US11679686B2
A method for checking a test secondary unit of an inductive test charging system for charging an electrical energy store, wherein the test charging system comprises the test secondary unit having a test secondary coil and a reference primary unit having a reference primary coil, includes recording a plurality of actual primary unit impedance values of the test charging system at the reference primary coil for a corresponding plurality of test combinations of values of operating parameters of the test charging system. The method also includes comparing the plurality of actual primary unit impedance values with a reference value range for a primary unit impedance.
US11679672B2
A work vehicle is provided with a support member that supports an output shaft of a wheel differential mechanism between a differential case and a planetary reduction mechanism. The support member is configured to engage the output shaft relatively immovably in a direction along the axis of the output shaft.
US11679664B2
The invention relates to a ventilation device (20) of a motor vehicle, this device comprising: an air passage (21) for air set in forced movement, in particular by suction, at least one anti-turbulence shield (25; 26) arranged to be placed in the air passage at a location chosen so as to prevent turbulence from forming.
US11679654B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a folding top assembly for use with a vehicle and methods for using a folding top assembly on a vehicle. The folding top assembly can be used to create openings on the top of the vehicle by folding a rear panel segment of the folding top assembly forward to expose a space over a rear seating area of the vehicle and/or folding a front panel segment of the folding top assembly rearward to expose a space over a front seating area of the vehicle. The assembly can be designed and shaped to improve the ability to store the folding top assembly on the vehicle and/or to improve aerodynamics when the vehicle is moving.
US11679652B2
An embodiment vehicle door opening structure includes a first door unit positioned at a side of a vehicle and including a first door, a second door unit including a second door positioned adjacent to the first door, a locking device configured to selectively lock the first door unit and the second door unit together, and a controller configured to fix the locking device so that the first door unit and the second door unit are configured to be opened together or to release the locking device so that the first door unit and the second door unit are configured to be opened independently.
US11679647B2
A vehicle air conditioner installed in a vehicle includes a condenser that causes heat exchange between a coolant and outside air, and a spray nozzle that sprays water to a portion near the condenser that are provided in each of a front side accommodation space positioned in a lower front portion of the vehicle and a rear side accommodation space positioned in lower rear portion of the vehicle.
US11679642B2
The invention relates to a circuit (1) for coolant (47) comprising a main duct (3), a first branch (4), a second branch (5) and a third branch (25), the main duct (3) comprising a compression device (2) and a main heat exchanger (8) arranged to be traversed by an external air flow (EF), the first branch (4) comprising a first heat exchanger (13) thermally coupled to a loop (14) for heat transfer liquid (48) and an accumulation device (15), the second branch (5) comprising a second heat exchanger (17), the third branch (25) comprising a third heat exchanger (26), characterised in that the first branch (4) and the second branch (5) are parallel and meet at a convergence point (6), the first branch (4) and the third branch (25) meet at a first junction point (19). Application to motor vehicles.
US11679641B2
Altering the damping rate of a vehicle suspension damper. A pressure of a damping fluid is exerted against a second valve mechanism connected to the vehicle suspension damper. The pressure of the damping fluid is increased beyond a threshold of the second valve mechanism that is adjustable by an adjustment member. The adjustment member is exposed through a high pressure side of the vehicle suspension damper. The second valve mechanism is then opened.
US11679636B2
A vehicle hitch assembly is provided. The receiver tube is connectable with a bumper structure and defines a longitudinally-extending opening. The hitch assembly includes a drawbar assembly with an elongated body and a rod. The elongated body is dimensioned to be received within the opening in the receiver tube and defines a longitudinally-extending passageway. The rod is rotatably received within the longitudinally-extending passageway between a first position and a second position. The rod includes a detent feature that couples together the elongated body and the receiver tube when the rod is rotated to the second position and detaches the elongated body and the receiver tube when the rod is rotated to the first position.
US11679634B2
An upper deck frame assembly for a trailer chassis includes a flushed floor section defining a first floor height, and a header section, with a header, forward of the flushed floor section and defining a second floor height above the first floor height. A towing assembly may be secured to the header. A reduced size header section increases usable floor space, and the towing assembly is securable to the header.
US11679627B2
A non-pneumatic tire having a block type reinforcement configuration includes: a tread unit that forms an outer portion of the tire and comes in contact with a road surface; a wheel unit that is connected to an axle; a spoke unit that is formed between the tread unit and the wheel unit; and a block type reinforcement unit that includes a block formed inside the tread unit in the circumferential direction of the tread unit, and a plurality of reinforcing members formed in the block to correspond to the shape of the block.
US11679623B2
A levitating bicycle hub coupling structure using a magnet in the internal contact structure is provided. The levitating bicycle hub coupling structure in which a non-contact type structure in a levitated form is provided to reduce friction enables the position of a hub inner shaft member for transmitting the load of a user to an inner bearing part to be changed to an upper or lower preset position, and fixes the shaft member at a changed position so as to offset the load applied to the shaft member by the repulsive force of the magnets, such that the load is not applied to the bearing parts positioned at both sides of the shaft member or is significantly reduced so as to improve rolling performance, and thus riding of the bicycle becomes smoother and easier.
US11679609B2
An inkjet recording apparatus configured to perform recording operation by ejecting ink at least from a first recording head, includes an ink tank configured to contain the ink to be supplied to the first recording head, a tube configured to connect the first recording head and the ink tank, and a carriage including a first mounting portion on which the first recording head is mounted, a second mounting portion on which a second recording head is detachably mounted, and a contact portion electrically connected to the second recording head, and configured to reciprocate. A protection member protecting the contact portion can be detachably mounted on the second mounting portion.
US11679601B2
A method/system of mechanical holdowns allows a substrate sheet in a CBAM (composite-based additive manufacturing technology) process to lie flat during printing. The invention includes a process of mechanically clamping sheets to be printed by a print head to a flat platen using a set of barrel cam driven clamping fingers. The finger supports are attached to the platen and the fingers can be raised and lowered with respect to the platen. Each finger can rotate while swinging downward toward a sheet at the edge of the platen. To clamp the sheet, the fingers are rotated to the perpendicular position and swung lower down to pinch the sheet to the platen. The process can include additional steps that release some, but not all, of the fingers to allow the sheet to relax before re-clamping them.
US11679600B2
An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a decision unit, a determination unit, and a change unit. The acquisition unit acquires a measurement result regarding a printing medium characteristic value. The decision unit decides a candidate for a printing medium type based on the acquired measurement result, and a reference characteristic value of each of printing media types set in advance to identify a type of the measured printing medium. Information associated with the printing medium type to be printed is input. The determination unit determines whether to change the reference characteristic value of the printing medium type associated with the input information based on the measurement result and the printing medium type associated with the input information. Wherein, when the determination unit determines to change the reference characteristic value, the change unit changes the reference characteristic value of the printing medium type based on the measurement result.
US11679598B2
A printing apparatus includes a transport unit, a printing head, and a control unit that prints, on a printing medium, a test pattern for inspecting a state of ink discharge by a nozzles. The test pattern includes a first pattern element group in which a plurality of pattern elements to be printed by the nozzles are arranged in the transport direction, and a second pattern element group in which a plurality of pattern elements to be printed by the nozzles are arranged in the transport direction. After the control unit causes the transport unit to transport, by a distance equal to or greater than a nozzle pitch, the printing medium printed with the first pattern element group by causing the nozzles to discharge the ink, the control unit prints the second pattern element group on the printing medium by causing the nozzles used to print the first pattern element group to discharge the ink.
US11679596B2
A recording apparatus including a recording unit that performs recording by discharging a liquid on a medium transported in a transport direction, a liquid storage portion that is disposed on an apparatus front side in an apparatus depth direction and that includes a liquid container that contains the liquid discharged from the recording unit, and a maintenance unit that performs maintenance on the recording unit. In the recording apparatus, the maintenance unit is provided in an end portion area on a first direction side in a width direction, the width direction being a direction intersecting the depth direction, and the liquid storage portion is provided in an end portion area on a second direction side, the second direction side being a side opposite the first direction side in the width direction, the liquid storage portion extending in the depth direction to an occupying area of the maintenance unit.
US11679590B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, a first wiping portion which is able to wipe away the liquid that is adhered to the nozzle surface, and a second wiping portion which is able to hold the liquid that is adhered to the nozzle surface by contacting the nozzle surface, wherein it is possible to perform a first maintenance operation in which the nozzle surface is wiped using the first wiping portion and a second maintenance operation in which the second wiping portion is caused to contact the nozzle surface due to the second wiping portion being biased by the first wiping portion.
US11679581B2
A device for magnetizing a packaging material for food-containing packages is disclosed. The device can include a feeder for feeding a packaging material through the device, the packaging material having a plurality of portions of magnetisable ink. The device can also include a static bar having at least one magnet for magnetizing the portions of ink applied to the packaging material. The device can also include a magnetizable ink applicator for applying the plurality of portions of magnetizable ink to the packaging material. The packaging material can be a non-creased packaging material. A system for producing a packaging material is also disclosed. A method of magnetizing a packaging material for a food-containing package is further disclosed.
US11679577B2
The invention relates to a timepiece component made of composite material including at least one reinforcement and one matrix, the reinforcement having a three-dimensional honeycomb structure with a plurality of cells into which the matrix is injected. The invention also concerns a method for manufacturing such a timepiece component.
US11679572B2
A baling assembly can include a housing defining an interior, an access panel coupled to the housing and providing selective access to the interior, a baling chamber within the housing, and a ram adjacent the baling chamber. The ram includes a movable wall and a driving mechanism operably coupled to the movable wall for compression of material within the baling chamber.
US11679567B2
A tool for creating a self-stiffened panel, which comprises a support, a set of punches and a channel delimited between two punches, for each punch, a first securing arrangement including a slider that is able to move in translation on the support and at least one hook secured to the slider, and a second securing arrangement including at least one nose integral with the punch, and an actuating arrangement that moves the slider from a securing position in which each nose is located between the support and a hook, to a release position in which the hooks are offset with respect to the noses. With such a tool, each punch is held in position over its length, which ensures correct positioning during lay-up, even in the event of the tool being rotated.
US11679564B2
A system for forming a three-dimensional (3D) article includes a powder dispenser, a fusing apparatus, and a controller. The plurality of energy beams include at least a first beam and a second beam. The controller is configured to operate the powder dispenser to dispense a layer of powder and to operate the fusing apparatus to selectively fuse the layer of powder. Operating the fusing apparatus includes operating the first beam to fuse a first hatch pattern over a first area of the layer of powder and operate at least the second beam to fuse a contour that bounds the hatch pattern. The contour is formed from N scans along the contour. N is an integer that is at least equal to one. N is determined by a lateral alignment uncertainty between at least two of the energy beams.
US11679559B2
A three-dimensional printing apparatus includes a tank, a transparent plate, a printing platform, a projector and a heat dissipation assembly. The tank accommodates a photocurable material, and the transparent plate is disposed adjacent to the tank. The printing platform and the projector are respectively disposed on opposite sides of the transparent plate. The heat dissipation assembly is disposed adjacent to the tank.
US11679555B2
The present invention concerns a system and reservoir assembly for three-dimensional (3D) printing. The reservoir assembly includes a top frame that may be filled with liquid material, and a tensioned film being held underneath the top frame. The tensioned film may be air permeable and flexible, wherein surfaces of the tensioned film may be micro textured. A bottom frame is coupled to the top frame and secures a transparent or semi-transparent rigid substrate. A permeable substrate is sandwiched between the tensioned film secured to the top frame and the transparent or semi-transparent rigid substrate secured to the bottom frame.
US11679546B2
A bioprinter for manufacturing an organomimetic device includes at least one extruder configured to extrude a material, a three-dimensional movement assembly, and a build-plate mounted to the three-dimensional movement assembly. The build-plate may be configured to support the organomimetic device being manufactured. The bioprinter may further include a controller operably coupled to and configured to control the at least one extruder, the three-dimensional movement assembly, and the build-plate. The at least one extruder may be non-movably fixed to the cabinet.
US11679543B2
This application relates to an imprinting apparatus and method. In one aspect, the imprinting apparatus applies pressure between a master substrate and a polymer film to transfer a pattern formed on the master substrate to the polymer film. The imprinting apparatus includes a plurality of coils and the surface of the master substrate is heated by an electromagnetic field induced by the plurality of coils. Through holes are defined in each of the plurality of coils, and support bars are inserted into the through holes. The positions of the plurality of coils are changed corresponding to the master substrate.
US11679539B2
A mold system and method for forming a casting article for investment casting is disclosed. The mold system includes a mold for receiving therein a selected core chosen from a plurality of varied cores. The mold includes a plurality of separable mold portions that are coupleable together to create the mold and configured to form a sacrificial material from a sacrificial material fluid about the selected core. At least one selected separable mold portion of the plurality of separable mold portions includes a set of varied interchangeable versions of the at least one selected separable mold portion. Each varied interchangeable version of the selected separable mold portion is configured to accommodate a different core of the plurality of varied cores. A number of systems for controlling a temperature of the mold are also disclosed.
US11679535B2
An apparatus including a co-extrusion device for extruding a multi-layer structure having at least one primary layer and at least one secondary layer, so that the multi-layer structure leaves the co-extrusion device along an exit direction; a mould provided with a pair of elements, at least one of the elements being movable towards the other in a moulding direction, so as to compression mould an object from a multi-layer dose which was severed from the multi-layer structure; a transport device for carrying the dose towards the mould; an arrangement for modifying orientation of the dose while the dose is being transported by the transport device, so that the dose is introduced into the mould with an orientation in which the secondary layer extends transversely to the moulding direction.
US11679534B2
An apparatus (1) for processing cups (2), adapted to be filled with coffee or other products, whether solid or liquid, and to be closed with respective lids to form corresponding capsules, comprises: a plurality of pockets (50) for housing the cups (2); an infeed station (4) for receiving the cups (2) and placing them in respective pockets (50) of the plurality of pockets (50); at least one tool (31) for applying a process to a rear face (23B) of an annular flange (23) of a cup (2) housed a respective pocket (50), to form a sealing profile (230); an outfeed station (6) configured to release the cups (2) with the sealing profile (230) formed on them.
US11679533B2
In an example method of forming an optical film for an eyepiece, a curable material is dispensed into a space between a first and a second mold surface. A position of the first mold surface relative to the second mold surface is measured using a plurality of sensors. Each sensor measures a respective relative distance along a respective measurement axis between a respective point on a planar portion of the first mold surface and a respective point on a planar portion of the second mold surface. The measurement axes are parallel to each other, and the points define corresponding triangles on the first and second mold surfaces, respectively. The position of the first mold surface is adjusted relative to the second mold surface based on the measured position, and the curable material is cured to form the optical film.
US11679523B2
A coupling mechanism for a shaving device having a first connector coupled with a second connector defining a channel, the second connector including an engagement surface within the channel. A retainer positioned between the first connector and the second connector, and a plunger that transitions between a first position and a second position. The engagement surface of the second connector engages the retainer when the plunger is in the first position and the engagement surface of the second connector disengages the retainer when the plunger is in the second position.
US11679522B2
A cutting apparatus for hair or fiber protruding from a surface includes a roller, a number of cutting features disposed at an outer peripheral surface of the roller, wherein the number of cutting features is adapted for cutting the hair or fiber when the roller rotates in contact with the filamentous surface or is moved while in contact with the filamentous surface.
US11679518B2
The multifunctional pocket knife (1) is composed of a handle (2) formed by two joined-together flanks (3, 3′) that provide at least one stowage space (4) for tools that each pivot about link pins (5, 5′) arranged at each end of the handle (2). It is characterized in that it comprises a planar tick-removal instrument (6) that pivots about one of said link pins (5, 5′) and that extends along the longitudinal axis of the pocket knife. Tick-removal instrument (6) designed to be incorporated into a multifunctional pocket knife (1).
US11679514B2
A finger for a robotic gripper may include a flexible backbone, a plurality of jamming layers, and a membrane bag. The backbone may have a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side. The backbone may include a flexible beam, and a plurality of branches attached to the flexible beam and spaced apart from one another. Each branch may include a first end surface extending along the first side, and a second end surface extending along the second side. The first end surfaces may collectively extend along a majority of the first side, and the second end surfaces may collectively extend along a majority of the second side. The jamming layers may be positioned along the third side or the fourth side. The membrane bag may be positioned over the jamming layers.
US11679513B2
A slide portion of a first adapter is fitted into a slot of a second adapter, and a ball is disposed between a cam member supported by the slide portion and an opening edge portion constituting the slot. The ball can advance toward or retreat from an engagement groove of the opening edge portion by movement of the cam member. By operating a release button connected integrally with the cam member and also sliding the first adapter and the second adapter relative to each other, the ball retreats, and the first adapter and the second adapter are separated from each other.
US11679512B2
A tool changer includes a case including a plurality of case bodies that are separated from each other, a fixed body disposed in the case, a shaft disposed in the case and extending a long way in an axial direction of the case, a motor configured to rotate the shaft, a moving body configured to move along the shaft based on rotation of the shaft, and a plurality of pushers connected to the fixed body via a first link, connected to the moving body via a second link, and configured to press the case body in an outer radial direction when the moving body moves towards the fixed body.
US11679511B2
A robotic end-effector to provide an anthropomorphic hand with a dorsal actuation system. The hand has a substantially planar palm and fingers extending from the palm and capable of flexion and extension relative to the palm. The dorsal actuation system is supported on the palm and fingers, with actuators positioned at a dorsal side of the palm and links positioned at a dorsal side of the fingers.
US11679508B2
A first characteristic portion of a first workpiece and a second characteristic portion of a second workpiece are previously determined. A characteristic amount detection unit detects a first characteristic amount related to the position of the first characteristic portion and a second characteristic amount related to the position of the second characteristic portion in an image captured by a camera. A calculation unit calculates, as a relative position amount, the difference between the first characteristic amount and the second characteristic amount. A command generation unit generates a movement command for operating a robot based on a relative position amount in the image captured by the camera and a relative position amount in a predetermined reference image.
US11679506B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for generating simulated training data for a physical process. The technique includes receiving, as input to at least one machine learning model, a first simulated image of a first object, wherein the at least one machine learning model includes mappings between simulated images generated from models of physical objects and real-world images of the physical objects. The technique also includes performing, by the at least one machine learning model, one or more operations on the first simulated image to generate a first augmented image of the first object. The technique further includes transmitting the first augmented image to a training pipeline for an additional machine learning model that controls a behavior of the physical process.
US11679500B2
Systems and techniques for target object retrieval may include or utilize an image capture device, and a task planner. The image capture device may receive an image of an environment including identified objects. The task planner may determine potential actions, calculate a probability of success of achieving a desired goal for each of the potential actions based on an action prediction model, the corresponding potential action, a current state of the environment, any previously taken action, and the desired goal, select a potential action associated with the highest calculated probability of success, and simulate a subsequent state based on the selected potential action and a dynamic prediction model. The potential actions may be associated with an identified object of the identified objects and an operation to be performed on the identified object.
US11679499B2
A system includes a robotic manipulator including a serial chain comprising a first joint, a second joint, and a first link. The system further includes a processing unit including one or more processors. The processing unit is configured to receive first link data from a first sensor system located at the first link, generate a first joint state estimate of the first joint based on the first link data, and generate a second joint state estimate of the second joint. The processing unit is further configured to apply a first weight to the first joint state estimate to generate a first weighted joint state estimate, apply a second weight to the second joint state estimate to generate a second weighted joint state estimate, and control the first and second joints based on the first weighted joint state estimate and second weighted joint state estimate.
US11679498B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for rule execution in an online robotics system. One of the systems includes an execution engine subsystem and an execution memory subsystem. The execution engine receives rules having types and subtypes that represent a particular entity in an operating environment of a robot, provides subscription requests to the execution memory subsystem, and receives events emitted by the execution memory subsystem. The an execution memory receives subscription requests from the execution engine subsystem, receives new observations, converts the new observations into fact updates, performs pattern matching with the fact updates against the patterns of the subscription requests, and emits events to the execution engine subsystem for patterns that have been matched by the fact updates.
US11679496B2
Robot controller that controls robot, learned model, method of controlling robot, and storage medium
A robot controller that controls a robot by automatically obtaining a controller capable of suitably controlling a wide range of robots. An image is acquired from an image capturing apparatus that photographs an environment including the robot. The robot is driven based on an output result obtained by inputting the image to a neural network. The neural network is updated according to a reward generated in a case where a plurality of virtual images photographed while changing an environmental condition of a virtual environment generated by virtualizing the environment and a state of a virtual robot are input to the neural network, and a policy of the virtual robot, which is output from the neural network, satisfies a predetermined condition.
US11679491B1
Retrieving tool and method. This includes an elongated shaft having a shaft-length and a shaft-handle joined with a top end of the elongated shaft. Also includes a cord having a cord-length, a cord-handle joined with a first end of the cord, and the cord extending along the elongated shaft and movable relative to the elongated shaft where the cord-length is greater than the shaft-length. A platform is foldable upon itself between opposite platform ends, and the opposite platform ends are joined with a second end of the cord adjacent to a bottom end of the elongated shaft such that the platform is movable toward and away from the bottom end of the elongated shaft by the cord.
US11679483B2
An angled adapter for coupling a tool bit to a tool includes a housing and a transmission assembly positioned in the housing. The transmission assembly is configured to convert an input torque about a first axis from the tool to an output torque about a second axis acting on the tool bit. The second axis is disposed at an angle relative to the first axis. The angled adapter also includes a shank supported by the housing and including a tool coupling portion configured to couple to the tool. The tool coupling portion has an outer dimension. The shank also includes a transmission coupling portion coupled to the transmission assembly, and an intermediate portion extending between the tool coupling portion and the transmission coupling portion. The intermediate portion has a diameter that is less than the outer dimension.
US11679479B2
A power tool includes an air spring cylinder. A piston is movably positioned within the cylinder and a driver blade and a rack are attached to the piston. The power tool includes a lifter gear including a lifter gear wheel portion, and a plurality of teeth extending radially from the lifter gear wheel portion and configured to engage the rack. A hub includes a first end operably connected to a motor output and a second end including a hub wheel portion. A first receptacle is provided in one of the lifter gear and the hub and a first bearing element extends from the other of the lifter gear and the hub into the first receptacle. A first elastomeric damper is positioned within the first receptacle between the first bearing element and a bearing element defined portion of the first receptacle.
US11679475B2
An electrically isolated coupler may include a driven body, a drive body and an insulating member. The drive body is made of first metallic material and has a driven end configured to interface with a fastening component. The driven body includes a first interface portion and the drive body includes a second interface portion. The drive body is made of a second metallic material and has a drive end configured to interface with a driving tool. The insulating member is disposed between the drive body and the driven body to electrically isolate the drive body and the driven body from each. The first interface portion includes at least one axially extending portion that extends toward the drive body, and the second interface portion includes at least one axially extending portion that extends toward the driven body. The insulating member is disposed between the respective at least one axially extending portions of the first and second interface portions.
US11679474B2
A driving shank assembly includes a tube, a drive head, a connector, and two quick release nuts. The tube has two enlarged portions each having a mounting recess and an external thread. Each of the enlarged portions has a plurality of slits and a plurality of elastic clamping pieces between the slits. The drive head has a driving recess and a mounting shaft. The mounting shaft of the drive head is inserted into the mounting recess of the tube. The connector has a mounting shaft and a connecting shank. The mounting shaft of the connector is inserted into the mounting recess of the tube. The connecting shank of the connector has a retaining groove for mounting an actuating tool. Each of the quick release nuts has an internal thread screwed onto the external thread of the tube.
US11679469B2
A chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) tool includes a platen and a polishing pad attached to the platen, where a first surface of the polishing pad facing away from the platen includes a first polishing zone and a second polishing zone, where the first polishing zone is a circular region at a center of the first surface of the polishing pad, and the second polishing zone is an annular region around the first polishing zone, where the first polishing zone and the second polishing zone have different surface properties.
US11679463B2
A cutting fluid amount adjusting device acquires at least data indicating a machining state of a machine tool and data relating to cutting fluid supplied from a cutting fluid supplying device, creates data used in machine learning based on the acquired data, and executes, based on the created data, processing of the machine learning relating to the discharge amount of the cutting fluid from a cutting fluid nozzle in an environment in which machining of a workpiece by the machine tool is performed.
US11679450B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a housing which provides a manufacturing space for additive manufacturing, a linear drive arranged in the manufacturing space and having a base body, which is movable along a movement axis of the linear drive in the manufacturing space, and a tool holder for taking up a tool unit. The tool holder is attached to the base body so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis and is moved with the base body along the movement axis of the linear drive. The tool holder further comprises a clamping device having an unclamped operating state for taking up and taking out the tool unit and a clamped operating state for fixing the received tool unit. Furthermore, the additive manufacturing apparatus has a tool store, which is arranged in the manufacturing space and provides a plurality of tool places for tool units.
US11679449B2
There is provided an optical axis adjustment jig including a flat parallel-surface plate having an upper surface and a lower surface with reflective films disposed respectively thereon, and an image capturing unit disposed beneath the flat parallel-surface plate for capturing an image of a laser beam applied thereto. The flat parallel-surface plate is made of a material that is transmissive of a wavelength of the laser beam. The laser beam is applied through the flat parallel-surface plate to the image capturing unit. A tilt of the optical axis of the laser beam is detected on the basis of the shape of the beam spot of the laser beam whose image has been captured by the image capturing unit.
US11679447B2
Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a chamber providing a space in which a substrate is treated, a support unit supporting the substrate inside the chamber, a laser unit irradiating laser to an edge region of the substrate, a vision unit capturing the edge region of the substrate to measure an offset value of the substrate, and an adjustment unit adjusting an irradiation location of the laser based on the offset value of the substrate.
US11679446B2
A friction stir welding apparatus includes a probe, a shoulder, a recess part, and an annular member. The probe is pressed to a joint part of a plurality of joined members while being rotated. The shoulder is formed so as to surround the probe at an outside in a radial direction with respect to a rotation axis of the probe. The recess part is formed on at least one of an outer circumference of the probe and an inner circumference of the shoulder. The annular member is fitted to the recess part.
US11679444B2
Disclosed in the present application is a cooling system for a reflow furnace, the reflow furnace comprising a heating zone, and the cooling system being used to regulate a temperature of the heating zone, the cooling system comprising: at least one gas inlet and at least one gas discharge port, the at least one gas inlet and the at least one gas discharge port being disposed on the heating zone; a blowing apparatus; at least one gas intake pipeline, an inlet of the at least one gas intake pipeline being connected to the blowing apparatus, an outlet of the at least one gas intake pipeline being connected to the at least one gas inlet, the at least one gas intake pipeline being able to controllably establish fluid communication between the blowing apparatus and the at least one gas inlet; and at least one gas discharge pipeline, an inlet of the at least one gas discharge pipeline being connected to the at least one gas discharge port, an outlet of the at least one gas discharge pipeline being connected to the outside, and the at least one gas discharge pipeline being able to controllably establish fluid communication between the at least one gas discharge port and the outside. The cooling system of the present application can shorten the time taken for the reflow furnace to change from a higher heating temperature to a lower heating temperature.
US11679435B2
An additive manufacturing build plate system includes a plate body defining a build surface and a rear surface opposite the build surface. A peripheral surface extends between the rear surface and the build surface. At least one gripping feature is defined in the peripheral surface, extending inwardly into the plate body between the build surface and the rear surface.
US11679433B2
A press mold includes: a lower die; an upper die; a lower holding unit including lower main pads and lower sub-pads respectively installed to be movable in an upper-lower direction on the lower body through first and second cushion springs, respectively, at an edge of a lower forming steel; an upper holding unit including upper main pads integrally connected to an edge of an upper forming steel in correspondence with the lower main pads and upper sub-pads installed to be respectively movable in the upper body in the upper-lower direction through third cushion springs at the edge of the upper forming steel in correspondence with the lower sub-pads; and a gap control assembly installed in a lower main block connected to the lower main pads to form a gap set between the lower main blocks and the upper sub-blocks connected to the upper sub-pads.
US11679428B2
A connection tube (1) for connecting two tubes (8, 9) of different alloys, wherein the connection tube has a central through-hole extending along a longitudinal axis and comprises a first end portion (2) of a first alloy, a second end portion (3) of a second alloy, and a middle portion (4) which is at least partly double-layered with said second alloy forming an annular inner layer and said first alloy forming an annular outer layer, wherein a metallic bond has been formed between said layers. The inner and outer layers are mechanically interlocked by means of at least one helically extending thread formed in an interface between said layers. The connection tube is manufactured from a base component and an outer component threaded onto the base component to form a work piece, which is hot worked to form a metallic bond.
US11679426B2
The present invention discloses a rolling-bulging forming hydraulic machine for tubular products, which includes a frame. The frame is provided with an upper rolling mechanism, a lower rolling mechanism, a fixed liquid bulging hydraulic cylinder and a movable liquid bulging hydraulic cylinder. The upper rolling mechanism and the lower rolling mechanism are arranged oppositely, and the upper rolling mechanism and the lower rolling mechanism are used to roll surfaces of a to-be-machined tubular product. The fixed liquid bulging hydraulic cylinder and the movable liquid bulging hydraulic cylinder are arranged oppositely, and the fixed liquid bulging hydraulic cylinder and the movable liquid bulging hydraulic cylinder are used to perform hydraulic bulging on the to-be-machined tubular product.
US11679424B1
A method for disposing of biomass waste. The method includes locating an abandoned mine having a first well drilled into or through the abandoned mine. Water is removed from a mine cavity through a second well drilled into or through the abandoned mine. The water from the mine is combined with a biomass waste that is at least 70 wt. % carbon to provide biomass waste entrained in the water. The biomass waste entrained in the water is pumped through the first well into the mine cavity to fill the mine cavity. As the biomass waste settles in the mine cavity, the water used to entrain the biomass waste is recirculated to combine with additional biomass waste.
US11679422B2
An on-board sensor cleaning device is provided for an on-board sensor including a sensing surface. The on-board sensor cleaning device includes an ejection port that ejects fluid toward the sensing surface when the ejection port is disposed outside a sensing range of the on-board sensor. The on-board sensor cleaning device further includes a movable nozzle configured to move the ejection port so that a position of an ejection axis of the ejection port changes.
