first power signal; and a charging-discharging controller configured to control the charging-discharging device based on a user's input or a predetermined control pattern.
US11413982B2
A system for controlling mobile electric vehicle charging platforms includes a plurality of mobile charging platforms for charging an electric vehicle. At least one central server implements a mobile electric vehicle charging system. The mobile electric vehicle charging system further includes a communications interface for transmitting and receiving the control data between the at least one central server implementing the mobile electric vehicle charging system, the plurality of mobile charging platforms and the electric vehicle. A database stores mobile charging platform data and electric vehicle data. An artificial intelligence controller generates the control data to schedule the meeting location between the mobile charging platform and the electric vehicle responsive to first position data received from the mobile charging platform application, second position data received from the electric vehicle, the mobile charging platform data and the electric vehicle data.
US11413978B2
A charging system incorporates at least one motor; conductive charging arms rotatably coupled to the motor; a controller coupled to the motor and configured to rotate the conductive charging arms; and a sensor configured to sense the presence of a powered device and provide a signal to notify the controller of the presence of the powered device. In response to receiving the signal, the controller controls the motor to rotate the conductive arms to positions of electrical charging contact with the powered device. The powered device can be a drone powered by a rechargeable battery. The positions of electrical charging contact include electrical connections to terminals of the rechargeable battery. The charging system may also incorporate the feature of the motor having a stepper motor coupled to each of the conductive arms.
US11413969B2
A control apparatus for operating an electric drive for a vehicle may include one or more power modules, which have one or more power semiconductors; an intermediate circuit capacitor, which is connected in parallel to the power module(s); a cooler for dissipating heat generated by the power module(s); and an interconnect device for obtaining electrical contact to the power module(s), wherein the cooler extends over at least two main planes forming an angle to one another.
US11413966B2
A control device for controlling the operation of an internal combustion engine and of an electrical machine in a hybrid drive assembly, which permits a mechanical coupling of the engine and the machine in a drive train. An engine control part controls the internal combustion engine and an electrical machine control part controls the electrical machine. A monitoring part monitors proper operation of the control parts and, in the event of a malfunction, takes over a control function within a reaction time span. An engine false-start prevention part detects a transition of the internal combustion engine from stopped to running and, in the event of such a transition, checks if a proper start of the internal combustion engine was requested within a predefined past time span in order to prevent a fuel supply release and/or an ignition release if such a start was not requested.
US11413962B2
An in-vehicle apparatus mounted in a vehicle includes: an assistance processing unit that executes assistance processing for providing a user with specified information; and a display control unit that performs control to display a list according to a sequential order of the assistance processing executed by the assistance processing unit.
US11413961B2
A foldable pedal apparatus of an autonomous traveling vehicle, is configured so that a pedal pad is popped-up by moving toward a driver to be exposed to enable an operation of the pedal pad by a driver in a manual driving mode situation in which the driver directly drives the vehicle, and the pedal pad moves forward and is in close contact with a vehicle body panel to disable the operation of the pedal pad by the driver in an autonomous traveling mode in which the driver does not directly drive the vehicle, facilitating a hidden state where exposure toward the driver is blocked.
US11413955B2
A working machine includes a support bracket attached to a machine body, a first mounting member provided to the support bracket and formed of an elastic member, a first cooler and a second cooler arranged in parallel to a horizontal direction and mounted on the support bracket with the first mounting member, a fitting bracket detachably fitted to upper portions of the first and second coolers, and a second mounting member arranged between the fitting bracket and the first and second coolers and formed of elastic member.
US11413951B2
Methods and systems are provided for a vehicle coolant circuit. In one example, the coolant circuit includes a heater core isolation valve (HCIV) where a status of the HCIV may be diagnosed by intrusively activating a positive temperature coefficient heater in a cooling loop in which the HCIV is arranged. A response of coolant temperature to heater activation may be used to determine a position of the HCIV.
US11413945B2
A system for covering a load on trailer with a tarp includes a post assembly coupled to a first lateral side of the trailer, a supporting assembly supported in a stake pocket on the first lateral side of the trailer and holding the post assembly vertically upright, and a roller assembly supported at an upper end of the post assembly such that the roller assembly extends horizontally and is aligned with the first lateral side of the trailer. The roller assembly supports a tarp such that the tarp can be pulled up along the first lateral side of the trailer, over the roller assembly, over a load on the trailer, and down toward an opposite second lateral side of the trailer.
US11413940B2
A quarter window assembly for a soft top cover assembly that is removable. The quarter window assembly is connectable to the soft cover assembly. The quarter window assembly has a hard corner assembly mountable to features connected to a vehicle. The hard corner assembly is an injection molded plastic assembly. The quarter window assembly also has a panel carrying at least one window, and the panel is secured to the hard corner assembly.
US11413938B2
A capsule for a volatile substance distribution system includes a housing having a first end and a second end and that defines a longitudinal axis that extends between the first end and the second end. The capsule also includes an inlet port disposed proximate the first end and an outlet port disposed proximate the second end. Additionally, the capsule includes a volatile substance member within the housing. The first end is configured to be removably supported by a base unit with the inlet port fluidly connecting with an air outlet of the base unit for receiving an airflow from the air outlet that moves into the housing and across the volatile substance member as the airflow flows from the inlet port to the outlet port. The inlet port is defined by a tapered inlet surface that directs the airflow radially with respect to the longitudinal axis.
US11413937B2
A current estimating device that estimates a capacitor current of a high-voltage circuit for driving a motor, wherein the current estimating device calculates a voltage utilization rate using the input voltage of an inverter included in the high-voltage circuit and the speed of the motor, calculates a first constant by applying the voltage utilization rate to a predetermined first arithmetic expression, and calculates the capacitor current of an electrical condenser included in the high-voltage circuit by multiplying the first constant by a motor current effective value.
US11413927B2
A motor vehicle air conditioning unit, having a housing with at least one air channel arranged therein and with at least one heat exchanger for conditioning the air in the at least one air channel, the housing having at least one first air outlet and one second air outlet, a first air outlet channel being assigned to the first air outlet and conducting air to the first air outlet, and a second air outlet channel being assigned to the second air outlet and conducting air to the second air outlet, a first vane valve and a second vane valve being provided. The first vane valve assigned to the first air outlet channel, and the second vane valve assigned to the second air outlet channel, the first vane valve and the second vane valve being rotatably fixedly connected to a shaft and being rotatable by an actuator driving the shaft.
US11413924B2
A method and apparatus for a suspension comprising a spring having a threaded member at a first end for providing axial movement to the spring as the spring is rotated and the threaded member moves relative to a second component. In one embodiment, the system includes a damper for metering fluid through a piston and a rotatable spring member coaxially disposed around the damper and rotatable relative to the damper.
US11413923B2
A utility vehicle includes a wheel, a vehicle body frame supported by the wheel, a suspension device connecting the wheel to the vehicle body frame, and an acceleration sensor mounted on the suspension device. The suspension device includes: a below-shock absorber member including an arm swingably connecting the wheel to the vehicle body frame; and a shock absorber connecting the below-shock absorber member to the vehicle body frame. The acceleration sensor is mounted on the arm.
US11413917B1
A wheeled trailer jack including a first foot pad and a second foot pad. The first foot pad including a first base and the second foot pad including a second base. The first and second foot pads rotatable between an engaged position and an unengaged position. When in the engaged position, the first base of the first foot pad and the second base of the second foot lie in substantially the same plane to act as a flat foot pad to stabilize the wheeled trailer jack and wheel chock to prevent a wheel of the wheeled trailer jack from moving. When in the unengaged position, the wheel of the wheeled trailer jack is free to move.
US11413902B2
A multi-function writing instrument comprises a body extending in an axial direction, at least two writing elements arranged inside the body, each writing element comprising a writing head able to take up a retracted position in which the writing head is stowed in the body and a writing position in which the writing head protrudes from the body, one of the writing elements being a lead-holder system comprising a lead-holder mechanism and a lead container, the lead container comprising a side opening for inserting leads.
US11413892B2
Obstacle detection for a moving element activated by a motor is disclosed. The obstacle detection may comprise a controller to: move the element at a substantially constant speed; determine an actual torque value to move the element at the constant speed; determine a torque parameter based on the actual torque value; comparing the torque parameter with a threshold value; and determining the presence of an obstacle if the torque parameter is above the torque parameter threshold; wherein the torque parameter is determined based on a set of historical torque values and the actual torque value.
US11413889B2
A printing apparatus configured to print on a continuous sheet to be cut into a plurality of cut sheets at a plurality of cutting positions while being conveyed, includes a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the continuous sheet, and a print head provided so as to face a conveyance path for the continuous sheet in the conveyance mechanism and configured to sequentially print a plurality of cutting marks indicating the plurality of cutting positions on the continuous sheet being conveyed by the conveyance mechanism, in which, from between front end portions and rear end portions of each of the pages in a conveyance direction of the continuous sheet in the conveyance mechanism when printing by the print head is performed, the print head prints the cutting marks on the rear end portions for a plurality of pages on the continuous sheet corresponding to the plurality of cut sheets.
US11413885B2
A transportation device includes a cover member that is displaceable between a closing position for closing an opening of a body case and an opening position for opening the opening, a processing unit that is arranged inside the body case, and performs a specified processing with respect to a medium transported to a working area communicating with the outside of the body case through the opening when the cover member is positioned at the opening position, and a transmitted unit that is positioned at a first position different from a position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the closing position, and is positioned at a second position which is the position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the opening position.
US11413883B2
A liquid applying apparatus includes a liquid applier, a heating device, and a post-processing apparatus. The liquid applier is configured to discharge liquid to a sheet. The heating device is configured to heat the sheet on which the liquid is applied, by the liquid applier. The post-processing apparatus is configured to perform a post-processing operation to the sheet that has passed the heating device. An upstream sheet that is conveyed after the sheet and located upstream from the post-processing apparatus in a sheet conveyance direction stops in an area other than a heat area of the heating device when the post-processing apparatus performs the post-processing operation on the sheet.
US11413880B2
In an editing device, a controller edits first print data based on first information. The first print data represents a first image in a printing area. The first image is to be printed on a first tape. The controller executes edits second print data based on second information. The second print data represents a second image in the printing area. The second image is to be printed on a second tape to be bonded to the first tape. The controller sets a prohibited area in the printing area in a case that a specific object is added to the first image. The prohibited area is for prohibiting an object different from the specific object from being arranged therein. The controller nullifies editing based on the second information in a case that that an object different from the specific object is arranged in the prohibiting area.
US11413878B2
A drawing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, when performing drawing on a thermal recording medium that includes a light-transmitting member above a recording layer, obtaining information regarding the light-transmitting member, predicting an optical axis deviation of a laser beam in the recording layer from the information regarding the light-transmitting member, and calculating a correction amount from a result of the prediction of the optical axis deviation.
US11413861B2
An integrated circuit to drive a plurality of fluid actuation devices includes a plurality of contact pads, a plurality of pulldown devices, and control logic. The plurality of contact pads include a first contact pad and a second contact pad. Each of the pulldown devices is electrically coupled to a corresponding contact pad. The control logic enables at least a portion of the pulldown devices in response to both a logic low signal on the first contact pad and a logic low signal on the second contact pad.
US11413857B2
A bearing assembly (26) is described. It is suitable for supporting a printing cylinder or an anilox roll in a printing machine and comprises at least one roller bearing (28, 30) being configured for receiving a shaft (12b, 14b, 16b) associated with the printing cylinder or the anilox roll. Additionally, it has a first support part (32) carrying the roller bearing (28, 30) and a second support part (34) being a carrier element of the printing machine or being configured for being mounted to a carrier element of the printing machine. Furthermore, a fluid chamber (36) is provided acting between the roller bearing (28, 30) and the second support part (34). Moreover, a printing machine is presented wherein a shaft (12b, 14b, 16b) associated with a printing cylinder or an anilox roll thereof is supported by such a bearing assembly (26).
US11413851B2
A viscoelastic plastic interlayer intended to be arranged between two glass sheets of a glazing in order to provide it with vibroacoustic damping properties, includes two outer layers of thermoplastic adhesive, an inner layer arranged between the two outer layers, the inner layer having a loss factor tan δ greater than or equal to 1.6 at 20° C. and for a frequency range of between 2 kHz and 8 kHz, and first and second barrier layers arranged respectively between the outer layers and the inner layer 3, and composed of a viscoelastic plastic material.
US11413850B2
Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments provide for the creation of holey graphene meshes (HGMs) and composite articles including HGMs. Various embodiments provide solvent-free methods for creating arrays of holes on holey graphene-based articles formed from dry compression (such as films, discs, pellets), thereby resulting in a HGM. In further embodiments, a HGM can used as part of a composite, such as by: 1) embedding a HGM into another matrix material such as carbon, polymer, metals, metal oxides, etc; and/or (2) the HGM serving as a matrix by filling the holes of the HGM or functionalizing the HGM body with another one or more materials. In various embodiments, HGM can also be made as a composite itself by creating holes on dry-compressed articles pre-embedded with one or more other materials.
US11413845B2
A stretch laminate for use in hygiene products includes: an extensible, non-elastic spunbond or spunmelt nonwoven laminated to an elastic film; and the stretch laminate is activated, has a cross direction (CD) elongation at 10N in a range of 80-150% for a 50 mm sample width, and has fractures of less than 10% of the stretch laminate.
US11413837B2
A low speed seed oil expeller press with the capability of extracting oil through a new design that does not crush or grind the seed so as to eliminate the need for filtration and maintain the seed oil at a temperature below 130 degrees F. The seed oil expeller press has a seed preheating capability and controls the pressure and extraction oil temperature by manipulation of the expeller speed, the head volume and the size of the pressed seed exit orifice. The seed oil expeller press eliminates seed rotation within the head volume so as to eliminate crushing, grinding or tearing of the seed by a symmetrical knifed press head. The seed oil expeller press regulates seed temperature, seed feed rate, seed pressure, seed rotation and extracted seed oil temperature so as to compensate for the seed size, seed hardness and seed oil content, so as to allow for seed compression without crushing or tearing to accomplish seed oil extraction at a low (cold press) temperature.
US11413836B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to new and improved self-contained compactor systems incorporating a straight-push cylinder design, in which the compactor system is actuated in a horizontal direction. The improved design accommodates increased storage volume, long wear parts, simplified reservoir cleaning, and easier external access to the components, cylinders, and hoses of the self-contained compactor system.
US11413828B2
A method of making an aircraft blade is provided. The method comprises the steps of: assembling two or more fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite parts into a blade assembly; and welding the fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite parts together utilising an additional thermoplastic located at least at locations where the parts will abut when assembled. The additional thermoplastic has a melting or softening temperature lower than a melting temperature of each of the fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite parts being assembled. The step of welding comprises heating the blade assembly to a temperature above the melting/softening temperature of the additional thermoplastic and below the melting temperature of each of the fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite parts so as to melt/soften the additional thermoplastic and thereby weld the fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite parts together to form the aircraft blade.
US11413827B2
An equipment for manufacturing trampoline includes a rack, a rotation seat, a supporting platform, a plurality of fixing members, a driving member, a driving assembly, and at least one welding device. The rotation seat has a bearing rotatable with respect to the rack. The supporting platform is connected to the bearing. The fixing members are detachably disposed on the supporting platform. The driving member surrounds the supporting platform and is linked-up with the supporting platform. The driving assembly is connected to the driving member.
US11413820B2
An apparatus includes a precursor dispenser for dispensing a precursor material into a workspace, one or more acoustic sources configured to direct acoustic waves towards the workspace to provide acoustic fields that arrange the precursor material in a three-dimensional shape in the workspace, one or more sensors configured to detect a distribution of the precursor material in the workspace, and an electronic controller in communication with the precursor dispenser, the one or more acoustic sources, and the one or more sensors, the electronic controller being programmed to cause the one or more acoustic sources to adjust the acoustic fields to reduce deviations in the distribution of the precursor material from the three-dimensional shape in the workspace.
US11413803B1
An apparatus for establishing an offset bend in a plastic conduit section having ends and a radius includes a tabletop surface having a front edge, a rear edge, and two side edges; a base surface adjacent the front edge, wherein the base surface is perpendicular to the tabletop surface; an offset block secured on the tabletop surface parallel with and spaced apart from the base surface; a hot box disposed adjacent the tabletop surface and configured to heat plastic conduit; and a water drainage system disposed adjacent the tabletop surface and configured to remove water from the tabletop surface.
US11413785B2
A device (100) for compacting a layer (MT) of powder material; the device (100) comprises a movable surface (12), which is designed to convey the layer (MT) of powder material in a predefined feeding direction (F); a compacting belt (22) positioned over the transport surface (12); a pressing station (40, 45, 50, 55), which is designed to press the compacting belt (22) towards the transport surface (12), so as to press the layer (MT) of powder material; and an expansion countering station (80), which is designed to counter the expansion of the layer (MT) of powder material downstream of the pressing station (40, 45, 50, 55) and comprises a pusher delivering a gas under pressure to create a pushing gas cushion (STR; STR*) on the compacting belt (22).
US11413775B2
In one aspect, the invention features, in general, a method of assembling a shaving razor cartridge by providing a housing having a primary guard and a secondary cap. A first blade having a cutting edge is mounted to the housing. A second blade having a cutting edge is mounted to the housing. A bridge member having a pair of spaced apart legs is mounted to the housing immediately between the first blade and the second blade. The first blade, the second blade and the bridge member are secured to the housing with at least one clip.
US11413765B2
A robotic device includes a first robotic device including a first articulated arm, a first clamping mechanism, and a blow-out portion. The first clamping mechanism includes a first clamping claw and a second clamping claw. The first clamping claw is attached to the first articulated arm, and has a first support surface. The second clamping claw has a second support surface to face the first support surface in a first axial direction orthogonal to the first support surface. The second clamping claw is movable in the first axial direction relative to the first clamping claw. The blow-out portion is provided to any one of the first clamping claw or the second clamping claw. The blow-out portion is capable of blowing out fluid in a second axial direction orthogonal to the first axial direction.
US11413758B2
An operation tool includes a grasping mechanism that grasps a wire harness. The grasping mechanism includes a plurality of chuck parts that grasp a wire member, and two clamping members that are arranged so as to face each other in order to sandwich the wire member. A drive device of the grasping mechanism includes a movement mechanism that moves the second clamping member toward the first clamping member. The drive device includes a rotation mechanism that moves the first clamping member so as to rotate the wire member while the wire member is grasped by the chuck parts.
US11413750B2
A method for determining a step path involves obtaining a reference step path for a robot with at least three feet. The reference step path includes a set of spatial points on a surface that define respective target touchdown locations for the at least three feet. The method also involves receiving a state of the robot. The method further involves generating a reference capture point trajectory based on the reference step path. Additionally, the method involves obtaining at least two potential step paths and a corresponding capture point trajectory. Further, the method involves selecting a particular step path of the at least two potential step paths based on a relationship between the at least two potential step paths, the potential capture point trajectory, the reference step path, and the reference capture point trajectory. The method additionally involves instructing the robot to begin stepping in accordance with the particular step path.
US11413740B2
A robot includes a casing having an internal space, a head that protrudes from the casing and having a first display, a second display provided on a front of the casing, a first motor embedded in the casing, a lifting plate configured to ascend and descend via power of the first motor, a first bar having a first end connected to the head and a second end in contact with the lifting plate, a fixed plate positioned between the lifting plate and the head, and having an opening defined therein through which the first bar passes, a linkage that connects the lifting plate and the fixed plate to the second display, a first guide body rotatably disposed above the fixed plate and guiding movement of the first bar, and a second motor rotating the first guide body.
US11413734B2
A fastener driving tool with a working cylinder and a piston, the piston outer surface having a lubricant-saturated foam material that stores and dispenses lubricant into the piston-cylinder wall interface, thereby increasing the performance and lifespan of the tool. Another embodiment discloses a two-part piston in which the bottom portion is made of metal and absorbs the main mechanical loading forces of the piston drive and return strokes, and the top portion is made of a non-metallic material that has surfaces that act as sliding bearings against the inner wall of the cylinder.
US11413728B2
A rod tightening tool includes an elongated member, a clamping assembly and a wrench attachment end. The elongated member has a semi-hollow interior and defines an opening at one end thereof providing access to the semi-hollow interior. The elongated member has a slot formed along a portion thereof that extends to the semi-hollow interior. The clamping assembly has a first member and a second member. The first member is installed for sliding movement along an exterior surface of the elongated member. The second member is installed to the first member such that the first and second members clamp to the elongated member. The wrench attachment end is fixedly attached to the elongated member.
