US11603544B2
Genomic safe harbors (GSH) for genetic therapies in human stem cells and engineered nanoparticles to provide targeted genetic therapies are described. The GSH and/or associated nanoparticles can be used to safely and efficiently treat a variety of genetic, infectious, and malignant diseases.
US11603542B2
The present invention relates to adeno-associated viral (AAV) particles encoding siRNA molecules and methods for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
US11603539B2
Methods for developing engineered T-cells for immunotherapy that are both non-alloreactive and resistant to immunosuppressive drugs. The present invention relates to methods for modifying T-cells by inactivating both genes encoding target for an immunosuppressive agent and T-cell receptor, in particular genes encoding CD52 and TCR. This method involves the use of specific rare cutting endonucleases, in particular TALE-nucleases (TAL effector endonuclease) and polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, to precisely target a selection of key genes in T-cells, which are available from donors or from culture of primary cells. The invention opens the way to standard and affordable adoptive immunotherapy strategies for treating cancer and viral infections.
US11603533B2
The present disclosure relates to modulation of protein expression.
US11603529B2
Provided herein are RNAi molecules for treating Huntington's disease. Further provided herein are expression cassettes, vectors (e.g., rAAV, recombinant adenoviral, recombinant lentiviral, and recombinant HSV vectors), cells, viral particles, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the RNAi. Yet further provided herein are methods and kits related to the use of the RNAi, for example, to treat Huntington's disease.
US11603523B2
The invention relates to a novel inhibitor pharmacophore of PCSK9 and heteroaryl compounds that bind the PCSK9 protein.
US11603507B2
The present invention relates generally to corn dry-milling, and more specifically, to methods for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct produced in a corn dry-milling process for making ethanol and a system therefore. In one embodiment, a method for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct includes, in a corn dry-milling process for making ethanol, separating the whole stillage byproduct into an insoluble solids portion and a thin stillage portion. The thin stillage portion is separated into a protein portion and a water soluble solids portion. Next, the protein portion is dewatered then dried to define a high protein corn meal that includes at least 40 wt % protein on a dry basis.
US11603502B2
Provided are marine fuels or fuel blending compositions, methods of making such fuels or compositions and methods of potentially reducing the life cycle carbon intensity of marine fuels or a fuel blending compositions. The marine fuel or fuel blending composition disclosed herein includes at least 20 vol % of a resid-containing fraction, and from 5 vol % to 80 vol % of one or more renewable fuel blending components. The one or more renewable fuel blending components includes one or more fatty acid alkyl esters. Optionally the one or more renewable fuel blending components may include gas-to-liquid hydrocarbons from renewable synthesis gas, hydrotreated natural fat or oil, hydrotreated waste cooking oil, hydrotreated tall oil, pyrolysis gas oil, or combinations thereof. Optionally, the resulting marine fuel or fuel blending composition can have a BMCI−TE difference value of 15 or less.
US11603501B2
A method for producing a bio-jet fuel includes a reaction step of hydrogenating, isomerizing, and decomposing a crude oil obtained by a deoxygenation treatment of a raw oil containing a triglyceride and/or a free fatty acid, by using a hydrogenation catalyst and an isomerization catalyst in a hydrogen atmosphere under conditions of a reaction temperature of 180° C. to 350° C. and a pressure of 0.1 MPa to 30 MPa.
US11603500B2
A process to catalytically transform natural gas liquid (NGL) into higher molecular weight hydrocarbons includes providing an NGL stream, catalytically dehydrogenating at least a portion of the NGL stream components to their corresponding alkene derivatives, catalytically oligomerizing at least a portion of the alkenes to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons and recovering the higher molecular weight hydrocarbons. The NGL stream can be extracted from a gas stream such as a gas stream coming from shale formations. The higher molecular weight hydrocarbons can be hydrocarbons that are liquid at ambient temperature and ambient pressure.
US11603476B2
A photoluminescent coating material which contains: a hydrocarbon-based solvent (A) that has an aniline point of 40° C. or higher; a resin (B1) that is incompatible with the hydrocarbon-based solvent (A); a solvent (C) that is compatible with the hydrocarbon-based solvent (A) and the resin (B1) while having a lower boiling point than the hydrocarbon-based solvent (A); and a scale-like aluminum (D).
US11603469B2
The present invention relates, in one aspect, to a thermosetting resin composition including an epoxy resin, an isocyanate resin, a polyrotaxane resin, and a curing agent, wherein the isocyanate resin includes a hexamethylene skeleton and at least one selected from a biuret skeleton, an isocyanurate skeleton, an allophanate skeleton, a neopentyl skeleton, a butylene skeleton, and a dicarboxyl skeleton in a structure thereof.
US11603454B2
A static discharge device is formed of an electrical conductor to dissipate static charge from materials including fabrics, clothing and hair. The static discharge device can be used in a clothes dryer. Electrons can migrate to the electrical conductor to dissipate the static charge from materials. The static discharge device can be formed of a conductive thermoplastic material including a polymer and strands of metal or carbon.
US11603452B2
Embodiments of polymer compositions and articles comprising such compositions contain at least one multimodal ethylene-based polymer having at least three ethylene-based components, wherein the multimodal ethylene-based polymer exhibits improved toughness.
US11603444B2
A method of forming foam material is provided, which includes mixing 100 parts by weight of a compound having cyclic carbonate groups and a foaming agent to form a foaming composition, wherein the foaming agent includes 3 to 13 parts by weight of carbamate salt and 15 to 65 parts by weight of amino compound. The foaming composition is heated to 100° C. to 170° C. for decomposing the carbamate salt into CO2 and amino compound, and the amino compound is reacted with the compound having cyclic carbonate groups to form the foam material.
US11603424B2
The invention relates to a crosslinkable composition, which comprises a component a) at least one halogenated bisphenol A diglycidyl ether tetra(meth)acrylate and a component b) at least one diluent from mono(meth)acrylates of a monoalcohol comprising a biphenyl structure, and at least one optional component from components c), d), e), f) and g). It also relates to its use for coatings or materials, in particular for 3D printed articles for optical applications, as it also relates to the crosslinked composition and to the finished product, in particular the 3D article which results therefrom.
US11603423B2
The invention relates to an acrylonitrile copolymer binder and application thereof in lithium ion battery, belonging to the field of lithium ion battery. The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide an acrylonitrile copolymer binder comprising the following structural units in percentage by weight: 78-95% of acrylonitrile unit, 1-10% of acrylic ester unit and 2-15% of acrylamide unit. For the binder of the invention, acrylonitrile monomer is taken as the main body, and acrylic ester monomer, acrylamide monomer or acrylate salt monomer with strong polarity is added to acrylonitrile for copolymerization to enable the flexibility of a polymer membrane, the affinity of an electrolyte and the proper swelling degree in the electrolyte while keeping strong adhesion or intermolecular force of acrylonitrile polymer molecules, so as to fit the periodic volume changes of electrode active materials along with lithium ion intercalation/deintercalation in charging and discharging processes, thereby improving the energy density and cycle performance of the lithium ion battery.
US11603422B2
There is provided a polymer which is the copolymerization product from a mixture including: (a) 10-50 mol % of at least one addition polymerizable arylcyclobutene monomer; (b) 15-50 mol % of at least one addition polymerizable diene monomer; and (c) 15-60 mol % of at least one addition polymerizable aromatic vinyl monomer. The polymer can be used in electronic applications.
US11603405B2
The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind CD3. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind PSMA. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind CD3 and PSMA. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind IL1RAP. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind CD33. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind CD3 and IL1RAP. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind CD3 and CD33. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind TMEFF2. The present invention relates to antibodies that specifically bind CD3 and TMEFF2. The present invention relates to fragments of the antibodies, polynucleotides encoding the antibodies or fragments thereof, and methods of making and using the same.
US11603402B2
The invention provides agonistic anti-human VISTA antibodies and antibody fragments. These agonist antibodies and antibody fragments may be used to potentiate or enhance or mimic VISTA's suppressive effects on T cell immunity and thereby suppress T cell immunity. These agonist antibodies and antibody fragments are especially useful in the treatment of autoimmunity, allergy, inflammatory conditions, GVHD, sepsis and transplant recipients. Screening assays for identifying these agonists are also provided.
US11603401B2
The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that specifically bind Aggrecan and more in particular to polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides; to methods for preparing such polypeptides; to compositions and in particular to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such polypeptides, for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. In particular, the immunoglobulins of the present invention inhibit the activity of Aggrecan.
US11603386B2
Insect-repellent compositions containing compounds of Formula I: wherein R is a 5-membered or 6-membered carbon-containing ring, having zero, one, two, or three double bonds, and having zero, one, two, or three heteroatoms, wherein the one, two, or three heteroatoms, if present, are selected from nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur; “x” is an integer from 0 to 5; and “y” is an integer from 1 to 10.
US11603380B2
The present invention concerns a compound having the following formula (I): as well as its use as a medicament, especially for its use for treating viral infections.
US11603378B2
The present invention relates to a specific azole silane compound, an oligomer thereof, a mixture comprising said compound and/or said oligomer, as well as a respective storage and working solution. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a synthesis method for said specific azole silane compound, and the use of said working solution as a surface treatment solution.
US11603377B2
The disclosure provides compounds and salts that show high selectivity and inhibitory activity for mTORC1 and uses thereof for the treatment of disease, such as Formula X: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11603374B2
Provided herein are compounds of the Formula I: [INSERT FORMULA I] and tautomers, stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2 and Ry have the meanings given in the specification, which are inhibitors of RET kinase and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases which can be treated with a RET kinase inhibitor, including RET-associated diseases and disorders.
US11603373B2
Presently provided are inhibitors of cellularly expressed TD02 and IDO1, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, useful for modulating an activity of tryptophan 2,3 dioxygenase and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1; treating immunosuppression; treating a medical conditions that benefit from the inhibition of tryptophan degradation; enhancing the effectiveness of an anti-cancer treatment comprising administering an anti-cancer agent; and treating tumor-specific immunosuppression associated with cancer.
US11603360B2
Disclosed is a purified dialkyl furan dicarboxylate (DAFD) vapor composition containing at least 99.5 wt. % DAFD; 5-(alkoxycarbonyl) furan-2-carboxylic acid (ACFC) that, if present, is present in an amount of not more than 1000 ppm, alkyl-5-formylfuran-2-carboxylate (AFFC) that, if present, is present in an amount of not more than 1000 ppm, 5-(dialkoxymethyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid (DAFCA) that if present, is present in an amount of not more than 1000 ppm, and alkyl 5-(dialkoxymethyl)furan-2-carboxylate (ADAFC) that if present, is present in an amount of not more than 1000 ppm, in each case based on the weight of the DAFD vapor composition.
US11603350B2
The present invention provides a compound, a composition, a cured object, an optically anisotropic body, and a reflective film which have high refractive index anisotropy Δn and excellent light resistance, and which exhibit liquid crystallinity. The compound of the present invention is a compound represented by General Formula (1).
US11603347B2
A highly unsaturated fatty acid or a highly unsaturated fatty acid ethyl ester that has been produced using as a feedstock oil a fat or oil that contains highly unsaturated fatty acids as constituent fatty acids and which has been reduced in the contents of environmental pollutants, wherein among the dioxins contained, polychlorinated dibenzoparadioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) are contained in amounts of less than 0.05 pg-TEQ/g and coplanar PCBs (Co-PCBs) in amounts of less than 0.03 pg-TEQ/g. Also disclosed is a method for producing the highly unsaturated fatty acid or highly unsaturated fatty acid ethyl ester by the steps of removing free fatty acids and environmental pollutants by thin-film distillation from a feedstock oil, ethyl esterifying the resulting fat or oil, and refining the same by rectification and column chromatography.
US11603346B2
The present invention relates to polyethylene glycol derivatives and use thereof.
US11603345B2
The present application discloses methods for the efficient preparation of high purity compounds of the Formula I, and their methods of use.
US11603344B2
A process for producing methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) comprising introducing a butane feed stream (n-butane, i-butane) and hydrogen to a hydrogenolysis reactor comprising a hydrogenolysis catalyst to produce a hydrogenolysis product stream comprising hydrogen, methane, ethane, propane, i-butane, and optionally n-butane; separating the hydrogenolysis product stream into a first hydrogen-containing stream, an optional methane stream, a C2 to C3 gas stream (ethane, propane), and a butane stream (i-butane, optionally n-butane); feeding the butane stream to a dehydrogenation reactor to produce a dehydrogenation product stream, wherein the dehydrogenation reactor comprises a dehydrogenation catalyst, and wherein the dehydrogenation product stream comprises hydrogen, i-butane, and isobutylene; and feeding the dehydrogenation product stream and methanol to an etherification unit to produce an unreacted methanol stream, an unreacted isobutylene stream, and an MTBE stream.
US11603338B2
According to this disclosure, there is provided a pyrolysis reaction system and a direct non-oxidative methane coupling process using the same by which it is possible to reach the selectivity for good C≤10 hydrocarbons and at the same time to inhibit coke from being generated while a good methane conversion is maintained during direct conversion of methane into C2+ hydrocarbons through non-oxidative pyrolysis.
US11603330B2
A coated glass substrate is disclosed as well as a method of making the coated glass substrate. The coated glass substrate comprises a glass substrate and a coating on a surface of the glass substrate wherein the coating includes a binder. The binder may include an interpenetrating network. For example, the network may include a crosslinked polyacrylate and a crosslinked polyacrylamide. In addition, the transparency of the coated substrate after one of the following conditions may be within 10% of the transparency of the coated substrate prior to the condition: (i) wherein the coated substrate is stored at a temperature of 0° C. or less and then exposed to an environment at 21° C. and 70% humidity or (ii) wherein the coated substrate is positioned within 100° C. steam for one minute.
US11603327B2
Provided are a water treatment method and a water treatment device wherein in a biological treatment of ammonium nitrogen-containing water to be treated, the water to be treated can be treated stably at a high treatment speed even when the nitrogen concentration of the water to be treated is high. This water treatment device biologically treats ammonium nitrogen-containing water to be treated. The water treatment device (water treatment method) is provided with: a nitrification device (nitrification step) for oxidizing ammonium nitrogen to nitrite or nitrate nitrogen using nitrifying bacteria including autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria contained in microbial activated sludge; and a nitrification rate control means which maintains a molybdenum compound in the nitrification device in such a manner as to control the molybdenum concentration of the water to be treated to 0.025 mg Mo/gN or more, and controls the nitrification rate for the sludge to 0.11 [kgN/(kgVSS·day)].
US11603323B2
This publication relates to a method and a system for producing freshwater through a reverse osmosis process in a submerged membrane system requiring a differential pressure over the membrane system. The differential pressure is provided by introducing gas bubbles in the riser device (2) downstream the outlet (7) for fresh water in the riser device (2). The system comprises at least one submerged, reverse osmosis unit (1), with an inlet (4) for water and an outlet (7) for fresh water, a riser device (2) extending from the outlet (7) of the submerged membrane system to at, above or below sea level and a system for providing a low pressure side for the reverse osmosis process.
US11603318B1
A hydrated lime product which can be provided to an end user in dry form and which can be formed into a slurry which will comprise lime hydrate with sufficiently increased reactivity over that of traditional hydrated lime slurries to be competitive in reaction time with on-site produced slaked lime slurries.
US11603312B2
A microelectromechanical device comprising a mobile rotor in a silicon wafer. The rotor comprises one or more high-density regions. The one or more high-density regions in the rotor comprise at least one high-density material which has a higher density than silicon. The one or more high-density regions have been formed in the silicon wafer by filling one or more fill trenches in the rotor with the at least one high-density material. The one or more fill trenches have a depth/width aspect ratio of at least 10, and the one or more fill trenches have been filled by depositing the high-density material into the fill trenches in an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process.
US11603307B2
A system is provided for dispensing a hair dye formulation into a customer container. The system includes a conveyer belt configured to transport the customer container along a fill line; a plurality of dispensing mechanisms, each connected to a respective container having a different bulk hair dye color, the plurality of dispensing mechanisms being disposed over a conveyer belt along the fill line. The system is configured to receive a formula for filling the customer container with one or more bulk hair dye colors from among the plurality of containers having the different bulk hair dye color, and control each of the plurality of dispensing mechanisms to perform a dispensing operation to dispense an amount of bulk hair dye color or to not perform a dispensing operation at a time when the customer container is transported to each of the plurality of dispensing mechanisms along the fill line.
US11603306B2
Methods and systems for the production and delivery of lithium metal of high purity are provided herein. In one or more embodiments, a liquid lithium delivery system contains a liquid lithium delivery module fluidly coupled to a lithium refill container. The liquid lithium delivery module contains a lithium storage region operable to store liquid lithium and containing a fluid supply line fluidly coupling an outlet port of a liquid lithium storage tank, and a flow meter positioned downstream from the lithium storage region along the fluid supply line and operable to monitor the flow of the liquid lithium through the fluid supply line.
US11603304B2
A beverage pod for a beverage machine is provided. The beverage pod can include a container having an internal space and a container flange defining an opening to the internal space, a plug sealing the opening of the container, and a cap secured to the container flange. A beverage medium can be located within the internal space of the container. The cap can be operable to selectively engage a portion of the plug to release the beverage medium through the plug and the cap.
US11603299B2
A forklift includes a cabin and a seat for use by a driver arranged in the cabin. The cabin has a lateral opening to enter and exit the cabin, and the seat is mounted rotatably relative to the cabin. There is a safety bracket for preventing the driver from involuntarily exiting the cabin through the lateral opening, and for providing lateral impact protection. The safety bracket is mechanically connected to the seat to be rotatable together with the seat.
US11603293B2
The present invention relates to an assembly for rotating a suspended load around a substantially vertical axis, the assembly comprising an inner rim configured to have a fixed relationship with the suspended load to be rotated, an outer rim engaging the inner rim in a manner so that the inner and outer rims are configured to perform rotational movements relative to each other during rotation of the suspended load, and a drive unit for performing the relative rotational movement between the inner and outer rims. The assembly of the present invention may be secured to a lifting yoke for lifting wind turbine related components, such as entire wind turbine towers, wind turbine tower sections, nacelles, rotor blades or containers.
US11603287B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for a stairlift overspeed safety system are disclosed. The overspeed safety system may include a centripetal cam assembly, a trigger assembly, and a jammer assembly. The centripetal cam assembly may include a spring-loaded plate and a plurality of centripetal cams connected to the spring-loaded plate, configured to move to an extended position when the rail speed exceeds the speed threshold. The trigger assembly may include a trigger plate configured to be pushed by at least one of the centripetal cams when moved to the extended position. Pushing the trigger plate may cause a switch to open to shut off power to the motorized stairlift. The jammer assembly may include a jammer configured to wedge between teeth of a rack and pinion of the motorized stairlift to initiate a deceleration to stop movement of the motorized stairlift.
US11603286B2
A method and a device for determining an operating state of an elevator system include determining a current/time profile of a current supplied to the elevator system via a power supply line, identifying at least one current profile segment of the current/time profile, and deriving a current profile pattern of the identified current profile segment. The operating state of the elevator system is determined based on comparing the current profile pattern to at least one reference pattern. The method and the device may also be easily used by personnel without electrical training and may be used in elevator systems that are not known in detail.
US11603279B2
A package structure of a roll-shaped thin film includes a thin film roll and a buffer layer. The thin film roll includes a winding core and a thin film wound around the winding core, and the buffer layer is wound around an outer circumference of the thin film. An end portion of the buffer layer is covered with an inner surface of an end portion of the thin film, and the thickness of the buffer layer is in a range of 1-20 mm.
US11603274B2
A paper feeding mechanism includes a feeding path, a driving motor, a bidirectional transmission mechanism, at least one feeding roller, a unidirectional transmission mechanism and at least one blocking roller. The driving motor is controllable to output a driving force towards a forward direction or a driving force towards a reverse direction. The bidirectional transmission mechanism is connected to the driving motor. The at least one feeding roller is mounted in the feeding path. The at least one feeding roller is connected to the bidirectional transmission mechanism. The unidirectional transmission mechanism is connected to the driving motor. The at least one blocking roller is mounted in the feeding path. The at least one blocking roller is disposed to a downstream of the at least one feeding roller. The at least one blocking roller is connected to the unidirectional transmission mechanism.
US11603271B2
The disclosure relates to a diversion device for a transport device for transporting products. The diversion device comprises a first element mounted to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation and a second element mounted to be rotatable about a second axis of rotation, where the axes of rotation form an angle with one another and the first and the second elements overlap in a region so that the first and the second elements enclose a diversion region. A product supplied to the diversion region can be diverted in the diversion region by rotating the first and the second elements and can exit the diversion device after having passed the diversion region due to mass inertia.
US11603268B2
A conveyor system includes a fixed, non-powered rail defining a conveyor path. An automated conveyor carrier (ACC) is supported by the rail and drivable along the rail by an on-board motor in a self-driving trolley of the ACC, the motor powering a drive wheel. The rail defines a first section and a second section separate from the first section. The conveyor system is adapted to provide a first amount of traction for the ACC on the rail in the first section and a second amount of traction, greater than the first amount of traction, in the second section.
US11603257B2
A double pressurized container 11, 31 includes an outer container 13, 33; an inner container 14, 34 stored inside the outer container 13, 33 and having flexibility; and a plug 15, 35 welded to the outer container 13, 33 and the inner container 14, 34 and sealing both of the outer container 13, 33 and the inner container 14, 34. An inside of the inner container 14, 34 is a concentrate chamber for charging a concentrate C, and a space between the outer container 13, 33 and the inner container 14, 34 is a pressurizing agent chamber for charging a pressurizing agent P, and the plug 15, 35 is provided with an openable seal part 15d, 44 to open the concentrate chamber. A discharge product 11a, 31a has the double pressurized container 11 filled with the concentrate C and the pressurizing agent P.
US11603249B2
A packing device includes an object to be packed, a packing box, and a cushioning part arranged between the object to be packed and an inner wall of the packing box. The cushioning part is formed of first to fourth cushioning elements assembled together. The cushioning part in an assembled state can be disassembled by having the first to fourth cushioning elements move in a direction of disassembly. The second cushioning element and the third cushioning element forming the cushioning part have a multilayer structure formed of plate-like members stacked on each other. The first to fourth cushioning elements forming the cushioning part are in contact with the object to be packed or the inner wall of the packing box and thus have their movement in the direction of disassembly regulated.
US11603248B1
A foldable corrugated corner element including at least some of a portion of material extending from a first terminal end to a second terminal end; a first corner element leg and a second corner element leg, each having one or more alternating ridges and grooves, wherein the second corner element leg extends from the first corner element leg; a notch formed in at least a portion of the first corner element leg, defined by converging sidewalls, wherein the notch allows the second corner element leg to be folded; and one or more apertures formed through a portion of the second corner element leg, wherein if the second corner element leg is folded, the apertures expand and hinges defined between adjacent apertures provide continuity for a portion of the second corner element leg.
US11603238B2
A beverage container lid comprising a body having drinking hole and an air hole, and a slide-seal automatic Open and Close retention mechanism that comprises a sealing arm pivotally connected to the body, a movement and position retention linkage structured and operable to move the sealing arm between an Opened and a Closed position, a control mechanism slidingly disposed within the body and operably connected to the movement and position retention linkage such that movement of the control mechanism will control movement of the sealing arm between the Opened and Closed positions, and a biasing device structured and operable to exert constant force on the sealing arm, such that force exerted by the biasing device in combination with the structure and operation of the movement and position retention linkage will selectively retain the sealing arm in the Opened position and in the Closed position.
US11603218B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) storage and launch system, including: a UAV pod having an interior; and a telescoping UAV landing surface disposed in the interior of the UAV pod; where the telescoping UAV landing surface may translate up toward a top opening of the UAV pod, translate down into an interior of the UAV pod, or rotate relative to the UAV pod.
US11603213B2
A method of aircraft operation, the method comprising accepting a human pilot's selection of at least one checklist from among plural checklists stored in computer memory; and, responsive to the pilot's selection, using a processor for automatically performing all operations included in the individual checklist.
US11603212B1
A strut system for a RAT includes a strut body, a strut first end is connected to the aircraft and rotate about a first axis, a strut second end is spaced apart from the strut first end by the strut body and is connected to the RAT turbine generator unit, the strut has a strut conduit extending from the strut first end toward the strut second end; and a damper rod that includes a rod body and disposed within the strut conduit, the damper rod having a rod first end that is fixed within the strut conduit at the strut first end, and a rod second end that is spaced apart from the rod first end by the rod body and is located intermediate the strut first end and the strut second end, wherein the rod second end moves along a second axis that is parallel to the first axis.
US11603201B2
A system is provided for sending a drone to a target on request. The system includes a server provided in communication with a plurality of mobile technology platforms, each of which having an instance of a particular software installed therein. The software contains programming instructions configured to transmit a request from a user for a drone. The system, upon receiving a transmitted request for a drone from one of the plurality of mobile technology platforms, dispatches a drone to fly to a specified target and provides the user with at least partial control of the drone's flight or of media capture by the drone based on the location of the drone relative to a geofence associated with the target.
US11603200B2
Various arrangements for managing network channels are presented. A backend system may receive data from one or more data sources. The backend system may determine, based at least in part on the data received from the one or more data sources, a triggering event and a location related to the triggering event. The backend system may transmit, to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), first location data associated with the location related to the triggering event. The backend system can receive, from the UAV, network congestion information associated with a connection between one or more devices and the UAV. Based at least in part on the network congestion information, the backend system may send second location data to the UAV.
US11603195B2
Aircraft having hybrid propulsion are disclosed. A disclosed example propulsion system for an aircraft. The propulsion system includes an engine, an electric motor, a first propeller mounted to an aerodynamic body of the aircraft, the first propeller driven by the engine, a second propeller mounted to the aerodynamic body and positioned outboard relative to the first propeller, the second propeller driven by the electric motor, and a selector to control whether the propulsion system is operated in a hybrid mode in which the first and second propellers are driven.
US11603194B2
An aircraft having a high efficiency forward flight mode. The aircraft includes an airframe having at least one wing. A distributed propulsion system is attached to the airframe and includes a first plurality of propulsion assemblies and a second plurality of propulsion assemblies. A flight control system is operably associated with the distributed propulsion system and is operable to independently control each of the propulsion assemblies. The aircraft is configured for thrust-borne lift in a vertical takeoff and landing flight mode and wing-borne lift in the forward flight mode. In the vertical takeoff and landing flight mode, each of the propulsion assemblies is configured to generate vertical thrust. In the forward flight mode, the propulsion assemblies of the first plurality of propulsion assemblies are configured to generate forward thrust and the propulsion assemblies of the second plurality of propulsion assemblies are configured to shut down.
US11603187B2
Systems and methods are provided for door alignment of an aircraft landing gear door. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a plurality of adjustable rods configured to temporarily install in an aircraft to stand in place of a final adjustable part, each of the adjustable rods configured to position a block for stopping a door of the aircraft. Each of the adjustable rods includes a telescopic body configured to extend and retract in length, and a spring configured to compress to reduce the length of the telescopic body, and to expand to extend the length of the telescopic body. Each adjustable rod also includes a locking mechanism configured to lock the telescopic body at a fixed length to prevent expansion of the spring, and to unlock the telescopic body to release the spring and adjust the telescopic body to an adjusted length.
US11603182B1
A variable camber wing for mounting to a vehicle chassis has an actuator shaft and a static pin extending from the chassis. The wing's nose segment defines a proximal edge and a distal edge and has a channel therethrough between the proximal and distal edges, an arcuate aperture therethrough aft of the channel, and a second aperture therethrough aft of the arcuate aperture. The wing has a first linkage defining a clevis on a proximal end and hingeably connected to the nose segment. The clevis can rotatably engage with the static pin extending through the arcuate aperture. A second linkage defines a second clevis on a proximal end and a distal edge. The second linkage is configured to hingeably connect to the first linkage.
US11603181B2
A supporting wing structure for an aircraft, in particular for a load-carrying and/or passenger-carrying aircraft, preferably an aircraft in the form of a vertical take-off and landing multicopter having a plurality of electrically driven rotors which are disposed in a distributed manner. The supporting wing structure has a plurality of struts. A first number of the struts are at least largely disposed in a first direction, while a second number of the struts are at least largely disposed in a second direction, the second direction being oriented orthogonal to the first direction. At least the struts of the second number have an aerodynamic profile in cross section, and/or in the struts are connected to one another at least in pairs between neighboring struts by a connecting structure, preferably from individual connecting segments, and the connecting structure or the connecting segments have an aerodynamic profiling. Furthermore an aircraft is provided equipped with such a supporting wing structure.
US11603171B2
A motor device for providing propulsion of a floating vessel includes an electrical motor and a propeller arrange inside a propeller house, a hollow rotatable or non-rotatable mid-section arm, a battery and controlling unit. A controlling logic for motor control is arranged inside the rotatable or non-rotatable mid-section arm. The controlling logic includes a heat conductive substrate arranged to contact the inner surface of the rotatable or non-rotatable mid-section arm in a portion of the inner circumference of the rotatable or non-rotatable mid-section arm.
US11603169B2
Watercraft docking apparatus including a spreadable clamp attachable to a watercraft to be docked, an elongated pole attached at one end to the spreadable clamp, and structure attaching mechanism attached to an opposite end of the elongated pole. The spreadable clamp and the structure attaching mechanism are both designed to prevent lateral horizontal movement of the elongated pole.
US11603168B2
The present invention provides a folding cleat. The folding cleat includes a base, a handle component and an elastic component. The base includes a pivot slot and an accommodation space connected with each other. The handle component includes a supporting portion and a handle portion. The supporting portion includes a rotating shaft disposed at an end of the supporting portion and is pivotally connected to the base. The handle portion extends outward from the other end of the supporting portion. The rotating shaft includes a first positioning element and a second positioning element disposed on an outer peripheral edge of the rotating shaft, respectively. The elastic component is fixed to the base and includes a pushing portion. The pushing portion spatially corresponds to the first positioning element and the second positioning element.
US11603167B2
A chain guide is disclosed herein. The chain guide includes a backplate and a chain guide. The backplate has an elongated opening therein. The chain guide includes a guide to orient a chain with respect to the sprocket. The chain guide also includes a retaining assembly to removably and adjustably frictionally couple the guide at a given location along the elongated opening in the backplate, such that when the guide is rotated axially about the retaining assembly, the guide is retained at the given location.
US11603163B2
A motor mounting assembly of an electric bicycle has a motor-installation mount, a motor unit, and at least one adapting piece. The motor-installation mount has a mounting frame and a lateral cover. The mounting frame is annular and has a first lateral side, a second lateral side, and a lateral opening disposed on the first lateral side. The lateral cover is assembled to the first lateral side and covers the lateral opening. The motor unit is received within the motor-installation mount. Each one of the at least one adapting piece has two fastening portions. One of the fastening portions of each adapting piece is connected to the motor unit. The other fastening portion is clamped between and is connected to the lateral cover and the mounting frame.
