US11726202B2
A method of designing a radar system includes implementing a supervised learning process of a neural network to determine a weight corresponding with each of a plurality of patch antennas of a radar system. Each of the plurality of patch antennas is sized in accordance with the weight.
US11726201B2
A method for operating a radar sensor in a motor vehicle, in which in a SAR measuring mode according to the principle of the synthetic aperture, objects, including stationary objects, are located with high angular resolution. The same radar sensor is operated in time-shifted manner or concurrently in the SAR measuring mode and in a Doppler measuring mode, the relative speeds of objects, including moving objects, being measured with a time resolution in the Doppler measuring mode that is greater than the time resolution in the SAR measuring mode.
US11726200B2
A direct line-of-sight (DLOS) radio frequency (RF) signal component and a reflected RF signal component of an RF carrier signal are received from a transmitter. The reflected component is reflected from a point on the surface of the earth. The DLOS component is converted to a digital DLOS intermediate frequency (IF) signal and the reflected component that is converted to a digital reflected IF signal. Modeled reference signal parameters are generated using the digital DLOS IF signal and known locations of the one or more antennas, the transmitter, and the point. A reference signal is generated based on the modeled reference signal parameters and feedback of a previously estimated phase correction (Δϕ). The reference signal is correlated with the digital reflected IF signal to produce in-phase and quadrature-phase correlation results. Estimated carrier-to-noise ratio (C/N0) and Δϕ values are calculated for the digital reflected IF signal from the correlation results.
US11726187B2
An apparatus and method for providing a filtering false photon count events for each pixel in a DTOF sensor array are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes: a light source configured to emit a modulated signal towards the object; a direct time of flight (DTOF) sensor array configured to receive a reflected signal from the object, wherein the DTOF sensor array comprises a plurality of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs); and processing circuitry configured to receive photon event detection signals from a center pixel and a plurality of pixels orthogonally and diagonally adjacent to the center pixel and output a valid photon detection signal, in response to determining whether a sum of the received photon event detection signals is greater than a predetermined threshold.
US11726186B2
Sensors, including time-of-flight sensors, may be used to detect objects in an environment. In an example, a vehicle may include a time-of-flight sensor that images objects around the vehicle, e.g., so the vehicle can navigate relative to the objects. Sensor data generated by the time-of-flight sensor can return pixels subject to over-exposure or saturation, which may be from stray light. In some examples, multiple exposures captured at different exposure times can be used to determine a saturation value for sensor data. The saturation value may be used to determine a threshold intensity against which intensity values of a primary exposure are compared. A filtered data set can be obtained based on the comparison.
US11726182B2
Various technologies described herein pertain to multiple beam, single mirror lidar. A multiple beam, single mirror lidar system can include a 2D MEMS mirror and a photonic integrated circuit. The photonic integrated circuit includes a plurality of lidar channels, each including a transmitter and a receiver. In the photonic integrated circuit, the lidar channels are directed at a common point on the 2D MEMS mirror. The lidar channels are oriented with relative offset angles. Thus, the lidar channels output beams that are directed at the common point on the 2D MEMS mirror and are oriented with relative offset angles.
US11726174B1
Example embodiments described herein involve techniques for removing transmit phase noise. A system may cause a printed circuit board (PCB) to supply a signal enabling the transmission line to couple the signal to the radar unit and the delay line to couple the signal to the quadrature coupler. The radar unit may use the signal to transmit a radar signal on a radio channel having a centered radio frequency while the quadrature coupler uses the signal to produce an output from the quadrature coupler. The system may estimate phase noise relative to the radio channel having the centered RF based on the output from the quadrature coupler, receive, from the radar unit, a radar reflection corresponding to the radar signal, and determine information representative of one or more objects in an environment based on the radar reflection and the phase noise.
US11726164B2
A wireless device (12A) is configured to determine, for each of one or more links (14), one or more characteristics associated with wireless device positioning performance on the link. In some embodiments, the one or more characteristics include one or more of: geometric dilution of precision, GDOP, characteristics associated with the link; or line-of-sight, LOS, characteristics or non-LOS characteristics of the link. Regardless, the wireless device (12A) may also be configured to transmit control signaling (22) indicating the one or more characteristics determined for each of the one or more links (14). Based on this control signaling (22), a network node (16) may adapt positioning reference signal, PRS, configuration on at least one of the one or more links (14).
US11726152B1
In various embodiments of the invention, a solid sample magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) probe can utilize an appropriate inductance parent coil with a fixed capacitor and introducing an idler coil with a variable capacitor which can inductively couple to the parent coil by adjusting the variable capacitance of the idler coil. By coupling the idler coil to the parent coil in this manner a double resonance circuit can be provided without the disadvantages of prior art coils. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, a solid sample magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance probe can utilize an appropriate inductance parent coil with a fixed capacitor, introducing an idler coil with a variable capacitor in a first region and two variable inductor coupling coils and two coupling coils in a second region, where the two variable inductors are connected to the parent coil to reduce the number of coils in the sample region of the NMR probe, where variable inductors can inductively couple to the parent coil by adjusting one or both the capacitance of the variable capacitor of the idler coil and/or adjusting the variable inductors to observe a tuned condition between the parent coil and the idler coil.
US11726150B2
A magnetic sensor includes an MR element and a support member. The support member has an opposed surface including a first inclined portion, and a bottom surface. In a given cross section, the first inclined portion is inclined at a first angle at a first position, and inclined at a second angle smaller than the first angle at a second position. The absolute value of a curvature of the first inclined portion at the first position is less than the absolute value of the curvature of the first inclined portion at the second position. The MR element is provided on the first inclined portion so that the first edge is located above the first position in a given cross section.
US11726147B2
A system for detecting current magnitudes in a circuit breaker panel includes multiple 3-sensor magnometers placed over the main breaker and branch circuits in the circuit breaker enclosure. The sensors communicate with a local processing node, which analyzes the raw data to compensate for external and local interference, and provides an estimated current measurement. The estimated current measurement is then communicated back to a user system which can then use the information to better manage current input and output.
US11726144B2
The present invention performs a reference point detecting step (S20) to select a reference point by performing pattern analysis based on a characteristic pattern shown in a total leakage current (IT) when an applied voltage is 0V, a resistive leakage current calculating step (S30) to calculate a resistive leakage current by Fourier series-expanding the total leakage current (IT) starting at the reference point, and reference point verifying/correcting steps (S40 and S41) to correct the reference point until a characteristic pattern of the resistive leakage current (IR) according to non-linear resistance characteristics of the surge arrester (1) is shown so that the resistive leakage current (IR) is recalculated, and the present invention determines that the resistive leakage current (IR) calculated based on the completely corrected reference point is the resistive leakage current of the surge arrester (1).
US11726139B2
Manufacturers perform tests on chips before the chips are shipped to customers. However, defects can occur on a chip after the manufacturer testing and when the chips are used in a system or device. The defects can occur due to aging or the environment in which the chip is employed and can be critical; especially when the chips are used in systems such as autonomous vehicles. To verify the structural integrity of the IC during the lifetime of the product, an in-system test (IST) is disclosed. The IST enables self-testing mechanisms for an IC in working systems. The IST mechanisms provide structural testing of the ICs when in a functional system and at a manufacturer's level of testing. Unlike ATE tests that are running on a separate environment, the IST provides the ability to go from a functional world view to a test mode.
US11726136B2
A reflectometer for allowing a test of a device, the reflectometer comprising: a source of pulsed radiation; a first photoconductive element configured to output a pulse in response to irradiation from the pulsed source; a second photoconductive element configured to receive a pulse; and a transmission line arrangement configured to direct the pulse from the first photoconductive element to the device under test and to direct the pulse reflected from the device under test to the second photoconductive element. At least one of the first and second photoconductive elements is provided on a different substrate to that of the transmission line arrangement.
US11726129B2
A method for determining direction of an earth fault (EF) in a feeder of a high impedance grounded power system can be performed by an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED). The method includes obtaining a measure of a first order harmonic active current component derived from residual voltage and current of the feeder when the EF occurred in the feeder, obtaining a measure of a higher order harmonic reactive current component derived from the residual voltage and current of the feeder when the EF occurred in the feeder, and determining the direction of the EF in the feeder based on a combination of the first order harmonic active current component and the higher order harmonic reactive current component.
US11726121B2
An automated resonant waveguide cavity system for determining one or complex permittivity measurements of a sample is provided. The automated resonant waveguide cavity system includes a resonant cavity, a waveguide coupled to the resonant cavity, a programmable network analyzer (PNA) coupled to the waveguide, and a computing device. The computing device includes a memory storing processor executable code for a determination engine and a processor executing the processor executable code to cause the determination engine to obtain data from the PNA. The data is respective to the sample within the resonant cavity. The determination engine further integrates a plurality of analytical and modeling functions in determining the complex permittivity values of the sample from the data.
US11726120B2
An insulation resistance inspection system for a battery module cell pouch for inspecting an insulation resistance state of a cell pouch in the battery module configured by assembling a plurality of battery cells includes: an inspection unit bringing each of a plurality of probe modules into contact with an end surface of the cell pouch to measure an insulation resistance of the cell pouch; an interface unit connected to the inspection unit to receive a signal for the measured insulation resistance of the cell pouch; and a control unit receiving the signal for the insulation resistance of the cell pouch through the interface unit to determine whether the cell pouch is in good condition or in poor condition depending on whether the signal for the insulation resistance of the cell pouch is within a normal range that is a reference of good quality.
US11726117B2
A high frequency data recorder (“HFDR”) can include a first set of contacts, on a first side of the HFDR, that are pluggable into a first meter receptacle of a meter box, wherein the first meter receptacle provides a connection to a power supply and a connection to a load. The HFDR also includes a second set of contacts, on a second side of the HFDR, that form a second meter receptacle. The second meter receptacle provides another connection to the power supply and another connection to the load. The HFDR can further include a processor that accesses a non-transitory machine readable memory that stores instruction that when executed cause the processor to passively measures current downstream from the meter box. The HFDR still further includes a wireless transceiver that wirelessly transmits data characterizing the measured current.
US11726112B2
A circuit probe includes a shielding probe having a base and a conductive probe ring on the base. A shielding cage is attached to the conductive probe ring and has an interior. The shielding cage is configured to be positioned to contain in the interior of the shielding cage at least one integrated circuit formed on a wafer, and to provide electromagnetic shielding of the at least one integrated circuit during testing of the at least one integrated circuit.
US11726109B2
Systems, devices, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate contactless screening of a qubit are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a scanner component that establishes a direct microwave coupling of a scanning probe device to a qubit of a quantum device. The computer executable components can further comprise a parameter extraction component that determines qubit frequency of the qubit based on the direct microwave coupling.
US11726094B2
The present invention is directed to methods for determining active DPP3 in a bodily fluid sample, an assay or kit for determining active DPP3 in a bodily fluid sample, a method for diagnosing a disease or condition in a subject accompanied by or related to necrotic processes and methods of treating or preventing said disease.
US11726092B2
The invention relates, in part, to methods of scoring a sample containing tumor tissue from a cancer patient. The score is representative of a spatial proximity between at least one pair of cells, a first member of the at least one pair of cells expressing a first biomarker and a second member of the at least one pair of cells expressing a second biomarker that is different from the first biomarker. The score obtained from these methods can be indicative of a likelihood that a patient may respond positively to immunotherapy.
US11726089B2
Methods are provided for assaying neoplastic cells and/or neoplasia-related cells. Aspects of the methods involve detecting heterogeneity, per cell programmed-death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression, and/or proliferation of neoplasia and/or neoplasia-related cells. Aspects of the methods include cytometrically assaying a labeled cell suspension to quantify per cell heterogeneity, per cell PD-L1 expression, proliferation, and/or other parameters to detect whether a neoplastic cell is present in the neoplasia sample. Aspects of the provided methods also include treating a subject based on the outcome of such an assay. In addition, kits that find use in practicing the subject methods are also provided.
US11726086B2
A graphene-based sandwich immunoassay for detecting whether a target biological substance is present in a sample, generally comprising contacting said sample with a plurality of particles coated with graphene nanosheets, each particle having at least one targeting receptor, such that the target biological substance, if present, associates with the targeting receptor, and detecting the presence of the target biological substance in the sample by subsequently contacting the sample with a detection antibody, wherein the detection antibody is capable of targeting and binding with the target biological substance if bound to the targeting receptor to yield a detectable complex. The targeting receptor can be an antibody or fragment thereof. The target biological substance can be an exosome.
US11726082B2
The present invention relates to a method for screening drug candidates for treating a disease using the interaction between calcium and phosphatidylinositol phosphate. Particularly in the present invention, it was confirmed that the concentration of calcium was increased in the obesity induced insulin resistance animal model and the increased calcium concentration inhibited the migration of Akt protein containing PH domain and the signal transduction, while the protein containing C2 domain was able to migrate to the cell membrane by binding to calcium/PIP complex even under the condition of high calcium concentration. Therefore, the investigation of the interaction between calcium and PIP can be a useful method for screening of drug candidates for treating metabolic disease, cancer or hypertension.
US11726080B2
A method of identifying a subject having cancer who is likely to be responsive to a treatment compound, comprising administering the treatment compound to the subject having the cancer; obtaining a sample from the subject; determining the level of a biomarker in the sample from the subject; and diagnosing the subject as being likely to be responsive to the treatment compound if the level of the biomarker in the sample of the subject changes as compared to a reference level of the biomarker; wherein the treatment compound is Compound 1, Compound 2, or Compound 3.
US11726076B2
A system features an acoustic sensor configured to mount on a wall of a mixing drum, sense an acoustic characteristic of a mixture of a slurry, including concrete, contained in a mixing drum when rotating, and provide acoustic sensor signaling containing information about the acoustic characteristic sensed; and a signal processor configured to receive the acoustic sensor signaling, and determine corresponding signaling containing information about a slump characteristic of the mixture of concrete contained in the mixing drum, based upon the signaling received.
US11726075B2
Soil moisture monitoring systems and methods for measuring mutual inductance of area of influence using radio frequency stimulus are disclosed herein. An example device includes a master element stacked vertically on top of one or more slave elements. The master element and slave elements can communicate through a 1-wire bus configuration. The master element can determine the presence and location of each of the one or more slave elements using an auto-discovery process. The master element can issue commands to the one or more slave elements to obtain moisture readings and/or temperature readings.
US11726068B2
Systems and methods for testing steam traps or other similar devices in a hot water or steam system are described. A tester includes a wand that is handheld that can communicate with a handheld electronic device which in turn can communicate with a central monitor for storing and compiling readings as historical profile data. The wand includes a probe to physically contact the device to acoustically sense the performance of the device. The probe includes a probe tip and a stack of acoustic elements, an electrode, a stack mass, and a head to covert the acoustic signal into an electrical signal. The handheld device includes circuitry to process the information, interact with the user, and transmit information to and from the handheld electronic device and/or the central monitor.
US11726058B2
A system includes a housing, a cartridge retainer disposed within the housing, a detection assembly disposed within the housing, and a reagent tray holder movably disposed in the housing. The cartridge retainer configured to receive a capillary cartridge having a capillary. The detection assembly includes at least one emitter, a first detector, and a second detector. The detection assembly is configured to transition between a first configuration, in which the first detector detects a first output of the at least one emitter, and a second configuration, in which the second detector detects a second output of the at least one emitter. The reagent tray holder is configured to move relative to the cartridge retainer to place the capillary of the capillary cartridge in fluid communication with a reagent volume.
US11726056B2
Described herein is a field effect transistor sensor including: a substrate, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode functionalized with a layer of biological recognition elements, a source-drain channel and a semiconductor layer. The layer of biological recognition elements of the gate electrode is patterned into a plurality of uncoupled domains.
US11726052B2
A capacitive sensor includes a substrate and an electrode structure including at least a first electrode, a second electrode and a sensing layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The sensor further includes a measurement circuit configured to measure the capacitance of the electrode structure by applying, at a first measurement phase, a first pair of electrical potentials including a first electrical potential of the first electrode and a first electrical potential of the second electrode to the first electrode and the second electrode by applying, at a second measurement phase, a second pair of electrical potentials including a second electrical potential of the first electrode and a second electrical potential of the second electrode to the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrical potential of the second electrode and the second electrical potential of the second electrode are different from each other.
US11726044B2
A method of monitoring detection of an analyte in a liquid sample using a measuring cell, the measuring cell comprising a working electrode for excitation of electrochemiluminescence in the liquid sample, an optical detector for detecting the excited electrochemiluminescence, the excitation and detection being performed in an measurement cycle, the measurement cycle comprising transporting the liquid sample via a transport path to the working electrode using a support liquid, the method comprising: coupling light of a light source into the transport path during part of the measurement cycle, the transport path forming a light guide between the light source and the optical detector, detecting the coupled light by the optical detector, analyzing the detected light for a gas bubble in the transport path, providing a measurement state if the result of the analysis deviates from a target state regarding the presence of a gas bubble in the transport path.
US11726042B2
Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods for detection of sensors, such as light-detectable sensors. The devices or systems as described herein may comprise an illumination assembly configured to direct a light to at least a well of a plurality of wells in the array of wells and a detection assembly configured to detect a signal from the well.
US11726038B2
A single-wavelength light source is configured to generate an excitation light source. A sample holder that defines an inner cavity is capable of holding a sample and includes a surface transparent to the excitation light source. One or more mounts are attached to at least one of the light source or the sample holder. The mounts are configured to change an incident angle of the excitation light source on the surface. One or more optical components are positioned in a path of a fluorescence emission emitted from the surface and guide the fluorescence emission to a detector. A detector detects an intensity of the fluorescence emission.
US11726030B2
The present disclosure relates to a sensor system having at least one measuring point having at least one first sensor and one measuring transducer. The first sensor is configured to output first sensor signals that are a function of a first measurand of a measuring medium present at the measuring point. The measuring transducer is connected to the first sensor in order to receive the first sensor signals and comprises an evaluation application which is configured to determine one additional piece of information that is different from the first measurand using an evaluation algorithm on the basis of at least the first sensor signals. The sensor system furthermore comprises a higher-level data processing structure, such as a server or a cloud. Both the higher-level data processing structure and the measuring transducer are configured to execute a training application configured to train the evaluation algorithm.
US11726028B2
Disclosed is a container rack configured to hold a plurality of containers, the container rack configured to be installed in a rack installation portion of a specimen analysis device, the container rack comprising: a holding portion including a plurality of holding holes through which body portions of the containers pass and which hold head portions of the containers; and a leg portion configured to support the holding portion, the leg portion provided from the holding portion to below the containers held in the holding holes, wherein the leg portion is configured such that the containers in the holding holes are exposed in a bottom view, and wherein the container rack is configured such that when the container rack is installed in the rack installation portion of the specimen analysis device, movement of the containers held in the holding holes is restricted by the rack installation portion.
US11726027B2
A disposable injection moulded flow cell or cuvette for use in flow cytometer for in vitro assaying of human or animal whole blood and to an investigation method using the flow cytometer. The present disclosure provides a cuvette for use in an optical flow cytometer, comprising a cuboid sheath preparation area, a curved sample injection area with a rectangular cross section, a pyramidal shaped flow formation area, and a sample injector which is arranged in the transition area from the cuboid sheath preparation area to the curved sample injection area.
US11726025B2
The inventive system for analyzing electromagnetic radiation comprises: an enclosure filled with gas containing atoms of a known type, at least one light source emitting light capable of exciting the atoms of the known type in the gas, a source of the electromagnetic radiation to be analyzed arranged such that the emitted electromagnetic radiation acts on the atoms of the known type in the gas, and a sensor for capturing light emitted by and/or passed through the gas. Further, the system comprises an electrical field source and/or magnetic field source configured to establish a predefined electrical field and/or magnetic field acting on the atoms of the known type in the gas. The light captured by the sensor reflects a response of the atoms of the known type in the gas on the electrical field and/or the magnetic fields, the light from the at least one light source, and the electromagnetic radiation to be analyzed.
US11726022B2
A mold sensor include a housing that defines an enclosed chamber in which a nutrient-treated substrate is positioned. The mold sensor includes a substrate advancement mechanism that is configured to selectively move the substrate to expose a surface of the substrate within the chamber. The mold sensor includes a sensor configured to detect mold growth on the substrate within the chamber.
US11726007B2
A method and system for monitoring operations of a machine operating at a worksite, is provided. The machine includes an implement for performing one or more implement operations and is powered by an engine. The method includes determining a first parameter corresponding to an engine speed associated with the engine, a second parameter indicative of vibrations detected inside the operator cabin and a third parameter indicative of a machine speed associated with the machine. The method further includes determining a machine operation as one of the loading operation, the dumping operation and a travelling operation based on one or more of the determined first parameter, second parameter and the third parameter.
US11726005B2
In accordance with exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided for automatically controlling braking of a vehicle during testing. In an exemplary embodiments, a testing assembly is provided that includes a roll test machine and a tester system. The roll test machine includes a flat surface, a plurality of rollers, and one or more optical controllers. The plurality of rollers are configured to engage a vehicle on the flat surface for testing of the vehicle. The one or more optical encoders are configured to generate wheel speed and brake force data for the vehicle during testing of the vehicle. The tester system includes a processor configured to at least facilitate generating instructions for brake pressure to be applied via a braking system of the vehicle during the testing of the vehicle.
US11725993B2
A force-measuring and touch-sensing integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate, a thin-film piezoelectric stack overlying the semiconductor substrate, piezoelectric micromechanical force-measuring elements (PMFEs), and piezoelectric micromechanical ultrasonic transducers (PMUTs). The thin-film piezoelectric stack includes a piezoelectric layer. The PMFEs and PMUTs are located at respective lateral positions along the thin-film piezoelectric stack, such that each of the PMFEs and PMUTs includes a respective portion of the thin-film piezoelectric stack. Each PMUT has a cavity, the respective portion of the thin-film piezoelectric stack, and first and second PMUT electrodes. Each PMFE has the respective portion of the thin-film piezoelectric stack, and first and second PMFE electrodes. Each PMFE is configured to output voltage signals between the PMFE electrodes in accordance with a time-varying strain at the respective portion of the piezoelectric layer resulting from a low-frequency mechanical deformation.
US11725989B2
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) (10), and a microelectromechanical (MEM) optical interferometer (18), for hyper-spectral imaging and analysis. System (10) includes matrix configured collimating micro lens (16), for receiving and collimating electromagnetic radiation (60) emitted by objects (12) in a scene or sample (14); microelectromechanical optical interferometer (18), for forming divided collimated object emission beam (72) having an optical path difference, and for generating an interference image exiting optical interferometer (18); matrix configured focusing micro lens (20); micro detector (22), for detecting and recording generated interference images; and micro central programming and signal processing unit (24). Applicable for on-line (e.g., real time or near-real time) or off-line hyper-spectral imaging and analyzing, on a miniaturized or ‘micro’ (sub-centimeter [1 cm (10 mm) or less], or sub-millimeter) scale, essentially any types or kinds of biological, physical, or/and chemical, (i.e., biophysicochemical) objects.
US11725983B2
A light receiving device according to the present disclosure includes: a light receiving element that generates a signal in response to reception of a photon; a readout circuit that reads out a signal generated by the light receiving element; and a protection circuit that is provided between the light receiving element and the readout circuit and protects a circuit element of the readout circuit from overvoltage. Further, a distance measuring device according to the present disclosure includes a light receiving device of the above configuration.
US11725966B2
A multi-stage irreversible sensor coupling is provided. A sensor body includes a sensor and has a sensor body wall and at least one sensor body engagement feature. A clip barrel is configured to slidably engage the sensor body and has at least one clip barrel engagement feature. A wedge clip is configured to slidably engage the clip barrel and has at least one wedge clip engagement feature that is configured to urge the at least one sensor body engagement feature into cooperative engagement with the at least one clip barrel engagement feature when the wedge clip, clip barrel, and sensor body are fully engaged together.
US11725961B2
Described is a travel-based geo-paired information system. The system includes a server having a memory storing geo-paired information that includes content regarding or related to a point of interest. The system also includes a user computing device coupled to the server. The server may be programmed to receive location information from the user computing device. The server may also be programmed to automatically process the location information and determine whether a location of the user computing device is within a predetermined distance from a point of interest geolocation. Then the server may automatically find and retrieve geo-paired information corresponding to or paired to the point of interest geolocation and automatically deliver to the user computing device, for presenting, the content related to the point of interest corresponding to the location of the user computing device.
US11725957B2
To provide context-aware audio navigation instructions, a server device obtains sets of audio navigation instructions previously provided to users along with sensor data descriptive of a context in which the audio navigation instructions were provided and an indication of whether a driver correctly responded to the audio navigation instructions. The server device trains a machine learning model using this data, where the machine learning model identifies audio navigation instruction parameters for a particular context. In response to a request for navigation directions, the server device receives sensor data from the client computing device generating the request that is indicative of the environment surrounding the client computing device. The server device then applies the sensor data and navigation instructions to the machine learning model to generate a set of audio navigation instructions responsive to the request. The server device provides the set of audio navigation instructions to the client computing device.
US11725951B2
Systems and methods of using satellite signal strength to determine indoor/outdoor transition points for places are disclosed herein. In some example embodiments, a computer system accesses service data and sensor data for a plurality of requests for a transportation service associated with a place, with the service data comprising pick-up data indicating a pick-up location and drop-off data indicating a drop-off location, and the sensor data comprising satellite signals indicating a pick-up path or a drop-off path, with the satellite signals each having a corresponding signal strength. The computer system determines a transition geographic location for the place based on the signal strengths of the satellite signals.
US11725943B1
One or more devices in a data analysis computing system may be configured to receive and analyze acceleration data corresponding to driving data, analyze the acceleration data, and determine driving patterns and associated drivers based on the data. Acceleration data may be collected by one or more mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, and/or on-board vehicle systems. Drivers associated with driving trips may be identified based on the acceleration data collected by the mobile devices. In some cases, driving patterns may be determined based on the acceleration data before and after stopping points during driving trips, and the driving patterns may be compared to a set of previously stored driving patterns associated with various different drivers.
US11725935B2
A distance meter for the high-accuracy single-point distance measurement to a target point by means of an oriented emitted beam, wherein the receiver has an optoelectronic sensor based on an arrangement of microcells for acquiring the received beam. The receiver and a computer unit are configured in this case for deriving a set of runtimes with respect to different cross-sectional components of the received beam acquired using subregions of the receiver, and therefore, for example, an evaluation is enabled as to whether the received beam has parts of the emitted beam reflected on a single target or a multiple target in its lateral extension.
US11725931B2
An In-Process Diameter Gage comprises a Position Detection Subsystem, preferably an optical switch and trigger, a Dimension Measurement Subsystem, preferably comprising a wheel of known diameter and a rotation encoder, and a Data Processing Subsystem, all configured and arranged to determine a dimensional property of a rotating part, such as diameter.
US11725921B2
A device and method for identifying a center of a striking face of a golf club head are disclosed. The center determining device includes a device body having a central opening defined through a first surface of said device body and a second surface opposite said first surface. A first dimension indicator including a pair of first indicator jaws and a second dimension indicator including a pair of second indicator jaws may be disposed on said device body. A first adjuster and a second adjuster are operable to adjust said first separation distance said pair of first indicator jaws and a second separation distance between said second indicator jaws. When the pair of first indicator jaws and the pair of second indicator jaws are equally spaced around the heel, toe, topline, and sole edges of the striking face, the central opening is aligned with the center of the striking face.
US11725919B1
A system for cooling a missile includes an assembly of Peltier tiles configured to be reversibly attached to the skin of the missile with the cold sides of the Peltier tiles against the skin. The Peltier tiles are electrically powered to cool a portion of the missile skin. A thermally conductive paste or sheets of a heat conductive material may be placed between the Peltier tiles and missile skin. When the missile is launched, the assembly of Peltier tiles detach from the missile.
US11725915B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations an ammunition cartridge includes a cartridge casing having a longitudinal center axis, a powder pocket positioned adjacent to the cartridge casing, a piston bore positioned adjacent to the powder pocket, a piston in the piston bore, and a payload bay positioned adjacent to the payload bay, wherein the piston is not coupled to the cartridge, wherein the piston is in contact with the payload bay wherein a diameter of the powder pocket is less than an inside diameter of the cartridge casing to provide a reduced velocity to the payload.
US11725906B2
Holster, support and anchorage quick release system for guns that comprises left and right assembly parts configured to guide the gun when holstered, a trigger guard ratchet, a release button and a locking mechanism, wherein the left and right assembly parts configure a holster that is laterally opened where, once the gun is holstered, the muzzle and the full length of the barrel remain leaning outwards, the holstering of the gun activates the ratchet when yielding under the insertion of the trigger guard, locking the gun in the holster and the release of the gun is produced by the actuation on the locking mechanism and the release button, so that the drawing of the gun is performed perpendicularly to the barrel, allowing to aim from the very first instant of the release of the gun, avoiding unneeded movements and providing a shooter with more time.
US11725897B2
A noise suppression device for a firearm, the noise suppression device including a body including an outermost external surface of the noise suppression device, and an internal surface; a raised strip protruding from the outermost external surface of the noise suppression device; and a plurality of fins extending from the raised strip and spaced apart from each other at intervals along a length of the raised strip, wherein the noise suppression device includes no joints, no seams, or any formerly separate pieces within the body or the core.
US11725896B2
A plasma generator is provided for initiation of propellant charges in a weapons system, for example when launching projectiles from a barrel weapon, by electrical discharge between a rear electrode and a front electrode in a combustion chamber channel enclosed in a combustion chamber body and filled with filling gas, designed to ignite at least one propellant charge. An ammunition unit and a launching device including the plasma generator are also provided.
US11725878B2
A refrigerator with a sound reproducing capability is provided. The refrigerator may include a cabinet forming an exterior of the refrigerator and having an upper surface portion, a lower surface portion, a side surface portion, and a rear surface portion, a door coupled to the cabinet, a vibration module attached to an inner surface of at least one among the door, the upper surface portion, the side surface portion, the rear surface portion, and the lower surface portion, and a controller configured to control vibration of the vibration module. The vibration strength of the vibration module and power supplied to the vibration module may be determined by a trained model trained through machine learning, an area of artificial intelligence (AI). In addition, the refrigerator may include a communicator, and may operate in conjunction with an external device via 5G communication.
US11725871B2
An appliance including a control device in operative communication with a user input panel and a sensor provided. The control device is configured to emit, via the sensor, a first plurality of signals defining a first operating mode. The first operating mode includes one or more of a first scan rate or a first scan interval. The control device is configured to switch between the first operating mode and a second operating mode based on one or more of detection of a container, detection of a user, or a user input. The control device is configured to emit, via the sensor, a second plurality of signals defining the second operating mode. The second operating mode includes one or more of a second scan rate or a second scan interval different from the first operating mode.
US11725867B2
A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate, a second plate, a seal to create a vacuum between the first and second plates, and a support to maintain a distance between the first and second plates. At least one of the first or second plates may have a predetermined thickness. The support includes a plurality of bars or posts interposed between the first and second plates and arranged in a grid having a predetermined pitch. A bending angle may be formed between points corresponding to where the plurality of bars are provided and points corresponding to positions that are furthest away from the bars.
US11725866B2
A smart, movable closure system that allows access to the interior from the exterior of the cabinet, is disclosed. In some embodiments, the movable structure may be coupled with a cabinet interior that is adapted to be kept at a temperature cooler than the exterior cabinet ambient temperature, for example, to store perishable consumer goods in a retail setting. In particular, the smart, movable closure system may include electronic components that display graphical renderings corresponding to one or more products stored in the retail product container. In addition, the smart, movable closure system may include a controller that, before a user opts-in, generates an opt-in invitation at the smart, movable closure system, wherein the user may interface with the system with a wireless communication device.
US11725860B2
Methods of operating an ice maker with an exposed refrigerant tube. The method includes providing a water stream to an ice formation cell of an ice formation tray. A refrigerant tube freezes a portion of the water stream in order to make an ice piece layer. An ejector pries the ice piece layer away from the ice formation cell. The ejector is configured to rotate about an axis.
