US11421242B2
The compositions and methods disclosed relate to DNA compositions, plant cells, seeds, plant parts that relate to maize plants with increased grain yield trait. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DP-202216-6 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided.
US11421233B2
Described herein are methods and assays relating to the presence and/or level of circulating tumor cells (CTCs). These CTC-Cs represent a highly metastatic subpopulation of CTCs. In some embodiments, the methods and assays described herein relate to the treatment of cancer.
US11421232B2
Disclosed herein include microRNA antagonists, therapeutic compositions that include one or more of such microRNA antagonists, and methods of treating and/or ameliorating cardiac diseases and/or muscular dystrophy disorders with the microRNA antagonists. Also included are combination therapies, wherein a therapeutic composition disclosed herein and an additional therapy agent are provided to a subject having or suspected of having cardiac disease and/or muscular dystrophy disorder. In particular, some embodiments disclosed herein relate to compositions and methods for transiently administering a mixture of microRNA antagonists for promoting cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac regeneration.
US11421230B2
The invention in some aspects relates to methods and compositions for assessing the effectiveness of miRNA inhibitors. In other aspects of the invention, methods and compositions for treating cholesterol related disorders are provided. In one aspect of the invention, miRNA inhibitors against miR-122 and rAAV-based compositions comprising the same are provided.
US11421229B2
Embodiments of the disclosure include methods and compositions for in situ cardiac cell regeneration, including transdifferentiation of cardiac cells to cardiomyocytes. In particular embodiments, in situ cardiac cell regeneration encompasses delivery of p63 shRNA and one or both of Hand2 and myocardin, and in specific embodiments further includes one or more of Gata4, Mef2c, and Tbx5. In specific aspects of the disclosure, adult cardiac fibroblasts are reprogrammed into cardiomyocytes using viral vectors that harbor p63 shRNA and one or both of the transcription factors Hand2 and myocardin.
US11421228B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions related to the modification of immune effector cells to increase therapeutic efficacy. In some embodiments, immune effector cells modified to reduce expression of one or more endogenous target genes, or to reduce one or more functions of an endogenous protein to enhance effector functions of the immune cells are provided. In some embodiments, immune effector cells further modified by introduction of transgenes conferring antigen specificity, such as exogenous T cell receptors (TCRs) or chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) are provided. Methods of treating a cell proliferative disorder, such as a cancer, using the modified immune effector cells described herein are also provided.
US11421224B2
Provided herein is a method for manufacturing a 3-dimensional lattice microarray system for DNA sequence detection and analysis. A solid support is contacted with a formulation containing a plurality of nucleic acid probes, a plurality of bifunctional polymer liners and a solvent mixture of water and a water-miscible liquid. In a first attachment reaction the bifunctional polymer linkers are attached to the solid support and the water is evaporated. In a second attachment reaction the nucleic acid probes are attached to the bifunctional polymer linker.
US11421216B2
The present disclosure is related to methods and materials for depleting unwanted RNA species from a nucleic acid sample. In particular, the present disclosure describes how to remove unwanted rRNA, tRNA, mRNA or other RNA species that could interfere with the analysis, manipulation and study of target RNA molecules in a sample.
US11421207B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing trehalose, comprising the steps of mixing and reacting, in any order, (i) at least one alpha-phosphorylase capable of catalyzing the production of alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate intermediate from a saccharide raw material, and from at least one phosphorus source; (ii) at least one trehalose phosphorylase capable of catalyzing the production of trehalose from an alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate intermediate and a glucose substrate, wherein the trehalose phosphorylase is a trehalose phosphorylase variant with an amino acid sequence which differs from the amino acid sequence of a wild type trehalose phosphorylase in at least one amino acid position, (iii) at least one saccharide raw material which produces an alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate intermediate and a co-product by catalytic action of the alpha-phosphorylase; and (iv) at least one phosphorus source selected from the group consisting of a phosphoric acids and an inorganic salt thereof.
US11421203B2
The invention relates to a method of producing a retinal pigment epithelial cell from a human pluripotent stem cell, and a method of treating or preventing a retinal disease by using the produced cell. The retinal pigment epithelial cell is prepared by (a) inducing differentiation of a human pluripotent stem cell into a pigment cell by adhesion cultivation of a human pluripotent stem cell in a medium containing a Nodal signal inhibitor and a Wnt signal inhibitor in the absence of a feeder cell to give a culture containing the pigment cell, (b) subjecting the obtained culture to further adhesion culture to give a culture containing a pigment cell colony, and (c) isolating the pigment cell from the obtained culture and culturing the cell to give a retinal pigment epithelial cell.
US11421199B2
Provided is a recombinant yeast expressing germacrene A synthetase or a fusion protein thereof, wherein the fusion protein is germacrene A synthetase and farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase. The recombinant yeast improves the yield of germacrene A, and is suitable for the industrialized production of β-elemene and/or germacrene A.
US11421195B2
Provided is a culture device, including: a culture tank (110) configured to store an object liquid that is a culture solution having suspended therein an object; a screen (210) made of a metal, the screen including a main body (212) and a plurality of through holes (214) passing through the main body from a front surface (212a) thereof to a back surface (212b) thereof; a spray portion (220) configured to spray the object liquid stored in the culture tank onto the front surface of the body; an accommodation portion (240) surrounding the back surface of the main body and configured to accommodate the culture solution having passed through the through holes; a UV light irradiation portion (250) arranged in the accommodation portion and configured to radiate UV light; and a return portion (290) configured to return the culture solution in the accommodation portion to the culture tank.
US11421194B2
The described invention provides an ex vivo dynamic multiple myeloma cancer niche contained in a pumpless perfusion culture device. The dynamic multiple myeloma cancer niche includes (a) a three-dimensional tissue construct containing a dynamic ex vivo bone marrow niche, which contains a mineralized bone-like tissue containing viable osteoblasts self-organized into cohesive multiple cell layers and an extracellular matrix secreted by the viable adherent osteoblasts; and a microenvironment dynamically perfused by nutrients and dissolved gas molecules; and (b) human myeloma cells seeded from a biospecimen composition comprising mononuclear cells and the multiple myeloma cells. The human myeloma cells are in contact with osteoblasts of the bone marrow niche, and the viability of the human myeloma cells is maintained by the multiple myeloma cancer niche.
US11421192B2
A process for infusing a consumable substance is described. The process includes the steps of placing a desired amount of an infusion material into a chamber at atmospheric pressure, placing a desired amount of consumable substance into said chamber, sealing said chamber from the surrounding atmosphere, and applying at least one reduced pressure cycle within said chamber. Methods for separating the infusion material from the consumable substance after completion of the infusion process are also described. In addition, devices for infusing liquids or consumable substances, and/or brewing beverages are described.
US11421191B1
Methods and compositions for cleaning industrial equipment (e.g. biofuel or corn ethanol plant equipment) in place at high temperatures using acidic methane sulfonic acid compositions having a low pH.
US11421190B2
A detergent additive comprising an active, the active comprising one or both of tetraacetylethylenediamine and triacetylethylenediamine; and polyvinyl butyral. A method of preparing a detergent additive comprising providing a solvent to a reaction mixture; providing polyvinyl butyral to the reaction mixture; providing an active to the reaction mixture, the active comprising one or both of tetraacetylethylenediamine and triacetylethylenediamine; mixing the reaction mixture; and spray-drying the reaction mixture.
US11421180B2
The invention relates to oil formulation comprising C16-20 oils being stabilized for low temperature storage and preparation processes thereof. The invention also relates to the preparation of specific polymer compounds and their use as stabilizers for low temperature storage of C16-20 oils.
US11421165B2
Described is a novel process for disaggregating biomass pyrolysis oil quantitatively into energy dense hydrophobic aromatic fraction (HAF), fermentable pyrolytic sugars and phenolics based products in a highly economical and energy efficient manner. Phase separation of the esterified pyrolysis oil after an oxidative pre-treatment and the quantitative recovery of the separate fractions is described. Phase separation uses batch as well as continuous reactor systems. The resulting HAF is an energy dense, thermally stable, water free, non-corrosive to carbon steel, and is a free flowing liquid suitable for combustion and for upgrading to transportation fuels. Pyrolytic sugars which are mainly anhydrosugars can be further converted by fermentation to ethanol or other products. Monomeric phenols are useful industrial intermediates and the organic acids in the original pyrolysis oil are mainly recovered as esters of the separation solvents.
US11421163B2
A device for desulfurizing crude oil comprises a desulfurization system for sulfur-containing crude oil which forms a hydrogen sulfide-containing acid gas; a system for extracting elemental sulfur and a hydrogen sulfide-containing tail gas as exhaust gas from the acid gas; a device for generating electricity and gypsum from the tail gas; and a gas line system for supplying acid gas from the desulfurization system to the system and to the device, and for supplying tail gas from the system to the device. The gas line system has a gas distributing apparatus which supplies acid gas solely to the system in a first position, supplies acid gas solely to the device in a second position, and supplies a first part of the acid gas to the system and a second part of the acid gas to the device in a distributing position.
US11421160B2
The use of bio oil from at least one renewable source in a hydrotreatment process, in which process hydrocarbons are formed from said glyceride oil in a catalytic reaction, and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. A bio oil intermediate including bio oil from at least one renewable source and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron.
US11421153B2
A quantum dot-containing complex that may be used in a light emitting device, an optical member or devices including same includes: a quantum dot; and at least one ligand coordinated to the surface of the quantum dot and being a monomer represented by Formula 1, as defined herein.
US11421149B2
Methods and compositions for treating subterranean formations with treatment fluids comprising alkyl polyglycoside surfactants are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid; and a surfactant comprising an alkyl polyglycoside or derivative thereof; introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation; and producing fluids from the wellbore during or subsequent to introducing the treatment fluid into the wellbore.
US11421147B2
An aqueous formulation for enhanced oil recovery may include at least one surfactant and at least one associative polymer. The associative polymer may be obtained by micellar radical polymerization by bringing into contact, in an aqueous medium, hydrophilic monomer dissolved in the aqueous medium, hydrophobic monomers in the form of a micellar solution, at least one radical polymerization initiator, and preferably at least one radical polymerization control agent.
US11421131B2
Provided is a polishing composition which contains a water-soluble polymer and is suitable for reducing LPDs. The polishing composition provided in this application includes an abrasive, a water-soluble polymer, and a basic compound. In the polishing composition, the content of a reaction product of a polymerization initiator and a polymerization inhibitor is 0.1 ppb or less of the polishing composition on a weight basis.
US11421130B2
Coating composition for extreme washable coatings comprising self-crosslinkable core-shell particles
A coating composition including: an aqueous dispersion of self-crosslinkable core-shell particles, where the core-shell particles include (1) a polymeric core at least partially encapsulated by (2) a polymeric shell having urethane linkages, keto and/or aldo functional groups, and hydrazide functional groups, where the polymeric core is covalently bonded to at least a portion of the polymeric shell, and an acrylic polymer, where the acrylic polymer is non-reactive with the polymeric core and the polymeric shell. A substrate coated with a coating formed from the coating composition and a method of improving stain resistance of a substrate are also disclosed.
US11421128B2
A coating composition, and uses thereof, including a solvent, metal oxide nanoparticles dispersed in this solvent, and a high carbon polymer dissolved in this solvent, where the high carbon polymer includes a repeat unit of structure (1), a hydroxybiphenyl repeat unit of structure (2) and a moiety containing a fused aromatic containing moiety of structure (3) where R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group of hydrogen, an alkyl and a substituted alkyl, Ar is an unsubstituted or substituted fused aromatic ring and X1 is an alkylene spacer, or a direct valence bound.
US11421124B2
An ink contains a coloring material, an organic solvent, a resin, and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 having a weight average molecular weight of from 390 to 610, where R1 represents a hydrocarbon group, and n represents an integer of 2 or greater.
US11421122B2
A problem to be solved by the invention is to provide an aqueous ink capable of forming a clear print image without causing deterioration in print quality due to uneven drying (mottling) of the ink even when continuous printing is performed for a long period of time or when printing is resumed after printing is suspended for several minutes to several hours. The invention relates to an aqueous ink containing: an acetylene-based surfactant (A); a nonionic surfactant (B) other than the acetylene-based surfactant (A); and an aqueous medium (C), in which the nonionic surfactant (B) contains a nonionic surfactant that satisfies at least one of the following three requirements: (i) having an HLB of less than 13.5, (ii) having a clouding point of 75° C. or lower, and (iii) having no clouding point.
US11421119B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a liquid resin composition which includes polysaccharide nanofibres, and which is used in a three-dimensional moulding production method in which a moulding obtained by curing the resin composition by irradiating the resin composition with active energy rays is three-dimensionally formed, wherein unevenness in strength in the height direction is not readily produced in the formed three-dimensional moulding. The present invention relates to a liquid resin composition which is used to produce a three-dimensional moulding, and which three-dimensionally forms a moulding as a result of being cured by being selectively irradiated with active energy rays. The resin composition includes an active energy ray-curable compound and polysaccharide nanofibres. The ratio of the number of polysaccharide nanofibres having a branched structure to the total number of polysaccharide nanofibres is less than 20%.
US11421108B2
Addition curable composition containing specific silicone resins containing aliphatically unsaturated groups and an organic compound containing unsaturated groups such as acrylate or methacrylate groups are suitable when used with fine and coarse fillers to produce artificial stone with both high hardness and high flexural strength.
US11421101B2
An aqueous resin dispersion with which excellent adhesiveness to a polyolefin base material such as a polypropylene base material can be easily obtained, which can be baked at low temperature, and which is for producing an aqueous coating material; and an aqueous coating material and an adhesive which contain the aqueous resin dispersion, are provided. In an aqueous resin dispersion (C) of the present invention, an olefin polymer (A) and a polymer (B) containing a constitutional unit derived from a radically polymerizable monomer (b1) having a reactive functional group are dispersed in an aqueous medium, a median diameter of the aqueous resin dispersion (C) measured by a dynamic light scattering method is 300 nm or less, and a dry product of the aqueous resin dispersion (C) contains 1 mass % or more of an insoluble component (D) that is insoluble in tetrahydrofuran.
US11421100B2
A polyethylene blend comprising a uniform dispersion of constituents (A) and (B): (A) a Ziegler-Natta catalyst-made linear low density polyethylene and (B) a metallocene catalyst-made linear low density polyethylene, a composition comprising the polyethylene blend and at least one additive, methods of making and using same, and manufactured articles and films comprising or made from same.
US11421094B2
A chemical blowing agent for foaming a thermoplastic polymer, for example PVC plastisol or a polymer resin in an extrusion process, comprising a functionalized particulate bicarbonate containing at least one additive, preferably excluding an exothermic blowing agent. The additive may be selected from the group consisting of polymers; inorganic salts; oils; fats; resin acids, any derivative thereof, and salts thereof; amino acids; fatty acids; carboxylic or polycarboxylic acids, soaps; waxes; derivatives thereof; salts thereof; or any combinations thereof. The particulate bicarbonate may be functionalized by spray-drying, coating, extrusion or co-grinding with at least one additive. The functionalized particulate bicarbonate may comprise 50 wt % to less than 100 wt % of the bicarbonate component, and 0.02-50 wt % of the additive. A foamable polymer composition comprising such chemical blowing agent. A process for manufacturing a foamed polymer, such as foamed PVC, comprising shaping and heating the foamable polymer composition, and a foamed polymer obtained by such process.
US11421090B2
The present disclosure is directed to synthesizing a nanomaterial-polymer composite via in situ interfacial polymerization. A nanomaterial is exposed to a solution having a first solute dissolved in an aqueous solvent to uniformly, or substantially uniformly, distribute the solvent throughout the porosity of the network of the nanomaterial. The nanomaterial is then exposed to a second solution having a second solute dissolved in an organic solvent, which is substantially immiscible with the first solvent, with the first solute reacting with the second solute. The first and second solutions can be stirred, or otherwise moved with respect to each other, to facilitate transport of the second solution throughout the nanomaterial to promote reaction of the polymer within the nanomaterial to produce a polymer composite having uniform morphology.
US11421088B2
A method of preparing thermoplastic polyester elastomer membrane with high binding strength includes the following steps: (a) Adding a reaction solvent to TPEE powder or granules to prepare a solvent mixture. (b) Adding a modifier to the solvent mixture, and mixing uniformly to prepare a first mixture, the modifier including at least one of o-xylylenediamine, m-xylylenediamine, alpha,alpha′-diamino-p-xylene, 2,3,5,6-Tetrachloro-p-xylene-alpha,alpha′-diamine, and 1,3,5,7-Tetraazatricyclodecane. (c) Adding an initiator to the first mixture, and mixing uniformly to prepare a second mixture. (d) Obtaining a finished product by passing the second mixture through an injection laminating process.
US11421087B2
Carbon fiber composite additives, media incorporating the carbon fiber composites, and related methods are provided herein. In some aspects, a composition includes at least one medium; and a carbon fiber composite incorporated with the at least one medium, the carbon fiber composite including one or more carbon fibers with an epoxy resin matrix applied thereto to produce a composition having improved characteristics and filtration performance.
US11421085B2
The present disclosure provides a packaging process and the resultant package produced from the process. The process includes introducing, into a mixing device, pellets composed of ethylene/propylene/diene polymer (EPDM). The EPDM comprises greater than 60 wt % units derived from ethylene. The pellets have a residual moisture content from 500 ppm to 2500 ppm. The process includes adding a silica-based powder to the mixing device and coating at least a portion of the pellets with the silica-based powder. The process includes sealing a bulk amount of the coated pellets in a bag made of a flexible polymeric film. The process includes absorbing, with the silica-based powder, the residual moisture from the pellets, and preventing moisture condensation in the bag interior for a period from 7 days after the sealing step to 1000 days after the sealing step.
US11421084B2
Disclosed are latexes, suspensions, and colloids having a cationic antimicrobial compound complexed with an anionic surfactant. The surfactant may have greater affinity for the antimicrobial compound than other anionic surfactants and other anions in the latex, suspension, or colloid that contribute to disperse phase stability to prevent disrupting the dispersions. Dispersions containing the antimicrobial compound may therefore have a shelf life comparable to dispersions that are otherwise identical but lack the cationic antimicrobial compound and its complexed anionic surfactant. Coatings made with the complexes can exhibit essentially undiminished antimicrobial activity.
US11421079B2
A method for controlling a polyimide backbone structure, including: in preparation of a polyimide through reaction of a diamine component and (1S,2R,4S,5R)-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride in an organic solvent containing an aprotic amide solvent and a lactone solvent, adjusting one or more of reaction conditions of a mass ratio of the aprotic amide solvent and the lactone solvent, a reaction temperature, a reaction time, and an amount of the aprotic amide solvent, so as to convert a cis-structure derived from the (1S,2R,4S,5R)-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride in the formed polyimide to a trans-structure derived from (1R,2S,4S,5R)-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride corresponding to the reaction conditions, thereby controlling a proportion of the trans-structure.
US11421078B2
Disclosed is a preparation method for corncob-shaped HNT-PANI/PP, specifically comprising: polymerizing aniline in situ on cleaned HNTs in an ice-water bath; mixing corncob-shaped HNT-PANI composite powder obtained by vacuum drying and PP plastic in a high-speed mixer in a certain ratio, performing extrusion granulation by using a twin-screw extruder, and performing injection molding by using an injection molding machine to prepare standard sample strips of an HNT-PANI/PP composite material. The corncob-shaped HNT-PANI composite material prepared according to the present invention has excellent electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and flame retardance, the mechanical properties of the composite material can be improved, electrical and flame-retardant properties of PP engineering materials can be improved, and thus the application field of PP is greatly broadened.
US11421065B2
Provided are an adhesive resin composition capable of forming an adhesive layer excellent in holding force, wet heat clouding resistance, and low corrosiveness; and an adhesive sheet. The adhesive resin composition includes a (meth)acrylic copolymer (A) having a constituent unit derived from a macromonomer (a) and a constituent unit derived from a vinyl monomer (b), in which the (meth)acrylic copolymer (A) has at least one of an amide bond and a radical polymerizable group.
US11421059B2
An acrylic copolymer is provided. The acrylic copolymer includes: a main monomer-derived repeating unit; and a chain transfer agent-derived part, wherein the main monomer-derived repeating unit includes a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester monomer-derived repeating unit, a (meth)acrylic acid alkoxy alkyl ester monomer-derived repeating unit, and a crosslinking monomer-derived repeating unit, the chain transfer agent-derived part is derived from a chain transfer agent having a carbonothioylthio group, and the chain transfer agent-derived part is included in an amount of 0.03 parts by weight to 0.08 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the main monomer-derived repeating unit. A method of preparing the same, and an acrylic copolymer composition including the same is also provided.
US11421058B2
A modified polytetrafluoroethylene which can be formed under a low extrusion pressure and with which changes of the extrusion pressure are suppressed, even in paste extrusion at a high RR ratio, and its production method. The modified polytetrafluoroethylene having units based on tetrafluoroethylene, 0.020 to 0.040 mass % of units based on a monomer represented by the following formula (1), and 0.003 to 0.080 mass % of units based on a monomer represented by the following formula (2), each based on all units of the modified polytetrafluoroethylene. The monomers of formulae (1) and (2) are represented by: CH2═CH—CnF2n+1 (1), wherein n is from 2 to 6; and CF2═CFO(LO)mRf (2), wherein L is a perfluoroalkylene group, Rf is a perfluoroalkyl group, and m is an integer of from 0 to 4.
US11421057B2
The present invention relates to multi reactor configurations for producing polypropylene copolymers and to processes for producing polypropylene copolymers. The reactor configuration for the production of propylene copolymers comprises at least three reactors R1, R1 and R3, all reactors having inlet and outlet, whereby reactors R2 and R3 are configured in parallel both downstream of reactor R1; and whereby reactor R1 is configured in series and upstream of reactors R2 and R3, and whereby the outlet of reactor R1 is coupled with the inlets of both reactors R2 and R3.
US11421055B2
A process comprising polymerizing propylene and an olefin comonomer selected from C2 or C4-C8 with a Ziegler Natta catalyst system and hydrogen in a single gas-phase reactor, to form a propylene polymer, at a temperature range of from 78 to 92° C. with a H2/C3 molar ratio of 0.005 to 0.25, the catalyst system comprising: a solid catalyst component comprising a transition metal compound, a Group 2 metal compound, an internal electron donor comprising a substituted phenylene aromatic di ester; an activity limiting agent; an organo-aluminum compound; and an external electron donor composition comprising at least one silane, wherein if the olefin comonomer is ethylene it is present in the propylene polymer in an amount from 1.0-7.0 wt % based on the total weight of the propylene polymer, and if the olefin comonomer is C4-C8, it is present in an amount from 1.0-15.0 mol % based on the total amount of the propylene polymer.
US11421047B2
A packaging system for the storage of an ophthalmic device includes a sealed container containing one or more unused ophthalmic devices immersed in an aqueous packaging solution comprising one or more crosslinked polymeric networks. The one or more crosslinked polymeric network comprises a reaction product of a first glycosaminoglycan, a second glycosaminoglycan, and a first crosslinking agent, wherein the first glycosaminoglycan is different than the second glycosaminoglycan. The aqueous packaging solution has an osmolality of at least about 180 mOsm/kg, a pH of about 6 to about 9 and is heat sterilized.
US11421037B2
The present invention relates to antagonistic antibodies specifically binding CD154, polynucleotides encoding the antibodies or fragments, and methods of making and using the foregoing.
US11421034B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating pancreatic cancer with particular dosage regimes of antibodies that bind colony stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) (e.g. cabiralizumab) in combination with antibodies that bind programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) (e.g. nivolumab).
US11421033B2
Disclosed herein are immunoglobulin fusion proteins comprising an insulin therapeutic peptide and an immunoglobulin region that targets the insulin therapeutic peptide to the liver of an individual in need thereof. Further disclosed herein are compositions comprising the immunoglobulin fusion proteins and methods for using the immunoglobulin fusion proteins for the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition in a subject, for example, diabetes and diabetes related conditions.
US11421029B2
Provided are a recombinant bispecific antibody against CTLA-4 and PDL-1, a nucleic acid molecule for encoding the antibody, a vector and a host cell comprising the nucleic acid molecule, and a method for preparing the antibody. Also provided are a pharmaceutical composition comprising the bispecific antibody, and usage of the bispecific antibody in preparation of the pharmaceutical composition.
US11421028B2
The present invention provides multivalent and multispecific binding proteins that are capable of binding two or more antigens, or two or more epitopes. The present invention also provides methods of making and using such multivalent and multispecific binding proteins, including methods of using such binding proteins for prevention or treatment of various diseases, or for detecting specific antigens in vitro or in vivo.
US11421027B2
The present invention relates to human CD3 antigen-binding polypeptides and their preparation and use in the treatment and/or diagnosis of various diseases, and also relates to bispecific antibody molecules capable of activating immune effector cells and their use in diagnosis and/or treatment of various diseases.
US11421026B2
The present invention relates to novel antibodies and fragments thereof that binds cannabinoid 1 (CB1) receptor. The antibodies and fragments thereof as disclosed herein include humanized antibodies that bind CB1 receptor. The invention also includes uses of the antibodies for treating a disease or disorder responsive to antagonism or agonism of the CB1 receptor.
US11421024B2
The invention relates to novel monoclonal anti-alpha-synuclein antibodies. The antibodies can be used for treating a synucleinopathy such as Parkinson's disease (including idiopathic and inherited forms of Parkinson's disease), Diffuse Lewy Body Disease (DLBD), Lewy body variant of Alzheimer's disease (LBV), Combined Alzheimer's and Parkinson disease, pure autonomic failure and multiple system atrophy.
US11421021B2
The present disclosure provides immunogenic compositions useful in prevention and treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infection. In particular, the disclosure provides methods of inducing an immune response against a LukAB-expressing S. aureus, methods of preventing or treating S. aureus infections, and composition for preventing or treating S. aureus infections.
US11421020B2
The invention relates to antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof, that neutralize infection of both RSV, MPV and PVM. The invention also relates to nucleic acids that encode, immortalized B cells and cultured plasma cells that produce, and to polypeptides that bind to such antibodies and antibody fragments. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the antibodies, antibody fragments, and polypeptides recognized by the antibodies of the invention in screening methods as well as in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of RSV or MPV infection and RSV and MPV co-infection.
US11421011B2
The present disclosure relates to polynucleotides encoding tethered interleukin-12 (IL-12) polypeptides comprising an IL-12 polypeptide and a membrane domain. The present disclosure also relates to vectors comprising the polynucleotides; host cells comprising the polynucleotides or vectors, polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides; compositions comprising the polynucleotides, vectors, host cells, or polypeptides and a delivery agent; and uses thereof, including treatment of cancer.
US11421009B2
The present invention relates to a fusion protein in which transferrin is peptide-bonded to a terminal of a granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) protein or a G-CSF mutant protein in which the 116th threonine is substituted with cysteine in the amino acid sequence of the G-CSF. Specifically, the granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) mutant protein of the present invention or the transferrin fusion protein thereof displays a significantly increased specific activity and blood stability, compared with the conventional human G-CSF, and has a higher purification efficiency than the conventional PEGylated G-CSF characterized by the extended half-life, so that it can be advantageously used for preventing or treating ischemic diseases or neutropenia.
US11421008B2
The invention relates to novel therapeutic approaches to cancer treatment that exploits tumor suppressor functions of DKK3b by site-specific delivery of DKK3b. Novel therapeutics and methods for treating tumors and cancers utilizing DKK3b tumor suppressor functions are disclosed.
US11421007B2
The present disclosure is in the field of modulation of Htt gene expression and HTT protein levels.
US11421001B2
The template-fixed β-hairpin peptidomimetics Cyclo(-Tyr-His-X-Cys-Ser-Ala-DPro-Dab-Arg-Tyr-Cys-Tyr-Gln-Lys-DPro-Pro), disulfide bond between Cys4 and Cys11, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, with X being Ala or Tyr, have CXCR4 antagonizing properties and can be used for where cancer is mediated or resulting from CXCR4 receptor activity.
US11420997B2
The present invention has an object of shortening the process time and reducing use of a poor solvent for solidifying a carrier (Tag)-peptide component, by removing impurities without conducting solid-liquid separation (condensation, solid-liquid separation and drying operation) of a Tag-peptide component, in an Fmoc method using a Tag for liquid phase peptide synthesis. Provided is the peptide synthesis method that includes the following steps a-d: step a: a carrier-protected amino acid, carrier-protected peptide, or a carrier-protected amino acid amide, and an N-Fmoc-protected amino acid or an N-Fmoc-protected peptide are condensed in an organic solvent or a mixed solution of organic solvents, to obtain an N-Fmoc-carrier-protected peptide, step b: a water-soluble amine is added to the reaction solution after the condensation reaction, step c: the Fmoc group is deprotected from the protected amino group in the presence of a water-soluble amine, and step d: the reaction solution is neutralized by adding an acid, and further, by adding and washing with an acidic aqueous solution, then, by liquid-liquid separation an aqueous layer is removed to obtain an organic layer.
US11420995B2
Lysosomally accumulated substances that release a nitroxy group, or a short chain fatty acid or a product of anaerobic metabolism or a thiol or a sulfide often from an ester or similar labile linkage have anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and anti-bacterial activity. They are useful in treating infectious, inflammatory and malignant disease.
US11420990B2
A Ruthenium complex containing alkynyl group, a method of synthesizing the Ruthenium complex containing alkynyl group and a use thereof are provided. The Ruthenium complex has a chemical formula of Ru(L)2(DPPZ′). DPPZ′ is a main ligand having structural formula of R is any one selected from the group consisting of H, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, R1NH2, R1OH, and SiMe3; R1 is C1-C5 chain alkyl group; L is an auxiliary ligand with N as coordinating atom. Sonogashira coupling reaction is utilized to introduce alkynyl group into a DPPZ-type Ruthenium complex; the introduced alkynyl group is beneficial to promote the transmembrane absorption of drug molecules, increase the probability of drug entry into cells, and can also increase efficacy and reduce toxic and side effects of drugs. The Ruthenium complex provided has significant anti-tumor activity, especially anti-breast cancer activity, and can provide new ideas for designing anti-tumor drug molecules in the future.
US11420988B2
The present invention may provide an asymmetric hydrogenation catalyst capable of resolving enantiomers with excellent enantioselectivity from a carbon-carbon double bond-containing compound. The catalyst according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: an iridium cation; and a ligand bonded to the iridium cation.
US11420981B2
The invention discloses a process for the preparation of maytansinoid esters of formula (I) comprising a thiol or disulphide group wherein R1, R4 and R5 and the asterisk are as defined in the description, by reacting maytansinol with an enantiopure alpha-azido acid, followed by reduction of the azido group and reacting the obtained amino-ester with a compound of formula (IX) (IX) R3—S—S—X—COOH wherein X and R3 are as defined in the description, or with a reactive derivative thereof and optionally reducing the obtained disulfide-containing maytansinoid ester to give a maytansinoid ester wherein R1 is a —X—SH group.