US11603161B2
The disclosure provides a bicycle caliper including a casing assembly and a plurality of pistons. The casing assembly has a first fluid inlet, a second fluid inlet, a first fluid channel, a plurality of piston chambers, and a second fluid channel. The first fluid channel has a first connection opening and a second connection opening opposite to each other. The first connection opening and the second connection opening of the first fluid channel are respectively in fluid communication with the first fluid inlet and the second fluid inlet. The first fluid channel penetrates through the piston chambers. Two opposite openings of the second fluid channel are respectively in fluid communication with the first connection opening and the second connection opening of the first fluid channel, and the second fluid channel does not penetrate through the piston chambers. The pistons are respectively and movably disposed in the piston chambers.
US11603159B2
The present invention provides a straddle type vehicle, comprising: a taillight disposed in a rear portion of a vehicle and configured to emit light to rearward of the vehicle and a detection unit configured to emit radio waves and detect surrounding conditions behind the vehicle, wherein the taillight includes a light source and a housing for accommodating the light source, the detection unit is provided inside the housing, the housing has a transmitting portion that includes a first region for transmitting light emitted from the light source and a second region for transmitting the radio waves emitted from the detection unit, and the first region has an uneven shape for diffusing the light emitted from the light source, and the second region does not have the uneven shape.
US11603155B2
The invention relates to a bicycle saddle having a saddle shell, on the underside of which a frame is arranged. A saddle pad is arranged on the upper side of the saddle shell. According to the invention, the saddle pad has two padding elements for improved comfort, wherein in a preferred embodiment the inner padding element is made of TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane).
US11603151B2
A system for removing, storing and precisely re-installing removable automobile doors. This system includes a mobile base for positioning near the vehicle and moving stored doors to their storage location. The base of this system provides mounting positions for 2 or more lifting/storing/re-installation devices, accommodating full service (removal, storage and re-installation) of up to 4 doors at once. The lifting/storage/re-installation devices contain full 3 axis precise adjustment and rigid coupling to each of the vehicle's doors. Without this precision, the weight and non-balance of removing/re-installing the doors can cause the door to tilt into or away from the vehicle, possibly crushing a human body part (finger, hand) and/or damaging the vehicle or door. By rigidly coupling the door to the precisely adjusted device, precise vertical lifting and lowering may be used to remove and re-install the doors, including accommodating surface variations encountered from removal to re-installation time.
US11603149B2
New mobility components are provided that can enable a vehicle to traverse difficult terrain. In a particular aspect, vehicle leg components are provided that utilize unique degrees of freedom that can facilitate mobility. In a further aspect, vehicles are provided that contain such components.
US11603132B2
A steering control method for a vehicle including a steer-by-wire type wheel-turning mechanism in which a steering wheel and steered wheels are mechanically disconnected, the method including: detecting an actual steering angle of the steering wheel; calculating a target steering angle of the steering wheel on a basis of a target wheel-turning angle of the steered wheels; applying a steering reaction force to the steering wheel according to an angle deviation between the actual steering angle and the target steering angle; detecting a steering operation of the steering wheel by a driver; and when the steering operation by the driver is detected, reducing the steering reaction force according to the angle deviation compared with when the steering operation by the driver is not detected.
US11603131B2
A control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to perform a route acquisition process for acquiring route information indicating a target route of a vehicle. The processor is configured to perform a behavior optimization process for correcting, based on at least one of a plurality of state quantities indicating a behavior of the vehicle during traveling, each of a left turning command value and a right turning command value such that the behavior of the vehicle becomes a target behavior. The processor is configured to perform a locus stabilization process for correcting, based on at least one of the state quantities indicating the behavior of the vehicle during traveling, a steering command value such that the vehicle travels on the target route.
US11603120B2
A novel autonomous driving co-driver switch mode certification system securely determines and certifies an autonomous machine driving mode, which is activated in a permitted route under conditions approved by a regulatory agency. The autonomous driving co-driver switch mode, when enabled, allows a commercial vehicle driver to utilize the vehicle's autonomous driving capability as long as the commercial vehicle driver and the vehicle are also meeting the regulatory agency-defined safety and regulatory requirements before and during the autonomous machine driving mode. The autonomous driving co-driver switch mode is deemed trustworthy and certified by the regulatory agency, if the vehicle's ECU, ELD, and sensory readouts confirm a tamperproof validation of the agency-approvable state of the commercial vehicle driver and the vehicle. The novel autonomous driving co-driver switch mode certification system improves the public trustworthiness of autonomous driving modes intended to increase fleet productivity, fuel efficiency, and safety in commercial vehicles.
US11603114B2
A travel path data generation apparatus for generating travel path data inside an intersections for automated driving includes a travel path data generator that generates the data of the travel path in such a way that, using an absolute trajectory of actual traveling of a vehicle inside the intersection, the travel path data generator fits an estimated trajectory of the actual traveling of the vehicle inside the intersection into data of lane network connected to the intersection.
US11603111B2
A vehicle controller includes processing circuitry and a storage device. The storage device stores relationship specifying data that specifies a relationship between a vehicle state and an action variable. The processing circuitry is configured to execute an obtaining process obtaining the vehicle state, an operating process operating an electronic device based on a value of the action variable, a reward calculation process assigning a reward based on the vehicle state, an updating process updating the relationship specifying data using the vehicle state, the value of the action variable, and the reward as inputs to an update mapping. When a value of the action variable designated by the relationship specifying data is a first value, a process in which the operating process operates the electronic device in accordance with the first value is executable in a first situation and is not executable in a second situation.
US11603094B2
An example operation includes one or more of detecting, by a transport, that the transport is approaching a traffic control marking on a road, providing a notification related to the detecting to one or more occupants of the transport, receiving from one or snore other transports, at a server, one or more indications of a crossing of the traffic control marking by the transport, determining, by the server, a consensus of the crossing based on the one or more indications, and performing, by the server, an action to correct the crossing.
US11603082B2
A dual input master cylinder, comprising a housing having a first input, a piston base positioned within the housing, and a piston rod having a first end and a second end, the first end of the piston rod abutting the piston base and the second end of the piston rod acting as a second input of the dual input master cylinder, wherein the piston rod is capable of being spaced apart from the piston base.
US11603074B1
A safety belt presentation system includes a safety belt presentation track extending from a first position to a second position spaced from the first position, a latch that includes a tongue disposed between a first side of the latch and second side of the latch and a first coupling portion, and a driving mechanism that includes a second coupling portion configured to releasably couple the first coupling portion of the latch. The driving mechanism is configured to control the latch to move from the first position to the second position along the safety belt presentation track when the first and second coupling portions are coupled.
US11603073B2
An outside protection apparatus includes: an outside airbag device including an expandable member expandable rearward from a front portion of a body of a vehicle so as to be overlaid on a hood of the body, and an inflator that expands the expandable member; a collision detector that predicts or detects a collision between the body and a outside person outside the vehicle; and a controller that expands the expandable member when the collision detector predicts or detects a collision. The expandable member includes: a front bag portion expandable at the front portion of the body so as to be overlaid on the hood; a rear bag portion expandable in a location closer to rear than the front bag portion; and a tensile member coupled together with the rear bag portion to the body. The rear bag portion is expandable by the tensile member to stand on the hood.
US11603072B2
A dual stage inflator for an inflatable vehicle safety device includes a second stage combustion cup having a first member and a second member. The first and second members are formed separately from one another and cooperate to define an interior for receiving a second stage gas generant material.
US11603062B2
A protection system for a motor vehicle having a sensor for determining an angle of inclination of the motor vehicle about its longitudinal axis. An airbag attached on an outside of the motor vehicle. A processing device designed to detect a risk that the motor vehicle may tip over, on the basis of the inclination angle determined, and in that case activates the airbag. The airbag can be pivoted in the vertical direction from an area close to the ground.
US11603046B2
Provided is an escape tool housing member to be wound around an assist grip of a vehicle, in which a main body is to be wound around a grip portion, and a housing portion housing an escape tool is arranged to abut against an inner side of the grip portion. By pinching and then pulling with fingers a left convex portion, a pull portion, a concave portion and a right convex portion that are positioned on a front surface side of the grip portion, a left inner fixation portion and a left outer fixation portion will be disconnected from each other, and a right inner fixation portion and a right outer fixation portion will be disconnected from each other as well, thereby allowing the escape tool housing member to be removed from the assist grip.
US11603044B2
A multi-function rearview device for use with a vehicle includes a housing configured to be attached to the vehicle and to be moveable relative to the vehicle, a rearview element including at least one of a reflective element, a camera and a display element, a bezel formed at an outer portion of the multi-function rearview device surrounding the rearview element, with the rearview element being attached to at least one of the bezel and the housing, one or more light assemblies providing at least one or more light function indications, including a Human Machine Interface (HMI), and at least one sensor, the sensor controlling the one or more light assemblies or the display element.
US11603043B2
Provision of a sense of distance by motion parallax is easily realized. A display image is obtained by superimposing an image showing a vehicle on a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle. For example, the image showing the vehicle is a computer graphics image. For example, a change is made in a superimposed positional relationship between the captured image and the image showing the vehicle in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver. Since the display image is not only made from the captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from the vehicle, but the display image is obtained by superimposing the image showing the vehicle on the captured image, it is possible to easily provide a sense of distance by motion parallax.
US11603035B2
To suitably irradiate with a high beam according to a situation in front of the own vehicle. A vehicle headlight system installed in an own vehicle provided with an automatic brake controller which automatically activates a brake system depending on a situation, including: a lamp unit which irradiates at least with a low beam and a high beam; and a controller which is connected to the automatic brake controller and the lamp unit and is configured to control the operation of the lamp unit; where, when the lamp unit is not performing irradiation of the high beam, the controller is configured to control the lamp unit to irradiate with the high beam in the situation in which state of the automatic brake controller transitions from a standby state to a state which activates the brake system to a hard braking or to a preparation state thereof.
US11603032B2
A camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprising a lens module; an image sensor; a light source; and a mirror module, the light source is disposed so that light emitted from the light source intersects an optical axis of the lens module in the first area, the light source being disposed in a second area outside the first area, the mirror module includes a mirror that is formed to rotate about one side thereof located in the second area as a rotation axis so as to switch between a first state where at least a portion of the mirror is moved to and disposed in the first area and a second state where the mirror is moved to and disposed in the second area, a light path of the lens module is disposed to be reflected by the mirror and directed to the light source in the first state, and the light path of the lens module is disposed to be directed to the image sensor in the second state, and the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus operates as a puddle lamp in the first state and operates as a camera in the second state.
US11603028B2
Various accessories for motor vehicles with removable doors are described herein. In particular, the accessories may be mounted to a motor vehicle when a traditional, or factory, door is removed. Example accessories include covers, grab handles, tube doors, and pieces of furniture, each of which may include one or more lights or other electrically powered devices.
US11603023B2
The technology provides a lockout assembly that covers a latching mechanism, where the latching mechanism would enable a passenger to fold down the rear seat(s) of a vehicle. This can be particularly beneficial when the vehicle is operating in an autonomous driving mode, because certain areas within the vehicle may be restricted from passenger access. For instance, access to the trunk or cargo area may be limited to authorized service personnel. The lockout assembly includes a base unit and a cover. The cover is releasably secured to the base unit using one or more clip members. The base unit is fixedly secured to a receptacle of the latching mechanism using one or more fastener members, such as a screw. Once the cover is releasably secure, it may be completely or substantially flush with an inner edge of the receptacle.
US11603021B2
Disclosed are a seat frame assembly and a method of manufacturing the same whereby adhesion of a reinforcing material attached to a seat frame is improved to secure rigidity of the seat frame and process speed is improved. According to one embodiment disclosed herein, seat frame assembly includes: a frame configured such that a portion of each of opposite sides is bent forward, and supporting an upper body of an occupant; and side members joined to the opposite sides of the frame, respectively, each of the side members including a groove formed in a surface being in close contact with the frame, wherein a portion of the frame that is surface-joined to each of the side members is provided with a protrusion inserted into the groove.
US11603015B2
A method can be used for automatic lateral repositioning of a child safety seat on a back seat of a motor vehicle. The child safety seat is configured to move laterally across the back seat between lateral sides of the motor vehicle. The method includes determining the lateral position of the child safety seat on the back seat of the motor vehicle, determining a current or intended parking situation of the motor vehicle, deciding which lateral side of the motor vehicle is a preferred access side for the determined parking situation, and laterally repositioning the child safety seat to a preferred position at the preferred access side of the motor vehicle.
US11603009B2
A vehicle battery exchange system includes: a battery charger configured to store multiple batteries therein, and including a first battery locking device that is configured to be unlocked when each of the batteries is withdrawn from the battery charger and is configured to be locked when the batteries are stored in the battery charger, the battery charger charging a battery among the stored batteries when a state-of-charge of the corresponding battery is insufficient; and a server configured to: communicate with the battery charger and a vehicle and guiding the vehicle to a position of the battery charger when a charge request is received from the vehicle, control the first battery locking device to be unlocked when the vehicle is authenticated, and control the first battery locking device to be locked when exchange of batteries between the authenticated vehicle and the battery charger is completed.
US11603006B2
The vehicle dispatching system accepts a dispatch request from a user, selects an autonomous vehicle matching with the dispatch request from among a plurality of autonomous vehicles, and dispatches a selected autonomous vehicle to the user. The plurality of autonomous vehicles include a plurality of battery-mounted vehicles having an in-vehicle battery capable of being charged externally as an energy source. Each of the plurality of battery-mounted vehicles performs charging at a charging station when a charging level of the in-vehicle battery decreases. The vehicle dispatching system comprises a management server including a processor for executing programs stored in memory, the management server programmed to act as a charging planning unit that changes an upper limit charging level of the in-vehicle battery when charging at the charging station according to a time slot.
US11603003B1
One thermal control system for use during electric vehicle battery charging includes a charging station thermally conditioning a fluid and sending the fluid to a vehicle charge inlet. The vehicle charge inlet thermally conditions the fluid and sends the fluid to one of a vehicle thermal loop or a vehicle heat exchanger. Another thermal control system includes a charging station thermally conditioning a fluid and sending the fluid to a vehicle charge inlet. The vehicle charge inlet thermally conditions the fluid and sends the fluid back to the charging station. In another thermal control system, a vehicle thermal loop supplies a fluid at a first temperature to a vehicle charge inlet. The vehicle charge inlet thermally conditions the fluid to a second temperature and returns the fluid to the vehicle thermal loop.
US11603001B2
Module-based energy systems are provided having multiple converter-source modules. The converter-source modules can each include an energy source and a converter. The systems can further include control circuitry for the modules. The modules can be arranged in various ways to provide single phase AC, multi-phase AC, and/or DC outputs. Each module can be independently monitored and controlled.
US11602997B2
An ecological system for use in land or marine vehicles is provided, which uses wasted airmass making it to pass through two subsystems which allow lighten the load of the moving vehicle and generates electrical energy. Therefore, showing an economy in fuel, tires, and general maintenance savings, as well as a decrease of contaminants thrown to the environment.
US11602991B2
A system comprising an interface module (IM) for receiving input and generating outputs, the IM being associated with processor (17) and memory (19); a controller module (18) (CM) that is operable independently of and communicatively connected to the IM and that is associated with processor (20) and memory (22) and that receives inputs and generates outputs to control accessories wherein each memory stores a copy of a parameter list (38) and rules governing generation of the outputs, wherein each of the IM and CM is configured such that responsive to each input, the processor of the respective module IM, CM defines a state in the associated copy of the list and communicates with the other module IM, CM to cause the state to be defined in the other copy, wherein each rule requires a state to be present in the list for generation of an associated output by each module.
US11602989B2
An axle assembly having an input shaft, an output shaft, and an interaxle differential unit. The interaxle differential unit includes a first side gear, a second side gear, a spider, at least one pinion gear, and a case. The case encircles the first side gear and the spider and has an integral drive gear.
US11602987B2
A support system is provided for a vehicle. The support system can include one or more bracket assemblies in which each includes a coupling member and a curved member in which the coupling member is affixed to a structure of the vehicle. A housing can be supported by the one or more bracket assemblies in which the housing encloses a container that stores a material such that the housing protects the container and the material. The support system provides movement between a length of the container so as to reduce deterioration of the support system.
US11602986B2
A tank made of resin provided with a barrier layer, which prevents the barrier layer from rolling up and has improved durability. In a tank made of resin that includes a barrier layer provided on an inner surface of a tank body made of resin, an opening part is provided in the barrier layer, a thick part projecting toward an inside or an outside of the tank body is provided in a resin layer at an outer peripheral part of the opening part, and the barrier layer and a casting flange part at a base of an oil filling port tubular part are molded with the resin of the tank body in a state in which the casting flange part is located at the thick part.
US11602977B2
A heat pump system for a vehicle includes an air conditioner circulating a refrigerant through a refrigerant line, a coolant circulation device circulating a coolant through a coolant line, a first chiller connected to the coolant circulation device through the coolant line, connected to the refrigerant line through a first refrigerant connection line, and heat-exchanges a selectively introduced coolant with a refrigerant supplied from the air conditioner to control a temperature of a coolant, and a second chiller connected to the coolant circulation device through the coolant line, connected to a second refrigerant connection line so that a refrigerant is supplied from the air conditioner, and increases a temperature of a refrigerant by heat-exchanging a coolant and a refrigerant so that waste heat is recovered from a coolant selectively flowing thereinto, wherein the air conditioner includes a gas injection part that bypasses some of a refrigerant passing through a condenser to a compressor to increase a flow rate of a refrigerant circulating in the refrigerant line.
US11602976B2
An air vent for a vehicle or vehicle canopy includes an external and an internal duct. The external duct has an inlet and an outlet. The height of the outlet is less than that of the inlet. The inlet and the outlet are arranged such that, in use, an uppermost point of the inlet is located above an uppermost point of the outlet. The internal duct is in fluid communication with the external duct via one or more openings arranged in the internal duct or at a junction between the internal duct and the external duct. The internal duct is configured to be in fluid communication with an interior of the vehicle via a slot defined by the vehicle. The or each opening is arranged such that, in use, the uppermost point of the outlet of the external duct is located below a lowermost point of the or each opening.
US11602974B2
A method, a system, and a computer program product may be provided for generating map data associated with one or more objects in a region. The method includes receiving point cloud data associated with the region. The method further includes generating a georeferenced top down raster image of the region, based on the point cloud data. The georeferenced top down raster image is indicative of a top surface of each of the one or more objects. The method further includes determining boundary data of the top surface of each of the one or more objects, based on the georeferenced top down raster image and generating the map data associated with the one or more objects, based on the boundary data of the top surface of each of the one or more objects.
US11602966B2
A work vehicle includes a chassis. An independent linear suspension system couples to the chassis. The independent linear suspension system includes a driveshaft that couples to the chassis and to a transmission. A wheel hub couples to the driveshaft and rotates a wheel in response to rotation of the driveshaft. A spindle couples to the wheel hub. A spindle carrier couples to the spindle. The spindle carrier defines a first aperture and a second aperture. A first pin extends through the first aperture. A second pin extends through the second aperture. The first pin and the second pin block rotation of the spindle carrier. The spindle carrier moves linearly along the first pin and the second pin.
US11602962B2
The present invention provides an articulated safety hitch which is a more secure and flexible replacement for the conventional hitch and ball towing systems long used in light to heavy duty towing, thus improving safety, longevity, strength, serviceability, and ease of manufacture. Instead of a single ball typically used in conventional hitch and ball towing systems, the inventive articulated safety hitch can move in all directions with wide bearing separation and without binding up or slipping off. In addition, the inventive articulated safety hitch is simple to build and uses readily available, off-the-shelf components as wearable items, such as existing trailer tongues and ball coupler designs.
US11602958B2
A tire parameter monitoring system has an electronic module with a fitting for a snap-in valve, an adapter with first lamellae couplable to the fitting, a valve stem for a clamp-in valve with second lamellae that are interleavable with the first lamellae, and a pin. The first lamellae have a first hole extending substantially perpendicularly to a major surface of the first lamellae and the second lamellae have a second hole extending substantially perpendicularly to a major surface of the second lamellae. The first and second holes are aligned when the first and second lamellae are interleaved. The pin is inserted into the first and second holes to secure the adapter and the valve stem together and to allow rotational movement of the adapter and the valve stem around a longitudinal axis of the pin such that the valve stem is positionable at different angles to the electronic module.
US11602955B2
This disclosure relates to a wheel assembly (1) comprising a wheel, a deformable chamber (6) containing a transition substance (15) comprising jamming particles and an interstitial gas, and an actuator (14) configured to transform the transition substance (15) between a fluid state in which the deformable chamber (6) can deform into a conformal state as the wheel encounters an obstacle during use, and a rigid state by evacuation of the interstitial gas in which the transition substance is rigidified to maintain the deformable chamber (6) in said conformal state to provide increased purchase on said obstacle.
US11602952B2
A wheel end assembly having a spindle, a hub, and a rotary seal assembly. The spindle defines a spindle air passage, a vent passage, and a spindle hole. The hub defines a hub air passage. The rotary seal assembly fluidly connects the spindle air passage to the hub air passage. The vent passage fluidly connects an inboard cavity to the spindle hole.
US11602947B2
A method of producing a photocured structure comprising a backing layer for coupling to a relief image printing plate or as an integral all-in-one structure comprising a backing layer and a relief image printing layer. The photocured structure may be formed using a continuous liquid interphase method or three-dimensional plating to selectively crosslink and cure a photocurable composition. The backing layer may comprise a lattice or series of openings of the lattice where the placement and density of the openings is controlled.
US11602939B2
A printing system for printing on sheets of media having a non-uniform thickness profile. A user interface is controlled to instruct the operator to load a media tray with a stack of media having a specified pattern of media orientations. A media transport system picks sequential sheets of media from the media tray. A front end supplies sequential image data having orientations in accordance with the specified pattern of media orientations. A printing module sequentially prints the supplied image data on the sheets of media in accordance with the specified pattern of media orientations.
US11602936B2
A controller extracts an image resolution in a first direction of image data stored in a memory; determines, based on the image data, whether a code image is included in an image to be printed on a recording medium, the code image being formed with a plurality of print regions and a plurality of non-print regions; in response to determining that the code image is included, determines whether a print resolution in the first direction is lower than the extracted image resolution in the first direction; in response to determining that the print resolution is lower than the extracted image resolution, updates the print resolution in the first direction with a value equal to or higher than the extracted image resolution in the first direction; and controls a print engine to perform printing on the recording medium with the updated print resolution in the first direction.
US11602934B2
A liquid ejection head, a liquid ejection apparatus, and a liquid ejection method are capable of sufficiently suppressing the thickening of a liquid in an ejection orifice. The liquid ejection head includes a pressure chamber, a channel in which a liquid is caused to flow through the pressure chamber, an ejection orifice communicating with the pressure chamber, and an ejection energy generation element configured to eject the liquid in the pressure chamber from the ejection orifice. A meniscus of the liquid is formed at an end portion of the ejection orifice communicating with the pressure chamber.
US11602933B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid ejection head includes a pressure chamber that contains a liquid, an actuator to change the pressure in the pressure chamber according to an applied drive signal, and a drive circuit to apply a first drive signal to the actuator when a single droplet is to be ejected from the pressure chamber and a second drive signal to the actuator when two or more droplets are to be ejected in series from the pressure chamber. The first drive signal has a first auxiliary pulse before a first ejection pulse. The second drive signal has a second auxiliary pulse before the first ejection pulse. A pulse width of the first auxiliary pulse is greater than a pulse width of the second auxiliary pulse.
US11602926B2
A biaxially oriented polyester reflection film according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a core layer having a plurality of voids, and containing homo-polyester, copolymer polyester, a resin incompatible with polyester, and inorganic particles; and a skin layer formed at least one surface of the core layer, and containing homo-polyester, copolymer polyester, and inorganic particles, wherein the biaxially oriented polyester reflection film is formed to have a plurality of light focusing structures, each of which has a concave center portion, and which are arranged in a grid pattern.
US11602923B2
System with at least two layers as a mean or system for transferring electrically conductive ink adapted to receive and transfer said ink on a textile substrate by a thermal transfer.
US11602921B2
A composite fabric which is elastic and conductive and thus able to detect a user's limb and body movements includes a fabric layer and an elastic conductive layer of elastomer and conductive filler formed on the fabric layer. A resistance value and a strain increments of the fabric satisfy a relationship of RT=R+nε or RT=R+m enε, wherein ε denotes the strain increment, R denotes the resistance value when the strain increment is 0, and RT denotes the resistance value when deformed through the increments. The m and n are coefficients, being a whole number or a fraction. A user can immediately detect and know the movements of his limbs according to the resistance value of the elastic conductive composite fabric.
US11602920B2
Adding silica particles having specified collective characteristics to a fluororubber formulation enhances direct adhesion between the fluororubber formulation and a copolymer upon curing. Specifically, as measured before being mixed into the fluororubber formulation, the silica particles have an average value of the product “(particle size)×(circularity)” that is 17.5 nm or higher and 500 μm or lower. The silica particles may also have an average particle size of between 25.0 nm inclusive and 500 μm inclusive, and an average circularity of 0.80 or higher. Alternatively, as measured after being incorporated into the fluororubber formulation and then cured, the silica particles have an apparent average value of the product “(particle size)×(circularity)” that is 32.0 nm or higher and 500 μm or lower. The silica particles may also have an apparent average particle size of between 40.0 nm inclusive and 500 μm inclusive as measured after being incorporated into the fluororubber formulation and then cured.
US11602918B2
A gimmick expression medium producing method forms a gimmick expression medium 300. The gimmick expression medium 300 includes a retroreflective medium 1. A printing medium 301 placed on the retroreflective medium 1 includes a light-transmission layer 302. A gimmick print 303 which varies color of reflective light of the retroreflective medium 1 to produce a gimmick effect is printed on the light-transmission layer 302. The printing medium 301 is provided with a light-blocking layer 304 which partially blocks reflective light reflected by the retroreflective medium 1. The light-blocking layer 304 is composed of a white printing layer, and a reflection picture print 305 is printed on the light-blocking layer 304. The reflection pattern printing 305 and the gimmick print 303 are placed in adjacent to each other using a stripe-shaped (or dot-shaped) lattice pattern 306, printing which can be seen on a printed matter under normal illumination and printing which can be seen under light source such as flash light can be printed at one time (one-pass) by the same printer.
US11602917B2
A binding device includes: an upper teeth portion having at least one teeth row that forms unevenness in a recording material bundle; a lower teeth portion having at least one teeth row that forms unevenness in the recording material bundle and being paired with the upper teeth portion; and at least one holding portion that holds the recording material bundle at a position different from a position where the upper teeth portion and the lower teeth portion have a binding function, when binding processing is performed by the upper teeth portion and the lower teeth portion.
US11602911B2
A method for producing an accommodative intraocular lens includes providing first and second components and a support body with an interior space and open to the top, fastening the first component to the support body, generating pressure which is higher in the exterior space than in the interior space such that the first component deforms downward, producing an adhesive surface on the upper side of the first component and/or on the second component, applying a liquid to the first component from above into the latter's downwardly deformed region, the liquid at no time contacting the adhesive surface, fastening the second component to the first component with the adhesive surface, as a result of which the accommodative intraocular lens is formed and the liquid is encapsulated with the first component and the second component in a cavity arranged in the interior of the intraocular lens.
US11602905B2
A butt fusion machine for joining of polyethylene pipe comprises a carriage assembly and a carriage controller disposed in the fusion machine. Programmed instructions stored in a non-volatile memory of the carriage controller control the carriage assembly for selectively operating in at least manual, automatic, and semi-automatic modes of the butt fusion process. The butt fusion process, after a setup sequence includes (1) selecting a sequence of operating steps of an automatic mode, a semi-automatic mode, and a manual mode; and (2) executing the selected operating mode. The semi-automatic mode includes at least one step requiring intervention by an operator to confirm proceeding to a next step.
US11602900B2
An automatic calibration system for calibrating the parallelism between a printing plane of a 3D printer and a virtual plane on which the extruder of the 3D printer moves, to align the printing plane with the virtual plane on which the extruder moves, includes: at least one extruder, or a printing head on which the extruder itself is mounted, movable on a horizontal plane; at least one device for measuring the distance of the printing plane associated with the extruder or with a printing head; a movable printing plane along the vertical axis Z, the plane being equipped with at least three non-aligned actuators, which are controllable and operable independently of each other; a central control unit (MCU or PLC) of the calibration system and of all the parts thereof.
US11602899B2
A method of making a three-dimensional object from an object geometry data file that includes (a) slicing said object geometry data file to produce a rasterized image sequence file; (b) generating a signed distance field from said object geometry data file; (c) selecting, from a library of procedural texture functions, a procedural texture function defining a continuous internal or external set of features; (d) modifying said rasterized image sequence to include said internal or external set of features based on said signed distance field to thereby produce a modified image sequence file; and then (e) producing said three-dimensional object by additive manufacturing from said modified image sequence file, said three-dimensional object having said selected internal feature included therein and/or external feature included thereon.
US11602898B2
Systems and methods for generating graded lattice structures that can be used as infill for additively manufactured articles. Tailored sectioning and field-based smoothing are modified polygon, e.g., circle, packing algorithms that adjust the size of the circles based on physical field data to adapt the infill generation process to a field expected to be experienced by the article. Molecular dynamically generated lattice infill is based on force balancing a node distribution instead of a circle packing. Field data can be utilized to adjust the spacing of the node distribution according to a force balance equilibrium model that accounts for the field expected to be experienced by the article being additively manufactured. The resultant non-uniform honeycomb structures from tailored sectioning, field-based smoothing, and force-balancing robustly and efficiently address the connection issues with traditional non-uniform lattice structures.
US11602895B2
In one embodiment, an additive manufacturing system includes a dispensing nozzle configured to dispense material to be used to manufacture a component, a barrel to which the nozzle is mounted, the barrel being configured to deliver the material to the dispensing nozzle, a barrel heater that surrounds the barrel, the barrel heater including a heating element configured to heat the barrel heater, the nozzle, and the material contained within the nozzle before it is dispensed from the nozzle, and a supplemental heater configured to heat previously deposited material so as to increase bonding and merging of the material that is being dispensed with the previously deposited material.
US11602893B2
A build-plate with integrally-formed spinal implant constructs and a method used in forming spinal implant constructs on the build-plate and machining the spinal implant constructs formed on the build-plate to manufacture spinal implants is provided. The spinal implant constructs can be formed via additive manufacturing processes by adding material to an upper surface of the build-plate, and then the spinal implant constructs can be subjected to subtractive manufacturing processes to form the spinal implants.