US11413723B2
An object of the present invention is to reduce an amount of use of the polishing liquid. There is provided an apparatus for polishing an object to be polished using a polishing pad having a polishing surface, the apparatus including: a polishing table for supporting the polishing pad, the polishing table being configured to be rotatable; a substrate holding unit configured to hold the object to be polished and press the object against the polishing pad; a supplying device for supplying polishing liquid to the polishing surface in a state in which the supplying device is pressed against the polishing pad; and a pressing mechanism configured to press the supplying device against the polishing pad, in which the pressing mechanism is capable of respectively adjusting pressing forces for pressing the sidewalls of on the upstream side and the downstream side of the supplying device against the polishing surface.
US11413718B2
The present invention provides a rotation indexing device where a shaft of a rotary joint is configured so that an outlet of a supply path opens to a lower surface of a flange part, a jig plate is formed to have a through-hole in which the flange part of the shaft is arranged and a flow path formed so that an inlet opens to a lower surface of the jig plate, and the jig plate is directly attached to a main shaft. Also, the rotation indexing device includes an adapter that is provided in contact with the flange part of the shaft and the jig plate and has a communication path for communicating the outlet of the supply path in the shaft and the inlet of the flow path in the jig plate each other.
US11413715B2
Various embodiments of a storage system for use with weight distribution trailer hitches are disclosed. The storage system would be used by someone with a towing vehicle, a boat or RV, and a trailer hitch to link these two. During the times these items are not in-motion, these weight distribution hitches have large parts and take up a lot of space. Such a customer can put their extra hitch-parts in the storage system, which keeps the weight distribution system nicely stored for example on the trailers beams AKA the trailer's A-frame rails or frame.
US11413710B2
Properties and performance of weld material between metals in a weldment is controlled by modifying one or more of the nitrogen content and the carbon content to produce carbide (e.g. MC-type), nitride and/or complex carbide/nitride (e.g. MX-type) type precipitates. Fusion welding includes (i) adjusting shield gas composition to increase nitrogen/carbon gas and nitride/carbide species, (ii) adjusting composition of nitrogen/carbon in materials that participate in molten welding processes, (iii) direct addition of nitrides/carbides (e.g. powder form), controlled addition of nitride/carbide forming elements (e.g. Ti, Al), or addition of elements that increase/impede solubility of nitrogen/carbon or nitride/carbide promoting elements (e.g. Mn), and (iv) other processes, such as use of fluxes and additive materials. Weld materials have improved resistance to different cracking mechanisms (e.g., hot cracking mechanisms and solid state cracking mechanisms) and improved tensile related mechanical properties.
US11413696B2
An indexable cutting tool stably clamps cutting inserts and prevents contact between head parts of fasteners and workpieces. Recesses with a bottom are formed in an upper surface of a cutting insert. Part of an inner wall surface of each recess curves and bulges toward a center axis of the recess. The recess is divided into first to fourth regions by a first imaginary reference plane parallel to a rotation axis of a body, and a second imaginary reference plane perpendicular to the rotation axis. The second region is on a center side and on a proximal side of the body. A tapered surface of a fastener contacts the curved surface within the second region. A center axis of the fastener inclines so a head part opposite a distal end part is closer to the center side and to the proximal side of the body than the distal end part.
US11413692B2
A saw device includes a motor having a motor output shaft and a drivetrain that includes a gear train and a chain drive. The gear train has a first gear fixedly connected to the motor output shaft and a second gear fixedly connected to an intermediate shaft, the first gear meshing with the second gear so as to transmit rotation from the motor output shaft to the second gear. The chain drive has a driving sprocket fixedly connected to the intermediate shaft, a driven sprocket, and a chain configured to transmit rotation of the driving sprocket to rotation of the driven sprocket. The saw device further includes an arbor shaft fixedly connected to the driven sprocket, the arbor shaft configured to mount a saw blade such that the saw blade rotates with the arbor shaft, and an upper guard configured to enclose at least a portion of the saw blade.
US11413683B2
The present invention relates to the field of industrial processes for measuring sugars and starch in cells and concerns the process of functionalising synthesized gold nanoparticles functionalized with polymer ligands, for the selective measurement of sucrose or starch in intracellular fluid. Also disclosed is a nanocompound for measuring the concentration of sucrose or starch in intracellular fluid, which contains synthesized gold nanoparticles functionalized with polymer ligands.
US11413678B2
A transfer belt assembly includes a plurality of transfer belts. The transfer belt assembly is structured to move any of an increased number of shells, a very increased number of shells, or an extremely increased number of shells through said conversion press.
US11413676B2
An electromagnetic stamping apparatus includes a work platform configured to load a work piece. A stamping component is coupled to the work platform and has a first position and a second position. The stamping component includes a stamping rod and a stamping head. The stamping head stamps the work piece on the first position. An electromagnetic device is coupled to the stamping rod and generates a magnetic force according to an alternating current to push the stamping component to the first position to make the stamping component stamp the work piece. A compression spring pushes the stamping component to the second position according to the restoring force of the compression spring. Wherein, the magnetic force is greater than the restoring force of the compression spring to make the stamping component stamp the work piece twice in every waveform period of the alternating current.
US11413671B2
A mandrel with a compensating segment, gripper bar, and external body segment making up a key piece configuration. The configuration adjusting the travel path of metal sheet being wound around the mandrel. The metal sheet thereby being wound without resulting imperfections which occur naturally when wrapping material around a cylinder.
US11413662B2
A processing solution containing solvent and solute is supplied onto a substrate (9). The processing solution transforms into a particle retention layer as a result of at least part of the solvent being volatilized from the processing solution and causing the processing solution to solidify or harden. The particle retention layer is removed from the substrate (9) by supplying a removal liquid onto the substrate (9). A solute component contained in the particle retention layer is insoluble or poorly soluble in the removal liquid, whereas the solvent is soluble. The solute component contained in the particle retention layer has the property of being altered to become soluble in the removal liquid when heated to a temperature higher than or equal to an alteration temperature. The removal liquid is supplied after the formation of the particle retention layer, without undergoing a process of alternating the solute component.
US11413644B2
A paint applicator, kit and methodology for using the same is disclosed. For example, a paint applicator that allows a user to load a desired amount of paint, such as a water based or other low VOC paint, into the paint applicator and an advancement mechanism that dispenses paint at a rate controllable by the user is disclosed. The advancement mechanism can include a system that translates a rotational force applied to an end cap of the applicator into a linear force that advances a piston which in turn applies paint to an applicator portion. The paint applicator may be reusable or may include a ratchet system that allows for only one time use. The methodology and kit can incorporate a syringe for loading paint into the paint applicator, thus reducing the loss of paint through spilling.
US11413643B2
A method of controlling application of at least one material onto a substrate includes configuring a material applicator having an array plate with an applicator array. The applicator array has a plurality of micro-applicators with a first subset of micro-applicators and a second subset of micro-applicators. Each of the plurality of micro-applicators has a plurality of apertures through which fluid is ejected. The first subset of micro-applicators and the second subset of micro-applicators are individually addressable, and a liquid flows through the first subset of micro-applicators and a shaping gas, e.g., air, flows through the second subset of micro-applicators. The flow of shaping gas shapes the flow of the liquid from the first subset of micro-applicators to the substrate.
US11413642B2
The invention relates to a coating device (100) with movable spray nozzles comprising a rotating drum (3) and positioning group (1) of a set of spray nozzles (21) for a product with a control column (5) able to be located essentially axially inside the drum (3) and which houses an inner shaft (6), the control column (5) being equipped with at least an articulated arm (7) that includes a rotating nozzle set (21) carrier (20). A transmission system (30) based on pulley means and corresponding pulling means housed in the control column (5) and in the articulated arm (7) simultaneously produce the contraction or extension of the articulated arm (7) and the rotation of the nozzle set (21) carrier (2) based on the relative angular position between the steering column (5) and the inner shaft (6).
US11413637B2
A fluid dispenser device having a body, a reservoir including a neck, a dispenser member mounted on the reservoir, a lateral actuator system secured to the body and including a lever pivotally mounted, and a transverse projection formed directly on the reservoir and formed on or below the neck and co-operating, during actuation, with the lateral actuator system. The reservoir includes two parallel transverse projections that extend in symmetrical manner respectively on either side of the reservoir, a radial recess being defined between the two parallel transverse projections, the radial recess co-operating with the body so as to guide the reservoir axially during actuation.
US11413629B2
In one example, a method includes providing a pulp composed of a combination of particulate materials including particles of a target material. The pulp is mixed with a collector composed of anisotropic particles having at least two separate spatial domains that have different physiochemical properties, and the mixture of pulp and collector is fed into an aqueous solution containing air bubbles.
US11413605B2
A supported catalyst having catalytic species including molybdenum as well as cobalt and/or vanadium as a promoter disposed on a support material containing zeolite modified with titanium dioxide. Various methods of preparing and characterizing the supported catalyst are disclosed. The utilization of the catalyst in treating a hydrocarbon feedstock containing sulfur compounds (e.g. dibenzothiophene) to produce a desulfurized hydrocarbon stream is also provided.
US11413603B2
Metal nanoparticle-bearing carbonaceous supports, or solid-supported metal-catalysts, can be formed by incipient wetness, wet impregnation and ethylene glycol reduction methods. The solid-supported metal-catalysts can be used a heterogeneous catalysts in various catalytic reactions such as hydrodeoxygenation reactions, catalyze hydrodehalogenation reactions, N—N hydrogenolysis reactions and oxidation reactions. The solid-supported metal-catalysts are easy to handle, are easily separable from reaction media, are stable in various types of reaction media, and are recyclable.
US11413599B2
A catalytic reactor according to an embodiment includes a catalytic unit including at least one catalyst having a honeycomb structure in which a plurality of passages extending in an axial direction are formed, a reactor housing accommodating the catalytic unit, and a seal plate sealing between an outer periphery of the catalytic unit and an inner periphery of the reactor housing. The seal plate seals between the outer periphery of the catalytic unit and the inner periphery of the reactor housing at an upstream end portion of the catalytic unit with respect to a flow of a fluid flowing in the reactor housing.
US11413598B2
In a reactor, a first reference position is presumed to be defined by a straight line in contact with a first open end of the introduction port on the side bent toward the second flow channel and extending in the direction intersecting with the second flow channels, and a second reference position is presumed to be defined by a straight line in contact with a second open end of the introduction port on the opposite side of the first open end and extending in the direction intersecting with the second flow channel. At least part of the catalyst body is provided at least either in a region defined between the first reference position and the second reference position, or in a region defined between the second reference position and an inlet position of the first flow channels.
US11413594B1
A viscous fluid reaction apparatus is described. The viscous fluid reaction apparatus comprises a glass reaction vessel. The viscous fluid reaction apparatus further comprises a gas-tight inlet assembly and a gas-tight stirrer assembly. The gas-tight stirrer assembly comprises a stirrer opening adapter, a stirrer coupling comprising a stirrer shaft seal connected to the stirrer opening adapter, a stirrer shaft comprising one or more stirrer blades located at a blade end of the stirrer shaft, and a motor coupling connected to the stirrer shaft. The viscous fluid reaction apparatus further comprises a motor connected to the motor coupling. The stirrer shaft passes through the stirrer coupling and the stirrer opening adapter such that the stirrer blade(s) are disposed in the glass reaction vessel at a blade height and the stirrer shaft is configured to rotate without compromising a gas-tight seal formed by the stirrer shaft seal.
US11413584B2
The present disclosure discloses a functional fluid gating control system, which comprises a porous membrane and a functional fluid. The functional fluid at least partially infiltrates the porous membrane and cooperates to form a fluid gating pathway. The functional fluid and/or the porous membrane responds to at least one stimulus and undergoes a physical change or a chemical change to change the threshold pressure of the transport substance. A transport fluid being immiscible with the functional fluid is controlled to pass through the fluid gating system, and thus controllable transport and multiphase separation of materials are achieved. The stimulus of the present disclosure comprises a wide range of sources, and the stimulus responsiveness of the functional fluid and the porous membrane can be randomly and freely combined to adapt to multiple stimuli from complex external conditions and achieve intelligent controllability.
US11413578B2
Provided herein are methods of removing carbon dioxide from an aqueous stream or gaseous stream by: contacting the gaseous stream comprising carbon dioxide, when present, with an aqueous solution comprising ions capable of forming an insoluble carbonate salt; contacting the aqueous solution comprising carbon dioxide with an electroactive mesh that induces its alkalinization thereby forcing the precipitation of a carbonate solid from the solution and thereby the removal of dissolved inorganic carbon by electrolysis; and removing the precipitated carbonate solids from the solution, or the surface of the mesh where they may deposit. Also provided herein are flow-through electrolytic reactors comprising an intake device in fluid connection with a rotating cylinder comprising an electroactive mesh, and a scraping device and/or liquid-spray based device for separating a solid from the mesh surface.
US11413577B2
A scrubber, an exhaust gas purification system comprising the scrubber, and an air purification method. The treatment water of the scrubber is plasma electrolytic water. The plasma electrolytic water is obtained after water is electrolyzed. The process of electrolysis is carried out in an electromagnetic water treatment device. The electromagnetic water treatment device comprises a cation exchange film, a water flow passage, at least one positive pole panel, at least one negative pole panel, and a magnetic device.
US11413573B2
An air purifying system is a system for purifying air in a room, and the air purifying system includes: a carbon dioxide removing device including a first space and a second space that are divided from each other by a separation membrane that selectively allows carbon dioxide to permeate therethrough; a feed passage that leads the air in the room to the first space; a return passage that leads purified air from which carbon dioxide has been removed from the first space to the room; a supply passage that supplies sweep gas to the second space, the sweep gas having a carbon dioxide partial pressure that is lower than a carbon dioxide partial pressure in the air in the room; and a discharge passage that discharges the sweep gas from the second space after the sweep gas is mixed with the carbon dioxide that has permeated through the separation membrane.
US11413546B2
A system and method are described for an online game service. One method includes receiving a request from a client device interacting with a game application. The request is received by a server of the online game service. Then, receiving a control signal from the client device in response to an input made when interacting with the game application. The control signal is transmitted over a communication channel between the client device and the server. Executing a game associated with the game application by the server to generate a video stream comprising a sequence of images. Compressing the sequence of images of the application in accordance with a compression process to generate a compressed sequence of images using a compression resource used by said server and at least one other server of said online game service. The compression resource includes compression hardware or hardware running software that handles the compression of sequences of images for each of the servers executing games for the online game service. A state of each compressing operation processed for each of the servers is stored to enable the compression resource to take input from at least two of the servers and switch context of taking said input from among the two or more servers as the compression resource cycles taking input from among said respective two or more servers. And, sending respective compressed sequences of images to the client device or other client devices using the online game service via outbound routing that processes output of said compression resource.
US11413544B2
Server device, control method for server device, game system, and computer-readable recording medium
A server device and the like that can make a whole game and SNS more active by promoting the movement of players between groups to enhance the mobility of game participants. A server device comprises: a controller configured to enable a first player belonging to a first group to transfer to a second group based on an operation by a second player belonging to the second group, wherein the controller is configured to associate compensation for the transfer with the transfer of the first player. The controller is configured to perform payment and receipt of compensation for the transfer between at least two out of the first player, the first group, and the second group when the first player transfers from the first group to the second group.
US11413526B2
Provided herein is a system to sense angling events and make angling recommendations associated with a user's use of a fishing rod, reel and line. The system includes an angling event sensing device, a processor, a mobile device in communication with the processor or the angling event sensing device, and a recreation monitoring platform to receive the angling event and data and make a recommendation based on an angling event of input from the user.
US11413525B2
A device for interfacing with an interactive program is provided, including: a housing, including, an IR projector for projecting an IR pattern into an interactive environment; a camera for capturing images of the projected IR pattern; an image processor configured to process the captured images for identification of the projected IR pattern; a transceiver configured to communicate with a computing device, the transceiver configured to transmit data generated by the image processor to the computing device, such that a position of the device in the interactive environment is determined based on the captured images of the IR pattern, the determined position of the device being utilized as input for the interactive program.
US11413523B2
A modular and dynamic augmented reality controller is implemented in which the controller is configurable with diverse gaming consoles while providing an augmented reality experience. The controller may be shaped to serve a specific augmented reality experience such as, for example, a gun, but other implementations and designs are also possible. The controller comes with a display screen that is attached to a barrel of the gun so that the user can view the screen while moving and turning. In turn, the user's vantage points on the screen are manipulated based on the user's physical movements, which are relayed to the gaming console via various sensors on the controller. Multiple and distinct module interfaces may connect to the controller to enable the controller to communicate with a given gaming console.
US11413519B2
[Object] To provide an information processing system and an information processing method capable of controlling content that is to be provided in association with a location in consideration of feelings of persons who are present at the location. [Solution] Provided is an information processing system including: a communication unit that receives at least information related to a feeling of a user who is present in a predetermined region; and a control unit that controls content that is associated with the predetermined region and is to be provided to the user, on the basis of the feeling of the user who is present in the predetermined region, which is specified on the basis of the information received by the communication unit.
US11413515B2
A practice alignment tool to align a golf ball and putter during practice. The alignment tool is useful for creating a repeatable/consistent aligned squared swing with all golf clubs. A preferred embodiment of the alignment tool has a substantially “L” shaped profile as well as strategically placed tee holes, notches, and markings that allow a golfer to align a golf shot to better hit a target during practice.
US11413512B2
A golf club fitting apparatus and a method for fitting using the apparatus are provided. The golf club fitting apparatus may be attached to a golf club and provide fitting information including effective lie angle and effective loft angle. The golf club fitting apparatus includes a lower surface that contacts a butt end of a grip, an upper surface opposite the lower surface, and a side surface connecting the upper and lower surfaces. An angle indicator is disposed at a predetermined angle relative to a shaft axis of the golf club so as to rest in a neutral position when the golf club is in a normal address position.
US11413508B2
Embodiments of golf club heads with energy storage characteristics are presented herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head comprises a hollow body comprising a strikeface, a heel region, a toe region opposite the heel region, a sole, a top rail and an inflection point. The inflection point provides increase bending of the strikeface thereby providing performance enhancement over clubs without an inflection point.
US11413505B2
A strip subassembly (2) which may be used to form a takraw ball or a similar woven ball, includes a backbone strut (4) and one or more pads (6) attached to the backbone strut (4). In the woven ball, the pads (6) form an even surface which is comfortable for the player.
US11413498B2
An assembly is disclosed. The assembly is movably-disposed upon an underlying support surface. The assembly includes a body having an upper surface and a lower surface. The body defines a pair of front axle-receiving openings and a pair of rear axle-receiving openings. A front axle member extends through the pair of front axle-receiving openings. A rear axle member extends through the pair of rear axle-receiving openings. A first front wheel is connected to a first end of the front axle member. A second front wheel is connected to a second end of the front axle member. A first rear wheel is connected to a first end of the rear axle member. A second rear wheel is connected to a second end of the rear axle member. The upper surface of the body is pitched at an angle with respect to the underlying support surface. An exercise system is also disclosed. A method is also disclosed.
US11413494B1
A rowing machine provides resistance to both pushing and pulling motions of both the upper body and lower body. A linear sliding seat that moves in a longitudinal direction is connected to a flywheel to provide resistance to back and forth motion. A handle arm is also connected to the flywheel to provide resistance to back and forth motion. The flywheel creates cyclical back and forth motion of the seat and handles for the user to push and pull with the arms and legs. The handle arm and seat may be linked together, and then one or the other linked to the flywheel, providing synchronization between the handlebar, carriage and flywheel.
US11413492B2
A storable exercise bench is provided. The exercise bench may include a frame including at least one beam operatively coupled to first and second floor supports and a member operatively coupled with the at least one beam. The exercise bench may be positioned into an operating position in which the first and second floor supports support the at least one beam and the member, and the at least one beam runs generally horizontally in reference to a support surface. The exercise bench may be positioned into a storage position in which the second floor support and the member support the at least one beam and the first floor support, and the at least one beam runs generally vertically in reference to the support surface.
US11413485B2
A sprinkler head includes a main body, a valve element, a heat-sensitive disassembling unit, a deflector, at least one strut, and a guide ring. The body includes a nozzle from which fire-extinguishing liquid is discharged. The disassembling unit keeps the nozzle closed with the valve element and opens the nozzle through a breakdown action during activation. The deflector has a receiving surface (valve-element supporting portion) and vanes extending from the receiving surface toward the body. The deflector scatters, outward in axis crossing directions of the nozzle, the fire-extinguishing liquid discharged from the nozzle and received by the receiving surface. The least one strut holds the deflector scattering the fire-extinguishing liquid. The guide ring is movable along the at least one strut and between a tip (main-body-side end portion) of the at least one strut and tips of the vanes.