US11420974B2
This application relates generally to certain substituted pyrrolizine compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions which inhibit HBV replication, and methods of making and using them.
US11420973B2
N-oxides, or salts thereof, wherein G, L2, R1, R5, R9, R10, and n are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as inhibitors of signaling through Toll-like receptor 7, or 8, or 9, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
US11420962B2
Compounds of formula (I) wherein, R1, R2, R3, R4a, R4b and R5 are described herein, or a stereoisomer, enantiomer or tautomer thereof or mixtures thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, are described herein, as well as other compounds. These compounds are useful in treating inflammation and/or pain. Compositions comprising a compound of the invention are also disclosed, as are methods of using the compounds to treat inflammation and/or pain.
US11420958B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) or salts thereof, wherein A, G, R1, R5, and n are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as inhibitors of signaling through Toll-like receptor 7, or 8, or 9, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
US11420957B2
Disclosed are substituted heterocycle compounds including substituted pyrazoles, substituted pyrimidines, and substitute triazoles. The substituted heterocycles disclosed herein are shown to be useful in inhibiting c-MYC and may be utilized as therapeutics for treating cancer and cell proliferative disorders.
US11420954B2
The present invention relates to an improved process for the separation of gallated epicatechins (EGCG & ECG) from green tea extract or green tea dust. The present invention specifically relates to an improved process for the separation of gallated epicatechins (EGCG & ECG) from green tea extract or green tea dust by forming hydrated gallated epicatechins (EGCG & ECG)-isonicotinic acid complex using isonicotinic acid as acid, organic solvents for liberating gallated epicatechins. The present invention more specifically relates to the process for the separation of gallated epicatechins (EGCG & ECG) from green tea extract or green tea dust, wherein processes comprises steps of dissolving, concentrating by centrifugation, adding, precipitating, filtering, slurrying, removing supernatant liquid, washing, extracting and freeze drying. The present invention also relates to hydrated gallated epicatechins (EGCG & ECG)-isonicotinic acid complex.
US11420952B2
Sugar-based mono and diesters are prepared by esterification of 2,5-furan-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) with an alcohol in the presence of low loadings of a homogeneous organotin (IV) catalyst.
US11420951B1
The present application relates to a field of ethylene oxide recycling system, which includes an EO sterilization module, an oil-gas separation module, a cooling separation module, a storage module and a vaporization circulation module. The oil-gas separation module used to separate oil from exhaust gas is connected with the EO sterilization module. The cooling separation module used for cooling the exhaust gas is connected with the oil-gas separation module. The storage module for storing the ethylene oxide is connected with the cooling separation module. The vaporization circulation module for vaporize the ethylene oxide is connected with the storage module. The vaporization circulation module is further connected with the EO sterilization module, so as to form a circulation.
US11420941B2
Provided herein are molecules and salts thereof, arrays containing molecules and salts thereof, solid supports containing molecules and salts thereof, kits containing molecules or salts thereof, and methods of determining alignment of photolithographic masks comprising molecules or salts thereof.
US11420938B2
A method and a production system for recovering and treating taurine mother liquor, which is used for the process of ethylene oxide taurine production process. As for the treatment of the last mother liquor of taurine, add alkali firstly to the last mother liquor of taurine and then acid to form salt, or add salt directly; then concentrate and crystallize and filter, to remove lots of impurities in taurine mother liquor. This solves the problem of separating impurities, greatly shortening the time of removing impurities. The last mother liquor can also be decolorizes and additional impurities removes by activated carbon, and the removal of salt by mixing ammonia into the mother liquor to obtain the pure taurine mother liquor, thereby recovering the mother liquor and increasing the product yield.
US11420928B2
To provide a photopolymerization sensitizer which will not cause problems of dusting or coloring of a cured product by bleeding of additives such as the photopolymerization sensitizer on the surface e.g. by blooming at the time of photo-curing or during storage of the cured product, and which imparts a practically sufficient photo-curing rate. An oligomer of a 9,10-bis(substituted oxy)anthracene compound having repeating units represented by the following formula (1): wherein n represents a repetition number and is from 2 to 50, each of X and Y which may be the same or different, is a hydrogen atom, a C1-8 alkyl group or a halogen atom, and A is a bivalent substituent.
US11420925B2
Disclosed are a reduction method and reduction product of an alkenyl active methylene compound. The reduction reaction comprises the following steps: taking an alkenyl active methylene compound as a substrate, a metal hydride as a reducing agent, and a palladium compound as a catalyst, performing a reduction reaction to obtain a reduction product, and then reducing the alkenyl active methylene compound. The reduction system is a simple method for reducing the alkenyl active methylene compound, and the used hydride and palladium compound catalyst are both reagents that could easily be obtained in a laboratory. Compared with conventional hydrogen hydrogenation methods and reduction methods of reducing agents, the method is easier to operate, higher in safety, mild in conditions, and high in reaction yield, a reaction in a one-pot two-step manner can be achieved, and high atom economy and step economy can be obtained.
US11420920B2
Disclosed are methods of decreasing the concentration of a metal in a monomer composition including a bis(benzoyl)benzene, bis(benzoyl)benzene monomer compositions having a low total metal concentration, di-ketone polymers made from low metal bis(benzoyl)benzene monomers, and polymer compositions and shaped articles including the di-ketone polymers. It was surprisingly found that di-ketone polymers made by nucleophilic substitution of low metal bis(benzoyl)benzene monomers exhibit greater crystallinity, as compared with di-ketone polymers made with conventional monomers.
US11420917B2
The invention relates to a new process for the manufacture of fluoroaryl compounds and derivatives thereof, in particular of fluorobenzenes and derivatives thereof, and especially wherein said manufacture relates to an environmentally friendly production of the said compounds. Thus, the present invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art processes, and in a surprisingly simple and beneficial manner, and as compared to the prior art processes, in particular, the invention provides a more efficient and energy saving processes, and also provides a more environmentally friendly process, for the manufacture of nuclear fluorinated aromatics, and preferably of nuclear fluorinated fluorobenzenes. Accordingly, in one aspect of the invention, an industrially beneficial process for preparing fluorobenzenes from halobenzene precursors using HF to form hydrogen halide is provided by the present invention. A beneficial and surprisingly simple use of chlorobenzene as an industrially interesting starting material in the manufacture of fluorobenzene is provided.
US11420911B2
A catalyst containing LF-type B acid preparing ethylene using direct conversion of syngas is a composite catalyst and formed by compounding component A and component B in a mechanical mixing mode. The active ingredient of the component A is a metal oxide; the component B is a zeolite of MOR topology; and a weight ratio of the active ingredients in the component A to the component B is 0.1-20. The reaction process has an extremely high product yield and selectivity, with the selectivity for light olefin reaching 80-90%, wherein ethylene has high space time yield and can reach selectivity of 75-80%. Meanwhile, the selectivity for a methane side product is extremely low (<15%).
US11420904B2
A coated fibre comprising a fibre and a coating, wherein the coating comprises nanoplatelets and a polymer, wherein the coating has a layered structure comprising at least two bilayers, each bilayer comprising a nanoplatelet layer and a polymer layer is described. A composite material comprising a plurality of coated fibres and a matrix is also described.
US11420900B2
Electronic device components that include a glass portion and a ceramic or a glass ceramic portion are disclosed. The ceramic or glass ceramic portions of the component may be located to provide desired performance characteristics to the component, which may be an enclosure component. In addition, regions of compressive stress may be formed within the glass portion, the glass ceramic portion, or both to further adjust the performance characteristics of the component. Electronic devices including the components and methods for making the components are also provided.
US11420895B2
Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for non-contact processing a substrate, for example a glass substrate, overtop a gas layer. The support apparatus includes a plurality of gas bearings positioned on a pressure box supplied with a pressurized gas. Some embodiments are directed to a method of supporting and transporting softened glass. The method includes placing the glass in proximity to a gas bearing device having a support surface with a plurality of outlet ports disposed therein. Some embodiments are directed to a glass processing apparatus comprising an air table configured to continuously transport and support a stream of glass and a plurality of modular devices supported by a support structure and disposed above the air table. Some embodiments are directed to a method for flattening viscous glass using a two-sided gas bearing device or a one-sided gas bearing device.
US11420885B2
The invention relates to a easily adaptable or DIY installation water cleaning device on any existing spa or pool, said cleaning device including an electrolysis module equipped with a particular boron-doped diamond electrode on silicon substrate. The inventions also relates to a method to clean water on spa or pools using a water cleaning device comprising said particular boron-doped diamond electrode present on the elecrolysis module. The invention also relates to electrolyzed bathing water for use in the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the skin and for use for use in the treatment of wound healing of the skin.
US11420882B2
The present disclosure relates a system for the treatment of water. The water treatment system may be linked an aquatic protection system or a water filtration system.
US11420881B2
An apparatus, system and method to remove purified vapor from a contaminated fluid using solar energy is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an inlet wherein contaminated fluid flows in the apparatus through the inlet; at least two outlets wherein a first outlet exits purified vapor and a second outlet wherein contaminated fluid with a portion removed as purified vapor exits the apparatus; an energy source that causes the contaminated fluid to heat to a temperature wherein at least a portion of the contaminated fluid is converted to purified vapor; at least two different flow paths from at least one inlet to the first outlet and second outlet, the first and second flow paths flow through at least a portion of the apparatus wherein differences causes the lighter purified vapor to take a different path than the contaminated fluid exiting the second outlet.
US11420871B2
Disclosed is a polyoxometalate compound including a metal-substituted polyoxometalate. The metal-substituted polyoxometalate includes a polyoxometalate having defect sites, a substituting metal atom introduced into the defect sites, and an organic ligand. The substituting metal atom is divalent platinum or palladium. The organic ligand may be a bidentate ligand having an aliphatic heterocycle containing two nitrogen atoms coordinately bonded to the substituting metal atom. One substituting metal atom is introduced into one defect site.
US11420858B2
The present disclosure relates generally to personnel lift vehicles that include a carriage, a telescoping lift and a load carrying frame. The telescoping lift is connected to a rear portion of the carriage and the load carrying frame is connected to and extends forward from the telescoping lift. The load carrying frame includes a bottom portion that provides an operator platform that is disposed at a central portion of the carriage between a front portion and the rear portion of the carriage. The configuration of the disclosed personnel lift vehicle provides an integral solution for counterweight requirements for the carriage while reducing the overall driving space required for the vehicle.
US11420851B2
A tower crane configured to fold and unfold between a working configuration and a transport configuration includes a boom hinged in rotation relative to a mast about a main axis of rotation. The tower crane includes a rear retainer fastened to a frame supporting the mast and to a stanchion. The stanchion extends the boom rearwardly of the main axis of rotation and is displaceable relative to the boom between a working position and a transport position. The tower crane further includes a lifting cable connected to a winding device exerting, on the lifting cable, a tension force applied on stanchion by a return system configured to cooperate with the lifting cable, so as to cause displacement of said stanchion from the working position to the transport position.
US11420850B2
A retracting rail clamp for braking or anchoring a rail-mounted machine such as a crane by clamping opposite sides of a longitudinal rail member, the retracting rail clamp comprising: a load transfer frame rigidly secured to the crane, such as by bolting; and a clamp mechanism suspended within the load transfer frame by at least one lateral pair of pivotally mounted lift levers, and operable through a first and second stage of motion between a raised, brake release position, in which the entirety of the rail clamp is disposed substantially vertically clear of the rail, and a lowered, brake set position wherein at least one opposed facing pair of main levers of the clamp mechanism engage the side surfaces of the rail.
US11420849B2
The present application relates to the technical field of lifting equipment, and provides a traction machine and a lifting equipment. The traction machine includes traction pulleys, traction ropes driven by the traction pulleys and fixed pulleys for changing directions of the traction ropes. The fixed pulley is provided with a sensor sensing member rotating with the fixed pulley, a traction machine sensor is arranged beside the fixed pulley; the traction machine sensor is configured to detect a rotation speed of the sensor sensing member, and send the rotation speed to a controller of the traction machine; the controller controls a rotation of the traction pulley according to detected data of the traction machine sensor. Since this kind of traction machine is provided with the sensor sensing member and the traction machine sensor, it is capable of detecting whether the traction machine has an abnormal operation, and stopping the traction machine immediately in an abnormal state.
US11420842B2
A system and method for assembling booklets in document finishers such as saddle staplers includes first and second opposed rollers configured to receive an edge of a stapled crease of a stack of printed documents. The rollers apply both heat and pressure to the crease to form a tight fold. A second set of rollers provides further heat and pressure to the fold to increase tightness even further. Pressure and temperature of one or both roller sets is controllable to accommodate paper stacks having different numbers of pages or different paper characteristics.
US11420828B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for item singulation in a conveyor belt system. The singulation system may include one or more conveyor belts, one or more piston arrays disposed below the one or more conveyor belts, one or more cameras for generating image data of the conveyor belt, and a computing device for processing the image data and controlling the piston array. The singulation system may selectively actuate pistons of the piston array to achieve singulation of the items (e.g., packages) on the conveyor belt to ensure such items are separated by a certain distance. Multiple conveyor belts in series and with increasing velocities may be employed to increase separation between items.
US11420825B2
A method for state monitoring in a conveyor system, and also to a control unit, to a motorized roller, to a conveyor zone, to a conveyor section and to a conveyor system for carrying out this method. The method comprises checking for the presence of a reference operating state, determining a current of the motorized roller if the reference operating state is present, and comparing the determined current of the motorized roller with a reference value for the reference operating state.
US11420817B2
A pressure vacuum vent is disclosed which has a pressure plate having an opening, a diaphragm positioned on the pressure plate, a sealing ring for holding the diaphragm to the pressure plate, a sealing plate positioned on the diaphragm, a retaining ring for retaining the sealing ring, a screw having a cap having a vent opening, and a spring positioned between the cap and the sealing plate.
US11420814B2
Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks.
US11420812B2
Provided are a storage container, a microneedle unit, a storage container group, and a method of producing a microneedle unit that enable protection of a microneedle array before puncture and realization of a puncturing property of the microneedle array using a simple member. The storage container, which stores a microneedle array including a sheet having a first surface and a second surface that oppose each other and a plurality of needles arranged on the first surface of the sheet, includes a first member having an edge portion that defines a second opening and a second member having a depression, in which the microneedle array is stored by superimposing the second member on the first member, and the second member and the first member are deformed by applying a force to the second member in a state in which the second member is superimposed on the first member, and the needles of the microneedle array are allowed to protrude from the first member to puncture a skin.
US11420808B2
[Object] A scented tissue product is provided that offers excellent tissue removability and that enables a scent to be felt continuously in a stable manner. [Solution] The object is achieved by a scented tissue product in which a fragrant film having a fragrance layer situated between a fragrance-permeable resin layer and a fragrance-impermeable resin layer is attached, separately from a film having a slit therein for covering a dispensing opening, to an area including at least part of an inner surface of the top face of a box member constituting a container box such that the fragrance-permeable resin layer faces a stack of tissues.
US11420805B2
A device for stably maintaining the shape of a fragile object in a liquid includes a container for accommodating the fragile object, a lid member for sealing the container, and a protecting member. The device is configured to form a liquid-tight space by covering a liquid surface in the container which accommodates the fragile object and the liquid with the protecting member and further covering the protecting member and an open portion of the container with the lid member.
US11420800B2
A reusable packaging system for a gift, comprising: a decorative wrapping for wrapping around the gift so that the gift is concealed thereby, the decorative wrapping defining a plurality of mounting apertures; and a mount securable to the gift independently from the decorative wrapping, the mount being provided with a wrapping attachment insertable in each of the mounting apertures. The decorative wrapping is movable between attached and detached configurations. In the detached configuration, the decorative wrapping is detached from the mount. In the attached configuration, with the mount secured to the gift, the decorative wrapping is attached to the mount and encloses the gift, the decorative wrapping being secured to the wrapping attachment with the wrapping attachment inserted through at least some of the mounting apertures.
US11420794B2
Embodiments of the subject invention are directed to a transparent container with an insert that maintains its form and position when fit snugly inside of the container. The container and insert material are chosen to take advantage of inherent properties including stiffness, static friction and static cling such that no further fastening material, such as glue, is needed to secure the insert inside the container.
US11420790B2
A system for palletizing cargo includes a number of components that may be combined to produce an assembled pallet of cargo. A pallet base provides a cargo area where a payload may be stacked. The pallet base includes protective features such as feet that raise the payload above surface level, bumpers that prevent and absorb impacts to the pallet base, and a rim that encircles the cargo area. A pallet top is placed on top of the payload, opposite the pallet base, and a set of straps are used to connect the pallet base to the pallet top and friction fit the payload therebetween. Each of the base and top include a series of holes and spacers that allow airflow to pass around the bottom and top of the payload, while the bumpers allow airflow around the sides, even when the assembled pallets are surrounded by other cargo.
US11420788B2
A storage system includes a floor; a pair of end walls hingedly and detachably affixable to the floor; a pair of side walls hingedly and detachably affixable to the floor; and a cover hingedly and detachably affixable to one of the end walls.
US11420782B2
This invention involves with a kind of coffee machine, especially involves with a kind of automatic coffee grinding capsule making machine. The machine consists of the base, automatic rotating operation platform, coffee cup unloading device, coffee bean grinding device, coffee powder temporary storage device, powder tamping and removal device, coffee cap unloading device and capping device; the said automatic rotating operation platform is provided at the said base; the said automatic rotating operation platform can rotate based on the coffee capsule making status. This invention discloses the non-industrial and automatic coffee capsule maker that integrates coffee bean grinding, powder tamping and injection for capsule and capsule capping and improves the licensed process of such maker. This invention has more compact structure, smaller volume and lower cost, and can be operated simply and conveniently.
US11420776B2
A system utilizing an antenna generating an electromagnetic (EM) wave to interact with a solar EM wave to streamline magnetic flux in the polar cusp and to facilitate the flow of solar plasma through the Polar Cusp, resulting in an elevated plasma flux at the exit of the Polar Cusp. The elevated plasma flux intercepts and removes small space debris from Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) and Geosynchronous Transfer Orbits (GTO) transiting the LEO altitude regimes.
US11420771B2
An aerial vehicle electrical power system for use with a tethered aerial vehicle, and related methods are provided. The aerial vehicle electric power system includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) carried by an aerial vehicle. At least one electrical circuit is carried by the aerial vehicle. The at least one electrical circuit has a DC buck converter electrically in series with at least a portion of the plurality of LEDs. A tether is connected between the aerial vehicle and a power source positioned remote from the aerial vehicle. Electrical power is transmitted to the aerial vehicle and at least a portion of the plurality of LEDs through the tether. The electrical circuit minimizes variances in power supplied to the aerial vehicle and the plurality of LEDs.
US11420755B2
A vibration isolation system for a gas turbine engine. The vibration isolation system includes a first fixed structure and a second fixed structure separate from the first fixed structure. The vibration isolation system further includes a connector coupling the first fixed structure to the second fixed structure. Additionally, the vibration isolation system includes an isolator, including a shape memory alloy material, associated with the connector. The isolator is arranged between the first fixed structure and the second fixed structure such that the isolator reduces vibrations transferred between the first fixed structure and the second fixed structure.
US11420749B2
An electrical connecting system for a seat, in particular a passenger seat in a means of transportation, including an elongated carrier foil that is provided at least in regions with conductor tracks, the carrier foil having a first section so as to be arranged on a seat frame, a second section so as to be arranged on a backrest that may pivot and a transition section that lies between said first section and second section, wherein the transition section is embodied as V-shaped. As a consequence, an electrical connection may be achieved between an electronic unit that is arranged on a passenger seat and components that are arranged on the passenger seat.
US11420747B2
A console mounted pilot tray assembly includes an aircraft cockpit having a console. A seat is mounted in the aircraft and faces the console. A side stick is mounted laterally to the console and a leg receiving space is positioned under the console. A mount is positioned under and is mounted to the console. The mount includes a guide rail. A panel has a top side, a bottom side, a front edge, a rear edge, a first side edge and a second side edge. A slide attached to the panel and is moveably mounted to the guide rail. The panel is moved along the guide rail and under the console to define a stored position. The panel is moved to a deployed position. The deployed position is defined as the panel extending outwardly away from the guide rail and the console.
US11420743B2
An aerial dispensing method includes obtaining a wind velocity of a wind that causes a drift to a substance dispensed from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and controlling one or more components of the UAV based on the obtained wind velocity to cause at least mitigation to the drift.
US11420740B2
A device for the automated charging and discharging of an object on a free-flying autonomously controlled drone includes a landing platform for the drone, a storage device for storing objects, a robot where the robot is configured to remove an object from the storage apparatus in an automated manner and to provide the object on the landing platform to be picked up by the drone and is configured to pick up in an automated manner an object that is provided on the landing platform by the drone and to deposit the object in the storage apparatus, and a controller where the robot is controllable by the controller.
US11420738B1
An example wing-in-ground effect vehicle includes (i) a main wing having main wing control surfaces; (ii) a tail having tail control surfaces; (iii) a blown-wing propulsion system arranged along the main wing or the tail; (iv) a retractable hydrofoil configured to operate in: (a) an extended configuration in which the retractable hydrofoil extends below a hull of the vehicle for submersion below a water surface and (b) a retracted configuration in which the retractable hydrofoil is retracted at least partially into the hull of the vehicle; and (v) a control system configured to maneuver the vehicle by (i) causing a change in orientation of the retractable hydrofoil when the retractable hydrofoil is operating in the extended configuration, and (ii) causing a change in orientation of the main wing control surfaces and tail control surfaces when the retractable hydrofoil is operating in the retracted configuration.
US11420737B2
This disclosure is generally directed to a High Speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that includes fixed wing flight capabilities. The High Speed VTOL aircraft may include at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a main wing, and at least two thrust producing rotors located equidistant from a longitudinal axis of the aircraft on a vertical wing. The rotors may be driven by electric motors. However, other power sources may be used such as combustion or hybrid engines. By adjusting the speed and/or the pitch of the rotors, the aircraft can transition from a vertical flight configuration to a horizontal flight configuration and back.
US11420724B2
A wheel well fairing for reducing drag on an aircraft fuselage configured with an open wheel well for stowing landing gear of the aircraft. The wheel well fairing includes a Coanda fairing having a convex-shaped lower portion and an upper portion. The upper portion is configured for positioning adjacent an interior vertically-orientated sidewall of the wheel well, and the convex-shaped lower portion has a bottom surface configured to extend substantially parallel to and positioned adjacent with an outer hull surface of the fuselage. The convex-shaped lower portion is curved inwardly within the wheel well between the upper portion and bottom surface. The Coanda fairing is positioned at an aft portion of the wheel well to redirect airflow out of the wheel well in a rearward direction along the bottom hull surface of the fuselage.
US11420723B2
An aircraft wing (1) including a fixed wing (3) and a wing tip device (4) at the tip of the fixed wing (3), the wing tip device (4) being rotatable relative to the fixed wing (3) between a flight configuration (4a) for use during flight, and a ground configuration (4b) for use during ground-based operations, in which ground configuration the wing tip device (4) is rotated relative to the fixed wing (3) such that the span of the wing (1) is reduced. The aircraft wing (1) has a gear assembly (31) that couples the wing tip device (4) to an actuator (30) such that the actuator (30) drives the rotation of the wing tip device (4) between the flight and ground configurations, the gear assembly (31) comprising a worm drive (32).
US11420722B2
A seal for sealing an aircraft fuel tank, an aircraft wing rib and stringer sealing assembly, an aircraft wing fuel tank, an aircraft structural wing box, an aircraft wing, and a method of sealing an aperture are disclosed. The seal is for sealing a wing rib to a stringer passing through an aperture in the rib at a variable position in the aperture. The seal includes self-adjustment means to absorb any tolerance when forming the seal, upon the stringer being assembled into the aperture in the rib.
US11420721B2
An internal cladding part for cladding a fuselage structure of an aircraft is disclosed having a first cover layer that extends in a planar manner, a second cover layer that extends in a planar manner, a core layer which is disposed between the first and the second cover layer and is connected to the first and the second cover layer and defines a receptacle cavity, and an insulation structure having a porous insulation core and an evacuated film sheath that encases the insulation core in a gas-tight manner. The insulation structure is disposed in the receptacle cavity between the first and the second cover layer.
US11420720B2
An aircraft door controller 100 including a receiver 110 configured to receive a command 14 to move an aircraft door between an open position and a closed position relative to a door frame. The aircraft door controller 100 is configured to not store the command 14 when power to move the aircraft door between the open position and the closed position relative to the door frame is unavailable.
US11420716B2
A propulsion system for a vessel includes an engine propulsion unit that provides a propulsive force to a hull by using an engine as a power source, an electric propulsion unit that provides a propulsive force to the hull by using an electric motor as a power source, a storing mechanism that is displaced from an actuating position to actuate the electric propulsion unit to a storing position to store the electric propulsion unit and performs a storing operation to store the electric propulsion unit, and an interlock controller that interlocks a storing operation of the storing mechanism with generation of a propulsive force by the engine propulsion unit.
US11420715B1
A watercraft includes: a central frame; a deck supported by the central frame; and first and second lateral hulls laterally spaced apart from one another, the central frame being disposed at least in part laterally between the first and second lateral hulls. Each of the lateral hulls includes: a plurality of lower hull panels mounted to the central frame, at least part of an outer surface of each lower hull panel forming a running surface of the watercraft; a plurality of braces connected between the central frame, the plurality of lower hull panels and the deck; and at least one buoyant element received in and substantially filling a space defined between the lower hull panels and the deck. Each brace includes: an inner mount connected to the central frame, a lower mount connected to at least one lower hull panel, and an upper mount connected to the deck.
US11420713B2
A mooring buoy reservation system is disclosed. The system comprises a mooring buoy that has the ability to enable or disable a tie up point on the buoy. The buoy has a microprocessor in communication with a server. And the server is in communication with a boat device. Also a method of a subscriber reserving a buoy through the server, paying for the buoy's use, and mooring to an enabled buoy is disclosed.
US11420712B2
This document describes a system for the deployment, towing and recovery of marine equipment from a waterborne carrier, which carrier comprises a hoisting arrangement for lifting the marine equipment into the water. The system cooperates with the hoisting arrangement, and comprises a lateral deployment-recovery assembly for deployment and recovery on a lateral side of the carrier, and includes: a tow winch and an aft lateral outrigger connected to the carrier. The assembly also comprises a tow line guide and a guider winch including a guide line attachable to the tow line guide. The aft outrigger comprises a seat for the tow line guide and a sheave for the guide line to enable guiding of the tow line guide to the seat. The document also describes a method.
US11420710B2
An electromechanical rear derailleur is provided for a bicycle, including a base member for attachment to the bicycle. A movable member has a cage assembly attached thereto. A linkage is provided that couples the movable member to the base member and operative to enable movement of the movable member relative to the base member in a direction substantially parallel to the mounting axis. A power source powers an motor module connected thereto to move the movable member and elements thereon.
US11420707B2
A bicycle assembly can include a bicycle frame having a main frame and a sub-frame, and a shock absorber assembly. The shock absorber assembly can comprise a shock absorber and an extension body. The sub-frame can rotate in relation to the main frame and the shock absorber assembly can be used to regulate that relationship. An eccentric insert positioned functionally between the shock absorber and extension body can be used to modify the overall length of the shock absorber assembly to beneficially alter the geometry of the bicycle frame.
US11420704B2
Steering group of a motor vehicle including a front frame provided with a steering tube that rotatably houses a steering shaft or pin, which rotates about a steering axis, the front frame being provided with an upright integral with the steering tube, the front frame having a steering bracket (36), integral in rotation with the steering shaft where, the steering group includes elastic return means which elastically influence the steering shaft to position itself symmetrically with respect to the front frame, the elastic return means being interposed between the upright and the steering bracket so as to be compressed when the steering shaft rotates with respect to the central symmetrical position, wherein the elastic return means have a regressive trend elastic response.
US11420703B2
A scooter with a footboard providing a contact surface for a user of the scooter, with a front axle including a first front wheel and a second front wheel and a rear axle comprising a first rear wheel and a second rear wheel, and with a steering column for steering at least the front wheels. Inclination of the footboard about a roll axis of the footboard effects a steering angle of the two front wheels in a first direction and, at the same time, a steering angle of the two rear wheels in a second direction opposite the first direction. The disclosure further relates to a method for operating such a scooter.
US11420700B2
A vehicle wind buffeting shield, a vehicle incorporating a wind buffeting shield, and a method of diverting upward air flow during operation of a vehicle using a wind buffeting shield are provided. The wind buffeting shield includes a flow restricting portion and at least one mounting member. The at least one mounting member couples the flow restricting portion proximate a bottom portion of a gas tank of a vehicle such that the flow restricting portion projects generally horizontal and outwards from the vehicle and restricts upward air flow during operation of the vehicle.
US11420690B2
A skirt securing connector assembly for securing an aerodynamic skirt panel to a trailer is provided, the skirt securing connector assembly comprising an upper attachment portion adapted to secure the skirt securing connector assembly to the trailer, a lower attachment portion adapted to secure a lower portion of the aerodynamic skirt panel and a strut member connected, at a first end thereof, to the upper portion of the skirt securing connector assembly and connected, at a second end thereof, to the lower portion of the skirt securing connector assembly, the strut member including a longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end, the strut member including a concave portion extending along the longitudinal axis, the concave portion increasing an inertia moment of the strut member to sustain a force applied by air routing on the aerodynamic skirt.
US11420687B2
A multi-functional coupler for one or more vehicle components includes a shank, a head connected to the shank, a connector carried by the shank, and a tool. The tool is carried by the head or shank spaced from the connector, and the tool has a fastener engaging portion by which a fastener may be moved to install or remove the fastener from a component. The coupler may be used to both coupled together two or more components, and to remove fasteners or other connections via the tool of the coupler. Conveniently, as the coupler is normally installed on the vehicle to couple together two or more vehicle components, the coupler is readily available to a user wanting to remove fasteners compatible/drivable with the tool of the coupler.
US11420681B2
A side sill structure for a vehicle includes: a side sill having a cavity; a side sill reinforcement which is received in the cavity of the side sill; and a battery mounting pipe which is joined to the side sill reinforcement, wherein the side sill reinforcement is joined to the side sill as a mounting bolt is fastened to the battery mounting pipe.
US11420675B2
A multidirectional transport vehicle includes a longitudinal axis which defines a longitudinal direction, a transverse axis which defines a transverse direction, a steering system, a driving direction switch, and a driving direction adjustment element. The steering system comprises at least three independently steerable wheels and a steering target value transmitter which steers the wheels. Each wheel has a wheel axle. A steering pole, on which each wheel axle is aligned when cornering, is moved along a steering pole axis by actuating the steering target value transmitter. The driving direction switch includes a limited number of separate switch positions, wherein exactly one switch position preselects exactly one respective rotational position of the steering pole axis relative to the multidirectional transport vehicle and preselects one of two driving directions facilitated thereby. The driving direction adjustment element changes a preselectable rotational position of the steering pole axis.
