US11519187B2
A support structure for a formwork panel having a support structure and a formwork skin positioned on the front of the support structure and attached to the support structure, wherein the support structure has at least one edge girder on a pair of opposite edges and a plurality of transverse girders between these two edge girders which run transversely to these two edge girders, characterized in that at least some of the transverse girders are designed as a profile girder, comprising a flange at its first end arranged at the front of the support structure, a tubular hollow section at its second end away from the front of the support structure, and between them a preferably wall-like member connecting the first end and the second end.
US11519183B2
Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system on long and short edges allowing installation with vertical snap folding that could be accomplished automatically without tools and where the short edge locking system has a tongue made in one piece with the panel. The floor panels may have a first and a second connector at the long edges that are configured to obtain a minimum of friction facilitating a displacement, by a spring back force from the bending of a short edge locking strip, of a new panel in a horizontal direction along the long edge during the vertical snap folding action.
US11519176B2
A roofing shingle has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a sealant material applied along the lower surface. A pressure relief channel is formed along the lower surface of the roofing shingle, with a release strip applied over the pressure relief channel. When the roofing shingle is paired with another roofing shingle in a stack, the sealant material of the roofing shingle is arranged in registration with the release strip and pressure relief channel of the other roofing shingle.
US11519163B2
Water and space saving bathroom components especially useful for a comfort station. Included are a novel toilet having a cistern with a sink in combination with the toilet, a novel waterless urinal and a hand sanitizer dispensing station. The sink is an integrally formed sink into the top of the cistern and has a drain formed into the sink for draining effluent from the sink into the toilet cistern. A faucet is installed in the surface of the sink to provide a clean water source for hand washing and the like that generates grey water after washing. The waterless urinal can be plumbed and mounted to a comfort station wall or on a mobile stand, while the hand sanitizer dispensing station may be adapted for multiple dispensers. The dispensers may be mounted at different heights to accommodate adults, children and disabled persons in wheelchairs.
US11519160B2
A pot filler including a metered dispense input device for dispensing of predetermined volumes of water. The pot filler illustratively includes an electrically operable valve operably coupled to a metered dispense input unit, and a control module configured to control operation of the electrically operable valve.
US11519158B2
A shovel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body, an operator's compartment provided to the upper turning body, a display device provided in the operator's compartment, and an input device provided in the operator's compartment. The display device is capable of displaying a setting screen for a construction support system using information and communication technology, and a function to switch a screen displayed on the display device to the setting screen is assigned to the input device.
US11519153B2
A boring machine for producing a trench in the ground including a chassis that extends in a longitudinal direction, the chassis having a lower end, the machine including a boring device mounted at the lower end of the chassis, the boring device including a first boring member which is rotary about a first axis of rotation, and a second boring member which is rotary about a second axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation and the first axis of rotation extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein the first axis of rotation is inclined with respect to the second axis of rotation.
US11519148B2
A water-oil separation device uses a difference in density between water and oil. The water-oil separation device can easily and quickly separate oil by using a polymer film floating at interface between water and oil. The water-oil separation device easily and quickly collects oil of various viscosities with a simple structure by using differences in density between materials without using a conventional lyophilic/lyophobic film, thus solving the drawbacks of conventional filter-based and adsorption-based methods, and enabling quick and effective responses to actual oil spill situations.
US11519142B2
A structural cable of a construction work. The structural cable including a bundle of load-bearing tendons, a sheath within which the bundle of tendons is located, a housing located within the sheath and fixed relative to the sheath, said housing defining a cavity, the bundle of tendons being at a distance from the housing and the cavity, the bundle of tendons being located outside the housing and the cavity, said cavity extending longitudinally relative to the sheath.
US11519139B2
An apparatus is provided for heating a road surface material to be repaired. The apparatus includes a frame and a heater connected to the frame so as to be positioned over a road surface, in use, for heating for heating a road surface material. An agitator is also connected to the frame for agitating a road surface material. The agitator is configured to agitate road surface material heated by the heater.
US11519133B2
To provide tissue paper with an excellent “moist texture” and high “smooth texture.” 2-ply tissue paper is characterized by the basis weight per ply being less than 13 g/m2, the 2-ply paper thickness being less than 135 μm, and containing above 1.4 g/m2 and less than 4.9 g/m2 of chemical agent which contains glycerin and 1,3-propanediol in a total amount of 83 mass % or more, wherein the mass ratio of glycerin and 1,3-propanediol is above 1:0.18 and less than 1:5.11.
US11519132B2
A composition obtained by combining virgin cellulose fibers, cellulose ester (CE) staple fibers having a denier per filament (DPF) of less than 3, and water, and water. The CE staple fibers can also have a short cut length of less than 6 mm and can be crimped. The compositions, when co-refined, are useful to make wet laid products such as paper, cardboard, and filters that have improved water drainage, air permeability, tensile strength, bulk, burst strength, or stiffness, or a combination of these properties.
US11519131B2
Provided is a clothes care apparatus which includes: a main body including a care room accommodating clothes; a machine room positioned below the care room; and a steam generator positioned inside the machine room, and including a case and a water level sensor configured to sense a level of water stored in the case, wherein the water level sensor includes: a housing coupleable to and decoupleable from the case; a plurality of electrodes supported by the housing; and an electrode membrane including an electrode membrane body respectively surrounding each of the plurality of electrodes, and an electrode hole formed in the electrode membrane body to respectively expose the plurality of electrodes to an outside of the electrode membrane body, wherein the electrode hole is further spaced apart from one end of the electrode membrane body than from another end of the electrode membrane body.
US11519121B2
Disclosed is a washing machine including: a gasket, wherein the gasket includes a gasket body, forming a passage between a laundry entry hole formed in a casing and an opening formed in a tub, and a plurality of nozzles spraying water into a drum; and a distribution pipe supplying water pumped by a pump to the plurality of nozzles, wherein the distribution pipe includes a transport conduit disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the gasket, wherein the gasket body is divided into a front body positioned on the side of the casing and a rear body positioned on the side of the tub, wherein the rear body includes an accommodating part in which at least a portion of the transport conduit is disposed, and accordingly, it is possible to prevent intervention between the distribution pipe and any other structure around the gasket.
US11519107B2
A fiber spreading apparatus which is configured to spread a carbon fiber bundle, and includes a feeding roll, a winding roll, a vibrating roller, and a first nozzle. The vibrating roller is disposed between the feeding roll and the winding roll, and is in contact with the carbon fiber bundle. The vibrating roller is rotated according to an axis of rotation, and is vibrated along a vibrating direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation. The first nozzle is disposed between the vibrating roller and the winding roll, and blows the carbon fiber bundle.
US11519105B1
A supported spindle holding device is described herein for holding a supported spindle while spinning fiber into yarn or thread. The device having an elongated body and a bowl disposed on the body for retaining the spinning tip of the supported spindle.
US11519089B1
Methods and systems related to the field of carbon capture and utilization are disclosed. A disclosed method for controlling an electrolysis system with a plurality of electrolysis cells includes several steps. The electrolysis system converts a fluidic flow containing COx into at least one chemical. The method includes monitoring, using at least one sensor, a plurality of electrolysis cells. The method also includes identifying, via the monitoring, a degrading cell in the plurality of electrolysis cells. The method also includes modifying, upon the identifying of the degrading cell and while continuing to operate at least one other cell in the plurality of electrolysis cells, an operational state of the plurality of electrolysis cells.
US11519086B2
A CaTiO3—TiO2 composite electrode and method of making is described. The composite electrode comprises a substrate with an average 2-12 μm thick layer of CaTiO3—TiO2 composite particles having average diameters of 0.2-2.2 μm. The method of making the composite electrode involves contacting the substrate with an aerosol comprising a solvent, a calcium complex, and a titanium complex. The CaTiO3—TiO2 composite electrode is capable of being used in a photoelectrochemical cell for water splitting.
US11519083B1
A method for preparing products by electrochemical reductive amination and simultaneous oxidation of aldehyde-based biomass using non-precious metal catalysts is provided, which relates to a field of electrocatalysis. The preparing method includes: performing an electrochemical reaction in an electrolytic system with room temperature and atmospheric pressure (at a range of 25° C. to 30° C., 101 kPa) by taking an aldehyde compound and an amine compound as raw materials for reductive amination and oxidation of aldehyde-based biomass, and thereby obtaining the products. The electrolytic system includes a reaction substrate, an electrolyte, a solvent, an anode and a cathode. The anode is a phosphorylated hydrotalcite catalyst and the cathode is a Ti-based catalyst. The method uses no external oxidants and precious metal catalysts, which is clean, environmental and efficient.
US11519082B2
An organic hydride production apparatus includes: an electrolyte membrane having proton conductivity; a cathode that includes a cathode catalyst layer used to hydrogenate a hydrogenation target substance using protons to produce an organic hydride and also includes a cathode chamber; an anode that includes an anode catalyst layer used to oxidize water to produce protons and also includes an anode chamber; and a gas introduction unit that introduces, into the anolyte at a certain position, a certain gas used to remove at least one of the hydrogenation target substance and the organic hydride that have passed through the electrolyte membrane and been mixed into the anolyte.
US11519079B2
A carbon dioxide conversion system for an environment includes a first gas-liquid contactor-separator downstream of the environment; an electrochemical conversion cell downstream of the first gas-liquid contactor-separator; and a cleaned ionic liquid storage intermediate the first gas-liquid contactor-separator and the electrochemical conversion cell.
US11519078B2
Zinc ribbon anodes and methods of making the same are provided herein. In some embodiments, the zinc ribbon anode includes a hollow elongated zinc ribbon having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a hollow space extending from the first end to the second end; and an elongated metal core disposed within the hollow space and in contact with the inner surface, wherein a cross-section of the hollow elongated zinc ribbon taken between the first end and the second end and perpendicular to the outer surface is polygonal in shape, and wherein the cross-section has an aspect ratio of at least 1.5:1.
US11519077B2
A hybrid sacrificial galvanic anode, an anodic system including the hybrid sacrificial anode, and a method of cathodically protecting steel reinforcement in concrete structures is provided. The hybrid anode provides initial steel polarization followed by long term galvanic protection without the use of batteries or external power supplies.
US11519065B2
The disclosure relates to a method of determining a velocity profile for the movement of a substrate to be coated relative to a coating source.
US11519053B2
The present invention provides a method for the treatment of sludge containing iron and between 4.5% to 12% by weight of zinc. This method includes a leaching step wherein leaching agents include hydrochloric acid and chlorate, and wherein the pH of the leachate directly resulting from this leaching step is set at a value below 1.5. A recycling method and treatment installation are also provided.
US11519051B2
Provided is a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of 780 MPa or higher. The high-strength steel sheet has a low yield ratio and excellent ductility (El) and strain hardening exponent (n) and thus has enhanced processability.
US11519049B2
The present disclosure provides a low temperature resistant oil casing having high strength and high toughness, and the manufacturing method thereof, the chemical composition of the oil casing by mass of: C: 0.08-0.14%, Si: 0.1-0.4%, Mn: 0.6-1.3%, Cr: 0.5-1.5%, Mo: 0.2-0.5%, Ni: 0.2-0.5%, Nb: 0.02-0.05%, V: 0-0.1%, Al: 0.01-0.05%, Ca: 0.0005-0.005%, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The method of manufacturing the oil casing includes: (1) smelting and continuous casting; (2) perforating and continuous rolling; (3) heat treatment, wherein an austenitizing temperature is controlled in the range of 900-930° C., and held for 30-60 min, followed by quenching, subsequently, tempering at temperature of 480-600° C., holding the temperature for 50-80 min; (4) hot sizing.
US11519048B2
A method for manufacturing of steel tube from a long steel strip, including providing a length of steel strip material to the process, forming a tube of the steel strip material, welding the formed tube in longitudinal direction, giving the tube a heat treatment wherein the mentioned steps are performed in one continuous in-line manufacturing line and the heat treatment includes a heating regime such that in successive cross-sections of the tube a microstructure is achieved which holds at least 50 vol % austenite and a cooling trajectory to re-introduce ferrite, and/or bainite in desired volume fractions.
US11519045B2
A high-strength steel having excellent low-yield-ratio characteristics, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises, by wt %, 0.06-0.12% of C, 0.2-0.5% of Si, 1.5-2.0% of Mn, 0.003-0.05% of Al, 0.01% or less of N, 0.02% or less of P, 0.003% or less of S, 0.05-0.5% of Cr, 0.05-0.5% of Mo, 0.01-0.05% of Nb, 0.0005-0.005% of Ca and the balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities, and comprises polygonal ferrite as a microstructure, wherein the area fraction of the polygonal ferrite is 10-30% and the average hardness of the polygonal ferrite can be 180 Hv or less.
US11519041B2
A Sidwf1 gene of Sesamum indicum, including two exons and an intron, is 1638 bp in total, and has a sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1. Also provided is a method for determining the internode length type in sesame samples, the method including: 1) extracting a genomic DNA of a sesame sample; 2) synthesizing three primers including SiSNPdwf1 F1, SiSNPdwf1 F2, and SiSNPdwf1 R; amplifying the Sidwf1 gene or an allele SiDWF1 thereof with the genomic DNA of the sesame sample as a template, with a combination of SiSNPdwf1 F1, SiSNPdwf1 F2, and SiSNPdwf1 R a combination of SiSNPdwf1 F1 and SiSNPdwf1 R, or a combination of SiSNPdwf1 F2 and SiSNPdwf1 R, as primers, thereby yielding a PCR product; and performing electrophoresis on the PCR product or sequencing the PCR product, and determining the phenotype of the sesame sample according to an electrophoresis or sequencing result.
US11519036B2
The invention concerns gene signatures obtained from microvesicles and a method of applying these gene signatures in helping to determine a biological condition. The determination of a biological condition may aid, for example, the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy treatment selection for disease in a subject.
US11519031B2
Disclosed are methods for determining at least one sequence of interest of a fetus of a pregnant mother. In various embodiments, the method can determine one or more sequences of interest in a test sample that comprises a mixture of fetal cellular DNA and mother-and-fetus cfDNA. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus has a genetic disease. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus is homozygous in a disease causing allele when the mother is heterozygous of the same allele. In some embodiments, methods are provided for determining whether the fetus has a copy number variation (CNV) or a non-CNV genetic sequence anomaly.
US11519030B2
The invention relates to a process and a device for analysing single molecules, particularly to the parallel analysis of a plurality of single molecules. It is suitable for detecting interactions, e.g. binding between single molecules and/or reactions, e.g. elongation or degradation of single molecules. Particularly, the process of the invention relates to the sequencing of single nucleic acid molecules. The single molecule to be analysed is present in free form, i.e. dissolved or suspended in a liquid medium, within a reaction space formed around the sample spot. According to the present invention, an electrical field is applied across the reaction space, whereby a concentration of single molecules, at the sample spots is effected.
US11519028B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for sequencing nucleic acid molecules and identifying individual sample nucleic acid molecules using Molecular Index Tags (MITs). Furthermore, reaction mixtures, kits, and adapter libraries are provided.
US11519027B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of sequencing nascent RNA in a cell. In some embodiments, the nascent RNA is conjugated to DNA using copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC). Methods of the present disclosure can be used to generate genomic libraries of a cell and measure gene expression and enhancer and/or super-enhancer activity.
US11519023B2
There is provided a paper-based colorimetric sensor kit for quickly and simply diagnosing mercury in situ with a naked eye. The paper-based colorimetric sensor kit includes: a circular template for rolling circle amplification (RCA); a primer that does not hybridize to the circular template when a mercury ion is bonded to a primer that hybridizes to the circular template; a DNA polymerase; a sensing material kit including a nanoparticle probe labeled to a DNA coil formed in the circular template for RCA; and a radial chromatography paper.
US11519020B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for associating a genetic variant with intraretinal fluid. Also disclosed herein are methods and compositions for associating a genetic variant with visual acuity, anatomic outcomes or treatment frequency.
US11519014B2
The invention relates to a specific substrate on an ALDH isoenzyme, to a composition comprising at least one such substrate, to a diagnostic marker comprising such a substrate, and to the uses thereof and associated methods.
US11519013B2
An improved dry grind system and method for producing a sugar stream from grains or similar carbohydrate sources and/or residues, such as for biochemical production, with front end oil separation. Prior to or after saccharification, oil can be removed from a sugar/carbohydrate stream. After saccharification and prior to a sugar conversion process, the sugar/carbohydrate stream includes a desired Dextrose Equivalent (DE) where DE describes the degree of conversion of starch to dextrose can be produced, with such sugar stream being available for biochemical production, e.g., alcohol production, or other processes. In addition, the systems and methods also can involve the removal of certain grain components, e.g., corn kernel components, including protein and/or fiber. In other words, oil separation and sugar stream production occurs on the front end of the system and method.
US11519003B2
The present invention relates to genetic elements comprising powdery mildew-conferring QTLs derived from a plant of the species Cucumis melo, or powdery mildew-conferring part or variant thereof. The invention also relates to markers for identification of said QTLs, use thereof and methods for producing plants with increased resistance to powdery mildew and the plants thus obtained.
US11519001B2
This invention relates to a plant E3 ubiquitin ligase (termed DA2) which acts synergistically with DA1 to control seed and organ size. Methods of increasing plant yield are provided that comprise reducing the expression or activity of DA2 in a plant that is deficient in DA1 expression or activity. Plants with increased yield and methods of producing such plants are also provided.
US11518985B2
The present invention relates to new polypeptides, nucleotides encoding the polypeptide, as well as methods of producing the polypeptides. The present invention also relates to detergent composition comprising polypeptides, a laundering method and the use of polypeptides.
US11518979B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a cell population comprising adherent cells having low differentiation capacity derived from a fetal appendage, methods for producing or using the same, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the cell population, in particular wherein the proportion of CD73- and CD90-positive adherent cells derived from a fetal appendage is 90% or more; and the cell population satisfies a relative expression level of LFA-3 gene to the expression level of SDHA gene of 1.0 or more, in particular wherein the relative expression level of HAPLN1 gene to the expression level of SDHA gene is 4.0 or more and/or the relative expression level of CCND2 gene to the expression level of SDHA gene is 1.5 or less, in particular wherein the proportion of the STRO-1-negative adherent cells derived from a fetal appendage is 95% or more.
US11518975B2
The present disclosure relates to a non-naturally occurring microorganism that includes an endogenous genetic deletion that eliminates the expression of at least a pyruvate kinase, where the genetically modified prokaryotic microorganism is capable of producing 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate.
US11518972B2
A movable cell incubator contains: a body, a first lid, a second lid and an electric control unit. The body includes a first internal space, a refrigeration room, and an airtight culture room. The first lid airtightly covers the culture room, the second lid airtightly covers the refrigeration room, and the control unit includes a microprocessor, a power module, a digital/analog conversion module defined between a microprocessor and the power module, a heating module controlling temperature of the culture room, a cooling module supplying cold source to the refrigeration room, a peristaltic pump module, a flow sensing module, a CO2 detective supply module supplying CO2 to the culture room, and a setting display module exposing and fixed on the first lid, with the peristaltic pump module aseptically connected between cell culture media and cell culture bag by multiple conveying tubes.
US11518962B2
Methods of cleaning waxy, oily and/or greasy soils, including lipsticks and lip gloss, are disclosed. Methods of removing lipstick and lip gloss stains in warewash and laundry applications are disclosed through application of cleaning compositions comprising long chain polyamines, namely C6-C20 polyamines having between 1 and 5 nitrogens.
US11518954B2
The invention is directed to a zinc-free lubricating composition for an internal combustion engine containing a phosphorus anti-wear agent, an ashless antioxidant, and a metal-free basic detergent. The lubricating composition provides wear protection, deposit control, and improved acid control with reduced levels of metal-containing additives.
US11518952B2
A fuel production system includes a first modular unit and a second modular unit. The first modular unit includes a first housing, a process vessel, an agitator rotor assembly, a first drivetrain, an extrusion screw, a second drivetrain, a first separation vessel, and a product shaping system. The second modular unit includes a second housing, a thermal fluid heater system, a condenser, a second separation vessel, and a vacuum pump. The second modular unit is configured to be coupled to the first modular unit. At least a portion of each of the process vessel, the agitator rotor assembly, the first drivetrain, the extrusion screw, the second drivetrain, the first separation vessel, and the product shaping system are contained in the first housing. At least a portion of each of the thermal fluid heater system, the condenser, the second separation vessel, and the vacuum pump are contained in the second housing.
US11518951B2
A method of producing a fuel additive includes passing a feed stream comprising C4 hydrocarbons through a hydrogenation unit producing a hydrogenated stream; passing the hydrogenated stream through a distillation unit producing a first stream and a second stream; producing an isobutylene stream by passing the first stream through a molecular sieve unit; passing the isobutylene stream to a hydration unit as a feedstock for the fuel additive; and forming the fuel additive in the hydration unit.
US11518948B1
A method for breaking an emulsion may include contacting the emulsion with an emulsion-breaking solution to coalesce a dispersed phase and obtain a discrete boundary between an aqueous phase and an oleaginous phase. The emulsion may include a continuous phase and a dispersed phase dispersed within the continuous phase. The emulsion breaking solution includes an emulsion breaking compound that includes carbonate-link monomers and ether-link monomers. The carbonate-link monomers and ether-link monomers may be independently substituted with substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C50) linear or branched hydrocarbyl, substituted or unsubstituted (C3-C50) cyclohydrocarbyl, substituted or unsubstituted (C4-C50) aryl, —NH2, alkyl amines, alkoxylated amines, and substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C50) linear or branched heterohydrocarbyl.
US11518937B2
An etching solution for selectively performing an etching process on a compound represented by General Formula Si1-xGex, in which x is more than 0 and less than 1, with respect to Si, Ge, and oxides thereof, the etching solution including hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid, and water, in which a content ratio of the hydrofluoric acid in the entire etching solution is 0.002% by mass or more and 1.0% by mass or less, a content ratio of the nitric acid in the entire etching solution is 10% by mass or more, and a content ratio of the water in the entire etching solution is 40% by mass or less.
US11518934B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods of making quantum dots (QDs) (passivated or unpassivated) using a continuous flow process, systems for making QDs using a continuous flow process, and the like. In one or more embodiments, the QDs produced using embodiments of the present disclosure can be used in solar photovoltaic cells, bio-imaging, IR emitters, or LEDs.
US11518933B2
Highly thermal and photo-stable inorganic-organic hybrid phosphor compounds, in which a copper (I) halide module is coordinated with a multi-dentate organic ligand. Also disclosed are semiconductor and light emitting devices comprising these materials, including light emitting diodes, and methods of preparing these materials and devices.
US11518929B2
Compositions and methods using subterranean treatment fluids comprising water-soluble polymers are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include: adding an anionic or amphoteric water-soluble polymer to a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid; adding a dewatering agent to the treatment fluid, wherein the dewatering agent comprises an aqueous phase, a solvent, a co-solvent, and one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of: ethoxylated alcohol, a polyamine polyether, a resin alkoxylated oligomer, and any combination thereof; and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore penetrating at least a portion of the subterranean formation.
US11518920B2
A slurry containing abrasive grains and a liquid medium, in which the abrasive grains include first particles and second particles in contact with the first particles, a particle size of the second particles is smaller than a particle size of the first particles, the first particles contain cerium oxide, the second particles contain a cerium compound, and in a case where a content of the abrasive grains is 0.1% by mass, an absorbance for light having a wavelength of 380 nm in a liquid phase obtained when the slurry is subjected to centrifugal separation for 5 minutes at a centrifugal acceleration of 5.8×104 G exceeds 0.
US11518914B2
The present disclosure relates to a pressure sensitive adhesive assembly comprising at least a first pressure sensitive adhesive layer comprising a hollow non-porous particulate filler material, wherein the surface of the hollow non-porous particulate filler material is provided with a hydrophobic surface modification. The present disclosure also relates to a method of manufacturing such a pressure sensitive adhesive assembly.
US11518903B2
A method of applying a gas-impermeable coating includes forming a polyelectrolyte complex suspension. The polyelectrolyte complex suspension is applied to a substrate. The substrate having the polyelectrolyte complex applied thereon is treated. The treating reduces salt content of the polyelectrolyte complex. The treating results in a gas-impermeable coating being formed on the substrate.
US11518894B2
The present invention is a composition of (a) a coating base selected from a water-dispersed coating, an epoxy polymer coating, an alkyd coating, a Type I urethane coating, or an unsaturated polyester coating; and (b) a fluorinated ester compound having a plurality of fluoroalkyl thioether groups, wherein the number average molecular weight of the fluorinated ester compound is ≤30,000 Da; and where the fluorinated group Rf is independently a straight or branched perfluoroalkyl group of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, which is optionally interrupted by one or more CH2, CFH, ether oxygens —O—, or combinations thereof. The fluorinated ester compounds provide cleanability to the resulting coating made from the present composition.
US11518888B2
A color material dispersion liquid including a color material, which is a salt-forming compound of an organic dye with a heteropolyoxometalate, a dispersant and a solvent, wherein the organic dye is at least one organic dye selected from the group consisting of a porphyrin dye, a tetraazaporphyrin dye, a phthalocyanine dye and a squarylium dye, and wherein the heteropolyoxometalate is a heteropolyoxometalate which has an oxidation-reduction potential larger than −0.3 V relative to the silver/silver chloride electrode.
US11518886B2
A modified lignin having a ratio ((2H+G)/S) of a total of twice of a relative existence ratio H (%) of an H-type skeleton and a relative existence ratio G (%) of a G-type skeleton with respect to a relative existence ratio S (%) of an S-type skeleton, obtained from integrated values measured by 31P-NMR, of 2.5 or more, and an existence ratio of an aliphatic hydroxy group obtained by the same method of less than 20%, a method for producing a modified polyphenol, and a modified lignin-containing resin composition material.
US11518884B2
A room-temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition; a structure obtained from the composition; and a method for assessing the cured state of the composition are provided. The room-temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition, which changes in color with the progress of curing from the uncured state, comprises the following ingredients: (A) 100 parts by mass of one or more organopolysiloxanes represented by formula (1) HO(SiR2O)nH (1) and/or formula (2) (with variables as defined herein); (B) 0.1-50 parts by mass of an organosilicon compound having at least three silicon-atom-bonded hydrolyzable groups in the molecule, which is not any of ingredients (A), (C), and (D), and/or a product of the partial hydrolytic condensation of the organosilicon compound; (C) 0.01-20 parts by mass of a curing catalyst; (D) 0.1-10 parts by mass of a silane coupling agent; and (E) 0.01-10 parts by mass of a pH indicator.
US11518875B2
A thermoplastic resin composition according to the present invention comprises: a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl-based copolymer resin; an aliphatic polyamide resin; a poly(ether ester amide) block copolymer; a modified polyolefin resin; and a heat resistant vinyl-based copolymer resin. The thermoplastic resin composition exhibits excellent anti-static properties, heat resistance and mechanical properties.
US11518871B2
This invention relates to a polyolefin blend composition comprising a polyolefin base polymer component and a functionalized polybutadiene component. The polyolefin blend exhibits both i) an increased melt flow and ii) an increased impact toughness and/or melt elasticity, as compared to the same composition without the functionalized polybutadiene. This invention also relates to a method of increasing the melt flow of a polyolefin and simultaneously increasing the impact toughness and/or the melt elasticity of the polyolefin by blending a polyolefin base polymer component and a functionalized polybutadiene component.
US11518867B2
To improve storage stability of a resin composition used for applications such as a semiconductor sealing material. The resin composition is a resin composition that includes (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a curing agent, and (C) a silica filler. The silica filler of component (C) is surface-treated with a basic substance having a conjugate acid dissociation constant (pKa) of 9.4 or more. The resin composition further includes (D) a silane coupling agent, or the silica filler of component (C) is further surface-treated with a silane coupling agent.
US11518862B2
The rubber-plastic composite foamed material of the present invention is made by mixing and foaming a plurality of components including 100 parts by weight of rubber, 5-70 parts by weight of hollow glass microspheres, 2-25 parts by weight of carbon black, 10-40 parts by weight of softening oil, 10-30 parts by weight of sulfur ointment, 0.5-5 parts by weight of antioxidant, 0.5-10 parts by weight of crosslinking agent and 2-12 parts by weight of foaming agent. By including hollow glass microspheres into the composition, the rubber-plastic composite foamed material of the present invention exhibits better compression resistance and heat retention.
US11518853B2
There is provided a polyamide-imide resin film including a polyamide-imide block copolymer having a specific structure and having a predetermined retardation.
US11518852B2
A polyamideimide resin having an isocyanate group blocked with a compound selected from the group consisting of alcohols, oximes and lactams, and having a carboxyl group blocked with a vinyl ether group-containing compound.
US11518849B2
Techniques regarding post polymerization modifications to polycarbonate polymers via a flow reactor are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a cyclic carbonate monomer that can be employed to facilitate polymerization of one or more polycarbonate platforms susceptible to post polymerization modification. For instance, one or more embodiments can regard a cyclic carbonate molecular backbone covalently bonded to an aryl halide functional group via in accordance with a chemical structure selected from the group consisting of: In the chemical structures, “R1” can be selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a functional group comprising a first alkyl group; “L” can represent a linkage group, comprising: a second alkyl group and an end group having at least one member selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom; and “A” can represent the aryl halide functional group.
US11518841B2
A crosslinked biobased hydrophilic foam comprising a reaction product of: a cleaned biobased polyoxyalkylene glycol polyol with an ethylene oxide content of at least 40 mole percent, constituting 31.80 to 67.95 percent biogenic carbon content by weight, constituting less than 15 ppm combined sodium and potassium metals, and comprising less than 0.5% water by weight; an isocyanate, wherein the isocyanate and the cleaned biobased polyoxyalkylene glycol polyol are premixed to create a prepolymer mixture with the cleaned biobased polyoxyalkylene glycol polyol of the prepolymer mixture; and water, wherein the water is admixed with the prepolymer mixture to yield the crosslinked biobased hydrophilic foam.
US11518828B1
The present invention relates to processes for making macromolecular networks, macromolecular networks made by such processes, and methods of using such macromolecular networks. Such process employs a low amount of amine compound as a reaction accelerant. The rates of chemical reaction are thereby easily controlled over several orders of magnitude, permitting efficient catalysis and control of reaction conditions needed to produce thermochemically stable macromolecular networks.