US11413479B2
Methods and systems for controlling a powered air purifying respirator blower system where volumetric airflow is stepped down into predetermined discrete ranges based on system loading and desired runtime.
US11413473B2
Carriers for embodying radioactive seeds, as well as a device for loading and customizing brachytherapy carriers based on the principles of optimizing a more precise and predictable dosimetry, and adaptable to the geometric challenges of a tumor bed in a real-time setting. The present disclosure relates to a specialized loading device designed to enable a medical team to create a radionuclide carrier for each patient and tumor reliably, reproducibly and efficiently.
US11413464B2
An implantable medical device implements a special mode of operation, such as a mode of electrical stimulation therapy, during conditions where there may be an increased likelihood that a device reset will occur. The implantable medical device recovers from the device reset by copying values that specify the special mode and that are stored in a non-volatile memory to an operating memory. The special mode is implemented after the device reset has occurred by using the values copied to the operating memory. One version of the special mode is an MRI mode that allows the implantable medical device to safely operate during an MRI scan. The fields of the MRI scan may trigger a device reset, but the MRI mode values are copied from the non-volatile memory to the operating memory, and the MRI mode is implemented after the reset by using the values copied to the operating memory.
US11413454B2
A delivery device for delivering a pacing lead to the His bundle of a patient's heart includes an elongated sheath having a distal end, and a plurality of mapping electrodes positioned at the distal end. The distal end of the sheath may have a distal end face, and the mapping electrodes may include two electrodes that diametrically oppose one another at a position exposed on or spaced from the distal end face. The sheath includes a plurality of flexible sections spaced apart from one another, and a pull wire that causes the sheath to deflect from a substantially straight configuration to a dual hinged curved configuration that maneuvers and positions the electrodes in the vicinity of the bundle of His. The sheath may include a PTFE liner having axially oriented, platelet-like fibril features that enable the sheath to be split along its length from a proximal end to the distal end.
US11413453B2
A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, including a fixation element and an electrode mounted on a resilient scaffold, is described. The fixation element and the resilient scaffold are coupled to a housing of the biostimulator. The resilient scaffold can support the electrode against a target tissue at a location that is radially offset from a location where the fixation element anchors the housing to the target tissue. A flexibility of the resilient scaffold allows the electrode to conform to a shape and movement of the target tissue when the housing is rigidly fixed to the target tissue by the fixation element. The resiliently supported electrode that is radially offset from the anchor point can reliably pace the target tissue without piercing the target tissue. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US11413440B2
A transdermal delivery device includes a film having first and second outwardly facing major surfaces; at least one liquid reservoir contained within the film; at least one microfluidic channel having a transverse dimension between about 100 nm and 0.5 mm disposed within the film and in fluid communication with the at least one liquid reservoir; and at least one outlet port associated with at least one microneedle operatively connected to the first outwardly facing major surface of the film in fluid communication with the at least one microfluidic channel.
US11413439B2
An applicator is disclosed for applying a treatment solution to a treatment site of a patient. The applicator can include an applicator housing comprising a treatment solution reservoir. A cartridge can be removably disposed in the housing. The cartridge when arranged in the housing can be in fluid communication with the treatment solution reservoir. The cartridge can include an electrostatic module for electrostatically charging the treatment solution in the treatment solution reservoir; and a nozzle for applying the treatment solution.
US11413437B2
Expandable introducer systems are provided. An expandable introducer system can include an expandable introducer, an expander, a support member, and/or an exchange dilator. The expandable introducer may be configured to transition from an unexpanded configuration to an expanded configuration. For example, the expander may be displaced through the expandable introducer and transition the expandable introducer from the unexpanded configuration to the expanded configuration. The support member may be disposed within the expandable introducer that is in the expanded configuration to maintain the expandable introducer in the expanded configuration.
US11413435B2
The geometry of a toroidal balloon requires that a traditional cylindrical balloon to be rotated internally into itself and the ends of the cylinder be placed in close proximity for maximal balloon rotation and to allow an entrance port for inflation of the balloon and/or attachment to an associated medical device. Described within are various techniques for the creation of such toroidal balloons.
US11413429B2
Systems, methods and devices are described including a catheter adapter subassembly including a magnetic feature. Systems include such a catheter adapter subassembly and a needle subassembly including a magnetic feature, and relative movement of the catheter adapter subassembly and the needle subassembly can be determined using a magnetometer.
US11413427B2
An introducer hub assembly, such as an introducer hub assembly of a leadless cardiac pacemaker, including a hemostatic seal having a cross-slit configuration, is described. The hemostatic seal can be retained between a hub cap and an introducer hub. The hemostatic seal includes a first section having first slits intersecting along a longitudinal axis of the introducer hub, and a second section having second slits intersecting along the longitudinal axis. The first slits are angularly offset relative to the second slits to reduce a likelihood that fluid will leak directly through the seal. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US11413423B2
An expiratory valve (10) of a ventilation device (100), including a valve body (12) having a fluid inlet (14) and a fluid outlet (16) for breathing air of a patient formed therein the valve body (12) defining a fluid flow path between fluid inlet (14) and fluid outlet (16), with the cross-sectional area of the fluid flow path expanding in the direction towards the fluid outlet (16).
US11413420B2
A gas delivery device includes a nitric oxide generating system. The system has a medium including i) a source of nitrite ions, or ii) a source of nitrite ions and a Cu(II)-ligand complex. A working electrode is in contact with the medium, wherein i) when the medium includes the source of nitrite ions, the working electrode is a copper containing conductive material or a base material coated with a copper containing conductive material, or ii) when the medium includes the source of nitrite ions and the Cu(II)-ligand complex, the working electrode is platinum, gold, carbon, a carbon coated material, and/or mercury. A reference/counter electrode is in contact with the medium and electrically isolated from the working electrode. An inlet conduit is to deliver oxygen gas to the medium, and an outlet conduit is to transport a stream of oxygen gas and nitric oxide from the medium.
US11413419B2
A nasal cannula having sliding track mechanism, the nasal cannula has a flexible nasal prong body, the nasal prong body is combined with a rigid sliding track frame, an elastic portion of the nasal prong body is formed on the sliding track frame, an outside of the elastic portion is provided with a pair of nasal prongs; wherein two sides of the sliding track frame respectively have a track, a intake tube can be quickly combined to the nasal prong body in a sliding manner along a rigid track direction of the sliding track frame, and a gas tightness can be achieved between the nasal prong body and the intake tube, the intake tube can be quickly separated from the nasal prong body in a sliding manner along a track direction of the sliding track frame.
US11413417B2
A seal-forming structure for a patient interface may include a patient-contacting surface configured to engage the patient's facial skin to form a seal; a posterior opening formed in the patient-contacting surface, the posterior opening configured to provide the flow of air at said therapeutic pressure to the patient's nares; and a support structure extending from the patient contacting surface to an interior surface of the seal-forming structure, the support structure and the interior surface forming a continuous loop, wherein the patient interface is configured to allow the patient to breath from ambient through their mouth in the absence of a flow of pressurised air through the plenum chamber inlet port, or the patient interface is configured to leave the patient's mouth uncovered.
US11413416B2
An endopharyngeal airway positive pressure ventilation device and method of use for ventilating a patient through a nasopharyngeal airway in surgical settings that is incapable of normal ventilation with current anesthetic techniques due to a risk for airway obstruction in surgical procedures requiring conscious sedation monitored anesthesia care (MAC). The invention includes a single-lumen endopharyngeal nasal tube with an eye shaped opening at its distal end and a cylindrical proximal end used as an adaptor for anesthetic applications such as positive airway pressure via JACKSON-REES modified ambu-bag or other various anesthesiology applications. Contiguous to the distal end of the nasal tube is an end-tidal CO2 monitoring port (ETCO2). On the distal end of the flexible nasal ventilation tube is an eye opening allowing air flow to the posterior pharynx. The device further includes a modified JACKSON-REES ambu bag which allows for controlled airflow to the patient during a REESE procedure.
US11413411B2
A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the heater assembly including a bushing defining an aperture at a first end of the bushing and a cavity at a second end of the bushing; a potting compound disposed within the cavity; and an elongate electrical heater extending from the first end of the bushing, where a portion of the elongate electrical heater extends through the aperture and into the cavity. An aerosol-generating device, an aerosol-generating system, and a method of assembling a heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device are also provided.
US11413409B2
An apparatus includes a housing including a power source; a reservoir including an inlet, an outlet, and configured to contain vaporizable material and couple to the housing; and a PTCR heating element configured to electrically couple to the power source and heat the vaporizable material to form an aerosol. The PTCR heating element includes an electrical resistivity that varies based on temperature. The electrical resistivity includes an electrical resistivity transition zone including an increase in electrical resistivity over a temperature range such that, when the PTCR heating element is heated to a first temperature within the transition zone, current flow from the power source is reduced to a level that limits further temperature increases of the PTCR heating element. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.
US11413406B1
A tamper evident assembly for retaining a plunger and/or piston within a barrel of a syringe comprises an elongated tether disposed in an operative attachment and position on the syringe. When operatively attached, a connector assembly adjustably and fixedly interconnects the tether to an exterior of the barrel of the syringe concurrently to one end of the tether, and with a retaining member associated with the opposite end of the tether disposed in a removal restrictive relation to the plunger and/or piston, on the interior of the barrel. Movable adjustment of the tether relative to the connector assembly defines a retaining segment which can be disposed into a fixed length and taut orientation, between the ends of the tether, to further define the operative attachment or position.
US11413399B2
A mounting aid for attaching a supplementary device to an injection device, wherein the injection device has an elongated housing extending in an axial direction, the mounting aid comprising a body extending in the axial direction, configured to receive at least a portion of the housing and having at least one radially extending engaging member to engage with a correspondingly shaped engaging member of the housing when in a specific position relative to the housing, and wherein the body comprises a side wall with an abutment face facing in a proximal direction, wherein the abutment face is defined on a plane that is inclined to the axial direction.
US11413395B2
Systems and methods are described for presenting information for managing a vital sign of a patient. A graphical user interface (GUI) can be presented that displays information concerning a vital sign of a patient, including the most current value of the vital sign received and past values of the vital sign over an elapsed time period. Using this information, a time in target value can be generated representing an amount of elapsed time the patient's measured vital sign was within a predetermined range. Preferably, the systems and methods are used with a closed-loop system that may automatically adjust a dosage rate of a medication, although manual control is also contemplated. The GUI may comprise one or more visual indicators presented on the historical data that, when selected, present additional information that may be useful to managing the care of the patient.
US11413394B1
A drug delivery device has a housing including upper and lower surfaces, with an adhesive pad associated with the lower surface of the housing and configured to removably attach to a human body surface. A drug reservoir is positioned within the housing, with a needle fluidically connected to the drug reservoir and configured to define at least a portion of a fluid flow path between the drug reservoir and said human body surface. A controller is configured to control the components of the drug delivery device to execute a drug delivery routine, with a display coupled to the controller and configured to receive signals from the controller so as to provide an indicium visible through the upper surface of the housing. The display may be electrical or mechanical in nature.
US11413391B2
A patch-sized fluid delivery device may include a reusable portion and a disposable portion. The disposable portion may include components that come into contact with the fluid, while the reusable portion may include only components that do not come into contact with the fluid. Redundant systems, such as redundant controllers, power sources, motor actuators, and alarms, may be provided. Alternatively or additionally, certain components can be multi-functional, such a microphones and loudspeakers that may be used for both acoustic volume sensing and for other functions and a coil that may be used as both an inductive coupler for a battery recharger and an antenna for a wireless transceiver. Various types of network interfaces may be provided in order to allow for remote control and monitoring of the device.
US11413388B2
A system, method, and apparatus for the collection of surgical/wound fluid from a subject patient with the capability of simultaneous fluid removal from a plurality of such wounds and/or wound through the utilization of a single pump device worn by such a patient. Such a system, method, and apparatus allow for such a single pump device to collect surgical/wound fluid within a single site collection component attached to or associated with such a single pump device. Multiple fluid transfer lines may be incorporated with the single pump device leading to such plurality of wounds and/or wound sites for greater versatility and comfort for the subject patient, as well as cleaner removal capabilities than in the standard apparatus systems and method currently undertaken within the industry.
US11413381B2
A breast pump device and associated methods for extracting breast milk ate disclosed. A pump head comprises an external shell with an elastic membrane disposed and bonded therein to define at least one hermetically sealed chamber. Manipulation of the elastic membrane, for example, by adjusting suction or pressure in the sealed chamber or within an interior volume defined by the elastic membrane permits radial mechanical compression (positive pressure) to be applied to a nipple positioned in the pump head to simulate compression of the nipple by the infant's tongue and simultaneously permits axial hydraulic or pneumatic suction (negative pressure) to be applied to the nipple to simulate the infant's minimum intra-oral vacuum. The breast pump device of the present invention can generate these simultaneous compressions and suctions with a single vacuum source, which may be an electric pump or a hand-operated mechanical pump.
US11413376B2
Invasive medical devices including a substantially non-eluting antimicrobial treatment are disclosed. One or more external and/or internal surfaces of the medical device include a substantially non-eluting copper-coated surface that assists in preventing microbial colonization of the coated surface. This in turn reduces the incidence of infection to the patient originating from the medical device. In one embodiment, a catheter assembly is disclosed and comprises an elongate catheter tube that defines at least one lumen, at least one extension leg including a luer connector, and a bifurcation hub including at least one fluid passageway that provides fluid communication between the extension leg and the lumen. A substantially non-eluting copper coating is disposed on a surface of at least one of the lumen, the extension leg, the luer connector, and the fluid passageway. The coating is applied via an electroless deposition process. A water-shed coating is disposed on the copper coating.
US11413375B2
Provided are methods for preparing sterilized, gelled, solubilized extracellular matrix (ECM) compositions useful as cell growth substrates. Also provided are compositions prepared according to the methods as well as uses for the compositions. In one embodiment a device, such as a prosthesis, is provided which comprises an inorganic matrix into which the gelled, solubilized ECM is dispersed to facilitate in-growth of cells into the ECM and thus adaptation and/or attachment of the device to a patient.
US11413365B2
A system for disinfecting a mass transit vehicle includes a storage tank for storing a disinfection solution. A plurality of nozzles are installed in the interior of the mass transit vehicle. The plurality of nozzles projecting droplets of the disinfection solution into the interior of the mass transit vehicle when the system is activated. A pump pumps the disinfection solution from the storage tank to the plurality of nozzles on the interior of the mass transit vehicle. A control switch initiates operation of the system. A system indicator indicates an operational status of the system. A controller controls the operation of the pump responsive to an input from the control switch. Responsive to actuation of the control switch to a first position, the controller actuates the system indicator for a first predetermined period of time and actuates the pump to pump the disinfection solution from the storage tank to the plurality of nozzles on the interior of the mass transit vehicle for a second predetermined period of time after expiration of the first predetermined period of time.
US11413363B2
The invention relates to systems, devices, and methods for storing, charging, sterilizing, transporting and networking mobile computing devices, such as tablet computing devices, phones, virtual reality headsets and, more particularly to a kit for modifying an existing charging cabinet to provide ultraviolet light to sterilize the tablet computing devices, phones, virtual reality headsets.
US11413359B2
The present invention provides compounds that have motifs that target the compounds to cells that express integrins. In particular, the compounds have peptides with one or more RD motifs conjugated to an agent selected from an imaging agent and a targeting agent. The compounds may be used to detect, monitor and treat a variety of disorders mediated by integrins.
US11413358B2
The invention encompasses a rapid and safe preparation method of sperm nuclei, improved sperm nuclei and a method of using the improved sperm nuclei to calibrate a flow cytometer with higher accuracy.
US11413351B2
The present invention relates to CNP prodrugs in which the carrier is covalently and reversibly attached to the ring moiety of a CNP moiety, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such CNP prodrugs, to their uses and to methods of treating diseases that can be treated with the CNP prodrugs of the present invention.
US11413343B2
The present invention relates to an improved vaccine against Coccidiosis in poultry. The vaccine comprises live Eimeria oocysts in a composition with relatively high viscosity because of the inclusion of between 0.3 and 1.5% w/v Xanthan gum. Upon spray vaccination the new vaccine forms beads that are quickly ingested by the birds and which provide a rapid vaccine take, resulting in a quick and effective improvement of the signs of Coccidiosis upon challenge infection. Also the invention relates to a method for the heat sterilisation of a composition comprising Xanthan gum; by the inclusion of a concentration of a metal salt, an irreversible and dramatic reduction in viscosity can be largely prevented.
US11413326B2
Methods for enhancing recovery after an ischemic injury, including cerebral ischemia and stroke, by administration of therapeutic amounts of Domain V protein are described.
US11413325B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for promoting survival of or axon regeneration in neurons by increasing mitochondrial motility in the neuron. Also disclosed are methods to treat neuronal injury and disease and disorders characterized by neuronal injury. Agents that increase Armcx1 activity, such as Armcx1 polypeptide or vectors comprising nucleic acid encoding Armcx1 polypeptide, are proposed for use in the methods. Pharmaceutical composition comprising the agents, and methods for identifying additional agents are also disclosed.
US11413314B2
The present invention refers to a composition comprising a conditioned cell culture medium obtained or obtainable by a process which comprises culturing a population of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), in which at least about 25%, at least about 30%, at least about 35%, at least about 40%, at least about 45%, at least about 50%, at least about 55%, at least about 60%, at least about 65%, at least about 70%, at least about 75%, at least about 80%, at least about 85%, at least about 90%, at least about 95%, at least about 96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, or at least about 99%, of said population by number of cells are MSCs obtained from a mammal pertaining to the genus Canis, in a nutrient rich liquid prepared for cell culture, preferably a basal media; and collecting the conditioned cell culture medium, wherein preferably the nutrient rich liquid is an animal/human serum-free media or a chemically defined animal/human serum-free and xeno free media designed to grow MSCs, for use in therapy.
US11413302B2
A medicament for preventing and/or treating a disease is disclosed, the disease is Alzheimer's disease, diabetes or senility; and the medicament includes a first active ingredient, and the first active ingredient includes one of carrimycin, isovalerylspiramycin I, isovalerylspiramycin II and isovalerylspiramycin III, or a combination of two or three of isovalerylspiramycin I, isovalerylspiramycin II and isovalerylspiramycin III.
US11413282B2
The present invention is directed to a combination therapy involving a type II anti-CD20 antibody and a selective BCL-2 inhibitor for the treatment of a patient suffering from cancer, particularly, a CD20-expressing cancer.
US11413281B2
Disclosed is a targeted delivery system for a hydrophobic antitumor drug, referring to conjugates of E-selectin polypeptide ligand-polyethylene glycol-antitumor drug connected by different link bridges containing disulfide bonds. The synthesis of the conjugates, antitumor activity evaluation, the particle size and morphology characteristics of nanoparticles self-assembled by the conjugates in an aqueous solution, and the release of the antitumor drug in different conditions are comprised. The conjugates can actively target at vessels of a tumor site by the E-selectin peptide ligand, and can also self-assemble into nanoparticles in an aqueous solution, so as to be passively targeted at the tumor site by EPR effect. The results show that the conjugates have significant antitumor activity but are less toxic to normal cells, can inhibit the adhesion between tumor cells and vascular endothelial cells, have the potential of anti-tumor metastasis, and have a broad prospect in development and application of antitumor drugs.
US11413273B2
The present invention provides a preventive or therapeutic agent for pulmonary hypertension, including a compound represented by the following formula (I) or a salt thereof: where: —A— represents —NH—, —S—, or —O—; R1 and R2 are identical to or different from each other, and each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R5 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R6 and R7 are identical to or different each other, and each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl group; and R6 and R7 may form an unsaturated hydrocarbon six-membered ring together with a carbon atom to which R6 is bonded and a carbon atom to which R7 is bonded.
US11413269B2
Disclosed here are compositions and methods for preventing or treating certain health conditions associated with inflammation or oxidative stress. These compositions are prepared from ingredients containing phytochemicals that activate the Nrf2 pathways. Synergistic effects of the different phytochemicals are also disclosed.
US11413264B2
The present invention relates to carbamoyl phenylalaninol analogs and methods of using the same to treat disorders.
US11413253B2
Nanoparticle compositions described herein comprise combinations of prodrugs of therapeutic agents that achieve enhanced therapeutic effects as compared to those observed when combinations of free forms of these therapeutic agents are administered.
US11413251B2
The present invention relates to a gelatin product comprising a core component, wherein the core component is encased partially or fully by a gelatin gel. The gelatin gel is produced from a homogeneous casting compound containing the following constituents dissolved in water: 3 to 20 wt % of gelatin having a mean molecular weight, determined by gel chromatography, of at least 130 kDa, wherein the proportion of the molecular weight fraction above 100 kDa is at least 35 wt %; up to 60 wt % of glucose syrup with a viscosity of less than 1000 mPa·s, measured with a dry matter content of 80 wt % and at a temperature of 60° C.; and up to 60 wt % of sucrose, wherein the casting compound comprises a dry matter content of at least 70 wt %.