US11420669B2
An adjustment lever deceleration assembly for a steering column includes an adjustment lever rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The adjustment lever deceleration assembly also includes a component positioned proximate the adjustment lever, the component rotating at a speed less than a rotational speed of the adjustment lever during adjustment between the locked position to the unlocked position. The adjustment lever deceleration assembly further includes an adjustment lever decelerator integrally formed with the adjustment lever, the adjustment lever decelerator positioned on the adjustment lever to contact the component during rotation of the adjustment lever toward the unlocked position, wherein the adjustment lever deflects and absorbs energy upon contact with the component.
US11420665B2
A height adjusting structure includes a coupling member configured to couple a caster to a casing, and the coupling member has a fixing part to which the caster is fixed, an extended part extended upward from the fixing part and penetrating through a bottom wall of the casing, and a meshing part formed at a portion within the casing on the extended part and having a plurality of engaging portions aligned at a predetermined pitch in a vertical direction. The height adjusting structure further includes a restraining member meshing with the meshing part formed on the extended part to restrain the extended part so that the extended part is unable to move vertically.
US11420664B2
A shelf board is for being disposed on a cart including a plurality of column members and at least one decoration member. The shelf board includes a bottom board and a lateral wall. The lateral wall is connected to the bottom board to enclose a receiving space therebetween. The shelf board further has at least one engaging unit. The at least one engaging unit is adapted for connecting to a member for connecting. The member for connecting is one of the plurality of the column members or the at least one decoration member. A cart including the shelf board is also provided.
US11420663B2
A railroad communication system (100, 200) includes a wayside control device (130) in communication with one or more railroad crossing warning device(s) (140, 145) located at a railroad grade crossing (125), wherein the one or more railroad crossing warning device(s) (140, 145) are activated in response to a signal of the wayside control device (130). An autonomous motor vehicle (150) approaches the railroad grade crossing (125), wherein the wayside control device (130) is configured to communicate information in response to an activation of the one or more railroad crossing warning device(s) (140, 145), and wherein the autonomous motor vehicle (150) is configured to receive the information.
US11420655B2
Described is a system for competency assessment of an autonomous system. The system extracts semantic concepts representing a situation. Actions taken by the autonomous system are associated with semantic concepts that are activated when the actions are taken in the situation. The system measures an outcome of the actions taken in the situation and generates a reward metric. The semantic concepts representing the situation are stored as a memory with the actions taken in the situation and the reward metric as a memory. A prospective simulation is generated based on recall of the memory. A competency metric and an experience metric are determined. Competent operational control of the autonomous system is maintained when at least one of the competency metric and the experience metric is above a minimum value. An alert is generated when at least one of the competency metric and the experience metric falls below the minimum value.
US11420652B2
A system and method for controlling a vehicle platform, the system comprising on onboard controller and an off-board controller that work together to provide autonomous navigation in fields or similar areas where the vehicle is deployed, perception for obstacle detection and avoidance, and a user interface for user/vehicle interaction and control.
US11420646B2
A driving apparatus is controlled by using a driving command that is obtained by applying an accelerator operation amount to a relation between the accelerator operation amount and the driving command for the driving apparatus, and the relation is set by using a distribution of usage of the driving command by a driver such that a gradient that is a change in the driving command with a change in the accelerator operation amount in a high usage range including a value having a longest usage time among values of the driving command is less than the gradient in a range other than the high usage range.
US11420632B2
An autonomous driving control unit 18 of an onboard device 1 acquires the positional accuracies in the travelling direction and the lateral direction of the vehicle, respectively. With reference to map DB 10, the autonomous driving control unit 18 acquires normal line information indicative of the orientation of each feature. The autonomous driving control unit 18 outputs, to an electronic control device of the vehicle, control information for controlling the vehicle to increase the detection accuracy of a target feature which faces a direction, either the travelling direction or the lateral direction of the vehicle, whichever positional accuracy is lower.
US11420629B2
Systems and methods for controlling engine brake disengagement in a vehicle include a controller receiving a signal indicative of a command to disengage an engine brake while the vehicle engine is in engine brake engaged condition. The engine can be subjected to a first negative torque under the engine brake engaged condition. The controller can cause the engine brake to be gradually disengaged over a time period using a predefined torque ramp rate, responsive to the signal. The gradual disengagement of the engine brake can be in the form of a phased out disengagement, and can reduce vehicle engine jerk associated with engine brake disengagement.
US11420626B2
A method for operating a vehicle. When an autonomous cruise control is in the activated state, a switch is made to an accelerator-pedal-controlled distance controller in response to an acceleration command indicated by an override of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle.
US11420621B2
An autonomous vehicle (AV) is described herein. The AV is configured to identify an occluded region where a portion of a field of view of a sensor is occluded by an object. The AV is further configured to hypothesize that an object exists in the occluded region and is moving in the occluded region. The AV is still further configured to perform a driving maneuver based upon the hypothesized object existing in the occluded region.
US11420620B1
Systems and methods for driver presence and position detection are disclosed herein. A method can include determining whether a vehicle is in an open area or an enclosed area, determining that a key of the vehicle is no longer present inside the vehicle and an ignition of the vehicle is on, suppressing or delaying a warning message that indicates that the key of the vehicle is no longer present inside the vehicle and the vehicle is in the open area, and providing the warning message when the vehicle is in the enclosed area.
US11420619B2
A parking lot management device which manages a parking lot for accommodating a vehicle and stops the vehicle at a predetermined parking space in the parking lot includes an acquisition unit which acquires position information of the vehicle in the parking lot, a determination unit which determines whether it is necessary to change a target parking space in which the vehicle should be stopped to a second parking space different from a first parking space in the parking lot when the vehicle is stopped in the first parking space in the parking lot based on the position information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a processing unit which performs a process of changing the target parking space subject to permission of a user of the vehicle when the determination unit determines that it is necessary to change the target parking space.
US11420604B2
A brake controller is provided with a positive efficiency operation limiter configured to provide a time for maintaining or decreasing a torque to be generated by a motor, such that a braking force generated by pressing between a brake rotor and friction pads does not decrease, while a braking force command value outputted from a braking force command section increases. For example, the limiter limits a ratio of a time for increasing the braking force, relative to a sum of the time for increasing the braking force and the time for maintaining or decreasing the braking force, to a predetermined value or less.
US11420598B2
A windscreen wiper arm comprising a wiper arm member having a substantially U-shaped cross-section arranged to be pivotally connected to a mounting head mounted on a drive shaft, and a wiper rod having a first end rigidly connected to and extending inside said wiper arm member and a second end arranged to be connected to an elongated wiper blade to be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. The windscreen wiper arm includes a nozzle for spraying a washing liquid onto said windscreen to be wiped, where said nozzle is detachably connected to said wiper rod inside the U-shaped cross-section of the wiper arm member.
US11420591B2
Disclosed is an authentication reader intended to be installed on a motor vehicle opening element, the reader including a microcontroller, at least one transmitter, at least one matching circuit and a single antenna, called “primary” antenna, characterized by a working frequency. The matching circuit includes switching element able to switch the matching circuit between a first mode, in which the matching circuit makes it possible to match the primary antenna to a secondary antenna of an authentication device whose resonant frequency is lower than the working frequency, and a second mode, in which the matching circuit makes it possible to match the primary antenna to a secondary antenna of an authentication device whose resonant frequency is higher than the working frequency.
US11420582B2
An attachment structure, for a side airbag device including an airbag that is to be deployed and inflated on a side of an occupant seated on a seat in a vehicle interior under pressure of a gas supplied from an inflator, includes an attachment member via which the airbag is attached inside the seat. The attachment member includes a support portion that supports the airbag before the airbag is deployed and inflated, an attachment portion that is attached inside the seat, and a guide portion that guides the airbag to a seat outer side at a time when the airbag is deployed and inflated. The guide portion is provided so as to correspond to a part of the airbag supported by the support portion.
US11420576B2
It is intended to provide a vehicle body lower structure capable of preventing a backflow component from flowing outside the vehicle from a rear wheel housing at the shortest distance. The vehicle body lower structure of a vehicle comprising a rear wheel housing 12, and a mud guard 71 integrally attached to an inner surface of a rear portion of the rear wheel housing 12, wherein the mud guard 71 has a plate-shaped shielding portion 71b extending from a vehicle width directional inner side of a rear edge of the rear wheel housing 12 toward a front side of the vehicle, and wherein the shielding portion 71b has an up-down directional length extending from a bottom portion of the mud guard 71 to a position above at least a tail pipe 33 whose outlet portion 33a is oriented toward a rear surface of a vehicle body adjacent thereto.
US11420575B2
A power supply for an energy management and monitoring unit includes a line arrangement with multiple lines representing inputs or outputs, each of which has at least one power line for supplying power. A merging unit combines the power lines of the line arrangement to a total voltage, and a splitting unit is configured to split the total voltage into at least two redundant voltages provided for the energy management and monitoring unit.
US11420570B2
A camera mounting system and a method for processing images are disclosed. The system includes an external component configured to capture thermal images, and an internal component configured to receive the thermal images. The thermal images are wirelessly transmitted by the external component, the external component is coupled to the internal component via a glass, and the internal component is further configured to wirelessly power the external component.
US11420568B2
A display assembly for a means of transport and a correspondingly equipped means of transport are disclosed. The display assembly includes a display unit, a bus subscriber and a housing comprising a data interface arranged at its outside, and a mechanical interface for fixing the housing in the means of transport, wherein the display unit and the bus subscriber are arranged in the housing and the bus subscriber is configured to be connected by information technology to a bus of the means of transport via the data interface.
US11420564B2
Configurable and reconfigurable stowage systems for vehicle storage areas for a vehicles including cars, truck, boats, recreation vehicles, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and the like are disclosed. In some embodiments, vehicle storage areas include saddle bags and trunks of vehicles. In some embodiments the stowage systems include a contourable reconfigurable liner that includes configuration features and partitioning devices.
US11420561B2
The present invention relates to a lateral image processing method, and the method includes recognizing areas in which amounts of image change are different from each other in an image captured by a camera; determining whether a car is in a driving state; and converting an image in one area in which an amount of image change is different according to the driving state of the car.
US11420560B2
A work screen display system including a position information obtaining unit for obtaining position information on a work vehicle based on positioning correction information supplied from a first reference station; a region shape determination unit for determining a shape of a specific region where the work vehicle performs autonomous travel, based on positioning correction information supplied from a second reference station; and a display control unit for displaying, on a display unit, a specific region indication section indicating the specific region determined by the region shape determination unit. The display control unit displays the specific region indication section in a display mode that varies between a case where the first and second reference stations are identical and a case where the first and second reference stations are not identical.
US11420554B2
Vehicle horn control device, embedded on a vehicle steering wheel, comprising: a base part (10); a control part (20), movable between a rest position and a depressed position; elastic return means (31), for pushing back the control part (20) to the rest position,—positioning means (41); an electrical circuit with at least one switch comprising a second contact terminal (51; 151; 251a, 251b; 21, 452), embedded on the control part (20), and a first contact terminal (52; 152; 252; 441), secured to the base part (10), characterized in that the positioning means (41) comprises the initial contact terminal (52; 152; 252; 441) arranged to position the control part (20) in the rest position, so as to close the switch when the control part (20) is in the rest position.
US11420553B2
A mounting hole of an interior material includes continuous first and second through portions. The second through portion is wider than the first through portion. An inner periphery of the second through portion includes a pair of connecting portions extending to widen. A first sandwiching portion of a housing of a vehicle interior lighting device includes a first facing portion facing an inner end face of the mounting hole, and sandwiches a first part located across the first through portion from the second through portion in the interior material. A pair of second sandwiching portions of the housing each includes a second facing portion facing an associated one of the pair of connecting portions of the mounting hole. Each of the pair of second sandwiching portions sandwiches a second part located across the pair of connecting portions from the second through portion in the interior material.
US11420551B2
A light emitting device for a leaning vehicle, including a pair of cornering lamps, including a first cornering lamp and a second cornering lamp, that emit light to form a single left-front light emission area and a single right-front light emission area, and a control device that controls light emission by the pair of cornering lamps based on a lean angle of the vehicle body. The control device is configured to cause a first quantity of light and a second quantity of light, which are respectively a quality of light outputted from the at least one light source included in the first cornering lamp and in the second cornering lamp, respectively, to vary in accordance with the lean angle of the vehicle body, such that each of the single left-front light emission area and the single right-front light emission area becomes larger as the lean angle of the vehicle body increases.
US11420547B2
A deployable hay pod elevator system for a transport trailer, such as a livestock trailer, provides a readily deployable hay pod, storage pod, or supply platform with the trailer, and is readily stowable above the trailer in a raised configuration for travel. The elevator system includes a deployable supply platform and a vertical raising and lowering mechanism or lift system configured to move the supply platform relative to the trailer. The lift includes a pivot arm system coupled to a sidewall of the trailer and a lift assist mechanism, such as a linear actuator, to vertically raise and lower the deployable supply platform. The elevator system includes a supply platform pivot actuation mechanism to adjust the angle of the platform relative to the pivot arm during stowage and deployment of the system. The elevator system may be fitted to various types of vehicles to store and transport various materials.
US11420544B2
Provided is a cooling fan including: a fan housing having an air inlet formed on a front surface thereof and through which air flows and an air outlet formed at a side surface of the fan housing and through which air is discharged; and an impeller mounted inside the fan housing to introduce air in an axial direction thereof and discharge air in a radial direction thereof, wherein a bypass passage is formed at an edge of the air inlet so that air flowing in a direction opposite to the air outlet can be discharged to the outside. At high power of a cooling fan, backward-flow air is discharged to the outside to minimize noise and improve blowing efficiency.
US11420543B2
The present disclosure provides a seat track mechanism installed beneath a vehicle seat in order to move the vehicle seat in the forward and backward directions. A monotrack mechanism, to which a monopost structure and a single rail structure are applied, is installed at the bottom of the seat. The seat track mechanism includes a structure for hook-engaging lower and upper rails constituting the mono track mechanism by hook guides, thereby being capable of securing sufficient strength upon head-on or rear-end collision. The present disclosure also provides a seat track mechanism for a vehicle including a locking mechanism capable of enhancing stability of a passenger through structural reinforcement given at the bottom of the vehicle when it is necessary to ensure safety of the passenger in a situation such as collision or sudden stop or the like.
US11420541B2
An adequate mechanical stiffness and strength are afforded to a tumble seat or a vehicle seat having a latch mechanism provided in a rear end of the seat cushion. A cushion frame (F1) of the seat includes a side frame (5) extending in a fore and aft direction, and the side frame includes a first member (10) comprising a channel member having an open side facing sideways and a second member (11) attached to the first member so as to form a closed cross section jointly with the first member, and extending downward further than the first member. A latch mechanism is positioned under the first member and attached to the second member.
US11420528B2
A method in which a charging activation apparatus associated with an electric vehicle (i) receives a first instance of a charging session ID from first server apparatus associated with a first electricity provider which is the electricity provider of a driver or owner of the electric vehicle; (ii) receives a second instance of the charging session ID from second server apparatus associated with a second electricity provider which is the electricity provider for a power outlet with which the electric vehicle is currently electrically connected; (iii) compares the first and second instances of the charging session ID; (iv) determines if the first and second instances of the charging session ID correspond; and, if the first and second instances of the charging session ID are determined to correspond, (v) causes activation of charging of the electric vehicle via the electrical connection to the power outlet.
US11420526B2
A processor included in a server acquires, by a weather information acquisition unit, weather information related to rainfall in a region where an external charging of a vehicle is performed. The processor also acquires flooding information indicative of prediction of flood damage to the region from a flooding information DB included in a storage device. If the vehicle is determined, based on the acquired weather information and flooding information, as likely to be inundated with water while the vehicle is stationary in the charging station, the processor transmits to the vehicle a stop instruction for stopping the external charging. The vehicle stops the external charging if the vehicle receives the stop instruction for stopping the external charging from the server.
US11420520B2
A decorative component for an interior space of a motor vehicle includes a display panel configured to cover a display element and/or constituting a display element. The decorative component further includes a decorative element, adjoining the display panel, configured to provide a visually and haptically perceptible decorative surface. The haptic and/or visual perception of the decorative surface is different than the haptic and/or visual perception of a panel surface of the display panel. The display panel overlaps the decorative element in an overlapping region and a material thickness of the display panel is designed such that it becomes monotonously thinner toward the decorative element in the overlapping region.
US11420514B2
Vehicles, powertrains for vehicles, and methods of mounting powertrains to chassis of vehicles are disclosed herein. A vehicle includes a chassis, a plurality of wheels, and a powertrain. The chassis extends along a longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end arranged opposite the first end. The plurality of wheels are coupled to the chassis between the first end and the second end and configured for rotation about a rotational axis. The powertrain is mounted to the chassis transverse to the longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end. The powertrain is configured to drive rotation of the plurality of wheels about the rotational axis in use of the vehicle.
US11420513B2
A hybrid drivetrain for a hybrid-driven vehicle, having a transmission, which can be shifted by shifting elements into different transmission steps, and which is connectable via an internal combustion engine shaft to an internal combustion engine, via an electric machine shaft to an electric machine, and via an output shaft to at least one vehicle axis. The internal combustion engine shaft and a pinion shaft, which can be connected with respect to drive to the output shaft, are connectable via spur gearwheel sets, which can be shifted by means of shifting elements and which each form wheel levels, of which at least one hybrid wheel level is additionally connectable to the electric machine shaft.
US11420512B2
An integrated transmission includes a transmission housing having a first housing face through which the input shaft extends; a CVP housed within the housing; and a transmission assembly. The transmission assembly includes an input arrangement contained within the housing and having at least one input transmission component selectively coupling the engine power and the CVP power; a variator arrangement contained within the housing, configured to receive the engine and CVP power and to selectively transfer the engine power, CVP power, and a summing of engine and CVP power as variator output power; and a transmission gear arrangement contained within the transmission housing engaged with the variator arrangement and configured to provide a selective gear reduction for transmission to an output shaft that extends out of the transmission housing. The integrated transmission includes a power electronics apparatus arranged within or on the transmission housing and electrically coupled to the CVP.
US11420505B1
A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a first panel assembly that is movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to a first opening of the vehicle body, a second panel assembly that is movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to a second opening of the vehicle body, a front seat that faces rearward and is accessible from the first opening and the second opening, and a rear seat that faces forward and is accessible from the first opening and the second opening.
US11420502B1
A door structure includes a safety device arranged on a surface of the door structure facing a pillar of a vehicle body, wherein the safety device includes: a case member having an opening which opens to the pillar; a slide pin configured to slide from an initial position to a protruded position, in a direction from the case member toward the pillar; and a stopper configured to fix the slide pin in the protruded position when the slide pin has slid to the protruded position.
US11420497B2
The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle, which includes an air-conditioning case (200), and at least one door (100) mounted to be opened and closed at a predetermined position, wherein the door (100) is formed integrally with an arm pivot (140), and the arm pivot (140) includes a pin part, and ribs formed integrally with both sides of the pin part to reinforce rigidity of the pin part and offset noise. The air conditioner further includes distortion preventing parts formed on a rotary shaft to be dented and to be crossed to each other, thereby reducing a transformation rate of the door and securing accuracy of the pin part.
US11420496B2
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for conditioning air and heating water in a vehicle. In one aspect, a method includes: (1) obtaining a desired temperature for an interior of the vehicle; (2) obtaining a desired temperature for water in a water storage tank of the vehicle; (3) determining a current interior temperature; (4) and a current water temperature; (5) if the current water temperature is below the desired water temperature, and if the current interior temperature is below the desired interior temperature, operating a system in a first mode to concurrently heat the water and heat the interior; and (6) if the current water temperature is below the desired water temperature, and if the current interior temperature is above the desired interior temperature, operating the system in a second mode to concurrently heat the water and cool the interior.
US11420484B2
A pneumatic tire includes a plurality of protrusion portions extending along a tire side surface of a tire side portion in a direction that intersects a tire circumferential direction and a tire radial direction. Each of the plurality of protrusion portions includes an intermediate portion and an end portion. The intermediate portion in an extension direction has a highest position of a projection height from the tire side surface. The end portion is provided on either end of the intermediate portion in the extension direction, and has a lowest position of the projection height from the tire side surface. The highest position of the projection height of the intermediate portion is disposed in a range of 20% of a tire cross-sectional height on an inner side and an outer side in the tire radial direction from a tire maximum width position.
US11420483B2
A tire noise reduction apparatus may include a housing mounted on an external circumferential surface of a wheel rim on which a tire is mounted, the housing having an internal space and being open at one side in a circumferential direction of the wheel rim, wherein the housing includes a neck at an opposite side which is opposite to the open one side; and a movable member inserted into the internal space of the housing through the open one side of the housing and having an internal space in fluidical communication with the internal space of the housing, the movable member being mounted to the housing to be movable in a direction in which the movable member is inserted into the internal space of the housing and in a direction in which the movable member is withdrawn out of the housing.
US11420471B2
Provided are a quick disconnect tool and a male connector configured for removably mounting a device on a surface. The tool includes a socket, detents in the socket and a collar to open and close the detents. The male connector fits within the socket and cannot rotate within the socket. The male connector has at a first end a recess into which the detents can lock the male connector inside the socket and threads at a second end opposite the first end. Also provided is a method removably mounting a device to a surface using the quick disconnect too and the male connector.
US11420470B2
A wheel bearing including at least one inner ring. In order to achieve a greater efficiency, the inner ring forms an outer ring of a tripod constant-velocity joint. The wheel bearing may further include an outer ring and two rolling-element rows including a first rolling-element row and a second rolling-element row.
US11420466B2
In one aspect of the present disclosure, a vehicle wheel is disclosed that includes a cover and a backbone. The cover includes recessed portions and non-recessed portions defining inner surfaces that are spaced about a periphery of the cover, and the backbone defines at least one first support that is configured and positioned for contact with the inner surfaces defined by the recessed portions and at least one second support that is configured and positioned for contact with the inner surfaces defined by the non-recessed portions.
US11420465B2
A structure for assembling a tire wheel, a brake rotor, and a hub includes at least one positioning bolt which includes a first head portion and a first shaft portion having a first male screw portion formed thereon; and a plurality of position-fixing bolts each of which includes a second head portion and a second shaft portion having a second male screw portion formed thereon. When an elastic body attached to the first shaft portion is squeezed between the hub and the first head portion of the positioning bolt as a result of the first male screw portion being screwed into a positioning female screw hole of the hub, the elastic body deforms to have an increased outer diameter as compared with the case where the elastic body is in its free state.
US11420455B2
A conveying device includes a plurality of conveyance passages, a plurality of conveyors, a conveyance passage guide, a conveyance sensor, a conveyance availability detector, and circuitry. The conveyance passages are disposed in parallel to each other. Each conveyors is disposed in corresponding one of the conveyance passages. The circuitry is configured to: set a set retention time for which a conveyance object is to be retained in available one of the conveyance passages; control one of the conveyors to convey and stop conveying the conveyance object guided by the conveyance passage guide; measure a retention time of the conveyance object conveyed in the available one of the conveyance passages; and cause the one of the conveyors to eject the conveyance object from the available one of the conveyance passages in a case in which the retention time of the conveyance object is longer than the set retention time.
US11420452B2
A half cutter includes a blade, a blade holder to which the blade is fixed, and a blade receiving member which the blade approaches to or departs from. The blade holder has a pressure receiving portion that receives a pressing force which presses the blade holder against the blade receiving member, and a transmission section that transmits the pressing force received by the pressure receiving portion to both end portions of the blade in an extending direction of a blade edge of the blade.
US11420449B2
A dryer comprises at least one dryer that is configured to supply thermal energy to a substrate in order to dry said substrate via evaporation of fluid. Information with regard to the degree of drying of the substrate may be precisely determined via comparison of a measurement value of the temperature of the substrate with the equilibrium temperature that results given an equilibrium of latent heat and supplied thermal energy. Alternatively or additionally, the degree of drying of the substrate may be precisely set.
US11420441B2
A printing apparatus includes: power supply circuits including at least first and second power supply circuits; a head including nozzles, the nozzles forming groups arranged in a first direction, each of the groups including nozzle arrays arranged in the first direction, each of the nozzle arrays extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and each of the nozzles being associated with any of the power supply circuits; and a memory storing information. The information indicates correspondence relationships between the nozzles and the power supply circuits, between the nozzles and the groups, and between the nozzles and the nozzle arrays. Printing is performed by driving the head based on the information. The groups include a first group and a second group adjacent to each other in the first direction. The first group includes a first nozzle array adjacent to the second group in the first direction.
US11420439B2
There is provided a liquid discharge head, including: a plurality of inlet parts provided corresponding to a plurality of kinds of liquids; a plurality of pressure chambers in which discharge pressure is applied to the liquids; a plurality of individual outlet parts through which the liquids are supplied to the plurality of pressure chambers; and a manifold which communicates with the plurality of inlet parts, and through which the liquids from the plurality of inlet parts are supplied to the plurality of individual outlet parts. The manifold includes: a plurality of upstream-side portions in each of which a channel corresponding to one of the plurality of inlet parts is defined, and a downstream-side portion which communicates with the plurality of upstream-side portions, and in which a channel communicating with the plurality of individual outlet parts is defined.
US11420436B2
Device for attaching a doctor blade on a doctor blade chamber and doctor blade chamber thus equipped
A device (10) for fastening a doctor blade (3) to a doctor blade (1) chamber body (2) comprising: at least one clamping flange (11) configured to press the doctor blade (3) onto the doctor blade (1) chamber body (2), at least a first fastener (20), and at least one second fastener (30), wherein the first fastener (20) comprises at least a first retaining section (21) having an upper end (21a) and a lower end (21b), a second section (22) different from the first retaining section (21), and wherein the second fastener (30) comprises at least a first portion (31) having at least one retaining element (34a), a second portion (32) having at least one retaining element (34b), an intermediate portion (33) devoid of retaining element and arranged between the first portion (31) and the second portion (32).
US11420425B2
Provided is laminated glass capable of preventing generation of a projection in the interlayer film in an end part of laminated glass, and keeping the appearance of laminated glass excellent. Laminated glass according to the present invention is laminate glass including a first lamination glass member, a second lamination glass member, and an interlayer film containing a thermoplastic resin, and when a light irradiation test: “conducting 4 cycles each cycle including the process of irradiating the laminated glass with xenon light at a black panel temperature of 83° C. and a humidity of 50% RH for 144 hours, and dipping the laminated glass in pure water at 80° C. for 24 hours” is conducted in the laminated glass, a ratio of a weight average molecular weight of the thermoplastic resin at a position of 2 mm inwardly from an end part of the laminated glass, to a weight average molecular weight of the thermoplastic resin at a position of 70 mm inwardly from an end part of the laminated glass is more than 0.5.
US11420422B2
A switchable optical device is provided having a first substrate (11), a second substrate (12) and a seal (114). The two substrates (11, 12) and the seal (114) are arranged such that a cell having a cell gap is formed and a switchable medium (10) is located inside the cell gap. The first substrate (11) has a first transparent electrode (21) and the second substrate (12) has a second transparent electrode (22). The electrodes (21, 22) are facing towards the cell gap. The two substrates (11, 12) are arranged such that the first substrate (11) has a first region (71) adjacent to a first edge (41) of the first substrate (11) which does not overlap with the second substrate (12) and the second substrate (12) has a second region (72) which does not overlap with the first substrate (11). A first electrically conducting busbar (31) is arranged in the first region (71) and a second electrically conducting busbar (32) is arranged in the second region (72). A first terminal is electrically connected to the first busbar (31) and a second terminal is electrically connected to the second busbar (32). The first substrate (11) and the second substrate (12) each have an edge deletion (116) in which the respective transparent electrode (21, 22) is removed. The edge deletion (116) is complete on the edges non-adjacent to a busbar (31, 32) and there is no edge deletion or only partial edge deletion on edges adjacent to a busbar (31, 32). Further aspects of the invention relate to a method for designing a switchable optical device, a method for driving a switchable optical device, a method for manufacturing a switchable optical device and a system comprising a switchable optical device and a controller for driving the switchable optical device.
US11420419B2
Provided are an austenite-based molten aluminum-plated steel sheet comprising: a steel plate which contains, by weight %, 0.3 to 0.9% of C, 12 to 25% of Mn, 0.5 to 2.5% of Si, 0.3 to 3.0% of Al, 0.01 to 0.5% of Ti, 0.05 to 0.5% of V, 0.01-0.5% of Mo, 0.01-0.2% of Sn, 0.001-0.1% of Co, and 0.001-0.1% of W, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities; and a molten aluminum-based plated layer formed on a surface of the steel plate, and a method for producing the same.
US11420416B2
A microporous membrane is made by a dry-stretch process and has substantially round shaped pores and a ratio of machine direction tensile strength to transverse direction tensile strength in the range of 0.5 to 5.0. The method of making the foregoing microporous membrane includes the steps of: extruding a polymer into a nonporous precursor, and biaxially stretching the nonporous precursor, the biaxial stretching including a machine direction stretching and a transverse direction stretching, the transverse direction stretching including a simultaneous controlled machine direction relax.
US11420406B2
A method of manufacturing an agricultural tyre (1) with deep cross-lugs (6), comprising the steps of: (a) proving a tyre case (2) and tread belts (3); (b) applying rubber blocks (206) onto tread belts (3), each of such rubber blocks (206) being arranged to make a respective lug (6) of the final tread (4); (c) winding a rubber ribbon (200) above said rubber blocks (206) so as to completely enclose said rubber blocks (206); (d) curing the rubber blocks (206) together with the wound ribbon (200) in a curing mould (105) negatively reproducing a desired pattern of the tread (4).
US11420405B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing webs (1) that are intended to be involved in the makeup of a reinforcing ply (2) for a pneumatic tyre (20), said method comprising a preparation step (a), during which a plurality of straight-thread strips (7, 107, 207), which are each formed of a plurality of continuous reinforcing threads (4) that are embedded in a layer of rubber (5), are prepared, a butt-joining step (b), during which said straight-thread strips (7, 107, 207) are butt-joined in pairs to form a straight-thread ply (3), then a cutting step (c), during which the straight-thread ply (3) is inserted into a cutter (8) and the straight-thread ply (3) is severed transversely so as to form webs, wherein, in said method, the frontal width (W3) of the straight-thread ply (3) that is produced during the butt-joining step (b) and then inserted into the cutter (8) is equal to or greater than 50%, equal to or greater than 75%, equal to or greater than 80%, or even equal to or greater than 90%, of the cutter inlet width (W8), whereas the widest frontal width (W7, W107, W207) of the straight-thread strips is less than or equal to 50%, less than or equal to 40%, less than or equal to 25%, less than or equal to 10%, or even less than or equal to 5%, of said cutter inlet width (W8).
