US11834765B2
A weaving installation includes a loom that receives a series of strands, and at least one device for measuring the diameter of a strand having a defined number of filaments. The device includes a diaphragm having an external ring forming a support on which a series of strips forming an iris are fixed. The strips are movable and allow a substantially circular space with variable dimensions to be defined at the center of the iris. The diaphragm is configured to adjust the dimensions of the space so as to allow a strand of the loom to pass through it, and to encircle the profile of the strand so as to allow the number of filaments in the strand to be determined.
US11834751B2
A preparation method of a copper-based graphene composite with high thermal conductivity is provided. A new electrodeposited solution is used for direct current (DC) electrodeposition at a reasonable electrodeposition frequency, which fabricates a new copper-based graphene composite with high tensile strength and thermal conductivity. The copper-based graphene composite prepared by electrodeposition has high thermal conductivity of 390-1112 W/(m·k) and tensile strength of 300-450 MPa, which meets the requirements in the field of thermal conduction.
US11834750B2
The present disclosure provides a method for generating ethylene by electrochemical selective hydrogenation of acetylene, including the following steps: continuously feeding acetylene gas into an organic solvent at a flow rate of 1 sccm to 50 sccm to obtain a solution; adding an electrolyte in the form of a solution or a solid such that the solution has an electrolyte concentration of 0.1 M to 3 M, a conductivity of 100 μs·cm−1 to 500 μs·cm−1, and a current density of 10 mA·cm−2 to 300 mA·cm−2; adding a hydrogen source such that the solution has a proton concentration of 0.1 M to 28 M; turning on an electrochemical treatment unit, and conducting constant-current or constant-potential electrolysis such that the acetylene gas is continuously and efficiently converted into ethylene gas after the electrolysis is stably conducted. The method has simple operations, low energy consumption, and quick response.
US11834749B2
A process for the separation of electrolyte from the carbon in a solid carbon/electrolyte cathode product formed at the cathode during molten carbonate electrolysis. The processes allows for easy separation of the solid carbon product from the electrolyte without any observed detrimental effect on the structure and/or stability of the resulting solid carbon nanomaterial.
US11834747B2
A plated steel wire, according to one aspect of the present invention, comprises: a base steel wire; and a zinc alloy plated layer. The zinc alloy plated layer comprises, in percentage by weight: 1.0% to 3.0% of Al; 1.0% to 2.0% of Mg; 0.5% to 5.0% of Fe; and the balance being Zn and unavoidable impurities, and includes a Zn/MgZn2/Al ternary eutectic structure, a Zn single-phase structure, and an Fe—Zn—Al-based crystal structure, wherein the Fe—Zn—Al-based crystal structure is formed adjacent to the base steel wire, and can have an average thickness of ⅕ to ½ with respect to an average thickness of the zinc alloy plated layer.
US11834745B2
Systems and methods are provided herein to improve the efficiency of an atomic layer deposition (ALD) cycle by providing an improved purge block design. The improved purge block prevents gas mixing, regardless of the rotational speed of the platen, by providing a lower cavity on an underside of the purge block, and in some embodiments, by providing an upper cavity on a topside of the purge block. The lower/upper cavity provides a gas conduction path that distributes purge gas evenly beneath/above the purge block and provides uniform gas flow conductance within the lower/upper cavity. Compared to conventional purge block designs, the improved purge block design described herein provides a narrower, yet more effective isolation barrier, which prevents gas mixing even at high rotational speeds of the platen.
US11834740B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to apparatus having a canister with a sidewall, a top, and a bottom forming a canister volume. An inlet line and an outlet line is coupled to the top and is in fluid communication with the canister volume. A plate disposed within the canister volume forms a headspace volume below the plate. Each of the inlet line and the outlet line is in fluid communication with the headspace volume. The apparatus includes standoffs extending from a lower surface of the plate. The standoffs include a lower surface area substantially parallel with the plate.
US11834734B2
A method of manufacturing a stainless steel fastener includes following operations. Firstly, a stainless steel blank is prepared and contains from 1 to 3.5 wt % molybdenum, from 10 to 16 wt % chromium, from 0.5 to 3.5 wt % nickel, from 0.05 to 0.3 wt % nitrogen, carbon which is not more than 0.2 wt %, iron, and other inevitable compositions. Initially, a steel crystalline structure of the blank is martensite whose hardness ranges from 230 to 350 HV. Then, the blank is annealed to transform a partial crystalline structure of the steel crystalline structure into ferrite. The annealed blank experiences a cutting operation, a head forming operation, and a thread forming operation sequentially. Thereafter, a heat treating operation is executed to transform the partial crystalline structure from ferrite into martensite to complete a stainless steel fastener whose hardness is increased and is at least 500 HV, which facilitates a direct drilling effect.
US11834733B2
Recrystallization of an aluminium alloy wire material is suppressed while a heat resistance of the same is improved. In a wire material made of an aluminium alloy, an aluminium alloy wire material is provided, the aluminium alloy containing Zr of 0.2 to 1.0 mass %, Co of 0.1 to 1.0 mass % and remainders that are aluminium and unavoidable impurities, and the aluminium alloy wire material having a tensile strength at a room temperature that is equal to or higher than 170 MPa, an elongation that is equal to or higher than 10%, and a stress at time of tensile deformation at a strain speed of 10−5/sec under a temperature condition of 250° C. that is equal to or higher than 40 MPa.
US11834725B2
The martensitic stainless steel material has a chemical composition, which contains: in mass %, C: 0.030% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 1.00% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.100%, N: 0.0010 to 0.0100%, Ni: 5.00 to 6.50%, Cr: 10.00 to 13.40%, Cu: 1.80 to 3.50%, Mo: 1.00 to 4.00%, V: 0.01 to 1.00%, Ti: 0.050 to 0.300%, Co: 0.300% or less, Ca: 0.0006 to 0.0030%, and O: 0.0050% or less, and satisfies Formulae (1) and (2) in the description. An area of each intermetallic compound and each Cr oxide in the steel material is 5.0 μm2 or less, a total area fraction of intermetallic compounds and Cr oxides is 3.0% or less, and a maximum circle-equivalent diameter of Ca oxide is 9.5 μm or less.
US11834719B2
Panels of biomarkers, methods and systems are disclosed for determining gene expression, and diagnosing and treating melanoma.
US11834718B2
The present invention relates to methods of determining a cancer treatment prognosis for a subject in need thereof by evaluating epigenetic and genetic changes within a tumor sample from the subject. The present invention further provides methods of treating cancer in a subject by evaluating epigenetic and genetic changes within a tumor sample from the subject. In addition, the present invention provides methods of screening test agents to identify agents that decrease tumor cell plasticity.
US11834716B2
Disclosed is a method for predicting whether esophageal cancer is sensitive or resistant to treatment with an ERBB3 inhibitor, e.g, an anti-ERBB3 antibody. Specifically, the method predicts by measurement of expression at the RNA level, or at the protein level, of at least one biomarker selected from SDC2, PTGES, NCF2, NOXA1, CARD6 and GNAZ in a tumor sample.
US11834714B2
The disclosure provides compositions, methods, and systems for implementation of highly multiplexed molecular diagnostic assays involving color combinatorics, stimulus-responsive probes, tandem probes, conjugated polymer probes, and other mechanisms for increasing the number of targets that can be simultaneously detected in a digital assay. Multiplexed detection of targets is achieved in a rapid manner, with respect to sample partitioning and target detection using multiple color channels for detection. Implementation of methods described also achieve detection with significantly improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values.
US11834708B2
Methods, devices, and kits are provided for performing PCR in <20 seconds per cycle, with improved efficiency and yield.
US11834704B2
A method includes forming a patterned substrate including a plurality of base pads, using a nano-imprint lithography process. A capture substance is attached to each of the plurality of base pads, optionally through a linker, the capture substance being adapted to promote capture of a target molecule.
US11834703B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for hybridizing at least one molecule to a target. The invention may, for example, eliminate the use of, or reduce the dependence on formamide in hybridization. Compositions for use in the invention include an aqueous composition comprising at least one nucleic acid sequence and at least one polar aprotic solvent in an amount effective to denature double-stranded nucleotide sequences.
US11834697B2
A method of determining the presence of bacteria expressing cytochrome c oxidase (‘the bacteria’), the method comprising: —providing a sample suspected of containing the bacteria; —providing a compound that has two redox states: a reduced state and an oxidised state, wherein cytochrome c oxidase can convert the compound from its reduced state to its oxidised state; —contacting an electrode either with (i) the compound in its oxidised state in the presence of the sample, then applying a reductive potential and measuring the current at the electrode; or (ii) the compound in its reduced state in the presence of the sample, then applying an oxidative potential and measuring the current at the electrode; and—comparing the magnitude of the current produced by the reductive potential or oxidative potential in the presence of the sample suspected of containing the bacteria with the magnitude of the current produced under the same conditions, but in the absence of the sample suspected of containing the bacteria, wherein a difference between the magnitude of current produced in the presence of the sample suspected of containing the bacteria and the magnitude of current produced in the absence of the sample suspected of containing the bacteria indicates the presence of the bacteria. Also provided herein is a sensor for determining the presence of bacteria expressing cytochrome c oxidase.
US11834690B2
The invention provides a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having a 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid pathway. The microbial organism contains at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding an enzyme in the respective 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid pathway. The invention additionally provides a method for producing 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid. The method can include culturing a 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam or hexametheylenediamine producing microbial organism, where the microbial organism expresses at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid pathway enzyme in a sufficient amount to produce the respective product, under conditions and for a sufficient period of time to produce 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid.
US11834678B2
A method of generating hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation is disclosed. The method comprising: (a) collecting hematopoietic stem cells; and (b) contacting the hematopoietic stem cells with an agent capable of decreasing an activity or expression of CD74 and/or of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), to thereby generate hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation, and wherein the hematopoietic stem cells are not transduced with a lentivirus. Methods of increasing mobilization of hematopoietic stem cells and methods of treatment are also provided.
US11834659B2
The present disclosure, at least in part, relates to an engineered RNA (e.g., microRNA and sgRNA), in the absence of an input signal, that is engineered to have a large enough energy gap between the formations of a first secondary structure, which is unrecognizable by an actuator, and a second secondary structure, which is recognizable by an actuator (e.g., Drosha and Cas protein).
US11834643B2
Systems and methods for containing and manipulating liquids, including vessels and unit operations or components of cell culture, cell containment, bioreactor, and/or pharmaceutical manufacturing systems. In certain embodiments, such vessels and unit operations are directed to continuous perfusion reactor or bioreactor systems and may include one or more disposable components. In one aspect, a system includes an apparatus in the form of a bioreactor for harvesting cells. The apparatus may include a disposable, collapsible bag for containing a liquid, the collapsible bag in fluid communication with a liquid-solids separation device. An outlet of the collapsible bag may be connected to an inlet of the separation device, and an outlet of the separation device may be connected to an inlet of the collapsible bag. After separating the cells from the liquid in the separation device, the cells can flow back into the collapsible bag for re-harvesting.
US11834638B2
A conductive aqueous solution production device 1 has an ion exchange device 2 mounted on the way of the main pipe 11 supplying ultrapure water W as raw water, a supply pipe 12 which joins the main pipe 11 on the downstream side of the ion exchange device 2, and a conductivity-imparting substance supply device 3. For example, if the conductivity-imparting substance is ammonia, since the ions are cations, that is, ammonium ions (NH4+), it is preferable that an ion exchanger which fills the ion exchange device 2 be a cation exchange resin. If the conductivity-imparting substance is carbon dioxide, the ions are anions, that is, bicarbonate ions (HCO3−) or carbonate ions (CO32−), and therefore it is preferable that the ion exchange device 2 be filled with an anion exchange resin. Such a conductive aqueous solution production device is capable of producing a conductive aqueous solution with a stable concentration, and achieves excellent follow-up performance with respect to a change in concentration.
US11834632B2
A cleaning solution for a turbine engine includes water; a first organic acidic component that comprises citric acid; a second organic acidic component that comprises glycolic acid; isopropylamine sulphonate; alcohol ethoxylate; triethanol amine; and sodium lauriminodipropionate. The cleaning solution has a pH value between about 2.5 and about 7.0.
US11834626B1
A detergent composition having a) from about 1% to about 60%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant system wherein the surfactant system includes: i) at least 35%, by weight of the surfactant system, of nonionic surfactant and ii) from 5% to about 20%, by weight of the surfactant system, of amine oxide. The detergent composition having greater than 3% of fatty acid.
US11834623B2
A wooden wick for use in a wax candle comprising a strip of a predetermined wood having each of a first predetermined length, a first predetermined width and a first predetermined thickness. Such wick further includes a wood booster member having each of a second predetermined length, a second predetermined width and a second predetermined thickness adhered to the strip of wood.
US11834618B1
A system and method for converting biomass to energy in a multi-objective application that includes generating power, heat, and multiple cooling applications. Waste heat from a HCCI engine is used to implement the multiple cooling applications of an ejector refrigeration cycle and a trans-critical refrigeration cycle, process heating, and turbine power production.
US11834615B2
A process and a system for reforming and upgrading a heavy naphtha feedstock may include dehydrogenating naphthenes in the heavy naphtha feedstock to form a first effluent stream comprising aromatics and then separating the aromatics via extraction from the produced first effluent stream to produce a second effluent stream containing raffinate paraffins. The process may then include subjecting the second effluent stream to cyclization reactions to produce a third effluent stream comprising aromatics and then combining the first effluent stream and the third effluent stream prior to extraction.
US11834613B2
A system for stabilizing a hydrocarbon feedstock includes a High Pressure Separation (HPS) unit in fluid communication with a feedstock inlet. The HPS unit includes an oil outlet. A Heated Low Pressure (LP) Separator unit is downstream from the oil outlet of the HPS unit. The Heated LP Separator unit includes an oil outlet.
US11834599B2
Aromatic isothiocyanates of formula C liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula C, and high-frequency components comprising these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas, e.g. phased array antennas.
US11834594B2
Techniques for drilling wellbores are described. The techniques include a) introducing a drilling fluid composition into a borehole defined by a formation; b) introducing a thinner composition including at least one tannin and at least one metal salt into the borehole; and c) contacting the thinner composition and the drilling fluid composition in the borehole, wherein the at least one tannin and at least one metal salt are not complexed ex situ. The at least one metal salt includes at least one copper salt, at least one zinc salt, or both at least one copper salt and at least one zinc salt.
US11834593B2
Disclosed herein is an electrically conductive adhesive composition, which including milled carbon fibers dispersed in a thermosetting resin and a curative agent. Also, disclosed herein are articles comprising at least two components adhesively bonded by the electrically conductive adhesive composition and methods of making such adhesives and articles.
US11834585B2
Powder coating compositions, particularly metal packaging powder coating compositions, coated metal substrates, and methods; wherein the powder coating compositions include powder polymer particles comprising a polymer having a number average molecular weight of at least 2000 Daltons, wherein the powder polymer particles have a particle size distribution having a D50 of less than 25 microns; and, in certain embodiments, one or more charge control agents in contact with the powder polymer particles.
US11834583B2
A protective coating, comprising a binder component mixture having a reactive mixture portion and a filler mixture portion, wherein the reactive mixture portion includes an epoxy resin part and an epoxy silane part, wherein the epoxy silane part is present in an amount of about 10 wt % of the reactive mixture portion and about 40 wt % of the reactive mixture portion; and a curing component having one or more amine curing compounds, wherein the amine curing compound of the curing component comprises an unmodified diamino cyclohexane (DACH) that is present in an amount between about 70 wt % and about 100 wt % of the curing component.
US11834574B2
The present invention concerns methods of forming a three-dimensional object, and polymerizable liquids such as dual cure resins useful for making a three-dimensional object by sterolithography, such as by continuous liquid interface production (CLIP), wherein the three-dimensional object is flame retardant.
US11834572B2
A polyvinylidene fluoride resin composition of the present invention contains an alkyl quaternary ammonium sulfate, an alkali metal concentration in the polyvinylidene fluoride resin composition is 60 ppm or less, and a hydrogen fluoride concentration in the polyvinylidene fluoride is 5 ppm or less. The polyvinylidene fluoride resin composition of the present invention can express sufficient transparency even in a thick molded article.
US11834570B2
A molded article formed from a blend, the blend comprising: from 1 wt. % to 30 wt. % of a polypropylene; and from 60 wt. % to 99 wt. % of an ionomer formed from a partially neutralized precursor acid copolymer, wherein the precursor acid copolymer (a) comprises copolymerized units of ethylene and 5 wt. % to 30 wt. %, based on the total weight of the precursor acid copolymer, of copolymerized units of an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, and (b) has a melt index, I2, (according to ASTM D1238 at 190 C, 2.16 kg) of 10 g/10 min to 4,000 g/10 min, and wherein about 25% to about 65% of the acid groups derived from the ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid of the precursor acid copolymer are neutralized.