US11725856B2
Disclosed is a refrigerant processing unit (1) for evaporating a refrigerant. The refrigerant processing unit (1) comprises a recirculation container (2) and a refrigerant inlet (3) connected to the recirculation container (2) for leading liquid refrigerant into the recirculation container (2). The refrigerant processing unit (1) also comprises a flooded evaporator heat exchanger (4) arranged to heat the liquid refrigerant to generate a phase change of the refrigerant from a liquid phase to a gaseous phase and a standpipe (5) extending between a liquid refrigerant outlet (6) of the recirculation container (2) and an evaporator inlet (28) of the flooded evaporator heat exchanger (4). Further, the refrigerant processing unit (1) comprises a return pipe (7) arranged to guide gaseous refrigerant from the flooded evaporator heat exchanger (4) back into the recirculation container (2) and a superheater heat exchanger (8) located below the recirculation container (2), wherein the superheater heat exchanger (8) is arranged to heat the gaseous refrigerant to generate a superheated gaseous refrigerant. Furthermore, the refrigerant processing unit (1) comprises a guide pipe (9) arranged to guide gaseous refrigerant from the recirculation container (2) into the superheater heat exchanger (8), and an outlet pipe (10) arranged to guide the superheated gaseous refrigerant out of the superheater heat exchanger (8) and thereby out of the refrigerant processing unit (1), wherein the flooded evaporator heat exchanger (4) and the superheater heat exchanger (8) are formed as a single heat exchanger unit (11) located below the recirculation container (2). A method for evaporating a refrigerant and use of a refrigerant processing unit (1) is also disclosed.
US11725854B2
A cryocooler includes a displacer that includes a lid portion and a main body portion, a displacer drive shaft that includes a collar portion held between the lid portion and the main body portion, and a buffer that is disposed in a clearance between the collar portion and the lid portion or between the collar portion and the main body portion and includes a soft material and a hard material disposed on an opposite side to the collar portion with respect to the soft material.
US11725852B2
A cooling system includes a compressor configured to pressurize carbon dioxide to form pressurized carbon dioxide, a mixer configured to generate mixed refrigerant in which the pressurized carbon dioxide and solvent in a liquid state, a depressurization apparatus provided downstream from the mixer and configured to depressurize the mixed refrigerant, a separator configured to separate carbon dioxide in a gas state from the mixed refrigerant, a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the mixed refrigerant cooled through depressurization and a fluid to be cooled, and a second heat exchanger configured to cool the carbon dioxide or the mixed refrigerant using vaporized carbon dioxide or the mixed refrigerant.
US11725851B2
A multi-stage refrigeration system (100) includes: a refrigeration loop (110), which includes a gas suction port of a multi-stage compressor (111), a condenser (112), a first throttling element (113), an evaporator (114) and an exhaust port of the multi-stage compressor which are sequentially connected through pipelines; an economizer branch (120), which includes an economizer (121), a second throttling element (122) and a first control valve (123), the economizer having an economizer liquid inlet connected to the condenser via the first throttling element, an economizer liquid outlet connected to the evaporator via the second throttling element, and an economizer exhaust port connected to an intermediate stage of the multi-stage compressor via a control valve; and a bypass branch (130), which is joined to the evaporator from the downstream of the second throttling element and connected to the condenser via the first throttling element, and on which a second control valve (131) is arranged.
US11725850B2
A multivessel system is provided for installing a production train in an ultra-deep borehole into the Earth's lithosphere. The system includes a plurality of gate valves and a plurality of pressure vessels, including a first pressure vessel having a first vessel elevator configured to engage and hold a production train section as the first vessel elevator moves in the first pressure vessel along a portion of a length of a train channel, a second pressure vessel having a second vessel elevator configured to engage and hold the production train section as the second vessel elevator moves in the second pressure vessel along another portion of the length of the train channel, and a third pressure vessel, with all three pressure vessels being configured to be water cooled. The system includes a train clamp configured to engage and hold the production train in the borehole. Each of the first vessel elevator and the second vessel elevator includes a clamp configured to engage and hold the train section as the respective first vessel elevator or the second vessel elevator moves along the train channel.
US11725848B2
An inflated water storage device of a heater is located on a heating container, includes: an adjusting bag which has a storage cavity made of a soft and elastic material, and a connection tube body, each end of which is respectively connected with an inlet and an outlet, so as to be connected to the inlet pipeline on the heating container, and the connection tube body has a circulation tube connected with the storage cavity in the adjusting bag. When cold water flow into the inlet pipeline, water and air in the storage cavity will be sucked out and deformed to shrink to form a negative pressure, used to recover and absorb hot water and water vapor, and to make the adjusting bag store water swell and deform, so that the simple and effective structure can achieve energy saving and drip-proof practical effect.
US11725832B2
A heating appliance of the electric radiator type, including a housing containing a DC operated electrical energy storage device charged by an electrical power supply source outside the appliance, and at least one heating body that can be powered by the electrical power supply source and/or by the electrical energy storage device. The housing also comprises at least one air inlet arranged in a lower part of the housing to allow air to enter the space internally defined by the housing, and at least one air outlet arranged in an upper part of the housing to allow the air to leave the space. The electrical energy storage device is arranged across the air flow that circulates, in the space, from the at least one air inlet to the at least one air outlet, in a location situated, as observed in the direction of circulation of the flow, between the at least one air inlet and the at least one heating body.
US11725824B2
A combustor for a rotating detonation engine includes a radially outer wall extending along an axis (A); a radially inner wall extending along the axis (A), wherein the radially inner wall is positioned within the radially outer wall to define an annular detonation chamber having an inlet for fuel and oxidant and an outlet; a first passage for feeding at least one of the fuel and the oxidant along a first passage axis (a1) to the inlet; a second passage for feeding at least one of the fuel and the oxidant along a second passage axis (a2) to the inlet, wherein the second passage axis is arranged at an angle (α) relative to the first passage axis whereby mixing of flow from the first passage and the second passage is induced.
US11725820B1
A fuel injector assembly for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes an annular body defining a hollow interior space, first and second openings to the interior space, and a chamber defining a fluid manifold. The first and second openings are respectively proximate opposite first and second ends of the annular body. The first end is upstream of the second end. The fuel injector assembly includes an annular fuel nozzle positioned in the interior space and spaced from the annular body. The annular fuel nozzle includes a plurality of fuel injection ports configured for injecting a fuel into the combustor. The fuel injector assembly also includes one or more fuel supply struts coupled to the annular fuel nozzle and the annular body. The fuel supply struts are coupled in fluid communication with the fluid manifold and the annular fuel nozzle for channeling a fuel therethrough.
US11725817B2
A gas turbine engine and combustor assembly are provided, the combustor assembly including a first liner and a second liner together defining at least in part a combustion chamber, wherein the first liner and the second liner are separated by a gap along the longitudinal direction, and wherein the first liner is forward of the second liner relative to a flow of fluid through the combustion chamber along the longitudinal direction, and wherein the gap is extended along the circumferential direction.
US11725808B2
A carry-signal controlled LED light with low power consumption includes at least one LED and a drive unit. The drive unit is coupled to the at least one LED, and receives a carry light signal to control the at least one LED. The drive unit includes a light control unit. The light control unit drives the at least one LED according to a light command content of the carry light signal. When a voltage of the carry light signal is less than a low-level voltage, the light control unit enters an eco mode, and the light control unit detects and identifies signals within a time interval. After the time interval, the light control unit enters a sleep mode.
US11725807B2
A method of operating a portable light including placing a base housing on a support surface, such that a plurality of legs are spaced away from the support surface and collapsed against an elongate body, grasping a portion of the portable light adjacent a light head with a first hand of a user and lifting the base housing away from the support surface, grasping the handle with a second hand of the user, depressing an actuator on the handle with the second hand, which removes a locking member from a locking recess of the elongate body to enable movement of the collar relative to the elongate body in a direction along a longitudinal axis, and sliding the collar along the elongate body away from the light head to move the plurality of legs to be obliquely angled relative to the elongate body.
US11725789B2
Mounting boxes for overhead beams, such as purlins, of a building are described. The mounting box may include a front side that is designed to attach to a lateral side of the beam, an upper portion bottom that may rest on the horizontal beam, and a lower portion bottom that may have or be connected to a lighting socket or other electrical device.
US11725787B2
A downlight apparatus includes a light source, a driver box, a light housing and a heat dissipation plate. The driver box is used for storing a driver. The driver is connected to an external power source to generate a driving current to the light source. The light housing has a light holder and a rim. The light source is stored in the light holder. The rim defines a light opening for a light of the light source to escape. The heat dissipation plate is placed between the light holder and the driver box for carrying away both heat of the driver box and the light source. The heat dissipation plate is a separate metal piece from the driver box and the light housing. The heat dissipation plate has a portion not covered by the light holder and the driver box and exposed to air.
US11725784B1
An LED lighting fixture includes a housing, a substrate located within the housing, a plurality of LED groups of various colors mounted on the substrate, each LED color group including multiple LED components, at least one circuit communicating with a power supply and adapted for powering the LED components, and an optical component located at an output end of the housing. The LED components are arranged along first and second directions orthogonal to one another, such that no two LED of the same color reside adjacent one another along both of the first and second directions, and each LED component is spaced-apart from an adjacent LED component a distance no greater than 1.0 mm.
US11725778B2
System and method for automated multi-valve/point lubrication through use of regulated transfer of lubricant at predetermined time intervals. In some embodiments, a system control panel is used to toggle airflow into a lubricant pump to regulate lubricant transfer to a plurality of lubrication points.
US11725773B2
A display mounting system including a support column, a moving bracket, an arm assembly, and a tilt assembly is described. The display mounting system includes one or more display attachment brackets to support one or more electronic displays. The display mounting system is used to hold one or more electronic displays over a worksurface or in front of a wall, and it allows the user of the display mounting system to easily change the orientation of one or more electronic displays according to user's preferences.
US11725769B2
A supporting device is provided and includes: an upright column; a protruding neck arranged on the upright column; a spindle rod unit with a main spindle rod fixed on the protruding neck along a second axis; a first rotating rod; a carrying board unit having a first frame pivoted on the main spindle rod, the first frame having a first upper half part and a first lower half part, the first rotating rod passing through one of the first upper half part and the first lower half part and being able to rotate relative to the main spindle rod with the second axis as an axis; a first fin set being sleeved on the main spindle rod and the first rotating rod; a first friction set stacked alternately with the first fin set; and an elastic element set connected to the protruding neck and the carrying board unit.
US11725768B2
A vacuum adiabatic body, a refrigerating or warming apparatus, and a method for manufacturing a vacuum adiabatic body are provided. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate defining at least a portion of a wall for a first space, a second plate defining at least a portion of a wall for a second space having a second temperature different from a first temperature of the first space, and at least one conductive resistance sheet connecting the first and second plates to each other. At least one of a flange of the first plate coupled to the at least one conductive resistance sheet or a flange of the second plate coupled to the at least one conductive resistance sheet is bent.
US11725761B2
Gaskets for sealing two mating surfaces have an inner ring positioned between two inner sealing deformable layers and an outer ring positioned exterior and concentric to the inner ring, the outer ring positioned between two outer sealing deformable layers. The two inner sealing deformable layers are configured to compress a greater amount than the two outer sealing deformable layers when a compressive force is applied. In a compressed configuration, the two inner sealing deformable layers fill in the crevices of the mating surfaces of a corroded flange connection thereby avoiding immediate maintenance for the damaged flanges. The inner and outer rings have grooves and ridges on upper and lower surfaces to retain and receive portions of the inner and outer sealing deformable layers in a sealed flange connection.
US11725760B2
A coupling segment includes an arcuate segment body defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a first shoulder that is formed proximate to the first end and comprises a first fastener pad extending outwardly from the arcuate segment body, the first shoulder further defining an interior edge; and a first pivot extending from the first shoulder at the interior edge, wherein the first pivot is cast monolithically with the arcuate segment body and the first shoulder.
US11725759B2
A pipe element has a circumferential groove with a surface portion oriented at an angle with respect to its longitudinal axis. A surface portion of the groove adjacent to the angled surface portion is oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. A mechanical coupling has projecting keys that engage the groove. The keys have mating surfaces that contact both the perpendicular and angled surface portions of the groove. When the pipe element and coupling are used in combination to form a pipe joint, axial load on the pipe, resisted by the mechanical coupling, is shared between the perpendicular and angled surface portions which results in a pipe joint that can withstand higher internal pressure than if the axial load were borne by the perpendicular surface portion alone.
US11725748B2
An apparatus for vacuumizing and sealing a package includes a plurality of platens and vacuum chambers, each chamber adapted to mate with a dedicated one of the platens; a conveying system for conveying the platens and chambers along a generally angular path having a single axis of rotation; an automated loading assembly having a linear component and configured to load a package onto each of the platens; an automated unloading assembly having a linear portion and configured to unload a vacuumized, sealed package from each loaded platen onto an outfeed conveyor; and a vacuumizing/sealing system configured to cause relative movement of each chamber/platen pair, along a portion of the angular path, to form therebetween an air-tight enclosure accommodating the package and effect vacuumization and sealing of the package.
US11725746B2
A valve closure device for a check valve can include a first valve member configured to rotate from an open position to a closed position; a second valve member configured to rotate from an open position of the second valve member to a closed position of the second valve member; and a hydraulic dampener coupled to each of the first valve member and the second valve member in each of the open position and the closed position of each of the first valve member and the second valve member, the hydraulic dampener configured to resist rotation of the first valve member towards the closed position of the first valve member and the second valve member towards the closed position of the second valve member.
US11725741B2
Disclosed are examples of valve systems and methods of operating the respective valve systems. An example valve system may include a valve body, an inlet component, an outlet component and a valve tube. The valve body may include a first void and a second void. The inlet component may be coupled to the first void and the outlet component may be coupled to the second void. The valve tube may include a side port and may be positioned through the valve body and coupled to the first void, the inlet component, the second void, and the outlet component. Other valve system examples may include including a valve body, a first septum, a second septum, a first piston, a second piston and a tube. The disclosed methods describe the interaction of the respective components of the respective valve system example.
US11725740B2
A valve having a hollow body which extends along a main axis (X), in which at least one secondary body is arranged at one end of the hollow body substantially coaxial to the main axis (X) and has an inner end portion with a collar protruding towards the inner surface of the hollow body is disclosed. The hollow body has at least one annular groove in which a ring is arranged at least partially to prevent the movement of the secondary body towards the end of the hollow body, in which the ring is divided into at least two arcs configured to be inserted individually inside the groove of the hollow body to form the ring.
US11725738B2
A method for installing a valve for use in oil and gas production or similar applications includes inserting seats and biasing members into a cavity of the valve and causing the seats to moving axially apart from each other, such that the biasing members are compressed and the flow barrier of the valve may be installed between the seats.
US11725736B2
Embodiments of an environmental barrier and seal include physical shields to protect against mechanical damage, labyrinth features to inhibit fluid/particle intrusion, impeller features, and a brush seal. Combinations of these features are presented in various embodiments, specific to particular operating conditions, to create an environmental barrier that protects primary carbon face seals and other shaft seals.
US11725734B2
A seal assembly includes an annular rigid support member having a centerline and including an axial portion coupleable with the outer member and a radial portion extending inwardly from the axial portion. The radial portion has an outer end formed with the axial portion and an inner end defining a central opening disposeable around the shaft and being formed asymmetrical about the centerline and/or having a varying radial distance from the centerline. An annular sealing member has an outer portion attached to the support member and an inner portion with a first end providing a sealing lip, the sealing lip sealingly engageable with a running surface about a shaft to define a sealing interface, and a second end attached to the inner end of the support member radial portion. As such, contact pressure of the sealing lip against the running surface varies about a circular perimeter of the sealing interface.
US11725727B2
A shift device mounted on a vehicle includes a motor configured to drive, by electric power supplied from a power supply mounted on the vehicle, a shift switching member configured to switch shift positions, a cut-off unit configured to cut off conduction of a power supply line through which the electric power is supplied to the motor, and a drive circuit unit configured to output the electric power to the motor and including a driving switching element configured to execute a switching operation. The shift device is configured to determine an abnormality of the power supply line when a voltage of the power supply line is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, turn off the driving switching element, and cut off the conduction of the power supply line by the cut-off unit.
US11725722B2
A powertrain assembly includes one or several electric motors, a gearbox comprising a gearbox housing, an axle comprising: an axle housing, movable parts inside axle housing, comprising a shaft for a wheel, a lubricating system comprising an axle lubricating device comprising an axle oil sump and a gearbox lubricating device comprising a gearbox oil sump inside the gearbox housing which is a dry sump having an oil storage area which is separate from said gearbox oil sump, a scavenge pump and a first duct configured to retrieve oil from gear box oil sump and to convey the retrieved oil up to the oil storage area, and a main pump and a second duct configured to convey oil from the storage oil area to lubricate the gears of the gearbox.
US11725719B2
This gear wheel mechanism includes a rotator, a first gear wheel, a second gear wheel, and a reinforcement member. The rotator is configured to be rotatable about a rotation shaft and has an elliptical shape as viewed in an axis direction of the rotation shaft. The first gear wheel includes a first base portion including a first outer circumferential surface and a first inner circumferential surface and having a hollow cylindrical shape configured to be deformable by the rotator being inserted in the axis direction of the rotation shaft and external teeth formed in the outer circumferential surface. The second gear wheel includes a second base portion including a second outer circumferential surface and a second inner circumferential surface and having a hollow cylindrical shape disposed to cover the external teeth and internal teeth which are formed at positions facing the external teeth of the second inner circumferential surface, with which the external teeth are partially engaged in accordance with deformation of the first base portion by rotation of the rotator. The reinforcement member is disposed in contact with a region of the second outer circumferential surface corresponding to a region in which the internal teeth of the second inner circumferential surface are formed.
US11725715B1
In an actuator system having a toothed actuator and a tensioner to apply a tension force to the toothed actuator, a hold mechanism holds the tooth actuator stationary, through disengage-able contact with at least one tooth thereof, with respect to a direction of the tension force while allowing the tooth actuator to move freely in a direction opposite the direction of the tension force. An advancement pawl having at least two degrees of freedom engages with one or more teeth on the tooth actuator to displace the tooth actuator a distance in the direction opposite of the direction of the tension force.
US11725713B2
A planetary gear mechanism includes a sun gear attached to the motor rotation shaft to rotate about the central axis extending vertically, a fixed internal gear radially outside the sun gear, planetary gears radially outside the sun gear and radially inside the fixed internal gear to mesh with the sun gear and the fixed internal gear, a movable internal gear above the fixed internal gear and radially outside the planetary gears to mesh with the planetary gears and to rotate about the central axis, and a carrier that holds upper and lower surfaces of the planetary gears.
US11725707B2
A transmissive joint has an elastic response for transmitting a torsional load capable of ensuring the transmission in the absence of coaxiality between two actuating and actuated devices, and allowing the internal passage of cabling or possible accessory components along the axis of transmission/torsion.
US11725686B1
A T-bolt locking device provides positive engagement of a T-bolt with a track as well as prevents disengagement from the track when loosening the T-bolt sufficiently to allow movement of an accessory along a slot in the track to a new position. Tightening the accessory onto the T-bolt secures flanges of the head of the T-bolt against an inner surface of the track while fixing the accessory to the track. The T-bolt locking device comprises opposing tabs configured to pass through the slot in the track and receive the flanges of the head of the T-bolt, whereby the locking device is in the engaged position, preventing rotation of the head of the T-bolt in relation to the tabs. When fastening the T-bolt and locking device, if the locking device does not seat against the track surface, this indicates that the T-bolt is under-rotated and not properly engaged with the track because the opposing tabs of the locking device are contacting the upper face of the T-bolt flange. This prevents the opposing flanges of the head of the T-bolt from being received between the terminal inner surfaces of the tabs of the locking device, and thus, prevents the accessory from being tightened against the track.
US11725683B2
A panel fastener is provided that has a head having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; an engagement feature on the first surface of the head, the engagement feature being configured to be engaged by a driving tool; a shank extending from the second surface of the head; a threaded portion extending from the shank, the threaded portion having first and second helical threads arranged in an intertwined manner; the first thread extending farther radially from the central axis than does the second thread; and the shank being located between the head and the threaded portion.
US11725677B2
A valve controller for a valve that comprises an actuator mechanically coupled to at least one flow controlling element. The valve controller comprises at least one pilot valve for controlling the position of the flow controlling element(s) by the actuator. The valve controller comprises a position sensor for obtaining a position signal indicative of the position of one of said at least one flow controlling element. The valve controller is configured to execute a configuration phase comprising establishing a pilot valve integer corresponding to number of pilot valves, and determining a tolerance criterion for the position signal based on the pilot valve integer. A valve arrangement comprising the valve controller and a valve. A method of controlling a valve comprising the configuration phase.
US11725672B2
A gas compressor comprising a rotating drum and a return assembly. The drum includes a compression channel assembly with compression channels between a common zone and a distal area. The compression channels may be formed by a plurality of V-shaped blocks. The return assembly draws liquid from an annular lake formed in the drum to a fluid outlet. A gas inlet in the return assembly mixes incoming gas with the liquid. An optional eductor connected to the gas inlet draws gas into the gas inlet. Fluid entering the common pressure zone is forced into the compression channels that compress the gas. Pressurized gas is separated from liquid in the fluid prior to leaving the compression channel. An inducer may be positioned between the fluid outlet of the return assembly and the opening of the centralized common pressure zone.
US11725669B2
In the application disclosed are a wind shroud, which is used in a fan with a movable impeller, and a fan with the same. The wind shroud is integrally formed and comprises a body configured to be internally hollowed in an axial direction of the body for receiving the movable impeller. The body comprises an air inlet end and an air outlet end, and the air inlet end has an inner sidewall and an outer sidewall spaced apart from each other to form a silencing cavity for buffering the vibration generated when the movable impeller is rotated, so as to reduce the noise of the fan. In a direction from the air inlet end to the air outlet end, a distance between the inner sidewall of the air inlet end and the outer sidewall of the air inlet end first gradually increases, and then gradually decreases. In the above manner, where the wind shroud of the present application is applied to a fan, the noise problem of the fan can be effectively addressed.
US11725667B2
An air source system of an agricultural system includes a fan configured to establish an airflow along an airflow path of the air source system via rotation of the fan, and a motor assembly configured to drive the fan to rotate. The motor assembly is positioned within the airflow path of the air source system.
US11725663B2
A rotary piston pump, in particular a claw pump, includes a housing which, when placed in a customary manner, has a housing inlet in a housing upper side. In order to further improve a rotary piston pump in a beneficial way, the housing inlet is connected to a gas channel that is integrated in the housing and extends transversely to a rotational axis of the piston, which gas channel creates a flow connection to a gas outlet of a filter part arranged in a filter receptacle. In the installed state, the filter part is accessible from a side perpendicular to the housing upper side, for maintenance purposes, for example.
US11725661B2
Variable volume ratio compressors may be controlled using a switching parameter based on compressor speed and suction density to improve the matching of compressor volume ratio to desired discharge conditions. Delay periods may be implemented in the determination of when to change volume ratio to control the frequency of changes to the volume ratio. The switching parameter may be a product of the compressor speed and suction density. The volume ratio of the compressor may be controlled by switching valves directing pressure to a piston of a variable volume ratio system of the compressor.
US11725658B2
The present application provides a screw compressor that comprises a first male rotor and a second male rotor, each of the first male rotor and the second male rotor having convex-helical teeth, the first male rotor and the second male rotor being rigidly connected together; a first female rotor and a second female rotor, each of the first female rotor and the second female rotor having concave-helical teeth, the first female rotor being arranged separately from and opposite to each other; wherein the convex-helical teeth of the first male rotor are engaged with the concave-helical teeth of the first female rotor, and the convex-helical teeth of the second male rotor are engaged with the concave-helical teeth of the second female rotor. The male rotors in the screw compressor are symmetrically so that the axial force exerted on the first male rotor counteract with the axial force exerted on the second male rotor.
US11725655B2
An oil pump includes: a housing case made of a metal and having a rotor housing portion in which a rotor is rotatably housed, and a discharge hole through which oil within the rotor housing portion is introduced to the outside of the rotor housing portion by rotation of the rotor; and a housing made of a resin and having a case holding portion in which the rotor housing portion is held, and a discharge groove portion provided on a bottom portion of the case holding portion. The housing case has a fitting groove portion that is provided on a bottom portion of the rotor housing portion and that is fitted to the discharge groove portion so as to cover the discharge groove portion. The discharge hole is formed in the fitting groove portion.
US11725641B2
A double-acting reciprocating pump comprises a piston assembly comprising at least one piston disposed within at least one piston cylinder for undergoing opposite reciprocal movements within said at least one piston cylinder, an upper pump chamber disposed above the piston, and a lower pump chamber disposed below the piston. A fluid inlet is fluidically connected to one of the upper and lower pump chambers so as to supply fluid thereto, and a fluid outlet dispensing port is defined within a lower end portion of the double-acting reciprocating pump assembly for permitting fluid to be dispensed out from the double-acting reciprocating pump assembly during both of the opposite reciprocal movements.
US11725634B2
A transition piece (140) for a wind turbine tower (110) is provided, that is configured to be installed on a tower foundation (111) and to carry a tower piece (113). It comprises a high voltage joint (10) with grid input and output terminals (11, 12) and WTG connecting input and output terminals (14, 13). The grid input terminal (11) is configured for receiving and connecting to an array cable (21) from a power grid (20). The WTG connecting output terminal (13) is operatively connected to the grid input terminal (11) for receiving and connecting to an input cable (23) leading to a switchgear (30). The WTG connecting input terminal (14) is configured for receiving and connecting to an output cable (24) from the switchgear (30). The grid output terminal (12) is operatively connected to the WTG connecting input terminal (14) for receiving and connecting to an array cable (22) leading to the power grid (20). Further, installation, testing, connecting and maintenance methods taking advantage of the high voltage joint (10) are provided.
US11725627B2
A detuner system for a wind turbine includes a drive train component having a natural frequency. The drive train component is configured to rotate about an axis of rotation at a range of different speeds. The detuner system includes a controller for selectively interacting with the drive train component and cause a step change in the natural frequency of the drive train component at a first threshold of the rotational speed range, and cause a step change in the natural frequency of the drive train component at a second threshold of the rotational speed range different to the first threshold.
US11725618B2
Arrangement comprising: a chamber that is formed between a first receptacle and a second receptacle for a rod-shaped element, wherein the receptacles open out to the chamber on opposite end-face sides thereof; a rod-shaped element that is accommodated in the receptacles via a respective section with radial play, in this regard with a receptacle radial play, the rod-shaped element passing through the chamber; and an annular body that is situated in the chamber and through which the rod-shaped element passes with radial play, in this regard an annular body radial play, wherein the annular body radial play is less than the receptacle radial play, wherein the arrangement has a first media side and a second media side that are connected to the chamber via the first receptacle and second receptacle, respectively, wherein the annular body is provided to be pressed into contact against an end-face side of the chamber.
US11725616B1
A sealing ring gland receives a sealing ring. The sealing ring gland includes an inner wall surface which seals against an inner periphery of the sealing ring. An outer wall surface is radially offset from the inner wall surface and seals against an outer periphery of the sealing ring. The sealing ring is axially compressed between an upper wall surface and a lower wall surface of the sealing ring gland. At least one of the upper wall surface and the lower wall surface includes an expansion volume which provides space for the sealing ring to expand upon swelling of the sealing ring.
US11725613B2
A method of improving fuel efficiency in a diesel fuel internal combustion engine on a vehicle includes providing a combustion system including a fuel tank, an engine, and a fuel line disposed between the fuel tank and the engine. A heat exchanger is positioned on the fuel line between the fuel tank and the engine. Working thermal fluid is passed from a reservoir through the heat exchanger while fuel is passed through the heat exchanger, increasing the temperature of the fuel passing through the heat exchanger. A vibration isolation mount is installed between the heat exchanger and the vehicle, thereby reducing vibration of the heat exchanger during use of the vehicle. Heated fuel from the heat exchanger is delivered to the engine, improving the fuel efficiency of the engine by burning the heated fuel.
US11725603B1
Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust system. In one example, a method may include determining presence of a zone flow based on a comparison of a first exhaust sensor and a second exhaust sensor. The presence or absence of the zone flow may determine a rate at which an air-fuel ratio is adjusted.
US11725595B2
A method of operating an engine of a multi-engine aircraft includes sequentially operating the engine through a plurality of cycles, each cycle including a breathing-in phase followed by a breathing-out phase. The breathing-in phase includes: i) in response to a speed of a rotor of the engine being at a sub-idle threshold, opening variable guide vanes upstream a compressor and injecting fuel into the combustor to increase rotor speed to a pre-determined upper threshold, and then ii) in response to the rotor speed reaching the pre-determined upper threshold, reducing a supply rate of fuel into the combustor and substantially closing the variable guide vanes. The breathing-out phase includes maintaining the variable guide vanes closed at least until the speed drops from the pre-determined upper threshold to the pre-determined sub-idle threshold.
US11725593B2
A gas turbine including a fuel gas supply system to supply fuel gas via a fuel piping to a gas turbine combustor, a pressure control valve installed halfway along the fuel piping, a flow control valve installed in the fuel piping at downstream of the pressure control valve, and a control device configured that in a case where a flow rate change occurs in the fuel gas flowing through the fuel gas supply system, along with a tendency of change in an opening degree of the pressure control valve or a pressure P1 at upstream of the pressure control valve, a command value of the flow rate of the fuel gas that is determined based on a demand value of a gas turbine load is adjusted so that the change is suppressed in the opening degree of the pressure control valve or the pressure P1.
US11725592B2
A propulsion system includes a drive shaft movable about an axis of rotation, a fan, a fan shaft that drives the fan, and a reduction device coupling the drive shaft and the fan shaft. The reduction device has first and second reduction stages and includes a sun gear, centered on the axis and driven by the drive shaft, a ring gear that is coaxial with the sun gear and that drives the fan shaft about the axis, and planet gears distributed circumferentially about the axis between the sun gear and the ring gear. Each planet gear includes a first portion meshed with the sun gear and a second portion meshed with the ring gear. A diameter of the first portion is different from a diameter of the second portion, and the first portion of the planet gears extend between the second portion of the planet gears and the fan.
US11725587B2
An ignition and combustion assist system and method comprising a plasma igniter and electronic driver unit for use with gas turbine engines operating under low air densities, reduced voltage conditions and overall pressure ratios of 3:1 to 7:1. The plasma igniter has an inner chamber housing a centrally positioned and electrically isolated electrode attached to an electrical lead, driver unit, and AC or DC power supply. The electrode features a corner positioned near an outlet end of the igniter, where a plasma arc ignites a fuel-air mixture creating a flame extending into a primary burn region of a combustor of the gas turbine. The driver unit is in two embodiments and configured with low-cost microsecond voltage wave time periods or energy-efficient nano-second pulses. The method uses the plasma igniter and the electronic driver units described herein separately with other components or together.
US11725583B2
A system, as well as associated methods, for increasing the efficiency of a gas turbine including an inlet assembly and a compressor may include a housing configured to channel airstream towards the inlet assembly, an air treatment module positioned at a proximal end the housing, and at least one air conditioning module mounted downstream of the air treatment module for adjusting the temperature of the airstream entering the compressor. The air treatment module may include a plurality of inlet air filters and at least one blower configured to pressurize the air entering the air treatment module.
US11725575B2
Methods and systems are provided for an accessory drive device. In one example, the accessory drive device comprises an input belt coupled to a pulley of a two-speed device and an output pulley coupled to an output belt configured to provide energy to an alternator or a belt integrated starter generator.
US11725572B2
Methods and systems to provide compressed air via exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine are presented. In one example, a pump comprising two pistons is driven via engine exhaust gases. On piston within the pump moves in response to the exhaust gases while the other piston acts to compress air.