US11602891B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to recoater systems for use with additive manufacturing systems. A recoater assembly may be used to deposit a material layer onto a build surface of an additive manufacturing system. In some instances, the recoater assembly may include a powder entrainment system that trails behind a recoater blade of the recoater assembly relative to a direction of motion of the recoater blade across a build surface of the additive manufacturing system. The powder entrainment system may generate a flow of fluid across a portion of the build surface behind the recoater blade that at least temporarily entrains powder above a threshold height from the build surface to mitigate, or prevent, the formation of defects on the build surface with heights greater than the threshold height.
US11602885B2
The present invention is a printing device using multiple inks and a printing method using thereof, and more specifically, relates to a three-dimensional printing method of a printed product with a cross-sectional pattern comprising a step of providing different inks into each partitioned spaces and applying the same pressure condition to the inks retained in the ink-receiving part, thereby extruding the inks into a single extruding port to prepare and print an extruded ink product, using the printing device comprising an ink extruding member comprising an ink-receiving part receiving the multiple inks in each partitioned space, and an ink-extruding part equipped with a single passage in which the multiple inks received in the ink-receiving part are passed together.
US11602884B2
A spiral pipe-forming apparatus includes a non-circular guide portion which is rotatable with respect to an apparatus frame around a rotary axis. The non-circular guide portion is configured to be applied to a peripheral surface of a preceding spiral pipe portion. An acting portion is configured to act such that the non-circular guide portion follows a peripheral surface of an existing pipe.
US11602883B2
A liquid colorant for use in molding or extruding plastic products comprises pigment dispersed in cottonseed oil.
US11602881B2
A weatherstrip manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing a weatherstrip which includes a trim portion where an insert is embedded. The insert includes short connecting portions that connect strips at substantially regular intervals, and a long connecting portion having a larger length than each length of the short connecting portions. The method includes an extrusion molding step for covering the insert with a polymer material, a cut-off portion forming step for cutting off a part of a long interval portion including the long connecting portion in the long interval portion where the long connecting portion is embedded to form a cut-off portion, and a cutting step for cutting the cut-off portion in a crossing direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction to divide the weatherstrip in the longitudinal direction.
US11602879B2
A polyurethane-based display, in particular for a vehicle, includes a decorative element with at least one cutout. At least one printed sheet is disposed in the at least one cutout such that the printed part of the printed sheet is visible. The printed sheet is coated with a first polyurethane layer.
US11602876B2
A molding shrinkage ratio is predicted according to molding conditions set in advance in designing a mold. A machine learning device includes an input data acquiring unit that acquires input data including any molding condition including a type of resin, a type of additive, a blending ratio of the additive, a surface temperature of a mold, and a product of a holding pressure and a holding pressure time for any article molded by any injection molding machine, a label acquiring unit that acquires label data indicating a molding shrinkage ratio in a flow direction and a molding shrinkage ratio in a vertical direction perpendicular to the flow direction of a resin measured of the article molded at the molding condition, and a learning unit that executes supervised learning using the input data and the label data, and generates a learned model.
US11602874B2
A multilayer core molding method includes an upstream process of molding using an upstream process molding apparatus, which includes a first upstream process mold including a first upstream process mold cavity surface, and a second upstream process mold including a second upstream process mold cavity surface. The upstream process includes an inner core arrangement step and a covering step to obtain an intermediate molded body, which includes the inner core, and the unvulcanized or semi-vulcanized first outer core material covering only part of a surface of the inner core and integrated with the inner core.
US11602870B2
A bulk roll cutting apparatus with a safety linkage is used to prevent inadvertent gravitational falls of a blade. The apparatus has a frame holding the blade, the blade is movable between a cutting position and a retracted position. In the cutting position, the blade is positioned proximate to an arbor. At least one link arm is movably connected to the frame. An actuator connects between the at least one link arm and the blade. An adjustment device connects between the at least one link arm and the frame. The adjustment device controls a cutting depth of the blade relative to the arbor. A safety linkage connects between the at least one link arm and the frame, and the safety linkage prevents an inadvertent gravitational fall of the blade.
US11602863B2
A device, a method and a program, by which a weight and/or a position of a gravity center of a load attached to a movable part of a robot can be estimated by a simple configuration. The device has a torque sensor configured to detect a torque applied to an axis for driving the movable part of the robot, and a calculation section configured to calculate the weight of the article, by using: a first torque applied to the axis, when the article attached to the movable part is positioned at a first position and represents a first posture; a second torque applied to the axis, when the article attached to the movable part is positioned at a second position different from the first position and represents the first posture; the first position; and the second position.
US11602847B2
Robots are deployed for handling different tasks in various field of applications. For the robots to function, task planning is required to be done. During the task planning, goal setting is done, as well as actions to be executed for corresponding to each goal are decided. Traditionally, this is carried out first and then the robots start executing the task plan, thereby failing to capture any change in the environment the robots operate, post the task plan generation. Disclosed herein is a method and system for robotic task planning in which a task plan is generated and is executed. However if the task execution fails due to change in any of the parameters/factors, then the system dynamically invokes an adaptation and re-planning mechanism which either updates the already generated task plan (by capturing the change) or generates a new task plan, which the robot can execute to achieve the goal.
US11602845B2
Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a method of moving a mobile robot within an area. The movement of the mobile robot and the emission of ultraviolet (UV) light may be stopped when a human and/or animal is determined to be within the area. Using at least one sensor, the method may be determine whether there is at least one of human identification, animal identification, motion, heat, and/or sound within the area for a predetermined period of time. When there is no human identification, animal identification, motion, heat, and/or sound within the predetermined period of time, UV light may be emitted and the drive system may be controlled to move the mobile robot within the area. When there is at least one of human identification, motion, heat, and/or sound within the predetermined period of time, a light source may be controlled to prohibit the emission of UV light.
US11602841B2
Systems and methods for remote operating and/or monitoring of a robot are disclosed. In some exemplary implementations, a robot can be communicatively coupled to a remote network. The remote network can send and receive signals with the robot. In some exemplary implementations, the remote network can receive sensor data from the robot, allowing the remote network to determine the context of the robot. In this way, the remote network can respond to assistance requests and also provide operating commands to the robot.
US11602840B2
A medical system includes a manipulator arm including a movable distal portion, a proximal portion coupled to a base, and joints between the distal portion and the base. A processor coupled to the manipulator arm performs operations including calculating a first movement of the joints in a null-space of a Jacobian of the manipulator arm, the first movement being calculated in accordance with a first objective for arm-to-patient collision avoidance. The operations further include calculating a second movement of the joints in the null-space, the second movement being calculated in accordance with a second objective for arm-to-arm collision avoidance, and combining at least the first and second movements into a combined movement in a manner allowing the first objective to overpower the second objective, and driving the joints to effect the combined movement.
US11602835B2
The present device is a cutting table for supporting a workpiece above a support surface while cutting the workpiece with a tool. The cutting table is comprised of at least one foam table piece that includes a top side, a bottom side, and at least one peripheral edge. Two or more foam standoffs project upwardly from the top side of the foam table piece a common height and each terminate at a top surface adapted for contacting and supporting the workpiece. The two or more standoffs allow the workpiece, when supported by the foam table piece, to be cut with the tool even if some of the standoffs are damaged by the tool. Preferably a portion of the area of the top surfaces of the standoffs to an area of the top side of the foam table pieces is less than 50%, preferably being between either 20-30% or 45-50%.
US11602832B2
A hand-held power tool is provided that includes a housing, a motive source, a front endbell, an output shaft, a front housing, and a gear set assembly. The output shaft protrudes from an output end at the front endbell of the housing. The output shaft is also functionally coupled to the motive source such that the output shaft rotates in response to activation of the motive source when the motive source is supplied with power. The gear set assembly is located in an interior space of the front housing, and is configured to transfer rotation from the motive source to an output spindle. The gear set assembly also includes a ring gear that surrounds a portion of the output shaft and abuts the front endbell of the housing. A set of piloting features is provided that is configured to prevent movement of the ring gear relative to the motive source and the front housing, or the front housing relative to the housing.
US11602826B2
The electric screwdriver apparatus control method is executed by an electric screwdriver apparatus. A processing module of the electric screwdriver apparatus loads a configuration data, and the processing module controls a motor module to accelerate a rotational speed to a target rotational speed. When a revolution number exceeds a first revolution number, the processing module controls the motor module to decelerate to a first rotational speed. When a torque value exceeds a first torque value, the processing module determines whether a fastening process of a screw ends with a hard stop or a soft stop according to the configuration data. If the fastening process ends with the hard stop, then the screw is additionally tightened for a hard stop angle, vice versa. The processing module tightens the screw according to the configuration data, the torque value and a rotational speed value, improving the process of fastening the screw.
US11602824B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide an adjustable torque clamping fixture, including a clamping body driven by a threaded rod to move and used for clamping an object. The threaded rods implements an axial movement thereof by means of screw thread transmission. An adjustable torque handle is configured at the rear end of the threaded rod. The maximum clamping force is adjusted by the adjustable torque handle. When the maximum clamping force is attained, continued application of a torque on the threaded rod by the handle results in slippage, so that no larger clamping force can be applied, thus implementing precision clamping, and preventing the clamped object from being damaged by an excessive torque. The adjustable torque clamping fixture overcomes the shortcoming of a manual clamping fixture known to inventors of which the magnitude of the clamping force is difficult to determine during use.
US11602815B2
Improvements in machining systems that utilize machining fluids comprising a supercritical fluid are described. Some systems may provide centralized distribution of a supercritical machining fluid and/or a lubricant to a plurality of machining tools in a machining facility. Other systems may allow for selective delivery of multiple machining fluids to a machine tool. For example, a supercritical machining fluid and a non-supercritical machining fluid may be selectively delivered to a machining tool as desired for a particular machining process.
US11602812B2
Provided is a compact tool changer. The vertical machine tool includes a frame, a spindle, a moving device for moving the spindle, a magazine including a plurality of pots that move up and down installed in a pot holder, a pot lifter for moving up and down the pot at a pot tool changing position, and an intermediate arm assembly that moves among a magazine position, an intermediate position, and a spindle position. The intermediate arm assembly includes an arm having a first gripper and a second gripper, and an arm rotation device for positioning the first gripper or the second gripper to either a pot phase or a spindle phase.
US11602808B2
Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to a solder preform, comprising: a solder alloy body, the solder alloy body comprising at least one opening; and a flux core embedded in the solder alloy body, the flux core comprising a thermochromic indicator, wherein during reflow soldering, the flux core comprising the thermochromic indicator is configured to flow out of the at least one opening of the solder alloy.
US11602806B2
A method and apparatus for using a laser to form and release an element of an actuator. The method comprising forming an actuator from sheet stock using a laser, where the actuator is three dimensional; and releasing an element of the actuator from the sheet stock using the laser.
US11602805B2
A decoating method for the edge decoating of glass sheets, the glass sheets having at least on one of their two glass surfaces a protective coating in the form of a peel-off protective film or in the form of a polymer protective layer that cannot be peeled off, and preferably having a functional coating situated under the protective coating, the protective film being partially mechanically removed, in particular ground away, for the edge decoating, in the form of at least one film strip, laser traces being introduced into the protective film before the mechanical removal of the film strip, and the laser traces being introduced in such a way that the film strip is removed in the form of individual film strip partial pieces separated from one another by the laser traces; or the polymer protective layer being removed using laser radiation.
US11602801B2
A method and apparatus for providing welding-type power is disclosed. It includes an input circuit, a dc bus, an output circuit, and a control module. The input circuit receives power and provides an intermediate signal to the bus. The output circuit receives the dc bus and provides an ac welding-type output. The output circuit includes a half-bridge output inverter with at least first and second switches. The output inverter further includes an output control circuit. The output control circuit provides freewheeling paths that includes control switches, the output, antiparallel diodes. The control module has a four quadrant control module that provides control signals to the half bridge output inverter and provides modulating control signals to the first and second output control switches. The modulating signals cause the output control switches to be turned on and off multiple times to control a rate of change of output current.
US11602797B2
A wood cutting band saw blade includes a band having a continuous band portion and having on at least one length-wise edge a plurality of teeth. The plurality of teeth extend upward from the continuous band portion, and the length-wise edge extends in a horizontal direction. Each tooth includes a cutting edge and a back angle edge defining a tip. Each tooth also includes a gullet having a forward edge extending upward from a location at a lowest extent of the gullet to the back angle edge. The gullet further includes a rearward edge extending upward from a vertical level at the lowest extent of the gullet to a cutting edge of an adjacent tooth. The location at the lowest extent of the gullet is closer to the tip than to a tip of the adjacent tooth.
US11602794B2
A balancing adapter for a balancing device has a clamping device for clamping a workpiece. The clamping device has a clamping sleeve element with a clamping sleeve, and a clamping element that can be moved relative to the clamping sleeve element. The clamping sleeve has a taper, and the clamping element has a mating taper corresponding to the clamping sleeve taper. The clamping diameter of the clamping sleeve can be adjusted, and thus a workpiece can be clamped, by moving the clamping element relative to the clamping sleeve element. The clamping sleeve element is releasably connectable to a base body of the balancing adapter. Accordingly, for connection to the base body, the clamping sleeve element has an annular flange by which, in the connected state of the clamping sleeve element and the base body, the clamping sleeve element rests on an end wall of the base body.
US11602791B2
A process for additive manufacturing of a metal alloy material is provided that includes: a) providing a feedstock powder comprising base powder particles with nanoparticles attached to surfaces of the base powder particles; b) providing an additive manufacturing system with a laser power source relatively movable at a scan speed; c) wherein the additive manufacturing system has a process window for the feedstock powder; and d) exposing the feedstock powder to a predetermined power input from the laser power source at a predetermined scan speed to produce the metal alloy material. The concentration by volume of nanoparticles within the feedstock powder is such that independent first and second microstructures may be produced within the metal alloy material.
US11602783B2
The invention relates to an apparatus (1; 1a; 1b; 1c; 1d; 1e) for producing a casting (36) formed from an amorphous or partially amorphous metal, which comprises a casting mold (3; 3a; 3b; 3c; 3d; 3e) having at least one filling opening (16; 16a; 16b, 41; 16c; 16d; 16e) for introducing a casting material (15; 15a; 15b; 15c; 15d; 15e) forming the casting (36) and a device for melting the casting material (15; 15a; 15b; 15c; 15d; 15e). The melting device expediently has at least one region (13; 13; 13b; 40, 13c; 13d; 13e) which is provided for melting the casting material (15; 15a; 15b; 15c; 15d; 15e). Advantageously, an apparatus is created that allows a particularly targeted application of melting energy into the casting material. In an embodiment, the melting device comprises a means for forming at least one electric arc (30; 30a, 39) in the at least one melting region (13; 13; 13b; 40, 13c; 13d; 13e), which in particular comprises at least two electrodes (32; 32a, 38; 32b; 32c) arranged at a distance from one another, between which the at least one electric arc (30; 30a, 39) can be formed.
US11602778B2
Devices and techniques related to landfill gas extraction are disclosed. A technique for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill through a gas extraction system is described. The method may include measuring a plurality of values indicating conditions associated with the landfill; computing, based at least in part on the plurality of values and on a model of the landfill, a predicted future state of the landfill; determining, based at least in part on the predicted future state of the landfill, one or more control parameters for one or more respective control devices configured to control operation of the gas extraction system; applying the one or more control parameters to the one or more respective control, and with the one or more control devices, controlling extraction of the landfill gas from the landfill based, at least in part, on the one or more respective control parameters.
US11602773B2
A system and method for enhanced monitoring and sorting of delivery items, such as packages, which are moved and sorted via a delivery service conveyor device. Conventional systems may employ photocells, which detect interrupted light beams, to identify packages or delivery items along a conveyor path. The present system and method enhances photocell function by adding image detection and analysis to the mail path; and further by modifying the photocell signals to the sorter/conveyor control. The present sensing system is located in the same area on the transport as the photocell, and uses a camera to capture an image of the mail path in the photocell area. The system and method then analyzes a package image to formulate a more accurate item detection signal, based on photocell data and image data, for input to the sorter/conveyor control system.
US11602771B2
An ultrasonic transducer and a manufacturing method thereof, an ultrasonic transducer array and a display device. The ultrasonic transducer includes a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, an insulation layer on a side of the first electrode away from the substrate, and a second electrode on a side of the insulation layer away from the first electrode. The second electrode is disposed opposite to the first electrode, and the ultrasonic transducer further includes a through hole penetrating both the substrate and the first electrode and a chamber in the insulation layer. The chamber is opposite to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively, the chamber is communicated with the through hole, and the second electrode is not in contact with the chamber.
US11602758B2
A hand vacuum cleaner has an air treatment stage positioned below an inlet conduit. A pistol grip handle is provided at the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner. An arm member extends from the inlet conduit linearly rearwardly to the upper end of the pistol grip handle. A housing is provided at a lower end of the pistol grip handle. All operating components of the hand vacuum cleaner are located between a lower end of the housing and the inlet conduit.
US11602752B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for performing a nucleic acid amplification reaction and a fluorescence detection device for reaction analysis. The nucleic acid amplification apparatus of the present invention uses a plurality of blocks having different reaction temperatures by independent temperature control and the movement between the blocks is performed along sliding recesses formed in the blocks, enabling to greatly shorten the total amplification time (TAT). In the fluorescence detection device of the present invention, the positions of the light source and the photodetector are very unique for the reaction vessel in which an excitation light is provided and an emission light is generated.
US11602751B2
A liquid evaluation system can include a cartridge including a channel configured to pull a liquid into the channel by capillary action. The cartridge can include a first plate and a second plate located in close proximity to the first plate. An internal facing surface of each plate can include a corresponding region forming the channel. Each of the regions can have an affinity for the liquid. The close proximity of the plates and the regions having an affinity for the liquid cause the liquid to be pulled into the channel by capillary action. The cartridge can include one or more additional attributes and/or the system can include one or more additional components for performing the evaluation.
US11602749B2
In some embodiments, the present invention is a device, including: a swab including an absorptive component attached to a stem, an extraction chamber configured to receive the swab and position the absorptive component of the swab configured to be in fluid communication with an extraction reagent, a test strip configured to be brought in fluid communication with the extraction reagent following extraction of the analyte from the biological sample, including: a sample receiving portion configured to accept a sample, a site on the strip where the analyte-specific labeled reagent has been incorporated, such reagent configured to bind the analyte from the biological sample, a capture portion configured to receive: the analyte from the biological sample and the analyte-specific labeled reagent so as to result in displaying a positive or negative result at the completion of the assay, and an adsorbent pad attached to the test strip.
US11602744B2
A pipette with an adjustable dosing volume comprises a housing connected to at least one seat configured to releasably hold a pipette tip. A displacement device is positioned within the housing and configured to aspirate and discharge liquid from the pipette tip. A stroke rod is coupled to the displacement element and configured to be longitudinally displaced relative to the housing to displace the displacement device. A catch sleeve is rotatably mounted within the housing and is connected to the stroke rod. An adjusting sleeve configured to engage a transducer shaft that is rotatably mounted within the housing and comprises a countershaft of a gearbox that is configured to be shifted between different shift stages. Each shift stage comprises different gear ratios between a rotational speed of the adjusting sleeve and a rotational speed of the catch sleeve. The different gear ratios enable coarse volume adjustment and fine volume adjustment.
US11602742B2
Provided is an exhaust gas purification device that ensures an improved purification performance and a suppressed pressure loss. An exhaust gas purification device of the present disclosure includes a honeycomb substrate and an inflow cell side catalyst layer. disposed on a surface on the inflow cell side in an inflow side region of the partition wall. When a gas permeability coefficient of an inflow side partition wall portion including the inflow side region of the partition wall and the inflow cell side catalyst layer is Ka and a gas permeability coefficient of an outflow side partition wall portion including an outflow side region at least from the predetermined position to an outflow side end of the partition wall is Kb, a ratio Ka/Kb of the gas permeability coefficients is within a range of 0.4 or more and 0.8 or less.
US11602736B2
Methods and compositions related to a selective catalytic reduction catalyst comprising iron and vanadium, wherein the vanadium is present as (1) one or more vanadium oxides, and (2) metal vanadate of the form FexMyVO4 where x=0.2 to 1 and y=1−x, and where M comprises one or more non-Fe metals when y>0.
US11602735B1
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a multi-stage process for upgrading pyrolysis oil comprising polyaromatic compounds to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) includes upgrading the pyrolysis oil in a slurry-phase reactor zone to produce intermediate products, wherein the slurry-phase reactor zone comprises a mixed metal oxide catalyst; and hydrocracking the intermediate products in a fixed-bed reactor zone to produce the BTEX, wherein the fixed-bed reactor zone comprises a mesoporous zeolite-supported metal catalyst.
US11602732B2
Polymer sorbents selectively remove cytokines and bacterial endotoxins from whole blood and other body liquids, in particular blood plasma, lymph etc., as well as from aqueous protein solutions and aqueous organic compound solutions, also containing inorganic salts. The sorbent is able to remove both cytokines and bacterial endotoxins, improve selectivity of the polymer sorbents in respect to the compounds as well as provide a simple and effective method of producing said sorbent.
US11602727B2
The reduction of the acid gas concentration in the flue gas of combustion units that is produced in waste incinerators, by contacting the flue gas with a powder composition including an alkaline earth metal salt and an ammonium salt. The contact may be carried out in a combustion furnace and/or in a post-combustion chamber of the combustion units.
US11602725B2
A device for rapidly preparing β-Si3N4 by gas-solid reaction and a method thereof, and relates to the technical field of recycling and reuse of waste fine silicon powder. The bottom of a stock bin communicates with a first opening and closing passage, a first connection passage, and the top of a first transitional bin; the bottom of the first transitional bin communicates with the first opening and closing passage, a second connection passage, and the top of a reaction bin; the bottom of the reaction bin communicates with a second opening and closing passage, the first connection passage, and the top of a second transitional bin; the bottom of the second transitional bin communicates with the top of a conveying passage through the first opening and closing passage; a material outlet of the conveying bin communicates with the collection bin.
US11602723B2
The present invention relates to a modular reactor system for carrying out processes comprising mixing, chemical reactions, heat exchange and/or separations, the reactor system comprising of at least one additive manufactured module, the module each performing at least one process unit operation, and optionally, an external housing.
US11602721B2
A method of forming cured microparticles includes providing a poly(glycerol sebacate) resin in an uncured state. The method also includes forming the composition into a plurality of uncured microparticles and curing the uncured microparticles to form the plurality of cured microparticles. The uncured microparticles are free of a photo-induced crosslinker. A method of forming a scaffold includes providing microparticles including poly(glycerol sebacate) in a three-dimensional arrangement. The method also includes stimulating the microparticles in the three-dimensional arrangement to sinter the microparticles, thereby forming the scaffold having a plurality of pores. A scaffold is formed of a plurality of microparticles including a poly(glycerol sebacate) thermoset resin in a three-dimensional arrangement. The scaffold has a plurality of pores.
US11602717B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method of regenerating at least one filter medium comprising: providing at least one filter medium, wherein the at least one filter medium comprises: at least one catalyst material; and ammonium bisulfate (ABS) deposits, ammonium sulfate (AS) deposits, or any combination thereof; flowing a flue gas stream transverse to a cross-section of a filter medium, such that the flue gas stream passes through the cross section of the at least one filter medium, wherein the flue gas stream comprises: NOx compounds comprising: Nitric Oxide (NO), and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2); and increasing an NOx removal efficiency of the at least one filter medium after removal of deposits.
US11602714B2
A process for absorbing carbon dioxide from a gas stream containing carbon dioxide, including the steps of contacting the gas stream with an aqueous composition including a substituted heteroaromatic compound having a six-membered heteroaromatic ring with from 1 to 3 nitrogen atoms in the heteroaromatic ring and at least one substituent wherein at least one of the substituents is of formula —R1NH2 wherein R1 is selected from C1 to C6 alkylene and ethers of formula —R2—O—R3— wherein R2 and R3 are C1 to C3 alkylene.
US11602709B2
Port protection device particularly suited for an encapsulated filter unit. In certain embodiments, the protection device comprises a main body defining an internal region configured to receive a port or the like protruding from an encapsulated filter. In certain embodiments, the main body includes a slot that allows for easy removal of the protection device from the port or the like. A tube management system may be provided to receive and hold tubing. One suitable tube management system includes two spaced tangs that extend from the main body of the protection device and are configured to cooperatively receive and hold tubing between them.
US11602702B2
Provided are a method for producing a purified Salacia genus plant extract having improved flavor by increasing the α-glucosidase inhibitory activity of the extract without significantly reducing the recovery rate of the extract concomitantly with purification; and a purified Salacia genus plant extract. The method for producing a purified Salacia genus plant extract includes an extraction step of bringing a Salacia genus plant-containing raw material extract including at least one of a Salacia genus plant, a Salacia genus plant extract, and a Salacia genus plant ground product, into contact with 0.1 to 20 mass % of activated carbon in the presence of an extraction solvent.
US11602693B2
A method and apparatus for providing a game are provided. According to embodiments of the present, the method for providing a game comprises determining a map for game play, variably determining a first area in the map, and providing a second play environment different from a first play environment of the first area to outside the first area, wherein an item or vehicle is not spawned or a spawn rate of the item or vehicle is lower than the first play environment in the second play environment. According to the method, an In-Game play environment is variably provided each time a game is played, thereby the unexpectedness of the game play can be enhanced and the utilization and lifespan of the game map can be remarkably improved.
US11602690B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a virtual camera in a game are disclosed. In the present disclosure, it is detected whether a movement of a virtual character toward a first direction satisfies a preset condition, when the preset condition is satisfied, a shifting direction of the virtual camera is determined, and the virtual camera is controlled to shift toward the shifting direction while moving according to a change of position of the virtual character, thereby a game scene image captured by the shifted virtual camera is displayed on a Graphical User Interface (GUI).
US11602679B2
A golf club head includes a striking face having a face center and a virtual striking face plane generally parallel to the striking face. The golf club head further includes a sole portion, a top portion, a rear portion, and a loft L no less than 40°. A virtual vertical plane perpendicular to the striking face plane passes through the face center. A club head center of gravity is spaced from the virtual vertical plane in the heel-to-toe direction by a distance D1 that is no greater than 6.0 mm. The golf club head further includes a hosel including an internal bore configured to receive a golf shaft. The internal bore includes a peripheral side wall and a shaft abutment surface configured to abut a tip end of the golf club shaft. The hosel further comprises an auxiliary recess extending sole-ward from the abutment surface of the internal bore.
US11602675B2
The present invention relates generally to a novelty golf ball that has a plurality of internal electrical components capable of storing and playing a sound recording when motion of the novelty golf ball is detected. The body of the novelty golf ball may be of unitary construction or comprised of two separate halves that may be removably attached to one another to allow a user to access the electrical components stored on the interior of the novelty golf ball.
US11602663B2
A reformer exercise apparatus is disclosed that has a generally rectangular frame, a carriage movably supported on the frame, and a foot support member supported by the side rail portions of the frame. The foot support member has an inverted U shape carbon fiber tube having ends each fixed to a foot bar support member having a cylindrical base, a cylindrical post welded to the base, and a foot bar support arm welded to one end of the cylindrical base, for connection to a foot support assembly operable to selectively position the foot support member at various positions along the side rail portions of the frame.
US11602660B2
A gait trainer adapted for use with a treadmill and, optionally, a spinning cycle, provides greater accessibility for therapeutic and rehabilitative gait pattern training to individuals confronting injury, illness, or disability. The gait trainer is adjustable, to accommodate a wide variety of users with different stride lengths and needs.
US11602656B2
A computer identifies, based on sensor data from one or more sensors located in proximity to a fire site and on a corpus of firefighting knowledge, one or more firefighting goals. The computer generates, based on the one or more firefighting goals and the corpus of firefighting knowledge, one or more firefighting recommendations. The computer scores, using the corpus of firefighting knowledge, the one or more firefighting recommendations based on historical effectiveness of prior firefighting actions.
US11602655B2
Disclosed is a system that includes a first device of a plurality of devices operatively connected over a network for responding to a detected hazard, wherein the first device: monitors the network for self-identifying broadcasts the plurality of devices, and when the first device receives over the network self-identifying broadcasts from a second device, the first device retransmits the self-identifying broadcasts into the network.
US11602645B2
A method of optimizing a radiation treatment plan of ion treatment, in which the optimization procedure is interrupted, some but not all low-weight spots are discarded and the optimization procedure is resumed with a reduced set of spots. The weight of one or more remaining spots may be increased before resuming the optimization procedure, for example by adding the spot weight of one or more of the discarded spots to one or more of the remaining spots.
US11602640B2
An irradiation device capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation at variable beam angles, comprises, a housing assembly including a longitudinal shell, the longitudinal shell having a first end and a second end, a first end cap assembly provided at the first end of the longitudinal shell, and a second end cap assembly provided at the second end of the longitudinal shell. Further, the irradiation device comprises a rotate and lock mechanism adapted to allow rotational adjustment of the longitudinal shell, a plurality of lenses provided along with the longitudinal shell, wherein each one of the plurality of lenses has a distinct set of optical characteristics when compared with other lenses of the plurality of lenses and a radiation source configured to emit electromagnetic radiation, provided within the longitudinal shell.
US11602639B2
A method and medical device for detecting a cardiac event that includes sensing cardiac signals from a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes forming a first sensing vector and a second sensing vector, identifying the cardiac event as one of a shockable event and a non-shockable event in response to first processing of a first interval sensed along the first sensing vector during a predetermined sensing window and a second interval simultaneously sensed along the second sensing vector, performing second processing of the first interval and the second interval, different from the first processing, in response to the cardiac event being identified as a shockable event, and determining whether to delay identifying the cardiac event being shockable in response to the second processing of the first interval and the second interval.
US11602637B2
The capsule comprises a tubular body and a front-end unit with an helical screw for anchoring the capsule to a wall of a patient's organ. The front-end unit is mobile in relative axial rotation with respect to the tubular body. A disengageable frictional coupling member allows this relative rotation when, for implantation, the tubular body receives an external rotational stress, and that until a predetermined limit torque triggering the disengagement. At explantation, this disengagement is prevented to allow a joint rotation of the tubular body and of the front-end unit and the unscrewing of the helical screw. It is provided for that purpose two conjugated plates facing each other, with flat surfaces such as circular sectors offset in opposite directions with respect to a radial reference plane, in such a way as to form steps providing an anti-disengagement abutment function.