US11834568B2
A latex composition for dip forming, and more particularly, to a latex composition for dip forming includes carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex; and a phenolic emulsifier, wherein the phenolic emulsifier is included in an amount of 0.08 parts by weight to 6 parts by weight (based on a solid content) based on 100 parts by weight of the carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex. A method for preparing the latex composition and a formed article produced using the latex composition are also provided.
US11834547B2
Provided are ophthalmic devices comprised of a reaction product of a composition comprising: (i) a crosslinked substrate network containing covalently bound activatable free radical initiators; and (ii) a grafting composition containing one or more ethylenically unsaturated compounds. Also provided are processes for making ophthalmic devices.
US11834546B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising: —a composition A containing at least one polyurethane comprising at least two terminal functions T of formula (I): and —a composition B comprising at least one amine. Also disclosed is the use of said composition.
US11834520B2
This disclosure features structurally-stabilized and/or cysteine-reactive peptide inhibitors for selective targeting of BFL-1, or dual targeting of BFL-1 and MCL-1. Also disclosed are methods of using such structurally-stabilized and cysteine-reactive peptides in the treatment of BFL-1- and/or MCL-1-expressing or -dependent cancers or diseases of cellular excess (e.g., autoimmune or inflammatory conditions). Also provided are combination therapies comprising such structurally-stabilized and/or cysteine-reactive peptides and inhibitors of the DNA damage response pathway, such as an ATM kinase inhibitor, ATR kinase inhibitor, CHK1/2 inhibitor, or PARP inhibitor; or an inhibitor of MCL-1, or a selective inhibitor of BCL-2, or an inhibitor of BCL-2/BCL-XL, for the treatment of BFL-1-expressing or -dependent cancers (e.g., AML), BFL-1 and MCL-1-expressing or -dependent cancers, or diseases of cellular excess (e.g., autoimmune or inflammatory conditions).
US11834517B2
The present invention relates to a branched peptide that includes a first peptide chain and a second peptide chain having its C-terminal amino acid covalently linked to a sidechain of an amino acid residue of the first peptide chain, wherein the first peptide chain includes a plurality of aromatic amino acids and, optionally, an aromatic group linked to an amino terminus of the first peptide chain; and the second peptide chain includes a plurality of hydrophilic amino acids and an enzyme cleavage site. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the branched peptide and one or more therapeutic agents in an aqueous medium are disclosed, where the branched peptides form micelle structures in the aqueous medium. Methods of using the pharmaceutical composition to deliver therapeutic agents, and for treating various disease conditions are also described.
US11834516B2
The present invention relates to a novel tumor-specific polypeptide and use thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to a tumor-specific polypeptide having high affinity for HLA-A0201 and having cytotoxic T lymphocyte inducing ability, and its use for diagnosing, preventing and treating diseases (especially cancer) associated with high expression of the TWISTNB gene or mutation(s) in the TWISTNB gene.
US11834512B2
In certain aspects, provided herein are inhibitory anti-ENPP1 antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof. In some aspects, provided herein are methods of treating myocardial infarction using the antibodies provided herein. In certain aspects, provided herein are nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies provided herein, host cells comprising such nucleic acids, and methods of making the antibodies provided herein using such host cells. In some aspects, also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies provided herein.
US11834507B2
The present invention relates to treatment of cancer using agonist anti-MET antibodies or fragments thereof. In particular, the invention relates to treatment of colorectal cancer using agonist anti-MET antibodies or fragments, typically colorectal cancer associated with chronic inflammation and/or gene mutations in the colon and in the gastrointestinal tract in general. The invention further relates to treating intestinal fibrosis using agonist anti-MET antibodies.
US11834500B2
The present invention relates to antigen-binding molecules, including bispecific antigen-binding molecules that bind human GP130 and/or human leptin receptor (LEPR), and the use of such antigen-binding molecules for the treatment of conditions and disorders related to leptin deficiency or leptin resistance. The bispecific antigen-binding molecules of the present invention can be, e.g., bispecific antibodies comprising a first antigen-binding domain that specifically binds human GP130 and a second antigen-binding domain that specifically binds human LEPR. The bispecific antigen-binding molecules of the present invention are useful in therapeutic applications where induced leptin and/or LEPR-mediated signaling would be beneficial, e.g., in the treatment of obesity, lipodystrophies and other diseases and disorders associated with or caused by leptin deficiency or leptin resistance.
US11834494B2
The present disclosure relates to antibodies specific to Zika virus and methods for detecting Zika virus infection in a subject. The present disclosure also relates to therapeutic antibodies useful in reducing viral load.
US11834484B2
A recombinant yeast cell comprising a heterologous polynucleotide encoding an anti-staling/freshness amylase; in particular an anti-staling/freshness amylase selected from the group consisting of a maltogenic amylase (EC 3.2.1.133), a beta-amylase (EC 3.2.1.2), and a glucan 1,4-alpha-maltotetrahydrolase (EC 3.2.1.60).
US11834483B2
The invention provides compositions and methods of treating cancer in a patient with a combination therapy comprising administering to the patient a fusion protein of SEQ ID NO: 1, in combination with an angiogenesis inhibitor (e.g., an anti-VEGF antibody or lenvatinib).
US11834478B2
The present invention relates to a method for the acute treatment of a relapsing-remitting condition, the method comprising the step of administering to a subject in need thereof one or more doses of an effective amount of a peptide molecule as defined in claim 1 in response to or during a relapse, wherein the method causes remission of the condition.
US11834470B2
This disclosure provides a method of synthesis of 4′-thioribose NAD+ and analogues thereof, using an efficient chemoenzymatic approach. Also provided are methods of inhibiting the CD38 enzyme and compounds including 4′-thioribose NAD+ and compounds related thereto.
US11834469B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compounds, compositions and methods, especially as they relate to the treatment and/or prevention of conditions associated with activation of AMP-activated protein kinase, wherein the compound is of Formula (I): as described herein, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, as well as methods to use these compositions for treating indications including cancer, diabetes, ischemic injury, obesity, hyperlipidemia, and cardiac conditions.
US11834460B2
The description relates to imide-based compounds, including bifunctional compounds comprising the same, which find utility as modulators of targeted ubiquitination, especially inhibitors of a variety of polypeptides and other proteins which are degraded and/or otherwise inhibited by bifunctional compounds according to the present invention. In particular, the description provides compounds, which contain on one end a ligand which binds to the cereblon E3 ubiquitin ligase and on the other end a moiety which binds a target protein such that the target protein is placed in proximity to the ubiquitin ligase to effect degradation (and inhibition) of that protein. Compounds can be synthesized that exhibit a broad range of pharmacological activities consistent with the degradation/inhibition of targeted polypeptides of nearly any type.
US11834456B2
Provided herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, methods of preparing the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions in treating conditions associated with voltage-gated sodium channel function where the compounds are 11,13-modified saxitoxins according to Formula (I): where R4, R4a, R7, R7a, and X2 are as described herein.
US11834438B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of making LRRK2-inhibiting, pyrimidinyl-4-aminopyrazole compounds and intermediates of formulae I and IV: The compounds are useful as LRRK2 inhibitors in the treatment of LRRK2 mediated diseases, and as intermediates for their manufacture.
US11834437B2
An organic molecule is disclosed having: one first chemical moiety with a structure of Formula I, and one second chemical moiety with a structure of Formula II, wherein the first chemical moiety is linked to the second chemical moieties via a single bond.
US11834436B2
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof: which inhibit the Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK-1), which is associated with autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, inflammatory diseases, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from ASK-1 related disease. The invention also relates to methods of treating an ASK-1 related disease in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention. The present invention specifically relates to methods of treating ASK-1 associated with hepatic steatosis, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
US11834432B2
Provided in the present invention are a substituted amino six-membered nitric heterocyclic ring compound and a preparation and use thereof. In particular, provided in the present invention is a compound as shown by general formula (I) below, wherein the definition of each group is as described in the description. The compound of the present invention has an excellent tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity, and can thus be used to prepare a series of medicines for treating diseases related to tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity.
US11834422B2
A process for the purification of a melamine melt (5) containing melamine and by-products, comprising the steps of: (a1) In quenching of said melamine melt; (a2) decomposition of by-products with alkali, providing an alkaline aqueous solution of melamine (26); (b) stripping of said alkaline aqueous solution of melamine (26); (c) crystallization of melamine with a first alkali-containing solution (6b) and separation of solid melamine (7) from a mother liquor (8); (d) treatment of said mother liquor, providing a waste water stream (11) containing carbonates; (e) decomposition of at least part of the carbonates contained in said waste water stream (11) into carbon dioxide and alkali, providing a second alkali-containing aqueous solution (30); (f) recycle of at least part of said alkali-containing aqueous solution (30) to at least one of said steps (a1), (a2) and (c).
US11834421B2
The present invention relates to saturated-ring-fused dihydropyrimidinone or dihydrotriazinone compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts having RORγ antagonist activity, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and pharmaceutical use thereof. A compound of Formula [I] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, and pharmaceutical use thereof are provided: wherein each substituent is defined as defined in the description.
US11834420B2
A preparation method of a pyrimidinylthio-benzoate oxime ester compound and an application thereof are provided. The chemical structural formula of the pyrimidinylthio-benzoate compound is shown in the following formula (1). The preparation method includes step A: preparation of a substituted acetophenone oxime: taking hydroxylamine hydrochloride and a substituted acetophenone as a raw material, adding an alcohol as a solvent, and performing a reaction at 0° C.-80° C. for 1-5 hours under an alkaline condition to obtain the substituted acetophenone oxime; and step B: preparation of the compound: using 2-chloro-6-((4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)thio)benzoic acid and the substituted acetophenone oxime as a raw material, and performing a reaction under an action of an organic solvent, a dehydrating agent and a catalyst at 25° C. for 6-24 hours; after the reaction is completed, performing a suction filtration, and subjecting the filtrate to a decompression distillation and a recrystallization to obtain the compound.
US11834408B2
Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID), pharmaceutical compositions comprising same; and methods of treating a severe acute respiratory syndrome.
US11834406B2
A conjugate of a potent cytotoxic agent with a cell-surface receptor binding molecule having a Formula (I), wherein T, L, m, n, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R1, R12, and R13 are defined herein, can be used for targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune disease, and infectious disease.
US11834404B2
The disclosure provides chemical compounds possessing therapeutic and/or protective properties against oxidative damage. Methods of making such therapeutic and/or protective compounds and associated compositions are also provided, as are methods for their use, which include protecting cells from oxidative damage and/or inhibiting production of ROS in a cell or subject, as well as preventing or reducing the extent of tissue damage caused by an ischemic event in a subject at elevated risk of such an event.
US11834402B2
A method for recovering a composition enriched in 3-hydroxypropionic acid from a fermentation broth comprising 3-hydroxypropionic acid and/or salts thereof comprises the steps of: (a) providing the fermentation broth having a pH of from about 2 to about 8 comprising: 3-hydroxypropionic acid and/or salts thereof, (b) acidifying the fermentation broth; (c) reducing the total sulfate ion and phosphate ion (d) distilling the resulting reduced ion aqueous solution and (e) recovering the product.
US11834400B2
Disclosed is a method for synthesizing dibenzcycloheptanone derivatives by series cyclization of free radicals under electrooxidation conditions, belonging to the technical field of organic synthesis. The disclosed method includes: taking o-propionyl biphenyl analogues and sodium benzenesulfinate analogues as raw materials, and electrifying and reacting the raw materials in an electrolytic cell to obtain dibenzocycloheptane derivatives. According to the application, benzenesulfinate anion is oxidized into benzenesulfonyl radical under the condition of constant current and electrolyte, then the radical attacks the a-position of alkynone reactant carbonyl to obtain an alkenyl radical, then the alkenyl radical is cyclized and added to another benzene ring by 7-endo-trig to realize the construction of seven-membered ring, and finally the dibenzocycloheptane analogue is obtained by deprotonation.
US11834394B2
A system having a catalytic partial oxidation (CPO) reactor operable to produce a CPO reactor effluent characterized by a hydrogen to carbon monoxide (H2/CO) molar ratio and an M ratio (H2—CO2)/(CO+CO2); a steam methane reforming (SMR) reactor operable to produce an SMR reactor effluent characterized by a H2/CO molar ratio greater than that of the CPO reactor effluent, and an M ratio greater than that of the CPO reactor effluent. The system includes a flow line(s) configured to combine at least a portion of the CPO reactor effluent with at least a portion of the SMR reactor effluent to provide a combined syngas stream upstream or downstream of a heat exchanger operable to transfer heat from at least a portion of the CPO reactor effluent, at least a portion of the SMR reactor effluent, or the combined syngas stream to the first portion and/or the second portion of hydrocarbons.
US11834392B2
The invention relates to KDM4B inhibitors, compositions comprising an effective amount of KDM4B inhibitors and methods for treating inflammatory diseases and disorders.
US11834391B2
The present invention provides compounds that have antimalarial activity. More in particular, the present invention provides novel compounds that are analogues of pantothenamides. The pantothenamide analogues of this invention have particularly low IC50 values against the asexual blood stages and gametocytes of malaria parasites. Furthermore, the pantothenamide analogues of this invention are characterized by low hepatic metabolism. Therefore, pantothenamide analogues of the invention are particularly suitable for use in therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of protozoan infections in a human or animal subject in need thereof. The invention further provides pharmaceutical formulations comprising the pantothenamide analogues as well as the therapeutic and/or prophylactic uses of the pantothenamide analogues and pharmaceutical formulations comprising them.
US11834388B2
This application relates to pharmaceutical engineering, and more particularly to a continuous-flow preparation method of diclofenac sodium. The continuous-flow preparation method includes: subjecting aniline and chloroacetic acid to amidation to obtain 2-chloro-N-phenylacetamide (3); subjecting 2-chloro-N-phenylacetamide (3) and 2,6-dichlorophenol to continuous condensation to obtain N-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-2-hydroxy-N-phenylacetamide (5); subjecting N-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-2-hydroxy-N-phenylacetamide (5) and thionyl chloride to chlorination to obtain N-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-2-chloro-N-phenylacetamide (6); subjecting N-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-2-chloro-N-phenylacetamide (6) to Friedel-Crafts alkylation in the presence of aluminum chloride to obtain 1-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-one (7); and subjecting 1-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-one (7) to hydrolysis to obtain the diclofenac sodium.
US11834387B1
Provided are a quaternary ammonium salt and a preparation method and use thereof as an inhibitor, and a water-based drilling fluid and use thereof. The quaternary ammonium salt has a structure shown in formula I, wherein, in the formula I, R1 is selected from the group consisting of —H and —COOH; R2 is selected from the group consisting of —H and —CH2—COOH; R3 is selected from the group consisting of —NH—CH2—CH2—CH2—NH2, —NH—CH2—CH2—NH2, —NH—CH2—CH2—OH, —O—CH2—CH2—NH2, —N—(CH2—CH2—OH)2, and —O—CH2—CH2—NH—CH2—CH2—OH; and n and m are independently 10 to 15.
US11834383B2
The present invention comprises formulations and method for additive manufacturing comprising: a pot-stable photo-curable polymer; one or more fillers; and one or more additives, wherein the formulation cures into a polymer in six hours or less upon exposure to light. In certain examples, the additive manufacturing is a moldless method of additive manufacturing by preparing a formulation comprising: a pot-stable photo-curable polymer, one or more fillers, and one or more additives, and exposing the formulation to light in an amount that substantially cures the polymer in 6 hours or less.
US11834377B2
The use of magnesium oxide, reactive alumina and aluminium oxide as a base provides for a new erosion-resistant material upon sintering.
US11834362B2
One aspect is a method for producing a multilayered silica glass body. The method involves producing a multilayered silica glass body in which a transparent silica glass layer is provided on the surface of a siliceous substrate made of a siliceous material. The method includes preparing the siliceous substrate, preparing a silica slurry in which silica particles are dispersed in a liquid, applying the silica slurry to the surface of the siliceous substrate, leveling the silica slurry applied to the surface of the siliceous substrate by applying vibration to the siliceous substrate, drying the leveled silica slurry, and vitrifying the dried silica slurry by heating to form a transparent silica glass layer. As a result, a transparent silica glass layer of uniform thickness is obtained at excellent yield, and a method for producing a multilayered silica glass body easily in a short time is provided.