US11518824B2
A nano platelet gibbsite treated with compound of formula (ORa)3Si—Rb or of formula Rc—COOH wherein Ra equal to or different from each other is a C1-C10 alkyl radical; Rb is a C5-C30 hydrocarbon radical and Rc is a C5-C30 hydrocarbon radical is used as a catalyst support.
US11518820B2
The present invention provides a novel method for producing carboxymethylated cellulose, the method making it possible to economically obtain a high-transparency cellulose nanofiber dispersion. In the carboxymethylation of cellulose, mercerization is carried out in a solvent comprising mainly water, and then carboxymethylation is carried out in a mixed solvent of water and an organic solvent. A nanofiber dispersion of high-transparency carboxymethylated cellulose can be obtained by defibrating the resulting carboxymethylated cellulose.
US11518813B2
Antitumor antagonists that bind specifically to immune checkpoint regulator and/or components of the angiogenesis pathways and/or components of the TGF pathway are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of treating proliferative disorders with the antitumor antagonists.
US11518811B2
A bivalent, anti-MICA human monoclonal antibody formed by two or more heavy and light chains with a variable immunoglobulin domain neutralises the MICA protein in its soluble state and opsonises tumour cells expressing the antigen, stimulating adaptive immunity in the treatment of gastric cancer or other types of cancer in which the tumour cells express MICA in the soluble form or abundantly on their surface.
US11518808B2
Provided herein are PD-1 antigen-binding proteins and related nucleic acids, vectors, host cells, kits and pharmaceutical compositions. Methods of making PD-1 antigen-binding proteins and methods of treating a subject are further provided.
US11518793B2
One aspect of the invention provides a method of ovarian protection by administering to a female subject a composition comprising Mullerian inhibiting substance (MIS). Ovarian protection can be an induced arrest of folliculogenesis to preserve fertility. In some embodiments, ovarian protection is oncoprotection, the protection of the ovarian function during a cytotoxic treatment, e.g., chemotherapy. Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of treating PCOS, the method comprising administering to a female subject a composition comprising recombinant MIS protein.
US11518792B2
Provided herein are multi-chain chimeric polypeptides that include: (a) a first chimeric polypeptide including a first target-binding domain, a soluble tissue factor domain, and a first domain of a pair of affinity domains; and (b) a second chimeric polypeptide including a second domain of a pair of affinity domains and a second target-binding domain, where the first chimeric polypeptide and the second chimeric polypeptide associate through the binding of the first domain and the second domain of the pair of affinity domains. Also provided here are methods of using these multi-chain chimeric polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding these multi-chain chimeric polypeptides.
US11518787B2
Sequences that enhance permeation of agents into cells and/or across the blood brain barrier, compositions comprising the sequences, and methods of use thereof.
US11518785B2
The present invention provides a peptide exhibiting melanogenesis promoting activity. A peptide according to the present invention increases the activity and expression of tyrosinase and the expression of factors involved in melanogenesis, thereby exhibiting an outstanding effect on melanogenesis. The peptide of the present invention can be used for the prevention, alleviation, and treatment of hypomelanosis. The outstanding activity and stability stated above allow the peptide of the present invention to be very favorably applied to medicines, quasi-medicines, and cosmetics.
US11518783B2
The present invention describes rhomboid protease inhibitors having high specificity and inhibition characteristics providing novel antibiotics, anti-malarial pharmaceutical agents, and provides a strategy for designing RiBns (rhomboid-inhibiting boronates) to target rhomboid selectively in unrelated organisms.
US11518774B2
A method for producing a silicon compound containing an iodophenyl group, including substituting iodine for a trialkylsilyl ((R0)3Si) group bonded to a phenyl group by using an iodine-containing electrophilic reagent (I-X) as shown by the following reaction equation: where all of R0's may be identical to or different from each other and each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R1 represents a single bond or a divalent organic group; R2 represents an organic group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R3 represents an organic group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R represents an organic group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; n0 is 1, 2, or 3, n1 is 1, 2, or 3, n2 is 0, 1, or 2, and n3 is 0, 1, or 2, provided that 1≤n1+n3≤3; and X represents a counter substituent of iodine, acting as an electrophilic reactive species.
US11518767B2
The invention relates to novel mTOR inhibitor compounds having the general formula (I), to compositions comprising said mTOR inhibitor compounds, methods for producing same, and the use thereof in compositions as a drug.
US11518766B2
A compound represented by formula (I), an optical isomer thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as well as an application of said compound as an FXIa inhibitor.
US11518757B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I): and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. The compounds disclosed herein are useful for inhibiting the maturation of cytokines of the IL-1 family by inhibiting inflammasomes and may be used in the treatment of disorders in which inflammasome activity is implicated, such as inflammatory, autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancers.
US11518753B2
Provided herein is a crystalline 4-amino-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidine-3-yl)isoindoline-1,3-dione dihydrate. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline 4-amino-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidine-3-yl)isoindoline-1,3-dione dihydrate are also disclosed.
US11518748B2
Aldoketo reductase (AKR) inhibitors having formulas I-III are used to treat disorders associated with NO/SNO deficiency.
US11518732B2
Diaryl amines are selectively alkylated by reaction with branched olefins, which olefins are capable of forming tertiary carbonium ions and can be conveniently prepared from readily available branched alcohols. The diaryl amine products are effective antioxidants and often comprise a high amount of di-alkylated diaryl amines and a low amount of tri- and tetra-alkylated diaryl amines.
US11518730B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprises at least one random copolymer having at least one repeat unit of structure (1), The present invention also relates to novel processes for forming patterns using this novel crosslinked layer on a substrate by enable a film of a block copolymer coated on the novel crosslinked layer to undergo self-assembly.
US11518729B2
The present invention provides a process for preparing a compound of the following general formula (2): wherein R1 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, the process comprising: subjecting a compound of the following general formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 represent, independently of each other, a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and the wavy bond represents an E-configuration, a Z-configuration, or a mixture thereof, to a Dieckmann condensation in the presence of base to form the compound (2).
US11518723B2
A fused ring compound and applications thereof in organic electronic components, particularly in organic electroluminescent diodes; an organic electronic component comprising the fused ring compound, and applications thereof in organic electroluminescent diodes and in display and lighting technologies; and a formulation comprising the fused ring compound, and applications thereof in the preparation of organic electronic components. By optimizing the component structure, good component performance can be achieved, and especially, a high-performance OLED component can be implemented, which provide good material and preparation technology choices for full-color display and lighting applications.
US11518719B2
Nuclear fuel structures and methods for fabricating are disclosed herein. The nuclear fuel structure includes a plurality of fibers arranged in the structure and a multilayer fuel region within at least one fiber of the plurality of fibers. The multilayer fuel region includes an inner layer region made of a nuclear fuel material, and an outer layer region encasing the nuclear fuel material. A plurality of discrete multilayer fuel regions may be formed over a core region along the at least one fiber, the plurality of discrete multilayer fuel regions having a respective inner layer region of nuclear fuel material and a respective outer layer region encasing the nuclear fuel material. The plurality of fibers may be wrapped around an inner rod or tube structure or inside an outer tube structure of the nuclear fuel structure, providing both structural support and the nuclear fuel material of the nuclear fuel structure.
US11518711B2
A method for producing a dust-reducing and dust-absorbing material from a nonmetallic mineral and a raw material from a cement plant. The method includes calcining the limestone block, to obtain quicklime; cooling the quicklime at ambient temperature, drying and pulverizing the quicklime, to obtain a first powder essentially consisting of a quicklime powder and a calcium carbonate powder; fully drying and grinding a nonmetallic mineral, to obtain a nonmetallic mineral powder; mixing the first powder and the nonmetallic mineral powder, stirring to be uniform, to obtain a mixture, and ball milling the mixture, to obtain a nano-powder; adding a dust-absorbing material to the nano-powder, adding water and mixing, and pouring the resulting mixture into a mold, and stoving; and air drying the resulting mixture, to obtain a cavernous dust-reducing and dust-absorbing material.
US11518706B2
The present invention relates to a silver coated glass frit used in a paste composition for forming a solar cell electrode, a method for preparing the same, and a silver paste composition using a silver coated glass frit for a solar cell. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a method for preparing a silver-coated glass frit wherein a silver coated glass frit, in which silver (Ag) is coated on a surface of the glass frit, is prepared through a reduction reaction occurring by adding, to a first solution containing silver nitrate (AgNO3) mixed with a glass frit and an amine, a second solution containing a reductant, and during the preparation process, a silver (Ag) coating layer is more uniformly formed on the surface of the glass frit by controlling the acidity of the first solution and the reaction temperature in the reduction reaction, thereby achieving an improved specific surface area; a silver-coated glass frit prepared by the method; and a silver paste composition for a solar cell wherein the composition is prepared by using the sliver-coated glass frit, and thus has significantly improved sintering characteristics and electrical conductivity.
US11518702B2
Commercially beneficial carbon-containing fractions can be recovered from hydrothermal liquefaction reactions in various types of processors. Feedstock slurry from waste solids is placed into a pressurized processor where it is maintained at temperature and pressure for a predetermined period. On discharge from the processor the processed discharge is separated into liquid and solid fractions. Gaseous fractions including carbon dioxide can also be removed or off-taken from the processor. New molecular structures are created in this reaction, resulting in fractions including biogas, biofuels, biosolids and biocrude. Silica, phosphates, potash and low concentration nitrogen based fertilizer, along with carbonaceous material can also be recovered.
US11518701B2
The present application relates to a field of excrement treatment equipment in particular, relates to an ultra-high temperature excrement solid-liquid separation extrusion sterilization integrated machine. It includes a solid-liquid separator, a workbench and an extrusion sterilization device. The solid-liquid separator is disposed on the workbench. The extrusion sterilization device includes an extrusion sterilization motor, an extrusion feeding assembly, a receiving pipe, a receiving box and a dehydrating cage.
US11518693B2
A novel cell for generating ozonated water, the cell comprises a nafion membrane separating a diamond coated anode, and a gold surfaced cathode enclosed within a cell housing with the catalyst side of the nafion membrane facing the cathode. The cell housing has a cathode housing portion and an anode housing portion separated by the membrane, each housing portion having ridges to enhance substantially even flow of fluid over the cathode and anode. The housing portions contain O-rings in grooves to prevent leaks, and alignment features to keep the electrodes aligned. The cathode and anode have an array of holes allowing fluid to penetrate to the surface of the niobium membrane. Input ports allow fluid to flow into the housing and over the anode and cathode and then out of the housing through outlet ports. The housing may also incorporate an integrated spectral photometer including a bubble trap.
US11518689B2
Materials for binding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are disclosed. A fluidic device comprising the materials for detection and quantification of PFAS in a sample is disclosed. The fluidic device may be configured for multiplexed analyses. Also disclosed are methods for sorbing and remediating PFAS in a sample. The sample may be groundwater containing, or suspected of containing, one or more PFAS.
US11518688B2
All inorganic perovskites for short-wave IR (SWIR) devices having improved chemical stability and long-term stability. Improved methods of making all inorganic perovskites for short-wave IR (SWIR) devices are also disclosed herein.
US11518687B2
The invention is directed to kits, compositions, tools and methods comprising a cyclic industrial process to form biocement. In particular, the invention is directed to materials and methods for decomposing calcium carbonate into calcium oxide and carbon dioxide at an elevated temperature, reacting calcium oxide with ammonium chloride to form calcium chloride, water, and ammonia gas; and reacting ammonia gas and carbon dioxide at high pressure to form urea and water, which are then utilized to form biocement. This cyclic process can be achieved by combining industrial processes with the resulting product as biocement. The process may involve retention of calcium carbonate currently utilized in the manufacture of Portland Cement.
US11518685B2
The present invention is directed at the conversion of ammonium nitrate and related compounds upon reaction with methane into compounds such as ethyl acetate, ammonia, nitrogen and hydrogen. The reaction may proceed within a fluid-solid type reactor. The reaction may be facilitated in the presence of inert or catalytic solids.
US11518682B2
The present invention provides a means capable of suppressing the formation of fine particles in a method for producing a silica sol. The present invention relates to a method for producing a silica sol, including synthesizing a silica sol by, in a reaction liquid containing an alkoxysilane or a condensate thereof, water, and an alkali catalyst, allowing the alkoxysilane or condensate thereof to react with the water in the presence of the alkali catalyst, wherein the alkali catalyst is not additionally supplied after the start of the synthesis until the finish time of the synthesis, and during 90% or more of the time between when 5 minutes have elapsed from the time point when the electrical conductivity of the reaction liquid reaches a local maximum for the first time and the finish time of the synthesis, the proportion of the value of the electrical conductivity of the reaction liquid is more than 90% relative to the value of the electrical conductivity at the time when 5 minutes have elapsed from the time point when the local maximum is reached.
US11518680B2
A method for producing a body obtained by processing a solid carbon-containing material, the method includes: preparing the solid carbon-containing material composed of a material having at least a surface containing solid carbon; forming a gas phase fluid containing at least one of an active gas or an active plasma which are active against the solid carbon; and processing the solid carbon-containing material by injecting the gas phase fluid onto at least a part of the surface of the solid carbon-containing material.
US11518668B2
Keg sensors and keg sensor assemblies are disclosed. In some embodiments, the keg sensor may include a main body and a first connector attached to the main body and configured to be connected to a keg dispensing coupler. The keg dispensing coupler may be configured to be moved between a closed position and an open position; The keg sensor may additionally include a second connector attached to the main body and configured to be connected to a valve of a keg. The keg sensor may further include a sensor assembly attached to the main body and configured to detect one or more operating parameters of liquid dispensed, via the keg dispensing coupler, from the keg through the keg sensor. In some embodiments, the keg sensor assembly may include a keg sensor and a stack cage assembly. The stack cage assembly may include a cage sized to surround the keg sensor.
US11518665B2
The method relates to a method for filling a container (13, 32) with carbonized liquid filling material and for closing the filled container, in which the filling material is introduced in a filling station (10, 30) by a filling head (11, 33) at defined filling pressure into the container (13, 32), wherein the filling head (11, 33) is firstly moved from an idle position, which permits supplying and inserting a container (13, 32) into the filling station (10, 30), into a working position toward the inserted container, in which an end region (16) of the filling head seals off the opening (14) of the container, the container (13, 32) is then filled, the filling head (11, 33) is moved after completion of the filling phase back out of the working position into an idle position spaced apart from the container (13, 32) and the container (13, 32) is then closed in the filling station (10, 30) using a cap (20) at least enough that filling material can no longer escape, and the container (13, 32) is then removed from the filling station (11, 33), characterized in that before the movement of the filling head (11, 33) from the working position into the idle position spaced apart from the container (13), an overpressure lying between the ambient pressure and the filling pressure is set in a pressure chamber (15) of the filling station (10, 30) surrounding the opening (14) of the inserted container (13, 32), which overpressure is selected in such a way that possible foaming up of the filling material located in the container (13, 32) is minimized enough that filling material does not escape from the container (13, 32) when the filling head (11, 33) is raised out of the working position after the filling procedure.
US11518662B2
A lid opening component, a lid opening device, and a suction system are disclosed. The suction system includes the lid opening device and a suction assembly, wherein the lid opening device includes a positioning assembly and a lid opening assembly having the lid opening components, and the lid opening component includes a needle holder, a plurality of unpowered needles, and a drive part. The suction system identifies the locations of a container and its lids through the positioning assembly of the lid opening device, opens the container's lids by fitting the unpowered needles of the lid opening components in with the surfaces of the container's lids and rotating the lid opening components of the lid opening assembly, and by moving the suction assembly to the openings of the container, draws out the content in the container through the suction assembly.
US11518661B2
A lifting and moving device, and a method of using the device comprising a frame having a first ground engaging end with at least one wheel for providing a movable first ground engagement and a second ground engaging end with a pointed end for providing a fixed second ground engagement for the frame. A lifting and moving support extending between the first and second ground engaging ends is adjustable in length for providing one or more distances between the first ground engaging end and the second ground engaging end. A lifting device is retractable from a position on the support and the frame is movable about a pivot point provided by the second ground engaging end.
US11518657B2
A tension setting system for a remote setting of a tension in a transfer cable ensuring a displacement of a transfer carriage along a jib of a crane, including a winch equipped with a motor cooperating with the cable so as to ensure a displacement of the carriage, a pilot unit connected to the motor to pilot a displacement of the carriage, and a setting mechanical device mounted on the carriage and adapted to be actuated by the action of a displacement of the carriage. The setting mechanical device is coupled to the cable and configurable between a working configuration in which the mechanical device stands still irrespective of the displacement of the carriage and results in a holding of the tension in the cable, and a detent configuration in which, by the action of a displacement of the carriage piloted by the pilot unit according to a first sequence of reciprocating displacement, the mechanical device results in a release of the tension in the cable.
US11518655B2
Elevator systems and methods are provided. The systems include an elevator car including an elevator car door interlock device operable to open and close elevator car doors and a plurality of landing doors located at landings, each landing door including a landing door interlock device operable to open and close a respective landing door. Each landing door interlock device is engageable by the elevator car door interlock device to operate the elevator doors. An elevator component inspection system having a detector to monitor the interlock devices obtains inspection data associated with the interlock devices. A control unit is configured to analyze the inspection data. The component inspection system captures images of the interlock devices using the detector, performs a database inquiry comparing the captured image against a database of interlock device states, and determines a state of the interlock devices.
US11518652B2
Load bearing member for an elevator system having an elastomer and phosphonate blended bonding agent
A belt for an elevator system is provided having a core and an elastomeric sheath positioned over the core. An elastomer and phosphonate blended bonding agent adheres the core to the sheath.
US11518647B2
Provided is an elevator landing guidance device including: a hall operation panel (2) provided on each of floors, which is configured to output a guide sound (A) for informing a position of the hall operation panel (2) and accept input of landing call registration; and a guide sound generator (3), which is provided to a landing of each of the floors for each of elevator machines, and which is configured to output a guide sound (B) for informing a position of the landing. When the landing call registration is input to the hall operation panel (2), the guide sound (B) is output from the guide sound generator (3) installed so as to correspond to one of the elevator machines, which is assigned to the landing call registration.
US11518644B2
A timing specifying device includes count processing circuitry to count an input reference clock; and timing control circuitry configured to set a parameter having an integer part and a fractional part in the count processing circuitry. The count processing circuitry counts the reference clock, outputs a timing signal indicating that a time corresponding to an integer value has passed, and counts a value corresponding to the fractional part at a timing at which the timing signal is output. The integer value is a value indicated by the integer part. The count processing circuitry stops counting of the reference clock when a value obtained by counting the value corresponding to the fractional part carries over from a fraction.
US11518636B2
A sheet transport device includes a sheet storage unit that stores a sheet and that is disposed in a housing having a bottom plate such that a gap is provided between the sheet storage unit and the bottom plate, the gap extending horizontally; a sheet transport unit that feeds the sheet from the sheet storage unit and transports the fed sheet along a transport passage including a reversing transport path along which the sheet is transported downward and then upward to reverse the sheet front to back, the reversing transport path extending vertically and being connected to the gap; and a first gate unit that prevents passage of the sheet that has entered the reversing transport path when the sheet free falls and allows passage of the sheet when the sheet receives a sheet transport driving force from the sheet transport unit.
US11518621B2
A substrate working machine including: a conveyance device configured to convey a substrate; a holding device configured to hold the substrate conveyed to a work position by the conveyance device; and a control device configured to control operation of the conveyance device, wherein the control device is configured to control the operation of the conveyance device such that the substrate is conveyed at a conveyance speed calculated based on a preset setting time and a conveyance distance of the substrate from the work position by the conveyance device or a conveyance distance of the substrate to the work position by the conveyance device.
US11518620B2
A conveyor module 1, adapted to be releasably attached to at least one other conveyor module 1 to form a conveyor assembly 15. Each conveyor module 1 includes a substantially longitudinal main frame 4, said main frame 4 being adjustable between a first position (FIG. 3), in which said module 1 is compacted for transportation, and, a second position (FIG. 4), in which said module 1 is expanded for conveyor operation. A plurality of support legs 17 is provided to support said conveyor module 1 upon a substrate surface, each support leg being adjustable to facilitate adjustable alignment of said module 1. Conveyor componentry 12 is housed substantially within said main frame 1. The conveyor module 1 is preferably formed from or built to standardised shipping container (ISO) specifications.
US11518612B2
A multi-compartment refuse collecting truck body includes segmented shields to close a rear opening of the compartments. The segmented shields are positioned to close a rear opening of the refuse compartments when a packing unit is raised to discharge refuse from one of the compartments. The segmented shields include a lower segment that can be placed in a packing position to allow refuse to be packing into the compartments by a packing unit, and moved to a closed position before the packing unit is raised to prevent unintended discharge of refuse from the compartments. A control system operates actuators in the packing unit and truck body in a pre-determined sequence to ensure that refuse is not mixed during unloading of the truck body and that actuators are not operated in a manner that will damage other systems of the truck body or packing unit.
US11518609B1
A trash container having an automated trash bag dispensing system which automatically deploys a replacement trash bag upon removal of a filled bag. A supply of trash bags is fed into the main trash container by a motorized roller assembly. A pair of opposing suction pads are pivotally deployed inward and suction activation attracts the opposing sides of the bag to corresponding suction pads. Retraction of the suction pads functions to expand the bag to an open configuration whereby it is suitably configured to receive trash.
US11518606B2
Container for a beverage preparation machine or foodstuff preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material comprises a code encoding preparation information, in particular preparation information for a beverage preparation machine or foodstuff preparation machine to prepare a beverage or a foodstuff with beverage or foodstuff material contained in the container, the code comprising a reference portion and a data portion. The reference portion comprises at least one reference configuration defining a virtual reference line. The data portion comprises a virtual encoding line intersecting the virtual reference line at a virtual intersection point and a sequence of data units comprising at least two data units aligned at a distance from each other along the virtual encoding line for encoding a sequence of operations of the preparation information. Each data unit of the sequence of data units encodes an operation of the sequence of operations, wherein a relative position of each data unit in the sequence of data units encodes a nature of the encoded operation and wherein a distance between the data unit and the virtual intersection point and/or a distance between the data unit and another data unit of the sequence of data units or of another sequence of data units encodes a value of a condition for the performance of the encoded operation.
US11518601B2
An application system is presented having a cartridge, at least one first accessory part, for example a stopper, and at least one second accessory part, for example a static or dynamic mixer. The cartridge has at least one container with an outlet opening and at least one outlet connected to the container via the outlet opening on the end face of the cartridge, wherein the at least one outlet can be connected to the at least one first accessory part and the at least one second accessory part such that a seal is produced between the outlet and the respective accessory part. At least one separate seal plane is provided for each accessory part.
US11518599B2
Disclosed is a product pouch arrangement and method of (for) manufacture thereof. The product pouch arrangement includes at least a first compartment and a second compartment, the first compartment in use includes a plurality of shock cushioning elements that cushion the one or more products, and also optically protect the one or more products, the second compartment accommodates in use the one or more products, at least one of the first and second compartments are resealable so that the one or more products and/or the plurality of cushioning elements are user-accessible and the first and second compartments have surrounding walls that are fabricated from at least one flexible plastics material that transmits electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range to which a human eye responds but attenuates radiation in an ultra violet (UV) electromagnetic wavelength range.
US11518592B2
Described is a closing cap (1) for a container (2), which comprises a lateral wall (3) extending about an axis (Z) and a transversal wall (4) positioned at an end of the lateral wall (3), a separation line (5) being provided on the lateral wall (3) to form a retaining ring (301), which is configured to remain anchored to a neck (201) of the container (2) and extends up to a free edge (304), and a closing element (302) removably engageable with the neck (201), so as to open or close the container (2). The separation line (5) extends about the axis (Z) and is circumferentially interrupted to form in the lateral wall (3) a joining zone (305), which extends for a first angle (a), in which the retaining ring (301) and the closing element (302) are joined. The cap (1) comprises a tab (308), made in the joining zone (305), which extends circumferentially for a second angle (β) and is connected to the joining zone (305); the retaining ring (301) comprising a retaining portion (303) and a free portion (306), wherein the retaining portion (303) comprises an engaging element configured to engage internally with a locking ring (202) of the neck (201) during a passage from a closed condition to an open condition of the closing element (302), and wherein the free portion (306) comprises a movement element which extends circumferentially at least in the second angle (β) and is configured, during said passage, to allow a movement of the free portion (306) along an axis parallel to the axis (Z).
US11518588B2
A utensil protection device, including a main body to store a head of a utensil therein, a plurality of sealing members removably disposed on a first end of the main body within at least a portion of the main body to prevent the head of the utensil from contamination, and a hinge disposed on a second end of the main body to facilitate movement of the main body from closed in a first position to at least partially opened in a second position.
US11518580B2
Disclosed herein is a fluid transfer assembly for dispensing flowable material from a container, the fluid transfer assembly having a spout, a screw cap body, and an aseptic plug, wherein the aseptic plug is configured to form an aseptic seal with the screw cap body.
US11518576B2
A gripping attachment (10) is disclosed which facilitates the handling of a medication bottle (12). The medication bottle includes a container (14) having a cylindrical wall (16) extending parallel to a longitudinal axis. The container is closed at one end by a base wall (18) and has an opposed open end. The container receives a cap (20) on the open end to enclose the container. The gripping attachment comprises a sleeve portion (22) having a sleeve wall (24) defining an internal, cylindrical surface configured to removably attach to the container wall. The gripping attachment further comprises a leverage component connected to the sleeve portion to facilitate gripping the sleeve portion.
US11518567B2
A robotic labeling system includes a package locating system for locating a package at a labeling station and a package identification system having a scanning device configured to scan an identification tag on the package to identify the package. The package identification system has a package measurement module configured to determine at least one dimension of the package and a package orientation module configured to determine an orientation of the package in the labeling station. The robotic labeling system includes a label application system including a label printer printing a label for the package based on an identity of the package determined by the scanning device and a label applicator operated to apply the label based on a measurement input from the package measurement module and based on an orientation input from the package orientation module.
US11518563B2
An apparatus is arranged for packaging sheet material, in particular banknotes, vouchers, checks, separation cards, etc., with a packaging device, packaging material dispensed from a roll for packaging the sheet material, and a control device controlling the apparatus. A monitoring device is provided for the packaging material, and the control device evaluates a signal of the monitoring device during the packaging of sheet material, in order to derive therefrom whether packaging material is present on the roll.
US11518559B2
Described herein is an arrangement (1) for guiding a wire in a wire binding machine (3), wherein the arrangement (1) comprises a guide member (5) and a first spring (7) arranged to act with a first spring force against the guide member (5), wherein the guide member (5) is arranged to bear against the wire and act against the wire with said first spring force in order to guide the wire during a wire binding process when the wire moves relative to the guide member (5). The guide member (5) is arranged so that a movement of the guide member (5) substantially away from the wire is allowed in order to reduce friction forces between the guide member (5) and the wire during the wire binding process, so that locking of the wire against the guide member (5) is prevented. Also described herein is a wire binding machine (3) comprising an arrangement (1).
US11518556B2
A wrapping machine with rotary platform for wrapping products with one band includes a base, a rotary platform defining a supporting plane and mounted on the base to rotate about a rotation axis perpendicular to the supporting plane, and supporting rollers interposed between the base and platform and distributed around the rotation axis. The machine also includes a guiding upright parallel to the rotation axis, a supporting slide movable along the guiding upright for receiving and retaining a reel of band, an intermediate disc mounted between and coupled to the base and platform to rotate about the rotation axis, the supporting rollers being mounted on the intermediate disc and in contact with the base and platform, and a transmission system for rotating the platform and intermediate disc about the rotation axis.
US11518555B2
In one general aspect, a method for filling multiple containers with a pharmaceutical product is disclosed, which comprises decontaminating sealed nested materials in a transfer chamber, removing from the sealed nested materials one or both of a container nest holding the multiple containers and a closure nest holding multiple closures, transferring from the transfer chamber to a controlled environment enclosure the removed nest, aseptically filling the containers with the pharmaceutical product, and closing the containers with the multiple closures. The nests are configured to allow multiple closures and containers to be simultaneously aligned concentrically, and closed simultaneously. Spring-loaded retaining structures on the closure nest allow it to releasably retain multiple closures above the corresponding multiple containers. In some embodiments the spring-loaded features are monolithically integrated with the closure nest. The product may be lyophilized in partially sealed containers while the sealing closures are releasably retained by the closure nest.
US11518550B2
A coupling/uncoupling device includes a columnar member configured by a divided pair of semicircular members, and a pair of coupling members forming a circular holding section that holds the columnar member. The circular holding section includes a circular inner surface section with which an outer circumferential surface of the columnar member is in slide contact, the circular inner surface section being formed from inner circumferential surfaces of a semicircular section in one coupling member and a semicircular section in the other coupling member. The columnar member is configured to be rotatable in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions along the circular inner surface section about a reference position where a contact surface of the pair of coupling members and a dividing surface of the columnar member are flush with each other.
US11518542B2
A system for landing an unmanned aerial vehicle has an unmanned aerial vehicle and a ground-based platform. A guide structure for receiving the unmanned aerial vehicle is mounted on the ground base platform. The guide structure has an inner diameter greater than a smallest outer diameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle landing gear and less than the largest outer diameter of the unmanned aerial vehicle landing gear.
US11518537B2
Fuel tank inerting systems are provided. The systems include a fuel tank, an air source arranged to supply air into a reactive flow path, a catalytic reactor having a plurality of sub-reactors along the flow path, and a heat exchanger. The sub-reactors are arranged relative to the heat exchanger such that the flow path passes through at least a portion of the heat exchanger between two sub-reactors along the flow path. At least one fuel injector is arranged relative to at least one sub-reactor. The fuel injector is configured to inject fuel into the flow path at at least one of upstream of and in the respective at least one sub-reactor to generate a fuel-air mixture. A fuel tank ullage supply line fluidly connects the flow path to the fuel tank to supply an inert gas to a ullage of the fuel tank.
US11518535B2
An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes a nacelle inner structure and a deflection limiter. The nacelle inner structure includes an internal compartment and a cowl. The internal compartment is configured to house a core of a gas turbine engine. The cowl is configured to form an outer radial periphery of the internal compartment. The cowl is also configured to form an outer radial periphery of a compartment exhaust to the internal compartment at an aft end of the cowl. The deflection limiter is attached to the cowl. The deflection limiter is configured to limit radial outward movement of the cowl.