US11679411B2
Systems and methods for protecting threads of metal pipes while coating the metal pipes with a protective coating are disclosed herein. Innovative metal couplings are used to protect the threads while a protective coating is applied to the metal pipes. The couplings are reusable and result in multiple efficiency improvements over previous methods and systems. Benefits include elimination of plastic caps and reduced waste, improved flowthrough in the powder coating process, more efficient thermo transfer in the thermal chamber, and an increase in the overall capacity of the powder coating operation.
US11679410B2
A method for coating a tile element includes providing a tile element made of a compressed fibre material having a porosity in the range of 0.92-0.99 and applying a water-based coating material to a side edge surface of the tile element extending between two opposite major surfaces of the tile element. The applying is performed by an applicator head of a continuous vacuum coating apparatus that applies the water-based coating material to the side edge surface of the tile element and removes excess through a vacuum. The water-based coating material is applied at a feeding rate of the tile element relative the applicator head in the range of 25-150 m/min. The water-based coating material forms a coating layer including an outer coating layer and an inner coating layer penetrating the side edge surface. The inner coating layer has penetration depth of at least 100 μm.
US11679409B2
A reactor for coating a device is provided. The reactor comprises a hollow body and a port. The hollow body is for supporting the device. The port is in fluid communication with the hollow body for exchanging a coating fluid. In use, the device is moveable within the hollow body from a stacked orientation to an unstacked orientation. Processes for coating devices and systems thereof are also provided.
US11679406B2
A material application and curing system incorporating a spray booth connected alongside a curing chamber along with a pivoting cantilever therebetween adapted to swing materials between them, such that materials can be coated with substances in the spray booth and then quickly, easily, and efficiently transferred to the curing chamber.
US11679402B2
A dispenser for compounds in paste form has a storage volume with a bounding part that can move conjointly when drawing from the storage volume, and a head piece that is guided relative to the storage volume. A discharge chamber with an inlet valve and an outlet valve has a discharge channel with a discharge opening. A spring element is active between the storage volume and the head piece, forms a bounding wall of the discharge chamber, and has a lower ear-shaped plug projection and an upper retaining profile. The spring element is designed as a leg that connects to the plug projection, which leg transitions into the retaining projection via an upwardly curved portion. The retaining profile is designed as a retaining projection that has a larger cross section than the leg, with an upper projection base which is enclosed in the retaining recess.
US11679395B2
Apparatus and associated methods related to providing safe electrical control and/or communication between a remote controller located in a safe location and interface system for a machine located in a hazardous location. The control and/or communication is provided via industrial-voltage power lines that traverse a barrier separating the safe location from the hazardous location. Control and/or communication is provided by reactively coupling to industrial power lines, which traverse the barrier, so as to superimpose a control and/or communication signal upon AC operating power provided to the machine. Each of the interface system located at the hazardous location and the remote control module located at a safe location provides such reactive coupling to the industrial-voltage power lines so as to communicate therebetween.
US11679390B2
A torque reaction pulley for an inertia cone crusher having an elastically deformable component responsive to a change in torque through the drive transmission of the crusher due to rotation of an unbalanced weight within the crusher.
US11679385B2
A media sample holder includes a base and a plurality of retention assemblies including retaining tabs and opposing flexible release lever arms, configured to allow attachment of the base to an attachment adapter. The media sample holder can attach a media sample on or near a filter. The media sample holder held in the media sample holder can have a different removal efficiency curve than a removal efficiency curve of the filter. The media sample can be placed at or near the filter for a period of time, then tested to determine the status and/or life of the filter based on the relationship between the remaining life, exposure, or removal efficiency of the filter and the exposure or removal efficiency of the tested media sample.
US11679384B2
Embodiments are directed towards methods and systems of depositing a uniform test-pathogen mixture onto a test article for testing the sterilization efficacy of an electromagnetic radiation or other sterilization process. The system includes a holding mechanism configured to removably secure the test article to the system. The system also includes a test-pathogen dispenser configured to uniformly deposit the test-pathogen mixture onto a reference surface of the test article. The system is structured so that at least one of the test article and the test-pathogen dispenser moves relative to the other. A plurality of test-pathogen mixture droplets or lines is deposited onto the reference surface in a predetermined test-pathogen pattern, such as, for example, a plurality of rows and columns of droplets. A distance from a dispenser tip of the test-pathogen dispenser to the reference surface of the test article may be determined to help maintain consistency between test-pathogen mixture droplets or lines.
US11679383B2
Multivolume liquid pipettes with nested plunger and vacuum chamber configurations and methods of using such pipettes are disclosed herein. These pipettes typically include a body and a fluid displacement assembly with a small plunger element slideably received within a larger plunger element, each movable within a vacuum chamber for the precise and accurate control of the displacement of fluid, such as air. In turn, this allows for a single device to aspirate and dispense a broad range of liquids in a dynamic, accurate, and precise manner. In addition, the devices disclosed herein may also include a multi-tiered spring-loaded ejection mechanism to allow the user to use and eject pipette tips of different sizes.
US11679375B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems of purifying solvents. The purified solvents can be used for cleaning a semiconductor substrate in a multistep semiconductor manufacturing process.
US11679373B2
This invention relates to a Cu-BTC MOF which is water stable. The Cu-BTC MOF has been modified by substituting some of the BTC ligand (1,3,5, benzene tricarboxylic acid) with 5-aminoisophthalic acid (AIA). The resultant MOF retains at least 40% of its as synthesized surface area after exposure to liquid water at 60° C. for 6 hours. This is an unexpected result versus the MOF containing only the BTC ligand. This MOF can be used to abate contaminants such as ammonia in gas streams and especially air streams.
US11679366B2
A vacuum chamber may include an ambient side and a vacuum side. The vacuum chamber may be configured to carry a feedthrough that may include a hollow tube, a first O-ring captured by a first recess within the hollow tube and a rod extending through the hollow tube. The outer circumference of the rod may be configured to contact an entirety of an inner circumference of the first O-ring. A vacuum fitting having an inner circumference may be fixedly secured to the hollow tube. The rod may be operable to be linearly movable within the hollow tube and may be rotatably movable about an axis within the hollow tube. An object may be secured to the rod and may be linearly and rotatably moved within the vacuum chamber.
US11679363B2
The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods related to a high pressure processing device that is configured to simplify batch processing. In an embodiment, a high pressure processing device includes a processing module configured to reduce a particle size of a material or achieve a desired liquid processing result for the material, a pump configured to pump the material to an inlet of the processing module, a recirculation pathway configured to recirculate the material from an outlet of the processing module back to the pump, an input device configured to receive at least one user input variable, and a controller configured to (i) determine a number of pump strokes for the pump based on the user input variable, and (ii) control the pump according to the determined number of pump strokes so that the material makes a plurality of passes through the processing module.
US11679360B1
A chemical injection unit consisting of one or more injection loops that uses a Venturi injector and motorized valve with a control system to isolate chemicals from water until operating conditions are suitable to carry the chemical and water mixture down the main flow pipe. The invention adjusts chemical injection rate to maintain desirable operational properties, including chemical injection rate, chemical concentration, or fluid viscosity. Accurate and real-time injection of chemicals is beneficial for safety as well as economics of the drilling operation in terms of reduced drilling time, efficient use of chemicals, and minimal variation in processing conditions.
US11679349B2
A method of filtering a liquid feed is described, comprising passing a liquid feed through a single pass tangential flow filtration (SPTFF) system and recovering the retentate and permeate from the system in separate containers. A method of filtering a liquid feed is also described comprising passing a liquid feed through a tangential flow filtration (TFF) system, recovering permeate and a portion of the retentate from the system in separate containers without recirculation through the TFF system, and recirculating the remainder of the retentate through the TFF system at least once. The methods of the invention can be performed using an SPTFF or a TFF system that comprises manifold segments to serialize the flow path of the feed and retentate without requiring diverter plates.
US11679331B2
The present disclosure provides a virtual object jump control method performed by a computer device. The method includes determining, in a process that a first virtual object in a virtual scene moves to a destination, a target landing point of the first virtual object according to a position of the destination when a current position of the first virtual object meets a jump condition; determining, according to the current position and the target landing point, a jump trajectory of the first virtual object jumping from the current position to the target landing point; and controlling the first virtual object to jump from the current position to the target landing point according to the jump trajectory.
US11679329B2
A computer device is configured to provide a computer implemented game. At least one processor of the computer device is configured to determine that one more matches have been made by a plurality of game elements in a game board area and in response to provide one or more game entities in the game board area. The at least one processor is configured to control one or more of the game entities to move from the game board area to an interaction area.
US11679328B2
In some implementations, a method is provided, performed by at least one server computer, for providing spectating of gameplay of a video game, including: receiving a plurality of game streams, each game stream being generated from an executing session of a video game; analyzing each game stream, to recognize gameplay activity depicted in each game stream; obtaining spectating preferences of a user; determining a prioritization of the plurality of game streams based on the recognized gameplay activity and the spectating preferences of the user; providing, over a network via a client device operated by the user, a recommendation of at least some of the game streams for spectating based on the determined prioritization; responsive to receiving, over the network from the client device, a selection of one of the recommended game streams, then providing, over the network to the client device, the selected game stream for spectating by the user.
US11679318B2
A smart mirror can show live or recorded streaming video of an instructor performing a workout in a package that is attractive and unobtrusive enough to hang in a living room. The smart mirror includes a mirror surface with a fully reflecting section and a partially reflecting section. A display behind the partially reflecting section shows the video when the smart mirror is on and is almost invisible when the smart mirror is off. The smart mirror also has a speaker, a microphone, and a camera to enable a user to view the video content and interact with the instructor. The smart mirror may connect to the user's smart phone, a peripheral device (e.g., a Bluetooth speaker) to augment user experience, a biometric sensor to provide biometric data to assess user performance, and/or a network router to connect the smart mirror to a content provider, an instructor, and/or other users.
US11679317B2
A pitcher training device includes a vertically mountable base with certain integrated training elements. The training elements include a rotatable disc with an axis of rotation in a fixed angular orientation relative to the vertically mountable base. The rotatable disc is rotatably mounted to the vertically mountable base.
US11679316B2
A hockey-stick blade includes a heel region, a toe region spaced longitudinally from the heel region, and a mid-region located between the heel region and the toe region. The toe region includes one or more reinforcing elements, optionally of different lengths, located at different vertical positions within the toe region. The blade further includes a hosel that optionally is tailored to substantially match the strength and stiffness characteristics of an attached or integral hockey stick shaft. The mid-region of the blade exhibits improved feel and flexibility characteristics due to the increased stiffness in the toe region.
US11679315B2
A kit of golf accessories including an attachment device is disclosed. The attachment device may include a grip portion and a plurality of first engagement members. The grip portion is configured to frictionally engage the elongate support of the golf travel device when the attachment device is wrapped around and secured to the elongate support. The plurality of first engagement members are arranged in longitudinal alignment on a front surface that is opposite the grip portion.
US11679307B2
The present invention is directed to a method of forming plurality of golf balls comprising steps of: providing plurality of inner cores; forming sheet of uncured rubber; forming plurality of preps in the sheet of uncured rubber such that each prep contains a concave top surface and is detachably connected to coupling material; loading the preps and coupling material into a core mold; loading plurality of inner cores into mold such that the inner cores are aligned with the concave surface of each prep; molding the preps about the inner cores to form outer core layers; and forming covers about outer core layers.
US11679306B1
An illuminated pickleball contains an elongated LED illuminated element with two opposing ends and comprises a shell that includes a plurality of apertures therethrough, two of which being designated as access aperture. The shell includes two opposing element holders which each include a shank projecting inwardly from the inside surface at one of the access apertures and which are mutually longitudinally aligned through a center point of the shell. Each holder is adapted for receiving the elongated illumination element and for retaining one of the opposing ends of the elongated illumination element by friction. When one end of the illumination element is inserted through an access aperture and then through one of the holders to engage the opposing holder, the opposing end of the elongated illumination element is retained, and the illumination element traverses through the center point of the shell and illuminates the pickleball from within.
US11679296B2
A dynamic exercise device having a hand grip mounted in an inner ring, the inner ring mounted in an outer ring, and the outer ring mounted in a base. Each of the above elements is movable in at least one degree of freedom relative to each of the other elements. Optionally, the base has feet. The feet may be fixed elements that provide immobility, or dynamic elements, such as roller bearings, that may provide adjustable movement.
US11679294B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to devices and methods for providing extension and flexion assistance. A device manipulates a foot of a user, thereby providing extension or flexion assistance to an ankle of the user, and includes a footplate positioned at a pre-determined distance from the user and adapted to pivot about an axis defined by the ankle as the foot extends or flexes about the ankle; and a force application system comprising a force applicator connected to the footplate, and a force application mechanism, wherein the force application mechanism is configured to apply a force to the force applicator, thereby providing the extension or flexion assistance to the foot about the ankle.
US11679292B2
A foam stabilizing composition is disclosed. The composition comprises (A) a siloxane cationic surfactant comprising a cationic moiety having the formula Z1-D1-N(Y)a(R)2−a, wherein Z1 is a siloxane moiety, D1 is a divalent linking group, R is H or an unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, subscript a is 1 or 2, and each Y has formula -D-NR13+, where D is a divalent linking group and each R1 is independently an unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms. The composition also comprises (B) an organic cationic surfactant comprising a cationic moiety having the formula Z2-D2-N(Y)b(R)2−b, wherein Z2 is an unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, D2 is a covalent bond or a divalent linking group, subscript b is 1 or 2, and R, Y, and subscript a, are defined above. An aqueous film-forming foam comprising the composition and method of using the same are also disclosed.
US11679290B2
Described herein are liquid fire retardant concentrate compositions comprising mixtures of ammonium phosphate fire retardants. Specifically, liquid fire retardant concentrate compositions comprising one or more of monoammonium phosphate (MAP), diammonium phosphate (DAP), and ammonium polyphosphate (APP) are described herein. The ammonium phosphate fire retardant(s) is typically suspended and/or dissolved in a liquid, typically with the fire retardant(s) incorporated into the composition in powder, or granular form. In certain aspects of the present invention, the compositions provided may exhibit one or more advantages as compared to current liquid concentrate fire retardants, including enhanced strength (i.e., a higher proportion of fire retardant component per unit volume), reduced toxicity, and/or reduced corrosion.
US11679289B2
A fire suppression apparatus for a vehicle includes: a docking unit disposed on an exterior panel of a vehicle body, the exterior panel configured to cover an interior space of the vehicle wherein the docking unit comprises a hole through which a fire-fighting hose or a spray nozzle, which is connected to the fire-fighting hose, for supply of fire-fighting water pass to be coupled to the docket unit; a supply pipe having a first end connected to the docking unit; and a nozzle assembly arranged in the interior space in the vehicle and connected to a second end of the supply pipe, the nozzle assembly being configured to spray the fire-fighting water, which is supplied through the supply pipe from the fire-fighting hose or the spray nozzle, in order to respond to the outbreak of a fire in the interior space of the vehicle.
US11679285B2
A sunscreen composition is provided as a metastable oil-in-water emulsion that includes aqueous and oil phases, including a UV filter system that includes at least one of each of mineral UV filters and organic UV filters; an emulsification system that includes at least one ionic surfactant, at least one surfactant having a high HLB, and at least one surfactant having a low HLB, and at least one anionic emulsifier; and a solvent system that includes one or a combination of emollients and silicones.
US11679283B2
Methods of treating the skin and in particular removing pigment from a tattoo are provided. In preferred embodiments, a piezoelectric transducer is placed at a plurality of locations above the skin and focused acoustic waves at 7 MHz or more are transmitted into the skin. The focal point of the focused acoustic waves is between 0.1 mm and 5 mm below the surface of the skin. The design of the piezoelectric transducer along with the frequency of operation are carefully chosen to create points of treatment with a desired size and shape. The correct amount of energy is supplied to the points of treatment to produce a lesion of a desired size and shape. The lesions are spaced and located to effect the treatment of the skin.
US11679280B2
A microwave power control device can include: a microwave signal generator and a signal distribution circuitry connected to the microwave signal generator. The microwave signal generator is configured to generate microwave signals and transmit the microwave signals to the signal distribution circuitry; and the signal distribution circuitry is configured to distribute the microwave signals to n accelerating tubes according to a target microwave power distribution ratio, n being an integer greater than or equal to 2.
US11679269B2
Provided are a defibrillation catheter system, a defibrillation power supply device, and a method for controlling the device during observation of intracardiac potential and defibrillation. A defibrillation catheter system 1 includes a catheter 20; a first power supply part 6A and a second power supply part 6B connected to the catheter 20; and an electrocardiograph 40 measuring an intracardiac potential, wherein the catheter 20 is provided with a first electrode group 21 having at least a 1-1 electrode and a 1-2 electrode and a second electrode group 22 having at least a 2-1 electrode and a 2-2 electrode, the first and second electrode groups 21 and 22 are connected to the electrocardiograph 40, the 1-1 electrode and the 2-1 electrode are connected to the first power supply part 6A, and the 1-2 electrode and the 2-2 electrode are connected to the second power supply part 6B.
US11679266B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to implantable medical devices (IMDs). In an exemplary embodiment, an IMD comprises: a housing including a plurality of feedthroughs extending through the housing, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a biocompatible circuit board disposed around an outer surface of the housing. The biocompatible circuit board comprising a plurality of traces, wherein a first trace of the plurality of traces is coupled to the first electrode and a first feedthrough of the plurality of feedthroughs, and a second trace of the plurality of traces is coupled to the first electrode and a second feedthrough of the plurality of feedthroughs.
US11679257B2
A method of treating an overactive bladder condition includes providing a stimulation device having a generator enclosing a primary cell that is coupled to circuitry, and a lead coupling an electrode assembly to the generator, where the circuitry is operable to generate a stimulation signal with a duty cycle of between 0.1% and 2.5% and a total average current drain from the primary cell of between 0.1 μA and 5 μA, with the total average current drain including a background current plus a stimulation current weighted by the duty cycle; forming an incision in skin of a patient diagnosed with the overactive bladder condition; implanting the stimulation device in the patient by inserting the stimulation device into the incision in the skin of the patient; and closing the incision.
US11679251B2
The electrical stimulation belt includes an electrical stimulator, a flexible substrate, a plurality of electrical connectors, a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of locators. The electrical stimulation is applied to the trunk or waist of a patient by the electrical stimulator belt through the placement of the plurality of electrical connectors in contact with the plurality of electrodes on the belt. A plurality of locators releasably fastened to the belt assist the user in locating the electrodes on the belt.
US11679249B2
The present invention relates to a pump, in particular a blood pump having a proximal and a distal end and a pump housing arranged therebetween, a driveshaft arranged in an interior of the pump housing along the longitudinal direction, a conveying element arranged on the driveshaft, and a cannula. Here, the pump housing, the shaft arrangement and the conveying element are coordinated with one another in such a way that these guarantee the best possible efficiency and longevity of the pump.
US11679241B2
A balloon catheter (10) with a shaft (14,24) extending in a longitudinal direction and having a proximal end and a distal end and an inflatable balloon positioned along the shaft. The balloon (12) includes at least one portion connected to the shaft and adapted for moving toward the proximal end thereof when the balloon is inflated. Related aspects are disclosed.
US11679235B2
An endoluminal device comprises a tubular member and a reinforcement member that is separable from, or together with, a wall of the tubular member, and removable in-situ.
US11679233B2
A retractable needle catheter insertion device is provided with a cannula and a needle positioned within the cannula to assist with insertion of the cannula. After insertion of the cannula into a patient, the needle can retract into a protective sleeve that contains the needle in order to reduce the chance that a medical practitioner will be inadvertently stuck by a used needle. The needle is carried by a needle support that is slidably disposed within the sleeve. A spring biases the needle support and needle toward a retracted position, and the device also includes an activation hub that works in conjunction with the needle support to control retraction of the needle. The retraction may be activated manually by the medical practitioner or may be activated automatically. A modular system and method of manufacturing is also provided in which catheters having either manually or automatic retraction can be manufactured using common parts.
US11679232B2
A flushing system for a catheter, in particular for a catheter of a catheter pump, comprising a supply line having a pump section, a discharge line having a pump section and a pump, wherein the diameter of the pump section of the discharge line is smaller than the diameter of the pump section of the supply conduit, the pump interacts with the pump section of the supply line for supplying flushing fluid to the catheter, and the pump interacts with the pump section of the discharge line for discharging flushing fluid from the catheter.
US11679230B2
A reality system includes a display aimed at a retina, the display providing 3D images with different depth view points; a glass to selectably turn on or off view of an outside environment in front of the person's eye; a processor coupled to the camera and to the glass to selectably switch between augmented reality and virtual reality; and a wireless transceiver coupled to the transceiver to communicate with a remote processor.
US11679224B2
The gases temperature supplied to a patient when the patient is undergoing treatment such as oxygen therapy or positive pressure treatment for conditions such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is often measured for safety and to enable controlling of the humidity delivered to the patient. The invention disclosed is related to measurement of properties, particularly temperature (thermistor), of gases flowing through a heated tube, supplying gases to a patient, which utilises the heating wire within the tube.
US11679221B2
A gas humidifier can have a gas channel comprising an inlet and an outlet. A portion of the gas channel can have a region having a reduction in cross-sectional area relative to the portions of the gas channel outside of the region. A water conduit can extend from the region to a water reservoir. A heating element can heat water entering the region from the water conduit. Water vaporized using the heating element can join the flow of gases passing through the gas channel in use.
US11679220B2
The present invention relates to a mask bead for a patient interface, comprising a nose bridge region, at least one side region, a base region, a mask bead attachment, and a bearing region on the patient. The bearing region extends from the side regions and the base region and also the nose bridge region to an opening and is designed as a sealing lip which frames the central opening which serves at least for the introduction of the nose of the patient. The mask bead is formed from at least one elastic material and comprises at least one support structure in the mask bead, which support structure is designed to in part face the bearing region and to in part face the mask bead attachment.
US11679218B2
The present disclosure relates to an oxygen mask comprising: a mask body defining a cavity configured to be positioned over the mouth and nose of a patient, an oxygen port formed on the upper half of the mask body, an annular aperture formed on the mask body, and at least one vent port formed on the mask body, wherein each vent port is formed on the bottom half of the mask body in a manner that patient's exhaled gases are directed towards the vent port.
US11679214B2
An apparatus for treating a respiratory disorder in a patient includes a power supply, a first power supply circuit coupled to the power supply, a pressure generator to generate a flow of air, a transducer to generate a flow signal representing a property of the flow of air, and motor power supply circuitry. The motor power supply circuitry includes: a motor controller to control operation of a motor in the pressure generator based on the flow signal; one or more storage elements to store energy generated by motor deceleration; an energy dissipation circuit to dissipate a portion the energy generated by the deceleration of the motor; and an energy transfer circuit to couple the one or more storage elements to the first power supply circuit and transfer the energy generated by motor deceleration and/or the energy stored by the one or more storage elements to the first power supply circuit.
US11679212B2
An inhaler, preferably for insertion into a nostril, in particular a horse's nostril, with a pressure generator, which has a tensioning device for the drive, and with a tensioning mechanism for tensioning the tensioning device, whereby the tensioning mechanism has a lever gear for tensioning the tensioning device.
US11679203B2
Medical device assemblies capable of aspirating liquid into a syringe barrel or other medical devices while evacuating any air from the syringe are described. An exemplary medical device includes a syringe barrel, plunger rod and stopper assembly having an air permeable and liquid impermeable porous portion and structure for forming a vacuum within either the stopper or the plunger rod. Described is a medical device including a syringe barrel, plunger rod and stopper assembly having an air permeable and liquid impermeable porous portion and structure for forming a vacuum within chamber between the stopper and plunger rod wherein the plunger rod includes a sealing edge and is moveable relative to the stopper. Exemplary medical devices may include a vent for allowing air that permeates through the porous portion to escape to atmosphere. Methods for aspirating a syringe barrel with a liquid are also provided.
US11679192B2
An extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus (1) comprising a control unit (10) connectable to a blood warming device (200). The apparatus (1) comprises: an extracorporeal blood circuit (100) and at least one infusion line (15, 21, 25) connected to the extracorporeal blood circuit (100). A control unit (10) is configured to execute the following procedure: receiving a first value representative of a desired blood temperature (Tdes) at an end (70) of a blood return line (7) configured to be connected to a venous vascular access of a patient (P); receiving at least a first signal relating to at least a flow rate (QPBP, QREP1, QREP2) of an infusion fluid in the at least one infusion line (15, 21, 25); calculating a set point value of an operating parameter (TOUT; Pw) to be imposed on the warming device (200) configured to heat a blood heating zone (H) of the extracorporeal blood circuit (100) in order to maintain the desired blood temperature (Tdes) at the end (70) of the blood return line (7). The set point is calculated based on input parameters comprising: at least the first value representative of the desired blood temperature (Tdes) and at least one selected in the group of: the first signal (QREP1, QPBP, QREP2) and a second value representative of a temperature (TREP1, TPBP, TREP2) of the at least one infusion fluid in the at least one infusion line (15, 21, 25).
US11679191B2
A device and method are provided for monitoring access to a patient by a device that withdraws liquid from the patient and/or supplies liquid to the patient, via a flexible line. A vessel access can be monitored during an extracorporeal blood treatment for which the blood of a patient is withdrawn via a flexible arterial line having an arterial puncture cannula, and supplied to the patient via a flexible venous line having a venous puncture cannula. The monitoring device has a line guide for loosely guiding a line segment of the flexible line. By detecting a change in situation of the loosely guided line segment, a conclusion is made as to whether an incorrect vessel access has occurred.
US11679190B2
Simple-to-use systems, methods, and devices for priming replacement blood treatment devices, for swapping the blood treatment devices out, for replacing swapped-out blood treatment devices, and other related operations are described. In embodiments, a blood treatment device can be primed while a therapy is still running. When the replacement blood treatment device is needed, the therapy can be stopped momentarily (less than a minute) for the rapid and safe swap of the blood treatment device. Blood loss can be minimized. The down time from therapy can be minimized.
US11679188B2
A processing system includes a processor including a separator, a set configured to cooperate with the separator to separate whole blood into plasma and other components, the set including an inlet line attachable to a patient to receive whole blood and an return line attachable to a patient to return processed fluid, and a source of replacement fluid connected to the disposable set, the processor configured to combine the other components with replacement fluid to define the processed fluid. The processor includes a controller and an input device coupled to the controller, the controller configured to receive an input via the input device, the input representing a volume of replacement fluid, and to control the processor to separate whole blood passing through the set and to combine the other components with the replacement fluid according to the input until the source of replacement fluid is empty.
US11679184B2
A dialysis machine (e.g., a peritoneal dialysis (PD) machine) can include a pressure sensor mounted at a proximal end of a patient line made of a distensible material that provides PD solution to a patient through a catheter. During treatment, an occlusion can occur at different locations in the patient line and/or the catheter. When an incremental volume of additional solution is provided to the patient line while the occlusion is present, a change in pressure results. The change in pressure depends on dimensions and a distensibility of a non-occluded portion of the patient line. If the change in pressure, the incremental volume, properties related to the distensibility of the patient line, and some of the dimensions of the patient line are known, a location of the occlusion can be inferred. An occlusion type can be inferred based on the location of the occlusion.
US11679182B2
A method of making a hydroxyl-terminated thioketal diol is provided, the method comprising reacting a thioketal ester with a non-pyrophoric reducing agent to form a hydroxyl-terminated thioketal diol. The hydroxyl-terminated thioketal diol can be 2,2-(propane-2,2-diylbis(sulfanediyl)) diethanol. The non-pyrophoric reducing agent can be a sodium aluminum hydride, for example, sodium bis (2-methoxyethoxy)aluminum hydride. The thioketal ester can be dimethyl 2,2-(propane-2,2-diylbis(sulfanediyl)) diacetate. A biodegradable matrix prepared by reacting a hydroxyl-terminated thioketal diol with an isocyanate is provided. A method of making a biodegradable polyurethane composite is also provided.
US11679176B2
A system (10) for removing airborne pathogens can include a housing (1, 4, and 6) having at least one or more chambers, a bipolar ionizer (9A), at least one particle filter (8), and an ultra violet light radiation source (5A) residing in at least one or more chambers. Furthermore, the embodiments can include the use of a ventilation system which can include a fan (3) that draws in surrounding air at an intake (7A) and directs the surrounding air towards the at least one particle filter, the bipolar ionizer, and the ultra violet light radiation source before the ventilation system expels the surrounding air drawn through the intake through an exhaust vent (7B).
US11679173B2
The Portable Sanitizer Spritzier Station as disclosed includes an undercarriage of frontward and backward motion rollers and sidewards rollers configured to ambulate the station in a first mode and to convey carts there through in a second mode and to collect used sanitizer for recycle and refuse. The disclosure also includes an upper structure of clear side panels and clear tarp ends and inside guide rails between conveyor belts and a sanitizer pipe network directing sanitizer upward from a floor thereof and downward from a ceiling thereof. The disclosure further includes a controller configured to determine one of the first and the second modes and to determine a time limit for the sanitizer to be sprayed through the sanitizer pipes and to control the rollers and conveyor belt.
US11679170B2
A sanitizer is described which frames a payment media, such as a bill, a coin and a credit card, in an irradiation zone between narrowly spaced support walls having associated ultraviolet lamps arranged to irradiate the payment media for at least a predetermined minimum time period. In one approach a motorized transport transports the payment media to an entry point from which it falls into the irradiation zone. In another aspect, a gravity feed approach is employed to return the irradiated media item to a dispense zone. One application is to alleviate concern at a point of sale where customers and merchants are concerned about whether payment media may be carrying a dangerous virus.
US11679164B2
The present invention relates to methods of preparing a therapeutic exosome using a protein newly-identified to be enriched on the surface of exosomes. Specifically, the present invention provides methods of using the proteins for affinity purification of exosomes. It also provides methods of localizing a therapeutic peptide on exosomes, and targeting exosomes to a specific organ, tissue or cell by using the proteins. The methods involve generation of surface-engineered exosomes that include one or more of the exosome proteins at higher density, or a variant or a fragment of the exosome protein.
US11679158B2
The present invention relates to a cationic lipid having one or more biodegradable groups located in a lipidic moiety (e.g., a hydrophobic chain) of the cationic lipid. These cationic lipids may be incorporated into a lipid particle for delivering an active agent, such as a nucleic acid. The invention also relates to lipid particles comprising a neutral lipid, a lipid capable of reducing aggregation, a cationic lipid of the present invention, and optionally, a sterol. The lipid particle may further include a therapeutic agent such as a nucleic acid.