US11834357B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to a water treatment system including a first cavitation device coupled to a wastewater source via one or more cavitation device lines, a filter coupled to the first cavitation device via one or more filter lines, an equalizing tank coupled to the filter via one or more equalizing tank lines, a second cavitation device coupled to the equalizing tank via one or more second cavitation device lines where a flow from the equalizing tank which enters the second cavitation device is modified and reenters the equalizing tank, a first booster pump coupled to the equalizing tank via one or more first boost pump lines, a contact tank coupled to the first booster pump via one or more contact tank lines, a carbon filtration device coupled to the contact tank, a biological treatment system coupled to the carbon filtration device via one or more biological treatment system lines, a second booster pump coupled to the biological treatment system via one or more second booster pump lines, a polishing mass media filter coupled to the second booster pump via one or more polishing mass media filter lines, a granular activated carbon system coupled to the polishing mass media filter via one or more granular activated carbon system feeds, an ozonation system coupled to the granular activated carbon system via one or more ozonation system lines, a reaction tank coupled to the ozonation system via one or more reaction tank lines, a third booster pump coupled to the reaction tank via one or more third booster pump lines, a reverse osmosis pump coupled to the third booster pump via one or more reverse osmosis pump lines, a reverse osmosis system coupled to the reverse osmosis pump via one or more reverse osmosis system lines, and a SOW tank coupled to the reverse osmosis system via one or more SOW lines.
US11834343B2
The disclosed technology includes a method for producing ultrafine alumina from salt slag waste generated in aluminum recycling useful in the manufacture of durable ceramic products; a system for recovering alumina from salt slag waste; a method and systems for recovering salts, aluminum and alumina from salt slag waste; and a method and systems of capturing ammonia in a process recovering salts, aluminum and alumina from salt slag waste. The methods and systems provided crush the dry particles of the salt slag waste, scrub the slag with water, and with steam and by means of a vented alumina press, dewater the scrubbed slag particles. In some methods and systems of the disclosed technology, the particles of the pressed alumina cake are further reduced. In some methods and systems, the salt in the salt effluent is crystalized. In some methods and systems of the disclosed technology, the ammonia is contained and captured.
US11834324B2
A device and a method for manufacturing a pocket spring bed net. The device for manufacturing a pocket spring bed net includes a supply mechanism for providing sheet-like flexible materials; a spring string conveying mechanism with a first gap for clamping and conveying pocket spring strings; a glue spraying mechanism which sprays glue onto the sheet-like flexible materials and/or the pocket spring strings; and a pushing mechanism arranged in front of the spring string conveying mechanism and including at least one movable pushing and grasping component, where the pushing and grasping component pushes the sheet-like flexible materials and the pocket spring strings to be in contact with each other and bonded to form a pocket spring bed net. The embodiments improve the transportation cost and storage cost of pocket spring bed nets, and solve the problem that the pocket spring bed nets are difficult to compress and roll.
US11834316B2
A gas stem assembly is disclosed including a vent tube having at least one protrusion extending radially from the vent tube and a receiver having a non-circular opening and an attachment surface at an end of the non-circular opening. The vent tube is at least partially insertable through the non-circular opening of the receiver when the vent tube and the at least one protrusion are aligned with the non-circular opening. The attachment surface of the receiver contacts the at least one protrusion to inhibit the at least one protrusion from passing back through the non-circular opening when the at least one protrusion is misaligned with the non-circular opening.
US11834303B2
A carrier (1) for transporting objects, having a carrying limb (2) and a load handling limb (3), wherein at least one rotatably mounted load support is arranged in the region of a free end (7) of the load handling limb (3), wherein the load support includes a pivotably mounted segment (4) which lies on the free end (7) of the load handling limb (3) and, together therewith, forms a load-carrying bearing and at least one inner surface of the load handling limb (3) forms a bearing shell (5) on the free end (7) and supports the pivotably mounted segment (4).
US11834293B1
A bobbin loader apparatus and method includes a bobbin connected with a first motor. A thread holder is connected with a second motor where the thread holder is configured to hold thread. A thread guide is connected with a third motor where the thread guide directs thread from the thread holder to the bobbin. A motor controller is connected with the first motor, the second motor and the third motor where the motor controller operates the first motor to turn the bobbin in a first direction and the second motor to turn the thread holder in a second direction such that tension is applied to the thread as thread is added to the bobbin.
US11834278B2
A swing arm changes a position of a placement surface of a placement body between a horizontal position and a tilted position by swinging between a reference position at which the swing arm extends along an opposing surface facing a lower surface of the placement body and a standing position at which the swing arm is tilted relative to the opposing surface. The opposing surface is provided with a guide member configured to guide swinging movement of the swing arm, and the guide member is configured to support the swing arm by sandwiching the swing arm from both sides in an axial direction within a prescribed guide range including the reference position in a total swing range of the swing arm.
US11834271B2
An order fulfillment and delivery system for autonomously fulfilling orders while en route to a delivery location. The system includes a delivery vehicle having a storage area, a robotic system at least partially disposed within the storage area and one or more processors. The one or more processors being configured to receive an order of one or more inventory items, generate container retrieval instructions for the robotic system to perform based on the received order and transmit to the robotic system the container retrieval instructions to perform. The robot system includes a container retrieval device movable in at least two dimensions to engage and move a container, based upon the container retrieval instructions, from a first location within the delivery vehicle to a second location within the delivery vehicle.
US11834264B2
Goods storage and retrieval systems and materials handling vehicles are provided. The goods storage and retrieval system includes a multilevel warehouse racking system; a materials handling vehicle comprising a mast assembly, a picking attachment, and vehicle-based cart engagement hardware; a mobile storage cart; and a transporter comprising transporter-based engagement hardware. The transporter-based engagement hardware enables the transporter to engage, transport, and disengage the mobile storage cart. The vehicle-based cart engagement hardware is coupled to the mast assembly to (i) engage and disengage the mobile storage cart and (ii) transport the mobile storage cart to multiple levels of the multilevel warehouse racking system. The mast assembly and the picking attachment are configured to access multiple levels of the multilevel warehouse racking system. The picking attachment is configured to transfer totes between the multilevel warehouse racking system and the mobile storage cart.
US11834261B2
A computer-managed database of interconnected, unique codes attached on trash, recycling and other material management or recovery bags enables program managers to track and measure the materials management behavior including but not limited to weight, composition, compliance, and fraud; and to provide feedback including education, penalties or incentives directly to affected persons in order to cost effectively meet federal, state, local or corporate goals.
US11834253B2
An insulating device can include a body assembly and a lid assembly where an insulating layer is connected to both the body assembly and the lid assembly. An aperture with a closure is formed between the body assembly and lid assembly to form a storage compartment. An insulating tab may be formed from a portion of the insulating layer and an inner liner of the body assembly to help insulate the closure region. In addition, a first magnetic element may be secured within the insulating tab that may engage a second magnetic element secured within the lid assembly.
US11834250B2
The invention comprises an ovenable packaging structure having an integral one-way valve. The laminate structure comprises an outer layer having a cut line which defines a flap that is separable from the outer layer, wherein the outer layer is adhered to an inner layer having a cut line which is offset from the outer cut line and defines a portion that is separable from the inner layer along the inner cut line and defines an opening into the packaging structure. The adhesive between the layers comprises, in an embodiment, a channel of pressure sensitive adhesive which surrounds both the outer cut line and the inner cut line, wherein the channel of pressure sensitive adhesive defines the perimeter of at least one adhesive-free valve chamber within said channel. The valve chamber comprises at least a portion of the outer cut line and the inner cut line.
US11834249B2
A case includes a first shell to encapsulate a portion of a collectible. The first shell includes a planar first end having a recessed first edge. A wall is attached to the planar first end at the first edge of the planar first end. The wall surrounds the portion of the collectible. A shoe tree includes a foot-shaped portion to be inserted into the collectible and support the collectible. An end portion is attached to the foot-shaped portion and rests against the wall, such that the first shell supports the shoe tree. A second shell seals the case and includes a planar second end to be placed on a lip of the wall, such that the collectible is encapsulated by the case. The planar second end has a recessed second edge to align with the recessed first edge, such that the case can be stacked on a counterpart case.
US11834244B2
A sheet member container having one or more sheet members including a main-body forming sheet member in which a plurality of film layers including an inner film layer and an outer film layer are stacked; a containing portion that accommodates contents; a container main body including the main-body forming sheet member, and surrounding the containing portion; and a peripheral edge sealing portion in which the one or more sheet members are folded along a folding line, and peripheral edge portions of the one or more sheet members are attached to each other.
US11834236B2
A container content apparatus comprises two inserts. Each insert comprises a top portion, a bottom portion, and two side flaps. Each top portion comprises a die cut handle. The apparatus is adapted to be inserted into an inside of a container adjacent to interior walls of the container. An area defined by the inserts is adapted to receive a stack of media. When the inserts are removed via the handles, a gap or space exists between the outer edges of the stack and the interior walls of the container providing automatic alignment of the stack centered on the inside of the container and providing proper alignment to feed the stack directly from the container to an infeed of a printer.
US11834234B2
A packaging arrangement for a bundle of cable includes a planar packaging blank extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end. The blank includes a middle region extending from the first end to the second end between a first fold line and a second fold line, a first side extending from the first end to the second end and including a plurality of first flaps extending from the first fold line in a direction away from the second side in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a second side extending from the first end to the second end and including a plurality of second flaps extending from the second fold line in a direction away from the first side in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The blank is configured to be rolled into a cylindrical shape such that the first end overlaps the second end. The plurality of first flaps are configured to be folded radially inward relative to the cylindrical blank, and the plurality of second flaps are configured to be folded radially inward relative to the cylindrical blank.
US11834225B2
A packaging method of heat spreaders includes the following steps. Arrange a plurality of heat spreaders and a plurality of gaskets alternately to a container, wherein at least one of the gaskets is arranged between any immediately-adjacent two of the most adjacent heat spreaders. Remove all of the gaskets from the container at the same time. A packaging box suitable for this packaging method is also provided.
US11834224B2
Disclosed are systems, apparatus and methods for transporting a palletized stack of bottles or other similar bulk-produced containers using a unique pallet base and a unique set of side panels that may be engaged with the base and with each other in order to protect the stacks of bottles on the pallet base during shipping and transport. Embodiments of the invention dampen vibrations, protect the bottles from exterior contaminants, and allow the bottles to be viewed from the outside. Embodiments of the invention also provide reusable pallet systems that are easy to assemble and disassemble, and ship back for reuse.
US11834223B2
A pallet assembly includes a top plate and a runner having four side surfaces. The pallet assembly includes a pallet integrated module mounted to the pallet assembly and configured to collect journey data for transmission to a cloud. The pallet assembly includes a load-force plate disposed between the top plate and the runner. The load-force plate is configured to increase load bearing capacity of the top plate while adding strength to the pallet assembly. An antenna for the pallet integrated module is integrated with the load-force plate. The pallet assembly includes multiple load blocks disposed between the load-force plate and the runner. The load blocks are symmetrically positioned such that a forklift can enter from any of the four side surfaces of the runner. The runner is disposed under the load blocks. The pallet assembly includes a coating material that protects shipment of products that require sanitary conditions.
US11834218B2
A system for assembling a container and closure comprising an expanding collet which has a plurality of pivoting collet segments, each configured to simultaneously pivot radially outward about a pivot point and comprising. The collet comprises a lip that is engagable with the rim of the open end of the container and an angled tip positioned radially inward from the lip and shaped to press a countersink portion of the closure against an interior wall of the container as the collet segments pivot radially outward. As the container and the chuck are brought together, the rim engages with the lips of the collet segments and causes the angled tips of the collet segments to pivot outward toward the interior wall of the container, thereby pushing the countersink portion of the closure against the interior wall of the container.
US11834217B2
Provided is an apparatus for treating containers and in particular plastic containers having a container treatment unit, wherein the apparatus has a main transport device which is suitable and intended to transport the containers along a predetermined transport path, wherein the container treatment device has at least two treatment devices which are suitable and intended to treat the containers in a predetermined manner, having a feed and discharge unit which is suitable and intended to feed containers to be treated to the at least first treatment unit and to discharge containers already been treated from the first treatment device and having a media supply unit which is suitable and intended to feed media to the at least one first treatment unit.
US11834214B2
A method of accumulating packages and an accumulation module including a base cabinet, a rotatable accumulation dial, a hopper and picker assembly, the picker assembly extendable radially outward from a home position to a position outside of the hopper to retrieve a package and place the package on the accumulation module. The package is acted on by a first plunger from above and a stabilizing plunger from below to hold the package in place and then the package is treated by a heat stake anvil from below.
US11834211B2
Converting line for paper rolls, including at least one converting apparatus adapted to convert paper plies, wound in parent reels, into rolls, a packing machine that in turn includes—a carrier conveyor, on which the rolls coming from the converting apparatus are arranged, —at least one side area at the side of the carrier conveyor, where the rolls are packed, —at least one robot adapted to take the rolls from the at least one conveyor belt and to put them in the at least one side area.
US11834210B2
A binding machine includes a feeding device configured to feed a binding material, a movement passage through which an object to be bound to be moved to a binding executing position passes, a movable member configured to be moved from a premovement position where at least a part thereof is disposed in the movement passage, by being pushed by the to-be-bound object when the to-be-bound object moves toward the binding executing position, a winding member configured to wind the binding material fed to a given position by the feeding device around the to-be-bound object, by rotating while being transmitted power of the movable member moved from the premovement position, and a twisting device configured to twist the binding material wound around the to-be-bound object by the winding member.
US11834204B1
An apparatus generates energetic particles and generates a plasma of a vaporized solid material and gaseous precursors for the application of coatings to surfaces of a substrate by way of condensation of plasma and for electric propulsion applications.
US11834201B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for predicting radio altimeter failures are provided. An example method may include determining a first plurality of altitude values associated with a first radio altimeter, determining a second plurality of altitude values associated with a second radio altimeter, calculating a first level feature based at least in part on the first plurality of altitude values and the second plurality of altitude values, and determining a radio altimeter failure indicator based at least in part on the first level feature.
US11834199B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle, a user input device, and ground station. The user input device is configured to generate a signal and control the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the generated signal. The ground station is coupled to the unmanned aerial vehicle via a tether assembly. The ground station includes a motorized spool and a controller. The motorized spool is coupled to the tether assembly and configured to electromechanically control spooling and unspooling of a tether of the tether assembly. The controller is configured to control operation of the motorized spool based on an anticipated movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle.
US11834195B2
An example system includes a common mode pneumatic event detector to detect a common mode pneumatic event at pitot tubes of an aircraft, a latch, a relay switch in communication with the latch, and a latch controller to set the latch in a first state to cause the latch to output a first latch signal, the relay switch to output a first pressure signal in response to the first latch signal, the first pressure signal based on pressure data from the pitot tubes, and set the latch in a second state to cause the latch to output a second latch signal based on the detection of the common mode pneumatic event. The relay switch is to output a second pressure signal in response to the second latch signal. The second pressure signal includes estimated pressure data.
US11834193B2
A system includes three switches each having a single pole and dual throws. The respective single pole is on a supply side of the each respective switch. The dual throws are on a load side of each respective switch, and include a respective normally open (NO) throw and a respective normally closed (NC) throw. A first voltage detector is connected from the single pole of the first switch to the NC throw of the third switch. A second voltage detector is connected from the single pole of the second switch to the NC throw of the first switch. A third voltage detector is connected from the single pole of the third switch to a NC throw of the second switch.
US11834190B2
A vehicle including a fuselage, and a fuel tank within the fuselage. The fuel tank includes one or more sealant layers disposed over one or more internal surfaces of the fuel tank. In at least one embodiment, a release agent is disposed between the one or more internal surfaces and the one or more sealant layers.
US11834187B2
A drive unit includes an engine such as a turbofan engine and a nacelle which includes, on the outside around an annular stream of fresh air, starting from upstream, an air inlet, front side covers, a thrust reverser having reversal gratings and movable rear covers. The front side covers surround the reversal gratings of the thrust reverser when it is closed, and the movable rear covers retreat with said gratings to open the reverser. The engine includes lifting points that form heavy-duty attachment points intended to receive handling clevis for lifting and transporting the drive unit. The lifting points are two upper lifting points arranged on the engine, each on one side of the engine radially behind the front side covers above the horizontal diameter (D) of the drive unit.
US11834178B2
Example implementations relate to simple to manufacture flap assemblies with failsafe jam-resistant flap tracks. An example flap assembly may include a track having an elongate structure and a flap carriage configured to move along a length of the track. The track is configured to couple to an aircraft wing and the flap carriage includes a primary roller and a pair of secondary rollers configured to secure the flap carriage to the track. A top portion of the flap carriage is configured to couple to a flap such that movement of the flap carriage along the length of the track enables movement of the flap relative to the aircraft wing.
US11834177B2
According to one implementation of the present disclosure, a stabilizer of an aircraft includes an energy attenuating portion. The energy attenuating portion includes first and second edge sections separated by an adaptable section. The adaptable section may be rigid in a first range of directions and compressible in a second range of directions.