US11518531B2
An aircraft engine attachment connecting an attachment body and a primary structure of an aircraft pylon, the engine attachment comprising a shear pin immobilized in translation by a first immobilization system that comprises a shoulder and a removable stop that are integral with the primary structure, between which a flange of the shear pin is immobilized, and a second immobilization system that comprises a stop plate, connected by at least one removable link to the primary structure, which closes the first hole, at least in part.
US11518525B2
An engine driven environmental control system (ECS) air circuit includes a gas turbine engine having a compressor section. The compressor section includes a plurality of compressor bleeds. A selection valve selectively connects each of said bleeds to an input of an intercooler. A second valve is configured to selectively connect an output of said intercooler to at least one auxiliary compressor. The output of each of the at least one auxiliary compressors is connected to an ECS air input.
US11518523B2
An aircraft air conditioning system comprising an ambient air line, for ambient air to flow through, connected to supply ambient air to a mixer of the aircraft air conditioning system. An ambient air compressor is arranged in the ambient air line for compressing the ambient air flowing there through. A refrigerating apparatus comprises a refrigerant circuit for a refrigerant to flow through, including a refrigerant compressor arranged in the refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant circuit is coupled thermally to the ambient air line to transfer heat from the ambient air to the refrigerant before the ambient air is supplied to the mixer. A cabin exhaust air turbine is connected to a cabin exhaust air line, is coupled to the ambient air compressor arranged in the ambient air line, and is configured to expand the cabin exhaust air flowing through the cabin exhaust air line and to drive the ambient air compressor.
US11518521B2
An air supply system comprising at least two bleed sources configured to provide bleed air, wherein each bleed source comprises an engine or an auxiliary power unit and an oil as lubricant for the engine or the auxiliary power unit. The system also includes at least one air conditioning pack for cooling the bleed air from the bleed sources, and a plurality of bleed ducts, wherein each bleed duct connects one of the bleed sources to the at least one air conditioning pack. The system further comprises a plurality of detectors, wherein each detector is associated with a bleed source and the plurality of detectors are configured for detecting substances specific for the oil.
US11518509B2
A tethered aerial vehicle, connected to an anchorage system in the ground level through a cord, comprising a pair of fixed wings; and a drive assembly. The drive assembly comprises at least two actuators configured to tilt the axle of the propellers. The fixed wings define a center hole located close to a gravitational center of the aerial vehicle. Within the edges of the center hole located close to the gravitational center of the aerial vehicle is a gimbal anchored to the fixed wings' structure. The drive assembly is located within the edges of the center hole and attached to the gimbal in a manner that the gimbal interfaces the connection between the fixed wings and the drive assembly. The drive assembly comprises of at least two propellers mounted on the same axle (“coaxial propellers”) driven by a counter-rotating motor. The coaxial propellers are configured to rotate in opposite directions with respect to each other.
US11518505B1
Disclosed herein is a VTOL tilt-wing aircraft that serves as a 4-6 passenger airliner for scheduled service between city centers and that is optimized for travel distances from 100-500 miles fully loaded with passengers and fuel. The VTOL aircraft solves technical, cost, and time problems inherent in other forms of transportation, including, but not limited to, rail, passenger airlines, and helicopters. The VTOL aircraft (1) takes off and lands like a helicopter, (2) flies fast like a jet, and (3) costs less than or comparable to a helicopter.
US11518497B2
A three-dimensional directional control assembly for a dual-mode aircraft, wherein the aircraft is capable of vertical and forward thrust. The assembly comprising a support structure, wherein the support structure is coupled to a dual-mode aircraft. The assembly further comprises a control stick coupled to support structure, wherein the control stick having a length and radius is configured to be manipulated along a plurality of axes, wherein the manipulation of the control stick produces an electronic signal. The assembly further comprises a first interface device disposed on the control stick configured to receive an interaction and enable a thrust element to spin as a function of the interaction. The assembly further comprises a second interface device, wherein the second interface is configured to receive an interaction and disable the thrust element as a function of the interaction.
US11518494B2
According to one implementation, a composite material structure includes a corrugated stringer and a panel. The corrugated stringer has a corrugated structure including portions each having hat-shaped cross section. The corrugated stringer is made of a composite material. The panel is integrated with the corrugated stringer. The panel is made of a composite material. Further, according to one implementation, a manufacturing method of a composite material structure includes: setting a textile on a laminated body of prepregs; and producing the composite material structure by covering the laminated body with a bagging film, forming a vacuum state in a space covered with the bagging film, impregnating the textile with the resin, and thermal curing of the laminated body of the prepregs. The laminated body is a panel before curing. The textile has a structure corresponding to a corrugated stringer.
US11518491B2
A door arrangement for an aircraft comprising a door designed to close an aperture in an outer skin of the aircraft, and a articulated arm which is fixed by a first end to the door and which is designed to move the door in at least two translational directions and at least two rotational directions. An aircraft area with this door arrangement and an aircraft having such an aircraft area are furthermore provided. The aircraft area comprises a door aperture arranged in an outer skin of an aircraft, and a door arrangement. Here the door of the door arrangement may be designed to close the door aperture from an inside of the outer skin, and the articulated arm of the door arrangement may be fixed to the aircraft area.
US11518490B2
A fuselage assembly for an aircraft including a stringer extending longitudinally along the fuselage. The stringer defines a fluid channel. The fluid channel is configured to form at least part of a distribution duct of a cabin air distribution system.
US11518484B1
A wheel kit for use with a boat lift includes an upper member attachable to the boat lift, and a lower member slidably disposable within the upper member. The lower member contains an axle and a wheel assembly. A braking member includes a base plate with a first side and an opposing second side, a wedge portion outwardly extending from an upper end of the first side, and a tab outwardly extending from a lower end of the first side of the base plate. The braking member slidably disposes upon the axle via an aperture contained within the base plate. When positioning the lower member into the upper member to retract the wheel assembly, the wedge portion of the braking member contacts a closed terminal end of a slot contain within the upper member, outwardly urging the braking member against the wheel assembly to prevent rotation of the wheel assembly.
US11518478B2
A boat in which at least a portion of at least one of the port side and the starboard side of the hull is moveable between a first position and a second position. In the first position the moveable portion forms a generally upright portion of the port or starboard side of the hull, and, in the second position, the moveable portion forms a generally horizontal deck surface. A walkway connects a seating area within the boat to an area aft of the seating area, and at least a portion of the walkway is adjacent to the moveable portion of the port or starboard side. A first seat is positioned adjacent to at least a portion of the walkway and a removable seat is configured to be positioned over the walkway and adjacent to the first seat.
US11518473B2
A balanced motorcycle powertrain is described. Embodiments of the balanced motorcycle powertrain include components mounted to a frame of a motorcycle such that the powertrain can be evenly balanced about a centerline of the frame. The balanced motorcycle powertrain can include, but is not limited to, a motor, a transmission, a pair of clutches, a clutch shaft, a crank shaft, a pair of superchargers, a pair of chains, a pair of rear sprockets, and a rear wheel. Each of the components can be oriented such that the powertrain is substantially balanced about the centerline of the frame.
US11518471B2
A bicycle pedal assembly includes a crank arm, one end of which is pivotally connected to a propulsion axle of a bicycle and another end of which is pivotally connected to a first pivot at one end of an auxiliary crank arm. A pedal is connected to another end of the auxiliary crank arm and a pedal tilt limiter is coupled to the pedal and configured to limit tilt or rotation of the pedal.
US11518469B2
A bicycle may include a front triangle and a rear suspension system that couples the front triangle to a rear wheel and is dampened by at least one shock absorber. The rear suspension system includes a six-bar linkage having two ternary links separated from each other by one or more binary links, such that the two ternary links do not share a common joint. One of the ternary links may comprise a chain stay. In some examples, the other ternary link may comprise the front triangle. In some examples, the other ternary link may comprise a rocker arm coupling a seat stay link to the shock absorber.
US11518468B2
A seat dropper remote device has a base portion, central portion and paddle portion. The base portion has a mounting plate for mounting to a bar clamp on a bicycle handlebar and a base bolt hole. The mounting plate has a mounting slot to receive a mounting bolt. The central portion is connected with the base portion, receives an actuation cable, and includes a body having a body bolt hole. The device includes a paddle portion that is connected with the central portion, actuates the actuation cable, and has an assembly bolt cavity and an assembly bolt. The assembly bolt passes through the assembly bolt cavity, body bolt hole, and base bolt hole. The assembly bolt provides rotational adjustment of the paddle portion and the mounting bolt provides lateral adjustment of the paddle portion. The lateral adjustment, rotational adjustment, and actuation of the actuation cable operate independent of one another.
US11518461B2
Disclosed is a landing apparatus for a motorcycle having a vertically arranged sub-wheel, which includes: rotation driving units fixed adjacently to footrests on opposite sides of the motorcycle and including a DC motor, a deceleration module and a motor frame; first main folding links rotatably coupled to opposite sides of the motor frame and rotated by the DC motor; second main folding links rotatably coupled inside the first main folding link; auxiliary folding links rotatably coupled to the motor frame; sub-wheel vertical arranged links having one side rotatably coupled to an inside of a lower end of the second main folding link, and an opposite side rotatably coupled to an inside of the auxiliary folding link, and having an inside coupled to a sub-wheel; and fixing frames for fixing the rotation driving units adjacently to the footrests.
US11518460B2
A method of assembling a vehicle driveline component that includes: positioning a rotary component and first race member on a fixture such that the first race member is concentric with a first race of the component; offsetting the first race member along the rotational axis relative to the first race; providing an annular bearing arrangement having balls and spacers; positioning the arrangement such that the centers of the balls are along a loading cylinder disposed concentrically about the rotational axis; moving the arrangement so the balls seat in the first race and the centers are distributed along an installation circle that is: a) larger in diameter than the loading cylinder if the first race is an outer race of a bearing assembly; or b) smaller in diameter than the loading cylinder if the first race is an inner race of a bearing assembly.
US11518452B2
A vehicle suspension position adjustment arrangement including a frame member having a plurality of apertures, and a trailing arm having a first end pivotally coupled to a slide member and a second end biased away from the frame member. A locking pin movable between an unlocked position where the locking pin is withdrawn from one of the apertures and the slide member is free to slide along the frame member, and a locked position where the locking pin engages one of the apertures preventing the slide member from sliding along the frame member, and a plurality of sensors spaced along the frame member, wherein a single sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to sense both the locking condition of the locking pin and the location of the locking pin along the frame member.
US11518447B2
Methods and apparatus for transportation of equipment, generally but not necessarily limited to sporting equipment. Generally, the apparatus described herein comprises a collapsible or foldable frame adapted for installation in the bed of a pickup truck or similar vehicle, where the apparatus can be unfolded to a “deployment configuration” in which elongated equipment may be securely attached to the apparatus for transportation. The apparatus generally comprises two opposing rails with bracing and equipment storage elements mounted in between, foldable at about a midpoint for easy of storage when not in use.
US11518441B2
The vehicle body includes: a pair of left and right rear side members extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body, and a rear bumper beam which extends in a left-right direction of the vehicle body to be coupled to each rear side member at both ends, and bulges rearward toward a center of the left-right direction. The rear bumper beam has an intermediate body extending in the left-right direction at the center of the left-right direction, and inclined bodies which are displaced forward as expanding to the left and right toward the respectively corresponding rear side member from both ends of the intermediate body. A rearward surface of the intermediate body includes a vertical surface, and an inclined surface which is continuous from at least either an upper end or a lower end of the vertical surface and is displaced forward as separating from the vertical surface.
US11518439B2
A system for securing a pivoting bolt to a vehicle frame, on which, in a mounted state, a link element, is mounted pivotably, including a sleeve element for receiving the pivoting bolt, wherein a collar region is provided or formed on the sleeve element, wherein the collar region is configured in such a manner that, in a mounted state, the collar region interacts in a form-fitting manner with a vehicle-frame-side engagement region, including a protrusion or an indentation, in order to avoid twisting of the sleeve element.
US11518431B2
A steering system is configured such that a ratio of a turning angle change amount with respect to a steering angle change amount in a first steering angle area is larger than the ratio of the turning angle change amount with respect to the steering angle change amount in a second steering angle area, and a steering angle in the second steering angle is smaller than the steering angle of the first steering angle area. An electronic control unit of the steering system sets a delay degree of a change in turning angle with respect to a change in steering angle in the first steering angle area to be larger than the delay degree of the change in turning angle with respect to the change in steering angle in the second steering angle area regardless of a turning-over operation or a turning-back operation.
US11518429B2
The torque transmission joint includes an intermediate transmission member, and a first transmission member and a second transmission member that are arranged with one each on both side sections in the axial direction of the intermediate transmission member, with the outer side sections in the radial direction of each engaging with the inside section in the radial direction of the intermediate transmission member. The first transmission member and the second transmission member have a first preliminary engagement section and a second preliminary engagement section at the end sections in the axial direction on sides close to each other. The first preliminary engagement section and the second preliminary engagement section engage with each other with a circumferential gap interposed therebetween that does not disappear when torque transmission is performed between the first transmission member and the second transmission member via the intermediate transmission member.
US11518420B2
A running gear for a rail vehicle includes one or more wheel sets, each having a revolution axis and each being guided by a pair of transversally spaced axle boxes. The running gear further includes a running gear frame, a primary suspension assembly between each of the axle boxes and the running gear frame, and a secondary suspension stage for supporting a vehicle superstructure on the running gear frame. Each primary suspension assembly has at least a main spring assembly having a vertical stiffness and a horizontal stiffness that is identical in a transverse direction of the running gear frame and in a longitudinal direction of the running gear frame perpendicular to the transverse direction. The primary suspension assembly further has an anisotropic interface assembly in series with the main spring assembly between the running gear frame and the axle box. The anisotropic interface assembly is such that the primary suspension assembly has a transverse stiffness and a longitudinal stiffness wherein the transverse stiffness is substantially different from the longitudinal stiffness.
US11518417B2
A method is disclosed for docking and undocking a hyperloop vehicle in a station. The method includes the step of extending a support system to a first position, wherein the support system engages a surface to support the hyperloop vehicle at a first elevation. The method further includes the steps of moving the hyperloop vehicle to a predetermined docking position and engaging a coupler to fixedly position the hyperloop vehicle relative to a docking platform.
US11518414B2
In a system trigger mode and a driver trigger mode, when a start condition for an automated lane change function by autonomous travel control is satisfied, lane change information as to whether to accept execution of the automated lane change function is presented; when an acceptance input of accepting the execution is detected, a determination is made as to whether the lane change is possible; and the automated lane change function is executed when it is determined possible. In the driver trigger mode, when a predetermined lane change instruction operation is performed, a determination is made as to whether the lane change is possible, and when a determination is made that lane change is possible, the automated lane change function is executed. The time for the lane change determination by the driver trigger mode is set shorter than the time for the lane change determination by the system trigger mode.
US11518412B2
Four-wheel steering of a vehicle, e.g., in which leading wheels and trailing wheels are steered independently of each other, can provide improved maneuverability and stability. A first vehicle model may be used to determine trajectories for execution by a vehicle equipped with four-wheel steering. A second vehicle model may be used to control the vehicle relative to the determined trajectories. For instance, the second vehicle model can determine leading wheels steering angles for steering leading wheels of the vehicle and trailing wheels steering angles for steering trailing wheels of the vehicle, independently of the leading wheels.
US11518411B2
A vehicle controller device includes a first processor. The first processor is configured to acquire biometric information of an occupant, in cases in which the compromised state is determined to have arisen, to communicate check-up information to check the well-being of the occupant using a report device provided inside the vehicle, to receive a response from the occupant whose well-being is being checked, to notify switchover information to an operation device in order to switch the vehicle from manual driving to remote driving in which the vehicle travels based on operation information in cases in which the response has not been received, and to perform the remote driving in cases in which the switchover information has been received by the operation device and operation-ready information indicating that the remote driving is possible has subsequently been received from the operation device.
US11518409B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose a safety control method and a safety control system based on environmental risk assessment for an intelligent connected vehicle. The method includes: when a vehicle is in an automatic driving mode, acquiring environmental parameter information of the vehicle in a current driving environment; determining a target driving control parameter which meets a preset safe driving condition under the current environmental parameter; and managing a current automatic driving level of the vehicle by using the target driving control parameter.
US11518402B2
Controlling a vehicle using contextual navigation assistance can include defining a context for the vehicle using sensor data for a plurality of time points while the vehicle traverses between a starting and stopping location, the context being one of multiple contexts, and each associated with at least one candidate variable for inclusion in an ordered representation of information, classifying the vehicle into a phase of multiple phases associated with different proximities of the vehicle to a maneuver, each phase associated with at least one candidate variable for inclusion in the ordered representation, and generating, using the phase and the context, the ordered representation. The ordered representation is ranked from most likely to least likely information that is necessary, during a current phase, to successfully complete the maneuver. The ordered representation is produced by a user interface so that it can be used to control the vehicle.
US11518400B2
A method for detecting, a roadside object including, a three-dimensional object in the vicinity of a vehicle on a road surface includes recording at least one data set including a plurality of data points associated with a region in a lateral vicinity of the vehicle, the region at least partially including at least one wheel of the vehicle and the road surface, where each data point includes according, to whether it corresponds to the at least one wheel to the road surface or to the roadside object, determining a distance between a data point classified as corresponding to the at least one wheel and a data point classified as corresponding to the roadside object and generating a signal if the distance is below at least one threshold value.
US11518393B2
Systems, devices, and methods for validating vehicle trajectories are provided. A vehicle controller can obtain a motion plan indicative of a trajectory including one or more state variables and one or more control variables. The vehicle controller can determine a dynamics defect value for the motion plan based at least in part on the one or more state variables, the one or more control variables, and a continuous-time dynamics function comprising a function indicative of a change in the one or more state variables and the one or more control variables over time. The vehicle controller can further determine the motion plan is dynamically consistent based at least in part on the dynamics defect value, generate one or more vehicle system control signals, and control the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the one or more vehicle system control signals.
US11518392B1
A distracted driving analysis system for identifying distracted driving events is provided. The system includes a processor in communication with a memory device programmed to: (i) receive driving event records including phone usage by a user that occurred within a time period of a driving event, (ii) divide the driving event records into at least two clusters based at least in part upon common features of one or more driving event records of the plurality of driving event records by processing the driving event records using an unsupervised machine learning algorithm, (iii) generate a trained model based at least in part upon the at least two clusters including cluster labels, (iv) process a new driving event using the trained model, (v) assign the new driving event to one of the at least two clusters using the trained model, and (vi) based at least in part upon the cluster labels for the assigned cluster, determine whether the new driving event is an actual distracted driving event or a passenger event.
US11518382B2
A method is provided for danger prediction. The method includes generating fully-annotated simulated training data for a machine learning model responsive to receiving a set of computer-selected simulator-adjusting parameters. The method further includes training the machine learning model using reinforcement learning on the fully-annotated simulated training data. The method also includes measuring an accuracy of the trained machine learning model relative to learning a discriminative function for a given task. The discriminative function predicts a given label for a given image from the fully-annotated simulated training data. The method additionally includes adjusting the computer-selected simulator-adjusting parameters and repeating said training and measuring steps responsive to the accuracy being below a threshold accuracy. The method further includes predicting a dangerous condition relative to a motor vehicle and providing a warning to an entity regarding the dangerous condition by applying the trained machine learning model to actual unlabeled data for the vehicle.
US11518380B2
An in-vehicle data collection and processing device receives real-time data from a plurality of sensors relating to at least one of a current vehicle condition and a current driver condition. The device then predicts, by processing at least a portion of the real-time data through a pre-trained pattern recognition algorithm, a likelihood of occurrence of at least one of a plurality of incidents involving the vehicle. In response, the device outputs one or more types of warnings and/or conducts a vehicle evasive maneuver if the likelihood is predicted to be above one or more thresholds.
US11518377B2
A vehicular vision system includes a camera, a distance sensor and a controller having at least one processor. Image data captured by the camera and sensor data captured by the distance sensor are processed at the controller. The controller, responsive to processing of captured image data and of captured sensor data, detects an object. The controller determines the distance to the detected object based at least in part on difference between the positions of the detected object in captured image data and in captured sensor data. The controller, responsive to processing of captured image data and of captured sensor data, and responsive to the determined distance to the detected object, determines that the detected object represents a collision risk. The controller alerts a driver of the vehicle of the collision risk and/or controls the vehicle to mitigate the collision risk.
US11518372B2
A vehicle driving assist apparatus has surrounding sensors which detect vehicle surrounding situations and driving assist systems which assist a driving operation of a driver, based on the vehicle surrounding situations. The vehicle driving assist apparatus determine whether the surrounding sensors malfunction. When the at least one electronic control unit determines that at least one of the surrounding sensors malfunctions, the vehicle driving assist apparatus determine operable driving assist systems and inoperable driving assist systems, and causes a display device to display both of a display indicating that at least one of the surrounding sensors malfunctions and a display indicating a list of the operable driving assist systems and the inoperable driving assist systems in a manner that the driver can realize which driving assist systems are operable and which driving assist systems are inoperable.
US11518369B2
A vehicle control device includes an operation unit operated by a driver; and a controller that causes a vehicle to turn according to a movement of the operation unit and causes a height of the vehicle to be changed. The controller causes the height of the vehicle to be changed according to an upward or downward movement of the operation unit.
US11518366B2
Methods and systems are provided for pinpointing a source of degradation in a vehicle engine system. In one example, a method includes spinning an engine of a vehicle unfueled in a forward and a reverse direction, in no particular order, and recording a first intake air flow and a second intake air flow, respectively, in an intake of the engine, and where the source of degradation is indicated as a function of both the first air flow and the second air flow. In this way, the degradation of the vehicle engine system may be pinpointed as to being located in the intake manifold, the exhaust system, or the engine.
US11518363B2
A method for controlling a hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a battery charged with electric power generated by the engine, and a motor as a drive source and having multiple running modes that can be selected through a mode operation. As the running mode, the method for controlling a hybrid vehicle includes a normal mode configured to perform charging of the battery according to a running state; and a charge mode configured to electric power generation by the engine according to a mode operation, the method comprising setting an upper limit of charging electric power based on the generated electric power in the charge mode to be lower than an upper limit of charging electric power based on the generated electric power in the normal mode.
US11518356B2
The invention relates to an assembly (10) for a hydraulic brake system having a fluid container (12) for a brake fluid, an electronic control unit (14) with a first housing (16), a hydraulic block (18) with a second housing (20), and a brake pressure control device which is arranged at least in sections in the second housing (20), and a fastening device for fastening the fluid container (12) and the electronic control unit (14) to the hydraulic block (18). The second housing (20) has a first fluid connector for connecting to the fluid container (12) and a second fluid connector (24) for connecting to a hydraulic line of the brake system. The brake pressure control device is set up to pressurize the brake fluid. The fastening device has a single-piece connecting element (28) which, in the mounted state of the assembly (10), connects the second housing (20) to the first housing (16) and/or an electric motor (26) of the brake pressure control device.
US11518354B2
A weight profile determination system includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor is disposed along a route and configured to generate a plurality of force measurements of a vehicle system moving on the route relative to the sensor. The force measurements are obtained at different times and correspond to different locations along a length of the vehicle system. The controller is configured to determine a weight profile for the vehicle system based on the force measurements generated by the sensor. The weight profile represents a distribution of weight along the length of the vehicle system. The controller is configured to communicate the weight profile to one or more of the vehicle system or an offboard device for controlling movement of the vehicle system based on the weight profile.
US11518353B2
The present disclosure provides a brake system including (a) a brake stack, (b) a force member moveable between a retracted position and an extended position in response to a brake command, wherein the force member contacts the brake stack in the extended position, and wherein the brake system includes a running clearance defined by a distance between the brake stack and the force member in the retracted position, (c) a sensor in communication with the brake stack to measure a force between the force member and the brake stack in response to the brake command, and (d) a brake control unit configured to determine a running clearance brake command defined as a percentage of a maximum braking force that causes the force member to contact the brake stack, wherein the running clearance brake command is determined based on the force measured by the sensor for a plurality of brake commands.
US11518345B2
An embodiment vehicle includes at least one first camera, a communicator, and a controller connected to the at least one first camera and the communicator. The controller is configured to identify an ignition-off state of the vehicle, acquire at least one first image through the at least one first camera based on the ignition-off state of the vehicle, identify a possibility of occurrence of a security-related dangerous situation of the vehicle based on the acquired at least one first image, and in response to the identifying on the possibility of occurrence of the security-related dangerous situation of the vehicle, and transmit information on the possibility of occurrence of the security-related dangerous situation of the vehicle to at least one external device through the communicator.
US11518339B2
A side airbag device for restraining an occupant at an early stage by changing a thickness of a chamber includes a cushion formed in a bag shape by combining an outer panel located at an outer side in a vehicle width direction and an inner panel located at an inner side in the vehicle width direction. A baffle spans between the outer panel and the inner panel in an inside of the cushion and partitions the inside of the cushion into a front chamber located at a vehicle front side and a rear chamber located at a vehicle rear side. An inflator is disposed in the rear chamber, and a first tether and a second tether extend from the baffle toward a vehicle rear. The tethers respectively extend from the baffle via both sides of the inflator in the vehicle width direction so as to be connected with a rear end of the cushion.
US11518336B2
A vehicle includes a bulkhead and a seat rotatable to a vehicle-rearward facing direction. The seat includes a seatback having a first side, a second side spaced from the first side, and a rear side. The rear side faces the bulkhead in the away-facing direction. The vehicle includes an inflatable device that is a thermoplastic elastomer. The inflatable device has a middle chamber, a first side chamber, and a second side chamber. The middle chamber is inflatable away from the bulkhead toward the rear side of the seatback in the away-facing direction. The middle chamber is elongated cross-vehicle between the first side and the second side of the seatback. The first side chamber is inflatable vehicle-rearward from the bulkhead along the first side of the seatback in the away-facing position. The second side chamber is inflatable from the bulkhead along the second side of the seatback in the away-facing position.
US11518334B2
Various implementations include a steering assembly including a hub assembly and airbag module. The hub assembly includes one or more hub assembly attachment tabs each defining a fastener opening. The airbag module includes one or more airbag module attachment tabs each defining a fastener opening. One of the hub assembly or the airbag module includes one or more temporary fasteners, and each of the temporary fasteners is couplable to a portion of the other of the hub assembly or the airbag module. One of the hub assembly or the airbag module includes one or more alignment portions structured to align each fastener opening in the hub assembly attachment tabs with a respective fastener opening in one of the airbag module attachment tabs when the temporary fasteners of the hub assembly or the airbag module are coupled to the portion of the other of the hub assembly or the airbag module.
US11518331B2
A child safety seat includes a first and a second restraining device, and an alert device and a first and a second switch serially connected in a series circuit. Each of the first and second restraining device is deployable to engage with a corresponding structure provided in a vehicle, each of the first and second restraining devices being operable independently and having an idle position and a deployed position. The first and second switches are respectively coupled operatively to the first and second restraining device, and are respectively closed when the first restraining device is in the deployed position and the second restraining device in the idle position. The alert device is thereby activable to emit an alert signal when the first restraining device is in the deployed position and the second restraining device in the idle position.
US11518320B2
A vehicle includes a two-panel support structure for each side of a bed of a pick-up truck. Each side includes an upper panel and a lower panel between the upper panel and the bed. The upper panel includes multiple indentations from a cab-side to a tailgate side of the bed. The lower panel includes a plurality of extensions that extend into one or more of the multiple indentations. The combination of each indentation and extension creates a pocket into which a platform, board, or other support structure, such as cross-brace, can be placed. The support structure can extend from one indentation on one side to a corresponding indentation on another side of the bed. The support structure creates support in conjunction with other support structures for a larger platform, such as a piece of plywood the size of the bed.
US11518319B2
An interface/electronics module for reading information from a vehicle data bus and controlling functions available through the vehicle data bus. A graphical user interface is provided. The interface may include a stand-alone tablet computer or may be part of an integrated and permanently-mounted display. The interface/electronics module may include the functionality of the factory audio system (such as a radio tuner, power amplifier, etc.). In addition, the interface/electronics module is able to transmit commands via the vehicle's CAN bus.
US11518316B1
The present disclosure relates to a cross roof bar. The cross roof bar includes a main crossbeam, a base, an adjustment seat, and a fastening assembly that connects the base to the adjustment seat. The main crossbeam has a first sliding groove. The fastening assembly includes a fastening member, a fastening nut, and a fastening bolt. The fastening member is swingably mounted to the adjustment seat, and includes a lower fastening portion and an upper fastening portion connected to the lower fastening portion and slidably mounted to the first sliding groove. The fastening member is turnable to cause the upper fastening portion to press the main crossbeam on a top of the base. The cross roof bar can clamp longitudinal bars having different sizes, and a position of the main crossbeam on a roof can be adjusted, thereby helping construct a stable cargo support on the roof.
US11518315B1
The cane holding clip is a storage device. The cane holding clip comprises a terry clip structure, a door clamp structure, a vehicle, and a walking stick. The door clamp secures the terry clip structure to the vehicle. The terry clip structure secures the walking stick to the vehicle. The walking stick is a mobility assistance device. The cane holding clip secures the walking stick to a fixed position within the vehicle when the walking stick is not in use.
US11518314B2
A glove box apparatus may include: a fixed part fixed to a vehicle body, and having a guide rail installed at a side surface thereof; a housing having a protrusion part moved along the guide rail, and configured to open/close the fixed part; a sensor part configured to sense a contact with the protrusion part; and a driving part configured to move the housing to open/close the fixed part, and move the housing toward the fixed part when the contact between the sensor part and the protrusion part is released.
US11518310B2
A lighting device of a rear view device of a motor vehicle, includes at least one light source with at least one light emitter for emitting light which can be coupled into and out of a light guide with at least one light funnel in order to pass at least through part of a light transmission unit and illuminate an area adjacent to the motor vehicle, where each light funnel extends upward or downward from its light input end to its light output end, and each light emitter is associated with a light funnel determining an optical axis.
US11518302B2
The present disclosure provides an auxiliary handle device configured to be used in entering or exiting a vehicle. The auxiliary handle device includes a cover unit including first and second movement guides, which define a movement path, a guide frame unit, which is connected to the cover unit so as to be slidably moved along a rail of a mounting plate mounted on a roof of the vehicle, and a handle unit, which is mounted on the cover unit so as to be selectively projected downwards from the mounting plate, the handle unit including a first guide pin and a second guide pin, which are respectively mounted in the first movement guide and the second movement guide such that the first and second guide pins are moved while being rotated so as to project the handle unit downwards from the mounting plate.