US11679150B2
The present invention relates to modified Mannheimia haemolytica (M. haemolytica) lktCA gene cluster cassettes, compositions comprising such cassettes, methods of using such cassettes and compositions, and kits comprising such cassettes and compositions. Also described herein are Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) protective antigens, compositions comprising such antigens, methods of using such antigens and compositions, and kits comprising such antigens and compositions. Also described herein are modified M. haemolytica lktCA gene cluster cassettes engineered to express M. bovis protective antigens, compositions comprising such cassettes, methods of using such cassettes and compositions, and kits comprising such cassettes and compositions.
US11679149B2
The present invention relates to the field of native outer membrane vesicles (nOMVs), particularly nOMVs having increased levels of lipoproteins on their surface and use of same in immunogenic compositions.
US11679145B2
The present invention relates to improved assisted reproductive technology using highly purified menotropin (HP-hMG) to stimulate follicle development in controlled ovarian stimulation, particularly in women at risk of a high ovarian response to controlled ovarian stimulation.
US11679144B2
The invention features combination therapies using an IL-15-based superagonist complex and an antibody to effectively treat subjects with cancer and infectious diseases.
US11679139B2
A liquid composition comprising witch hazel; glycerin; dehydrated xanthan gum; and water.
US11679134B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition, and a food additive for the prevention and treatment or improvement of muscle loss, muscle weakness, and muscle atrophy, which contain Enterococcus faecalis, particularly Enterococcus faecalis EF-2001 among others, a culture solution thereof, or a killed body thereof as an active ingredient. Killed Enterococcus faecalis EF-2001 of the present invention exhibits a remarkable treatment effect for muscle loss, muscle weakness, and muscle atrophy by inhibiting the damage to muscle cells induced by oxidative stress, and thus killed lactic acid bacterium Enterococcus faecalis EF-2001 of the present invention or a culture solution thereof can be usefully used as an active ingredient in a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition, and a food additive for prevention of muscle atrophy and sarcopenia.
US11679133B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods comprising cell surface markers for pluripotent-derived cells, in particular, pancreatic endoderm-type cells, derived from pluripotent stem cells.
US11679124B2
The present invention is related to a composition comprising at least one bile acid; at least one fatty acid or salt thereof, calcium, and vitamin D, for use as a medicament, and especially in inducing expression of vitamin D-receptor co-activator Hsp90β for increasing vitamin D-induced calcium uptake in a mammal. The invention is also related to a dietary or nutritional supplement comprising a composition as described above and comprising additionally conventional components for dietary or nutritional supplements.
US11679121B2
Disclosed are morpholino oligonucleotides that can be used to silence expression of MGMT, pharmaceutical compositions that include said morpholino oligonucleotides, and methods of using said morpholino oligonucleotides in the treatment of cancer, particularly methods that involve the use of radiation to deliver said morpholino oligonucleotides.
US11679119B2
The present disclosure relates to ready-to-use liquid aqueous bortezomib compositions bortezomib and pharmaceutical excipients. Other aspects include methods of preparing such ready-to-use liquid aqueous bortezomib compositions, and methods of using such ready-to-use liquid bortezomib compositions in therapeutic applications.
US11679113B2
Provided herein are methods for treating uveal melanoma in a subject in need thereof by administering an effective amount of an agent that inhibits expression of FAK protein to the subject. In one aspect, the agent that inhibits expression of FAK protein comprises, or alternatively consists essentially of, or yet further consists of a gene editing agent, such as for example one or more of: RNA interference (RNAi), CRISPR/Cas, ZFN, and/or TALEN. In another aspect, the agent is VS-4718. Also described herein are kits comprising, or alternatively consisting essentially of, or yet further consisting of one or more of: agents that inhibit expression of FAK protein, siRNAs, shRNAs, miRNAs, nucleases and/or guide RNA sequences for carrying out the methods of this disclosure, and optional instructions for use.
US11679110B2
Described herein are methods of treating cancers and other tumors related to the decreased proliferation, the depletion, or the repolarization of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and treatment of associated disorders, including tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT) and diffuse-type tenosynovial giant cell tumor (DTGCT).
US11679106B2
Described herein is the bromodomain inhibitor 4-[2-(cyclopropylmethoxy)-5-methylsulfonylphenyl]-2-methylisoquinolin-1-one, including crystalline forms, amorphous forms, solvates, and hydrates thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions that include this bromodomain inhibitor. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition comprises 4-[2-(cyclopropylmethoxy)-5-methylsulfonylphenyl]-2-methylisoquinolin-1-one that has been processed by micronization or spray dried dispersion. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition further comprises at least one polymer. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition comprises a solid polymer matrix comprising 4-[2-(cyclopropylmethoxy)-5-methylsulfonylphenyl]-2-methylisoquinolin-1-one and at least one polymer. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising 4-[2-(cyclopropylmethoxy)-5-methylsulfonylphenyl]-2-methylisoquinolin-1-one are useful for the treatment of cancer or neoplastic disease.
US11679097B2
The present invention relates to a combination product comprising a limonoid compound (or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative, ester, stereoisomer, salt or prodrug thereof), and a biguanide compound (e.g., metformin, metformin hydrochloride, buformin, and phenformin). The present invention further relates to a use of the combination product for prevention and/or treatment of a disease associated with diabetes, for lipid-lowering and weight-loss, and the like.
US11679094B2
The present invention provides a composition based on cannabidiol (CBD) and chitosan for use in reducing blood cholesterol, blood LDL and blood triglycerides levels.
US11679086B2
Devices, systems, compositions and methods for long term or prolonged transdermal administration of an active agent are provided.
US11679084B2
Exemplary compositions, methods, systems, and kits are disclosed that render excess pharmaceuticals safe by chemically transforming the active pharmaceutical ingredient into an environmentally benign and biologically inert form. The methods and kits have additional advantages of convenience, low cost, long shelf life, and ease of handling.
US11679082B2
Disclosed herein are therapeutic constructs including a delivery particle, at least one mitotic kinase inhibitor, and at least one immune checkpoint inhibitor. Also disclosed are therapeutic constructs including a mitotic kinase inhibitor, an immune checkpoint inhibitor, and a chemical linker. These therapeutic constructs cause cancer death by both therapeutic and immune effects and promote targeted delivery of more therapeutics to the surviving cancer cells in a positive feed-back loop. They enhance therapeutic index of free drugs and can be used intratumorally or systemically. This strategy can treat broad cancer types and is particular useful for cancer without obvious receptors for cancer-targeted delivery of otherwise toxic therapeutics.
US11679078B1
This disclosure is directed to ophthalmic suspensions for dry eye and other ocular indications that provide long-lasting on eye benefits. The disclosure provides methods of increasing lipid layer thickness and methods of lubricating an eye. The disclosure also provides methods of maintaining integrity of an eye's tear film layers which increases the eye's lipid layer thickness and methods of recreating or building one or more layers of an eye's tear film.
US11679071B2
Described is a urogenital cleansing composition that includes a non-ionic cellulose ether, an aqueous solvent, a triglyceride oil and a pH-regulating agent, wherein the urogenital cleansing composition does not contain any additional emulsifier and have a pH within the range of from 3 to 4 and wherein the pH-regulating agent is a lactate buffer.
US11679070B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for treating hair with lactones. The lactones form a covalent thio-ester bond with free thiols groups on chemically treated hair, and thereby impart a “repairing” or “conditioning” effect to the hair, for example, by making the hair more hydrophobic. Typically, after hair has been treated with a composition comprising one or more reducing agents that reduce disulfide bonds of hair to free thiols, a composition comprising one or more lactones is applied to the hair and the one or more lactones react with the free thiols to form a covalent thio-ester bond. Treatment with the lactones prevents reversion of the repaired bonds to their free thiol state after a single application.
US11679059B2
A system and method for mechanical CPR can include a device for providing compressive force to various locations on a patient, and biological monitoring systems to measure the effectiveness of the various locations of compressive force in pumping blood through the patient. The system can also include providing decompressive force to increase the efficacy of blood flow.
US11679055B2
A lumbar herniated disc treatment device includes an upright post, a rail vertically mounted on the upright post, a chest fixing device up-and-down, slidably mounted on the rail, a lumbar traction and torsion device up-and-down slidably mounted on the rail and positioned below the chest fixing device, and a waist massage device up-and-down slidably mounted on the rail and positioned between the chest fixing device and the lumbar traction and torsion device.
US11679054B2
A multi-sensory media experience delivery platform includes a vibroacoustic therapy bed that delivers a multi-sensory media experience locally stored, streaming, on-demand, or real-time signals. The vibroacoustic therapy bed drives a plurality of sensory output devices based on a set of sensory output channels to produce sounds, vibrations, light patterns, or other sensory outputs. The channels may be derived from dedicated signals created for a specific sensory output device or may be derived from an audio file or other general set of waveforms. The multi-sensory media experience may be customized to a user based on user profile data, metadata associated with the multi-sensory media experience, or biometric data. Furthermore, users can create customized multi-sensory media experiences from libraries of sounds or other media.
US11679043B2
A hydraulic system for a mobile rescue stretcher has a hydraulic cylinder, with first and second working chambers, a tank and pump. The first and second chambers are connected to the pump via first and second line arrangements, respectively, and can be pressurized by the pump. Hydraulic fluid flows out of the first chamber via the first line arrangement when pressure is applied to the second chamber. The first line arrangement has a first check valve which opens when pressure is applied to the second line arrangement. Hydraulic fluid flows out of the second chamber via the second line arrangement when pressure is applied to the first chamber. The second line arrangement has a first branch line connected to the pump and a second branch line connected to the tank. A pressure valve in the second branch line opens when pressure is applied to the second line arrangement.
US11679039B2
Methods of forming front and back waist gasketing elements on an absorbent article are provided. The methods include the steps of providing a web of chassis material and waist gasketing elements, each having a first transverse edge, a second transverse edge, a top and bottom layer. The methods further include bonding the top and bottom layers in closure bond regions, and joining the waist gasketing elements to the chassis to form a strip of final articles. The methods include dividing the strip of final articles between the first and second transverse edges such that a cut separates two final articles, a leading article and a trailing article, wherein each cut is disposed within a closure bond region, forms a back waist edge of the leading article and a front waist edge of the trailing article; and forms an outboard lateral edge of a back waist gasketing element on the leading article and an outboard lateral edge of a front waist gasketing element on the trailing article.
US11679027B2
Methods and apparatus provide treatment with a first therapeutic agent and a second therapeutic agent for an extended time. The first therapeutic agent may comprise a VEGF inhibitor and the second therapeutic agent may comprise an antiinflammatory, such as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, for example a cyclooxygenase inhibitor. One or more of the first therapeutic agent or the second therapeutic agent can be injected into the eye, for example injected into a therapeutic device implanted into the eye to release the injected therapeutic agent for an extended time.
US11679024B2
Proposed is a filter fixing module mounted to a handpiece cooling device having a connecting unit such that a refrigerant supply unit is coupled thereto, the filter fixing module including a body having a support surface formed in a plate shape, and a receiving surface formed on an edge of the support surface and protruding in a first direction relative to the support surface so as to prevent removal of a filter received in the support surface, and a grip unit connected to the body, wherein the grip unit comprises a first grip member and a second grip member extending in directions opposite to the protruding direction of the receiving surface relative to the body.
US11679023B2
A mandibular advancement splint)MAS) including dentition engagement units, each having a face for operatively abutting a complementary face of the other, and an opposed dentition engagement face which is adapted to positively engage the maxillary or mandibular dentition. A plane of abutment of the faces is approximately normal to the sagittal plane to facilitate sliding displacement of one engagement unit relative to the other. The MAS further includes at least one elastic element configured to operatively exert a user-configurable urging force between said dentition engagement units, so that the mandibular dentition is biased forward and along said abutment plane relative to the maxillary dentition when the splint is in use.
US11679017B2
An elastomeric device for improving the erection of the human penis may include a frustoconical collar sized to receive and snugly jacket the user's penis and apply effective pressure on the dorsal penile veins, and a radially extending pubic shield adapted to overlay the pubic area of the user. An elastic strap attached to the pubic shield may encircle the underside of the scrotum to apply effective pressure on the deep veins behind the scrotum and to retain the device on the user's penis during sexual activity. When used in combination with a conventional vacuum erection device, substantially airtight seals are established around the open end of the vacuum device, the base of the penis, and the anterior sealing surface of the pubic shield during evacuation pumping. Related methods are also described.
US11679015B2
A brace includes a bottom having a sole made of a soft material with a tread intended to come in contact with the ground, and a stiffening plate fixed on the sole. A rigid body is provided having a base plate removably connected to the stiffening plate. A monolithic upper is removably connected to the body, and at least one intermediate sole made of a soft material is disposed on the base plate of the body.
US11679004B2
A system for dilating tissue includes a retractor having a pair of retractor blades that are movable towards and away from each other to retract tissue of a patient. The retractor blades have longitudinal guide channels. A first pin is attachable to a first vertebra. The system also includes an interbody spacer insertion device that has a guide channel for slidably engaging the longitudinal channel guide and is releasably attachable to an interbody spacer. The interbody spacer insertion device is configured to guide the interbody spacer into a space between adjacent vertebrae. A method for using the system includes advancing the retractor blades towards first and second vertebrae. The first retractor blade is attached to the first vertebra using the first pin and the retractor blades are moved away from each other. The interbody spacer insertion device is translated towards the vertebrae to position the interbody spacer between the vertebrae.
US11679000B2
An expandable spinal fusion implant including first and second endplates coupled to an expansion member that sits within a housing. The expansion member is translated by a drive mechanism, whereby translation of the expansion member by the drive mechanism in a distal and proximal directions causes the distance between the endplates to increase and decrease, respectively.
US11678989B2
A scaffold comprised of a plurality of PLLA layers, which may include stem cells, for regenerating bone or tissue. The PLLA layers are separated by a plurality of hydrogel layers. The PLLA layers comprise a nanofiber mesh having a piezoelectric constant to apply an electrical charge to the bone or tissue upon application of ultrasound energy.
US11678985B2
An implant configured to control travel of a leaflet of a heart valve, the implant comprising a first implant member, the first implant member having a first implant member first fastener, a first implant member second fastener, a tether connecting the first implant member first fastener and the first implant member second fastener and a first implant member connector slidably disposed on the tether; a second implant member, the second implant member having a second implant member connector and a second implant member anchor; wherein the first implant member connector and the second implant member connector are magnetically couplable, and wherein at least one of the first implant member connector and the second implant member connector comprises a permanent magnet.
US11678981B2
An improved holder and storage system for a tissue-type prosthetic mitral heart valve that constricts the commissure posts of the valve and prevents suture looping. A rod axially movable relative to the holder tensions lengths of attachment sutures that extend between the commissure post tips to create a tent and flex the tips inward, thus helping to prevent looping of any of an array of pre-implanted sutures around the leading tips during delivery of the valve. The holder has a safety mechanism that prevents valve delivery before the rod is deployed. One embodiment automatically deploys the rod upon opening a storage jar. One embodiment permits a delivery handle to directly deploy the rod, while another uses a separate worm screw and coupling. A holder clip that attaches to a packaging sleeve may be formed of flexible members meshed together from which the heart valve and holder are easily pulled free to eliminate a step of decoupling the clip from the sleeve.
US11678976B2
A device and method for forming an adaptive optic in the capsule of a human eye is disclosed, comprising a capsular interface enclosing an optically acceptable medium. The device establishes a physiologic range of optical power in response to a range of ciliary contractile states. The preferred bi-phasic medium of the device is comprised of a solid three dimensional polymeric network suspended in a liquid aqueous phase and bonded to a capsular interface. The polymeric network provides shape to the capsular interface, optical power, and a physiologic response to the suspensory ligament. The three dimensional network of the bi-phasic medium mimics the stacked fiber configuration and elasticity of a natural lens. An alternative embodiment utilizing a single phase medium is also disclosed with associated structural features provided in the capsular interface.
US11678961B2
Packaging for individual strands of dental floss. The packaging may include a container defining a chamber having a dispensing portion. An insert is positioned in the chamber and includes a first panel defining a first edge and a second panel. The second panel defines a passage extending between its sides. The second panel also defines a second edge positioned on an opposite side of the passage as the first edge. The package also includes a serpentine floss guide path defined by the container, the first panel, and the second panel. The serpentine floss guide path extends from the dispensing portion, along one side of the first panel, around and over the first edge to one side of the second panel, through the passage, and around and over the second edge. Strands of floss extend along the serpentine floss path and may be removed from the container one at a time by grasping and pulling the end positioned at the dispensing portion.
US11678940B2
A system includes a dilation catheter and a guide member. The dilation catheter includes a proximal end, a distal end, a dilator, a navigation sensor, and a force sensor. The dilator is positioned proximal to the distal end and is configured to transition between a non-dilated configuration and a dilated configuration. The navigation sensor is positioned distal to the dilator and is configured to cooperate with a guidance system and thereby provide signals indicating a position of the dilation catheter in three-dimensional space. The force sensor is positioned distal to the dilator and is configured to provide signals indicating a force encountered by the force sensor. The dilation catheter is configured to slide relative to the guide member. A distal portion of the guide member is sized and configured to fit in a nasal cavity of a patient.
US11678938B2
Systems and methods for designing and implementing patient-specific surgical procedures and/or medical devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a patient data set of a patient. The patient data set is compared to a plurality of reference patient data sets, wherein each of the plurality of reference patient data sets is associated with a corresponding reference patient. A subset of the plurality of reference patient data sets is selected based, at least partly, on similarity to the patient data set and treatment outcome of the corresponding reference patient. Based on the selected subset, at least one surgical procedure or medical device design for treating the patient is generated.
US11678937B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for predicting coronary plaque vulnerability, using a computer system. One method includes acquiring anatomical image data of at least part the patient's vascular system; performing, using a processor, one or more image characteristics analysis, geometrical analysis, computational fluid dynamics analysis, and structural mechanics analysis on the anatomical image data; predicting, using the processor, a coronary plaque vulnerability present in the patient's vascular system, wherein predicting the coronary plaque vulnerability includes calculating an adverse plaque characteristic based on results of the one or more of image characteristics analysis, geometrical analysis, computational fluid dynamics analysis, and structural mechanics analysis of the anatomical image data; and reporting, using the processor, the calculated adverse plaque characteristic.
US11678928B2
Surgical devices and related methods are disclosed. An example end effector for a surgical device may include a first jaw, a second jaw, and an articulating mechanism operable to move the first jaw between an open position, an intermediate position, and a closed position. An example articulating mechanism may include a first jaw mount coupled to the first jaw so that movement of the first jaw mount along a path causes rotation and translation of the first jaw mount and the first jaw. A pivotably mounted crank may operably couple an actuator linkage to the first jaw mount so that moving the actuator linkage rotates the crank, and rotation of the crank may move the first jaw mount along the path.
US11678924B2
An intraoperative monitoring module (IMM) for assessing strength of screw attachments to bone and detecting breaches includes a torque sensor on a rotatable tool receptacle and a variable-output current source. The IMM provides concurrent monitoring of rotational torque applied to a screw and stimulus current passing through the screw into bone for evoked electromyography. A motor housing configured to drive in rotation a tool receptacle on the IMM, a screw driver modified for carrying the stimulus current, and a screw attached to the screw driver are optionally included. Cooperative anti-rotation features on the motor housing and IMM support accurate torque measurements and prevent the outer housing of the IMM from rotating with the tool receptacle while a screw is being driven. The motor housing optionally provides electrical power to the IMM.
US11678923B2
Anisotropic biocomposite material, medical implants comprising same and methods of treatment thereof
Reinforced biocomposite materials. According to at least some embodiments, medical implants are provided that incorporate novel structures, alignments, orientations and forms comprised of such reinforced bioabsorbable materials, as well as methods of treatment thereof.
US11678922B2
A system for delivering bone cement into a bone is provided. The system can include a hydraulic system actuatable to deliver a bone cement mixture from a bone cement container, through a cannula and into a bone. The hydraulic system can have more than one pressure relief mechanism for decreasing pressure in the hydraulic system to cease delivery (e.g., substantially instantaneously) of the bone cement into the bone.
US11678920B1
A self-drilling bone screw, comprising a head, a threaded body, and a tip region. The threaded body extends vertically below the head and has a helical male threading. The tip region extends vertically below the treaded body. The tip region is fluted and has a pointed bottom tip, such that the tip region is configured to drill a hole into a bone and generate bone chips. The tip region further has a slot disposed horizontally through a portion of the tip region above the pointed bottom tip, the slot being configured to trap at least some of the bone chips, thereby enabling fusion between the bone and the bone chips. A diameter of threaded body is larger than a maximal diameter of the tip region.
US11678916B2
Problem to be Solved A traverse that is percutaneously provided and a surgical instrument for percutaneously providing the transverse are provided. Solution A rod 10 is placed in each of two rod openings 113, 123 and a transverse bar 130 is inserted in two bar holes 111, 121. Set screws 140, 150 are screwed in screw holes 114, 124. The set screws 140, 150 press the transverse bar 130, thereby restraining the transverse bar 130 in the longitudinal direction. Since portions of the bar holes 111, 121 adjoin the rod openings 113, 123, the pressed transverse bar 130 contacts the rods 10 and pushes the rods 10 against the rod openings 113, 123. A protrusion 127 engages with the rods 10 to restrain hooks 110, 120 in the longitudinal direction and circumferential direction of the rods 10.
US11678915B2
Disclosed herein are ratchet retracting handles and related methods for automatically retracting a stylet during insertion of a bone anchor.
US11678901B2
An ultrasonic device may include an electromechanical ultrasonic system that includes an ultrasonic transducer coupled to an ultrasonic blade. A method of delivering energy to the ultrasonic device may include sensing a vessel type in contact with the blade, determining that the vessel type is either a vein or an artery, and delivering power to the transducer based on the vessel type. Power may be applied to the transducer at a power level P that differs from a nominal power level Pn for a period T that differs from a nominal period Tn based on the vessel. The power level P may be lower than Pn for a period T that is longer than Tn when the vessel is a vein. Alternatively, the power level P my be greater than Pn for a period T that is shorter than Tn when the vessel is an artery.
US11678900B2
A surgical device comprising: a closure assembly comprising: (a) a movement unit including (i) a bar and (ii) a contact element, wherein the bar, the contact element, or both move in a direction of a prescribed motion; (b) a latch unit comprising: (i) a latch plate including: (1) a hook latch that selectively receives the bar, the latch plate being movable between: (A) a lockable state where the hook latch is engageable by the bar, and (B) an unlockable state where the hook latch is unengageable by the bar; (c) an indicator mechanism that moves into alignment with the prescribed motion of the contact element, the bar, or both when the latch unit is in the unlockable state so that the indicator is contacted by the bar, the contacting element, or both generating an indication.
US11678899B2
Forceps including a housing, a first body, a second body and a drive shaft. The first body has a passageway extending therethrough. The drive shaft extending through the passageway and connected to the first body such that the first body and the drive shaft are slidable with respect to the housing to drive jaws located at a distal portion of the drive shaft between an open position and a closed position. The second body having a second passageway. The drive shaft extending through the second passageway such that the second body is guided by the drive shaft and is slidable relative to the first body and the drive shaft to displace a blade shaft between a retracted position and an extended position.
US11678892B2
Apparatuses and methods for microfracture (e.g., forming a plurality of microfractures in a bone to encourage cartilage regeneration). Some of the present apparatuses and methods are configured to create microfractures with smaller transverse dimensions (e.g., diameters) and greater depths than previously known. Some of the present apparatuses and methods comprise a penetrator removal tab coupled to the penetrator and configured to retract the penetrator relative to the cannula.
US11678883B2
Stapling assemblies for use with a surgical stapler are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a stapling assembly can include a cartridge and a knitted adjunct that is configured to be releasably retained on the cartridge. The adjunct can include at least one knitted layer formed of first fibers and at least one core layer formed of second fibers that are interconnected with the first fibers to form a plurality of interconnections, in which one of the plurality of interconnections differs from at least another one of the plurality of interconnections to provide a variable compression strength.
US11678878B2
A surgical device includes an elongate body, a tool assembly, a drive assembly, and an articulation mechanism for moving the tool assembly between a non-articulated position and articulated positions. The articulation mechanism includes an articulation link, a first pivot link that is positioned on a first side of a flexible beam, and a second pivot link positioned on a second side of the flexible beam. The first and second pivot links are configured to control the path of movement of the flexible beam of the drive assembly as the flexible beam is moved between its retracted and advanced positions in non-articulated and articulated positions of the tool assembly to maintain a predetermined distance of movement of the clamp member within the tool assembly constant.
US11678876B2
A method for deforming a staple comprising a base, a first staple leg, and a second staple leg, wherein the base, the first staple leg, and the second staple leg are positioned within a common plane prior to being deformed, the method comprising positioning the first staple leg within a first cup of a staple pocket, the first cup comprising a first inner surface, applying a first compressive force to the first staple leg to bend the first staple leg toward the base and the second staple leg, contacting the first inner surface with the end of the first staple leg to bend the end of the first staple leg toward a first side of the base, and deforming the first staple leg such that the end of the first staple leg crosses a mid-line of the staple defined between the first staple leg and the second staple leg.
US11678871B2
A balloon pulling device, comprising a core tube (11) portion and a balloon (12) portion, wherein the core tube (11) portion may inflate and deflate the balloon (12) portion by using a fluid; the present invention is characterized in that the balloon (12) portion comprises a plurality of expansion segments (13), the expansion segments (13) being larger than the remaining portion of the balloon (12) after being inflated with a fluid such that the entire balloon (12) forms a curved contour. A simple and reliable balloon pulling device capable of retracting at a long distance while being finely adjusted is achieved.
US11678869B2
A biopsy support device that supports an inspection using a living tissue sampled by a sampling instrument which is used by being inserted into an endoscope having an imaging element, the biopsy support device including a processor configured to recognize that the living tissue has been sampled by the sampling instrument on the basis of captured image data obtained by capturing an image using the imaging element; and generate identification information corresponding to the living tissue in a case where the living tissue is recognized to have been sampled.
US11678859B2
Systems and methods for generating an electromechanical map are disclosed herein. The methods includes obtaining ultrasound data comprising a series of consecutive image frames and radio frequency (RF) signals corresponding to the location in the heart; measuring displacements and strains based on the ultrasound data to determine an electromechanical activation in the location; converting the ultrasound data into a series of isochrone maps; and combining the series of isochrone maps to generate the electromechanical map. The electromechanical map illustrates the electromechanical activation and internal wall structures of the heart.
US11678855B2
An apparatus for analyzing coronary vessels and a corresponding method are provided in which simulated pullback data obtained from (non-invasively) acquired diagnostic images is co-registered with invasively acquired intravascular pullback data and the co-registration is used to identify disparities in the pullback data obtained using the two modalities. These disparities allow for deriving further information about the vessel geometry and/or the blood flow through the vessel. They may therefore be used to improve the physiological model.
US11678841B1
A system for demonstrating an effect of opioid compounds to a user. The system includes an eyewear device including at least one lens having an overlay affixed to at least a portion of the at least one lens, the overlay including a pattern that at least partially obscures a peripheral region of the at least one lens, and the at least one lens including a plurality of independently-controllable regions configured to be switched between different levels of opacity; a processor in communication with the eyewear device; and a memory in communication with the processor having stored thereon a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: transmit a plurality of signals to the eyewear device to switch at least one of the plurality of independently-controllable regions of the lens between the different levels of opacity.
US11678838B2
Approaches to determining a sleep fitness score for a user are provided, such as may be based upon monitored breathing disturbances of a user. The system receives user state data generated over a time period by a combination of sensors provided via a wearable tracker associated with the user. A system can use this information to calculate a sleep fitness score, breathing disturbance score, or other such value. The system can classify every minute within the time period as either normal or atypical, for example, and may provide such information for presentation to the user.
US11678837B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a hardness meter which estimates hardness in a stable manner regardless of a compression strength. A hardness meter includes: a movable portion which is continuously pressed against an object to be measured; a sensor which outputs an output signal reflecting a reaction force at a part of the object to be measured; a motive force mechanism that causes the movable portion to perform a piston motion; a hardness estimating portion which estimates the hardness of the object on the basis of an alternating current component of the output signal, generated by the piston motion; a position estimating portion which estimates a measurement position information by shooting with a camera; and a hardness map display portion which maps and displays the hardness on a schematic diagram of the surface of a living body based on the measurement position information.
US11678823B2
A sensing system comprises a photonics integrated circuit partially encapsulated by an encapsulation material and the photonics integrated circuit comprising a first integrated sensor accessible to a target analyte and being positioned in a part of the photonics integrated circuit not being encapsulated by an encapsulation material, and a second integrated sensor accessible to a reference substance and being positioned in a part of the photonics integrated circuit that is encapsulated by an encapsulation material. The sensing system is further adapted to, when in use, comprise the reference substance but less or no target analyte between the second integrated sensor and the encapsulation material as compared to the amount of target analyte being present at the first integrated sensor.
US11678817B2
A posture estimation device includes an acquisition part acquires information of angular velocities and accelerations from a plurality of sensors that detects angular velocities and accelerations and that are attached to a plurality of locations on an estimation object, a conversion part that converts information acquired by the acquisition part into information of a standard coordinate system from a sensor coordinate system, an integrating part that calculates an orientation of a reference area of the estimation object as a part of a posture of the estimation object by integrating the converted angular velocities, and a correction part, assuming a representative plane passing through a reference area included in the estimation object, corrects the converted angular velocities of the reference area so that a normal line of the representative plane and an orientation of the reference area calculated by the integrating part approaches to directions that are perpendicular to each other.
US11678810B2
Technology for a wearable heart rate monitoring device is disclosed. The wearable heart rate monitoring device can include a heart rate sensor operable to collect sensor data, a modulator operable to generate a modulated signal that includes the sensor data, a housing configured to engage a body feature or surface in a manner that allows for heart rate detection, and a communication module configured to transmit the sensor data in the modulated signal to a mobile computing device via a wired connection that is power limited. The mobile computing device is typically configured to demodulate the modulated signal in order to extract the sensor data.