US11725555B1
An aftertreatment system for a diesel engine may include a diesel particulate filter configured for placement in fluid communication with the diesel engine to receive an exhaust flow. The system may also include a selective catalytic reduction system configured for arrangement downstream of the diesel particulate filter and a NOx sensor configured to measure a NOx concentration in the exhaust flow entering the selective catalytic reduction system. The system may also include a controller configured to estimate a ratio of NO2 to NOx downstream of the diesel particulate filter and based on a factor affecting the generation of NO2 upstream of the selective catalytic reduction system. The controller may also be configured to adjust the measured NOx concentration based on the ratio to provide an estimated actual NOx concentration and dose diesel exhaust fuel into the exhaust flow based on the estimated actual NOx concentration.
US11725552B2
An internal combustion engine having an oil circuit, wherein the oil circuit is designed to supply at least one component of the internal combustion engine with lubricating oil, and at least one oil reservoir for providing the lubricating oil for the oil circuit, wherein there is provided at least one collecting container separate from the at least one oil reservoir, wherein lubricating oil in the oil circuit downstream of the at least one component can be collected in the at least one collecting container, and there is provided at least one removal device, by means of which at least a part of the lubricating oil collected in the at least one collecting container is removable from the at least one oil circuit.
US11725545B2
A combustion engine for a vehicle includes a device for changing the timing of suction/relief valves with respect to the drive shaft. The device includes a first disc idly mounted to the camshaft and has a first side defining first slot tracks. A second disc is integral with the camshaft and includes second slot tracks facing the first side of the first disc. Drive elements transmit motion between the first disc and the second disc and each is accommodated between corresponding two of the partially facing tracks. As centrifugal forces caused by the rotation speed of the camshaft changes, each drive elements moves between a first reference position and a second reference position which are close to and far from the rotation axis of the camshaft, respectively. A phase changer device exerts a force which tends to oppose movement of said drive elements towards the second reference position.
US11725537B2
An air-jet cooling device for a casing of a turbomachine, in particular a turbine casing, including a cooling air housing having a wall, and a tube having a first end mounted on the wall of the housing so as to put the tube into fluid communication with the housing, orifices being formed in a wall of the tube in order to eject the cooling air coming from the housing on the casing. The tube has a section at the first end with a gradual variation that defines a boss. The boss has a curved surface to be immersed in the cooling air so as to avoid a detachment of a boundary layer of the cooling air at an interface between the first end of the tube and the housing.
US11725531B2
Rotor systems including an engine shaft, a forward hub, a rear hub, a rotor disk arranged between the forward hub and the rear hub, and a seal tube configured to define a forward hub compartment and a rear hub compartment. The forward hub compartment is defined forward of the rotor disk and the rear hub compartment is defined aft of the rotor disk. The seal tube is connected at a forward end to at least one of the rotor disk and the engine shaft and at a rear end to at least one of the rear hub and the engine shaft and the seal tube includes at least one axial compliance element configured to enable axial extension and compression of the seal tube in an axial direction along the engine shaft.
US11725528B1
A vane multiplet includes a plurality of airfoils that each have a flared end, a common platform piece, a plurality of seal, and a plurality of retainers. The common platform has airfoil sockets that each define an airfoil opening that is circumscribed by a groove. The flared ends of the airfoils are seated in the airfoil sockets such that the grooves and the airfoils together form seal channels that have an open side. The seals are disposed in the seal channels. The retainers have airfoil-shaped profiles and are disposed in the airfoil sockets to bound the open sides of the seal channels and retain the seal in the seal channel.
US11725522B2
An airfoil includes an airfoil wall that defines a leading end, a trailing end, and pressure and suction sides that join the leading end and the trailing end. The airfoil wall includes a wishbone-shaped fiber layer structure that has a pair of arms that merge into a single leg. The pair of arms are formed by first and second S-shaped fiber layers each of which is comprised of a network of fiber tows. The first and second S-shaped fiber layers merge to form the single leg. The single leg comprises fiber tows from each of the first and second S-shaped fiber layers that are interwoven, and the single leg forms at least a portion of the trailing end of the airfoil wall.
US11725521B2
Core assemblies for manufacturing airfoils and airfoils made therefrom are described. The core assemblies having a leading edge hybrid skin core positioned relative to a plurality of core bodies and configured to define a leading edge cavity at a leading edge of the manufactured airfoil. The leading edge hybrid skin core extends from a root region toward a tip region in a radial direction, the leading edge hybrid skin core extends above at least one of the plurality of core bodies to define an exit in a tip region of the manufactured airfoil, and the leading edge hybrid skin core has a height-to-width ratio of about 0.8 or less.
US11725519B2
An assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil that includes an airfoil section that extends from a root section. The airfoil section extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge in a chordwise direction and extends between a tip portion and the root section in a radial direction. The airfoil section defines a pressure side and a suction side separated in a thickness direction. A platform is dimensioned to receive a retention pin to mount the platform to a rotatable hub. The platform includes a plurality of composite layers that define an internal cavity. A filler includes a stacked composite structure in the internal cavity that extends between the plurality of composite layers.
US11725516B2
A method of servicing a gas turbine engine is disclosed. According to the method, a component including a titanium alloy is removed from the gas turbine engine after operating the gas turbine engine with the component in service. The removed component is subjected to heat treatment, and the heat-treated component is re-installed into the gas turbine engine or installed into a different gas turbine engine.
US11725514B2
A drilling and bolting rig includes a carousel rotatable about a carousel axis and including a plurality of stations configured to support a plurality of consumables, one or more actuators, and a position sensor coupled to the carousel. The one or more actuators are configured to rotate the carousel about the carousel axis. The drilling and bolting rig further includes an electronic processor coupled to the one or more actuators and the position sensor. The electronic processor is configured to detect, using the position sensor, a rotational position of the carousel, and rotate, using the one or more actuators, the carousel based on the rotational position of the carousel.
US11725503B2
A wireless data telemetry system for use in a drilling system can include a drill head wireless transmitter and at least one data link transceiver. The drill head wireless transmitter can be in a drill head of the drilling system, the drill head wireless transmitter configured to generate and transmit one or more data signals associated with a drilling process. The at least one data link transceiver can be wirelessly coupled to at least one of the drill head wireless transmitter or another data link transceiver, with the drill head wireless transmitter and the at least one data link transceiver configured to be physically coupled within a drill string and spaced apart from one another. The drill head wireless transmitter and the at least one data link transceiver together configured to wirelessly communicate the one or more data signals beyond a transmission range of the drill head wireless transmitter.
US11725501B2
A system is for testing the integrity of a well barrier. The system has a well including a wellbore and a upper wellbore termination means, such as a wellhead and a mud circulation system and/or a mud conditioning system comprising means for transporting, cleaning or storing mud outside said wellbore; a barrier provided in the wellbore, the barrier having an upstream side below the barrier and a downstream side above the barrier; a tracer; a storage means for storing said tracer, the storage means being provided in a lower part of the barrier and/or below the barrier in the well; and a release mechanism for releasing the tracer from the storage means, wherein the system further comprises a detector for detecting tracer that has leaked through the barrier and into said mud, the detector being arranged above the wellbore.
US11725496B2
There are described methods, systems, and techniques for performing automated drilling of a well bore. The well bore is drilled according to one or more drilling parameter targets associated with one or more corresponding drilling parameters. A controlling drilling parameter of the one or more drilling parameters is determined to be outside a threshold window. In response to determining that a stringer has been encountered, one or more controlled drilling parameter targets of the one or more drilling parameter targets are updated. The controlled drilling parameter targets comprise a revolutions per minute (RPM) target and weight-on-bit (WOB) target.
US11725495B2
A crowding avoidance sub (CAS), in or above a bottom hole assembly (BHA), e.g., between drill string and BHA, sends sensor data over lines in a modified housing and flex lines accommodating and reporting relative axial motion between movable parts of a single sub, typically below a cushion, jar, or shock sub, possibly even a motor. Sensors connected to an Intellisys™ data connection system provide a data stream to a computer at the surface, and may include downhole preprocessing, but need not. The drive system of the hook feed rate is directly controlled in real time by a data station receiving, and operating based on, “travel” or “progress” information received from downhole sensors of the CAS indicating effectively instantly and electronically (rather than slower signals through drilling fluid) whenever the string progresses dangerously faster than the bit, and must be slowed or stopped.
US11725490B2
A side pocket mandrel for use within a gas lift system is configured to permit the exchange of valve pockets. The side pocket mandrel has a central body, a receiver that is laterally offset from the central body, and a valve pocket that is removably secured to the receiver. The valve pocket can be configured for a threaded connection with the receiver to permit the facilitated exchange of modular valve pockets at the receiver. Gas from the valve pocket can be carried to the central body of the side pocket mandrel through one or more external gas lines or one or more internal gas injection passages.
US11725488B2
A switch assembly, which is part of a chain of switch assemblies, includes a communication unit (CU) configured to receive, from an external controller, a fire command to activate a detonator, a voltage measuring unit configured to locally measure a voltage (V) at the switch assembly after receiving the fire command to activate the detonator, a computing core (CC) configured to locally make a decision whether or not to activate the detonator, after receiving the fire command to activate the detonator and after measuring the voltage (V), based on whether or not the measured voltage (V) at the switch assembly is larger than a threshold value.
US11725486B2
A downhole tool system may include one or more containers to hold waste product and a tractor to convey the one or more containers to a storage location within a wellbore. The downhole tool system may also include an anchor to seal against the wellbore and secure the containers at the storage location. Additionally, the downhole tool system may include a disconnect tool to separate the tractor from the containers such that the tractor may be removed from the wellbore while leaving the containers at the storage location.
US11725484B2
Drill hole sequence planning equipment 14 includes a position determining module 18 for determining an initial location of a mobile drill rig 12. A selection module 24 selects a destination location for the drill rig 12. A corridor establishment module 26 establishes a corridor between the initial location of the drill rig 12 and its destination location, the corridor having a selected width. A processing unit 28 is responsive to the modules 18, 24 and 26 for selecting a hole location of each hole within the corridor to be drilled by the drill rig 12 sequentially as it moves from its initial location to its destination location.
US11725482B2
A tubular cleaning system includes a housing having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a recess. A deployable tool is arranged in the recess. A motor is arranged in a cavity formed the housing between the outer surface and the inner surface. An actuator is operatively connected between the motor and the deployable tool. The motor is selectively activated through a signal to extend the deployable tool.
US11725478B2
A flow control device including a housing having a flow port therein, the flow port including a first end and a second end, a first gate having a specific gravity greater than water disposed in the housing adjacent a first end of the port and movable between a position of nonobstruction of the first end of the port and a position of obstruction of the first end of the port; and a second gate disposed in the housing, the second gate having a specific gravity about the same as a specific gravity of formation water in a formation in which the device is intended to be employed, the second gate disposed to control flow at the second end of the port.
US11725476B2
The present disclosure provides a valve assembly comprising a valve section, a power section, and an electronics section. The valve assembly is configured to mate with a tubing sub (and/or mandrel) inserted in-line with a tubing string inserted into a wellbore. The valve allows for injection into or production from the tubing string. The valve assembly comprises an electric motor and a motor controller permitting fine control over the valve, as well as sensors which measure various parameters, such as fluid flow, valve position, pressure, temperature, and/or water cut. A cable connects the valve assembly to the surface and provides power and data telemetry and allows control of the valve assembly with a remote electronic signal. Multiple valve assemblies may be provided at spaced intervals along the tubing string and individually monitored and/or controlled by a remote location. Also disclosed is a method for operation of such valve assemblies.
US11725472B2
An open tip downhole expansion tool incudes a frustoconical member having a base and a tip, the member having a radially outer zone and a radially inner zone and having an axial length extending from the base to the tip; an outer compliance area in a material of the member along a length of the radially outer zone; and an inner compliance area in a material of the member along a length of the radially inner zone, the outer and inner compliance areas being located at different positions along the axial length of the frustoconical member, the outer and inner compliance areas each causing the frustoconical member to present a first resistance to deformation when the compliance areas are in a first condition and a higher resistance to deformation of the frustoconical member when the compliance areas are in a second condition.
US11725471B2
In a blowout preventer central bore and a central bore axis with an oval ram cavity having a ram cavity axis having one or more horizontal interface portions between the ram cavity and an actuator body, a method of connecting the actuator body to the ram cavity comprising providing one or more locking bar receptacles passing through one or more of the planes of the one or more horizontal interface portions of the ram cavity, providing one or more locking bar receptacles passing through one or more of the planes of the one or more horizontal interface portions of the actuator body, and providing one or more locking bars in one or more of the one or more locking bar receptacles in both the ram cavity and the actuator body.
US11725463B2
A cold worked and spinodally-hardened copper alloy comprising from about 8 to about 20 wt % nickel, and from about 5 to about 11 wt % tin, the remaining balance being copper, and having a 0.2% offset yield strength of at least 75 ksi, is used to form a sucker rod coupling or subcoupling. Each coupling is formed from a core having two ends, each end having an internal thread. These box ends engage the pin of a sucker rod or other rod. The exterior surface of the core includes grooves running between the two ends.
US11725456B2
The present invention relates to a hydraulic down-the-hole hammer. The hammer comprises an elongate shaft and a piston having a central bore therethrough, the piston slidably mounted for reciprocal movement on the shaft and arranged to impact a percussion bit. Forward and rear drive chambers for the piston are disposed between the piston and the shaft and the forward chamber is separated from the rear chamber by an annular shoulder formed internally of the piston bore. The hammer also comprises a control valve to control reciprocation of the piston, wherein the control valve is arranged within the central bore of the piston. The hammer may be a disposable water hammer in which the piston is an outermost component of the hammer.
US11725455B2
A hem bar assembly adapted to secure to a shade material of a roller shade that selectively covers or uncover an architectural opening. The hem bar assembly comprises a first hem bar portion adapted to attach to a second hem bar portion. The first hem bar portion comprises a longitudinal flexible locking member recessed in the inner wall of the first hem bar portion and comprising a channel longitudinally extending therein. The hem bar assembly further comprises a longitudinal spline comprising a longitudinal male plug adapted to wedge and retain the shade material within the locking member channel of the first hem bar portion. The hem bar assembly is configured to attach to the shade material without welding and in exposed, half-wrap, or full-wrap configurations.
US11725445B2
A backplate for a door actuator, includes at least two mounting elements, one of the two mounting elements being formed for fastening to a mounting surface, in particular door, casing or wall, and the other mounting element for accommodating the door actuator. The backplate further includes at least one connecting assembly with a bar element mobile disposed at the first mounting element and a thermally activatable trigger element. The bar element is movable from a retaining position to a release position. In the retaining position, the bar element retains the second mounting element and, in the release position, releases the second mounting element. When thermally activated, the trigger element releases a movement of the bar element to the release position and/or, the trigger element moves the bar element to the release position.
US11725444B2
An actuating drive includes an actuating arm pivotally supported about a pivoting axis, and movably supported between a closed position and an open position. A force storage member applies a force to the actuating arm, and a coupling device can brake or prevent a pivotal movement of the actuating arm. The coupling device includes a movably-supported first coupling element having a tooth arrangement, and the first coupling element can engage a second coupling element when a predetermined pivotal speed of the actuating arm is exceeded to brake or prevent the pivotal movement of the actuating arm. The second coupling element includes an engagement section for engaging the two coupling elements together, and includes a freewheel section separate from the engagement section. In the closed position, the first coupling element is within the freewheel section of the second coupling element, whereby the two coupling elements are decoupled from one another.
US11725441B2
A guide carriage includes a chassis having a rotatably supported running wheel and a connecting member for connecting the guide carriage to the furniture part. The chassis and the connecting member are configured as constructional units separate from one another and are configured to be connected to one another by a fastening device. The fastening device includes a force storage member and at least one locking element configured to be pressurized by the force storage member. The chassis and the connecting member are configured to be releasably locked to one another by a force of the force storage member. A holding device separate from the fastening device is provided for fastening the connecting member to the chassis. The connecting member is configured to be hung into the chassis via the holding device, can be pivoted about a, preferably horizontally extending, axis in the hung-in condition, and can be locked to the chassis by the locking element.
US11725436B2
Disclosed herein is a panelboard guard assembly configured to restrict access to a panelboard having a cover and a door defined therein, the cover having first and second side edges. The panelboard guard assembly includes overlapping members that are, at least in some implementations, mutually coupled to each other. The panelboard guard assembly further includes an adjustment mechanism that extends between and couples the members together, the adjustment mechanism facilitating adjustment of the distance between the outer ends of the members.
US11725435B2
Disclosed is a door hinge limiting assembly for a motor vehicle comprising a pillar bracket, a door bracket, and a flexible check strap. The pillar bracket is configured to fit on the aft-side and interior-side of the door pillar and to complement the pillar's nonplanar profile. Rather than being secured to the door pillar, the pillar bracket is secured to the forward wall in the footwell region, with the aforesaid configuration producing an interference fit with the door pillar. The strap may be comprised of nylon webbing or similar material, and in some embodiments may comprise an elastic strap to promote convenient folding.
US11725432B2
A handle mechanism includes a handle and control mechanism. The handle is movable between a rest position flush with the door and a working position projecting therefrom. The control mechanism includes a first lever, a second lever, a tie-rod having ends linked to the first lever and the second lever according to hinged linkages at least one of which has a first oblong aperture parallel to the tie-rod, a device for elastically biasing the handle towards the rest position, a cam, a rod linking the cam to the tie-rod and including a pin. The tie-rod further includes a second oblong aperture parallel to the first oblong aperture and through which the pin of the rod extends in order to make the handle slide from the working position to the rest position in a motor-driven way through an over-travel of the cam when the elastic biasing device are not sufficient.
US11725426B2
A vehicle door locking device includes a case fixed to a door, a latch that locks a striker, a ratchet that holds the latch in the latching orientation, and shifts the latch from the latching orientation to the unlatching orientation, an outer handle lever that is rotated in conjunction with an opening operation, and an inertia part that maintains the orientation of the inertial part while being urged by an urging member, and that, when an external force from the one end side toward the other end side of the vehicle body, restricts rotation of the outer handle lever.
US11725417B1
Fenestration lock assemblies, fenestration units including the lock assemblies, and methods of assembling the lock assemblies. The lock assemblies use a cam and follower design that transfers rotary motion to a lock bolt that moves in translation between an extended/locked state and a retracted/unlocked state.
US11725414B2
A modular fence system includes a plurality of fence panels, each having top, bottom, left side, and right side edges. The left side edge may define a first profile, and he right side edge may define a second profile, the second profile being complementary to the first profile, whereby the left side edge of one panel may be disposed in side-by-side relationship to the right side edge of a second panel. The top, bottom, left side, and right side edges may define a periphery, with a plurality of barrier members residing within the periphery. Each panel may also include a strengthening feature integral with a plurality of the barrier members. A first hinge may carried on the left side edge, and a second hinge carried on the right side edge and configured to align with the first hinge.
US11725413B2
An elevated flooring system is operable to support a flooring panel. The elevated flooring system includes a beam configured to support the flooring panel. Aspects of the flooring system also include a saddle with a base surface and a prong. The beam is engaged with and vertically supported by the base surface of the saddle. The beam is configured to support the flooring panel and defines an aperture configured to receive the prong. Aspects of the beam includes a tent attachment assembly and a beam wall defining an aperture and opposite wall surfaces. The tent attachment assembly is configured for attachment to the tent and includes a base, a boss plate, and a threaded fastener. The fastener extends at least partly through the apertures of the base, boss plate and beam wall and is threaded into the boss plate.
US11725397B2
Described herein are resilient floor coverings produced by using digitally printed UV-cured inks and exhibiting high adhesion properties between an ink layer and a wear layer. Also described herein are methods for manufacturing same. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US11725396B2
A tile-securing system having a polymeric wedge component positioned between two adjacent tiles that are in plane and the polymeric wedge component contacting a side edge of each adjacent tile, wherein the polymeric wedge component exerts a force against both side edges; the polymeric wedge component being secured to a solid substrate using a fastener.
US11725394B2
Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system on long and short edges allowing installation with vertical folding and where the long edge locking system prevents separation of the short edges during the folding action. Floor panels with mechanical locking systems with a flexible and displaceable tongue allowing easy installation.
US11725392B2
The present disclosure relates generally to cladding for covering a building surface, for example suitable for covering the exterior surface of a building. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a siding panel including a panel body having a length, a width, a front face, and a rear face. The panel body further includes a first strip extending along the length of the panel body with a three dimensional surface texture. The three dimensional surface texture is a geometric pattern repeating along the front face of the panel body. The panel body includes a second strip extending along the length of the panel body adjacent to the first strip with a surface texture that is different than that of the first strip. The siding panel further includes a first lock, a second lock, and a fastening strip secured to the first lock.
US11725379B2
A structural reinforced composite construction mat includes a plurality of composite plastic beams that are ganged together to define the mat, with a plurality of flitch plates disposed between at least some of the plastic beams to provide additional strength and rigidity to the mat. The plastic beams may be made of a composite material have a generally rectangular cross-section. The flitch plates have a width (vertical height) when disposed between adjacent beams that is less than the width (vertical height) of the beams, such that the flitch plates may be recessed below and above the top and bottom surfaces of the mat, respectively. A plurality of rods extend in the lateral direction through the beams and plates to compress the beams and plates against each. The flitch plates may be metal or fiber-reinforced resin and may further include slotted holes to allow the beams to retract lengthwise in response to environmental changes.
US11725377B1
An apparatus and method for an intake-end siphon flow regulator that allows for continuous operation in container liquids with entrained gases. A float actuated valve opens and closes as needed so that the siphon draws in container liquid. The float valve mechanism uses magnets that provide for a continuous valve cycling. This cycling overcomes gas build up that typically causes the siphon to fail. By disallowing extended periods of relatively low flow and pressure, the siphon builds up less gas bubbles that obstruct siphon operation. When the liquid rises enough, the float's buoyancy overcomes the magnetic attraction and the valve completely opens. The highest flow possible occurs and washes gases downstream. As the container liquid draws down, the magnets draw closer and when their magnetic fields interact, the magnets are drawn together, completely closing the valve. As liquid again enters the container, the aforementioned cycle repeats.
US11725357B2
A pile includes a shaft; and a soil displacement head or a helical blade with a leading edge and a trailing edge, operatively connected to a first end of the shaft; the shaft having deformations formed thereon to provide a gripping interface between a supporting medium and the shaft.
US11725350B2
A method for controlling the height adjustment of a height-adjustable running gear of a self-propelled ground milling machine, and to a ground milling machine, in particular a road miller, comprising a machine frame, front and rear traction devices, wherein at least one rear traction device is connected to the machine frame by means of a height-adjustable lifting device, a milling drum mounted on the machine frame, a frame tilt sensor arranged on the machine frame and intended for detecting the tilt of the machine frame in the working direction, at least one ground-contact-element tilt sensor, arranged on a ground contact element, which is adjustable relative to the machine frame, and intended for detecting the tilt of the ground contact element in the working direction, and also a control unit, which controls the at least one rear height-adjustable lifting device depending on tilt data determined by means of the frame tilt sensor and the ground-contact-element tilt sensor.
US11725347B2
An embodiment of a rail switch heating system is disclosed, including a controller comprising a processor and memory, an electrically resistive heating element coupled to the controller, the heating element configured for mounting to and heating a railroad rail, and software stored on the memory for executing the steps of: (a) automatically determining a pulse width modulated (PWM) cycle corresponding to a target energy consumption for cycling the heating element on and off; and (b) cycling the heating element on and off according to the PWM cycle.
US11725339B2
Bleached polyacrylic acid crosslinked cellulose fibers with reduced furfural content are disclosed. The reduced furfural content is accompanied by a strong reduction of malodor associated with crosslinked fibers. Methods of furfural reduction include treatment with hydrogen peroxide in the absence of alkaline or other bleaching agents subsequent to curing polyacrylic acid crosslinked cellulose fibers. Some embodiments of treated polyacrylic acid crosslinked cellulose fibers have a furfural content lower than 1.3 ppm. In some embodiments, the reduction of furfural content of the treated crosslinked fibers compared to untreated crosslinked fibers is at least 55%. in some embodiments, furfural content decreases with aging of the treated crosslinked fibers.
US11725335B2
The present invention relates to a system iron. The system iron according to the present invention includes a body including a steam generator for generating steam; an ironing plate, which is rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the body and which sprays the steam generated by the steam generator to an outside; an angle-limiting member for limiting rotation of the ironing plate; a button unit, which is operated in linkage with the angle-limiting unit so as to release a state in which the rotation of the ironing plate is limited by the angle-limiting unit; and an elastic member for maintaining the state in which the rotation of the ironing plate is limited by the angle-limiting unit.
US11725333B2
A multi-functional storage system includes a storage compartment and a machine compartment provided at one side of the storage compartment. The multi-functional storage system also includes a door provided at a foreside of the storage compartment and the machine compartment. The machine compartment includes an intake port and an exhaust port communicating with outside air, and a blower unit for drawing in the outside air through the intake port and exhausting it through the exhaust port. While the door is closed and the intake port and the exhaust port are open, the blower unit is operated so as to dry an inner side of the door.
US11725331B2
A laundry appliance includes a cabinet that includes a pump. A drum is disposed within the cabinet and a tub is operably coupled to the drum and is disposed proximate to the cabinet. A water recirculation assembly is operably coupled to the pump. The water recirculation assembly includes a first tube that is operably coupled to the pump within the cabinet, a second tube that is fluidly coupled to the first tube, and a gap that is defined between the first tube and the second tube.
US11725325B2
A laundry appliance includes a cabinet that includes a front panel that defines an aperture. A user-interface assembly is positioned within the aperture and includes a retaining bracket assembly. The user-interface assembly is biased by a force of gravity toward an open rest position. A spring pin is selectively engaged with the retaining bracket assembly. The user-interface assembly is retained in a retained position by the engagement between the spring pin and the retaining bracket assembly. A spring bracket is coupled to an interior surface of the user-interface assembly. The spring bracket engages an inner surface of the front panel to stop the user-interface assembly in the open rest position when the retaining bracket assembly is released from engagement with the spring pin.
US11725324B2
A washing machine includes a cabinet including an entrance which is formed in a front surface of the cabinet such that laundry is input into or output from the entrance, a tub mounted inside the cabinet, a drum received in the tub and rotatably provided, a motor to provide driving force to rotate the drum, and a vibration sensor to sense vibration of the tub.
US11725323B2
A method for detecting entrapment of an article between a laundry machine door and bellows, comprising: identifying a maximum startup motor torque value of the drum motor while accelerating the drum from a stop to a target rotation speed; identifying a maximum operating motor torque value while rotating the drum at the target rotation speed; comparing a difference between the maximum startup motor torque value and the maximum operating motor torque value to a predetermined torque difference value; and terminating operation if the difference exceeds the predetermined torque difference value. A laundry washing machine configured to perform the method is also provided.
US11725314B2
Pattern data for at least two sizes are converted to knit data, regarding knitted products to be graded. Regarding the knit data for at least two sizes, characteristic points specifying shapes of the knitted products and intermediate shapes specifying shapes of the knitted products between the characteristic points are generated. By interpolating or extrapolating the characteristic points and the intermediate shapes, according to a desired size of the knitted products, characteristic points and intermediate shapes for the desired size are generated. Closed loops are generated by connecting the characteristic points and the intermediate shapes, and knit data for the desired size is generated by allocating knitted stitches within patterns specified by the closed loops. Without pattern data for intermediate sizes, knit data for the intermediate sizes are generated from the two size knit data.
US11725311B2
A knitted component may include a course of a first yarn type and a course of a second yarn type, a first surface at least partially formed by the course of the first yarn type, and a cavity formed within the knitted component that is recessed relative to the first surface. A first float formed by the course of the second yarn type may extend across the cavity and may be exposed, and the course of the second yarn type may include a stitch that is knitted into the knitted component adjacent the float.
US11725299B2
A single crystal manufacturing apparatus to grow a single crystal upward from a seed crystal, the apparatus including an insulated space thermally insulated from a space outside the single crystal manufacturing apparatus, an induction heating coil placed outside the insulated space, a thermal insulation plate that divides the insulated space into a first space including a crystal growth region to grow the single crystal and a second space above the first space and includes a hole above the crystal growth region, a heating element that is placed in the second space and generates heat by induction heating using the induction heating coil to heat the inside of the insulated space, and a support shaft to vertically movably support the seed crystal from below.
US11725298B2
Disclosed herein is an electrolytic brush assembly comprising a handle assembly; a shroud extending from the handle assembly, the shroud having an aperture at a distal end thereof; a brush connecting assembly for releasably connecting a brush to the handle assembly whereby the brush extends through the aperture of the shroud and a fluid delivery assembly. The handle assembly comprises an adjustment sub-assembly for selectively moving the brush connecting assembly and a brush connected thereto relative to the handle assembly and the aperture of the shroud. The fluid delivery assembly delivers electrolytic fluid to the proximity of the brush, optionally under closed loop control.
US11725293B2
A porous transparent electrode is formed where a film comprising of semiconducting nanoparticles is decorated with polyoxometalates (POMs) bonded to their surfaces. The semiconducting nanoparticles are transparent metal oxide. The semiconducting nanoparticles include tin-doped indium oxide (ITO), fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO), or titanium dioxide (TiO2). In an embodiment, the POM is [SiW12O40]4−; [α-P2W18O62]6−; or [α2-P2W17O61]10−. The semiconducting nanoparticles bond to the POM through a combination of electrostatic interactions and hydrogen bonds. The porous transparent electrode can be placed in a protonated form or ion-paired with alkali metal cations or tetraalkylammonium cations.
US11725292B2
A method of electrocatalytic water splitting by providing an anode and a cathode; and utilizing the anode and the cathode for alkaline water electrolysis. Each of the anode and the cathode comprises a uniform distribution of a bifunctional electrocatalyst comprising metallic phosphides on a conductive substrate. The metallic phosphides comprise arion phosphide (FeP) and dinickel phosphide (Ni2P). The bifunctional electrocatalyst promotes hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) at the cathode, and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at the anode.
US11725287B2
This invention provides a technique that enables a chemical conversion coating excellent in adhesiveness and corrosion resistance to be formed on or over a magnesium material or magnesium alloy material and use of the technique. The above object is achieved by performing a surface conditioning treatment by using a surface conditioning agent that includes specific dibasic calcium phosphate particles before performing a chemical conversion for forming the chemical conversion coating.
US11725282B2
A method for operating a substrate processing system includes delivering precursor gas to a chamber using a showerhead that includes a head portion and a stem portion. The head portion includes an upper surface, a sidewall, a lower planar surface, and a cylindrical cavity and extends radially outwardly from one end of the stem portion towards sidewalls of the chamber. The showerhead is connected, using a collar, to an upper surface of the chamber. The collar is arranged around the stem portion. Process gas is flowed into the cylindrical cavity via the stem portion and through a plurality of holes in the lower planar surface to distribute the process gas into the chamber. A purge gas is supplied through slots of the collar into a cavity defined between the head portion and an upper surface of the chamber.
US11725280B2
Methods of forming metal silicon oxide layers and metal silicon oxynitride layers are disclosed. Exemplary methods include providing a silicon precursor to the reaction chamber for a silicon precursor pulse period, providing a first metal precursor to the reaction chamber for a first metal precursor pulse period, and providing a first reactant to the reaction chamber for a first reactant pulse period, wherein the silicon precursor pulse period and the first metal precursor pulse period overlap.
US11725276B2
A plasma purge method that is performed after dry cleaning in a process container and before applying a deposition process to a substrate includes: (a) activating and supplying a first process gas containing Cl2 in the process container; and (b) activating and supplying a second process gas containing H2 and O2 in the process container.