US11518292B2
A trailer system for a vehicle includes a trailer having a trailer body, wheels, and a trailer tongue for hitching the trailer to a towing vehicle. A rear end of the trailer body is pivotally and detachably attachable at a rear of the vehicle. When attached at the rear of the vehicle, the trailer is pivotable between a stowed position, where the trailer is vertically oriented along the rear of the vehicle, and a lowered position, where the trailer is lowered such that the wheels are at the ground. When attached at the rear of the vehicle and in the stowed position, the front end of the trailer body is at or near an upper region of the vehicle. When attached and in the lowered position, the trailer functions to allow items to be unloaded from the vehicle and onto the trailer body.
US11518288B2
A rocker support insert for a support rocker comprises a support plate configured to be removably coupled to a top portion of a rocker body; and a support padding fixedly coupled to a top surface of the support plate such that a portion of the top surface of the support plate remains exposed. A top surface of the support padding can define a concave upward-facing contact surface, and the support padding can be thicker than the support plate.
US11518284B2
A support for a headrest may have a single-part bending joint support which may have two support regions. A first support region may be situated in a backrest, and a second support region may be designed to receive a headrest body. Also included is a headrest for a seat, including a vehicle seat, that may have at least one headrest body and a support mentioned above and a seat.
US11518279B2
The present disclosure is directed to an automatic seat height system that adjusts a seat height. The height of a seat is adjusted only when a calculated seat height is outside of the range of a desired seat height. The seat is adjusted only when a seat height change from the desired seat height is not due to external forces such as vibration or shock. The seat height apparatus comprises a sensor, a height adjustment apparatus, a controller and a controllable actuator all in operable communication. The controller comprises software that calculates a calculated seat height based on a measured raw seat height. The calculated seat height is a time history position value pattern. The controller then compares the calculated seat height to a desired seat height to determine a change factor. If the change factor is outside of a predetermined range, the controller directs the controllable actuator to change the height of the seat to bring it within the range.
US11518258B2
Various disclosed embodiments include illustrative electrical power dispensers for electrical vehicle charging systems, charging systems, and methods of sensing presence of a charge coupler in a holster of an electrical power dispenser. In an illustrative embodiment, an electrical power dispenser for an electrical vehicle charging system includes a housing. A charge coupler is configured to dispense direct current electrical power. A holster is disposed on the housing and is configured to receive the charge coupler therein. A holster sensor is configured to sense presence of the charge coupler in the holster and is further configured to generate a signal indicative of presence of the charge coupler in the holster.
US11518247B2
A drive control system controls travel of an electric vehicle, the drive control system including a plurality of induction motors, one inverter that drives the plurality of induction motors, and a controller that controls the inverter. The controller includes a coupling disconnection detecting unit that calculates an estimated torque value on the basis of a total current and a voltage command value at the start of the induction motors, and detects disconnection of a coupling provided between the induction motors and a drive mechanism of the electric vehicle on the basis of the estimated torque value calculated and a torque command value.
US11518244B2
A control device that controls an in-vehicle battery and a charger in a demand and supply control system is configured to obtain total demand for electric power or the like generated in in-vehicle equipment, determine whether or not the total demand is able to be satisfied with electric power or the like suppliable from the in-vehicle battery, when the total demand is not able to be satisfied solely with the in-vehicle battery, and bring the charger into a drive state in a case where the total demand is able to be satisfied with total electric power or the like suppliable from the in-vehicle battery and the charger.
US11518241B2
One or more embodiments include systems and methods for regulating control of a vehicle infotainment system. In one embodiment, a vehicle computing system includes a user interface which has one or more output components and one or more input components. Software executing in memory of the vehicle computing system may be programmed with rules to reduce driver distraction such as preventing inputs or outputs during vehicle operation. Inputs may be intercepted from the one or more input components of the user interface. Additionally or alternatively, outputs may be intercepted to the output components of the user interface. The intercepted inputs or intercepted outputs may be evaluated for one or more violations based on the rules. If the one or more violations are detected, the inputs or outputs may be prevented during vehicle operation.
US11518238B1
A fuel system, a method of fueling a vehicle, and a vehicle are provided. The fuel system has a recirculation line connecting a fuel tank to a fuel fill inlet. An ejector is positioned within the recirculation line, and a valve is positioned within a drain line fluidly connecting the ejector to the fuel tank. A pressure sensor is positioned to measure a pressure associated with the drain line between the ejector and the valve. A controller is in communication with the pressure sensor, and the controller configured to, in response to initiation of a refueling event, determine a state of the valve based on the pressure.
US11518233B2
A hybrid drive train for a vehicle has at least one internal combustion engine with an internal combustion engine drive shaft, in particular a crankshaft, and at least one first electrical machine with a first electrical machine drive shaft. The internal combustion engine and the first electrical machine are designed to transfer a torque to at least one drive axle. A transmission has a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft which is operatively connected to a first drive axle that can be driven by the internal combustion engine. The transmission input shaft of the transmission is connected at least to the internal combustion engine drive shaft of the internal combustion engine in order to transfer a torque from the internal combustion engine to the transmission input shaft and further to the first drive axle. The transmission input shaft and the internal combustion engine drive shaft of the internal combustion engine are arranged parallel to each other.
US11518231B2
A hybrid module for a drive train of a motor vehicle includes a housing, an electric machine disposed within the housing. The electric machine having a stator and a rotor arranged radially within the stator. The hybrid module having at least one hydraulically cooled friction clutch arranged radially within the rotor. A cooling device is provided that is configured to cool a plurality of friction surfaces of the at least one friction clutch and which has an annular collecting region coupled to the rotor for conjoint rotation therewith and entraining a hydraulic medium during operation, as well as a scoop section, which is secured to the housing and projects into the collecting region and via which the hydraulic medium is fed to a retaining chamber during operation.
US11518229B2
A motor vehicle transmission for a hybrid drive train of a motor vehicle includes a first transmission input shaft for receiving drive power of a first drive machine and a second transmission input shaft for receiving drive power from a second drive machine. A first planetary transmission gear set includes a first sun pinion, a first internal gear, and a first planetary gear carrier. A second planetary transmission gear set includes a second sun pinion, a second internal gear, and a second planetary gear carrier. The first internal gear is selectively connectable fixedly to a transmission housing so as to rotate with the transmission housing by a first braking device and the second internal gear is selectively connectable fixedly to a transmission output shaft so as to rotate with the transmission output shaft by a first clutch device.
US11518221B2
A vehicle includes a front door and a rear door. A first bracket is fixed to the front door, and a second bracket is fixed to the rear door. A front cable extends from the first bracket away from the second bracket along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. A rear cable extends from the second bracket away from the first bracket along the vehicle-longitudinal axis. A linear actuator is fixed to one of the first bracket or the second bracket and is extendable to the other of the first bracket or the second bracket.
US11518216B2
A vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes: a refrigerant circuit that adjusts a temperature or a humidity of air in a vehicle compartment, including a compressor, indoor heat exchangers, an outdoor heat exchanger, and expansion valves; a first heat medium circuit that allows a first heat medium absorbing heat released from a first heat releasing body to flow therethrough; a second heat medium circuit that allows a second heat medium absorbing heat released from a second heat releasing body to flow therethrough; a first heat medium heat releasing unit that performs a heat exchange between the refrigerant and the first heat medium to release the heat from the first heat medium to the refrigerant; and a second heat medium heat releasing unit that performs a heat exchange between the first heat medium and the second heat medium to release the heat from the second heat medium to the first heat medium.
US11518213B2
An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle and a control method of the same are provided which may inhibit a closing degree of a door from being insufficient even when the door is closed while a blower fan is actuated. An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle includes an inside-outside air switching damper including a damper switching actuator, a blower fan, a control unit, and door opening-and-closing sensors. In a case where the door becomes an open state and a case where the blower fan is actuated and the inside-outside air switching damper is in an outside air introduction mode, the control unit issues a command to the damper switching actuator to switch the inside-outside air switching damper to an inside air circulation mode.
US11518201B2
A tire information acquisition device includes: a sensor unit mountable on a tire inner surface and including a sensor configured to acquire tire information; and a power supply unit mountable on a wheel. The power supply unit includes a power supply mechanism configured to supply power to the sensor unit in a non-contact manner. The sensor unit includes: a power reception mechanism configured to receive power from the power supply unit in a non-contact manner; and an information transmission unit configured to wirelessly transmit acquired tire information.
US11518199B2
A pneumatic tire includes a pair of bead portions each having a respective bead core therein, a carcass extending between the bead portions and including a carcass ply that includes a main portion extending between the bead cores and a pair of turn-up portions turned up around the bead cores, and a pair of bead reinforcing layers being disposed outward in the tire axial direction of the turn-up portions so as to cover outermost ends in a tire radial direction of the turn-up portions. An outer surface of at least one of the bead portions is provided with a recess row including a plurality of recesses spaced in a tire circumferential direction, and in the at least one of the bead portions, an outermost end of the bead reinforcing layer is located outwardly in the tire radial direction of outermost ends of the plurality of recesses.
US11518188B2
This non-pneumatic tire is provided with a tread ring, a wheel which is arranged radially inside of the tread ring, and spokes which are interposed between the tread ring and the wheel. Further, the wheel has a disc part to which the vehicle shaft is linked, and a rim part which is connected on the inner peripheral side to the disc part and is joined on the outer peripheral side to the spokes. In this configuration, the average thickness (T1) of the disc part is set to be less than the average thickness (T2) of the rim part. In other words, the relation T1
US11518187B2
A coiled metal substrate with a faux galvanized surface appearance. The faux galvanized surface of the substrate including a spangle print pattern of polyvinylidene fluoride (PFDV) flexographically applied to the metal substrate. Atop the PFDV print pattern is semi-transparent coating of fluoroethylene vinyl ether (FEVE) flexographically applied atop the spangle print pattern of PFDV.
US11518176B2
Maintenance jig, liquid discharge apparatus, head cleaning method, unit, and liquid discharge system
A maintenance jig includes a protector and an opening. The protector is configured to be attached to a head that has a nozzle surface including a nozzle row to discharge liquid or a head holder that holds the head. The protector is configured to protect the nozzle row. The opening is adjacent to the protector in a lateral direction of the nozzle row intersecting a longitudinal direction of the nozzle row. A distance between an end of the protector in the longitudinal direction of the nozzle row and the nozzle surface is larger than a distance between a portion of the protector other than the end of the protector in the longitudinal direction and the nozzle surface when the maintenance jig is attached to the head or the head holder.
US11518166B2
There is provided a method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head. The liquid ejection head includes a recording device substrate, an electric wiring member configured to be connected to the recording device substrate at an electric connection portion, and a support member including a concave portion and a convex portion. The convex portion includes a first surface and a second surface. The method includes applying an adhesive to the surface of the concave portion on which the recording device substrate is to be placed and to the first surface, pressing the applied adhesive after the recording device substrate is placed on the surface of the concave portion on which the recording device substrate is to be placed, to fill, with the adhesive, a gap between the convex portion and the recording device substrate to a position higher than the first surface, and sealing the electric connection portion.
US11518163B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a printing portion and a control portion. The printing portion executes a printing operation including ejecting a liquid from a nozzle onto a medium. The control portion executes an initial operation upon supply of power and executes the printing operation in accordance with a print instruction. The initial operation and the printing operation include a common printing operation that is common to the initial operation and the printing operation. When the control portion does not receive the print instruction during execution of the initial operation, the control portion executes the initial operation including the common printing operation. When the control portion receives the print instruction during execution of the initial operation, the control portion omits the common printing operation from the initial operation.
US11518151B2
The present disclosure discloses multilayer barrier (F) comprising: (a) at least one polyolefin core layer (A); (b) at least one barrier layer (B) on both the sides of the core layer; and (c) at least one polyolefin layer (C) adjacent to the at least one barrier layer, wherein the at least one barrier layer individually has thickness in the range of 1 μm-25 μm. It also discloses a process of preparing the multilayer barrier film. Additionally, a laminate comprising the multilayer barrier film of the present disclosure and a process of preparing the laminate is discussed. Furthermore, an article comprising the multilayer barrier film or the laminate of the present disclosure is also disclosed.
US11518147B2
The present invention relates to a method for recycling an intermediate film for laminated glass, comprising a step of separating a layer comprising an A layer and a layer comprising a B layer from the intermediate film for laminated glass (1) comprising at least the A layer and the B layer.
US11518139B2
The present invention provides stretchable laminates with a flat appearance on the visible surface. The laminates comprise a textile layer, a functional layer, and a plurality of elastic fibers. The plurality of elastic fibers are in a substantially parallel arrangement and the internal distance between adjacent fibers does not exceed the maximum fiber spacing, which depends on laminate thickness in a stretched state. Also provided are garments and footwear comprising the stretchable laminates and methods of producing the stretchable laminates.
US11518135B2
An apparatus for the production a cushion product from a single- or multi-layer continuous paper strip includes a feed unit for drawing the paper strip into the apparatus, a cutting unit for cutting the cushion product from the paper strip, and control electronics for the activation of the cutting unit according to a predetermined motion profile. A sensor captures a rotation angle position of the feed unit. The control electronics are configured to activate the feed unit continuously and to start an activation of the cutting unit for a discontinuous cutting operation during capturing a predetermined actual rotation angle position of the feed unit.
US11518129B2
The invention is directed to a posing assembly (30) that effects transfer and posing of a semifinished product (100) that is destined for inclusion in a tire. The invention is also directed to a tire production system (10) for transferring and posing a semi-finished product (100) that is destined for inclusion in a tire, which system includes the disclosed posing assembly. A method is provided for transferring and posing a semi-finished product (100) upon a rotating forming drum (40) having a circumferential forming surface (40a) during a product posing cycle, which method includes a step of providing a tire production system as disclosed.
US11518123B2
The present invention relates to micro-/nanostructured compound-eye arrays and fabrication method thereof, and discloses a fabrication method and applications for the molded polymer parts with the micro-/nanostructured compound-eye arrays on their surfaces, which exhibit both hydrophobicity and light trapping. The fabrication method for the molded polymer parts with the micro-/nanostructured compound-eye arrays includes following steps. A flexible microlens array template is assembled; the flexible microlens array template is fixed on an injection mold cavity, and a polymer part with microlens arrays distributing on its surface is molded by using injection molding; the microlens arrays on the molded polymer part are imprinted onto the surface of an ultra-pure aluminum foil, nanopores are formed on its surface via anode oxidation, and so an aluminum template with negative micro-/nanostructured compound-eye arrays is fabricated; the aluminum template is fixed on an injection mold cavity, and a polymer part with micro-/nanostructured compound-eye arrays distributing on its surface is molded by using injection molding. The dual-level compound-eye arrays (orderly distributed convex semi-sphere microlens and densely distributed nanopillars) are developed on the surface of the molded polymer part, which exhibits both hydrophobicity and light trapping.
US11518116B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin molding material by which, when the fiber-reinforced resin molding material is manufactured, separated fiber bundles can be supplied to a cutting machine in stable condition while avoiding the influence of meandering of the fiber bundles or slanting or meandering of filaments occurring in the fiber bundles. A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin molding material in which spaces between filaments of cut-out fiber bundles (CF) are impregnated with resin includes, so that a condition of the following expression (1) is satisfied, intermittently separating fibers of the continuous fiber bundles (CF) in a longitudinal direction by a rotational blade (18) serving as a fiber separating part and cutting out the fiber bundles with an interval therebetween in a longitudinal direction of a cutting machine (13A) to obtain the cut-out fiber bundles (CF). Expression (1): 1≤a/L (where a represents a length of a separated part of the continuous fiber bundles (CF) and L represents an interval when the fiber bundles (CF) are cut out in the longitudinal direction.)
US11518110B2
There is provided an adhesive application apparatus capable of efficiently applying an adhesive without inhibiting curing of the adhesive. An adhesive application apparatus of the present invention includes a mounting table 10, an adhesive dosing unit 20, and an ultraviolet irradiation unit 30, and it applies a delayed-ultraviolet-curable adhesive 200 to a surface of a panel 100. The panel 100 is mounted on a mounting surface S10 of the mounting table 10. The adhesive dosing unit 20 applies the adhesive 200 to the surface of the panel 100 mounted on the mounting table 10 by discharging the adhesive 200 from an adhesive dosing port H20. The ultraviolet irradiation unit 30 irradiates the adhesive 200 dosed from the adhesive dosing port H20 with ultraviolet light L. Here, the ultraviolet irradiation unit 30 irradiates the adhesive 200 with the ultraviolet light L along the mounting surface S10 before the adhesive 200 dosed from the adhesive dosing port H20 is applied to the surface of the panel 100.
US11518106B2
Provided is a strain sensor including a fixing plate and a strain gauge. The fixing plate includes a first supporting part and a second supporting part flexibly connected to the first supporting part. The present application is advantageous in that a strain sensor with a simple structure, high reliability and high sensitivity is provided. The horizontal status of a contact surface may be detected by a little amount of deformation, and the flexible fixing plate can provide a buffer for the equipment to prevent damages due to direct impact.
US11518104B2
In an example, a method includes receiving, at a processor, object model data representing at least a portion of an object to be generated by an additive manufacturing apparatus by fusing build material. Using a processor and from the object model data, a property diffusion model for the object in object generation may be determined. Using a processor and based on the property diffusion model, a manufacturing boundary object shell around the object and encompassing an external volume may be determined. The shell may have a variable thickness determined so as to include build material for which, in generation of the object, the property modelled in the property diffusion model has a value which is predicted to conform to a predetermined parameter.
US11518099B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for producing an object by means of additive manufacturing, comprising a process chamber for receiving a bath of material which can be solidified by exposure to electromagnetic radiation; a support for positioning the object in relation to the surface level of the bath of material; and a solidifying device for solidifying a selective layer-part of the material on the surface level by means of electromagnetic radiation. Furthermore optical control device is provided with a focus unit in an optical pathway of the electromagnetic radiation of the solidifying device, and arranged for controlling at least the focus of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the solidifying device on the surface level. According to the invention, the optical control device comprises a sensor element arranged for detecting a measure for the accuracy of the focus of the electromagnetic radiation and a focus correction lens element that is arranged to be movable. By moving said focus correction lens element, focus may be corrected, for example due to thermal behaviour of the optical system.
US11518094B2
A nozzle check suitable for production of a three-dimensional shaped object is performed. A production method of a three-dimensional shaped object M configured to laminate unit layers (L1, L2, . . . ), in which a nozzle checking step inspects at least a part of nozzles (6) for ejecting ink for forming a particular unit layer, which is performed after having started production in a case where a timing of the nozzle check is before forming the particular unit layer and this unit layer is a lowermost layer (L1), and is performed after having formed a unit layer that is located directly under the particular unit layer in a case where the timing of the nozzle check is before forming the particular unit layer and this layer is not the lowermost layer (L1).
US11518093B2
An additive manufacturing system comprises an additive manufacturing apparatus forming a molded object by curing slurry which becomes a base material of the molded object and a removing apparatus removing slurry attached to the molded object, in which the removing apparatus comprises a container having an axis of rotation and a peripheral wall provided with a plurality of small holes, the container permitting the molded object to be fixed therein, and a drive unit driving the container to rotate around the axis of rotation.
US11518083B2
A method for operating a three-dimensional object printer compensates for inoperative ejectors. The method identifies image data values associated with an inoperative ejector that stored in a memory with other image data values for a three-dimensional object to be printed by the three-dimensional object printer. The method replaces the image data values associated with the inoperative ejector with image data values associated with an operative ejector that correspond to a material that is different than a material ejected by the inoperative ejector and operates a plurality of ejectors with reference to the other image data values and the replaced image data values to enable the operative ejector to eject drops of the material that is different than the material ejected by the inoperative ejector into the three-dimensional object at positions where the inoperative ejector would have ejected material.
US11518082B1
Plasma applications are disclosed that operate with argon or helium at atmospheric pressure, and at low temperatures, and with high concentrations of reactive species in the effluent stream. Laminar gas flow is developed prior to forming the plasma and at least one of the electrodes can be heated which enables operation at conditions where the argon or helium plasma would otherwise be unstable and either extinguish, or transition into an arc. The techniques can be employed to clean and activate a metal substrate, including removal of oxidation, thereby enhancing the bonding of at least one other material to the metal.
US11518073B2
An improved method for obtaining high fiber volume fraction, long fiber injection molded articles is provided. According to one embodiment, the method includes forming an injection molding feedstock by cutting pre-impregnated fiber-reinforced tape into platelets. The platelets can be coated with a thin layer of polymer to allow sliding of the platelets with respect to each other at the early stages of plastication, rather than forcing relative motion of fibers with respect to each other. The method can further include the dispersion of material only in the final stages of the injection molding screw to promote gentle motion of the feedstock at the earlier stages of the plastication process. The method allows improvement of mechanical properties of articles manufactured with equipment and techniques that are prevalent in high volume automotive and consumer industries.
US11518072B2
An automated manufacturing method and system and in-mold coated plastic article produced thereby are provided. The system includes a combination compression and injection mold and a plurality of program-controlled manipulators. An automatic sprayer supported on a first manipulator sprays at least a portion of a mold surface with an in-mold coating composition. An end effector supported on a second manipulator picks up a heated blank of moldable plastic sheet material from an oven and places the heated blank in the mold. An inner portion of the heated blank is forced into an article-defining cavity of the mold and into contact with at least a portion of the composition. The composition and the inner portion cure and bond to one another and a plastic compatible with the plastic of the sheet is injected into the mold so as to form the coated plastic article.
US11518070B2
A compression molding machine including a base part; a first mold chase fixed in a position spaced apart from the base part; a second mold chase disposed between the base part and the first mold chase, the second mold chase movable along a movement axis extending perpendicularly between the base part and the first mold chase; and a compression actuation arrangement for moving the second mold chase. The compression actuation arrangement including at least two independent actuating units, each having a first inverted wedge member, a second wedge member, and a drive mechanism. An inclined surface of the first inverted wedge member and an inclined surface of the second wedge member is slidably engaged to each other to convert a motion of the second wedge member along the transmission axis to a motion of the first inverted wedge member along the actuation axis for moving the second mold chase.
US11518069B2
A method of fabricating a casting, the method including applying a substrate to a sacrificial mold, the sacrificial mold including a shaped non-planar receiving surface to receive the substrate and provide a casting of the substrate having a shaped structure corresponding to the receiving surface; and subjecting the sacrificial mold and casting to freeze drying conditions and sublimating the sacrificial mold from the casting to form a cast article including the shaped non-planar structure.
US11518065B2
A mobile aggregate hopper for a volumetric and gravimetric mixer having arcuate longitudinal walls for holding and isolating aggregate. The mobile aggregate hopper has a base integral with the arcuate longitudinal walls with an aggregate transfer conveyor capable of attachment to a trailer or chassis having wheels. The single sheet structure of the longitudinal arcuate side walls minimizes welding and mechanical joints during manufacturing and provides a hopper with high strength and capacity and low overall weight.
US11518064B2
A deflection impedance device is provided for a stripper head plate of a concrete product machine mold assembly. The device may comprise a spacer having an axial thickness generally equal to a desired spacing between an upper surface of a stripper head plate of a mold assembly stripper head, and a lower surface of a mold head adapter plate of a concrete product machine. A magnetic element may be used to retain the spacer on the stripper head plate upper surface where it will brace the stripper head plate against the mold head adapter plate to limit or prevent upward bowing that might otherwise result from forces imparted by concrete product being formed within the mold assembly.
US11518063B2
Structures for use in forming products having a wood grain appearance include, for example, a plurality of extruded layers having different colors/shades spirally wound about a longitudinal axis to an outer surface to define the structure. The plurality of extruded layers include varying thicknesses along a spiral length of the plurality of layers and/or portions of the plurality of extruded layers encircling the longitudinal axis include portions disposed at different distances from the longitudinal axis. In some embodiments, the spirally winding includes forming a cylindrical structure, and pressing the cylindrical structure into a cuboid structure having a square or rectangular cross-section across the longitudinal axis and at least a portion of the plurality of extruded layers defining a square or rectangle pattern across the longitudinal axis. Longitudinal portions may be cut from the structures to form the products having a wood grain appearance.
US11518057B2
A cutting apparatus includes a chuck table for holding a workpiece thereon, and a cutting unit for cutting the workpiece held on the chuck table. The cutting unit includes a spindle, a mount base fixed to a distal end of the spindle and having an annular coupling face extending around an axis of the spindle and external threads on a distal end portion of the mount base, a ring-shaped ring mount coupled to the coupling face of the mount base and having an annular support surface supporting a surface of an annular base of a hub blade, a coupling mechanism coupling the ring mount to the coupling face of the mount base, and a nut threaded over the external threads of the mount base.
US11518040B2
An automated robot design pipeline facilitates the overall process of designing robots that perform various desired behaviors. The disclosed pipeline includes four stages. In the first stage, a generative engine samples a design space to generate a large number of robot designs. In the second stage, a metric engine generates behavioral metrics indicating a degree to which each robot design performs the desired behaviors. In the third stage, a mapping engine generates a behavior predictor that can predict the behavioral metrics for any given robot design. In the fourth stage, a design engine generates a graphical user interface (GUI) that guides the user in performing behavior-driven design of a robot. One advantage of the disclosed approach is that the user need not have specialized skills in either graphic design or programming to generate designs for robots that perform specific behaviors or express various emotions.
US11518038B2
A substrate conveying robot has a robot arm including an end effector having a substrate holding unit holding a substrate, arm drive unit for driving the robot arm, an elevating drive unit for elevatingly driving the end effector, a robot control unit controlling the arm drive unit, the elevating drive unit, and the substrate holding unit, and a substrate detection unit having a substrate detection unit which detects a vertical position of the substrate and elevates coordinately with an elevating operation of the end effector. By this configuration, a vertical position of a substrate to be conveyed is detected with high accuracy so that a robot operation can be controlled based on the detection result.
US11518036B2
A service providing system including: a mobile robot configured to act in response to an instruction from a user through wireless communication and including a sensor having a capability corresponding to a human sensing capability to perceive an external world; a target identifying unit configured to identify whether an action target of the robot is a human being or another robot; an user apparatus control portion configured to output the signal detected by the sensor in a first manner when the action target is identified to be a human being and output the signal detected by the sensor in a second manner when the action target is identified to be the other robot; and a user apparatus configured to act in a manner perceivable by the user based on a output signal.
US11518033B2
An electric motor drive system is provided wherein safety is achieved by commanding the process system of the relevant axis or set of axes to execute motion that follows a defined path, namely trajectory of position, velocity and acceleration against time, re-constructing an identical trajectory in the safety system and in, the safety system, supervising deviations between the safely reconstructed target position and the safe measurement of position.
US11518021B1
A self-supporting template for an electrical receptacle cutout and method of using the template. The template includes a base plate with template openings, an upright on the base plate, a biased reciprocating push button, and at least one sharp. The push button is secured to the upright for transverse reciprocation between a biased first position spaced furthest from the base plate and a second position spaced closest to the base plate. The at least one sharp reciprocates concurrently with the push button wherein the distal tip is fully recessed when the push button is in the first position and protrudes a fully extended distance in the second transverse direction from the lower major surface of the base plate when the push button is in the second position.
US11518020B2
A pair of screwdrivers each having a handle, a nondetachable outer shaft, a detachable inner shaft, and at least two detachable double-ended screwdriver bits. Each screwdriver handle is formed having a hollow space configured to substantially house the outer screwdriver shaft, the inner screwdriver shaft, and the at least two double-ended screwdriver bits of the other screwdriver, whereby, the pair of screwdrivers may be assembled together when not in use so that the outer shaft, the inner shaft, and the at least two double-ended screwdriver bits of both screwdrivers are substantially non-exposed to prevent the potential for accidental user injury.
US11518019B2
A portable power tool includes an electromotive drive with an output shaft defining a first axis and having a first end portion and a second opposite end portion. The first end portion is between a mounted machining tool and the second end portion. The electromotive drive is received in a first power tool housing portion and includes a stator having a first stator end defining a first plane and a second stator end defining a second plane, the first plane is located between the first end portion and the second plane. A second power tool housing portion defines a handle gripping portion with a first surface defining a third plane which intersects the output shaft at a location whereat the first plane is between the third plane and the second plane. A second surface portion opposite the first surface portion defines a fourth plane parallel to the third plane.
US11518009B2
A hex headed bit and socket for enhanced non-slip application of torque force having a hex head with contoured fastener engagement surface channel at the center of the respective alternating flat tool engagement sides. The contoured channels are tapered both transversely and longitudinally and extend in angular inclination across hex head bit flat side. The defined primary channel lateral edges correspondingly embed themselves during rotational engagement within the so engaged fastener pulling the hex head bit into the engaged fastener imparting enhanced translateral points of tool engagement.
US11518007B2
A shear wrench tool including an electric motor having a motor output shaft, a transmission having a plurality of planetary gear stages and an output section having first and second output sleeves the first output sleeve being configured for mating with a nut and the second output sleeve being configured for mating with a tip of a bolt to be sheared, wherein the electric motor is configured to provide torque via the transmission to the output section for causing the first and second output sleeves to be rotated in opposite directions relative to each other in use, and wherein the electric motor, the transmission and the output section are arranged in an axial sequence one after the other such that the first and second output sleeves circumferentially extend coaxially around the same axis that the motor output shaft and the planetary gear stages rotate about.
US11518004B2
A bumper apparatus for securing a vehicle bumper during painting and repair is described herein. The apparatus includes a base support structure, a frame coupled to the base support structure, at least one rear coupler arm movably coupled to the frame, at least one front coupler arm movably coupled to the frame via a front coupler attachment, and a front coupler. The front coupler attachment includes a frame portion movably coupled to the frame, a ball portion fixedly coupled to the frame portion, a socket portion configured to receive the ball portion, and an arm portion movably coupled to the at least one front coupler arm. The front coupler is movably coupled to the at least one front coupler arm and is configured to be releasably coupled to the vehicle bumper.