US11420395B2
In some examples, with respect to region of interest monitoring and control for additive manufacturing, a blob detection analysis may be performed on first and second component images associated with additive manufacturing of a component, and blobs that remain a same shape and include same centroids on the first and second component images may be identified. A further blob detection analysis may be performed on first and second thermal images associated with the first and second component images, and a determination may be made as to whether one of the identified blobs includes a same shape and a different centroid between the first and second thermal images. Based on a determination that the one of the identified blobs includes the same shape and the different centroid, an indication of a thermal camera misalignment associated with the additive manufacturing may be generated.
US11420392B2
A transport unit for transporting an additively manufactured three-dimensional component including a transfer interface which can be closed in a substantially gastight manner for the three-dimensional component and/or a container containing the three-dimensional component and/or a platform carrying the three-dimensional component, which transfer interface is configured and disposed so that it cooperates with an output interface of an additive manufacturing machine which has manufactured the three-dimensional component within the framework of a component transfer as intended and when a connection is made as intended between the transfer interface and output interface a substantially gastight connection can be produced, and a storage chamber for storing the component and/or the container and/or the platform in a substantially gastight sealed state towards the outside.
US11420387B2
This disclosure generally relates to methods and apparatus for 3D printing of highly viscous materials, especially to high amplitude ultrasonic vibration facilitated lower temperature 3D printing of highly viscous materials with a viscosity of at least 1000 Pa·s.
US11420384B2
A method for producing a component layer-by-layer include the steps of: depositing a layer of particulate material having a first area over a build platform; applying a radiant-energy-curable binder to the layer so that a selected portion of the first area is uniformly coated with binder; selectively curing a second area of the layer smaller than the selected portion of first area, using an application of radiant energy in a specific pattern that defines the geometry of a cross-sectional layer of the component; and repeating the steps of depositing, applying, and curing for a plurality of layers until the component is complete.
US11420381B2
A machine can include a base including a first cradle. The first cradle can include a device slot being configured to securely hold a first electronic device. The machine also can include an alignment piece hingedly attached to the base at a hinge. The alignment piece can include an alignment base configured to engage with an alignment mechanism of an overlay applicator. The machine additionally can include a pulling piece movably attached to the base. The pulling piece can be configured to remove an adhesive release liner of the overlay applicator to expose an adhesive agent of an overlay of the overlay applicator when the alignment piece is rotated relative to the base around the hinge from a first alignment piece position to a second alignment piece position. Other embodiments are described.
US11420376B2
A novel tubular or profile shapes of co-extruded multilayer polymers. These materials contain tens to thousands of layers of milli-, micro- to nano-polymer layers. These new shapes contain contiguous layers of milli- to nano-polymer layers in three dimensions and these contiguous layers may be twisted or turned to further expand the potential microlayer geometries.
US11420373B2
The invention relates to a preform device for positioning extruded rubber mixtures, characterized in that the preform device consists of an inlet module (2) and an outlet module (3), wherein both the inlet module (2) and the outlet module (3) each have a base surface (11, 12) and a contact face (19, 21) opposite the base surface (11, 12, 13), and wherein the surface of the contact face (19, 21) of the inlet module (2) is smaller than the surface of the base surface (11, 12) of the inlet module (2). The invention also relates to an extruder mold system for molding extruded rubber mixtures into a complete rubber element (40), having the preform device and at least one final forming device, and to a corresponding extruder system (22).
US11420371B2
The material plasticizing device includes a rotor having a material introduction portion open on an outer peripheral side surface, and a groove forming surface on which a scroll groove kneading a material introduced from the material introduction portion is formed; a case that surrounds an outer periphery of the groove forming surface; a facing portion having a facing surface that faces the groove forming surface, a heater that heats the material in the scroll groove, and a communication hole through which the material plasticized by a heat of the heater flows; and a material supply source that stores the material, in which a coupling pipeline is formed in the case, a material supply path is formed by the case and the outer peripheral side surface of the rotor, and the material flows into the material introduction portion through the coupling pipeline and the material supply path.
US11420370B2
A device is described for adjusting the linear position of one or more shutters (20) in an injection moulding system. The device comprises a body, comprising a cavity in which there can axially slide a movable element, and an adjustment element for adjustment of the axial position of the body with respect to a plate. The adjustment element is rotatably mounted between the body and the plate and comprises a threaded portion on which a corresponding thread of the body and/or of the plate is engaged.
US11420358B2
The method of handling fresh concrete generally includes the steps of receiving a viscosity value of the fresh concrete and a pressure value of a pressure exerted on a Theological probe moving in the fresh concrete; using a processor, accessing at least two calibration data sets, the at least two calibration data sets including combinations of different reference pressure values and associated reference workability values for a corresponding one of at least two reference viscosity values; determining a viscosity difference value by comparing the received viscosity value to the at least two reference viscosity values; and determining a workability value of the workability of the fresh concrete based on the reference workability values associated with reference pressure values corresponding to the received pressure value in the at least two calibration data sets and on the viscosity difference value; and handling the fresh concrete based on the determined workability value.
US11420357B2
The application presents a system generally having a rotatable drum rotatably for receiving fresh concrete, the drum having inwardly protruding blades mounted inside the drum which, when the drum is rotated in an unloading direction, force fresh concrete inside the drum towards a discharge outlet of the drum, at least one discharge outlet sensor disposed at the discharge outlet of the drum and being configured to sense the presence of fresh concrete at the discharge outlet as the drum rotates in the unloading direction; and a controller communicatively coupled with the at least one discharge outlet sensor, the controller being configured for performing the steps of: receiving a signal from the at least one discharge outlet sensor indicative of the presence of the discharged fresh concrete at the discharge outlet as the drum rotates in the unloading direction; and determining at least one parameter based on the received signal.
US11420356B2
In various embodiments, a splitter profiler apparatus may include at least one profiler head and at least one circular saw mounted to a common arbor. The circular saw may be mounted to a saw arm, and the saw arm may be coupled with an actuator that is selectively operable to move the circular saw along the arbor. The circular saw may be used in a profiling position, in which the circular saw and profiler head are in close proximity, such that the profiler head and circular saw function collectively to form a sideboard edge with a sawn finish. The circular saw may also be used in a splitting position, in which the circular saw is at a distance from the profiler, to divide the sideboard into narrower sideboards before the sideboards are sawn from the primary workpiece. Corresponding methods and systems are also described herein.
US11420355B2
The invention relates to a multi-pack container which defines a series of containers (11) formed in a plastic sheet (L) that comprises at least a layer of PET (polyethylene terephthalate), and in which said containers (11) are joined by bridges (12), provided with a pre-cut upper line (13) and a pre-cut lower line (14) for breaking the bridge (12). The pre-cut upper line (13) and a pre-cut lower line (14) are arranged parallel to one another, laterally separated in a horizontal direction and vertically separated to prevent heating by compression and a variation of the properties of the PET layer, allowing for clean breakage of the bridge by rotating the containers with respect to said pre-cut upper and lower lines. The invention also comprises a machine for manufacturing the multi-pack container.
US11420354B2
Object: To provide a film cutting jig and a method of mounting a film that can easily mount a film that not only covers a roof of an object but also wraps around to the sidewalls of the object. Resolution means: The present invention provides a film cutting jig used when cutting a film to cover at least a roof of an object that includes a sidewall and the roof, the film cutting jig including: a main jig body that is to be attached to the object to continuously surround a covered region that includes the roof and at least a portion of a top edge side of the sidewall when the object is viewed from above, wherein a guide for guiding a cutting tool to cut the film is formed in the main jig body, and wherein the guide is formed to continuously surround the covered region when the object is viewed from above.
US11420353B2
This application relates to an elastic pin for selectively attaching a blade assembly to a razor handle may be provided. The elastic pin may comprise a pair of prongs attached at a proximal end, extending to a distal end. The pair of prongs may have an angle β therebetween. A respective distal end of each prong of the pair of prongs may form a convex head. The convex heads may be configured to define a substantially spherical envelope at the distal end of the elastic pin.
US11420352B2
A shaving device comprising a handle and a removable cartridge, the handle comprising a gripping portion extending along an axis and a first coupling portion arranged at an axial end of the gripping portion, the removable cartridge comprising a shaving head and a second coupling portion, the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion being configured to be removably coupled together for assembling the removable cartridge with the handle, a first element among the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion comprising an auto-tightening spring device configured to lock a second element among the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion with the first element when the second coupling portion is moved axially toward the gripping portion and cooperates with the first coupling portion.
US11420349B2
This application concerns a comb (200) for a hair clipper comprising a comb portion (208) comprising a plurality of comb teeth (216) having slots formed there between for guiding hairs to a cutting element of the hair clipper. The comb portion may be configured such that, when the comb is attached to the hair clipper, a substantially wedge-shaped hair debris-receiving space is formed between the housing and the comb portion into which hair debris can flow. The comb teeth may comprise an extension portion (230) which extends generally forwardly away from the respective comb tooth in a cutting movement direction such that a connecting bar is spaced apart from a housing of the hair clipper by a greater distance than the plurality of comb teeth.
US11420348B2
A rotatable body hair clipper is disclosed including a handle, a first cutting portion, a second cutting portion comprising a holding portion comprising a first tapered surface and a second tapered surface. The handle includes a handle main-body and a protrusion combination portion comprising a fastening portion comprising a first inclination surface and a second inclination surface. The protrusion combination portion comprises at least one slit such that when the second cutting portion is separated from the protrusion combination portion, the first tapered surface is brought into close contact with the second inclination surface and a part of the protrusion combination portion is elastically transformed inward in the radial direction when the second cutting portion is combined with the protrusion combination portion. The second tapered surface is brought into close contact with the first inclination surface and the part thereof returns to an original position thereof.
US11420347B2
Trimmer blade includes stationary blade that includes a plurality of first unit blades, and movable blade that includes a plurality of second unit blades and slides relative to stationary blade. A leading end of first unit blade includes projection that projects from first sliding surface of first unit blade. A leading end face of one of the plurality of second unit blades touches projection.
US11420342B2
A solar actuator system comprising at least one actuator assembly. The actuator assembly includes: a top coupler; an angled bottom coupler having a top-end and respective first and second faces on opposing first and second sides of the top-end, the angled bottom coupler coupled to the top coupler via a one-degree-of-freedom joint between the top coupler and the angled bottom coupler; and at least a first and second actuator, with the first actuator disposed on the first side of the angled bottom coupler and the second actuator disposed on the second side of the angled bottom coupler.
US11420338B2
Embodiments are directed to an assistive robot system. The assistive robot system includes a lifting mechanism, a movable arm assembly coupled to the lifting mechanism, a container tilting arm assembly, a processing device communicatively coupled to the lifting mechanism and the movable arm assembly, and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processing device. The non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium causes the processing device to transmit a command to the lifting mechanism to cause the lifting mechanism to move the movable arm assembly such that the container tilting arm assembly makes contact with a container and transmits one or more signals to the movable arm assembly to cause the movable arm assembly to extend in a system longitudinal direction such that the container within the movable arm assembly is pivoted against the container tilting assembly to tilt the container within the movable arm assembly.
US11420335B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus to estimate a position of a distal end of a movable unit with a reduced processing load, the information processing including a position computer that computes, on the basis of first positional information obtained from reading of a projected marker by a first visual sensor and second positional information including positional information obtained from reading of the marker by a second visual sensor that moves relative to the first visual sensor, a position of a movable unit in which the second visual sensor is disposed. This makes it possible to estimate the position of the distal end of the movable unit with a reduced processing load.
US11420320B2
A socket holder is provided, including: an assembling member, including a driving portion which includes a receiving room and a blocking member which is disposed on and radially movable; a base member, including a shaft portion inserted in the receiving room and defining an axis, the shaft portion including a large-diameter portion and small-diameter portion, a diametric size of the large-diameter portion being larger than a diametric size of the small-diameter portion; wherein the driving portion and the base member are relatively movable so that the blocking member is relatively movable between the large-diameter portion and the small-diameter portion, when the large-diameter portion abuts against the blocking member, the blocking member is abutted against and between the shaft portion and the socket; when the small-diameter portion spatially corresponds to the blocking member, the blocking member is radially retractable inwardly between the shaft portion and the socket.
US11420318B1
The present invention discloses a convertible worktable convertible between a storage configuration and an assembled use configuration. The worktable comprises a tabletop has a top surface and a bottom surface, a top frame fixed to the bottom surface of the tabletop and a bottom frame being spaced apart and coaxial to the top frame. The bottom frame having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The worktable further comprises a plurality of legs fastened to the top frame and extends beyond and in contact with the bottom frame. A fastener assembly detachably fastens the plurality of legs to the top frame and the bottom frame and defines an assembled use configuration. The fastener assembly allows detachment of the plurality of legs from the top and bottom frame, fastens the plurality of legs and the bottom frame alongside the top frame, and defines a storage configuration.
US11420316B2
A multifunction money clip includes a first plate and a second plate connected to the first plate via a plurality of connectors at the corners of the first and second plate, the first and second plate forming an internal area. The multifunction money clip further includes a plurality of tools each rotationally connected to the first and second plate via one of the plurality of connectors, the plurality of tools located in the internal area when retracted. The multifunction money clip further includes a double clip located on the first plate, a first portion of the double clip opening in a first direction and configured to trap items between the first plate and the clip and a second portion of the double clip opening in a second direction, opposite the first direction, and configured to trap items between the second clip portion and the first clip portion. A small clip is included opposite the double clip to attach to a pocket.
US11420305B2
A method for electrostatically scattering an abrasive grain includes applying at least one electro-conductive material to the abrasive grain. The electro-conductive material is in the form of at least one organic compound.
US11420301B2
Plating systems and related methods are disclosed for prepping of structural members, such as splicing and/or pre-plating structural members. A plating system can include a splicing system and a pre-plating system. A splicing system include an infeed system, an outfeed system, and a press to affix or otherwise secure a plate to opposing surfaces of structural members to splice the structural members together. Guides are automatically positioned to guide short members through the splicing system. A pre-plating system includes a press, an infeed system configured to deliver a structural member to the press, and an outfeed system configured to remove the structural member from the press. The press is configured to secure a plate to the structural member on a surface other than the opposing surfaces used to splice the structural members together. A plate picking robot is configured to pick a plate from a plate container and position the plate on a press surface.
US11420296B2
A series of welding filler wires with innovative composition design for fusion welding precipitation-hardened lightweight austenitic Fe—Mn—Al—C alloys. The first class of the welding filler wires is composed of 23-34 wt. % Mn, 7.5-11.5 wt. % Al, 1.35-1.95 wt. % C, with the balance being essentially Fe. After fusion welding, there are high-density of nano-sized (˜3-5 nm) (Fe,Mn)3AlC carbides (κ-carbides) uniformly distributed within the austenite dendrite cells in the fusion zone (FZ). The amount of nano-sized (˜6-10 nm) κ-carbides existing within the eutectic regions is significantly increased and the size of the austenite dendrite cells is substantially reduced. The second class of welding filler wires has the composition of 23-34 wt. % Mn, 7.5-11.5 wt. % Al, 1.40-1.95 wt. % C, 0.1-2.5 wt. % Ti, 0.1-3.0 wt. % Nb, 0.1-2.5 wt. % V, with the balance being essentially Fe. The microstructure of the FZ in the as-welded condition results in formation of substantial amount of nano-sized (˜6-10 nm) face-centered-cubic structured ductile Ti-rich Ti-carbides, Nb-rich Nb-carbides and V-rich V-carbides within the eutectic regions. These carbides are extremely hard (2000˜3500 Hv), enhancing hardness of the obtained FZ.
US11420292B2
A method for cutting a workpiece includes cutting the workpiece along a predefined cutting contour to separate a workpiece part from a scrap part, and checking whether the workpiece part has been fully separated from the scrap part during the cutting. The workpiece is re-cut along an additional cutting contour laterally offset from the predefined cutting contour if it is found during the checking that the workpiece part has not been fully separated from the scrap part. The disclosure also relates to an associated machine for cutting a workpiece.
US11420290B2
A laser welding method includes a welding process of irradiating a multiple laser beam so as to weld together a first member and a second member at a boundary. The multiple laser beam includes a first beam that is advanced while forming a first molten pool in which the first member is melted, a second beam that is advanced while forming a second molten pool in which the second member is melted, and a main beam that is advanced subsequently to the first beam and the second beam and irradiated to an integrated molten pool formed by integration of the first molten pool and the second molten pool. The first beam and the second beam do not swing, while the main beam swings with respect to the boundary.
US11420284B2
Engine driven power supplies with output reduction are disclosed. An example engine-driven welding power supply for providing a welding-type output includes an engine, a generator mechanically linked to the engine, power conditioning circuitry, and a controller. The generator generates output power based on mechanical input from the engine. The power conditioning circuitry converts the output power from the generator to welding-type power based on a commanded output. The controller reduce an output of the power conditioning circuitry from the commanded output by an amount proportional to a difference between a speed of the engine and a commanded engine speed while monitoring the difference, decreases the output in response to determining that the reduction in the output does not result in an acceleration in the engine speed, and increases the welding-type output as the difference between the speed of the engine and the commanded engine speed decreases.
US11420277B2
A wire electrical discharge machine for machining a workpiece by generating electric discharge at a discharge gap between the workpiece and a wire electrode includes: a machining current setting unit for setting the magnitude of a normal machining current depending on the discharge gap state at application of a discharge induction voltage at the previous time or previous times; and a machining current control unit configured to control a main discharge circuit so as to supply the normal machining current to the discharge gap when the present discharge gap state is the normal state, control the main discharge circuit so as to supply a short-circuit machining current smaller than a predetermined current to the gap when the discharge gap state is the short-circuited state, and control the main discharge circuit so as not to supply any machining current to the gap when the discharge gap state is the open state.
US11420272B2
A rotary milling tool has a tool holder and a milling head releasably attached thereto. The milling head has a plurality of angularly spaced apart peripherally disposed cutting edges which form an effective cutting edge. The milling head has a head through recess opening out to the head forward and rearward surfaces. The recess includes a centering region and a driven region, the driven region being axially forward of, and non-identical to, the centering region. The driven region has at least one driven surface facing opposite a rotational direction. The centering region has at least one radially inwardly facing radial centering surface located axially rearward of, and radially outward from, the at least one driven surface. The two opposing extremities of the effective cutting edge define two parallel planes respectively between which both the at least one driven surface and the at least one radial centering surface are disposed.
US11420270B2
A clamping device for clamping an article or workpiece to be balanced includes a clamping apparatus for clamping the article. The clamping apparatus has an adjusting device for adjusting the clamping diameter of a clamping body of the clamping apparatus for clamping the article on a placement surface. The clamping body has a disk-shaped spring element sprung in radial direction with a centrally disposed clearance forming at least one spring element cone. The clamping body also has a clamping element inserted into the clearance and having at least one corresponding clamping element cone. The adjusting device has an actuating device for displacing the clamping element relative to the spring element, for moving the cone surfaces of the clamping element cone and the spring element cone relative to one another and for consequently clamping and/or unclamping the spring element in radial direction by the cone surfaces.
US11420268B2
A known rotary tool holder (10) comprises a rotary tool gripper (11) and a non-rotary part (16) presenting a flat front wall (18), the rotary tool gripper projecting from the flat front wall and comprising a shaft segment (15) having two shaft flats (12, 13). A kit to assist in the manual change of a tool from such a rotary tool holder comprises a forked holding element (20) provided with two fingers (22, 23) that are suitable to be fitted by their inside on the two shaft flats, and a locking plate (30) that comprises a recess (31) and is suitable to be fixedly mounted on the front wall with the recess facing it, said recess being configured to house the two fingers fitted on the two shaft flats when the locking plate is mounted on the front wall, the recess extending across the locking plate and being delimited by two steps (32, 33) against which the two fingers can be fitted by their outside.
US11420265B2
An apparatus for continuous powder-based additive manufacturing of a large annular object or multiple smaller objects simultaneously is described. The build unit(s) of the apparatus includes a powder delivery mechanism, a powder recoating mechanism and an irradiation beam directing mechanism. The build unit(s) is attached to a rotating mechanism such that the build unit(s) rotates around and above the annular powder bed during production. The rotating mechanism is supported onto a central tower, and both the rotating mechanism and the tower are concentric with the non-rotating annular powder bed. An additive manufacturing method using the apparatus involves repetitive and continuous cycles of at least simultaneously rotating the build unit(s) to deposit powder onto the powder bed and irradiating the powder to form a fused additive layer. The continuous additive manufacturing process may be further aided with a helical configuration of the powder bed build surface.
US11420245B2
The machine comprises a working apparatus arranged to carry out the working operation on a tube, or a similar blank, and a tube feeding device arranged to feed the tube towards the working apparatus. The working apparatus and the tube feeding device comprise respective clamping members for clamping the tube being worked. According to the invention, at least one of the clamping members of the working apparatus or of the tube feeding device is provided with a displacement sensor arranged to detect and measure any movements of the tube relative to said clamping member while the tube is clamped by said clamping member during the working operation.
US11420239B2
A method of cleaning a jet pump assembly of a nuclear reactor may comprise inserting a cleaning tool into the jet pump assembly such that a front face of the cleaning tool is adjacent to an inner surface of the jet pump assembly and below a level of a first liquid in the jet pump assembly. The method may additionally comprise directing a plurality of front jets of a second liquid from a plurality of front orifices on the front face of the cleaning tool such that the plurality of front jets of the second liquid strikes the inner surface of the jet pump assembly. The method may further comprise maintaining a standoff distance between the front face of the cleaning tool and the inner surface of the jet pump assembly during the cleaning of the jet pump assembly.
US11420227B2
The invention relates to a method for treating an elongated object using a plasma process. The method comprises the steps of providing an elongated object in a planar electrode structure, and applying potential differences between electrodes of an electrode structure to generate the plasma process. Further, the method comprises at least partially surrounding the elongated object by a unitary section of the guiding structure, the electrode structure being associated with the unitary section.
US11420207B2
A receptacle includes an upper portion having a cylindrical portion and an open end and a lower portion depending from the upper portion, where the lower portion is tapered and has a closed bottom end. The receptacle may include a radially-extending annular ring with a flat or sloped bottom surface and disposed on an outer surface of the receptacle at a transition between the upper portion and the lower portion and/or a radially-projecting lip circumscribing the open end, which may be configured for inter-locking engagement with a mated cap inserted into the open end of the upper portion. Embodiments may include one or more longitudinally-oriented grooves formed in an inner surface of the upper portion. The receptacle may be a unitary plastic structure.
US11420203B2
The invention provides a microfluidic system comprising a cartridge coupled to a motor and adapted to move a fluid sample to a plurality of locations on the cartridge. The cartridge comprises a chevron shaped or substantially V shaped reaction chamber having at least three zones, a first zone positioned near the apex of the V shaped reaction chamber to define a detection zone, a second zone positioned near a first end of the V shaped reaction chamber and a third zone positioned near a second end of the V shaped reaction chamber. The motor and a control module is configured to provide a combination of centrifugal force and gravitational force to move said fluid sample between at least three zones.
US11420202B1
Embodiments include systems, apparatuses, and methods to efficiently separate analytes in a sample and elute fractions of the separated analytes. In some embodiments, a method includes introducing a sample in a capillary with a first end ionically coupled to a first running buffer and a second end ionically coupled to a second running buffer to form a pH gradient. The method includes applying a voltage between the first running buffer and the second running buffer, to separate a plurality of analytes in the sample. The method includes disposing the second end of the capillary in a collection well including a chemical mobilizer and applying a voltage to elute one or more analytes from the plurality of analytes in the sample, that have been separated, into the collection well. Embodiments include detection methods to monitor separation of analytes, mobilization of analytes, and/or elution of fractions containing analytes.
US11420201B2
A lateral flow testing device includes a main body adapted to support an element for collecting a sample. The element is supported at a distal end of the testing device and is in fluid communication with one or more testing components having an analyte detection zone for detecting one or more analytes present in said sample. The testing components produce visual information related to said sample, thereby informing the user of the outcome of a test. The device incorporates a handle reconfigurable with respect to said main body such that in a first handle configuration, the handle hinders sight of the visual information to improve privacy of the test, and in a second handle configuration, the handle facilitates the collection of said sample by increasing a distance between a proximal end of the testing device and the element.
US11420196B2
Disclosed herein are methods for preparing fluorided solid oxides by contacting an acidic fluorine-containing compound with an inorganic base to form an aqueous mixture having a pH of at least 4, followed by contacting a solid oxide with the aqueous mixture to produce the fluorided solid oxide. Also disclosed are methods for preparing fluorided solid oxides by contacting an acidic fluorine-containing compound with a solid oxide to produce a mixture, followed by contacting the mixture with a inorganic base to produce the fluorided solid oxide at a pH of at least about 4. The fluorided solid oxide can be used as an activator component in a catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins.
US11420191B2
Disclosed herein are a dehydrogenation catalyst having single-atom cobalt loaded on a silica-based, shaped support, a preparation method therefor, and a method for preparing an olefin by dehydrogenating a corresponding paraffin, particularly light paraffin in the presence of the dehydrogenation catalyst.
US11420183B2
This invention introduces a method of preparing a carbon-based sulfur-loading iron-containing adsorbent for mercury removal, which can solve the problems in the prior art that sulfur-rich heavy organic materials have low-value utilization and the elemental mercury in atmosphere is hard to be efficiently and economically removed by the existing mercury removal agents. A carbon-based sulfur-loading iron-containing adsorbent for mercury removal is prepared in this invention. The adsorbent with a porous structure is prepared in situ by performing steps such as chemical activation of sulfur-rich heavy organic materials that are rich in iron. The adsorbent prepared herein has good mercury removal performance in simulated coal-fired flue gas. This invention not only improves the utilization value of sulfur-rich heavy organic materials, but also prevents SOX pollution caused by the combustion of sulfur-rich heavy organic materials and controls mercury pollution in the coal-fired flue gas.
US11420171B1
Disclosed is a flow bypass device, a reactor system containing the flow bypass device; a method for operating a fixed bed of solid particles in which gas is re-routed to an interior of the fixed bed, for example, the flow bypass device is used to bypass a portion of the solid particles; and a method for loading solid particles and a flow bypass device into a vessel. The methods and systems can use a single flow bypass device or multiple flow bypass devices that are stacked on top of one another.
US11420170B2
A cleanroom cleaning device includes a multi-compartment container having two or more compartments and one or more breakable seals with at least one compartment containing a cleaning implement and at least another compartment containing a liquid capable of saturating the cleaning implement when the seals are broken. Another cleanroom cleaning device includes a nonbreakable/nonburstable outer pouch, a breakable/burstable inner pouch containing a liquid, and a cleaning implement where the inner pouch containing liquid and the cleaning implement are both contained within the outer pouch.
US11420159B2
Intensification techniques are described for enhancing biocatalytic CO2 absorption operations, and may include the use of a rotating packed bed, a rotating disc reactor, a zig-zag reactor or other reactors that utilize process intensification. Carbonic anhydrase can be deployed in the high intensity reactor free in solution, immobilized with respect to particles that flow with the liquid, and/or immobilized to internals, such as packing, that are fixed within the high intensity reactor.
US11420157B2
An automated system for the separation of vapor and liquid from a gas and liquid combination entering a separation vessel. A programmable logic control unit module controls a valve and is programmed for periodic release of separated liquid collected within the vessel upon achieving various conditions within the vessel or upon expiration of a pre-established time interval, with separated liquid delivered via an outlet port through a valve controlled by the programmable logic control unit to a storage tank.
US11420153B2
A process for recovering sulfur from a sour gas is provided. The process includes the steps of: providing the sour gas to a membrane separation unit having a carbon dioxide-selective membrane that comprises a perfluoropolymer, wherein the sour gas comprises carbon dioxide and at least 1 mol % hydrogen sulfide; separating the sour gas using the carbon dioxide-selective membrane in the membrane separation stage to obtain hydrogen sulfide-enriched gas and hydrogen sulfide-stripped gas, wherein the hydrogen sulfide-enriched gas has a hydrogen sulfide concentration of at least 20 mol %, and wherein the hydrogen sulfide-stripped gas comprises carbon dioxide; and processing the hydrogen sulfide-enriched gas in a sulfur recovery unit to obtain sulfur.
US11420149B2
A method for separating carbon dioxide and water from a gas mixture by cyclic adsorption/desorption, using a unit containing an adsorber structure, comprising the following repeating steps: (a) contacting said mixture with sorbent material; (b) at least one of evacuating said unit and heating said sorbent material and extracting the gaseous carbon dioxide and water vapour and separating gaseous carbon dioxide from water vapour; (c) cooling the adsorber structure and re-pressurisation; wherein (i) in step (c) the heat released is stored in a first heat storage device; (ii) during step (b) the sensible and latent heat of gaseous carbon dioxide and water vapour as product gases is stored in second heat storage device; and (iii) during step (b) the heat required for heating said sorbent material is supplied from heat recovered in at least one of step actions (i) and (ii) of previous sequence(s).
US11420147B2
According to the present disclosure, air cleaner assemblies, housings, serviceable filter cartridges and features, components, and methods, relating thereto are disclosed. In general, the features relate to systems that are configured to aid in inhibiting an improper cartridge from being installed in an air cleaner housing, during servicing. A variety of features are characterized, and in many examples, the cartridge includes a seal arrangement having radially directed seal surface with at least a first non-wavy or non-projection/recess section and a second wavy or projection/recess section. Examples are shown and described in detail.
US11420145B2
A tubular filter for dynamic cleaning of an air flow containing suspended particles and a system for filtration using this filter includes a flow channel (1), carried out curved and a unit (6, 8) for generating an air flow in the flow channel (1). The tubular filter is arranged in a low pressure chamber (2) and is configured to generate Dean vortices in its curved portion. On outer and inner parts of the curved portion of the flow channel (1) are provided outer (10) and inner (20) openings, respectively, for discharging suspended particles from the flow channel (1) in the low pressure chamber (2). The system for filtration includes a filtration unit (22) with at least one tubular filter (21), a control unit (17) for controlled regulation of the unit (6) for generating a flow in the flow channel (1) and an electric power supply unit (18).
US11420138B2
A container to be used for preparing a multi-layered blood product by centrifugation comprises a substantially cylindrical body (2) with a closed bottom (3) and a top (4) having a filling opening as well as a filter device (15), which is slidable inside the container (1). The filing opening is closed by means of a penetrable membrane (13), and the filter device (15) comprises a substantially planar mesh (16) and a supporting buoyancy body (18). In addition to this, there are means (35, 36, 39, 40, 42), for releasable fixation of the filter device (15) adjacent to the bottom (3) of the container (1).
US11420135B2
A multi-pass contact tray for use in a mass transfer column has a mixture of fixed valves to movable valves, with the numbers of the respective valves being selected to balance the volumetric flow of vapor through deck segments when the vapor is ascending at volumetric flow rates insufficient to maintain the movable valves in an open position.
US11420131B2
Systems and methods for facilitating secret communication between players are described. One of the methods includes receiving image data of a first player to identify one or more gestures and receiving input data indicating a response of a second player to the one or more gestures. The method further includes training a model using the image data and the input data to generate an inference of communication between the first user and the second user. The method also includes generating additional inferences of communication between the first user and the second user. The method includes generating a recommendation to the second user based on the inference of communication and the additional inferences of communication.