US11725254B2
A method for manufacturing grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: manufacturing a steel slab having at least one of 2 wt % to 7 wt % of Si, 0.03 wt % to 0.10 wt % of Sn, and 0.01 wt % to 0.05 wt % of Sb; hot-rolling the steel slab to produce a hot-rolled sheet; cold-rolling the hot-rolled sheet to produce a cold-rolled sheet; primary recrystallization-annealing the cold-rolled sheet; applying an annealing separator to the primary recrystallization-annealed cold-rolled sheet and drying the same; and secondary recrystallization-annealing the cold-rolled sheet on which the annealing separator is applied. The primary recrystallization-annealing is performed so that the thickness of an oxide layer formed on the surface of the cold-rolled sheet is 0.5 μm to 2.5 μm, and the oxygen amount of the oxide layer is 600 ppm or more after the primary recrystallization-annealing, and in which a forsterite (Mg2SiO4) film can be removed in the secondary recrystallization-annealing.
US11725250B2
In certain embodiments, this application discloses methods for detecting lung cancer. The method includes characterization of cells extracted from human sputum, which is a valuable tissue surrogate and source of upper respiratory cells that become cancerous early in the process of lung cancer development. The method includes the staining of extracted cells with fluorescent reporters that produce a specific pattern in the nuclei of labeled cells, which can be made visible by light microscopy. The pattern is relevant to a type of epigenetic coding of DNA known as DNA methylation, which changes in specific cells of the lung during cancer development, in comparison to normal respiratory cells.
US11725246B2
The invention features methods of identifying patients as being likely to respond to anti-VEGF therapy. Furthermore, in those patients identified as failing to include one or more of the above ophthalmic response markers, the invention features treatment with an EPO antagonist (e.g., alone, or in combination with a VEGF antagonist).
US11725245B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for determining whether a nucleic acid sequence imbalance exists within a biological sample. One or more cutoff values for determining an imbalance of, for example, the ratio of the two sequences (or sets of sequences) are chosen. The cutoff value may be determined based at least in part on the percentage of fetal DNA in a sample, such as maternal plasma, containing a background of maternal nucleic acid sequences. The percentage of fetal DNA can be calculated from the same or different data used to determine the cutoff value, and can use a locus where the mother is homozygous and the fetus is heterozygous. The cutoff value may be determined using many different types of methods, such as sequential probability ratio testing (SPRT).
US11725244B2
The present invention provides genetic markers for identifying engraftable human cardiac ventricular progenitor cells. The engraftment markers of the invention include angiogenic markers and extracellular matrix markers. Human ventricular progenitor cells expressing these markers are capable of forming ventricular tissue in vivo that is vascularized and supported by an extracellular matrix. Methods of engrafting human cardiac ventricular progenitor cells by transplanting into a subject progenitor cells that express the engraftment markers are also provided.
US11725241B2
The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for detecting duplicate sequencing reads. In some embodiments, the duplicate sequencing reads are removed.
US11725235B2
The invention relates to new methods of attaching one or more polynucleotide binding proteins to a target polynucleotide. The invention also related to new methods of characterising target polynucleotides.
US11725229B2
A method of detecting a state of a lipid membrane in a cell of a nanopore based sequencing chip is disclosed. A lipid membrane is coupled with an integrating capacitor, wherein the lipid membrane is between a working electrode and a counter electrode. An alternating current (AC) voltage is applied to the counter electrode. A voltage across the integrating capacitor is periodically sampled by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). A change in the sampled voltage across the integrating capacitor in response to an intermediate change in the AC voltage is determined. A state of the lipid membrane is determined based on the determined change in the sampled voltage across the integrating capacitor in response to the intermediate change in the AC voltage.
US11725207B2
The invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double stranded RNAi agents, targeting the Serpina1 gene, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of Serpina1 and methods of treating subjects having a Serpina1 associated disease, such as a liver disorder.
US11725206B2
Methods and compositions are provided herein for preparing high-throughput cDNA sequencing libraries.
US11725196B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions, kits, and methods of making RNA vaccines having an appropriate cap structure. Systems, apparatus, compositions, and/or methods may include and/or use, in some embodiments, non-naturally occurring single-chain RNA capping enzymes. In some embodiments, an RNA capping enzyme may include an FCE variant having (a) an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to positions 1 to 878 of SEQ ID NO: 1, and/or (b) one or more substitutions relative to SEQ ID NO: 1 at a position selected from positions corresponding to positions 215, 337, 572, 648, and 833 (e.g., a position selected from positions corresponding to position 215, 337, and 572) of SEQ ID NO: 1.
US11725187B2
It is provided a method of expanding ex vivo hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), the method comprising selecting a population of Endothelial Protein C Receptor (EPCR)+ HSC, culturing the selected HSC thereby expanding said EPCR+ HSC and the use of the expanded EPCR+ HSC for stem cells transplantation.
US11725183B2
The present invention relates to an in vitro method of culturing a segmented filamentous bacterium strain, comprising co-culturing said segmented filamentous bacterium strain with a eukaryotic host cell, wherein the culture is performed at an O2 level inferior to 5% in a rich tissue culture liquid medium containing bacterial medium components including iron. The present invention also relates to methods for genetically modifying a segmented filamentous bacterium strain comprising a step a culturing the strain in vitro.
US11725180B2
Microfluidic devices are described that include a microfluidic channel, a first array of one or more magnets above the microfluidic channel, each magnet in the first array having a magnetic pole orientation opposite to a magnetic pole orientation of an adjacent magnet in the first array, and a second array of one or more magnets beneath the microfluidic channel, each magnet in the second array having a magnetic pole orientation opposite to a magnetic pole orientation of an adjacent magnet in the second array. The first array is aligned with respect to the second array such that magnetic fields emitted by the first array and second array generate a magnetic flux gradient profile extending through the channel. An absolute value of the profile includes a first maximum and a second maximum that bound a local minimum. The local minimum is located within the microfluidic channel or less than 5 mm away from a wall of the microfluidic channel. Methods of using the new devices are also described.
US11725179B2
An object of the present invention is to purify and concentrate differentiating cells derived from ES cells, iPS cells, or the like without damaging them. The above problem can be solved by an apparatus for analyzing and separating particles comprising: a flow path cartridge, an illumination unit, a detection unit for detecting particles of interest, a force generating unit, wherein a sample liquid reservoir (sample reservoir) connected to a first flow path; a fourth branched flow path and a fifth branched flow path which are connected to the first flow path; a third-A reservoir connected to the fourth branched flow path; a third-B reservoir connected to the fifth branched flow path; and a fourth reservoir for reserving particles which are not sorting; are formed on the cartridge, and each reservoir comprise a means which equalizes an air pressure in the each reservoir with an air pressure of an in-device air pressure control system, and a stream of the flow path in the cartridge is controlled by controlling the air pressure in the each reservoir through the each in-device air pressure control system.
US11725176B2
Control of humidity in chemical reactors, and associated systems and methods, are generally described. In certain embodiments, the humidity within gas transport conduits and chambers can be controlled to inhibit unwanted condensation within gas transport pathways. By inhibiting condensation within gas transport pathways, clogging of such pathways can be limited (or eliminated) such that transport of gas can be more easily and controllably achieved. In addition, strategies for purging condensed liquid from chemical reactor systems are also described.
US11725165B2
A portion unit of a cleaning agent, having a cleaning agent composition and a chamber which receives the cleaning agent composition and includes a chamber wall that delimits the chamber and has a layer thickness D. The chamber includes a main volume and at least one auxiliary volume, and the cleaning agent composition can freely enter the at least one auxiliary volume from the main volume and vice versa, wherein the chamber wall is formed in a transition region between the main volume and the at least one auxiliary volume in a substantially stepped manner. The invention additionally relates to a method for producing such a portion unit.
US11725155B2
An organic material gasification system is configured such that a carbonization furnace provided with a first air supply mechanism that radiates high-temperature combustion air and high-temperature steam to an organic material combustion region and with a second air supply mechanism that supplies combustion air to an exhaust gas combustion region, to discharge high-temperature exhaust gas is connected to a gasification furnace including a heating unit penetrating through a reactor. A carbide from the carbonization furnace is supplied to the reactor, and the high-temperature exhaust gas from the carbonization furnace is supplied to the heating unit, so that the carbonization efficiency and the carbonization quality are improved and the gasification efficiency is improved.
US11725151B2
Systems and methods to enhance the removal of inorganic contaminants, including metals, from hydrocarbon feedstocks at a refinery. One or more embodiments of such systems and methods may be used to provide a renewable hydrocarbon feedstock having a reduced amount of metal contaminants. The reduction of metal contaminants in the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock mitigates catalyst fouling and/or deactivation during downstream refinery processing of the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock.
US11725149B1
A fluid catalytic cracking catalyst composition (FCC catalyst composition) includes an FCC catalyst and from 1 wt.% to 30 wt.% aromatization-promoting FCC additive. The FCC catalyst includes a USY zeolite, and the aromatization-promoting FCC additive is an MFI zeolite modified with an aromatization compound. The aromatization compound is a metal or metal oxide that includes a metal element from periods 4-6 of the IUPAC periodic table. A method for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed includes contacting the hydrocarbon feed with the FCC catalyst composition at reaction conditions sufficient to upgrade at least a portion of the hydrocarbon feed.
US11725147B2
Methods, processes and devices are described for measuring a volatile content of a process stream that comprises volatile species, such as light hydrocarbons and/or H2S. The method can include introducing a stripping gas into a sample of the process stream to strip the volatiles therefrom and produce a gas phase comprising vaporized volatiles; detecting the vaporized volatiles in the gas phase to obtain a sample volatile content; and determining the volatile content of the process stream based on the sample volatile content. The method and device can be used to measure a light hydrocarbon content of froth treatment tailings in the context of removing such light hydrocarbons prior to flocculating and dewatering the tailings.
US11725142B2
A quantum dot, a method of preparing the quantum dot, and an optical member and an electronic device, each including the quantum dot, are provided. The quantum dot includes: a core including a Group III-V semiconductor compound alloyed with gallium (Ga); a first shell surrounding the core; and a second shell surrounding the first shell, wherein the first shell includes a first compound that includes a Group II-VI semiconductor compound, a Group III-V semiconductor compound, or a Group III-VI semiconductor compound, the second shell includes a second compound that includes a Group II-VI semiconductor compound, a Group III-V semiconductor compound, or a Group III-VI semiconductor compound, the first compound and the second compound are different from each other, and the atomic percentages of specific elements in a material of the core, elemental ratios in the first shell and second shell with respect to the core satisfy certain ranges.
US11725122B2
A tackifier composition comprising at least one thermoplastic hydrocarbon resin and an antioxidant composition is provided; wherein a portion of the volatile organic compounds in the thermoplastic hydrocarbon resin has been removed; wherein the antioxidant composition comprises at least one primary antioxidant and at least one secondary antioxidant; and wherein the levels of individual volatile organic compound monitored in the tackifier composition are less than about 0.5 ppm as measured by GC/MS headspace analysis. Processes for producing the tackifier composition are also provided as well as adhesives comprising the tackifier compositions.
US11725117B2
The presently claimed invention relates to a chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) composition and chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) methods. The presently claimed invention particularly relates to a composition and process for chemical-mechanical polishing of substrates containing copper and ruthenium, specifically, semiconductor substrates containing copper and ruthenium.
US11725114B2
An aqueous ink jet ink composition contains an organic solvent with an SP value of 9.5 to 10.5, resin particles, a plasticizer, and water. With respect to the amount of the aqueous ink jet ink composition, 1.0% by mass to 10.0% by mass of the organic solvent is contained.
US11725112B2
The silicone-based ink for additive manufacturing includes a siloxane macromer, and a porogen mixture comprising a water-soluble porogen and a surfactant. The product of additive manufacturing with a silicone-based ink includes a three-dimensional printed structure including a plurality of continuous filaments arranged in a predefined pattern and a plurality of inter-filament pores defined by the predefined pattern of the continuous filaments. In addition, each continuous filament of the three-dimensional printed structure includes a silicone matrix having an open cell structure with a plurality of intra-filament pores, and the intra-filament pores form continuous channels through the silicone matrix.
US11725109B2
Disclosed herein is a thermal and/or fire resistant panel comprising: a panel body comprising a fire resistant composition, wherein the fire resistant composition comprises: a silane cross-linked hybrid inorganic polymer; and a siloxane.
US11725100B2
Heterophasic polypropylene copolymer compositions and methods of making the same include a matrix phase of a random polypropylene-based copolymer; and an elastomeric rubber phase dispersed in the matrix phase, wherein the elastomeric rubber phase includes propylene and one or more comonomers and has a viscosity index ratio, relative to a viscosity index of the random polypropylene-based copolymer, that ranges from 0.3 to 1.1; and wherein an average particle size of the dispersed elastomeric rubber phase is less than 300 nm. Methods include dispersing an elastomeric rubber phase that includes propylene and one or more comonomers into a matrix phase of a random polypropylene-based copolymer, wherein the elastomeric rubber phase has a viscosity index ratio, relative to a viscosity index of the random polypropylene-based copolymer that ranges from 0.3 to 1.1.
US11725092B2
A foam molded article includes a main agent resin, a filler of greater than or equal to 15% by mass and less than or equal to 80% by mass, and a foaming agent of greater than or equal to 0.01% by mass and less than or equal to 10% by mass, and a foaming ratio caused by the foaming agent is greater than or equal to 1.1 times.
US11725088B2
A prepreg composition includes a plurality of core/shell quantum dots that exhibit an increase in detectable luminescence when the prepreg composition has been exposed to an amount of UV radiation that would render the prepreg composition unsuitable for use in fabricating composite structures, thereby greatly simplifying detection of compromised prepreg materials that for example, may have been inadvertently and undesirably exposed to UV radiation during storage or handling. A method of manufacturing a prepreg composition includes forming a bed of fibers, contacting the fiber bed with a resin matrix, and disposing a plurality of core/shell quantum dots on or in the resin matrix.
US11725087B2
Disclosed are an anion exchange membrane based on an aromatic polymer functionalized with an imidazolium group, a preparation method thereof, and a vanadium redox flow battery including the membrane. The anion exchange membrane based on an aromatic polymer functionalized with an imidazolium group contains a compound represented by a following Chemical Formula 1:
US11725079B2
Compositions including a polyimide and one or more thermally conductive fillers, and compaction rollers for an automated fiber placement machine incorporating the compositions are provided. The polyimide may be a polymeric reaction product of a dianhydride and one or more diamines. The one or more diamines may include a fluorine-containing alkyl ether diamine. The one or more thermally conductive fillers may include one or more of a carbon-based filler, boron nitride, a metal, or combinations thereof. The compositions may have a thermal conductivity of from about 0.2 to about 50 Watts per meter Kelvin (Wm−1 K−1).
US11725061B2
Embodiments of the disclosure include methods and compositions related to chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) that target chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan-4 (CSPG4). T cells transduced with a CSPG4-specific CAR are effective for inhibition of particular cancer cells that express CSPG4. In certain embodiments, the cancer is melanoma, breast cancer, head and neck cancer, mesothelioma, glioblastoma, or renal cancer.
US11725053B2
The present invention is directed to a chimeric antigen receptor fusion protein comprising: (i) a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) comprising VH and VL, wherein scFv has an activity against a tumor antigen, (ii) a transmembrane domain, (iii) at least one co-stimulatory domains, and (iv) an activating domain; wherein the CAR further comprises a human transferrin fragment, which is an epitope for an antibody against human transferrin, at N-terminus or C-terminus to scFv, or between VH and VL. Preferred tumor antigens are CD19, CD22 and BCMA. The CD19-TF-CAR-T cells, CD22-TF-CAR-T cells, and BAMA-TF CAR-T cells secrete less cytokines, but they have the same efficacy against cancer target cells when comparing with same CAR without TF.
US11725052B2
The present disclosure provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human PAR-2 and compositions comprising such antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. In a particular aspect, the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human PAR-2 block the interaction between a PAR-2 activating ligand and an extracellular domain of PAR-2, and/or blocks PAR-2 activation by a PAR-2 activating ligand, In further aspects, the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments can be used to treat diseases or conditions associated with increased expression of PAR-2 and/or diseases or conditions that can be alleviated by antagonizing activation of PAR-2 by a PAR-2 activating ligand (e.g., airway diseases, skin diseases, cancer, orofacial granulomatosis, inflammatory conditions, and pain associated with various diseases or conditions).
US11725046B2
The invention describes fully native human neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against tetanus toxin. The invention developed fully native human neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against tetanus toxin through a systematic high through-put platform that is specialized for identifying and developing human native antibody. The neutralizing monoclonal antibodies described in the invention can be used in the prevention, treatment and detection of Clostridium tetani infection. The fully human neutralizing monoclonal antibodies developed in the invention have a high affinity toward tetanus toxin, as well as possessing high neutralizing activities against the toxin, safe of use with high disease prevention effectiveness, free of exogenous virus contamination, and are widely applicable to various human groups with strong industrial applications.
US11725041B2
Disclosed are compounds for use in modulating immune responses. More particularly, the present invention discloses oligomeric forms of PD-L2 for use in modulating Th1 immune responses. The compounds of the present invention find utility in a range of Th1-mediated disorders including pathogenic infections and hyperproliferative disorders.
US11725026B2
The present disclosure is directed to one or more engineered peptide inhibitors against the lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) activity in cells. The disclosure also provides compositions, and kits including the one or more peptide inhibitors, and methods of using the one or more peptide inhibitors. The peptide inhibitors and compositions can be used for treatment of conditions in which there is abnormally high LDHA activity, such as cancer or metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, mendelian disorders, inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative and neuropathological diseases, neuropsychological disorders, obesity and eating disorders, chronic diseases and genetic diseases.
US11725021B2
An OLED including an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer between the anode and the cathode, where the organic layer includes a compound having the formula [LA]3-nIr[LB]n is disclosed. In the formula, LA is
US11725017B2
Described is a process for producing SiOC-bonded polyether siloxanes branched in the siloxane portion from cyclic branched siloxanes of the D/T type, wherein said process comprises in a first step reacting the mixtures of cyclic branched siloxanes of the D/T type with acetic anhydride optionally in admixture with simple siloxane cycles under acid catalysis to afford acetoxy-bearing branched siloxanes, in a second step performing the equilibration of the acetoxy-modified branched siloxane with trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, preferably with addition of acetic acid, and in a third step reacting the trifluoromethanesulfonic acid-treated acetoxysiloxane with polyetherols optionally in the presence of bases and optionally in the presence of an inert solvent.
US11725015B2
The present invention provides novel Compound (1) having tumor vascular remodeling effect and/or anti-CAF (Cancer Associated Fibroblasts) activity, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and medical uses thereof.
US11725000B2
The invention provides compounds that are inhibitors or covalent modifiers of succinate dehydrogenase subunit B (SDHB) and/or inhibitors of apoptosis, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and stereoisomers thereof. The compounds are employed in pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of making and use, including treating a person in need thereof with an effective amount of the compound or composition.
US11724995B2
Decalin derivative compounds of formula (I) are provided, including processes for preparation thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions including the decalin derivative compounds. Methods are provided for treating blood related disorders, such as sickle cell anemia, in a subject in need thereof using a compound of formula (I).
US11724980B2
We disclose quinone compounds and related species (Formula I) that possess significant advantages when used as a redox active material in a battery, e.g., a redox flow battery. In particular, the compounds provide redox flow batteries (RFBs) with extremely high capacity retention. For example, RFBs of the invention can be cycled for 500 times with negligible loss of capacity, and such batteries could be employed for years of service. Thus, the invention provides a high efficiency, long cycle life redox flow battery with reasonable power cost, low energy cost, and all the energy scaling advantages of a flow battery.
US11724970B2
A method for producing a co-polymer of fulvic acid and poly-metallic humates (CPFAPH) including performing a decomposition reaction via electrolysis of an initial water substratum to produce an end product comprising hydrolyzates; and performing a polymerization of the hydrozylates.
US11724966B2
A temperature-stable modified NiO—Ta2O5-based microwave dielectric ceramic material and a preparation method thereof are provided. Using ion doping modification to form solid solution structure is an important measure to adjust microwave dielectric properties, especially the temperature stability. Based on formation rules of the solid solution, ion replacement methods are designed including Ni2+ ions are replaced by Cu2+ ions, and (Ni1/3Ta2/3)4+ composite ions are replaced by [(Al1/2Nb1/2)ySn1-y]4+ composite ions, which considers that cations with similar ionic radii to Ni2+ and Ta5+ ions can be introduced into the NiTa2O6 ceramic for doping under the same coordination environment (coordination number=6), and therefore a ceramic material with the NiTa2O6 solid solution structure can be obtained. The microwave dielectric ceramic material with excellent temperature stability and low loss is finally prepared by adjusting molar contents of each of doped ions, and its microwave dielectric properties are excellent.
US11724962B2
A method for etching a curved substrate is provided, including: forming a conductive thin film layer with an etched pattern on the curved substrate; supplying power to the conductive thin film layer such that the conductive thin film layer has an equal potential at each position of the conductive thin film layer; etching each position of the curved substrate to an etching depth corresponding to the potential at each position of the conductive thin film layer based on the etched pattern of the conductive thin film layer, so as to obtain the curved substrate having a consistent etching depth at each position of the curved substrate. With the etching method, it is possible to etch an arbitrary curved surface to obtain a microstructure with a uniform processing depth.
US11724959B2
An optical glass contains: a P2O5 component of 30 to 60 mass % (exclusive of 30); an Al2O3 component of 2 to 10 mass % (exclusive of 2); a TiO2 component of 10 to 36 mass % (exclusive of 36); an Nb2O5 component of 0 to 5 mass %; a Ta2O5 component of 0 to 15 mass %; a Bi2O3 component of 0 to 5 mass % (exclusive of 5); and an Sb2O3 component of 0 to 1 mass %; and a BaO component of 1 to 20 mass %.
US11724942B2
The present application provides a method for preparing a zinc oxide nanoparticle structure synthesized using a microfluidic device and a self-assembled porous three-dimensional zinc oxide nanoparticle structure prepared therefrom. The self-assembled porous three-dimensional zinc oxide nanoparticle structure of the present application is a three-dimensional structure in which micropores, mesopores and macropores are created, and has excellent reactivity.
US11724940B2
The present invention provides a method for forming a graphene film through horizontally tiling and self-assembling graphene, including: proportionally adding toluene and alcohol into a graphene aqueous solution to be fully and uniformly mixed; then pouring the mixture into a vacuum filtration device, wherein when a solution in a filter flask forms a layered solution system with upper and lower layers, graphene is confined at an interface and tiled horizontally under a shear force at the interface to allow (002) planes of graphene to gradually become parallel to the interface, and graphene to be self-assembled to form the graphene film; and activating the suction filtration device to remove the solution, to obtain a graphene film with the (002) planes parallel to each other at a microscopic level on a filter paper.
US11724936B2
A catalyst composition suitable for the ethanol reforming process at low temperature with enhanced stability on long term, comprises a noble metal, such as platinum or rhodium, and a transition non-noble metal, such as nickel or cobalt, supported by a carrier comprising, cerium, zirconium, optionally aluminium, supplemented with potassium. It is provided also a method for the stable production of hydrogen from an ethanol containing gas stream, comprising subjecting the gas stream to catalytic ethanol reforming as to form a rich H2 stream, using the catalyst as defined above.
US11724934B2
Multiple degenerately-doped silicon layers are implemented within resonant structures to control multiple orders of temperature coefficients of frequency.
US11724931B2
An example method of correcting a defect in a seat comprises the steps of: (a) imaging a seat to obtain an image of the seat, a portion of the seat having a defect; (b) applying a localized boundary around the portion of the seat having the defect within the image of the seat; (c) translating the localized boundary into a seat specific map of a baseline model of the seat such that a portion of the baseline model of the seat that corresponds to the portion of the seat having the defect within the image of the seat is disposed within a translated localized boundary; (d) selecting a predetermined path for an automated device to correct the portion of the seat having the defect based on the portion of the baseline model of the seat; and (e) correcting the portion of the seat having the defect.
US11724924B2
A rotating lid opener having two opposing handles facilitates removal of a screw lid from a container (e.g., a jar), particularly when used with a separate container securing device to hold the container while the screw lid is being removed using the two-handled device. In certain embodiments, the two opposing handles are one-way foldable and include a locking mechanism to hold the handles in an open/extended position for operating the rotating lid opener to loosen a screw lid from a container.
US11724908B2
An electronic actuator for an elevator safety brake system, the actuator having: an electromagnet assembly; and a first magnet assembly configured for being retracted from engagement with a rail depending on an energized state of the electromagnet assembly, the first magnet assembly including: blocks spaced apart from each other, respectively defining block bodies, and elongated block legs respectively extending aft from the block bodies; and a first magnet is disposed between the block bodies; wherein the electromagnet assembly includes: a core that defines: a core body extending between core ends that are spaced apart from each other; and core stub legs respectively extending forward from the core ends that are positioned adjacent to the elongated block legs when the first magnet assembly is retracted; and a coil winding wound about bobbins that are placed over the core body, the elongated block legs are longer than the core stub legs.
US11724905B2
A printer includes housing having reel mounted therein to support paper roll and paper exit formed in front panel thereof, printing mechanism positioned in the housing and printing head for printing an ink on the sheet of paper, paper cutter for cutting the sheet of paper and paper path defined between the printing head and the paper cutter for the passing of the leading end of the sheet of paper, and paper dispensing mechanism positioned in the housing, which includes drive module and paper dispensing roller set drivable by the drive module to carry the sheet of paper toward the paper exit. The paper dispensing roller set has two rollers made of a flexible and elastic material and pressed against each other. The distance between the center of the two rollers is less than the combination of the radius of the two rollers.
US11724880B2
A storage system configured to house a plurality of containers housing inventory items includes support members, a first set of parallel rails to support a mobile, manipulator robot, and a fluid supply line having a plurality of valves disposed within the fluid supply line. Each of the valves having a closed condition in which the supply line is in fluid isolation from an outside environment and an open condition in which the supply line is in fluid communication with the environment such that the supply line is configured to supply fluid to a mobile, manipulator robot. Mobile, manipulator robots for retrieving inventory items stored within the containers and retrieval methods are also disclosed herein.
US11724871B2
A pack for smoking articles can include two groups of smoking articles arranged adjacent to each other; an inner containing element surrounding the two groups, having two distinct and separate extraction openings to access the respective groups of smoking articles, and having a front wall, two side walls and/or a rear wall; an outer containing element arranged around the inner containing element, surrounding the two groups, and having a rear wall; and two lids, which are hinged at opposite ends of the rear wall of the outer containing element, rotate between an open and closed position of the corresponding extraction openings, and each having a rear wall hinged to the rear wall of the outer containing element, two side walls, one front wall and one end wall.
US11724870B2
Contact lens dispensers are provided including a pens dispenser having an interior and a dispensing end. A delivery screw is provided in the interior of the tubular housing. The delivery screw has a thread pitch and a plurality of contact lenses, one contact lens per pitch. Upon actuation of an actuator, each contact lens moves along the thread by a distance of one pitch and a single contact lens is dispensed from the dispensing end of the tubular housing. A case and disposable foil contact lens cartridge are also provided as a re a case and disposable contact lens foil spool, wherein actuation of push-buttons dispense contact lenses ready for immediate application onto an eye.
US11724858B2
A multi-compartment package for dispensing plural items is disclosed. The package includes plural individual sealed compartment units which are releasably secured to each other. Each compartment unit includes a flanged base from which a chamber depends. The chamber serves to hold an item to be dispensed and is surrounded by a flange. A closure member, in the form of a respective portion of a frangible cover sheet, is adhesively secured to the flange of each compartment unit. Each compartment unit includes at least one foldable tab in a corner of its flange, which can be folded down to enable the closure member to be removed from the compartment unit after the compartment unit is separated from other compartment units of the package.
US11724857B2
An attachment mechanism between folding walls of a plastic container facilitates the assembly and disassembly of said walls and at the same time provides a strong attachment capable of resisting the stresses to which the container is subjected. The attachment mechanism includes a pair of male active closure means, a pair of male passive closure means, a pair of female active closure means and a pair of female passive closure means.
US11724855B2
A tray is provided for retaining a plurality of food items that includes a bottom wall portion and a sidewall portion together defining a plurality of compartments separated from each other by dividers and each configured to retain a stack of the food items. Each of the dividers is interconnected to the sidewall portion by a pair of scalloped ledges. The sidewall portion of the tray includes two side panels each including stiffening ribs extending only along a portion thereof, but not extending along an entire length thereof. The tray is configured such that, in response to a compressing force applied to the tray in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second side panels, the sidewall portion of the tray deflects in a direction away from the food items.
US11724844B2
An ultrasonic sealing device including a sonotrode for sealing a packaging material, including a piezoelectric transducer to generate ultrasonic acoustic vibrations for the sealing, a housing, a power circuit connected to the piezoelectric transducer. The power circuit is enclosed in the housing, and an absorbent arranged in the housing to absorb moisture in an atmosphere therein to lower humidity. A method of controlling humidity in an ultrasonic sealing device is also described.
US11724843B2
Packaging apparatus and methods include a plurality of article grippers driven by independently controlled motors in an end-of-arm tooling (EOAT), for picking articles, grouping articles, adjusting group pitch and placing article groups in packages where incoming articles and packages are continuously or intermittently moving and without motion of the entire EOAT in the direction in which articles and packages are picked and moved. Hole healing and incoming product registration apparatus and methods are disclosed.
US11724842B2
A component mounting system including: a component mounting device group in which a plurality of component mounting devices that mount components supplied to a board transported in from an upstream side by a tape feeder and transport out the board to a downstream side, and cut a carrier tape after supplying the components by a cutter device and discharge scraps of carrier tape, are installed on a floor surface while being arranged in a direction of conveying the board; a main conveyor that is installed along an arrangement direction of the plurality of component mounting devices in a region on the floor surface under the component mounting device group, and transports the scraps of carrier tape discharged from each of the plurality of component mounting devices; and a scraps storage that is installed outside the region and stores the scraps of carrier tape transported by the main conveyor.
US11724840B2
A blister packing machine includes: a conveyor that conveys a belt-like container film having a pocket portion forming area and an expected mounting part; a preheating device that preheats the container film conveyed by the conveyor; a pocket portion forming device that forms a pocket portion in the container film softened by the preheating device; and a tension applier that applies a tension along a width direction of the container film to at least the pocket portion forming area. The pocket portion forming device forms the pocket portion while the tension applier applies the tension to the container film, the container film has an edge area between an edge in the width direction and the expected mounting part, and the tension applier includes a projection that applies the tension to the container film by pressing the edge area to form a protruding portion in the container film.
US11724833B2
Systems for insulating a space vehicle or space borne container from an external environment as well as cryogens from heat sources. Such systems also protect the vehicle from the high dynamic pressures, the high heat loads encountered in atmospheric flight, and provide storage capability that strongly limits, or effectively eliminates, cryogenic boil-off losses once in space. Such systems include an expandable structure having a plurality of contiguously adjacent expandable layers. The layers are connected by a plurality of tension connectors between successive layers. For launch and flight the layers can be restrained in a collapsed position. Whereupon exiting a free stream environment, the layers are expanded where they can lock into place or otherwise remain in an expanded state. The expansion creates separation between the layers with minimal conduction paths providing near theoretically perfect multi-layer insulation and extremely effective debris protection.
US11724828B2
An example system for extraterrestrial deployment of a flexible membrane surface includes a flexible membrane having a periphery and an interior. The flexible membrane is rolled about a roll axis into a cylindrical geometric shape in an undeployed state. A payload base has extendable radial booms, wherein the distal end of each extendable radial boom is attached to the periphery of the flexible membrane and the interior of the flexible membrane is free of attachment to the extendable radial booms. The payload base and the extendable radial booms are positioned to one side of the flexible membrane along the roll axis. The extendable radial booms are configured to extend orthogonally to the roll axis from the payload base to unroll the flexible membrane about the roll axis to form the flexible membrane surface in a deployed state, wherein the roll axis is substantially orthogonal to the flexible membrane surface.