US11678809B2
Apparatus and method for determining a calibration parameter for a blood pressure measurement device
According to an aspect there is provided a method of determining a calibration parameter for a first blood pressure, BP, measurement device, the method comprising obtaining a first physiological characteristic measurement of a subject using the first BP measurement device, wherein the first BP measurement device is for obtaining physiological characteristic measurements of a physiological characteristic of the subject and for determining a BP measurement of the subject from the physiological characteristic measurements using the calibration parameter, wherein the first physiological characteristic measurement is obtained when a torso of the subject is in a first posture; obtaining a second physiological characteristic measurement of the subject using the first BP measurement device, wherein the second physiological characteristic measurement is obtained when the torso of the subject is in a second, different, posture; determining the change in the posture of the torso from the first posture to the second posture; estimating a change in BP of the subject or a change in the physiological characteristic of the subject from the determined change in the posture of the torso; and determining the calibration parameter for determining BP measurements from physiological characteristic measurements obtained by the first BP measurement device from an analysis of the first physiological characteristic measurement, the second physiological characteristic measurement and the estimated change.
US11678786B2
A device may include an elongated housing formed of an optically transparent material, the housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end and including a lateral wall extending from the proximal end to a distal tip of the housing, the housing defining a lumen extending into the housing from a proximal opening in the proximal end of the housing. The device also may include a first port extending through the lateral wall of the housing to open the lumen of the housing to an exterior of the housing, the first port being sized and shaped to receive therein a target portion of tissue to be inspected and/or treated.
US11678780B2
A roller assembly for a mobile cleaning system for cleaning a work surface can include a drive shaft, a sheath, a bushing, and a bushing shroud. The drive shaft can be rotatable about a drive axis, and the drive shaft can include a driven end and an opposite bushing end. The sheath can be supported by the drive shaft and the sheath can be rotatable with the drive shaft. The sheath can include a shell engageable with the work surface. The bushing can be located about the bushing end of the drive shaft. The bushing shroud can be connected to the bushing. The sheath and the drive shaft can be together rotatable with respect to the bushing and the bushing shroud, the bushing shroud can include an outer portion defining a first radius of curvature and a recessed portion connected to the outer portion.
US11678777B2
A dryer includes a hollow casing having an open front, a fan configured to introduce air into the casing and blow the air, a heater configured to heat the air introduced into the casing, a discharge tube disposed at a downstream side of the fan to be thereby rotatable inside the casing, and having an air inlet formed at a rear and an air outlet formed at a front, a motor configured to generate power for driving the discharge tube, and having a rotation shaft, and a connector connected to the rotation shaft so as to enable the discharge tube to be rotated about a first axial line of the rotation shaft, and connected to the discharge tube so as to enable the discharge tube to be rotated about a second axial line forming a predetermined angle relative to the first axial line.
US11678772B2
A machine (1) for processing a liquid food substance incorporates: a container (10) delimiting a cavity (10′) for containing said liquid food substance; an impeller (20) for driving the liquid food substance in the container (10); a motor (30) for driving the impeller (20); a motor chamber (40) for containing the motor (30); and a means for evacuating heat from the motor chamber (40). Such means comprises one or more movable members (50) that are driven by the motor (30) and that are configured to circulate air (2a,2b) in the motor chamber (40) to evacuate heat therefrom.
US11678766B2
A firebox for a grill is provided. The firebox has a shell, an insulation layer, and a firebrick layer. The firebrick layer comprising a plurality of firebricks that form an inner peripheral surface of the firebox. The insulation layer formed between the firebrick layer and the shell or the insulation layer forming the outermost layer of the firebox. The shell preventing the collapse and/or unwanted airflow into the internal cavity of the firebox if a fracture is formed in the firebrick layer.
US11678747B2
Sitting furniture (100) comprising a seat (110), a lower leg support (120) and a chest support (130). The invention is characterised in that the seat (110) is arranged to support the posterior thigh (11) and/or buttocks (12) of a seated user (10) such that the femur bone (13) of the seated user (10) is downwards inclined in the anterior direction at an angle of at least 40° downwards in relation to the horizontal, in that the lower leg support (120) is arranged to support the anterior side of the lower legs (14) of the seated user (10), and in that the chest support (130) is arranged to support the chest (15) of the seated user (10) in a forward leaning position of the seated user (10) such that the third lumbar vertebrae body (16) of the seated user (10) is arranged in a support plane (150), which support plane (150) is perpendicular to the sagittal plane of the user and in which support plane (150) the respective pivot point (17) of the seated user's (10) hip joints and the respective pivot point (18) of the seated user's (10) shoulder joints are also arranged when the posture of the seated user (10) is symmetric about the seated user's (10) sagittal plane.
US11678745B2
A recliner mechanism includes a base. Returning spring units are disposed on two sides of the base and rockers are disposed on outer sides of the returning spring units. An extending assembly is disposed at the top of each rocker. A drive unit is arranged between the extending assemblies on the two sides and includes a front driving rod. A reciprocating device is disposed at the middle of the front driving rod and a rear driving rod is disposed at an output end of the reciprocating device. Bent members are fixedly connected to two ends of the rear driving rod. Each bent member is pivotally coupled with a driving member I and the middle of the driving member I is pivotally coupled with a driving member II, with the other ends of the driving member I and the driving member II being pivotally coupled with the extending assemblies.
US11678735B2
A portable carrying apparatus comprises a plurality of segments that mateably couple together to form an elongated carrying apparatus. Each of the plurality of segments may be selectively de-coupled from each other to enable a user to break down the apparatus and stack each segment for storage when not in use. In accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure, the apparatus may have a first end (e.g., a proximal end) and a second end (e.g., a distal end) that are configured to receive/carry one or more cargo loads (e.g., a connected hook, strap, bag handle and the like). A user of the apparatus may selectively attach one or more cargo loads to the first end and/or second end of the apparatus and balance the apparatus on one or both of the user's shoulders to carry/transport the one or more cargo loads more easily to and from a desired destination.
US11678733B2
A cosmetic container device includes an exterior body and an inner capsule for storing a cosmetic product. The inner capsule may be received in the exterior body. An outer cap removably coupled to a first end of the exterior body may include an application device for removing and applying the cosmetic product stored within the inner capsule. The cosmetic container device may further include an end cap removably coupled to a second end of the exterior body. The cosmetic container device may further include one or more fixation devices for removably securing the inner capsule to the end cap. Removal of the end cap from the exterior body may allow the inner capsule to be removed from the exterior body, so that the cosmetic container device can be refilled by replacing the inner capsule.
US11678731B1
A razor cleaning device for use in a sink, bathtub, and/or shower allows a user to quickly and efficiently dislodge and displace hair cutting debris which accumulates between the blades of a razor while shaving. The razor cleaning device has a base assembly which provides a flow of water therethrough and into a spray head assembly. The spray head assembly is positionable along the base assembly into and out of an operative configuration, and has a plurality of spray nozzles arranged in a spray nozzle array thereon. A water supply line is connected between an inlet port of the base assembly and a water supply. The spray head assembly also includes a valve operable by the user to selectively permit water to flow to each of the plurality of spray nozzles, wherein the plurality of spray nozzles discharge jets of water in a predetermined spray pattern.
US11678726B2
A device and system that can be used to assist actuation of a buckle release is disclosed. A device can comprise a first arm and a second arm joined by a U-shaped connecting portion. The device can also comprise a button contact feature. The device can be inserted over a buckle with the button contact feature over a buckle release button, and the device used to assist engagement of the buckle release button by a person operating the device. A system can comprise a device and various additional features or accessories.
US11678725B2
A folding clasp for a wrist watch comprising a first bracket (3) and a second bracket (4), wherein the first bracket (3) has a first securing mechanism (6) for securing a wristband or a watch housing of the wrist watch, wherein the second bracket (4) has a second securing mechanism (7) for securing the wristband (2) of the wrist watch, wherein the first bracket (3) and the second bracket (4) are moveably connected to one another, such that the first and the second brackets (3, 4) can be moved relative to one another between an open state and a closed state of the folding clasp (1), wherein the folding clasp has a locking mechanism (9) in order to retain the first and the second brackets (3, 4) in the closed state, wherein the second securing mechanism (7) has a protruding pin (74) which is designed to be guided through the wristband (2) in order to secure the wristband in various axial positions in the second securing mechanism (7), wherein the second securing mechanism (7) has a blocking means (8) which is designed to retain the distal end of the pin (74) guided through the wristband (2) such that the wristband is blocked on the pin (74) in the open state of the folding clasp (1).
US11678722B2
A shoe includes: an upper member containing a knit fabric, a knit-like fabric, and/or a woven fabric as a primary member and forming a part of a medial side surface, a part of a lateral side surface, and a part of a back surface; an outsole member made of thermoplastic resin and forming a bottom portion including a contact surface, and a peripheral portion attached at least partially to respective lower parts of the medial and lateral side surfaces and a lower part of the back surface and connected to the bottom portion; and a sock liner inserted in interior space defined by the upper member and the outsole member. The upper member defines an opening at which at least a part of the lateral side surface is cut. The outsole member includes a window portion covering the opening. The window portion is made of a semi-transparent material that makes at least a part of a lateral side surface of the sock liner in the interior space visible through the window portion covering the opening.
US11678718B2
A variety of plates for footwear are provided including a polyolefin resin. Sole structures and articles of footwear formed therefrom are also provided. Methods of making the polyolefin resin compositions, plates, sole structures, and articles of footwear are also provided. In some aspects, the polyolefin resin composition includes an effective amount of a polymeric resin modifier. The effective amount can be an amount effective to allow the resin composition to pass a flex test, and in particular to pass a flex test without significant change in abrasion loss. In some aspects, the resin composition also includes a clarifying agent to improve optical clarity of the plate. In some aspects, the plates include a textile disposed on one or both of a first side and the second side of the plate. The textile can provide for improved bonding of the plate to other components such as a chassis or an upper.
US11678717B2
A plate for an article of footwear includes a substrate, a first strand portion attached to the substrate via first stitching, and a second strand portion disposed on the first layer. The first strand portion includes first segments that each extend between two different locations along the substrate to form a first layer on the substrate. The second strand portion includes second segments that each extend between two different locations along the substrate to form a second layer on the first layer.
US11678716B2
A plate for an article of footwear includes a base layer, a first strand layer, and a second strand layer. The base layer has a peripheral edge defining a medial side and a lateral side extending between a heel region and a forefoot region. The first strand portion is attached to the base layer via first stitching that crosses over the first strand portion and penetrates the base layer at first attachment locations that are spaced apart from the first strand portion. The first strand portion further includes adjacent segments that form a first layer on the base layer. The second strand portion is disposed on the first layer to form a second layer on the first layer and is attached to the base layer via second stitching.
US11678711B2
A bicycle helmet that fits over a surface of a head of a user generally includes at least one segment of flexible cell structures that form a radial honeycomb matrix movable between a folded condition where each side of the at least one segment is disposed generally parallel and an expanded condition where the radial honeycomb matrix of the at least one segment is configured to be expanded at least partially over the head of the user and arranged radially relative to the surface of the head of the user.
US11678710B2
A closed face motorcycle helmet includes a shell with an eyeport and a shield attached for hinged or pivoted motion between a closed or lowered position covering and sealing the eyeport and an open position or raised position displaced above the eyeport. A hinge plate is attached to the shell on each side and includes a moving pivot socket into which a hub of the shield is rotatably disposed for hinged movement and rearward movement of the shield between the raised and lowered positions.
US11678706B2
Custom-fit versions of knitted articles are produced according to digital representations of objects for which the articles are to be manufactured. The digital representations, optionally augmented by surface fitting algorithms, allow for accurate scaling of pattern-specified stitch counts for pattern elements representing the article taking into account wales and courses densities for the material(s) from which the article is to be made. Displayed dimensionally-accurate representations of the custom-fit articles allow for user-specified style and fit preferences to be made and a final digital pattern of the article to be produced. Machine instructions representing pattern pieces to be knitted are automatically produced from the final digital pattern of the article for a target computerized knitting machine and the custom-fit article then manufactured according to the machine instructions.
US11678696B2
A smoking product includes: a smoking material portion which is wrapped by a smoking material wrapper; a filter portion whose upstream end portion is combined with the smoking material portion, which includes a capsule containing a flavoring, and which is wrapped by a filter wrapper; and a tipping wrapper which surrounds at least a partial region of the smoking material portion and the filter portion so that the smoking material portion and the filter portion are combined, wherein the tipping wrapper includes a first perforation region including a plurality of perforations formed along an outer circumferential surface of the tipping wrapper and a second perforation region including a plurality of perforations formed downstream of the first perforation region and along the outer circumferential surface of the tipping wrapper, and the capsule is disposed downstream of the first perforation region and upstream of the second perforation region.
US11678694B2
A smoking article filter includes a recess to receive a filter insert unit. The filter insert unit is secured to the filter once inserted. The filter and the filter insert unit may include additives such as flavourants, colourants or sorbents.
US11678687B2
Apparatus for roasting coffee beans, the apparatus comprising: a casing that defines an internal void, a baffle for dividing the internal void into first and second zones that are in fluid communication with one another; a heater for heating air to temperatures suitable for roasting coffee beans, the heater being located in the second zone; a control system for controlling the apparatus; the control system being located in the first zone; and a fan operable to draw ambient air into the first zone and drive the air from the first zone past the baffle into the second zone for heating by the heater, the arrangement being such that in use the first zone is cooler than the second zone.
US11678685B2
Glucosyl Stevia compositions are prepared from steviol glycosides of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. The glucosylation was performed by cyclodextrin glucanotransferase using the starch as source of glucose residues. The compositions mainly comprise glucosyl derivatives with superior taste characteristics and can be used as sweetness enhancers, flavor enhancers and sweeteners in foods, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
US11678684B2
The disclosure relates to a preparation method of eel polypeptide flavor extract, the eel polypeptide flavor extract, and the eel sauce. The preparation method of the eel polypeptide flavor extract includes the following steps: obtained by using eel processing by-products, eel cutting off the main meat tissues, successively performing microbial fermentation, Maillard reaction and extraction and separation processes. The eel polypeptide extract obtained above is used to making a condiment eel sauce. The eel sauce is nutritious and convenient, it can be used directly for table eating or served as cooking condiments to enhance the aroma and taste of dishes and increase the attractiveness of dishes. The disclosure realizes a new technological research on the preparation of polypeptide and flavor products, opens up a scientific utilization and processing method of seafood processing by-products, and provides a new way for making full use of such resources.
US11678668B2
The present disclosure provides non-intergeneric remodeled microbes that are able to fix atmospheric nitrogen and deliver such to plants in a targeted, efficient, and environmentally sustainable manner. The utilization of the taught microbial products will enable farmers to realize more productive and predictable crop yields without the nutrient degradation, leaching, or toxic runoff associated with traditional synthetically derived nitrogen fertilizer. The remodeled microbes taught herein are able to be combined with leading agricultural chemistry and elite germplasm. Furthermore, the disclosure provides seed treatments comprising remodeled microbes.
US11678667B2
The present disclosure provides non-intergeneric remodeled microbes that are able to fix atmostpheric nitrogen and deliver such to plants in a targeted, efficient, and environmentally sustainable manner. The utilization of the taught microbial products will enable farmers to realize more productive and predictable crop yields without the nutrient degradation, leaching, or toxic runoff associated with traditional synthetically derived nitrogen fertilizer. The remodeled microbes taught herein are able to be combined with leading agricultural chemistry and elite germplasm. Furthermore, the disclosure provides seed treatments comprising remodeled microbes.
US11678661B2
Disclosed are thickened organic liquid compositions comprising an organic liquid and a polymeric rheology modifier wherein the polymeric rheology modifier is obtainable by co-polymerizing at least two of a bicyclic (meth)acrylate ester, an alkyl (meth)acrylate, and an aromatic vinyl monomer. Also disclosed are thickened organic liquid dispersions with suspended solids and methods of stabilizing dispersions using polymeric rheology modifiers.
US11678659B2
The invention relates to a use, a method and a poison in which a thrombin inhibitor, a thrombin receptor antagonist, a factor Xa inhibitor, a PAI (plasminogen activator inhibitor), a P2Y12 ADP receptor antagonist or a GPIIb/IIIa receptor antagonist are used as rodenticide.
US11678656B2
Systems, devices, and methods for providing a decoy are disclosed. In some embodiments, the decoy is attached to a weapon via a universal mount assembly.
US11678649B2
A method for naturally culling mussel population on a mussel-culture rope, comprising the steps of installing a predator guard around the mussel-culture rope; and during the step of installing, adjusting a degree of mussel protection of that predator guard. In one aspect, the step of adjusting comprises the steps of opening and adjusting a size of a breach in the predator guard. In another aspect, the predator guard is made of an elongated hemicylindroidal mesh-like element with an open side. The hemicylindroidal element has flaps bordering the open side. The flaps constitute duck-mobility impediments for limiting without completely precluding predation by diving ducks.
US11678647B2
A game scoring camera system is disclosed for capturing images of game animals for the purpose of scoring the antlers using an accepted scoring method. One or more cameras are used in a multiscopic arrangement for capturing two-dimensional (2-D) images which are then converted to three-dimensional (3-D) data models, the resulting 3-D data models being used for determining measurements of various antler structures for calculating a score for the set of antlers captured in the images, the score being based on existing antler scoring systems. Some embodiments include one or more cameras, each being mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle or drone, for capturing images during an aerial survey of game animals located within a particular area. Other embodiments include at least two cameras mounted in a stationary configuration for capturing images of game animals located within a particular area.
US11678644B2
The pet toy of the invention comprises a spherical shaped body with eight distinct quadrants formed on the exterior surface thereof. Each section is three sided, similar to an equilateral triangle except each corner of the triangular-shaped is curved or rounded. A central opening is formed through the pet toy. Preferably, the pet toy is hollow and the pet toy has a substantially uniform sidewall thickness, thereby creating an open core. Measured parameters of the pet toy are provided to minimize the potential of the toy becoming caught in an animal's throat yet the pet toy is still configured to maximize play potential. The measured parameters include in various combinations of a weight of the pet toy, a diameter of the pet toy, depths of grooves in the pet toy, widths of the grooves and shapes of the grooves.
US11678640B2
The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato line PSQ-9Z15-3778V. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQ-9Z15-3778V 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 PSQ-9Z15-3778V comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11678630B1
A novel maize variety designated X70P202 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X70P202 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X70P202 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X70P202, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X70P202 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X70P202 and methods of using maize variety X70P202 are disclosed.
US11678625B2
Plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the hybrid rice HR210001, and methods for producing a rice plant by crossing a rice plant of hybrid rice HR210001 with itself or with another rice plant, such as a plant of another rice variety or rice hybrid, are disclosed.
US11678613B2
A horticultural container for attaching to a railing, including a planter body, at least one leg extending downward from the planter body, and a connecting device. The planter body rests on top of the top rail of the railing, while the legs straddle the top rail. The connecting device attaches to each leg below the top rail, and receives balusters of the railing.
US11678611B2
The thorn extractor apparatus has a frame, a roller, a screen that surrounds the roller and a screen roller, and a removably attachable collection bin for receiving the thorny seeds. The roller and screen work together to pick up and convey the thorny seeds to the removably attachable collection bin to be discarded.
US11683988B2
A device includes a conductive feature, a dielectric layer, a bottom electrode via, and a liner layer. The dielectric layer is over the conductive feature. The bottom electrode via is in the dielectric layer and over the conductive feature. A topmost surface of the bottom electrode via is substantially flat. A liner layer cups an underside of the bottom electrode via. The liner layer has a topmost end substantially level with the topmost surface of the bottom electrode via.
US11683977B2
A substrate including a self-supporting tri-layer stack is described. The tri-layer stack includes first and second outer layers and a biaxially oriented layer disposed between and in direct contact with the first and second outer layers. The biaxially oriented layer may include a first polyester having greater than 45 mole percent naphthalate units and greater than 45 mole percent ethylene units. Each of the first and second outer layers includes a second polyester which may include 40 to 50 mole percent naphthalate units, at least 25 mole percent ethylene units, and 10 to 25 mole percent of branched or cyclic C4-C10 alkyl units.
US11683976B2
A display apparatus includes a base layer including device counterparts and bridges, the bridges being located around the device counterparts and connecting the device counterparts to each other, an inorganic insulating layer located over the base layer and having openings exposing at least a portion of at least one of the bridges, organic layers filling the openings, wires located over the organic layers, display devices located over the device counterparts, and encapsulation films each of which has a form of an island to correspond to a corresponding one of the device counterparts, each of the encapsulation films including a first inorganic encapsulation film covering a corresponding one of the display devices, an organic encapsulation film located over the first inorganic encapsulation film, and a second inorganic encapsulation film covering the organic encapsulation film and contacting the first inorganic encapsulation film outside of the organic encapsulation film.
US11683975B2
An etchant composition includes an inorganic acid compound of about 8 wt % to about 15 wt %, a sulfonic acid compound of about 2.5 wt % to about 8 wt %, a sulfate compound of about 6 wt % to about 14 wt %, an organic acid compound of about 40 wt % to about 55 wt %, a metal or metal salt of about 0.01 wt % to about 0.06 wt %, and water.
US11683965B2
A display device includes: a substrate comprising a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area; a first connection line in the display area, the first connection line comprising a first portion extending along a first column of the display area and in the first column, a third portion extending along a second column of the display area and in the second column, and a second portion connecting the first portion to the third portion; and a second connection line in the peripheral area and connected to the third portion of the first connection line and a data line in a third column of the display area.
US11683956B2
A display device includes a display panel that displays an image and including a first display area, in which a plurality of first pixels is disposed, and a second display area which is adjacent to the first display area and in which a plurality of second pixels is disposed and a gate driving block which overlaps the second display area and transmits driving signals to the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels. Each of the plurality of first pixels includes a first shielding layer. Each of the plurality of second pixels includes a second shielding layer. A first common voltage is applied to the first shielding layer, and a second common voltage having a voltage level different from a voltage level of the first common voltage is applied to the second shielding layer.
US11683951B2
A display panel is provided, the display panel including: a substrate including: a front display area; a first side display area; a second side display area; a corner display area between the first side display area and the second side display area; and an intermediate display area between the front display area and the corner display area; an intermediate display element including a pixel electrode in the intermediate display area; a lower layer between the substrate and the pixel electrode, the lower layer including a groove; and a dam portion on the lower layer and extending to define a boundary between the intermediate display area and the corner display area, wherein the groove includes a first groove and a second groove, the first groove extending in parallel with the dam portion, and the second groove extending in a direction crossing a direction in which the dam portion.
US11683948B2
An organic EL element includes a pixel electrode, a light emitting function layer that is formed on the pixel electrode, an electron injection layer formed on the light emitting function layer, and a counter electrode that is formed on the electron injection layer and that has semi-transmissive reflectivity, in which the counter electrode contains a reductive material that reduces material of the electron injection layer and Ag with atomic ratio of 75% or more, and an adsorption layer is formed on the counter electrode.
US11683947B2
An organic light emitting display device may include a substrate, a first pixel electrode on the substrate, a pixel defining layer on the substrate, the pixel defining layer having an opening exposing a portion of the first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode on the portion of the first pixel electrode exposed by the opening, a hole injection layer on the second pixel electrode, the hole injection layer including a metal oxide, an organic light emitting layer on the hole injection layer; and a common electrode on the organic light emitting layer.
US11683928B2
The present application discloses a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising an array area and a peripheral area adjacent to the array area; word line structures positioned in the array area; a word line hard mask layer positioned on the array area; a word line protection layer positioned on the word line hard mask layer; a gate electrode layer positioned on the peripheral area and separated from the word line hard mask layer and the word line protection layer; a peripheral protection layer positioned on the to gate electrode layer; and a first hard mask layer positioned over the array area and the peripheral area. A horizontal distance between the word line protection layer and the gate electrode layer is greater than or equal to three times of a thickness of the first hard mask layer.
US11683926B2
A method includes forming a stack of material layers to cover an array region and a periphery region of a substrate. A first patterned mask layer is formed, and the pattern of the first patterned mask layer is transferred to the stack of material layers, thereby forming a first array pattern and a first periphery pattern respectively in the array and periphery regions. A second patterned mask layer is provided above the first array and periphery patterns. The pattern of the second patterned mask is not aligned with the pattern of the first patterned mask. The pattern of the second patterned mask layer is transferred to form the first and second sacrificial patterns respectively in the array and periphery regions. The first array pattern, the first and second sacrificial patterns, and the first periphery pattern are simultaneously transferred to form a second array pattern and a second periphery pattern.
US11683920B2
An automatic exchanging device is provided which moves alongside the front face of a component mounting line. When an automatic exchange request for a feeder is generated in any of multiple component mounting machines constituting the component mounting line, the automatic exchanging device moves to the front of the component mounting machine in which the automatic exchange request was generated to automatically exchange the feeder. When a new automatic exchange request is generated in any one of the component mounting machines, a pull-out operation of a predetermined number of component mounting machines is prohibited, from the component mounting machine facing the automatic exchanging device toward the position of the component mounting machine in which the new automatic exchange request was generated.
US11683917B2
In a housing of a vehicle control device are formed a suction port for taking outdoor air and a discharge port for discharging air taken in through the suction port. A flow passage that connects the suction port and the discharge port is formed inside the housing. A blocking member, a radiator, and a blower are provided in the flow passage. The blocking member is provided at a position where the blocking member faces at least a portion of an opening face of the suction port in the flow passage and a distance between the blocking member and the suction port is in a predetermined range.
US11683907B2
An apparatus cools electronic circuitry. An enclosure surrounds the electronic circuitry and has plural surfaces. Air intake holes are disposed in at least one surface and face at least one first direction. Air exhaust holes are disposed in at least another surface and face at least one second direction different than the first direction. A heat sink is in thermal contact with the circuitry and conducts heat generated by the circuitry. When a fan operates, air is drawn from an exterior of the enclosure through the air intake holes, absorbs heat from the heat sink, and then is directed through the air exhaust holes into the exterior of the enclosure. The heat sink is further in thermal contact with the enclosure so that when the fan does not operate, heat is drawn from the circuitry to the enclosure via the heat sink and is dissipated from the exterior.
US11683903B2
A host casing of an electronic device includes a housing, a filler panel, and a disassembly and assembly structure. A front side of the housing has an opening. The dummy cover is disposed in the opening of the housing. The disassembly and assembly structure is disposed inside the housing. In a first state, the disassembly and assembly structure buckles with the dummy cover, thereby fixing the dummy cover. In a second state, the disassembly and assembly structure releases the dummy cover, and simultaneously pushes the dummy cover out of the opening. Therefore, the replacement action between the dummy cover and a pluggable device can be effectively simplified, so that maintenance personnel can easily assemble or disassemble the dummy cover without the assistance of additional tools.
US11683891B2
A method of inspecting a printed wiring board includes preparing a printed wiring board having product and inspection regions such that the board has inner-layer lands in the regions, forming vias on the inner-layer lands in the regions, forming outer peripheral part(s) in the wiring board such that the outer peripheral part(s) expose outer peripheral portion(s) of the inner-layer land in the inspection region, determining a center coordinate of the inner-layer land in the inspection region based on a position of the outer peripheral part(s), determining a center coordinate of the via(s) in the inspection region based on a shape of the via(s) in the inspection region, determining a misalignment amount based on a distance between the center coordinate of the inner-layer land and the center coordinate of the via(s) in the inspection region, and determining alignment accuracy between the via and the inner-layer land based on the misalignment amount.
US11683881B2
A flexible electronic device (SED) that can conform to a three-dimensional structure, and methods for manufacturing the SED, are disclosed herein. The SED comprises a flexible substrate which is modified in accordance with a folding pattern. The flexible substrate can be folded or unfolded along crease lines of the folding pattern, and the largest deformations of the substrate are localized at the crease lines. Various functional components of the SED are positioned on rigid regions of the substrate defined by the folding pattern. Such that the various functional components are protected from large deformations due to a folding or unfolding process, ensuring good performance of the functional components.
US11683879B2
A raster scanning x-ray source can be light and small, and can have high resolution. A raster-assembly can be attached directly to and can encircle an x-ray tube. The raster-assembly can adjoin or can be very close to the x-ray tube, resulting in a small and lightweight scanning x-ray source. X-rays can backscatter back into the x-ray tube instead of into a detector, thus improving resolution of the resulting image. A voltage-multiplier, which can be used with the x-ray source, can include separate voltage-multiplier-stages in a stack.
US11683876B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of lighting and more specifically, to a Bluetooth low energy mesh enabled adaptive light emitting diode (LED) driver with wireless battery powered switches for lighting control. In an aspect, the LED driver can include a rectifier (104); a switch mode power supply (106), a wireless Bluetooth and microcontroller board (110) and a portable wireless switch (506). The rectifier (104) can convert AC mains (102) to a DC level. The switch mode power supply circuit (106) can supply a constant voltage output followed by a constant current supply (108) for the LED load. The wireless Bluetooth module (110) can be connected in a mesh topology to other LED drivers, wireless switches and the smartphone. The microcontroller circuit (110) can enable the user to adjust the current level supplied to the LED Load using both analogue and PWM dimming techniques (112).
US11683874B2
A device having a memory to store a setting for a load; an actuator to connect power to or disconnect power from the load; a user input device to adjust a first attribute of the load; a wireless communication interface to receive the setting; and a controller to generate a first control signal to set the first attribute and a second control signal to set a second attribute based on adjustment of the first attribute and the setting. A method for determining a first event, the first event associated with a first trigger and a first action; determining to perform the action associated with the first event in response to occurrence of the first trigger; generating a first control signal based on a user input; and generating a second control signal based on a relationship between the first and the second control signals. A method to program a switch.
US11683873B1
An energy-saving street light system with dynamic real-time brightness adjustment includes a multiple of street lights, each storing a modulated brightness value of the same luminous quota and a predetermined brightness value. If the street light detects no motor vehicle passing by or receives no notice for a period of time, then a light with the predetermined brightness value will be emitted, or else the largest modulated brightness value will be used for setting and a quantity of one of the luminous quota will be used up. After the whole quantity of the luminous quota is used up, the next smaller modulated brightness value is used for the aforementioned setting procedure until all modulated brightness values are set. If the same receiving unit receives two or more modulated brightness values simultaneously, the modulated brightness value with a greater brightness will be used for the setting.
US11683864B1
A heating cable that is usable in train track applications where railroad switches are subject to icing during cold weather, the heating cable including a coiled resistance heating wire contained in an electrical insulator, which is contained in an inner braided metal sleeve, which is contained in a flexible metal hose, which is contained in an outer braided metal sleeve.