US11420123B2
A method is provided, for enabling a spectator of a video game to provide assistance to a player, including: streaming, over a network to a spectator client device operated by a spectator, gameplay video generated from a session of a video game driven by interactive gameplay of a player via a player client device, the gameplay video being rendered by the spectator client device through a spectator interface for viewing by the spectator; during the streaming of the gameplay video, receiving a request from the player client device; responsive to the request, surfacing a notification through the spectator interface, the notification indicating a request for assistance; receiving via the spectator interface, a response to the notification indicating acceptance of the request; responsive to receiving the response, initiating a private communication channel between the spectator client device and the player client device to enable communication between the spectator and the player.
US11420114B2
Systems and methods are provided for enabling users playing online games to create coaching videos of gameplay, and post such coaching videos to a cloud gaming system. In one example, coaching videos include a video clip of the gameplay and a video of the user, guiding and/or explaining how the game was played. A user playing the same game may desire coaching, and the cloud gaming system can identify previously posted coaching videos that correspond to the point in time or action in which the user requesting coaching is currently playing. The cloud system can access a database of coaching options, which are then presented to a user. The coaching options may be videos of gameplay and videos of the user providing coaching. The user can then view the coaching videos, rate them if desired, and then resume with his or her gameplay.
US11420110B2
A method of evaluating a videogame for a first user includes: performing a calibration test using a physical input device to evaluate at least a first physical input capability of the first user with respect to that physical input device; evaluating at the at least first physical input capability exhibited with respect to that physical input device during reference play of the videogame by one or reference users other than the first user; comparing the at least first physical input capability exhibited during reference play with that of the first user; and providing an evaluation of the videogame's suitability for play by the first user, based upon the comparison.
US11420109B2
The invention discloses a system and method for tracking physical activities of a user in real world engaging in a virtual world. Based on at least one of a sensor data received from the user by means of a communication channel while performing a real-world activity, The system further generates a virtual journey schedule in the virtual world based on a user preference or a system preference and maps the real-world activity to the virtual journey by analyzing the received sensor data. The virtual journey schedule is generated based on the pace of the user.
US11420101B1
An ice hockey stick template tool is disclosed for creating a personal tailored curved hockey stick blade of a hockey stick. The ice hockey stick template tool includes several blade parts that are configured to be assembled into a particular customized blade shape. The blade parts include several interchangeable heels, several interchangeable mids, and several interchangeable toes. A customized blade shape is created by a player assembling and adjusting one heel, one mid, and one toe, resulting in a blade profile which references a particular heel, a particular mid, and a particular toe. The blade profile is recorded and stored in a database that also stores all combinations of the interchangeable blade parts. The blade profile can then be transmitted electronically to a manufacturer or 3D printed to create the customized hockey stick the player desires.
US11420099B2
A putter type golf club head having a frontal ball striking face that engages and grips a golf ball during the execution of a putting stroke to direct the golf ball in a straight line toward the intended target. The face includes a plurality of ball striking land areas and a plurality of adjacent and complimentary recessed channels that form an opening toward and on either side of the midpoint of the hitting area of the face. The ball contact areas are smaller than the adjacent recessed channels at the midpoint of the hitting area of the face. Gripping edges at the interface of the land areas and the recessed channels redirect the golf ball toward the intended target when the ball is miss hit away from the midpoint of the face.
US11420091B2
A gymnastic machine comprising a frame having a base, wherein said base comprises a first and a second longitudinal member, a closed-circuit sliding-belt associated with said base, arranged between said first and said second longitudinal member, on which a user can execute a gymnastic exercise, and a transmission assembly having an electric motor, configured to move said closed-circuit sliding-belt, wherein said gymnastic machine. The electric motor is arranged below said closed-circuit sliding-belt.
US11420090B2
Disclosed is a bi-directional resistance exercise machine. The bi-directional resistance exercise machine is comprised of two flywheels that provide constant and variable resistance against the movement of a trolley during a push or pull movement. The bi-directional resistance allows a user to work antagonistic muscles in an efficient manner and in one single machine. Accordingly, the present invention provides resistance against a user while pulling a trolley along a track to work the core, legs, back, and biceps, and resistance against a user while pushing a trolley along a track to work the core, chest, triceps, and shoulders.
US11420084B2
A forest fire retardant composition contains a retardant compound that includes a phosphate salt. The phosphate salt may include diammonium phosphate, diammonium orthophosphate, monoammonium phosphate, monoammonium orthophosphate, monosodium phosphate, disodium phosphate, disodium phosphate hydrate, sodium ammonium phosphate, sodium ammonium phosphate hydrate, sodium tripolyphosphate, trisodium phosphate, or dipotassium phosphate, and combinations thereof. The forest fire retardant composition may include an ammonium source. The composition may be in the form of a dry concentrate, a liquid concentrate, or a final diluted product. The final diluted product is effective in suppressing, retarding, and controlling forest fires while exhibiting corrosion resistance and low toxicity.
US11420079B2
Disclosed herein is an in-mask display or feedback system having a lens coupled to a face blank of the mask, the lens covering a facepiece. The feedback system includes a display apparatus coupled to the facepiece, and disposed within an interior of the mask, the display apparatus being powered by a first power source coupled to a housing of the display apparatus. The feedback system further includes a recording device (e.g., a camera) coupled to the face blank, the recording device operable to communicate data (e.g., wirelessly or wired) with the display apparatus. In some approaches, the recording device is powered by a second power source. In other approaches, the first power source provides power to both the recording device and the display apparatus. In another approach, the display apparatus includes an adjustment aperture formed therethrough to allow adjustment of an eye piece housing a display.
US11420060B2
A method for treating episodes of apnoea and/or hypopnea is provided. The method has the steps of: a) detecting or predicting an episode of apnoea and/or hypopnea by means of at least one sensor selected from a respiratory pressure sensor, a pulse oximeter, an acoustic sensor and/or a respiratory temperature sensor; and b) emitting an electrical signal by means of an electrical actuator connected to at least one submental nerve and/or muscle, the electrical signal having a bipolar waveform and a frequency between 5 and 100 Hz.
US11420055B2
A stapedius reflex threshold determination system directs a cochlear implant and a loudspeaker to apply a first electro-acoustic stimulation event to a patient, and determines that a first evoked response that occurs within the patient in response to the first electro-acoustic stimulation event has a level within a predetermined threshold amount of a baseline evoked response level. Based on that determination, the system detects that a stapedius reflex within the patient is not triggered. The system also directs the cochlear implant and the loudspeaker to apply a second electro-acoustic stimulation event to the patient, and determines that a second evoked response that occurs within the patient in response to the second electro-acoustic stimulation event has a level at least the predetermined threshold amount lower than the baseline evoked response level. Based on this determination, the system detects that the stapedius reflex within the patient is triggered.
US11420050B2
Multiple designs, systems, methods and processes for control using electrical signals recorded from clinically paralyzed muscles and nerves are presented. The discomplete neural prosthesis system and method for clinically paralyzed humans utilizes a controller. The controller is adapted to receive a volitional electrical signal generated by the human that is manifest below the lesion that causes the clinical paralysis. The controller uses at least the volitional electrical signal to generate a control signal that is output back to a plant to change the state of the plant, which in one aspect is one or more of the user's paralyzed muscles to achieve a functional result or to devices in the environment around the user that are adapted to receive commands from the controller.
US11420049B2
Embodiments herein relate to a medical device for treating a cancerous tumor, including an electric field generating circuit configured to generate one or more electric fields at or near a site of the cancerous tumor and control circuitry in communication with the electric field generating circuit. The medical device includes one or more supply wires in electrical communication with the electric field generating circuit and one or more supply electrodes. The supply electrodes are configured to deliver an electric field at or near the site of the cancerous tumor. The medical device can include one or more sensing wires in electrical communication with the control circuitry and one or more sensing electrodes. The sensing electrodes can be configured to measure an impedance of the cancerous tumor at at least two different electric field strengths. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US11420048B2
A device and method for rejuvenating skin includes a power supply adapted to generate a voltage and an applicator. The applicator includes a first node and a second node, wherein the first node is adapted to be configurable between a positive electrode or electrically isolated from the power supply, and wherein the second node is adapted to be configurable between a negative electrode or electrically isolated from the power supply. The power supply delivers a current through the first node when the first node is configured as the positive electrode and current returns to the power supply through the second node when the second node is configured to be the negative electrode.
US11420039B2
A method for providing a treatment recommendation to a physician for treating a patient is disclosed. The method comprises determining, from a processor in communication with a patient data repository, a first treatment recommendation based on a combination of selected patient demographics from the patient data repository applicable to the patient, and operational parameters of a plurality of ventricular assist devices (VADs) suitable for treating the patient, the first treatment recommendation having a first survival rate and comprising the use of a first VAD. The method then obtains a first signal from using the first VAD on the patient. The method then determines a second treatment recommendation based on the first signal and the first treatment recommendation, the second treatment recommendation having a second survival rate. The method then provides the second treatment recommendation to the physician if the second survival rate is higher than the first survival rate.
US11420038B2
A breaker device (1) for acting onto a closure element (40) of a medical tubing (4) comprises a drive arrangement (2) having an electric drive device (20) and a drive element (23) driven by the drive device (20), and a breaker module (3) which is arrangeable on the drive arrangement (2). The breaker module (3) comprises a housing (30), a movable part (31) movably arranged on the housing (30) and a breaking element (315) for acting onto the closure element (40) of the tubing (4), wherein the breaker module (3) in an attached state is placed on the drive arrangement (2), the drive element (23) being in operative connection with the movable part (31) in the attached state such that a movement of the drive element (23) causes the movable part (31) to move for actuating the breaking element (315). A control device (5) serves for controlling the electric drive device (20) for driving the drive element (23). Herein, the control device (5) is constituted to control, during a detection routine, the electric drive device (20) to drive the drive element (23) in order to move the movable part (31), wherein the control device (5) is further constituted to analyse at least one feedback signal received during the detection routine for determining a type of the breaker module (3), the feedback signal being indicative of a movement of the movable part (31) during the detection routine.
US11420036B2
An exemplary infusion set includes a tubing, a first connector, and a second connector. The first connector connects a first terminus of the tubing to an exit port of an infusion pump, providing fluid communication between fluid being conveyed by the infusion pump and the tubing. The second connector connects a second terminus of the tubing to a delivery module, providing fluid communication between the tubing and the delivery module. Full engagement of the first connector and the exit port of the infusion pump actuates operation of the infusion pump.
US11420029B2
An inflatable structure for use in biological lumens and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The structure can have an inflatable balloon encircled by a shell. The shell can have proximal and distal tapered necks, longitudinally-oriented flutes, and apertures at the proximal and distal ends of the shell. The apertures can be recessed in the flutes in the necks. The shell can also have fiber reinforced walls.
US11420027B2
The present application includes a sheath that is suitable for use in a variety of medical procedures. In one or more implementations, the sheath includes a shunt member, and a curvable portion. The curvable portion may be configured in various orientations to facilitate an intervention, such as a hemodialysis intervention, or the like, by an operator. The curvable portion may be configured to bend between a substantially straight configuration and a curved configuration. In implementations, the sheath may be configured to have detachable and/or interchangeable components (e.g., shunt member, curvable portion, etc.).
US11420019B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a unibody intravascular catheter shaft with benefits which may include a reduced diameter, and independently tunable torquability, flexibility, and pushability characteristics. While various embodiments of the present disclosure may be directed to an entire catheter shaft, various specific embodiments of the present disclosure may be directed to a unibody shaft design, which may be implemented in a portion of a catheter shaft. For example, the unibody shaft design may be advantageously implemented in a proximal shaft portion. Moreover, various embodiments of the present disclosure utilize a modular unibody design, which may be utilized for various catheter shaft applications using an outer polymer layer with variable thickness and durometer to achieve application-specific performance characteristics (e.g., catheter shaft flex).
US11420017B2
A urinary catheter wetting apparatus (121) has a chamber defined by a forward section (123) opposite to a rearward section (125) each having an aperture (143,153) of which are axially aligned. A catheter tube is connected to a connector (161), the latter of which spans the chamber and initially seals the two apertures. The connector is slideable through the first facial surface (129) of forward section and the second end wall (131) of the rearward section so the catheter tube can be drawn through the chamber. A wetting applicator (151) holding a wetting agent is disposed in the chamber. Upon use, the connector passes through the chamber, applying pressure to the wetting applicator, thereby releasing the wetting agent from the wetting applicator and onto the catheter tube as it follows the connector through the chamber.
US11420015B2
A compact packaged intermittent urinary catheter having a longitudinally elongated intermittent urinary catheter retained within a longitudinally compacted elastic package. A method of using the catheter wherein at least a portion of the package is used as a drainage tube for the catheter. A package for an intermittent urinary catheter including a longitudinally compacted elastic package having a longitudinally extending receiving chamber containing a lubricating medium. The package having two longitudinal ends that may be removed to open the package and enable conversion of the package from a compacted state to an extended state. A method of using the package as a clean handling sleeve through which an intermittent urinary catheter may be passed to coat it with a lubricating medium.
US11420012B2
An eye mask for use to wake up and/or to go to sleep provides ease of cleaning or replacement without damaging electrical or optical components; different user selectable sunrise and sunset illumination modes respectively having blue-shifted and red-shifted spectra simulating natural sunrises and sunsets to assimilate the sleep/wake cycle to the natural rhythms of day and night; sunset and/or sunrise illumination modes that oscillate with fixed period or sequentially changing periods that correspond to brainwave frequencies that respectively facilitate going to sleep and/or waking and synergistically co-operate with corresponding sunset or sunrise light fields to help the user to fall into restful sleep or to awake refreshed and alert; and audio tone programming of illumination mode and treatment time and/or duration of therapy by a remote tone control generator.
US11420008B2
A vent system for use during respiratory therapy with a flow of pressurized gas may provide a continuous vent flow of gas. The vent system may include a vent housing having an outer wall; an inner wall, the inner wall defining an inlet for the flow of gas; and a base positioned between the outer wall and the inner wall, the base having at least one first orifice and at least one second orifice. The vent system may include a membrane, the membrane being shaped and dimensioned such that the membrane does not cover the at least one first orifice to allow the vent flow through the at least one first orifice, and the membrane being shaped and dimensioned such that in a first position the membrane is positioned over the at least one second orifice to allow the vent flow through the at least one second orifice.
US11420006B2
A CPAP device includes a flow generator with a blower configured to pressurize the flow of respiratory gas. A flexible face seal is positioned at an outlet end of a blower discharge path. The flexible face seal includes an aperture and a lip curling inwardly from a perimeter of the flexible face seal. A tub configured to hold a body of water and humidify the pressurized flow of respiratory gas includes a heat conducting base plate and a side wall. The side wall has a substantially flat portion that surrounds an air inlet opening. A base supports both the flow generator and the tub and includes a floor with a heater plate. A laterally positioned guide prevents the tub from being removed from the base in a vertical direction and includes a pair of C-shaped channel portions with open sides that face each other.
US11420004B2
A nasal assembly for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a frame having an integrally formed first connector portion. A nozzle assembly includes a gusset or base portion and a pair of nozzles. At least one inlet conduit is structured to deliver breathable gas into the frame and nozzle assembly for breathing by the patient. A pair of second connector portions are removably and rotatably connected to respective first connector portions of the frame and are in communication with respective inlet conduits, e.g., directly or via angle connectors. A headgear assembly is removably connected to the pair of second connector portions and/or the angle connectors so as to maintain the frame and the nozzle assembly in a desired adjusted position on the patient's face.
US11420000B2
A sealing arrangement (20) for use in a patient interface device (18). The assembly includes a flexible member (30) having a sealing surface (30A) structured to engage a surface of the patient at or about the airway, a first magnetic material disposed in or on the flexible member, and a second magnetic material (36) positioned in one or more of a carrier member structured to be removably positioned on, in, or about the patient, and a portion of the patient interface device. The first and second magnetic materials are positioned and structured to magnetically interact in a manner which urges the sealing surface toward the surface of the patient when the flexible member is disposed at or about the airway and the second magnetic material is disposed at a corresponding position.
US11419980B2
A drug administration device including a push button, plunger, housing extending in an axial direction to define top and bottom ends, and bolus refill indicator is provided. The indicator is disposed on the plunger and visible through a window in the housing. The indicator can include a first section having a first color located towards the top end of the housing, a second section having a second color located towards the bottom end of the housing, and a third section disposed therebetween including a gradient between the first and second colors. Alternatively, the indicator can include a line extending in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction. The housing includes a first indicator reference point that is a first color and aligned with a bottom of the indicator window and a second indicator reference point that is a second color and aligned with a top of the indicator window.
US11419972B2
A negative pressure wound therapy device, kit, and method are provided for improved treatment of wounds on complex three-dimensional anatomies. The device includes a conformable manifold made of a porous and permeable material with a pattern of cuts designed to transform the manifold from a relaxed, planar state to a pliable three-dimensional state when extended along the lateral axis. The kit further may include a wound interface layer, an adhesive, breathable drape, and a pneumatic connection to a negative pressure wound therapy device. Finally, a method for treating wounds using reduced pressure and the presently disclosed kit is provided.
US11419963B2
A blood purification apparatus with a blood circuit that allows a patient's blood to extracorporeally circulate and a blood purifier connected to the blood circuit and that purifies the blood in extracorporeal circulation are attachable, the blood purification apparatus including a dialysate introduction line through which dialysate is introduced into the blood purifier; a dialysate drain line through which waste dialysate resulting from blood purification performed by the blood purifier is drained from the blood purifier; and a concentration-detecting unit that detects a concentration of a predetermined substance in the waste dialysate flowing through the dialysate drain line. The blood purification apparatus includes a control unit that establishes a state of equilibrium where the concentration of the predetermined substance in the waste dialysate flowing through the dialysate drain line and a concentration of the predetermined substance in the blood flowing through the blood circuit are equal or approximate to each other; a storage unit that stores a value detected by the concentration-detecting unit in the state of equilibrium as an equilibrium value; and a clear-space-calculating unit that calculates clear space in accordance with the value detected by the concentration-detecting unit and the equilibrium value stored in the storage unit, the clear space being an index representing a volume of purification of a patient achieved by blood purification treatment.
US11419959B2
The invention discloses a portable ultraviolet sterilization container, which comprises a sterilization container body, the sterilization container body has an article storage cavity and a cover, and the sterilization container body is further provided with an illumination device, a heating air duct and a control system. The control system is electrically connected to the illumination device and the heating air duct for controlling the illumination device and the heating air duct to release ultraviolet light and hot air to the article storage cavity, wherein the illumination device comprises a plurality of light-emitting devices which are fixed to a plurality of cavity walls of the article storage cavity. The inner circulation of the heating air duct is from the article storage cavity, through the interior of the cavity wall of the article storage cavity, and then to the article storage cavity.
US11419958B2
A multi-panel sterilization assembly that includes a barrier panel formed of a permeable material, barrier panel bolsters at or adjacent at least a portion of two edges of the barrier panel, a fold protection panel, and at least one panel attachment means. The barrier panel has a first end and a second end opposite the first end such that the barrier panel has a length that is the distance from the first end to the second end and a midpoint along the length generally delineating the barrier panel into a content receiving region and a content covering region. The barrier panel bolsters prevent the edges of the barrier panel from folding back onto itself, i.e. back towards the unfolded position, during unfolding of the barrier panel after sterilization.
US11419950B2
The present invention relates to vectors containing liver-specific regulatory sequences and codon-optimized factor IX or factor VIII genes, methods employing these vectors and uses of these vectors. Expression cassettes and vectors containing these liver-specific regulatory elements and codon-optimized factor IX or factor VIII genes are also disclosed. The present invention is particularly useful for applications using gene therapy, in particular for the treatment of hemophilia A and B.
US11419938B2
An oral, aqueous-based, liquid pharmaceutical composition is provided. The composition comprises up to about 45% glycerin and up to about 10% sorbitol wherein the glycerin to sorbitol ratio is about 2:1 to 10:1.
US11419937B2
Delivery of compositions for treatment of skin tissue with photoactive plasmonic nanoparticles and light, with embodiments relating to delivery devices. Treatments are useful for cosmetic, diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
US11419932B2
Compositions containing a nucleic acid nanostructure having a desired geometric shape and antigens bound to its surface are provided. The nanostructures can be, for example, in the form of a 6-helix bundle or icosahedron. The nanostructure design allows for control of the relative position and/or stoichiometry of the antigen bound to its surface. The antigens displayed on the nanostructure surface are arranged with the preferred number, spacing, and 3D organization to elicit a robust immune response. The displayed antigen can be an HIV immunogen such as eOD-GT6, eOD-GT8, or variants thereof. The compositions may thus be useful as immunogens, vaccines, immunostimulators, adjuvants, and the like. Methods of inducing immune responses, inducing protective immunity, inducing the production of neutralizing antibodies or inhibitory antibodies, inducing tolerance, and treating cancer, infectious or autoimmune diseases are also provided.
US11419929B2
Disclosed herein are alphavirus vectors that include neoantigen-encoding nucleic acid sequences derived from a tumor of a subject. Also disclosed are nucleotides, cells, and methods associated with the vectors including their use as vaccines.
US11419923B2
The present disclosure provides for a synthetic immunogenic protein for use as an immuno-modulatory agent to enhance mammalian immune reactions towards conjugated protein or peptide containing antigens that are otherwise poorly immunogenic, including but not limited to self-antigens. The chimeric immunogenic proteins of the present disclosure can be used in the treatment of many illnesses, including but not limited to cancers, infectious disease, autoimmune disease, allergies and any clinical indication involving or affected by the immune response of a mammalian host.
US11419914B2
Disclosed is a family of intranasal spray dispensers for administering uniform low doses of desmopressin so as to achieve safe antidiuresis in human patients. The dispensers of the invention may be used in the treatment of nocturia, primary nocturnal enuresis, incontinence, urinary frequency, diabetes insipidus, or any disease or syndrome where desmopressin therapy is useful or where safe temporary suppression of urine production may lead to beneficial health effects or increased convenience in voiding control.
US11419910B1
The present invention relates to a composition and use thereof directed towards treating various health ailments, such as skin and respiratory problems and various infections. More particularly, the present invention relates to a lime sulfur solution and use thereof, of varying percentages, directed towards improving vision and treating various skin problems and infections, such as toenail fungus, athlete's foot, jock itch, skin psoriasis, eczema, vaginal yeast infections, head or beard dandruff, respiratory infections, itching of the skin (particularly of the hands), acne (facial and/or body acne), poison ivy, insect bites, head and body lice, crabs, cuts, treating wounds infected by staff and/or MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) bacteria, tongue thrush, ringworm, penis foreskin infections, skin tags, and is also directed towards treating various respiratory infections (such as pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, and Covid-19 infections). The present invention also relates to use of the aforementioned composition and solution as a disinfectant in gyms, spas, saunas, for professional athletes, or as a body and/or hair wash.
US11419901B2
A heat killed Porphyromonas gingivalis bacterium expressing a homogenous lipid A structure having a molecular negative mass ion of 1368, 1435/1449, or 1690/1768 is used as an immunomodulator. The immunomodulator may be used in combination with an antigen of interest to potentiate or restrain a host immune response toward the selected antigen.
US11419885B2
A composition contains at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide, for use in preventing and/or treating a URT infection in an infant or young child fulfilling at least one of the following criteria: i) the infant or young child is born from a non-secretor mother and/or is fed with a mother's milk deficient in at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide, ii) the infant or young child has at least one sibling, and iii) the infant or young child was born by C-section.
US11419874B2
The invention provides compounds which are selective PDE2 inhibitors for use in the treatment of tachycardia or tachyarrhythmia Such compounds are particularly suitable for use in the treatment of any of the following conditions: atrial tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, premature ventricular contractions (PVCs), ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia, and may be used alone or in combination therapy with other conventional cardiovascular drugs, e.g. beta-blockers. In particular, the invention provides compounds which are selective PDE2 inhibitors for use in the treatment of ventricular tachycardia in patients who are suffering from, or who are at risk of suffering from heart failure, CPVT or long QT syndrome.
US11419873B2
The present invention refers to the use of sodium channel blockers such as tetrodotoxin or saxitoxin, its analogues/derivatives as well as their acceptable salts, for the production of a medicament for the treatment of neuropathic pain resulting from chemotherapy.
US11419871B2
A drug containing, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by ALK inhibitors such as brigatinib, AP26113-analog, and AZD3463 has been found to be effective against a non-small cell lung cancer having a point mutation at C797S in EGFR which has acquired a resistance to chemotherapy agents. Further, the drug used in combination with an anti-EGFR antibody demonstrates a notable suppression effect on the tumor growth. The drug has a potential to be a therapeutic agent effective against a non-small cell lung cancer which is resistant to gefitinib, a first generation therapeutic agent and osimertinib, a third generation therapeutic agent.
US11419870B2
The present disclosure relates to mdm2 inhibitors for use in specific dosing schedules. It was found that if sufficiently potent or, in alternative, sufficiently high dose of a Mdm2 inhibitor is used, it can cause antineoplastic effect by triggering much longer lasting antiproliferative mechanism in cells. The long lasting effect can sustain for several weeks after a single dose, which eliminates the need for daily treatment and allows administering the Mdm2i intermittently. A treatment with the intermittent dosing schedule of a Mdm2 inhibitor can be combined with a daily treatment of the Mdm2i or with another pharmaceutically acceptable ingredient.
US11419866B2
The present invention is directed to a depot composition for sustained release delivery of buprenorphine with enhanced stability and bioavailability. The composition is an injectable, low viscosity liquid and can form a depot in situ capable of delivering therapeutic level of buprenorphine over a period of time from one week to 3 months.
US11419854B2
To provide an appropriate method of treatment with pemafibrate for a liver cirrhosis patient. The present invention relates to the use of pemafibrate in a liver cirrhosis patient. More particularly, the present invention relates to a regimen for administering a reduced dose of pemafibrate to a liver cirrhosis patient in need of treatment with pemafibrate than to persons with normal liver function.
US11419853B2
There is provided a compound of formula I or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: for use in the treatment of a brain cancer selected from a MGMT positive astrocytic brain tumor, a metastatic brain cancer and primary CNS lymphoma and a method of treating said brain cancers in a patient in need thereof comprising administering to the patient said compound of formula I or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.
US11419845B2
Novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and methods for their pharmaceutical use are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the compounds are agonists and/or ligands of cannabinoid receptors and may be useful, inter alia, for treating and/or preventing pain, gastrointestinal disorders, genitourinary disorders, inflammation, glaucoma, auto-immune diseases, ischemic conditions, immune-related disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases, for providing cardioprotection against ischemic and reperfusion effects, for inducing apoptosis in malignant cells, and as an appetite stimulant.
US11419837B2
Methods and formulations of modified release amino acids are provided for the treatment or management of diseases defined by impaired amino acid metabolism, with improved pharmacokinetics, metabolism and utilization.
US11419830B2
The present invention is directed, in part, to methods of treating Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) in a subject in need thereof, comprising topical administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) to the subject.
US11419829B2
The present invention relates to the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in combination with an agonist of 5-HT2B receptors. Such a combination provides protection against the adverse effects caused by agonists of 5-HT2B receptors. The invention further relates to the use of CBD in combination5 with an amphetamine or amphetamine derivative in the treatment of epilepsy. In one embodiment the CBD is used in combination with the amphetamine derivative fenfluramine to produce a significant reduction in seizures. Preferably the CBD used is in the form of a highly purified extract of cannabis such that the CBD is present at greater than 98% of the total extract (w/w) and the other components of the extract are characterised. In particular the cannabinoid10 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) has been substantially removed, to a level of not more than 0.15% (w/w) and the propyl analogue of CBD, cannabidivarin, (CBDV) is present in amounts of up to 1%. Alternatively, the CBD may be a synthetically produced CBD. In use the CBD in combination with an agonist of 5-HT2B receptors, amphetamine or amphetamine derivative may be formulated for administration separately, sequentially or simultaneously with the15 amphetamine or amphetamine derivative or the combination may be provided in a single dosage form. Where the CBD is formulated for administration separately, sequentially or simultaneously it may be provided as a kit or together with instructions to administer the one or more components in the manner indicated.
US11419821B2
This invention relates to coated digestive enzyme preparations and enzyme delivery systems and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the preparations. This invention further relates to methods of preparation and use of the systems, pharmaceutical compositions and preparations to treat persons having ADD, ADHD, autism, cystic fibrosis and other behavioral and neurological disorders.
US11419820B2
Provided are carotenoid-containing particles having, for preventing exudation of carotenoid at the time of tableting and during storage, a structure in which a carotenoid is dispersed in an agar gel containing a cyclodextrin and/or a plant protein.
US11419813B2
The present disclosure provides programmable osmotic-controlled oral compositions providing delayed release of a therapeutically acceptable amount of a drug. In certain embodiments, the programmable osmotic-controlled compositions of the disclosure provide a lag time that is independent of the presence or absence of food, type of food, pH, gastric emptying, and volume of gastric fluid. The programmable osmotic-controlled oral compositions of the disclosure comprise a multilayer core comprising a drug for controlled release, wherein the core is coated with a semipermeable membrane comprising an orifice and, optionally, an immediate release coating, comprising a drug for immediate release, over the semipermeable membrane. The multilayered core comprises a pull layer containing the drug and a push layer. The pull layer comprises at least two layers: a placebo layer for providing a desired lag time for the drug release; and an active layer containing the drug and providing a delayed controlled release of the drug. The compositions of the disclosure can be programmed to provide a desired and precise lag time, and release drug, after the lag time, at a rhythm, e.g., that matches the human circadian rhythm of a condition's symptoms and/or of the individual being treated in the application of the therapy to optimize therapeutic outcome and minimize side effects.
US11419809B2
The instant disclosure relates to hair treatment compositions that include a unique combination of components that function to impart desirable cosmetic properties to the hair. The hair treatment compositions typically include a first phase containing a non-polymeric mono, di, or tricarboxylic acid, and/or a salt thereof, an amine, a cationic polymer, an alkoxysilane, polyols, and water; and a second phase containing a film-forming aminosilicone polymer formed by the reaction between a glycidoxypropyl-terminated dimethyl siloxane polymer, PEG-13 diglycidyl ether, diethylaminopropylamine, and aminopropyltriisopropoxysilane, and at least one silicone oil.
US11419799B2
Oral care compositions comprising stannous ion source, neutral amino acid, and polyphosphate are provided for improved efficacy to help inhibit biofilm formation or help disrupt biofilm.
US11419797B2
Methods for producing a composition containing a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound are described which involve Step (1), including Step (1-1) for preparing a material comprising: (A) a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound, (B) a polyol, and (C) an aqueous medium, where a content of the (A) hardly water-soluble aromatic compound in the material for heating is below a saturation solubility of the (A) hardly water-soluble aromatic compound in a solvent having the same composition at 25° C. The obtained solution is then heated in Step (1-2) at normal pressure at a temperature of less than 100° C., to obtain a hardly water-soluble aromatic compound solution 1. Step (2) includes adding water to the hardly water-soluble aromatic compound solution 1 such that the resulting hardly water-soluble aromatic compound solution 2 has a concentration of the (A) hardly water-soluble aromatic compound above a saturation solubility at 25° C.