US11413238B2
Storage stable sterile ready-to-administer formulations comprising N-acetylcysteine are presented with desirable stability characteristics. In preferred aspects, formulations comprise low quantities of one or more chelating agents, contain N-acetylcysteine at a concentration of 25 mg/mL or 50 mg/mL, and are packaged in a suitable format, such as a polymeric bag with a metalized overwrap and a non-contact oxygen scavenger.
US11413231B2
The present disclosure relates to a composition containing at least one chelating agent, its use, a hair dyeing and/or bleaching composition which contains this composition, a kit for dyeing and/or bleaching hair which comprises the composition, a method for dyeing and/or bleaching the hair, and a method for hair cosmetic treatment which comprise the application of the composition.
US11413230B2
The present invention relates to a process for reshaping keratin fibers, preferably hair, comprising the steps of: (i) applying onto the keratin fibers a composition comprising (a) at least one diol selected from C4-5 diols, wherein the composition has a pH of from 8.0 to 13.5, preferably from 8.5 to 12.0, and more preferably from 9.0 to 11.0; (ii) heating the keratin fibers; and (iii) optionally rinsing and/or drying the keratin fibers. The present invention can reshape keratin fibers without reducing and oxidizing the keratin fibers, and can provide superior reshaping efficiency, such as strong wave intensity and many curls.
US11413228B2
Provided herein is a method for removing a chemical stain from a dental surface or inhibiting chemical staining of a dental surface, comprising contacting the dental surface with an oral care composition comprising zinc phosphate and an orally acceptable carrier.
US11413220B2
An ISO 80369-3 compatible coupling having at least one vent, recessed groove, non-cylindrical geometry and/or textured surface formed therewith. According to one example embodiment, a vent can be formed on a male coupling and/or a female coupling. The vent can be in the form of recessed channel. According to one example embodiment, the coupling comprises non-cylindrical geometry such that at least one vent is provided.
US11413207B2
A wearable apparatus for assisting muscular strength includes: a main body mechanism extending in a vertical direction of a wearer's torso, and being fixed to a side of a wearer's torso under a wearer's shoulder; a fastening mechanism extending along an extension direction of a wearer's upper arm, and being disposed at and being in contact with a lower surface of the wearer's upper arm; a connecting mechanism having a first end coupled to the fastening mechanism and a second end movably coupled to the main body mechanism so as to be movable with respect to the main body mechanism; and a support mechanism movably coupled between the first end and the second end of the connecting mechanism to apply a support force to the connecting mechanism, and coupled to the main body mechanism and movable with respect thereto.
US11413204B2
A mobility device that includes support assemblies that may be secured to feet, legs, thighs, and torso of a user. An exemplary mobility device may further include an actuator that may be coupled with the exemplary support assemblies and may actuate rotational movements of the exemplary support assemblies with respect to each other. Such movement of support assemblies may accordingly move respective limbs of a disabled user. An exemplary mobility device may allow for a user to change position from a lying position to a standing position or from a standing position to a sitting position, which may significantly increase mobility of a disabled user. An exemplary mobility device may further include an exemplary wheeled base that may allow a disabled user to further move around.
US11413202B2
A patient support, such as a mattress, includes a plurality of inflatable bladders. Depth sensors are included in the support that measure the degree of penetration of a patient into the mattress. An air pressure sensor is also included that measures the pressure inside at least one bladder. A suitable inflation level of the mattress is determined by monitoring the rate of change of the depth with respect to air pressure as the bladder is either inflated or deflated. By detecting an inflection point in the graphical relationship of the depth and pressure outputs, a suitable inflation point for the bladders is determined that reduces interface pressures experienced by the patient, yet does not overly sink the patient into the mattress to a degree of discomfort. Analyzing the outputs of the depth and pressure sensors can also be used to detect a patient's heart rate and respiration rate.
US11413199B2
The present invention relates to an electrical assistance device (1) for a wheelchair (100) having a seat (103) and at least one rear wheel (104, 105) having a tyre (110), the electrical assistance device (1) comprising: at least one motor (2) having a rotor (22) connected to a pinion (4) designed to mesh with a complementary toothset of the tyre (110), and a mobile arm (6) connecting said motor (2) to the wheelchair (100). The mobile arm (6) allows said motor (2) to be manoeuvred between an engaged position in which the pinion (4) is in contact with the complementary toothset of said tyre (110), a disengaged position in which the pinion (4) is not in contact with the complementary toothset of said tyre (110) and a transport position in which the pinion (4) is distanced from the tyre (110) and retracted beneath the seat (103).
US11413195B2
In an embodiment, a material includes at least one outer section and a midsection attached to the outer section. The midsection includes a first antimicrobial membrane patch layer configured to contact a body, a second antimicrobial membrane patch layer disposed adjacent to the first antimicrobial patch layer, and an air gap disposed between the first patch and second antimicrobial patch layers. The first and second antimicrobial patch layers each are formed from respective balanced warp tows and fill tows in a plain-weave pattern, and each layer include copper filaments disposed in a plurality of the tows, each of the copper filaments including at least Cu+ or Cu+++ ions. Such a material may be suitable for notification and protection of a body from a soil deposited on the material.
US11413186B2
A trauma heater system uses the exothermic properties of the reaction between the gas (Co2) and chemical crystals (Group IA and IIA hydroxides and metal hydroxides) to provide heat. Heat generated by the trauma heater system reverses temperature loss in a person's body subjected to lower outside temperature, as in hypothermia, thereby restoring lost body heat and/or maintaining a person's body temperature to prevent hypothermia.
US11413172B2
An anchor stent assembly to be used with a valve component includes a generally tubular frame having a first end and a second end, the frame defining a central passage and a central axis. A secondary passage is defined between n inner surface of the frame and an outer surface of an inner rib disposed closer to the central axis than the frame. An extension tube is disposed through the secondary passage. The extension tube includes an extension tube lumen having a first opening at a first end of the extension tube and a second opening at a second end of the extension tube.
US11413159B2
The present disclosure relates to a spinal implant. The spinal implant may be used for lateral insertion into an intervertebral disc space. For example, the spinal implant may include a spacer body to which a plate is fixed. The intervertebral spacer body may include a pair of opposite sides having a pyramid-shaped teeth to fuse to bone. The plate defines at least one upper and lower borehole that each receives a screw. Each screw attaches the plate to a vertebral body between which the intervertebral spacer body is inserted. The boreholes may include locking threads that are adapted to lock the screws into place by engaging complementary locking threads of head of the screw.
US11413144B2
A delivery system for transcatheter implantation of a heart valve prosthesis. The delivery system includes an outer sheath component defining a lumen therethrough, an elongate tube having at least two flat wires longitudinally extending from a distal end thereof, and self-expanding first and second frames disposed in series within a distal portion of the outer sheath component and held in a compressed delivery configuration therein. The elongate tube and the at least two flat wires are slidably disposed within the lumen of the outer sheath component. In the compressed delivery configuration the at least two flat wires longitudinally extend along exterior portions of the first and second frames and are woven through adjacent ends of the first and second frames to releasably couple them to each other. Proximal retraction of the at least two flat wires from the first and second frames releases at least the first frame from the delivery system.
US11413142B2
A prosthetic heart valve having a cuff attached to a stent provides a seal for preventing paravalvular leakage. The cuff may be constructed from known sealing materials to fill in and around paravalvular leakage gaps, while continuously collapsing down into a low profile volume within the stent. The cuff has a first cuff portion positioned on the luminal surface of the stent and a second cuff portion. The second cuff portion has a deployed configuration in which a region of the second cuff portion is spaced from the abluminal surface of the stent and an initial configuration different from the deployed configuration.
US11413138B2
Nasal implant obtained by additive manufacturing, comprising a main portion and a return portion connected by an intermediate portion, the main and return portions forming an angle of between 25° and 90°, said implant is made from a biocompatible ceramic of synthetic origin; said implant has an average macroporosity characterized by: a density of material of between 20% and 95% by volume, said density of material being higher in said intermediate portion than in said main portion; cavities defining sections of cavities, said sections of cavities each having a diameter of between 0.3 mm and 1 mm; said sections of cavities each having an area and a form substantially equal over the entire implant.
US11413127B2
Semisolid oral dispersions for whitening teeth including hydrogen peroxide adducts in petrolatum. The hydrogen peroxide adduct can have a solubility in water of at least about 20 parts, by weight of the particles, in about 100 parts, by weight, of water. The semisolid oral dispersion and/or the petrolatum can have a cone penetration consistency value of from about 25 to about 300.
US11413124B1
The invention is directed to a manual toothbrush that includes an interior compartment housing an amount of dental floss. The toothbrush comprises a handle defined by an interior compartment. A portion of dental floss is housed within the interior compartment. The handle includes a cap that allows access to the dental floss housed within the interior compartment. The handle can include one or more finger or thumb rests that provide comfort to the user while brushing their teeth and/or accessing the interior compartment. The toothbrush also comprises an angled brush head defined by a plurality of bristles. Advantageously, the toothbrush allows for brushing and flossing using one compact and convenient device.
US11413120B2
A method for manufacturing a dental structure, a dental structure and a dental assembly, formed by a structure screwed on a dental implant relates to a manufacturing method of a dental structure intended to be located and screwed on a previously osseointegrated dental implant, as well as to the structure obtained according to said method and to the dental assembly formed by said structure and implant.
US11413119B2
A fixture for insertion into a bore hole arranged in bone tissue is provided. The fixture has a threaded leading portion provided with at least one cutting edge for creating a female thread in the bone tissue, and a threaded trailing portion following the leading portion in the created female thread. Compared to the geometry of a thread peak of said cutting edge of the leading portion, a thread peak of the trailing portion is displaced or overdimensioned in at least one of the coronal and apical directions of the fixture so that a strain is provided to the bone when said displaced or overdimensioned thread peak engages with the created female thread. A fixture set for creating a strain is also provided, the set includes a fixture and a separate thread maker.
US11413117B2
A method of manufacturing pre-formed, customized, ceramic, labial/lingual orthodontic clear aligner attachments (CCAA) by additive manufacturing (AM) may comprise measuring dentition data of a profile of teeth of a patient, based on the dentition data, creating a three dimensional computer-assisted design (3D CAD) model of the patient's teeth using reverse engineering, and saving the 3D CAD model, designing a 3D CAD structure model for one or more CCAA on various parts of each tooth, importing data related to the 3D CAD CCAA structure model into an AM machine, directly producing the CCAA in the ceramic slurry-based AM machine by layer manufacturing, enabling the provider to deliver patient-specific CCAA's by an indirect bonding method to the patient's teeth to improve the efficacy and retention of the clear aligners.
US11413115B2
Teeth cleaning system, in particular dental powder jet cleaning system, including a powder container having an inlet for compressed air, and where the powder container has an outlet for a powder/air mixture, and where the outlet communicates with a pipe system via which a fluid is passed, in particular a powder/air mixture which is formed in the powder container and from which powder container can be led, where a flow resistance of the inlet is configured relative to a flow resistance of the outlet and/or of the pipepipe system in such a way that a predetermined pressure loss is set across the inlet.
US11413112B2
A fiber-based radiopaque tissue marker for radiographic marking of tissue is provided. The marker is a sterile, single-patient-use polymeric fiber with a radiopaque material and a dye. The marker is radiopaque using standard radiographs such as x-rays and mammography. The marker can also be visualized by low-dose CT scans.
US11413110B2
A hands free integrated personal task lighting system for dental or surgical use providing remote control light activation and selective adjustable light intensity output. A fixed output value light source on a headset has an electronically activated variable transmission glass which changes transparency to degrees of translucentness by varied electrical activation. The light system provides both remote light activation and illumination value control by variable control sensors in a hands-free environment including temperature sensing activation control.
US11413104B2
A medical manipulator system including: a treatment tool unit including an arm portion having an arm with a joint and an end effector attached to the arm; an overtube having a lumen through which the treatment tool unit is inserted; a drive source configured to generate a drive force for driving the joint; a controller configured to generate an operation signal for operating the drive source; and a detector configured to detect friction generated between an inner surface of the lumen and the treatment tool unit. The controller calculates a correction amount for adjusting the operation signal based on the detected friction.
US11413103B2
A system and method of monitoring control points during reactive motion includes a computer-assisted device. The computer-assisted device includes the one or more articulated arms and a control unit coupled to the one or more articulated arms. The control unit is configured to perform operations comprising determining, before movement of a table separate from the computer-assisted device, a latched spatial configuration of a plurality of control points associated with the one or more articulated arms; determining one or more geometric attributes of the latched spatial configuration; determining an actual spatial configuration of the plurality of control points as the one or more articulated arms track the movement of the table; determining a difference between the one or more geometric attributes of the latched spatial configuration and corresponding one or more geometric attributes of the actual spatial configuration; and performing, based on the determined difference, a remedial action.
US11413100B2
In some embodiments, a hand controller apparatus for controlling a tool in a robotic surgery system can include a body including a proximal end and a distally located interface end configured to be coupled to an input apparatus configured to control a surgical tool. The hand controller apparatus can include a control lever attached to a pivot joint proximate a side surface of the body and extending along the body and away from the proximal end, the control lever being laterally moveable relative to the side surface of the body about the pivot joint. The control lever can include a tail region adjacent to the pivot joint and a paddle region connected to the tail region and extending toward the distally located interface end. The tail region can include an inner surface facing the body and an outer surface opposing the inner surface, and at least part of the outer surface of the tail region can be outwardly curved.
US11413097B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for mapping and displaying a three dimensional (3D) surgical pathway. Entry and target voxels are selected along with a semi-target voxel therebetween. Where voxels representing bone are between the entry and target voxels, the semi-target voxel is selected such that voxels representing bone are not within a shortest line between it and the entry voxel. A series of voxels through the semi-target voxel define the pathway. For each voxel V in the series between the semi-target voxel and one of the endpoint voxels, the immediately succeeding voxel of voxel V is selected from among the group of neighbor voxels of voxel V by comparing selection weights of each voxel determined a selected basis including relative distances with respect to the endpoint voxel and the semi-target voxel. The pathway voxels are selectively highlighted in a displayed view to provide a visualization of the 3D surgical pathway.
US11413089B2
A catheter device provides a balloon structure and a side-firing laser lumen within the balloon to create lesions in the pulmonary vein (PV) in the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Mounted on the balloon so as to contact the PV when the balloon is inflated are one or more electrodes which may be used in a measurement mode, a treatment mode, or both.
US11413073B2
A surgical fastener provided with a curved cutter, an anterior wedge-like tip and a surgeon facing end. Among other things, the surgical fastener's cutter can cut bone or other tissue.
US11413069B2
Implementations of a uterine manipulator operable to detach the uterus and cervix from the vagina are presented. The uterine manipulator can include a shaft, a handle, a tip assembly, and a cutting assembly.
US11413051B2
An irrigation sleeve, for use with a surgical system that comprises an irrigation source and a surgical tool having a tube to support a cutting accessory having a head, in turn comprises a body extending between proximal and distal ends. A first lumen formed in the body receives the tube. The head is adjacent the distal end. A second lumen formed in the body is spaced from the first lumen and comprises proximal and distal regions thereof. The proximal region of the second lumen extends from an inlet for fluid communication with the source, to a transition. The distal region of the second lumen is spaced out of fluid communication with the first lumen and extends from the transition to an outlet to direct fluid adjacent to the head.
US11413049B2
Devices used to deliver a substance within a patient's body are disclosed. The devices may include a microcatheter configured to deliver the substance to a targeted site. The microcatheter may include an expandable member to temporarily restrict blood flow in a vessel, a flow restriction member to restrict flow of material out a distal end of the microcatheter, and a port disposed proximal of the expandable member.
US11413045B2
The volume of a hyperinflated lung compartment is reduced by sealing a distal end of the catheter in an airway feeding the lung compartment. Air passes out of the lung compartment through a passage in the catheter while the patient exhales. A one-way flow element associated with the catheter prevents air from re-entering the lung compartment as the patient inhales. Over time, the pressure of regions surrounding the lung compartment cause it to collapse as the volume of air diminishes. Residual volume reduction effectively results in functional lung volume expansion. Optionally, the lung compartment may be sealed in order to permanently prevent air from re-entering the lung compartment.
US11413042B2
A surgical device for clipping tissue is disclosed. The surgical device comprises a housing comprising a motor configured to output rotary motions, a shaft, and a clip applier head. The clip applier head comprises a clip magazine, an end effector, a jaw closure cam, and a clip advancing member. The clip magazine comprises a plurality of clips. The end effector comprises a first jaw and a second jaw movable relative to each other between an unclamped position and a clamped position. The jaw closure cam is configured to move the first jaw and the second jaw toward the clamped position. The clip advancing member is operably attachable to the jaw closure cam. The clip advancing member is configured to move a clip from the clip magazine into a firing position. The jaw closure cam and the clip advancing member are configured to move in opposite directions at the same time.
US11413037B2
Systems, devices and methods to improve safety and efficiency in an operating room comprise providing a suture package that holds new suture needles and needle receptacles for storing used needles. The devices can be safely worn for the surgeon to self-dispense new suture needles in the near surgical field and to secure the used needles into a needle trap or a needle retainer located on his extremity, on his operative instruments or on the surgical drapes. The device may provide automated and/or simplified needle counting both during use and after removal from the surgical field. The device may be configured for ergonomic and efficient use so as to minimize the actions and motions of the surgeon to dispense and secure the needle.
US11413025B2
A system and method for performing surgical procedures within a body cavity, e.g. abdomen, uses a magnetized device is utilized to allow a surgeon to control intra-abdominal organs and objects. The system and method allows a surgeon to perform an intra-abdominal procedure without the need to position surgical tools inside of the body cavity. Additional surgical ports are not necessary as the magnetized device allows the surgeon to retract or position various objects within the abdomen.
US11413018B2
An ultrasound probe (“probe”) for use with an ultrasound imaging system is disclosed. In particular, the probe is sized and configured so as to be supported and readily used with as little as one finger on a single hand of a user of the imaging system. This configuration enables remaining fingers on the hand of the user to be employed for other purposes, such as skin traction and patient contact. In one embodiment, therefore, an ultrasound probe is disclosed, comprising a body, a lens included on head portion of the body, a stabilizing portion extending from the body and configured to stabilize the body on a skin surface of a patient without user assistance, and a finger grip portion configured to enable a user of the probe to grasp and maneuver the probe during use thereof with no more than two fingers on a single hand of the user.
US11413017B2
Systems, devices, and methods provide a solid-state intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging system that includes an array of ultrasound transducers mounted on a structural uni-body made of a polymeric substance doped with acoustic dampening material. The use of the polymeric substance doped with acoustic dampening material to fabricate the uni-body assists in improving the signal-to-noise ratio associated with the IVUS imaging signals.
US11413016B2
An ultrasound probe including: a circuit substrate (23) having a recess in a first region on the lower surface side; a buffer layer (400) composed of an insulating material on a second region different from the first region of circuit substrate (23); and an element array layer (22) including a first piezoelectric element (100) for ultrasound transmission formed in the first region of the circuit substrate (23) without the buffer layer (400), and a second piezoelectric element (200) for ultrasound reception formed in the second region of the circuit substrate (23) on the buffer layer (400). The first piezoelectric element (100) vibrates in a flexural vibration mode on the circuit substrate (23), and the second piezoelectric element (200) vibrates in a thickness vibration mode on the circuit substrate (23).
US11413013B2
An acoustic matching member configured to be disposed between a breast placed on an imaging table and a compression plate disposed opposite to the imaging table is proposed. The acoustic matching member includes a protruding portion that protrudes toward the imaging table and that is provided in an end portion on a deepest side when viewed from a chest wall side of a subject in a case of compressing a breast of the subject in contact with the compression plate.
US11413005B2
The disclosed devices, systems and methods measure non-invasive blood pressure in a patient. Energy emissions, such as ultrasound or light, are emitted into tissues of the patient. The emitted energy reflects from various tissues, such as flowing blood and vessels, and can be detected, or received, to generate a reflected energy signal or data. The reflected energy can be processed, such as by using a constitutive equation, to calculate the blood pressure.
US11413003B2
Setting an x-ray emission unit includes acquiring image data with the aid of a number of image recording units. A body region to be recorded of an examination object is identified based on the image data. Position data of the body region to be recorded is established, and the x-ray emission unit is set using the position data.