US11518002B2
With a method for the production of a grinding tool, a tool base body is provided, which configures a three-dimensionally shaped adhesive sur-face by application of a bonding agent. The tool base body is positioned in a way that the adhesive surface is arranged in an electrostatic field, be-tween a first electrode and a second electrode. Into the electrostatic field, abrasive grains are introduced, which, due to the electrostatic field, move towards the adhesive surface and adhere to same. The grinding tool produced in this manner has a three-dimensionally shaped abrasive grain layer. The production of the grinding tool is simple, flexible and economical. The grinding tool has a randomly shaped abrasive grain layer and can be applied in a manifold manner with a high cutting performance and a long service life.
US11518001B2
An abrasive disc mounting assembly for attaching an abrasive disc to a rotary motor drive. The assembly includes a backing pad with a front face and a rear surface. A tapered recess is formed in the front face and extends into the backing pad, the recess having a flat base at its inward end. A hole is formed in the recess and extends through the backing pad from the base to the rear surface. The hole is centered within the recess. A grinder spindle is sized to fit within the hole. The spindle has threads formed on one end. The assembly also includes a nut with a shape that is complementary to the shape of the recess so that the nut seats within the recess. The recess and nut include anti-rotational features that prevent one from rotating relative to the other as the nut seats within the recess.
US11518000B2
The invention refers to a backing pad (100) for use with a hand-held or hand-guided orbital sander (10) or polisher. The backing pad (100) has a planar extension and an essentially triangular form comprising a triangular region (102), with a top surface for releasable attachment of the backing pad (100) to the sander (10) or polisher and with a bottom surface for releasable attachment of a sheet-like sanding or polishing member (132) to the backing pad (100). In order to provide for a possibility to sand or polish surfaces within narrow, cramped, tight, twisty and crooked spaces with a sander (10) or polisher having an essentially triangular backing pad (100), it is suggested that the backing pad (100) comprises at least at one of the three corners (104) of the triangular region (102) a protrusion (108) extending in the plane of the planar extension of the backing pad (100) and projecting laterally beyond the triangular region (102).
US11517994B2
An abrasive blast cabinet uses a space frame to support panels defining an enclosed volume. One of the panels defines a view port and access ports. Illumination devices positioned on the one panel adjacent to and/or surrounding the view port illuminate the enclosed volume without significant shadowing, glare or reflections. The illumination devices are captured between a frame and the one panel and are protected from the blast environment by channel members which are covered by a transparent plate overlying the view port.
US11517990B2
A machine tool (1) includes a spindle (32) supported on a support surface (37a) of a support body (37) with such an orientation that the longitudinal axis of the spindle extends along the support surface (37a). The spindle (32) is movable in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the spindle (32). The support body (37) is provided with a ventilation hole (80) extending through the support body (37) between the support surface (37a) and a surface (37b) facing in the direction opposite to the support surface (37a), to open toward the spindle (32).
US11517981B2
A method of reworking an aerospace component includes removing a casting defect from a component manufactured of a non-fusion weldable base alloy to form a cavity. The cavity is then at least partially filled with a multiple of layers of discrete laser powder deposition spots of a filler alloy. A cast component for a gas turbine engine includes a cast component non-fusion weldable base alloy with a cavity filled with a multiple of layers of laser powder deposition spots of a filler alloy. The filler alloy may be different than the non-fusion weldable base alloy. A layer of non-fusion weldable base alloy is at least partially within the cavity and over the filler alloy.
US11517977B2
An ultrasonic welding apparatus joins metal pieces, such as wires, which are placed in a weldment zone where the metal pieces are subjected to pressure through a compressive height anvil and an adjustable width anvil, and intimate contact is made with a sonotrode of an ultrasonic stack. A first electric motor actuates movement of the height anvil to develop a compressive force for ultrasonic welding of the metal pieces. A second electric motor can position the width anvil before and during welding. A sensor, such as a load cell, measures the compressive force developed. The sensor directly can measure the load on the height anvil independent of the ultrasonic stack. A software algorithm can compensate for deflection of the load cell sensor and lost motion in the first electric motor actuating movement.
US11517975B2
An electron beam source including a cathode, an anode, a means for deflecting an electron beam over a target surface and at least one vacuum pump, the electron beam source further including a contraction area arranged between the anode and the means for deflecting the electron beam where a hole in the contraction area is aligned with a hole in the anode with respect to the cathode, a first vacuum pump is arranged between the contraction area and the anode and a second vacuum pump is arranged above the anode, a gas inlet is provided between the contraction area and the means for deflecting the electron beam, wherein a first crossover of the electron beam is arranged between the cathode and the anode and a second crossover is arranged at or in close proximity to the contraction area.
US11517974B2
Device (10) for manufacturing a component compound by resistance welding, comprises a welding electrode (12) for transmitting an electric current to a joining element (17) and for exerting a joining force onto the joining element (17) along a joining direction (22) in order to establish a connection of the joining element (17) with a structural element by resistance welding; as well as a positioning device (20) for positioning at least one joining element (17) on the axis of the joining direction (22) in order to contact and particularly apply a force to the joining element (17) by means of the welding electrode (12). The positioning device (20) comprises a retention device (30) for exerting a retention force onto the joining element (17), wherein the retention device (30) is movably arranged.
US11517971B2
A support stand for a soldering or de-soldering handheld tool comprises a base and a cradle for supporting the handheld tool when it is not in use that protects the surrounding work area and accommodates user preferences.
US11517968B2
A deburring tool includes: a body; and a cutting unit provided on an end portion of the body and including a blade part, where a first channel is provided inside the body, and when a fluid supplied from outside of the deburring tool through the first channel is injected into the cutting unit and presses the cutting unit, the cutting unit moves and a degree to which the blade part protrudes outwardly increases.
US11517960B2
A method for producing a component from an aluminum alloy using a semisolid method is provided. The alloy contains less than 1.3% by weight of iron and no more than 0.2% by weight of silicon, and the component has sufficient ductility such that the component can be joined to other components by self-piercing riveting, flow drilling, high-speed tack setting, friction welding and/or weld riveting.
US11517956B2
A machine for manufacturing a closure that has: a workspace for receiving a blank, a rim punch arranged to engage a blank received within the workspace, a center punch arranged radially inside the rim punch, the center punch arranged to engage the blank received within the workspace to form a closure, and an ejection pin arranged to cause the center punch to move such that the closure disengages from the rim punch.
US11517954B2
A method for manufacturing a pressed component including an elongated top plate, a wall having one end connected to a short direction end portion of the top plate, that curves with a convex shape bowing toward an opposite side to the top plate as viewed from an upper side of the top plate, and that includes a sharp curve portion, and a flange that is connected to another end of the wall, and that extends in a plate thickness direction of the wall toward the opposite side to the top plate side. The manufacturing method includes pressing to form an intermediate formed component including a preliminary flange and pressing to deform the preliminary flange to form the preliminary flange into the flange.
US11517946B1
A condensate drain line cleaning system including a coil attachment assembly and a drain attachment assembly is disclosed herein. The coil attachment assembly includes a tubing body configured to be connected to the drain line that is attached to the evaporator coil of an existing air conditioning unit. The drain attachment assembly is configured to be connecting to the existing drain line located outside a user's home. A user then pours a cleaning solution into an opening in the coil attachment assembly. Afterwards, a user then actuates a shut off valve disposed on the drain attachment assembly. A user then pours hot water into the opening of the coil attachment assembly to activate the cleaner therein. After waiting a certain amount of time, the user may then re-open the shut of valve to drain all the waste present in the drain line.
US11517944B2
The cleaning device (20) for cleaning a cylindrical roller (50), for example an anilox roller of a printing machine, includes a cleaning head (30) with a cleaning chamber (110), in which there is housed a mechanical cleaning member (60), and with which there are associated feeding members (70) for feeding a cleaning liquid into the cleaning chamber (110). The mechanical member (60) and cleaning liquid dispensed by the feeding members work in combination inside said cleaning chamber (110) to clean the lateral surface of the roller (50).
US11517943B2
A cleaning method that removes contaminants adhering to a stage in a chamber, includes: setting a pressure in a chamber to a predetermined vacuum pressure; supplying a first gas that forms a shock wave toward the stage; and supplying a second gas that does not form the shock wave toward the stage.
US11517938B2
An electronic device includes a substrate layer having a front surface and a back surface opposite the front surface, a plurality of ultrasonic transducers formed on the front surface of the substrate layer, wherein the plurality of ultrasonic transducers generate backward waves during operation, the backward waves propagating through the substrate layer, and a plurality of substrate structures formed within the back surface of the substrate layer, the plurality of substrate structures configured to modify the backward waves during the operation.
US11517930B2
According to some illustrative embodiments, an angularly adjustable spray nozzle is employed that includes: a base section having a water flow path extending lengthwise there-through; a head section aligned at an end of the base section and rotatably mounted to the base section; wherein a flow path through the base section is inclined at an angle to a flow path through the head section such that when the head section is rotated a predetermined extent relative to the base section, the spray device is moved between a substantially straight configuration of the head section with respect to the base section and an angular configuration of the head section with respect to the base section; wherein the head section includes a rotatable turret assembly having a plurality of selectable spray type discharge ports and a sleeve to which the rotatable turret assembly is mounted, the rotatable turret assembly including labels on a periphery thereof corresponding to respective ones of the selectable spray type discharge ports, and the sleeve having a plurality of windows through which the labels are viewed when aligned; and wherein the spray device is configured such that when the spray device is oriented in a generally horizontal use position a respective one of the labels corresponding to a selected spray type is displayed within a respective one of the windows that is located at a top side of the sleeve whether the spray device is in the substantially straight configuration or in the angular configuration.
US11517924B2
The invention relates to a dispensing device which is intended for spraying a sprayable fluid and is designed in the form of a hand-held unit, having a housing (12), in which are provided an air pump (22) and an electric drive motor (18), which drives the air pump (22), having a spray head (14), which is connected to the housing (12) and is intended for dispensing the fluid, having an accommodating chamber (29), which is arranged in the housing (12) and is intended for a storage container (41), in which the fluid which is to be dispensed is stored, having a fluid line (44), which leads from the storage container (41) to the spray head (14), and having a hose line (36), which leads from the air pump (22) to the spray head (14), wherein the spray head (14) has a first nozzle (46), which is connected to the fluid line (44), and, separately from said first nozzle, a second nozzle (38), which is supplied with the air flow from the hose line (36), and an atomizing zone (49) is formed outside the spray head (14).
US11517923B2
An application system for applying a substance over a predetermined surface includes a frame movable over the predetermined surface, a pressurized carrier source, a vessel containing the substance. The system further includes a first conduit for conveying the substance from the vessel to at least one nozzle and a second conduit for conveying a pressurized carrier from the pressurized carrier source to the at least one nozzle for applying a mixture of the pressurized carrier and the substance over the predetermined surface. The system further includes a cover laterally surrounding the at least one nozzle for minimizing overspray of the mixture, the frame carrying the pressurized carrier source, the vessel, the first conduit, the second conduit, and the cover.
US11517911B2
The comminution device includes a feed opening for feeding material to be comminuted, a comminution shaft for comminuting the material fed to the device, and a cutting chamber, arranged between the feed opening and the comminution shaft and delimited by a cutting chamber wall, which can be pivoted.
US11517906B2
A modular stand apparatus offers safe and effective setup of laboratory experiments. The apparatus allows a user to couple vertical rods to a first plate. A second plate, parallel to the first plate and vertically translating up and down the vertical rods, permits the user of any height to utilize the apparatus and the placement of an extraneous rigging such as jack, scale, etc. A plurality of horizontal rods including hypotenuse and adjacent rods detachably couples with the vertical rods and permits the placement of extraneous rigging. The horizontal rods replace monkey bars in conventional systems so that the user does not have to lean or stretch hands/arms inside a fume hood, thus eliminating potential unsafe operations and/or physical injuries. Due to the use of a larger and more stable surface of the second plate over the extraneous rigging, the apparatus eliminates possible toppling over and/or system collapsing.
US11517905B2
A method to monitor and control the temperature of a sample holder of a laboratory instrument during execution of a temperature profile on the sample holder is presented. The laboratory instrument comprises a sample holder with high temperature uniformity and at least three identical temperature sensors. The measured actual temperatures of the sample holder are processed in order to determine if the execution of the temperature profile should be continued or aborted. Furthermore, temperature sensors which measure actual temperatures that do not fulfil certain requirements are excluded from further monitoring and controlling the temperature of a sample holder.
US11517903B2
A system for collecting, growing, and analyzing biological specimens that may present a health threat. The system includes separate modules for specimen collection, sample isolation, and sample analysis that can be interconnected to safety process, culture, and analyze and unknown specimen. A decapitation module allows a user to safely collect a swab tip containing an unknown sample and transport the sample to a culture module where the sample can be washed from the swab tip and isolated in a cuvette for growth and analysis. The culture module may be coupled to a base station that can provide mixing, heating and cooling, as well as optical and spectral analysis.
US11517890B2
Ru-catalysed domino hydroformylation/hydrogenation/esterification using imidazole ligands.
US11517880B2
Provided are a carbon-based noble metal-transition metal composite catalyst enabling high selective conversion of a carboxylic acid functional group into an alcohol functional group by pre-treating a carbon carrier including a predetermined ratio or more of mesopores, and a production method therefor.
US11517870B2
The present invention describes various methods for manufacturing gel composite sheets using segmented fiber or foam reinforcements and gel precursors. Additionally, rigid panels manufactured from the resulting gel composites are also described. The gel composites are relatively flexible enough to be wound and when unwound, can be stretched flat and made into rigid panels using adhesives.
US11517865B2
A manufacturing apparatus including a first capsule containing a predetermined amount of a first formulation, and a second capsule containing a predetermined amount of a second formulation, the first and second capsules being distinct from each other; a receiving device configured to receive the first and second capsules; and a mixing machine configured to receive the receiving device equipped with the first and second capsules, and to mix the first and second formulations contained in the first and second capsules so as to obtain the cosmetic product.
US11517864B2
Parallel uses of microfluidic methods and devices for focusing and/or forming discontinuous sections of similar or dissimilar size in a fluid are described. In some aspects, the present invention relates generally to flow-focusing-type technology, and also to microfluidics, and more particularly parallel use of microfluidic systems arranged to control a dispersed phase within a dispersant, and the size, and size distribution, of a dispersed phase in a multi-phase fluid system, and systems for delivery of fluid components to multiple such devices.
US11517863B2
A sink is configured to attach to a bottom surface of a flowline that is configured to flow a mixture of at least two immiscible fluids. One of the immiscible fluids is water. The water is more dense than the other of the at least two immiscible fluids. An outlet formed at a bottom portion of the sink. A valve system is connected to the opening. The valve system is configured to open the outlet in response to the water occupying at least a portion of the sink.
US11517861B2
Provided is a water-treatment membrane including a porous support; and a polyamide active layer including chlorine on a surface thereof, wherein CIE L*a*b* color coordinate values after storing for 30 days or longer at 25° C. to 80° C. satisfy Equation 1 to Equation 3: 91
US11517848B2
The present invention relates to a process suitable for reducing ammonia loss and odor from organic material to the atmosphere. The process comprises feeding air to a plasma generator to produce a concentration of 0.1-12% by volume of NOx in the air by direct nitrogen fixation. Cooled air containing NOx from the plasma generator is fed to an absorption system comprising at least two absorption loops, wherein a first absorption liquid is circulating in the first absorption loop and a second absorption liquid is circulating in the second absorption loop. The air containing NOx is absorbed into the first absorption liquid to form an acidic solution comprising nitrates and nitrites. Off gases containing NO from the first absorption loop is fed to the second absorption loop, and the off gases containing NO are absorbed into the second absorption liquid having a lower pH.
US11517844B2
The invention pertains to an air filter element comprising: a filter medium pack comprising a filter medium, said filter medium pack having an optionally substantially planar first side and an optionally substantially planar second side, said first side and second side optionally being parallel; and a guiding rim comprising a sealing surface having at least a radially oriented component, arranged on at least one of said first side and said second side, wherein a circumference of the or each guiding rim comprises at least one convex portion and at least one concave portion; and wherein a contour of said filter medium pack corresponds to said convex portion of said guiding rim and at least part of said concave portion. The invention also pertains to a method for producing an air filter element.
US11517837B2
A filter assembly, comprising an open top housing comprising an inlet and an outlet; a filtering unit configured to be positioned within the housing, the filtering unit comprising a filter; a mounting arm connected to the d housing; and a fastener actuatable for extension from the mounting arm; wherein: iv) in a first position, the mounting arm is moved away from the open top of the housing; v) in a second position, the filtering unit is positioned within the housing, the mounting arm is positioned on top of the housing, and the mounting arm secures the filter within the housing; vi) in a third position, the filter is being positioned within the housing, the mounting arm is positioned on top of the housing and connected to the housing in fluid tightness, the mounting arm secures the filter in fluid tightness within the housing; and the inlet and the outlet of the housing are opened to a flow of fluid to be filtered through the filter.
US11517830B2
A play apparatus has a pair of devices. Each device has: a capture arrangement such as a cavity to capture an object such as a ball; an object detector to detect that the object has been captured; a transmission module to transmit a release signal; a receiver module to receive a release signal; and a release actuator to release the captured object. A first device detects capture of a first object, transmits a first release signal to cause a second device to release a second object. The first device withholds the first object until releasing it responsive to receipt of a second release signal indicating that another object has been captured by the second device.
US11517828B2
A ride vehicle includes a riding assembly configured to carry a rider, a base configured to couple to the riding assembly, and a control system configured to control the coordination of movements of the ride vehicle with movements of separate ride vehicles. The base includes a surface movement system configured to move the ride vehicle along a surface, a vertical movement system configured to move the riding assembly vertically relative to the base, and a roll system configured to move the riding assembly angularly relative to the base.
US11517825B2
A computer-implemented method and system for autonomic cloud to edge compute allocations in a sports fantasy league trade transaction. The computer implemented method includes, in one embodiment, calculating, based on an expected return associated with each player on each of a plurality of teams in a fantasy sports league, a valuation for each player. An embodiment includes determining a positional need for each of the plurality of teams in the fantasy sports league, and determining, based on the valuation for each player and the positional need for each team, one or more players to include in a trade with another team of the plurality of teams.
US11517823B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program configured to cause a terminal device to execute a game in communication with a server device, the program includes: a first storing step of receiving from the server device at least one token generated and stored in the server device to store the token in a terminal storage unit; a transmitting step of transmitting to the server device information-to-be-transmitted including an updating instruction of game data of a user and encrypted information obtained by encrypting information-to-be-encrypted at least including the token; and a deleting step of deleting the token stored in the terminal storage unit, wherein the updating instruction includes a first instruction to update the game data stored in the server device when the token extracted by decrypting the encrypted information and the token stored in the server device are matched.
US11517819B2
This application discloses a method and apparatus for selecting an accessory in a virtual environment. The method includes: displaying a first virtual environment interface; receiving a trigger operation on an accessory switching control; displaying a candidate accessory zone in a local peripheral region of the accessory switching control according to the trigger operation; receiving a selection operation on a target gun accessory in n gun accessories; and displaying a second virtual environment interface according to the selection operation. The accessory switching control is displayed superimposed on a picture. When the trigger operation on the accessory switching control is received, the candidate accessory zone is displayed in the peripheral region of the accessory switching control, and the n gun accessories of the same accessory type are displayed in the candidate accessory zone.
US11517817B2
A method is disclosed including setting, at a server, a server VSYNC signal to a server VSYNC frequency. The server VSYNC signal corresponding to generation of video frames during frame periods for the server VSYNC frequency. The method including setting, at a client, a client VSYNC signal to a client VSYNC frequency. The method including sending compressed video frames from the server to the client over a network using the server VSYNC signal, wherein the compressed video frames are based on the generated video frames. The method including decoding and displaying, at the client, the compressed video frames. The method including analyzing the timing of one or more client operations to adjust the relative timing between the server VSYNC signal and the client VSYNC signal, as the client receives the compressed video frames.
US11517807B2
An interactive exercise apparatus for guiding a user to perform exercises includes a frame, a mirror, a display device, a driving mechanism, a determination unit, and a control unit. The mirror is movably mounted on the frame and configured to reflect an image of the user. The display device is disposed on a backside of the mirror and visible through the mirror. The driving mechanism is mounted between the frame and the mirror for electrically driving the mirror to move with respect to the frame. The determination unit is configured to determine location or posture of the user who performing the exercise. The control unit is operable to control the driving mechanism according to the location or posture of the user identified by the determination unit so as to control the mirror to move to a suitable position where the user can see their reflected image.
US11517803B2
A horse-riding machine with rowing function includes a driven assembly hinged with a base assembly, one end of a moment arm is hinged with the driven assembly; an armrest of the driving assembly is provided at top of the main body rod, and the footrests are provided at a bottom of the main body rod. The bottom of the paddle rod is connected with the bottom of the main body rod, and the middle of the main body rod is hinged with the other end of the moment arm; when the driving assembly swings, the driven assembly is driven by the driving arm to swing back and forth through the moment arm; one end of the elastic rope is connected to the driven assembly, and the other end of the elastic rope is detachably fixed on the base assembly. When the driven assembly swings, the elastic rope is elastically stretched.
US11517801B2
A cover for a blade of a hockey stick are described wherein the cover includes a substantially flat bottom surface that is designed to lay flat against the surface of ice. The cover is designed and configured to be used to on the ice by a new or novice skater who holds the shaft of the hockey stick while skating and uses the stick and cover combination as a balancing aid.
US11517786B2
An oral training appliance for training the tongue and lips of a person is disclosed. The appliance comprises a U shaped body comprising a front section and two arms, an inner wall and an outer wall. A tongue training member extends from the inner wall and is moveable in response to movement by the user's tongue from a rest configuration to a training configuration. The appliance also comprises a lip training member and is moveable in response to movement of a user's lower lip from a rest configuration to a training configuration and the lip training member is biased towards the rest configuration.
US11517781B1
A DAP unweighting system comprising an unweighting assembly and an exercise machine wherein the unweighting system is adaptable to the exercise machine and uses existing framing elements of the exercise machine to achieve an effective and user friendly DAP unweighting system assembly.
US11517778B2
Disclosed is a fire suppressant system for an aircraft having: a source of a fire suppressant; a tubing system for delivering the fire suppressant to one or more predetermined locations; and a discharge nozzle disposed in the one or more predetermined locations, the discharge nozzle connected to the tubing system for distributing the fire suppressant in the one or more predetermined locations during a fire, the discharge nozzle including a plurality of nozzle heads including a first nozzle head with a first flow area and a second nozzle head with a second flow area that differs from the first flow area.
US11517775B2
A personal respiratory protection device comprising a main body having a headband attachment portion, a headband attached to the headband attachment portion by a headband bond module, wherein the module includes first and second non-woven tabs adhesively bonded to opposing sides of an end of the headband, the side of the first tab opposing the headband bond side being welded to the main body.
US11517770B2
A method for delivering radiation treatment may include defining a preliminary trajectory including a plurality of control points. Each control point may be associated with position parameters of a gantry and a couch. The method may also include generating a treatment plan based on the preliminary trajectory by optimizing an intensity and position parameters of a collimator and MLC leaves for each control point. The method may also include decomposing the treatment plan into a delivery trajectory including the plurality of control points. Each of the plurality of control points may be further associated with the optimized intensity, the optimized position parameters of the collimator and the MLC leaves, an output rate, and a motion parameter of each of the gantry, the couch, the collimator, and the MLC leaves. The method may further include instructing a radiation delivery device to deliver the treatment plan according to the delivery trajectory.
US11517767B2
It is provided a method for generating a plurality of treatment plans for radiation therapy, each treatment plan specifying weights for a plurality of geometrically defined fluence elements. Each weight defines an amount of radiation fluence, to thereby provide radiation dose to a target volume. The method is performed in a treatment planning system and comprises the steps of: generating a first set of treatment plans; determining a subset of the fluence elements, based on the first set of treatment plans; and generating a second set of at least two treatment plans, wherein the treatment plans only contain weights for the subset of fluence elements.
US11517761B2
This disclosure refers to methods and devices for electromagnetic stimulation of tissues. Some methods comprising the steps: a) disposing an arrangement of electromagnetic transducers encompassing a volume containing a tissue; b) applying an electromagnetic field stimulus to a tissue through the arrangement of electromagnetic transducers according to an activation pattern for a period of time; wherein the activation pattern allows to vary the intensity and direction of the electromagnetic field vector. Some devices comprising: a computing unit, an external power source connected to the computing unit; a decoupling circuit connected to the external power source and to the computing unit; a switching circuit connected to the external power source, to the decoupling circuit and to the computing unit; an arrangement of electromagnetic transducers connected to the computing unit and to the de switching circuit; wherein the computing unit implements the methods of the disclosure for electromagnetic stimulation of tissues.
US11517758B2
The device includes an outer conductor and an inner conductor arranged approximately coaxial with each other. The outer conductor surrounds the inner conductor. The outer conductor and the inner conductor are arranged and configured to generate an electromagnetic field with lines of force extending from a front surface of the inner conductor to a front surface of the outer conductor. The device further includes an energy delivery window arranged in front of the outer conductor and the inner conductor.
US11517749B2
Methods of preventing, treating, and/or controlling a hemorrhage in an organ of a patient include providing electrical stimulation to the arteries, veins, nerves innervating the arteries or veins, or walls of the organ. The apparatus has at least one electrode operably connected to a stimulus generator and placed in electrical communication with an artery, vein, nerve, or organ wall. An electrical stimulus generator causes an electrical stimulus to be administered to the artery, vein, nerve, or wall through the at least one electrode, where the electrical stimulus is effective for preventing, treating, and/or controlling a hemorrhage.
US11517748B2
Disclosed are a wound treatment patch using static electricity, and a method for fabricating the wound treatment patch using static electricity. The patch includes a substrate made of a sticky polymer; a first electrode disposed in a first partial region of one face of the substrate and exposed to an outside; and a second electrode disposed in a second partial region other than the first partial region, and spaced apart from the first electrode, and encapsulated within the substrate, wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode is made of hydrogel having electrical conductivity or a soft polymer having electrical conductivity.
US11517744B1
A device for hemorrhoid relief that includes a housing assembly and a capsule assembly is disclosed. The housing assembly includes a housing that houses a battery and a communication module. The battery may be recharged through a wireless charging means. Additionally, the communications module allows the device to pair to a mobile device through Bluetooth. The capsule assembly includes a plastic core having two sides. An anode pole and a cathode pole are then coupled to the two sides of the plastic core. The capsule assembly serves a neutral core. The capsule assembly is then inserted into a user's anus. The device then delivers biphasic electrotherapy pulses within the anus to reduce the inflammation of hemorrhoids.
US11517742B2
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a variety of diseases and disorders that are primarily or at least partially driven by an imbalance in neurotransmitters in the brain, such as asthma, COPD, depression, anxiety, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, and the like. The invention involves the use of an energy source comprising magnetic and/or electrical energy that is transmitted non-invasively to, or in close proximity to, a selected nerve to temporarily stimulate, block and/or modulate the signals in the selected nerve such that neural pathways are activated to release inhibitory neurotransmitters in the patient's brain.
US11517725B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a device and a method for treating at least one of hypertension, pulmonary arteries, diabetes, obesity, heart failure, end-stage renal disease, digestive disease, urological disease, cancers, tumors, pain, asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by delivering an effective amount of a formulation to a tissue. In embodiments of the present invention, the formulation may include at least one of a gas, a vapor, a liquid, a solution, an emulsion, or a suspensions of one or more ingredients. In embodiments of the present invention, amounts of the formulation and/or energy are effective to injure or damage tissue, nerves, and nerve endings in order to relieve disease symptoms.
US11517717B2
An instrument driver comprises opposing rotatable gripping pads. Each of the gripping pads includes an outer circular rim and a center hub. The pads are configured for applying a gripping force to an elongated member. The instrument driver further comprises shafts affixed to the center hubs, and a driver assembly configured for rotating at least one of the shafts, thereby causing the pads to rotate in opposite directions to linearly translate the gripped member. Each of the pads further includes a framework for partially collapsing in response to the gripping force, such that portions of the rims flatten to contact each other. Each rim has a concave gripping surface in order to facilitate vertical centering of the member between the pads. Each of the pads further includes a pair of upper and lower sprockets for interlacing with each other to prevent the elongated member from slipping out between the pads.
US11517704B1
A device comprising a wristband for housing an ammonium inhalant capsule whereby a wearer can self administer an ammonium inhalant to prevent syncope. The wristband comprises a sleeve for receiving an ammonium capsule and a cradle to fracture the capsule for release of the ammonia inhalant.
US11517697B2
A mouth seal assembly for use with a nasal mask system includes a mouth seal adapted to form a seal with the patient's mouth. The mouth seal is substantially independent from a supply of pressurized air from the nasal mask system. An anti-asphyxia valve may be provided to either the mouth seal over the patient's lips or the nasal mask system. A strap arrangement may support the mouth seal in a desired position on the patient's face in use.
US11517696B2
Novel airway devices and methods address complications of ventilating a patient with a mask; placing an endotracheal tube in an awake patient; and need for a bite block during flexible bronchoscopy and gastroscopy. The airway device features notches for engaging maxillary and mandibular teeth in a manner protracting the patient's mandible relative to the maxilla to open up the airway. This way, an open airway is easily maintained simply by holding the jaw closed against the device with the same hand used to operate a bag ventilator. A longitudinal channel in the device features a downwardly curved end wall for improved guidance of the endoscope into position. The channel is open sided at the top or bottom to allow rolling of the airway device off the endoscope into an offset position serving as a protective bite block and allowing feeding of the endotracheal tube along the endoscope.
US11517693B2
The present invention provides an improved visual laryngeal mask comprising a snorkel, an end of the snorkel is provided with a fixing seat. The fixing seat is provided with an airbag, and the fixing seat has a recess which is provided with an airway opening. The inner wall of the snorkel longitudinally extends an imaging cavity and a cleaning channel. The imaging cavity has a built-in imaging device, and the imaging cavity and the cleaning channel protrude forward relative to the airway opening to form a stopper which prevents an epiglottis from blocking the imaging device.