US11834173B2
A system for neutralization of a target aerial vehicle comprises a plurality of counter-attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and an aerial vehicle detection system comprising at least one detection sensor operable to detect the target aerial vehicle in flight. The system also comprises an aerial vehicle capture countermeasure in the form of a net tethering the plurality of counter-attack UAVs to one another. The counter-attack UAV(s) are operable to capture and neutralize the target aerial vehicle with the net. The system can comprise at least one net storage device associated with a structure and configured to store at least a portion of the net when in a stowed position, and to facilitate deployment of the net when moved to a deployed position via coordinated flight of the plurality of counter-attack UAVs based on the detected target aerial vehicle.
US11834172B2
A method of sterilizing a vehicle interior using a drone includes: receiving information on whether a passenger is boarding or the passenger has initiated a sterilization request; and when the passenger does not ride in a vehicle or the sterilization request is received from the passenger, performing, with a drone, a set of instructions to implement a sterilization logic. In particular, the sterilization logic includes determining an infected area using a sensor part, and allowing the drone to fly and performing intensive sterilization in the infected area.
US11834168B2
Convertiplane comprising a fuselage; a pair of wings, a pair of nacelles fixed with respect to the wings, and a pair of rotors rotatable about respective second axes and tiltable about a third axis between a first position, reached when the convertiplane is in an aeroplane configuration, and a second position, reached when the convertiplane is in a helicopter configuration. The wing comprises a wing box and a first appendage movable when the convertiplane is in the aeroplane configuration, between a first neutral position, a second raised operating position, and a third lowered operating position; the wing comprises a second appendage movable between a first neutral position assumed when the convertiplane is in the aeroplane configuration and in which it defines an extension of the wing box, and a second position assumed when the convertiplane is in the helicopter configuration and in which it defines, with the wing box, an opening through which the downwash generated by the rotor can flow.
US11834165B2
A method for improving a blade in an end zone of the blade, spanwise along the blade, and such an improved blade and a rotor comprising the improved blades. The leading edge of the aerodynamic profiles situated in the end zone is shifted from the upper surface half-profile towards the lower surface half-profile, then the leading edge sections of the two half-profiles are modified in order to connect the leading edge to the intermediate sections of the two half-profiles. Next, the blade is manufactured according to the modified aerodynamic profiles. Consequently, the negative camber of the aerodynamic profiles of the blade is thus increased, helping improve the aerodynamic performances of the blade during hovering flight.
US11834163B2
An aerial vehicle with a plurality of selectively collapsible arms capable of transitioning between an extended state and a contracted state is described. In the extended position, the distance between the main body of the vehicle and the rotor associated with each arm is maximized. In the contracted state, the distance between the main body of the vehicle and the rotor associated with each arm is minimized. In certain embodiments, each of the arms may include one or more tape springs that are biased to selectively move the associated one or more rotors of each arm between the retracted and extended states.
US11834162B2
An acoustic system for an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) vehicle may comprise: a first shroud configured to be disposed around a rotor of the UAM vehicle, the first shroud comprising: a radially inner wall configured to be spaced radially outward from a blade tip of a rotary blade of the rotor, the radially inner wall including a perforated portion; and a hollow chamber defined by an internal surface of the first shroud and the radially inner wall.
US11834143B2
A control device for an outboard motor controls a plurality of outboard motors included in a ship. Each outboard motor includes a propulsion unit and a steering actuator. The ship includes an operation unit that operates the steering actuator and the propulsion unit. The operation unit can be positioned at a first position at which the outboard motors do not generate a propulsion force for the ship, a second position at which the outboard motors generate a propulsion force for moving the ship in a leftward-rightward direction, and a third position at which the outboard motors generate a propulsion force for moving the ship in an oblique direction that forms an acute angle with the leftward-rightward direction. A forward-backward direction component of a propulsion force in the oblique direction which is generated by the outboard motors.
US11834135B2
The invention is defined as a cargo articulated mechanism complete design, fastened to a personal watercraft rear deck. It functions as a support for lading multiple cargo accessories and incorporates a rotating structure that allows unobstructed access to get on or off the personal watercraft through the rear deck. An incorporated locking mechanism functions as an automatic swing lock that also allows quick release by the user either from the water level or from the rider seat of the personal watercraft. This invention allows to lade different accessories such as baskets, racks, coolers, supplies, equipment, boxes, and seats. This invention is designed for all personal watercraft users, including those with mobility restrictions that have restricted access to the personal watercraft when obstructed by a fixed cargo rack fastened on the rear deck.
US11834121B2
A dropper post assembly can include an outer tube and an inner tube with a lower end that is within the outer tube and include a tube engagement. A spring cartridge assembly can include: a cartridge tube providing a cylinder; a piston movably received within the cylinder to provide a first chamber a lower side of the piston and a second chamber between the piston; a cartridge rod; and a second engagement member configured to releasably engage the tube engagement member thereby fastening the cartridge tube to the lower end of the inner tube so that the cartridge tube is axially fixed to the inner tube and movable with the inner tube relative to the outer tube.
US11834120B2
Systems and methods related to seat clamp assemblies for micro-mobility transit vehicles are disclosed. A seat post clamp assembly may include a seat clamp configured to physically secure the seat post clamp assembly to a seat post tube of the micro-mobility transit vehicle. The seat clamp may further include an adjustment handle coupled to the seat clamp via a first fastener and a second fastener. The first fastener may be inserted through a first through-hole of the seat clamp, a second through-hole of the seat clamp, and a first fastener slot disposed in the adjustment handle. The first fastener may be received in a first axle disposed in the adjustment handle. The second fastener may be inserted through a third through-hole of the seat clamp and a second fastener slot of the adjustment handle. The second fastener may be received in a second axle disposed in the adjustment handle.
US11834114B2
The invention relates to a deflector arrangement (100) for a tracked vehicle (V). Said tracked vehicle (V) comprises at least one track assembly (T1, T2) comprising two end wheels (1, 2) in the form of a front wheel (1) and a rear wheel (2), and further a plurality of road wheels (3) there between. At least one of the front wheel (1) and rear wheel (2) is a drive wheel (1) and at least one of the front wheel (1) and rear wheel (2) is a tension wheel (2). The track assembly (T1, T2) further comprises an endless track (4) disposed around said end wheels (1, 2) and plurality of road wheels (3). Said deflector arrangement (100) is configured to reduce ingestion of undesired material from the ground (G) into said track assembly (T1, T2) and remove such undesired material from said track assembly (T1, T2). Said deflector arrangement (100) is associated with an end wheel (1, 2) and is resiliently suspended and biasedly arranged so as to strive towards the inner surface (4a) of the endless track (4).
US11834112B2
A tracked climbing vehicle containing a compliant suspension apparatus to prescribe the distribution of forces on the adhering members in the tracked climbing machine. The compliant suspension apparatus is configured to negotiate irregularities in a climbing surface without the vehicle tracks losing full surface contact and adhesion by distributing the loads from the climbing machine chassis to the adhering traction members in a specific prescribed fashion. The apparatus thus avoids exceeding the allowable force in any adhering traction member and significantly improves the performance of the climbing machine.
US11834104B2
Methods and apparatus for transportation of equipment, generally but not necessarily limited to sporting equipment. Generally, the apparatus described herein comprises a collapsible or foldable frame adapted for installation in the bed of a pickup truck or similar vehicle, where the apparatus can be unfolded to a “deployment configuration” in which elongated equipment may be securely attached to the apparatus for transportation. The apparatus generally comprises two opposing rails with bracing and equipment storage elements mounted in between, foldable at about a midpoint for easy of storage when not in use.
US11834100B2
An electric vehicle may include: a floor panel; and a battery pack located below the floor panel. the battery pack may include: a bottom plate; a plurality of battery stacks distributed on the bottom plate along a longitudinal direction of the electric vehicle with an interval provided between the battery stacks; a battery crossmember located between the battery stacks; a plurality of end plates each of which is fixed to a side surface of corresponding one of the battery stacks; a first load transmitting component extending from the battery crossmember to a position located higher than upper surfaces of the battery stacks; and a second load transmitting component located outward of the first load transmitting component in the width direction. The second load transmitting component may be a component extending to a position higher than the upper surfaces of the battery stacks.
US11834099B2
To actively absorb impact energy by a bead and reduce weight. A vehicle body rear structure 1 of an embodiment includes rear floor panels 2 and 3 formed by a steel plate having a tensile strength of 440 MPa or more. The rear floor panels 2 and 3 have beads 13 and 23 extending in a predetermined direction over an entire surface, and the direction in which the beads 13 and 23 extend and the type of the beads 13 and 23 are set so as to reduce a difference between a peak load and an average load at the time of collision.
US11834097B2
A driving support ECU initializes a target trajectory calculation parameter at a start of LCA; calculates, based on the target trajectory calculation parameter, a target trajectory function representing a target lateral position which is a target position of an own vehicle in a lane width direction in accordance with an elapsed time from the start of LCA; calculates a target control amount based on the target trajectory function; when a steering operation by a driver has been detected, again initializes the target trajectory calculation parameter; and recalculates the target trajectory function based on the target trajectory calculation parameter.
US11834094B2
An integrated memory system for a driving position is provided. The integrated memory system includes a steering column having an inner column, and an outer column that is movable in an axis direction relative to the inner column. A position detecting unit including a plurality of detection positions detects a relative position of the outer column with respect to the inner column in response to a movement of the outer column and a controller is connected to the position detecting unit.
US11834092B1
A stroller includes a support frame mounted on pneumatic tires that allow the stroller to easily traverse irregular or soft terrain. The support frame includes a handlebar assembly having a hammock-style seat mounted thereon. A canopy suspended above the seat contains integral speakers for streaming music from an electronic device and light strings for illuminating a seated child. The seat also includes a heater and a cooling fan for comforting a seated child during extreme temperatures.
US11834088B2
A low-profile cart for transporting a large, nonambulatory animal includes a floor supported a predetermined height above the ground by a set of wheels including rear wheels, each of which has a radius approximately equal to the predetermined height. A push bar coupled to the floor may support a sun shade for protecting the animal from sunlight. The floor may be surrounded by detachable railings. A ramp may be provided for allowing the animal to easily enter and exit the cart.
US11834082B2
A system and method for detecting buckled rail and for predicting a risk for rail buckling is disclosed. The method may comprise receiving data from a camera mounted on locomotive traveling on the railroad track. The data may include images of the buckled rail and dimensions of the buckled rail when the camera detects the buckled rail. The data may further include images of the ballast and condition of the ballast. The method may further comprise receiving data from a thermal camera mounted to the locomotive indicating the temperature of the rails. The method may further comprise transmitting an alarm signal to a display interface of a remote unit if the dimensions of the buckled rail meet a predetermined threshold, and predicting a risk for rail buckling based at least on the temperature of the rails and the condition of the ballast.
US11834081B2
A track recording vehicle for detecting the resilience of a rail track has a machine frame supported on two rail-mounted undercarriages. A first measuring system detects a vertical distance of the rail track under load and a second measuring system detects a vertical distance of the rail track under no load or with reduced load. The first measuring system is coupled to an evaluation device for calculating the course of a first vertical sine and the second measuring system determines a course of a second vertical sine, relative to a common reference base defined by two outer measuring points under load, at an interposed central measuring point without or with reduced load. The evaluation device calculates a subsidence of the rail track under load from the two vertical sines. The track recording vehicle detects a subsidence of the rail track under load in a single measuring run.
US11834079B2
A rail vehicle includes a bogie, a bogie cavity in which the bogie is embedded, and a bogie cladding via which the bogie is at least partially clad, where the bogie cladding includes an opening, and where the bogie includes a flow-inhibitor arranged at the opening to reduce the inflow of air through the opening into the bogie cavity in order to reduce the inflow of air through the opening into the bogie cavity in an economical manner.
US11834076B2
Sensor data identifying an emergency vehicle approaching the autonomous vehicle may be received. A predicted trajectory for the emergency vehicle may be received. Whether the autonomous vehicle is impeding the emergency vehicle may be determined based on the predicted trajectory and map information identifying a road on which the autonomous vehicle is currently traveling. Based on a determination that the autonomous vehicle is impeding the emergency vehicle, the autonomous vehicle may be controlled in an autonomous driving mode in order to respond to the emergency vehicle.
US11834075B2
A mass transportation vehicle includes a stop selector and a dispatcher. The stop selector is configured to enable a passenger on the mass transportation vehicle to select a destination stop at which the passenger plans to get off. The dispatcher is configured to book dispatch of an autonomous vehicle to which the passenger transfers after getting off the mass transportation vehicle at the destination stop. The dispatcher sends information about the destination stop to a dispatch management device of the autonomous vehicle as information about a waiting point of the autonomous vehicle.
US11834074B1
Techniques for reducing the wear on vehicles. For instance, a vehicle may include a bidirectional vehicle that operates in a first mode at which a first end of the vehicle operates as a front of the vehicle and a second mode at which a second end of the vehicle operates as the front of the vehicle. As such, the vehicle may store data representing a first distance that the vehicle has traveled while operating in the first mode and a second distance that the vehicle has traveled while operating in the second mode. The vehicle may then detect the occurrence of an event. Based on the occurrence of the event, the vehicle may select a mode for operating the vehicle using the first distance and the second distance. For example, the vehicle may select the mode that is associated with the shortest distance.
US11834073B2
The autonomous driving system includes an internal vehicle camera, a vehicle detection device, and a processor configured to detect an angle of a facial direction or a line of sight of the driver, judge whether the driver has checked safety of the surroundings of the vehicle based on the angle, and control autonomous driving of the vehicle. The processor is configured to start a lane change of the vehicle when it is judged that the driver has checked the safety of the surroundings of the vehicle. The processor is configured to judge that the driver has checked the safety when a first condition has been satisfied if another vehicle has not been detected in a destination lane, and judge that the driver has checked the safety when a second condition more severe than the first condition has been satisfied if another vehicle has been detected in the destination lane.
US11834061B2
A driver assistance device includes a one or more processors. The one or more processors is configured to determine whether a pedal misapplication determination condition is satisfied, and output, when the one or more processors determines that the pedal misapplication determination condition is satisfied, at least one of a warning display and warning audio directly instructing a driver to release the pedal that is depressed at a point in time of outputting.
US11834052B2
An estimator generation apparatus may include a first estimator and a second estimator sharing a common encoder. The first estimator may be trained to determine a target person's state from face image data. The second estimator may be trained to reconstruct physiological data from face image data. The machine learning may allow the common encoder to have its parameters converging toward higher-accuracy local solutions for estimating the target person's state, thus generating the estimator that may estimate the target person's state more accurately.
US11834047B2
A traveling lane planning device has a processor configured to assess whether or not an approach zone exists on an adjacent lane between an event location and the current location of a vehicle, when the traveling lane plan includes a lane change from the traveling lane to the adjacent lane before the event location, to create a lane change plan in which the vehicle moves from the traveling lane to the adjacent lane after the vehicle has passed along the approach zone of the adjacent lane when it has assessed that the approach zone exists and to cause the vehicle to carry out a notification action which gives notice to the surrounding area of the vehicle that the vehicle will make a lane change from the traveling lane to the adjacent lane while the vehicle is traveling in the traveling lane along the approach zone of the adjacent lane.
US11834042B2
In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicle apparatuses are provided. A method for implementing adaptive cruise control (ACC) established by Reinforcement Learning (RL) including executing, by a processor, adaptive cruise control to receive a set of vehicle inputs about a host vehicle's operating environment and current operations; identify, by the processor, a target vehicle operating in the host vehicle environment and quantifying a set of target vehicle parameters about the target vehicle derived from sensed inputs; modeling a state estimation of the host vehicle and the target vehicle by generating a set of speed and torque calculations about each vehicle; generating a set of results from at least one reward function based on one or more modeled state estimations of the host and target vehicle; processing the set of results with driver behavior data established by RL to correlate one or more control actions to the driver behavior data.
US11834038B2
An automated vehicle assistance system is provided for supervised or unsupervised vehicle movement. The system includes a control system and a first sensor system. The first sensor system may receive first image data of a scene and may output a first disparity map and a first confidence map based on the first image data. The control system may output a video stream based on the first disparity map and the first confidence map. The vehicle assistance system also may include a second sensor system that receives second image data of at least a portion of the scene that outputs a second confidence map based on second image data. The video stream may include super-frames, with each super-frame including a 2D image of the scene, a depth map corresponding to the 2D image, and a certainty map corresponding to the depth map.
US11834035B2
A parking assistance device according to the present disclosure performs automatic travel of a vehicle based on teaching travel by a driver. The parking assistance device includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: learn a travel route for parking the vehicle in a parking position and a speed, a steering angle, and braking operation of the vehicle during the teaching travel, based on the teaching travel; and modify the speed, the steering angle, or the braking operation in the automatic travel of the vehicle from the speed, the steering angle, or the braking operation in the teaching travel, based on any of a regulation for the automatic travel of the vehicle, environmental information relating to an environment around the vehicle, or geographic information relating to a road condition around the vehicle.