US11412994B2
A method for algorithm adjustment applying a motion sensor in a Continuous Glucose Monitoring system and a system using the method are provided. The method includes sensing an activity level of a patient by a motion sensor set in a CGM device of the CGM system and providing signals to a processer, then adjusting a series of related algorithms depending partly on the signals by the processer to provide more accurate and reliable blood glucose related data that is the basis of desirable treatment plans, and automatically operating the COM device including switching the CGM device to an audio-off mode or pausing a calibration of the glucose sensor by the processer.
US11412990B2
Techniques for determining reliability of electrocardiogram (ECG) data are disclosed. ECG data, including waveform data for a patient, is received. An amplitude associated with an R-wave in the waveform data is determined. First and second baseline regions in the waveform data, each relating to the R-Wave, are identified. A signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is determined, based on the amplitude, the first baseline region, and the second baseline region. The SNR facilitates medical treatment for the patient.
US11412987B2
The present application provides a personal hand-held monitor for the measurement of a subject's blood pressure and, optionally, one or more other vital signs, comprising a housing located on a personal hand-held computing device or a hand-held component of a computing system; a blood flow occlusion means located in the housing; a pressure sensor adapted to provide an electrical signal indicative of the pressure applied; a means for detecting the flow of blood in the body part of the subject when pressure is applied; and means for receiving electrical signals from the pressure sensor and the blood flow detecting means and for transmitting electrical signals indicative of the pressure and blood flow to the processor of the personal hand-held computing device or the computing system, wherein the processor of the personal hand-held computing device or computing system provide at least a measurement of the blood pressure of a subject. The processor is further adapted to carry out a process to measure a diastolic blood pressure value and a systolic blood pressure value.
US11412986B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods of conducting an intraoperative procedure including providing an electrode assembly having a pledget substrate having a surface that is hydrophilic, at least one electrode supported by and positioned within the pledget substrate, and a lead wire assembly interconnected to the at least one electrode. Methods can further include creating an incision to access bioelectric tissue of a patient and applying the pledget substrate to the tissue, such as a nerve, for example. The pledget substrate conforms and fixates to the tissue to secure the electrode assembly in position. The electrode is then activated to record bioelectric responses of or stimulate the tissue. In some embodiments, the pledget substrate includes two bodies, each including at least one electrode, the two bodies being selectively separable so that the bodies can be repositioned with respect to one another.
US11412977B2
Systems and methods are described for computing a quantitative index that characterizes Alzheimer's disease (“AD”) risk events based on a temporally ordered sequence of biomarker events. In general, the systems and methods described here implement a modified event-based probabilistic (“EBP”) model to calculate the risk index from biomarker data.
US11412976B2
A system and a method is provided for assessing motion of a biological tissue of a subject including one or more superficial biological layers and a targeted biological layer. An optical perturbation is introduced within the one or more superficial biological layers but not within the targeted biological layer. A set of optical signal data is acquired preceding, during, or following the optical perturbation and, using the set of optical signal data, a set of optical characteristics is determined that is representative of light transiting the biological layers. Using the set of optical characteristics and a model of the biological layers, a target optical signal consistent with a target biological layer is separated and a movement of the desired biological tissue is determined using the target optical signal.
US11412973B2
An ergonomic and unobtrusive cardiac monitoring and treatment device for continuous wear includes a band, ECG sensing electrodes and treatment electrodes configured to deliver an electrotherapy, one or more sensor ports for receiving one or more physiological sensors, and a controller for analyzing an ECG signal of a patient and causing a delivery of electro therapy. The band is configured to be worn about a thoracic region and has a vertical span of between about 1 to about 15 centimeters. The band is configured to be immobilized relative to a skin surface of the thoracic region of the patient by exerting one or more compression forces against the thoracic region. The device can include at least two separate wearable portions comprising a band portion including ECG sensing electrodes and/or other physiological sensors, and a second wearable portion optionally separable from the band portion, the second wearable portion including treatment electrodes.
US11412969B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data from a plurality of sensors at a first point in time, analyzing the data to identify a first level of alertness of a user, predicting a second level of alertness that is required by the user to operate a machine at a second point in time that is subsequent to the first point in time, comparing the first level of alertness to the second level of alertness to generate a first comparison result, identifying a first type of a first notification based on the first comparison result, identifying a third point in time to provide the first notification based on the first comparison result, wherein the third point in time is subsequent to the first point in time and prior to the second point in time, and providing the first notification at the third point in time. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11412964B2
A pulse oximetry system for reducing the risk of electric shock to a medical patient can include physiological sensors, at least one of which has a light emitter that can impinge light on body tissue of a living patient and a detector responsive to the light after attenuation by the body tissue. The detector can generate a signal indicative of a physiological characteristic of the living patient. The pulse oximetry system may also include a splitter cable that can connect the physiological sensors to a physiological monitor. The splitter cable may have a plurality of cable sections each including one or more electrical conductors that can interface with one of the physiological sensors. One or more decoupling circuits may be disposed in the splitter cable, which can be in communication with selected ones of the electrical conductors. The one or more decoupling circuits can electrically decouple the physiological sensors.
US11412955B2
A blood pressure measuring apparatus performs blood pressure measurement of a person to be measured. The apparatus includes: setting a measurement mode including at least a nocturnal blood pressure measurement mode to perform the measurement; and determining whether a blood pressure measurement posture is good under a first determination condition based on a height difference between a position of the apparatus and a heart position of the person in a sitting posture, and under a second determination condition based on a height difference between a position of the apparatus and a heart position of the person in a supine posture. A determination condition of the determining is switched to the second determination condition when the nocturnal blood pressure measurement mode is set.
US11412948B2
Tracer kinetic models are utilized as temporal constraints for highly under-sampled reconstruction of DCE-MRI data. The method is flexible in handling any TK model, does not rely on tuning of regularization parameters, and in comparison to existing compressed sensing approaches, provides robust mapping of TK parameters at high under-sampling rates. In summary, the method greatly improves the robustness and ease-of-use while providing better quality of TK parameter maps than existing methods. In another embodiment, TK parameter maps are directly reconstructed from highly under-sampled DCE-MRI data. This method provides more accurate TK parameter values and higher under-sampling rates. It does not require tuning parameters and there are not additional intermediate steps. The proposed method greatly improves the robustness and ease-of-use while providing better quality of TK parameter maps than conventional indirect methods.
US11412944B2
A method for measuring sound from vortices in the carotid artery comprising: first and second quality control provisions, wherein the quality control compares detected sounds to pre-determined sounds, and upon confirmation of the quality control procedures, detecting sounds generated by the heart and sounds from vortices in the carotid artery for at least 30 seconds.
US11412940B2
The present invention provides a dynamic measurement device with a blood pressure determination function, comprising: a heartbeat sensing module disposed on the chest area of a user wherein the heartbeat sensing module comprising a heart sound sensor for obtaining heartbeat signals; a pulse sensing module disposed on a limb area of the user, the pulse sensing module comprising a pulse wave sensor for obtaining pulse signals; and a data calculating module for calculating a mean arterial pressure and a value of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure based on the heartbeat signals and pulse signals. In addition to dynamically monitoring the blood pressure of a user for 24 hours, the present invention can dynamically monitor the heart sounds of the user for 24 hours individually in order to monitor user's physical condition. Therefore, the present invention has important medical meanings.
US11412939B2
A wireless, patient-worn, physiological sensor configured to, among other things, help manage a patient that is at risk of forming one or more pressure ulcers is disclosed. According to an embodiment, the sensor includes a base having a top surface and a bottom surface. The sensor also includes a substrate layer including conductive tracks and connection pads, a top side, and a bottom side, where the bottom side of the substrate layer is disposed above the top side of the base. Mounted on the substrate layer are a processor, a data storage device, a wireless transceiver, an accelerometer, and a battery. In use, the sensor senses a patient's motion and wirelessly transmits information indicative of the sensed motion to, for example, a patient monitor. The patient monitor receives, stores, and processes the transmitted information.
US11412935B2
A photoacoustic measurement apparatus includes: a main light source; a sub-light source; a light guide member that guides the light which has been emitted from the main light source and the sub-light source and has been incident on a base end to a leading end; an insert of which at least a leading end portion is inserted into a subject and which includes at least the leading end of the light guide member and a light absorption member that absorbs the pulsed laser light, and generates photoacoustic waves; and a photoacoustic wave detection unit that detects the photoacoustic waves. The photoacoustic measurement apparatus has, as an operation mode, a failure detection mode that drives the sub-light source and detects a failure of a photoacoustic wave generation unit including the light guide member and the light absorption member.
US11412927B2
Eye fundus inspection apparatus (500) comprising: —illumination means (12) comprising at least a light source (121, 123, 124, 126) and adapted to project a first light beam (1) towards a retina (101) of an eye (100); —an optical lighting path (1A) for said first light beam; —acquisition means (27) adapted to receive a second light beam (2) coming from the retina; —an optical acquisition path (2A) for said second light beam; —scanning means (17) adapted to scan said first light beam (1) on the retina with a linear movement, according to a first scanning direction (S1), or with a circular movement about a rotation axis (A), according to a second scanning direction (S2); —light beam separating means (16) adapted to define separate passage zones for said first and second light beams (1, 2) at a pupil of the eye; —a control unit (120) adapted to control operation of said inspection apparatus; —first light beam shaping means (11) and second light beam shaping means (23, 271, 272) that allow obtaining improved retinal images.
US11412917B2
Provided are a medical image processing device, an endoscope system, and a method of operating a medical image processing device that can enhance the reliability for recognition results obtained by recognition processing in a case where a lesioned part or the like is diagnosed by recognition processing of artificial intelligence (AI). Comparison between a first medical image and a second medical image to be a comparison target with respect to the first medical image is performed. A specific medical image selected in accordance with a result of the comparison from among the second medical images is acquired. A monitor displays a plurality of recognition results that are obtained from recognition processing that is performed with respect to the specific medical image and performed for recognizing the observation target.
US11412913B2
Provided are a spray arm and a washing appliance having same. The spray arm comprises a main spray arm, a plurality of auxiliary spray arms and rolling ball assemblies, and each of the auxiliary spray arms is connected to the main spray arm, the auxiliary spray arms may rotate relative to the main spray arm, and the rolling ball assemblies are disposed at connecting and fitting parts between each of the auxiliary spray arms and the main spray arm.
US11412912B2
A dishwasher and method therefor utilize a slip ring alignment arrangement to facilitate control over a rotational position of a rack-mounted tubular spray element or other rotatable conduit that is capable of being decoupled from a rotational drive.
US11412909B2
A cleaning device having a handle portion and a surface contacting portion, at least one of the handle portion and the surface contacting portion having a pressure indicator, wherein the pressure indicator provides a reversible signal in response to a certain pressure applied to the cleaning device that is within a certain pressure range.
US11412897B2
A foldable bath tub includes a base, a rim, and a basin wall disposed between and interconnecting the base and the rim. The bottom wall has an upwardly extending crotch support. The basin wall includes at least one crease. The basin wall is configured to be positioned in one of a folded condition in which the basin wall is folded into itself at the at least one crease an extended condition in which the basin wall is configured to receive an associated child. Where in the extended condition of the basin wall a distance from the base to the at least one crease increases along a length direction of the bath tub from a first end of the bath tub to a second end of the bath tub.
US11412896B1
A thermoformed salad kit with a bowl containing salad greens, and a tray containing fixings and dressing. The tray can be mounted on the bowl in one orientation to form a vented container offered for sale, and then inverted and mounted on the bowl in a second orientation to form a sealed container for mixing of the salad by the end consumer.
US11412887B2
A packable cooking system is provided. To pack the system, the fuel canister is connected to the lid. The legs of the fuel stabilizer are folded and it is placed in the bottom of the pot. The pot support legs of the burner are rotated to their storage position forming an L-shape with the burner mixer tube and the folded burner assembly is placed in the bottom of the pot with the pot support legs along the bottom and side walls of the pot and the burner mix tube extending upward from the bottom of the pot along the side wall. This orientation, when the connection is off-center, allows the fuel canister that has been secured to the lid to fit within the pot in its offset position beside the upward extending burner mix tube with the folded fuel stabilizer below the fuel canister.
US11412886B2
A bottle sleeve warmer apparatus for conveniently heating a dental procedure water bottle includes a sleeve body having a front side separated from a rear side to form an inside. An attachment mechanism is coupled to the sleeve body and is configured to secure the sleeve body around a bottle. A control housing is coupled to the front side of the sleeve body. A temperature sensor is coupled to the rear side of the sleeve body and is configured to read the temperature of the bottle. A temperature display is coupled to the control housing to display a reading from the temperature sensor. A plurality of controls is coupled to the control housing and activates a heating element coupled within the inside of the sleeve body to maintain the temperature of the bottle at a preset level.
US11412885B2
A cooking assembly can include a cooking vessel, a mixer, and a motor. The cooking vessel can include a bottom contact portion including a first bore therethrough, a heating portion spaced above the bottom contact portion and including a second bore therethrough, and a sidewall connected to the heating portion and together with the heating portion configured to retain food in the cooking vessel. The mixer can be located within the cooking vessel, where the mixer configured to rotate relative to the heating portion. The motor can be connected to the mixer via the first bore and the second bore to drive the mixer to rotate.
US11412881B2
A filter and multi-part brewing system for making excellent coffee of the pour over type are disclosed. A filter includes a circumferential wall that runs from a top rim to a bottom surface. The bottom surface of the filter is an undulating surface comprising a plurality of mini-cone units arranged in a waffle pattern, the mini-cone units comprising one or more holes. The brewing system comprises multiple sections configured to fit together with a filter and drip holes dimensioned for making excellent coffee.
US11412866B2
A shelf assembly includes a frame assembly having a side member, wherein the frame assembly is operable between stowed and extended positions. A rack assembly includes a first rack hingedly coupled to a second rack. The first rack and the second rack are pivotally coupled to the side member of the frame assembly, and the rack assembly is operable between first and second positions. The first rack and the second rack are angled towards a pivot axis defined between the first rack and the second rack when the rack assembly is in the second position. The rack assembly moves from the first position to the second position as the frame assembly moves from the stowed position to the extended position.
US11412862B2
A storage and dispensing system for beverage accessories is provided. The storage and dispensing system for beverage accessories has a planar base, a single-serve beverage pod storage container, and a plurality of drinking accessory dispensing channels. The pod storage container includes at least one sidewall disposed orthogonally to a top surface of the planar base. The pod storage container also includes a channel that is sized to receive a single pod at a time. A gate is disposed on a terminal end of the channel which prevents pods from sliding out of the channel. Each of the plurality of accessory dispensing channels is sized to receive at least one drinking accessory such as a cup or lid.
US11412861B1
A mattress comprising an interior core of inner pocket springs arranged in a plurality of columns extending between opposite ends of the mattress disposed within an exterior periphery of outer pocket springs arranged in a plurality of columns extending between opposite ends of the mattress and a plurality of rows extending between opposite sides of the mattress where each inner pocket spring and each outer pocket spring has substantially the same in pocket height and out of pocket height, and the outer pocket springs are firmer than the inner pocket springs to create a relatively firm border around the periphery of the mattress.
US11412859B1
A system for a footrest including a base assembly, a shaft assembly and a leg rest assembly is disclosed. The base assembly includes a base providing proper support on a ground surface for the footrest. The shaft assembly includes a shaft mounted to the base. The shaft being telescopic to adjust the height of the shaft to accommodate different users. The shaft assembly includes a motor and control buttons for adjusting the height of the shaft. Mounted atop of the shaft is a leg rest of the leg rest assembly. The leg rest provides support to the foot and leg of the user to allow the foot to be elevated comfortably for prolonged periods of time. Mounted to the leg rest is a removable and disposable toe separator to increase sanitation for users to avoid cross contamination between users. The toe separator being secured between the toes of the user.
US11412849B2
An attachment for furniture feet adjustable in height with respect to a piece of furniture includes a body having a seat adapted to firmly receive an upper end of a foot adjustable in height, four pass-through openings for the passage of a maneuvering tool of an adjustment mechanism of at least one additional foot adjustable in height, the openings being arranged at 90° with respect to each other and lying along two symmetry axes, orthogonal to each other, of the body.
US11412839B2
Disclosed is a paw cleaning device for pet animals. The paw cleaning device of the present invention is an improved device for cleaning a pet's paws by providing a light source for adequate lighting during the cleaning process. The light source provides a halo-illumination lighting effect such that a 360-degree light encircles the paw, including particular regions of the paw being cleaned. The use of halo-illumination allows a user to see specific regions of the paw being cleaned, thus providing the user sufficient information about the health of the pet.
US11412836B2
A hammock assembly is provided and includes a fastening system, a hammock, a first cover, and a second cover. The fastening system includes a first tape section and second tape section corresponding to the first tape section. The hammock includes a hammock body with the first tape section attached to an edge thereof. The first cover has a cover body with the second tape section attached to an edge thereof, the cover removably attachable to the hammock by connecting the first tape section and the second tape section. The second cover is a permeable netting and includes the second tape section attached to an edge thereof. The second cover convertible with first cover and removably attachable to the hammock by connecting the first tape section and the second tape section.
US11412835B2
The present teachings contemplate a dispensing apparatus for cosmetic samples, the apparatus comprising a retail point of sale dispenser; a carrier including a plurality of mounts and a plurality of containers removably attached to the carrier via the plurality of mounts; with vertical and horizontal translational components; one or more information retrieval devices; a user interface including a data interface adapted to store information on the one or more information retrieval devices; a transparent panel covering at least a portion of the dispensing apparatus and wherein the one or more information retrieval device are adapted to be maintained in the possession of a user; and wherein the apparatus dispenses cosmetic samples based on user input.
US11412834B2
Nail Works is a nail polish bottle's cap acting as an application tool to aid in the process of polishing. Nail Works includes a nail polish bottle filled with paint, a lid with depending wand having a brush and the lid with an attached nail. The attached nail may slide into a position that is appropriate for use and then retract into its original position. The nail bearing the color of paint within the bottle is thin and concave in nature and acts as a scraping device to rid the cuticles of excess paint. Its sleek dimensional design allows it to lye flush against the customer's nail bed facilitating in correct color choice based upon skin tone and not just looks.
US11412817B2
In example aspects, materials are repurposed for footwear manufacturing. That is, in some instances, materials in the footwear manufacturing supply chain are potentially subject to disposal. However, aspects of this disclosure sustainably repurpose those materials (that might otherwise be disposed of) to be used in footwear articles. In some aspects, the repurposed materials may be obscured with a concealing layer.
US11412805B1
A head and eye protection apparatus for use in conjunction with a helmet that envelops a wearer's head, the helmet having a front opening that enables the wearer to see. The helmet has upper and side edges that surround the front opening. A goggle provides a transparent viewing lens supported by a peripheral frame. The frame includes an upper frame section, left and right side frame sections and a lower frame section. The goggle frame is suspended via a dual suspension system wherein a first apparatus seats the goggle frame to the helmet, and a second apparatus seats the goggle frame to the user's face.
US11412801B2
A neck shade accessory for baseball caps has a support band, at least one attachment clip, and a sunshade. The support band is adjustable in length and curved to conform to the rear and sides of a baseball cap. Each attachment clip is secured to the support band and clips onto the brim of the baseball cap. The sunshade is terminally attached along the support band and hangs from the rear of the baseball cap to protect a wearer's neck and shoulders from exposure to the sun. A shade attachment of the sunshade may further be incorporated to secure the sunshade to an adjustment band positioned at the rear of the baseball cap.
US11412795B2
A perspiration absorbing device for preventing staining due to perspiration and for masking body odor includes a second panel that is coupled by opposing termini and a first side to a first panel to define a pocket. A pair of couplers is coupled singly proximate to opposing edges of the first panel. The couplers are configured to couple the first panel to at least one of skin of a user and an interior surface of a garment so that the first panel is positioned proximate to a respective armpit of the user. The first panel and the second panel are configured to absorb perspiration. Each of a set of sachets is selectively insertable into the pocket so that the sachet is configured to emit a fragrance to mask body odor.
US11412792B2
A self-sterilizing, face mask, respirator, open or enclosed face shield employs germicidal, far UV-C light safe for direct human exposure, mitigating risk of acquisition or transmission of respiratory pathogens, such as COVID 19. Device attachments or special lenses direct far UV-C light into the respiratory chamber and/or reservoir areas of infection including nasal, oropharyngeal or ocular areas to reduce or eliminate pathogens, serving also as a treatment modality. In a preferred embodiment the face shield has a removable front section, which can be exchanged or replaced with sections that include various functional attributes while maintaining germicidal protections and avoiding need to remove PPE during these activities including consumption of liquids, oral medications or food, as well as providing antimicrobial absorbent sneeze or cough guard or rhinorrhea secretion absorption, or a communication device to address communication deficiencies caused by respiratory protection barriers.