US11724826B2
Spacecraft servicing devices and related methods may include a propellant tank configured to store a propellant and to be placed into fluid communication with a portion of the target spacecraft.
US11724820B2
A system and method to assist aircraft pilots with rapid decision-making in cases where the pilot needs to make a flight diversion at low altitudes due to an emergency (for example, loss of thrust). Once an emergency need for diversion is detected, the system and method generates a list of alternative airports the plane can reach given: (i) the current conditions of the plane; (ii) a real-emergency time simulation of evolving conditions of the plane; (iii) the environment at potential landing sites; and (iv) the environment on the flight path to those sites. For airports potentially within reach, the system and method provides a confidence scores for successful landings for alternative simulated landing options. The simulations and confidence scores take into account aircraft position, altitude, speed, and possible further problems with the aircraft for the both the current flight path and for each simulated alternative.
US11724817B2
An aircraft including a combustion engine with a combustion chamber an injection device for injecting fuel in the combustion chamber and an air separation device adapted to separate air into an oxygen-enriched gas mix and an nitrogen-enriched gas mix, wherein the oxygen-enriched gas mix is injected into the combustion chamber with the fuel while the nitrogen-enriched gas mix is used to inert at least some portions of the aircraft in the environment of said combustion engine.
US11724815B2
A hybrid engine including features to meet aircraft thrust, passenger airflow, and fuel cell requirements. The engine includes a combustor burning the same fuel as the fuel cell. The engine has electric motors to utilize the power output of the fuel cell. The engine shafts have sprags to allow motors to drive the compressors and over run the turbines. The engine has variable flowpath geometry to bypass the combustor.
US11724811B2
Outflow valve assemblies for an aircraft, aircraft including an outflow valve assembly, and methods for installing an outflow valve assembly on an aircraft, are provided. In one example, an outflow valve assembly includes a louver that is movably disposed to at least partially cover an opening formed through a fuselage on an aircraft. A motor is coupled to the louver and is configured to move the louver between a closed position to obstruct fluid communication through the opening and an open position to allow fluid communication through the opening between inside and outside of the aircraft. A sound absorptive panel is disposed adjacent to the opening to attenuate noise that is generated when the louver is in the open position.
US11724805B2
A control method includes acquiring motion information of a tracked object, and based on the motion information, controlling movement of a carrying device that carries a tracking device to enable the tracking device to track the tracked object while maintaining approximately unchanged an angle between a moving direction of the tracked object and a line connecting the tracked object and the tracking device when the tracked object moves.
US11724804B2
A male part and a female part can reversibly couple aircraft to one another using an attachment mechanism. The male part includes a wall forming a shaft and is operable to attach to a first aircraft. The female part includes a wall forming a cavity and is operable to attach to a second aircraft. The attachment mechanism can regulate a mechanical engagement between the shaft on the male part and the cavity on the female part while the first aircraft and the second aircraft are airborne or on land. The attachment mechanism is operable to switch between an engaged position and a disengaged position. In the engaged position, the attachment mechanism initiates the mechanical engagement to rigidly attach the first and the second aircraft to one another. In the disengaged position, the attachment mechanism discontinues the mechanical engagement to detach the first and the second aircraft from one another.
US11724801B2
An aircraft includes an airframe having a fixed-wing section and a plurality of articulated electric rotors, at least some of which are variable-position rotors having different operating configurations based on rotor position. A first operating configuration is a vertical-flight configuration in which the rotors generate primarily vertical thrust for vertical flight, and a second operating configuration is a horizontal-flight configuration in which the rotors generate primarily horizontal thrust for horizontal fixed-wing flight. Control circuitry independently controls rotor thrust and rotor orientation of the variable-position rotors to provide thrust-vectoring maneuvering. The fixed-wing section may employ removable wing panels so the aircraft can be deployed both in fixed-wing and rotorcraft configurations for different missions.
US11724797B2
A system of fall back flight control configured for use in electric aircraft includes an input control configured to receive a pilot input and generate a control datum. System includes a flight controller communicatively coupled to the input control and configured to receive the control datum and generate an output datum. The system includes the actuator having a primary mode in which the actuator is configured to move the at least a portion of the electric aircraft as a function of the output datum and a fall back mode in which the actuator is configured to move the at least a portion of the aircraft as a function of the control datum. The actuator configured to receive the control datum, receive the output datum, detect a loss of communication with the flight controller, and select the fall back mode as a function of the detection.
US11724793B2
Systems, devices, and methods including an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); one or more inner wing panels of the UAV; one or more outer wing panels of the UAV; at least one inboard propeller attached to at least one engine disposed on the one or more inner wing panels; at least one tip propeller attached to at least one engine disposed on the one or more outer wing panels; at least one microcontroller configured to: determine an angular position of the at least one inboard propeller; and send a signal to halt rotation of the at least one inboard propeller such that the at least one inboard propeller is held in an attitude that provides for clearance of the propeller blade to the ground upon landing.
US11724792B2
An airfoil body is provided for an aircraft which includes a first skin, a second skin, a plurality of first stiffeners and a plurality of second stiffeners. The first stiffeners are configured from or otherwise include first stiffener composite material. The first stiffeners extends widthwise between and are connected to the first skin and the second skin. Each of the first stiffeners has a first stiffener longitudinal centerline that extends spanwise along the first skin and the second skin. The second stiffeners are configured from or otherwise include second stiffener composite material. The second stiffeners extend widthwise between and are connected to the first skin and the second skin. Each of the second stiffeners has a second stiffener longitudinal centerline that extends lengthwise along the first skin and the second skin.
US11724784B2
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a crustacean trap can include a cage configured to trap one or more crustaceans, and a propulsion system connected to the cage and configured to provide propulsion to the cage. In certain embodiments, the trap can include a controller configured to control the propulsion system to autonomously pilot the trap.
US11724781B2
A BOG reliquefaction system includes: a compressor; a heat exchanger cooling the BOG compressed by the compressor through heat exchange using BOG not compressed by the compressor; a pressure reducer disposed downstream of the heat exchanger and reducing a pressure of fluid cooled by the heat exchanger; and a combination of a first temperature sensor disposed upstream of a cold fluid channel of the heat exchanger and a fourth temperature sensor disposed downstream of a hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger, combination of a second temperature sensor disposed downstream of the cold fluid channel of the heat exchanger and a third temperature sensor disposed upstream of the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger, or combination of a first pressure sensor disposed upstream of the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger and a second pressure sensor disposed downstream of the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger.
US11724760B2
A linear actuator system includes a linear actuator including an outer body, an inner body disposed within the outer body, a fluid chamber at least partially extending between the inner body and the outer body, a piston chamber extending at least partially within the inner body, a valve configured to selectively fluidly couple the fluid chamber and the piston chamber to each other, a piston assembly including a piston, a variable volume within the piston chamber that extends between the piston and the valve, and a gas collector assembly including a fluid passageway. The piston assembly is disposed within the piston chamber, wherein a movement of the piston assembly causes a gas separated from a liquid within the variable volume to flow through the fluid passageway, through the valve, and into the fluid chamber.
US11724736B2
A vehicle has a trailer backup steering input apparatus, a trailer backup assist control module coupled to the a trailer backup steering input apparatus, and an electric power assist steering system coupled to the trailer backup assist control module. The trailer backup steering input apparatus is configured for outputting a trailer path curvature signal approximating a desired curvature for a path of travel of a trailer towably coupled to the vehicle. The trailer backup assist control module is configured for determining vehicle steering information as a function of the trailer path curvature signal. The electric power assist steering system is configured for controlling steering of steered wheels of the vehicle as a function of the vehicle steering information.
US11724729B2
A child trailer has a bottom frame and a side frame, and a folding joint is disposed on the tail support of the trailer. A front end of the bottom frame is rotationally connected with a front end of the side frame. A top support rod is fixed at a rear end of the side frame. Left and right ends of the top support rod are respectively connected with an upper-section tail support rod rotating around an axis thereof. A tail end of the upper-section tail support rod is connected with a folding joint. The other end of the folding joint is connected with a lower-section tail support rod. A rear end of the bottom frame is connected with a tail rack rotating around a shaft parallel to the axis of the top support rod.
US11724728B2
A nestable shopping cart has an upright frame, and a tray pivotally connected to the upright frame. The tray includes a utility position, a nested position, an inside, and an outside. Further included is a perimeter wire surrounding the tray and a tapered front. The perimeter wire surrounds the outside of the tray until the tapered front, and then the perimeter wire surrounds the inside of the tapered front.
US11724727B1
A framework includes axially spaced apart stands each including a front extremity and a rear extremity extending upright between an upper end and a lower end, the front extremities, the back extremities, the upper ends, and the lower ends defining the framework's front section, rear section, top, and ground-engaging bottom, respectively, and an axle and a rung intermediate the top and the bottom, the axle between the front section and the rear section and coupled between the stands and the rung coupled between the back extremities. A load-supporting roller carried by the axle intermediate the top and the bottom between the front section and the rear section is above the rung and configured to rotate. The framework defines a load-reception area open to the roller between the stands along the rear section from the rung to the top and along the front section from the top to below the roller.
US11724715B2
A vehicle control system generates a first target trajectory, which is a target trajectory for an automated driving of a vehicle, and executes vehicle travel control based on the first target trajectory. The vehicle control system generates a second target trajectory which is a target trajectory which does not conflict with a restrict condition, when the travel based on the first target trajectory conflicts with a safety restrict condition, and executes travel assist control by using the second target trajectory. The vehicle control system judges whether or not a resurgence condition is satisfied by using the first target trajectory that is generated during the execution of the travel assist control. If it is judged that the resurgence condition is satisfied, the vehicle control system returns to the execution of the vehicle travel control from that of the travel assist control.
US11724712B2
A driving assistance apparatus includes a controller programmed to perform a deceleration assistance process of assisting in decelerating a vehicle before the vehicle arrives at a deceleration object, and to control a display apparatus to display, in a first display area, first notification information for notifying an occupant of the vehicle of the deceleration object that is a target for the deceleration assistance process. When a first object and a second object that is different from the first object are both detected as the deceleration object and the second object is the target for the deceleration assistance process but the first object is not the target for the deceleration assistance process, the controller is programmed to control the display apparatus to display, in a second display area, second notification information for notifying the occupant of the first object, the second display area is different from the first display area.
US11724704B2
A method for determining at least one characteristic value of a drivetrain, which drivetrain is located in the installed state in a motor vehicle that can be partially or fully electrically driven using the drivetrain and has an electrical part having electrical components and a mechanical part having mechanical components. The electrical part and the mechanical part are coupled via an electrical machine. A predetermined mechanical boundary condition for the electrical machine is set by actuating at least one of the mechanical components of the mechanical part and/or using at least one vehicle-external mechanical component. A control device generates an electrical excitation signal in the electrical part by actuating at least one of the electrical components of the electrical part and detects a response signal using a measuring device of the motor vehicle.
US11724701B2
A terminal device and a personal mobility communicating with terminal device are disclosed. The personal mobility receives gesture information about a leader gesture recognized by a terminal when in a leader state while performing a group riding mode. Additionally, the personal mobility identifies intention information corresponding to the received gesture information and transmits the identified intention information to another personal mobility in the follower state. At least one of a illuminator or sound output are operated based on the identified intention information and the transmitted intention information from the personal mobility in the leader state is displayed through display while performing the group riding mode.
US11724699B2
A method of controlling a powertrain of a vehicle is carried out such that during shifting in which a first clutch is released and a second clutch is engaged, whether a current shift phase is a torque phase or an inertia phase is determined. Different cost functions for the torque phase and the inertia phase are predefined. A control input change for minimizing the cost functions in the torque phase and the inertia phase is calculated. At least two among input torque, first clutch torque, or second clutch torque input to a transmission are controlled by applying the control input change calculated for the torque phase and the inertia phase.
US11724694B2
A traveling assistance apparatus controls a safety apparatus for avoiding collision between an own vehicle and an object, based on detection information from an object detection apparatus. The assistance apparatus calculates a predicted time to collision of a target object and the own vehicle, and operates the safety apparatus in response to the predicted time to collision being equal to or less than a predetermined operation timing. In response to a steering operation by a driver for collision avoidance of the own vehicle being performed, the assistance apparatus performs operation-stop in which operation of the safety apparatus is stopped or operation-delay in which the operation timing is delayed. The assistance apparatus suppresses the operation-stop or the operation-delay in response to a target object serving as a collision avoidance target being recognized in a path of the own vehicle after the steering operation by the driver, based on the detection information.
US11724690B2
Systems and methods can improve passenger safety for an Autonomous Vehicle (AV) based on the integration of sensor data captured by the AV's interior and exterior sensors. The AV can determine passenger occupancy data corresponding to where each passenger is detected within the AV by the interior sensors. The AV can determine multiple sets of one or more driving actions that the AV can perform at a future time. The AV can generate crash impact data corresponding to where each passenger is detected from one or more simulated collisions between the AV and one or more objected detected by the exterior sensors when the AV performs one or more sets of driving actions from among the multiple sets. The AV can determine ranked sets of driving actions based on the passenger occupancy data and the crash impact data.
US11724688B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a control module (15) for a vehicle powertrain. The powertrain comprises a transmission (14), an engine (12) and an electric machine (16). The control module (15) is configured to receive an input indicative of a requested upshift and in response to the received signal the control module (15) increases the torque output of the engine (12) prior to the start of the torque phase (20). As the torque output of the engine (12) increases the control module (15) decreases the torque output of the electric machine (16) such that a constant wheel torque is applied to the wheels (18) during the torque phase (20) of the upshift.
US11724677B2
Described are devices, systems and methods for managing a supplemental brake control system in autonomous vehicles. In some aspects, a supplemental brake management system includes brake control hardware and software that operates with a sensing mechanism for determining the brake operational status and a control mechanism for activating the supplemental brake control in an autonomous vehicle, which can be implemented in addition to the vehicle's primary brake control system.
US11724676B2
A trailer control valve for a tractor includes a body defining a supply port and first and second delivery ports. The supply port is configured for fluid communication with a fluid source on the tractor. The first and second delivery ports are configured for fluid communication with glad-hand connectors through which fluid is supplied from the tractor to a trailer. A pressure sensing solenoid receives fluid signal from each of the first and second deliver ports and selectively passes fluid signal therefrom to a pressure sensor as a function of a brake control signal received by a controller that controls the pressure sensing solenoid.
US11724674B2
A method for automatically braking a commercial vehicle includes: providing a plurality of ultrasonic radars on a front vehicle body of a target commercial vehicle, the ultrasonic radars being configured to detect a region before the target commercial vehicle in a gapless manner, an active speed range being set for each ultrasonic radar; acquiring a current speed of the target commercial vehicle in real time and calculating a safe distance for each ultrasonic radar in accordance with the current speed; and detecting whether there is an obstacle within the safe distance in real time, and when there is the obstacle within the safe distance, transmitting a decelerating or braking instruction to an execution system of the target commercial vehicle.
US11724665B1
An assembly for a vehicle includes a pillar elongated along an axis. A seatbelt guide is supported by the pillar. The seatbelt guide is moveable relative to the pillar along the axis. The vehicle includes a seatbelt retractor and a webbing. The webbing is retractably extendable from the retractor. The seatbelt retractor is below the seatbelt guide. The webbing extends upwardly from the retractor and around the seatbelt guide. The vehicle includes a load limiter. The load limiter has a lower end fixed to the pillar. The load limiter has an upper end. The upper end is between the seatbelt guide and the lower end. The load limiter is crushable relative to the seatbelt guide and the pillar.
US11724660B1
An airbag module includes an airbag, an inflator, and a mounting retainer. The airbag includes an inflation chamber, an inflation port for the inflation chamber, and a neck that opens into the inflation chamber around the inflation port. The airbag further includes a pocket. The pocket is located on the neck and opens away from the neck and the inflation port. The inflator is configured to be inserted into the neck and inflate the inflation chamber through the inflation port. The mounting retainer is configured to be installed to the neck in the pocket, receive and support the inflator, and mount the airbag to a vehicle.
US11724654B2
A lining element for a wear-resistant haul truck body lining comprises a reinforcement plate being at least partly embedded in elastic material. The reinforcement plate comprises a plurality of mounting holes which are arranged for mounting the lining element to a haul truck body and which are not covered by the elastic material, and one or more weight-reducing cut-out openings which are larger than the mounting holes and which are covered by the elastic material.
US11724649B2
A camera monitoring system and a method of controlling the same are provided. The camera monitoring system includes a camera assembly that captures an image of an outer side surface of a vehicle and a mirror assembly disposed to overlap at least a portion of the camera assembly. A driver performs deployment and folding of the camera assembly and the mirror assembly. A controller operates the driver in response to an input of the deployment or folding of the camera assembly and the mirror assembly and determines a failure of the camera assembly. The camera assembly and the mirror assembly are moved based on a single drive shaft, and the controller deploys or folds the camera assembly and the mirror assembly.
US11724647B2
A rotary imaging device for wheels and an automobile are disclosed. The rotary imaging device for wheels includes a housing matched with the wheels, and a processing component, a display component and a power supply that are installed in the housing, the processing component being electrically connected with the display component and the processing component and the display component being both electrically connected with the power supply. The processing component is configured to send received or read to-be-displayed content to the display component after preset processing, and the display component is configured to display the to-be-displayed content sent by the processing component. According to the rotary imaging device for wheels and the automobile, images or videos can be formed through rotation of the wheels.
US11724645B1
A system warning the driver of a mass transit vehicle that at least one pedestrian is within an injury risk zone adjacent the mass transit vehicle. The system includes a vibration generator in or on the driver's seat of the mass transit vehicle, functionally associated with a motion sensor and an associated timer commencing sensing of pedestrian motion toward the vehicle for a predetermined duration immediately after the boarding door has been closed in preparation for departure from the boarding zone. Any such pedestrian motion toward the vehicle sensed by the motion sensor within a first risk zone adjacent the vehicle stimulates the first vibration generator to generate a first tactile signaling output perceptible by the driver sitting on the driver's seat for notification of the pedestrian motion in the first risk zone. The vibratory notification may be combined with motion-stimulated visual warning output on a monitor and/or auditory alarm output on a speaker. A plurality of different risk zones can be monitored by different sets of vibration generators, motion detectors, visual stimulus warning outputs (on a split-screen monitor) and/or sound generators for auditory alarm outputs. The system can also function in cooperation with existing safety systems such as warning lights, pedestrian crossing arms, pivot-out stop signs; of the system can include enhanced lighting such as predominantly downwardly directed flood lights mounted on the vehicle below the driver's eyesight (to prevent glare).
US11724644B2
A vehicle for transporting passengers include a floor board on which the passengers ride. The vehicle further includes a passenger distribution detection device that detects a passenger distribution that is a distribution of the passengers on the floor board. The vehicle further includes a control device that executes a passenger guidance control that guides the passengers on the floor board such that the passenger distribution approaches a target passenger distribution to increase a stability of the vehicle.
US11724637B2
An opening and closing body control device is applied to a vehicle that includes a vehicle body having an opening, an opening and closing body configured to open and close the opening, a drive unit configured to operate the opening and closing body, and a detection device configured to detect a gesture operation of a user. The opening and closing body control device includes: a position acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of a portable device carried by the user by wireless communication; an operation determination unit configured to determine whether the gesture operation is executed in a situation where the portable device is present in a detection area of the detection device; and an opening and closing body control unit configured to operate the opening and closing body based on a content of the gesture operation when it is determined that the user executes the gesture operation.
US11724635B2
Some embodiments provide a vehicle which includes a one or more sets of light emitter devices and sensor devices included in a common element assembly of the vehicle which includes a common window element via which the light emitter devices and sensor devices can interact with an external environment in which the vehicle is located. The sensor devices and light emitter devices can be communicatively coupled, and operation of the light emitter devices and sensor devices can be adjustably controlled to mitigate interference by the light emitter devices with sensor data representations generated by the sensor devices. The window element can include a reflection-mitigating layer which mitigates reflection of light beams emitted by one or more light emitter devices in an assembly towards one or more sensor elements of one or more sensor devices included in the same assembly.
US11724633B2
Package sorting systems and methods of use are disclosed herein. An example system includes a platform of a vehicle, where the platform is arranged as a grid having a plurality of slots (including an open slot and a target slot). A plurality of slabs can be placed into the grid except for in the open slot. A slab moving assembly is used to move the slabs in order to place a selected slab into the target slot on the platform.
US11724628B2
A vehicle seat capable of exhibiting both performances of regulating an input of a load and reducing vibration is provided. One aspect of the present disclosure is a vehicle seat including a coupling structure coupling a first member and a second member. The coupling structure includes a bolt inserted through the first member and the second member, an auxiliary member arranged so as to hold the first member between the auxiliary member and the second member in an axial direction of the bolt, a first elastic element arranged between the first member and the second member in the axial direction, the first elastic element being in contact with the first member and the second member, and a second elastic element arranged between the first member and the auxiliary member in the axial direction, the second elastic element being in contact with the first member and the auxiliary member.
US11724626B2
A vehicle seat includes a pad having an air passage, a skin material, and a skin locking clip embedded in the pad and configured to tuck in a prescribed linear portion of the skin material. The pad includes a main body member in which the skin locking clip is embedded, an intermediate layer member arranged on the main body member, and a surface layer member arranged on the intermediate layer member. The main body member includes a linear bulging portion extending along the linear portion and bulging so as to define a plane substantially identical to a surface of the surface layer member, and the skin material is tucked in by the skin locking clip at a portion extending further from the surface layer member than the linear bulging portion.
US11724621B2
A refuse vehicle includes a lift assembly configured to engage and lift a refuse receptacle, an electrical energy system configured to store power and supply power to the refuse vehicle, and a controller configured to determine an amount of power required to move the refuse vehicle to a charging location, measure one or more electrical attributes of the refuse vehicle to determine an amount of length of time the refuse vehicle can operate based on a remaining power of the electrical energy system, and limit operations of one or more components of the refuse vehicle based on a comparison of the amount of power required to move the refuse vehicle to the charging location and the amount of length of time the refuse vehicle can operate.
US11724620B2
A method of controlling a battery system in a vehicle during discharging or charging includes temporarily interrupting discharging or charging of the identified battery cell with the lowest or highest state charge level; continuing discharging or charging the remaining battery cells; sequentially temporarily interrupting discharging or charging a battery cell in each one of the other battery stacks; controlling a duration of the sequentially temporarily interrupting discharging or charging a battery cell in each one of the other battery stacks based on a battery system characteristic; comparing a monitored state charge levels of the remaining battery cells with the state charge level of the lowest or highest battery cell of the corresponding battery stack; and resuming discharging or charging of the identified battery cell when state charge levels of the remaining battery cells of the set of battery cells corresponds to the state charge level of the identified battery cell.
US11724618B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for assembly line charging of vehicle batteries. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving battery data of a plurality of vehicle batteries on an assembly line, the received battery data including electric charge data of each vehicle battery of the plurality of vehicle batteries, each of the plurality of vehicle batteries being powered by a corresponding linear section of a stationary power transmitter line, calculating a vehicle battery charge of each of the plurality of vehicle batteries based on the received electric charge data, evaluating the calculated vehicle battery charge of each of the plurality of vehicle batteries relative to associated vehicle battery charge parameters, and adjusting a power supplied to the corresponding linear section of the stationary power transmitter line based on the evaluation of the calculated vehicle battery charge of each of the plurality of vehicle batteries.
US11724616B2
Embodiments of a method and/or system for charging one or more electric vehicles (e.g., based on one or more reserved charging sessions; for charging an electric vehicle during a scheduled time period; etc.) can include: receiving a reservation request (e.g., a reservation request including one or more reservation parameters; etc.); scheduling a reserved charging session based on the reservation request (e.g., based on reservation parameters from the reservation request; etc.); determining a check in at an Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE) for the reserved charging session; and/or causing the EVSE to charge the electric vehicle based on the reserved charging session (e.g., during the scheduled time period; etc.). Embodiments can support load management across groups of vehicles, offline access control, and improved user interfaces with improved security for facilitating charging sessions.
US11724609B2
Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for releasably attaching a charging interface (that is coupled to an overhead cable) to a lower surface, thereby helping contribute to limiting unintended movement of the charging interface. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a releasable coupling. An upper interface is configured to secure a first end of the releasable coupling to an implement at an end of an overhead cable that extends downwardly from an overhead body. A lower interface is configured to releasably secure a second end of the releasable coupling to a lower surface. The lower interface is configured to release the second end of the releasable coupling responsive to a strain on the lower interface in excess of a release threshold.
US11724608B2
A female charging socket for transferring charging current to an electrical vehicle via a male charging plug, wherein the charging socket has a hollow socket body to receive a plug body of the charging plug, wherein electrical contact areas running concentrically are interior to the charging socket and distributed therein in an axial direction; wherein the charging plug is insertable into the hollow socket body, the charging plug being formed of a conical or cylindrical plug body and having exterior thereto multiple electrical contact tracks running concentrically around the plug body distributed axially for making electrical contact with the electrical contact areas of the charging socket, and wherein the charging socket further comprises at least one spanning contact adapted to bring into electrical contact and hold at least one of the electrical contact areas of the charging socket with a corresponding respective electrical contact track of the charging plug.
US11724605B2
A lithium ion (Li-ion) battery module includes a module terminal configured to electrically couple the Li-ion battery module to an electrical connector of an external load. The module terminal includes a conductive component and a sealing shim secured to the conductive component, the sealing shim being formed from a polymeric material. The Li-ion battery module includes a housing containing a plurality of Li-ion battery cells and having an opening through which the conductive component of the module terminal at least partially protrudes. The sealing shim of the module terminal is directly secured to the housing and forms a seal isolating an interior of the housing from the external environment.
US11724600B2
An electrical power distribution network of an electric power system of an aircraft is operated in at least one normal operation mode such that it provides for load sharing across electrical power sources (A, B, C, D) with respect to electrical loads (AA, BB, CC, DD), wherein the electrical power distribution network, in case of an electrical fault, is operated in at least one electrical failure mitigating operation mode, which provides for electric fault isolation, such that a network portion of the electrical power distribution network including the electrical fault is isolated from at least one other network portion of the of the electrical power distribution network.
US11724597B2
A method for displaying information to the occupants of a vehicle includes setting a display-hosting region on a window of a vehicle and obtaining a number of driving parameters of the vehicle. Points of interest (POI) information, such as landmarks, and commercial and other desired locations, which satisfy a number of preset conditions according to the number of the driving parameters are obtained. Facial images and face parameters of occupants are obtained, and POI and associated information can be displayed according to the number of facial parameters. The POI information is displayed to one or more display regions.
US11724592B2
A fuel device assembly including a valve assembly and a baffle plate, the valve assembly including a valve cover and a first weld plate provided at an upper end of the valve cover coupling the valve assembly to an interior-facing surface a fuel tank of a vehicle, the baffle plate including a body having a plurality of spaced apart holes formed therein and a housing member extending from the body for receiving and lockingly engaging the valve assembly.
US11724590B2
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a method is described. According to the method, an actual volume of fuel added to at least one fuel tank is determined. It is also determined, an amount of fuel indicated as having been added to the fuel tank from a refueling station. The actual volume added is compared to the amount of fuel indicated as having been added to determine a difference between the two values.
US11724589B2
A motor vehicle having a vehicle body, an engine compartment (10) housing an engine (12) and a bonnet seal arrangement (30, 34). The bonnet seal arrangement defines an opening (35) and is configured to deflect ram air received at the front of the motor vehicle (2) in use past the opening (35) to define a first air flow path, and draw air from the first air flow path through the opening (35) to define a second air flow path for supplying air to the intake duct orifice (42), the second air flow path being angled in a horizontal plane to the first air flow path.
US11724564B2
A system and method for controlling and diagnosing an automotive climate control or environmental system with an electronic or mobile device is disclosed. The system provides for wireless control between the system controllers and an electronic device, such as an electronic device or computer, with instructions executed on a processor to display on the electronic device or the computer-human interface display device with a user interface region or a graphical user interface. Using wireless technology features of an electronic device, the automotive climate control system is wirelessly controlled from the electronic device containing software connected with the climate control system software and firmware mounted within the vehicle that rotates servo motors, and operates fan speed and compressor activity. The user interface regions may be used to create preset, predetermined desired positions of system mode, temperature, fan speed, and the display color and appearance of the user interface region.
US11724563B2
A vehicle control device includes a controller configured to execute: receiving a remote signal containing a target temperature in a cabin and an expected traveling start time of a vehicle from a remote controller used by a user of the vehicle; calculating a catalyst warming period which is an estimated period required to warm, to an active temperature, an electrically heated catalyst; calculating a pre-air conditioning period which is an estimated period required to adjust a temperature in the cabin to the target temperature; and starting pre-air conditioning of the cabin by starting an internal combustion engine after completion of warming of the electrically heated catalyst when a sum of the catalyst warming period and the pre-air conditioning period is equal to or shorter than a starting time margin from a time of reception of the remote signal to the expected traveling start time.
US11724561B2
Device for controlling a flow-through and distributing a fluid in at least one fluid circuit, in particular a refrigerant in a refrigerant circuit including a housing with ports for connecting with fluid lines, each of which is connected via a passage opening with the at least one interior volume of the housing, as well as with at least one valve element disposed in the interior volume of the housing with a drive element for moving the valve element relative to the housing. The at least one valve element is supported rotatably about a rotational axis and comprises at least three through openings developed as through-bores forming in the interior of the valve element a common volume. An axis of symmetry of a first opening and the rotational axis of the valve element are located on a common axis. The device is used in a refrigerant circuit of a thermal system.
US11724556B2
Described are devices, systems, and methods that enable greater control and customization of variable suspension systems via mechanical modification, among other advantages. In one example, a linkage device is configured to be attached to a suspension arm of a vehicle and to a vehicle frame of the vehicle. The linkage device is configured to mechanically modify one or more physical states detected by a sensor of the vehicle, thereby causing the sensor to output modified signals to a controller, and causing the controller to output modified control signals to a variable shock absorber connected between the vehicle frame and the suspension arm, thereby modifying one or more variable physical properties of the variable shock absorber.
US11724551B2
Segmented tires employ segments featuring cooperating recesses and protrusions at opposing sides thereof for mating of the segments with one another in the assembled tire body. Cleated tires with embedded cleats of greater rigidity than the tire body material provide improved traction in muddy or other slippery conditions while the compressible tire body smooths out the ride harshness of the tire. Mounting elements are also embedded within the segments of the tire body for secure mounting and reliable retention of the segments.
US11724538B2
A rim portion of a composite wheel comprises a shaped annulus formed about a central axis of rotation of the composite wheel and having a circumferential axis extending circumferentially about the central axis and around the rim portion, said rim portion having a fibre layup comprising a stacked laminate formed from alternating layers of: a hoop tow layer comprising elongate fibre tow in which the fibres are substantially aligned with the circumferential axis of the rim portion, the hoop tow layer being formed from at least one annularly wound elongate fibre tow; and a bias ply layer comprising at least one fibre ply in which the fibres are substantially orientated at an angle of +Θ or −Θ to the circumferential axis of the rim portion, wherein Θ is from 26° to 40°.
US11724535B2
A pen for cosmetic, writing, drawing, sketching and/or marking purposes includes an inner part and an outer part, wherein at least a portion of the inner part is accommodated in the outer part and is fastened therein. A fastening device between the inner part and the outer part serves to fasten the inner part to the outer part, wherein the fastening device is elastically deformable and is deformed in the installed state against its elastic restoring force. The fastening device is supported between the inner part and the outer part by the elastic restoring force to fasten the inner part to the outer part.
US11724518B2
A printer that performs printing on a medium while being manually moved relative to the medium, includes a job acquisition unit that acquires a print job in which a movement direction of the printer as seen from the printer is designated, a print head that performs printing on the medium based on the print job while the printer is moved, and a direction notification unit that notifies a user of a designated direction as the movement direction of the printer designated by the print job before the movement of the printer is started.