US11419792B2
Disclosed is a medicine dispensing device and a method for dispensing medicine, wherein the medicine dispensing device includes a tray and a drop plate below the tray in a drop direction, wherein the drop plate is slidable relative to the tray between a hold position and a drop position, wherein the medicine dispensing device further includes one or more retaining members for retaining the drop plate relative to the tray in the drop direction when the drop plate is in a dispensing path, wherein the drop plate is slidable in a release direction into a release position outside of the dispensing path, wherein the one or more retaining members are arranged for releasing the drop plate from the tray in the release position.
US11419778B2
A manipulator includes a base body, a first link supported to be capable of advancing and retracting with respect to the base body, a first leaf spring connected to a tip of the first link as a rotation pair by a first base end pin, a second link that is arranged with the first link side by side and is supported to be capable of advancing and retracting with respect to the base body, a second leaf spring connected to a tip of the second link as a rotation pair by a second base end pin in the same direction as the first base end pin, and a driven link that is connected to tips of the first and second leaf springs as rotation pairs by first and second tip pins in the same direction as the first and second base end pins, respectively.
US11419771B2
A hygiene monitoring system comprising: a hygiene monitoring device, the hygiene monitoring device comprising a housing with an identifier-obtaining component; and a station for receiving the hygiene monitoring device, the station comprising: a securing component configured to receive and hold the housing at a defined location relative to the station; and a station identifier configured to provide an identifier to the identifier-obtaining component when the housing of the hygiene monitoring device is received by the securing component of the station.
US11419768B2
A system for providing reduced-pressure treatment to a moveable tissue site, such as a joint, includes a flexible dressing bolster. The flexible dressing bolster has a first side and a second, inward-facing side, and a plurality of flexion joints formed on the flexible dressing bolster. The system further includes a sealing subsystem for providing a fluid seal over the flexible dressing bolster and the patient's epidermis and a reduced-pressure subsystem for delivering a reduced pressure to the sealing subsystem. The sealing subsystem and reduced-pressure subsystem are operable to deliver a reduced pressure to the moveable tissue site. The flexible dressing bolster is operable to allow articulation or movement of the moveable tissue site. The sealing subsystem may include a drape with folds. Other systems, apparatuses, and methods are presented.
US11419767B2
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to an elongated layer of material and a lip to be placed in contact with a wound and the elongated layer of material to be wrapped around a wound filler, their methods of use and systems incorporating the same, wherein the wound filler lip is configured to be positioned beneath the fascia. Additionally, some embodiments described herein are directed to the closure of the wound and the use of attachment mechanisms on the elongate layer and lip to attach to the wound surface.
US11419754B2
A heat exchange module alone or part of a system including a control console. The module includes a channel assembly and a heat exchange stack attached thereto, and can be used to directly cool and/or heat tissue or skin. The channel assembly includes a liquid channel. The stack can include a pair of spaced plates with thermoelectric coolers exchangers, heat reflective layers, and a core composite layer which keeps the plates spaced. To provide flexibility of the module to better fit on round body parts the stack can include a thermally-conductive plate construction between the plates which has rotational flexibility axes in the X and/or Y directions between plate portions. Optionally the channel can include windows to which the plate portions are sealed. The heat exchange stack separately or together with the channel assembly can be secured in the thickness direction with mechanical securements such as sewing or tacking to also provide for greater flexibility.
US11419753B2
A heat exchanger module (HEM) and system uses a flexible substrate with one or more open channels, to which a substrate cover is bonded, thereby forming closed channels in the flexible substrate. Thermoelectric coolers (TECs) are attached to optional thermally diffusing copper squares atop the substrate cover. An interface cover is attached to the TEC tops, with a compliant thermally conductive material opposite the TECs and ultimately in contact with a patient. A liquid is passed through the closed channels, which act as thermal references for the TECs. Current is supplied by a controller to the TECs to induce TEC cooling or heating relative to the liquid. One or more temperature sensors detect the temperature of the interface cover, which are used as inputs to the control of the TEC supply current. The HEM may be used for heating, cooling, or cycling between heating and cooling for various medical uses.
US11419752B2
Disclosed is a dental appliance composed of a thermo-plastic polymer with low compressibility, high toughness, and high tensile strength, with a low softening point. The appliance has perforations that enable it to be easily custom-fitted by the user or a health professional. The appliance begins as an unformed dental tray that is significantly thinner than existing dental appliances. Once fitted, the dental appliance provides superior protection against damage to the enamel of the teeth and abrasion of the teeth due to bruxism or other mechanism leading to biomechanical wear of dental surfaces. The perforations facilitate the custom-fitting process by allowing the user to suck air through the perforations, thus applying a negative pressure between the material and the teeth while the material is still soft and pliable.
US11419723B2
Devices, systems, and methods for treating a heart of a patient may make use of structures which limit a size of a chamber of the heart, such as by deploying one or more tensile member to bring a wall of the heart and a septum of the heart into contact. A plurality of tension members may help exclude scar tissue and provide a more effective remaining ventricle chamber. The implant may be deployed during beating of the heart, often in a minimally invasive or less-invasive manner. Trauma to the tissues of the heart may be inhibited by selectively approximating tissues while a pressure within the heart is temporarily reduced. Three-dimensional implant locating devices and systems facilitate beneficial heart chamber volumetric shape remodeling.
US11419717B2
An intraluminal support structure having a delivery configuration that is a crimped open configuration to increase flexibility while maneuvering in the anatomy and having a small scarring signature.
US11419715B2
Devices and associated methods are disclosed for improving the fixation of the stent graft to the wall of the abdominal aortic neck and to increase the tightness of the aneurysmal sac from the main lumen of the abdominal aorta. Particular embodiments are directed to a bifurcated stent graft system for the treatment of the abdominal aortic aneurysm, which includes an aortic bifurcation segment, two iliac segments and an additional inner segment. The aortic bifurcation segment contains a main tubular body with branched legs at the distal end made of biocompatible fabric material attached to and supported by stents. The proximal end of the aortic bifurcation segment is configured to engage with a part of the aorta, without aneurysmal dilatation, proximal to the renal arteries and contains only a metal expandable frame (for example, a stent), without fabric material, but with fixing pins for engagement with the aortic wall proximal to the renal arteries. The part of the aortic bifurcation segment placed in the proximal neck of the abdominal aortic aneurysm is made only of stent/stents, without biocompatible fabric material, but with fixing multidirectional (for example, caudally and cranially) pins on the outer surface for engagement with the aortic wall.
US11419707B2
A system comprises a dental tray comprising an array of fixed focus cameras, wherein each fixed focus camera of the first array of fixed focus cameras has a fixed position and orientation relative to one or more other fixed focus camera of the array of fixed focus cameras. The system further comprises a processing device to receive a plurality of images generated by the array of fixed focus cameras, stitch the plurality of images together based on calibration data specifying predetermined image stitching parameters for combining the plurality of images, wherein the predetermined image stitching parameters are based on predetermined fixed relative positions and orientations of fixed focus cameras from the array of fixed focus cameras, and generate a three-dimensional model of a plurality of teeth based on the stitched plurality of images.
US11419704B2
An orthodontic appliance for orthodontic treatment of a posterior maxillary sector extending from a mesial anchor tooth to a molar tooth unilaterally on the same side of the maxilla is provided. The appliance features a molar component, a mesial anchor tooth attachment, a long rod, and a hook. The long rod is saddle-shaped in the occlusal-gingival plane, and may have a distal step-down portion. The rod may extend at a mesial end thereof from the mesial anchor tooth attachment towards the molar component in a mesiodistal direction, and the rod may also have a mesial step-up portion starting from the mesial anchor tooth or premolar attachment. The hook may be located on the rod, for attachment with a traction element for direct molar traction. Under force of the traction element the rod exerts force on the molar component for molar distillation.
US11419702B2
An orthodontic alignment device can have a palatal contour anchorage (PCA) feature that generally matches the shape of the patient's hard pallet. This PCA feature may be built slightly off-set to deliberately push against the patient's palate and/or gingiva to provide anchorage support of staged translation of the teeth. By transferring the required anchorage away from the teeth and onto the palate, through the PCA feature, the adjacent teeth are no longer subjected to unwanted side effects of reaction forces.
US11419701B2
Apparatuses and methods for performing orthodontic treatment planning are provided. Virtual/Augmented Reality devices can be used to virtually manipulate patient's teeth, modify virtual models of the patient's teeth, analyze the fit of a dental appliance on the patient's teeth, analyze the position of attachment sites for dental appliances, and provide overlays showing forces applied to the patient's teeth. The VR/AR devices can be used by physicians and/or the patient to provide and display treatment planning.
US11419700B2
A computer-implemented method for marking an object on an aligner. The aligner surface is modeled. The method includes calculating a normal for each tile in a tessellated surface and disqualifying a tile from being selected. For tiles not disqualified, a patch is identified that produces a markable area. The method includes selecting an object to be marked, calculating a location of the object in the markable area, and providing the location of the object to a marking device. Disqualifying includes comparing an angle between a normal and an orientation of the beam to an origin of the calculated normal on each tile. Disqualifying includes disqualifying the at least one tile when the angle is outside of a range of −90° to +90°. Identifying the patch includes separating the patch into at least two smaller patches, and one of the two smaller patches of tiles is the markable area.
US11419698B2
The invention relates to the application of a composition containing recombinant amelogenin and propylene glycol alginate (“PGA”) on to cut dentin tubules followed by installation of a definitive restorative in a single visit.
US11419677B2
An electrosurgical device (10) operable to deliver microwave energy to cause targeted tissue ablation is provided. The electrosurgical device (10) comprises an antenna (26), a reflector (30), and a dielectric material (34) disposed therebetween. The selection of the dielectric material (30) and the relative positioning of the antenna (26) and the reflector (30) provide impedance matching between the antenna (26) and a transmission line (12) so as to minimize heating along the length of the device (10) during use.
US11419673B2
The present invention relates to steerable access sheath assembly including at least one electrode. Moreover, the present invention relates to a steerable sheath access device for use in cardiovascular procedures. Embodiments of the present invention including steerable access sheaths or introducers may provide cardiovascular access for various ablation tools and devices for the performance of various ablation procedures or procedures involving alternate energy sources.
US11419667B2
Surgical instruments and system and methods for using surgical instruments are disclosed. A surgical instrument comprises an end effector comprising an ultrasonic blade and clamp arm, an ultrasonic transducer, and a control circuit. The ultrasonic transducer ultrasonically oscillates the ultrasonic blade in response to a drive signal from a generator. The end effector receives electrosurgical energy to weld tissue. The control circuit determines a resonant frequency measure indicative of a thermally induced change in resonant frequency and a electrical continuity measure; calculates a weld focal point based on the determined measures, controls closure of the clamp arm to vary a pressure applied by the clamp arm to provide a threshold control pressure to the tissue loaded into the end effector, and maintains a gap between the ultrasonic blade and clamp arm at a point proximal to the proximal end of the tissue. Pressure is varied based on corresponding weld focal point.
US11419665B2
An electrosurgical forceps includes a pair of first and second shaft members pivotably coupled to one another, an end effector assembly coupled to the pair of first and second shaft members, a knife selectively translatable through the first shaft member and the end effector assembly, and a knife deployment mechanism. The second shaft member has a flange extending therefrom toward the first shaft member. The knife deployment mechanism includes a distal extension movably coupled to the first shaft member and configured to engage the flange of the second shaft member when the knife is an extended position and the end effector assembly is in a closed configuration. The engagement between the distal extension and the flange resists movement of the end effector assembly from the closed configuration.
US11419662B2
An apparatus for tissue ablation using radiofrequency energy comprises a housing extending from a first end to a second end. One or more pipes extend from the first end and each of the one or more pipes terminates at a tip. Each tip includes a light source operable to provide light. The apparatus further comprises a probe extending from some of the one or more pipes. Each probe is operable to deliver RF energy and to extend from or retract into the tip.
US11419655B2
An intraoperative monitoring module (IMM) for assessing strength of screw attachments to bone and detecting breaches includes a torque sensor on a rotatable tool receptacle and a variable-output current source. The IMM provides concurrent monitoring of rotational torque applied to a screw and stimulus current passing through the screw into bone for evoked electromyography. A motor housing configured to drive in rotation a tool receptacle on the IMM, a screw driver modified for carrying the stimulus current, and a screw attached to the screw driver are optionally included. Cooperative anti-rotation features on the motor housing and IMM support accurate torque measurements and prevent the outer housing of the IMM from rotating with the tool receptacle while a screw is being driven. The motor housing optionally provides electrical power to the IMM.
US11419649B2
Systems for the minimally invasive repair, stabilization and/or fixation of a fractured bone, such as a rib, are disclosed. The systems include one or more rods/support members that are designed to extend along a dimension of a bone being repaired and secure the fractured bone. The support members can be photodynamic and are formed using an expandable member that is filled with a light-sensitive liquid that is cured to form the rigid support member. Two or more clamps are used to secure the support member(s) to the rib or other bone. Minimally invasive surgical methods for securing the systems to a fractured bone are also disclosed.
US11419648B2
A TPLO plate configured to accommodate flexible strands (flexible loops) attached to tissue to be attached to bone. The TPLO plate has one or more suture eyelets, to allow the user (surgeon) to pass a flexible strand through the eyelets and attach/reattach the tissue to the plate at the anatomical location, and to improve the rotational stability of the joint or bone. The eyelets may have various shapes, forms and configurations and may be provided on or within a surface of the TPLO bone plate in any number, depending on the characteristics of the fractured bone or bone segments, or of the plate design. The eyelets preferably receive one or more flexible strands.
US11419646B2
Joint implants, such as joint implants used for placement in toes to treat hammertoe are described. More particularly, joint implants that include a proximal portion configured to be inserted into a first bone, a distal portion configured to be inserted into a second adjacent bone, and an elongated body positioned between the distal and distal portion is described. The elongated body can define a length and include at least one metal rod extending from the proximal portion to the distal portion and a porous mesh extending along at least a portion of the elongated body length. The porous mesh can be configured to allow for bony in-growth upon implantation, wherein the elongated body defines a generally square cross section and is configured to be inserted into drilled circular holes in the first and second bones. Methods of fusing two adjacent phalanges of a two are also described.
US11419645B2
Implantable devices for fixation of curved bones such as the pelvic ring pubic symphysis and acetabulum, and methods for the use of the devices are disclosed. The implantable devices are convertible between a flexible state and a rigid state using a shape locking section. The implantable devices further include a main body and a distal bone interface. In a flexible state, the devices may be inserted along, and conform to a curved pathway, and in the rigid state, the devices may support the mechanical loads required to fixate a fracture.
US11419637B2
A spine alignment system is disclosed. The spine alignment system includes a pedicle screw having a longitudinal axis, the pedicle screw having a screw head. The screw head includes a slot having a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pedicle screw. An extension shaft is secured to the pedicle screw, such that a longitudinal axis of the extension shaft is substantially coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the pedicle screw. The spine alignment system also includes a cap having a slot that forms a substantially cylindrical passage with the slot of the pedicle screw head. The substantially cylindrical passage is configured to receive an alignment rod such that alignment of the spine occurs as the rod is translated along the extension shaft to the pedicle screw.
US11419629B2
A medical device is disclosed for cutting substances inside a body lumen. The medical device includes: a drive shaft that is rotatable; at least one strut that is rotatably connected to a distal side of the drive shaft, the at least one strut extending along a rotation axis, and wherein a central portion of the at least one strut is bent so as to be expandable radially outwardly; and a support portion that is rotatably connected to the distal side of the drive shaft, and wherein the support portion is formed in a mesh shape and a tubular shape while including multiple gaps, at least a portion of which is positioned on a radially inside of the at least one strut, and which is expandable radially outwardly by a central portion in a direction extending along the rotation axis being bent.
US11419625B2
A probe is connected to an ultrasonic transducer capable of generating ultrasonic vibration. The probe includes an elongated main body portion, and a cylindrical engagement portion. The main body portion is capable of transmitting the ultrasonic vibration. The ultrasonic vibration is input to the engagement portion. The engagement portion includes: a connection portion that is connected to the ultrasonic transducer, and a holding cylindrical portion that is continuous to the connection portion, and that holds the proximal end portion of the main body portion.
US11419610B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for forming a passage extending along a plane crossing an organ's volumetric region from an entry point to an opposing exit point at a surface of the organ, and for passing a tension member around the volumetric region by pulling the tension member from the exit point to the entry point through the passage. The apparatus can include a rigid outer tube with a tip for penetrating the organ and reach a penetration depth; an inner needle with an elastic body configured to pass straightened through the outer tube lumen and to partially protrude and voluntarily flex to a curved form greater than the diameter of the volumetric region; and a tension member passer with a pulling portion for engaging with a portion of the tension member and for pulling the tension member when withdrawn.
US11419606B2
A shaft assembly is disclosed which is usable with a surgical system, such as a surgical robot and/or a handle of a surgical instrument, for example. The shaft assembly is configured to receive a rotary input motion from the surgical system and a transmission, or clutch, which is shiftable between a first operating mode and a second operating mode to selectively transmit the rotary input motion to a first drive system and a second drive system.
US11419599B2
Meniscal repair devices, systems, and methods are provided.
US11419598B1
A soft anchor construct, having a cross-member suture of braided suture material and a cinching suture that has a first end and a second end. The cinching suture, starting at its first end, extends to the cross-member suture, and engages and traverses the cross-member suture at a first central point and then extends from the first central point to a first lateral point, and engages and traverses the cross-member suture at the first lateral point. The cinching suture then extends from the first lateral point to a second lateral point, opposed to the first lateral point, and engages and traverses the cross-member suture at the second lateral point and then extends from the second lateral point to a second central point and engages and traverses the cross-member suture at the second central point and extends from the second central point to the second end.
US11419597B2
Methods and devices for securing soft tissue to a rigid material such as bone. A tissue capture anchor is described that comprises an anchor body and a spreader such that tissue may be captured or compressed between outside surfaces on the anchor and spreader and inside surfaces of a bone hole to secure the tissue within the hole. A bone anchor is described that comprises an anchor body with expandable tines and a spreader that expands the tines into bone. The spreader captures tissue via a suture loop at the distal end of the bone anchor. Also described is an inserter that can be used to insert the anchor into bone and move the spreader within the anchor to expand the anchor and capture the tissue between the anchor and the bone. Methods are described that allow use of single bone anchor to secure tissue to bone or also to use more than one bone anchor to provide multiple lengths of suture material to compress a large area of soft tissue against bone.
US11419596B2
Apparatus for placement in an incision or a natural body opening comprises a retractor having a sleeve (655, 656, 657) and a guard device comprising overlapping petals (662) depending from a mounting ring (661). The guard device is movable by the retractor from an insertion configuration to a deployed configuration as the retractor sleeve is moved to the retracting configuration.
US11419594B2
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an access valve that may be retrieved after implantation. The access valve may include a frame having a lumen, a self-expandable member extending through the lumen, and an elastic membrane extending through the lumen and a second end of the frame to releasably seal the lumen. The access valve may releasably attach to a wall of a patient and releasably seal an opening through the wall. The access valve may be attached to the wall by placing the frame adjacent the wall, extending the self-expandable member through the opening in the wall, and expanding the self-expandable member such that the self-expandable member applies a first force against the wall and a second force opposite the first force against the frame to sandwich the wall between the self-expandable member and the frame.
US11419583B2
Image co-registration (S390) entails: emitting energy, and responsively and dynamically acquiring images (216), the acquired images having a given dimensionality; selecting, repeatedly, and dynamically with the acquiring, from among the acquired images and, as a result of the selecting, changing, repeatedly, and dynamically, membership in a set (226) of images of the given dimensionality; and, synchronously with the change (S376), dynamically and iteratively registering the set to an image having a dimensionality higher than the given dimensionality. The co-registration is realizable with an imaging probe (140) for the acquiring, and a tracking system for tracking a location, and orientation, of the probe, the registering being specialized for the acquiring with the probe being dynamically, during the acquiring, any one or more of angulated, rotated and translated. The registering is initialized by individual transformations (220) of members of the set, but without need for reconstruction, of the set into an image of dimensionality higher than the given dimensionality, that derives, from the set, additional pixels (219) external to the members.
US11419567B2
The radiographic system including a plurality of radiation detection apparatuses, which detect radial rays, a combining processor which generates a long-size image by combining a plurality of radiation images obtained from the radiation detection apparatuses, and an image correction unit, which corrects a defective region in which the plurality of radiation detection apparatuses overlap with each other in the long-size image.
US11419566B2
Methods and systems are provided for improving image quality with three-dimensional (3D) scout scans for computed tomography (CT) imaging. In one embodiment, a method comprises reconstructing an image from projection data acquired during a diagnostic scan of a patient with corrections based on scout projection data acquired during a 3D scout scan of the patient. In this way, the image quality of a diagnostic image can be improved by using 3D scout data to correct projection data or image data.
US11419565B2
A system for processing breast tissue images includes an image processing computer and a user interface operatively coupled to the image processing computer, wherein the image processing computer is configured to obtain image data of breast tissue, processing the image data to generate a set of reconstructed image slices, the reconstructed image slices collectively depicting the breast tissue, process respective subsets of the reconstructed image slices to generate a set of image slabs, each image slab comprising a synthesized 2D image of a portion of the breast tissue obtained from a respective subset of the set of reconstructed image slices.
US11419562B2
A bio-information measuring apparatus includes: a pulse wave measurer configured to measure a plurality of pulse wave signals from an object; a contact pressure measurer configured to measure contact a pressure between the object and the pulse wave measurer; and a processor configured to obtain a plurality of first envelopes based on the contact pressure and the plurality of pulse wave signals, obtain a second envelope by combining the plurality of first envelopes, and measure bio-information based on the second envelope.
US11419559B2
A device, system, and method is provided for detecting pain in a cardiac-related region of the body and determining whether that pain is cardiac or non-cardiac. The device, system, and method may include calculating or determining a first feature based on a variation in activity level and a variation in the detected heartrate measurement and a second feature based on a variation in the detected ECG features and a first feature and then subjecting at least the first feature and the second feature to a cardiac pain classifier to determine a cardiac classification.
US11419554B2
The invention relates to an electric motor furniture drive for sleeping or reclining furniture, comprising a number of adjusting motors (7, 8) for moving at least one movable furniture component relative to an additional furniture component by means of an electric motor and comprising a manual operation unit (10) for operating the adjusting motors (7, 8). The electric motor furniture drive is characterized in that at least one sensor (12) is provided for detecting vibrations and/or sound, said sensor being coupleable to the sleeping furniture, and an analyzing unit is provided which is connected to the at least one sensor (12). The analyzing unit is designed to process and analyze the signals of the at least one sensor (12) and detect physiological parameters of a person using the sleeping or reclining furniture.
US11419540B2
Digital imaging systems and methods are described for analyzing pixel data of an image of a shaving stroke for determining pressure being applied to a user's skin. A plurality of training images of a plurality of individuals are aggregated, each of the training images comprising pixel data of a respective individual when shaving with a shaving razor. A pressure model, trained with the pixel data, is operable to determine pressure being applied to the respective individual's skin. An image of a user when shaving with the shaving razor is received and analyzed, by the pressure model, to determine a user-specific pressure being applied to the user's skin by the shaving razor when a user shaving stroke is taken. A user-specific electronic recommendation to address at least one feature identifiable within the pixel data is generated and rendered, on a display screen of a user computing device.
US11419529B2
An apparatus for estimating bio-information of an object of interest may include a processor configured to obtain a plurality of pulse wave signals of an object via a plurality of channels, determine a plurality of oxygen saturation values corresponding to the plurality of channels based on the plurality of pulse wave signals, select a channel to be used for estimating the bio-information of the object of interest from among the plurality of channels based on the plurality of oxygen saturation values, and estimate the bio-information of the object of interest based on a pulse wave signal corresponding to the selected channel.
US11419522B2
A device for measuring a dimension includes: an electronic tape measure including: a portable casing including an opening having a Y axis; a winder in the casing having an X axis; a tape passing through the casing opening and including an end fixed on the winder and a free end outside the casing; a module for measuring a measurement relating to said outer section; a trigger for generating a signal by the trigger activation; and an interpretation module for controlling inputting of the measurement when the trigger signal is received, in which device the free end of the outer section includes a fastener, and the casing includes a fastening region allowing the fastener to be fixed, the length of the surface of the casing that extends between the fastening region and the opening of the casing being less than 4 cm.
US11419520B2
Method for measuring respiratory vibration on a human or animal skin, including emitting an emission light at a first position on the skin and receiving a diffused light from the emission light at a second position on the skin; storing a vibration signal including a light intensity of the diffused light received over time; wherein the vibration signal corresponds to a mechanical vibration of the skin, and extracting a respiratory parameter from the vibration signal. In particular, at least one of the first position and the second position is in proximity to or at a trachea, a neck or a chest. The system for carrying out the method includes an emitter, a receiver, a circuit, and a processing unit. A set of a sensor module and a skin adhesive patch is also provided.
US11419519B2
A capsule adapted to be introduced into the digestive system and gastrointestinal (GI) tract of a mammal which consists of a capsule shaped container consisting of a wall material capable of being bio compatible with the digestive system and being adapted to protect the electronic and sensor devices contained in the capsule. The capsule contains gas composition sensors operable at several temperature points for a short duration, a temperature sensor, a micro controller, a power source and a wireless transmission device. The capsule wall incorporates gas permeable membranes adjacent said gas sensors. The microprocessor is programmed to receive data signals from the sensors and convert the signals into gas composition and concentration data and temperature data suitable for transmission to an external computing device.
US11419513B2
Wireless, variable inductance and resonant circuit-based vascular monitoring devices, systems, methodologies, and techniques, including specifically configured anchoring structures for same, are disclosed that can be used to assist healthcare professionals in predicting, preventing, and diagnosing various heart-related and other health conditions.
US11419507B2
A bio-information estimating apparatus includes a sensor part configured to measure a pulse wave signal from an object, a contact force that is applied by the object to the sensor part, and a contact area of the object that is applied to the sensor part, and a processor configured to obtain a first feature value, based on a first change in the contact area with respect to a second change in the contact force, obtain a second feature value, based on the pulse wave signal, and estimate bio-information, based on the first feature value and the second feature value.
US11419495B2
An image processing method, which is executed by a processor, comprises acquiring choroid information from an image of a fundus of an examined eye, and comparing the choroid information against a choroid normative database and determining whether or not there is an abnormality in the fundus.
US11419494B1
Provided is a portable, hand-held, self-powered, self-calibrated, easy-to-use “iCOBRA” system, a neural/neurological assessment tool for both operational decision-making in military, aerospace, sports, and other high-performance settings, and to assist in diagnostics in medical practice. The system harnesses multimodal 3D imaging technologies for robust, calibration free, head and eye tracking to allow for visual, vestibular, and oculomotor assessment of human neural health and performance.
US11419476B2
A method for controlling a domestic appliance includes the following steps: determining conventional operating parameters when the domestic appliance is in operation; determining a correlation of the operating parameters with respect to external information; and determining a proposal for operating the domestic appliance with the modified operating parameters if the external information deviates from a conventional value.
US11419470B2
A cleaner may include a main body configured to be ascendable and descendable with respect to a suspension assembly provided to absorb shocks applied to a wheel assembly, thereby enabling the suspension assembly to continuously absorb shocks even when the height of the main body is adjusted. The cleaner may further include a charging terminal configured to connect to an external docking device to charge the cleaner and provided on a bottom surface of the main body, a drive assembly including a wheel assembly to drive the main body, a height adjuster coupled to the main body to ascend or descend together with the main body and mounted to the drive assembly so as to be ascendable and descendable, and a controller to ascend the height adjuster and raise the main body when the main body is set to be docked with the docking device.
US11419458B2
An economical blender with a removable, motor driven spindle assembly to perform blending, a motor driven elevator used to lift a cup with food or beverage up to the spindle assembly and a liquid reservoir which allows liquid to be inserted into the food or beverage during blending. The removable spindle assembly has a quick release coupler and a compression spring which connects the quick release coupler to a cup cover. Blending is accomplished by connecting a motor driven inner spindle drive shaft to a concentric outer spindle drive tube through cogged couplers. The outer spindle drive tube powers a blending tool and, like the blending tool, is removable with the spindle assembly for cleaning.
US11419440B2
An orthotic device 10 comprising a body 20 having a base 30, a first support surface 40. In use, the first support surface 40 supports a selected region of a patient's neck 70 whilst suspending the patient's head 80.
US11419437B2
An apparatus for hanging an article from a door. In one aspect, the apparatus may be an over-the-door hanging apparatus that includes a support structure, a bracket assembly detachably coupled to the support structure, and at least one accessory unit detachably coupled to the support structure. The bracket assembly includes at least one mounting element for coupling the bracket assembly to the support structure and, at least one bracket configured to engage a top edge of a door for hanging the support structure from the door. The accessory unit may include a mesh portion and a plurality of hooks, with the mesh portion being positioned adjacent to one of the lateral edges of the support structure.
US11419435B2
A merchandiser for storing refrigerated product for purchase by a customer is provided. The merchandiser includes a housing defining a cavity; an opening defined by the housing, the opening providing access to the cavity; a door coupled to the housing and movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the door covers the opening in the first position and the door is positioned away from the opening in the second position such that the cavity is accessible; a lock coupled to the door, the lock actuable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the lock is configured to lock the door in the first position in the locked position; and a controller coupled to the lock, the controller configured to actuate the lock to the unlocked position in response to receiving an unlock signal from a remote device.
US11419431B2
The present invention discloses an air bed including a mattress body formed by a top surface, a bottom surface and a side wall. The mattress body is provided with at least two layers of side walls being an inner side wall and an outer side wall respectively. The inside of the inner side wall forms a bed air chamber of the mattress body. A side wall air chamber of the mattress body is formed between the inner side wall and the outer side wall. The inside of the side wall air chamber between the inner side wall and the outer side wall is connected with a plurality of side wall drawstrings. The side wall drawstrings form a bed edge of the mattress body with the inner side wall, the outer side wall, and the side wall top surface/side wall bottom surface respectively.
US11419416B2
The present invention relates generally to a repositionable and handheld easel of lightweight composition, and that is removably attachable to a painting canvas frame without interfering with any paintable portion of the canvas. The handheld easel is also adjustable in size to accommodate virtually any size of handheld canvas frame, and allows the painting surface to be rotated in relation to the artists hand to enable the artist to achieve a specific brush stroke while the handheld easel remains in the artist's hand.
US11419406B1
A uniform beverage-container, or cylindrical-object, holder, having flexible arms and a clip. The body is a substantially truncated cylinder with a partially cut front area forming arms, into which a bottle may be placed. An anchoring member in the rear part of the bottle holder serves as a clip for attaching the bottle, or cylindrical object, holder to clothing or baggage. The bottom of the holder has a laterally positioned base. The base and arms flex, allowing a container or cylindrical object, to be removed in a motion that is directed downward and outward away from the clip. This allows a container to be removed without releasing the clip from what it is attached to.