US11517688B2
The present disclosure relates to a flavor delivery article, a cartridge, and/or an aerosol delivery device that includes such flavor delivery article or a component thereof. The flavor delivery article includes a flavor substrate that can be formed of a porous material optionally having a graded porosity across at least a portion thereof. The flavor substrate further includes a flavor material retained thereby. The flavor substrate may be positioned within an outer shell of the flavor delivery article, and the flavor delivery article may be positioned anywhere within an aerosol delivery device (or a mouthpiece or a cartridge of an aerosol delivery device) wherein the flavor substrate retaining the flavor material may be contacted by a gaseous stream, such as a vapor stream and/or aerosol stream formed in the aerosol delivery device so that the flavor material may become entrained in the vapor stream and/or aerosol stream.
US11517671B2
Systems and methods for determining the position of a fluid within a fluid source and infusion line coupled to an infusion flow control device are described herein. An exemplary system and method includes sampling fluid pressure upstream of an infusion pump, and calculating fluid pressure slope profiles. By sampling fluid pressure upstream of an infusion pump at discrete intervals and monitoring fluid pressure slope profiles, conditions of fluid flow, including unintentional fluid flow through an infusion line or a defective check valve in an infusion line, are detected, and fluid flow through an infusion pump is controlled.
US11517666B2
An intraosseous needle assembly includes a needle having a first cylindrical shaft. The shaft having a distal end, a proximal end, and a wall defining an inner channel. The first cylindrical shaft includes threading protruding from the wall along a proximal portion of the first cylindrical shaft. The needle further includes a needle head extending from the proximal end of the first cylindrical shaft. The needle assembly may further include a stylet, the stylet having a second cylindrical shaft having a first end and a second end and a stylet head extending from the second end. The stylet head includes a proximal surface and a distal surface, a pair of substantially parallel second side walls, a pair of rounded end sections joining the second side walls, a protrusion extending from the distal surface, and a tapered section extending from the distal surface to the second cylindrical shaft.
US11517663B2
A drug delivery device includes a housing with at least one pressure communication channel or aperture, which distributes a negative fluid pressure across its base to draw tissue against the device. The device can also include a porous, adhesive layer over the channel(s) or aperture(s), for attaching to tissue. The device can also include a pressure sensor for determining whether there is proper attachment. Further, a bladder may be used instead of the adhesive layer for attaching the device. The bladder, in a partially inflated state, can apply constant pressure across a contact surface causing a flexible adhesive layer attached to the bladder to confirm and adhere to the tissue. Subsequent evacuation of the bladder causes it to deflate and collapse or retract, thereby causing the flexible adhesive layer to pull and stretch the tissue toward the base.
US11517662B2
Systems and methods are provided for injecting one or more agents into tissue within a patient's body. In one embodiment, an injection device includes a substantially axially incompressible elongate member including a lumen extending between proximal and distal ends thereof. A distal stop is provided on the distal end and a needle tip extends distally beyond the distal stop, the needle tip having a cross-section smaller than the distal end. The needle tip includes a passage communicating between the lumen and an outlet in the distal tip that has having a cross-section smaller than the lumen. In an exemplary embodiment, the elongate member includes a coil extending between the proximal and distal ends, and a sleeve disposed within an interior region of the coil extending between the proximal and distal ends. The sleeve defines the lumen and may be free-floating within at least a portion of the coil.
US11517659B2
A kit to facilitate creation of and compliance with a personalized injection site rotation plan includes a plurality of disposable injection devices adapted for giving an injection of a medication to a patient in need thereof, each disposable injection device having a permanent, distinctive mark that may be the same as or different from the distinctive mark on other disposable injection devices in the kit; and a plurality of user-defined association tools, wherein for each unique distinctive mark on a disposable injection device, at least one user-defined association tool has a distinctive mark that corresponds to the unique distinctive mark.
US11517655B2
The wound dressing apparatus facilitates administration of combined negative pressure and positive pressure treatment at a wound site. The wound dressing apparatus includes a wound dome having a substantially hollow dome interior, a manifold that is in fluid communication with the dome interior, a first passage adapted to connect to a negative pressure source to the dome interior, and a second passage adapted to connect to a positive pressure source to the manifold.
US11517654B2
The present invention discloses a microstructured discrimination device for separating hydrophobic-hydrophilic fluidic composites comprising particulate and/or fluids in a fluid flow. The discrimination is the result of surface energy gradients obtained by physically varying a textured surface and/or by varying surface chemical properties, both of which are spatially graded. Such surfaces discriminate and spatially separate particulate and/or fluids without external energy input. The device of the present invention comprises a platform having bifurcating microchannels arranged radially. The lumenal surfaces of the microchannels may have a surface energy gradient created by varying the periodicity of hierarchically arranged microstructures along a dimension. The surface energy gradient is varied in two regions. In one pre-bifurcation region the surface energy gradient generates a fluid flow. In the other post-bifurcation region, there is a difference in surface energy proximal to the bifurcation such that different flow fractions are divided into separate channels in response to different surface energy gradients in each of the post-bifurcation channels. Accordingly, fluids of different hydrophobicity and/or particulate of different hydrophobicity are driven into separate channels by a global minimization of the fluid system energy.
US11517643B2
An apparatus for delivering a volatile material in a continuous manner is disclosed. The apparatus includes a delivery engine having a reservoir for containing a volatile material; a rupturable substrate secured to the reservoir; a rupture element positioned adjacent to the rupturable substrate; and a breathable membrane enclosing the reservoir, rupturable substrate and rupture element. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a housing having a notch for compressing the rupture element and breaching the rupturable substrate as it is inserted into the housing.
US11517639B2
A cold plasma system and method for treating a region of a biological surface is presented. In one embodiment, the system includes: a housing; an air conduit within the housing; a first electrode configured proximately along the air conduit; a second electrode configured proximately along the air conduit and opposite from the first electrode; and a source of alternating current (AC) electrically connected with the first electrode. The source of alternating current is configured to generate cold plasma in the air conduit.
US11517634B2
A field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system includes a wrist band having two or more UV light emitters to produce a shower of UV light over the hand to disinfect pathogens that may be located on the hand and/or objects and surfaces in the light field of light dispersion the UV light emitters. A field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting device has a top-hand UV light emitter configured on the wrist band to produce a top-hand UV light field that is emitted down over the top or back of a hand, when donned on a person's wrist. A field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting device has a palm-hand UV light emitter that produces a palm-hand UV light field over the palm of a hand. A visible light emitter may project a visible light that overlaps the UV light field to indicate the location of the UV light emission.
US11517632B2
Provided are an anti-Her2 nanobody and a coding sequence and the use thereof. In particular, provided is a nanobody combating human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (Her2/ERBB2). Disclosed are the nanobody and the a gene sequence encoding the nanobody, a corresponding expression vector and a host cell capable of expressing the nanobody, and a method for producing the nanobody of the present invention and the related use thereof. The present invention may also provide an immunoconjugate of the nanobody and the use thereof, especially the use in the diagnosis and treatment of Her2 positive tumor.
US11517628B2
Particles with a spatial and/or temporal release profile for delivery of different agents at different times to the same cells of a subject have been developed. The particles include a core polymeric particle containing a polymer and a first agent, a tethering moiety, covalent linker or covalent linkage attached to the core particle, and a tethered particle attached to the particle via the tethering moiety, covalent linker or covalent linkage and containing a second agent, where the agents are released at different times within or to the same cells. The first and second agents may be a therapeutic or prophylactic agent, such as an antigen, an immunomodulator, an anti-neoplastic agent, a hormone, an inhibitor, etc. The particles may form compositions for treating diseases with a spatial and/or temporal treatment regimen.
US11517621B2
The present invention provides for a new therapeutic tools capable of treating infectious diseases, in particular, a new pharmaceutical composition comprising an IgM-enriched immunoglobulin preparation for use in the adjunctive treatment of severe Community Acquired Pneumonia (sCAP).
US11517596B2
A method for alleviating arthritis includes administering to a subject in need thereof a postbiotic extract. The postbiotic extract is prepared by a process including the steps of providing a first material having a first isoelectric point ranging from pH 1 to pH 6 and a second material having a second isoelectric point ranging from pH 4 to pH 8, admixing the first material and a probiotic microorganism with water having a pH greater than the second isoelectric point, so as to forma mixture, adding the second material into the mixture and then adjusting a pH of the second material-added mixture to between the first and second isoelectric points so that a precipitate is formed, and subjecting the precipitate to a cell wall isolation treatment to obtain the postbiotic extract.
US11517595B2
Disclosed are methods of administering one or more Bacillus strains to poultry. The Bacillus strains improve bacterial homeostasis in the gastrointestinal tract by inhibiting bacterial pathogens such as E. coli and Clostridium. Administering the Bacillus strains also improves performance such as weight gain and feed conversion. Useful combinations of Bacillus strains and methods of using one or more Bacillus strains are also provided.
US11517589B2
The current invention provides monocytic cells transfected with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) to selectively home to tumors and upon homing differentiate into dendritic cells capable of activating immunity which is inhibitory to said tumor. In one embodiment of the invention, monocytic cells are transfected with a construct encoding an antigen binding domain, a transcellular or structural domain, and an intracellular signaling domain. In one specific aspect of the invention, the antigen binding domain interacts with sufficient affinity to a tumor antigen, capable of triggering said intracellular domain to induce an activation signal to induce monocyte differentiation into DC.
US11517576B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating fat deposit accumulation in a subject. The invention provides a non-surgical method for reducing fat deposits comprising administering an effective amount of a fat-lysing concentration of one or more of cholate and chenodeoxycholate in a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation to the subject in need thereof.
US11517575B2
The present invention is drawn to the use of Minaprine dihydrochloride and analogs thereof, for reducing tumor growth when administered to a patient suffering from cancer.
US11517573B2
This invention relates to methods comprising administering a FAK inhibitor (e.g., VS-6063) in combination with a dual RAF/MEK inhibitor (e.g., CHS 126766) that are useful in the treatment of abnormal cell growth, such as cancer, in a subject such as humans.
US11517570B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds that are Syk inhibitors or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or co-crystals thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and to their use in the treatment of various disease states, including cancer and inflammatory conditions. In particular embodiments, a Syk inhibitor is a crystalline monomesylate salt of 6-(6-aminopyrazin-2-yl)-N-(4-(4-(oxetan-3-yl)piperazin-1-yl)phenyl)imidazo-[1,2-a]pyrazin-8-amine of formula 2:
US11517569B2
Disclosed herein are inclusion complexes comprising vilazodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an inclusion material, compositions and pharmaceutical formulations comprising the inclusion complexes, and methods for preparing the inclusion complexes, compositions or pharmaceutical formulations.
US11517568B2
The present application relates to the treatment of nematode infections. For example, the application relates to the use of compounds of Formula (I) and/or (II) as defined herein for treatment of a nematode infection or a disease, disorder or condition arising from a nematode infection:
US11517560B2
The present invention provides stabilized cream formulations of oxymetazoline and uses thereof. The present invention also provides a method of treating facial erythema associated with rosacea in a patient in need of such treatment, comprising topically administering once or twice daily to the site of erythema on the face of the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising 0.5%, 1.0% or 1.5% oxymetazoline or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as the sole active ingredient.
US11517558B2
Provided are compositions comprising unequal mixtures of (R)-amisulpride and (S)-amisulpride, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where the amount of (R)-amisulpride is greater than the amount of (S)-amisulpride, compositions and medicaments comprising the same used for the treatment of various diseases and disorders, and methods of using same for the treatment of various diseases and disorders, including, but not limited to, dosage regimens. In addition, provided are various formulations thereof, including, but not limited to, formulations employing polymorphs of enantiomeric amisulpride.
US11517557B2
The present invention relates to cyclobenzaprine analogs and amitriptyline analogs, including deuterated forms useful for treatment or prevention of symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder.
US11517552B2
A method for treating psoriasis including the steps of applying an isothiocyanate functional surfactant to an area affected by psoriasis, wherein the isothiocyanate functional surfactant comprises at least one isothiocyanate functional group associated with an aliphatic and/or aromatic carbon atom of the isothiocyanate functional surfactant.
US11517543B2
Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
US11517532B2
Lonafarnib and ritonavir, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are used in combination to treat HDV infection. In one aspect, amorphous co-precipitates comprising lonafarnib, ritonavir, and a co-polymer are provided.
US11517529B2
The present invention is embodied by a composition capable of chaperoning a typically non-orally available therapeutic or diagnostic agent through the environment of the digestive tract such that the therapeutic or diagnostic agent is bioavailable. The composition may or may not be targeted to specific cellular receptors, such as hepatocytes. Therapeutic agents include, but are not limited to, insulin, calcitonin, serotonin, and other proteins. Targeting is accomplished with biotin or metal based targeting agents.
US11517525B2
The present invention is directed to epinephrine spray formulations. The present invention is further directed to methods of treating anaphylaxis by administering epinephrine spray formulations to subjects in need of such treatments.
US11517517B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising 5 to 100 wt. % of a structured aqueous phase wherein the composition contains 0.1 to 10 wt. % sericin by weight of water, said sericin having a proportion of beta-sheet in the secondary structure that exceeds 80%. It was found that sericin having a proportion of beta-sheet in the secondary structure that exceeds 80% is an excellent water structurant and can suitably be used to structure the aqueous phase of a wide range of products, such as cosmetic products, pharmaceutical products, food products and detergent compositions.
US11517510B2
The hand sanitizer may be a hand foam sanitizer or a hand gel sanitizer. Each of the hand sanitizers includes at least one stabilizing agent, at least one skin care agent, and a volume of disinfecting micelle capsules suspended therein. Each disinfecting capsule has a polymer shell which defines a hollow core. The polymer shell includes an antimicrobial material. The antimicrobial material may have a concentration of between 0.5 wt % and 95 wt % of the polymer shell. In order to make the hand foam sanitizer, at least one foaming agent is added to produce a foam by air foaming. The hollow core of each disinfecting capsule may be filled with a material, such as at least one disinfectant, at least one fragrance, at least one supplemental skin care agent, or combinations thereof.
US11517507B2
Disclosed are a dental material with transmittance and color gradients and a method of preparing the dental material. The method includes (1) preparing at least three types of composite resin material precursor powders; (2) sequentially adding the precursor powders into a mold and performing dry pressing to obtain a preform body; alternatively, (2′) dry pressing the first type of precursor powder into a first green body, wrapping the first green body with the second type of precursor powder and then performing dry pressing to obtain a second green body, and repeating the wrapping and dry pressing operations until all types of precursor powder are dry pressed to obtain a preform body; and (3) performing hot-pressing consolidation on the preform body to obtain the desired dental material.
US11517504B2
A method of making a storage bag comprising the following steps performed in any order: (a) forming a composite tube having an inner surface comprising a higher melting polymer, an outer surface comprising a lower melting polymer, two ends, and a diameter; (b) flattening the tube in a direction perpendicular to the diameter; (c) forming a joint at one of the ends at a temperature between respective melting points of the higher melting polymer and the lower melting polymer; (d) providing a composite sheet having a first side comprising a higher melting polymer and a second side comprising a lower melting polymer; and (e) disposing the composite sheet over the joint such that the first side comprising a lower melting polymer engages the joint and forming a lap seam over the joint at a temperature between respective melting points of the higher melting polymer and the lower melting polymer, and a storage bag made by such method.
US11517499B2
A method for treating the kidney with focused extracorporeal shockwaves in a noninvasive manner. The method configured to restore blood flow velocity in the interlobular renal arteries, the method using non-invasive focused extracorporeal shockwave therapy (‘ESWT’), the method comprising applying between 1 and 2400 non-invasive focused shockwaves having a repetition rate above one shockwave per second, and energy density of about 0.02 to 0.18 mJ/mm2. The non-invasive shockwave treatment is applied to various focal zones encompassing renal structures.
US11517496B2
A massaging tool includes a housing that includes a first shell member and a second shell member. The first shell member defines a first interior cavity, and the second shell member defines a second interior cavity. The housing is configurable in a first orientation where the first shell member is secured to the second shell member and a second orientation where the first shell member is decoupled from the second shell member.
US11517486B2
A stretcher (1) for transporting individuals (2) requiring medical care, comprising main bars (11) and a collapsible lying surface (12) arranged between the main bars (11), wherein the main bars (11) comprise at least one accommodation compartment for accommodating medical instrumentation (114, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 115, 116) and/or drugs.
US11517482B2
A compression garment is disclosed. The garment can include a body dimensioned to wrap at least partially around a length of a torso of a user. A plurality of tension bands can be positioned along the body. The garment can include at least one shoulder strap, wherein the shoulder strap is operable to wrap over the shoulder of the user to hold the garment in position.
US11517481B2
The invention relates to a therapeutic adhesive tape for use in medical or sporting applications. The therapeutic tape is configured to be applied to the skin of a user. The tape comprising: a base layer having a face side and a back side, the base layer being composed of a combination of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (hereinafter: RPET) and an elastic material, and an adhesive layer deposited on one of said face side or back side of the base layer for attaching the tape to the skin of the user.
US11517480B2
A bridge for facilitating delivery of reduced pressure to a wound site includes a reduced pressure lumen configured to be fluidly coupled to a reduced pressure source, a secondary pressure lumen configured to be fluidly coupled to a secondary pressure source, and one or more fluid adapters operable to be connected to a wound dressing disposed at the wound site. The one or more fluid adapters are positioned and configured with respect to the reduced pressure lumen to apply reduced pressure from the reduced pressure lumen to the wound site through the wound dressing and deliver exudate removed from the wound site through the reduced pressure lumen to the reduced pressure tubing. The secondary pressure lumen is fluidly coupled to the reduced pressure lumen to facilitate flow of the exudate removed from the wound site by the reduced pressure source using the secondary pressure source.
US11517477B2
The present technology is directed to adjustable flow glaucoma shunts and methods for making and using such devices. In many of the embodiments described herein, the shunts include a generally flat frame. The frame can include an elongated portion having a lumen extending therethrough and a bladder portion defining an interior chamber that is in fluid communication with the lumen. When implanted in a patient's eye, aqueous can drain from the anterior chamber to a target outflow location via the lumen and interior chamber. In some embodiments, the shunts include a flow control assembly positioned within the interior chamber of the bladder portion to control the flow of aqueous through the lumen.
US11517473B2
Methods for treating Blepharitis, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and Dry Eye Syndrome include thermal massage, thermal debridement, and thermal expression. Particular embodiments include use of handheld devices that provide the thermal therapy to tissue by contacting a surface heated with thermal energy to a patient's tissue. Thermal energy can be continuously provided during operation. In particular embodiments, a handheld device comprises a base assembly operatively connected to a removeable thermal energy applicator. A wide range of thermal applicators may be connected to the base assembly to provide different treatments, including heat application, debridement, and expression of the treated tissue or gland.
US11517465B2
A brace for restricting the movement of a shoulder joint, the brace including a trunk module attachable to a human body, wherein the trunk module includes a strap for attaching the brace to the body; and at least one first part of a locking mechanism; a forearm module pivotable relative to the trunk module, the forearm module further including a second part of a locking mechanism capable of engaging and disengaging with said first part of the locking mechanism; and a posterior upper arm support attached to the trunk module in a fixed position; wherein in a first orientation the at least one first part of the locking mechanism is engaged with the second part of the locking mechanism; and wherein in a second orientation the at least one first part of the locking mechanism is disengaged from the second part of the locking mechanism.
US11517463B2
An ankle/foot orthosis with a foot part, which has a sole for receiving a foot, and with a shin part which, when fitted in place, bears on the frontal aspect of a shin and is connected to the foot part via a medially extending spring, wherein the spring, behind an ankle area, forms a hinge area that allows a movement of the shin part relative to the foot part in the anterior-posterior direction.
US11517461B2
A gastric diverter and a digestive tract support and a release method thereof. The digestive tract support has undeployed shape and deployed shape, and includes upper support, lower support and connecting member. In the deployed shape, a first opening is provided at top of the upper support, a second opening is provided at bottom thereof, and the lower support is disposed below the upper support; a third opening is provided at top of the lower support, a fourth opening is provided at bottom thereof, and the upper support and the lower support are connected by a plurality of connecting members; the fourth opening of the lower support is connected to a membrane tube, the deployed upper support and lower support both cannot pass through an open gastric pyloric orifice, and the connecting members can pass through the gastric pyloric orifice or be placed at the gastric pyloric orifice.
US11517459B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for delivery systems for endovascular devices are disclosed herein. In one or more embodiments, a delivery system comprises a stent comprising a mesh. Further, the delivery system comprises a shaft comprising an inner lumen. Also, the delivery system comprises a sheath encasing the stent. In one or more embodiments, the stent and a first portion of the sheath is connected to an end of a wire, and a second portion of the sheath is folded back and connected to an end of the shaft. Further, the delivery system comprises the wire traversing within the inner lumen of the shaft such that when the shaft is pulled back relative to the wire, the sheath splits open thereby unsheathing and deploying the stent.
US11517457B2
An expandable stent for implantation in a body lumen, such as an artery, is disclosed. The stent consists of a plurality of radially expandable cylindrical rings generally aligned on a common longitudinal stent axis and interconnected by one or more interconnecting links placed so that the stent is flexible in the longitudinal direction. The link pattern is optimized to enhance longitudinal flexibility and high longitudinal strength compression of the stent.
US11517438B2
An orthopaedic prosthetic component is provided. The orthopaedic prosthetic component comprises a porous three-dimensional structure shaped to be implanted in a patient's body. The porous three-dimensional structure comprises a plurality of unit cells. At least one unit cell comprises a first geometric structure having a first geometry and comprising a plurality of first struts, and a second geometric structure having a second geometry and comprising a plurality of second struts connected to a number of the plurality of first struts to form the second geometric structure.
US11517437B2
A cardiac device for implantation proximate an exterior of a heart, the cardiac device including an inflatable bladder including an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein the inner wall itself is more expandable than the outer wall itself such that the inflatable bladder itself is configured to deform substantially inwardly to exert localized pressure against a region of the heart when the inflatable bladder is positioned adjacent the region of the heart and inflated.
US11517432B2
An expandable introducer sheath provided with a steering mechanism is disclosed. The introducer sheath is configured for providing a prosthesis delivery system percutaneous access to a patient's vasculature. The introducer sheath includes a sheath component defining a central lumen and having a longitudinally-extending, radially-expandable portion. The sheath component also includes a steering wire slidably disposed within a wall thereof that longitudinally extends along the radially-expandable portion. When the steering wire is in a slackened configuration, the steering wire permits a width of the radially-expandable portion to increase. When the steering wire is in a taut configuration, the steering wire permits a distal portion of the sheath component to be manipulated or bent in order to align a distal port of the introducer sheath, for instance, with an ostium of a branch vessel.
US11517429B2
A system includes a core and a catheter for use with (A) a first atrial arm and a first ventricular arm articulatable with respect to each other at a first articulation site to clamp one leaflet of a patient's native heart valve, and (B) a second atrial arm and a second ventricular arm articulatable with respect to each other at a second articulation site to clamp another native leaflet of the native valve. The core tapers in a distal direction toward its smallest perimeter, defining a minimum nonzero angle of the atrial arms with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the core. The catheter advances the core and the arms toward the native valve. The catheter and the core have an advancement configuration in which the smallest perimeter of the core is adjacent to the first and second articulation sites. Other embodiments are also described.
US11517423B2
Systems and methods are provided for improving overall vision in patients suffering from a loss of vision in a portion of the retina (e.g., loss of central vision) by providing a piggyback lens which in combination with the cornea and an existing lens in the patient's eye redirects and/or focuses light incident on the eye at oblique angles onto a peripheral retinal location. The piggyback lens can include a redirection element (e.g., a prism, a diffractive element, or an optical component with a decentered GRIN profile) configured to direct incident light along a deflected optical axis and to focus an image at a location on the peripheral retina. Optical properties of the piggyback lens can be configured to improve or reduce peripheral errors at the location on the peripheral retina. One or more surfaces of the piggyback lens can be a toric surface, a higher order aspheric surface, an aspheric Zernike surface or a Biconic Zernike surface to reduce optical errors in an image produced at a peripheral retinal location by light incident at oblique angles.
US11517414B2
A graft preparation system includes a fixation implant including a strand of suture wrapped around a graft preparation card. A tenaculum includes a first arm having a first tooth and a second arm having a second tooth that are pivotally connected at a pivot. The first arm includes a slot between the first tooth and the pivot that receives the graft preparation card. A tape suture assembly includes a tape suture and a first suture strand. The tape suture is positioned on a graft, and the tape suture is attached to the graft with a stitch formed with the first suture strand.
US11517407B2
A dental multi-colored milling blank having at least two layers (16), a transition zone, where material from both layers is present. In the transition zone, a transition geometry exists that extends three-dimensionally. The transition geometry comprises round surfaces facing towards both directions of extension of the layers.
US11517396B2
A mechanical arm assembly can include a link movable in space, an actuator, and a joint. The actuator can include a housing secured to the link and can include a cable within the housing, where the cable can be translatable relative to the housing and the link. The joint can include a main shaft, a main gear, a meshing gear, and a release plate.
US11517393B2
An illumination system for a lighting assembly comprises a light assembly configured to selectively illuminate an operating region in a surgical suite and a plurality of light sources positioned within the light assembly and configured to emit light. The system further comprises at least one imager configured to capture image data and a controller. The controller is configured to scan the image data in at least one region of interest for a shaded region and identify a location of the shaded region within the region of interest. The controller is further configured to control the light assembly to activate at least one of the light sources to emit light impinging on the shaded region within the region of interest.
US11517388B2
A pocket and drape system which provides one or more sterile fields, as well as the methodology for employing said pocket and drape system is provided. The pocket and drape includes a base drape material having an upper edge, a lower edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge to define a perimeter, where the base drape material also includes an inner surface and an outer surface. A first row of pockets and a second row of pockets are configured on the inner surface of the base drape material. In addition, a flap covers a portion of the inner surface of the base drape material, where the flap has a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the flap maintains at least one sterile field.
US11517376B2
A system and device (110) for determining bone laxity. For example, the system includes a tracked probe (300) comprising at least one probe marker (310) and a computer assisted surgical (CAS) system (100). The CAS system includes a navigation system (130) and a processing device (110) operably connected to the navigation system and a computer readable medium configured to store one or more instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to receive location information from the navigation system, generate (820) a surgical plan comprising a post-operative laxity assumption (720), collect (850) first motion information related to movement of the joint through a first range of motion, collect (860) second motion information related to movement of the joint through a second range of motion, determine (870) a post-operative laxity (710), and compare the post-operative laxity and the post-operative laxity assumption to determine laxity results.
US11517371B2
Sphincterotomes and methods for making and using sphincterotomes are disclosed. An example sphincterotome may include an elongate shaft having an outer surface and a distal end region. The sphincterotome may also include a sphincterotome wire assembly having a distal end coupled to the distal end region of the elongate shaft and a body portion extending along the outer surface of the elongate shaft. The sphincterotome wire assembly may be designed to shift the distal end region of the elongate shaft between a first configuration and a curved configuration. The body portion of the sphincterotome wire assembly may include a cutting region and a non-conductive region.
US11517367B2
A method for performing an electrosurgical procedure at a surgical site on a patient includes continually sensing electrical and physical properties proximate the surgical site that includes acquiring readings of tissue electrical impedance with respect to time at the surgical site; identifying the minima and maxima of the impedance readings with respect to time; and correlating the minima and/or the maxima of the impedance readings with hydration level and/or hydraulic conductivity in the tissue at the surgical site. The method also includes controlling the application of electrosurgical energy to the surgical site to vary energy delivery based on the step of correlating the minima and/or the maxima of the impedance readings with the hydration level/or and the hydraulic conductivity in the tissue at the surgical site. The process may be an ablation process.
US11517361B2
A fixation device includes a tapered cannula defining a bore therethrough, a shaft, and a post. The shaft includes a proximal portion disposed within the bore, and central and distal portions extending distally from the tapered cannula. The proximal portion includes a threaded inner surface defined therein. The shaft includes blades disposed within the central portion, the blades movable between a closed position in which the blades are disposed within the shaft and an open position in which the blades extend laterally through the shaft. The post includes a threaded outer surface threadingly engaged with the threaded inner surface of the shaft. The post is movable longitudinally within the shaft to transition the blades between the closed and open positions.
US11517350B2
According to some embodiments, a method of treating a skin surface of a subject comprises heating a skin surface, abrading native skin tissue of a subject using a microdermabrasion device, wherein using the microdermabrasion device comprises moving the microdermabrasion device relative to the skin surface while simultaneously delivering at least one treatment fluid to the skin surface being treated and cooling the abraded skin surface.
US11517349B2
Devices and methods for an autovance intraosseous device. The autovance intraosseous device can include a trigger activated system or pressure activated system that causes a needle to advance distally for a predetermined distance. The predetermined distance ensures a needle tip extends through the bone cortex, to access the medullary cavity, without penetrating a far wall of the medullary cavity. The advancement can be driven by a spring based system or an electric motor.
US11517332B2
A patient-specific navigation guide for use in spinal surgery including a first and a second guide member, both integral with a supporting frame and extending along a respective longitudinal development axis from a proximal opening to a distal opening for guiding surgical instruments on a first vertebra of a patient. The guide also includes contact members designed to match with a corresponding plurality of contact areas on a first and on a second vertebra of the patient to define a single coupling configuration of the patient-specific navigation guide on the patient's vertebrae. The first and second guide members are substantially opposite with respect to a median plane orthogonal to a straight line joining the longitudinal axes of the first and second guide members. The navigation guide also comprises a single additional third guide member that is integral with the frame and is adapted to abut on a second vertebra.
US11517328B2
A drive system for a handheld rotary medical device including a force absorption system incorporated in a drive coupling of the drive system is disclosed. The force absorption system may be included in the drive coupling whereby force absorption system absorbs linear forces aligned with a longitudinal axis of the drive coupling. As such, the force absorption system permits limited linear movement of a rotary surgical implement, which may be a shaver, burr or the like, relative to a drive shaft and handheld housing.
US11517316B2
A system for treating tissue includes a clip assembly including clip arms movable relative to a channel of a capsule so that the clip arms are movable between a tissue receiving configuration and a tissue clipping configuration. Also, the system includes an applicator releasably coupleable to the clip assembly. The applicator includes a bushing and a control member extending therethrough. The bushing includes deflectable fingers, each of the fingers including an engaging feature at a distal end thereof to engage a corresponding engaging feature of the capsule of the clip assembly and assembled with a pusher element configured to push the fingers to a radially outward position. The pusher element includes a U-shaped portion curving into a channel of the bushing and a longitudinal portion extending distally therefrom. A cam washer is slidable over a length of the control member and positioned distally of the U-shaped portion.