US11724513B2
A liquid circulation mechanism includes a supply flow path making a liquid supply source and a liquid discharging head communicate with each other and a collection flow path making the liquid discharging head and a connection portion of the supply flow path communicate with each other, in which a branch portion, a plurality of flow paths branched at the branch portion, and a merging portion, in which the plurality of flow paths are merged, are provided in at least one of the supply flow path and the collection flow path. Pressure adjustment portions, which are provided in the plurality of flow paths and open the flow paths when a pressure on the liquid discharging head side is equal to a predetermined pressure, have different the predetermined pressures for opening the flow paths in the plurality of flow paths.
US11724511B2
A liquid ejection apparatus comprising: two flow passages for supplying or recovering a liquid to an element substrate for ejecting the liquid; a circulation supply flow passage for supplying liquid to oneflow passage, a circulation recovery flow passage for recovering liquid from the other flow passage, and a plurality of on-off valve mechanisms for controlling communication and shutoff between the respective flow passages; the on-off valve mechanism comprises an opening located between flow passages, a sealing portion capable of on-off the opening, an urging member for urging the sealing portion in a direction to approach or away from the opening, and a movement mechanism for moving the sealing portion against the urging force of the urging member, the liquid discharge device controls opening and closing of at least two on-off valve mechanisms by moving the scaling parts of at least two on-off valve mechanisms together by the movement mechanism.
US11724507B2
An ink refilling container includes a bottle and a cap. The bottle includes an ink outlet forming portion including an ink outlet and a valve. The valve has valve segments segmented by slits. The cap includes a top portion, which faces the ink outlet when the cap is put on the bottle. A protruding portion extending in the central axis direction is provided at the center of the top portion. An annular-shaped sealing portion is provided on the top portion radially outside the protruding portion. The radius of the protruding portion is less than the length of the slit. In a sealed state wherein the cap is in thread engagement with the bottle and wherein the sealing portion seals the ink outlet, the tip end of the protruding portion is inserted in the inside of the bottle through the slits at the center region of the ink outlet.
US11724496B2
A liquid ejection head includes: head units arranged in a first direction; first individual heat dissipators each corresponding to one of the head units and disposed on a first side of the head unit in a second direction; and a first common heat dissipator disposed on the first side of the head units in the second direction. The first common heat dissipator extends in the first direction and shared among the head units. Each head unit includes: a unit body including an actuator; and a first driver integrated circuit disposed on the first side of the unit body in the second direction. Each of the first individual heat dissipators is disposed between the first driver integrated circuit and the first common heat dissipator of the head unit so as to be in thermal contact with the first driver integrated circuit and the first common heat dissipator.
US11724488B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a method of indirect printing with an aqueous ink. In some embodiments, an intermediate transfer member (ITM) comprising a silicone-based release layer surface is employed. For example, the release layer surface satisfies at least one of the following properties: (i) a receding contact angle of a drop of distilled water deposited on the silicone-based release layer surface is at most 60°; and (ii) a 10-second dynamic contact angle (DCA) of a drop of distilled water deposited on the silicone-based release layer surface is at most 108°. Related apparatus, systems and treatment formulations are disclosed herein.
US11724473B2
A method for purifying powdered silicon carbide is in the form of a starting material to form a silicon carbide having a purity of at least 99.9%. This method has the following method steps: providing a starting material having a grain size of less than 100 μm and a silicon carbide content with at least 98% purity; and heating the starting material in a vacuum or oxygen-free atmosphere to a temperature above 1700° C. over a period of at least 8 minutes.
US11724460B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for three dimensional printing apparatuses, methods of three dimensional printing, and the like.
US11724453B2
A method of forming a part using additive manufacturing may include receiving, at a computer numeric controlled (CNC) machine, a computer aided design (CAD) model of the part. The method may further include dividing the CAD model into plurality of sections. The method may further include slicing each of the plurality of sections into a plurality of layers. Each section may include a distinct set of print parameters. The method may further include depositing a flowable material onto a worktable according the set of print parameters for each section of the of the plurality of sections to manufacture the part.
US11724446B2
An additive manufacturing system is disclosed including multiple conveying pipelines, a mixer and a nozzle. The multiple conveying pipelines are connected to respective material sources. The multiple conveying pipelines are connected to the mixer which is configured to mix in real time powder materials supplied via the multiple conveying pipelines during additive manufacturing. The mixer is connected via a supply pipeline to the nozzle which is configured to deliver mixed material onto a substrate to perform the additive manufacturing. Each of the multiple conveying pipelines is configured to change conveying amount or speed of the powder materials in real time. An additive manufacturing method for the above additive manufacturing system is also disclosed. The additive manufacturing system and method can adjust in real time types or proportions of the materials so as to meet different property requirements for different parts of a product.
US11724430B2
A plasticating screw is proposed, with a screw channel, which runs spirally around a screw core, is laterally delimited by a flight (1), (2) and has flow elements (3), (4) that are distributed over its longitudinal direction, extend transversely over the screw channel and comprise a deep section (5) and a compression section (6), rising radially in the longitudinal direction. In order to design a plasticating screw of the type mentioned at the beginning in such a way that its length is reduced and good melting characteristics can be achieved even with little energy input, it is proposed that the compression section (6) forms at least one run-up surface (7), which is inclined towards the flight (1), (2) and is adjoined in the longitudinal direction by a plateau (8) for forming the flow.
US11724429B2
An extruded integrated fastener assembly comprising a plurality of fasteners cut to length from an extruded length of material. Unwanted areas of material are cut away leaving the individual fasteners, which fasteners are also connected together by an expanse of material that remains. The fastener assembly can be single durometer or double durometer. A profile with retention members and/or leg features are formed in the fasteners for connecting to a predetermined component. The process for manufacturing the extruded integrated fastener assembly includes providing fabrication tooling suitable to cut away the unwanted area between the fasteners. The fasteners are thereby able to be cut to any desired length.
US11724427B2
A plasticizing apparatus includes a drive motor, a rotor rotated by the drive motor and having a groove-forming surface provided with a groove, a barrel facing the groove-forming surface and having a communication hole, an enclosure that accommodates the rotor, a heating section that heats a material, and a wear suppressor provided in at least one of the portion between the rotor and the barrel and the portion between the rotor and the enclosure. When the wear suppressor is provided between the rotor and the barrel, the wear suppressor is fixed to the rotor or the barrel and has Vickers hardness higher than the Vickers hardness of one of the rotor and the barrel, the one to which the wear suppressor is fixed, whereas when the wear suppressor is provided between the rotor and the enclosure, the wear suppressor is fixed to the rotor or the enclosure and has Vickers hardness higher than the Vickers hardness of one of the rotor and the enclosure, the one to which the wear suppressor is fixed.
US11724419B2
A fiber laying machine for producing laid fiber scrims has a tool table for positioning a mold, said tool table being linearly displaceable in an x direction by means of an x carriage and being pivotable about a vertical pivot axis. Arranged above the tool table is a fiber laying head which is linearly displaceable transversely to the x direction by means of a y carriage. Since the fiber laying head is linearly displaceable, the arrangement of the tool table on the machine frame is comparatively easy, and so laid fiber scrims are producible quickly and efficiently. In particular, automatic loading and unloading of the tool table is easily possible.
US11724404B2
A surface evaluation system that includes one or more vision systems that generate target surface data during evaluation of a surface, the one or more vision systems comprising two or more of: at least one light, a camera, a structured light camera, a laser scanner and a 3D scanner.
US11724395B2
Systems and methods are provided for robot congestion management including a robot monitoring server configured to track a location of a plurality of robots within a navigational space and a plurality of robots in communication with the robot monitoring server, each robot including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the autonomous robot to determine, from a task list assigned to the robot, a first pose location corresponding to a first task, receive, from the robot monitoring server, congestion information associated with the first pose location, identify a congested state of the first pose location indicated by the congestion information, select, responsive to the identification of the congested state, a second task from the task list, and navigate to a second pose location corresponding to the second task.
US11724391B2
A method for determining the status of a robot according to an embodiment includes acquiring first data and second data related to an operation of the robot, acquiring a resonance frequency by analyzing the operation of the robot in a frequency region based on the first data related to the operation of the robot, acquiring a first comparison result by comparing the acquired resonance frequency with a reference resonance frequency, when the first comparison result is a threshold value or more, generating a Lissajous figure by DQ transforming a three-phase signal based on the second data related to the operation of the robot, acquiring a second comparison result by comparing the generated Lissajous figure with a reference Lissajous figure, and determining the status of the robot based on at least one of the first comparison result and the second comparison result.
US11724388B2
A robot controller configured to assist an operation of a user, by effectively utilizing both techniques of augmented reality and mixed reality. The robot controller includes: a display device configured to display information generated by a computer so that the information is overlapped with an actual environment, etc.; a position and orientation obtaining section configured to obtain relative position and orientation between the display device and a robot included in the actual environment; a display controlling section configured to display a virtual model of the robot, etc., on the display device; an operation controlling section configured to operate the virtual model displayed on the display device; and a position and orientation determining section configured to determine the position and/or orientation of the robot by using the position and/or orientation of the operated virtual model and using the relative position and orientation between the robot and the display device.
US11724379B2
The rotary percussive hydraulic perforator comprises a body; a fitting; a striking piston configured to strike the fitting; a stop piston including a front face facing the fitting and a rear face situated opposite to a rear wall of a cavity receiving the piston stop; and a main hydraulic supply circuit including a high pressure fluid supply conduit and a low pressure fluid return conduit. The body and the stop piston delimit a first control chamber permanently connected to the high pressure fluid supply conduit and configured to bias the stop piston forwards, and a second control chamber configured to bias the stop piston forwards and permanently connected to a low pressure accumulator connected to the low pressure fluid return conduit.
US11724367B2
An attachment part for a power tool includes an elongated housing including an upper housing part, a lower housing part and an interconnection structure that interconnects the upper and lower housing parts. An input gear for connection to an output shaft of a power tool is arranged at a first end of the housing. An output gear with an output interface is arranged at a second end of the housing. The interconnecting structure includes a sleeve member extending through a first central bore at the first end of the upper housing part, which sleeve member receives the input gear, and a fixation member extending through a second central bore at the first end of the lower housing part and which is arranged to be secured to the sleeve member to clamp the upper and lower housing parts. A tool assembly includes a power tool and the attachment part.
US11724365B2
A suction device for retaining and/or transporting objects, comprising a main supporting body (2) and at least one operating plate (3) provided with suction holes (7) connected to and suction means, in which the operating plate (3) is removably associated with the main supporting body (2) and has a second connecting face (5) coupled to a first connecting face (4) of the main supporting body (2), and in which the device also comprises one or more magnets (13) and one or more ferromagnetic bodies (14), each ferromagnetic body (14) being magnetically coupled to one or more magnets (13) when the operating plate (3) is associated with the main supporting body (2) for keeping the operating plate (3) fastened to the main supporting body (2), each magnet (13) and the ferromagnetic body (14) magnetically coupled to it being constrained respectively one to the operating plate (3), the other to the main supporting body (2).
US11724363B2
A method of making a coated abrasive article includes at least four steps. In step a), a web is provided comprising a backing having a make layer precursor disposed thereon. The web moves along a web path in a downweb direction, and the web has a crossweb direction that is perpendicular to the downweb direction. The make layer precursor comprises a first curable binder precursor; In step b) an applied magnetic field is provided. In step c), a mixture of magnetizable non-magnetizable particles is passed through the applied magnetic field and onto the make layer precursor such that the magnetizable and non-magnetizable particles are predominantly deposited onto the web in a drop zone according to a predetermined order. At least one of the magnetizable particles or the non-magnetizable particles comprises abrasive particles. In step d), the make layer precursor is at least partially cured to provide a make layer.
US11724362B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and new methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, it has been discovered that a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure thus may provide an advanced polishing pad that has discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, and curing agents. For example, the advanced polishing pad may be formed from a plurality of polymeric layers, by the automated sequential deposition of at least one resin precursor composition followed by at least one curing step, wherein each layer may represent at least one polymer composition, and/or regions of different compositions.
US11724360B2
A method of conditioning a polishing pad includes receiving information on a roughness of the polishing pad from a first sensor. The method further includes conditioning the polishing pad using a conditioner. The method further includes detecting the roughness of the polishing pad following the conditioning. The method further includes repeating the conditioning in response to the detected roughness of the polishing pad being outside of a threshold roughness range.
US11724344B2
A flexible assembly system includes an industrial personal computer, a data collection card, a motion control card, a six-degree-of-freedom assembly platform, a first visual platform, a second visual platform and a supporting platform. The six-degree-of-freedom assembly platform includes a four-degree-of-freedom motion platform and a two-degree-of-freedom adjustment device, the two-degree-of-freedom adjustment device includes a two-degree-of-freedom motion platform and a clamping mechanism, and the clamping mechanism includes an outer frame, a flexible wrist rotatably connected in the outer frame, two clamping sheets mounted on the flexible wrist, two driving parts corresponding to the two clamping sheets, two first force sensors provided on the outer frame and two second force sensors provided on the flexible wrist; a first image collection apparatus is mounted on the first visual platform, and a second image collection apparatus is mounted on the second visual platform. A flexible assembly method is also disclosed.
US11724342B2
A lead-free silver-free solder alloy may comprise tin, copper, bismuth, cobalt, and antimony. Alternatively, the alloy may comprise gallium in lieu of cobalt. The alloy may further comprise nickel, germanium, or both. The copper may be present in an amount from about 0.5% to 0.9% by weight of the solder. The bismuth may be present in an amount from about 1.0% to about 3.5% by weight of the solder. The cobalt may be present in an amount from about 0.02% to about 0.08% by weight of the solder. Where gallium is used in lieu of cobalt, the gallium may be present in an amount from about 0.2% to about 0.8% by weight of the solder. The antimony may be present in an amount between about 0.0% to about 0.09% by weight of the solder. The balance of the solder is tin.
US11724336B2
A laser welding system for welding a component and reducing defects in the weld by ensuring uniform, laminar gas flow over a process area of the system. The laser welding system comprises a laser for welding the component, a platform for supporting the component, an enclosure surrounding the platform, a first actuatable barrier, a second actuatable barrier, an actuator, and a controller. The enclosure includes a plurality of walls, one of the walls having an inlet and another wall having an outlet. The inlet and outlet each having an opening having a cross-sectional area for letting gas flow through. The first and second barriers are configured to modify the cross-sectional areas of the openings when actuated. The actuator is configured to actuate the barriers, and the controller is configured to direct the actuator to actuate the barriers so that the cross-sectional area of the first opening is larger than the cross-sectional area of the second opening so that a pressure at the inlet is greater than a pressure at the outlet.
US11724335B2
A system and method for automated laser ablation includes an end effector for performing laser ablation at a location with restricted access. The systems and methods of the present disclosure specifically provide for a miniature laser end effector which may be inserted through a port or bore in order to ablate the surface of an internal component of a complex assembly. In several embodiments of the present subject matter, the end effector is mounted on a machine and coupled to a laser system.
US11724332B2
Provided is an evaluation system including: an analog-to-digital converting section comprised of a programmable circuit and configured to convert an analog signal, the analog signal being acquired by a physical quantity acquiring section and indicative of a time-series change of at least one of (i) welding current, welding voltage, or load applied to pieces to be welded and (ii) a displacement, during welding, of a welding head; and an evaluating section configured to determine, based on a digital signal, whether or not the time-series change satisfies a predetermined condition, wherein configuration data for configuring the programmable circuit is arranged to be changeable by a user.
US11724311B2
Systems and methods form induction rotors by performing isostatic pressing (HIP) to weld clad to a shaft, which allows for scaling the manufacturing of solid steel rotors, as compared to conventional techniques. In examples, the rotors are designed for high-speed motors and may include recessed short circuit rings and/or end rings. An exemplary process molds an alloy powder into cladding such that heretofore unachievable rotor designs are achievable according to systems and methods described herein. In examples, a thin source-layer is introduced to welding zones, thereby enriching and strengthening the resulting joint at welding zones. The source-layer may be introduced by adding an intermediate layer comprising the source material between the materials being welded. The reduced alloy-depletion welding disclosed herein strengthens the welding area joints and provides for the manufacture of component designs, which were previously unachievable due to alloy-depletion weaknesses and environmental constraints.
US11724308B2
A unitary refractory ring having a sidewall surrounding and spaced from a center axis, and one or more lifting lugs distributed around the center axis. The lifting lugs extend from an inner face of the sidewall towards the center axis, and are located between lower and upper axial faces of the sidewall. Each lifting lug has a lower lug face extending radially towards the center axis from the inner face of the sidewall, and a backing structure extending upwards along an axial direction from the lower lug face towards the upper axial face of the sidewall. An assembly of refractory rings, and methods for making and assembling refractory rings are also provided.
US11724306B1
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a coating composition for use in investment casting. The coating composition embodiments provide a solidified coat that can be as a mold for casting castable materials and that is easily removed from the casted material using water. The coating composition embodiments disclosed herein are reusable and are non-toxic and exhibit high thermal stability.
US11724302B2
An expansion tool for expanding an article. The expansion tool includes a lead-in portion extending outwardly from a first end of the expansion tool and a first pilot portion extending from the lead-in portion. The first pilot portion has a first diameter. The expansion tool further includes a second pilot portion being generally parallel with the first pilot portion. The second pilot portion has a second diameter larger than the first diameter. The expansion tool further includes a forming portion bridging the first pilot portion and the second pilot portion. The forming portion is generally sloped. The expansion tool further includes an expansion portion extending from the second pilot portion toward a second end of the expansion tool. The expansion portion has a third diameter larger than the second diameter.
US11724287B2
A seed sorting system for sorting seeds includes a seed transfer station configured to move seeds through the system. An imaging assembly includes an x-ray camera configured to acquire x-ray images of the seeds as the seeds move through the system. The x-ray camera is configured to produce high quality images at high line scan rates to accommodate a speed and width at which the seeds are moved by the seed transfer station through the system. A sorting assembly is configured to sort the seeds into separate bins based on the acquired x-ray images of the seeds.
US11724286B2
An apparatus for detecting matter comprises bulk feeding means configured for feeding a plurality of objects into a detecting region; at least one light source having a focusing element and being configured for illuminating at least one object moving in an object plane in the detecting region; and a first light-analyzing apparatus arranged to sense light that has been transmitted through the object. In the associated method, the object is caused to move in the plane and the object is illuminated with incident light. Light that has been transmitted through the object and is falling in a measuring plane is detected, and an object-specific parameter based on the detected transmitted light is determined.
US11724285B2
Typically, the displacement of piezo-electric actuators is quite small. Accordingly, some sort of amplification may be needed for specific applications to amplify the displacement of the piezo-electric actuator, and thereby amplify the haptic feedback. For all solutions, the goal is to amplify the displacement of a moveable mass in order to increase vibration to improve the haptic feedback. If the host device is a wearable or portable device, e.g. a smart watch, it would be preferable to excite a heavy moveable mass that is already part of the assembly to harvest enough energy to transmit to the interface with the user. If the device is a large display, e.g. a display in a vehicle info system, the display itself could be the moveable mass.
US11724282B2
An apparatus for applying masking tape to a surface is provided that includes an upper portion and a bottom portion attached to the lower portion, where the upper portion includes a pair of opposing edges separated by a top surface having a basin therein for receiving a placement pad, and a side surface having an inner plank and an outer guide plate, the lower portion includes a masking tape mount oriented relative to surfaces of the opposing edges and top for tape to be passed in a sliding arrangement from the tape mount and along the surfaces of the opposing edges and top.
US11724273B1
A marking gun having a marker container, a propellant canister, a supply tube, an expulsion chamber, and an attachment coupled to the expulsion chamber. The marker container is coupled to the expulsion chamber by the supply tube, and the propellant canister is coupled to the expulsion chamber. The marking gun is configured to expel the marker from the expulsion chamber. The attachment comprises a stencil, an elastic pointed tip, a housing, a screen, a magnet, one or more entry holes, or a combination thereof.
US11724271B2
A pump constructed entirely from a polymeric material is described. The pump includes an internal sealing plug and adaptable insert coupled to a resilient bellows structure. The plug includes a keyed feature that allows for selective sealing at the lower end of the pump chamber depending upon the rotational alignment of the actuator head and closure, owing to stopper mechanisms appropriately positioned along the peripheral interfacing surfaces of these components.
US11724268B2
The present invention relates to a nozzle for cleaning a substrate by discharging cleaning liquid to the substrate and a method of manufacturing the nozzle and, more particularly, to a nozzle for cleaning a substrate and a method of manufacturing the nozzle, the nozzle having pressure resistance performance capable of enduring high supply pressure of the cleaning liquid.
US11724263B2
Systems and methods for a dual-blade agricultural grinder are disclosed. A dual blade grinder comprises a casing, a hopper, a cutting mechanism, a chute, and a display. The grinder is configured to cut a plant to a desired particle size. The casing is configured to provide rigid structural support for components of the grinder and provide a safety barrier between the user and the cutting mechanism. The hopper is configured to store and distribute a plant to the cutting mechanism. The cutting mechanism comprises a static blade with one or more serrated edges and one or more plain edges, a floating curved blade, and a particle screen. The display is configured to accept input from a user operating the grinder, and to control operational settings of the grinder. The grinder and its components may be comprised of a food-grade quality steel configured to resist bacterial growth.
US11724261B1
A synthesizer system includes a vacuum block, a sealing plate coupled to the vacuum block, a synthesis plate having a plurality of wells, and an inflatable seal coupled to both the sealing plate and the synthesis plate and forming a seal between the sealing plate and the synthesis plate.
US11724258B2
A method includes engaging a well of a cartridge with a flow sensor of an instrument. The cartridge includes: a rotary valve including a rotatable port and a center port; the well in fluid communication with a channel, the channel including a channel port that the rotatable port is to align to in order to receive fluid from the well; and a flowcell including an inlet gasket in fluid communication with the center port. A source of pressurized air is connected to the flow sensor in order to establish a mass flow of air through a flow path. The flow path extends through one of the flow sensor, the channel, the rotary valve, and the flowcell. The mass flow of air through the flow path is measured with the flow sensor. It is determined if there is one of an air leak and an air blockage within the flow path.
US11724256B2
A system and method for automated single cell capture and processing is described, where the system includes a deck supporting and positioning a set of sample processing elements (including an integrated imaging subsystem); a gantry for actuating tools for interactions with the set of sample processing elements supported by the deck; and a base supporting various processing subsystems and a control subsystems in communication with the processing subsystems. The system can automatically execute workflows associated with single cell processing, including antibody detection, other protein detection, mRNA detection, and/or other applications associated with spatial transcriptomics.
US11724253B2
The invention concerns a method for the photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide carried out in the liquid phase and/or in the gas phase under irradiation using a photocatalyst comprising a support made from alumina or silica or silica-alumina and nanoparticles of molybdenum sulfide or tungsten sulfide having a band gap greater than 2.3 eV, said method comprising the following steps: a) bringing a feedstock containing carbon dioxide and at least one sacrificial compound into contact with said photocatalyst, b) irradiating the photocatalyst with at least one source of irradiation producing at least one wavelength smaller than the width of the band gap of said photocatalyst so as to reduce the carbon dioxide and oxidise the sacrificial compound in the presence of said photocatalyst activated by said source of irradiation, in such a way as to produce an effluent containing, at least in part, C1 or above carbon-containing molecules, different from CO2.
US11724251B2
An apparatus of coating a filter substrate comprising a plurality of channels and an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: (i) a containment means for receiving a pre-determined amount of the liquid; and (ii) a liquid dosing head arranged to dispense the pre-determined amount of the liquid into the containment means over an upper end of the filter substrate. The containment means is locatable at an upper end of the filter substrate; and the liquid dosing head comprises a plurality of apertures for dispensing the liquid onto the upper end of the filter substrate.
US11724250B2
A supported catalyst system is based on a transition metal carbene including the moiety M1=CR*)2, wherein M1 is the transition metal and R* is hydrogen or a C1-C8 hydrocarbyl. The catalyst system can be supported on a metal oxide support such as silica or the catalyst can be self-supporting. Methods of making the catalyst system can involve precursors based on and/or reacted with aluminum alkyls, halides, and/or alkoxides. Methods of polymerizing cyclic olefins with the catalyst system can obtain polyalkenamers, cyclic olefin polymers, cyclic olefin copolymers, and other metathesis reaction products. The supported catalyst and/or monomer can be recovered and recycled to the polymerization reactor.
US11724248B2
The present disclosure relates to copper-containing molecular sieve catalysts that are highly suitable for the treatment of exhaust containing NOx pollutants. The copper-containing molecular sieve catalysts contain ion-exchanged copper as Cu+2 and Cu(OH)+1, and DRIFT spectroscopy of the catalyst exhibits perturbed T-O-T vibrational peaks corresponding to the Cu+2 and Cu(OH)+1. In spectra taken of the catalytic materials, a ratio of the Cu+2 to the Cu(OH)+1 peak integration areas preferably can be ≥1. The copper-containing molecular sieve catalysts are aging stable such that the peak integration area percentage of the Cu+2 peak (area Cu+2/(area Cu+2+area Cu(OH)+1)) increases by ≤20% upon aging at 800° C. for 16 hours in the presence of 10% H2O/air, compared to the fresh state.
US11724245B2
An apparatus includes an integrated heat exchanger and reactor module. The integrated heat exchanger and reactor module includes a heat exchanger channel, and a reactor channel which is thermally coupled to the heat exchanger channel. The reactor channel includes a layer of catalyst material that is configured to produce hydrogen by endothermic catalytic decomposition of ammonia, which flows through the reactor channel, using thermal energy that is absorbed by the reactor channel from the heat exchanger channel.
US11724238B2
A laboratory device (4, 9), in particular a magnetic stirrer, comprises at least one adjustable operating parameter for controlling at least one laboratory device function, and an outer housing (2). The outer housing (2) has a coupling device (11a, 11b) for coupling the laboratory device (4, 9) to at least one further laboratory device (5, 9) for the same at least one laboratory device function, at which further laboratory device the at least one operating parameter can also be adjusted, and the coupling device (11a, 11b) is configured such that by means of the coupling device (11a, 11b) the laboratory device (4, 9) and the at least one further laboratory device (5, 9) can be operated simultaneously and by means of a common adjustment device the at least one operating parameter can be adjusted in a central manner independently and/or consistently for the laboratory device (4, 9) and the at least one further laboratory device (5, 9).
US11724235B2
A mixing apparatus includes a phosphoric acid aqueous solution supply, an additive supply, a tank, a phosphoric acid aqueous solution supply path and an additive supply path. The phosphoric acid aqueous solution supply is configured to supply a phosphoric acid aqueous solution. The additive supply is configured to supply an additive configured to suppress precipitation of a silicon oxide. The phosphoric acid aqueous solution supply path is configured to connect the phosphoric acid aqueous solution supply with the tank. The additive supply path is configured to connect the additive supply with the tank. The additive is supplied while fluidity is imparted to the phosphoric acid aqueous solution supplied from the phosphoric acid aqueous solution supply into the tank.
US11724222B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a vehicle fluid filter head. The filter head can be attached to two or more filters to filter vehicle fluid, and provide a variety of optional arrangements for coupling inlet and outlet hoses. A plurality of inlets and outlets can be disposed on the filter head at different sides of the filter head. A pair of filter headers can be disposed on a first side to receive filter. A first inlet and outlet can be disposed on a second side, and a second inlet and outlet can be disposed on a third side. Respective inlet are fluidly coupled with an inlet passage in the head, which is fluidly coupled with an intake portion of the filter headers. Respective outlets are fluidly coupled with an outlet passage in the head, which is fluidly coupled with an outflow portion of the filter headers.
US11724220B2
A filtration system having an undulated interlocking housing-endplate interface geometry is described. In the filtration system, a filter element endplate and a filter housing component (e.g., a shell housing, a filter mounting head, etc.) meet at an interface. The filter housing component includes an undulating or repeating pattern that meshes with a matching undulating or repeating pattern on the endplate of the filter element. The undulating or repeating pattern prevents the filter element from freely rotating with respect to the filter housing component of the filtration system.
US11724202B2
A collaboration content-generating server that generates collaboration content item in an asynchronous manner includes a database configured to store a collaboration content including a base content corresponding to a root node and a plurality of additional contents corresponding to a plurality of nodes divided from and connected to the root node in a tree structure; an additional content receiving unit configured to receive, from a first user device, a node selected by the first user device and a first additional content that is supplementary to a first collaboration content corresponding the selected node; and a collaboration content generating unit configured to generate a second collaboration content based on the first additional content and the first collaboration content. The collaboration content is generated based on the base content and the plurality of additional contents received at different times from a plurality of user devices.
US11724180B2
A system, machine-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for automatic game creation are presented. An access module can access player information for a receiver and an originator. Additionally, a matching module can determine that the receiver and the originator have a connection based on the player information. Furthermore, a game invitation module can detect that a recipient game is installed on an originator device of the originator and that the recipient game is not installed on a receiver device of the receiver. Subsequently, the game invitation module can send, to the receiver device, a game invitation to play the recipient game based on the determination and the detection, with the game invitation including information associated with the originator.
US11724179B2
A gaming unit and producing a game-audio output of a varying volume level and a chat-voice output is connected to headphones adapted to be worn by a player of the unit and connected to the gaming unit for making the chat-voice output and the game-audio output audible to the player. A circuit or software associated with the headphones can increase the chat-voice volume level generally proportionately to the game-audio volume level.
US11724175B2
In an aspect there is provided a swing scooter, comprising a frame, a steering member, a front wheel, at least two support legs, and at least two platforms. A rear wheel support is pivotally attached each support leg. A rear wheel is rotatably attached to each rear wheel support. Each platform is movably attached to an associated support leg, and positioned for supporting a foot of a user. Each platform has a longitudinal platform axis and is movable between a first position in which the platform is angled down laterally towards a first lateral side of the swing scooter, and a second position in which the platform is angled down laterally towards a second lateral side of the swing scooter. The platform is movable to the first and second positions by movement of the foot of the user.
US11724174B1
Disclosures herein are related to sports board configuration.
US11724171B2
The sport data tracking systems available today are based on specialized hardware to detect and track targets on the field. While effective, implementing and maintaining these systems pose a number of challenges, including high cost and need for close human monitoring. On the other hand, the sports analytics community has been exploring human computation and crowdsourcing in order to produce tracking data that is trustworthy, cheaper and more accessible. However, state-of-the-art methods require a large number of users to perform the annotation, or put too much burden into a single user. Example methods, systems and user interfaces that facilitate the creation of tracking data sequences of events (e.g., plays of baseball games) by warm-starting a manual annotation process using a vast collection of historical data are described.
US11724168B1
An apparatus, system and method for ski training are disclosed herein for providing feedback to a skier regarding the orientation of their skis. The apparatus, system and method measure various distances between a first ski and a second ski, determine an angle between the first ski and the second ski based on information representative of various distances; and provide an indication of the measured angle.
US11724166B2
A golf club head having a damping treatment, such as a viscoelastic polymer, is disclosed. The viscoelastic polymer may be in contact with the rear surface of a striking face of the golf club head. The viscoelastic polymer may have a tangent of delta peak temperature between −70 degrees Celsius and −20 degrees Celsius at a 1 Hz frequency. An elastic modulus (E), in megapascals (MPa), of the viscoelastic polymer has a relationship to a striking face thickness (t), in millimeters (mm), defined by Ê≤−14{circumflex over (t)}+305. The elastic modulus (E), in megapascals (MPa), of the viscoelastic polymer has a relationship to an effective stiffness (S) of the striking face, in gigapascals per meter (GPa/m), defined by Ê≤−1.16Ŝ+258.33. The viscoelastic polymer may cover a portion of the rear surface of the striking face or may substantially fill a cavity of the golf club head.
US11724165B2
A golf swing analyzer system for analyzing a golfer's golf swing. An inertial measurement unit (IMU) may be used to capture data regarding the swing. The IMU may be oriented along a hosel-axis and a face-axis to reduce the complexity of calculations to determine the path of the swing. Two IMUs may be used to permit correction of captured data, different orientations of the IMUs to increase accuracy of captured data, and a doubling of the captured data. The IMU may include a magnetometer that cooperates with a magnet that is adapted to indicate the time at or near impact of the head of the golf club with the golf ball. An LED system provides visual information to a user regarding the swing while the swing is being made.