US11602630B2
A medical electrode array system comprising a thin-film substrate, a plurality of electrode contacts disposed on the thin-film substrate, and a plurality of traces. The plurality of electrode contacts is configured to provide electrical contact points. The plurality of traces is electrically connected to the plurality of electrode contacts. A electrode contact of the plurality of electrode contacts has a dedicated trace of the plurality of traces that provides electrical connectivity to the electrode contact. The thin-film substrate is configured to flex to maintain continuous contact with contours of patient anatomy. The plurality of traces includes flexible spring-like portions to add flexibility to the thin-film substrate.
US11602627B2
A minimally invasive circulatory support platform that utilizes an aortic stent pump or pumps. The platform uses a low profile catheter-based techniques and provides temporary and chronic circulatory support depending on the needs of the patient. Also described is a catheter-based temporary assist pump to treat patients with acute decompensated heart failure and provide circulatory support to subjects undergoing high risk percutaneous coronary intervention (“PCI”). Further described is a wirelessly powered circulatory assist pump for providing chronic circulatory support for heart failure patients. The platform and system are relatively easy to place, have higher flow rates than existing systems, and provide improvements in the patient's renal function.
US11602620B2
A dilator, dilating a narrowed part of a paranasal sinus, includes an end effector, and the end effector includes a pair of treatment pieces openable and closable relative to each other. Each of the treatment pieces includes a treatment surface facing a side on which the treatment piece opens, and each of the treatment surfaces includes an inclined surface inclined to be closer to a side on which the treatment piece closes as a distance to a distal end of the treatment piece decreases. The pair of inclined surfaces become parallel or substantially parallel to each other when the treatment pieces are opened to a maximum angle. The end effector opens anisotropically.
US11602617B2
A thrombectomy catheter system can include a catheter configured for insertion into vasculature of a patient. The system includes a pressure chamber configured to isolate an internal volume from a surrounding environment. The system can include an infusion container including an infusion fluid therein. The pressure chamber can receive the infusion container. A drive unit can pressurize a working fluid in the pressure chamber with the infusion container received in the pressure chamber. In an example, pressurizing of the working fluid correspondingly compresses the infusion container to pressurize the infusion fluid and transfer the infusion fluid to the catheter. In an example, the infusion fluid is isolated from the working fluid by the infusion container when the working fluid is pressurized in the pressure chamber.
US11602612B2
A support system, a support method, and a support program in the form of a non-transitory computer readable medium, which supports selection of a medical instrument and selection of a use form of the medical instrument. A support system includes the data acquisition unit that acquires health care worker data on a health care worker, medical institution data on a medical institution, patient data on a patient, and operation data on a past operation experience of the health care worker, a learning unit that performs machine learning using the health care worker data, the medical institution data, the patient data, and the operation data, and a presentation unit that presents a medical instrument recommended for use in operation on the patient and a recommended use form of the medical instrument based on a result of the machine learning.
US11602600B2
A storage device (30) for storing a pen needle assembly (10) includes a housing (30) having first wells (44) with a dimension for receiving the pen needle assembly and second wells (46) for receiving an inner shield (24) of the pen needle assembly. The second wells (46) have a diameter less than a diameter of the first wells (44). An ejector (40) in the housing (34) can be actuated to eject the used needle hub (16) and outer covers (22) from the first well (44) and the inner shield (24) from the second well (46) for disposal. A method of coupling a pen needle delivery device to a needle hub positions a needle hub assembly (18) in the first well (44) and inserts the coupling end of the delivery device (10) into the first well (44) and is coupled to the needle hub. The needle hub is pulled from the outer cover (22). The inner shield (24) is inserted into the second well (46) to remove the inner shield from the needle hub.
US11602597B2
A jet injector that includes a prefilled syringe. The syringe includes a fluid chamber that contains a medicament. The syringe also has an injection-assisting needle, and a plunger is movable within the fluid chamber. A housing is configured for allowing insertion of the needle to a penetration depth. The housing includes a retractable guard and an interference component, e.g., a lock ring, adjacent to the retractable guard that interferes with the movement of the retractable guard. An energy source is configured for biasing the plunger to produce an injecting pressure to jet inject the medicament from the fluid chamber through the needle to an injection site.
US11602594B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device, an apparatus, and a method for controlling infusion. The device may include a multi-port container assembly and a liquid flow controller. The multi-port container assembly includes a multi-port container having a plurality of inlets and an outlet, a detector configured to detect amount of liquid in the multi-port container, a first communication subassembly, and a first controller. The first controller may send a first signal to the liquid flow controller via the first communication subassembly in response to the detector detecting that the amount of liquid is lower than a first predetermined threshold. The liquid flow controller may turn off a first infusion tube currently used and turn on a next first infusion tube in response to receiving the first signal.
US11602589B2
A peristaltic pump includes a first motor shaft, a second motor shaft, a first pump head, a second pump head, and a motor. The first pump head is operably coupled to the first motor shaft such that the first pump head is rotated in response to rotation of the first motor shaft. The second pump head is operably coupled to the second motor shaft such that the second pump head is rotated in response to rotation of the second motor shaft. The motor is configured to rotate the first and second motor shafts. The pump head has a first mode in which the first pump head is rotated and the second pump head is idle and a second mode in which the first pump head is idle and the second pump head is rotated.
US11602586B2
Systems and methods for monitoring for an occlusion in an aspiration line during an ophthalmic surgical procedure. An ophthalmic surgical system may include a first aspiration pump located in a handpiece, a second aspiration pump located away from the handpiece such as in a console, and a pressure sensor located between the first aspiration pump and the second aspiration pump. The pressure sensor is adapted to monitor for an occlusion in the aspiration line upstream of the first aspiration pump. The second aspiration pump may be operated at the same flow rate as the first aspiration pump and/or to maintain a constant pressure between the second aspiration pump and the first aspiration pump. Systems and methods as disclosed allow for a handpiece pump located close to the working tip while providing reliable occlusion detection with a pressure sensor located away from the handpiece.
US11602584B2
The present invention relates to an integrated system for monitoring physiological variables in cardiopulmonary bypass process, which utilizes a transducer specifically intended to act directly on the cardiopulmonary bypass. Said system according to the present invention comprises at least two components, one is a CPB transducer and a minimonitor, coupled to each other by means of a cable and an electrical connector.
US11602576B1
A breathing air compressor having an inlet air ultraviolet C light radiation emitter and viral and bacterial filtration system for air introduced into the air compressor. The viral and bacterial filtration system includes a cylindrical housing that includes a UVC radiation emitter mounted in a flow-through UVC radiation chamber, an inlet air particulate filter, and a flowmeter for measuring the volume and rate of flow of air to destroy viruses and bacteria present in any air flowing through the UVC chamber that is input air to an air compressor. The air compressor is typically used for generating breathing air for persons such as firemen and SCUBA divers. A controller and monitor unit is connected to the UVC radiation emitter and the flowmeter to shut down the air compressor to prevent air starvation.
US11602573B2
The present invention relates to a system, and the method of application thereof, for washing and decontamination comprising nebulizing means (8) of a mixture of at least one first gas and at least one first liquid, and pressurizing means (1) of said first gas, wherein said pressurizing means (1) are in fluid communication with a first pressure-regulating valve (3) and with a second pressure-regulating valve (4), the first pressure-regulating valve (3) being in fluid communication with a first pressurized tank (5) through first inlet means (31) of said first gas, the first pressurized tank (5) being configured to contain the first liquid, and comprising first outlet means (30) of said first liquid to the nebulizing means (8) through a first valve (6), at a first pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure, and wherein the second pressure-regulating valve (4) is in fluid communication with said nebulizing means (8), and is configured to pressurize the gas at a second pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure.
US11602571B2
A method of manufacturing an aqueous freshening composition having a plurality of particles suspended by a structurant system is provided. The method includes the steps of: mixing an aqueous carrier and at least 80 wt. % of ion-forming water-soluble ingredients of the freshening composition to form an aqueous premix; subsequently mixing a first polysaccharide into the aqueous premix; mixing a second polysaccharide into the aqueous premix after mixing the first polysaccharide into the aqueous premix to form a structured aqueous composition; and dispersing a plurality of particles into the structured aqueous composition to form the freshening composition.
US11602569B2
Provided herein are isolated DNA vectors comprising a heterologous gene, wherein the DNA vector is devoid of bacterial plasmid DNA and/or bacterial signatures, which can abrogate persistence in vivo. The invention also features pharmaceutical compositions (non-immunogenic pharmaceutical compositions) including the DNA vectors of the invention, which can be used for induction of long-term, episomal expression of a heterologous gene in a subject. The invention involves methods of treating a subject by administering the DNA vectors of the invention, including methods of treating disorders associated with a defect in a target gene.
US11602568B2
Provided are engineered B lymphocytes modified to express one or several different types of microRNAs or anti-miRs where in one embodiments the lymphocytes contain multiple copy numbers of nucleic acids encoding the one or several different types of miRs or anti-miRs. Provided are compositions and methods for treating, ameliorating, or preventing a cancer cell, a breast cancer cell or a triple negative breast cancer, or a breast cancer cell that tests negative for estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, or HER2, comprising or by administering a composition, formulation or pharmaceutical composition comprising a microRNA or anti-miR. Provided are methods for treating an inflammation, a disease, a condition, infection or cancer capable of being treated by modulation or inhibition or expression of an miRNA or anti-miRs by administering to an individual in need thereof a B lymphocyte that secretes a microRNA or anti-miR, or a B lymphocyte supernatant, extracellular vesicle or exosome having a microRNA or anti-miR.
US11602566B2
The present application provides a method for preparing a medical product for covering tissue, the method comprising providing nanofibrillar cellulose, providing a bioactive molecule, and covalently bonding the bioactive molecule to the nanofibrillar cellulose. The present application also provides a medical product for covering tissue comprising a bioactive molecule covalently bound to nanofibrillar cellulose.
US11602562B2
A composition includes at least one polymer doped with graphene oxide to induce conductivity in the polymer and at least one agent immobilized at least one of (i) on graphene oxide extending from the surface of the composite material or (ii) within the composite material.
US11602561B2
A plasma activated ophthalmic solution generating device operable to generate a therapeutic ophthalmic solution for curing epidemic keratoconjunctivitis includes a plasma generating electrode operable to generate a plasma activated ophthalmic solution for epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, wherein the plasma generating electrode is arranged surrounding an insert space where a unit dose ophthalmic eyedrop container with a container body, which seals a certain solution in a sterile state, is inserted; a power supply unit; and a high voltage generating unit, which is connected to the power supply unit, operable to be supplied with power source from the power supply unit and to apply high voltage electric current to the plasma generating electrode. This configuration makes it possible to provide a novel and effective therapeutic ophthalmic solution for epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC).
US11602552B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of a novel lactic acid bacterium, Lactobacillus plantarum KBL396 (KCTC13278BP), culture of the strain, lysate of the strain and extract of the strain, and its use for food and medicine. The strain and composition according to the present invention has an excellent effect on improvement of neurological diseases, particularly improvement of mental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases, and has no risk of side effects in a human body, and thus it can be usefully utilized as a use for improvement of neurological diseases.
US11602548B1
A fibrous birth tissue composition fabricated from placental tissue is provided. Methods of processing a mammal's placental tissue to form a fibrous birth tissue composition are provided. Regenerative methods are also provided.
US11602540B2
In a method of treating a patient having low blood flow that may be caused by diffused plaque and/or a plaque mass associated with Peyronie's disease in a penile region, a predetermined amount of carbon dioxide is injected into affected corpus cavernosum at a location that is adjacent to, but spaced away from the plaque mass. In addition, either before and/or after the injection of the carbon dioxide, a decalcifying agent(s) may be injected directly into the plaque mass.
US11602534B2
The present invention relates to a kinase inhibitor, comprising a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, ester, acid, metabolite or prodrug thereof. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the kinase inhibitor, and to uses and methods for using these compounds and compositions to inhibit the activity of wild-type FLT3, mutant FLT3-ITD, PDGFRα and/or PDGFRβ kinase in a cell or a subject, as well as uses and methods of these compounds and compositions to preventing or treating kinase-associated conditions in a subject.
US11602531B2
Vacuole- or exosome-inducing indole-based chalcone and substituted triazole-hydrazone compounds that induce endosomal vacuolization and increase exosome yield, but do not trigger growth arrest or cell death, and methods of making and using are described.
US11602524B2
Disclosed herein is a method of inhibiting T Follicular Helper (TFH) cell-mediated differentiation and/or activation in a subject. This method involves administering to a subject in need of treatment for an autoimmune disorder a eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) inhibitor to inhibit TFH cell-mediated differentiation and/or activation in the subject. Also disclosed is a method of inhibiting T Follicular Helper (THF) cell differentiation or TFH cell activity.
US11602520B2
The invention discloses a c-Met regulatory composition and its method for treating liver disease, a main component of the c-Met regulatory composition comprises Antrodin A and/or DMB (4,7-Dimethoxy-5-methyl-1,3-benzodioxole) capable of effectively regulating gene expression related to cell regeneration and cytothesis in hepatic cells, such as c-Met, Notch, etc., to achieve efficacies of repairing damaged hepatic cells and promoting hepatocyte regeneration.
US11602514B2
The present application provides a medicament having an anti-inflammatory bowel disease function, and a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. The medicament has a structure as represented in formula I or formula II. The medicament and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate, a prodrug, a tautomer, a stereoisomer, or a pharmaceutical composition thereof provided by the present application have a good effect on inflammatory bowel diseases, can be used for preparing medicaments for treating the inflammatory bowel diseases, and have important clinical significance and wide application prospects.
US11602503B2
The present invention relates to a new delivery system for nutritional ingredients (nutraceuticals). These nutritional ingredients are useful for gut and metabolic health in monogastric animals, especially in humans.
US11602500B2
The invention pertains to a method for treating a neoplasm, such as colorectal cancer, using hollow silica spheres (“HSS”). It also is directed to a method for making uncalcined HSS, calcined HSS from which phenyl groups have been removed, and HSS incorporating particles of Fe3O4, as well as compositions containing HSS.
US11602496B2
The present invention relates to the cosmetic use of at least one compound of general formula (I): in which: R1 represents a methyl or ethyl radical; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl or ethyl radical; R3 represents a linear C1-C6 or branched C3-C6 alkyl radical, or a linear C2-C6 or branched C3-C6 alkenyl radical; and X represents ═O or —OH, as an agent for reducing and/or delaying the signs of skin ageing.
US11602489B2
An oral varnish comprising a combination of two different viscosity dimethicone components, wherein the difference between the two different viscosity dimethicone components is about 2.0 million cP or greater; and comprising at least one active ingredient, which is preferably a fluoride donor.
US11602488B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a connected pill dispenser configured to treat a patient's illness with a robotic arm adapted to deliver a prescribed medication dose to a patient in their home, analyze the patient's response to the dose based on various sensor inputs, automatically determine whether the patient took the medicine and send the provider the result of providing the medication dose to the patient. In an illustrative example, the patient may be a chronic, acute, or terminal illness patient. The medication dose may be, for example, a medication prescribed by a doctor to be taken in a specific amount at specific times. In some embodiments, the connected pill dispenser may automatically notify the patient when a medication dose is due. Various embodiments may determine if the patient consumed a medication dose based on machine vision, audio, or other sensor data, permitting caregiver notification of patient medication adherence, medication compliance, or non-adherence and sensor inputs as data on potential effectiveness and/or side effects.
US11602487B2
An arrangement includes a housing and a flexible container. The flexible container is arranged in the housing and filled with a medicine or another liquid which occurs in a pharmaceutical production process. The housing is at least partially lined with an elastic foam configured to compensate for an increase in volume of the flexible container that occurs upon freezing.
US11602480B2
A visual field observation training lens is disclosed, along with corresponding training eyewear. An associated method for training visual observation toward a designated field of view is provided.
US11602477B2
An instrument hose support device includes a rod that supports an instrument hose at a position higher than an instrument that is held by a holder, a pulley support portion that is supported by a distal end of the rod, a pulley that is supported by the pulley support portion and over which the instrument hose is looped. The distal end has a groove in which a taper is formed. A first member of the pulley support portion has a shaft protrusion, and a gap is formed between the shaft protrusion and the groove. The gap serves as the range of motion of the pulley support portion, and the pulley support portion follows the movement of the instrument hose and, relative to the rod, swings freely toward the front and the back and toward the sides and rotates freely with a movable axis (X) as an axis.
US11602475B2
A surgical table having a tabletop to be rotatable about a trend axis, the trend axis extending in a transverse direction across the tabletop; and an actuator mechanism coupled to the movable framework and arranged to raise and lower the movable framework relative to the column and to raise and lower the trend axis and to rotate the movable framework about the trend axis, and a control mechanism arranged to control the actuator mechanism to cause (i) the height of the trend axis to be translationally variable within a first dimensional range having a lowermost position, at which the trend axis extends through the column, and an uppermost position, at which the trend axis is above the upper end of the column the trend axis and is spaced at spacing height above the upper end of the column, and, simultaneously and/or independently (ii) the location of the trend axis in a lateral direction orthogonal to the trend axis to be translationally variable within a second dimensional range extending between first and second end positions.
US11602474B2
Apparatus and methods for providing a surgical table base with sufficient stiffness and adjustable support members with force feedback are described herein. In some embodiments, a base for a surgical table includes a base body to which other components of a surgical table can be coupled. A surgical table, and optionally a patient supportable by the surgical table, and any equipment to be carried by the surgical table, collectively representing a table load to be carried by the base body to support the surgical table on a surface. The base further includes a support assembly coupled to the base body to support the base body on the surface. The support assembly includes at least four support members. Each support member has a surface-engaging end and can transmit a portion of a total load represented by the weight of the base and the table load through the surface-engaging end to the surface. The surface-engaging ends of any three of the four support members define a plane. One of the support members is adjustable to move the one support member relative to a plane defined by the three of the other support members and thereby to change the portion of the total load carried by one of the support members. The base further includes a load sensor operably coupled to the support assembly and disposed to detect the portion of the total load carried by one of the support members.
US11602473B2
A mobilization module for mobilizing a body part of a patient includes a body part support, a movement mechanics and a drive unit. The body part support is coupled to the movement mechanics. The movement mechanics is adapted to induce a controlled cadenced displacement of the body part support. The controlled cadenced displacement moves the body part support by at least 1 cm or at least 3 cm and preferably by at least 5 cm. The drive unit is connected to the movement mechanics to actuate the movement mechanics.
US11602471B2
An overhead lift apparatus includes a mounting structure and a rotatable assembly configured to attach a lift unit to the mounting structure. The rotatable assembly is rotatable with respect to the mounting structure about an axis of rotation. The apparatus also includes a rotatable electrical interface disposed in the rotatable assembly, the rotatable electrical interface comprises a static portion and a rotatable portion attached to the rotatable assembly such that the rotatable portion rotates in conjunction with the rotatable assembly. The apparatus also includes a first electrical connector extending from the static portion to a power source connector configured to be connected to an external power source for the lift unit. A second electrical connector extends from the rotatable portion such that the rotatable electrical interface is configured to provide power from the power source to an end of the second electrical connector via the first electrical connector.
US11602469B2
A lifting mechanism has a base to which a pivot of a parallelogram structure. A spring extends from a first link of the parallelogram to an adjustable termination point on a second link of the parallelogram to form a lifting triangle. The spring termination point is displaced from a main pivot of the parallelogram to create an adjustable “lever arm” to vary the lifting force. A lifting power adjustment mechanism adjusts the position of the spring termination point. An extension is in fixed relation to one of the parallelogram links and maintains its angle with respect to the horizontal when angles of the parallelogram are varied upon raising or lowering the lifting mechanism between a sitting mode and a standing mode. The extension serves as a base for a rear seat section. A front seat section is pivotally attached to the rear seat section allowing it to swing downward upon elevation of the lifting mechanism.
US11602462B2
A compression garment includes a main body including a central portion and a plurality of straps that extend from the central portion. The central portion has a lateral edge having first regions from which the straps extend from the central portion, and second regions from which the straps do not extend. A connecting portion is fixed to the main body and is fixed to at least a portion of the second regions. The straps are moveable to reverse the compression garment between a first state and a second state. The straps may be moveable around the connecting portion, or may be feedable through the connecting portion, to reverse the compression garment between the first state and the second state. The connecting portion and the main body may define a plurality of slits through which the straps are insertable to reverse the compression garment.
US11602459B2
An ophthalmic system may comprise an imaging device having a field of view oriented toward the eye of the patient; a patient interface housing defining a passage therethrough, having a distal end coupled to one or more seals configured to be directly engaged with one or more surfaces of the eye of the patient, and wherein the proximal end is configured to be coupled to the patient workstation such that at least a portion of the field of view of the imaging device passes through the passage; and two or more registration fiducials coupled to the patient interface housing in a predetermined geometric configuration relative to the patient interface housing within the field of view of the imaging device such that they may be imaged by the imaging device in reference to predetermined geometric markers on the eye of the patient which may also be imaged by the imaging device.
US11602456B2
A method of implanting a continuous iris-expanding ring in an eye involves ejecting the continuous iris-expanding ring from a distal end of a cannula toward an iris of the eye, securing a distal portion of the continuous iris-expanding ring device ring to the iris of the eye, and securing a proximal portion of the continuous iris-expanding ring to the iris of the eye. The continuous iris-expanding ring is in a collapsed configuration in the cannula prior to being ejected and in an expanded configuration when the proximal portion and the distal portion of the continuous iris-expanding ring are secured to the iris of the eye and extend across the pupil.
US11602447B2
Stent delivery systems and methods for making and using stent delivery systems are disclosed. An example stent delivery system may include an inner member having a stent receiving region. A stent may be disposed along the stent receiving region. The system may also include a deployment sheath axially slidable relative to the inner member. The deployment sheath may have a proximal end region. A rack may be coupled to the proximal end region of the deployment sheath. An outer shaft may be disposed along at least a portion of the deployment sheath. The deployment sheath may be rotatable relative to the inner member, the outer shaft or both.
US11602435B2
A medullary rod has a peripheral wall defining the outer shape of the medullary rod, and inwardly delimiting a hollow space. The medullary rod also has a plurality of first partitions. The first partitions are generally parallel to one another, extend between the inner side of the medullary rod located along the inner edge of the long bone after implantation, and the outer side of the medullary rod located along the outer edge of the long bone after implantation. Each of the first partitions is integral with the peripheral wall at these inner and outer sides of the medullary rod.
US11602431B2
An exemplary valve repair device for repairing a native valve of a patient includes a coaption element, a pair of paddles, and barb portions. The barb portions extend directly from at least one of the coaption element and the pair of paddles.
US11602430B2
A prosthesis for implantation at a native semilunar valve includes a prosthetic distal valve, which includes a pliant material configured to collapse inwardly towards a longitudinal axis of the prosthesis during diastole, and to open outwardly during systole, and a distal fixation member configured to be positioned in a downstream artery of the subject. The apparatus also includes a proximal fixation member coupled to the distal fixation member, and configured to be positioned at least partially on a ventricular side of the native semilunar valve. The proximal fixation member is shaped so as to define a lattice that is shaped so as to define an intermediary portion that is coupled to the pliant material of the valve and diverges outwardly from the longitudinal axis, and a distal portion that is distal to the intermediary portion and diverges outwardly from the intermediary portion of the lattice. Other embodiments are also described.
US11602429B2
A prosthetic valve may be used to repair a diseased or otherwise damaged heart valve such as the mitral valve. The prosthetic valve may include atraumatic anchor tabs which may be radiopaque or echogenic. A cinching mechanism may also be coupled to the prosthetic valve to control radial expansion of the prosthetic valve. The cinching mechanism may include a wire lasso or a belt. The prosthetic valve may include an expandable frame which has a reduced number of strut connection nodes to allow a lower profile collapsed configuration and tighter crimping. The commissure posts of the prosthetic valve may extend beyond an edge of the ventricular skirt portion of the device.
US11602427B2
Intraocular lenses that include a central portion and one or more peripheral portions. The IOLs includes a sensor housing and a communication member, both of which are secured to the central portion.
US11602423B2
This invention relates to a method of providing an indication of the oncoming parturition in livestock and an apparatus for carrying out the method. A tail mounted sensor is mounted on the tail of an animal such as a cow or a horse and the tail mounted sensor detects whether the tail is raised or lowered. Each time that the tail is raised by at least a fixed angle Θ of, say 10°, for a certain period of time T1, the sensor records this as a contraction. The sensor then monitors the number of contractions over a given second period of time, T2. When the number of contractions in the second period of time equal or exceed a certain amount, an alarm is raised. The method and system are such that they can be adjusted for different animals. It is envisaged that less false alarms and less missed births will result as a consequence of this method and apparatus.
US11602422B2
A chassis of an oral cleansing device is provided. The oral cleansing device may include a first chassis half including a first threaded portion, a second chassis half including a second threaded portion, and a nut threaded onto the first threaded portion and the second threaded portion to at least partially secure the first chassis half to the second chassis half. The threaded portions may be defined on respective ends of the first chassis half and the second chassis half. The nut may engage chamfered edges of the first chassis half and the second chassis half. Engagement of the nut with the first chamfered edge and the second chamfered edge may produce a radial compressive force on the chassis halves. The first chassis half and the second chassis half may at least partially define a chassis that is positioned within a handle of the oral cleansing device.
US11602421B2
A method of forming an orthodontic aligner from an aligner digital model, the method comprising the steps of: three-dimensionally printing an intermediate structure comprising fused filaments from a biocompatible thermoplastic according to the aligner digital model via fused deposition modelling; coating the intermediate structure with a biocompatible translucent photopolymer; and irradiating the coating with ultraviolet light to cure the coating on the intermediate structure, thereby forming the orthodontic aligner.
US11602402B2
A drill guide fixture may be configured to prepare a skull for attachment of a cranial insertion fixture. The drill guide fixture may include a central drill guide and a bone anchor guide at a base of the drill guide fixture. The central drill guide may define a central drill guide hole therethrough, wherein the central drill guide hole has a first opening at a base of the drill guide fixture and a second opening spaced apart from the base of the drill guide fixture. The bone anchor drill guide may define a bone anchor drill guide hole therethrough, and the bone anchor drill guide hole may be offset from the central drill guide hole in a direction that is perpendicular with respect to a direction of the central drill guide hole. Related cranial insertion fixtures, robotic systems, and methods are also discussed.
US11602400B2
A surgical arm is presented. The surgical arm comprises a first interface configured to receive a device for performing or assisting a surgical procedure and multiple adjustment members configured to adjust the surgical arm relative to a respective adjustment axis. The surgical arm further comprises at least two operating members configured to operate different ones of the adjustment members wherein the operating members are marked with different visual codings. Further a method for providing visual guidance for operating the surgical arm according to a pre-determined surgical approach is presented.
US11602397B2
A surgical system is provided. The surgical system includes a camera operable to capture images and/or video. A projector is operable to project light, and a controller is communicatively coupled with the camera and the projector. The controller is operable to track movement of bone in real-time during surgery based on the images and/or video captured by the camera, and control the projector to project the light including a cutting line on the bone to indicate a cutting plane for cutting the bone during surgery.
US11602393B2
Surgical systems can include evacuation systems for evacuating smoke, fluid, and/or particulates from a surgical site. A surgical evacuation system can be intelligent and may include one or more sensors for detecting one or more properties of the surgical system, evacuation system, surgical procedure, surgical site, and/or patient tissue, for example.
US11602390B2
An electrosurgical apparatus is provided including a housing, a flexible shaft, and a distal tip. The housing may further be coupled to an electrosurgical generator and gas supply. The distal tip of the electrosurgical apparatus may be grasped by a grasping tool, such that the orientation and position of the distal tip relative to the housing may be manipulated to achieve a plurality of positions. The electrosurgical apparatus provides electrosurgical energy and inert gas to an electrode within the distal tip of the electrosurgical apparatus to generate a plasma beam. In one aspect, the electrode is a retractable blade such that the electrosurgical apparatus can be used for mechanical and electrosurgical cutting during surgery when the electrode is in an extended position and for cold plasma applications during surgery when the electrode is in a retracted position.
US11602386B2
A bone positioning guide may be used as part of a bunion correction procedure. The bone positioning guide can include a bone engagement member configured to be positioned on a medial side of a first metatarsal of a foot and a tip separated from the bone engagement member by a distance effective to position the tip on a lateral side of a second metatarsal and in an intermetatarsal space between the second metatarsal and a third metatarsal. The bone positioning guide can also include a mechanism operable to reduce the distance between the bone engagement member and the tip, thereby causing the first metatarsal to move in at least a transverse plane to reduce an intermetatarsal angle between the first metatarsal and the second metatarsal.
US11602382B2
A device for fixation of inner and outer bone fragments comprises at least three fixation means (5), at least one tilting preventing means (6) and a securing plate (7). The fixation means (5) are configured to allow, during secondary compression of the inner and outer bone fragments (2, 3), a sliding movement of the fixation means and said outer bone fragment relative to one another and thereby an interruption of an engagement of the securing plate (7) with the outer bone fragment (3) without affecting the angular position of the fixation means relative to the securing plate and relative to one another. The tilting preventing means (6) is configured to allow, during said secondary compression, a sliding movement of the at least one tilting preventing means and said outer bone fragment (3) relative to one another and thereby an interruption of the engagement of the securing plate (7) with the outer bone fragment. The tilting preventing means (6) is also configured to prevent or counteract tilting of the device.
US11602379B2
Embodiments herein are generally directed to derotation systems, apparatuses, and components thereof that can be used in spinal derotation procedures, as well as methods of installation. The derotation systems may include a plurality of derotation towers and clamp members.
US11602374B1
A Veress needle is modified to receive a forward-looking miniature videoscope through the lumen of an insufflation tube of the Veress needle. The modified instrument enables direct viewing of progress of the instrument through tissue to the peritoneal cavity of a patient, for proper location of the needle and insufflation of the cavity via the needle. The videoscope has an elongated shaft of smaller diameter than the lumen of the insufflation tube for passage of insufflation gas with the scope in place. In another embodiment a needle is fitted with a miniature videoscope to provide the same function, with the needle's lumen serving as an insufflation tube.
US11602372B2
Techniques for aligning a medical instrument for percutaneous access to a location within the human anatomy can include determining an orientation of the medical instrument, determining a target location within the human anatomy, and determining a target trajectory for percutaneous access of the target location. Further, the techniques can include causing display of an interface that includes an instrument-alignment element indicative of an alignment of the orientation of the medical instrument to the target trajectory.
US11602367B2
Apparatus for excising and removing a clip or suture joining leaflets of a native heart valve. The apparatus includes an elongate shaft configured for remote access to a native heart valve, the elongate shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen defined therein, and a clamp at the distal end of the elongate shaft, the clamp configured to receive a clip or suture joining native leaflet tissue, the clamp including a passageway extending along a length thereof in communication with the lumen. The apparatus further includes a cutter moveable within the passageway to encompass a clip or suture joining native leaflet tissue received within the clamp and cut native leaflet tissue proximate the clip or suture.