US11834034B2
The present invention relates to a control unit for determining a value indicative of a load bearing capability of a ground segment supporting a vehicle. The control unit is configured to issue a control signal to the vehicle to thereby impart a motion change of the vehicle, and receive response information from the vehicle indicative of the vehicle's response to the imparted motion change. The control unit is further configured to, based on the response information, determine a vertical position change of at least one wheel of the vehicle, and based on the determined vertical position change and the imparted motion change, determine the value indicative of the load bearing capability of the ground segment.
US11834025B2
A device for a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle. The device includes a processing unit, which is programmed to determine at least one brake characteristic value of the hydraulic braking system, the processing unit being programmed to determine the at least one brake characteristic value as a vehicle axle-specific brake characteristic value, which in each case corresponds to a ratio between a brake pressure in all wheel brake cylinders assigned to a shared vehicle axle of the vehicle and a vehicle axle braking torque exerted on the shared vehicle axle with the aid of the wheel brake cylinders. A method for determining at least one brake characteristic value of a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle, and a method for decelerating a vehicle with a hydraulic braking system and an electric motor usable as a generator, are also described.
US11834023B2
A control system is provided that may include a controller for a vehicle system. The controller may include one or more processors configured to obtain at least one first operating parameter related to an operating system of the vehicle system, and determine an operating condition of the operating system based at least in part on the first operating parameter. The one or more processors may also be configured to communicate with an off-board sensor to obtain at least one auxiliary operating parameter related to the operating condition, and verify the operating condition based at least in part on the auxiliary operating parameter.
US11834019B2
A Hydraulic braking system is for braking a vehicle wheel according to a braking pressure control that includes a hydraulic pump driven by an electric motor for hydraulic pressure generation, an electronic control unit for the determination of at least one control error, based on a measured actual braking pressure compared with a pressure demand setpoint, which controls at least one actuator for a pressure increase and/or a pressure reduction of the actual braking pressure to adjust to the pressure demand setpoint. Furthermore, a method is provided for braking a vehicle wheel according to this braking pressure control and a related computer program product.
US11834017B2
A control device and a method controlling an emergency braking pressure of a vehicle, and a vehicle having a control device of this kind, wherein a pilot control pressure (VSDI) is modulated with a pressure modulator as a function of a load condition of the vehicle, a deceleration, a speed and/or a coefficient of friction, and a safety pilot control pressure (SVSD) is controlled with an adjusting device, and wherein in normal operation, a supply pressure is controlled only by the VSDI while, in the event of a system malfunction, the supply pressure is controlled only by the SVSD, wherein it is ensured that the emergency braking pressure does not exceed a nominal pressure in the event of the system malfunction.
US11834000B2
A method for operating a locking system of a transportation vehicle in which time-of-flight measurements are made using at least one interior transceiver situated in an interior of the transportation vehicle, and using at least one exterior transceiver situated outside the interior; the time-of-flight measurements are used to determine a position of a key device relative to the transportation vehicle; and an operating function of the locking system is performed based on the relative position determined.
US11833995B2
A force transfer element for an apparatus for belt tightening is provided, wherein the force transfer element is a rod-shaped body that is essentially structured over its total length and/or is formed from at least a first and a second part.
US11833989B1
A vehicle includes a vehicle structure an airbag deployment location and an external skin layer that covers the airbag deployment location. An object detection sensor is located on or covered by the external skin layer of a vehicle component and located within an object detection zone. The object detection sensor is configured to provide a signal to a controller upon detecting an object within the object detection zone.
US11833980B2
The disclosure relates to a haul truck body arranged to have a specific nominal payload capacity. The haul truck body includes an outer load carrying structure which has a front wall, two opposing side walls, and a bottom. The haul truck body further includes an inner load carrying structure arranged at inner surfaces of the outer load carrying structure, wherein neither the outer load carrying structure nor the inner load carrying structure alone is arranged to carry the specific nominal payload.
US11833979B2
A vehicular vision system includes a rearward-viewing camera and a forward-viewing camera disposed at a vehicle. Image data captured by the cameras is provided to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit sends respective control data to the cameras, and the respective sent control data is stored in respective memory of the cameras. With the respective sent control data stored in the respective memory of the cameras, the electronic control unit sends a trigger signal to the cameras. Responsive to the sent trigger signal, the cameras load operational parameters of the respective stored control data into respective image sensors of the cameras so that the operational parameters of the respective image sensors of the cameras are synchronized. With the operational parameters of the respective image sensors of the cameras synchronized, image data is captured by the respective image sensors and is sent to the electronic control unit.
US11833977B2
A plate has a first region and a second region. A display unit is provided on a front surface of the plate and mounted in the first region of the plate. A housing provided on a rear surface of the plate and mounted in the second region of the plate, wherein the housing is also adapted to be mounted on a vehicle, and a rigidity of the first region of the plate is higher than a rigidity of the second region of the plate.
US11833976B2
A vehicle includes an instrument panel, a support structure coupled to the instrument panel, and a retainer. The support structure defines a receiver that extends from a lower end to an upper end that is vehicle-upward of the lower end. The portion of the support structure that defines the receiver includes at least one rib that protrudes into the receiver. The retainer includes a barrel portion having a threaded interior surface that defines a hollow and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface and having at least one wing. The retainer also includes a head portion coupled to the barrel portion. The retainer is operably coupled to the support structure, such that the barrel portion is received within the receiver and the at least one wing of the exterior surface is engaged with the at least one rib to maintain the retainer within the receiver.
US11833974B2
A video signal processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a controller. The controller receives (i) a plurality of video signals from a plurality of video sources including a camera and (ii) a specifying signal that specifies which one of the video signals is to be output to a display apparatus. The controller changes a wait time from an input of the specifying signal to an output of the video signal specified by the specifying signal to the display apparatus based on which one of the plurality of the video sources corresponds to the video signal specified by the specifying signal.
US11833968B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to an imaging system (1) for a towing vehicle (V1). The imaging system (1) includes a processor configured to determine a reference speed (Vref) of the towing vehicle (V1). First image data (D1) is received from a first imaging device (C1); and second image data (D2) is received from a second imaging device (C2). The first imaging device (C1) may be disposed on the towing vehicle (V1); and the second imaging device (C2) may be disposed on a towed vehicle (V2). A first scaling factor (SF1, SF2) is applied to the second image data (D2) to generate scaled second image data (D2). The first scaling factor (SF1, SF2) is determined in dependence on the determined reference speed (Vref) of the towing vehicle (V1). Composite image data (D3) is generated by combining at least a part of the scaled second image data (D2) with at least a part of the first image data (D1). The composite image data (D3) is output for display on a display screen (10). Aspects of the present invention also relate a vehicle (V1) having an image system (1); a method of generating a composite image (IMG3); and a non-transitory computer-readable medium.
US11833967B2
A vehicular rear view monitor assembly includes an extender element configured to be disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle. The extender element includes an extender portion and an end portion, with a vehicle element attached at the end portion of the extender element. A rear backup camera assembly is at least partially disposed in a hollow portion of the extender portion. The rear backup camera assembly includes a CMOS color camera. With the extender element disposed at the rear portion of the vehicle, the CMOS color camera of the rear backup camera assembly captures images of at least an area immediately rearward of the vehicle. With the extender element disposed at the rear portion of the vehicle, the extender element is incapable of extending such that the rear backup camera assembly is non-movable relative to the rear portion of the vehicle.
US11833964B2
There is disclosed herein examples of a securement structure for a delivery container in a vehicle, the securement structure comprising a frame removably attached to a chassis of the vehicle, and the frame supports the delivery container securely when the vehicle is in motion. In some embodiments, the frame comprises tubes in a shape that conforms to a space corresponding to a rear-seat of the vehicle, the frame comprising a front frame, a base frame, and a back frame.
US11833942B2
An air distribution device that includes a seat plate. The seat plate includes one or more cushion engaging features. The one or more cushion engaging features are configured to engage one or more corresponding plate engaging features provided on a seat cushion of a vehicle seat.
US11833941B2
Mechanisms for raising at least a portion of a vehicle load floor in response to lowering of one adjacent seat, to allow for easier loading of vehicle cargo areas. Mechanisms may raise a portion of the load floor when any one or more adjacent seats are lowered, but only lower the load floor when all adjacent seats are raised. In this manner, mechanisms of embodiments of the disclosure raise the load floor to an inclined position so that the load floor gradually rises to the elevation of any adjacent folded seat backs, rather than having a step increase in height at the boundary between load floor and seats. This allows for easier sliding of cargo over the load floor and onto the seat backs.
US11833925B2
A battery diagnostic device includes a first discharge process unit that performs a first diagnostic discharge, a first determination unit that determines whether a deterioration diagnosis of the battery is possible based on a physical quantity indicating the state of the battery during the first diagnostic discharge acquired by a first acquisition unit, a second discharge process unit that performs a second diagnostic discharge when it is determined that the deterioration diagnosis of the battery is impossible, and a diagnosis unit that performs the deterioration diagnosis of the battery based on the physical quantity acquired by the first acquisition unit when it is determined that the deterioration diagnosis of the battery is possible, and performs the deterioration diagnosis of the battery based on a physical quantity indicating the state of the battery during the second diagnostic discharge when it is determined that the deterioration diagnosis of the battery is impossible.
US11833924B2
The disclosure is directed at a method and apparatus for an active convertor dolly for use in a tractor-trailer configuration. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a system to connect a tractor to a trailer. The apparatus further includes a charge generating system for translating the mechanical motions or actions of the dolly into electricity or electrical energy so that this energy can be used to charge a battery or to power other functionality for either the dolly or the tractor-trailer. The active dolly may also operate to assist in shunting the tractor-trailer.
US11833918B2
A connector for charging an electric vehicle that includes a housing configured to mate with an electric vehicle port of an electric vehicle, at least a sensor configured to detect an attachment datum as a function of the housing mating with an electric vehicle port, and transmit the attachment datum to a computing device, a computing device configured to receive the attachment datum from the at least a sensor, receive an identification datum from the electric vehicle, generate a verification datum as a function of the identification datum and the attachment datum, and determine an authorization status as a function of the verification datum.
US11833911B2
A system for dynamic excitation of an energy storage element configured for use in an electric aircraft includes a plurality of propulsors mechanically connected to the electric aircraft. The system includes a plurality of energy storage elements electrically connected to the plurality of propulsors. The system includes a bus element, wherein the bus element is electrically connected to the plurality of energy storage elements and a cross tie element connected to the bus element configured to disconnect a first energy storage element from a second energy storage element. The system includes a modulator unit electrically connected to the bus element configured to modulate a first electrical command to the first energy storage element and a second electrical command to the second energy storage element. The system includes at least a sensor configured to detect an energy datum corresponding to the first energy storage element as a function of the modulation.
US11833902B2
A vehicle system includes an engine, a transmission, a differential, and a waste heat recovery (WHR) drive that converts thermal energy into mechanical and electrical energy. The WHR drive can include a WHR power unit structured to convert thermal energy into rotation of a WHR drive shaft. A motor/generator having a motor/generator shaft can selectively operate as a motor or a generator. A mechanical linkage is structured to selectively link an output shaft to one of the WHR drive shaft and the motor/generator drive shaft independently of the other of the WHR drive shaft and the motor/generator drive shaft. The output shaft is selectively coupled to one of the engine, the transmission, or the differential. The vehicle system may also include a traction motor to provide drive to the vehicle. The output shaft can be selectively coupled to the traction motor or the engine.
US11833899B2
The present disclosure relates to an organ-type electronic pedal apparatus including a high-load spring module 500 and a hysteresis lever 400 and capable of tuning a pedal effort, a stroke, and a hysteretic force, which are required to vary depending on the types of vehicles, by changing components of the hysteresis lever 400, as necessary.
US11833897B2
A system for dispensing an additive into a fuel is disclosed. The system includes: a tank for holding a fuel additive and a dispenser. The dispenser includes: a main shutoff valve; a bore through which the fuel passes; a float bowl, contained within the walls of the device surrounding the bore; an obstruction located inside the bore of the dispensing device; a seal to prevent the flow of air around the outside of the fuel nozzle pump. The additive tank is connected to the dispenser by a conduit. Gravity causes the additive to flow from the tank, through the conduit into the dispensing device. The main shutoff valve is activated as a device cap is installed and deactivated as the cap is removed. The obstruction causes the additive to be drawn into the flow of fuel within dispensing device.
US11833892B2
A reinforcement assembly comprising a carrier including a connection means to connect to a panel, a rim portion for receiving an adhesive, the rim portion surrounding a central opening portion, and a plurality of apertures located in the rim portion, the apertures adapted for receiving the adhesive.
US11833885B2
A heat management system includes a high-temperature heat medium circuit, a low-temperature heat medium circuit, a circuit connection part, and a circuit switching part. The high-temperature heat medium circuit connects a heat medium and refrigerant heat exchanger and a heater core. The low-temperature heat medium circuit connects a radiator and a heat generation equipment. The circuit connection part connects the high-temperature heat medium circuit and the low-temperature heat medium circuit such that the heat medium can flow in and out. The heat management system is switched by the circuit switching part between an operation mode in which the heat medium heated by the heat medium and refrigerant heat exchanger is circulated through the heater core and an operation mode in which the heat medium heated by the heat generation equipment and the heat medium and refrigerant heat exchanger is circulated through the heater core.
US11833876B2
A rough road detection system is disclosed. The system includes a sensor data receiver to receive sensor data from one or more sensors monitoring a vehicle. A sensor data evaluator to: identify a repeating pattern in the sensor data, the repeating pattern indicative of a terrain type being traversed by the vehicle, determine a value of the repeating pattern, obtain a present set of operational values for at least one damping characteristic of an active valve damper coupled with the vehicle, and modify the present set of operational values for the at least one damping characteristic of the active valve damper based on the value of the repeating pattern to develop a modified set of operational values for the at least one damping characteristic of the active valve damper.
US11833872B2
A suspension thrust bearing device provides a lower support cap, an upper bearing cap and at least one bearing arranged between the caps. The lower support cap includes a rigid main body in contact with the bearing, and a flexible vibration damping seat delimiting a bearing surface for the upper end of a suspension ring. The vibration damping seat of the lower support cap is secured to the main body and is provided with at least one retaining hook extending at least in the radial direction and axially offset with respect to the bearing surface on the side opposite to the bearing.
US11833864B2
A transceiver of a spare wheel includes a sensing unit having a pressure sensor and an acceleration sensor configured to output a detection signal according to a tire pressure of the spare wheel and an acceleration generated in the spare wheel, a first control unit configured to create a frame that processes the detection signal indicating the tire pressure and stores it as data related to the tire pressure, and a first transmitter receiver configured to transmit the frame. A receiver includes a second transceiver configured to receive a frame and transmit a response signal indicating that the frame is received and a second control unit configured to detect the tire pressure and transmit a response signal from the second transceiver when the frame is received.
US11833861B2
A tire includes a pair of beads and a plurality of body plies extending between the pair of beads, including at least a first body ply and a second body ply. The first body ply wraps around each of the pair of beads, and has a first pair of turn up portions having a first height. The second body ply wraps around each of the pair of beads, and has a second pair of turn up portions having a second height greater than the first height. Each of the second pair of turn up portions is axially inside each of the first turn up portions. The tire also includes a circumferential belt disposed radially above the plurality of body plies, a circumferential tread disposed radially above the circumferential belt, and a pair of sidewalls extending between the pair of beads and the circumferential tread. The tire also has a pair of stabilizer ply inserts, including a first stabilizer ply insert and a second stabilizer ply insert.
US11833844B2
Disclosed herein is a device for fixing a platen roller for a printing apparatus. The device includes: a fixing frame installed in the housing of the printing apparatus; roller bearings respectively coupled to both ends of the platen roller in the longitudinal direction of the platen roller, and configured to allow the platen roller to be rotated; bearing holders installed on the fixing frame, and configured to provide coupling portions for the roller bearings and to allow the roller bearings to enter and exit in a horizontal direction corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the platen roller; and a locking part configured to fix the platen roller and the roller bearings to the bearing holders in the state of preventing the horizontal movement of the platen roller and the roller bearings while restraining at least one of the both ends of the platen roller to the bearing holder.
US11833841B2
A printing apparatus includes a printing unit to eject a liquid to an object to be printed in a first direction to perform printing, a placement unit on which the object is placed, and a detection unit capable of detecting a position of the object in the first direction in a noncontact manner. A control unit performs a first detection which changes relative positions of the placement unit and the detection unit in the first direction and on a plane intersecting the first direction before the printing on the object to detect, by the detection unit, the object placed on the placement unit, and the control unit performs a second detection which changes the relative positions of the placement unit and the detection unit on the plane during the printing on the object to detect, by the detection unit, the object placed on the placement unit.