US11724154B2
The various devices and systems herein include oropharyngeal exercise devices having a pump bulb with a bulb body having a flow restriction structure with a restricted configuration in which the flow restriction structure is configured to restrict the flow of fluid through the lumen such that the user must apply a force to increase the flow of the fluid. Other devices include containers and/or lids thereof with the bulbs attached to or integrated therein.
US11724153B2
In one example, an exercise apparatus comprises: a shaft; a roller wheel mounted on and rotatable around the shaft; a first pair of gripping members formed on two opposite ends of the shaft; a second pair of gripping members, each of the second pair of gripping members being formed on the shaft between one of the first pair of gripping members and the roller wheel; and a wall-mounting device connected to the shaft, the wall-mounting device being configured to be mounted on a wall above a top portion of a door frame to suspend the second pair of gripping members and the roller wheel in a space below the top portion of the door frame while the first pair of gripping members is in contact with two side portions of the door frame.
US11724152B2
A rowing machine is disclosed. The rowing machine includes a frame including a base for contact with a support surface and a seat rail supported by the base. The rowing machine includes a seat configured to reciprocate back and forth along the seat rail. The rowing machine includes a rowing engine that includes at least one resistance mechanism rotatably coupled to the frame. The rowing machine includes at least one handle operatively connected to the at least one resistance mechanism, and a paddle linkage assembly operatively connecting the at least one handle to the at least one resistance mechanism such that rearward movement of the handle is resisted by the at least one resistance mechanism.
US11724146B2
An exercise device for performing incline push-ups includes a base and a pair of upright frame members connected at their bottoms to the base. The exercise device includes a pair of bar support assemblies that movably travel along the upright frame members. Each bar support assembly includes a hollow base sleeve that surrounds one upright frame member and an arm that extends outwardly from the hollow base sleeve at an angle. The arm has a plurality of spaced notches formed therein. The bar support assembly includes an insert that slidingly travels within the hollow interior of the arm. The insert is biased by a biasing element that is disposed between the arm and the insert and the insert is biased in a direction toward the hollow base sleeve. The bar support assembly further includes a plurality of lock pieces that are pivotally attached to both the arm and the insert. Each lock piece is disposed at least partially within one respective notch of the arm and movable between an unlocked position and a locked position.
US11724143B2
Methods to remediate a contaminated material are provided. In one embodiment, a biocatalyst that digests hydrocarbon contaminants is activated with a nutrient and the activated biocatalyst is combined with the contaminated material and water to form a mixture. The mixture is incubated for a period of time, and the level of contaminant in the mixture is determined to ascertain whether to incubate further, add additional biocatalyst mix, or provide the remediated material for further processing. In one embodiment, the remediated material is provided for reuse or recycling with a second material, such as a construction aggregate. The method is particularly suited for remediation of drill cuttings, mine tailings, hydrocarbon-contaminated soil, and the like.
US11724131B2
A wearable ultrasonic therapeutic device controlled by a mobile electronic device is provided, which includes a mobile device, at least one ultrasonic probe module and a strap. The mobile device has a mobile device control interface for setting ultrasonic parameters and displaying an echo wave through a specific software interface of the mobile device. The ultrasonic probe module includes at least one ultrasonic transducer and a control circuit corresponding thereto. The ultrasonic transducer generates and receives an ultrasonic wave. The control circuit has the functions of generating/receiving signals, phase regulation, power amplification and matching. One end of the ultrasonic probe module is electrically connected to the mobile device and the other end of the ultrasonic probe module is connected to the strap.
US11724118B2
In embodiments, a WCD system includes electrodes with which it senses an ECG signal of the patient. A processor may detect sequential peaks within the ECG signal, measure durations of time intervals between the peaks, including between non-sequential peaks, and identify a representative duration that best meets a plausibility criterion. The plausibility criterion may be that the representative duration is the one that occurs the most often, i.e. is the mode. Then a heart rate can be computed from a duration indicated by the representative duration and, if the heart rate meets a shock condition, the WCD system may deliver a shock to the patient. An advantage can be that the representative duration can be close to a good R-R interval measurement of a patient, notwithstanding noise in the ECG signal that is in the shape of peaks.
US11724117B2
A system for medical equipment servicing includes a computing device for medical equipment management configured to communicatively couple to a plurality of remotely located portable medical devices and one or more automated external defibrillators (AEDs), each AED including defibrillation electrodes, a battery, a processor, a memory comprising a set of configurations, and associated circuitry, and a communication interface coupled to the processor and configured to communicatively couple to the computing device via a wireless or cellular network, establish a cellular or WiFi connection with the computing device, and receive at least one configuration update from the computing device via the cellular or WiFi connection, the processor being configured to download and install the at least one configuration update.
US11724115B2
A wireless charger device is configured to charge an implantable medical device (IMD). A patient controller obtains one or more power parameters from the charger device during charging of the IMD. The patient controller estimates a temperature range of the IMD using the one or more power parameters from the charger device and compares to a heating threshold. The patient controller then determines whether one or more spacers are recommended in response to the comparison. The one or more spacers are removably attached to the wireless charger device and are configured to lay in a position between the wireless charger device and a patient's skin to increase a charging path.
US11724111B2
Implantable medical systems enter an exposure mode of operation, either manually via a down linked programming instruction or by automatic detection by the implantable system of exposure to a magnetic disturbance. A controller then determines the appropriate exposure mode by considering various pieces of information including the device type including whether the device has defibrillation capability, pre-exposure mode of therapy including which chambers have been paced, and pre-exposure cardiac activity that is either intrinsic or paced rates. Additional considerations may include determining whether a sensed rate during the exposure mode is physiologic or artificially produced by the magnetic disturbance. When the sensed rate is physiologic, then the controller uses the sensed rate to trigger pacing and otherwise uses asynchronous pacing at a fixed rate.
US11724101B2
An apparatus, system and method are provided for a wireless electrical stimulation. The apparatus generally includes at least two electrical stimulation units. Each electrical stimulation unit includes electrodes connected to the unit. The apparatus also includes a receiver configured for receiving the one or more control signals from a remote controller for remotely, wirelessly controlling each of the electrical stimulation units to selectively apply a time-varying electric potential to the electrodes to provide an electrical stimulation to tissue in electrical contact with the electrodes. The apparatus generally applies to a foot of a human body.
US11724099B1
A semi-dry electrode for a neural sensor net. The electrode may comprise an electrolyte storage medium for storing electrolyte, a body portion including an electrolyte reservoir for receiving the bottom surface of the electrolyte storage medium, a cap connected to the body portion for at least partially covering the top surface of the electrolyte storage medium so as to prevent contact between the top surface of the electrolyte storage medium and a person's finger(s), and a vibrating device for vibrating the electrode so as to release electrolyte from the electrolyte storage medium out through the body portion.
US11724075B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward medical devices, systems, and methods. The medical devices may include a portion having a radially expansive force greater than a radially expansive force other portions of the device. In addition, the medical device may include one or more constraining mechanisms for deployment of the medical devices.
US11724073B2
The disclosure relates to medical devices and methods of assembling medical devices, such as MRI-compatible interventional wireguides. An example of a wireguide includes a series of individual segments, a plurality of connectors, and a plurality of spacers. Each segment in the series of individual segments has a first end and a second end. Each connector of the plurality of connectors joins adjacent segments in the series of individual segments to one another such that a first end of a first segment and a second end of a second segment in the series of individual segments are attached to a connector of the plurality of connectors. A spacer of the plurality of spacers is disposed between each pair of adjacent segments in the series of individual segments. Each of the segments in the series of individual segments is electrically insulated from an adjacent segment in the series of individual segments.
US11724067B2
A flexible, polymer sleeve is provided that is everted into a body passageway in such a manner as to exert minimal rubbing friction on the internal walls of such passageway. The sleeve is housed within a tube assembly comprising a posterior tube that telescopingly slides into an insertion tube. The sleeve everts over the insertion tube, upon forward pressure applied thereon, as it extends forward into a body passageway, and consequently, causes the posterior tube to retract into the insertion tube. Multiple tubes can be telescoped to support the polymer sleeve and to keep a passageway open for the expelling of urine or body fluids, the insertion of tools, sanitation/antibacterial substances, or for the flow of liquids through the sleeve. The insertion tube can be locked in reference to the sleeve to prevent unintended removal of catheter assembly. Sleeve and tubing are removed by reversing the insertion and eversion movements.
US11724063B2
A combination flush catheter and selective catheter as one convertible catheter and methods of using the same. The selective catheter may be a reverse curve or guide catheter. The additional steps of removal of the flush catheter and re-insertion of the selective catheter may be eliminated, reducing the possibility of errors and making the procedure smoother and shorter.
US11724058B2
Disclosed is a fluid trap for use with, or comprising part of, a respiratory therapy system, d particular comprising part of, or configured to be connected to, a breathing limb, such as an expiratory limb, of a respiratory therapy system. The fluid trap comprises a container configured to contain fluid received from an inlet; a closure, the closure and container being configured to be removeably mounted together to close the container; and a valve configured to be removeably mounted on at least one of the container and the closure, and configured to be in a closed condition which prevents fluid from flowing through the inlet when the closure is not mounted on the container, the valve being further configured to be in an open position which allows fluid from the inlet into the container when the closure is mounted on the container.
US11724042B2
A system for mixing drug products and injecting includes a syringe body, proximal and distal stopper members disposed in the syringe body, a plunger member, and a needle hub assembly coupled to the distal needle interface of the syringe body. The proximal and distal stopper members form a proximal drug chamber between there between and a distal drug chamber between the distal stopper member and a distal end of the syringe body. The plunger member includes a needle retention feature, an energy-storage member, and an energy-storage member latching member all disposed in disposed in a plunger interior. First and second sizes of the respective proximal and distal drug chambers can be modified by movement of the proximal and distal stopper members relative to the syringe body. The needle is at least partially retractable into plunger interior upon manipulation of the plunger member relative to the syringe body.
US11724036B2
A syringe for withdrawing an aspirate from a body for micro fat grafting is provided. The syringe includes a barrel having an inner wall extending therein. The inner wall has one or more apertures formed therein allowing the aspirate to contact an absorbent positioned between the inner wall and an outer wall of the barrel. A plunger moves longitudinally within the barrel along the inner wall and has a gasket attached to a proximal end forming a seal against the inner wall. The absorbent may take many forms to absorb a non-fat cell portion of the aspirate. A related method includes retracting the plunger from a first position to draw the aspirate from a harvest site of a body into the barrel, exposing the aspirate to the absorbent, and moving the plunger toward the first position so a remaining portion of the aspirate is no longer exposed to the absorbent.
US11724033B2
A drug delivery system comprising: a plurality of needles; a needle guide for guiding and holding the plurality of needles during insertion into a patient's spine; a syringe containing a drug which is to be delivered into the patient's spine; a port multiplier comprising an inlet port connectable to the syringe and a plurality of outlet ports; and a plurality of tubes for providing fluid connections between the outlet ports of the port multiplier and the plurality of needles.
US11724030B2
Methods and devices for the diagnosis and treatment of microvascular dysfunction, such as microvascular obstruction (MVO) and other dysfunctional diseases of the microvasculature of many organs, including the heart. The present subject matter provides novel devices and methods to successfully diagnose, restore patency, open and preserve flow, and limit reperfusion injury in organs and cases with microvascular dysfunction. The present subject matter provides apparatus and method to detect, measure and treat microvascular dysfunction in real time during scenarios such as invasive angiographic/therapeutic procedures. Such procedures include therapy for organ systems including the heart (acute myocardial infarction—primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)), brain stroke (CVA), bowel ischemia/infarction, pulmonary emboli/infarction, critical limb ischemia/infarction, renal ischemia/infarction, and others. The present subject matter provides various systems including an infusion and sensing catheter, diagnostic agents, therapeutic agents, and a control console with specialized algorithms to diagnose and treat microvascular dysfunction, such as MVO, in real-time with real-time operator feedback for interventional procedures.
US11724029B2
A wearable, conductive textile patch is provided that may include any of a number of features for monitoring body analytes and/or delivering fluids to a body. In one embodiment of the invention, a single, patch-mounted system monitors glucose levels of a diabetic person and provides appropriate doses of insulin in response to the glucose measurements. A hand-held user interface can be provided for wirelessly controlling the system and/or receiving information from it. Conductive pathways can be formed in the fabric of the patch. Components that can be integrated into the flexible patch include a power source, controller, transmitter, antenna, temperature and other sensors, fluid pump, infusion set, electrical pathways, switches, controls, electrodes, connectors, resistors and other circuit elements. Such components can be embedded, interwoven or coated on to the flexible patch instead of or in addition to surface mounting. Methods associated with use of the flexible patch system are also covered.
US11724024B2
An inverted battery device has a pair of electrodes, first and second volumes, and an electrical conductor. One of the pair of electrodes is configured as an anode and the other is configured as a cathode. A first electrolyte solution and the anode are disposed in the first volume, while a second electrolyte solution and the cathode are disposed in the second volume. The electrical conductor extends between the first and second volumes to couple the pair of electrodes to each other such that electrons travel between the pair of electrodes. The device is constructed to produce ions rather than electrons such that an ionic current can be generated in a separate system, such as a biological system or other ionic system, when coupled between the anode and cathode.
US11724019B2
The present disclosure relates to an effluent bag for collecting accumulated blood treatment effluent. The effluent bag comprises a closeable effluent opening or connection to an exterior of the effluent bag. The disclosure further relates to methods, a blood treatment apparatus, and a discharge hose system.
US11724018B2
A system and method for increasing the speed of blood and wall shear stress (WSS) in a peripheral vein for a sufficient period of time to result in a persistent increase in the overall diameter and lumen diameter of the vein is provided. The method includes pumping blood at a desired rate and pulsatility. The pumping is monitored and adjusted, as necessary, to maintain the desired blood speed, WSS and pulsatility in the peripheral vein in order to optimize the rate and extent of dilation of the peripheral vein.
US11724017B2
A dialysis apparatus has a connection channel that communicatively connects a dialysate circuit and a blood circuit, and circulates dialysate from the dialysate circuit to the blood circuit via the connection channel during a priming operation. A blood pump has a tube attachment device that switches from an unattached state in which a tube is positioned outside a housing and permits liquid to circulate thereinside, to an attached state in which the tube is in the housing and a rotor compresses the tube. At the time of priming, the liquid feeding pump feeds dialysate from the dialysate circuit to the blood circuit via the connection channel. With the blood pump being in the unattached state, the dialysate is circulated past the blood pump, and then, with the blood pump in the attached state, the dialysate is circulated in a direction opposite to the blood pump.
US11724013B2
Certain disclosed embodiments concern systems and methods of preparing dialysate for use in a home dialysis system that is compact and light-weight relative to existing systems and consumes relatively low amounts of energy. The method includes coupling a household water stream to a dialysis system; filtering the water stream; heating the water stream to at least about 138 degrees Celsius in a non-batch process to produce a heated water stream; maintaining the heated water stream at or above at least about 138 degrees Celsius for at least about two seconds; cooling the heated water stream to produce a cooled water stream; ultrafiltering the cooled water stream; and mixing dialysate components into the cooled water stream in a non-batch process.
US11724003B2
A trigger mechanism that can be used in AR-pattern firearms has a hammer, a trigger member, a disconnector, a locking member, and a “three position” safety selector having safe, standard semi-automatic, and forced reset semi-automatic positions. In the standard semi-automatic position, rearward movement of the bolt carrier causes rearward pivoting of the hammer such that the disconnector hook catches the hammer hook, at which time a user must manually release the trigger member to free the hammer from the disconnector to permit the hammer and trigger member to pivot to the set positions so that the user can pull the trigger member to fire the firearm. In the forced reset semi-automatic position, rearward movement of the bolt carrier causes rearward pivoting of the hammer causing the trigger member to be forced to the set position, the safety selector preventing the disconnector hook from catching the hammer hook, and thereafter when the bolt carrier reaches the substantially in-battery position the user can pull the trigger member to fire the firearm without manually releasing the trigger member. The locking member is pivotable between a first position at which the locking member mechanically blocks the trigger member from moving to the released position and a second position at which the locking member does not mechanically block the trigger member allowing the trigger member to be moved to the released position. The locking member is spring biased toward the first position and moved against the spring bias to the second position by contact from the bolt carrier during forward movement of the bolt carrier as the bolt carrier reaches a substantially in-battery position.
US11724002B2
A method for forming a fiber is provided. The method comprises extruding a matrix polymer and a nanoinclusion additive to form a thermoplastic composition in which the nanoinclusion additive is dispersed within a continuous phase of the matrix polymer. The extruded thermoplastic composition is thereafter passed through a spinneret to form a fiber having a porous network containing a plurality of nanopores, wherein the average percent volume occupied by the nanopores within a given unit volume of the fiber is from about 3% to about 15% per cm3.
US11723980B2
The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US11723976B2
In one non-limiting embodiment, the present disclosure relates to lyophilized formulations containing an IL-31 antagonist (for example, an anti-IL-31RA antibody) as an active ingredient, the lyophilized formulations further containing arginine and/or a salt thereof and sucrose and/or trehalose. In another non-limiting embodiment, the present disclosure relates to solution formulations containing an IL-31 antagonist as an active ingredient, the solution formulations further containing arginine and/or a salt thereof. In other non-limiting embodiments, the present disclosure relates to methods for stabilizing an antibody (for example, an anti-IL-31RA antibody) in an antibody-containing formulation, methods for suppressing antibody aggregation (aggregate formation) in an antibody-containing formulation, and methods for reducing components with charge heterogeneity in an antibody-containing formulation, the methods being characterized in that the formulation is prepared to contain arginine and/or a salt thereof, and/or sucrose and/or trehalose.
US11723969B2
Nucleic acid molecules and compositions comprising one or more nucleic acid sequences that encode a consensus filovirus immunogen including a consensus Marburgvirus filovirus glycoprotein MARV GP immunogen, a consensus Ebolavirus Sudan filovirus glycoprotein SEBOV GP immunogen and a consensus Ebolavirus Zaire glycoprotein ZEBOV GP immunogen are disclosed. The coding sequences optionally include operable linked coding sequence that encode a signal peptide. Immunomodulatory methods and methods of inducing an immune response against filovirus, particularly Marburgvirus, Ebolavirus Sudan and Ebolavirus Zaire are disclosed. Method of preventing filovirus infection, particularly infection by Marburgvirus, Ebolavirus Sudan and Ebolavirus Zaire and methods of treating individuals infected with filovirus infection, particularly infection by Marburgvirus, Ebolavirus Sudan and Ebolavirus Zaire are disclosed. Consensus filovirus proteins are disclosed.
US11723966B2
The present invention relates to immunogenic compositions, such as vaccines, comprising immunogenic polypeptides from Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis, for use in methods of boosting an immune response and methods of treatment using same. More particularly, the invention relates to use of such immunogenic compositions in methods of treating or preventing exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
US11723964B2
The invention relates to a pharmaceutical combination and related methods for reducing tumor volume and/or increasing the survival of a cancer patient. The combination comprises an intravenous administration of a recombinant MVA encoding a tumor-associated antigen and an administration of an antibody to a cancer patient.
US11723960B2
The invention described herein relates to methods and compositions for treatment of gluten intolerance and related conditions (e.g., celiac disease and gluten sensitivity), or inhibition of inflammation and/or immune response in the intestine due to antigenic food peptides, by administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more Nepenthes enzymes.
US11723958B2
The present disclosure provides compositions of microparticles and uses thereof for removing toxic or undesirable molecules from an environment, e.g. the blood of a subject. The microparticles can be liposomes. In one embodiment, the aqueous phase of the liposomes contains (i) a system of generating NAD+ from NADH, and (ii) one or more enzymes that are involved in one or more NAD+-dependent reactions that remove the toxic or undesirable molecules from the environment. In one embodiment, the liposomes contain NADH oxidase, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) to remove ethanol from the blood of a subject.
US11723955B1
The present invention relates to a biologic that inhibits angiogenesis. In particular, the present invention relates to fusion proteins that inhibit the integrin activated pathway and one other angiogenic factor-activated pathway as well as formulation compositions of such fusion proteins, as well as methods for producing and using the same.
US11723953B2
A reconstituted high density lipoprotein formulation having relatively low toxicity comprises an apolipoprotein such as ApoAI or fragment thereof, a lipid and a detergent at a level which is about 5-50% of that which would normally cause liver toxicity upon administration to a human. The lipid is optimally phosphatidylcholine at about 30-50 g/L and the molar ratio of apolipoprotein:lipid is optimally in the range 1:40 to 1:75. The formulation is useful for treating diseases or conditions such as cardiovascular disease, hypercholesterolaemia and hypocholesterolaemia inclusive of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction.
US11723948B2
The present invention relates to an in vitro method for determine the prognosis of the survival time of a patient suffering from a cancer comprising the steps consisting of i) determining the expression level of the couple DNMT3A/ISGF3γ in a sample from said patient, ii) comparing said expression level with a predetermined reference value and iii) providing a good prognosis when the expression level is lower than the predetermined reference value and a poor prognosis when the expression level is higher than the predetermined reference value. The invention also relates a compound which is a DNMT3A/ISGF3γ antagonist or a compound which is a DNMT3A/ISGF3γ gene expression inhibitor for use in the treatment and prevention of cancer.
US11723935B2
The application relates to methods based on modulating mammalian intestinal and/or pancreatic microbiota and related probiotic, prebiotic, and anti-bacterial compositions. Specifically, the application relates to the use of microbiome for prevention, treatment and diagnosis of pancreatic cancers or tumors, such as pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
US11723932B2
Genetically programmed microorganisms, such as bacteria or virus, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of modulating and treating cancers are disclosed.
US11723921B2
The invention involves generating a T cell response to subdominant antigens and using the cells to therapeutically change the cellular homeostasis and nature of the immune response. In a preferred embodiment, the cells are generated outside of the patient avoiding the influence of the patient's immunologic milieu. By stimulating and growing the T cells from a patient in a tissue culture to one or more subdominant antigens and the transplanting them into the patient, if enough cells are expanded and transplanted, the transplanted cells overwhelm the endogenous dominant T cells in the response to either break or induce immune tolerance or otherwise modify the immune response to the cells or organism expressing that antigen. When the memory cells are established they are then reflective of this new immunodominance hierarchy so that the desired therapeutic effect is long lasting. In effect, the transplantation exogenously generated T cells reactive to the subdominant antigens is recapitulating priming and rebalancing the patient's immune response to target previously subdominant antigens in the cells or organism to produce a therapeutic benefit.
US11723919B2
Embodiments of a composition and/or combination comprising an anionic dietary supplement and 25-hydroxy vitamin D are disclosed. The anionic dietary supplement may be a negative dietary cation anion difference (DCAD) supplement and/or may comprise magnesium chloride, magnesium sulfate, ammonium chloride, ammonium sulfate, and calcium sulfate, and/or complexes thereof. Also disclosed are embodiments of a method for administrating the combination and/or composition to an animal, such as a ruminant. In certain embodiments, the animal is a dairy cow, and the method may be a method for increasing milk yield, and/or improving the health of the animal.
US11723918B2
The invention relates to a solid pharmaceutical tablet for oral delivery, the tablet comprising calcium carbonate in an amount of more than 30% by weight of the tablet and organic water-insoluble components in an amount of more than 20% by weight of the tablet, wherein the tablet is designed to be masticated into a coherent residual containing the organic water-insoluble components, and wherein the tablet is adapted to release more than 80% of the calcium carbonate within 5 minutes of mastication.
US11723912B2
Methods of minimizing dysregulation of Staufen1-associated RNA metabolism can include introducing an amount of a Staufen1-regulating agent to a target cell sufficient to minimize the dysregulation. Therapeutic compositions for treating a neurodegenerative condition associated with Staufen1-induced dysregulation of RNA metabolism can include a therapeutically effective amount of a Staufen1-regulating agent and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US11723911B2
Described herein are methods of promoting remyelination in a subject suffering from demyelination diseases by administering to the subject a combination of steroid hormones and Hedgehog signaling pathway modulators. Also described are methods of administering the combination of drugs, wherein the combination of drugs are in compositions adapted for nasal administration.
US11723909B2
The invention relates to particular substituted deuterated heterocycle fused gamma-carbolines, their prodrugs, in free, solid, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or substantially pure form as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use in the treatment of diseases involving 5-HT2A receptor, serotonin transporter (SERT) and/or pathways involving dopamine D1/D2 receptor signaling systems, and/or the treatment of residual symptoms.
US11723907B2
Anti-aging compounds identified using the lead compounds violuric acid and 1-naphthoquinone-2-monoxime are described. The compounds are redox catalysts that appear to improve the function of hematopoietic stem cells. The compounds can be used to decrease the rate of aging in a subject, or to treat or decrease the risk of developing an age-related disease or disorder.
US11723904B2
A nicotine lozenge includes a body that is partially or wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a soluble-fiber matrix and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the soluble-fiber matrix. A nicotine lozenge may include at least 40 weight percent of soluble fiber. Soluble fiber in a nicotine lozenge may include maltodextrin. The nicotine lozenge is adapted to release the nicotine or a derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity of an adult consumer and exposed to saliva. A method of making nicotine lozenges includes forming a molten mixture of at least 40 weight percent soluble fiber, nicotine, and less than 15 weight percent water while maintaining a mixture temperature of less than 150° C. and portioning the molten mixture into a plurality of nicotine lozenges. The ingredients can be mixed to form the molten mixture in an extruder.
US11723903B2
Aspects of the invention relate generally to the treatment of schizophrenia and to monitoring for specific adverse reactions.
US11723891B2
The invention relates to the combined use and to a combination of either a microtubule targeting agent or a Src kinase inhibitor, a Raf-MEK-ERK pathway inhibitor and an EGFR and/or ERBB2 inhibitor for use in the treatment of RAS-mutant cancer. The invention further relates to a method of treating RAS-mutant cancers and to a method of testing a combination comprising of a either microtubule targeting agent or a Src inhibitor, a Raf-MEK-ERK pathway inhibitor and an EGFR and/or ERBB2 inhibitor on a tumor organoid. In particular, the invention relates to the combined use of either a microtubule targeting agent or a Src kinase inhibitor with: an inhibitor of the Raf-MEK-ERK pathway and at least one of an inhibitor of both EGFR and ERBB2 and a combination of an EGFR inhibitor and an ERBB2 inhibitor in the treatment of RAS mutant cancer.
US11723888B2
Chemical compounds/compositions, methods of synthesis, and methods of use are provided. The compounds/compositions are directed toward thyrointegrin antagonists directly conjugated to a polymer. The compounds/compositions may further comprise an additional substituent also conjugated to the polymer. The compounds/compositions may demonstrate antiangiogenic effect and efficacy against conditions, particularly cancers.
US11723883B2
The present invention relates to hydroxynorketamine for the use in the treatment of depression. In particular, the present invention concerns hydroxynorketamine for use in the treatment of depression, wherein hydroxynorketamine is administered in form of at least one prodrug, and wherein the at least one prodrug is orally administered in a modified-release dosage form. The prodrug is selected from (S)-Ketamine, (R)-Ketamine, (R,S)-Ketamine, (S)-Norketamine, (R)-Norketamine, (R,S)-Norketamine, (S)-Hydroxyketamine, (R)-Hydroxyketamine, (R,S)-Hydroxyketamine.
US11723879B2
The present invention discloses a method for preparing a lycopene micro-capsule powder, wherein lycopene is fully mixed with an aqueous phase to obtain a lycopene emulsion, and the emulsion is then ground to a particle size less than 1 μm, and spray dried. The aqueous phase comprises: a gelatin enzymatic hydrolysate with a molecular weight of 5,000-10,000 Da, disaccharide, polysaccharide, and an antioxidant. The disaccharide is one or more of sucrose, maltose and lactose; and the polysaccharide is one or more of pullulan and chitosan.
US11723868B2
Novel microsphere compositions for use in parenteral formulations are provided. The microspheres comprise a biodegradable polymer of a molecular weight greater than 10,000 daltons, an active therapeutic agent, and a cellulose-derived material such as ethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose, or sodium carboxymethyl cellulose. The microsphere compositions decreased deviation in mean microsphere diameter, improved drug entrapment, and improved microsphere stability.
US11723863B2
The present invention provides oral care compositions. The compositions may be provided in a solid form, such as a film. The compositions can comprise one or more film forming polymers, one or more bioadhesive agents, one or more plasticizers, benzocaine (and optionally one or more further active ingredients), one or more polymeric solvents, and an aqueous solvent. The oral care composition can be a solid or semi-solid composition up to a temperature of at least 40° C. Methods of providing such an oral care compositions are also provided herein.
US11723859B2
A tumescent composition comprising a chemotherapy agent in a tumescent solution, wherein a tumescent concentration of the chemotherapy agent is simultaneously below a threshold for local, subcutaneous tissue toxicity, above a threshold for positive local therapeutic effect, and above a concentration safely achievable by intravenous (IV), intramuscular (IM) or oral (PO) delivery; and the tumescent solution comprises a vasoconstrictor; a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; and optionally a local anesthetic.
US11723849B2
The present disclosure relates to hair care and conditioning compositions comprising polyols; monoalcohols having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms; fatty alcohols selected from cetyl alcohol and myristyl alcohol; cationic surfactants; fatty carbonate esters; and dialkyl ethers. When the composition is applied to the wet or damp hair or put in contact with extraneous water, the composition forms an emulsion having a lamellar phase. The present disclosure also relates to methods of treating hair using these compositions.
US11723847B2
An dual oral composition is provided having a first peroxide-containing component and a second bicarbonate-containing component having exceptional anti-plaque and antibacterial action with re-mineralization properties.
US11723846B2
This application relates to novel aqueous oral care compositions useful for combining and delivering incompatible stannous fluoride or stannous chloride and potassium salts in a high-water composition, for example, to provide effective caries prevention, protection against dental erosion, and relief from dental hypersensitivity. The compositions comprise stannous fluoride or stannous chloride, nitric acid or a water-soluble nitrate salt, a water-soluble alkali metal polyphosphate and more than 10% water, by weight of the composition.
US11723843B2
A pill reminder mechanism including a reminder mechanism and a strap detachably coupled to the reminder mechanism. The reminder mechanism may include a strap base, an hour wheel, an hour face, a day wheel, a center hub, and a faceplate.
US11723832B2
A respiration-assistance apparatus or method can include or use a lifting element such as to cyclically push, pull, or lift, toward a superior direction of the subject, at least one subject region during an inhalation portion of a respiration cycle of the subject. A cyclical member can couple the lifting element to a fixed reference. Abdominal or ribcage compression can be provided. A multi-action or other cam can be used, such as together with a reciprocating element. Examples can be configured for use with a wheelchair, a bed, a vacuum or suction affixation element, a wearable garment, etc.
US11723826B2
A patient support apparatus for traversing objects supported on ground surfaces. The patient support apparatus comprises a patient support deck, and a base to support the patient support deck from the ground surface. At pair of caster wheel assemblies spaced from each other are coupled to the base for pivoting movement about respective pivot axes cooperating to define a reference plane. A frame guard coupled to the base defines first and second ramp surfaces each disposed at an angle relative to the reference plane. The first ramp surface is arranged to engage objects before they contact one or more of the caster wheels when the patient support apparatus moves in a first direction. The second ramp surface is arranged to engage objects before they contact one or more of the caster wheels when the patient support apparatus moves in an opposite, second direction.
US11723823B2
A patient support apparatus comprises a support structure, an articulation system, and a headboard assembly. The support structure comprises a head end, a foot end, a base, and a patient support deck to support a patient between the head end and the foot end. The patient support deck comprises a first section and a second section capable of articulating relative to the first section. The articulation system articulates the second section relative to the first section. The headboard assembly is coupled to the second section to be arranged adjacent to a head of the patient lying on the patient support deck. At least a portion of the headboard assembly articulates with the second section when the second section articulates relative to the first section. The headboard assembly comprises one or more environment controls operable to alter an environment of the patient on the patient support deck.