US11683863B2
A method of making a heating film for a vehicular lampshade contains steps of: producing an adhesive layer in which a substrate made of transparent resin is provided, transparent adhesive is coated on the substrate to form a first adhesive portion, and the transparent adhesive is coated on the substrate opposite to the first surface to form a second adhesive portion; adhering a release paper on the first adhesive portion; and forming a conductive layer on the second adhesive portion. A cover lamination is printed on the conductive layer and is curved, such that a portion of the conductive layer not being covered by the cover lamination is removed in an etching manner so as to maintain the other portion of the conductive layer covered by the cover lamination and to form a curved current path. The conductive layer includes two electrical contacts electrically connected with two wires respectively.
US11683848B2
The present disclosure discloses a connection control method, which includes that: a first network element receives an Up Link (UL) S1 message used for establishing or resuming an S1 interface related to User Equipment (UE) from a second network element; and the first network element sends a Downlink (DL) S1 message to the second network element, the DL S1 message including at least one of first indication information and second indication information. The present disclosure also discloses a connection control method and device, a service processing method and device, a processor and a storage medium.
US11683844B2
A terminal receives a downlink signal on the basis of a random access channel procedure (RACH procedure) in an unlicensed band. In particular, a first physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble is transmitted through message A, in response to the message A, a random access response (RAR) is received through message B related to contention resolution, information on at least one DRX timer for setting a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation is received, and a downlink signal is received during an On duration on the basis of the at least one DRX timer, wherein the first PRACH preamble is a PRACH preamble mapped to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasion for the message A, and a window for reception of the message B may start after at least one symbol from the last symbol of the PUSCH occasion.
US11683842B2
A method for performing uplink transmission by a terminal in a wireless communication system, where the method includes receiving, from a base station, resource setting information related to an uplink resource, which includes identification information about a transmission unit indicating a physical layer resource set; determining a transmission unit for performing the uplink transmission on the basis of the identification information; and performing the uplink transmission on the basis of the determined transmission unit.
US11683833B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to considering channel variations for medium sharing in a spatial domain are provided. A first wireless communication device transmits one or more reservation response signals indicating spatial channel information in response to a reservation request for a transmission opportunity (TXOP) in a frequency spectrum. The first wireless communication device receives, from a second wireless communication device, a communication signal from a first spatial subspace during the TXOP based on the reservation request. In one embodiment, the first wireless communication device may repeat a transmission of the reservation response signal after transmitting a portion of the communication signal. In another embodiment, the first wireless communication device may include a channel variation parameter in the reservation response signal.
US11683829B2
The present embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for ultrasound imaging. The methods may involve: establishing a wireless network between an ultrasound imaging device and a display device; acquiring ultrasound image data using ultrasound acquisition parameters; transmitting the ultrasound image data from the ultrasound imaging device to the display device over the wireless network; receiving the ultrasound image data; measuring a quality of service parameter of the received ultrasound image data; determining whether the measured quality of service parameter is less than an expected quality of service parameter, the expected quality of service parameter being determined based on the ultrasound acquisition parameters used to acquire the ultrasound image data; and in response to determining that the measured quality of service parameter is less than the expected quality of service parameter, adjusting a network parameter of the wireless network to reduce network traffic on the wireless network.
US11683821B2
In general terms, network resource allocation takes place within a wireless communication channel in which resource is defined with respect to time and frequency; a resource allocation process involves joint allocation of resource for communication to and from group of devices, to enable a cyclic exchange of information between the devices and a base-station and thus to enable wireless closed loop control of the device. By jointly allocating resources in one go, overheads are reduced thereby providing a more efficient resource allocation mechanism. Furthermore, bundled transmissions are scheduled, including repetitions of transmissions to increase the likelihood of transmission success. By determining a minimum bundle length required to meet a predefined threshold for received signal quality, the reliability of the transmissions can be ensured.
US11683820B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, in a slot, a preamble provided based at least in part on an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform. The UE may perform an estimation operation based at least in part on the preamble. The UE may receive, in the slot, a data transmission via a single carrier time-domain waveform based at least in part on the estimation operation. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11683817B2
A first indication can be transmitted from at least one first of a first set of TRPs of a network. The first indication can indicate a minimum scheduling offset (Kmin) value between scheduling DCI of the first set of TRPs and a corresponding data communication. A second indication indicating the Kmin value can be received at at least one second TRP of a second set of TRPs of the network. First and second scheduling DCI can be transmitted scheduling respective first and second data communications associated with the respective first and second sets of TRPs. The first and second data communications can be communicated via the respective first and second sets of TRPs of the network such that the offset between the first scheduling DCI and the first data communication is at least the Kmin value and the offset between the second scheduling DCI and the second data communication is at least the Kmin value.
US11683812B2
There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network, the user equipment being configured with a set of bandwidth parts, the user equipment being operable for communicating utilising an activated bandwidth part of the set of bandwidth part. The set of bandwidth parts comprises a first bandwidth part and a second bandwidth part, the first bandwidth part of the set being associated to a first set of characteristics, the second bandwidth part of the set being associated to a second set of characteristics. Further, the first set of characteristics and the second set of characteristics comprise at least one characteristic different between the first set and the second set of characteristics. The user equipment (10) further operates with a common search space for control signaling, the common search space being included in the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part. The method comprises receiving control signaling in the common search space based on the first set of characteristics while the second bandwidth part is activated. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
US11683810B2
The disclosure relates to a pre-5G or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G communication system, such as LTE. A method includes receiving, by a UE, PDCCH information from a network entity, where the PDCCH information includes DCI and PDSCH information, and determining, by the UE, the default beam behavior based on a CORESET with a lowest ID among first and second CORESETs, in response to determining that a TCI state is not present in the DCI and the scheduling offset between reception of all transmission occasions of DL DCI and the corresponding PDSCH information of the serving cell is greater than or equal to the threshold.
US11683799B2
An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: receiving an amplified uplink signal from a relay circuit, wherein the uplink signal is amplified by the relay circuit; receiving a downlink signal; processing the downlink signal by cancelling leakage uplink signals within the received downlink signal to generate a processed downlink signal; and generating a timing signal output based, at least in part, on the processed downlink signal.
US11683798B2
Disclosed are a method for acquiring a data signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for supporting same. According to an embodiment applicable to the present disclosure, a terminal can receive configuration information on a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs), and on the basis of a method suggested in the present disclosure, can acquire a data signal from a physical downlink shared channel scheduled by downlink control information received via one CORESET among the plurality of CORESETs.
US11683775B1
Systems and methods for 5G telecommunication UDM instance identification provided to UDRs for auditing purposes and tracking which of a plurality of UDMs is faulty. Specifically, a system for the provision of wireless telecommunication services can include a core network having a first UDR and a first UDM. The first UDM, upon receiving communication from one or more network functions, can communicate a first message to the first UDR. The first message can include a first UDM identification of the first UDM, indicating to the first UDR identification information associated with the first UDM. During tracking or auditing of this data, when the first UDM identification is found to be unable to perform a threshold percentage of write operations to the UDR within a threshold amount of time, communication is provided to a network repository function (NRF) that the first UDM is faulty and corrective action is required.
US11683774B2
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for multiple AP coordination in wireless local area networks (WLANs). For example, a station (STA) may receive, from a first access points (APs), a probe response frame that includes one or more indicators indicating multiple AP operation capabilities of the first AP and a second AP. The STA may transmit, to at least one of the first AP or the second AP, a multiple AP association request frame that enables the first AP to be associated with the second AP for a multiple AP operation. The STA may receive, from the first AP, a first multiple AP association response frame indicating acceptance or rejection of the multiple AP operation with the first AP. The STA may receive, from the second AP, a second multiple AP association response frame indicating acceptance or rejection of the multiple AP operation with the second AP.
US11683773B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive or determine information indicating a timing advance for a non-serving cell of the UE, and perform an inter-cell mobility operation based at least in part on the timing advance for the non-serving cell of the UE. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11683772B2
Embodiments include detection of physical events associated with a wireless network, where the detected physical events are associated with the measurable effects on radio signals between devices in the wireless network. The detected physical event and associated radio signal information is used to provide precise low cost time synchronization for a device in a network.
US11683770B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may identify a first synchronization sequence and generate a second synchronization sequence based at least in part on the first synchronization sequence. The base station may map the first synchronization sequence to a first resource block of a synchronization channel associated with a first frequency sub-band of a shared radio frequency spectrum band and the second synchronization sequence to a second resource block associated with a second frequency sub-band of the synchronization channel. The base station may then transmit the first synchronization sequence and the second synchronization sequence concurrently over the synchronization channel using the first resource block and the second resource block according to the mapping. In some cases, the second synchronization sequence may be generated by applying a first phase shift to the first synchronization sequence.
US11683769B2
A method of operating a communications device to transmit data to or to receive data from a wireless communications network comprises detecting a first synchronisation signal at the communications device received via a wireless access interface of a cell of the wireless communications network, the first synchronisation signal being transmitted with a first periodicity with respect to a time divided structure of the wireless access interface, the first synchronisation signal being configured to carry an indication of an identifier of the cell, generating a first estimate of the cell identifier carried by the first synchronisation signal, and configuring a transmitter of the communications device to transmit data to the wireless communications network and configuring a receiver of the communications device to receive data from the wireless communications network based on the first estimated cell identifier.
US11683761B2
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may partially disable transmissions on a transmission port based on a temperature condition (e.g., chipset temperature or skin temperature exceeding threshold). In a further aspect, the UE may enable the partially disabled transmissions on the transmission port in response to cessation of the temperature condition. In a further aspect, the UE may transmit a capability indication to a base station that indicates that the UE is capable of supporting a transition from a multi-layer (rank-2) communication mode to a single-layer (rank-1) communication mode.
US11683758B2
Example embodiments of the invention provide at least a method an apparatus to perform reporting, by the apparatus, information comprises an indication of at least one aggregation level for a performance target of a physical downlink control channel; receiving, from a network node of the communication network, an assignment for a search space set comprising at least one physical downlink control channel candidate; and based on the assignment, performing blind detection of a physical downlink control channel on the at least one assigned physical downlink control channel candidate. Further, to perform at least determining by a network node of a communication network for user equipment of the communication network information comprising at least one aggregation level for a performance target of at least one physical downlink control channel candidate and of an assigned search space set; and communicating towards the user equipment information comprising an assignment for a search space set comprising at least one physical downlink control channel candidate for performing blind detection of a physical downlink control channel on the at least one physical downlink control channel candidate.
US11683754B2
An electronic device including circuitry configured to perform communications with a road side unit (RSU), a base station, and another electronic device mounted to a moving object; receive, from the base station or the RSU, parameters for performing intermittent device-to-device (D2D) communication with the another electronic device, the parameters including information indicating a resource pool used for performing the intermittent D2D communication with the another electronic device; and perform intermittent D2D communication with the another electronic device based on the parameters received from the base station or RSU.
US11683739B2
A network device distributes a plurality of symbol blocks, received via a plurality of input streams, to a plurality of output links comprised in a defined connection according to a mapping of the symbol blocks to the output links. Responsive to an input stream of the plurality of input streams being empty such that an expected symbol block is not received, the network device distributes idle data to the output link mapped to the expected symbol block to maintain the mapping of the symbol blocks to the output links. The network device transmits the symbol blocks and idle data over the defined connection via the plurality of output links and according to the distribution.
US11683737B1
Methods and systems are provided for signal offloading in an mmWave environment in the event of high fading. The methods and systems include one or more mmWave nodes that are each configured to wirelessly communicate with a user device in a geographic service area and a Wi-Fi access point configured to wirelessly communicate with the user device. The methods and systems determine that the user device has detected a fading measurement corresponding to an mmWave transmitted by one of the one or more mmWave nodes is above a threshold. In response to the fading measurement being above the threshold, the methods and systems redirect a control signal of the user device through the Wi-Fi access point to the one or more mmWave nodes. Accordingly, the user device transmit data through the Wi-Fi access point to the one or more mmWave nodes.
US11683728B2
An apparatus of a wireless device, such as a user equipment (UE), can include processing circuitry configured to perform one or more of the handover-related techniques disclosed herein. For example, when associated with moving with a plurality of mobile devices from coverage of a first cell to a second cell, the processing circuitry can detect the second cell. One or more parameters of the second cell can be measured. The one or more parameters can be communicated to one or more other mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices.
US11683727B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support hybrid systems sidelink (SL) operations. In a first aspect, an apparatus obtains a resource reservation for a subsequent transmission over an SL, the reservation of a resource in a resource pool, and the resource spanning at least one sub-channel of a plurality of sub-channels. The apparatus further transmits an indication of the resource reservation to at least one other UE, where the UE is of a first type and the at least one other UE is of a second type. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11683722B2
Examples of techniques for handling fine time measurement ranging requests are described. In an example, an access point (AP) may receive a ranging request for initiating a Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) session. The AP may modify a channel width of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) channel on which the AP is operating from a first channel width to a second channel width for performing the FTM session, where the second channel width is greater than the first channel width. In response to completion of an FTM burst associated with the FTM session, the AP may restore the channel width of the WLAN channel to the first channel width for performing non-FTM operations of the AP.
US11683721B2
A method for delivering a network slice to a user is disclosed. The method includes receiving communication from a network slice artifact comprising a multi-segment filename that includes a first segment comprising instructions for executing the network slice artifact, and a second segment comprising an identity of a network slice instantiable by the network slice artifact The method also includes retrieving a set of executable instructions associated with the network slice from a data store of the network in response to receiving the communication from the network slice artifact, and communicating the set of executable instructions to the network slice artifact whereby the network slice artifact instantiates the network slice transforming the computer system into an endpoint node of the network slice. The method further includes completing the instantiation of the network slice in response to receiving the communication from the network slice artifact.
US11683720B2
A communication method and a communications device are provided. In the method, a first base station receives a first message; the first base station determines, based on the first message, whether to allocate a new RNA to a terminal in an inactive state; and the first base station allocates a new RNA to the terminal in the inactive state after determining to allocate a new RNA to the terminal in the inactive state, so as to reduce signaling overheads; and/or the first base station receives a second message; the first base station determines a communication status of the terminal in the inactive state based on the second message; and after determining that the terminal needs to change the communication status, the first base station controls the terminal to change the communication status.
US11683717B2
A transfer management system for efficiently operating an enterprise wireless communication network (EN) at a campus location enables the EN to control congestion, selectively and smoothly admit UEs, and manage UE exits from the EN. An MNO Network (MN) footprint learning system learns the different MN footprints on the campus, relative to the BS/APs deployed by the individual enterprise, which defines a footprint of wireless coverage for each MNO that has wireless coverage. The MN footprint provides useful information that enables successfully transitioning a UE between an EN and an MNO, which provides the EN with the ability to utilize other networks to offload one or more UEs to manage congestion, delay or deny admission of UEs, and proactively exit UEs to manage congestion or for other reasons.
US11683712B2
Methods and apparatuses for hybrid hierarchical parameter tracking for CSI estimation in a wireless communication system. The methods and apparatuses include receiving uplink signals comprising a channel state information (CSI) report or a sounding reference signal (SRS); performing a channel parameter tracking operation to determine channel parameters that change less than a first threshold amount based on the received uplink signals; performing a channel parameter prediction operation to determine the channel parameters that change greater than a second threshold amount on an output of the channel parameter tracking operation; and performing a channel prediction operation for downlink channels based on an output of the channel parameter tracking operation and the channel parameter prediction operation.
US11683709B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a communication that identifies one or more UE capability parameters for at least one of sounding reference signal reference signal received power measurement or cross-link interference (CLI) received signal strength indication measurement. The UE may receive a CLI measurement configuration that is based at least in part on the one or more UE capability parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11683706B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method includes receiving, from a base station, control signaling identifying a measurement configuration for one or more non-linear estimation measurements of reference signals associated with a power amplifier configuration of the base station, receiving, from the base station, the reference signals on a set of resources identified by the measurement configuration, performing one or more non-linear estimation measurements associated with the power amplifier configuration of the base station based on the received reference signals, and transmitting, to the base station according to the measurement configuration, a measurement report based on the one or more non-linear estimation measurements.
US11683695B1
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing optimization of network resources. The system is operable to monitor the electromagnetic environment, analyze the electromagnetic environment, and extract environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment. The system extracts the environmental awareness of the electromagnetic environment by including customer goals. The system is operable to use the environmental awareness with the customer goals and/or user defined policies and rules to extract actionable information to help the customer optimize the network resources.
US11683692B1
Protecting against potentially harmful app (PHA) installation on a mobile device. In some embodiments, a method may include identifying apps already installed on multiple mobile devices, identifying PHAs in the apps already installed on the multiple mobile devices, training a machine learning classifier, based on the apps already installed on multiple mobile devices, to predict a likelihood that each of the PHAs will be installed on any mobile device, identifying one or more apps already installed on a particular mobile device, predicting, using the machine learning classifier, a likelihood that a target PHA of the PHAs will be installed on the particular mobile device based on the one or more apps already installed on the particular mobile device, and in response to the likelihood being higher than a threshold, performing a remedial action to protect the particular mobile device from the target PHA.
US11683691B2
Systems and methods enable the provisioning of security as a service for network slices. A network device stores definitions of multiple security assurance levels for network slices based on security parameters of assets used in the network slices. The network device stores multiple network slice templates, wherein the multiple network slice templates have different security assurance levels, of the multiple security assurance levels, for a Network Service Descriptor (NSD). The network device receives a request for a network slice with a requested security assurance level, of the multiple security assurance levels, for the NSD, and deploys the network slice using one of the network slice templates that has a security assurance level that corresponds to the requested security assurance level. The network device monitors the security parameters of the assets of the network slice for changes to the security assurance level of the deployed network slice.
US11683690B2
Implantable devices, such as artificial organs, increasingly incorporate hardware, software, firmware, and/or wireless communication capabilities. For example, such implantable devices can utilize wireless technology to allow for efficient configuration, maintenance, and operational analysis. As these implantable devices become more connected, electronic security will become more important. This disclosure relates to implantable devices that may utilize a secure boot process and secure communication, both between artificial devices in the human body and between these devices and the external world. This disclosure provides secure communication approaches for maintaining the digital privacy and integrity of artificial devices, for protecting the individual from malicious hacking of data, and for controlling of such implantable devices.
US11683688B2
Access credentials for a user of each of the plurality of stations connecting to the Wi-Fi network are forwarded to a RADIUS server. In response to the forwarded access credentials, priority-token values derived from the access credentials of the connecting users for storage in association with a MAC address of each of the plurality of stations, are received from the RADIUS and stored. Priority-token values responsive to detecting multiple users of at least two different priorities needing to access the Wi-Fi network. Available subcarriers are allocated based on the priority-token values for data transmissions.
US11683683B2
An apparatus includes a memory to store subscription data for access to a network, the subscription data including at least terms and conditions information for the network; circuitry linked to the memory; and a connection component for execution on the circuitry to identify an access point connected to the network and automatically forward at least a portion of the subscription data to the identified access point in an association message. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US11683681B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for optimizing delivery of a data to and/or from a UE in a connected but inactive state.
US11683679B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5G or 5G communication system to support higher data rates beyond 4G communication system such as LTE. The present disclosure enables the 3GPP system to protect the broadcasted unique UAV identities for a secured UAV communication. In remote identification process, the UAVs send the messages with flight information to the receiving party (i.e., UTM/USS, a TPAE or another UAV). Also, there are use cases on local broadcast of UAV identities for remote identification and tracking purposes. The present disclosure renders a mechanism that only the authorized personnel is able to decode the received broadcasting ID from the initiating UAV. The present disclosure protects unique UAV identities broadcasted so that, the fake UAV or unauthorized personnel cannot use the broadcasted ID for certain attacks such as impersonation of genuine UAV, tracking of the UAV and so on.
US11683672B2
In a wireless communication network, distributed ledger circuitry executes a contract from an origin block and transfers an instantiation request for a wireless network slice to network orchestration circuitry. The network orchestration circuitry instantiates the wireless network slice responsive to the instantiation request from the distributed ledger circuitry. The wireless network slice delivers a wireless network service to the UEs and transfers slice usage data to the distributed ledger circuitry. The distributed ledger circuitry executes the contract from middle blocks and a termination block to form a blockchain that stores the slice usage data for the wireless network slice. The distributed ledger circuitry transfers a termination request for the wireless network slice to the network orchestration circuitry responsive to the execution of the contract from the termination block. The network orchestration circuitry terminates the wireless network slice responsive to the termination request from the distributed ledger circuitry.
US11683665B2
A method and apparatus for handling of a data inactivity timer for MBS session in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device may receive, from a network, a configuration of a data inactivity timer. A wireless device may receive a Medium Access Control Service Data Unit (MAC SDU) for a Multicast Traffic Channel (MTCH) for a MBS session. A wireless device may start or restart the data inactivity timer based on determining that the MBS session cannot be received in RRC_IDLE through the MTCH.
US11683658B2
An example radio frequency (RF) positioning node system calculates a respective distance between an uncommissioned RF positioning node to each of neighboring commissioned RF positioning nodes based on a respective received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurement. Based on the calculated respective distance to each of the neighboring commissioned RF positioning nodes and a set of commissioned location coordinates of each of the neighboring commissioned RF positioning nodes, the RF positioning node system estimates a set of uncommissioned location coordinates of the uncommissioned RF positioning node. The RF positioning node system determines a best fit assignment of the set of uncommissioned location coordinates of uncommissioned RF positioning nodes in an uncommissioned RF positioning node list to the set of commissioned location coordinates of non-operational commissioned RF positioning nodes in a non-operational RF positioning node list to adjust an RF positioning node map for each of the non-operational commissioned RF positioning nodes.
US11683651B2
A user is allowed to three-dimensionally recognize environment change and noise change corresponding to the sound directionality of the left and right sides through a control parameter that is set by analyzing an audio signal received from a first smart hearing device formed on one side and a second smart hearing device formed on an opposite side.
US11683641B2
The two-way communication system comprises a non-invasive and non-implanted system which allows for clear two-way communications. This system is generally comprised of a mouthpiece component, relay component, infrastructure communication device, an optional earpiece component, and an optional system control which may interface with the relay component.
US11683618B2
An application and network analytics platform can capture telemetry from servers and network devices operating within a network. The application and network analytics platform can determine an application dependency map (ADM) for an application executing in the network. Using the ADM, the application and network analytics platform can resolve flows into flowlets of various granularities, and determine baseline metrics for the flowlets. The baseline metrics can include transmission times, processing times, and/or data sizes for the flowlets. The application and network analytics platform can compare new flowlets against the baselines to assess availability, load, latency, and other performance metrics for the application. In some implementations, the application and network analytics platform can automate remediation of unavailability, load, latency, and other application performance issues.
US11683611B1
A pixel readout circuit includes an analog to digital converter coupled to the bitline output of the pixel circuit. A switch is coupled between the bitline output of the pixel circuit and a reference voltage. The switch is pulsed on and off a first time to settle the bitline to the reference voltage prior to an autozero operation of the analog to digital converter. The switch is pulsed on and off a second time to settle the bitline to the reference voltage after the autozero operation and prior to a first analog to digital conversion. The switch is configured to be pulsed on and off a third time to settle the bitline to the reference voltage after the first analog to digital conversion operation and prior to a second analog to digital conversion operation.
US11683608B2
An image sensor device includes a sensor array and a processing circuit. The sensor array includes a plurality of pixel units each including a photodiode unit and a storage capacitor. The sensor array generates an image of a specific frame, and the photodiode unit is illuminated by a light ray to generate a photodiode current which is stored in the storage capacitor when the image sensor device performs an exposure operation. The processing circuit generates a reference current according to photodiode current(s) of photodiode unit(s) of pixel unit(s) before the exposure operation arranged for the specific frame starts, and predicts a length of an exposure time interval of the exposure operation for the specific frame based on the generated reference current.
US11683607B2
An imaging device includes a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a photodiode array to generate charge in response to incident light. The plurality of photodiodes includes first and second photodiodes. A shared floating diffusion receives charge transferred from the first and second photodiodes. An analog to digital converter (ADC) performs a first ADC conversion to generate a reference readout in response to charge in the shared floating diffusion after a reset operation. The ADC is next performs a second ADC conversion to generate a first half of a phase detection autofocus (PDAF) readout in response to charge transferred from the first photodiode to the shared floating diffusion. The ADC then performs a third ADC conversion to generate a full image readout in response to charge transferred from the second photodiode combined with the charge transferred previously from the first photodiode in the shared floating diffusion.
US11683606B2
An imaging device of the present disclosure includes a plurality of pixels each including a light receiving element that performs photoelectric conversion on incident light to generate an electrical signal, the pixels outputs a detection signal when detecting that an amount of change of the electrical signal exceeds a predetermined threshold, and a control section that reads out, when pixels of a pixel combination of two or more pixels including a pixel of interest both output detection signals, the detection signals. Further, electronic equipment of the present disclosure includes the imaging device including the plurality of pixels and a detection section that have the above-mentioned configurations.
US11683602B1
An imaging device includes a pixel array of 1×3 pixel circuits that include 3 photodiodes in a column. Bitlines are coupled to the 1×3 pixel circuits. The bitlines are divided into groupings of 3 bitlines per column of the 1×3 pixel circuits. Each column of the 1×3 pixel circuits includes a plurality of first banks coupled to a first bitline, a plurality of second banks coupled to a second bitline, and a plurality of third banks coupled to a third bitline of a respective grouping of the 3 bitlines. The 1×3 pixel circuits are arranged into groupings of 3 1×3 pixel circuits per nine cell pixel structures that form a plurality of 3×3 pixel structures of the pixel array.
US11683598B1
An imaging system including an image sensor coupled to a controller to image an external scene is described. The controller includes logic storing instructions that when executed causes the imaging system to perform operations including capturing images, including a first image and a second image, of an external scene, and generating reduced representations of the images including a first reduced representation associated with the first image and a second reduced representation associated with the second image. The operations further include comparing the first reduced representation with the second reduced representation to determine a difference between the first image and the second image and identifying an occurrence of an occlusion affecting the image sensor imaging the external scene when the difference is greater than a threshold value.
US11683596B2
An image capture apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data of a subject; an identification unit configured to identify a color temperature of light from the subject on the basis of the image data acquired by the acquisition unit; an adjustment unit configured to adjust a white balance of the image data on the basis of the color temperature identified by the identification unit; and a suppression unit configured to suppress a chroma of the image data applied adjustment by the adjustment unit, if image data of a specific light-emitting body is included in the image data, on the basis of color information of the specific light-emitting body applied adjustment by the adjustment unit, by eliminating color of the specific light-emitting body applied adjustment by the adjustment unit.
US11683592B2
The technical problem of enhancing the quality of an image captured in low light conditions by a front facing camera is addressed by providing an adaptive front flash system. An adaptive front flash system automatically adjusts configuration parameters of an overlaid view that operates in lieu of a front flash, termed a front flash view. The configuration parameters are adjusted based on characteristics of the output of the digital image sensor of the front facing camera. Examples of configuration parameters of the front flash view include one or more of brightness of the display, color temperature of the front flash view, and transparency of the front flash view.
US11683590B2
Provided in the present disclosure are a camera apparatus and a mobile terminal. The camera apparatus of the present disclosure comprises: a camera assembly; a rotary shaft that is fixedly connected to the camera assembly, a first gear being fixed at an end of the rotary shaft that is away from the camera assembly; a transmission component that is fixed on the rotary shaft and that abuts against the camera assembly; a screw rod that is rotationally connected to the transmission component, a second gear being fixed on the screw rod, and the screw rod and the rotary shaft being arranged in parallel; and a control structure that is connected to the screw rod, the control structure driving the screw rod to rotate, and the screw rod rotatingly driving the transmission component to move along the central axis of the rotary shaft.
US11683576B2
A camera module includes a lens barrel configured to receive a lens, a substrate on which an image sensor is disposed, a housing configured to receive the lens barrel and to contact the substrate, a heat transfer member configured to contact the housing, and a heat dissipation member configured to contact the heat transfer member and dissipate heat from the heat transfer member in different lateral directions about the lens.
US11683575B2
An image system (100) comprising a camera (110), a control unit (120), a processing unit (130), one or more illumination devices (140). The image system (100) is configured to obtain a distance matrix for a scene. Each cell of the distance matrix corresponds to a zone of the scene and a value in each cell represents the distance from an object in the zone to the camera. The image system is further configured to obtain an illumination intensity matrix for the scene. Each cell of the illumination intensity matrix corresponds to a zone of the scene and a value in each cell represents illumination intensity of one or more illumination devices in each zone of the scene. The image system is further configured to generate a compensation matrix based on the illumination intensity matrix and the distance matrix and generate an image of the scene based on the compensation matrix.
US11683572B2
Provided is a lens apparatus connected to a camera configured to pick up an image based on a set pickup parameter, comprising: a first operating member; a controller configured, based on an operation of the first controller, to control a function of the lens apparatus in a first mode and to output a signal for switching a setting of a combination of pickup parameters including a function of the camera in a second mode; and a switching device configured to switch from the first mode to the second mode, in which the combination of pickup parameters in the second mode is previously set by a user.
US11683570B2
A cradle can be used to capture video of an object, such as hair. That video can then be used to extract and visualize color information relating to that material using a colorcloud. The colorcloud contains all the colors that were present in one or more frames of the video. The cradle comprises a video recording device that is able to see the material through a window on the cradle. A smartphone can be used with the cradle to act as the video recording device, as well as provide lighting.
US11683567B2
A method and apparatus are described. The method includes receiving a set of audio soundtracks associated with media content, determining if one of the audio soundtracks is an audio description soundtrack, and modifying at least one main audio soundtrack to include an indication that an audio description soundtrack is available for the media content if it is determined that one of the audio soundtracks is an audio description audio soundtrack. The apparatus includes memory that stores a set of audio soundtracks associated with media content. The apparatus also includes an audio processing circuit configured to retrieve the set of audio soundtracks, determine if one of the audio soundtracks is an audio description soundtrack, and modify at least one main audio soundtrack to include an indication that an audio description soundtrack is available for the media content if it is determined that one of the audio soundtracks is an audio description soundtrack.