US11602366B2
A surgical instrument comprising a jaw assembly is disclosed. The surgical instrument further comprises a motor-driven drive system configured to open the jaw assembly. The surgical instrument also comprises a control system configured to control the drive system and, also, control a power supply system configured to supply electrical power to electrodes defined in the outer surface, or outer surfaces, of the jaw assembly. In use, the surgical instrument can be used to apply mechanical energy and electrical energy to the tissue of a patient at the same time, or at different times. In certain embodiments, the user controls when the mechanical and electrical energies are applied. In some embodiments, the control system controls when the mechanical and electrical energies are applied.
US11602364B2
A surgical instrument includes an ultrasonic waveguide extending through a body assembly. An ultrasonic blade connects to the ultrasonic waveguide. A clamp arm assembly of the surgical instrument is able to move from an opened position for receiving a tissue toward a closed position for clamping the tissue. The clamp arm assembly includes a clamp body and a clamp pad facing the ultrasonic blade. A clamp arm actuator of the surgical instrument is able to move from a first position toward a second position to direct the clamp arm assembly from the opened position toward the closed position. A modular coupling of the surgical instrument connects to the clamp pad such that at least the clamp pad can be disconnected relative to the ultrasonic blade for replacement thereof.
US11602353B2
Cutting guides for use in orthopedic surgery are disclosed. In some embodiments, the cutting guides comprise monolithic polymer cutting blocks with one or more slots and guide inserts to allow for the provision of various desired surgical cuts to a bone by a cutting saw. In other embodiments, the cutting guides may comprise adjustable guide bars with one or more slots and inserts to allow for various desired surgical cuts to a bone. The location and directionality of the cuts may be configured to match the geometry of a surgical implant.
US11602351B2
A method of providing retrograde perfusion of a patient's brain includes occluding a jugular vein of a subject at a jugular occlusion location, and passively shunting arterial blood from an artery of the subject to a location in the jugular vein distal to the jugular occlusion location.
US11602339B2
A suture device is utilized in forming a purse string suture during, e.g., laparoscopic end to end anastomosis procedure, to effect joining of two opposing intestinal sections. The suture device is utilized in other procedures such as, e.g., transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) for removal of low rectal and ultra-low rectal tumors and preservation of anal sphincters to avoid permanent stomas. In particular, the suture device is utilized in forming surgical stitches used to close an internal anal structure or to narrow a passage for performing further transanal dissection to create total mesorectal excision.
US11602336B2
The embodiments described herein can be used in a variety of sample retrieval, grasping, cutting, and manipulating operations. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an elongated member and a retention member movably coupled to the elongated member. The elongated member includes a cutting portion configured to cut a target sample when moved, and defines an internal volume within which at least a portion of the target sample can be received. The retention member includes an engagement portion configured to move between a first position and a second position when the retention member is actuated. The engagement portion is configured to extend within the internal volume to exert a force on the target sample within the internal volume when the engagement portion is in the second position.
US11602326B2
Disclosed is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including an improved actuator to compensate for a weight of an input/output device. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a main body, an input/output device coupled to the main body and configured to receive information from a user or output information received from the main body, and a connection device to connect the main body and the input/output device, wherein the connection device includes a shaft having a shaft body, a link frame having a frame body and a shaft coupling portion extending from the frame body to be coupled with the shaft, and an actuator including a torsion spring having a first end supported by the shaft and a second end supported by the link frame, so as to compensate for a weight of the input/output device.
US11602318B2
A new and improved anatomical imaging system which includes a new and improved movement system, wherein the movement system comprises an omnidirectional powered drive unit and wherein the movement system can substantially eliminate lateral walk (or drift) over the complete stroke of a scan, even when the floor includes substantial irregularities, whereby to improve the accuracy of the scan results and avoid unintentional engagement of the anatomical imaging system with the bed or gurney which is supporting the patient.
US11602305B1
The present invention provides a method of conducting a sleep analysis by collecting physiologic and kinetic data from a subject, preferably via a wireless in-home data acquisition system, while the subject attempts to sleep at home. The sleep analysis, including clinical and research sleep studies and cardiorespiratory studies, can be used in the diagnosis of sleeping disorders and other diseases or conditions with sleep signatures, such as Parkinson's, epilepsy, chronic heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, or other neurological, cardiac, pulmonary, or muscular disorders. The method of the present invention can also be used to determine if environmental factors at the subject's home are preventing restorative sleep.
US11602304B2
Provided is a non-invasive system and method for determining a fuel value for a target muscle and potentially at least one indicator muscle. The method includes receiving an ultrasound scan of a target muscle; evaluating at least a portion of the ultrasound scan to determine fuel value within the target muscle; recording the determined fuel value for the muscle as an element of a data set for the muscle; evaluating the fuel data set to determine a value range; and in response to the range being at least above a pre-determined threshold, establishing a target score for the muscle as based on an upper portion of the value range. The method may be repeated to identify ranges for a plurality of muscles, the muscle with the greatest range being identified as an indicator muscle. Based on these findings the muscles estimated fuel level, fuel rating and energy status may be determined. An associated system is also disclosed.
US11602289B2
A reusable sensor is disclosed for producing a signal indicative of at least one physiological parameter of tissue. The sensor can include a sensor housing that has a distal opening, a wire lumen, and a proximal opening. The distal opening can include a lumen extending through the body of the sensor housing and the wire lumen can be located on the outside of the sensor housing. The sensor can also include a first component located on a top surface of the sensor housing and along the pathway of the wire lumen. The sensor can also include a second component located on the bottom surface of the sensor housing opposite of the first component. The second component can also be located along the pathway of the wire lumen. The sensor can also include a wire coaxially disposed within the wire lumen and connecting the first component and second component.
US11602285B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of orthopedics, and more particularly to a pelvic referencing guide and methods of using the guide in orthopaedic surgery, specifically total hip arthroplasty.
US11602284B1
The present invention relates to an integrated sleep diagnosis and treatment device, and more particularly to an integrated apnea diagnosis and treatment device. The present invention additionally relates to method of sleep diagnosis and treatment.
US11602277B2
An endoscope system includes: a processor that generates first and second feature amount distribution images of a living tissue from an imaged image of the living tissue and generates a second feature amount distribution processed image from these distribution images; and a display that displays the second feature amount distribution processed image. The processor generates a mask image of the second feature amount distribution image by, in the first feature amount distribution image, setting a pixel whose pixel value representing the first feature amount is less than a lower limit value as a non-transmissive pixel having a transmittance of zero and setting a pixel between an upper limit value and the lower limit value as a transmissive pixel while giving the pixel a transmittance determined continuously or stepwise in accordance with the pixel value in the first feature amount distribution image.
US11602274B2
An informatics system that can be head-worn under a helmet and used to provide a wearer's vital statistics and other information to a remote monitoring station, for example in connection with pre-hospital emergency care.
US11602268B2
In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a laryngoscope. The laryngoscope includes a blade. The blade includes a first end and a second end extending along the longitudinal axis of the blade. The blade further includes a first edge defining a first side of the blade, as well as a second edge defining a second side of the blade, and the first edge and the second edge extend along a longitudinal axis of the blade. The blade further includes a first curvature from the first end to the second end extending upward along a vertical axis, and a second curvature from the first edge to the second edge also extending upward along the vertical axis. The second curvature allows for considerable tongue control without the need for a large flange that typically causes significant risk of damage to a patient's teeth and other sensitive surrounding tissue.
US11602259B2
An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires three-dimensional data of dentition including a plurality of teeth in an oral cavity, a generator that generates multi-image data of a plurality of images different in point of view toward the dentition based on the three-dimensional data acquired by the acquisition unit, and an output unit that outputs the multi-image data generated by the generator to a display.
US11602256B2
A multi-layer sponge assembly is disclosed which contains a magnetic button that mates with a separate magnetic element to allow the sponge to be elevated in a suspended position to dry.
US11602254B2
A cleaning device includes: a liquid container; a heating element; and a pump for conveying liquid out of the liquid container in a direction of the heating element. The heating element at least partially vaporizes the liquid. The heating element is connected to a cleaning head, from which the vaporized liquid exits. A compensating device is arranged between the pump and the heating element.
US11602253B2
A robotic device comprising: an energy storage device; and a controller configured to determine whether a quantity of energy stored in the energy storage device is below a predetermined energy level, wherein: the robotic device is configured to perform a cleaning task if the determined quantity of energy is not below the predetermined energy level; if the determined quantity of energy is below the predetermined energy level: the controller is configured to estimate a likelihood of the robotic device being capable of locating a recharging base station; and in dependence on the estimated likelihood, the robotic device is configured to seek the recharging base station or perform the cleaning task.
US11602251B2
A removable rotatable driven agitator is used in a surface cleaning head and is driven by a drive mechanism that axially engages a driven end of the agitator. The removable rotatable driven agitator may be located in an openable agitator chamber for purposes of removing debris and/or removing the agitator. The openable agitator chamber may be covered by an external cover that is movable between an open position and a closed position. The removable agitator may be secured in the agitator chamber by the external cover. The removable rotatable agitator may have an end cap mounted on a rotatable bushing at a non-driven end and may have a splined driven member at the driven end to engage a splined drive member on the drive mechanism.
US11602236B2
Systems and methods for smooth attended or unattended package delivery and retrieval may be provided through a container locker. Delivery companies and their respective delivery means may interact with the container locker wirelessly, through handheld devices, or through mechanisms provided on the container locker itself. The processes of receiving or pickup of a parcel or other item may be facilitated, regardless the user's presence or absence from the delivery/pickup location. Systems and methods may receive, secure, maintain, and temporarily house delivery or pickup items and concomitantly document, verify, confirm, and communicate data in varied forms to the parties interested or engaged in such deliveries or retrievals through a variety of connected networks, communication means and the use thereof.
US11602230B1
A leveling assembly including a levelling bit with a first portion that engages a screw head of a levelling screw in a base of a gondola assembly and a second portion that countersinks around a portion of the leveling screw. The levelling assembly further includes an alignment measuring system configured to measure alignment of slots in the gondola assembly. The alignment measuring system includes a first bar attached to a retractable cord and a second bar movable along the cord. The first bar is shaped for insertion into a first slot of a first upright and the second bar is shaped for insertion into a second slot of a second upright. The cord is shaped to extend along a face of a third upright between the first and second upright when the first bar is inserted into the first slot and the second bar is inserted into the second slot.
US11602222B1
The present invention relates to a physiotherapeutic rocking chair device that is primarily comprised of a seating area, a main frame assembly on each side of the seating area, and a seating area frame assembly. The main frame assembly is comprised of at least one skid plate member that has a convex bottom edge that allows the device to easily rock back and forth. The seating area frame assembly is further comprised of a footrest that a user can press against to rock the device back and forth. In this manner, the device can be used to strength and/or rehabilitate the lower body/legs of a user. The seating area and seating area frame assembly and further be positioned such that they are parallel to a ground surface in order to allow a non-ambulant user to be easily transferred on to the device.
US11602217B2
A wall mount system for mounting a plurality of monitors on a wall. The system has a plurality of wall mount assemblies, a plurality of monitor interfaces adapted to receive an electronic display respectively, and a depth adjustment feature operably coupling each monitor interface to one of the wall mount assemblies and enabling the monitors to be positioned and adjusted to account for recesses or raised portions of the wall and present a continuous, planar monitor display surface.
US11602214B2
A brush tip for a cosmetic applicator which is hygienic by preventing the growth of bacteria and other germs in the area of the brush tip not impregnated with the application fluid, as well as the manufacturing method of the brush tip and a cosmetic applicator using the brush tip. This brush tip for a cosmetic applicator includes brush tip filaments and serving as an applying part of the cosmetic applicator having a cosmetic storage for storing a cosmetic fluid, with the rear end of the brush tip attached to the front end of the cosmetic storage. The brush tip incorporates a discharge port that communicates with the cosmetic storage of the cosmetic applicator, and a coating of an antimicrobial agent is formed on the surface of the brush tip filaments, located behind the discharge port inside the brush tip.
US11602211B2
One pouch for storage of multiple components of a mixture is described with a first compartment and a second compartment. At least one channel is defined between the first compartment and the second compartment and at least one seal is installed within the channel. An agitator is installed in the first compartment. The seal is breakable and the agitator is removable. Another pouch separates two pockets with an air compartment. The air compartment is breakable.
US11602196B2
Articles of footwear and methods of making articles of footwear including one or more continuous threads wound around anchor points. In some embodiments, thread lines of continuous thread(s) may extend tangential to an opening on a thread pattern or an upper. In some embodiments, thread lines of continuous thread(s) may define a portion of an upper and extend through a sole for an article of footwear. In some embodiments, thread patterns defined by the continuous thread(s) may be bonded to each other around a sheet to form an upper material for an upper.
US11602192B2
A footbed for use in footwear is provided. The footbed assembly includes a resilient, flexible material (e.g. EVA or PU foam) that extends the entire length of the footbed. a heel plate made from a material that is more rigid (plastic, carbon fiber) than the resilient foam attaches to the flexible material. The shape of the resilient footbed defines a geometry that provides support and comfort to the user by reducing peak pressures, improving cushioning, and enhancing foot support. The resilient foam and heel plate defines the shape of the midfoot R2 and rearfoot R1 of the footbed while the resilient flexible foam continues forward to define the shape of the forefoot R3 region of the footbed.
US11602190B2
A sandal has a sole with a front hole and a pair of rear holes, a toe thong that includes a center portion and a pair of side straps, the center portion having an oversized front plug, and each of the side straps having a rear plug.
US11602184B2
A protective hand covering has a flexible shell with an open end and a closed end, and a constricted region between the open and closed ends. The constricted region defines a passage for receiving the child's hand. The hand covering may be worn by an infant or small child during sleeping or other activities, A gripping material is disposed on an inside surface of the shell at the constricted region and around the passage. The gripping material has a coefficient of friction higher than a coefficient of friction of the material of the flexible shell, such that the hand covering is discouraged from coming off of the child's hand.
US11602172B2
The present disclosure relates to a porous component and an electronic cigarette including the same. The porous component includes a porous substrate, an atomizing portion located on the porous substrate; a liquid guiding portion located on the porous substrate, a porosity of the liquid guiding portion being greater than a porosity of the atomizing portion; and a functional portion located on the porous substrate. A porosity of the functional portion is greater than a porosity of the liquid guiding portion, and a thermal conductivity of the functional portion is greater than a thermal conductivity of the atomizing portion and the liquid guiding portion.
US11602171B2
An electronic cigarette including an atomization assembly and a base assembly. The atomization assembly is disposed on the battery assembly. The atomization assembly includes an e-liquid tank; a first seal ring; a limit cover; a second seal ring; a piece of cotton; a heating wire; a third seal ring; a seal plug; a base; a joint; an insulation sleeve; and a connection sleeve. The battery assembly includes a pair of electrodes; a magnet; a fourth seal ring; an indicator light; a secondary support; a pneumatic switch; a silicone sleeve; a primary support; a battery; a USB plate; a housing. The piece of cotton wraps the heating wire. The piece of cotton and the heating wire are disposed on the base. The limit cover is disposed on the piece of cotton. The first seal ring and the second seal ring are disposed on two ends of the limit cover.
US11602165B2
A nicotine delivery device (200) for generating a mist containing nicotine for inhalation by a user. The device comprises a mist generator device (201) and a driver device (202). The driver device (202) is configured to drive the mist generator device (201) at an optimum frequency to maximise the efficiency of mist generation by the mist generator device (201).
US11602153B2
This invention relates to making and using a stabilizer that is effective in small amounts and, particularly useful for stabilizing low solids liquids, e.g., dispersions, emulsions, and suspensions, used in foods, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and similar industrial applications, which comprises, microcrystalline cellulose, (preferably, colloidal hydrolyzed MCC); a first carboxymethyl cellulose having a viscosity of 30-85 cP at 2% in deionized water; and, a degree of carboxymethyl substitutions of 0.60 to 0.85, and a second carboxymethyl cellulose having a viscosity of 400-800 cP at 2% in deionized water, and a degree of carboxymethyl substitutions of 0.80 to 0.95; and, the stabilizer may be made by preparing a moist MCC “wetcake”; thoroughly mixing the wetcake with a dry blended mixture of low DS and medium DS, CMCs; preferably, in a MCC/low DS CMC/medium DS CMC ratio range of about 88/6/6 to about 92/4/4, adding that mixture to an extruder; preparing a slurry of the extrudate in deionized water; and, optionally, pumping the slurry to a spray dryer to produce a powder.
US11602147B2
Disclosed herein is a method for controlling nematode populations, particularly soil nematode populations. Certain embodiments comprise applying 4-hydroxybenzylalcohol, Sinapis alba plant extract, Sinapis alba seed meal, or a combination thereof, to soil, optionally in the presence of a trap crop. A hatching factor and/or a nematicide may also be applied to the soil, either substantially simultaneously with the 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, Sinapis alba plant extract, Sinapis alba seed meal, or combination thereof, or sequentially in any order. Certain embodiments concern applying 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol to soil that contains potato cyst nematode eggs. The 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol may be obtained by an aqueous extraction of Sinapis alba plant material.
US11602143B2
Disclosed herein are methods, devices, modules, and systems which may be employed for automated weed identification, control, and eradication. These methods, devices, modules, and systems provide an alternative to hand cultivation or chemical herbicides. Devices disclosed herein may be configured to locate, identify, and autonomously target a weed with a beam, such as a laser beam, which may burn or irradiate the weed. The methods, devices, modules, and systems may be used for agricultural crop management or for at-home weed control.
US11602132B2
A system configured to receive video and/or images from an image capture device over a livestock path, generate feature maps from an image of the video by applying at least a first convolutional neural network, slide a window across the feature maps to obtain a plurality of anchor shapes, determine if each anchor shape contains an object to generate a plurality of regions of interest, each of the plurality of regions of interest being a non-rectangular, polygonal shape, extract feature maps from each region of interest, classify objects in each region of interest, in parallel with classification, predict segmentation masks on at least a subset of the regions of interest in a pixel-to-pixel manner, identify individual animals within the objects based on classifications and the segmentation masks, and count individual animals based on identification, and provide the count to a digital device for display, processing, and/or reporting.
US11602131B2
A pet tether comprising a flexible and stretchable cord comprising first end and a second end, a first cord clamp and a second cord claim. The first cord clamp is configured to clamp the first end of the cord when the first end of the cord passes through the first cord clamp and loops back into the first cord clamp. The second cord clamp is configured to clamp the second end of the cord when the second end of the cord passes through the second cord clamp and loops back into the second cord clamp.
US11602129B2
The present disclosure is directed to products and methods useful for a dental chew toy capable of stimulating and/or cleaning the tooth surfaces and/or gums of a domesticated animal. The dental chew toy includes a plurality of flexible dental elements extending outward from a core member. A relatively flexible outer cover surrounds the core member and the plurality of dental elements. A plurality of apertures formed in the outer cover allow passage of the dental elements when the outer cover is compressed via chewing action of the animal. Hollow tubes may surround the dental elements to guide the dental elements through the apertures formed in the outer cover.
US11602119B2
The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato line FIS-XJ16-6524. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line FIS-XJ16-6524 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line FIS-XJ16-6524 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11602117B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 19R245B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 19R245B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 19R245B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 19R245B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US11602116B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 19R236B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 19R236B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 19R236B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 19R236B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US11602110B1
A novel maize variety designated 6HHJI7071 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 6HHJI7071 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 6HHJI7071 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 6HHJI7071 or a locus conversion of 6HHJI7071 with another maize variety.
US11602104B2
An apparatus for controlling conditions in a plant cultivation facility includes a lighting system arranged in connection with plants present in an environmentally sealable and closable cultivation facility; a hydronic cooling arrangement for lowering or impeding the rise of temperature in the cultivation facility, the cooling arrangement comprising a cooling manifold present in connection with plants in the cultivation facility and a heat recovery arrangement for utilizing excess heat generated in the cultivation facility. The heat recovery arrangement includes a heat storing system. The heat recovery arrangement includes one or more condenser dryers/coolers for collecting water and/or heat absorbed in the indoor air of a cultivation facility and a heat pump assembly for transferring the heat, accumulated in the heat storing system by way of the cooling arrangement's circulation water and/or the condenser dryer's/cooler's circulation water, into an independent secondary circuit.
US11602103B2
The present invention provides structures that maximize the use of minimal ground space or pot soil by providing generally vertical outward-sloping multiple cords or net trellis such as to offer increasing volume for plant foliage with height, which is adjustable to the user's desire. A compact kit includes at least two elongated leg member, and at least one elongated support, and can be assembled into structures up to approximately twice as wide at the top as at the base where the plants begin growing in soil. Flaccid replaceable cords when installed incline generally outward and upward to top horizontal rods supporting wining plants to grow generally vertically and even horizontally across the top.
US11602100B2
An agricultural baler includes a bale chamber for the compression of crop material into bales. The bale chamber has a floor that comprises an inlet opening. The baler also has a plunger for forcing the crop material from an inlet end of the bale chamber towards an outlet end, and a feeder duct communicating with the bale chamber through the inlet opening. The feeder duct has an upper end facing generally upwardly and communicating with the inlet opening in the bale chamber and a lower end facing generally in a forward direction. The feeder duct also has a top wall and a bottom wall extending between the lower end and the upper end of the feeder duct. The baler also has one or more actuators that are configured to move the top wall and/or the bottom wall; and a controller configured to activate the one or more actuators during a baling operation in order to adjust the volume of the feeder duct.
US11602095B2
An agricultural machine includes a seeding system having a seed transport mechanism configured to transport a seed along a transport route, a seed sensor configured to sense presence of the seed at a first location along the transport route, and a motor configured to drive movement of the seed transport mechanism to transport the seed from the first location to a second location in which the seed is released from the seed transport mechanism. A processing system is configured to track a position of the seed along the transport route based on an indication of the sensed presence of the seed at the first location and detected movement of the seed transport mechanism, and generate a motor operating parameter based on the tracked position of the seed and a target parameter for releasing the seed. The motor of the seeding system is operated based on the motor operating parameter.
US11602093B2
In one aspect, a system for controlling the operation of a seed-planting implement may include a furrow-forming tool configured to form a furrow in soil present within a field. Furthermore, the system may include a sensor configured to capture data indicative of a topographical profile of the soil within the field. Additionally, a controller of the disclosed system may be configured to identify a topographical feature within the field based on the data received from the sensor. Furthermore, the controller may be configured to determine a position of the furrow-forming tool relative to the identified topographical feature. Additionally, the controller may be configured to initiate a control action to adjust the position of the furrow-forming tool when it is determined that the relative position between the furrow-forming tool and the identified topographical feature is offset from a predetermined positional relationship defined for the furrow-forming tool.
US11606891B2
A component supply device including a main body provided with an introducing region into which a component supply tape holding components is introduced and configured to supply the components by sending the component supply tape introduced into the main body via the introducing region in a longitudinal direction of the component supply tape. The device comprises a tape supporter insertable into the introducing region while supporting the component supply tape, and a clamping mechanism configured to sandwich and hold at least a part of a supported part of the component supply tape supported by the tape supporter with respect to the tape supporter. The component supply tape is introduced into the main body by inserting the tape supporter into the introducing region with the component supply tape held by the clamping mechanism.
US11606887B2
A drive carrier for retaining a persistent storage drive in an enclosure. The drive carrier includes a mounting bracket, a handle coupled to the mounting bracket, and an electromagnetic interference (“EMI”) shielding apparatus disposed between mounting bracket and at least a portion of the handle. The mounting bracket is shaped to be coupled to the persistent storage drive. The EMI-shielding apparatus includes a plurality of EMI-shielding fingers. Each EMI-shielding finger includes a lower surface, an upper surface that is approximately parallel to the lower surface, and a contoured surface extending between the lower surface and the upper surface.
US11606884B2
The present invention includes a server system that uses an airflow source that can be external to the computer that the airflow source cools. The computer may be sealed such that the conduits are the primary source of fluid ingress and egress. The airflow source can be positioned in a case of the computer, support members affixing the computer to a rack stand, the rack stand, or beyond conduit that conducts fluid to the rack stand.
US11606881B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first circuit board, and a first heat sink. The housing forms a receiving space. The first circuit board and the first heat sink are received in the receiving space along the gravity direction. One side of the first circuit board has at least one electronic element. The first heat sink has a first base board and at least first side board. The first base board is arranged adjacent to the first circuit board. The electronic element transferred heat to the first base board. The first side board connects to the first base board, and cooperatively forms a first heat dissipating channel along the gravity direction. The first side board is close to or contacts the housing, so that the heat of the electronic element can be transferred by heat conduction and heat convection to dissipate outside.
US11606877B2
This invention describes the use of pre-packaged air shipping containers for delivery of edge data center equipment. The containers are capable of rapid deployment and positioning at the edge data center delivery site to minimize time between the order of equipment and deployment of a functioning edge data center. The containers allow for easy access, and rapid repair/replacement of modular edge data center equipment.
US11606873B2
A device incorporating both a magnet and a living hinge may be employed to construct cases to protect electronic devices and to function as a closure for cases and lidded containers. Such cases often can be bent three 360° allowing the cases to be either closed protecting devices therein are closed upon themselves allowing the case to function to secure an electronic device to a substrate such as an article of clothing. The devices of the disclosure can also be used to organize and hold loose items together.
US11606871B2
A vent/drain cover for an electronics enclosure includes a cover body defining an axis and a surface with a first wall protruding from the surface in a direction and a second wall protruding from the surface in the same direction but displaced radially from the first wall. The first wall has a first channel formed therein that is defined by a portion of the first wall that does not extend as far from the surface as the balance of the first wall. The second wall has a second channel defined by a portion of the second wall that does not extend as far from the surface as the balance of the second wall, the first channel being circumferentially offset from the second channel. Electronics enclosures and methods of venting electronics assemblies are also described.
US11606868B2
The present invention provides a display unit comprising a front face and a peripheral frame, the peripheral frame forming a border around the front face, the front face comprising at least one display panel, wherein the peripheral frame comprises an extruded main section having a channel formed therein extending longitudinally along its length, the peripheral frame further comprising at least one extruded auxiliary section having a profile in cross-section which engages with the channel in the main section of the peripheral frame, wherein the auxiliary section of the peripheral frame provides an infill between the main section and the front face of the display unit to permit alternative or replacement display panels to be accommodated within the same peripheral frame.
US11606861B2
A printed wiring board includes a first resin insulating layer, a conductor layer on the first resin insulating layer, and a second resin insulating layer formed on the first resin insulating layer such that the second resin insulating layer is covering the conductor layer. The conductor layer includes a first circuit having a width of 15 μm or less and a rectangular cross-sectional shape, a second circuit having a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape, a third circuit, a fourth circuit, a fifth circuit, and a sixth circuit, a space between the first and third circuits has a width of 14 μm or less, a space between the first and fourth circuits has a width of 14 μm or less, a space between the second and fifth circuits has a width of 20 μm or more, and a space between the second and sixth circuits has a width of 20 μm or more.
US11606851B2
A lighting apparatus with an image-projecting function that is convenient for a user is provided. It includes: an illuminating unit that emits illumination light; a projection-type image display unit that emits image-projecting emission light for projecting an image; and a sensor that emits operation-detecting light for operation detection and that is capable of detecting an operation by an operation object in a range including an image projection area of the projection-type image display unit, and is configured so that the image-projecting light, and the operation-detecting emission light have respective different wavelength distribution characteristics, and regarding a light amount in the wavelength range of light used by the sensor for the operation detection, a light amount of the operation-detecting light is the largest among those of the illumination light, the image-projecting emission light, and the operation-detecting light.
US11606843B2
A system includes one or more assets disposed within a physical location. Each asset is coupled to a wireless tag, and each wireless tag is configured to wirelessly transmit beacon signals at predetermined intervals. The system also includes a gateway configured to cover the range of the physical location. The gateway is configured to scan the physical location to identify beacon signals transmitted by each of the wireless tags and receive the beacon signals from each wireless tag at the predetermined intervals. The gateway is also configured to dynamically optimize a function of the gateway by adjusting a current total scan time based at least in part on the number of beacon signals received from previously unknown or new wireless tags disposed within the physical location.
US11606824B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology. The present disclosure is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars, connected cars, health care, digital education, retails, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. The present disclosure provides a method performed by an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity of a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN) in a communication system.
US11606821B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for indicating an overlap of downlink transmissions with one or more random access channel occasions (ROs). A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving signaling from a base station (BS) including an indication of whether one or more ROs will overlap with downlink transmissions in one or more periods of time, transmitting, to the BS based on the indication, a random access channel (RACH) preamble in an RO of the one or more ROs during the one or more periods of time, and performing a RACH procedure with the BS based on the transmitted RACH preamble.
US11606814B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for handling transmissions or channels in wireless communications that collide with one another. The described techniques relate to handling the collision between multiple overlapping channels (e.g., two or more channels of the same priority). For example, a collision resolution configuration may include resolving the collisions among the channels of the same priority first (e.g., feedback information transmissions first, and then control information), among the channels of the same service type first (e.g., normal channels first, and then low latency channel(s)), or across all of the channels of all priorities at once. Collisions may be resolved by dropping or rescheduling overlapping information from the lower priority transmission(s) or channel(s) in consideration of the higher priority transmission(s) or channel(s), or by multiplexing or piggybacking overlapping information from a first priority transmission(s) or channel(s) with a second priority transmission(s) or channel(s).
US11606809B2
There is disclosed a network node for a Radio Access Network, the network node being adapted for communication utilizing a carrier aggregation comprising at least a first carrier and a second carrier. The network node is adapted for transmitting first downlink control information on the first carrier of the carrier aggregation, and second downlink control information on the second carrier of the carrier aggregation, wherein the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information pertain to transmission on the same uplink carrier.
US11606803B2
A method for scheduling an uplink transmission resource, and a device are disclosed. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a first scheduling request according to pre-obtained first indication information when a first BSR is triggered because to-be-sent data exists on a first logical channel of the terminal device, where the first indication information is used to indicate a correspondence between a logical channel and a type of a scheduling request, and the first scheduling request includes a type of the first scheduling request; sending, by the terminal device, the first scheduling request to an access network device; and receiving, by the terminal device, first uplink scheduling information sent by the access network device, where the uplink scheduling information is used to indicate a first uplink resource used by the terminal device to send uplink data to the access network device.
US11606796B2
A wireless device may receive, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message. The RRC message may comprise a list of sidelink configurations for sidelink communications in which each of the sidelink configurations may comprise a communication range threshold for sidelink transmissions. The wireless device may transmit, to one or more second wireless devices, sidelink control information (SCI). The SCI may comprise a first index, in the list of the sidelink configurations, indicating one of the communication range thresholds of the sidelink transmissions, and a zone identifier indicating a geographic location of the first wireless device.