US11412790B2
A face mask comprises a container coupled to a first surface of a face mask, a fragrance material disposed in the container, and an exhalation valve coupled to a second surface of the a face mask. The fragrance material comprises a fluid configured to evaporate from the fragrance material, and the container is configured to releasably engage the exhalation valve to form a closed chamber. The closed chamber is configured to enclose the fragrance material when the container is releasably engaged with the exhalation valve.
US11412788B2
A cured liquid silicone rubber (“LSR”) body having an outer surface, an inner surface opposing the outer surface, a first end, a second end opposing the first end, a non-biased body length separating the first and second ends of the cured silicone body, a pre-formed pleated portion disposed circumferentially along the body length and operably configured to enable selective and elastically biased adjustment of the non-biased body length, non-pleated portions of the LSR body forming a smooth surface of the outer surface of the LSR body and flanking the pleated portion, forming a sleeve shape with at least one enclosed opening and a sleeve channel for receiving a user's limb and defined by the inner surface of the LSR body, and defining a plurality of perforations thereon, disposed on the non-pleated portions of the LSR body that span through the LSR body.
US11412787B1
The hooded piece of clothing enables the user to quickly convert the hood into a facial covering, by using an opening in the fabric, which can be quickly opened or closed by a fastener. The drawstrings on either side are pulled down to tighten the facial covering around the face.
US11412784B2
Systems and methods for monitoring of biometric and contextual variables to assist in screening for, quantification of, and prediction of smoking behavior, and for assisting in smoking cessation are described.
US11412782B2
A cartridge of an electronic vaping device includes a housing assembly and a reservoir cap assembly. The housing assembly is a single piece housing assembly. The reservoir cap assembly includes a reservoir cap having a hole there through and at least one wick extending through an opening in the reservoir cap.
US11412773B2
This invention relates to a method for moulding products from a mass of food stuff, comprising: —moving a mould cavity, which is part of a mould member past a feed channel which fills the mass into the cavity, wherein the feed channel is connected to a feed pump which pumps the mass through the feed channel into the cavities. —determining and/or detecting the position of the mould cavity relative to the feed channel, controlling the desired set pressure of the pump.
US11412766B2
A humidity control system includes a two-way humidity control material, a plant extract, and a package housing the two-way humidity control material and the plant extract. A method of flavoring a product and controlling the humidity of an environment in a container includes inserting a humidity control system in the container and enclosing the product in the container. The humidity control system includes a two-way humidity control material, a plant extract, and a package housing the two-way humidity control material and the plant extract.
US11412765B2
The present invention relates to spray-dried compositions capable of retaining volatile compounds and methods relating to the same. The present invention also relates to the powders produced by such methods.
US11412755B2
A method for printing a three-dimensional crystalline structure such as a chocolate layer wherein, after printing, the material has a desired crystal structure and a plurality of non-random cavities. An embodiment can include printing a liquid first layer of material with a printer onto a second layer of material having a crystal structure. Subsequently, the printed liquid first layer is processed to solidify the first layer. During the processing of the printed liquid first layer, the second layer functions as a crystal seed layer through physical contact with the printed liquid first layer and the second layer crystallizes with the crystal structure. In some embodiments, confections may be formed from high-quality chocolate, where the confection has a reduced caloric content with acceptable mouthfeel. In other embodiments, a confection may have a previously unrealized mouthfeel and taste.
US11412754B2
A cold-brew coffee brewing system has a brew tank assembly supported in an elevated position by a tank support structure. A fluid-permeable support structure is removable from below the interior volume of a tank body for accessing the interior volume to remove used coffee grounds. A swing arm assembly supported by the tank support structure facilitates convenient support and movement of the fluid permeable support structure under a load of used coffee grounds in the interior volume of the tank body. A cold-brewing method for preparing cold-brew coffee may use the cold-brew coffee brewing system.
US11412747B1
A gambrel includes a frame including a fulcrum attachment. A first hanger is on a first lateral side of the frame. A second hanger is on a second lateral side of the frame. At least one line retainer is fixed relative to the frame.
US11412740B2
Methods are provided for cultivating fungi for scaled-up production of microbe-based products. Specifically, cultures of fungi, such as, e.g., Pisolithus tinctorius, are grown by aerobic submerged fermentation in liquid medium containing a particulate anchoring carrier to increase mycelial biomass.
US11412736B2
The present invention relates to a method for controlling dallisgrass or tropical signalgrass in warm-season turfgrass, comprising applying to the warm-season turfgrass to the locus of the warm-season turfgrass an effective rate of pinoxaden.
US11412726B1
A reversible rod holder apparatus and method consists of a frame with a front, a back, a top side, a bottom side, a left side and a right side. An attachment plate is connected with the back of the frame. A support is provided where the support and the attachment plate are removably connectable and a rod sleeve is connected with the front of the frame at an angle from the left side to the right side of the frame such that a rod placed in the rod sleeve is held at that angle.
US11412725B2
A fishing reel includes a spool capable of winding a fishing line, a spool brake that brakes the spool, and a spool braking force controller capable of controlling braking force from the spool brake, wherein the spool braking force controller is configured to have a receiver capable of receiving an instruction from an external device, and to set braking force based on the instruction as to the braking force received by the receiver from the external device.
US11412703B2
A pet kennel is disclosed as it may be manufactured to appear as furniture. An example of the pet kennel may include a housing having a floor, a top, and four sides, wherein the floor and the top are wooden, and at least one of the sides has metal rods in a wooden frame. The example pet kennel may also include a containment area formed within the housing, the containment area sufficiently large to fit multiple animals. At least one divider may be installed to separate the containment area into distinct living space. The at least one divider may be removed to provide a common living space. The at least one pet kennel may also include at least one door to the containment area, and a lock on the at least one door.
US11412700B2
The present invention relates to key genes in the biosynthesis of steroidal alkaloids and saponins, including regulatory genes and enzyme-encoding genes, and to use thereof for altering the content of steroidal (glyco)alkaloids or phytosterols in plants. The present invention provides genetically modified plants or gene edited plants with altered content of steroidal (glyco)alkaloids, particularly to Solanaceous crop plants with reduced content of antinutritional steroidal glycoalkaloids and to the increase in phytosterols, including cholesterol or cholestanol in these plants. The present invention also provides methods of altering gene expression.
US11412693B2
A soybean cultivar designated 95240447 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 95240447, to the plants of soybean cultivar 95240447, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 95240447, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 95240447. 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 95240447. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 95240447, 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 95240447 with another soybean cultivar.
US11412688B1
A novel maize variety designated PH4DFJ and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4DFJ with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4DFJ through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4DFJ or a locus conversion of PH4DFJ with another maize variety.
US11412686B1
A novel maize variety designated PH4CSG and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4CSG with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4CSG through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4CSG or a locus conversion of PH4CSG with another maize variety.
US11412673B2
The present disclosure relates to an article for enriching soil fertility, a method of manufacturing the same and a method of enriching soil fertility. The article comprising: a plurality of containers, each having a respective fluid-permeable membrane and each containing one or more fertilizers. At least one of permeabilities of the membranes and contents of the one or more fertilizers are selected to control a release of the fertilizers from the containers.
US11412671B2
A horticultural substrate conditioner includes a housing having an opening to receive a growing medium and an outlet to discharge the growing medium, a shaft arranged within the housing, the shaft rotatable relative to the housing, and a plurality of tines disposed on the shaft spaced apart from each other, the tines comprising a flexible material, wherein upon entry of a growing medium into the housing, the tines are capable of engaging the growing medium such that as the shaft rotates, the growing medium is broken apart and/or reduced in density and size to enable optimal distribution of the growing medium into a container upon discharge from the housing.
US11412667B2
A horticultural container includes a tag slot for receiving a display tag. The tag slot has an inner wall and an outer wall spaced widthwise from one another, and one of the inner or outer walls has at least two curved peaks separated by a valley and extending into the slot towards the other of the inner or outer wall to hold the tag against the other of the inner or outer wall. The peaks provide a radius that reduces cracking of the tag and increases longevity thereof, and reduces tag sagging, collapsing, or curling.
US11412664B2
A fill under tarp for grain and grain storage system is disclosed. The fill under has a tarp body with a plurality of tarp sections having an inner edge extending to a terminal outer edge defining an outer perimeter. A tarp section seam is disposed between tarp sections. A yoke having a center and opposing inner and outer terminal edges is disposed generally in the center of the tarp body and configured for strengthening the tarp body. A corner of the outer terminal edge of the yoke is disposed coincident with the tarp section seam. A transition seam is disposed between the outer terminal edge of the yoke and inner edge of the tarp body. An opening in the yoke has an outer circumference coincident with the inner edge of the yoke so that the opening is configured to receive grain for storing underneath the fill under tarp.
US11412656B2
A trimmer head of a hand-held cutting device may include a spool onto which trimmer line is loadable and from which the trimmer line is dispensable, a housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion operably coupled to the first housing portion to house the spool where the housing is driven rotationally about an axis by a shaft during powered operation of the device, a coupling assembly configured to selectively couple the spool to and decouple the spool from the housing during powered operation of the device based on an axial position of the coupling assembly within the housing, and a button operably coupled to the coupling assembly to alter the axial position of the coupling assembly when the button is moved out of a rest position by a bump of the button on a surface.
US11419249B1
The present invention provides a kit for laptop and PC users with assemblage components that fit upon a mouse pad, and are designed to mitigate the effects of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and provide radio frequency or EMF shielding. The kit includes a pair of removable triangular wrist pads that fit onto the corners of a laptop. The wrist pads comprise an upper portion with an arcuate shape and stiffness to reduce CTS; and are detachable from the base triangles for affixing directly to the laptop beneath the typing keys. A pair of thigh pads having a relatively flat top side are designed for positioning on a user's lap to provide EMF shielding and raise the laptop for easier viewing. A third hollow wrist pad for use with a mouse pad has internal storage. Both the mouse pad underside and the assemblage components underside comprise fixation strips for secure storage.
US11419237B2
A method for manufacturing a liquid-cooling jacket (1) where heat transfer fluid flows in a hollow part (14) defined by a jacket body (2) and a sealing body (3) includes: an overlapping process in which the sealing body (3) is placed on an end surface (11a) of a peripheral wall part (11) in such a way that the end surface (11a) and a back surface of the sealing body (3) are overlapped each other to form a first overlapped part (H1); and a primary joining process in which primary joining is performed by friction stirring in such a way that a rotary tool (F1) is moved once around a recessed part (13) along the first overlapped part (H1). In the primary joining process, the first overlapped part (H1) is joined in a state where the tip side pin is in contact with only the sealing body (3) or with the jacket body (2) and the sealing body (3) while the base side pin is in contact with the sealing body (3).
US11419233B2
An adaptor for incorporating a function of an Open Compute Project (OCP) mezzanine card into a storage device includes a framework, a baseboard mounted to the framework and arranged to have the Open Compute Project (OCP) mezzanine card mounted thereon, an adapting part on the baseboard, the adapting part including an insertion slot for receiving a first interface of the OCP mezzanine card, and a connector on the baseboard, the connector configured to connect with the storage device, the baseboard including interconnections between the connector and the adapting part to provide for data exchange between the OCP mezzanine card and the storage device.
US11419229B1
A latch includes a housing, a leaf spring, a tooth, and an actuator. Motion of the actuator against the leaf spring causes the leaf spring to deform and the tooth to extend from the housing to engage a keeper.
US11419227B2
A housing for receiving an electrical or electronic functional module includes: a first housing element having a first surface section and at least one first connecting section arranged on the first surface section; a second housing element having a second surface section and at least one second connecting section arranged on the second surface section, the first housing element and the second housing element being connectable to each other via the at least one first connecting section and the at least one second connecting section; and an intermediate element arrangeable between the at least one first connecting section and the at least one second connecting section in order to connect the first housing element and the second housing element, the intermediate element having at least one functional device for providing an additional function independent of the connection of the at least one first connecting section.
US11419221B2
A method of forming a protective film on at least one electronic module is provided. The method includes the following steps. A protective material is disposed on at least one electronic module such that the protective material and the electronic modules are in contact with each other. The electronic modules and the protective material disposed on the electronic modules are disposed in a chamber, and a first ambient pressure is provided in the chamber. The protective material in the chamber is heated to a first temperature to soften the protective material disposed on the electronic modules. After the protective material is softened, a second ambient pressure greater than the first ambient pressure is provided in the chamber, wherein a gas in the chamber directly pressurizes the protective material such that the protective material conformally covers a top of the electronic modules. The protective material conformally covering the top of the electronic modules is heated to a second temperature to solidify the protective material conformally covering the top of the electronic modules to form a protective film conformally covering the top of the electronic modules.
US11419217B2
A power electronic substrate includes a metallic baseplate having a first and second surface opposing each other. An electrically insulative layer also has first and second surfaces opposing each other, its first surface coupled to the second surface of the metallic baseplate. A plurality of metallic traces each include first and second surfaces opposing each other, their first surfaces coupled to the second surface of the electrically insulative layer. At least one of the metallic traces has a thickness measured along a direction perpendicular to the second surface of the metallic baseplate that is greater than a thickness of another one of the metallic traces also measured along a direction perpendicular to the second surface of the metallic baseplate. In implementations the electrically insulative layer is an epoxy or a ceramic material. In implementations the metallic traces are copper and are plated with a nickel layer at their second surfaces.
US11419206B2
A circuit board structure for improving isolation is provided. The circuit board structure can increase the isolation by adding a section of floating metal between two signal transmission lines and adjusting the distance between the floating metal and the two signal transmission lines.
US11419197B2
A computer-implemented method for adaptive display brightness adjustment, the method comprising: obtaining current state data characterizing a current state of a device having a display with an adjustable brightness; providing the current state data as input to a brightness prediction machine learning model, wherein the model is configured to process the current state data in accordance with current values of a set of model parameters to generate as output a proposed display brightness for the display of the device; setting the brightness of the display to a brightness that is lower than the proposed display brightness in accordance with an exploration policy; determining whether a user of the device manually adjusts the display brightness; and in response to determining that the user did not manually adjust the display brightness, using the lower brightness as a target output for adjusting the current values of the set of model parameters.
US11419191B2
A self-adaptive illuminating device includes an illumination module and a driver module. The illumination module includes multiple electrically coupled illuminating units and a sampler. The sampler is electrically coupled to the illuminating units. The sampler tests at least one electrical property of the illuminating units by using a test signal for generating a feedback parameter. The driver module is electrically coupled to the illumination module. The driver module includes a signal processing unit and a power transformer. The signal processing unit is coupled to the sampler. The signal processing unit generates an operating parameter based on the feedback signal. The power transformer is electrically coupled to the signal processing unit and the illuminating units. The power transformer generates a resulting driving power based on the operating parameter and the initial driving power, and drives the illuminating units using the resulting driving power.
US11419187B2
The present invention relates to an article comprising at least one glass-ceramic substrate, in particular a plate, intended, for example, to cover or receive at least one heating element, said substrate exhibiting, in at least one zone, a surface roughness such that the characteristic dimensions of the patterns forming said roughness are between 2 and 100 μm. The present invention also relates to an advantageous process for producing said substrate.
US11419185B2
Provided is a heater for a cigarette-type electronic cigarette device. A heater for a cigarette-type electronic cigarette device according to an exemplary embodiments of the present invention comprises: a support body made of a ceramic material and formed to have a hollow so as to surround a cigarette; an electrode pattern formed on one surface of the support body so as to heat the cigarette inserted into the support body when power is applied; and a cover layer which has an insulation property and covers the electrode pattern.
US11419182B2
An electronic device including a user interface, at least one wireless communication circuit, a processor, and a memory connected to the processor. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to transmit and/or receive data to and/or from a first external electronic device through the wireless communication circuit, to search for a second external electronic device positioned at a periphery of the electronic device, to transmit at least part of connection information with the first external electronic device to the second external electronic device, and to receive data from the first external electronic device and/or the second external electronic device based on a user input via the user interface, an occurrence of an event at the electronic device, a request of the first external electronic device, or an occurrence of an event at the first external electronic device.
US11419177B2
The method proposes to establish at least one session between the User Equipment and the Session Management Function node, and initiate session deactivation for a session indicated by the User Plane Function node, upon detection inactivity of User Plane connection for the session for a period by the User Plane Function node.
US11419173B2
A system and methods for beam failure recovery and management for multi-carrier communications with beamforming are disclosed herein. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may monitor for and detect a beam failure of a beam associated with a secondary cell (Scell). The WTRU may select an Scell candidate beam. The WTRU may transmit using a selected uplink (UL) resource in a primary cell (SpCell) a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) including an indication of Scell beam failure and identifying the selected candidate beam. The WTRU may receive an Scell beam failure indication response on the SpCell indicating an SCell index and a downlink (DL) quasi co-location (QCL) reference associated with the Scell. The WTRU may verify that the DL QCL reference matches with the candidate beam. The WTRU may perform random access on the SCell using the selected QCL reference and the selected candidate beam.
US11419172B2
When a user equipment device (UE) is served with standalone connectivity by a first access node on a first carrier, the first access node could detect a trigger for transitioning the UE from the standalone connectivity to dual connectivity. In response to at least the trigger, the first access node could then (i) transition the UE from the first carrier to a second carrier selected based on the second carrier being lower in frequency than the first carrier, so as to help facilitate quality communication in the dual connectivity service, and then (ii) transition the UE from the standalone connectivity to the dual connectivity.
US11419166B2
A smart device that wirelessly communicates with a wireless router includes a terminal controller that executes an OS, and a multifunction device control app that operates on the OS; a terminal storage section having a first storage area that is controlled by the OS and stores connection information of the wireless router, and a second storage area that is accessible by the multifunction device control app; and a terminal communicator including a first terminal communicator that communicates with the wireless router by using a wireless LAN communication scheme, and a second terminal communicator that communicates with a multifunction device by using a BLE communication scheme. The terminal controller stores the connection information in the second storage area and transmits the stored connection information to the multifunction device by using the second terminal communicator.
US11419165B2
The invention provides a method and system for establishing a connection between a client device of a plurality of client devices and a Wi-Fi access point of a plurality of Wi-Fi access points using a cloud platform. In an embodiment, the cloud platform identifies one or more target Wi-Fi access points and transmits an SSID-password tuple associated with the client device to the one or more target Wi-Fi access points. The one or more target Wi-Fi access points, then, broadcast an SSID of the client device and upon detecting the broadcast, the client device selects a target Wi-Fi access point and transmits a message with a pre-stored SSID-password tuple to the target Wi-Fi access point. Thereafter, the target Wi-Fi access point authorizes the client device to access the target Wi-Fi access point based on a comparison of the pre-stored SSID-password tuple and the SSID-password tuple received from the cloud platform.
US11419163B2
A system and method (600) of securely and accurately connecting mobile devices (110) to wireless networks in vehicles (210) by using encrypted wireless network configurations based on vehicle specific data is disclosed herein. The system comprises a vehicle (210) comprising an on-board computer (232) with a memory (231) having a vehicle identification number (233), a connector plug (235), and an motorized engine (234), a connected vehicle device (130) comprising a processor, a WiFi radio, a BLUETOOTH radio, a memory, and a connector for mating with the connector plug of the vehicle (210), and a mobile device (110) comprising a graphical user interface (335), a processor (310), a WiFi radio (307), a BLUETOOTH radio (306), and a cellular network interface (308).
US11419161B2
A server associated with a core network may include a memory storing computer-readable instructions; and at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to, generate a list of preferred instances of a first network function, transmit the list of the preferred instances to a server associated with a third network function, and receive a request to establish a communication session with a selected instance selected from the list of the preferred instances, if the server is associated with a selected instance of a second network function associated with the selected instance of the first network function.
US11419160B2
The present disclosure relates to network access methods, terminal devices, and network devices. One example method includes sending a first message to a network device, where the first message includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate a type of a core network to be accessed by a terminal device, and receiving a second message sent by the network device, where packet data convergence protocol is used for the second message, and version of the packet data convergence protocol corresponds to the type of the core network.
US11419152B2
Example communication methods and apparatus are described. One example communication method includes receiving indication information by a terminal device from a network device, where the indication information is used to indicate resource configuration information of a first uplink carrier and/or a second uplink carrier. The first uplink carrier and the second uplink carrier are different uplink carriers in a cell of the network device, and the first uplink carrier and the second uplink carrier are corresponding to one downlink carrier in the cell. The terminal device determines one uplink carrier from the at least one uplink carrier as a target carrier for performing random access based on the resource configuration information of the at least one uplink carrier.
US11419151B2
A communications method and apparatus, the method including sending, by a terminal device, a random access request to a network device, where the random access request comprises a random access preamble and uplink data, receiving, by the terminal device, a random access response sent by the network device, and performing, by the terminal device, a state transition AND/OR operation corresponding to a message format of the random access response.