US11517307B2
A method of operating a medical device comprises electrically connecting a power device to the medical device. The method further comprises sensing at least one characteristic of the medical device with the power device. The method further comprises adjusting or maintaining one or more characteristics of an electrical connection feature of the power device according to the at least one observed characteristic such that the electrical connection feature of the power device is operationally compatible with an electrical connection feature of the medical device. The method further comprises operating the power device according to an operational profile associated with the medical device.
US11517303B2
An adaptor for a powered surgical instrument includes a casing, a cam drum, a first linear driver, and a second linear driver. The cam drum defines and is translatable along a longitudinal axis of the adaptor between a retracted position and an advanced position. The cam drum is being supported for rotation about the longitudinal axis. The cam drum defines first and second radial cam grooves about an outer surface thereof. The first cam groove defines a first profile and the second cam groove defines a second profile. The first linear driver includes a first cam follower disposed in the first cam groove and the second linear driver includes a second cam follower disposed in the second cam groove. The first and second linear drivers are supported for movement between advanced and retracted positions in response to rotation of the cam drum.
US11517301B2
A surgical tool incorporates a suture guide with and ananchor driver supporting an anchor where the anchor is maintained at a distance from the suture guide until release of a detent mechanism. Thereafter, the anchor is allowed to move into proximity to the suture guide, fixing a suture supported by the suture guide to a substrate, the entire procedure being achievable with a single hand.
US11517300B2
Apparatus for securing an object to bone, the apparatus including an anchor assembly comprising an anchor and an actuation element extending from the anchor, wherein applying a force to the actuation element when the anchor is disposed in a hole formed in a bone secures the anchor to the bone; and an inserter for deploying the anchor assembly in a hole formed in a bone, the inserter including a shaft for releasably engaging the anchor; and a force delivery mechanism mounted to the shaft and connected to the actuation element, the force delivery mechanism being constructed so as to receive an input force from an external source and to selectively apply an output force to the actuation element, with the force delivery mechanism being constructed so that the magnitude of the output force is limited regardless of the magnitude of the input force.
US11517295B2
Methods and devices for performing minimally invasive procedures useful for Fallopian tube diagnostics are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the proximal os of the Fallopian tube is accessed via an intrauterine approach; an introducer catheter is advanced to cannulate and form a fluid tight seal with the proximal os of the Fallopian tube; a second catheter inside the introducer catheter is provided to track the length of the Fallopian tube and out into the abdominal cavity; a balloon at the end of the second catheter is inflated and the second catheter is retracted until the balloon seals the distal os of the Fallopian tube; irrigation is performed substantially over the length of the Fallopian tube; and the irrigation fluid is recovered for cytology or cell analysis.
US11517292B2
An electronic system for non-invasive monitoring of estrogen of a female human comprises a wearable device (1) and a processor (13, 30, 40). The wearable device (1) includes a first sensor system (101) configured to be worn in contact with the skin of the female human and to determine a level of perfusion of the female human. The processor (13, 30, 40) is configured to receive and store the level of perfusion of the female human from the first sensor system (101) for a respective point in time. The processor (13, 30, 40) is further configured to determine a change in the level of perfusion of the female human, using the levels of perfusion of the female human stored for a plurality of respective points in time. Furthermore, the processor (13, 30, 40) is configured to detect a change in estrogen level of the female human based on the change in the level of perfusion of the female human.
US11517284B2
The medical imaging apparatus of the present invention includes a bath tank for accommodating a test subject, the test subject being at least a portion of a body of a human subject; a measurement device movable in a predetermined direction, the measurement device including ab group of elements to emit a radiation wave into the bath tank and receive a scattered radiation wave; and a control unit for measuring by the measurement device when at least one of a location of the test subject within a plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction, a location of the test subject in the predetermined direction, and continuity of data measured by the measurement device satisfies a predetermined condition. Because of this configuration, the medical imaging apparatus is able to acquire data covering the entire measurement target site.
US11517281B2
A method is for generating image data of an examination object via a computed tomography system including a data processing unit; an X-ray radiation source and an X-ray radiation detector suspended on a support and mounted to be rotatable about a z-axis; and an examination table for supporting the examination object and a reference object arranged in a fixed position relative to the examination table. The method includes generating a raw data set by displacing the X-ray radiation source and the X-ray radiation detector relative to the examination object. During generation of the raw data set, at least one part of the examination object is sampled together with at least one part of the reference object. The sampling of the at least one part of the reference object is used to compensate at least in part for the influence of movement errors during the displacement.
US11517280B2
A reconstruction unit generates a plurality of tomographic images representing a plurality of tomographic planes of a subject by reconstructing a plurality of projection images acquired by performing tomosynthesis imaging. A synthesis unit synthesizes the plurality of tomographic images to generate a composite two-dimensional image. A display control unit displays the composite two-dimensional image on a display, and in a case where one tissue of a first tissue and a second tissue that are present in the subject in association with each other is selected in the displayed composite two-dimensional image, emphasizes and displays the selected one tissue and the other tissue associated with the selected one tissue.
US11517276B2
A carrier positioning device includes a carrying base (100) and a carrier (200). A clamp (110) is arranged on the carrying base (100) and a protruding hook (113) protrudes from one side of a distal end (111) of the clamp (110). The carrier (200) has a pipe (210), and a joint (220) is disposed at one end of the pipe (210). The protruding hook (113) hooks one side of the joint (220) so that at least another portion of the carrier (200) is in contact with the carrying base (100). Accordingly, the carrier (200) can be quickly installed or be removed along a lateral direction.
US11517275B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus comprising an insertion tube; an image sensor inside the insertion tube; wherein the image sensor comprises an array of pixels; wherein the image sensor is configured to count numbers of particles of radiation incident on the pixels, within a period of time. Also disclosed herein is a method of using this apparatus.
US11517273B2
Disclosed herein is a dual energy X-ray imaging apparatus. The dual energy X-ray imaging apparatus includes: an X-ray generator configured to generate a predetermined dose of X-rays; an X-ray detector configured to detect the X-rays received from the X-ray generator; an X-ray filter located between the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector, and configured to filter out part of the generated X-rays so that X-rays of two dose types reach the X-ray detector; and a medical image processing unit configured to generate medical images corresponding to the two dose types recognized by the X-ray detector.
US11517268B2
A computer implemented method and system for detecting premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are provided. The method is under control of one or more processors configured with specific executable instructions. The method obtains a cycle length (CL) distribution metric that plots a series of cardiac beats into one of a set of transition types based on R-R interval (RRI) difference pairs associated with the cardiac beats. The CL distribution metric plots the cardiac beats based on a comparison between combinations of the RRI difference pairs for corresponding combinations of the cardiac beats. The method calculates a distribution characteristic for the cardiac beats, from the series of cardiac beats that exhibit a first transition type from the set of transition types and calculates a discrimination score based on the distribution characteristic of the cardiac beats across the CL distribution metric. The method designates the CA signals to include a predetermined level of PVC burden based on the discrimination score.
US11517247B2
This disclosure relates generally to a Parkinson's disease detection system. Parkinson's disease is a neuro-degenerative disorder affecting motor and cognitive functions of subjects. Since symptom manifestation is limited in Parkinson's disease, identifying Parkinson's disease in the early stage is a challenging task. The present disclosure overcomes the limitations of the conventional methods for detecting Parkinson's disease by utilizing a graph theory approach. Here, each pressure sensor attached to an insole corresponding to a plurality of pressure points associated with a foot of the subject is considered as a node of a connectivity graph. The foot dynamics analysis is performed based on a metric known as mediolateral stability index and the mediolateral stability index is calculated by utilizing a betweenness centrality associated with each node of the connectivity graph. Further, the mediolateral stability index is compared with standard values to detect the intensity of the Parkinson's disease.
US11517246B2
Disclosed herein is a method for diagnosing a neurological disorder based on at least one magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image. The method includes identifying brain image regions that contain a respective portion of diffusion index values of at least one diffusion index. For each of the brain image regions, a characteristic parameter based on the respective portion of the diffusion index values is calculated. a diagnoses is then made for the brain using one of predetermined categories of the neurological disorder by performing classification on a combination of the characteristic parameters via a classifier.
US11517226B2
In some examples, a system includes an oxygen saturation sensing device configured to sense an oxygen saturation level of a patient and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to receive a signal indicative of the oxygen saturation level of the patient, determine that the signal indicates the oxygen saturation level is at or below a desaturation threshold, and in response to determining the oxygen saturation level of the patient is at or below the desaturation threshold, predict, using an oxygen saturation prediction model, whether the oxygen saturation level of the patient will increase above the desaturation threshold by the end of a predefined time period. In response to predicting that the oxygen saturation level of the patient will increase above the desaturation threshold by the end of the predefined time period, the processing circuitry refrains from outputting an indication of the patient experiencing an oxygen desaturation event.
US11517217B2
An in-scale display device is provided. The in-scale display device includes a tablet or mobile device having an electronic display screen that is configured to display at least one reference image in-scale with a subject. A medical device position guidance system including the in-scale display device and an invasive medical device system, and a method of using the medical device position guidance system, are also provided.
US11517212B2
An electrocardiogram information dynamic monitoring method and dynamic monitoring system. The method includes a dynamic monitoring device receiving monitoring reference data input by a user or issued by a server; the data collection on a tested object so as to obtain electrocardiogram data of the tested object; the characteristic identification on the electrocardiogram data so as to obtain characteristic signals of the electrocardiogram data, implementing cardiac activity classification on the electrocardiogram data according to the characteristic signals, obtaining cardiac activity classification information according to electrocardiogram basic rule reference data, and generating electrocardiogram event data, wherein the electrocardiogram event data comprises device ID information of the dynamic monitoring device; the dynamic monitoring device determining corresponding electrocardiogram event information according to the electrocardiogram event data, and determining whether the electrocardiogram event information is electrocardiogram abnormality event information; and outputting alarm information when the electrocardiogram event information is electrocardiogram abnormality event information.
US11517208B2
A single-arm micro air-pressure pump device, having an air pump body and a driving unit. The air pump body includes a supporting frame, an air chamber unit coupled to a side of the supporting frame, and a swing arm provided on the air chamber unit. The driving unit is fixed on the supporting frame and has an output shaft. The output shaft is provided with an eccentric shaft and is configured to rotate the eccentric shaft, and the eccentric shaft has an end coupled to the output shaft and an opposite end coupled to the swing arm in order to drive the swing arm into a reciprocating motion between at least a proximal position and a distal position with respect to the air chamber unit. The reciprocating motion pushes a piston unit provided on one end of the swing arm and causes the air output.
US11517202B2
A photoacoustic remote sensing system (NI-PARS) for imaging a subsurface structure in a sample, has an excitation beam configured to generate ultrasonic signals in the sample at an excitation location; an interrogation beam incident on the sample at the excitation location, a portion of the interrogation beam returning from the sample that is indicative of the generated ultrasonic signals; an optical system that focuses at least one of the excitation beam and the interrogation beam with a focal point that is below the surface of the sample; and a detector that detects the returning portion of the interrogation beam.
US11517199B2
Embodiments for crossing an occlusion by controlling a guide with the aid of optical coherence tomography (OCT) data are described. Embodiments include transmitting one or more beams of radiation via one or more waveguides on a flexible substrate within a guide wire. One or more beams of scattered or reflected radiation may be received from a sample via one or more waveguides. Depth-resolved optical data of the sample may be generated based on the received beams of scattered or reflected radiation. The depth-resolved data may be used for determining at least one of a distance between the guide wire and a wall of the artery and a distance between the guide wire and an occlusion within the artery. A position of the guide wire within the artery may then be controlled based on the determined distance or distances.
US11517187B2
Systems and methods are disclosed providing a flexible articulable device for accessing deep within tight and arbitrarily shaped channels of a body. The flexible or articulable device may employ two, independent locomotion strategies. These strategies can be combined or independently used. However, both strategies use a segmented approach that employs one or multiple embedded actuation units along the body of the device. The multiple embedded actuation units may be individually controlled, are generally connected serially, and generally uses one of the locomotion strategies. One strategy relates to propulsion while the other strategy relates to shape control.
US11517180B2
An endoscope includes an insertion portion, a raising base, an operation portion, a long member configured to cause the raising base to operate, a moving mechanism configured to allow the long member to be inserted through an inside, and move in an axial direction along the long member, a fixing tool that is attachable and detachable to and from the moving mechanism, and is configured to fix the moving mechanism and the long member by being attached to the moving mechanism, and an urging member that is disposed to contact the moving mechanism and the fixing tool, is set in a direction to separate the moving mechanism and the fixing tool from each other, is configured to push the moving mechanism by bringing the fixing tool close to the moving mechanism, and has an urging force with a strength that moves the moving mechanism to a predetermined position.
US11517179B1
A footwear cleaning system including an outer housing that encases an internal compartment, which is designed, sized, and shaped to receive a footwear item therein, such as an athletic shoe, dress shoe, platform shoe, or other similar footwear item. The footwear cleaning system includes one or more rotatable cleaning disks disposed within the internal compartment, such that the cleaning disks are configured to interact with a bottom surface of a footwear item. One or more fluidic conduits terminate at a location that is proximate to the internal compartment, such that water, cleaning solutions, concentrated cleaning products, alcohol, and other fluids can be dispelled into the internal compartment to interact with a footwear item.
US11517163B2
The present invention relates to a retaining plate 1 for a vacuum cleaner filter bag, including a base plate 2 having a passage opening 3 formed therein and a closure device for closing the passage opening 3, where the closure device includes two closure parts 4, 5 arranged in a plane parallel to the passage opening 3, and where the closure parts 4, 5 are movable relative to each other in the plane, so that, by a closing movement in the plane, they are movable to a closure position at which they close the passage opening 3 by overlapping each a respective part of the passage opening 3.
US11517159B2
Provided is a cleaner having improved cleaning efficiency. The cleaner includes a main body having a intake provided to suction an object to be cleaned and a suction device having a brush chamber that communicates with the intake and a brush accommodated in the brush chamber, wherein the brush includes a brush body rotatably coupled to the brush chamber, a blade protruding in a radial direction of the brush body, and prevention members formed to be inclined from a central portion of the brush body to opposite side ends of the brush body to prevent foreign substance introduced into the brush chamber from being wound around the blade.
US11517157B2
A cordless benchtop dispenser for dispensing cleaning liquids includes a container, a housing, and a coupler body structured to effectively provide a single-use container, mitigating possible contamination or hygiene risks associated with users refilling the container as well as operation risks associated with users refilling the container with incompatible liquids or chemicals. In some embodiments, a benchtop dispenser is provided wherein pressing the coupler body onto a neck of the container causes the coupler body to be permanently fixed to the neck. In some embodiments, a benchtop dispenser includes a photoelectric sensor that triggers the controller to operate the motor for a predetermined period, and subsequently triggers the controller to start a timer and actuate the indicator based on elapsed times measured by the timer.
US11517143B2
An espresso coffee machine is described, said machine comprising: a dispensing group and a corresponding coffee boiler containing water under pressure; a heater device for heating the water in the coffee boiler; a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the water in the coffee boiler; a processor connected to said sensor and configured to drive said heater device so that the water in the coffee boiler is at a set reference temperature, wherein said processor comprises a feedback system; and wherein the value of said set reference temperature is varied as a function of at least one of the following parameters: (a) a first parameter which is a function of the time elapsed from an operating cycle of the machine or a frequency of use of the machine within a time interval; (b) a second parameter which is a function of the temperature of a component of the machine; and (c) a third parameter which is a function of the environment.
US11517135B2
A cookware assembly including a cooking vessel with a vessel side wall and an elongated handle extending outwardly from the sidewall, a cover, an opening in at least one of the vessel side wall and the cover in an area above the elongated handle, and a utensil, where the handle of the utensil rests in relation to the elongated handle and the opening permits the utensil component to reside in the interior of the covered cooking vessel when the cover is on the cooking vessel. The cover can be placed on the cooking vessel in a plurality of positions, to allow the utensil to pass to the interior of the cooking vessel, to allow pouring from the cooking vessel with the cover on, and to seal the cover on the cooking vessel without the utensil. An auxiliary vessel can also be included as part of the cooking assembly.
US11517134B2
A movable body is configured to receive a package at a first location and wait for a recipient at a second location that is different from the first location. The movable body includes: a body configured to perform autonomous driving; a storage box attached to the body, the storage box being configured to temporarily store the package; and a controller configured to move the body from the first location to the second location.
US11517130B2
A frame apparatus for displaying a flat article and a combined frame apparatus and flat article. In one aspect, the frame apparatus includes an annular display frame defining a rabbet, a stack positioned in the rabbet, and a spacer assembly. The rabbet is defined by a floor and a wall, the wall including a channel. The spacer assembly may have a rigid portion and a compressible portion. The spacer assembly is positioned in the rabbet with the compressible portion of the spacer assembly extending into the channel in the wall to couple the spacer assembly to the annular display frame. The spacer assembly may also be in contact with the stack to hold the stack in the rabbet.
US11517124B2
An infant mobility scooter that enables a parent to easily soothe a fussy infant by allowing the infant to move around in a prone position on their own and/or by the parent, including: a base member, wherein the base member includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a left side wall, a right side wall, a front wall, and a rear wall; wherein a front portion of the base member is adapted to accommodate the torso, head and arms of the infant; wherein a rear portion of the base member is adapted to permit the infant's feet to slide thereover and reach a planar surface upon which the scooter is moved; and a plurality of ground engaging wheels secured to the bottom surface of the base member.
US11517122B2
A furniture drive includes a control device, an electromotive adjustment drive, and a manual control with a manual operator control unit which is connected to the control device via a cable for activating the adjustment drive via a first transmission path for operator control commands. The furniture drive further includes an adapter which is coupled to the control device to establish a second transmission path for operator control commands.
US11517107B2
A bar table includes a tabletop having one or more tabletop units. Each tabletop unit includes a panel and a frame coupled with the panel. At least one tabletop unit has a frame that is extendable beyond the panel of the same tabletop unit. The bar table also includes first and second connectors each for connecting the tabletop to a supporting pole. One or both of the first and second connectors are coupled with the extendable frame so that the bar table can be installed at the supporting poles of different distances.
US11517102B2
An attachment aperture array pattern having an aperture array layer having a plurality of spaced apart array apertures formed therethrough, wherein the array apertures are arranged in a repeating sequence of spaced rows of array apertures and spaced columns of array apertures, wherein the plurality of spaced apart array apertures are arranged in a repeating sequence of equally spaced rows of the array apertures and equally spaced columns of the array apertures, wherein each of the array apertures is equally offset from each adjacent array aperture in each row of array apertures, wherein each row of array apertures is formed an equal distance from each adjacent row of array apertures, and wherein at least a portion of the array apertures of a first column of array apertures overlap at least a portion of the array apertures of an adjacent, second column of array apertures.
US11517087B2
A personal care collection kit is described. The kit may include a sanitizer and an absorbent material. The components are housed in a lined enclosure. A personal care article can be withdrawn from the collection kit, used, and discarded back into an interior region of the enclosure of the collection kit. A sanitizer can be expelled from within the enclosure and can easily be dispensed by a one hand function. The sanitizer is spread on a user's hand discreetly inside the liner and enclosure. The hand can be dried with the absorbent material again by a one hand function. The lining keeps the wet, dry, powder, or similar type sanitizer substances from contacting the inside of a user's pocket or adjacent body part, substrate or the like.
US11517083B2
Presented herein is a diamond comprising a table, a crown, a girdle, a pavilion, and a culet. The table is rectangular, having a length and a width. The table includes a first side, adjacent to a second side, adjacent to a third side, and adjacent to a fourth side. The first side of the table is directly connected with a first facet of the girdle. The second side of the table is directly connected with a second facet of the girdle. The crown includes a plurality of facets connecting the third side and the fourth side of the table to the girdle. The pavilion is connected to the girdle. The culet is positioned directly below a point having a 1% deviation from the center of the girdle.
US11517081B1
A wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes a housing. The housing includes a housing base, a housing hook extending from the housing base, and a locking pin extending from the housing base. The wearable device also includes a cover. The cover includes a cover base having an opening to receive the locking pin and a cover hook extending from the cover base. The cover hook is configured to engage the housing hook for latching the cover onto the housing. The wearable device also includes a strap. The strap includes a connector that has a through hole to receive the locking pin securing the strap to the housing and the cover when the housing and the cover are latched.
US11517077B2
The Belt Ratcheting Device with Hidden Blade II (HB-II) facilitates unidirectional belt fastening and fast release. The HB-II includes a turning gate rotatably installed diagonally in a channel. The turning gate has a hidden sharp blade front which operates below on the lower belt surface avoiding visible scratches. The turning gate is connected to a lever by a spring. The HB-II has two states: “active” and “inactive”. In the active state the device works as a belt ratchet i.e. allowing the belt to be pulled forwards but restricting any belt motion backwards. In the inactive state the ratcheting is disabled and the belt is released. The HB-II is controlled by the lever's position. After fastening, the belt remains fastened until the HB-II is switched manually into inactive state by moving the lever. The blade's smooth side and channel's smooth surfaces minimize belt wear.
US11517071B2
The disclosure relates to articles of footwear (100) and components thereof, including outsoles (112), which can be used in conditions normally conducive to the accumulation of soil on the outsoles (112). In particular, the disclosure relates to articles of footwear (100) and components thereof including an outsole (112) with a material (116) including a polymeric network formed of a plurality of polymer chains, where the material (116) defines external ground-facing surface or side of the outsole (112). The outsoles (112) can prevent or reduce the accumulation of soil on the footwear (100) during wear on unpaved surfaces such as sporting fields.
US11517067B1
A helmet cooling system includes a reservoir for holding a chilled medium and includes fan that that draws ambient air into the reservoir so that the air will pass over the chilled medium and exit the reservoir through a tube that is connected to a helmet. The helmet includes several channels for distributing the chilled air to the wearer's head to help keep the wearer comfortable. The reservoir can include a diverter valve to preserve the chilled medium when it is not necessary by sealing off the chilled medium and preventing air from circulating past it or otherwise contacting the chilled medium.
US11517065B2
A protective helmet including an outer shell, and a liner assembly received in the outer shell and connected to the outer shell, the liner assembly defining a front portion configured to overlay a front of a head of a wearer, a rear portion configured to overlay a rear of the head of the wearer, a top portion disposed above and out of contact with a top of the head of the wearer when the helmet is worn, and two opposed side portions each configured to overlay a respective side of the head of the wearer. Each of the front, rear, side and top portions includes at least one zone where the liner assembly includes a plurality of overlapping layers.
US11517064B2
The present invention provides a safety helmet inner lining adjustable for suitable wearing, consisting of: a covering body, which has an inner side surface that contacts a user's head and an outer side surface relative to the inner side surface; at least one interlayer pocket, which is disposed on the outer side surface of the covering body; and at least one cushiony pad, which is suitable for placement inside the interlayer pocket. A user is able to place the cushiony pads of suitable thickness into the interlayer pockets at preset positions according to the user's to head shape and dimensions. The inner lining is then put onto the head and a safety helmet put on top. The cushiony pads enable correcting the interspace between the user's head and the safety helmet, thereby allowing suitable and perfect fitting of the safety helmet that ensures safety of the wearer.
US11517061B2
An ergonomic duty belt assembly comprising: a longitudinally and laterally flexible inner belt having an exterior face provided with a hook and loop fabric; a longitudinally and laterally flexible supporting belt adapted to be affixed over said inner belt having an interior face provided with mating hook and loop fabric; a base material of each of said inner belt, said supporting belt, said hook and loop fabric and said mating hook and loop fabric being woven with a material having elasticity properties, thus providing longitudinal and lateral flexibility of said duty belt assembly; said outer belt being removably mountable to said inner belt, said hook and loop fabric on said inner belt being adapted to be affixed to said mating hook and loop fabric of said supporting belt.
US11517058B2
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the head cradle including 5 two head band members fastened to each other is provided, where the head band member includes: a support member extending in one direction; a first fastening part formed at one end portion of the support member and having an insertion hole formed to pass therethrough; a second fastening part formed at the other end portion of the support member; and a strap connection part which is formed at an end portion of the first 0 fastening part or the second fastening part and to which a strap connected to a mask main body is connected, where the support member includes a hole-section on which at least one slit hole having a shape extending at a predetermined angle with respect to the one direction is formed.
US11517057B2
The mask of the present disclosure is adapted to be worn on a face including a main body that covers at least a portion of the face, and the main body includes a resin film having air permeability through the thickness thereof. The resin film is a non-porous film having through holes extending through the thickness of the film. The diameter of the through holes is 0.01 μm or more and 30 μm or less. The density of the through holes in the resin film is 10 holes/cm2 or more and 1×108 holes/cm2 or less. The mask of the present disclosure is completely different in structure from conventional masks, has high flexibility in the design of various properties such as shielding ability, air permeability, transparency, and sound permeability, and is capable, for example, of exhibiting high shielding ability, high air permeability, high transparency, and high sound permeability.
US11517055B1
A garment with narrow back coverage having a clasp system that has magnets attaching to a metal plate magnetically. The magnets can attach to the plate in several points, providing an adjustability to the waist-size of the garment.
US11517048B2
The present invention relates to a rod-shaped aerosol-generating article for use with an electrically heated aerosol-generating device. The article comprises a substrate core and a filler sleeve surrounding the substrate core. The substrate core comprises an aerosol-forming substrate and has a non-circular outer cross-section. The invention further relates to electrically heated aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating system for use with an aerosol-generating article.
US11517045B2
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including a first sealed container including a nicotine source comprising a first carrier material impregnated with between about 1 milligram and about 50 milligrams of nicotine; a second sealed container including an acid source; and a coupling element disposed between the first sealed container and the second sealed container, wherein the first sealed container, the second sealed container, and the coupling element are separate components that are connected together to form the cartridge, and wherein the coupling element is directly connected to both the first sealed container and the second sealed container so as to form a substantially rigid connection between the first sealed container and the second sealed container.
US11517044B2
A vaporizer apparatus includes a pump housing, a main housing containing an evacuation chamber, and an operation unit attached to the main housing. The operation unit selectively seals the evacuation chamber off from communication with an air inlet. One or more pumps in the pump housing is/are operable to generate a vacuum in the evacuation chamber. A mouthpiece is attached to the main housing, and may be selectively placed in communication with the evacuation chamber. When oil is placed in the evacuation chamber and the operation unit is operated, the evacuation chamber is temporarily sealed off from the inlet, creating a vacuum sealed chamber connected with the pump(s). Then, the pump(s) is/are activated to reduce pressure in the evacuation chamber, and the oil is vaporized at an ambient temperature without requiring a heater. When the operation unit is released, the evacuation chamber is emptied via the mouthpiece.
US11517043B2
An automatically resettable smoking paraphernalia includes the following components: an outer upper shell, a smoking cup provided inside the outer upper shell, a pushing key, and a spring, etc., wherein the smoking cup, the spring, the outer upper shell can be detached and replaced as a whole, the smoking cup can stick out of the outer upper shell by a distance to extract and unload the cigarette, and then automatically reset. Besides, the smoking cup is hidden inside the upper outer shell, so as to prevent the exposed smoking cup with an excessively high temperature from burning users, meanwhile avoiding a risk of losing the smoking cup.
US11517034B2
Rapidly dissolving flavoring composition concentrates are provided. The flavoring composition concentrates have a flavor, a solvent system, a flavor carrier system, and a densifier. The densifier is an acid modifier present in an amount such that it optimizes the rate of dispersion of the concentrate in water.
US11517029B2
The probiotic composition comprises at least one lactic acid bacteria strain, preferably Lactobacillus with intestinal tropism, for use in promoting juvenile growth in livestock, with stimulation of linear growth and/or of IGF-1 level. Exemplary lactic acid bacteria include Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus paracasei and Lactobacillus rhamnosus. The strains can be selected in a mouse model. The invention also relates to a probiotic treatment method using this composition.
US11517026B2
A device for use in a process for roasting coffee beans comprises measuring means (10) for performing measurements of an actual value of particulate matter emission from the coffee beans during a process of roasting the coffee beans, and controlling means (20) coupled to the measuring means (10) for receiving the outcome of the measurements from the measuring means (10), wherein the controlling means (20) are adapted to find a pattern of the particulate matter emission over time on the basis of the outcome of the measurements, to determine an actual roasting degree of the coffee beans on the basis of the pattern, and to determine and set at least one characteristic of the roasting process on the basis of the roasting degree.
US11517023B2
A method of removing one or more antibiotics from a dairy product, the method involve passing the dairy product comprising an antibiotic in a first amount through a bulk comprising, relative to a total bulk weight, at least 75 wt. % of titanium oxide nanostructures, to provide the dairy product comprising the antibiotic in a second, lesser amount, wherein the nanostructures have lengths at least two-fold in excess of their width and height. Bulk materials useful in this or related methods or applications may have loosely tangled, noodle-like morphologies on sub-100 nm scale, and need not employ graphene and/or polymeric support networks in columns, generally having only titanium oxides without silicon or iron oxides.
US11517020B2
The present invention provides an antiviral substrate that is excellent in antiviral properties, is excellent in transparency or the like, and is capable of maintaining characteristics such as the transparency of a base material and the color of the surface of the base material. The present invention relates to an antiviral substrate in which a cured material of an electromagnetic curable resin containing a copper compound is scattered in the form of islands on a surface of a base material, and at least a part of the copper compound is exposed on a surface of the cured material of the electromagnetic curable resin.
US11517016B2
A combination comprising at least one diamide insecticide; and at least a silicic acid based plant health promoting additive, and a composition comprising the same.
US11517013B2
The present disclosure describes compositions and methods for agricultural production. The formulations described herein enable to combine several active compounds, and are compatible with fertilizers, in particular, liquid fertilizers.
US11517012B2
Electrochemical apparatus and method provide a source of electrons to a living organ in the process of transplantation. The organ, depleted of antioxidants, is placed into a vessel supplied with appropriate physiological solution and apparatus that create antioxidative environment.
US11517010B1
A vehicle-deployable enclosure assembly for deployment on a supporting surface using a lifting vehicle may include an enclosure base which is deployable between a collapsed configuration and an extended, enclosure-supporting configuration. An enclosure may be carried by the enclosure base. At least one attachment system may be provided on the enclosure. The at least one attachment system may be configured to facilitate attachment of the enclosure to the lifting vehicle. The enclosure base may be configured to deploy from the collapsed configuration to the extended, enclosure-supporting configuration in which the enclosure base supports the enclosure over the supporting surface responsive to lifting of the enclosure by operation of the lifting vehicle.