US11419402B2
A device for head and hair washing of a user carried out by a care operator, where the operator being the same user or not, comprising: a lower bath; a cover, water feeding means, comprising at least a pipe connectable to a water source; water delivering means; water delivering adjusting means, positioned inside the volume created by the cover overlapping the lower bath, and configured so that water delivering adjusting is allowed; water discharge means, associated to the lower bath, comprising a discharge pipe connected to a hole positioned in the lower portion of said bath; the cover has three openings, two of them are arranged on opposite portions to the frontal opening and are provided in the frontal portion of the cover and the third openings is positioned in the rear or upper portion of the opening.
US11419398B2
Herein is a complete medical care system utilizing a medicine organizer bag containing a diverse assortment of OTC medicines (akin to a pharmacy). The medicine organizer bag is used in conjunction with an instructional App and website that navigates one to the proper medicine based on a person's symptoms and utilizing manufacturer's product information or virtual physician link to address common illnesses. The briefcase formed of first and second sections defining an interior volume and closed with a flap. The interior volume is closed by a zippered securement. A first interior wall is disposed within the first section, and a second interior wall disposed within the second section, each containing medicine holders. The plurality of medicine holders each includes an identifier. A third interior wall is adjacent to the first interior wall within the flap. A removable interior detachable travel component is adapted to be removably secured within the briefcase.
US11419397B2
A blister package for a contact lens is provided and has a body and a seal. The body includes a handle and a deformable bowl. The seal seals the deformable bowl at a bowl top opening. The handle includes a lateral portion and an end portion. The end portion curves downwardly to a distal end that terminates at a plane. The bowl is recessed from a top surface of the body and the outer bottom surface of the bowl is arranged substantially on the same plane as the distal end of the handle. The design provides leverage in holding the blister package while a user deforms and inverts the bowl into a dome, presenting a contact lens on top of the dome in position for direct transfer to a person's finger or for application directly on an eye without the need for any finger contact.
US11419396B2
The present application relates to a wearable device, which includes a watchcase, a button, and a watchband. The watchcase is provided with a groove. The button is provided in the groove and can be moved to a first position and a second position relative to the watchcase. An end portion of the watchband is provided with a clamping groove extending to an edge of the watchband, the end portion can be received in the groove, and in the first position, the button passes through the clamping groove and engages the watchband with the watchcase, and in the second position, the button can be withdrawn from the clamping groove to enable the watchband to be detached from the watchcase.
US11419394B2
The application relates to a structure of a watch strap and a watchcase connected based on a magnetic attraction force. Two ends of the watchcase each are provided with a connection head, and two ends of the watch strap each are provided with a magnetic latching structure cooperated with the connection head. The magnetic latching structure includes a connecting head receiving recess and a first magnet. An opening matched with an engagement bolt is defined in the watch strap, the opening and the first magnet are positioned at two opposite sides of the connecting head receiving recess, the engagement bolt is positioned in the opening, a hollow groove is defined in the connection head and matched with the engagement bolt, and a second magnet is disposed at a top portion of the engagement bolt.
US11419393B2
A concealed-slide-fastener slider includes a body including: a pair of flanges extending inwardly in the left and right direction from upper end portions of a pair of the side plates; and a raised portion raised upward from an upper wing plate. The body cooperates with a lock member to form a pull attachment portion including a shaft hole that penetrates in the left-right direction. A lower surface of the shaft hole includes an upper surface of the raised portion and is positioned above upper surfaces of the pair of flanges. A pair of fabric accommodating space portions, which accommodate a pair of fabrics fixed to upper sides of the pair of tapes and is partitioned by the raised portion in the left-right direction, is formed between the pull in a rearward lying posture and the pair of flanges in an upper-lower direction.
US11419378B2
A hat, headband or helmet formed from a material (10) comprising first and second layers (11, 12) of material and a low friction interface (13) arranged between the layers to enable sliding of the first layer of material (11) relative to the second layer of material (12).
US11419377B2
A headgear includes a head portion at least partly surrounding a head, an inflatable portion having an inflatable volume, a mouthpiece, at least one wind instrument, and an air tube defining a flow connection between the mouthpiece and the inflatable volume. A sound is producible by the at least one wind instrument in answer to air blown into the mouthpiece.
US11419376B2
A method of attaching hair extensions includes sectioning, beading, securing, and stitching hair extensions into a client's hair. Sectioning allows a hairdresser to properly place the hair extension, which creates beads that are unseen. The beads may be placed so as to allow a flexible groove to place the wefts. Securing the wefts includes a pattern of stitching that places a stitch at a side, middle, opposite side, and between the beads. This stitching pattern promotes secure wefts as well as prevents damage to scalp and hair.
US11419375B2
The present disclosure is drawn to weft hair extensions, and a method for attaching hidden rows of weft hair extensions to a wearer's natural hair. The hidden row of weft hair extensions is unexposed and undetectable on a wearer, allowing for a fuller, longer, more natural appearance.
US11419372B2
A clothing back buckle, includes an inner lining cloth, a plurality of fasteners provided on a surface of the inner lining cloth, and an outer sleeve bag sleeved outside the inner lining cloth. The outer sleeve bag is a cylindrical cloth bag with one end open, and first slits corresponding to the fastener and for the fastener to go through are provided on the outer sleeve bag. The clothing back buckle adopts the outer sleeve bag to sleeve outside the inner lining cloth so that the outer sleeve bag completely covers the inner lining cloth. No sharp fracture or firm feel exists on the left and right sides of the clothing back buckle since no sewing seam is provided, the user thus feels more comfortable and harmonious when wearing the bra.
US11419364B2
The present invention discloses a peg system for modularly arranging cigars. The modular arrangement may include at least stacking the cigars and separating them from other cigars placed on the same tray. The peg system comprises a plurality of components including at least a wall and a connector. The wall fits into a connector gap of the connector to form the peg system. The peg system is removably attached to a tray by inserting a base of the connector into a tray gap of the tray. Thereafter, a plurality of cigars is stacked and separated on the tray by using the installed peg system on the tray.
US11419362B2
An insertable filter unit for insertion into a smoking article filter having a recess, wherein the insertable filter unit includes an outer casing defining a cavity for storing a smoke modifying agent, and wherein the insertable filter unit is arranged to be inserted into the recess of the smoking article filter by a user.
US11419358B2
An elongate product comprises a filamentous fungus wherein the product has a dimension (A) measured in a first direction and a dimension (B) measured in a second direction, wherein dimension (A) is in the range 2 mm to 15 mm and dimension (B) is in the range 10 mm to 50 mm. The product is frozen mechanically in a relatively short time to produce ice-crystal sizes within the product of less than 20.0 μm, s. The product has a very long shelf life and when defrosted is found to perform like fresh paste when mixed with other ingredients.
US11419355B2
The present application relates to probiotic grain-based compositions comprising lactic acid-producing bacteria.
US11419328B2
A tree stand platform assembly includes a platform that has a perimeter edge with a front edge, a rear edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The platform has a top surface, a bottom surface and an outer surface positioned between the top and bottom surfaces. The front edge is configured to engage a tree. A plurality of gripping protuberances is attached to and extends outwardly from the outer surface of the rear edge. The gripping protuberances are engageable by a user for stability when the user rotates relative to the platform.
US11419326B2
A bird repellent system includes a post assembly and a fastening assembly. The post assembly includes one or more posts that protrude from a base portion. A stabilizer extends perpendicularly from the base portion or from the fastening assembly and is configured to counter a torque or force acting on the post assembly.
US11419313B2
A bird feeder 13 that includes a hopper 23, 25 for providing a supply of food or fluid for a bird, a receptacle 15 for waste food or fluid, and a hopper support 35. The hopper includes a storage compartment 27, 29 for a supply of food or fluid for a bird, and a tray 31, 33 into which food or fluid from the storage compartment can flow. The hopper support 35 is configured to support the hopper 23, 25 in such a position that food or fluid can flow from the storage compartment 27, 29 to the tray 31, 33, and so that waste food or fluid can pass into the receptacle 15. The hopper 23, 25 is removable from the feeder 13 for cleaning or for replenishing the supply of fluid or food in the storage compartment 27, 29.
US11419311B2
A portable pet washing table. The table includes a plurality of drain holes configured to allow water and particulates to drain. Legs are attached to an underside of the tabletop, such that the legs are in a vertical position relative to the tabletop. High friction footpads are attached to each of the legs. A restraint arm is attached to the table so that the arm extends upwardly above the tabletop. A restraint is attached to the end of the restraint arm on the opposite end than that which is attached to the table, wherein the restraint is configured to secure an animal to the restraint arm. The restraint is a self-tightening noose configuration.
US11419309B2
An animal feeder and method of use is described herein. The animal feeder is configured to distract, calm, or occupy an animal for an extended period of time. The animal feeder includes an elastomeric body having an obverse side and a reverse side. The obverse side includes a feeding section having a plurality of nubs. The plurality of nubs are configured to slow an animal's ability to lick food therefrom. On the reverse side is one or more suction cups to suction the animal feeder to a surface to secure the feeder system in a single location. The animal feeder further includes a guard extending laterally from the feeding section to keep the surface below the guard free from saliva, drool, or slobber from the animal.
US11419304B2
A long walk litter box has a lid upon a base of rectangular prismatic form. The base has four walls upon a bottom and the lid has four matching walls matching those of the bottom. The walls of the lid receive a top opposite the bottom of the assembled box. One wall of the lid has an entry for a cat into the box. Upon the walls of the bottom, the box has a perforated walkway where the cat walks. The walkway rests upon catches within the bottom. The catches present angled surfaces that receive litter from the cat and gravity carries the littler down to the bottom. A cat enters the entry, walks around the walkway, hops into the bottom, climbs onto the walkway, walks around the walkway again, and exits. All litter that drops from the cat enters the perforations for collection in the bottom.
US11419301B2
The present invention provides a new and distinct strawberry variety designated as ‘Yakima’ (a.k.a. ‘109733’). A strawberry variety designated ‘Yakima’ is disclosed. The disclosure relates to asexual propagules of strawberry variety designated ‘Yakima’, to the plants and plant parts of strawberry variety designated ‘Yakima’, and to methods for producing an asexually reproduced strawberry plant ‘Yakima.’
US11419299B2
A soybean cultivar designated 91361201 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 91361201, to the plants of soybean cultivar 91361201, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 91361201, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 91361201. 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 91361201. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91361201, 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 91361201 with another soybean cultivar.
US11419293B1
A novel maize variety designated PH47CN and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH47CN with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH47CN 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 PH47CN or a locus conversion of PH47CN with another maize variety.
US11419286B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011132. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011132, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011132 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011132.
US11419281B2
Lettuce designated KANAKA is disclosed. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the seeds of lettuce designated KANAKA, to the plants and plant parts of lettuce designated KANAKA, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce designated KANAKA with itself or another lettuce plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other lettuce plants derived from the lettuce designated KANAKA.
US11419276B2
A gardening trimmer may include a first blade configured to be driven by a prime mover in a reciprocating manner along a first direction and a guide disposed in a slot of the first blade to guide reciprocating motion of the first blade. The slot includes first and second inner side surfaces opposing each other and extending along the first direction. The guide includes an outer peripheral surface opposing the slot's inner side surfaces. The outer peripheral surface of the guide includes a first portion in contact with the first inner side surface and a second portion in contact with the second inner side surface. The outer peripheral surface of the guide is curved at least at the first and second portions, and curvature radii of the first and second portions are each greater than a half of a distance between the first and second inner side surfaces.
US11419271B2
A bale chamber for an agricultural baler includes a plurality of rolls; a plurality of belts wrapped around the rolls; a movable serpentine arm in contact with the belts and configured to move responsively to lifting by at least one of the belts; and a plurality of tensioning arms, each of the tensioning arms being forced against a respective one of the belts and independently movable relative to the other tensioning arms. Each tensioning arm is configured to move against and reduce slack in its respective belt as the serpentine arm moves out of contact with its respective belt.
US11419270B2
A header for an agricultural harvester including a draper frame. A conveyor having a fore end and an aft end is supported by the draper frame and a draper seal is adjustably attached to the draper frame adjacent the fore end of the conveyor. The draper seal covers a bead seal at the fore end of the conveyor and extends substantially along the width of the fore end of the conveyor. The draper seal includes a first portion attached to the draper frame, a second portion extending forwardly from the first portion, a third portion extending upwardly from the second portion, and a fourth portion extending rearwardly from the third portion. The second, third and fourth portions surround and cover the conveyor bead seal.
US11419262B2
A grass trimmer includes a trimming head, a driving device for driving the trimming head to rotate so as to cut vegetation and an operating device for a user to operate so as to control the driving device. The trimming head includes a spool and a line holding element, the spool is used to wind a trimming line, and the line holding element is formed with a line holding structure. The driving device includes a motor. The grass trimmer has an auto-winding mode. In the auto-winding mode, the motor drives at least one of the spool and the line holding element to make the spool and the line holding element rotate relatively so that the trimming line is wound on the spool automatically.
US11419255B2
A system that includes a wheel carrier system. The wheel carrier system includes a first wheel that couples to a first shaft. A first connector couples the first shaft to a central shaft. A second wheel couples to a second shaft. A second connector couples the second shaft to the central shaft. The first wheel and the second wheel independently rotate and move vertically. A first wheel carrier arm couples to a wheel carrier frame. A first link rotates a ground engaging tool system with respect to the wheel carrier frame to transition the ground engaging tool system from a lowered position to a raised position. An actuator simultaneously rotates the first wheel carrier arm from a first position to a second position and the ground engaging tool system from the lowered position to the raised position.
US11425851B2
An electronic component mounting machine includes a storage section configured to store viscous fluid, a head section configured to hold an electronic component having a bump and to immerse the bump of the electronic component in the viscous fluid, an irradiation section configured to irradiate the bump, to which the viscous fluid has been transferred, with light, an imaging section configured to capture an image of the bump irradiated with light from the irradiation section, and a control device. The control device executes detection processing for detecting a transfer amount of the viscous fluid transferred to the bump based on image data captured by the imaging section, determination processing for determining whether the transfer amount is good or bad, and transfer processing for transferring the viscous fluid to the bump in accordance with the transfer amount being less than a predetermined threshold.
US11425847B2
An electro-optic modulator includes a base plate, an optical waveguide, at least one set of modulation electrodes, and an electromagnetic shielding structure. The electromagnetic shielding structure includes a top shielding member covering the set of modulation electrodes from above, and a side shielding member disposed on two sides of the set of modulation electrodes. At least a portion of the side shielding member extends into the base plate to isolate the set of modulation electrodes.
US11425844B2
Described herein are example riser modules for holding electrical components such as PCIe cards. The riser modules include a riser bracket and an opening to an interior space of the riser bracket. The riser modules also include an air duct movably coupled to the riser bracket. The air duct is movable between a plurality of positions relative to the riser bracket. The plurality of positions including at least an open position and a closed position.
US11425838B2
An electronic module, such as a power module, may include a latch having two or more protrusions where a first protrusion can fix the electronic module into a shelf and the second protrusion can be a curved protrusion that activates the latch when an adjacent electronic module is inserted into or removed from the shelf. In some embodiments, a third protrusion may be included, where the first protrusion and the third protrusion both fix the electronic module to the shelf and are activated by the latch. Also, a shelf may include a partition between two electronic module receptacles that has a width that is less than a protrusion extending from a side wall of one of the electronic modules.
US11425829B2
The invention discloses a head-mounted display apparatus. The head-mounted display comprises a headband module and a head-mounted display module, wherein the head-mounted display comprises an optical module, the headband comprises a connecting structure connected with the head-mounted display housing so as to adjust the wearing angle of the head-mounted display module; The optical module comprises a module housing, a left lens barrel mechanism, a right lens barrel mechanism, a left sight distance adjusting mechanism and a left pupillary distance adjusting mechanism for adjusting the sight distance and pupillary distance of the left lens barrel mechanism, a right sight distance adjusting mechanism and a right pupillary distance adjusting mechanism for adjusting the sight distance and pupillary distance of the right lens barrel mechanism. The head-mounted display can separately adjust the sight distance and pupillary distance of the left and right lens barrel mechanism, as well as the wearing angle.
US11425823B2
The present disclosure provides a method for producing a wiring substrate. A seeded substrate including an insulation substrate, a conductive undercoat layer, and a conductive seed layer provided in a first region, in that order, is first prepared. An insulation layer covering the seed layer and the undercoat layer is then formed. Subsequently, the insulation layer is etched to expose a surface of the seed layer and form a remaining insulation layer covering the undercoat layer in the second region. Subsequently, a voltage is applied between an anode and the seed layer while a solid electrolyte membrane containing a metal ion-containing aqueous solution disposed between the seed layer and the anode and the membrane and the seed layer pressed into contact with each other, thereby a metal layer being formed on the surface of the seed layer. Thereafter, the remaining insulation layer is removed and the undercoat layer is etched.
US11425820B1
A display panel includes a plastic substrate and a first inner lead bonding (ILB) electrode on the plastic substrate. The first ILB electrode includes a first bonding segment, a second bonding segment, and a first connection segment. The first bonding segment is extended in a first direction oblique to a vertical direction of the display panel. The first connection segment is configured to provide an electrical connection between the first bonding segment and the second bonding segment. The first bonding segment is configured to be bonded to a first display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) chip, and the second bonding segment is configured to be bonded to a second DDIC chip configured differently from the first DDIC chip.
US11425815B2
A load adaptive device includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a passive element. The substrate is configured with a first conductor and a second conductor, and the surface area of the first conductor and/or the surface area of the second conductor are at least 15 mm2. The distance between the center of the first conductor and the center of the second conductor is at least 9 mm. The first electrode, the second electrode and the passive element are disposed on the substrate. The first electrode is electrically connected to the first conductor. Two terminals of the passive element are electrically connected to the second conductor and the second electrode, respectively. In addition, a hand-made circuit module includes the load adaptive device and a hand-made loop. A part of the hand-made loop is consisted of a hand-bonded conductive tape.
US11425813B2
A display device includes a display module configured to display an image, and a flexible substrate including a first bonding region connected to the display module, with the flexible substrate bent such that a portion thereof is disposed under the display module. The flexible substrate may include a circuit layer electrically connecting the display module to a printed circuit board, a cover layer on the circuit layer, and a bubble-prevention layer disposed between the cover layer and the circuit layer and configured to overlap with the first bonding region, wherein the display module includes a non-display region surrounding a display region, the non-display region includes a pad region to which the flexible substrate is connected, and the bubble-prevention layer overlaps the pad region, and the bubble-prevention layer does not overlap the display area.
US11425803B2
In one aspect, a method for controlling lighting is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes setting an initial setting for lighting characteristics for light emitted by lighting devices; and recording user adjustments to the lighting characteristic from the initial setting as user data. The method further includes analysis of the user data with a remote light setting computing system to determine a lighting model for providing a predictive light characteristic light setting in response to an environment factor based input; and inputting environmental factors into the model produced by the remote light setting computing system to provide a predictive light characteristic setting. Light being emitted from the light emitting devices is then adjusted to the predictive light characteristics using a local controller in response to a user lighting request.
US11425802B2
A controllable dynamic lighting system including a lighting element device with a set of controllable zone and a controlling means. A method for controlling a lighting system including: receiving lighting system operation inputs, determining operation instructions for one more controllable zones based on the operation inputs, and controlling controllable zone operation based on the respective operation instructions.
US11425796B2
Embodiments include a heating blanket. The heating blanket may include a heating element and a shell covering the heating element. The heating element has elastic properties and is disposed in the shape of a sheet. The shell may have one or more sheets of polymeric material bonded together adjacent a perimeter of the heating element. One or more wires having malleable properties are secured within the shell. The wires allow the heating blanket to be secured to a patient.
US11425792B2
A vehicle warm-up control apparatus includes: a motor; an inverter; an electric storage device; a boost converter connected to a low-voltage-side power line and a high-voltage-side power liner; and a control unit for controlling the inverter and the boost converter, the boost converter including a first switching device as an upper arm, a second switching device as a lower arm, and a reactor. Further, the second switching device is composed of a semiconductor device variable in resistance value, and when warm-up is requested, the control unit executes warm-up control to set the resistance value of the second switching device higher than the resistance value during operation when the warm-up is not requested, and supply heat generated in the second switching device by passing current through the second switching device to a device for which the warm-up is requested.
US11425790B2
Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for 4G and 5G core interworking. In one embodiment a HetNet gateway (HNG) is disclosed. The HNG includes a virtual 4G core; a virtual 5G core; an interface to a core network; an interface to a 4G Radio Access Network (RAN); and an interface to a 5G RAN. The HNG provides interworking 4G to 5G such that a 5G RAN works with a 4G core.
US11425780B2
A radio terminal (2) controls state transitions of the radio terminal (2) among first to third RRC states. In addition, if the radio terminal (2) is in the second RRC state, if a current cell that the radio terminal (2) has camped on is different from a first cell in which a state transition from the first RRC state to the second RRC state was performed, and if the current cell satisfies a predetermined condition, the radio terminal (2) allows the radio terminal (2) to transmit data to be transmitted in the current cell by a first transmission procedure in which the radio terminal (2) transmits uplink data before entering the first RRC state.
US11425755B2
A communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. The method of a terminal in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving information, which is related to a first transmission time and a second transmission time of an uplink signal of a terminal, from a base station, when the uplink signal of the terminal is configured in an unlicensed band, performing a channel access in the unlicensed band, and when the unlicensed band is not in an idle state based on a channel access result before the first transmission time, performing a channel access until the second transmission time.
US11425752B2
Disclosed herein are new radio (NR) Data link architecture options including, for example, NR radio bearer models, NR logical channel models, and MAC and HARQ models. Further described are packet flows mapping to data radio bearers (DRBs), and a new flow encapsulation protocol in the user plane. In some embodiments, DRBs with different quality of service (QoS) are pre-established, but not activated. This allows a given user equipment (UE) to use these DRBs for packet data network (PDN) flows without a large overhead. Pre-established DRBs can be an extension to default bearer concept with the decision of pre-establishment of DRBs based on UE capability, subscription profile, operation policy, installed apps, etc.
US11425751B2
A method for cross carrier scheduling can include: determining that a candidate DCI for a UE schedules a DG PDSCH that at least partially overlaps an SPS PDSCH for the UE, wherein the DCI is configured to be transmitted on a first CC having a first SCS, and the DG PDSCH is configured for transmission on a second CC having a second SCS different from the first SCS; determining a timing gap based on the smallest of the first SCS and the second SCS; determining that an available time between the scheduled SPS PDSCH and the DCI is equal to or greater than the timing gap; cancelling the SPS PDSCH responsive to determining that the available time between the scheduled SPS PDSCH and the DCI is equal to or greater than the timing gap; and transmitting the DCI to the UE.
US11425750B2
Timing determination techniques for 5G radio access network cells are described. According to various such techniques, during a random access procedure in a 5G cell, user equipment (UE) may determine slot offset values applicable to various transmissions associated with the random access procedure using procedures that do not rely on UE-specific radio resource control (RRC) signaling. According to some such techniques, during system information acquisition in a 5G cell, a UE may determine applicable slot offset values for one or more system information block (SIB) transmissions using procedures that do not rely on UE-specific radio resource control (RRC) signaling. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11425747B2
The disclosure relates a method comprising: determining that buffered data is available for transmission and cannot be transmitted over allocated resources; and causing information indicating that buffered data is available for transmission and cannot be transmitted over allocated resources to be transmitted over the allocated resources.
US11425745B2
A wireless device receives one or more messages comprising one or more configuration parameters. The one or more configuration parameters indicate a plurality of transmission configuration indication (TCI) states. comprise at least one configuration parameter of a first downlink transmission group and a second downlink transmission group. A medium access control control element (MAC CE) is received. The MAC CE comprises: a first field identifying one of the first downlink transmission group and the second downlink transmission group; and a second field activating one or more TCI states, of the plurality of TCI states, for a downlink transmission group identified by the first field. A downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a transport block is received. In response to receiving the DCI, the transport block based on a TCI state among the one or more TCI states of the downlink transmission group is received.
US11425733B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitter device may receive, for communication in a network, information identifying a channel access frame structure, wherein the channel access frame structure is associated with a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs) grouped into a single frame, and wherein resources of the plurality of TTIs are allocated for transmission of reservation signal based at least in part on prioritization information. The transmitter device may transmit, to a receiver device, a reservation signal using a resource of the plurality of TTIs to indicate use of a subsequent resource for a subsequent transmission based at least in part on the channel access frame structure and a prioritization of the subsequent transmission. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11425732B1
A method for communication includes obtaining channel estimates that approximate a response of a communication channel between a transmitter and one or more receivers, and performing an iterative process for improving one or more predefined quality metrics of communication between the transmitter and the one or more receivers. The iterative process includes mapping at least the channel estimates into a transmission scheme of the transmitter using a mapping policy, causing the transmitter to apply the transmission scheme, obtaining, based on signals transmitted from the transmitter to the one or more receivers using the transmission scheme, values of the one or more predefined quality metrics, and modifying the mapping policy to improve the quality metrics.
US11425731B2
An electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a computer readable medium, where the electronic device for wireless communication includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to select resource blocks to be used for automatic uplink transmission from amongst a pre-assigned plurality of resource blocks on an unlicensed band, and implement control to use the selected resource blocks for implementing automatic uplink transmission.
US11425725B2
A plurality of mobile devices is provided including a first mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices that serves as a relay for communication between a second mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices and a third mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices. The first mobile device is identified as the relay based on a social trust relationship formed between the first mobile device and the second mobile device. A D2D network is formed between the first mobile device and second mobile device. A communication channel is provided to the second mobile device from a second cellular network. A portion of the communication channel is allocated to the second mobile device using the D2D network to improve cellular transmission between the second mobile device and the third mobile device.
US11425715B2
[Object] To provide a communication apparatus and a communication method which are capable of reducing the overhead of communication while suppressing influence on the frame reception process. [Solution] Provided is a communication apparatus, including: a processing unit configured to select one of a frame of a first format including a training signal and a frame of a second format not including a first field which is at least a part of the training signal, and generate the frame of the selected format; and a communication unit configured to transmit the frame of the first format or the frame of the second format. Also provided is a communication method, including: selecting one of a frame of a first format including a training signal and a frame of a second format not including a first field which is at least a part of the training signal, and generating the frame of the selected format; and transmitting the frame of the first format or the frame of the second format.
US11425714B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may transmit or otherwise indicate a semi-static slot format configuration and a dynamic slot format configuration to a user equipment (UE). The UE may determine a slot format configuration based on the received semi-static and dynamic slot format configurations. In some cases, the UE may replace certain resources of the semi-static slot format configuration with resources from the dynamic slot format configuration depending on a certain embodiment. Additionally or alternatively, the base station may transmit an anchor slot configuration to the UE, which may indicate which resources of the semi-static slot format configuration can be overridden or replaced by the dynamic slot format configuration.
US11425711B2
A transmission device includes a receiving unit and a transmission processing unit. The receiving unit receives transmission schedule information including a frame identifier (ID) of a frame to be transmitted and a transmission parameter relating to transmission timing of the frame. The transmission processing unit transmits a frame identified by the frame ID to a receiving device, according to the transmission parameter included in the transmission schedule information.
US11425705B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving control information in a communication system supporting unlicensed band communication. An operation method of a terminal may comprise receiving, from a base station, first configuration information of a CORESET and second configuration information of a search space associated with the CORESET; receiving, from the base station, third configuration information indicating one or more PDCCH monitoring resource sets associated with the CORESET and the search space; and performing a PDCCH monitoring operation on the one or more PDCCH monitoring resource sets. Therefore, the performance of the communication system can be improved.
US11425698B2
A method, device and system for performing wireless communication in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system includes a low power node and a macro base station with common baseband and user equipment, and the user equipment communicates with the low power node and the macro base station via a plurality of component carriers. The method includes: receiving, by the user equipment, a downlink signal transmitted by the low power node and the macro base station; and transmitting uplink signals to the low power node and the macro base station, wherein the method further includes: transmitting all first uplink signals of the uplink signals to the low power node as a receiving node. According to the method, device and system, it is possible to improve the efficiency of uplink power control of a terminal and/or reduce the burden for uplink control channel transmission of a macro cell.
US11425696B2
One innovative aspect of the subject matter described in this disclosure may be implemented in a method for wireless communication. The method may be performed, for example, by a first entity of a multi-link device (MLD) to receive a first control frame transmitted on a first wireless link and set, in response to receiving the first control frame, a network allocation vector (NAV) for each link of multiple wireless links of the first MLD based on a duration field in the first control frame.
US11425691B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to mechanisms to provide physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) negotiation during sidelink connection establishment. A first UE may determine one or more conditions for PSFCH communications via the sidelink session(s) with the second UE. If the second UE accepts the conditions provided, the first and second UEs complete the sidelink connection. Further, while the first UE has a sidelink communication session with the second UE, a third UE may initiate another sidelink connection with the first UE. The first UE may compare the priority of the proposed sidelink connection with the priority of the ongoing sidelink communication session with the second UE. If the second UE's priority is greater, the first UE will maintain the second UE's status. If less, the first UE may engage in a renegotiation with second UE for the ongoing sidelink communication session to update their PSFCH conditions.
US11425688B2
The present disclosure describes techniques and systems for user device-initiated requests for resource configuration. In some aspects, a user device can detect one or more conditions related to communicating with a base station over a wireless connection. The user device selects, based on the conditions, a numerology configuration for communicating with the base station. The user device then transmits a request indicating the selected numerology configuration to the base station, which can then allocate resources to the user device based on the request. This may allow the user device to influence a resource configuration that is better suited for communication over one or more channels of the wireless connection.
US11425682B2
There is provided a method comprising receiving a paging transmission at a user device of a first coverage class, the paging transmission comprising a least one encoded paging message, the at least encoded one paging message associated with a respective coverage class and determining if the at least one paging message is associated with the first coverage class and, if so, receiving and decoding at least the paging message associated with the first coverage class.
US11425679B2
In a terminal position estimation system, a terminal position estimation apparatus, or a terminal position estimation method, an electric wave is received by a reception antenna of a communication terminal and is transmitted from multiple transmission antennas. A communication terminal position is estimated based on a magnetic field strength of the electric wave. When the communication terminal position is estimated, a position satisfying an approximate expression is estimated as the communication terminal position. The approximate expression shows a magnetic field strength distribution and is expressed by two variables of a distance from the multiple transmission antennas to the communication terminal and an angle between an axial direction of the multiple transmission antennas and a direction in which the communication terminal is positioned.
US11425674B2
A method of operating a wireless communication device for correcting an offset between a base station and the wireless communication device includes determining whether to perform offset correction using a first target synchronization signal block (SSB) to generate a determination result in response to changing a selected reception beam from a first reception beam to a second reception beam in an SSB period, the first target SSB being received via the second reception beam, and performing the offset correction on the second reception beam using at least one first neighbor SSB based on the determination result, the at least one first neighbor SSB being received via the first reception beam.