US11833836B2
A printing apparatus includes: a tube configured to form a flow channel to supply a liquid to a liquid ejecting unit configured to eject the liquid; a holding unit configured to hold the tube; and a valve unit configured to move to a closed position to press and close the tube held by the holding unit with a pressing portion from an open position to open the tube held by the holding unit, and to move to the open position from the closed position. Here, the valve unit includes a pivot shaft and moves pivotally around the shaft to move to the closed position and the open position, and a direction of extension of the pivot shaft is a direction intersecting with a direction of extension of the tube held by the holding unit.
US11833819B2
A liquid ejecting head includes head chips configured to eject a liquid in a first direction, a holder to which the head chips are fixed, a circuit substrate disposed in an opposite direction to the first direction with respect to the holder, and a cover member disposed in the opposite direction to the first direction with respect to the circuit substrate. The head chips respectively have flexible wiring substrates. Each of the flexible wiring substrates includes a coupling terminal portion coupled to the circuit substrate. The cover member includes first ribs protruding toward the circuit substrate. The first ribs overlap the coupling terminal portions when viewed in the first direction. A first adhesive is disposed between the first ribs and the coupling terminal portions.
US11833817B2
Long-term reliability of a liquid ejection head substrate and a liquid ejection head is improved by suppressing dissolution of an intermediate layer due to anodization. A liquid ejection head substrate including: a flow passage forming member having an ejection orifice and a flow passage; a heating resistance element for ejecting a liquid; an insulating layer covering the heating resistance element; a protecting layer whose surface is exposed to the flow passage; and an intermediate layer provided between the flow passage forming member and the protecting layer, in which the intermediate layer contains a material represented by a following composition formula (I): Siw1Ox1Cy1 (I), 39≤w1≤62 (at. %), 32≤x1≤55 (at. %), and 6≤y1≤29 (at. %), and w1+x1+y1=100 (at %).
US11833814B2
Printing apparatus (20) includes a continuous blanket (24) and a set of motorized rollers (31), which advance the blanket at constant speed through an image area. Print bars (38) eject droplets of ink at respective locations onto the blanket in the image area. Monitoring rollers (42), in proximity to the locations of the print bars, contact the blanket to be rotated by blanket advancement. Each monitoring roller includes an encoder (44), which outputs a signal indicative of a rotation angle of the monitoring roller. A control unit (40) collects, during a calibration phase, the signal from the encoders over multiple rotations of the monitoring rollers, detects a deviation of the signal from the encoder relative to a clock signal having a predefined frequency, and computes runout correction factors. During an operational phase, the control unit applies the runout correction factors to synchronize the droplets ejection from the print bars.
US11833812B2
A printing apparatus includes: a first conveyor that unspools a rolled-up medium for transport; a print head that prints on the medium; a cutter that cuts off, from the medium, a printed portion on which printing has been performed by the print head; a second conveyor that transports, in a sandwiching manner, the printed portion cut off by the cutter; a drive that drives at least the first conveyor; and a processor that controls the drive, wherein after the printed portion is cut off by the cutter and before printing is started by the print head, the processor controls the drive such that the first conveyor transports the medium in an ejection direction to a position where the medium is sandwiched by the second conveyor.
US11833811B2
A printing apparatus includes a platen roller conveying a printing medium in a first direction, a peeler peeling off a label from a mount, a support member supporting a driven roller that conveys the mount in a second direction with the platen roller, and a rib portion provided on the support member and guiding the label peeled off from the mount in the first direction. The rib portion includes a first rib, a second rib and a third rib, continuously in the first direction. The first rib is inclined away from a virtual line in the first direction toward an upstream side from the second rib. The third rib is inclined away from the virtual line in the first direction toward a downstream side from the second rib.
US11833804B2
The present invention relates to a visibility improving film for a display panel, and a display device including the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a visibility improving film for a display panel capable of having low reflection properties and exhibiting excellent optical and physical properties, particularly while enhancing the visibility of a laser pointer, by including fine metal particles dispersed in the photocurable resin layer, and a display device including the same.
US11833801B2
A sealer for body panel reinforcement includes a sealer layer on a panel for a vehicle body, and a skin layer disposed on the sealer layer and including glass fiber reinforced plastic.
US11833800B2
A method for forming a three-dimensional curved surface on a laminated substrate is provided. In the method, the laminated substrate is brought into close contact with an elastic sheet. Here, the laminated substrate comprises a support substrate and a conductive layer on the support substrate, and the support substrate comprises a resin substrate comprising a thermoplastic resin. The elastic sheet is deformed while the laminated substrate is in close contact with the elastic sheet. The laminated substrate is brought into close contact with a temperature-controlled mold to soften the resin substrate.
US11833797B1
The present invention provides aramid compound paper with a pinning effect and a preparation method for the aramid compound paper. The preparation method for the aramid compound paper includes the following steps: preparing aramid paper from polyphenylene sulfide meltblown superfine fibers and aramid chopped fibers with wet papermaking; then placing polyphenylene sulfide meltblown superfine fiber non-woven fabrics on two sides of aramid base paper as face layers respectively; embedding the polyphenylene sulfide superfine fibers on the face layers into pores of the aramid paper at a middle layer by using a hot-pressing technology to be fusion-joined to the polyphenylene sulfide super-short fibers which are uniformly dispersed in the aramid base paper, so as to form the pinning effect; and meanwhile, melting and then solidifying the polyphenylene sulfide superfine fibers between the aramid chopped fibers to form a continuous network, and firmly bonding the aramid chopped fibers.
US11833795B2
The invention provides a multilayer body of an inorganic substrate and a highly heat-resistant film, wherein the surface of the inorganic substrate is sufficiently smooth after removal of the highly heat-resistant film from the multilayer body, and the inorganic substrate is re-usable. The multilayer body uses substantially no adhesive and is characterized by (1) a tensile elastic modulus of the highly heat-resistant film of 4 GPa or more, (2) a bonding strength between the highly heat-resistant film and the inorganic substrate of 0.3 N/cm or less, (3) a surface roughness Ra of a surface of the highly heat-resistant film, said surface being in contact with the inorganic substrate, of 5 nm or less, and (4) a surface roughness Ra of the surface of the inorganic substrate after removal of the highly heat-resistant film from the multilayer body of 3 nm or less.
US11833793B2
A jig for sticking a first sheet superposed on a second sheet to the second sheet in a thickness direction of the first and second sheets includes a first regulating portion, a second regulating portion, and a nipper. The first regulating portion regulates a position of the first sheet superposed on the second sheet to be aligned with a position of the second sheet in a first direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. The second regulating portion regulates a position of the first sheet superposed on the second sheet to be aligned with a position of the second sheet in a second direction perpendicular to the thickness direction and the first direction. The nipper nips the first sheet and the second sheet superposed and aligned with each other in the thickness direction such that at least a part of a peripheral portion of the first sheet is exposed.
US11833791B2
A vacuum heat insulator according to the present invention includes a core material and an outer packaging material including an inner plate and an outer plate each of which includes a resin sheet. The core material is covered by the outer packaging material. The vacuum heat insulator further includes a heat welded part formed by welding a part of the inner plate and a part of the outer plate. The heat welded part has a recess having a thickness that is 50% or less of an average thickness of the heat welded part. As a result thereof, the adhesion and airtightness of the heat welded part can be maintained, and a highly reliable vacuum heat insulator can be provided.
US11833782B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer film to which a metal-containing layer is stuck to produce a laminate having an excellent peel strength. Another object of the present invention is to provide a laminate and a substrate for high-speed communication. The polymer film of an embodiment of the present invention is a polymer film including a liquid crystal polymer, in which a difference between a melting start temperature and a melting end temperature in differential scanning calorimetry in a depth region up to 10 μm of the polymer film from one surface toward the other surface of the polymer film is 5.0° C. to 50° C.
US11833775B2
A flexible bag comprising a first wall and a second wall superposed over the first wall, the walls being connected to each other along their longitudinal edges by two gussets. As per a bag formation process, successively: the bag is closed with a flap extending from one of the walls and held on the other wall to form a closed end of the bag; the first wall of the bag is gripped at a predetermined distance from the closed end with the lower grippers and the second wall by the upper grippers and the walls are separated to form a side on the gussets; the second wall is released by the upper grippers and the closed end is folded by a folding device on to the second wall, thus making the bottom.
US11833769B2
A composite is provided to include an elastomer substrate comprising methyl groups. The composite may also include a layer of glass comprising SiO2 formed over the elastomer substrate. A method of fabricating the composite is provided. The method may include diffusing an ozone-rich gas into the substrate of an elastomer substrate comprising methyl groups. The method may also include exposing the elastomer substrate to UV radiation for a period of time. The method may further include converting a surface portion of the elastomer substrate into a layer of glass formed over the elastomer substrate.
US11833766B2
Methods of manufacturing composite workpieces that include adding an expandable element to an internal volume of a constraining container proximate to a uncured composite workpiece supported on a rigid form, where the expandable element is configured to expand when a predetermined change is produced in an attribute of the expandable element; expanding the expandable element by producing the predetermined change in the attribute of the expandable element, so that an expansion of the expandable element applies pressure to the workpiece supported on the rigid form within the internal volume, and curing the composite workpiece while the resulting pressure is applied to the workpiece supported on the rigid form.
US11833765B2
The present invention relates to a method including a rubber-like film-based article of which at least a portion is firmly fixed to a substrate. The method includes providing a film-based article made of a non-crosslinked thermoplastic rubber, contacting at least a portion of the film-based article with a substrate so as to form a contact area between the film-based article and the substrate, and heat sealing at least a portion of the contact area at a temperature of 190 to 250° C. for at least 1 second.
US11833759B1
A method and a system for making an orthodontic appliance are provided, the method comprises: obtaining a 3D digital model comprising a plurality of vertices representative of surfaces of upper and lower teeth of a subject in a current occlusion therebetween; obtaining an indication of a desired occlusion between the upper and lower arch forms; determining, based on the desired occlusion, a shift value between the current occlusion and the desired occlusion; generating, based on the desired occlusion, an outer surface of the appliance 3D digital model corresponds to the respective occlusal surface portion of the given one of the upper and lower teeth having been repositioned towards the desired occlusion by the shift value.
US11833755B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes: a build table, at least a portion of which is transparent, the build table defining a build surface; a material applicator operable to deposit a radio-energy-curable resin on the build surface; a stage positioned facing the build surface of the build table and configured to hold a one or more cured layers of the resin; one or more actuators operable to change the relative positions of the build table and the stage; a radiant energy apparatus positioned adjacent to the build table opposite to the stage, and operable to generate and project radiant energy on the resin through the build table in a predetermined pattern; a drive mechanism operable to move the build table so as to expose a new portion thereof for each layer; and material remover operable to remove remnants from the build surface. A method for using the apparatus is provided.
US11833754B2
A system (1) for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects, comprising one or more working stations (21), which are provided for performing at least one working process in the additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects, at least one freely positionable mobile storage unit (2) comprising a rack-like storage device (4) comprising at least one storage room (5) provided for storing at least one powder module (6), especially for the purpose of conveying the powder module (6) between different working stations (21) of the system (1), and at least one driverless, freely movable mobile conveying unit (3) comprising a receiving device (12) provided for receiving at least one mobile storage unit (2) for the purpose of conveying the storage unit (2) between different working stations (21) of the system (1).
US11833741B2
The invention provides a 3D printed object (210) and a method of manufacturing such an object (210) by means of fused deposition modelling. The method successively comprises the steps of (i) 3D printing a printable material (120) to create a layer stack (230) of printed material (210), wherein the layer stack (210) bounds a space (240), wherein the layer stack (210) has an inner stack surface (231) and an outer stack surface (232), the inner stack surface (231) facing towards the space (240) and the outer stack surface (232) facing away from the space (240), (ii) providing a heat shrink (250) onto the layer stack (230), wherein the heat shrink (250) has an inner heat shrink surface (251) and an outer heat shrink surface (252), the inner heat shrink surface (251) facing towards the outer stack surface (232) and the outer heat shrink surface (252) facing away from the outer stack surface (232), and (iii) applying heat to shrink (250) the heat shrink so that the inner heat shrink surface (251) is in physical contact with the outer stack surface (232) and the heat shrink (250) is conformal to the layer stack (230). The layer stack (230) is light transmissive, and the heat shrink (250) is arranged to provide an optical effect chosen from the group consisting of refraction, diffraction, reflection, diffusion and conversion. The 3D printed object (210) may be used as a component of a lighting device (600), such as a lampshade.
US11833739B2
A process for constructing a printing plate by successively depositing a plurality of n layers of photopolymer on a substrate, curing each layer 1 through (n-m) using a wide area radiation source, and selectively curing layers (n-m+1) to layer n using a small area radiation source modulated in accordance with a desired image to be printed by the printing plate. Non-cured polymer is removed from layers (n-m+1) to n, and all of the layers are further cured with a detacking area radiation source. Also disclosed is a system for constructing a printing plate by additive manufacturing, including a printing assembly and means for providing relative motion between the substrate and the printing assembly. The assembly comprises one or more ink jet print heads, at least one wide area radiation source, and the small area radiation source.
US11833733B2
A method and apparatus for producing elastic laminates wherein a first and a second elastic film are stretched in the transverse direction by respective spreader devices, and are applied on a transfer wheel which—in turn—applies the first and second elastic films on a non-woven web held on the outer cylindrical surface of an anvil wheel.
US11833731B2
An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with at least one forming station which forms the plastic preforms into the plastic containers by the action of a flowable medium, wherein the forming station has a blow mould which forms a cavity, within which the plastic preforms are formed into the plastic containers. The blow mould has a base part which has an inner contour which forms a base of the containers, wherein the base part has at least one channel for conducting a temperature control medium for temperature control of the base part. A course of the channel is adapted to a course of the inner contour and/or the channel has, on its inner surface facing the temperature control medium, structures and/or cross-sectional changes which influence the flow of the temperature control medium through the channel.
US11833721B2
A resin molding has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface includes a rib, and wherein the first surface includes a glossy portion and a non-glossy portion.
US11833719B2
An imprint apparatus that performs an imprint process for bringing a protruding portion of a mold into contact with a composition on a substrate is provided. The apparatus comprises a first illuminator configured to emit light for curing the composition, a second illuminator including a scanner configured to scan beam-like light for curing the composition, and a controller configured to control exposure such that in a state where the composition and the protruding portion are in contact with each other, the light from the first illuminator is emitted to the composition at a position corresponding to a first region of the protruding portion, and control the scanner such that the light from the second illuminator is emitted to the composition at a position corresponding to a second region different from the first region of the protruding portion.
US11833718B2
A surfacing material that is mold-releasable and electrically conductive. This surfacing material can be co-cured with a curable composite substrate and can be in contact with a mold surface such that when the cured composite part is removed from the mold, the surfacing material is releasable from the mold with ease. The mold-releasable surfacing material can effectively eliminate the need for mold release agents and mold surface preparation.
US11833716B2
A method for producing a roofing detail part for sealing a roof element, the method including the steps of: (a) providing and/or obtaining a digital model of a roof element to be sealed; and (b) based on the digital model, producing a roofing detail part fitting on the outer shape of the roof element by additive manufacturing.
US11833713B2
A concrete mixing truck includes a chassis, a front axle and a rear axle coupled to the chassis, a lift axle coupled to the chassis and including a tractive element, a lift actuator coupled to the lift axle, a mixing drum rotatably coupled to the chassis, a fill level sensor coupled to the mixing drum and configured to provide a signal indicative of a fill level of a material within the mixing drum, and a controller. The lift axle is selectively repositionable between a lowered position in which the tractive element engages a support surface and a raised position. The controller is operatively coupled to the lift actuator and the fill level sensor and configured to control the lift actuator to reposition the lift axle into the lowered position in response to the fill level exceeding a threshold fill level.
US11833709B2
The staves for producing wooden barrels are assembled of individual segments which are fixedly connected to each other at end faces. The individual segments are shorter wood pieces that are assembled such that the stave has the required length. The wooden barrel is produced of such staves which are placed against each other seal-tightly with their narrow sides. The individual segments are machined at their end faces such that individual segments resting against each other after assembly are positioned at an angle relative to each other and form a raw stave that is curved across the length.
US11833704B2
Dynamic regulation of contact pressures in a blade sharpening system is provided. An example multiphase grinding wheel has a grinding face with one or more abrasive concentric rings for sharpening the cutting blade of the log saw machine, and one or more padded concentric rings consisting of fiber padding. Sharpening with the multiphase grinding wheel improves cut quality, increases blade life, removes glues and varnishes from the cutting blade, reduces blade deformation, and hones the edge of the cutting blade. A pneumatic tensioning system uses air bladders to apply dynamic cushioning and processor-controlled contact pressure between the grinding wheels and the cutting blade during sharpening. The fiber-padded grinding wheels and the air bladder tensioner provide improved sharpness of the cutting blade and longer life for the mechanical components.