US11517007B2
An apparatus for controlling plant pests includes a portable case and a light source held in the case. The light source emits ultraviolet light in a predetermined direction. The case includes an installation assembly configured to be installed in a culture medium of the plant so that the predetermined direction is upward. An optical component that removes a wavelength component larger than 340 nm from the ultraviolet light emitted by the light source may also be provided.
US11516994B1
A collar-mounted location sensor and stimulation unit includes a body. A generally planar stimulation unit and differential impedance-based fur detector in combination protect the animal from harmful stimulation. At least one sensory stimulator is configured to provide at least one of auditory, kinesthetic, and visual stimulation responsive to an output of a location sensor. One or more of a voltage, current, oscillation frequency, extent of modulation, or other output characteristic of the stimulation unit output is varied responsive to the detected fur differential impedance to protect and benefit both the body and mind of the animal.
US11516990B2
A milker unit short milk tube having a downstream milk claw connection end; a position and release device joined to and extending away from the downstream milk claw connection end; a controlled flexible portion disposed in an upstream direction from the position and release device; a reinforced portion disposed in upstream direction from the controlled flexible portion; and an interior milking claw inlet sealing surface.
US11516985B2
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated 513M118. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety 513M118. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety 513M118 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety 513M118 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11516983B1
A soybean cultivar designated 4813753 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 4813753, the plants of soybean 4813753, to plant parts of soybean 4813753, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 4813753 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 4813753, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 4813753, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 4813753 with another soybean cultivar.
US11516982B1
A novel maize variety designated X13P456 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13P456 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13P456 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13P456, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13P456 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13P456 and methods of using maize variety X13P456 are disclosed.
US11516971B2
A stackable pot assembly having pots arranged in horizontal and vertical directions to form the stacked pot assembly. The assembly includes two or more blocks mounted over each other. The first block mounted over the floor, the first block has one or more rows of twin-bases arranged lengthwise or side-by-side. The upper blocks mounted one over another, and the upper blocks mounted over the first block. The upper block comprises twin-pots and round-pots. The twin-pots and round-pots have feet configured in their bottom, wherein the twin-pot has two spaced-apart feet while the round pot has a single feet. A lid secures the twin-bases, twin-pots, and round-pots, wherein the lid has apertures for receiving the feet when a twin-pot or a round-pot is mounted over the lid secured to below block. The lid is further having a plant hole.
US11516967B1
A harvester travels along a route within a field and selectively harvests edible crowns ready for harvesting. As the harvester travels along the route, a position of the harvester and/or the edible crowns may be determined using an encoder, imaging device(s), and/or navigational system(s). For example, image(s) captured by the imaging device(s) may be used to determine a location of the edible crowns and/or global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinates may indicate a location of the harvester within the field. These locations may be used for instructing harvesting components to harvest the edible crowns. For example, the harvester may include robotic arms having end effectors that harvest the edible crowns. Knowing the location of the edible crowns and/or the harvester therefore allows for the accurate placement of the end effectors for harvesting the edible crowns.
US11516962B2
Described herein are implements and applicators for placement of fluid applications with respect to agricultural plants of agricultural fields. In one embodiment, a fluid applicator for applying fluids to plants in rows in a field includes a frame, a coulter connected to the frame and disposed to open a trench between the rows of plants, and at least one application member connected to the frame or to the coulter and disposed to apply fluid to a rhizosphere of the plants.
US11516961B2
A motor creep control system includes at least one motor and a manifold fluidically coupled to the at least one motor and configured to control flow of a fluid through the at least one motor. The manifold includes an input port, an output port, at least one fluid control valve to control the at least one motor, and a motor creep control valve. A first state of the motor creep control directs the fluid from the input port, through the at least one fluid control and motor, and to the at least one output port. Meanwhile, a second state of the motor creep control in conjunction with the at least one fluid control valve being deactivated directs the fluid from the input port that leaks past the deactivated at least one fluid control valve to the at least one output port, while bypassing the at least one motor.
US11523552B2
An automatic insertion apparatus includes an actuator, a clamping device, and a light shielding device. The clamping device is connected to the actuator for clamping an electronic component, and the light shielding device is movably connected to the actuator to shield a part of the electronic component, and the light shielding device and the clamping device horizontally moves together with the actuator.
US11523547B2
An electrical device with buoyancy-enhanced cooling is provided. The electrical device includes a housing having a first portion including a heat sink and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The heat sink includes a plurality of hollow fins. A cover plate is positioned within the housing and is coupled to the first portion of the housing. The cover plate defines openings between an interior of the housing and the plurality of hollow fins and the openings are located at each end of each hollow fin. Further, an electrical component is positioned within the interior of the housing. Air heated by the electrical component is permitted to circulate within the housing and is directed through the hollow fins based on buoyancy forces (e.g., such that the air is permitted to cool within the hollow fins based on conduction, convection, and/or radiation).
US11523546B1
A system including a data center rack enclosure, a first aisle emulator, and a second aisle emulator. The data center rack enclosure is configured to retain a data center rack, which has a first side and a second side. The first aisle emulator is coupled with the data center rack enclosure and provides a first controlled test environment with first temperature and a first gas flow to the first side of the data center rack. The second aisle emulator is coupled with the data center rack enclosure and provides a second controlled test environment for the second side of the data center rack.
US11523545B2
High-efficiency cooling is performed in a data center in response to a cooling and/or humidity demand using a system having multiple cooling loops. The system includes a plurality of integrated cooling systems each comprising one or more specifically sized chillers and a liquid loop to address the cooling demand. A free cooling heat exchanger is coupled to the first liquid loop for use when a wet-bulb temperature surrounding the data center is at or below a free cooling set point of the first chilled liquid loop. The system isolates humidity control components to a second chilled liquid loop, and enables greater control of the first chilled liquid loop of the data center to meet specific IT loads.
US11523543B1
A computer module includes a substrate having redistribution layers comprising conductors and dielectrics formed on both sides of the substrate. Selected thin film conductors have a half pitch of 2 μm or less. Semiconductor components selected from bare die, chiplets, stacked devices, and low-profile packaged devices are flip chip mounted on the substrate. After grinding and polishing operations, a polished planar surface extends across each side of the substrate, coincident with the back side of the semiconductor components. Copper sheets are bonded to the polished planar surfaces using die attach films. A water-cooled server comprises multiple computer modules disposed in a tank with cooling water circulating around the modules. It dissipates 6.3 MW at a water flow rate of 339 gallons per minute and has a power density of 1 kW/in3.
US11523541B2
Presented herein is a plurality of arrangements of cold plates having interior chambers. The interior chamber includes a plurality of fins with a first fin zone and a second fin zone. The cold plate further includes a first fluid inlet and a first fluid outlet. The cold plates can be connected such that each cold plate allows unidirectional flow or counter flow configurations. Unidirectional flow or counter flow cold plates can be arranged in rows and in combination of rows.
US11523540B2
A cooling device includes a cooling plate with a bottom wall portion with a lower surface which contacts a heat-generating component, a top wall portion which covers an upper surface of the bottom wall portion, a side wall portion which couples the bottom wall portion and the top wall portion, and an internal space which is surrounded by the bottom wall portion, the top wall portion, and the side wall portion to define a first cooling medium flow passage. The bottom wall portion includes blades on the upper surface. An inlet port or an outlet port is on one end side of the first cooling medium flow passage. An inner peripheral wall of the side wall portion includes a first bent portion which is bent convex inward between ends of the blades and the at least one of the inlet port and the outlet port.
US11523526B2
An electronic device includes a housing assembly, a sliding rail assembly, a reel assembly and a flexible screen. The sliding rail assembly is assembled to the housing assembly and includes a sliding rail including opposite front and rear surfaces. The reel assembly is fixed to an edge of the sliding rail slidable outwards from the housing assembly. The flexible screen includes a winding end, and has a first part provided at the front surface of the sliding rail and fixed to the housing assembly, and a second part extendably and retractably wound around the reel assembly through the winding end. The sliding rail is able to extend the second part of the flexible screen from the reel assembly when slid outwards from the housing assembly and to retract the second part of the flexible screen to the reel assembly when slid towards the housing assembly from an outside.
US11523518B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosures, a method of making a flexible printed circuit board, which includes a base film having an insulating property, a conductive pattern disposed on either one or both surfaces of the base film, and a cover layer covering a conductive-pattern side of a laminated structure inclusive of the base film and the conductive pattern, includes a superimposing step of superimposing a cover film on the conductive-pattern side of the laminated structure, the cover film having a first resin layer and a second resin layer that is laminated to an inner side of the first resin layer and that softens at a lower temperature than does the first resin layer, and a pressure bonding step of vacuum bagging the laminated structure and the cover film at a temperature higher than a softening temperature of the second resin layer.
US11523515B2
A method for manufacturing a wiring substrate includes forming a plating film on a metal foil laminated on a surface of an insulating layer, forming an etching resist on the plating film such that the etching resist has an opening for forming a conductor pattern, conducting a first etching process such that part of the plating film exposed from the opening of the etching resist is removed and that part of the metal foil is exposed, removing the etching resist from the plating film on the metal foil laminated on the surface of an insulating layer, and conducting a second etching process such that the part of the metal foil exposed by the first etching process is removed and that a conductor layer having the conductor pattern is formed on the surface of the insulating layer.
US11523513B2
An adapter board is described having a substrate having a width, a length and a depth and at least one electrical component placed one of within the substrate and on a surface of the substrate. The adapter board may also have a first pad positioned on the substrate, the first pad connected to the at least one electrical component through a first via. The adapter board may also have a second pad positioned on the substrate, the second pad connected to the at least one electrical component through a second via, wherein at least a portion of the adapter board is configured through an additive manufacturing process and wherein the substrate is configured to be installed within a downhole tool.
US11523512B2
This invention provides a method for mounting an electroacoustic component on a PCB and an electroacoustic component structure, so as to improve the problem that the traditional electroacoustic component affects the electrical characteristics due to the high temperature baking action in a reflow oven. The method comprises a step of separating and constructing a housing of the electroacoustic component. The housing comprises a shell seat and a base seat, the shell seat is provided with a plurality of sound producing components, and the base seat is provided with at least two conducting terminals for adhering the base seat to the PCB. The conducting terminals on the base seat and the at least two contacts on the PCB are adhered to each other and electrically connected in the reflow oven, and then the shell seat and the base seat are combined to make the shell seat and the base seat with the PCB combined outside the reflow oven into a single body to form an electroacoustic component that is mounted on the PCB.
US11523503B2
A wiring board includes a photosensitive insulating layer and a first wiring layer. The photosensitive insulating layer has a hole, a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The hole has a first end opening formed in the first surface, a second end opening formed in the second surface, an axis, and a sidewall surrounding the axis. Part of the sidewall extends toward the axis to form at least one annular flange. The first wiring layer is disposed on the first surface and includes a first pad, in which the hole exposes the first pad. There is at least one recessed cavity between the annular flange and the first pad. The minimum width of the annular flange is smaller than the maximum width of the recessed cavity.
US11523496B2
A component carrier includes a stack having at least one electrically conductive layer structure and/or at least one electrically insulating layer structure. A component is embedded in the stack. A first thermally conductive block is located above and thermally connected with the component, and a second thermally conductive block is located below and thermally coupled with the component. Heat generated by the component during operation is removed via at least one of the first thermally conductive block and the second thermally conductive block.
US11523493B2
An electronic control unit includes: a wiring substrate having a first surface on which a conductor wire is formed; a first electronic component that is implemented on the first surface of the wiring substrate, and has a large heat generation amount; a second electronic component that is implemented on the first surface of the wiring substrate, and has a heat generation amount smaller than the first electronic component; and a resin that covers the first electronic component, the second electronic component, and the first surface of the wiring substrate, and a second surface of the wiring substrate that is opposite to the first surface. A distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately below the first electronic component, and the second surface of the wiring substrate is longer than a distance between an outer surface of the resin immediately above the second electronic component, and the first surface of the wiring substrate.
US11523490B2
The object of the present disclosure is to efficiently generate plasma. In the plasma device of the present disclosure, a dielectric barrier discharger and an arc discharger are included, but the arc discharger is provided downstream from the dielectric barrier discharger in a discharge space where a gas for generating plasma is supplied. Dielectric barrier discharge occurs at the dielectric barrier discharger, and arch discharge occurs at the arc discharger. As a result of the gas for generating plasma being activated in the dielectric barrier discharge, the aforementioned gas can be adequately converted to plasma in the arc discharger.
US11523474B2
An electromagnetic heater for heating an irregularly shaped object, including: a cavity within which an object is to be placed; at least one feed which feeds UHF or microwave energy into the cavity; and a controller that controls one or more characteristics of the cavity or energy to assure that the UHF or microwave energy is deposited uniformly in the object within ±30% over at least 80% of the volume of the object.
US11523471B2
An electric resistance heating coil assembly includes a spiral wound sheathed heating element having a first coil section and a second coil section. A bimetallic thermostat is connected in series between the first and second coil sections of the spiral wound sheathed heating element. The bimetallic thermostat is spring loaded such that a distal end of the bimetallic thermostat is urged away from a top surface of the spiral wound sheathed heating element. The electric resistance heating coil assembly also includes a shroud cover and a heat transfer disk.
US11523466B2
A channel access process method in a wireless local area network is provided. The method includes: generating, by a station, a backoff counter value; then performing, by the station, a backoff operation after receiving a first trigger frame, where the backoff operation includes: deducting, from the backoff counter value, a quantity N of subchannels for random access, to obtain a new backoff counter value; and when the new backoff counter value is 0 or a negative number, randomly selecting, by the station, one subchannel from the subchannels for random access, and then accessing the subchannel to send an uplink frame. The present application further provides a corresponding channel access apparatus. Applying the method and the apparatus of the embodiments of the present application improves system access efficiency and avoids a waste of system resources.
US11523463B2
A method for a disaster site integrated commanding and operating system includes: receiving, by the disaster site integrating commanding and operating system, organization information for responding to a disaster site; specifying a first operation group corresponding to the organization information, wherein the first operation group includes a first commanding network group corresponding to a first commanding network including a first communication terminal of at least one first commanding officer, and a first operation network group corresponding to a first operation network including second communication terminals of operation resources included in the organization information; and transmitting a control signal to perform grouping of communication terminals connected to a disaster safety communication network for each group network of the specified first commanding network and first operation network, wherein the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal are each set to follow a group rule predetermined in a corresponding group.
US11523459B2
Disclosed are techniques for reducing overhead of low layer positioning reports. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) operating in discontinuous reception (DRX) mode determines that the UE is not expected to wake up during a next DRX ON duration of a DRX cycle; determines, based on one or more factors, whether to wake up during the next DRX ON duration to transmit a positioning measurement report or an uplink positioning reference signal (UL-PRS); and based on the determination: wakes up and transmits the positioning measurement report or the UL-PRS during the next DRX ON duration, or remains in a DRX sleep state and refrains from transmitting the positioning measurement report or the UL-PRS during the next DRX ON duration.
US11523455B2
A base station includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to transmit, when a state transition of a mobile station is performed, a first control signal to the mobile station, and perform control to simultaneously transmit the first control signal and a second control signal different from the first control signal to the mobile station when a first state transition, which causes a state of the mobile station to transfer from a first state to a second state, is performed, and then a second state transition, which causes the state of the mobile station to transfer from the second state to a third state, is performed.
US11523448B2
Embodiments include methods, performed by a master node (MN) in a radio access network, for establishing radio resources between a secondary node (SN) and a user equipment (UE). Such embodiments include sending, to the SN, a request identifying one or more QoS flows to be setup between the SN and the UE; and receiving, from the SN, a response including identification of one or more radio bearers that were admitted by the SN in association with the requested QoS flows. Such embodiments also include sending, to the SN, identifiers of one or more tunnels for forwarding downlink user-plane (DL UP) data over an interface between the SN and the MN. Each tunnel identifier is associated with a respective admitted radio bearer. Embodiments also include complementary methods performed by a SN, as well as network nodes configured to perform the various methods.
US11523442B2
A random access resource selection method and a terminal device are provided. The random access resource selection method includes: determining a first moment at which a terminal device determines that the reception of a random access response signal is unsuccessful; selecting a delay time according to a received backoff indicator BI value; and selecting a random access resource according to the first moment and the delay time.
US11523440B2
The present disclosure provides a random access method and a terminal. The method of the present disclosure includes: when non-contention random access is initiated and current uplink and downlink Band Width Parts BWPs are inconsistent with uplink and downlink BWPs configured by a base station for non-contention random access, setting, by the terminal, active BWPs as an uplink BWP and a downlink BWP having the same number, and performing contention random access on the active BWPs; or setting, by the terminal, the active BWPs as the uplink BWP and the downlink BWP configured by the base station for non-contention random access, and performing the non-contention random access on the active BWPs.
US11523429B2
Embodiments herein provide a method and system for managing Grant-free data transmission in a radio communication network. The proposed method includes composing, by a Base Station (BS), a Select Signal (SS) for a transceiver device, where the SS is configured to control a grant-free data transmission from the transceiver device. Further, the proposed method includes transmitting, by the BS, the SS to the transceiver device. Further, the proposed method includes receiving, by a transceiver device, the SS from the BS. Further, the proposed method includes decoding, by the transceiver device, the SS and furthermore, the proposed method includes controlling, by the transceiver device, a data transmission by one of activating the grant-free data transmission from the transceiver device in response to successful decoding of the SS, and deactivating the grant-free data transmission from the transceiver device in response to unsuccessful decoding of the SS.
US11523425B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for grant processing in uplink centric subframes. An example method generally includes transmitting a first subframe comprising a first grant that includes information for one or more transmissions on that allocated resources in the first subframe to a user equipment (UE) and transmitting the first subframe, with a second grant that allocates resources in at least a second subframe to occur after the first subframe. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US11523420B2
A base station may send, to a wireless device, control channel configuration information indicating various aspects of a control channel (e.g., radio resources, subframes, etc.) that may be used for data communications between the base station and wireless device.
US11523410B2
In some embodiments, a network (e.g., a TRP) provides to a UE information indicating that a transmitted “first” RS resource (or “RS” for short) is quasi-co-located (QCL) with a scheduled transmission for the UE (e.g., a “second” RS). The UE may then receive the scheduled transmission under an assumption that the scheduled transmission (e.g., a second RS, such as a demodulation RS (DMRS)) is QCL with the first RS. The UE may receive such QCL information before, after or while receiving the first RS.
US11523389B2
An operation method of a first distributed terminal, in a synchronized wireless distributed communication system which has a plurality of communication resources configured with a plurality of channels having different center frequencies and includes the first distributed terminal and a second distributed terminal, may comprise receiving slots mapped to the communication resources in a resource allocation channel having a center frequency independent from the plurality of channels; measuring communication environments of the communication resources by using a mapping relationship between the received slots of the resource allocation channel and the communication resources; selecting a first communication resource to be allocated using the measured communication environments of the communication resources; allocating the selected first communication resource; and continuously occupying the allocated first communication resource.
US11523388B2
An apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to: generate information for controlling dynamic allocation between backhaul and access links within time division duplex time slots; and convey the information to a relay node within an indicator in a downlink fixed time slot.
US11523385B2
A method and a device in a communication node used for wireless communications is disclosed in the present disclosure. The communication node first receives first information and second information; and transmits a first radio signal in a first time window; and then transmits a second radio signal; the first information is used to determine a target time window, the second radio signal occupies a second time window in time domain, and the second information is used to determine at least one of whether the second time window belongs to the target time window or a relative position relationship between the second time window and the target time window; an end of the first time window is earlier than a start of the target time window. The present disclosure helps improve the utilization ratio of resources in Grant-Free transmission.
US11523384B2
Provided are a resource allocation method, a measurement method, a frequency domain resource determination method, a transmission method, and corresponding apparatuses and devices and a storage medium. The resource allocation method includes: sending by a first communication node, resource request information to a second communication node, where the resource request information includes first information; and/or receiving, by the first communication node, first resource allocation information sent by the second communication node, where the first resource allocation information includes second information, the first information and/or the second information includes information of a resource occupiable by a channel or signal between the first communication node and the second communication node and/or includes information of a resource occupiable by a channel or signal between the first communication node and one or more third communication nodes.
US11523383B2
Method and device for setting plurality of DMRS structures in wireless cellular communication system
A method and apparatus are provided for setting a plurality of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) structures and determining uplink and downlink transmission timing for reducing a delay. A method performed by a terminal includes receiving, from a base station, information associated with a first symbol position for a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) in a transmission time interval; identifying the first symbol position for the DMRS, the first symbol position for the DMRS being identified relative to a start of the transmission time interval based on the information; and receiving, from the base station, the DMRS on the identified first symbol position of the DMRS.
US11523361B2
Methods, network nodes, and terminal devices are disclosed along with associated host computers and communication systems for providing over-the-top services. A method comprises receiving a time advance, TA, command from a network node; determining a TA granularity or range; and determining a TA value based at least partly on the TA command and the TA granularity or range, wherein different numerologies are configured for at least two carriers and/or at least two bandwidth parts (BWPs) in one carrier, wherein the at least two carriers and/or the at least two BWPs serve the terminal device and/or the terminal device supports at least one numerology.
US11523353B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods and apparatuses for beam-specific power control.
US11523352B2
A transmit power indication method, a transmit power receiving method, a network device and an access device are provided. The transmit power indication method is applied to a network device, and includes transmitting indication information on a first link of the network device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate current transmit power of the first link of the network device, or to indicate a transmit power offset of the first link, wherein the transmit power offset is a difference between the current transmit power of the first link and transmit power of the network device before the network device transmits the indication information.
US11523351B2
A user equipment (UE) receives a transmit power control (TPC) command and is configured to accumulate the TPC command with prior TPC commands to derive a first value. Further, the UE is configured to produce a second value based on a type of a first signal to be transmitted and a third value based on a transport format of the first signal, wherein the type of signal is from a plurality of types of signals having different spreading factors. The UE is configured to determine a transmission power level for the first signal based on the first value, the second value and the third value. The UE is configured to transmit the first signal at the determined transmission power level.
US11523346B2
A system, a method, and a computer program product for power control using uplink coordinated multi-point transmission in a wireless communications system are provided. Using a first node, at least one second node configured to provide an uplink support to user equipment communicating with the first node is detected. The first node receives a confirmation from the second node indicating availability of uplink support by the second node to the user equipment. Based on the received confirmation, communicating with the user equipment on an uplink using the second node is established.
US11523340B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a receiver of a time slotted communication system. An RF front end has power applied after the start of a preamble or after the start of a header, or upon the start of a packet payload based on connection status, signal level, and interference level. Where the signal level is constant, the communication system is in a connected state, and the interference level is low, the system bypasses packet header destination address matching, or optionally, uses only the least significant bits of the header destination address for matching purposes.
US11523331B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media for generating visual cues for spatial communication coverage. For instance, the method may include obtaining a proposed travel path for a vehicle; locating one or more communication channels accessible to an operator of the vehicle in an area that includes at least a portion of the proposed travel path; and analyzing one or more characteristics of the one or more communication channels to determine one or more positions within the area at which the one or more communication channels will be inaccessible to the operator. The method may further include calculating a present position and a velocity of the vehicle; determining communication channel availability; and presenting the communication channel availability to the operator via a graphical user interface.
US11523321B1
Systems and methods are provided for cell prioritization. Methods involve monitoring resource usage on a first cell and comparing the monitored resource usage on the first cell to a predetermined threshold. The method additionally includes receiving a connection request from a hybrid wireless device capable of communicating using the first RAT and the second RAT and assigning the hybrid wireless device to the second cell when the monitored resource usage on the first cell meets the predetermined threshold.
US11523319B2
It is disclosed a method for managing a PDU session in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for supporting the same. Particularly, a method for performing handover of a User Equipment (UE) performed by a source Radio Access Network (RAN) that includes a processor, a memory and a communication module in a wireless communication system may include determining to initiate handover to a target RAN; and transmitting a Handover Required message to a source Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), and the handover is a handover in a case that there is no interface between the RANs or AMF change is required, and the Handover Required message includes a PDU session Identifier (ID) of an activated Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session.
US11523306B1
A first communication device generates a frame that includes i) requested values of parameters of a target wake time (TWT) schedule in a wireless local area network (WLAN), and ii) information regarding traffic characteristics of data units that will be communicated during the TWT schedule. As part of negotiating the TWT schedule, the first communication device transmits the frame to a second communication device that will participate in the TWT schedule.
US11523302B2
A method for transmitting acknowledgement information by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for supporting the same are disclosed. More particularly, a method for allowing a user equipment (UE) to transmit acknowledgement information for each code block group (CBG) with respect to data received within one or more slots is disclosed.
US11523301B2
Embodiments include systems and methods for communicating information in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) message. A processor of a wireless device may configure a PUCCH message to include an uplink message in a short data field. The processor may send the PUCCH message including the short data field to convey the uplink message to a communication network. In some embodiments, the processor may receive data from a second wireless device in a downlink channel, and may generate an acknowledgement message responsive to the received data. The processor may configure the short data field to include the acknowledgement message, and may send the PUCCH message including the short data field that includes the acknowledgement message to acknowledge the received data.
US11523296B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and to a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method for a user equipment in a first communication system according to the present invention comprises a user equipment in an inactive state: transmits a paging area update request message; checks whether a timer associated with a paging area update has expired; and transitions into an idle state if a response message for the paging area update request message has not been received until the timer expired.
US11523293B1
A wireless network monitoring system is disclosed. In one general aspect, it includes a wireless network interface operative to access traffic on a wireless network that is connected to other devices and to a WAN access point, and capture logic responsive to the wireless network interface and operative to capture datagrams communicated between one or more of the other devices on the wireless network and the WAN access point. Inspection logic is responsive to the capture logic and operative to inspect the captured datagrams to detect conditions of concern related to the other devices on the wireless network, and conditional response logic is responsive to the inspection logic and operative to initiate actions in response to the detection of conditions of concern by the inspection logic.
US11523282B2
Security policies are made dependent on location of a device and the location of a device is determined and the appropriate security policy applied without providing the device's location to a server. A device determine its location and identifies a security policy identifier mapped to a zone including the location. The device requests the security policy corresponding to the identifier from a server and implements it. The device may also store a database of the security policies and implement them according to its location. Devices registered for a user evaluate whether locations detected for the devices correspond to impossible travel by the user. Objects encoding geolocation data of a device may be encrypted with a private key of the device and the public key of another to prevent access by an intermediary server.
US11523272B2
A method may comprise transmitting using a first uplink carrier and receiving a signal using a first downlink carrier. The signal may include a message indicating activation of a second uplink carrier. A method may further comprise initiating, based on the message, a timer associated with deactivation of the second uplink carrier. The method may further comprise transmitting using the second uplink carrier activated based on the message and deactivating the second uplink carrier on a condition that expiration of the timer is detected.
US11523268B2
A communications method includes determining a session management function entity based on at least one of a data network name, slice information, and an application function service identifier, and sending a first message to the session management function entity, where the first message is used to subscribe to a terminal event, the first message includes service description information, and the service description information is used to indicate a service corresponding to the terminal event.
US11523265B2
An emergency determining system configured as part of a cellular or mobile network to receive emergency data from public safety answering points and to evaluate the emergency based at least in part on third party data, network data, and the emergency data. For instance, the emergency determining system may determine a level, a geographic area, and/or a response to the emergency and to broadcast, via the cellular or mobile network, notifications to individual's personal electronic devices within the geographic area to alert the individuals to the emergency and to provide instructions related to an appropriate response by the individual.
US11523262B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities may implement service-based discovery in a network, such as a 3GPP or 3GPP2 network. A Discovery Server may be used to query and find services offered by the network or by entities that interface with the network. Situational context information or policy information, or both, may be communicated to the discovery server so that the Discovery Server can provide context-aware and policy-based discovery services. The Discovery Server may be used to control which of the entities that interface with the network can discover one another. The Discovery Server may support queries based on, for example, the type of MTC entity, the type of services hosted on the entity, the availability times of the entity, types of protocols supported, levels of Quality of Service (QoS) supported, and MTC-IWF services.
US11523256B2
Methods and systems are described herein for identifying a location of a user prior to sending a notification and/or tailoring notification delivery and/or receipts to a determined location of the user. In many contexts, the delivery or receipt time of these notifications is important. For example, the message may include time-sensitive information or may have been targeted based on delivering (or being received at) an optimal time. The system may determine a time zone identifier by recording a user's default or home location based on known account data and establishing a transaction data stream for identifying transactions that are outside of a radius of the default location. Upon detecting transactions outside the default location, the system may update an account of the user with a temporary location. The system may then determine a delay based on this temporary location.
US11523254B2
A system (1) for selecting one or more devices in a wireless network for transmitting, receiving and/or processing a radio frequency signal for presence and/or location detection comprises at least one processor (5) configured to determine a suitability of each of a plurality of devices (11-15) for transmitting, receiving and/or processing a radio frequency signal for presence and/or location detection, select a subset of devices from the 5 plurality of devices based on the suitability determined for each of the plurality of devices, and instruct at least one of the subset of devices to act as a device for transmitting, receiving and/or processing a radio frequency signal for presence and/or location detection.
US11523248B2
A system and method are disclosed for receiving a request to track data of an area of interest (AOI). The system receives a plurality of geolocation data records corresponding to a plurality of mobile devices. The system determines which mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices have visited the AOI. For each mobile device determined to have visited the AOI, the system determines a path of the mobile device. The path including a prior location of the mobile device and a next location of the mobile device. The system transmits for display by a client device, a report including the path for each mobile device determined to have visited the AOI. The path indicating an identification of additional AOIs based on the prior location and the next location.
US11523237B2
A system and method for use of a public address pause module with an onboard entertainment system of an aircraft cabin. The module includes a connector for connecting the module to an aircraft public address speaker and an audio detection circuit connected with respect to the connector. A micro controller unit is connected with respect to the audio detection circuit to determine whether a measured voltage of the public address speaker exceeds a pre-set threshold for a pre-determined time period and to generate a pause signal. A wireless transmitter communicates the pause signal to the onboard entertainment system thereby pausing the onboard entertainment system during onboard use of the public address speaker.