US11419148B2
Provided in the embodiments of the present application are a signal transmission method and device, the method comprising: a first device determines a target channel access mechanism from at least two channel access mechanisms, the at least two channel access mechanisms being candidate channel access mechanisms for the first device to transmit first signals on an unlicensed carrier; on the basis of the target channel access mechanism, the first device performs channel sensing of the unlicensed carrier in order to determine whether time frequency resources used by the first device for sending the first signals are available, the first signals comprising at least two reference signals, the at least two reference signals comprising a first reference signal and a second reference signal, and the first reference signal being positioned before the second reference signal on the time domain.
US11419147B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine a mapping between synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) and a random access message of a two-step random access procedure based on an indication in system information signaling or radio resource control (RRC) signaling. The random access message may include a random access preamble and a random access payload. The UE may determine, based on the mapping, an association between one or more beams carrying the SSBs and one or more additional beams carrying the random access preamble and the random access payload of the random access message. As a result, the UE may perform the two-step random access procedure with a base station according to the beam association, and coexist with a four-step random access procedure in a more reliable and efficient manner.
US11419145B2
A communication method and a system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) are provided. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, a smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides method and an apparatus for releasing physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources assigned for random access procedure.
US11419144B2
A user apparatus communicates with a base station apparatus. The user apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive, from the base station apparatus, a plurality of blocks and an indication including information specifying a part of resources used for contention-free random access, a control unit configured to identify resources used for contention-free random access based on information specifying resources that are associated with the blocks and are used for random access, and based on the information specifying a part of resources used for contention-free random access, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a preamble to the base station apparatus using the identified resources used for contention-free random access.
US11419134B2
A method for transmitting and receiving an uplink signal between a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system which supports a non-licensed band, and an apparatus for supporting the same are disclosed. Specifically, a specific method in which a base station allocates transmission resources in a non-licensed band to a terminal and the terminal transmits an uplink signal using the allocated transmission resources, and an apparatus for supporting the same are disclosed.
US11419125B1
Systems for mitigating interference in a massive MIMO wireless network include an access node, a plurality of antennae communicatively coupled to the access node, and a processor communicatively coupled to the access node. The processor can be configured to perform operations including communicating with one or more wireless devices within a wireless sector utilizing one or more antennae from the plurality of antennae, and monitoring an interference level within the wireless sector. Upon the interference level meeting a threshold, the processor may be configured to utilize fewer antennae to communicate with the one or more wireless devices. Conversely, upon the interference level not meeting the threshold, the processor may be configured to utilize more antennae to communicate with the one or more wireless devices.
US11419121B2
A data transmitting method, a data receiving method, a terminal device, and a network device are provided. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a target resource based on a time index and/or configuration information; and transmitting, by the terminal device, data to a network device on the target resource. The terminal device can control resource granularity of the target resource to meet transmission requirements of the terminal device, and can further avoid an actual data transmission process from occurring only on a same frequency domain resource and can further improve the frequency diversity gain in the non-slot transmission. In addition, randomness of interference can be enhanced as much as possible to avoid a same user from always or frequently being in conflict, so when a DMRS of the terminal device conflicts with that of other terminals, performance of user identification can be effectively improved.
US11419118B2
A roadside radio device includes a first radio unit which receives a radio data packet from an in-vehicle radio device, and a first application unit which receives application data included in the radio data packet. A first application unit includes a vehicle class information comparison unit which compares vehicle identification information with communication type information. When the vehicle class information comparison unit determines that the vehicle identification information and the communication type information match, the first application unit processes the application data received from the first radio unit. When the vehicle class information comparison unit determines that the vehicle identification information and the communication type information do not match, the first application unit treats, as invalid data, the application data received from the first radio unit.
US11419116B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a compressed user equipment (UE) capability message that can indicate to a mobile network the various capabilities of the UE. In particular, the carrier aggregation and dual connectivity capabilities are compressed as disclosed herein. In traditional implementations, each carrier aggregation and dual connectivity combination and implementation that is supported is explicitly indicated in the message. As disclosed herein, rather than listing explicit combinations, the UE capability message can be compressed by instead listing boundary values of several different parameters which can be used by the network to derive the carrier aggregation and dual connectivity combinations. The UE capability message can also list the boundary values for LTE (Long Term Evolution), NR (New Radio, or 5G), and Dual Connectivity separately within the message to reduce ambiguity.
US11419112B2
A user device performing communication with another user device by beamforming in a first frequency and a second frequency different from the first frequency is provided. The user device includes a receiving unit configured to receive a first sensing signal in the first frequency; a control unit configured to select a resource in the second frequency used for transmission, based on a resource location on a radio frame in which the first sensing signal is provided, or based on information, contained in the first sensing signal, indicating a resource location on a radio frame in the second frequency; and a transmitting unit configured to perform data transmission in the second frequency by using the selected resource.
US11419106B2
A communication method, a base station, a radio communication node, and a user equipment are provided. A base station determines first resource configuration information, where the first resource configuration information is used for indicating N radio resource sets that are used when N radio communication nodes separately perform communication with a user equipment UE, and the radio resource includes a time domain resource and/or a frequency domain resource. The base station sends the first resource configuration information to the UE, where the UE communicates with a corresponding transmission point by using respective radio resource sets of transmission points, and the respective radio resource sets of the transmission points do not intersect. Therefore, a base station does not need to schedule a radio resource, thereby lowering a delay requirement on a backhaul link and eliminating interference.
US11419104B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a first transmit receive point (TRP), a downlink control information (DCI) communication, the UE being included in a multi-TRP configuration with the first TRP and a second TRP. The UE may determine information unique to the first TRP. The information unique to the first TRP may be at least one of associated with the DCI communication or included in the DCI communication. The UE may generate a downlink scrambling sequence initialization code, associated with the first TRP, based at least in part on the information unique to the first TRP. The UE may generate a downlink scrambling sequence, associated with the first TRP, based at least in part on the downlink scrambling sequence initialization code associated with the first TRP. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11419099B2
Methods and apparatuses for wireless communication are provided. A transmitting apparatus receives an indication to use multiple subframes to send uplink control information, codes the uplink control information over the multiple subframes based on the indication, and sends the coded uplink control information via the multiple subframes. Sending the coded uplink control information includes transmitting acknowledgement information (ACK) of a current downlink-centric self-contained subframe in an uplink acknowledgement portion of the current downlink-centric self-contained subframe, bundling ACK bits of multiple downlink-centric self-contained subframes and encoding the bundled ACK bits to generate parity acknowledgement bits associated with systematic acknowledgement bits, transmitting the systematic acknowledgement bits in each uplink acknowledgement portion of the multiple downlink-centric self-contained subframes, and transmitting the parity acknowledgement bits associated with the acknowledgement information bits of the multiple downlink-centric self-contained subframes in an uplink-centric self-contained subframe that is sequentially subsequent to the multiple downlink-centric self-contained subframes.
US11419094B2
The invention provides methods of transmitting and receiving a paging message, access network equipment, and terminal device equipment. The method of transmitting a paging message comprises: access network equipment determines a paging message; the access network equipment determines a paging start time and a continuous paging transmission time interval; and the access network equipment transmits, by employing beam sweeping, and according to the paging start time and the continuous paging transmission time interval, the paging message. Therefore, the embodiment can enhance quality of receiving a paging message.
US11419085B2
A user apparatus for communicating with a first base station apparatus using a first RAT (Radio Access Technology) and a second base station apparatus using a second RAT includes a reception unit configured to receive, from the first base station apparatus, a configuration for measuring a timing difference between a cell of the first base station apparatus and a cell of the second base station apparatus; a control unit configured to perform measurement with respect to a cell of the second RAT based on the configuration for measuring the timing difference; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the first base station apparatus, a result of the performed measurement, wherein the configuration for measuring the timing difference includes information indicating an upper limit of a number of cells of the second RAT.
US11419081B2
Controlling synchronization signal operation in a base station operating in shared spectrum includes detecting a condition related to a current anchor channel configuration used for transmission of synchronization signal transmissions and selecting, based on the detecting, a new anchor channel configuration and communicating the new anchor channel configuration to electronic devices serviced by the base station. The base station commences sending a predetermined number of synchronization signal transmissions using the current anchor channel configuration; and one of: i) sends synchronization signal transmissions using the new anchor channel configuration if the predetermined number of synchronization signal transmissions are sent on the current anchor channel configuration; or ii) aborts a change to the new anchor channel configuration if feedback is received from one of the electronic devices that the electronic device detected interference on the new anchor channel configuration before the predetermined number of synchronization signal transmissions are sent.
US11419069B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and a device in nodes used for wireless communications. A first node first receives a first radio signal and a second radio signal; and then determines that transmitting power of first control information in a first time window is a first power value and transmitting power of second control information in a second time window is a second power value; and transmits the first control information in the first time window with the first power value; the first power value is unrelated to the second power value, and the second power value is relevant to whether the first time window overlaps with the second time window. The present disclosure designs power allocation priorities of first control information and second control information to optimize both transmission performance and efficiency of a feedback channel in sidelink.
US11419068B2
A large-scale MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) wireless transmission method for millimeter wave/Terahertz networks is provided. In order to reduce the interruption of propagation in the millimeter wave/Terahertz band, a plurality of cells are combined into a wireless transmission network, the base station in each cell is equipped with a large-scale antenna array, and a unitary transformation matrix is used to achieve large-scale beam coverage for user terminals in the entire network. Moreover, in order to reduce the influence of the multipath and Doppler effects on transmission performance, received signals are synchronized for time and frequency in each receiving beam of a user terminal. The method allocates power for signal transmission according to the statistic information of synchronized equivalent channels, and gives an optimal power allocation matrix by iterative solution based on the CCCP (concave-convex procedure) and the deterministic equivalent method.
US11419065B1
A method for dynamic allocation of communication resources includes (1) determining a risk-return characterization of a plurality of communication resource allocations across a plurality of communication channels in a communication system, (2) selecting a first allocation of the plurality of communication resource allocations from the risk-return characterization according to at least one predetermined criterion, and (3) automatically allocating communication resources among the plurality of communication channels according to the first allocation.
US11419064B2
A system and method for managing a terminal uplink power, and a terminal having uplink power managed by a gateway are provided. The method including: dividing, at a gateway, a beam coverage area into sub-beams and each of the sub-beams into one or more frequency bins; associating a sub-beam of the sub-beams with terminals located within the sub-beam; determining Transmit Power (TP) values including a transmit power or attenuation for each of the one or more frequency bins of the sub-beam; sending, from the gateway, the TP values of the sub-beam to the terminals via a forward link; and receiving, at the gateway, a burst transmitted using a terminal transmit power calculated from the TP values of the sub-beam. The TP values may change in response to an SNR measurement at the gateway and/or feedback from the terminal.
US11419063B2
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is configured to receive a WTRU-specific configuration of WTRU-specific sounding reference signal (SRS) subframes for performing SRS transmissions. The WTRU is configured to receive a trigger in a subframe to transmit a first SRS. The WTRU is configured to select a first subframe. The WTRU is configured to determine that a maximum power would be exceeded in a symbol in the selected first subframe. The WTRU is configured to, on a condition that transmission of at least one other SRS would at least partially overlap in the symbol in the selected first subframe, scale transmission powers of the first SRS and the at least one other SRS equally to comply with the maximum power. The WTRU is configured to transmit, in accordance with the scaled transmission powers, the first SRS in the selected subframe and the at least one other SRS.
US11419062B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for mechanisms to enable full-power uplink transmission. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11419055B2
The present disclosure provides an occupation control method for a camera application including: when a camera application is occupied by a first application running in the foreground, if it is determined that a terminal device is in a preset first operation state, detecting whether the first application sends a camera data request message; if so, sending to the camera application a message for delaying shutdown for a first duration and detecting whether the state of the terminal device is switched from the first operation state to a second operation state within the first duration; if the state is not switched to the second operation state and it is detected the first application continues to send the camera data request message, detecting whether the first application enables a function related to the camera data request, and if not, controlling the first application to release the occupation of the camera application.
US11419054B2
Energy consumption of cellular interfaces on multihomed mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablets and laptops can be improved by adjusting the inactivity timer of the cellular interface of the mobile devices based on the on/off status of non-cellular interface(s) on the mobile devices. Possible near-future data packets can be transmitted or received on the non-cellular interfaces that co-exist on the mobile devices and thus the inactivity timer of the cellular interface may be dynamically and more efficiently adjusted, based on the on/off status of non-cellular interface(s). If the non-cellular interface is available on the mobile device, then the inactivity timer can be set to be shorter than if only the cellular interface is available.
US11419053B2
Various aspects related to various apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable medium are described herein. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to protect downlink (DL) communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform DL communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to communicate regarding uplink (UL) communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform operation(s) related to an allocation vector. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform operation(s) related to random access. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform UL communication(s). The written description and appended drawings provide detailed descriptions regarding these and many other aspects.
US11419052B2
A user equipment (UE) interacts with a base station (BS) to activate a power saving mode based on a triggering condition. The UE receives reference signals (RSs) from a first RS-set of quasi-colocated (QCLd) RSs, derives a measurement result by measuring the RSs, and uses the first measurement result (and in some cases measurements results for other RS set) for evaluation of the triggering condition to identify whether the triggering condition is satisfied. The UE and the BS switch from the first RS-set to a second RS-set once the triggering condition is satisfied.
US11419050B1
Methods and systems are provided for optimizing EN-DC anchor selection in a multi-band and multi-anchor network. One or more of a sector power ratio, a front to back ratio, or a downlink tonnage is determined for a plurality of nodes comprising one or more eNodeBs and one or more gNodeBs. Based on the determining, an eNodeBs of the one or more eNodeBs or a gNodeB of the one or more gNodeBs is selected as an EN-DC anchor of the multi-band and multi-anchor network.
US11419038B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to deterministic backoffs and collision avoidance. A device may identify a first transmission received from a first device, wherein the first transmission is over a shared access medium. The device may identify a second transmission received from the first device, wherein the second transmission is over the shared access medium. The device may determine an available transmission slot between the first transmission and the second transmission. The device may transmit, during the available transmission slot, a third transmission.
US11419034B2
Mechanisms for efficient transmission of large amount of download data from a base station to a user equipment in a multi-carrier that minimizes power consumption on the user equipment are described. When multiple component carriers are to be used to transmit the download data, the base station informs the user equipment. The base station transmits on the anchor carriers without wait after informing the user equipment and transmits on the non-anchor carriers after waiting a predetermined delay. The predetermined delay provides time to allow the user equipment to activate the receiving resources and be ready to receive the download data over the non-anchor carriers. In this manner, the user equipment can be in a power conservation mode and activate the receiver resources only when needed.
US11419026B2
A first device having a transceiver and an antenna operatively connected to the transceiver and a second device having a transceiver and an antenna operatively connected to the transceiver, the first device in operative communication with the first device through a communications linkage separate from the transceiver of the first device and the transceiver of the second device. The first device is adapted to wirelessly communicate with a remote device through the transceiver of the first device. The second device is adapted to wirelessly communicate with the remote device through the transceiver of the second device. The system is configured to evaluate the wireless connection between the first device and the remote device and to evaluate the wireless communication between the second device and the remote device and determine whether the first device or the second device has a better connection.
US11419024B2
Discovery of a neighbor radio access system by a user mobile communications device serviced in a radio access network (RAN) for reporting to a serving system in the RAN. User mobile communications device serviced by a RAN is configured to scan one or more frequency ranges (e.g., bands) to discover other neighbor radio access systems. This is opposed to, for example, the user mobile communications device only searching for transmitted communications signals at specific center frequency (e.g., an EARFCN). There may be other radio access systems that operate neighbor cells and in other frequency bands in proximity the RAN serving the user mobile communications device. Discovered neighboring radio access systems can be reported by the user mobile communications device to its serving RAN in a measurement report, which can then be used by the serving RAN for other functionalities, such as trigger handovers of user mobile communications device for example.
US11419019B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may perform a dual active link handover procedure from a source base station to a target base station. During the dual active link handover procedure, the UE may have connections to both of the base stations concurrently. In such cases, transmission opportunities for communicating with the base stations may conflict. To handle conflicting transmission opportunities, the UE may drop a monitoring occasion or a packet reception for a base station based on prioritization rules. In some cases, to mitigate packet losses, the base station may configure re-transmissions or slot aggregation to provide the UE with additional opportunities to receive a packet. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may transmit a notification message to a base station indicating dropped monitoring occasions or packets.
US11419017B2
A method and system for mobility latency reduction in a hierarchical NR architecture is provided. In an embodiment, a method in a network component for handover of a UE includes configuring, by the network component, at least one TRP determined according to UE mobility information. The configuring the at least one target TRP is performed prior to the UE moving into a border area between the at least one target TRP and a first serving TRP. Configuring the at least one target TRP results in the at least one target TRP being configured to act as a secondary serving TRP to the UE. The method also includes configuring at least one target TRP and the UE with corresponding dedicated access resource and monitoring opportunities. The method also includes activating a connection and data communication between the UE and the at least one pre-configured secondary serving TRP.
US11419003B2
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may generate, on a condition that a scheduling request and an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) or channel quality information (CQI) are to be transmitted, a message having the scheduling request and the ACK/NACK or the CQI. The message may be transmitted over a physical uplink control channel. The WTRU may determine whether scheduling request information, including buffer status, is to be transmitted. The scheduling request information may be transmitted as in-band information.
US11419002B2
A method for transmitting a buffer size report (BSR) by a wireless node in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving logical channel group (LCG) configuration information including identities of LCGs from the network; generating the BSR including octet presence indications; and transmitting the BSR to a network, wherein each of the octet presence indications indicates whether a corresponding octet is present or not in the BSR, wherein a number of the octet presence indications is variable according to a highest value of the identities of LCGs.
US11418996B2
This disclosure provides an operation control method, a mobile communications terminal, and a network-side device. The method applied to the mobile communications terminal includes: receiving logical channel prioritization (LCP) restriction configuration signaling sent by a network-side device, where the LCP restriction configuration signaling carries LCP restriction rules; and performing a management operation on a target LCP restriction rule in the LCP restriction rules, where the management operation is a deactivate operation or an activate operation.
US11418978B2
In one embodiment, a distributed antenna system (DAS) comprises: a master unit having downlink DAS circuitry configured to receive a base station downlink RF signal, and uplink DAS circuitry configured to transmit a base station uplink RF signal; and a plurality of remote antenna units coupled to the master unit, each configured to radiate a remote downlink RF signal from at least one antenna and to receive a remote uplink RF signal from the at least one antenna. A first remote antenna unit includes a secure DAS maintenance channel interface that includes a DAS maintenance access point. The secure DAS maintenance channel interface is communicatively coupled to a DAS maintenance channel of the DAS and communicates with a proximity detector configured to obtain a user equipment identification code from a user equipment; wherein a discoverability of the DAS maintenance access point is enabled based on the user equipment identification code.
US11418972B2
A wireless communication device transmits beam sweeping information that indicates a beam sweeping property of the device, and a network node in an associated wireless communication network configures transmission or reception beamforming with respect to the device at one or more Transmission/Reception in the network, based on the beamforming property. Among the various advantages flowing from configuring network-side beamforming for the device in view of the beamforming property, the network need not configure its beamforming operations according to worst-case or minimum-capability assumptions for the device, and, instead tailors its transmission or reception beamforming in dependence on the beamforming property of the device.
US11418959B2
A method for the automatic pairing of a device wirelessly with a first secure WLAN provided by a pairing access point using first set of security credentials, involving: establishing automatically a connection between the device and a second WLAN provided by an available access point, and authenticating the device with the second WLAN using a second set of security credentials stored on the device; identifying the pairing access point using the second set of security credentials; creating a tunnel between the device and the pairing access point over the second WLAN; making a request from the device, via the tunnel, to a provisioning server on the pairing access point for transfer of the second set of security credentials, being the security credentials needed to pair with the first secure WLAN, from the pairing access point to the device; and using the second set of security credentials to configure the security settings for the first secure WLAN in the device.
US11418955B2
Systems and methods of configuring, managing and ensuring security compliance of Virtual Network Slices that transit through physical networks, virtual networks (SDN), cloud networks, radio access networks, service provider networks, and enterprise networks are identified. The methods include user side security validation methods while attempting to use a network slice for a specific service, and security validation of physical or virtual networks and the associated transit network elements. The methods disclose enriching the Security Certificates with policy parameters and the associated procedures that transit elements are required to assure for security compliance. Additionally, methods for incorporating a mobile native security platform in Wireless Mobile Network (4G/5G) that supports generating X.509 Certificates enhanced with policy requirements, validating allowed/disallowed list of transit network vendor devices, virtual network appliances are identified.