US11606795B2
A transmitter of the present disclosure includes: an output terminal; a driver that performs transition of a voltage of the output terminal among a plurality of voltages; and a controller that controls the driver to cause transition start timing in one voltage transition in voltage transition among the plurality of voltages to be later than transition start timing in another voltage transition.
US11606784B2
A system and a method are disclosed for beam refinement to enable inactive mode transmission in frequency range 2 for 3GPP RedCap devices. A RedCap device receives system information in a SIB1 from a wireless network in which the SIB1 includes information relating to an indication of resources used to transmit a SIB-x. The device receives the SIB-x, which includes an indication of at least one resource, at least one configuration for a Downlink-Reference Signal (DL-RS) transmission, and information relating to a measurement report relating to the beam-refinement measurement that is to be performed by a device. The device receives the DL-RS transmission from the wireless communication network, performs the beam-refinement measurement, and sends a measurement report to the wireless network. Subsequent to sending the measurement report, the device sends an enhanced transmission to the wireless network based on the measurement report.
US11606778B2
Disclosed is a method performed by a first terminal in a wireless communication system, including transmitting, to a second terminal on a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH), slot format information for a sidelink communication, the slot format information including first information on a number of patterns, second information on a period of pattern, and third information on a number of uplink slots of pattern, and performing, with the second terminal, the sidelink communication in at least one sidelink resource identified based on the first information, the second information, and the third information, wherein, when the first information indicates the number of patterns as 1, the second information indicates the period of pattern for a pattern, and the third information indicates the number of uplink slots for the pattern, and when the first information indicates the number of patterns as 2, the second information indicates the period of pattern for a first pattern and a second pattern, and the third information indicates the number of uplink slots for the first pattern and the second pattern.
US11606776B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a transmission method and an apparatus thereof. The method includes the following operations: performing, by a terminal device, idle state sensing on one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources, where the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources are configured for PUCCH information transmission; determining, by the terminal device based on a sensing result of the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources, a transmission frequency domain resource from the one or more candidate transmission frequency domain resources for PUCCH information transmission; and transmitting, by the terminal device, the PUCCH information by using the determined transmission frequency domain resource. By using the embodiments of this application, uplink transmission can be implemented by using an unlicensed frequency spectrum, and transmission efficiency can be improved.
US11606768B2
A method for registration is used in an access and mobility management function (AMF) redirection scenario. The registration method includes determining, by a first AMF selected, during AMF redirection, to serve a user equipment (UE), to protect a first message, and sending the protected first message to the UE, where the first message includes an authentication request message.
US11606765B2
A communication device generates a first packet for transmission in a first frequency segment, and generates a first physical layer (PHY) preamble of the first packet to include a first field that indicates a first overall bandwidth that the first packet spans. The communication device generates a second packet for transmission in a second frequency segment, and generates a second PHY preamble of the second packet to include a second field that indicates a second overall bandwidth that the second packet spans. The communication device transmits the first packet in the first frequency segment beginning at a first time, and simultaneously transmits the second packet in the second frequency segment beginning at a second time that is different than the first time.
US11606748B2
Disclosed is a system and method for providing stable and reliable power to components on the top of a cell tower. The system performs a device discovery process to determine with Power Supply Units are connected to which Remote Radio Heads on the tower. It also provides several ways of characterizing the power cables and input capacitance to the Remote Radio Heads to provide optimal power to the Remote Radio Heads, including situations in which the power demand for the Remote Radio Heads increases, while obviating the need to replace the power cables with those of greater current capacity. Further, the system provides for stable power even in the presence of sensor instabilities and data dropouts.
US11606747B2
A centralized controller determines n radio remote units (RRUs) in m RRUs, where a sum of first downlink reference signal received powers (RSRPs) of a same terminal, corresponding to the n RRUs, is greater than or equal to a first preset value, and a first downlink RSRP of one terminal corresponding to one is a received power that is estimated by the centralized controller, that is measured by the terminal, and that is of a reference signal (RS) from the RRU at a corresponding first RS transmit power. The centralized controller turns off an RRU that is in the m RRUs and that is different from the n RRUs, boosts a second RS transmit power corresponding to each of the n RRUs to a corresponding first RS transmit power, and enables each of the n RRUs to send an RS at the corresponding first RS transmit power.
US11606740B2
Aspects directed towards reserving resources for sidelink communications are disclosed. In one example, an initial sidelink communication is transmitted which includes an indication of resources reserved for a subsequent sidelink communication. A transmission restriction is applied for the subsequent sidelink communication based on a transmission characteristic associated with transmitting the initial sidelink communication. The subsequent sidelink communication is then transmitted according to the transmission restriction.
US11606737B1
A communication system includes a central cloud server that causes each of a plurality of edge devices to initiate a discovery process. The central cloud server obtains a plurality of sensed parameters from each edge device based on the discovery process, where the plurality of sensed parameters are associated with donor antenna array and one or more relay antenna arrays of each edge device. The central cloud server determines a plurality of path setup parameters specific for each edge device. The plurality of path setup parameters determined specifically for each edge device are communicated to each corresponding edge device. The central cloud server causes the plurality of edge devices to form a mesh network such that a spatial coverage of a first radio access network node is increased to serve one or more remote user equipment via the mesh network with a throughput rate greater than a threshold.
US11606735B2
The invention relates to the initiation of a service to a mobile terminal capable of communicating via at least a first and second access network. Further, the invention relates to a reduction of power consumption of mobile terminals supporting connectivity to at least two access networks. The invention also relates to mobile communication systems and in particular to mobile communications through heterogeneous access networks. In order to prove improved method for initiating services to mobile terminals and/or to reduce power consumption of mobile terminals, the invention introduces of a sleep state that can be entered by the terminal for an access system if same is not used. Upon requesting a service from/to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal starts service initiation through a second access system and transits back to active state for the first access system for service provision.
US11606732B1
The described technology provides a system and method for determining, inter alia, if a serving cell in a cellular network is an over-shooter cell serving calls outside an intended or designed coverage area by searching for eligible neighbor cells in a search area bounded by an azimuth of a sector antenna of the serving cell. The serving cell is determined to be an over-shooter cell when, e.g., the distance between the serving cell and mobile devices associated with the calls is larger than the average distance between the serving cell and one or more closest neighbor cells in a list of eligible neighbor cells identified in the search area.
US11606727B2
A target access and mobility management function (AMF) receives, from a source AMF, a first message for a handover of a wireless device. A second message requesting creation of at least one first session for the wireless device is sent to a target session management function (SMF). A third message confirming creation of the at least one first session is received from the target SMF. Based on the third message, a fourth message causing release of at least one second session for the wireless device is sent to the source AMF.
US11606726B2
A method for detecting quality of service of a service includes obtaining, by a packet sending device, detection indication information, where the detection indication information is used to instruct the packet sending device to detect quality of service of a service; and sending, by the packet sending device, a detection packet to a packet receiving device based on the detection indication information, where the detection packet is used to detect the quality of service of the service.
US11606724B2
Disclosed are methods, apparatus and systems for resource allocation when configurable bandwidths are available. One method includes performing a first transmission using a first set of resources in a first bandwidth, and subsequently performing a second transmission using a second set of resources in a second bandwidth, where the first bandwidth is greater than the second bandwidth, where the first and second set of resources are identified by a first and second value, respectively, and where a bit representation of the first value is a zero-padded version of a bit representation of the second value on either the most significant bit (MSB) or the least significant bit (LSB).
US11606720B2
Provided are a flow control method and device, a CU and a DU. The method includes: receiving a flow control state message transmitted by a second network element connected to a first network element through a fronthaul interface; where the flow control state message carries flow control state information for identifying a flow control state of the second network element, and where the first network element and the second network element have different functions, and performing a flow control processing according to the flow control state information and interacting the flow control state of the second network element. Further provided is a computer storage medium.
US11606718B2
A method for data transmission includes: during Bluetooth communication, negotiating, by transmitting a sounding data packet at a data size which is a candidate value of a maximum transmission unit (MTU), with a second electronic device about an applied value of the MTU for the Bluetooth communication. Through the technical solution according to embodiments of the disclosure, MTU sounding is performed by sending a data packet during data transmission between Bluetooth devices. Through the MTU negotiation between the two parties of interaction, an appropriate and stable MTU value is finally obtained to serve as a standard parameter of the interaction.
US11606717B2
The disclosure includes a method at a device configured to process both wireless data traffic and Ethernet data traffic into a wireless communication, comprising determining, at a compressor, whether an acknowledgement (ACK) signal is received from a decompressor in response to transmitting, over a wireless communication link, a context creation message for a context identification (ID) associated with a flow of incoming Ethernet data traffic; refraining from transmitting, by the compressor to the decompressor over the wireless communication link, a compressed packet corresponding to the flow based on a first determination that the ACK signal is not received from the decompressor; and transmitting, by the compressor to the decompressor over the wireless communication link, the compressed packet corresponding to the flow based on a second determination that the ACK signal is received from the decompressor.
US11606714B2
Provided is a controller for optimizing a wireless network by selectively enabling different codecs at different Radio Access Networks (“RANs”), and/or by dynamically provisioning resources to support interoperability between the selectively enabled codecs and other codecs in use elsewhere in the network. The controller may receive a request with an indication of a first codec and a second codec for establishing a session via a particular RAN. The controller may disable availability of the second codec for the session by providing a modified request that omits the second codec in response to the quality of service at the particular RAN satisfying performance criteria. The controller may selectively enable use of the second codec and provide transcoding between the first and second codecs by forwarding the request without modification to the session recipient in response to the quality of service at the particular RAN not satisfying the performance criteria.
US11606705B2
Disclosed are techniques for determining round-trip time (RTT) of a user equipment (UE). In an aspect, each gNodeB in a plurality of gNodeBs measure signaling data related to an uplink RTT reference signal received from the UE and the downlink RTT reference signal transmitted by each gNodeB. The signaling data comprises one of a processing delay between a time of arrival (TOA) of the uplink RTT reference signal and a time of transmission (TOT) of the downlink RTT reference signal or a total RTT between the TOT of the downlink RTT reference signal and the TOA of the uplink RTT reference signal. The signaling data is sent to a single entity, other than the UE, e.g., another gNodeB or a location server, where signaling data relevant to the UE is aggregated. The aggregated signaling data may be sent to the UE to determine the RTT for the UE or used by the location server to determine the RTT for the UE.
US11606702B2
An electronic device and a method for adjusting an adjustable antenna are provided. The electronic device includes a storage medium, an antenna switch, a wireless local area network (WLAN) card, and a processor. The storage medium stores multiple system modules. The antenna switch is coupled to the adjustable antenna. The WLAN card is coupled to the antenna switch and obtains a communication signal from the adjustable antenna. The communication signal includes channel information. The processor is coupled to the storage medium, the antenna switch, and the WLAN card. The processor accesses and executes the multiple system modules including an operation system (OS) and a signal capturing module. The OS obtains the channel information from the WLAN card. The signal capturing module obtains the channel information from the OS and configures the antenna switch according to the channel information to adjust the antenna performance of the adjustable antenna.
US11606697B2
In general, apparatuses, methods and computer program products for construction and detection of spatial movements in a virtual reality (VR) space for performance of electronic activities are disclosed. A VR composite credential authentication device is provided that is configured is structured for capturing, customizing and transforming one or more VR composite credentials of a user and authenticating electronic activities based on at least the VR composite credentials. The VR composite credentials of the user are captured using one or more VR spatial sensor devices which are configured for capture and imaging of VR spatial movement and position credentials. The captured credentials are analyzed to determine an associated electronic activity. The electronic activity is initiated, automatically, in response to the successful validation of the captured credentials. Moreover, the invention allows for setting-up an infinitely customizable library of registered VR composite credentials.
US11606677B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for sharing an application between terminals, and a terminal, so as to facilitate user operations at a receiving end. The method includes: generating, by a first terminal according to an application that has been installed, a shared application installation package of the application; sending, by the first terminal, the shared application installation package to a second terminal, so that the second terminal installs the shared application installation package; determining, by the first terminal, shared data of the application that has been installed, where the shared data is data that is from an application server and required for the application to run; and sending, by the first terminal, the shared data to the second terminal, so that the second terminal uses the shared data when running the shared application. In the embodiments of the present invention, when sharing an application, two terminals not only share an installation package of the application, but also share shared data of the application, so that a receiving end does not need to download the shared data from an application server, which facilitates user operations at the receiving end and improves user experience.
US11606673B2
A mobile application and a method are described for servicing a second line service (“SLS”) based communication request originating from a subscriber's telecommunications device (“TD”) even if the call signal does not include sufficient information to identify the phone number from which the subscriber initiated the call. The method involves associating the SLS phone number of the subscriber, the primary number of the subscriber and the primary number of a third party via a special relationship number.
US11606672B2
An information transmission method includes: receiving, by a network element selector from a user equipment (UE), a first message including identification information of the UE; determining, based on the identification information of the UE, a user group to which the UE belongs; determining a controller corresponding to the user group; and receiving and sending a further message to the controller.
US11606671B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for mining a social account of a target object, a server, and a storage medium. The method includes locating a target social group which the target object belongs to by using attribute information of the target object. The method includes parsing preset information of a social account in the target social group and obtaining first identity information of a user corresponding to the social account. The method also includes determining whether the first identity information matches with second identity information of the target object. When it is determined that the first identity information matches with the second identity information of the target object, the method further includes labeling the social account corresponding to the first identity information as a target social account of the target object.
US11606670B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for the propagation of data over a network. Data packets are transmitted with identifiers (e.g. multicast addresses) for devices or groups of devices which are to receive the data. The data packets are further transmitted with propagation indicators, indicating the cells over which the data is to be propagated (or how widely the data is to be propagated from its source). Thus only those devices 10 which are both addressed by the data packets and within the cells identified by the propagation indicator receive the data.
US11606669B2
Embodiments described herein provide for system and methods to crowdsource the location of wireless devices and accessories that lack a connection to a wide area network. One embodiment provides for a data processing system configured to perform operations comprising loading a user interface on an electronic device, the user interface to enable the determination of a location of a wireless accessory that is associated with the electronic device, generating a set of public keys included within a signal broadcast by the wireless accessory, the signal broadcast during a first period, sending the set of public keys to a server with a request to return data that corresponds with a public key in the set of public keys, decrypting the location data using a private key associated with the public key, and processing the location data to determine a probable location for the wireless accessory.
US11606660B2
Electronic glasses track head movement of a user with respect to a location in empty space on top of a physical object. One or more processors process sound that externally localizes as binaural sound to the location in empty space on top of the physical object. Speakers in the electronic glasses provide the binaural sound to the user.
US11606656B1
An example method of operation may include detecting an acoustic stimulus via active beams associated with at least one microphone disposed in a defined space, detecting loudspeaker characteristic information of at least one loudspeaker providing the acoustic stimulus, transmitting acoustic stimulus information based on the acoustic stimulus to a central controller, and modifying, via a central controller, at least one control function associated with the at least one microphone and the at least one loudspeaker to minimize acoustic feedback produced by the loudspeaker.
US11606648B2
An implantable hearing aid system is disclosed. According to one or more of the mentioned aspects, the implantable hearing aid system comprises a charger unit which includes a coil unit having a first resonance frequency, a hearing aid and an implantable component. The hearing aid includes a rechargeable battery, an inductive coil arrangement having a second resonance frequency configured to form an inductive charging link with the coil unit to receive power signals from the charger unit. The implantable component includes an implantable coil, wherein the inductive coil arrangement may further be configured to form a transcutaneous link with the implantable coil to transmit at least one of data and power to the implantable component.
US11606646B2
A piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems diaphragm microphone can be mounted on a printed circuit board. The microphone can include a substrate with an opening between a bottom end of the substrate and a top end of the substrate. The microphone can have two or more piezoelectric film layers disposed over the top end of the substrate and defining a diaphragm structure. Each of the two or more piezoelectric film layers can have a predefined residual stress that substantially cancel each other out so that the diaphragm structure is substantially flat with substantially zero residual stress. The microphone can include one or more electrodes disposed over the diaphragm structure. The diaphragm structure is configured to deflect when the diaphragm is subjected to sound pressure via the opening in the substrate.
US11606638B2
Left and right earphones are independently wireless such that the left and right earphones are not physically connected when worn by a user. Each earphone comprises a speaker, microphone and a body portion with an SOC. Each SOC comprises a wireless communication circuit and a processor. Each processor comprises a digital signal processor for noise cancellation.
US11606635B2
A noise-reduction microphone, a noise-reduction safe earphone and a noise-reduction safe Bluetooth headset, comprising an acoustic wave concentrator which has a sound signal capturing unit at its big end used to capture sound wave signal and amplify the external sound wave signal, and then transmitted to the small end of the acoustic wave concentrator connected to the air tube, and the air tube is connected to the receiver device which receives the acoustic signal from the air tube and converts it into electrical sound signals transmitted to a voice terminal from the receiver device by a connector. The sound information is transmitted by the air tube, so the length of the air to be could be setted pretty long so that people can keep at a distance from electrical equipments with radiation, the remote air tube microphone can be separately used as microphone or mike.
US11606623B2
Systems and methods are described herein for presenting additional information related to an emergency alert. A media guidance application may detect that a new emergency alert has been received. The media guidance application may then perform a search of various content sources (e.g., program listings, the Internet, etc.) for content related to the emergency alert. The media guidance application may then present the search results in a contextual menu enabling the user to access content of the search results. The media guidance application may also provide more options, such as, recording or pausing media content that the user was in the process of consuming when the emergency alert was generated, and an option to the user not to bring up the contextual menu again if the same emergency alert is repeated.
US11606612B2
A media presentation and distribution system communicatively coupled to a client device is provided. The client device receives a media stream from the media presentation and distribution system via a network. The media stream includes media content and one or more tags. The client device further identifies in the received media content, the one or more tags, which corresponds to the overlay-graphic items. The client device further identifies candidate time-periods in the media content based on the one or more tags in the media content. At least one presentation attribute for the overlay-graphic items is identified based on the one or more tags in the media content. The client device further presents the overlay-graphic items at the candidate time-periods on the media content based on a degree of correlation between the identified tag in the media content and a corresponding context for the media content at the candidate time-period.
US11606610B2
A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention can comprise: a display unit; an external device interface unit for exchanging information with a set-top box; and a control unit which receives set-top box information from the set-top box by means of the external device interface unit, determines whether or not a high definition multimedia interface-consumer electronics control (HDMI-CEC) function is turned on on the basis of the received set-top box information, and automatically turns on an HDMI-CEC function of the display device if the HDMI-CEC function is turned on.
US11606607B2
The present invention discloses a home infotainment system having function of non-contact imaging-based physiological signal measurement. In the present invention, an image-based physiological signal (IBPS) measuring device is integrated with a television, and is configured for capture at least one image frame of a user who is watching the television. As such, after detecting detects a face portion from the image frame, the IBPS measuring device is able to subsequently extract at least one physiological signal from the face portion. Consequently, after the physiological signal is applied with at least one signal process by a display processor of the television or the IBPS measuring device, physiological indices of the user are hence calculated, and are subsequently applied with data processes of data storing, data transmitting, and/or displaying the physiological indices by a form of graphs, or diagrams, and/or numeric values.
US11606601B2
The present invention relates to a method and device for transmitting/receiving information efficiently between devices in a multimedia system. A method of communicating between devices in a multimedia system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: searching a second device for a first device to use a broadcast service or content; acquiring second information on at least one service terminal point for the first device to receive first information related to the broadcast service or the content from the second device; requesting, by means of the first device, the transmission of the first information related to the broadcast service or the content by using the second information; and receiving, by means of the first device from the second device, the first information as a response to the request.
US11606600B2
Systems and methods are provided to record portions of media assets. User request is received to record a media asset together with a criterion for recording portions of that media asset. A content recognition algorithm is executed against segments of the media asset to determine a set of keywords associated with those segments. Separately a set of keywords associated with the criterion is generated. Sets of keywords are compared and segments that match the criterion are discovered. If it is determined that a first segment and third segment each match the criterion and a second segment does not, a delete indicator is added to the second segment and the third and first segments are compared. If those segments match the delete indicator is removed from the second segment.
US11606594B2
Described herein are methods, systems, and devices for enabling a user of a mobile phone to at least partially take control of a consumer electronic device on display in a retail store. A session with the mobile phone is initiated in response to the mobile phone being used to scan a scannable code displayed on a display screen in the retail store, wherein the session is associated with the consumer electronic device. A graphical user interface (GUI), which is displayed on the mobile phone during the session, enables the user of the mobile phone to use the mobile phone during the session to at least partially take control of the consumer electronic device that is on display in the retail store, thereby enabling the user of the mobile phone to learn about one or more capabilities of the consumer electronic device that is on display in the retail store.
US11606587B2
Techniques are described for integrated sharing of media playback interactions (MPIs). Responsive to consumer interactions with media content during playback of a media file, embodiments can produce MPIs corresponding to the consumer's changes in the playback presentation of the content. The MPIs can be associated with the media file as one or more sharable embedded MPIs (EMPIs). A consumer can share the media file with its associated EMPIs. When the same or a different consumer subsequently accesses the content from the media file, embodiments permit playback of the content with selective access to the EMPIs. For example, a first consumer can share media content with its associated EMPIs, thereby permitting a second consumer control over which portions of the media content are played back with and without experiencing the first consumer's EMPIs.
US11606581B2
Disclosed is a live broadcast method and apparatus that may effectively remove delay of a guest broadcast output from a guest side by generating and transmitting an audio of a host and an audio of a guest as individual elementary streams (ESs) in a simultaneous live broadcast transmitted by mixing a host broadcast stream and a guest broadcast stream.
US11606578B1
The disclosure relates to a method for compressing in a packed data set a color image comprising color image samples arranged in a reference grid according to a sampling pattern, and comprising the steps of (a) performing a decorrelative transform providing component images, (b) performing a number of discrete wavelet decompositions on said component images and (c) forming packets in the packed data set by processing each consecutive line in the reference grid and each component and grouping all samples of said component in said line in one or more packets, and appending said one or more packets to the packed data set. The disclosure also relates to a device for compressing, a computer program for compressing, a method for decompressing, a device for decompressing, and a computer program for decompressing. The disclosure also relates to the packed data set produced by said method for compressing.
US11606572B2
A video processing method includes determining, fora conversion between a video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, factors of a scaling tool based on a coding mode of the video block; and performing the conversion using the scaling tool, wherein the use of the scaling tool comprises: scaling at least some coefficients representing the video block during encoding or descaling at least some coefficients from the coded representation during decoding.
US11606562B2
Systems and methods for enhanced video encoding identify patterns in sequences of raw digital video frames to extract features and identify the type of content represented by the extracted features. The system simulates many outcomes of encoding the sequence of digital video frames by using various different encoding strategies to find the relative best encoding strategy for each sequence of frames. As the encoder processes video, it passes digital video frames to a modeling system which determines whether the video, or video having that same type of content, has been previously observed by the system. The system then selectively applies a saved encoding strategy that had been determined by the system to be particularly suitable for encoding the same sequence of video frames or that same type of content.
US11606558B2
Provided are an image encoding/decoding method and device. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding device according to the present disclosure includes the steps of: determining a quantization parameter of the current block on the basis of whether color space conversion is applied to a residual sample of the current block; determining a transform coefficient of the current block on the basis of the quantization parameter; determining the residual sample of the current block by using the transform coefficient; and resetting the value of the residual sample on the basis of whether the color space conversion is applied.
US11606555B2
A method for decoding a picture from a bitstream. The picture comprising a number of units, and the picture being partitioned into a number of spatial segments by a partition structure. The method includes decoding one or more code words in the bitstream; determining that the partition structure is uniform based on the one or more code words; determining the number of spatial segments based on the one or more code words; determining a segment unit size; and deriving the sizes and/or locations for spatial segments in the picture from the one or more code words. Deriving the sizes and/or locations for spatial segments in the picture comprises a first loop over the number of spatial segments in a first dimension or direction. A number of remaining segment units in the first dimension or direction to be segmented is calculated inside the first loop.
US11606533B2
Provided is a method of visually displaying a countdown time on a graphical user interface. A countdown time is set, the width and opacity of an area that changes as the set time is sequentially counted down are determined, and the area that changes based on the determined width and opacity is output on the graphical user interface.
US11606531B2
A method and an apparatus for image capturing, and a storage medium can be applied to a terminal device. When it is determined that the terminal is in an augmented reality image capturing scene, augmented reality environment information of the augmented reality image capturing scene is determined. When an image capturing instruction is received, an image is captured and augmented reality environment information corresponding to the image is recorded to obtain a target image carrying the augmented reality environment information.
US11606524B2
An image sensor and pixel circuit therefor includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices, a zero-biased multiplexer connected to the plurality of photoelectric conversion devices, an amplifier including a first input terminal connected to the zero-biased multiplexer, and an output terminal, a capacitor disposed between the first input terminal and the output terminal, and a reset switch disposed between the first input terminal and the output terminal in parallel with the capacitor, the reset switch including a body terminal connected to a common reference voltage.
US11606518B2
An imaging apparatus and electronic equipment configured for reduced power consumption are disclosed. In one example, an imaging apparatus includes a pixel array unit including a first pixel portion and a second pixel portion different from the first pixel portion. Each of the first pixel portion and the second pixel portion includes a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit adjacent to the first photoelectric conversion unit. The pixel array unit includes a first drive line connected to the first photoelectric conversion unit of the first pixel portion and the second pixel portion, a second drive line connected to the second photoelectric conversion unit of the first pixel portion, and a third drive line connected to the second photoelectric conversion unit of the second pixel portion. The t technology can, for example, be applied in a CMOS image sensor having pixels for phase difference detection.
US11606509B2
A camera system for monitoring an installation, in particular switchgear, has at least one camera, a display device, a switchover device and a power supply which, in an active state, supplies the camera with power via the switchover device. The switchover device is configured to transmit an image signal from the camera automatically to either the display device or to an interface to which a computer can be connected. There is also described a method for monitoring an installation, in particular switchgear, by way of the camera system.
US11606504B2
A method for capturing a region of interest (ROI) by an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a plurality of ROIs in a preview frame, captured in a field of view of a plurality of image sensors of the electronic device. Further, the method includes assigning at least one first ROI from the plurality of ROIs to the at least one first image sensor from the plurality of image sensors and at least one second ROI from the plurality of ROIs to at least one second image sensor from the plurality of image sensors. Further, the method includes capturing at least one first media content of the at least one first ROI using the at least one first image sensor and at least one second media content of the at least one second ROI using the at least one second image sensor. Further, the method includes storing the at least one first media content and the at least one second media content in the electronic device.
US11606501B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera including a plurality of lenses, a display, and a processor, in which the processor is configured to display a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of lenses, based on first position information in a first photographing mode, and upon selection of a first icon by a first gesture from the plurality of icons in the first photographing mode, switch to a second photographing mode and display a zoom control region including a plurality of zoom levels having a first zoom level of a first lens corresponding to the first icon as a reference zoom level and the plurality of icons rearranged based on second position information corresponding to the plurality of zoom levels.
US11606490B2
A tamperproof video camera includes a video lens, an antenna; a wireless, transceiver, a processor, a battery compartment comprising a door, and an electronic lock. The processor receives signals through the wireless transceiver to lock or unlock the battery compartment's door. In response, the processor sends signals to the electronic lock to lock or unlock the battery compartment's door. The electronic lock is configured to lock or unlock the battery compartment's door in response to receiving the signals from the processor.
US11606484B2
An image pickup apparatus 100 has a casing; a camera unit configured to be disposed in the casing and hold a lens; a protecting member 140 configured to protect the camera unit; and a holding member configured to hold the protecting member 140 and to be rotatably held to the casing around a shaft serving as a central axis. The holding member is rotatable between a first position at which the protecting member 140 is fixed to the casing and a second position at which the protecting member 140 is attachable to and detachable from the casing.
US11606479B2
An imaging processing system includes an image pickup device that has circuitry which creates, from raw image data, image data including a first gamut, and compression-codes the image data including the first gamut to generate compression-coded image data. The system also includes an image processing device that has circuitry which decodes the compression-coded image data to generate uncompressed image data, which includes the first gamut. The circuitry of the image processing device also converts the uncompressed image data including the first gamut into image data including a second gamut, where the first gamut encompasses the second gamut.
US11606474B2
A first printer may include a controller configured to: in a case where a first predetermined operation is accepted in a state where second printer identification information and specific service-related information are stored in association with each other in the server, cause the display unit to display a notification screen that prompts a second predetermined operation, the second predetermined operation being for changing a printer used for the service from a second printer to the first printer; and in a case where the second predetermined operation is accepted, send a printer changing request including first printer identification information to the server. In a case where the printer changing request is sent to the server, the first printer identification information is stored, instead of the second printer identification information, in association with the specific service-related information in the server.
US11606469B2
To make it easy for a user to grasp with which text block within a preview pane, a setting item within a property pane is associated. By using a color allocated to a setting item displayed in the property pane, at least a part of a display field corresponding to the setting item is colored. Then, in a case where a user selects one of text blocks in a scanned image preview-displayed in the preview pane in the state where one of setting item is selected in the property pane, the text block is colored by using a color allocated to the setting item in the selected state.
US11606468B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a scanner to read a plurality of images of document into a plurality of pieces of image data each representing the image; a memory to store the plurality of pieces of image data in an order of image reading by the scanner; a printer to print, on one or more recording media sheets, the plurality of images according to the plurality of pieces of image data having been stored in the memory, in an order different from an order of image reading by the scanner; and circuitry to: in response to reading of a first image of the plurality of images of document into first image data representing the first image, calculate a remaining number of readable images using the first image data; and display information based on the remaining number of readable images.
US11606458B2
Embodiments of this application provide a favorite-object display method. The method manages favorite objects in different applications, and after an input operation performed by a user on a favorite object is received, the method displays in an original application the content corresponding to the favorite object. The method further includes the following steps: displaying a favorites management interface, where a first favorite object and a second favorite object are displayed on the favorites management interface; receiving an operation entered by a user; and if the operation is directed to the first favorite object, responding to the operation by displaying, in a first application, a content corresponding to the first favorite object; or if the operation is directed to the second favorite object, responding to the operation by displaying, in a second application, a content corresponding to the second favorite object.
US11606440B2
The disclosure herein describes using a monitoring tool and a management tool from a cloud native system to monitor and manage an application executing on a legacy system. Network addresses of services running in the application on the legacy systems are discovered. Based on the discovered addresses, a probe is configured for execution on the legacy system by a monitoring tool deployed on the legacy system to obtain metrics data associated with the services running on the legacy system, the metrics data representing execution loads of the application. A management tool deployed on the cloud native system receives the obtained metrics data. The management tool compares the metrics data to one or more performance thresholds associated with the application. Based on the comparison, the management tool adjusts a quantity of instances of the application running on the cloud native system, enabling the cloud native system to share the execution loads.