US11683562B2
Example invertible metering apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes at least one processor and memory including instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to at least: determine an orientation of a housing; determine if a housing is in a mounting orientation; in response to determining that the housing is not in the mounting orientation, initiate a first alarm; in response to determining that the housing is in the mounting orientation, determine an orientation of a stencil; determine if the stencil is in an upright orientation; in response to determining that stencil is not in the upright orientation, initiate a second alarm; and in response to at least one of the housing being in the mounting orientation or the stencil being in the upright orientation, assign a light pattern to a plurality of lights associated with the stencil.
US11683560B2
A media device and method execute computer instructions to: generate a first query fingerprint of media content; send the first query fingerprint to a server; and receive, from the server, an identification of a first channel being watched in response to the server finding a match to the first query fingerprint. The media device iteratively receives, from the server, a plurality of fingerprints generated from the media content in locations ahead of where the media content is being received; store the plurality of fingerprints in a local database of a computer-readable storage medium; and compare a second query fingerprint of the media content with the plurality of fingerprints to determine whether the media device remains set on the first channel, without continuously pinging the server. When the media device locally detects a non-match with the second query fingerprint, the process starts over with it finding a match at the server.
US11683556B2
A data display method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, a first target operation instruction on a client during a process of playing a video of a game on the client; obtaining, by the terminal, process data of a target type in response to the first target operation instruction. The process data indicates game information corresponding to a current moment of the video of the game, and the game information being time-sensitive. The method also includes displaying, by the terminal, a first target interface on the client, the first target interface displaying the process data of the target type.
US11683553B2
A method of modifying playing of media content in a group watch session comprises receiving a command to modify play; determining respective preferences of respective users in the session; and, if it is determined that execution of the command is consistent with the preferences, causing modifying of the playing of at least a portion of the media content based on the received command, e.g., by skipping the portion, jumping to another play position, or rewinding or fast-forwarding through the portion. In this manner, the command is executed, or not executed, based on the preferences of multiple users. The method may include estimating a satisfaction score for the command for the respective users, and comparing the estimated satisfaction scores with a reference score. The portion(s) of the media content for which play is modified may be determined based on the estimated satisfaction scores.
US11683551B2
There is provided systems and methods for performing actions based on light signatures. An exemplary system includes a light source, a light detector, a non-transitory memory storing a plurality of light signatures and a hardware processor. The hardware processor executes an executable code to illuminate, using the light source, a target object with a first light, collect, using the light detector, a second light being a reflection of the first light by the target object, match the second light with one of the plurality of light signatures, and perform an action in response to matching the second light with the one of the plurality of light signatures.
US11683546B2
First information associating a first unique master identifier with multiple different aliases is obtained from a first database accessible to an enrichment-content delivery system. The first unique master identifier is assigned to a first primary content item. Second information, which links the first unique master identifier to first enrichment content is obtained from a second database accessible to the enrichment-content delivery system. First playout information, which includes a first alias identifying a first media item scheduled for playout by a first media station is received from the first media station. A determination is made based on the first information and the second information, that the first alias is associated with the first unique master identifier assigned to the first primary content item. In response to that determination, the first enrichment content is transmitted to the first media station.
US11683544B1
The present disclosure describes a monitoring device for determining one or more characteristics of one or more scheduled programs within one or more packetized elementary streams of one or more transport streams. The monitoring device receives the one or more transport streams from a service provider system and de-encapsulates the one or more packetized elementary streams from the one or more transport streams. The monitoring device determines the one or more characteristics of the one or more scheduled programs from the one or more packetized elementary streams. The one or more characteristics can be used by the monitoring device to adapt on a dynamic, real-time, or near real-time, basis to changes to the one or more transport streams.
US11683533B2
A method and image processing device are provided, including a deblocking filter. The deblocking filter modifies values of at most MA samples of the first image block as first filter output values, the at most MA samples being obtained from a column of the first image block that is perpendicular to and adjacent to the horizontal block edge; and modifies values of at most MB samples of the second image block as second filter output values, the at most MB samples being obtained from a column of the second image block that is perpendicular to and adjacent to the horizontal block edge. At most a number MA of sample values of the first image block adjacent to the block edge are modified and at most a number MB of sample values of the second image block adjacent to the block edge are modified, wherein MA
US11683530B2
A method for in-loop sample offset filtering in a video decoder is disclosed. The method includes obtaining at least one statistical property associated with reconstructed samples of at least a first color component in a current reconstructed data block of a video stream, selecting a target sample offset filter among a plurality of sample offset filters based on the at least one statistical property, the target sample offset filter comprising a nonlinear mapping between sample delta measures and sample offset values, and filtering a current sample in a second color component of the current reconstructed data block using the target sample offset filter and reference samples in a third color component of the current reconstructed data block to generate a filtered reconstructed sample of the current sample.
US11683519B2
This disclosure describes filtering techniques applied by an encoder and a decoder during the prediction stage of a video encoding and/or decoding process. The filtering techniques may enhance the accuracy of predictive data used during fractional interpolation, and may improve predictive data of integer blocks of pixels. There are several aspects to this disclosure, including a useful twelve-pixel filter support that may be used for interpolation, techniques that use coefficient symmetry and pixel symmetry to reduce the amount of data needed to be sent between an encoder and a decoder to configure the filter support for interpolation, and techniques for filtering data at integer pixel locations in a manner that is similar to sub-pixel interpolation. Other aspects of this disclosure concern techniques for encoding information in the bitstream to convey the type of filter used, and possibly the filter coefficients used. Predictive coding of filter coefficients is also described.
US11683510B2
There is provided a method and devices for encoding and streaming a video sequence over a plurality of network connections. A video sequence is encoded (S04) in parallel into a number of encoded video sequences having different video properties. The encoded video sequences are then streamed (S06) in parallel over the plurality of network connections. Each encoded video sequence is streamed over at least one of the plurality of network connections, and, for each network connection, an encoded video sequence having video properties that match desired video properties of the network connection. In response to detecting (S08) that the desired video properties of one of the network connections have changed, the number of encoded video sequences is increased or decreased (S10).
US11683505B2
A decoding method is disclosed. The decoding method comprises: determining an index from a bitstream, the index identifying a coding element in a set of a plurality of coding elements; decoding a picture block from the bitstream using the coding element of the set identified by the index. In a specific embodiment, determining the index comprises: determining, for each coding element in the set, a probability that the coding element was used for encoding the picture block; and determining the index responsive to the determined probabilities.
US11683502B2
The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.
US11683495B2
A method for performing video decoding by a decoding device according to the present document comprises the steps of: acquiring residual information of a current block; deriving residual samples of the current block on the basis of the residual information; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the residual samples.
US11683484B2
An example system may include a primary mode decision module, included in a hardware video encoding pipeline, that (1) receives video data for encoding in accordance with a video encoding standard, and (2) identifies, from an initial set of prediction modes supported by the video encoding standard, a primary set of prediction modes for encoding the video data in accordance with the video encoding standard. The example system may also include a secondary mode decision module that (1) determines, for each prediction mode included in the primary set of prediction modes and based on the video data, a cost associated with the prediction mode, and (2) selects, from the primary set of prediction modes and based on the determined costs associated with the prediction modes included in the primary set of prediction modes, a prediction mode for encoding of the video data by the hardware video encoding pipeline.
US11683482B2
Image decoding of decoding a sequence of coded pictures on a block-by-block basis is provided. The image decoding incudes decoding a first high-level syntax element from a bitstream to determine, at a sequence level, whether affine motion prediction is allowed. A second high-level syntax element is extracted for each of at least one coding tool from the bitstream depending on the first high-level syntax element. At a picture level, the method determines whether each of the at least one coding tool is allowed. The coding tool includes sample-by-sample adjustment of affine motion prediction samples.
US11683480B2
An image decoding method performed by a decoding device according to the present document comprises: a step for deriving the number of samples of upper peripheral chroma samples and left peripheral chroma samples of a current chroma block on the basis of a specific value and the width and height of the current chroma block; a step for deriving said number of upper peripheral chroma samples and said number of left peripheral chroma samples; and a step for deriving CCLM parameters on the basis of the upper peripheral chroma samples, the left peripheral chroma samples, and down-sampled peripheral luma samples, wherein, when the specific value is derived as 2 and the width and the height of the current chroma block are larger than the specific value, the number of samples is derived as the specific value.
US11683456B2
A robotic mount is configured to move an entertainment element such as a video display, a video projector, a video projector screen or a camera. The robotic mount is moveable in multiple degrees of freedom, whereby the associated entertainment element is moveable in three-dimensional space. In one embodiment, a system of entertainment elements are made to move and operate in synchronicity with each other, such as to move a single camera via multiple robotic mounts to one or more positions or along one or more paths.
US11683447B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing side conversations within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with a virtual conference among plural participants, a first audio channel for sharing among the plural participants; provide, for each of the plural participants, display of a participant video element which corresponds to the participant and which includes a user-selectable button to initiate a side conversation with the participant; receive indication of a user selection, by a first participant, of the user-selectable button for initiating a side conversation with a second participant of the plural participants; and provide a second audio channel from a first device associated with the first participant to a second device associated with the second participant, in conjunction with providing the first audio channel to the second device.
US11683444B2
This disclosure describes a video room system that can generate a video room utilizing a cross-application technique by accessing functions of one application based on user interaction within a separate application. In particular, the disclosed systems can generate a video room that remains open for access by a creator device and invitee devices in a casual come-and-go fashion. The disclosed systems can further generate a video room link that is distributable intelligently to grant access to the video room to invitee devices. The disclosed systems can also automatically surface a video room link to an invitee device based on determining a digital connection between the invitee device and the creator device.
US11683440B2
Multiple framings of a video may define different positionings of a viewing window at different moments within the video. The positionings of the viewing window defined by the multiple framings may be used as fixed positionings of the viewing window in a viewing path. The viewing path may define changes in the positioning of the viewing window between the fixed positionings. A presentation of the video may be generated to include the extents of the video within the viewing window.
US11683439B2
An image forming apparatus capable of achieving both convenience of a user and defense against external threats is provided. The image forming apparatus that transmits and receives data to and from a plurality of external apparatuses via a plurality of network ports includes a setting unit configured to set an application permitted to be used in a mode, which blocks the network ports other than a prescribed network port in response to a request from the outside, a job storing unit configured such that in a case that a job received from the external apparatus via one of the plurality of network ports is not a job of the application permitted to be used which is set by the setting unit, the received job is stored, an authentication unit configured to perform user authentication, and a print permitting unit configured such that in a case that the user authentication is performed by the authentication unit with respect to a user who generated the stored job, printing of the stored job by the authenticated user is permitted.
US11683437B1
Mask entries for each of a plurality of passes over which print fluid drops are to be dispensed for printing an image are generated based on different types of masks and based on image data for the image. Print fluid drop dispensation for a pixel for which the mask entries for a given pass specify repeated print fluid drop dispensation is moved to a mask entry for an adjacent pass that does not specify print fluid drop dispensation for the pixel. Ejection of print fluid to print the image is caused based on the generated mask entries.
US11683435B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an image forming control method, an image forming apparatus, and a non-transitory storage medium. The image forming control method includes acquiring job data and job parameters corresponding to the job data, where the job parameters include an image post-processing direction and a job data direction; determining a sheet feed direction based on the image post-processing direction and the job data direction in conjunction with a pre-stored corresponding relationship for characterizing a preset image post-processing direction, a preset job data direction, and a preset sheet feed direction; and based on the sheet feed direction, the job data, the job data direction, and the image post-processing direction, controlling an image forming device to perform an image forming operation, and controlling an image post-processing device to perform an image post-processing operation.
US11683431B2
An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to change an operation mode between a first operation mode and a second operation mode depending on preset time frames, set the time frames in response to an operation performed via a network by an administrative user having administration authority, and change a current operation mode to the first operation mode or the second operation mode in response to an operation input by a general user on an operation panel of the information processing apparatus.
US11683420B1
Meeting and conferencing systems and methods are implemented in a variety of manners. Consistent with one embodiment of the present disclosure, an audio conference system includes communications circuitry and a caller interface, each associated with setting up or managing the audio conference. Menu options may be provided to validate or authenticate incoming telephony calls. In response to a selection of the menu options, an incoming telephony call may be prompted to select a callback number, and then the system monitors for a trigger event. A participant is contacted in response to detecting the trigger event, and the contacted participant is then placed into the audio conference.
US11683419B2
A system and method provide an integrated automation solution that links multiple systems and applications of a contact center operation and provides a unified support interface and unified knowledge base that delivers relevant data in real-time to assist contact center personnel during a customer interaction. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is used for automating workflows and processes with robots (e.g., attended and/or unattended) that perform various tasks and activities for capturing information (data, documents, etc.) from multiple front-end and/or back-end systems and applications to provide the necessary data and information in real-time during a contact center session.
US11683410B2
A set of tracking devices can be placed within a geographic area as part of a scavenger hunt. A user with a mobile device can traverse the area, and when the user moves within a threshold proximity or communicative range of a tracking device, the mobile device can receive a communication from the tracking device identifying the tracking device. In response to determining that the tracking device is part of the set of tracking devices and thus part of the scavenger hunt, the mobile device can modify a tracking device interface displaying a representation of the tracking device to indicate that the tracking device has been found. In response to each tracking device being found, the mobile device can modify the tracking device interface to indicate that the scavenger hunt has been completed.
US11683403B2
The invention proposes a method of encoding data packet by encoding type information and size information of said data packet into the same field. The invention also proposes a method of processing data packets received. The data packet comprises a header part and a message part. The header part comprises at least one bit for indicating the type of said data packet, said method comprising a step 101 of obtaining the size information of said data packet based on said at least one bit.
US11683396B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for efficiently monitoring the operating context of a computing device. In some implementations, the context daemon and/or the context client can be terminated to conserve system resources. For example, if the context daemon and/or the context client are idle, they can be shutdown to conserve battery power or free other system resources (e.g., memory). When an event occurs (e.g., a change in current context) that requires the context daemon and/or the context client to be running, the context daemon and/or the context client can be restarted to handle the event. Thus, system resources can be conserved while still providing relevant context information collection and callback notification features.
US11683383B2
Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist the user in understanding their unique digital footprint and the connections from the data within the footprint to the user's connections online and in the physical world. The determined information may be visually displayed to the user along with recommendations regarding digital safety.
US11683379B2
In some implementations, formation of loops between nodes in an RPL network may be avoided. A node that receives a neighbor-discovery message may determine, based on a parent-child status, whether the neighbor-discovery message was received from a parent of the node. If the neighbor-discovery message was received from the parent, the node may transmit an error code to the parent. In addition, the node may determine, based on a comparison of reliability rankings, whether the neighbor-discovery message was received from a node with relatively high reliability, such as a potential grandparent node. If the neighbor-discovery message was received from a high-reliability node, the node may transmit an error code to the high-reliability node. Furthermore, the node may reduce network traffic by withholding a neighbor-detection message from a child node. The node may transmit a response to neighbor-detection messages received from the child node.
US11683378B2
A network can comprise client devices, provider devices, and a database array. The network can be configured for RGB formatted data. A client device processes and converts client inputs into rows of client data columns in a synthesizing database stored in a memory device. The client data rows comprise transcoded RGB formatting of the client inputs. A provider device processes provider inputs. Either the database array or the provider device can process the provider inputs into rows of provider data columns of transcoded RGB formatting of the provider inputs. A collimation of the client and provider RGB formatted data can result in an indicia of complementary client and provider inputs.
US11683375B2
Techniques and systems described herein relate to shared storage systems across network devices to use unused storage space and provide backup and additional storage for devices as needed. The techniques and systems include determining availability data describing available storage locations and amounts on network devices, compiling such data at a network controller, and communicating the availability data to the network devices. The network devices then directly communicate with each other to store data remotely as needed.
US11683369B2
A system, method, apparatus and electronic control unit are provided for centralized data collection at a single controller device (110) in a distributed service-oriented system (100) by applying one or more classifiers (102-104, 114) to a message traffic packet (1) received at the Ethernet switch (101) of the single controller device to selectively identify service update information from service-oriented traffic messages in the message traffic packet without generating additional message traffic packets on the network system bus, and by mirroring each message traffic packet (3) containing service update information to a processing element (111) in the single controller to identify and extract specified data from the identified service update information for storage in a centralized database which is updated as services publish new information on the network system bus.
US11683364B2
A distributed device management system specifies a device capable of supplying request data used for providing a service, from among a plurality of devices connected to a network. Device management function units are disposed so as to be geographically distributed and manage the states of the devices located in deployed areas. A device specifying function unit has a device inquiry cache in which a response log including the type of data which was previously required for the service and an identifier of the device management function unit that manages the device which was capable of supplying the data is recorded. In a case where this request data coincides with the type of data included in the response log, an inquiry is transmitted to the device management function unit associated with the request data in the response log.
US11683362B2
A mobile device can implement a neural network-based style transfer scheme to modify an image in a first style to a second style. The style transfer scheme can be configured to detect an object in the image, apply an effect to the image, and blend the image using color space adjustments and blending schemes to generate a realistic result image. The style transfer scheme can further be configured to efficiently execute on the constrained device by removing operational layers based on resources available on the mobile device.
US11683359B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for communicating between an application executing on a client device and a server using a persistent connection. An example method generally includes initializing a persistent connection between an application executing on a client device and a server. Information about an event within the application is received. Communications between the application and the server are performed via streaming data related to the information about the event carried on the persistent connection. Generally, the streaming data may be translated from an application-native format to a platform-agnostic format and may include application-specific information. One or more actions are taken within the application based on the streaming data related to the event and carried on the persistent connection.
US11683355B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums for receiving media data. One apparatus includes processing circuitry that receives a media presentation description (MPD) file that includes an essential property descriptor indicating a session-based description (SBD) file. The essential property descriptor includes an attribute that indicates a class for a uniform resource locator (URL) request used for requesting a resource. The class identifies a type of the requested resource. The processing circuitry generates the URL request based on the SBD file and the class indicated in the attribute included in the essential property descriptor. The processing circuitry sends the URL request to a server to request the resource of which the type is identified based on the class of the URL request.
US11683353B2
IoT service layer capabilities may be employed to automate and simplify the service enrollment process for IoT service subscribers/enrollees. These capabilities enable virtualization of a service subscriber and the physical IoT devices, applications, data and authorized users of the subscriber into a software profile that is representative of the subscriber. Once virtualized, a service subscriber may then delegate the complexities and burden of service enrollment to an automated IoT service enrollment software function.
US11683349B2
Security policies can be dynamically updated in response to changes in endpoints associated with those policies. A user can indicate one or more regions or networks from which access is to be granted under a specific security policy. The user can subscribe to receive notifications upon a change relating to those endpoints, such as the addition or removal of one or more endpoints. When a change is detected, new policy information can be generated automatically and published for subscribed policies, which can then have the updates applied automatically or provided for manual review and application. Such a process enables access determinations to be made based upon up-to-date endpoint information.
US11683340B2
Methods and systems provide for preventing a false report of a compromised connection even though a security component receives an indication a connection is compromised, and the security component, by default, would report a compromised connection. In the method, the security component determines that captive portal authentication is enabled for a computing device. The security component requests a response from a server over a connection, with the response indicating that the connection is compromised. However, because captive portal authentication is enabled, the security component does not report the connection as being compromised.
US11683339B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method includes applying transport protocol heuristics to selective acknowledgement (SACK) messages received at a network adapter from a network node. The transport protocol heuristics identify threshold values for operational functions that are performed when processing the SACK messages. The method further includes determining, by applying the transport protocol heuristics to the SACK messages received from the network node, that the threshold values for the transport protocol heuristics have been reached. In response to determining that the threshold values have been reached, the method includes identifying the network node as a security threat and taking remedial actions to mitigate the security threat. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11683338B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to edge-computing (“EC”)-based systems and methods for fraud mitigation. The systems and methods may utilize a multi-layer architecture. The architecture may include a set of N gatekeeper units, and each gatekeeper unit may be associated with an EC device. When a transaction request is received, the request may be processed at a first gatekeeper unit, and, if validated, successively processed by the set of N gatekeeper units. If any gatekeeper unit flags the request as suspicious, the unit may emit an audible alert that may be sensed by the associated EC device. The EC device may transmit a signal to one or more of the other gatekeeper units to perform additional processing for the request. When the request reaches the Nth gatekeeper unit and achieves validation, the transaction may be executed via a central server connected to a transaction network.
US11683331B2
A method to determine, by a computing system, a trust score for a network entity in a computer network, the trust score for the network entity indicating a level of trust in the network entity; and modifying, by the computing system, a traffic pattern of the computer network based on the trust score for the network entity.
US11683323B2
A method for authenticating a message transmitted via a communication channel, including the following: sampling recurring signal edges within a data frame of the message, sampling values being obtained with a start time that is offset between the signal edges, reconstructing an average signal characteristic of a part of the message from the sampling values, calculating signal-technical properties of the data frame from the signal characteristic, and the message is authenticated based on the properties.
US11683319B2
A system and process for applying access groups for controlling data access, by a processor device. The process receives from a user a request to access data associated with a person from a file system, whereby the request invokes at least one software method. Next method interception is performed by matching the at least one software method. Group membership of the user and at least one group membership of the person is accessed. Determining if each of the following conditions of i) the user is a member of a specific group and ii) the specific group contains the person are verified. In response to the conditions being verified, the process sends the data to a user device to display to the user, otherwise denying the request to access data. Each group can have one or more criteria, which add patients to that group based on the conditions of those criteria.
US11683314B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for controlling access of a custom browser function are disclosed. For example, the method includes a processor that sends a request to a third party website, receives a hypertext markup language code and a browser script, renders the hypertext markup language code, detects that the browser script is trying to access a custom browser function, compares one or more parameters associated with the custom browser function to an access control list to control an access of the custom browser function, and executes the custom browser function when a match of the one or more parameters is found in the access control list.
US11683311B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method for running applications on a multi-tenant container platform may include (1) receiving, at a host administrator service on a container host computing device and via a host administrator service socket handle, a request for a privileged operation from an application running in a non-privileged container, (2) performing, based on a user identifier of the application, a security check of a user associated with the application, (3) comparing, when the security check results in approval, a process identifier of the requested privileged operation against a whitelist of permitted operations to determine the requested privileged operation is permissible, and (4) initiating running, when the requested privileged operation is permissible, the requested privileged operation. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11683309B2
This disclosure describes techniques including, by a domain name service (DNS), receiving a name resolution request from a client computing device and, by the DNS, providing a nonce to the client computing device, wherein a service is configured to authorize a connection request from the client computing device based at least in part on processing the nonce. This disclosure further describes techniques include a method of validating a connection request from a client computing device, including receiving the connection request, the connection request including a nonce. The techniques further include determining that the nonce is a valid nonce. The techniques further include, based at least in part on determining that the nonce is a valid nonce, authorizing the connection request and disabling the nonce.
US11683308B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media include instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to perform operations including receiving a user credential from a remote access client within a network and communicating the user credential to an authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) server within the network. The operations also include receiving a user attribute from the AAA server and generating a contextual label based on the user attribute. The contextual label includes routing instructions associated with traffic behavior within the network. The operations further include advertising a control message, which includes the contextual label, to the remote access client.
US11683291B2
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for generating firewall configuration profiles for firewalls. An intermediary device may modify a request from a client to access the server to include a payload provided by the device. The payload may include an action type selected from a plurality of action types used to probe the server for a corresponding security vulnerability of a plurality of security vulnerabilities. The device may transmit, to the server, the request including the payload to cause the server to provide a response to the device. The device may determine that the server is susceptible to a security vulnerability of the plurality of security vulnerabilities corresponding to the action type based at least on the response. The device may generate a configuration profile for the firewall to restrict requests of the action type to access the server from clients.
US11683290B1
A computer-implemented improved system for producing studio quality e-commerce product videos displaying a 3D rendering created from a 3D model of a product that includes generally the steps of uploading a 3D model of the consumer product onto a computer or an online platform; selecting product features for highlighting in the video; rotating the 3D model to identify selected features; providing text to highlight portions of the video and the selected features; selecting and providing musical accompaniment for the video; and, creating a timeline to establish the sequence of individual portions of the video whereupon the 3D rendered video is then automatically generated for the vendor's e-commerce product page and various social platforms.
US11683284B2
Techniques for identifying and processing graymail are disclosed. An electronic message store is accessed. A determination is made that a first message included in the electronic message store represents graymail, including by accessing a profile associated with an addressee of the first message. A remedial action is taken in response to determining that the first message represents graymail.
US11683272B2
This application discloses a packet processing method that is applied to an EVPN, where the EVPN includes a first network device and a second network device. The method includes: receiving, by the first network device, a VXLAN packet sent by the second network device, where the VXLAN packet includes a path identifier and a service packet, the path identifier indicates a path from the first network device to a VNF device through an IPU, and the service packet includes a destination IP address; determining, by the first network device based on the path identifier, first routing information; and forwarding, by the first network device, the service packet to the VNF device via the IPU based on the first routing information and the destination IP address.
US11683268B2
A switch device for relaying data in an on-vehicle network, being equipped with a switch section and a processing section for performing the relay processing via the switch section, wherein, in the case that a plurality of frames to be subjected to the relay processing is present in the processing section, the processing section performs adjustment processing so that the output rates of the respective frames to the switch section in the case that the transmission source addresses of the respective frames are different are made smaller than the output rate in the case that the transmission source addresses of the respective frames are the same.
US11683267B2
Processes for managing computing processes within a plurality of data centers configured to provide a cloud computing environment are described. An exemplary process includes executing a process on a first host of a plurality of hosts. When the process is executing on the first host, a first network identifier associated with the plurality of hosts is not a network identifier of a pool of network identifiers associated with the cloud computing environment and first and second route tables respectively corresponding to first and second data centers of the plurality of data centers associate the first network identifier with the first host. The exemplary process further includes detecting an event associated with the process. In response to detecting the event associated with the process, the first and second route tables are respectively updated to associate the first network identifier with a second host of the plurality of hosts.
US11683266B2
A system includes a host processor, which has a host memory and is coupled to store data in a non-volatile memory in accordance with a storage protocol. A network interface controller (NIC) receives data packets conveyed over a packet communication network from peer computers containing, in payloads of the data packets, data records that encode data in accordance with the storage protocol for storage in the non-volatile memory. The NIC processes the data records in the data packets that are received in order in each flow from a peer computer and extracts and writes the data to the host memory, and when a data packet arrives out of order, writes the data packet to the host memory without extracting the data and processes the data packets in the flow so as to recover context information for use in processing the data records in subsequent data packets in the flow.
US11683264B2
Techniques configure a network to relay data from a node to a root device are described herein. In an example, one-hop neighbors of the node are determined and ranked according to link quality. The ranked neighbor nodes may be considered potential “parent nodes” of the node. The ranked nodes may be divided into a plurality of groups according to link quality. A parent node may be selected from among the “best” group of one-hop neighbor nodes and may be used to relay data for the node to and/or from the router or other device. The node continues to use the parent node at least until its ranking removes it from the best group or falls below a threshold value. After the ranking of the parent falls below such a prescribed threshold it may be replaced by selection of a replacement parent from the group of one-hop upstream neighbors having the best link quality.
US11683260B2
Systems and methods include receiving network topology information of a network including a plurality of routers; receiving link measurements defining bandwidth on links in the network; determining routes in the network based on the network topology information; and utilizing the routes and the link measurements to determine an estimate of an initial traffic matrix that includes the bandwidth between origin routers and destination routers.
US11683249B2
A method of acquiring software by a source node in a wireless ad hoc network. The method includes the source node executing application software from which a need to process a particular modality of data is identified, and making a determination that the source node is incapable of processing the particular modality of data. Responsive to the determination, the source node searches a local module repository (MR) of the source node for a software module usable to process the particular modality of data, and responsive to the source node failing to locate the software module in the local MR, broadcasts a request for the software module to neighbor nodes of the plurality of nodes in radio range of the source node. The source node receives the software module from the neighbor node, and uses the software module to process the particular modality of data.
US11683246B2
A computing device receives one or more network communication anomaly conditions that indicate abnormal network communication traffic for a class of devices associated with the computing device; monitors network communication data of the computing device; determines whether the network communication data of the computing device satisfies the one or more network communication anomaly conditions; and responsive to determining that the network communication data of the computing device satisfies the one or more network communication anomaly conditions, performs an anomaly detection operation for the computing device.
US11683245B1
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described, which provide a recommendation system with performance management service. The service may include selecting and ranking content that relate to a user query and a problem associated with an application and/or a device. The service may include invoking a remedial procedure based on user feedback data. The service may include similarity and classification models based on successful recommendation records.
US11683242B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for data plane interface network Quality of Service (QoS) in multi-tenant data centers. Data plane operations including packet generation and encapsulation are performed in software running in virtual machines (VMs) or containers hosted by a compute platform. Control plane operations, including QoS traffic classification, are implemented in hardware by a network controller. Work submission and work completion queues are implemented in software for each VM or container. Work elements (WEs) defining work to be completed by the network controller are generated by software and processed by the network controller to classify packets associated with the WEs into QoS traffic classes, wherein packets belonging to a give traffic flow are classified to the same QoS traffic class. The network controller is also configured to perform scheduling of packet egress as a function of the packet's QoS traffic classifications, to transmit packets that are scheduled for egress onto the network, and to DMA indicia to the work completion queues to indicate the work associated with WEs has been completed.
US11683241B1
Systems and method are directed towards dynamically determining how to provision networking services. An order for new wireless service is received for a customer device and a customer identifier is determined for the order. A determination is made whether to process the order via a direct network function or via a network support system based on the customer identifier. In response to determining to process the order via the direct network function, at least one low-level networking service is identified for the order and a separate cloud core is provisioned for each of the at least one low-level networking service. In response to determining to process the order via the network support system, at least one high-level networking service is identified for the order and the network support system is employed to establish the at least one high-level networking service.
US11683236B1
Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for categorizing unknown devices using benchmark applications. Benchmark applications are distributed to client devices to produce performance metrics for the client devices. Performance metrics of the client devices are used to categorize unknown devices by comparing the performance metrics of these devices to performance metrics of known devices.
US11683223B2
Novel tools and techniques for network data plane management are provided. A system includes a host machine that includes a database, processor, and non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions executable by the processor to obtain, via the database, a network configuration, spawn a container according to the network configuration, wherein the container is configured, based on the network configuration, to be coupled to a network overlay via a network interface, receive, via the network interface, incoming data associated with the container, the incoming data having attached one or more attached network data attributes, and identify, via the database, the attached one or more network data attributes attached to the incoming data as one or more network data attributes of the network data model.