US11723817B2
A patient support apparatus supports a patient and includes a litter. The litter includes a patient support deck and extends longitudinally between first and second ends. The apparatus includes a litter lift device coupled to the litter and configured to raise and lower the patient support deck. The apparatus includes a care station coupled to the litter adjacent one of the first and second ends. The care station includes a docking frame coupled to the litter and defining an angle between the docking frame and the axis. The docking frame is arranged to pivot relative to the litter between a folded position an upright position. The angle in the folded position less than the angle in the upright position. The care station includes a utility module configured for use by a caregiver and arranged to selectively mount to the docking frame.
US11723799B2
Disclosed are devices and methods for delivering a sheet of tissue into the eye in such a way that damage to the tissue is minimized, damage to the eye during insertion and manipulation of the tissue is minimized, and the tissue is released and delivered in a precise and controlled fashion.
US11723796B2
A system for cooling or heating a body part includes at least one bladder, a pump, a heat exchanger, a first fluid line in fluid communication with the heat exchanger and the at least one bladder, a second fluid line in fluid communication with the at least one bladder and the heat exchanger, a main reservoir and a separator. The heat exchanger is in fluid communication with the pump. The first fluid line is located downstream from the heat exchanger and the second fluid line is located downstream from the at least one bladder when the system is operating to cool or heat the body part. The separator is in fluid communication with the main reservoir and the pump and is located below the main reservoir to receive fluid under the influence of gravity from the main reservoir and to deliver fluid to the pump via gravity.
US11723795B2
In one form, a projection frame eyelid heater includes a heating element and a frame. The heating element has first and second heat producing areas separated by a distance corresponding to a separation of human eyes and has first and second ends. The heating element produces heat in response to an application of a voltage thereto. The frame includes a left temple attachment portion and a right temple attachment portion each having a respective back portion extending downward and inward, a left eyelid chassis portion, an intermediate chassis portion, and a right eyelid chassis portion, wherein the intermediate chassis portion connects the left eyelid chassis portion and the right eyelid chassis portion. Each of the left eyelid chassis portion and the right eyelid chassis portion is adjustable with respect to the intermediate chassis portion in a direction from the user's nose toward the user's left and right eyes, respectively.
US11723791B2
Disclosed are methods of preparing a dental appliance for treating a patient having obstructive sleep apnea or hypopnea. Also included are dental appliances and their uses.
US11723784B2
A stent, a stent delivery system, and a method of delivering a stent are described that allow the porosity of the stent to be changed dynamically during a delivery procedure. Unlike prior stents and procedures that are configured to deploy with a predetermined porosity, the physician can create a region of high stent porosity over certain vessel features, a low stent porosity over other vessel features, and can create these porosity changes with at least one stent or stent layer.
US11723767B2
Medical device delivery systems and methods for making and using medical device delivery systems are disclosed. An example delivery system for an implantable medical device includes an implantable heart valve including an inner shaft having a proximal end region, a distal end region and a first engagement member disposed along a portion of the distal end region and a tip assembly configured to attach to the inner shaft. The tip assembly includes a nosecone having a distal end region and a proximal end region, a second engagement member disposed within at least a portion of the nosecone, the second engagement member including a first locking member, the first locking member configured to deflect from a first position to a second engaged position. Further, attaching the tip assembly to the inner shaft includes deflecting the first locking member such that the locking member is coupled to the first engagement member.
US11723764B2
A transcatheter valve prosthesis including a tubular stent, a prosthetic valve component disposed within and secured to the stent, and a centering mechanism coupled to and encircling an outer surface of the tubular stent. The centering mechanism includes a self-expanding centering ring having an expanded diameter in the expanded configuration that is greater than an expanded diameter of the tubular stent in the expanded configuration and a plurality of self-expanding spokes radially extending between the tubular stent and the centering ring. The centering mechanism may include a base ring and/or a skirt. Alternatively, the centering mechanism includes a plurality of self-expanding loops. When each loop is in a delivery configuration the loop has a straightened profile that proximally extends from a proximal end of the tubular stent. When each loop is in an expanded configuration the loop has a U-shaped profile radially spaced apart from the tubular stent.
US11723753B2
Methods for generating orthodontic models having bite adjustment structures may include generating orthodontic treatment plan comprising a plurality of stages by positioning a plurality of digital bite adjustment structures on a corresponding plurality of anterior digital teeth of a digital model of a jaw at a first stage of a treatment plan, adjusting the position of the plurality of digital bite adjustment structures on the corresponding plurality of anterior digital teeth of the digital model of the jaw at a second stage of the treatment plan according to changes to the digital model of the jaw between the first stage of the treatment plan and the second stage of the treatment plan, and providing the digital model of the jaw for fabrication of physical models corresponding to the jaw at the first and the second stages of the treatment plan for formation of appliances thereover.
US11723748B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for optimizing a 3D model of an individual's teeth. A 3D dental model may be reconstructed from 3D parameters. A differentiable renderer may be used to derive a 2D rendering of the individual's dentition. 2D image(s) of an individual's dentition may be obtained, and features may be extracted from the 2D image(s). Image loss between the 2D rendering and the 2D image(s) can be derived, and back-propagation from the image loss can be used to calculate gradients of the loss to optimize the 3D parameters. A machine learning model can also be trained to predict a 3D dental model from 2D images of an individual's dentition.
US11723742B2
A cart for supporting one or more instruments for a computer-assisted, remote procedure can include a base and a support structure extending from the base and adjustable to different configurations, the support structure being configured to support one or more instruments to perform a remote procedure. The cart can further include a steering interface configured to be grasped by a user and a sensor mechanism configured to detect a force applied to the steering interface. The cart also can include a drive system comprising a control module operably coupled to receive an input from the sensor mechanism in response to the force applied to the steering interface and information about a configuration of the support structure, the control module operably coupled to output a movement command based on the received input from the sensor mechanism and the information about the configuration of the support structure. A driven wheel may be mounted to the base and configured to impart wheeled motion to the cart in response to the movement command.
US11723733B2
Techniques for limiting motion of a first structure include a manipulator supported by the first structure, a second structure supporting the first structure, and a processor. The processor is configured to, in response to entering a first mode, determine, relative to the first structure, a first position of a reference location on entry into the first mode, the reference location being associated with a link of the manipulator; and while in the first mode: detect a manual movement of the reference location to a second position relative to the first structure, wherein a difference between the first and second positions comprises a displacement having first and second components in respective different first and second directions; and, in response, command the second structure to move relative to the reference location in the first direction so as to reduce the first component while not changing the second component.
US11723729B2
An adapter module is configured to be coupled to a robotic arm of a robotic surgical system and a surgical instrument. The adapter module has a first interface configured to engage a second interface of the surgical instrument to removably secure the surgical instrument thereto. The adapter module further includes a sensor configured to detect whether the second interface is fully engaged with the first interface, and a control circuit coupled to the sensor. The control circuit is configured to monitor the sensor to determine an engagement status of the surgical instrument, and prevent activation of a component of the robotic surgical system in a disengaged status.
US11723727B2
The disclosure relates to systems and methods for performing eye surgery in which a single image that simultaneously presents a graphical representation of a planned or actual flap location superimposed with a graphical representation of a planned or actual area of ablation is used.
US11723720B2
Systems, devices, and methods for determining advancement of a surgical laser fiber in an endoscope and providing interlocking feedback for the surgical laser are disclosed. An exemplary method includes directing light from a distal end of an endoscope to a target, optically detecting an amount of the light reflected from the target, transmitting the optically detected amount of light through a laser fiber extending through a working channel of the endoscope, determining, based on the optically detected amount of light, a position of a distal end of the laser fiber relative to the distal end of the endoscope, and generating a control signal to the surgical laser system to adjust laser emission through the laser fiber.
US11723715B2
A branch of an instrument comprising a metal part, which is embodied in one piece seamlessly, which comprises the electrode support as well as the electrode plate and connection webs. Preferably, this metal part is produced in an additive production method, for example selective laser melting (SLM). The branches are suitable for instruments for open surgery as well as for laparoscopic and flexible endoscopic instruments.
US11723711B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to controlling electrical power of an electrotherapeutic signal that is provided to a biological tissue engaged by an electrosurgical instrument during a medical procedure. Electrical power—a product of a voltage difference across and an electrical current conducted by the engaged biological tissue—is controlled according to a therapeutic schedule. The electrotherapeutic schedule can be reduced or terminated in response to a termination criterion being met. In some examples, the termination criterion is a current characteristic, such as, for example, a decrease in current conducted by the engaged biological tissue. In some examples, the termination criterion is a biological tissue resistance characteristic, such as, for example, an increase in the biological tissue resistance that exceeds a predetermined delta resistance value.
US11723709B2
Systems, methods and computer-accessible mediums can be provided that can establish particular parameters for electric pulses based on a characteristic(s) of the tissue(s), and control an application of the electric pulses to tissue(s) for a plurality of automatically controlled and separated time periods to ablate the tissue(s) through mediation of membrane potential and through inducing the cells through a plurality of charge-discharge cycles such that an electroporation of a majority of the tissue(s) is prevented or reduced.
US11723701B2
A compression force magnifier comprising: an engaging surface for attaching to a bone plate; a ramped component above the engaging surface, the ramped component having a bottom surface adjacent the engaging surface and an angled upper surface; and a hole extending through the ramped component and the engaging surface.
US11723693B2
Connector assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. A connector has a first end that clamps to a first rod in an existing construct and a second end, connected to the first end, that clamps to a second rod in a new construct such that the new construct can be extended from the existing construct at an adjacent level as the existing construct.
US11723691B2
A spinal device includes a rod which has a first end disposed in a housing and a second end which protrudes out of the housing through an aperture and which is movable to protrude more out of the housing or less out of the housing. A biasing device, mounted on the rod, includes a series of connected at-least partial coils. A first end of the biasing device is arranged to abut against the housing and a second end of the biasing device, opposite to the first end, is affixed to the rod.
US11723686B2
A device includes an ultrasound probe including an elongated neck insertable in a patient and rotatable around a first longitudinal axis, an ultrasound transducer, and an elongated body rotatable around a second longitudinal axis that is parallel to and offset from the first longitudinal axis. The elongated body is removably attached to a probe mounting structure. A shaft is attached to the probe mounting structure, where rotation of the shaft causes corresponding rotation of the probe mounting structure and the attached elongated body of the ultrasound probe. The shaft defines a longitudinal shaft channel in an interior portion and a longitudinal shaft groove extending from a surface of the shaft to the longitudinal shaft channel. A cable is insertable into the longitudinal shaft channel through the longitudinal shaft groove, and enters an internal channel of the ultrasound probe through the longitudinal shaft channel enabling electrical connection with the ultrasound transducer.
US11723683B2
Systems (10) and methods (12) of controlling an ultrasonic surgical tool (20) with a console (22) are provided. A first drive signal (40) is applied to the ultrasonic surgical tool (20). A characteristic of a harmonic signal (44) resulting from application of the first drive signal (40) to the ultrasonic surgical tool (20) is acquired. A cancellation signal (70) is generated based on the characteristic of the harmonic signal (44). The first drive signal (40) and the cancellation signal (70) are combined to produce a second drive signal (80) that is sinusoidal. The second drive signal (80) is applied to the ultrasonic surgical tool (20) such that presence of the harmonic signal (44) resulting from application of the second drive signal (80) is reduced relative to presence of the harmonic signal (44) resulting from application of the first drive signal (40).
US11723677B2
A patellar resection guide includes a frame, a first jaw, and a second jaw. The frame includes a first end, at which the first jaw is disposed, and a second end opposed to the first end at which the second jaw is disposed. The guide further includes an arm with a planar surface for guiding a cutting tool. The arm is either or both of rotatable and translatable relative to the frame.
US11723665B2
A method for obviating spline crash in a surgical stapler that utilizes a motor of the surgical stapler includes oscillating an anvil retainer of the surgical stapler in a first oscillation pattern, oscillating the anvil retainer in a second oscillation pattern that is different from the first oscillation pattern after the first oscillation pattern, and retracting the anvil retainer until an anvil of the surgical stapler is in a clamped position relative to a shell assembly after the second oscillation pattern. Oscillating the anvil retainer in the first oscillation pattern includes oscillating the anvil retainer in a longitudinal direction between extension and retraction with the motor such that the anvil moves towards and away from the shell assembly. Oscillating the anvil retainer in the second oscillation pattern includes moving the anvil towards and away from the shell assembly.
US11723663B2
A circular stapler apparatus for stapling tissue includes a staple and pledget assembly and a circular staple head operable to drive staples toward an anvil. A staple of the staple and pledget assembly has a pair of legs disposed substantially perpendicular to a crown of the staple in a first position. The pair of legs is operable to advance against a pocket in the anvil to form a staple with bent legs. The staple and pledget assembly includes the staple and a pledget configured to receive the pair of legs of the staple. The pledget comprises a bioabsorbable material. The pledget is configured to advance distal ends of the pair of legs to a position in which the distal ends are laterally offset from a plane in which the crown of the staple is disposed.
US11723662B2
A surgical instrument comprising an articulatable end effector and a control system that controls the articulation of the end effector and provides feedback to the user of the surgical instrument.
US11723659B2
A surgical fastener applier including a housing containing a compartment, an elongated member extending distally from the housing, first and second jaws and a firing mechanism. The firing mechanism is movable between a first position and a second position to effect firing of fasteners into the tissue clamped between the first and second jaws. A power pack is removably loadable into the compartment, the power pack having a motor and an engagement member removably engageable with the firing mechanism within the compartment when the power pack is loaded into the compartment to effect movement of the firing mechanism. An interchangeable battery pack is removably loadable into the power pack for powering the motor. Bearings restrict axial and radial movement of the firing and articulation assembly in the power pack.
US11723657B2
Disclosed is a surgical instrument, comprising: an end effector configured to grasp tissue. The end effector comprises a jaw, and a staple cartridge seatable in the jaws, wherein the staple cartridge comprises a sensor array. The surgical instrument further comprises a power source configured to supply power to the staple cartridge, and a transmission system configured to wirelessly transmit at least one of the power and a data signal between the staple cartridge and the surgical instrument, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to detect a bandwidth of data transmission through the transmission system, detect a discharge rate of the power source, and select a sensor sampling rate of the sensor array based on a detected value of the bandwidth and a detected value of the bandwidth and a detected value of the discharge rate.
US11723655B2
A magnet-assisted suture grasper for grasping a magnetic suture is provided. The magnet-assisted suture grasper includes a suture retrieval needle, a retriever body, a grasper arm, and a grasper magnet. Translation of the retriever body within a needle lumen of the suture retrieval needle in a first direction causes the grasper arm to move from a first position to a second position, thereby exposing the grasper magnet and allowing contact between the grasper magnet and a magnetic suture attracted thereto. Translation of the retriever body within the needle lumen in a second direction opposite the first direction causes the grasper arm to move from the second position to the first position, thereby sequestering the grasper magnet and grasping the magnetic suture within the needle lumen. Another magnet-assisted suture grasper including a handle, a stem, first and second grasper jaws, a grasper magnet, and an actuator body also is disclosed.
US11723651B1
An Achilles tendon repair that provides a minimally invasive surgical procedure that requires at least two medical devices comprising: at least one fascial elevator separator and at least one suture passer elevator separator with a paddle guide that assist with repair of Achilles tendons wherein a fascial elevator separator paddle guide that has a U-shaped portion at a distal end provides separation of a Paratenon from an Achilles tendon and also provides a surgical plane along a designated length of the Achilles tendon that eliminates a possibility of damage to either the Sural Nerve or Saphenous Vein. The suture passer elevator separator also provides for precise placement of multiple locking sutures along the medial and lateral free edge if the Achilles tendon which allows even tensioning of the surgical repair.
US11723650B2
An assembly includes a flexible fixation member, a suture, and a delivery device. The fixation member includes a body with two terminal ends. A suture passes through the flexible fixation member at various points along a length of the body such that portions of the fixation member are slidable relative to the suture and configurable to form a cluster within a surgical site. The delivery device includes a tubular member, an elongated inserter, and a trigger. The elongated inserter is slidably disposed within the tubular member. The inserter has a forked distal end configured to receive a portion of the flexible fixation member and the suture. The trigger is finger-engagable and fixedly coupled to the proximal end of the inserter. It is configured to advance and retract the inserter relative to the tubular member. The trigger includes a retention member for retaining a proximal end portion of the suture.
US11723637B2
The present invention relates to a specialized laparoscopic device and method used for attachment of instrument heads to thin shafts in the abdomen of a patient. The device allows quick attachment of oversized instrument heads minimizing the scaring and recovery time of the patient. A specialized instrument head having a tether and a grabbing device are used to perform this process.
US11723631B2
A brush for non-invasive biopsy may include a distal tip forming a cavity, where an opening of the cavity faces proximally. A shaft may be included, where the shaft is movable relative to the distal tip, where a distal end of the shaft is located within the cavity when the brush is in a first state, and where at least a portion of the distal end of the shaft is located outside the cavity when the brush is in a second state. A set of bristles may be located at the distal end of the shaft, where the bristles at least partially move from within the cavity of the distal tip to outside the cavity of the distal tip when the brush moves from the first state to the second state.
US11723630B2
A method for positioning key features of a lens based on ocular B-mode ultrasound images includes: acquiring and preprocessing the ocular B-mode ultrasound images to obtain a preprocessed B-mode ultrasound image, eyeball coordinates and lens coordinates; sending the preprocessed B-mode ultrasound image, the eyeball coordinates and the lens coordinates into a trained target detection network YOLOv3 to obtain eyeball position images and lens position images; substituting the eyeball position images and the lens position images into a trained feature extraction network group to obtain image features and feature coordinates corresponding to the eyeball position images and the lens position images, respectively; substituting the image features into a trained collaborative learning network to screen key image features; and marking a feature coordinate corresponding to the key image features on the ocular B-mode ultrasound images to complete positioning the key features of the lens.
US11723625B2
In one aspect, ultrasound transducers are described herein comprising acoustic lenses having enhanced wear resistance. Such transducers can be employed in applications having harsh operating conditions, including veterinary applications. A transducer described herein, in some embodiments, comprises a polymeric acoustic lens having an acoustic velocity greater than 1.7 mm/μs, the polymeric acoustic lens arranged over an array of transducer elements wherein the array of transducer elements has a curvature in an elevation plane sufficient to compensate for wave refraction induced by the acoustic velocity of the polymeric acoustic lens to provide elevation focusing of an ultrasound beam generated by the transducer element array.
US11723617B2
The present invention relates to the field of medical imaging in the absence of contrast agents. In one form, the invention relates to the field of imaging vessels, particularly blood vessels such as the pulmonary vasculature and is suitable for use as a technique for detecting pulmonary embolism (PE), such as acute PE. Embodiments of the present invention provide improved image processing techniques having the capability to extract and use image data to overcome the need for contrast agents to distinguish between different types of tissue. Furthermore, it has also been realised that the image data accessed by the improved image processing can be used to identify irregularities in vessels.
US11723612B2
The present invention relates generally to X-ray detectors and more particularly to a system and a method for integrating an anti-scattering grid with scintillators to significantly enhance the performance of flat panel X-ray detector. In particular, the performance of a flat panel X-ray detector may be enhanced by photon counting detector pixels configured underneath the septa of a 2D antiscatter grid.
US11723611B2
An X-ray detector is provided. The X-ray detector includes multiple detector sub-modules. Each detector sub-module includes a semiconductor layer and multiple detector elements. A plurality of detector elements is disposed on the semiconductor layer. Wiring traces extending from the plurality of detector elements to readout circuitry, where each detector element is coupled to a respective wiring trace. The wiring traces are routed within a gap between adjacent detector elements of the plurality of detector elements. Processing circuitry is configured to perform coincidence detection to determine which detector element of the plurality of detector elements is associated with a location of an X-ray hit when the X-ray coincidently hits one of the detector elements of the plurality of detector elements and one or more of the wiring traces coupled to respective detector elements of the plurality of detector elements.
US11723610B2
An extra-oral dental imaging system comprises an X-ray source (102) and an imaging device (101) suitable for producing multiple frames during at least part of an exposure of an object (200), the imaging device (101) being displaced along a scanning direction (X). A method for creating a cephalometric image of a human skull comprises a step of setting said imaging device (101) with an active area having in an imaging plane a width extending along said scanning direction (X), said width varying along a height direction perpendicular to said scanning direction (X); a step of synchronously displacing the X-ray source (102) and the imaging device (101) along said exposure profile; and a step of registering multiple frames produced by the imaging device (101) during the exposure of said object (200) to be imaged. Using for creating a cephalometric image by digital tomosynthesis.
US11723600B2
A surgical system used to determine if a vessel is within a region proximate to a working end of a surgical instrument includes at least one light emitter configured to emit light of two different wavelengths. The system also includes at least one light sensor disposed opposite the at least one light emitter, the at least one light sensor configured to detect light at the two different wavelengths and to provide a signal having a pulsatile and a non-pulsatile component for each wavelength. The system further includes a controller coupled to the at least one light sensor and configured to determine and indicate if the vessel is a ureter within the region proximate to the working end of the surgical instrument based on a ratio and a symmetry of a dip in the non-pulsatile component.
US11723597B2
A device for detecting spatial differences in fluid level changes in a tissue of a patient may include a support structure for securing the device to a body part of the patient, a processing element operably connected to the support structure, a wireless networking interface operably connected to the support structure and in communication with the processing element and an external computing device via a network, a first transmission module operably connected to the support structure and in communication with the processing element, a second transmission module and a third transmission module operably connected to the support structure and in communication with the processing element. When activated, the first transmission module transmits a first time varying magnetic field through the tissue of the patient. The second and third transmission modules, which are spatially separated from one another, receive first and second versions, respectively, of the first time varying magnetic field.
US11723595B2
Precision treatment with machine learning and digital twin technology for optimal metabolic outcomes
A patient health management platform accesses a metabolic profile for a patient and biosignals recorded for the patient during a current time period comprising sensor data and/or lab test data collected for the patient. The platform encodes the biosignals into a vector representation and inputs the vector representation into a patient-specific metabolic model to determine a metabolic state of the patient at a conclusion of the current time period. The patient-specific metabolic model comprises a set of parameter values determined based on labels assigned to the previous metabolic states and a function representing one or more effects of the plurality of biosignals of the personalized metabolic profile. The platform compares the determined metabolic state of the patient to a threshold metabolic state representing a target metabolism. The platform generates a patient-specific treatment recommendation outlining instructions for the patient to improve the determined metabolic state to the functional metabolic state.
US11723590B2
The present invention relates to an MRS 1D or 2D method and system for obtaining spectral data of the brain of a subject and using neurochemical markers to enable whether a subject is experiencing acute pain, and providing the capacity to monitor response to therapy on an individual basis. The markers can be an increase of Fuc II, III, IV, VII and lactate.
US11723586B2
A computing system having at least one sensor, at least one processor, and at least one memory including a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, causes the computing system to receive one or more surgical parameters associated with a ligament balancing of a patient's joint, receive real-time sensor data generated by the at least one sensor and indicative of at least one characteristic of the patient's joint, and apply machine learning to determine a next ligament balancing step of the ligament balancing of the patient's joint based on the one or more surgical parameters and the real-time sensor data, wherein the next ligament balancing step is a step of one or more steps intended to result in a target state of the patient's joint identified by the machine learning.
US11723578B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for determining a precise localization of an arrhythmia origin or exit site in a heart of a subject using internal electrocardiograph (ECG) signals sensed and stored by an implantable device implanted in the subject. One example method of analyzing an arrhythmia in a subject generally includes reading, from an implantable device implanted in the subject, a plurality of internal ECG signals sensed and stored by the implantable device while the subject was experiencing an arrhythmia event (e.g., at any time, including while the subject was ambulatory); performing an analysis of the read internal ECG signals; and determining a localization of the arrhythmia associated with the arrhythmia event, based on the analysis.
US11723575B2
An apparatus is provided. A strip has first and second end sections, and a first surface and second surface. Two electrocardiographic electrodes are provided on the strip with one of the electrocardiographic electrodes provided on the first surface of the first end section of the strip and another of the electrocardiographic electrodes positioned on the first surface on the second end section of the strip. A flexible circuit is mounted to the second surface of the strip and includes a circuit trace electrically coupled to each of the electrocardiographic electrodes. A wireless transceiver is affixed on one of the first or second end sections, and a battery is positioned on one of the first or second end sections. A processor is positioned on one of the first or second end sections and is housed separate from the battery.
US11723570B2
In an aspect of the invention, a method of identifying sensory inputs affecting working memory load of an individual is provided. The method comprises monitoring (S101) working memory load of the individual using a sensor device, detecting (S102) an increase in the working memory load of the individual, and identifying (S103), in response to the detected increase, at least one sensory input affecting the working memory load of the individual.
US11723569B2
The invention provides methods of identifying schizophrenia patients at risk for relapse. The invention also provides methods of early detection of schizophrenic relapse. The disclosed methods use monitoring of a subset of symptoms and/or one or more biomarkers. The symptom severity can be assessed using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) parameters. The methods of the invention can be used to provide early intervention to decrease or prevent relapse in schizophrenia patients.
US11723567B2
An emotion detecting device includes a memory, a processor and an output/input device. An emotion template with a plurality of emotional statuses is stored in the memory. The processor is configured to receive characteristic values transformed from brain waves of a pet and determine whether the brain waves correspond to a stable state based on variation of the characteristic values during a period. When it is determined that the brain waves correspond to the stable state, the processor determines whether the brain waves match some emotional status among the emotional statuses. When the brain waves match the emotional status, the output/input device outputs information regarding the pet being in the emotional status. When the brain waves do not match any of the emotional statuses in the emotion template, the processor updates the emotion template based on a confirm operation and the characteristic values.
US11723554B2
This disclosure relates to an adjustable tibial sizer for use in knee arthroplasty, the sizer includes a two-part body comprising: a first body portion, a second body portion, and a connection element extending therebetween. Each of the first and second body portions includes a ramp surface configured for simultaneous movement of the first body portion relative to the second body portion in an anterior-posterior direction and a medial-lateral direction, and method of use thereof.
US11723551B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. Regarding the k-space data obtained as a result of performing multi-shot imaging that includes a plurality of shots, the processing circuitry obtains a correction coefficient, based on first-type magnetic resonance images generated using the k-space data, the correction coefficient correcting phase shifting occurring in read out direction among the plurality of shots. Then, the processing circuitry corrects the k-space data based on the correction coefficients. Moreover, the processing circuitry generates a second-type magnetic resonance image using the corrected k-space data.
US11723546B2
An optical sensing device includes a device casing and an optical sensor on the device casing. In an embodiment, the optical sensing device further includes an image-capturing device on the device casing. The sensing direction of the optical sensor and the capturing direction of the image-capturing device point in the same direction. The image-capturing device can capture an image of an object to be sensed by the optical sensor. In another embodiment, the optical sensing device further includes a flexible shielding cover on the device casing and enclosing the optical sensor for shielding the optical sensor from external light.
US11723533B2
A method for testing the eyes of a test person with the aid of a vision testing system as well as to a vision testing system, comprising a first measuring device, a second topographic measuring device, a third refractive measuring device and a processing means, a central axial length (LZ) and a peripheral axial length (LP) of an eye of the test person being measured with the aid of said first measuring device, a curvature of the cornea of the eye being measured with the aid of said second measuring device, a refractive property of the eye being measured with the aid of said third measuring device, measurement data of the measurements of the first, second and third measuring device being processed with the aid of said processing means, said processing means outputting the measurement data.
US11723530B2
A method and apparatus are provided for measuring a sensitivity level across a visual field of a subject defined by a set of locations. The method comprises: presenting a sequence of visual stimuli on a display, wherein each stimulus in the sequence has a respective intensity level and is positioned on the display to correspond to a respective location from the set of locations; obtaining from the subject, for each stimulus, a respective binary response indicating whether or not the stimulus was seen by the subject; and after receiving the response from the subject for a given stimulus in the sequence, using a statistical model to estimate, for each location in the set of locations, the sensitivity level at that location; wherein the statistical model incorporates information about correlations in responses between different locations from the set of locations and takes as input, the respective binary response, intensity level and location for multiple stimuli presented in said sequence up to and including the given stimulus.
US11723523B2
An elevator for an endoscope comprises a first end secured to the endoscope, a second end movable by an actuator, a flexible portion positioned between the first and second ends that is rotatable when the second end is moved by the actuator, and a guide portion extending between the flexible portion and the second end to receive an endotherapy instrument extending from the endoscope, the guide portion comprising a chute to guide the endotherapy instrument leaving the endoscope. A method of forming an elevator comprises forming from a planar sheet of material an elongate body comprising a length between first and second ends, a width, and a thickness, forming a guide body in the elongate body, bending the elongate body such that first and second lengths of the elongate body oppose each other to form an interior space, and bending the guide body to extend into the interior space.
US11723508B2
A modular housing is provided. The modular housing includes a compartment body, a compartment door, a tube mount, a flat mount, and a screw hole. The compartment body defines a compartment volume for holding circuitry therein. The compartment body includes a bottom section and a set of side sections. The set of side sections includes a first side section, a second side section, and a third side section. The tube mount includes a tube mount comprising a snap curved to accept a circular tube, the tube mount extending from the first side section. The flat mount includes a snap configured to accept to a flat rail, the flat mount extending from the third side section. The screw extension defines a screw hole to accept a screw, the screw extension extending from the second side section in the set of side sections.
US11723490B2
The grinder includes a container having a discharge opening for material to be ground; first and second grinding tools, the first tool rotatable relative to the second grinding tool about a rotation axis for crushing the material in a gap between the tools. The second tool has an inlet channel limited by a wall section around the axis for supplying material into the gap and is moveable relative to the first tool axially to the axis. A collar seal between container and second tool has a through-channel for discharging material into the inlet channel and is stationary relative to the container so that a first annular collar seal section limiting the through-channel contacts the container and overlaps the second tool wall section toward the axis. The collar seal includes a second annular section connected to the first annular section via an elastic spring and supported on a contact surface.
US11723489B2
A temperature sensing device includes a temperature sensor to measure a temperature of a cooking chamber of a cooking appliance. A housing of the temperature sensing device is configured to be mounted on the cooking appliance. A Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) inside the housing is coupled to the temperature sensor, and an insulating layer is located outside an interior wall of the housing. In one aspect, an antenna is coupled to the PCBA to wirelessly transmit data from the temperature sensing device indicating the measured temperature. In another aspect, the temperature sensing device includes a temperature gauge with a needle to indicate the measured temperature, and a motor inside the housing to actuate the needle. According to another aspect, the temperature sensing device is a wireless signal repeater including an exterior antenna and an interior antenna to transmit signals through a wall of the cooking appliance.
US11723488B2
A sugar cone toasting assembly includes a spike that has a pointed end to penetrate ground near an open flame. A rod is removably attachable to the spike and a barrier is removably attachable to the rod. In this way the barrier can be elevated above the ground when the rod is attached to the spike and the spike is inserted into the ground. A plurality of holders is each disposed on the barrier and each of the holders extends over the open flame when the spike is inserted into the ground. Each of the holders has a curved portion forming a circle to receive a pointed end of a sugar cone thereby facilitating the sugar cone to be toasted by the open flame.
US11723484B2
A roller spreading device for spreading a butter substance over a food product is provided. The device includes a basin structure and a roller member. The basin structure is sized to hold the butter substance for melting therein, the basin structure including a lower floor surface extending with an arcuate structure. The roller member includes a cylindrical outer surface with multiple recesses therein sized to capture the butter substance along the multiple recesses. The roller member, suspended within the basin structure, rotates about an axis such that the roller member rotates through the butter substance pooled along the arcuate structure.