US11606437B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for using, by a computing device, free central processing unit (CPU) cycles for processing Non-Volatile Memory express Over Fiber (NVMeoF)/Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) sockets. Using the free CPU cycles for processing the NVMeoF/TCP sockets may include exposing a character device with a callback that iterates over the NVMeoF/TCP sockets for processing.
US11606429B2
An apparatus comprises at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to memory. The at least one processing device is configured to obtain an input-output request issued by an application executing on a compute node via at least one network and to identify a storage node as corresponding to the obtained input-output request based at least in part on the obtained input-output request. The at least one processing device is configured to associate information corresponding to the compute node with the input-output request and to submit the input-output request and the associated information that corresponds to the compute node to the storage node via the at least one network. The storage node is configured to submit a response to the input-output request to the compute node via the at least one network based at least in part on the information.
US11606426B1
A plurality of distributed network nodes may provide a decentralized access gateway to multiple, diverse types of databases. The plurality of distributed network nodes may host a private party blockchain. Each node may execute a peer-to-peer (P2P) client to perform operations associated with the private party blockchain. A subset of the nodes may be configured as validator nodes that may implement gossip protocols to cooperatively validate one or more database operations and generate a new block for the private party blockchain. Another subset of nodes may be configured as host nodes that may receive the new block and update a corresponding local copy of the private party blockchain appending the new block. Utilizing the co-operative validation of database operations and the updates appending the new blocks, the private party blockchain may maintain an immutable digital record of access and updates to the multiple and diverse types of databases.
US11606425B2
The processor may collect, from a first peer, a first data set associated with a channel. The channel may include one or more assets associated with a first peer. The channel may link the first peer to a second peer. The processor may analyze the first data set to determine a first status for the one or more assets. The processor may provide the first status of the one or more assets in a viewable channel to the blockchain network.
US11606416B2
Embodiments include methods for managed machine learning (ML) in a communication network, such as by one or more first network functions (NFs) of the communication network. Such methods include determining whether processing of an ML model in the communication network should be distributed to one or more user equipment (UEs) operating in the communication network, based on characteristics of the respective UEs. Such methods also include, based on determining that the processing of the ML model should be distributed to the one or more UEs, establishing trusted execution environments (TEEs) in the respective UEs and distributing the ML model for processing in the respective TEEs. Other embodiments include complementary methods for UEs, as well as UEs and NFs (or communication networks) configured to perform such methods.
US11606413B2
An estimation device includes: a collection unit configured to collect first information that has correlation with a display time of a web page from devices transmitting data in a network; a conversion unit configured to convert the first information into second information per unit time of each area including one of the devices; and a calculation unit configured to calculate an estimated value of the display time in each area in the unit time based on the second information and characteristics of the display time with regard to the first information. Thus, a display time of a web page is estimated from information which can be measured in a network.
US11606403B2
A system includes participant nodes that unicast a voice stream to a master node and receive a multicast voice stream from the master node. The multicast voice stream may be a mixed voice stream mixing the voice streams of the participants. In this case, each participant performs echo cancellation on the multicast voice stream. Alternatively, the multicast voice stream may be a multiplexed voice stream multiplexing the voice streams of all participants. In this case, each participant de-multiplexes the multicast voice stream and generates a mixed voice stream that does not include that participant. Alternatively, the multicast voice stream received by each participant may be a multiplexed digital voice stream multiplexing multiple mixed streams including one mixed stream that does not include the voice stream of that participant. In this case, each participant de-multiplexes the multicast voice stream to obtain the mixed stream that does not include that participant.
US11606399B2
A method for managing cloud service providers (CSPs) includes obtaining, by a CSP management service, CSP user information corresponding to a plurality of users, initiating access to user content in at least a CSP of the CSPs using the CSP user information, after obtaining the CSP user information: obtaining, from a meeting preparation service, a content provide request, wherein the content provide request corresponds to a meeting, in response to the content provide request: obtaining access links to each data object of the user content that corresponds to the meeting, and providing dashboard-ready information to the meeting preparation service, wherein the dashboard-ready information comprises the access links.
US11606386B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for restoring an electronic device. An embodiment operates by receiving a request for restoring a portion of data from a point of time onto the electronic device. Thereafter, the portion of data is scanned for a virus. Based on the detection of the virus, a determination is made on whether to proceed with restoring the electronic device with the portion of data. If the determination is made to proceed with the restoring of the electronic device, the portion of data is subsequently transmitted to the electronic device. The portion of data is stored in a backup repository remote from the electronic device.
US11606383B1
A method including transmitting, by an infrastructure device to a user device, a determined characteristic of an authentic feature included in an authentic network communication associated with an authentic entity, with which the user device intends to communicate over a network; determining, by the user device, an observed characteristic of a current feature included in a current network communication associated with a current entity with which the user device is communicating over the network; comparing, by the user device, the observed characteristic with the determined characteristic; and determining, by the user device, that the current network communication is authentic or that the current network communication is not authentic based at least in part on a result of comparing the observed characteristic with the determined characteristic. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US11606378B1
Systems and methods are disclosed to implement a cyberattack detection system that monitors a computer network for suspected lateral movement. In embodiments, the system employs multiple machine learning models to analyze connection data of a network to identify anomalies in the network's connection behavior. The models are updated incrementally using online machine learning methods that can be performed in constant time and memory. In embodiments, the system uses an incremental matrix factorization model and a connection count fitting model to generate anomaly scores for each connection. Connection paths are constructed for acyclic sequences of time-ordered connections observed in the stream. The paths are evaluated based on the anomalies scores of their individual connections. Paths that meet a detection criterion are reported to analysts for further review. Because the detection models are online models, they are continuously updated based on newly observed data, without having to store the new observation data.
US11606377B1
Methods and systems for detecting anomalous network device activity. The system may include an interface for receiving an identification label associated with a host device and pre-existing traffic data associated with the host device. The system may further detect that the pre-existing traffic data associated with the host device is anomalous based on the identification label. The system may then issue an alert upon detecting that the pre-existing traffic data associated with the host device is anomalous.
US11606371B2
Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist a consumer in keeping track of a consumer's accounts in order to prevent unauthorized access or use of the consumer's identified accounts. To discover the various accounts, the methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses can monitor at least a consumer's email accounts, web browser history, and web cache. The discovered accounts may be displayed to the consumer along with recommendations and assistance for closing unused or unwanted accounts to prevent unauthorized access or use.
US11606370B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods executing a security server that perform various processes using alert elements containing various data fields indicating threats of fraud or attempts to penetrate an enterprise network. Using alert elements, the security server generate integrated alerts that are associated with customers of the system and assign a risk score for the integrated alerts, which the security server uses to store and sort the integrated alerts according to a priority, based on the relative risk scores. Analyst computers may query and fetch integrated alerts from an integrate alert database, and then present the integrate alerts to be addressed by an analyst according to the priority level of the respective integrated alerts. This allows to ensure that the right customer, is worked by the right analyst, at the right time, to maximize fraud prevention and minimize customer impact.
US11606365B2
According to some embodiments, a method performed by a classification scanner comprises receiving an electronic message and determining whether the electronic message includes an express indication from the user indicating that a classification applies to the electronic message. In response to determining that the electronic message does not include the express indication that the classification applies to the electronic message, the message further comprises sending the electronic message to a machine learning scanner. The machine learning scanner is adapted to use a machine learning policy to determine whether the classification applies to the electronic message.
US11606360B1
In a method for providing provisioning information, a central data processing system receives from a transaction data processing system, an encrypted user datum associated with a client user of the transaction data processing system; receives from at least one of a plurality of account administrator data processing systems, a response comprising a notification that a user account administrated by that account administrator data processing system is associated with the client user; receives an account administrator selection message including identification of a user-selected account administrator from an account administrator list; transmits to the account administrator data processing system associated with the user-selected account administrator, a provisioning request for client user account provisioning information; receives from the account administrator data processing system associated with the user-selected account administrator, the client user account provisioning information; and transmits to the transaction data processing system, the client user account provisioning information.
US11606359B1
A method of authenticating requests to a cloud service, comprising using one or more edge proxy servers of a container execution system facilitating a cloud service to execute an authentication microservice configured for forwarding, to a login service, each login request received by the edge proxy server, via one or more network, from one or more client devices used by respective users to establish sessions with application(s) executed by application server(s) of the container execution system wherein the login service is configured to authenticate the respective user based on credentials extracted from the login request and create one or more session tokens transmitted to the one or more client device, extracting the session token(s) from each subsequent request received by the edge proxy server from the one or more client devices pertaining to the respective sessions, and authenticating the respective subsequent request by verifying the session token(s).
US11606351B2
In an approach for authentication of a username, a processor maintains a mapping of usernames and realms. A processor receives a username and a time-based one-time password code (TOTP code) for the username based on an authentication application. A processor, upon receiving the TOTP code: determines a realm from the mapping based on the received username and the received TOTP; and requests an entry of a credential relating to the username in the realm. A processor, upon receiving of the requested credential, authenticates the username by determining that the received credential matches an expected credential for the realm.
US11606350B2
A computer-implemented method may include: receiving, from a first electronic device during an unauthenticated session, a request for provisioning data, the request associated with identification data insufficient to begin an authenticated session; determining, based on the identification data, whether the request for the provisioning data is associated with an existing account; when the request for the provisioning data is determined to be associated with an existing account, obtaining the provisioning data based on a modifier not available if the request for the provisioning data is not determined to be associated with an existing account; and sending the provisioning data to the first electronic device.
US11606345B2
An information processing method implemented by a computer, the method includes the steps of transmitting authentication information to a destination specified by a first user, receiving, from a terminal used by a second user corresponding to the destination, the authentication information and a second identification information for identifying the terminal, authenticating the terminal if the authentication information from the terminal is received, and storing the second identification information received from the terminal in association with a first identification information for identifying the first user, if the terminal has been authenticated.
US11606342B2
Cryptographically secure data communications between layered groups of devices in a wireless cooperative broadcast network encrypts datagrams twice prior to transmission by a source device, first using an inner layer key that is shared by a first group of devices, and second using an outer layer key that is shared by a second group of devices; the devices of the first group being members of the second group. Received datagrams are recovered by first decrypting with the outer layer key and second decrypting with the inner layer key.
US11606338B2
Systems and methods for providing policy-controlled communication over the Internet are provided. A system may include a client endpoint function configured to execute on a client device while coupled to a first VPN tunnel, a service endpoint function that operates a remote service of a plurality of remote services, a gateway server including a first VPN termination point that authenticates and terminates the first VPN tunnel, a stitcher server including a second VPN termination point that authenticates and terminates a second VPN tunnel, and a mid-link server coupled to the first VPN tunnel and the second VPN tunnel. The mid-link server may include a plurality of Access Resource Servers (ARSs), and the gateway server and the stitcher server may communicate via a network connecting the plurality of ARSs.
US11606325B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide a message processing method and apparatus, to resolve a prior-art problem that intelligence of a notification message processing method is relatively low. In the embodiments of the present invention, an importance level of each application is determined based on a historical use feature of each application, and then a notification manner of a notification message of each application is determined based on the importance level of each application, so that when a notification message is received, the notification message is displayed in the notification manner corresponding to the application to which the notification message belongs. Solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention are suitable for use during notification message processing.
US11606319B2
There are provided systems and methods for intelligent analysis of digital symbols for message content determination. A user may engage in messaging with another user, such as using a messaging platform that may include electronic transaction processing through a service provider. The service provider may have compliance rules, such as to avoid illegal, fraudulent, or otherwise noncompliant electronic transaction processing. In this regard, messaging between users may be analyzed to detect noncompliant messaging and activities by users on the service provider's platforms. The messages may include graphical images or icons, which may be converted to text so that plain text of the message may be analyzed. This may be done through a mapping of images-to-text, as well as an artificial intelligence model train to convert images into text. Thereafter, the plain text may be analyzed to determine if the message violates any compliance rules.
US11606315B1
An example operation may include a system, comprising one or more of: receiving a status failure notification for a VNFCI, retrieving a peer VNFCI admin state and a peer VNFCI operational state, taking no action when one or more of: the peer VNFCI admin state is not online, the peer VNFCI is not reachable, and the peer VNFCI operational state is active, retrieving current issues reported on resources associated with the peer VNFCI when one or more of: the peer VNFCI admin state is online, the peer VNFCI is reachable, and the peer VNFCI operational state is not active, sending a state change request message with an active state to the peer VNFCI when the current issues do not exist, and starting a retry timer for the peer VNFCI.
US11606309B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method includes accessing information related to a playback session in which at least a portion of requested multimedia content is streamed over a network to a client electronic device. The method further includes accessing network topology information for the network to identify which route through the network was used to provide the requested multimedia content during the playback session, including indicating which end node was used to provide the multimedia content. Still further, the method includes accessing network steering factors that indicate why the requested multimedia content was steered through the identified network route, determining, based on the network steering factors, which end node would have been more suited to providing the requested multimedia content for the playback session, and then transferring the requested multimedia content to the determined end node for provisioning during subsequent playback sessions. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11606298B2
The present technology is directed to a system and method for using cloud based processing to co-locate one or more tunnel end points, associated with mobile user generated traffic traversing a Core network, with the serving machine located on application provider network. The describe system/method involves early stage identification of traffic flow (i.e., at the Packet Data network Gateway device using Application Detection and Control function) and dynamically instantiating an end point for the aforementioned traffic flow at the server where the application request is being served. The traffic is then directly tunneled to the endpoint thus avoiding decapsulated mobile traffic from traversing across provider network.
US11606286B2
A system of nodes configured to form a network comprising virtual links in an overlay network provisioned over an underlay network including servers of a public network. The system includes virtual routers (VRs) at each node. Each VR is coupled to the network and to a tenant of the node, and configured to form in the network a set of virtual links corresponding to the tenant. One or more VRs includes a feedback control system comprising an objective function that characterizes the network. The VR is configured to receive link state data of the set of virtual links and control routing of a tenant traffic flow of each tenant according to a best route of the network determined by the objective function using the link state data.
US11606277B2
Data chunks sent to a content destination are tracked. It is determined whether content of a portion of an object to be sent to the content destination matches one of the data chunks previously sent to the content destination. In response to the determination that the portion of the object to be sent to the content destination matches one of the data chunks previously sent to the content destination, a source reference to the matching previously sent data chunk where the content destination can locally obtain the content for the portion of the object is provided to the content destination.
US11606274B1
A method for monitoring operations of cloud server through virtual machines is used in a virtual machine monitoring system with a central monitoring system, a cloud platform, virtual exchangers, and virtual machines. The central monitoring system sends an instruction to obtain to the cloud platform. The cloud platform transmits the instruction to the virtual machine through the virtual exchanger. The virtual machine searches for operation information and sends such information to the cloud platform by the virtual exchanger. The cloud platform transmits the operation information to the central monitoring system. The central monitoring system monitors and manages the operation information. A virtual machine operation monitoring device and a virtual machine monitoring system applying the method are also provided.
US11606271B2
A computing system for monitoring, validating, and illustrating data transfer between computing devices in an enterprise computing system receives packet header information from network sensing modules. The computing system validates the records of the collected packet header information and discards erroneous records. The computing system corrects invalidly recorded information in the records. The computing system identifies records corresponding to unidirectional and bidirectional data transfer, generating a single data transfer record for a unidirectional data transfer and a pair of data transfer records for a bidirectional data transfer. The computing system stores the data transfer records in a standard data structure accessible at a user interface. The computing system generates a graphical directionality map for display at the user interface based on the input data transfer records to depict the data transfer relationships between computing devices.
US11606269B1
An example computing device is configured to receive, from a customer device, an indication of a plurality of resources and an indication of a plurality of customer services, each of the plurality of customer services being associated with a corresponding at least one requirement and a corresponding at least one constraint. The computing device is configured to automatically determine, for each requirement and each constraint, whether the requirement or the constraint can only be satisfied by a particular resource of the plurality of resources, and allocate, based on the determining, at least one resource of the plurality of resources to at least one customer service of the plurality of customer services. The example computing device is configured to provide, to the customer device and subsequent to the determining for every requirement and for every constraint, information to enable the customer device to provision the at least one customer service.
US11606264B2
In one embodiment, a controller predicts an occurrence of an event in a wireless network, based in part on a movement of a mobile node of the wireless network. The controller initiates application of network-layer forward error correction encoding to a stream of packets to be sent during the event between the mobile node and an access point of the wireless network, to form one or more encoded packets. The controller causes the one or more encoded packets to be transmitted in conjunction with the stream of packets during the event. The controller ceases application of the network-layer forward error correction encoding after the event has occurred.
US11606261B2
The described technology is directed towards presenting a server overload condition that can result from a spike in client requests. Upon receiving an incoming client request for data at a server, a request buffer condition of a client request buffer (e.g., a counter) is evaluated to determine whether the client request corresponds to an anticipated overload state with respect to a request-handling capability of the server, e.g., whether the client request buffer is full. If so, an overload response (e.g., a retry response) is returned to the client indicating so that the client retries a corresponding client request after a time delay. If not in the anticipated overload state, the request is further processed, e.g., to provide a regular response containing the requested data, such as by adding a request information entry associated with the incoming client request to the client request buffer and updating the request buffer condition.
US11606259B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining delay data for respective network delays through a communication network from respective gaming stations to a gaming provider database for implementing a multi-user online video game, determining available cloud nodes in a potential path in the communication network between a respective gaming station and the gaming provider database, determining potential network configurations for data communication between the respective gaming stations and the gaming provider database using the available cloud nodes and available communication links, identifying an optimum configuration for data communication between the respective gaming stations and the gaming provider database, wherein the optimum configuration provides a minimum fair delay for the respective gaming stations, and configuring the communication network according to the optimum configuration. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11606242B1
Techniques for coordinating the monitoring of output devices are provided. The output devices may be in an enterprise or corporate network. In one technique, for each of multiple mediation services executing on multiple computing devices, a list of multiple output devices is received over a computer network from each mediation service. A first list from a first mediation service identifies a particular output device. A second list from a second mediation service that is different than the first mediation service also identifies the particular output device. Based on the list from each mediation service, a mapping that maps each output device to a list of mediation services is generated. The mapping pertaining to the particular output device is transmitted over the computer network to the first and second mediation services.
US11606232B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first frame including first information required for uplink multi-user transmission without receiving a transmission request for the first information; and a receiver configured to receive a second frame.
US11606223B2
A BRAS system-based packet encapsulation method includes obtaining user access information when receiving a user access protocol packet and performing VXLAN GPE encapsulation on the user access protocol packet based on the user access information. The encapsulation structure includes a user information header that is used to store the user access information, and a quantity of bytes occupied by the user information header is less than or equal to 12. In this application, the foregoing encapsulation structure is used to encapsulate a packet.
US11606220B2
In accordance with some embodiments, systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture are provided for providing information about individuals, such as capabilities in the context of meetings. In various embodiments, data is captured about an individual, such as via feedback from others. Based on the data, individuals may be identified and invited to meetings.
US11606215B2
Systems and methods for onboard vehicle certificate distribution are provided. A system can include a plurality of devices including a master device for authenticating processes and one or more requesting devices. The master device can include a master host security service configured to authenticate the one or more processes of the system. The master host security service can run a certificate authority to generate a root certificate and a private root key corresponding to the root certificate. A respective host security service can receive a request for a process manifest for a requesting process of a respective device from a respective orchestration service. The respective host security service can generate the process manifest for the requesting process and provide the process manifest to the requesting process. The requesting process can use the process manifest to communicate with the certificate authority to obtain an operational certificate based on the root certificate.
US11606214B2
A plurality of byte ranges forms a sample for content output from a player device, and includes at least one double-encrypted byte range. The plurality of byte ranges is stored in a secured memory, and the at least one double-encrypted byte range is partially decrypted to generate at least one decrypted singe-encrypted byte range. The plurality of byte ranges is stored in an unsecured memory using the at least one decrypted single-encrypted byte range in place of the at least one double-encrypted byte range.
US11606209B2
There is provided a computer-implemented method for managing third-party access to data, to increase data security and/or privacy. The method comprises receiving, from a third-party computer, a request to access data, wherein the request is indicative of at least one requested operation. A validity of each of the requested operations is determined in dependence on permission data stored in a distributed public ledger. The permissions data defines, for said third-party computer, a set of permissible operations and one or more permissible data attributes associated with each of the set of permissible operations. The request and the validity are logged in the distributed public ledger. For each of the requested operations, if the requested operation is valid, there is created, on the public ledger, an electronic token enabling the third-Valid party computer to obtain access to one or more of the permissible data attributes associated with the requested operation, wherein the electronic token comprises information indicative of a location of the data attributes. A time-dependent transformation is applied to an element of the electronic token, and the electronic token is communicated from the public ledger to the third-party computer.
US11606202B2
A method is disclosed of secure data transmission comprising sending a data request from a client device to a server device, the data request comprising a first share of a first encryption key, and a first location in the database at which is located desired double-encrypted data; receiving the sent data request at the server device; extracting, at the server device, the first share and the first location from the received data request; obtaining, at the server device, the desired double-encrypted data from the database using the extracted first location; generating, at the server device, the first encryption key using the extracted first share and one or more additional shares of the first encryption key held by the server device; and decrypting, at the server device, the obtained desired double-encrypted data using the generated first encryption key to form single-encrypted data.
US11606199B2
Management of a group of connected objects in a communications network including at least one local network. The connected objects, known as client objects, have at least one functional attribute. The method includes: obtaining an identifier of the group and an encryption key of the group); assigning the group at least one connected object according to at least one functional attribute of the connected object; obtaining an encryption key of the object; encrypting the encryption key of the group using the encryption key of the object; transmitting the identifier of the group, and the encrypted encryption key of the group to the at least one connected object.
US11606181B2
A data transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: sending, by a digital unit (DU), first uplink scheduling information to a radio unit (RU); receiving a predicted decoding result from the RU; receiving uplink data from a terminal, and decoding the uplink data to obtain an actual decoding result; and performing, by the DU, an error remedy for uplink data transmission based on the actual decoding result and the predicted decoding result. The decoding result is predicted, and scheduling information for data transmission is adjusted based on the predicted decoding result, thereby improving data transmission reliability, so that a data transmission latency in a relaxed latency communication scenario can be met, data transmission can be normally performed, and an interface of a base station after a re-split can be normally used, thereby reducing a bandwidth requirement on the interface.
US11606172B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for data acknowledgment. One apparatus includes a processor that determines a duration for a downlink (“DL”) burst. The apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits the DL burst having the duration, and signaling indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (“HARQ-ACK”) codebook size for transmission of HARQ-ACK feedback corresponding to the DL burst.
US11606171B2
A method for operating a network node of a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method comprises determining and/or adjusting a HARQ signaling format for a terminal configured for carrier aggregation based on a number of DL carriers and/or a number of HARQ bits configured for the terminal.
US11606161B2
A transmission/reception device is configured to convert an optical signal based on a plurality of first optical signals having frequency bands different from each other into an electric signal and output the electric signal as a plurality of first electric signals; receive the plurality of first electric signals, change frequency bands of some or all of a plurality of second electric signals to narrow an interval between frequency bands of two second electric signals having frequency bands adjacent to each other, and output, as third electric signals, electric signals; to receive a plurality of the third electric signals, combine and output the plurality of third electric signals as a fourth electric signal; and receive the fourth electric signal, convert the fourth electric signal into an optical signal, and output the optical signal as a second optical signal.
US11606160B1
The technology employs a state-based power control loop (PCL) architecture to maintain tracking and communication signal-to-noise ratios at suitable levels for optimal tracking performance and data throughput in a free-space optical communication system. Power for a link is adjustable to stay within a functional range of receiving sensors in order to provide continuous service to users. This avoids oversaturation and possible damage to the equipment. The approach can include decreasing or increasing the power to counteract a surge or drop while maintaining a near constant received power at a remote communication device. The system may receive power adjustment feedback from another communication terminal and perform state-based power control according to the received feedback. This can include re-initializing and reacquiring a link with the other communication terminal automatically after loss of power, without human intervention. There may be a default state and discrete states including rain, fade, surge and unstable states.
US11606136B2
This application provides an example satellite, an example terminal device, an example satellite communication system, and an example satellite communication method. One example satellite communication method includes obtaining, by a first satellite, at a media access control (MAC) layer, data and/or signaling, where the first satellite is a low orbit satellite. When MAC-layer first processing needs to be performed on the data and/or the signaling, performing, by the first satellite, the MAC-layer first processing on the data and/or the signaling. The MAC-layer first processing includes at least one of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) function processing or random access (RA) function processing.
US11606132B2
The application relates to beam management for a client device in a power saving state. When the client device is in the power saving state, the client device monitors serving beams of a network access node based on a serving beam configuration. The serving beam configuration indicated the serving beams to be monitored by the client device in the power saving state. If the client device detects a beam failure during the serving beam monitoring in the power saving state, the client device performs a beam reconfiguration procedure. The beam reconfiguration procedure informs the network access node about the change in serving beam status and allows the network access node to update the serving beam configuration.
US11606120B2
A radio frequency front end system can include a first module configured to provide multi-input multi-output (MIMO) receive operations for a first plurality of mid bands and a first plurality of high bands. The first module can be further configured to provide transmit operations for the plurality of mid bands. The first module can include a first node. The radio frequency front end system can include a second module configured to provide transmit and receive operations for a second plurality of mid bands and a second plurality of high bands. The second module can be a power amplifier integrated duplexer (PAiD) module. The second module can include a second node. The first module and the second module can be coupled by a signal path at the first node and the second node, respectively.
US11606117B2
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a UE determines a frequency hopping pattern for transmission of a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble based on an associated PRACH coverage enhancement (CE) level, and transmits the PRACH preamble in accordance with the frequency hopping pattern and the associated PRACH CE level. A base station receives the PRACH preamble, and transmits a response (e.g., Msg2 or MsgA) to the PRACH preamble.
US11606115B2
A method employing an array of antenna elements and a plurality of transceivers, each including (1) a transmitter chain; (2) a receiver chain; and (3) a duplexer having an input electrically connected to the transmitter chain, an output electrically connected to the receiver chain, and a duplexed port electrically connected to a different antenna element, the method involving: identifying among the plurality of transceivers a first and second subsets of transceivers such that together the first and second subsets of transceivers constitute all of the transceivers among the plurality of transceivers; for each transceiver within the first subset of transceivers, but not for the transceivers within the second subset of transceivers, introducing a Φ degree phase shift between the duplexed port of the duplexer and the antenna element to which the duplexed port is electrically connected, wherein Φ=−(2n+1)90°, and wherein n is an integer.
US11606111B2
A body-worn hub may detect that a first battery charge level of a first battery in a body-worn device connected to the body-worn hub via a wired connection is at or below a first battery charge level threshold. Accordingly, the body-worn hub may route power from the body-worn hub to the body-worn device via the wired connection to charge the first battery when a second battery charge level of a second battery in the body-worn hub is above a second battery charge level threshold. However, in response to the first battery of the body-worn device being charged to a third battery charge level that is above the first battery charge level threshold or the second battery charge level dropping to the second battery charge level threshold, the body-worn hub may stop routing power to the body-worn device via the wired connection.
US11606106B2
In one embodiment an apparatus includes: a mixer to downconvert a radio frequency (RF) spectrum including at least a first RF signal of a first channel of interest and a second RF signal of a second channel of interest to at least a first second frequency signal and a second second frequency signal; a first digitizer to digitize the first second frequency signal to a first digitized signal, the first digitizer configured to operate as a low-pass analog-to-digital converter (ADC); a second digitizer to digitize the second second frequency signal to a second digitized signal, the second digitizer configured to operate as a band-pass ADC; and a digital processor to digitally process the first digitized signal and the second digitized signal.
US11606088B2
An apparatus attachable to a luminaire includes circuitry for converting alternating current power into direct current (DC) power and providing a digitally stable ground for operation of a processor-based device. The circuitry includes a transformer isolating a primary side from a secondary side of the circuitry. A switching controller (e.g., a pulse width modulation controller) on the primary side directs a switching circuit to selectively permit current flow through a primary side of the transformer to a first ground node. A secondary winding of the transformer sources a rectified DC output relative to a second ground node that is isolated from the first ground node. In some cases, compensation on the secondary winding side provides isolated feedback to the controller, such as via an optical isolator. The controller directs the switching circuit based at least partially on the feedback and input from an auxiliary winding of the transformer.
US11606086B2
A desaturation protection circuit is provided. Aspects includes a main gate driver circuit driving a gate for a switch, a desaturation gate driver circuit coupled to a drain terminal of the switch, a PWM signal supply circuit configured to supply a PWM signal to the desaturation gate driver circuit, and a delay circuit, the delay circuit configured to delay the PWM signal from the PWM signal supply circuit to the desaturation gate driver circuit during a turn-on event for the switch.
US11606083B2
A PWM signal generator circuit includes a multiphase clock generator that generates a number n of phase-shifted clock phases having the same clock period and being phase shifted by a time corresponding to a fraction 1/n of the clock period. The PWM signal generator circuit determines for each switch-on duration first and second integer numbers, and for each switch-off duration third and fourth integer numbers. The first integer number is indicative of the integer number of clock periods of the switch-on duration and the second integer number is indicative of the integer number of the additional fractions 1/n of the clock period of the switch-on duration. The third integer number is indicative of the integer number of clock periods of the switch-off duration, and the fourth integer number is indicative of the integer number of the additional fractions 1/n of the clock period of the switch-off duration.
US11606080B2
A filter device, an RF front-end device and a wireless communication device are provided. The filter device includes a substrate, a passive device and at least one resonance device, wherein the passive device has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, the substrate is located on the first side, and the at least one resonance device is located on the second side. The RF filter device formed by integrating the resonance device (such as an SAW or BAW resonance device) and the passive device (such as an IPD) can broaden the pass-band width, has a high out-of-band rejection, and occupies less space in an RF front-end chip.
US11606079B2
A transducer structure for a surface acoustic wave device, comprising a pair of inter-digitated comb electrodes, wherein the pair of inter-digitated comb electrodes comprises neighboring electrode means belonging to different comb electrodes and having a pitch p being defined as the edge-to-edge electrode means distance between two neighboring electrode means, the pitch p satisfying the Bragg condition; characterized in that the pair of inter-digitated comb electrodes comprises at least one region in which two or more neighboring electrode means belong to the same comb electrode while having an edge-to-edge distance to each other corresponding to the pitch p. The present disclosure relates also to a surface acoustic wave filter device.