US11418952B2
Exemplary embodiments include methods and/or procedures for Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP, processing performed in a network node of a multi-hop, integrated access backhaul, IAB, communication network. Exemplary methods can include receiving (610) a configuration that includes a first characteristic associated with at least one of the following: the node and data packets received by the network node. Exemplary methods can also include receiving (620) a data packet having one or more packet characteristics, and determining (630) if there is a match between the one or more packet characteristics and the first characteristic. Exemplary methods can also include enabling or disabling (640) a first PDCP processing operation on the data packet based on the result of the determination. Other exemplary embodiments include network nodes configured and/or arranged to perform operations corresponding to the exemplary methods and/or procedures.
US11418951B2
A method for identifying an encrypted data stream, a device, a readable storage medium and a system are provided. The method includes: receiving a data packet carrying authentication data which is sent by a user equipment (UE), where the authentication data includes a first authentication parameter, a first authentication result and an application identifier; obtaining, based on the first authentication parameter and a second authentication parameter, a second authentication result according to a set authentication algorithm, where the second authentication parameter is a pre-stored authentication parameter corresponding to the application identifier; establishing an association relationship between characteristic information of the data packet and the application identifier when the second authentication result is consistent with the first authentication result in comparison, where the association relationship is used for subsequently identifying an encrypted data stream which is sent by the UE and corresponds to the application identifier.
US11418948B2
A method of adaptively setting an access point name, APN, for a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a broadcast message or an EMM information to a mobile device of the wireless communication system, wherein the broadcast message or the EMM information includes an APN data for the mobile device to establish a packet data network, PDN, connection with a server, such that the mobile device could obtain private network service provided by the server.
US11418945B2
An information processing method for a RF device and a mobile terminal are provided. The method applied to a first RF device includes: transmitting RFFE data to a second RF device; transmitting an RFFE trigger instruction to the second RF device when transmission of the RFFE data is completed, to enable the second RF device to execute command information included in the REFE data and written to a register according to the RFFE trigger instruction.
US11418942B2
A computer-implemented method for protecting a user data repository (UDR) from over-accumulation of subscription requests in a subscriber profile of a subscriber of a 5G network may include receiving, from a network node on the 5G network, a new subscription request requesting a notification of status changes associated with the subscriber profile, retrieving the subscription profile from the UDR, and determining a number of preexisting subscription requests associated with a network function (NF) instance identification (ID) of the network node in the subscriber profile. If the number of preexisting subscription requests in the subscriber profile is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (X), the computer-implemented method may further include deleting at least one of the preexisting subscription requests from the subscriber profile and writing the new subscription request to the subscriber profile at the UDR.
US11418936B2
An approach for the reliable detection of smartphones within vehicles. The cloud instructs two smartphones, which both detect an in-vehicle detection system, to report signals that reflect major sensor events, together with the timing using their respective clocks. By sending local clock timing and time-sensitive beacon content information to the cloud, the offset between the two smartphone clocks may be determined, thereby enhancing the reliability of the in-vehicle detection of the smartphones.
US11418934B2
The subject disclosure relates to ways to ensure vehicle network connectivity. In some aspects, a process of the technology includes steps for receiving local network measurement data including one or more connectivity metrics for at least one network provider (e.g., an ISP), and updating a geo-connectivity database using the received local network measurement data. In some aspects, the process can include additional steps for transmitting a geo-connectivity request to a remote Intelligent Vehicle Connectivity Analytics (IVCA) gateway, and for receiving a geo-connectivity reply from the remote IVCA gateway, the geo-connectivity reply including information regarding network availability for the at least one network provider along a vehicle path. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US11418932B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a meter interface device may measure a temperature associated with the meter interface device, and use the measured temperature as a basis to regulate the transmission and the reception of data between the meter interface device and a wireless network. The meter interface device may also measure voltage, and use the measured voltage as a basis to regulate the transmission and the reception of data.
US11418924B2
Communication systems and methods for routing data selecting via unicast paths and multicast path are disclosed. An example communication system includes: a satellite; a satellite modem configured to operate within a movable vehicle, wherein the satellite modem is configured to communicatively couple with the satellite, and wherein the satellite modem is configured to convey data, received from the satellite over a forward link (FL), to a user device within the vehicle; and a satellite ground station having a multicast server, wherein the multicast server is configured to select one of a unicast mode or a multicast mode for the FL based upon a measured receive signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) associated with the satellite modem, wherein the satellite communicates with the satellite modem over the FL in the selected one of the unicast mode or the multicast mode.
US11418921B2
A system and method for identifying a person's location at a school, hotel, office, business, restaurant or other venue and tracking the movements of that person during their visit to the venue. One or more wireless virtual beacons communicate with the person's electronic device. The virtual beacons provide the system with real-time data about the person's whereabouts, allowing for the confirmation and tracking of the person at the location. A first non-limiting example of use, include a company that provides food and beverage allowing the person to place an order for food and beverages on their electronic device and having the order delivered to the person at their current location as determined by the system. Another non-limiting example includes a company performing analytics on the time and movement of it's employees and customers.
US11418914B2
A method involves determining, at a mobile device or a service, an uncertainty in height above a reference altitude, an estimated 2D position of the mobile device, and an uncertainty in terrain height above the reference altitude using the estimated 2D position. An uncertainty in height above terrain, of the mobile device, is determined at the mobile device or a server using the uncertainty in height above the reference altitude and the uncertainty in terrain height above the reference altitude.
US11418912B1
Independent ranging sessions that are initiated by multiple initiating user equipments (UEs) are monitored and combined into a single combined ranging session to reduce overhead. A UE monitors a first set of ranging sessions initiated by a first initiator UE, which include pre-ranging messages identifying UEs in the first set of ranging sessions, and monitors a second set of ranging sessions initiated by a second initiator UE, which include pre-ranging messages identifying UEs in the second set of ranging sessions. The UE initiates a third set of ranging sessions by broadcasting pre-ranging messages identifying UEs in the third set of ranging sessions that comprises the UEs in the first set of ranging sessions and the UEs in the second set of ranging sessions. The original initiator UEs, upon receiving the pre-ranging messages initiating the third set of ranging sessions, terminate the initiation of their ranging sessions.
US11418903B2
An audio rendering system includes a processor that combines audio input signals with personalized spatial audio transfer functions preferably including room responses. The personalized spatial audio transfer functions are selected from a database having a plurality of candidate transfer function datasets derived from in-ear microphone measurements for a plurality of individuals. Alternatively, the personalized transfer function datasets are derived from actual in-ear measurements of the listener. Foreground and background positions are designated and matched with transfer function pairs from the selected dataset for the foreground and background direction and distance. Two channels of input audio such as voice and music are processed. When a voice communication such as a phone call is accepted the music being rendered is moved from a foreground to a background channel corresponding to a background spatial audio position using the personalized transfer functions. The voice call is simultaneously transferred to the foreground channel.
US11418902B2
A sound system configured to output sound signals to a user located in a defined environment, comprising a plurality of transducers configured to output the sound signals, a processing unit configured to individually control at least an electrical delay, a frequency characteristic and a sound level with which the sound signals transmitted to the plurality of transducers are output by each of the plurality of transducers, and a seat for a user to which the sound signals are output, the seat comprising a seating surface and a backrest configured support a back of the user sitting on the seating surface. The backrest comprises an upper surface defining an upper end surface of the backrest. The defined environment influences the sound signals as perceived by the user sitting on the seat.
US11418895B2
A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
US11418891B2
A loudspeaker unit for a portable device includes an electrodynamic loudspeaker configured as a woofer. The loudspeaker unit additionally includes a MEMS loudspeaker configured as a tweeter. A portable device includes the loudspeaker unit.
US11418888B2
An actuation structure of a MEMS electroacoustic transducer is formed in a die of semiconductor material having a monolithic body with a front surface and a rear surface extending in a horizontal plane x-y plane and defined in which are: a frame; an actuator element arranged in a central opening defined by the frame; cantilever elements, coupled at the front surface between the actuator element and the frame; and piezoelectric regions arranged on the cantilever elements and configured to be biased to cause a deformation of the cantilever elements by the piezoelectric effect. A first stopper arrangement is integrated in the die and configured to interact with the cantilever elements to limit a movement thereof in a first direction of a vertical axis orthogonal to the horizontal plane, x-y plane towards the underlying central opening.
US11418872B2
There is disclosed a device that can record a sound by selecting a directivity direction as desired by the user at the time of recording and can play back the sound by selecting, at the time of playback, a desired directivity direction by the user, separate from the directivity direction specified at the time of recording. The device has microphones, a touch panel for specifying a directivity direction, and a signal processing unit. A recording module performs directivity control in a direction specified on the touch panel and records audio data subjected to effect processing in a memory as directivity-controlled data, and records audio data that are not subjected to directivity control or effect processing in the memory as directivity-control unprocessed data. A playback module performs directivity control on the directivity-control unprocessed data recorded in the memory in a direction specified on the touch panel at the time of playback and performs effect processing on the resulting data, and plays back and outputs them.
US11418871B2
For certain application cases, such as e.g., in a sports stadium, a microphone array having a particularly high directivity in the vertical direction and a high, yet in wide limits adjustable directivity in horizontal direction is provided. The microphone array has a plurality of microphones whose output signals are combined into at least one common output signal. The microphones are directional microphones with a preferred direction of high sensitivity and arranged substantially in one plane on a circle or segment of a circle, such that each microphone has a different direction of high directivity. For each of the microphones, the preferred direction of high sensitivity is substantially orthogonal to the circle or segment of the circle. A common output signal of the microphone array is obtained by beamforming. The microphone array has an adjustable preferred direction of high sensitivity, wherein the common output signal comprises the sound recorded from this adjustable direction.
US11418870B2
A volume adjustment device includes a microphone, a speaker, and a signal processing unit. The at least one signal processing unit includes at least one processor and at least one memory. The signal processing unit is configured to output a measurement sound from the speaker. The signal processing unit is also configured to measure a first impulse response with the microphone. The signal processing unit is also configured to adjust a volume of the measurement sound output from the speaker based on a direct sound component of the first impulse response and an indirect sound component of the first impulse response.
US11418865B2
An earpiece includes: a first portion configured for placement in an ear canal, the first portion having an asymmetrical configuration; wherein the first portion is configured to exhibit a first property in a first state in response to a stimulus, and to exhibit a second property in a second state in an absence of the stimulus; and wherein the first portion is elastically compressible when the first portion is in the first state and the second state. A hearing device includes: a component configured to provide an output; and an earpiece having a first portion configured to change shape or a material property in response to the output provided by the component.
US11418862B2
An apparatus for optical link fault management includes a processor in a network device with an optical adapter of an optical link, and a memory that stores program code. The program code is executable by the processor to store state parameters from the optical adapter in a data log, input the state parameters from the data log into a failure prediction model, and generate, using the failure prediction model, a probability of failure of the optical adapter based on current state parameters from the data log. In response to the probability of failure reaching a failure threshold, the program code is executable by the processor to decrease data traffic in the optical link and to send an alert comprising the probability of failure. The failure threshold includes a probability of failure indicative of impending failure of the optical adapter.
US11418860B2
Provided is a technique for restraining the amount of information as a whole while securing, as appropriate, information contributive to determination that utilizes a sensor. This sensor device 200 comprises: a measurement unit 210 for repeatedly measuring first information and second information which is measured at time intervals longer than those for the first information; and an output unit 220 for outputting the first information and second information measured by the measurement unit 210. When the first information and the second information meet respective standards thereof, the output unit 220 outputs the second information at longer intervals.
US11418859B1
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for resolving an unresolved plot or storyline of a series and resolving it. A user may not view all episodes in a series of episodes, particularly if the series runs over a long period of time, such as several years. The user may however be interested and curious to know how the series ends, with reference to a storyline that runs throughout the series. Therefore the disclosure provides methods and systems for determining if a user is interested in the resolution of an unresolved storyline and generating a resolution video for display.
US11418856B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for video content security and for detecting and preventing unauthorized playback. According to an exemplary method, a device performing a video playback can acquire a set of video frames from a decoder during the video playback, and generate, based on the set of video frames, a first video identifier. The first video identifier can be sent to a server. In response to the server determining that the first video identifier matches a second video identifier stored in the server, the device can receive a list of authorized playback sources associated with the second video identifier. The device can determine whether a source of the video playback is included in the list of authorized playback sources, and control the video playback based on the determination.
US11418850B2
Systems and methods are described herein for inserting emoticons within a media asset based on an audio portion of the media asset. Each audio portion of a media asset is associated with a respective part of speech, and an emotion corresponding to the audio portion for the media asset is determined. A corresponding emoticon is identified based on the determined emotion in the audio portion and causing to be presented at the location within the media asset.
US11418849B2
Systems and methods are described herein for inserting emoticons within a media asset based on an audio portion of the media asset. Each audio portion of a media asset is associated with a respective part of speech, and an emotion corresponding to the audio portion for the media asset is determined. A corresponding emoticon is identified based on the determined emotion in the audio portion and presented in the subtitles.
US11418848B2
A method for interactive video presentation includes: obtaining, by an electronic device, video data corresponding to a story; presenting, through a display interface, a portion of the video data corresponding to a selected storyline path of the story; receiving, by the input interface, a user request for switching between a two-dimensional (2D) video streaming mode and a three-dimensional (3D) exploration mode; and in response to the user request being switching from the 2D video streaming mode to the 3D exploration mode: acquiring, by the processor, 3D video scenes with exploration options for an avatar, the 3D video scenes matched to a current story status and currently presented video data; and presenting, through the display interface, the 3D video scenes with the exploration options.
US11418840B2
Techniques are disclosed for recognizing aspect ratio errors in image frames of a video and reporting the same. An aspect ratio checker application receives a video that includes multiple image frames and identifies aspect ratio changes in those image frames using a first differential of a time series that includes determined positions of the top, bottom, left, and right of content regions within the image frames. In particular, the aspect ratio checker may identify aspect ratio changes based on non-zero points of the first differential, and the aspect ratio checker further determines aspect ratios of content regions within image frames corresponding to the non-zero points of the first differential. In addition, the aspect ratio checker may generate and display a report indicating the determined aspect ratios and image frame ranges associated with those aspect ratios.
US11418839B2
Media can be automatically controlled. A media control service can be configured to detect changes in the active application on a computing device and, in response, mute, pause or otherwise control the audio of one or more non-active applications to thereby prevent overlapping of audio. The media control service may leverage a policy to customize such control for a particular user, use case or other scenario. The media control service may also leverage machine learning to adapt such control based on a user's interactions with the computing device.
US11418835B2
In one aspect, a method includes receiving, by a content-management system and from a content-presentation device, a request for supplemental content, such as a replacement advertisement. The content-management system may then determine a technical characteristic of the content-presentation device and select supplemental content based at least in part on at least the determined technical characteristic of the content-presentation device. The content-management system may then cause the selected supplemental content to be transmitted to the content-presentation device to facilitate the content-presentation device performing a content modification operation.
US11418833B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for causing display of alternative content. The alternative content may be determined by a computing device. The computing device may cause output of the alternative content.
US11418828B2
A method provides content decisions for a personalized channel that is to be deliverable to a prescribed set of client devices as a linear channel streaming adaptive bit rate (ABR) video. In the method, a request is received for a content asset to be inserted in a linear video stream at a specified time. The linear video stream is to be presented on the personalized channel. Responsive to the request, a network location is provided for accessing a specified content asset to be inserted in the linear video stream at the specified time.
US11418823B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for delivery of one or more channels of programming in an IP network. An edge gateway device may retrieve segments of programming, based on information in a manifest file, and output the segments via multicast to one or more edge devices. Advertising content may be inserted, or replaced if already present, before the segments are multicast. Segments encoded at various bit rates may be available for retrieval. Segments may be selected for retrieval based in part on a quality indicator associated with each segment.
US11418821B1
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) retrieving, from a text index, closed captioning repetition data for a segment of a sequence of media content; (ii) generating features using the closed captioning repetition data; (iii) providing the features as input to a classification model, wherein the classification model is configured to output classification data indicative of a likelihood of the features being characteristic of a program segment; (iv) obtaining the classification data output by the classification model; (v) determining a prediction of whether the segment is a program segment using the classification data; and (vi) storing the prediction for the segment in a database.
US11418818B1
To determine whether a request or an associated response is cached, the request may be received by a first server associated with a Content Delivery Network (CDN). Based on configuration data for the server, a header is generated based on characteristics of the request, indicating that a response associated with the request is able to be cached. A second server associated with generation of a response receives the request. In response to the header, the second server generates a caching determination based on configuration data and the characteristics of the request. When the first server receives the response and the caching determination, the response may be stored. Use of the second server to generate caching determinations eliminates the need to change the configuration of devices associated with the CDN while enabling requests from multiple CDN devices to be cached without requiring changes to be deployed to each device.
US11418811B2
A method for decoding an image according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: deriving a residual coefficient of a current block; dequantizing the residual coefficient; deriving a common residual signal by performing inverse transform of the dequantized residual coefficient; and deriving a first residual signal of a first chroma component and a second residual signal of a second chroma component on the basis of the common residual signal.
US11418810B2
A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for coding video data. Video data including (1) a first frame comprising a first current view and a first reference view and (2) a second frame comprising a second current view and a second reference view is received. A co-located block in the first reference view is identified for a current block in the first current view. A predicted offset vector is calculated based on the motion vector between the co-located block and its reference block in the second reference view. The video data is encoded/decoded based on the predicted offset vector.
US11418809B2
Innovations for signaling state of a decoded picture buffer (“DPB”) and reference picture lists (“RPLs”). In example implementations, rather than rely on internal state of a decoder to manage and update DPB and RPLs, state information about the DPB and RPLs is explicitly signaled. This permits a decoder to determine which pictures are expected to be available for reference from the signaled state information. For example, an encoder determines state information that identifies which pictures are available for use as reference pictures (optionally considering feedback information from a decoder about which pictures are available). The encoder sets syntax elements that represent the state information. In doing so, the encoder sets identifying information for a long-term reference picture (“LTRP”), where the identifying information is a value of picture order count least significant bits for the LTRB. The encoder then outputs the syntax elements as part of a bitstream.
US11418801B2
Image compression circuitry comprises first-stage compression circuitry, first-stage selector circuitry, second-stage compression circuitry, and second-stage selector circuitry. The first-stage compression circuitry is configured to sequentially receive a plurality of input blocks each comprising pixel data of a plurality of pixels, generate a plurality of first-stage compressed blocks by compressing the plurality of input blocks, and generate a plurality of first-stage decompressed blocks. The first-stage selector circuitry is configured to select first-stage-selected decompressed blocks from among the plurality of first-stage decompressed blocks and select first-stage-selected compressed blocks corresponding to the first-stage-selected decompressed blocks from among the plurality of first-stage compressed blocks. The second-stage compression circuitry is configured to generate a plurality of second-stage compressed blocks by compressing the plurality of input blocks and generate a plurality of second-stage decompressed blocks. The second-stage selector circuitry is configured to select second-stage-selected compressed and output the second-stage-selected compressed blocks.
US11418800B2
A three-dimensional data encoding method of encoding three-dimensional points each having an attribute information item includes: classifying each of the three-dimensional points into any of layers including a first layer and a second layer; and arithmetic-encoding an attribute information item of a current three-dimensional point among the three-dimensional points with reference to a first encoding table when the current three-dimensional point is at the first layer, and with reference to a second encoding table not dependent on the first encoding table when the current three-dimensional point is at the second layer.
US11418799B2
According to the disclosure of the present document, the resources necessary for an LMCS process may be reduced by limiting the range that an LMCS APS occupies in all APSs. Thus, the degree of complexity in LMCS may be reduced, and video/image coding efficiency may be increased.
US11418792B2
A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for video coding. Video data comprising sub-blocks corresponding to neighborhood data is received. AC projections are computed based on at least a portion of the neighborhood data, and AC projections in the same direction are aggregated. One or more AC energy indices and one or more directionality indices are computed based on the aggregated AC projections. A class index is computed based on the computed AC energy and directionality indices. The video data is decoded based on the computed class index.
US11418788B2
A method for encoding a video signal that includes determining a bit budget for a current precinct, determining a quantization parameter for the current precinct based on the determined bit budget, and determining a bit budget for sign information of the wavelet coefficient information based on that the number of significant bits of the wavelet coefficient information is greater than a truncation position. The method also includes performing quantization on the wavelet coefficient information based on that the significant bit number of the wavelet coefficient information is equal to the truncation position, such that the quantization is skipped based on that the significant bit number of the wavelet coefficient information is greater than the truncation position.