US11683220B2
Techniques discussed herein relate to providing in-memory workflow management at an edge device (e.g., a computing device distinct from and operating remotely with respect to a data center). The edge device can operate as a computing node in a computing cluster of edge devices and implement a hosting environment (e.g., a distributed data plane). A work request can be obtained by an in-memory workflow manager of the edge device. The work request may include an intended state of a data plane resource (e.g., a computing cluster, a virtual machine, etc.). The in-memory workflow manager can determine the work request has not commenced and initialize an in-memory execution thread to execute orchestration tasks to configure a data plane of the computing cluster according to the intended state. Current state data corresponding to the configured data plane may be provided to the user device and eventually displayed.
US11683211B2
An apparatus of a transmitter may include, for example, a Golay builder to build modulated Golay sequences for at least a non-EDMG Short Training Field (L-STF), and a non-EDMG Channel Estimation Field (L-CEF) of a PPDU; a scrambler to generate scrambled bits by scrambling bits of a non-EDMG header (L-header) and a data field of the PPDU; an encoder to encode the scrambled bits into encoded bits according to a low-density parity-check (LDDC) code; a constellation mapper to map the encoded bits into a stream of constellation points according to a constellation scheme; a spreader to spread the stream of constellation points according to a Golay sequence; and a transmit chain mapper to map a bit stream output from the Golay builder and the spreader to a plurality of transmit chains by applying a spatial expansion with relative cyclic shift over the plurality of transmit chains.
US11683210B2
Method for transmitting/receiving signal in wireless communication system and device supporting same
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a next-generation wireless communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4th generation (4G) wireless communication system. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system and a device supporting same may be provided.
US11683205B2
A system and method for recovering encoded data from a modulated baseband signal is disclosed. Aspects and embodiments of the system and method include receiving an analog input signal representing a modulated baseband signal, counting clock cycles of a reference clock, detecting a first transition and a second transition of the analog input signal indicating a first change and a second change in the modulated baseband signal, storing a first counter value corresponding to an amount of clock cycles elapsed between the first transition and the second transition, and determining a binary-valued bit sequence corresponding to the first counter value.
US11683196B2
A communication control device includes: a processor configured to: acquire identification information of a communication terminal from the communication terminal that is authenticated by communication via a wide area communication network; and when the identification information is included in a storage storing an information set in which associated are (i) the identification information of the communication terminal and (ii) specific connection unit information indicating a specific connection unit that is predetermined for the communication terminal in a narrow area communication network different from the wide area communication network, perform control such that the communication terminal is connected to the specific connection unit as a connection destination of the communication terminal, based on the specific connection unit information of the information set including the acquired identification information.
US11683194B2
Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting a MAP advance time for a MAP message sent from a CCAP core to an RPD, the MAP message allocating bandwidth for the RPD during an interval beginning at a start time specified in the MAP message.
US11683191B2
A policy control function receives, from a mission critical video (MCVideo) application function, a DIAMETER AA-Request (AAR) command comprising an attribute value pair (AVP) comprising an MCVideo-identifier identifying an MCVideo service. The policy control function sends, to a network function, a Diameter command comprising one or more QoS policies based on the MCVideo-identifier.
US11683185B2
An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a certificate issuer node, an asset certification request from an asset producer node over a blockchain, generating, by the certificate issuer node, a digital certificate linked to the asset certification request and assigned to the asset producer node, linking, by the certificate issuer node, the digital certificate to an authority of the certificate issuer node, and signing, by the certificate issuer node, the digital certificate to ensure origin and integrity of the asset.
US11683179B2
Systems and methods are provided for authenticating an identity of a user requesting a resource or service from an entity. In some embodiments, a system may include at least one processor; and a non-transitory medium containing instructions that cause the system to perform operations. The operations may include receiving credential information associated with the remote user, and receiving, from the server associated with the entity, first hash information. The operations may also include generating second hash information based on information associated with the user, comparing the first hash information with the second hash information, and transmitting an indication based on the comparison to the server associated with the entity.
US11683178B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an improved system and method of producing, recording and reporting boot integrity measurements of an Internet of Things (“IoT”) computing device to resource (such as an on-chip software module, an external software module, a printer, a network router, or a server), so the resource can confirm that the IoT computing device can be trusted before access to the resource is granted. Embodiments provide a new and less expensive architecture for reliably collecting and relaying device state information to support trust-sensitive applications. Embodiments leverage crypto-acceleration modules found on many existing microprocessors and microcontroller-based IoT devices, while introducing little additional overhead or additional circuitry. Embodiments provide a Root of Trust module comprising integrated internal control logic that functions as a secure on-chip wrapper for cryptographic primitive modules, which provide secure storage and reporting of the host's platform integrity measurements.
US11683167B2
A network gateway apparatus monitors Quic user datagram protocol (UDP) Internet Connection (QUIC) packets between a first device and a second device, extracts a version of the QUIC protocol and a connection identification from an unprotected portion of the protected header in response to detecting a QUIC packet having a protected header in use, determines a salt used in encryption of the protected header based on the version of the QUIC protocol, calculates a client initial secret based on the salt and the connection identification, determines an unprotected payload of the QUIC packet based on the client initial secret, a protected payload of the QUIC packet and the unprotected portion of the protected header, and extracts a server name indication (SNI) from the unprotected payload.
US11683164B2
Systems and methods described herein relate to techniques in which multiple parties each generate and exchange quantities that are based on a shared secret (e.g., powers of the shared secret) without exposing the shared secret. According to a protocol, two or more parties may exchange sets of elliptic curve points generated over polynomials that can be used, by each of the two or more parties, to determine a power of a shared secret. The protocol may be utilised as part of determining parameters for a smart contract that is broadcast to a blockchain network (e.g., Bitcoin). Based on the protocol, an additional party (e.g., a third party different from the two or more parties) may perform a computational task such as execution of the smart contract.
US11683159B2
A method for a hybrid content protection architecture includes obtaining, by data processing hardware, a client-side cryptographic key and locally encrypting user content using the client-side cryptographic key. The method also includes communicating the client-side cryptographic key to a third party key manager, the third party key manager configured to store the client-side cryptographic key. In response to the third party key manager storing the client-side cryptographic key, the method includes receiving a token from the third party key manager, the token identifying the client-side cryptographic key stored at the third party key manager. The method further includes uploading the encrypted user content and the token to a server of a cloud computing platform.
US11683156B2
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving at an encryption daemon a key request from a storage device; implementing, by the encryption daemon, a secure communications channel between the encryption daemon and an encryption key server; sending the key request from the encryption daemon to the encryption key server, utilizing the secure communications channel; receiving, from the encryption key server at the encryption daemon, an encrypted response, utilizing the secure communications channel; decrypting, by the encryption daemon, the encrypted response to obtain the requested key, and sending the requested key from the encryption daemon to the storage device.
US11683150B2
The disclosure provides methods, apparatus and computer-readable media for synchronization over an optical network. A method comprises: receiving, from a client, a request to initiate a synchronization service for a client node coupled to the optical communication network; and, in response to the request, establishing a synchronization service to the client node via a virtual synchronization network utilizing the optical communication network. The synchronization service utilizes a bidirectional optical channel established via the optical communication network for the transmission of synchronization data for the client.
US11683143B2
A node (100) of a wireless communication network manages sending of control information to a radio device (10). For a first frequency band, the control information indicates a first start position for transmission of a data channel. For a second frequency band, the control information indicates a second start position for transmission of the data channel. Based on the first start position and the second start position, the node (100) controls transmission of data on the data channel.
US11683142B2
A method of deriving a Quasi-CoLocation (QCL) assumption for a user equipment (UE) in multi-panel transmission is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of control resource set (CORESET) groups from a network of the wireless communication system, determining a default QCL assumption for demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) port(s) of at least one physical downlink share channel (PDSCH), reception scheduled by a scheduling physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to a CORESET of one of the plurality of CORESET groups when a time offset between a reception of downlink control information (DCI), in the scheduling PDCCH and the at least one PDSCH reception is less than a threshold, wherein at least one of the plurality of CORESET groups includes at least one CORESET for indicating a QCL assumption, and applying the default QCL assumption for reception of the DM-RS port(s) of the at least one PDSCH.
US11683140B2
A method for a terminal to receive Sounding Reference Symbol (SRS) configuration information in a wireless communication system comprises: a step of receiving SRS configuration information for SRS transmission in units of concatenated SRS blocks from a base station; and a step of transmitting SRS to the base station on the concatenated SRS blocks on the basis of the SRS configuration information, wherein the SRS configuration information may include information indicating a length of one SRS block, information indicating the number of SRS blocks, and information indicating an SRS block in which truncation is performed among the concatenated SRS blocks.
US11683137B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. The electronic apparatus for wireless communication according to one embodiment comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control to send or receive configuration information. The configuration information is related to configuration of a reference signal used in a discovery process of an integrated access backhaul (IAB) link node.
US11683129B2
A user terminal, according to the present invention, has a transmission section that transmits uplink control information (UCI) by using an uplink control channel, before RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection is set up, and a control section that determines a resource for the uplink control channel for use for transmitting the UCI, based on a given field value in system information.
US11683128B2
A receiver is described which receives data from a transmitter. The data is included in a data block which includes at least one code block, and the code block has a plurality of parts. A first part of the code block is used for estimating a decodability of the code block at the receiver. The first part of the code block is arranged in the data block ahead of the remaining one or more parts of the code block. The receiver estimates, prior to receiving the entire data block, the decodability of the code block using the first part of the code block.
US11683123B2
In a packet processing method, concatenation processing is performed on other original packets other than a largest first packet in a plurality of original packets. Padding processing is performed on a concatenated packet only when a size of the concatenated packet is less than a size of a largest packet, without performing padding processing on each of the other original packets.
US11683121B2
This disclosure relates generally to wireless communications and, more particularly, to systems and methods for uplink signaling using blind channel estimation at a base station. In one embodiment, a method performed by a communication device, includes: associating a time slot with a data packet comprising a head portion and a tail portion, wherein the head portion comprises a communication device identifier and the tail portion comprises user data associated with the head portion; spreading the head portion into a first predetermined transmission format; spreading the tail portion into a second predetermined transmission format; and transmitting the spreaded head portion with the spreaded tail portion to a communication node, wherein the spreaded head portion comprises information to be used by the communication node for channel estimation and for decoding the tail portion to retrieve the user data.
US11683119B2
Systems and methods of using a packet order work (POW) scheduler to assign packets to a set of scheduler queues for supplying packets to parallel processing units. A processing unit and the associated scheduler queue is dedicated to a specific flow until a queue-reallocation event, which may correspond to the associated scheduler queue being idle for at least a certain interval as indicated by its age counter, or the queue being the least recently used, when a new flow arrives. In this case, the scheduler queue and the associated processing unit may be reallocated to the new flow and disassociated with the previous flow. As a result, dynamic packet workload balancing can be advantageously achieved across the multiple processing paths.
US11683115B2
An optical control type phased array antenna includes: a plurality of antenna elements; a multi-wavelength light source; an optical demultiplexing circuit for separating a plurality of optical signals and local oscillation light from output light of the multi-wavelength light source; optical modulators for generating a plurality of modulated optical signals by modulating the plurality of optical signals with the output signals of the plurality of antenna elements; an optical coupler for multiplexing the plurality of modulated optical signals and the local oscillation light to generate multiplexed light and dividing the multiplexed light into reception optical signals of a plurality of channels; and an optical dispersion compensation circuit for compensating for a phase difference between the plurality of modulated optical signals by performing dispersion compensation on the reception optical signals, respectively.
US11683112B1
A communication device in a communication network includes at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to at least one processor configured to search a spectrum of the communication network using a Long Term Evolution Primary Synchronization/Secondary Synchronization Signals (LTE PSS/SSS), estimate the LTE interference using cell specific reference signals for Down Link (DL) when the LTE PSS/SSS signal is detected, and utilize LTE cell specific reference signals (CRS) and feed the equalized signal to a Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) Physical Layer (PHY) engine.
US11683108B2
Systems and methods are provided for broadcasting a signal. A multiplexer combines a first signal from a first signal source and a second signal from a second signal source as a time divisional multiplexed signal and provides a timing signal, distinct from the time division multiplexed signal, that indicates, for a given time, from which of the first and the second signal source a corresponding portion of the time divisional multiplexed signal originated. A signal conditioning component receives each of the time divisional multiplexed signal and the timing signal and alters the time division multiplexed signal in a manner that prepares the signal for broadcast. The signal conditioning component dynamically alters its behavior according to the timing signal. An antenna transmits the time division multiplexed signal.
US11683105B2
Methods and system are provided to mitigate RF interferences during operation of an electrosurgical system. An electrosurgical system configured to output therapeutic RF energy may refrain from outputting RF energy in order to measure an RF interference for a group of candidate frequencies, and to select a frequency from the group of candidate frequencies for which the measured RF interference is below a threshold value, and to produce a feedback signal (a control signal) at the selected frequency to control operation of the electrosurgical system. During operation of the electrosurgical system the feedback signal may be filtered by a BPF whose fundamental frequency is set to the selected frequency, to thus obtain an interference free feedback signal and, consequently, a reliable control of the electrosurgical system.
US11683103B2
The present invention relates to a method for receiving data transmitted acoustically. The method includes the steps of receiving an acoustically transmitted signal; and decoding the signal using, at least, a first plurality of voters to extract the data. The first plurality of voters comprise differing values for a first acoustic characteristic to address interference. A system and software are also disclosed.
US11683101B1
A method and structure for probabilistic shaping and compensation techniques in coherent optical receivers. According to an example, the present invention provides a method and structure for an implementation of distribution matcher encoders and decoders for probabilistic shaping applications. The techniques involved avoid the traditional implementations based on arithmetic coding, which requires intensive multiplication functions. Furthermore, these probabilistic shaping techniques can be used in combination with LDPC codes through reverse concatenation techniques.
US11683097B2
Methods, systems, and devices for network communications to reduce optical beat interference (OBI) in upstream communications are described. For example, a fiber node may provide a seed source to injection lock upstream laser diodes. Therefore, upstream communications from each injection locked laser diode may primarily include the wavelength associated with each seed source. The seed sources may be unique to each end device and configured to minimize OBI. That is, the upstream laser diodes may be generic, but the collected seed source may enable upstream communications at varying wavelengths. The end device may provide upstream communications by externally modulating a signal generated by the injection locked laser diode.
US11683094B1
A satellite system may have a constellation of communications satellites that provides services to users with electronic devices such as portable electronic devices and home/office equipment. The satellites may support communications between the electronic devices of the users and gateways. Each gateway may have satellite transceiver circuitry that transmits and receives satellite signals. Each gateway may also have an optical add-drop multiplexer coupled to a fiber ring and radio-frequency-over-fiber circuitry coupled between the satellite transceiver circuitry and the optical add-drop multiplexer. A metropolitan point-of-presence may be in communication with the fiber ring and may have modems for centrally processing communications (received and transmitted in an intermediate frequency) in the satellite system.
US11683093B2
An electric digital received signal obtained from a received optical signal is segmented into blocks of a certain length with an overlap of a length determined in advance with an adjacent block. Fourier transformation is performed for each of the blocks. The blocks subjected to the Fourier transformation are stored consecutively in time series, a coefficient determined based on a wavelength dispersion compensation amount according to one of frequency positions and a delay amount according to one of the frequency positions and one of time positions is applied to each of frequency component values included in a plurality of the stored blocks, and the blocks to which the coefficient has been applied and which are obtained by adding up the frequency component values to which the coefficient has been applied for each of the frequency positions are generated. Inverse Fourier transformation is performed on the generated blocks to which the coefficient has been applied. A part of the overlap subjected to the inverse Fourier transformation is removed.
US11683090B1
A system uses pulsed lasers to enhance a signal propagation path in a telecommunications network. The system can estimate a signal propagation path, which varies based on a current location of a mobile device relative to a base station. The system can detect a propagation loss due to a condition of a propagation medium including the signal propagation path and determine whether the mobile device is in Line-of-Sight (LOS) of a laser emitter. In response to detection of the propagation loss, the laser emitter can emit a pulsed laser that can enhance signal propagation by mitigating the propagation loss on the signal propagation path. The pulsed laser has a propagation path overlapping the signal propagation path when the mobile device is in LOS of the laser emitter, which is mounted on the base station.
US11683085B2
A communication control method includes: a core network device receives a first communication blocking request message from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) service management system, where the first communication blocking request message includes at least one of a first identifier of a target UAV or a second identifier of a target controller for controlling the UAV, and instructs the core network device to disconnect a communication connection between the target UAV and the target controller; the core network device disconnects, according to the first communication blocking request message, the communication connection between the target UAV and the target controller; and the core network device sends a first communication blocking response message to the UAV service management system, where the first communication blocking response message indicates that the communication connection between the target UAV and the target controller has been disconnected.
US11683077B2
A coordinated transmission control method, apparatus, and system are disclosed. A primary access point and a secondary access point determine whether to perform coordinated transmission through inter-cell configuration parameter sharing and based on a dual decision condition of an interference test, further determine an anti-interference beamforming manner based on a specific cell configuration parameter, and determine whether to perform coordinated transmission with reference to the dual decision condition of the interference test, so that the access points can learn an interference status in advance, thereby preventing unnecessary retransmission resulting from interference caused during actual coordinated transmission, and improving communication efficiency.
US11683075B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device for multi-antenna transmission in UE and base station. The user equipment receives a first wireless signal at first; then transmits a second wireless signal, and monitors a first signaling in a first sub-time resource pool. Wherein the first wireless signal is transmitted by K antenna port group(s) and the second wireless signal is used to determine the first antenna port group. The first antenna port group is one of the K antenna port group(s). The first sub-time resource pool is reserved to the first antenna port group, or the index of the first antenna port group is used to determine the first sub-time resource pool. One antenna port group includes positive integer number of antenna ports, and the K is a positive integer greater than 1. The disclosure reduces the complexity of blind detection of downlink signaling by the UE.
US11683066B2
A wireless transceiver. The transceiver includes: (i) a transmit signal path; (ii) a calibration path, comprising a conductor to connect a calibration tone into the transmit signal path; (iii) a receive signal path, comprising a first data signal path to process a first data and a second data signal path, different than the first data signal path, to process a second data; (iv) a first capacitive coupling to couple a response to the calibration tone from the transmit signal path to the first data signal path; and (v) a second capacitive coupling to couple a response to the calibration tone from the transmit signal path to the second data signal path.
US11683065B2
A radio frequency (RF) switch includes switch transistors coupled in series. The RF switch includes a distributed gate bias network coupled to gate electrodes of the switch transistors. The RF switch also includes a distributed body bias network coupled to body electrodes of the switch transistors.
US11683064B2
Examples relate to a cable modem, to an apparatus, device and method for a cable modem, and to an apparatus, device and method for a cable communication system. The apparatus or device for the cable modem comprises interface circuitry/communication means for communicating with transceiver circuitry/transceiving means of the cable modem, and processing circuitry/processing means. The processing circuitry/means is configured to determine information on a power level of received transmissions at a plurality of points in time in a plurality of frequency bands of an upstream spectrum via the transceiver circuitry, to determine, for each of the plurality of frequency bands, numeric information on an occurrence of one or more power levels of the received transmissions in the respective frequency band, and aggregate the numeric information on the occurrence of the one or more power levels of the received transmissions by frequency band.
US11683061B2
Various data transmission detection systems are described. A receiver input through which a wireless data transmission signal is received may be present. A plurality of mixers in communication with the receiver input may be present, which may be digitally implemented. A data transmission detector may be present that receives a mixed wireless data transmission signal from each mixer and creates a plurality of scores. A match detection module may be present that receives the scores and identifies a highest score. The signal mapped to the highest score to be selected for further processing.
US11683054B2
A multi-band radio frequency front-end device, a multi-band receiver, and a multi-band transmitter, the multi-band radio frequency front-end device including a first radio frequency front-end circuit, where the first radio frequency front-end circuit works on a first band, a second radio frequency front-end circuit, where the second radio frequency front-end circuit works on a second band, a first input/output matching network, and a second input/output matching network, where routing of the first input/output matching network and routing of the second input/output matching network on a layout are annular and nested.
US11683052B2
Provided are a data processing method and device. The data processing method includes: performing Polar code encoding on an input bit sequence having a length of K bits to obtain an encoded bit sequence having a length of N bits, and determining a bit sequence to be transmitted from the encoded bit sequence according to a data characteristic of an information bit sequence and a predetermined rate matching scheme. K is a positive integer and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to K.
US11683050B2
Memory controllers, devices and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a memory controller includes write circuitry to transmit write data to a memory device, the write circuitry includes a write error detection correction (EDC) encoder to generate first error information associated with the write data. Data bus inversion (DBI) circuitry conditionally inverts data bits associated with each of the write data words based on threshold criteria. Read circuitry receives read data from the memory device. The read circuitry includes a read EDC encoder to generate second error information associated with the received read data. Logic evaluates the first and second error information and conditionally reverse-inverts at least a portion of the read data based on the decoding.
US11683049B2
A processor having a hardware decompressor configured to pad a non-equidistant data set, which is data received at irregular time intervals, with one or more of a predefined value, wherein the data is radar or optical sensor data; and a Fourier transform engine configured to receive the padded non-equidistant data set directly and continuously per data set from the hardware decompressor, and to FFT process the received padded non-equidistant data set.
US11683043B1
A time-to-digital converter (TDC) circuit includes control logic and a first self-referenced delay cell circuit coupled to the control logic. The first self-referenced delay cell circuit includes: a first bank of capacitors coupled to a first node between a first positive input and a first positive output, where the first bank of capacitors is selectively controlled by a first control signal from the control logic, the first control signal including a first up value corresponding to a first positive threshold; and a second bank of capacitors coupled to a second node between a first negative input and a first negative output, where the second bank of capacitors is selectively controlled by a second control signal from the control logic, the second control signal including a first down value corresponding to a first negative threshold.
US11683042B1
Described herein is an apparatus and a method for a low noise infinite radio frequency (RF) delayed-locked loop (DLL). The apparatus comprises a phase detector having a first input configured to receive a first RF signal, a second input, and an output; an infinite phase shifter having a first input configured to receive a second RF signal, an input bus, and an output connected to the second input of the phase detector; and a controller having a first input connected to the output of the phase detector and an output bus connected to the input bus of the infinite phase detector, wherein the output of the infinite phase shifter comprises a low noise signal in phase alignment with the first RF signal.
US11683035B2
A system for sensing touch or proximity include: a first number of input terminals configured to couple one or more capacitive sensors, a second number of transferring units configured to transfer charges from the one or more capacitive sensors through the first number of input terminals in transferring phases of cycles of the one or more capacitive sensor, wherein at least one of the first and second numbers is equal to or greater than two, and a first switching unit, coupled between the first number of input terminals and the second number of transferring units, configured to selectively electrically couple any one of the first number of input terminals to any one of the second number of transferring units in the transferring phases.
US11683032B2
A power semiconductor device of the present disclosure includes: a first switching element; a second switching element connected in parallel to the first switching element, and having a higher short circuit capability than the first switching element; drive circuits to drive the first switching element and the second switching element; and determination circuits to compare a target current as a sum of a current flowing through the first switching element and a current flowing through the second switching element to a first threshold and a second threshold greater than the first threshold. The drive circuits switch off the first switching element when the determination circuits determine that the target current is equal to or greater than the first threshold, and switch off the second switching element when the determination circuits determine that the target current is equal to or greater than the second threshold.
US11683019B2
A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate and a pair of interdigital transducer electrodes. The pair of interdigital transducer electrodes include an alternating region as a region where the electrode fingers connected to one busbar and the electrode fingers connected to the other busbar are alternately provided. When a region on an end portion side of the alternating region and a region including distal end portions of the plurality of electrode fingers is referred to as an edge region, a propagation velocity of a surface acoustic wave in the edge region is slower than a propagation velocity of a surface acoustic wave in the alternating region. A propagation velocity of a surface acoustic wave in a busbar region as a region where the busbar is disposed is faster than the propagation velocity of the surface acoustic wave in the alternating region.
US11683015B2
A class-D amplifier including a pulse width modulator including an input configured to receive a first signal based on an input signal, and an output configured to generate a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal; an H-bridge including an input coupled to an output of the pulse width modulator and an output coupled to a load, wherein the H-bridge is configured to generate an output signal across the load based on the PWM signal; and a deadtime compensation circuit coupled to the H-bridge, wherein the deadtime compensation circuit is configured to compensate for deadtime distortion in the output signal. The deadtime compensation circuit may be a feedback circuit between an output of the H-bridge and an input of the pulse width modulator, a pulse modification circuit at the output of the pulse width modulator, or an offset signal generating circuit providing an offset signal to the pulse width modulator.
US11683012B2
An apparatus includes a radio-frequency (RF) circuit, which includes a power amplifier coupled to receive an RF input signal and to provide an RF output signal in response to a modified bias signal. The RF circuit further includes a bias path circuit coupled to modify a bias signal as a function of a characteristic of an input signal to generate the modified bias signal. The bias path circuit provides the modified bias signal to the power amplifier.
US11683011B2
A switching system is connected to the power amplifier of an RF system. The switching system can switch the DC supply voltage to the power amplifier while handling the high DC current and the nanosecond switching speed requirements that are mandatory for most RF systems. The embodiments can rapidly control DC voltages but not interfere with the optimized operation of the RF transistor. The embodiments provide a desired sharp turn-on leading edge for an RF pulse while eliminating the extremely long and undesirable ramp down that typically occurs beyond the desired RF pulse period.
US11683007B2
A device for treating smooth surfaces includes a treatment unit, a support structure with a pivoting support arm for positioning and holding the treatment unit and a load balancer for setting and automatically controlling the contact pressure acting on the surface to be treated by the treatment unit. The treatment unit in the form of a spraying device includes at least one support roller or support wheel for supporting the treatment unit against the surface to be treated.
US11683006B2
A driveline joint may include a driveline shaft that has a plurality of slots and a shaft coupling positioned in an interior of the driveline shaft in which the shaft coupling includes one or more openings with each of the openings corresponding to one or more respective slots of the plurality of slots included in the driveline shaft. The driveline joint may include one or more spherical bearings that are each positioned between an interior lateral surface of the driveline shaft and an exterior lateral surface of the shaft coupling and against one of the openings of the shaft coupling. The driveline joint may include one or more fasteners, wherein each of the fasteners extends through one of the slots and one of the openings of the shaft coupling.
US11683005B2
A dual drive shaft solar tracker system comprises a photovoltaic (PV) structure, which includes at least one solar panel, a support structure and first and second drive shafts. The first and second drive shafts comprise first and second belt mechanisms wherein movement of the PV structure occurs by wrapping belts of the first belt mechanism onto the first drive shaft and by wrapping belts of the second belt mechanism onto the second drive shaft so as to provide a non-linear wrapping rate to accommodate the non-linearity of the belt wrapping onto the first and second drive shafts. A linkage, which ties two rows that are unbalanced in opposite directions, cancels out the imbalance as long as both rows have identical components. This allows trackers to use PV modules of any size and weight and the perfect balance is unaffected.
US11683002B2
Plant for producing solar energy including a support structure formed from support poles aligned fixed to the ground, a movement system for receiving devices of solar energy positioned on poles arranged in a row, adapted for allowing the movement of the devices about a first axis and a second axis substantially perpendicular to one another, a rotating main tube about the first axis, to which a plurality of secondary tubes is connected, associated with said main tube, the secondary tubes having the receiver devices fixed to them and a movement mechanism for the primary tubes, and a sustaining and movement support arranged on each pole of said row, which has a housing that receives the main tube of the movement system and that allows the rotation thereof about the axis.
US11683001B2
An over-current protection circuit for a motor capable of selecting one of a plurality of connection states has a plurality of decision circuits, a combining circuit, and a nullifying circuit. The combining circuit combines results of the comparisons in the plurality of decision circuits. The nullifying circuit nullifies part of the comparisons in the plurality of decision circuits. The number of outputs of the over-current protection circuit is one, so that for controlling the driving and stopping of the inverter needs just one terminal is required for receiving the output of the combining circuit. Moreover, because the over-current protection circuit is formed of hardware, the protection can be performed at a high speed.
US11682995B2
The present embodiment is a high rotor pole switched reluctance machine (HRSRM) which provides a plurality of combinations of the number of rotor poles Rn and number of stator poles Sn utilizing a numerical relationship defined by a mathematical formula, Rn=2Sn−Fp, when Sn=m×Fp, wherein Fp is the maximum number of independent flux paths in the stator when stator and rotor poles are fully aligned, and m is the number of phases. The mathematical formulation provides an improved noise performance and design flexibility to the machine. The mathematical formulation further provides a specific number of stator and rotor poles for a chosen m and Fp. The HRSRM can be designed with varying number of phases. The HRSRM provides a smoother torque profile due to a high number of strokes per revolution.
US11682991B2
In a method for determining the rotor position of a three-phase machine without using a rotary encoder, and to a device for controlling a three-phase motor without using a rotary encoder, the three-phase machine is fed by a converter that can be operated by pulse-width modulation, and the converter has model variables for the rotor angle and the current indicator of the three-phase machine, and the converter has device(s) by using which, in control operation, at least two values are measured which represent a measure of the local inductances of the machine which represent a measure of the local inductances of the machine, the error of the model rotor angle is determined in that, depending on the model rotor angle and the model current indicator, at least two weighting factors are determined, and in that a weighted sum is formed from the at least two measured values and the at least two weighting factors, and in that a further offset value is substracted from the sum, which is likewise determined on the basis of the model rotor angle and the model current indicator.
US11682985B2
A piezoelectric driving device includes a substrate, a plurality of piezoelectric elements disposed on the substrate, a first groove section provided between the plurality of piezoelectric elements, and a first wire provided in at least a part of a side surface and a bottom section of the first groove section.
US11682984B2
A converter with a half bridge circuit with at least one active half bridge branch, of which the phase connection in each case is connected via a respective switching device to a respective reference potential. A control device of the converter is configured to alternatingly conductively and non-conductively switch the respective switching device. The first and second switching device in each case includes a parallel connection of at least one transistor of a first type and at least one transistor of a second type.