US11606078B2
Acoustic wave resonators are disclosed that include a piezoelectric layer and an interdigital transducer electrode over the piezoelectric layer. The interdigital transducer electrode has a rotation angle and a tilt angle. The rotation angle and the tilt angle can together increase a figure of merit of the acoustic wave device. The rotation angle and the tilt angle can both be non-zero.
US11606077B2
An elastic wave device includes a supporting substrate, an acoustic reflection layer on the supporting substrate, a piezoelectric layer on the acoustic reflection layer, and an IDT electrode on the piezoelectric layer. The acoustic reflection layer includes three or more low-acoustic impedance layers and two or more high-acoustic impedance layers. At least one of a first relationship in which in which, a film thickness of a first low-acoustic impedance layer closest to the piezoelectric layer is thinner than a film thickness of a low-acoustic impedance layer closest to the first low-acoustic impedance layer, and a second relationship in which a film thickness of a first high-acoustic impedance layer closest to the piezoelectric layer is thinner than a film thickness of a high-acoustic impedance layer closest to the first high-acoustic impedance layer, is satisfied.
US11606074B2
A Communication System includes a first power supply channel including a first impedance and a second impedance, and configured to transfer electrical power from a first power source to a first load. The first power supply channel is configured to electrically couple to the first power source via a first common mode choke. The communication system also includes a second power supply channel comprising a third impedance and a fourth impedance, and configured to transfer electrical power from a second power source to a second load. The second power supply channel is configured to electrically couple to the second power source via a second common mode choke. The communication system further includes a first transceiver comprising a first output pin electrically coupled to the first power supply channel and a second output pin electrically coupled to the second power supply channel at a first end of the communication system.
US11606071B2
To provide a semiconductor device that makes it possible to reduce a cell circuit area and an increase in resolution. There is provided a semiconductor device including: a first region in which readout cells are arranged in an array form, the readout cells having one of input transistors included in a differential amplifier: and a second region in which reference cells are arranged in an array form, the reference cells having another input transistor included in the differential amplifier, the first region and the second region being separated from each other.
US11606064B2
A Fourier domain mode-locked optoelectronic oscillator includes a laser light source, a phase modulator, an optical notch filter, a photodetector, an electrical amplifier and a power divider; wherein the laser light source, the phase modulator, the optical notch filter and the photodetector together form a swept microwave photonic filter. The passband of the swept microwave photonic filter is determined by the difference in wavelength corresponding to the laser light source and the notch positions of the optical notch filter. In the present disclosure, the laser light source, the phase modulator, the optical notch filter, and the photodetector are configured to form a fast swept microwave photonic filter, the sweeping of a passband of the microwave photonic filter is realized by the sweeping of the laser light source or the optical notch filter, and the change in the filter's passband is matched with the latency for delivering a signal in the optoelectronic oscillator loop for one trip. As such, Fourier domain mode locking is realized, and a broadband adjustable chirped microwave signal can be output.
US11606055B2
A rotary machine device configured to contact with an external object is provided. The rotary machine device includes a rotary motor, a first encoder, a fixed housing, a fixed shaft, an output shaft and a second encoder. The rotary motor includes a motor housing and an exerting shaft. As the rotor of the motor housing rotates for a rotation angle, the rotor drives the exerting shaft to rotate for an exerting angle. The first encoder detects the rotation angle of the rotor. The output shaft includes an elastomer and is inserted in an accommodation hole of the fixed shaft. The elastomer is penetrated through the output shaft and is connected to the exerting shaft. The second encoder includes a disk and a sensor disposed on the exerting shaft and the fixed shaft respectively. The sensor detects the exerting angle of the exerting shaft through the disk.
US11606054B2
A motor control method includes the following steps: adjusting a voltage component of an estimated voltage command to a steady-state voltage value; performing a coordinate axis conversion on another voltage component of the estimated voltage command and the steady-state voltage value, and generating a three-phase excitation current to make a synchronous motor rotate to a rotating position and stop; calculating an estimated current signal; calculating an estimated value of the rotating position and adjusting the another voltage component of the estimated voltage command when determining that the current component is not maintained at a steady-state current value; calculating an effective inductance of the synchronous motor based on the steady-state voltage value, the another voltage component of the estimated voltage command, the steady-state current value, and another current component of the estimated current signal when determining that the current component is maintained at the steady-state current value.
US11606049B2
A control chip, a control system, and a control method for a motor are disclosed. The control chip comprises: an analog comparator comprising a first input terminal and a second input terminal, wherein the first input terminal receives a reference voltage of the motor, the second input terminal receives at least one back EMF (Electromotive Force) of the motor in turn, the analog comparator compares each of the at least one back EMF with the reference voltage in turn through a polling method, so as to produce at least one comparison result and control the motor according to the at least one comparison result. Thereby, the analog comparator is able to compare back EMF with the reference voltage without three comparators, and the cost is therefore saved.
US11606044B2
The present power conversion device includes an inverter, a step-up/down converter, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a voltage sensor, a control device, and a backup power supply. The auxiliary device is connected between the first DC power supply and the step-up/down converter, and the control device includes an abnormality determination unit configured to determine that an abnormality has occurred when a control voltage is equal to or lower than a first threshold value, and a control unit configured to execute discharge control when the abnormality determination unit determines that the abnormality has occurred and an inter-terminal voltage measured by the voltage sensor is equal to or lower than a second threshold value.
US11606040B2
A power supply comprises a power converter having a transformer, a low side switch configured to draw current from a supply voltage through a primary winding of the transformer and a high side switch configured to couple the primary winding of the transformer to a snubber capacitor. A controller is configured to control the power converter by generating drive signals that control the opening and closing of the high side switch and the low side switch. The controller is configured to selectively control the high side switch according to various modes of operation depending on operating conditions such as input voltage and load power consumption. The modes of operation can include, for example, a mode in which the high side switch is closed and then opened once during each of the series of switching cycles and a mode of operation in which the high side switch is closed and then opened two times during each of the series of switching cycles.
US11606035B2
A quasi-resonant auto-tuning controller includes a zero-voltage crossing detection circuit and a valley tuning finite-state machine having a look-up table. The zero-voltage crossing detection circuit receives a reference voltage and receives an auxiliary signal from an auxiliary winding. The zero-voltage crossing detection circuit produces a comparison signal having pulses when the auxiliary signal is less than the reference voltage. The valley tuning finite-state machine produces a divided pulse width based on the comparison signal, stores the divided pulse width of each pulse in the look-up table, determines, from the comparison signal, that the auxiliary signal is less than the reference voltage, waits a time period corresponding to the divided pulse width stored in the look-up table if the auxiliary signal is less than the reference voltage, and produces a valley point signal after waiting the time period.
US11606033B2
The switching power supply device includes first and second switches connected in series between an application end of an input voltage and an application end of a low voltage lower than the input voltage, and third and fourth switches connected in series between an application end of the input voltage and an application end of the low voltage, and a control unit configured to control the on/off state of each of the first to fourth switches. The first to fourth switches are configured such that an inductor is provided between a first connection node connecting the first switch and the second switch and a second connection node connecting the third switch and the fourth switch.
US11606032B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to an adaptive combination power supply circuit. The adaptive combination power supply circuit may be capable of switching between performing as a three-level buck converter and as a divide-by-two charge pump. One example power supply circuit generally includes a first transistor; a second transistor coupled to the first transistor via a first node; a third transistor coupled to the second transistor via a second node; a fourth transistor coupled to the third transistor via a third node; a capacitive element having a first terminal coupled to the first node and a second terminal coupled to the third node; an inductive element having a first terminal coupled to the second node; and a switch having a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the inductive element, the switch having a second terminal coupled to a second terminal of the inductive element.
US11606026B2
Disclosed are a display apparatus and an electronic apparatus, the display apparatus including: a main body including a display and a connector; and an adapter connectable to the main body and configured to supply power to the connected main body, the adapter including: a transformer configured to boost an input first alternating current (AC) voltage, a switch including a switching device configured to switch a current flowing in the transformer, a controller configured to control the switching device to output a second AC voltage boosted by the transformer, and the main body including a power factor correction (PFC) converter configured to correct a power factor of the second AC voltage output from the adapter and output a direct current (DC) voltage.
US11606021B2
A power converter apparatus includes a switching circuit generating an AC voltage by switching a DC voltage at a predetermined switching frequency, and a filter circuit converting the AC voltage from the switching circuit into the DC voltage by low-pass filtering the AC voltage. The filter circuit includes first and second bypass capacitors, and an inductor. The first bypass capacitor bypasses noise of a first frequency component of the AC voltage from the switching circuit, and the second bypass capacitor bypasses noise of a second frequency component of the AC voltage from the switching circuit, which is lower than the first frequency component. The inductor is between the first and second bypass capacitors, and the inductance thereof is set so that a resonance frequency of the filter circuit is lower than multiple times the switching frequency by insertion of the inductor, thereby reducing the switching noise flowing to the load.
US11606007B2
A motor may include a shield member that screens a magnetic field between a stator and a rotor, and a moving member that controls a position of the shield member in response to an electromagnetic interaction with the stator such that the screening of the magnetic field is configured to be selectively performed. The motor may prevent a generation of a counter electromotive force or regenerative braking.
US11605999B2
A stator for a drive motor includes: a segmented stator core including a plurality of mounting portions; a bobbin equipped on each mounting portion of the plurality of the mounting portions and having a coil wound thereon; a first casing and a second casing coupled to the bobbin, respectively, at opposite sides of the bobbin with respect to the segmented stator core, and configured to enclose the coil; a passage formed in one of the first casing or the second casing, and configured to allow fluid communication with the inside of the first casing and the second casing; and a terminal portion integrally formed in a remaining one of the first casing or the second casing and configured to allow connection of the coil.
US11605998B2
Disclosed is an electronic motor with two bearings. The motor is structured so that, when loaded, the majority of the load (e.g., a radial load) is borne by one of the bearings. The bearing that bears a greater load may be larger and, thus, better suited for a heavy load. In some embodiments, the larger bearing may include rolling elements that have respective radii larger than respective radii of rolling elements of the other bearing by a ratio of at least 1.5 (150%). In some embodiments, the larger bearing may have an outer race with a radius that is greater than a radius of the outer race of the smaller bearing by a ratio of at least 1.5. In some embodiments, the motors may include a third bearing between the two bearings. The third bearing may reduce vibration in the motor.
US11605980B2
A multi-transmitting multi-receiving magnetic-resonance wireless charging system for a medium-power electronic apparatus includes a magnetic-resonance transmitting module and a magnetic-resonance receiving module. The magnetic-resonance transmitting module includes a transmitting-end Bluetooth-communication and control module and at least two magnetic-resonance transmitting channels. Each magnetic-resonance transmitting channel includes a direct current/direct current (DC/DC) regulator module, a radio-frequency power amplifier source, a matching network and a magnetic-resonance transmitting antenna which are connected sequentially. The magnetic-resonance receiving module includes a receiving-end Bluetooth-communication and control module, a power synthesis and protocol module and at least two magnetic-resonance receiving channels. Each magnetic-resonance receiving channel includes a magnetic-resonance receiving antenna, a receiving-antenna matching network, a rectifier and filter module, a primary regulator and filter module and a secondary regulator and filter module which are connected sequentially. The magnetic-resonance transmitting antenna is coupled with the magnetic-resonance receiving antenna in one-to-one correspondence.
US11605973B2
This disclosure provides systems, method, and computer-readable media for operating a sensor network. The sensor network can include an array of sensor devices and gateways. The sensor devices can sense various conditions of an environment. The sensor devices can include temperature sensors, occupancy detectors, access sensors, motion sensors, tracking devices, etc. The sensor devices can also network and communicate with one another and the gateways in an ad hoc or mesh network. The environment can include different locations, such as warehouse, office building, a complex of buildings, cargo vehicles, containers or the like. The sensor network can be deployed for controlling power consumption, logistics, automated manufacturing, healthcare, intelligent buildings, and smart cities among many other implementations. The sensor devices can communicate sensed conditions and transmit data among each other without a predefined route. When a gateway receives the data, the data can be stored and analyzed at a different location.
US11605961B2
An adjustable system for facilitating establishment of an operative connection between a charging station and a rechargeable power supply on an operating unit that is propelled by a drive. The adjustable system has: an arm assembly on one of the charging station and the operating unit and supporting at least one connector; and at least one connector on the other of the charging station and the operating unit. The connectors, when engaged, establish an operative charging connection. The arm assembly is configured so that the at least one connector on the arm assembly can move in at least two dimensions relative to the one of the charging station and the operating unit to align with and engage the at least one connector on the other of the arm assembly and operating unit as an incident of the operating unit moving from a position spaced fully from the charging station into the charging position.
US11605958B2
A method for preventing an inrush current of an electric vehicle charger may include the steps of determining whether there is a need for an increase or decrease in a charging current level while currently supplied to an electric vehicle to be charged; decreasing the charging current level at a predetermined ratio when it is determined that there is the need for the increase or decrease in the charging current level; checking whether an inrush current occurs for a first time; activating or deactivating at least one charging module to increase or decrease the charging current level according to the request of the electric vehicle to be charged, when the inrush current does not occur for the first time; checking whether the inrush current occurs for a second time; and increasing the charging current level by the charging current level requested by the electric vehicle to be charged, when the inrush current does not occur for the second time.
US11605951B2
A photovoltaic converter string is provided, to control, one of switching transistors in a buck/boost circuit of the photovoltaic converter to be conducted, wherein the switching transistors are connected in parallel to a bypass diode; and control the other switching transistors in the buck/boost circuit to be cut off. Therefore, an output voltage of the photovoltaic converter is applied to both ends of the non-conducted switching transistor in the switching transistors connected in parallel to the bypass diode, and after the output voltage of the photovoltaic converter reaches a breakdown voltage of the non-conducted switching transistor, an avalanche breakdown occurs on the non-conducted switching transistor, and a voltage of both ends of the bypass diode connected to a positive output end and a negative output end of the photovoltaic converter is clamped to be less than or equal to the breakdown voltage of the switching transistor.
US11605943B2
A GFCI includes a current sensor system providing a current sensor signal indicating a leakage current of the AC power system. At least one signal conditioning channel conditions the current sensor signal to provide a conditioned current sensor signal. An integrated circuit-based controller is configured to receive the conditioned current sensor signal. The integrated circuit-based controller is configured to execute instructions stored in at least one nontransitory memory medium to determine at least one frequency value and at least one magnitude value of the conditioned current sensor signal, evaluate a trip condition in response to the at least one frequency value and the at least one magnitude value, and provide a fault trip signal in response to evaluation of the trip condition. A circuit breaker mechanism is configured to open a circuit of the AC power system in response to the fault trip signal.
US11605932B2
A novel, monolithically integrated mid-IR optical phased array (OPA) structure which eliminates the wafer bonding process to achieve highly efficient surface emitting optical beam steering in two dimensions is disclosed. Since solar energy is about 15-20 times smaller than that at 1.55 μm, mid-IR is more favorable for the atmospheric transmission due to lower solar radiance backgrounds. For the beam steering, thermo-optic phase shifting is used for azimuthal plane beam steering and laser wavelength tuning is used for elevation plane beam steering. The OPA structure disclosed comprises a wavelength-tunable a QCL, a 1×32 splitter, thermo-optic phase-shifters, and sub-wavelength grating emitters. The disclosed OPA provides a low-cost, low-loss, low-power consumption, robust, small footprint, apparatus that may be used with expendable UAV swarms. A LiDAR may be created by monolithically integrating a QCD with the apparatus. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11605927B2
A crimping hand tool configured to crimp a cable and a connector together is provided. The crimping hand tool includes a first body, a second body, a limiting member, a crimping member, and an adjustment member. The second body is pivoted to the first body. The limiting member is disposed in the second body. The crimping member is movably disposed in the second body and linked with the first body, the crimping member being partially interfered with the limiting member and having only one degree of freedom of movement along an axis. The adjustment member is disposed in the second body, rotating about the axis, and screwed with the crimping member. The adjustment member being forced by an user to adjust a position of the crimping member in the second body along the axis.
US11605918B2
The present disclosure relates to a protection device for a component of a releasable plug-in connection between a plug and a socket, which is arranged on or in a housing of an electronics unit of a field device. The protection device includes a first half shell and a second half shell at least partially complementary to the first half shell, wherein the two half shells are embodied as to define an internal volume when assembled and at least partially surround at least the plug, at least a first passageway for passage of the plug, or the plug and a cable secured to the plug, into the internal volume of the protection device, at least one securement unit for releasably securing the protection device to the housing, and at least one assembling unit for releasably assembling the two half shells with one another.
US11605894B2
The invention relates to a Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) antenna. The invention also relates to a Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) module comprising at least one GNSS antenna according to the invention. The invention further relates to a vehicle, such as a car, comprising at least one GNSS module to the invention.
US11605893B2
Disclosed is a midband dipole for use in a multiband antenna. The midband dipole has four folded dipoles, each of which is coupled to a decoupling circuit that has two capacitance points. The disclosed decoupling circuit configuration mitigates common mode resonance with nearby lowband dipoles, further preventing cross polarization in the midband.
US11605875B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for two-way satellite communication and an asymmetric-aperture antenna for two-way satellite communication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a beam pattern for an asymmetric-aperture antenna is offset in a narrow beamwidth direction, and the offset beam pattern is directed by a mechanical gimbal, with the beam pattern offset made to reduce interference with an adjacent satellite. In additional embodiments, operational areas near the equator are identified for a given offset beam pattern, or a beam pattern offset may be adjusted over time to compensate for movement of the asymmetric-aperture antenna when attached to an airplane, boat, or other mobile vehicle.
US11605873B2
A substrate with an antenna according to the present disclosure includes a circuit board having one main surface and the other main surface, and an antenna element mounted on the one main surface of the circuit board. When viewed from a thickness direction, an area of the one main surface of the circuit board is larger than an area of the other main surface, and the antenna element is mounted on at least a part of a region that is on the one main surface of the circuit board and that protrudes from the other main surface.
US11605869B2
An electronic apparatus includes a substrate and an electrical element mounted on the substrate. The electrical element includes a base material including a first principal surface and a second principal surface that are deformable and flat or substantially flat surfaces and a conductor pattern included on the base material. The electrical element further includes a first connection portion and a second connection portion that connect to a circuit included on the substrate and a transmission line portion located in a position different from positions of the first connection portion and the second connection portion that electrically connects the first connection portion and the second connection portion. The conductor pattern includes a conductor pattern of the first connection portion, a conductor pattern of the second connection portion, a conductor pattern of the transmission line portion, and an electrical-element-side bonding pattern arranged in the transmission line portion.
US11605868B2
An isolator includes a lower electrode, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, an upper electrode, and a low permittivity portion. The first insulating layer is provided on the lower electrode, and includes a protruding portion in an upper portion of the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer is provided on the protruding portion, extends sideways from a region directly above the protruding portion, and has a specific permittivity higher than a specific permittivity of the first insulating layer. The upper electrode is in contact with an upper surface of the second insulating layer. The low permittivity portion is in contact with a side surface of the protruding portion and a lower surface of the second insulating layer. The low permittivity portion has a specific permittivity lower than the specific permittivity of the first insulating layer.
US11605865B2
The application provides a separator assembly, a battery module, a battery pack, an apparatus, and a manufacturing method. The separator assembly includes: an insulating plate, a circuit board arranged on the insulating plate, busbars arranged on the insulating plate on at least one side of the circuit board, and connection sheets connected between the busbars and the circuit board. The connection sheets include an upper connection sheet and a lower connection sheet. The insulating plate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The upper connection sheet is arranged on the first surface, and the insulating plate and the lower connection sheet are arranged to be at least partially overlapped in the height direction of the separator assembly, and at least a portion of the lower connection sheet is arranged on the second surface.
US11605863B2
A busbar for a battery system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first bar member and a second bar member which are spaced apart from each other; and a third bar member which connects the first bar member and the second bar member to define a common bar, in which the third bar member is shunt resistance having ohmic resistance and electrically connects the first bar member and the second bar member. In addition, a battery system according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes the busbar.
US11605861B2
A battery module is provided comprising a plurality of battery cells and a housing having an internal space in which the plurality of battery cells are accommodated. The housing is at least partially formed of a plate member which is connected with the internal space. The plate member forms a flame or gas path which in an event of a battery cell malfunction generating a flame or gas is configured to discharge the generated flame or gas externally of the housing.
US11605858B2
A battery, a battery pack, and a vehicle are disclosed. The battery includes a housing having a sealed chamber, a core packaged in the sealed chamber, and a first terminal and a second terminal respectively mounted to the housing, where the first terminal is electrically connected to the housing, and the second terminal is insulated from the housing. The battery further includes a first tab and a second tab respectively led out from the core, the first tab being electrically connected to the housing, the first tab being electrically connected to the first terminal through the housing, and the second tab being electrically connected to the second terminal.
US11605854B2
Nanoporous carbon-based scaffolds or structures, and specifically carbon aerogels and their manufacture and use thereof. Embodiments include a cathode material within a lithium-air battery, where the cathode is formed of a binder-free, monolithic, polyimide-derived carbon aerogel. The carbon aerogel includes pores that improve the oxygen transport properties of electrolyte solution and improve the formation of lithium peroxide along the surface and/or within the pores of the carbon aerogel. The cathode and underlying carbon aerogel provide optimal properties for use within the lithium-air battery.
US11605842B2
A cylindrical battery comprising a lithium secondary battery and having a pressure sensor for measuring an internal pressure of the secondary battery, the cylindrical battery as a whole includes: an electrode assembly including a cathode plate, an anode plate, and a separator electrically insulating the cathode plate and the anode plate from each other; the pressure sensor positioned on one side of the electrode assembly and embedded in the cylindrical battery; and a top cap positioned on the other side of the electrode assembly, wherein the pressure sensor has an insulating property.
US11605832B2
A nanoconfined metal-containing electrolyte comprising a layer of enclosed nanostructures in which each enclosed nanostructure contains a liquid metal-containing electrolyte, wherein said enclosed nanostructures are in physical contact with each other. Metal-ion batteries containing the nanoconfined electrolyte in contact with an anode and cathode of the battery are also described. Methods for producing the nanoconfined electrolyte are also described.
US11605830B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a battery cell to enhance the electrolyte wettability to an electrode assembly in the battery cell is provided. The apparatus includes a battery cell tray in which one or more preliminary battery cells are housed and an excitation unit which makes a contact opposite to contacting one side of the battery cell tray to apply megasonic vibration to the preliminary battery cell in a state in which the preliminary battery cell is housed. A method for manufacturing a battery cell using the apparatus is also provided.
US11605829B2
The present invention relates to an ion exchange membrane and an energy storage device comprising same, wherein the ion exchange membrane comprises: a polymer membrane comprising an ion conductor; and any one ion permeation inhibiting additive selected from the group consisting of a columnar porous metal oxide, crown ether, a nitrogen-containing cyclic compound, and a mixture thereof. In the ion exchange membrane, the size of a channel through which ions permeate is limited or an additive capable of trapping ions is introduced into an ion movement path, so that the permeation of ions is prevented, leading to the improvement of voltage efficiency and the prevention of deterioration.
US11605828B2
A fuel cell system that can improve an operating efficiency while minimizing an increase in cost for a configuration is provided. A fuel cell system (10) includes a fuel cell stack (11), an air pump (13), and an electric power control unit (15). The air pump (13) is connected to an output terminal of the fuel cell stack (11). The air pump (13) is configured to supply air as an oxidizing agent gas to the fuel cell stack (11). The electric power control unit (15) includes a first circuit unit (31) and a second circuit unit (32). The first circuit unit (31) is connected to the output terminal of the fuel cell stack (11) and is configured to perform step-up electric power conversion on an input from the fuel cell stack (11). The second circuit unit (32) is configured to perform bidirectional electric power conversion for stepping-up an input from the fuel cell stack (11) and for stepping-down an output to the air pump (13).
US11605824B2
A zinc iodine flow battery includes a positive end plate, a positive current collector, a negative current collector, a positive electrode with a flow frame, a membrane, a negative electrode with a flow frame, a negative end plate. The negative electrolyte is circulated between the negative storage tank and the negative cavity by pump. The negative pipe is provided with a branch pipe for the positive electrolyte circulation. The porous membrane between the positive and negative electrodes can realize the conduction of supporting electrolyte and prevent the diffusion of I3− to the negative electrolyte. In a duel-flow battery system, same electrolyte serves as both the positive electrolyte and the negative electrolyte, which is a mixed aqueous solution containing iodized and zinc salt. The membrane is porous membrane does not contain ion exchange group. Both the positive and negative electrolyte are neutral solutions.
US11605823B2
The present disclosure provides a fuel cell system that allows greater convenience and smaller size to be achieved. The fuel cell system of the disclosure comprises a fuel cell module and a liquid water discharge channel for discharge of liquid water in the fuel cell module. The fuel cell module comprises a battery stack, a reactive gas discharge manifold formed so that, during use of the fuel cell system, reactive gas flows from the lower end in the vertical direction to the upper end in the vertical direction, a reactive gas discharge outlet disposed so as to be located at the upper end of the reactive gas discharge manifold in the vertical direction, and a liquid water discharge outlet disposed so as to be located at the lower end of the reactive gas discharge manifold in the vertical direction. The liquid water discharge channel is connected to the liquid water discharge outlet in such a manner that liquid water flows through its interior.
US11605822B2
A fuel cell separator includes ribs. The fuel cell separator has a plurality of gas flow paths separated from each other by the ribs. The fuel cell separator has, on a surface of the ribs on the gas flow path side, a liquid water flow path provided separately from the gas flow paths along the gas flow paths. The liquid water flow path has an expanded region in which a cross-sectional area of the liquid water flow path in a direction perpendicular to a flow direction of the liquid water flow path is larger than a cross-sectional area of the liquid water flow path in the direction perpendicular to the flow direction in a remaining region of the liquid water flow path.
US11605819B2
A battery, having polyvalent aluminum metal as the electrochemically active anode material and also including a solid ionically conducting polymer material.
US11605813B2
Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising thiophene compounds are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electrolyte, and at least one electrolyte additive selected from a thiophene compound. In some embodiments, the thiophene compound is a terthiophene or a thiophene oligomer.
US11605808B2
A method for preparing a cathode active material is provided. The method for preparing a cathode active material can comprise the steps of: preparing a first metal oxide; preparing a second metal oxide having an oxygen ratio lower than that of the first metal oxide by heat treating the first metal oxide in a nitrogen-containing gas atmosphere; and preparing a lithium metal oxide by firing the second metal oxide and a lithium salt.
US11605799B2
Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a display area, a non-display area and a polarizer. The non-display area includes a fan-out area and a bonding area arranged in a direction facing away from the display area. The fan-out area includes a first section and a second section. The second section is a bending area. The first section, the second section and the bonding area are arranged in a first direction. A side of the polarizer facing towards the fan-out area is provided with multiple first openings. The bending area and the bonding area are covered with a protective glue which further extends to an edge of the polarizer in the first section.
US11605791B2
A compound having a structure selected from the group consisting of: is disclosed.
US11605790B2
An organic electronic device, preferably an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), comprising at least one metal-carbene complex comprising one, two or three specific bidentate diazabenzimidazole carbene ligands; a light-emitting layer comprising said metal-carbene complex as emitter material, preferably in combination with at least one host material; the use of said metal-carbene complex in an OLED; an apparatus selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units, illumination units, units in items of clothing, units in handbags, units in accessories, units in furniture and units in wallpaper comprising said organic electronic device, preferably said OLED, or said light-emitting layer; the metal-carbene complex comprising one, two or three specific bidentate diazabenzimidazole carbene ligands mentioned above and a process for the preparation of said metal-carbene complex.
US11605787B2
Organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) and their compositions are described herein. In one or more embodiments, the acceptor with an active layer of an OPV includes is a non-fullerene acceptor. Such non-fullerene acceptors may provide improved OPV performance characteristics such as improved power conversion efficiency, open circuit voltage, fill factor, short circuit current, and/or external quantum efficiency. One example of a non-fullerene acceptor is (4,4,10,10-tetrakis(4-hexylphenyl)-5,11-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-4,10-dihydro-dithienyl[1,2-b:4,5b′] benzodi-thiophene-2,8-diyl) bis(2-(3-oxo-2,3-dihydroinden-5,6-dichloro-1-ylidene) malononitrile.
US11605784B2
The application discloses an organic compound, an electronic element with the organic compound, and an electronic device including the electronic element. The organic compound of the present application has a fused heteroaromatic group containing fluorenyl or silylfluorenyl as its core structure, which presents a large planar structure in a three-dimensional (3D) space; and an electron-rich arylamine or heteroarylamine substituent is introduced at position 9 of the fluorenyl or silylfluorenyl to make the compound have excellent hole transport performance.
US11605768B2
A light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting element having an upper surface, and including a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting structures; and a substrate supporting the light-emitting element. The semiconductor light-emitting structures include a first semiconductor light-emitting structure and a second semiconductor light-emitting structure. The substrate includes: an interconnection layer including: a first interconnection portion comprising a first land, a second interconnection portion comprising a second land and a third land, and a third interconnection portion comprising a fourth land, and a first reflective member covering a portion of the interconnection layer and having an opening. The light-emitting element is located inside the opening of the first reflective member as viewed from above. A portion of the first land, a portion of the second land, a portion of the third land, and a portion of the fourth land are exposed in the opening of the first reflective member.
US11605766B2
A light-emitting module includes: a light-transmitting lightguide plate; light sources disposed on the lightguide plate, each light source including a light-emitting element and a cover member including a first resin and provided beside a lateral surface of the light-emitting element, with first and second electrodes exposed through the cover member; a light-reflecting member provided on the lightguide plate and provided around the light sources, with the cover members of exposed through the light-reflecting member, wherein the light-reflecting member includes a second resin having a higher hardness than the first resin; a support layer covering the light-reflecting member and the cover members, with the first electrodes and the second electrodes exposed through the support layer, wherein the support layer includes a third resin having a higher hardness than the first resin; and a wiring layer provided on the support layer and connected to the first electrodes and the second electrodes.
US11605756B2
A light emitting device includes a first light emitting diode (LED). The first LED includes a first metallic layer. The first LED additionally includes a p-doped semiconductor layer over the first metallic layer. Additionally, the first LED includes a multi quantum well (MQW) semiconductor layer over the p-doped semiconductor layer. Moreover, the first LED includes an n-doped semiconductor layer over the MQW semiconductor layer. Next, the first LED includes a second metallic layer over the n-doped semiconductor layer. The light emitting device also includes a second LED over the first LED. Further, the light emitting device includes a third LED over the second LED.
US11605754B2
A transfer method includes providing a first light emitting diode on a first substrate, performing a partial laser liftoff of the first light emitting diode from the first substrate, laser bonding the first light emitting diode to the backplane after performing the partial laser liftoff, and separating the first substrate from the first light emitting diode after the laser bonding.