US11425662B2
According to certain embodiments, a method implemented in a wireless device comprises determining configuration data representing a set of configurations. The method comprises receiving at least one reference signal from a transmission point. The receiving of the at least one reference signal is performed in accordance with a configuration selected from the set, wherein the configuration is related to uplink power control and is specific to an uplink channel or signal or a group thereof. The method comprises measuring a propagation-related quantity on the basis of the at least one reference signal and deriving an uplink power setting on the basis of the measured propagation-related quantity.
US11425660B2
A method and device for wireless communication are provided. The method includes determining, by a first terminal, a target transmission power for a first physical sidelink channel according to a first criterion; and transmitting, by the first terminal, the first physical sidelink channel to a second terminal with the target transmission power. The first criterion is used for indicating to the first terminal to determine the target transmission power for the first physical sidelink channel according to a minimum of the following: a maximum transmission power; and a minimum of a first transmission power and a second transmission power, and wherein the maximum transmission power includes at least one of a maximum transmission power determined according to first configuration information, or the maximum transmission power of the first terminal.
US11425658B2
Example methods and systems are disclosed to facilitate detection and identification of devices connected to a cellular network and that are causing interference to the cellular network. An example method may include receiving, by a serving base station of the device, a first set of information associated with data communications of a device utilizing a cellular network. The method may further include determining the device is an interfering device based on the first set of information associated with the data communication substantially corresponding with an interfering device profile, and in response tracking the device. During the tracking of the device, a second set of information associated with the data communications from the device may be obtained, and an interfering device type of the device may be determined based on the second set of information. An action may be performed on the interfering device based on its interfering device type.
US11425656B2
A wireless device and methods for handling wake-up signaling is presented. The wireless device is configured to receive a wake-up signal comprising wake-up information and authentication information, determine whether the wake-up signal is intended for the wireless device based on the wake-up information, and determine whether the wake-up signal is authentic based on the authentication information. Upon determining that the wake-up signal is intended for the wireless device and determining that the wake-up signal is authentic, the wireless device is further configured to initiate wake-up of radio circuitry comprised in the wireless device. Related computer program, computer program product and carrier are also described.
US11425655B2
Provided are a PDCCH monitoring method and device of a DRX-configured terminal in a wireless communication system. In the method, if a monitoring occasion is present in a monitoring window for monitoring DCI (WUS) comprising a wake-up indication, the WUS is monitored in the monitoring occasion and, if the WUS is detected, the relevant operation is performed in a DRX ON duration on the basis of same. The WUS can indicate whether or not to wake up from a plurality of DRX cycles. Also, the WUS can indicate various configurations in accordance with the length of the DRX cycles. If the monitoring occasion is not present in the monitoring window, the terminal wakes up from a DRX cycle linked to the monitoring occasion and performs PDCCH monitoring for a general DCI detection not comprising a wake-up indication.
US11425651B2
A method for communication in a wireless LAN system according to an embodiment includes: generating, by a first wireless terminal, a wake-up packet modulated according to on-off keying (OOK), wherein the wake-up packet includes control information about whether length information of a frame body field having a variable length is included in the wake-up packet; and transmitting, by the first wireless terminal, the wake-up packet to a plurality of second wireless terminals.
US11425644B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed herein to provide an information processing apparatus and a control method which do not cause a reduction in the output of radio waves when a human body is not approaching. A communication unit communicates with other devices wirelessly, a detection unit detects a physical quantity varying with the approach of an object, and a control unit causes the communication unit to reduce the output of radio waves when the amount of change in physical quantity exceeds a predetermined threshold value. When a predetermined member is in a position to approach a first chassis on which the communication unit and the detection unit are mounted, the control unit compensates for a change in physical quantity detected by the detection unit due to the approach of the member.
US11425642B2
Provided are a cell search method and a terminal device. The method includes that a terminal device searches a cell to camp on, wherein the terminal device is in an inactive state, and searches for an acceptable cell and/or a suitable cell when the terminal device does not find any suitable cell to camp on, wherein the acceptable cell is a cell on which the terminal device is capable of camping and only obtaining a limited service, and the suitable cell is a cell on which the terminal device is capable of camping and obtaining a normal service, and when searching for an acceptable cell and/or a suitable cell, continues to maintain the inactive state and a timer, wherein the timer is a location update timer.
US11425641B2
Disclosed are a baseband processing combination (BPC) capability configuration method and device, a base station and a computer storage medium. The base station includes a network element and a second network element connected to the first network element. The first network element and the second network element are separately deployed, the first network element is responsible for radio resource management, and the second network element is responsible for underlying radio transmission management. In the process of a UE accessing the second network element of the base station, the second network element of the base station selects a BPC for the UE, and the base station can then schedule the UE according to the BPC selected by the second network element for the UE and perform necessary radio resource configuration.
US11425638B2
A user equipment (e.g., mobile device) can determine whether a first mobile code stored on the user equipment matches a second mobile code received from a mobile network to which the user equipment is connected. In response to a determination indicating that the first mobile code and the second mobile code match, the user equipment can activate a Wi-Fi calling module on the user equipment to connect to an evolved packet data gateway device in the mobile network that is used for routing voice over internet protocol packets. In response to a dialed number being determined not to relate to an emergency call, the user equipment can initiate the call via a Wi-Fi calling module, and transmit a voice over internet protocol packet related to the call via a cellular data connection to the evolved packet data gateway device.
US11425636B1
According to an example aspect, there is provided a method, comprising: receiving, from a first network function consumer, a subscribe request for a second network function consumer to subscribe to a service, wherein the subscribe request comprises a notification address and identifies the second network function consumer, transmitting, to a network repository function, an access token request, comprising the notification address and identifying the second network function consumer, receiving, from the network repository function, an access token response comprising an access token comprising the notification address verified by the network repository function, transmitting, to the second network function consumer, an authorization request for receiving data authorization and comprising the access token, receiving, from the second network function consumer, an authorization response indicative of authorization of the second network function consumer, and transmitting, on the basis of the authorization response, a notification to the second network function consumer.
US11425629B2
The technology relates to a wireless communication apparatus and a wireless communication method for enabling a wireless terminal station to easily select an appropriate connection destination from among a plurality of wireless base stations. A first wireless communication apparatus includes a communication section to transmit to a wireless terminal station a broadcast signal including network connection information regarding a wireless communication system having a plurality of base stations communicating with each other, the first wireless communication apparatus functioning as one of the plurality of wireless base stations. A second wireless communication apparatus includes a communication section to receive a broadcast signal including network connection information regarding a wireless communication system, from a plurality of wireless base stations constituting the wireless communication system and communicating with one another, the second wireless communication apparatus functioning as a wireless terminal station.
US11425627B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station (BS) may determine, for a user equipment (UE) operating in a mobility state, route information. The BS may transmit, to the UE, information identifying a set of beams based at least in part on the route information. The UE may perform a set of neighbor cell measurements, in connection with movement along the predicted route, using the set of beams. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11425624B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may detect a beam failure associated with a millimeter wave link between the first UE and a base station; and transmit, to a second UE and via a millimeter wave link between the first UE and the second UE, a communication associated with performing a beam failure recovery (BFR) for the millimeter wave link between the first UE and the base station, wherein the second UE is capable of communicating with the base station via a millimeter wave link between the second UE and the base station. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11425623B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for beam selection in uplink-based and downlink-based mobility scenarios, for example, for new radio (NR) systems which can improve handover reliability, reduce handover frequency, and improve power efficiency. Certain aspects provide a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes transmitting an uplink reference signal with an indication of a preferred downlink beam and receiving a downlink transmission based, at least in part, on the uplink reference signal.
US11425619B2
An electronic device for providing a communication service, and an operating method thereof is provided. Herein, the electronic device may include a communication circuitry, at least one processor, and a memory operatively coupled with the at least one processor to store a Tracking Area Identifier (TAI) list. The memory may include instructions, when executed, causing the at least one processor to run a specified first timer upon detecting an attach failure or a Tracking Area Update (TAU) failure in a first cell, perform cell reselection on a second cell during the first timer runs, determine whether a TAI of the second cell is included in the TAI list, and when the TAI of the second cell is included in the TAI list, forcibly expire the first timer, and transmit an attach request message or a TAU message through the communication circuitry.
US11425616B2
A communication technique and a system for fusing a 5th-generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate than that of a 4th-generation (4G) communication system, such as long-term evolution (LTE), with Internet of things (IoT) technology is provided. The communication technique includes an intelligent services (e.g., a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security- and safety-related services, and the like), based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. Moreover, a method and an apparatus for updating a security key in a wireless communication system are provided.
US11425615B2
A communication system is provided, including: an acquiring unit for acquiring quality information on a wireless communication quality between a wireless base station and a movable mobile relaying apparatus that relays communications between the wireless base station and wireless communication terminals; and a transmitting unit for transmitting the quality information to the wireless communication terminals. In addition, an information processing method performed by a computer is provided, the method including: acquiring quality information on a wireless communication quality between a wireless base station and a movable mobile relaying apparatus that relays communications between the wireless base station and wireless communication terminals; and transmitting the quality information to the wireless communication terminals.
US11425604B2
User plane resource management method, user plane network element, and control plane network element
The embodiment of the present application relates a user plane resource management method, a user plane network element, and a control plane network. The method carried out by a user plane network element includes: receiving a data transmission channel establishment request message sent by a control plane network element, where the data transmission channel establishment request message is used to instruct the user plane network element to establish a data transmission channel; establishing the data transmission channel based on current user plane resource status information, and assigning a channel identifier marking the data transmission channel; and sending, the channel identifier to the control plane network element.
US11425603B2
Systems and methods for MME adaptive selection are described. The method includes: initializing a health checkup algorithm at an eNodeB for each MME connected to as per configuration values; starting a health check timer for each MME; continuing with an Initial Attach procedure for incoming calls based on SAE-Temporary Mobile Subscriber Id (S-TMSI), (Globally Unique MME Identifier) GUMMEI, or capacity/load balancing considerations; on every UE attach attempt, incrementing a total calls count; and on every S1 AP Error Indication/no response from an ME, incrementing a total fail calls count; determining when the health check timer for an MME expires; calculating a failed calls/total calls percentage value. Based on the value of the timer, appropriate action is taken.
US11425600B2
This application provides a data transmission method and apparatus, to reduce wastes of transmission resources. The method includes: receiving, by a first node, a data packet from an air interface, where the first node is a wireless backhaul node, and the wireless backhaul node is configured to provide a wireless backhaul service for a node that wirelessly accesses the wireless backhaul node; duplicating, by the first node, the data packet to obtain M data packets, where M is an integer greater than 1; and splitting, by the first node, the M data packets, and sending the M data packets to a second node through at least two paths. This application relates to the field of communications technologies.
US11425598B2
A method for rules-based overload control for 5G services includes configuring, at an intermediate or a producer network function (NF), overload message handing rules, wherein at least some of the rules include destination network name (DNN), network subscription, network location, or a network slice identifying parameter or any parameter/attribute defined by 3GPP/vendor as rule selection criteria. The method includes a guaranteed processing bandwidth of the intermediate or producer NF with at least some of the overload message handling rules, receiving a first message at the intermediate or producer NF, determining that an overload condition exists, identifying that the first message includes parameters that match the rule selection criteria for one of the overload message handling rules, determining, that a portion of the guaranteed processing bandwidth of the intermediate or producer NF for the matching overload message handling rule is available to process the first message, processing the first message, and updating a message count for the overload message handling rule.
US11425586B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and method in a wireless communication system and a computer readable storage medium. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit, configured to: obtain at least height information of each user equipment among one or more user equipments; and for each user equipment, allocate resources to the user equipment on the basis of at least the height information of the user equipment and one or more height thresholds for the user equipment. According to at least one aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, resources are allocated on the basis of a height threshold, so that time-frequency resource allocation in an unmanned aerial vehicle communication scenario may be optimized, resource utilization efficiency may be improved, and interference may be reduced.
US11425578B2
A mobile telecommunications system anchor base station for a mobile telecommunications system is provided. The mobile telecommunications system has at least one anchor cell and at least one slave cell which is associated with the anchor cell. The anchor base station has circuitry which is configured to broadcast slave cell system information being specific for the at least one slave cell.
US11425576B2
A method includes measuring beam-formed reference signals transmitted by a plurality of mmWave transmission points (TPs), sending a cloud cell formation request including indicators associated with best mmWave TPs determined in accordance with the measured beam-formed reference signals, receiving a cloud cell formation request response including indicators associated with a subset of the best mmWave TPs selected by a central controller in accordance with selection information, where the subset of the best mmWave TPs includes a first mmWave transmission point (TP) serving as a master TP and a second mmWave TP serving as a slave TP, and establishing a cloud cell with mmWave TPs of the subset of the best mmWave TPs selected by the central controller, where a data connection is established with the slave TP and at least a control connection is established with the master TP.
US11425575B1
Systems and methods provide for use of spectrum emission masks to allow for two or more devices to coexist on a common communication bandwidth. The spectrum emission masks may include one, two, or three interior attenuation regions that, when implemented by a transmitting device, significantly reduce the transmission power in the interior attenuation regions. The interior attenuation regions may transmit to interior channels that separate one, two, or three outer channels of a plurality of channels spanning the common communication bandwidth.
US11425574B2
Provided are an electronic device and a method for wireless communication, and a computer readable storage medium, the electronic device comprising: a processing circuit, configured to: perform periodic channel detection for a plurality of unlicenced channels in an unlicenced band according to a first period; and respectively send master system information blocks MIB having the same content to user devices over at least some of the available unlicensed channels in the unlicensed band indicated by the channel detection results, the MIBs comprising part of the minimum system information.
US11425569B2
Secure communication in mobile digital pages is provided. The system receives an electronic document and validates the electronic document for storage in a cache server. The system receives a request for the electronic document and provides it to a viewer component on a client computing device. The viewer component loads the electronic document in an iframe. The viewer component executes a runtime component to receive, via a secure communication channel, a tag from the electronic document. The system receives the tag and selects a data value for transmission to the viewer component. The viewer components provides the data value to cause the runtime component to execute an action with the data value.
US11425568B2
Disclosed are an electronic device capable of verifying security of a Wi-Fi network and a controlling method thereof. To be specific, the electronic device, in response to the received user command, obtains, through a first channel, first information related to an address of the website, and obtains, from a server providing the website through a second channel, second information related to the address of the website, based on the first information and the second information being identical, maintains communication with the server through the first channel, and based on the first information and the second information being different, terminates the communication with the server through the first channel or communicate with the server through the first channel according to the second information.
US11425566B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide for systems and methods for authenticating a mobile device. The systems and methods provide for a wireless, touchless multi-factor authentication process for the mobile device, wherein a first factor of authentication includes providing authentication credentials to the mobile device and a second factor of authentication includes scanning a physical identification at a secure device.
US11425563B2
Devices, systems, and methods of detecting user identity, differentiating between users of a computerized service, and detecting a cyber-attacker. A user utilizes a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a smartphone, a tablet, or other electronic device, to interact with a banking website or application, a retailer website or application, or other computerized service. Input-unit interactions are monitored, logged, and analyzed. Based on several types of analysis of the input-unit interactions, a score is generated to reflect fraud-relatedness or attack-relatedness of the input-unit interactions. Based on the score, the system estimates or determines whether the user is an attacker, and initiates attach-mitigation operations or fraud-mitigation operations.
US11425560B2
A communication system for a working machine includes a communication device disposed on the working machine, and a mobile terminal to be connected to the communication device. The communication device transmits a service universal unique identifier (UUID) to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal transmits unique information to the communication device. The communication device issues connection request to the mobile terminal after receiving the unique information. The mobile terminal requests transmission of authentication information after issuing the connection request, the authentication information being used for paring. The communication device transmits the authentication information to the mobile terminal in response to the request. And, the mobile terminal judges whether the paring is established based on the authentication information, and executes a program based on the service universal unique identifier (UUID) when the paring is established.
US11425549B2
In vehicular communication networks, reliable delivery of safety messages is crucial and any transmission collision is to be avoided. A method based on time division multiple access scheme is described. An extra layer is provided to manage and schedule transmission of safety messages. The extra, message broadcasting handling layer (MBH layer) is provided between safety applications and medium access control (MAC) layer. Safety messages generated and received from safety application is spooled in the MBH layer and scheduled by the MBH layer for delivery to the MAC layer for broadcasting. A device to implement the method is also described.
US11425547B2
A master-slave system for communication over a Bluetooth Low Energy connection includes at least one slave device and at least one master device. The slave device and the master device are configured to communicate over the Bluetooth Low Energy connection. The slave device has a communication unit and a processing unit, the processing unit of the slave device being configured to generate a first query message with a header field and a payload field, the processing unit of the slave device being further configured to generate a first identity information item based on a first stored key and to save it as the first information item in the header field, and the communication unit of the slave device being configured to transmit the first query message thus generated to the master device over the Bluetooth Low Energy connection. The processing unit of the slave device is configured to generate at least one second identity information item differing from the first identity information item based on at least one second stored key and to store at least a part of the at least one second identity information item as at least a second information item in the payload field of the first query message.
US11425539B2
Applications such as interworking between mission critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) and terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) networks is not feasible due to absence of vendor-independent protocol for location information exchange between the MCPTT and TETRA networks. The disclosure herein generally relates to telecommunication networks, and, more particularly, to a method and a network for location information exchange between the MCPTT and TETRA networks. Protocols are defined for facilitating location information exchange between a MCPTT server and a TETRA location server, for various triggers including Periodic, CellChange, Immediate Request, PowerOn, and EnterService. In the event of any of these triggers, an Interworking Module (IM) situated between the MCPTT server and the TETRA location server performs mapping between Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) messages from the MCPTT and Location Information Protocol (LIP) messages from the TETRA location server to facilitate the location information exchange between the MCPTT server and the TETRA location server.
US11425536B2
A method for calculating a time-of-arrival of a multicarrier uplink signal includes: accessing a multicarrier reference signal including a subcarrier reference signal for each subcarrier frequency in a set of subcarrier frequencies; receiving the multicarrier uplink signal transmitted from a user device, the multicarrier uplink signal including a subcarrier uplink signal for each subcarrier frequency in the set of subcarrier frequencies; for each subcarrier frequency in the set of subcarrier frequencies, calculating a phase difference, in a set of phase differences, between the subcarrier reference signal for the subcarrier frequency and a subcarrier uplink signal for the subcarrier frequency; calculating a time-of-arrival of the multicarrier uplink signal at the transceiver based on the set of adjusted phase differences; and transmitting the time-of-arrival of the multicarrier uplink signal to a remote server.
US11425534B2
A Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device may collect one or more resolvable public identifiers from one or more wireless devices, each of the resolvable public identifiers indicating whether a user associated with a respective one of the wireless devices is a possible virus carrier. The BLE device may generate a timestamp for each of the collected resolvable public identifiers, each timestamp indicating a time at which a corresponding resolvable public identifier was received by the BLE device. The BLE device may share the collected resolvable public identifiers and their corresponding timestamps with a paired device. The BLE device may receive, from the paired device, an indication of whether one or more of the collected resolvable public identifiers is associated with a possible virus carrier. The BLE device may be included within or attached to one of a bracelet, neckless, a belt, watch, a smartwatch, or a key fob.
US11425533B2
In some implementations, a method performed by data processing apparatuses includes receiving stored map data corresponding to a digital map, identifying a discrepancy between the digital map and a physical space which the digital map represents, updating the digital map to correct the identified discrepancy, storing the updated digital map, and optionally providing the updated digital may for presentation on a device display.
US11425523B2
An audio system includes a sound output device, a microphone, and processing circuitry. The microphone is configured to capture environmental audio. The processing circuitry is configured to analyze the environmental audio to identify one or more properties of environmental audio conditions. The processing circuitry is configured to adjust one or more sound presentation parameters based on the one or more properties of the environmental audio conditions to account for the environmental audio conditions. The processing circuitry is configured to operate the sound output device to output audio according to the one or more sound presentation parameters.
US11425519B2
A method for detecting blocking of a microphone and related products are provided. The method includes the following. Voice data is collected through a microphone of the first wireless earphone. Whether the voice data has a missing voice segment is detected. The microphone (e.g., microphone-hole) of the first wireless earphone is determined to be blocked in response to detecting that the voice data has the missing voice segment.
US11425514B2
A middle ear implant system includes a bone conduction transducer configured for fixed attachment to skull bone of a patient beneath the skin behind the ear, and for generating sound vibrations from an external communications signal received through the skin for coupling to the skull bone for bone conduction sound perception by the patient. A malleable ossicle connector is connected to the bone conduction transducer and a middle ear hearing structure of the patient. And one or more isolation springs are configured for placement at the fixed attachment of the bone conduction transducer to the skull bone to acoustically decouple the bone conduction transducer from the skull bone to avoid bone conduction sound perception so that sound perception from the external communications signal is solely via the middle ear sound perception from vibrations coupled to the middle ear hearing structure by the ossicle connector.
US11425511B2
A hearing aid comprises a housing, comprising: a substrate carrying a wireless interface, the substrate further carrying a processor, the substrate arranged in the housing; an antenna arranged in the housing, the antenna being connected to the wireless interface; the antenna configured to emit and/or receive electromagnetic fields, an electronic element, connected to the processor via an electrical connection line; wherein a decoupling element is provided in the electrical connection line wherein the decoupling element has a characteristic frequency at the frequency, at which the antenna is tuned to radiate and/or receive the electromagnetic fields.
US11425506B2
An improved compact electroacoustic transducer and loudspeaker system. The electroacoustic transducer (or array of electroacoustic transducers) can generate a desired sound by the use of pressurized airflow. The electroacoustic transducer does not have frames (unlike prior electroacoustic transducers) and an electrically conductive membrane is now supported by a pair of non-conductive vent members.
US11425503B2
Embodiments are described for a method of simultaneously localizing a set of speakers and microphones, having only the times of arrival between each of the speakers and microphones. An autodiscovery process uses an external input to set: a global translation (3 continuous parameters), a global rotation (3 continuous parameters), and discrete symmetries, i.e., an exchange of any axis pairs and/or reversal of any axis. Different time of arrival acquisition techniques may be used, such as ultrasonic sweeps or generic multitrack audio content. The autodiscovery algorithm is based in minimizing a certain cost function, and the process allows for latencies in the recordings, possibly linked to the latencies in the emission.
US11425502B2
Methods and a system that automatically determines the spatial relationship of microphone assemblies with respect to a camera of a video conference endpoint through audio signal processing. The video conference endpoint may include at least a microphone assembly and a loudspeaker. The microphone assembly may include a plurality of co-located directional microphones. The video conference endpoint may detect, by the plurality of co-located directional microphones of the microphone assembly, audio emitted from the loudspeaker of the video conference endpoint. The video conference endpoint may then generate data representing a spatial relationship of the microphone assembly with respect to the loudspeaker based on a compilation of the audio detected by the co-located directional microphones of the microphone assembly.
US11425498B2
A method of regulating power supply to a speaker and a system for regulating power supply to a speaker comprising a generating of a low frequency signal output to the speaker, sensing a current and a voltage of the speaker after the low frequency signal is output to the speaker, measuring an impedance of the speaker based on the current and voltage, determining a temperature of the speaker and comparing with a threshold value, and lowering a power supply to the speaker where the temperature is above the threshold value.
US11425495B1
A system that performs sound source localization (SSL) using acoustic wave decomposition (AWD) or an approximation. When a device detects a wakeword represented in audio data, the device performs SSL processing in order to determine a position of the user relative to the device (e.g., estimate angle of the user). The device calculates noise statistics based on first audio data representing the wakeword and second audio data preceding the wakeword. Thus, upon detecting the wakeword, the device calculates the noise statistics and a signal quality metric corresponding to the wakeword. In addition, the device uses Multi-Channel Linear Prediction Coding (MCLPC) coefficients to average out the room impulse response. Using the noise statistics, the MCLPC coefficients, and the audio data, the device performs AWD processing to decompose the sound field to disjoint acoustic plane waves, enabling the device to identify the most likely direction for the line-of-sight component of speech.
US11425480B2
An in-ear audio listening device comprising a user input element, the user input element comprising a force-sensitive resistor (FSR) and a contact portion configured to receive a user input and, in turn, exert a force upon the FSR, wherein the FSR is configured to detect the force from the contact portion and generate an output for use in controlling operation of an electronic device associated with the in-ear audio listening device.
US11425472B2
An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member and circuitry. The base member includes a power-supply accommodating part configured to accommodate a power supply extending along a reference plane. The circuitry is provided to the base member to extend along an additional reference plane intersecting with the reference plane.
US11425470B2
Systems and methods for generating a graphically animated audience are disclosed. Biometric data is captured via a sensor during display of content via a first device. The biometric data is stored in association with metadata for the content, and is mapped to a graphical representation. Based on the mapping of the biometric data to the graphical representation and the metadata, a graphical animation is generated for display in synchronization with displaying of the content via a second device.
US11425467B2
A chat message management server is provided. The chat message management server may include a database for storing a chat message synchronized with a playback time of a specific video content played in at least one user terminal from among specific video contents provided from at least one video playback platform; and a chat message providing module that provides a chat message stored in the database such that the chat message is displayed in synchronization with the playback time of the specific video contents when the specific video contents are played back.
US11425466B2
Disclosed are a data transmission method and a display device. The method includes: while an environment scene image is presented on a user interface, in response to an instruction for acquiring the environment scene image from a user, upload to a server image information corresponding to the environment scene image acquired from a camera of the display device; receiving an address message associated with the image information sent from the server, and controlling a display of the display device to present in a first area of the user interface a scene recognition image associated with the address message, and to present in a second area of the user interface the environment scene image; wherein the first are and the second area have an overlap portion; where the scene recognition image is able to be scanned by another device for downloading the environment scene image.
US11425458B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to to estimate population reach from marginal ratings. An example apparatus includes an interface to access marginal ratings of the media for a recorded audience, marginal ratings of the media for a population audience, and reach of the media for the recorded audience; a reach determiner to iteratively estimate a reach of the media for the population audience based on the marginal ratings for the recorded audience, the marginal ratings for the population audience, and the reach for the recorded audience; and the interface to output the estimated reach for the population audience.
US11425455B2
A broadcast reception device receives a digital broadcast service capable of executing an application cooperating with a broadcast program, and is provided with: a broadcast reception unit which receives broadcast waves of the digital broadcast service; a separation unit which separates video information relating to the broadcast program and application-related information from the received broadcast waves; a broadcast video decoding unit which decodes the video information relating to the broadcast program; an application acquisition unit which acquires an application on the basis of location information included in the application-related information; an application execution unit which executes the acquired application and acquires additional data from a server device; a video conversion unit which converts broadcast program video decoded by the broadcast decoding unit into high-quality video having a higher quality than the video using the acquired additional data; and a display unit which is able to display the high-quality video.
US11425452B2
Example methods and apparatus to detect audio engineering problems using identification of isolated watermarks are disclosed herein. Disclosed example methods include identifying, by executing an instruction with a processor, isolated watermarks in a first set of detected watermarks obtained from first media monitored at a first site. Disclosed example methods further include determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, a problem has been detected with the first media associated with the first set of detected watermarks in response to a first number of isolated watermarks identified in the first set of detected watermarks satisfying a first threshold.
US11425450B2
An information processing method in a content viewing system that includes: a first display apparatus and a second display apparatus configured to communicate with each other via a home network, receive and reproduce contents of a content distribution service from a server on a network; and a mobile terminal configured to communicate with each of the display apparatus, includes: a first step of obtaining account information, which the mobile terminal has, from the mobile terminal by the first display apparatus, the account information being associated with the content distribution service; a second step of transferring the account information to the second display apparatus by the first display apparatus; and a third step of receiving the contents from the server by using the account information by the second display apparatus to reproduce the contents.
US11425447B2
A screen mirroring receiving device capable of receiving mirroring streams comprising audio-visual data, the mirroring streams conforming to different vendor-provided screen-mirroring protocols, and capable of processing the mirroring streams for audio-visual rendering.
US11425445B2
A display device displays a guidance display for guiding a control operation on a display screen when receiving the control operation. The display device includes an operation source determination part that determines a source of the control operation based on the control operation received and a guidance display generator that, according to the determined source, displays the guidance display corresponding to the source on the display screen.
US11425442B2
The invention relates generally to a system and methods for streaming broadcast event, and more particularly to a system and methods for distributing one or more commentary streams corresponding to the broadcast event. The system may be configured to receive, via an interface, a search request and, in response to the search request, present one or more broadcast streams, such as a live and/or recorded poker tournaments, eSports events, and the like. In response to detecting a selection of a broadcast stream, the system may obtain one or more associated commentary streams, which are prepared by a registered commentator and include audio and/or video. The system may then distribute a list of the associated commentary streams in a region of the user display. Advantageously, the list of commentary streams may provide a user with multiple points of view such as commentary specific for a home team and an away team.
US11425432B2
In various embodiments, an interpolation-based encoding application encodes a first subsequence included in a media title at each encoding point included in a first set of encoding points to generate encoded subsequences. Subsequently, the interpolation-based encoding application performs interpolation operation(s) based on the encoded subsequences to estimate a first media metric value associated with a first encoding point that is not included in the first set of encoding points. The interpolation-based encoding application then generates an encoding recipe based on the encoded subsequences and the first media metric value. The encoding recipe specifies a different encoding point for each subsequence included in the media title. After determining that the encoding recipe specifies the first encoding point for the first subsequence, the interpolation-based encoding application encodes the first subsequence at the first encoding point to generate at least a portion of an encoded version of the media title.
US11425422B2
Example methods and devices for coding video data are disclosed. An example device for coding video data includes memory configured to store the video data, and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and communicatively coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to determine a value of a first syntax element indicative of whether a first constraint is applicable, the first constraint being that rectangular slices are not used for a plurality of pictures. The one or more processors are also configured to decode the plurality of pictures of the video data in accordance with the value of the first syntax element.
US11425420B2
A video decoder can be configured to obtain, from a picture parameter set (PPS) data structure of video data, a value for a wraparound offset; in response to determining that a block of the video data is encoded in an inter prediction mode, determine a motion vector for the block and a reference picture for the block; determine a horizontal wrap around position in the reference picture based on the value for the wraparound offset; and determine a prediction block for the block based on the horizontal wrap around position.
US11425418B2
External overlapped block motion compensation (OBMC) may be performed for samples of a coding unit (CU) located along an inter-CU boundary of the CU while internal OBMC may be performed separately for samples located along inter-sub-block boundaries inside the CU. External OBMC may be applied based on substantially similar motion information associated with multiple external blocks neighboring the CU. The external blocks may be treated as a group to provide OBMC for multiple boundary samples together in an external OBMC operation. Internal OBMC may be applied using the same sub-block size used for sub-block level motion derivation. Internal OBMC may be disabled for the CU, for example, if the CU is coded in a spatial-temporal motion vector prediction (STMVP) mode.