US11682982B1
An inverter subsystem that includes a direct current (DC) bus, a DC terminal, and a power storage interface that is configured to be connected to power storage. The DC terminal is configured to be: (1) connected to the DC bus via an internally-facing side of the DC terminal and (2) connected to a load via an externally-facing side of the DC terminal. The load is powered via the DC terminal.
US11682977B2
This application provides a controller and control system for a DC/DC converter. The DC/DC converter includes a first switching transistor, a second switching transistor, a first capacitor, and a transformer. The transformer includes an excitation inductor and a transformer leakage inductor. The controller controls the first switching transistor to turn on to form a first closed circuit, where a current in the excitation inductor increases in a first direction; when a preset time period expires, the controller controls the first switching transistor to turn off, so that a voltage at two ends of the second switching transistor decreases; and when the voltage at the two ends of the second switching transistor is a first preset voltage threshold, the controller controls the second switching transistor to turn on to form a second closed circuit. When embodiments of this application are implemented, a turn-on loss in the DC/DC converter can be reduced.
US11682975B2
The power converter A1 includes a semiconductor device B1, and a substrate H on which the semiconductor device B1 is mounted, where the semiconductor device B1 includes a control chip constituting a primary control circuit, a semiconductor chip constituting a secondary power circuit, and a transmission circuit for electrically insulating the primary control circuit and the secondary power circuit and for signal transmission between the primary control circuit and the secondary power circuit. The substrate H has a conductive portion K. The power converter A1 includes a connecting terminal T1 disposed on the substrate H and electrically connected to the conductive portion K. The power converter A1 includes a conductive path D1 that is at least partially formed by the conductive portion K of the substrate H, and that electrically connects the primary control circuit and the connecting terminal T1. Such a configuration contributes to downsizing the power converter A1.
US11682963B1
The invention relates to a system for combining multiple power sources into a single in-phase AC current and related methods. According to an illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure, multiple out of phase AC power sources are provided, individually converted into DC currents, and combined in parallel to create a single DC current. The single DC current is then converted to an AC current, leaving a single in-phase AC current.
US11682959B2
A thermomagnetic apparatus for electric power production, comprising: a hollow toric vessel (30) delimited by a wall (31) having an outer toric surface (31a) having a toroidal direction, wherein the toric wall (31) encloses a volume containing a ferrofluid which comprises magnetic nanoparticles dispersed or suspended in a fluid carrier; a plurality of hydraulic conduits (36-39) in thermal contact with the outer toric surface (31a); a magnetic field source (62) coupled to the outer toric surface (62) and an extraction coil (65) which comprises a plurality of turns (65′) of electrical conductor wire arranged on the outer toric surface (31a).
US11682952B2
A method for producing a wire coil. Multiple windings of a ply of the wire coil including an insulated wire are wound onto a coil core of the wire core starting from a first winding up to a last winding. The last winding is hooked in an electrically insulating deflection hook of the wire coil which is fixed with respect to the coil core and the wire is deflected by the deflection hook.
US11682950B2
A manufacturing method of a rotor for an electric motor is disclosed herein. The rotor may include a rotor core having a through hole that extends along an axial direction of the rotor; a magnet inserted in the through hole; and a sheet disposed between an inner surface of the through hole and the magnet. The method may include inserting the sheet into the through hole such that the sheet extends through the through hole; and inserting the magnet into the through hole while the sheet is pulled at axial ends of the sheet in opposite directions to apply tension to the sheet and press the sheet against the inner surface.
US11682941B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a wiring apparatus for a motor and a corresponding motor. The wiring apparatus comprises an annular member and a conductor. The annular member has a first side adjacent to the motor and a second side opposite to the first side. The conductor is embedded in the annular member and comprises a plurality of joints coupled to each other via a conductive bar. The annular member comprises a first group of holes and a second group of holes. The group of holes each extend from the first side to the plurality of joints and the second group of holes arranged opposite to the first set of holes and each extends from the second side to the plurality of joints. The wiring apparatus according to embodiments of the present disclosure has a simple and compact structure, which greatly improves the efficiency of wiring.
US11682937B2
A rotor structure includes a rotor body and a plurality of magnets. The rotor body has a plurality of surrounding magnet-setting areas, and each magnet setting area has a first magnet slot and a second magnet slot symmetrically arranged to a centripetal axis. A first outer end of the first magnet slot and a second outer end of the second magnet slot are close to the centripetal axis and rotor's outer edge. A first outer end of the first magnet slot and a second outer end of the second magnet slot are distant to the centripetal axis and rotor's outer edge. The outer edge has a plurality of notches intersected by the corresponding centripetal axes. The magnets are respectively fixed to the first magnet slots and the second magnet slots of the magnet-setting areas.
US11682933B2
A motor includes a rotor rotatable about a center axis that extends vertically, a stator opposing the rotor in a radial direction, and a base portion opposing a lower surface of the stator in an axial direction. The base portion includes a lower lid portion extending in a direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the center axis, a protruding portion protruding in the axial direction from an upper surface at a center of the lower lid portion, and a stator holding portion adjacent to the protruding portion in the axial direction and contactable with an inner circumferential surface of the stator. The protruding portion includes a first ventilation portion opening downward at the center of the lower lid portion and a second ventilation portion to cause the protruding portion to communicate with the first ventilation portion.
US11682932B2
An electric machine stator includes a soft magnetic yoke having a cylindrical yoke body extending along a central axis, with an outer surface and an inner periphery defining a central opening about the central axis, and a plurality of soft magnetic stator teeth. Each stator tooth defines a first set of air pockets, and a second set of air pockets. An electric machine rotor and permanent magnet material with air pockets are also provided.
US11682930B2
A modular wireless power transfer system includes a first wireless transmission system and a wireless repeater system. The first wireless transmission system is configured to receive input power from an input power source, generate AC wireless signals, and couple with the wireless repeater system. A magnetic sensor system in the first wireless transmission system senses a magnet of specific strength in a specific location on the wireless repeater system. Based on the presence of absence of such a magnet, the first wireless transmission system allows or disallows, respectively, the transmission of the AC wireless signals to the wireless repeater system.
US11682929B2
A wireless power transfer system for wirelessly powering a conveyance apparatus of a first conveyance system and a conveyance apparatus of a second conveyance system including: a wireless electrical power transceiver located along a surface of the conveyance apparatus of the first conveyance system, a wireless electrical power transceiver located along a surface of the conveyance apparatus of the second conveyance system, the surface of the conveyance apparatus of the second conveyance system being opposite of the surface of the conveyance apparatus of the first conveyance system, wherein the wireless electrical power transceiver of the first conveyance system is configured to wirelessly transfer electrical power to the wireless electrical power transceiver of the second conveyance system when the wireless electrical power transceiver of the first conveyance system and the wireless electrical power transceiver of the second conveyance system are located proximate to one another.
US11682922B2
A method and system for contraband detection is provided that allows for the determining whether devices are authorized to receive power from an outlet. A power adapter and/or an outlet authenticate a device when it is connected to the outlet through the power adapter. On the basis of this authentication, a determination is made whether the devices are to receive power from the outlet. If the device is authorized, the outlet is activated, transitioning from inactive state (where no power is relayed through the outlet) to an active state (where power is relayed through the outlet).
US11682920B1
A method of operating a static transfer switch is provided. The method includes monitoring a voltage waveform for each phase of first and second power sources, and calculating flux for each phase of the power sources. The method also includes determining (i) a first flux difference between the respective flux of the first phases of the first and second power sources, (ii) a second flux difference between the respective flux of the second phases of the first and second power sources, and (iii) a third flux difference between the respective flux of the third phases of the first and second power sources. The method further includes turning off a third solid-state switch to disconnect the third phase of the first power source from a load, in response to the controller determining that the third flux difference is greater the first and second flux differences.
US11682917B1
A removable battery to provide motive power for an aircraft includes a battery frame and removable, interchangeable battery modules. Each of the battery modules defines module common space through which liquid heat transfer fluid flows during charging of the battery when the battery is removed from the aircraft and through which air as a heat transfer fluid flows during discharge of the battery, as during flight. The module common space also defines a combustion conduit to convey heated air and products of combustion safely outside the battery in the event of a cell fire during flight. The removable battery frame is a structural component of the aircraft.
US11682914B2
A battery system comprising positive and negative charge-discharge terminals, first and second batteries, first and second unidirectional switches, and a bridging switch. The first battery and the first unidirectional switch are connected in series across the charge-discharge terminals such that the first unidirectional switch provides a conductive path from the positive charge-discharge terminal to a positive terminal of the first battery. The second battery and the second unidirectional switch are connected in series across the charge-discharge terminals such that the second unidirectional switch provides a conductive path from the negative terminal of the second battery to the negative charge-discharge terminal. The batteries and the bridging switch are connected in series across the charge-discharge terminals, with the bridging switch being located between the positive terminal of the first battery and the negative terminal of the second battery.
US11682912B2
Systems and methods for operating an electric energy storage system are described. The systems and methods include ways of coupling electric energy storage cell stacks to an electric conductor or bus. The coupling is performed to reduce current flow through contactors and to increase a life span of the contactors.
US11682911B2
The invention provides a power tool, which comprises a motor, at least two battery packs supplying power to the motor and arranged in parallel. The power tool also comprises a relay control circuit used for connecting the motor and the battery packs, and the relay control circuit is provided with a controller, and a plurality of relay switch circuits connected with the controller. The controller is used for detecting the electric energy and/or an user state of battery packs and generates battery pack selection signals, the relay switch circuits and the battery packs are arranged one-to-one, the relay switch circuits receive the battery pack selection signals and control turning on/turning off of relays switches therein, and further switch the battery packs in the on state, to make only one battery pack in the on state at the same time.
US11682908B2
Described is an apparatus for extending cycle-life of a battery cell, where the apparatus comprises: a monitor to monitor a rate of degradation of a battery cell overtime; a comparator to compare the rate of degradation with a threshold; and logic to adjust one or more charge parameters of the battery cell when the rate of degradation crosses the threshold. Described is a method which comprises: monitoring a rate of degradation of a battery cell overtime; comparing the rate of degradation with a threshold; and adjusting one or more charge parameters of the battery cell when the rate of degradation crosses the threshold. Described is a machine-readable storage media having machine executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, causes one or more processors to perform the method described above.
US11682892B2
A composite circuit protection device includes: a first positive temperature coefficient (PTC) component; a first voltage-dependent resistor (VDR); a second VDR; and a plurality of conductive leads that correspondingly connect to the first PTC component, the first VDR and the second VDR. The second VDR and the first PTC component are electrically connected in series, the first VDR is electrically connected to the series connection of the first PTC component and the second VDR in parallel, and the first VDR has a varistor voltage greater than that of the second VDR as determined at 1 mA.
US11682887B2
Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to enclosures, such as, electrical enclosures, for example, explosion-proof enclosures, and including advantageous features and methods usable with such enclosures. Disclosed features and techniques relate to: an enclosure fastening device; a visual indicator; an enclosure handling assist arrangement; a control handle; and a reset controller.
US11682874B2
A rotating device and a rotating radar device. The rotating device comprises a fixed platform and a rotating platform; the top of the fixed platform and the bottom of the rotating platform are rotatably connected by a rotating shaft, a first bearing, and a second bearing; the rotating shaft is connected to the inner ring; the fixed platform includes a carbon brush and a first magnetic member; the rotating platform includes a second magnetic member and a rotor conductive ring; an outer ring of the first bearing is connected to the fixed platform; an inner ring of the second bearing is connected to the fixed platform, and an outer ring of the second bearing is connected to the rotating platform.
US11682870B2
The disclosed invention relates to a method of manufacturing a housing-integrated board mating connector, the method including: preparing a housing of an electrical device, the housing having a housing insertion hole formed therein and a part or the entirety of the housing being made of a conductive metal material; inserting a cylindrical ground gasket into the housing insertion hole; preparing a dielectric part and signal terminal part assembly in which a dielectric part surrounds a signal terminal part; and inserting the dielectric part and signal terminal part assembly into an inner circumferential surface of the ground gasket.
US11682867B2
A mains plug for connecting a charging system of a motor vehicle to a socket outlet of an alternating current network comprises a contact housing having a first gripping area and a sensor unit having a first sensor electrode embedded in the contact housing. A first section of the contact housing is arranged between a first surface of the first gripping area and the first sensor electrode.
US11682865B2
An electrical connector includes a number of mating modules. The mating module includes a number of conductive terminals, a first metal shield, a second metal shield and cables. The conductive terminals extend along a mating direction. The conductive terminal includes a tail portion and a mating portion. The cable includes a core electrically connected to the tail portion. The conductive terminals include differential signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. Compared with the prior art, the electrical connector of the present disclosure is a cable electrical connector. Besides, the conductive terminal extends along the mating direction, thereby simplifying the structural design of the conductive terminal. The present disclosure also discloses an electrical connector assembly having the electrical connector.
US11682861B2
A retainer resists decoupling of a first connector of a first cord from a second connector of a second cord. The retainer includes a first receiver having an adjuster to adjust the receiver about a portion of the first cord. The retainer includes a second receiver having an adjuster to adjust the receiver about a portion of the second cord. A connector housing couples the first and second receiver. The first receiver, second receiver, and connector housing form a continuous chamber in which lies portion of the first and second cords connected together when the retainer resides in an installed orientation. The retainer, in the installed orientation, resists incursion of water, dust particulate matter and other debris into the continuous chamber.
US11682860B2
A connector includes a movable housing, a fixed housing, plural signal terminals, and a pair of power source terminals. Each of the power source terminals is formed in an elongated shape with a length in a span direction as viewed along an insertion/removal direction, spans between a pair of sidewalls, includes a span direction intermediate portion retained by a terminal array direction end portion of the movable housing, and includes second elastic portions each capable of undergoing elastic deformation at a location positioned between the movable housing and the pair of sidewalls.
US11682855B2
A connector 10 disclosed by this specification is a connector 10 into which a plate-like mating terminal 100 is insertable and is provided with a plate-like connection terminal 20, a spring portion 80, and a housing 40 including an insertion opening into which the mating terminal 100 is inserted, the spring portion 80 being held in the housing 40. The mating terminal 100 inserted into the insertion opening and the connection terminal 20 are sandwiched by the spring portion 80.
US11682854B2
Disclosed is a board connector including a board connector body, conductive terminals of upper and lower rows inserted inside the board connector body and a docking housing wrapped outside the board connector body, wherein a front end of the board connector is used for docking with a cable connector, the docking housing including a top wall, a bottom wall and two side walls, a docking slot is provided between the top wall and a top surface of the board connector body, and the bottom wall is provided with a blocking element that protrudes downward. As compared with the prior art, interference may occur between a front end of a blocking element and a front end of a cable connector when the cable connector is reversely inserted, thereby preventing occurrence of a reverse inserting phenomenon.
US11682853B2
An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having a card slot at a mating end configured to pass through a panel opening of a panel forward of the panel for receiving a circuit card. A cable end of the housing is rearward of the panel. The electrical connector assembly includes contacts held in the housing. The electrical connector assembly includes cables terminated to the contacts and extending from the housing. The electrical connector assembly includes a connector mounting bracket having a collar surrounding a window receiving the housing. The connector mounting bracket has mounting latches extending from the collar with latch fingers configured to be coupled to the panel. The connector mounting bracket includes a biasing element configured to engage the panel to bias the panel against the mounting latches.
US11682849B2
A wire assembly includes a cable and a contact. The wire includes at least an inner conductor and an insulating jacket surrounding the inner conductor, wherein a tip of the inner conductor is exposed at a first end. The contact is welded to the tip of the inner conductor at the first end.
US11682841B2
A communications device may include an RF device, and an antenna. The antenna may include a conductive ground plane, an elongate support extending from the conductive ground plane, and a helically wound conductive strip carried by the elongate support. The communications device may have a coaxial cable coupling the RF device and the antenna. The coaxial cable may include an inner conductor and an outer conductor surrounding the inner conductor. The outer conductor may be coupled to the conductive ground plane and the inner conductor may extend through the conductive ground plane and be coupled to a proximal end of the helically wound conductive strip.
US11682837B2
An antenna module, including a feed point, a ground plane, a main radiator, and a parasitic radiator, is provided. The main radiator includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion and the second portion extend from the feed point and meet at an intersection after turning. The third portion has a first section and a second section. The first section of the third portion is connected to the intersection, and the second section is connected to the ground plane. The parasitic radiator is connected to the second section and extends towards the first section of the third portion and keeps a coupling gap away from the first section.
US11682825B2
A disk device includes a housing having a sidewall, the side wall having a first through-hole; a magnetic disk rotatably disposed in the housing and surrounded by the sidewall in a radial direction; a flexible printed circuit electrically connected to the magnetic disk; an insulator closing the first through-hole; a wireless communication device having a first communication antenna inside the housing; and a control board electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit. The control board is supplied with power from outside of the housing via a first connector, and is configured to receive a write command or a read command via the first communication antenna.
US11682822B1
The system for a collapsible direction finding antenna. The antenna comprising a rigid central portion and a plurality of foldable arms. The antenna is aerial/kite lifted once launched from a tube to provide increased line of sight above a surface. The antennas being launchable from a UUV, a user in the field, and the like. The antenna being a full azimuth direction finding antenna. In some cases, operating at a wide matched frequency of 1 to 6 GHz.
US11682821B2
Methods for sensing formation properties while drilling a well are described. An antenna system and transceiver electronics system are disposed on a drill collar segment. The antenna system includes at least one transmitter antenna for creating an electromagnetic field and at least one receiver antenna for detecting the electromagnetic field. At least one antenna in the antenna system is a magnetic dipole based antenna having at least two slot based magnetic dipoles. The slot based magnetic dipoles include slots in an outer surface of the drill collar segment, wire holes beneath the outer surface connecting the slots with each other and with the transceiver electronics system, a ferrite rod placed in each slot, and, at least one continuous antenna wire passing through the slots and the wire holes.
US11682820B2
Resonant cavity filters include a conductive housing having a floor. A dielectric resonator is mounted to extend upwardly from the floor. The dielectric resonator has a cylindrical body with a longitudinal bore that defines an inner sidewall. The longitudinal bore has a variable transverse cross-sectional area. A threaded dielectric fastener is at least partially inserted within the longitudinal bore of the cylindrical body. The dielectric resonator may have a protrusion that extends inwardly from the inner sidewall.
US11682818B2
An antennas-in-package (AiP) verification board is provided, which includes a carrier board configured for disposing an antenna array or an electronic circuit; and a plurality of SMPM connectors. The plurality of SMPM connectors are arranged in an array on the carrier board and electrically connected with the antenna array or the electronic circuit of the carrier board for testing the characteristics of the antenna array on the carrier board or the characteristics of the electronic circuit on the carrier board. The AiP verification board is fixed on a beamforming test platform. In addition to the aforementioned AiP verification board, an AiP verification board including a plurality of adaptor structures and an AiP verification board including a plurality of connectors and a plurality of adaptor structures are also provided.
US11682817B1
A W-band E-plane waveguide bandpass filter includes a rectangular waveguide configured to feed a W-band signal, and a dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate is inserted into the center of the waveguide. The dielectric substrate is provided with a spoof surface plasmon polariton (SSPP) array configured to transmit a TM-mode surface wave to achieve the bandpass filtering response.
US11682783B2
Described herein are systems and methods for the management and control of electrolyte within confined electrochemical cells or groups (e.g. stacks) of connected electrochemical cells, for example, in an electrolyzer. Various embodiments of systems and methods provide for the elimination of parasitic conductive paths between cells, and/or precise passive control of fluid pressures within cells. In some embodiments, a fixed volume of electrolyte is substantially retained within each cell while efficiently collecting and removing produced gases or other products from the cell.
US11682776B2
The invention relates to a metering valve (1) for controlling a gaseous medium, in particular hydrogen, comprising a valve housing (2), wherein an interior space (3) is formed in the valve housing (2). A reciprocating closing element (10) is arranged in the interior space (3), which interacts with a valve seat (37) for opening or closing at least one passage channel (25). Furthermore, the metering valve (1) comprises a nozzle (11), the at least one passage channel (25) being formed in the nozzle (11) and the passage channel (25) having a circular-cylindrical portion.
US11682770B2
Disclosed is a catalyst layer for a fuel cell that has good gas diffusion properties in the entire catalyst layer and in which coarsening of catalyst particles can be suppressed. The catalyst layer for a fuel cell includes fibrous conductive members and catalyst particles. The fibrous conductive members are inclined relative to the surface direction of the catalyst layer, and the length L of the fibrous conductive members and the thickness T of the catalyst layer satisfy the relational expression: L/T≤3. Each of the catalyst particles includes a core portion and a shell portion that covers the core portion, and contains a component different from that of the core portion.
US11682767B2
A binder includes a copolymer including a building block (I) and a building block (II) The building block (I) is formed by copolymerizing a building block (i) and a building block (ii)
US11682766B2
The invention provides a lithium ion battery comprising: an anode comprising an anode active material layer on an anode current collector, the anode active material layer having a mass load higher than 60 g/m2; a cathode comprising a cathode active material layer on a cathode current collector, the cathode active material layer having a mass load higher than 80 g/m2; and an electrolytic solution comprising an imide anion based lithium salt and LiPO2F2, wherein at least one of the anode and cathode active material layers comprises a spacer comprising silicone ball.
US11682765B2
A lithium secondary battery is disclosed which includes a cathode having a first cathode region and a second cathode region adjacent to the first cathode region, wherein the second cathode region is adjacent to an uncoated region of the cathode substrate; an anode, the anode having a first anode region and a second anode region adjacent to the first anode region, wherein the second anode region is adjacent to an uncoated region of the anode substrate, wherein a value C1 is a ratio of a direct current resistance value RA1 of the first anode region to a direct current resistance value RC1 of the first cathode region; wherein a value C2 is a ratio of a direct current resistance value RA2 of the second anode region to a direct current resistance value RC2 of the second cathode region; and wherein C2
US11682763B2
Electrode and electrode material comprising sulfur-limonene polysulfide for lithium-sulfur batteries
The present invention relates to an electrode material comprising at least one sulfur-limonene sulfide component or a composite of the sulfur-limonene sulfide component with a first conductive component; electrodes, in particular cathodes, containing the electrode material; half-cells, cells, and batteries containing the electrodes; and processes for obtaining the electrode material, the electrode, the half-cell, the cell, and the battery comprising electrode material and/or electrodes of the present invention.
US11682762B2
Provided are electrochemically active secondary particles that provide excellent capacity and improved cycle life. The particles are characterized by a plurality of nanocrystals with small average crystallite size. The reduced crystallite size reduces impedance generation during cycling thereby improving capacity and cycle life. Also provided are methods of forming electrochemically active materials, as well as electrodes and electrochemical cells employing the secondary particles.
US11682760B2
Processes for preparing a niobate material include the following steps: (i) providing a niobium-containing source; (ii) providing a transitional metal source (TMS), a post-transitional metal source (PTMS), or both; (iii) dissolving (a) the niobium-containing source, and (b) the TMS, the PTMS, or both in an aqueous medium to form an intermediate solution; (iv) forming an intermediate paste by admixing an inert support material with the intermediate solution; (v) optionally coating the intermediate paste on a support substrate; and (vi) removing the inert support material by subjecting the intermediate paste to a calcination process and providing a transition-metal-niobate (TMN) and/or a post-transition-metal-niobate (PTMN). Anodes including a TMN and/or PTMN are also provided.
US11682758B2
Materials and methods for coating an electrochemically active electrode material for use in a lithium-ion battery are provided. In one example, an electrochemically active electrode material comprises: a polymer coating applied directly to an exterior surface of the electrochemically active electrode material; a metal plating catalyst adhered to the continuous polymer; and a continuous metal coating that completely covers the metal catalyst and continuous polymer coating. The electrochemically active electrode material may comprise a powder comprising one or more secondary particles, and the polymer and metal coatings may be applied to exterior surfaces of these secondary particles.
US11682755B2
A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a first positive active material including a secondary particle including at least two agglomerated primary particles, where at least one part of the primary particles has a radial arrangement structure, as well as a second positive active material having a monolith structure. The first and second positive active materials may both include nickel-based positive active materials. A method of preparing the positive active material, and a rechargeable lithium battery including a positive electrode including the positive active material are also provided.
US11682752B2
A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a junction or active layer between doped semiconductor layers coextensive over a contiguous device area, corresponding sets of electrical contacts connected to the semiconductor layers, and multiple nanostructured optical elements at a surface of one semiconductor layer opposite the other semiconductor layer. Composite electrical contacts of one set include a conductive layer, a transparent dielectric layer between the conductive and semiconductor layers, and vias through the dielectric layer connecting the conductive and semiconductor layers. The nanostructured elements redirect light, propagating laterally in optical modes supported by the semiconductor layers, to exit the device. The composite electrical contacts can be independent and define independently addressable pixel areas of the device. The nanostructured elements and thin semiconductor layers can yield high contrast between adjacent pixel areas without trenches between them. A drive circuit can provide drive current that differs among pixel areas.
US11682740B2
The present embodiment provide a method for evaluating anion permeability of a graphene-containing membrane and also to provide a photoelectric conversion device employing a graphene-containing membrane having controlled anion permeability. The method comprises: preparing a measuring apparatus comprising an aqueous solution containing anions, a working electrode containing silver-metal, a counter electrode and a reference electrode; measuring the reaction current I0 between the silver-metal and the anions while the electrode potential of the working electrode to the counter electrode is being periodically changed and driven under the condition that the electrodes are in contact with the aqueous solution; measuring the reaction current I1 under the condition that, instead of the working electrode, the graphene-containing membrane electrically connecting to the working electrode is in contact with the aqueous solution; and comparing the currents I0 and I1 to evaluate anion-permeability of the graphene-containing membrane.
US11682737B2
A method for fabricating a solar cell and the and the resulting structures, e.g., micro-electronic devices, semiconductor substrates and/or solar cells, are described. The method can include: providing a solar cell having metal foil having first regions that are electrically connected to semiconductor regions on a substrate at a plurality of conductive contact structures, and second regions; locating a carrier sheet over the second regions; bonding the carrier sheet to the second regions; and removing the carrier sheet from the substrate to selectively remove the second regions of the metal foil.
US11682735B2
A semiconductor device includes a drain, a source, a gate electrode, and a nanowire between the source and drain. The nanowire has a first section with a first thickness and a second section with a second thickness greater than the first thickness. The second section is between the first section and at least one of the source or drain. The first nanowire includes a channel when a voltage is applied to the gate electrode.
US11682728B2
The disclosure discloses a structure of high-voltage (HV) transistor which includes a substrate. An epitaxial doped structure with a first conductive type is formed in the substrate, wherein a top portion of the epitaxial doped structure includes a top undoped epitaxial layer. A gate structure is disposed on the substrate and at least overlapping with the top undoped epitaxial layer. A source/drain (S/D) region with a second conductive type is formed in the epitaxial doped structure at a side of the gate structure. The first conductive type is different from the second conductive type.
US11682722B2
The present disclosure describes vertical transistor device and methods of making the same. The vertical transistor device includes substrate layer of first conductivity type, drift layer of first conductivity type formed over substrate layer, body region of second conductivity type extending vertically into drift layer from top surface of drift layer, source region of first conductivity type extending vertically from top surface of drift layer into body region, dielectric region including first and second sections formed over top surface, buried channel region of first conductivity type at least partially sandwiched between body region on first side and first and second sections of dielectric region on second side opposite to first side, gate electrode formed over dielectric region, and drain electrode formed below substrate layer. Dielectric region laterally overlaps with portion of body region. Thickness of first section is uniform and thickness of second section is greater than first section.
US11682721B2
A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes a substrate; a source on the substrate; a drain on the substrate spaced from the source; and a gate between the source and the drain, wherein the gate has a stem contacting the substrate, the stem having a source side surface and a drain side surface, wherein a source side angle is defined between the source side surface and an upper planar surface of the substrate and a drain side angle is defined between the drain side surface and the upper planar surface of the substrate, and wherein the source side angle and the drain side angle are asymmetric. Methods for making the HEMT are also disclosed.
US11682718B2
A vertical bipolar junction transistor may include an intrinsic base epitaxially grown on a first emitter or collector, the intrinsic base being compositionally graded, a second collector or emitter formed on the intrinsic base, and an extrinsic base formed all-around the intrinsic base. The extrinsic base may be isolated from the first emitter or collector by a first spacer. The extrinsic base may be isolated from the second collector or emitter by a second spacer. The extrinsic base may have a larger bandgap than the intrinsic base. The intrinsic base may be doped with a p-type dopant, and the first emitter or collector, and the second collector or emitter may be doped with an n-type dopant. The first emitter or collector, the intrinsic base, and the second collector or emitter may be made of a III-V semiconductor material.
US11682717B2
Disclosed are a memory device including a vertical stack structure and a method of manufacturing the memory device. The memory device includes an insulating structure having a shape including a first surface and a protrusion portion protruding in a first direction from the first surface, a recording material layer covering the protrusion portion along a protruding shape of the protrusion portion and extending to the first surface on the insulating structure a channel layer on the recording material layer along a surface of the recording material layer, a gate insulating layer on the channel layer, and a gate electrode formed at a location on the gate insulating layer to face a second surface which is a protruding upper surface of the protrusion portion, wherein a void exists between the gate electrode and the insulating structure, defined by the insulating structure and the recording material layer.
US11682715B2
Fabricating a nanosheet transistor includes receiving a substrate structure having a set of nanosheet layers stacked upon a substrate, the set of nanosheet layers including at least one silicon (Si) layer, at least one silicon-germanium (SiGe) layer, a fin formed in the nanosheet layers, a gate region formed within the fin, and a trench region adjacent to the fin. A top sacrificial spacer is formed upon the fin and the trench region and etched to form a trench in the trench region. An indentation is formed within the SiGe layer in the trench region, and a sacrificial inner spacer is formed within the indentation. A source/drain (S/D) region is formed within the trench. The sacrificial top spacer and sacrificial inner spacer are etched to form an inner spacer cavity between the S/D region and the SiGe layer. An inner spacer is formed within the inner spacer cavity.
US11682712B2
A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming a semiconductor layer, and forming a superlattice adjacent the semiconductor layer and including stacked groups of layers. Each group of layers may include stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion, and at least one oxygen monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions. The at least one oxygen monolayer of a given group of layers may comprise an atomic percentage of 18O greater than 10 percent.