US11833698B2
A vision system includes a robot body and a robot operation manipulator that receives inputs from an operator to manipulate the robot body. The vision system also includes a left-eye and right-eye cameras, and a display that displays parallax images for an operator. The vision system further includes an area operation manipulator that receives inputs by the operator to specify a target area to be seen three-dimensionally through the parallax images displayed on the display. The target area is located in an absolute space and is included in a portion of a field of view common between the left-eye and right-eye cameras. The vision system further includes a first controller that controls operation of the robot body, and a second controller that extracts and displays, as parallax images, images corresponding to the target area from a left-eye and right-eye capturing images captured by the left-eye and right-eye cameras, respectively.
US11833694B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for planning a path of motion for a robot. In some implementations, a candidate path of movement is determined for each of multiple robots. A swept region, for each of the multiple robots, is determined that the robot would traverse through along its candidate path. At least some of the swept regions for the multiple robots is aggregated to determine amounts of overlap among the swept regions at different locations. Force vectors directed outward from the swept regions are assigned, wherein the force vectors have different magnitudes assigned according to the respective amounts of overlap of the swept regions at the different locations. A path for a particular robot to travel is determined based on the swept regions and the assigned magnitudes of the forces.
US11833693B2
A method for the protection of a work area of a mobile logistics robot in changing work environments, the method including controlling the mobile logistics robot using a control system, scanning the current work environment using a sensor system, monitoring the current work environment using a safety system, in which the control system autonomously defines a planned safe work area in a new work environment, and the safety system autonomously verifies and monitors the defined work area as a clear protection zone, and in the event of a breach of the clear protection zone by the entry of an object into the clear protection zone, the mobile logistics robot is automatically placed in a safe status.
US11833688B2
Legged robots and methods for controlling legged robots are disclosed. In some examples, a mobile robot includes a frame, legs, and a control system. The mobile robot includes, for each leg, a motor coupled to the frame, the motor comprising a motor arm and a spring attachment point, the motor being configured to rotate the motor arm and the spring attachment point. The mobile robot includes, for each leg, a spring coupled to the spring attachment point of the motor and the leg, wherein the leg includes a track shaped to receive the motor arm, and wherein the leg is coupled to the spring such that the motor arm is within the track. The control system is configured, e.g., by virtue of appropriate programming, to control the motors to cause the mobile robot to move.
US11833681B2
In at least one embodiment, under the control of a robotic control system, a gripper on a robot is positioned to grasp a 3-dimensional object. In at least one embodiment, the relative position of the object and the gripper is determined, at least in part, by using a camera mounted on the gripper.
US11833679B2
A teaching control method includes acquiring a plurality of teaching points from CAD data of a work target object and displaying the plurality of teaching points on a display section, acquiring a result of classification processing for classifying the plurality of teaching points into one or more teaching point groups, receiving an operation parameter for each teaching point group, and setting an operation value for each teaching point group using the operation parameter. The classification processing for classifying the plurality of teaching points into the teaching point groups is executed using attribute information of the work target object obtained from the CAD data.
US11833676B2
An exoskeleton operable to prevent unsafe operation can comprise a plurality of joint mechanisms and a plurality of sensors comprising configured to generate sensor output data associated with at least two joint mechanisms. The exoskeleton can comprise a controller configured to receive the sensor output data; combine the sensor output data; and determine whether the combination of the sensor output data from the first and second sensors satisfies an error condition in relation to at least one defined criterion. The existence of an error condition can be indicative of an anomalous operating state of the exoskeleton, such as a malfunction or an (impending) anomalous kinematic movement. The controller can also combine command signals to be transmitted to two or more joint mechanisms to determine another anomalous operating state to prevent unsafe operation. Associated software and methods are provided.
US11833675B2
A robotic surgical tool includes a handle having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, an exoskeleton extending between the first and second ends and having a non-circular cross-section and a carriage movably arranged within the exoskeleton and having a non-circular cross-section compatible with the non-circular cross-section of the exoskeleton. The robotic surgical tool also includes an elongate shaft extending from the carriage and penetrating the first end, the shaft having an end effector arranged at a distal end thereof The carriage is movable between the first and second ends to advance or retract the end effector relative to the handle where the exoskeleton guides the carriage between the first and second ends.
US11833672B2
A roll joint is provided. The roll joint may comprise: a first body; a second body disposed opposite to and spaced apart from the first body; a connection body which is disposed between the first body and the second body and is not in contact with the first body and the second body; and a connection wire member which connects the first body, the second body, and the connection body to one another so as to make a tensegrity structure.
US11833671B2
A joint structure for connecting a first element and a second element included in a robot includes a Stewart platform that controls a position and/or an angle of the second element relative to the first element. The Stewart platform includes a first member to be joined to the first element, a second member to be joined to the second element, multiple legs connecting the first member and the second member, a driver that changes an effective length of each of the legs to change a position and/or an angle of the second member relative to the first member, and a soft structure that elastically changes the effective length of each of the legs in response to an external force applied to the second member and restores the effective length of each of the legs in response to the external force being removed.
US11833668B2
The present invention will provide a device in which the gripping action is achieved by a compliant membrane manipulated by electromagnetic forces. The gripping force provided by the present invention is best suited for delicate objects, as it gently applies the gripping force necessary for displacement. This is accomplished through a chamber, a membrane, a plunger attached to the membrane, and a solenoid configured to manipulate the plunger, and thus, the membrane.
US11833659B2
A lifting storage device comprises multiple box bodies movably stacked up and down, X-shaped hinges are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the box body, a support frame slideway limiting plate is arranged below the box body, a bottom end of the X-shaped hinge is movably connected with the support frame slideway limiting plate, a box body front rotating shaft and a box body rear rotating shaft are arranged in front of and behind each box body, the front rotating shaft and the rear rotating shaft of each box body are connected with the X-shaped hinges in a staggered manner, each box body is obliquely lifted along with the X-shaped hinges after connection, a locking mechanism is arranged on the support frame slideway limiting plate corresponding to the X-shaped hinge and the locking mechanism is arranged in a final position of a slideway on the support frame slideway limiting plate.
US11833657B2
A storage hutch assembly 10 including a plurality of dissimilar assemblies, such as a power tool holder assembly 120, which may be selectively and operatively deployed within the hutch assembly 10 upon a contained shelf 30 and/or upon a storage cart, such a cart 50, and/or upon a surface such as surface 25 contained within the storage hutch assembly 10.
US11833653B2
A power tool includes a tool body, a motor, a handle, at least one biasing member, and at least one guide part. The handle is connected to the tool body to be pivotable and to be movable in at least a front-rear direction relative to the tool body. The handle includes a cover part covering a portion of the tool body and a grip part extending in a cantilever manner from the cover part. The at least one biasing member biases the tool body and the handle away from each other in the front-rear direction. The at least one guide part includes a first portion disposed on a portion of the tool body covered by the cover part, and a second portion disposed on the cover part of the handle and connected to the first portion to be movable in at least the front-rear direction relative to the first portion.
US11833648B2
The invention relates to a functional unit for attachment to a workpiece, in particular to a sheet metal part, said functional unit comprising a fastening element having a fastening section for the rotationally fixed fastening of the functional unit to the workpiece and having a head part that adjoins the fastening section in an axial direction and that has a functional section and a head part support surface remote from the fastening section; and a fixing element that can be fixed to the functional section of the head part of the fastening element by means of a rotational movement and that has a fixing element support surface that, in a state of the fixing element installed at the fastening element, faces the head part support surface such that an attachment part can be clamped between the head part support surface and the fixing element support surface.
US11833647B2
A bushing handle for use with a renewable bushing. The bushing handle facilitates a quick-change configuration by using a liner bushing disposed in a through bore. The liner bushing can accept a plurality of different renewable bushings having various inner diameters and other characteristics, eliminating the need to stock and store a multitude of different bushing handles. The liner bushing may be a lock liner, which facilitates the quick-change function, and provides a ground inner diameter, which is more resistant to wear and tear than the light metal construction of the handle itself.
US11833638B2
A polishing pad useful in chemical mechanical polishing can comprise a base pad having a top surface and surface, a plurality of polishing elements each having a top polishing surface and a bottom surface, and wherein each of the plurality of polishing elements is connected to the top surface of the base pad to the polishing element by three or more supports wherein the bottom surface of the polishing element, the top surface of the base pad and the supports define a region comprising at least one void and there are openings between the three or more supports. Such pad can be used in a method by providing a substrate and polishing the substrate with the pad, optionally, with a polishing medium.
US11833633B2
To increase the degree of automation in the manufacture of profiles, a tray for the interim storage, the handling and the transport of profiles is proposed, comprising: a frame, and at least two carriers which are secured parallel to one another on the frame, in order to retain and/or mount respective profiles on the carriers, wherein a stop is provided, said stop being provided at one end of the carriers in the longitudinal extent thereof and/or at one end of the frame, in order to be used as a reference point for the position of the profiles. Moreover, corresponding magazines and a transport device and a processing device are proposed.
US11833632B2
Provided is a disclosure for a cutting device configured to control a linear speed of a cutting wheel as the cutting wheel gets smaller with use.
US11833627B2
A projection-welding spinning tensioner includes a first spoke and a second spoke. The first spoke includes a first rim end, a first plate end and a first center plate end. The second spoke includes a second rim end, a second plate end and a second center plate end. The first and second spokes have a same structure and are arranged in a mirror-symmetrical manner. Several projection-welding points are disposed on opposing surfaces of the first plate end and/or the second plate end, the projection-welding points are annularly arranged at an interval, the projection-welding points are arranged in a form of a concentric circle to form a least two annular arrangements, welded fixation of the first plate end and the second plate end is completed through the projection-welding points. A cavity groove for holding a bearing is formed inside after the first and second center plate ends are docked.
US11833620B2
Provided are flux in which solder wettability is improved, and a solder paste in which the flux is used. The flux contains 0.5-20.0 wt % of a (carboxyalkyl)isocyanurate adduct, and 5.0-45.0 wt % of a rosin, and furthermore contains a solvent. The (carboxyalkyl)isocyanurate adduct is a mono(carboxyalkyl)isocyanurate adduct, a bis(carboxyalkyl)isocyanurate adduct, a tris(carboxyalkyl)isocyanurate adduct, or a combination of two or more of these.
US11833616B2
A method for creating an iridescent effect on a surface through formation of wavelets on the source can include using a pulse of laser beams sent to the surface in juxtaposed optical fields of a focusing system. A scanner scans the surface using laser beams along a series of lines that follow each other in a relative direction of travel of the part and of the scanner and a series of lines that lie in continuation of each other in a direction perpendicular to the relative direction of travel. The optical fields overlap in an overlapping area having a width that is twice the diameter of the pulse laser beam up to 2 cm. Two lines lying in continuation of each other overlap at a junction and between the two series of lines follow each other in a relative direction of travel of the part and the scanner.
US11833612B2
A metal member includes a first plate, and a second plate abutting against and welded to the first plate in at least one butt portion. In the butt portion, a length from a first end to a second end of a welding boundary line between the first plate and the second plate is longer than a length of a straight line connecting the first end to the second end of the welding boundary line.
US11833608B2
There is provided a laser processing method for performing laser processing on a wafer having a functional layer on a substrate. The laser processing method includes a blackening step of emitting a pulsed laser beam of a wavelength transparent to the functional layer from a laser oscillator and blackening the functional layer by irradiating the functional layer with the pulsed laser beam of energy equal to or higher than a processing threshold value at which the functional layer is processed such that an overlap ratio of the pulsed laser beam successively applied to the functional layer is equal to or more than 90% and less than 100%, and a groove processing step of forming a laser-processed groove by irradiating the blackened functional layer with the pulsed laser beam and making the blackened functional layer absorb the pulsed laser beam, after performing the blackening step.
US11833603B2
An electrical discharge machining apparatus and an electrical discharge machining method with adjustable machining parameters comprise a carrier and an electrical discharge machining (EDM) unit. The carrier is used for placing a to-be-machined object defined with a machining target area. A discharge electrode of the electrical discharge machining (EDM) unit is used to cut the machining target area of the to-be-machined object along a first cutting direction with at least one machining parameter, the machining parameter is correspondingly adjusted when a specified parameter of the to-be-machined object changes to a first numerical value, thereby using the adjusted machining parameter to perform a second cutting step on the machining target area of the to-be-machined object. A segmented cutting technology for solving a problem that a cutting speed (mm2/min) is slowed down and a total cutting time is prolonged due to changes of the specified parameter of electrical discharge machining cutting.
US11833599B2
A cutting machine with clamp assembly includes a saw blade, a worktable, and a clamp assembly. The worktable is adjacent to the saw blade and can move along a processing axis relative to the saw blade. The worktable includes a tabletop facing the saw blade, a processing area set on the tabletop and extending along the processing axis and corresponding to the saw blade, and a chute recessed on the tabletop and extending in the direction of the processing area. The clamp assembly can be operated to move along the chute. The present invention uses the clamp assembly to firmly press against the workpiece, thereby assisting the positioning of the workpiece and ensuring the safety of the user.
US11833595B2
A cutting insert may include a base body, a first part and a second part. The base body may include a first surface, a second surface, a first lateral surface, a second lateral surface, a first recess and a second recess. The first part may be located in the first recess. The second part may be located in the second recess. The first recess may include a first bottom surface, a first wall surface and a first valley line located on an intersection of the first bottom surface and the first wall surface. The second recess may include a second bottom surface, a second wall surface and a second valley line located on an intersection of the second bottom surface and the second wall surface. The first valley line may intersect with the second valley line in a perspective view of the first surface.
US11833592B2
An upper drill tool including a central chuck, an upper component, a lower component and a coupling assembly. The central chuck has a chuck base and a chuck structurally configured to retain a drill bit. The upper component is attached to the central chuck and has a lower stop surface. The lower component has a central body and an outer ring that threadedly engages the central body, with the outer ring having an upper stop. The coupling assembly is configured to facilitate the slidable movement of the lower component from a first orientation wherein the upper stop is spaced apart from the lower stop surface and a second orientation wherein the upper stop is in abutting engagement with the lower stop surface, with the first orientation and the second orientation defining a stroke.
US11833586B2
A three-dimensional (3D) printing method and apparatus are disclosed for freeform fabrication of metal articles. 3D printed articles are formed from a build material comprising metal powder(s), polymer(s), and solvent(s). A coagulation agent, such as a nebulized non-solvent, is disposed onto/about the build material during 3D printing to cause at least partial solidification of the build material to form a green body structure. Multiple build materials can be mixed at a variable ratio to achieve a composition gradient through the green body structure. The 3D printed green body structure can be heated to remove some or all of the polymer, solvent, and/or for debinding. The debinded green body structure can be sintered at a specific sintering temperature or over a temperature gradient, for a period of time, in accordance with the sintering properties of the particular metal powder in the debinded green body structure, to form a finished metal part.
US11833581B1
A method of forming a directionally-solidified casting component using a casting system is provided. The casting system includes a chamber having a heating zone and a cooling zone separated by a baffle plate. The method includes pouring an alloy in a liquid state into a mold shell. The mold shell is positioned on a chill plate within the heating zone. The method further includes moving the mold shell from the heating zone into the cooling zone. The alloy transfers from the liquid state to a solid state within the mold shell while moving the mold shell from the heating zone to the cooling zone. The method further includes contacting the mold shell with a heat transfer member.
US11833578B2
A setting head for a joining device, such as a press or a setting device, which setting head comprises the following features: a punch which is movable in a longitudinal direction such that a joining element can be joined into a component by means of a punch face arranged at a working end of the punch; a hollow cylindrical receiving sleeve which has a through-passage and which, with the punch in the through-passage, is guided adjacent to the working end of the punch concentrically and axially movably thereon; and two mutually opposite holding arms arranged on the receiving sleeve outside the through-passage each provide at least one laterally inwardly projecting holding end, with the result that the at least two holding ends allow the joining element to be releasably positionable adjacent to a punch-remote outlet opening of the through-passage and by the axially movable working end of the punch.
US11833577B2
Methods, systems and tools for securing to a panel an expandable fastener having a threaded component and a mushrooming component, the tool including a sleeve having a cylindrical body with a hollow inside portion and an internal spline configured to match a splined shoulder of the mushrooming component, a drive shaft having a driving portion configured to engage and rotate the threaded component, the driving portion positioned within the hollow portion of the sleeve, and a driven portion configured to be driven by an arbor, the arbor having a first shaft portion configured to engage with the driven portion and drive the drive shaft, and a second shaft portion configured to connect to a drill or nut driver to drive the drive shaft to turn the threaded component relative to the mushrooming component and collapse the mushrooming component.
US11833573B2
A binding machine including a wire feeding unit, a cutting unit, and a binding unit. The cutting unit includes a pair of blade parts that sandwiches and cuts a first wire and a second wire therebetween, a first butting portion against which the first wire is butted by relative movement of the pair of blades, and a second butting portion against which the second wire is butted. The cutting unit has a step portion provided between the first butting portion and the second butting portion by recessing the second butting portion with respect to the first butting portion along a moving direction of the pair of blade parts. The cutting unit has a regulation portion that regulates movement of the first wire in a direction from the first butting portion toward the second butting portion and provided between the first butting portion and the step portion.
US11833570B2
The present invention has as its object to provide a method for manufacturing a shaped part able to suppress the occurrence of shaping defects when manufacturing a tubular shaped part. The above object is achieved by providing a method for manufacturing a shaped part comprising a first bending process of press-forming a metal sheet to obtain a curved intermediate part curved in a longitudinal direction by a curvature α, a U-process of press-forming the curved intermediate part into an approximately U-section to obtain a first curved U-section intermediate part provided with a bottom part having the curvature α, and an O-process of press-forming the first curved U-section intermediate part to form a closed cross-section to obtain a tubular shaped part provided with a bottom part having the curvature α.
US11833566B2
Method and device for manufacturing a component from a plate made of deformable material, in particular for an edge of an element of an aircraft. The device includes a tool with two tool parts configured to be able to move closer to one another and are able to round a plate made of deformable material fixed to the two tool parts, a mold at the periphery of the tool and including a molding cavity of a shape corresponding to the shape of the component that is to be manufactured, and a displacement system configured to press the rounded plate firmly against the molding cavity of the mold, the mold being able to shape the rounded plate when it is pressed firmly against the molding cavity to give it its definitive shape, the device allowing the manufacture of single-piece components of varying sizes and notably large-sized components and/or deep components.
US11833565B2
A device for forming a sheet-metal blank, the device including: a press frame; a tool top part including an outer die and an inner die; a tool base part including a punch and a sheet-metal holder; at least one drive assigned to the tool top part and/or the tool base part; and an annular sheet-metal holder surrounding the punch and having a support face; wherein one drive is in each case assigned to the inner die on the one hand, and to the outer die and the sheet metal holder on the other hand, and the one drive displaces the inner die and the outer die at different speeds in the drawing direction. A method of forming a sheet-metal blank including: using the device during a starting period, an intermediate phase, and a final phase where the movement and/or direction of the two dies vary.
US11833545B2
The invention relates to a device for sorting out coins (02), in particular elongated parts (06) and/or copper mesh (07), from a bulk of metal, in particular a bulk of heavy metal and/or NE metal, comprising at least one sorting gap (04) for coins (02), each gap being delimited by at least two rollers. The rollers can be rotated about a rotational axis (A) by means of a drive (13) such that objects which cannot be conveyed through the sorting gap (04), in particular NE metal objects or heavy-metal objects, are forced away from the sorting gap (04) either in a direction along the rotational axes (A) or in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axes (A). According to the invention, the rollers are designed as brush rollers (01), and each brush roller has brushes with at least two different lengths. The bulk of metal is supplied to the brush rollers (01) by a supply device (05) such that the bulk of metal is deposited on the brush rollers (01) at least partly in the longitudinal direction of the rotational axes (A) and/or at least partly perpendicularly to a plane formed by the rotational axes (A).
US11833544B2
A basket system for a shale shaker includes a front, solids discharge end and a rear, feed end, spaced apart by opposed first and second sides. The feed end includes a fluid retaining wall. A first screen deck frame is mounted or mountable to the basket for supporting a screening surface and forming a first screen deck in use. The screening surface of the first screen deck has a lower, feed receiving end that is proximal to the fluid retaining wall at the rear end of the basket and a distal, higher, solids discharge end at the front end of the basket. The basket further includes at least one mounting for mounting at least one additional screen deck frame above or below the first screen deck frame.
US11833540B2
An applicator head for a curtain applicator for coating a continuous material web with liquid or pasty application medium. The applicator head has an outlet edge extending substantially over the width of the applicator head. The application medium passes out of the applicator head in a free-falling curtain. A rinsing device allows the outlet edge to be supplied with a flowing gaseous rinsing medium. There is also described a method for coating a continuous material web by way of such a curtain applicator. The application medium passes out of the applicator head in the form of a free-falling curtain and subsequently comes into contact with the material web. The region of at least one of the outlet edges can be supplied with a flowing gaseous rinsing medium.
US11833538B2
A rotary sprinkler riser extension kit is disclosed for use with a rotary sprinkler. The kit includes an external riser extension having an upper end and lower end, and defining a channel extending through the upper end and lower end. The channel is configured to accommodate the stem of the rotary sprinkler, the upper end is configured to attach to the cap of the rotary sprinkler, and the lower end is configured to attach to the enclosure of the rotary sprinkler. The kit also includes an internal riser extension having a height substantially equal to total length of the external riser extension, a width less than inner width of the enclosure of the rotary sprinkler, means for attaching to the geared lower end of the stem, a lower gear configured to rotate the rotary sprinkler, and means to raise the stem and channel water thereto in response to water pressure at an inlet to the enclosure.
US11833524B2
There is disclosed a combinatory separation system comprising: a first compartment adapted to handle a mixture with magnetic beads having an affinity for molecules, comprising a magnet to attract the beads, a second compartment adapted to receive said magnetic beads transferred thereto with a flow of liquid, and said at least one second compartment is adapted to elute said at least one type of molecules to be separated from said magnetic beads, said at least one second compartment has an outlet comprising means for retaining said magnetic beads in the at least one second compartment. Advantages include that the process becomes simpler quicker and thereby less expensive, since the method is able to remove cells and particles, separate molecules and perform virus inactivation in fewer steps compared to the prior art. Further the method is able to provide a more concentrated end product.
US11833516B2
Digital microfluidic (DMF) apparatuses, systems, devices and associated fluid manipulation and extraction devices, and methods of using them are presented. The devices may be useful for analysis of clinical, laboratory, chemical, or biological samples. A fluid application and extraction interface device may include a waste reservoir with a fluid trap and a transfer conduit extending through the waste reservoir so that fluid may pass from the transfer conduit into the waste reservoir and be trapped within the waste chamber. A transfer conduit may be configured to double back on itself and to hold a fluid sample. A DMF apparatus may be configured to hold and process large sample volumes.
US11833508B2
Described is a multi-dimensional double spiral (MDDS) microfluidic device comprising a first spiral microchannel and a second microchannel, wherein the wherein the first spiral microchannel and second spiral microchannel have different cross-sectional areas. Also described is a device comprising a multi-dimensional double spiral and system for recirculation. The invention also encompasses methods of separating particles from a sample fluid comprising a mixture of particles comprising the use of the multi-dimensional double spiral microfluidic device.
US11833504B2
Methods and devices for single cell analysis using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) are disclosed. The methods utilize microfluidic devices which use traps to immobilize cells for FLIM analysis. The analysed cells may be sorted before or after imaging and may be plant, animal, or bacterial cells. Analysis of the FLIM data may use a phasor plot and may be used to identify a metabolic pattern of the single cells.
US11833502B2
A coke control reactor, and a device and method for preparing low-carbon olefins from an oxygen-containing compound are provided. The coke control reactor includes a coke control reactor shell, a reaction zone I, and a coke controlled catalyst settling zone; a cross-sectional area at any position of the reaction zone I is less than that of the coke controlled catalyst settling zone; n baffles are arranged in a vertical direction in the reaction zone I; the n baffles divide the reaction zone I into m reaction zone I subzones; and a catalyst circulation hole is formed in each of the baffles, such that a catalyst flows in the reaction zone I in a preset manner. A catalyst charge in the present coke control reactor can be automatically adjusted, and an average residence time of a catalyst in the coke control reactor can be controlled by changing process operating conditions.
US11833498B2
A withdrawal system for withdrawing particulate matter from a high-temperature unit of a high-temperature industrial process is disclosed. The withdrawal system comprises a material storage silo that comprises a vent line containing a first vent valve, one or more temperature sensors to measure temperature of the particulate matter in the material transfer line, and a controller that receives output measurements from the one or more temperature sensors to monitor and control flow of the particulate matter. The system does not contain a receiving vessel located in the material transfer line between the high-temperature unit and the material storage silo.
US11833495B2
Phosphine phosphonate and phenoxyphosphine ligands bearing polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains are used as described herein to produce heterobimetallic catalysts. The ligands can be metallated selectively with palladium or nickel and secondary metal ions to provide well-defined heterobimetallic compounds. These heterobimetallic complexes exhibit accelerated reaction rates and greater thermal stability in olefin polymerization compared to other catalysts.
US11833494B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for Rh(I) catalysts, methods of making alkenyl substituted arenes (e.g., allyl arene, vinyl arene, and the like), methods of making alkyl substituted arenes, and the like.
US11833486B2
This application discloses the approach of synthesizing cellulose acetate nanoparticles and rods which may have a chemically functionalized surface and an encapsulated cargo load. Functionalization and/or loading of the cargo are made through a physical mixing of the functionalizing and/or cargo components in the synthesizing bath. This can result in particles with functionalized surfaces with various functional groups, as well as active cargo load encapsulated in the particles. The encapsulated cargo includes but is not limited to biologically, chemically, and optically active substances.
US11833481B2
The present disclosure includes mixing apparatuses comprising a first conduit defining an inlet channel, a second conduit defining an outlet channel, and an injection assembly that is disposed between the first and second conduits. The injection assembly can comprise two or more mixers, each having a reducer conduit that defines a mixing channel and an expander conduit that defines an expanding channel. The injection assembly can also comprise a first injection conduit configured to inject fluid into the mixing channel. At least one of the mixers can comprise a shut-off valve movable from an open position to a closed position in which the shut-off valve prevents fluid from flowing from the mixer to the second conduit. Closing the shut-off valve can increase the fluid flow rate in at least one other of the mixing channels.
US11833479B2
Disclosed are a process and system for preparing a catalyst slurry. The process can include preparing a catalyst slurry comprising a solid particulate catalyst and a carrier liquid in a catalyst slurry preparation system. The catalyst slurry preparation system can include a mixing vessel, a rotatable impeller system connected to the mixing vessel, and a motor connected to the rotatable impeller system. The rotatable impeller system can include an agitator shaft and a hub connected to the agitator shaft. The hub and at least a portion of the agitator shaft are positioned within the mixing vessel along a longitudinal axis of the mixing vessel, and the hub has at least three blades.
US11833474B2
The present invention provides a device capable of reducing the resistance and increasing the ion exchange rate in an electrodialysis, electro-deionization, or capacitive deionization apparatus and a method for producing said device. More specifically, the device is an electrodialysis spacer designed to have an ionically conductive surface of either cationic nature, anionic nature or a combination of both, which act as conductive pathways for ions as they move towards their respective electrode. The method of producing said spacer involves coating a substrate, such as a woven mesh, expanded netting, extruded netting or non-woven material, with perm-selective ionomer solutions and applying that substrate to an inert spacer material that has undergone chemical or mechanical etching.
US11833470B2
A single-stage or multi-stage biological odor control treatment system for the removal of target vapor compounds from a contaminated air stream consisting of a first stage (onsite non-potable water treatment) where raw collection system non-potable water is extracted from the sewer collection system, screened and sprayed over a media bed where it is treated to secondary effluent water quality and is collected in a tank. The onsite non-potable water treatment system effluent is then pumped to the biological odor control system. This onsite non-potable water treatment system effluent is used for irrigating either a single media bed, or multiple media beds, which require continuous moisture and a source of nutrients. The microorganisms use the odorous compounds in the foul air stream as a food source. Treated air is then discharged to the atmosphere. The odor control treatment system drain water is then returned into the source containment collection point.
US11833467B2
A boiler plant includes a carbon dioxide capture system. The carbon dioxide capture system has an absorbing-liquid regeneration device and an absorber. The absorbing-liquid regeneration device includes a regenerator, a first circulation line in which the absorbing liquid is taken out from the regenerator and is returned to the regenerator, and a second circulation line in which the absorbing liquid is taken out from the regenerator and is returned to the regenerator, a heat exchanger, a heater, and a switcher. The heat exchanger heats the absorbing liquid by exchanging heat between the absorbing liquid flowing through the first circulation line and steam from the boiler. The heater heats the absorbing liquid flowing in the second circulation line. The switcher switches between a first heating state, in which the absorbing liquid flows in the first circulation line, and a second heating state, in which the absorbing liquid flows in the second circulation line.
US11833454B2
The invention relates to an end plate for filter material (10) for filtering a liquid, particularly a hydraulic oil, having a through opening (11) for filtered liquid, which is surrounded by a sealing ring (20) for a connecting piece, and a cover (12) for the filter material (10). The invention is characterized in that the sealing ring (20) delimits a free space (13) for accommodating an anti-rotation lock (14) of a switch (15) and/or a bypass valve (16) of a filter system (30). Furthermore, the invention relates to a filter element, a filter system and a method for filtering liquid.
US11833448B2
A feedstock processing system extracts a product from a solid using a CTSE system comprising a plurality of continuous stirred tank extraction stages arranged in fluid communication with each other in series such that effluent from one stage flows to a next stage in the series. One of the stages has an inlet to allow a measured amount of liquid solvent and the solid to be introduced to the continuous stirred tank extraction stage. The stage mixes the solid with the introduced solvent to form a homogeneous slurry to enable the product associated with the solid to be extracted with the solvent. A solid-liquid separator is arranged in fluid communication with the continuous stirred tank extraction stages, and receives an effluent from one of the stages and separates the liquid solvent containing the product from the solid to form a product-containing liquid and a product-depleted solid.
US11833444B2
A construction toy system including a plurality of modular assembly pieces and a plurality of pivotal-rods. Each of the pivotal-rods includes an identical engaging rod-tips on each end thereof. Each of the assembly pieces have identical thickness and a circumferential edge. A number of straight receiving grooves are formed, inwardly, at the circumferential edge, wherein the identical thickness is predesigned to fittingly fill the gap formed by the straight receiving groove. A select assembly piece is configured to interlock with another assembly piece via the straight receiving grooves of both selected assembly pieces. A selected assembly pieces may have at least one identical circular through hole formed at a central location with respect to the lateral dimension of the assembly pieces, wherein an engaging rod-tip of a selected pivotal-rod may engage with a selected circular through hole of the selected assembly piece.
US11833440B2
An inflatable globe has a generally round shape and an attachment pin, plug or other closure mechanism coupled to the top of the inflatable globe. A topper is configured to fit over the attachment pin, plug or other closure mechanism. A hanger is threaded through the attachment pin, plug or closure mechanism and then through the topper. An electric light coupled to the plug is suspended inside the globe. The inflatable globe is made of a resilient polymer material and can be monochromatic or comprise a plurality of colors.
US11833438B2
An amusement game that includes a target assembly that functions to receive an axe-shaped game piece. The amusement game includes a target assembly having one or more target areas that each include a series of spaced fingers designed to receive and retain the game piece when the game piece is thrown at the target area. After the game piece or pieces have been thrown, a sensor frame having a series of sensors detects the location of the game piece and a point total is assigned to the sensed location. A drive motor moves a release frame relative to the targets to release the game piece from the target. The release frame includes a wire mesh extending across an open area such that the wire mesh moves along the spaced fingers to release the game piece. A return conveyor receives the released game piece and automatically returns the game piece to the player.
US11833436B2
An electronic gaming device includes a cabinet having a display for presenting a game to a player and a button deck configured to receive a player input for the game. The button deck includes a housing defining an internal cavity and an access door coupled to the housing. The access door is configured to move relative to the housing between open and closed positions. The housing defines an opening providing access to the internal cavity when the access door is opened. The electronic gaming device further includes a latch coupled to the housing that engages and locks the access door in the closed position. An actuator is coupled to the latch for controlling the latch to release the access door. The actuator extends within the internal cavity from the latch and is accessible at a position of the button deck that is spaced from the access door.
US11833434B2
A system and method includes a first device with one or more processors coupled to a memory that executes instructions from the memory to perform the steps of receiving a request to begin a videogame; streaming video of the videogame to an audience; determine a popularity of the streaming video; and changing the videogame mechanics based on the popularity of the streaming video.
US11833428B2
Methods and systems are provided. One method is for controlling a plurality of haptic sensors of a physical headset of a user interacting in a virtual reality space. The method includes identifying position and orientation of a character of the user in a scene of the virtual reality space and a three-dimensional (3D) location of an audio object in the scene. The character of the user being associated with the user. The method includes associating a virtual headset to a head of the character. The virtual headset moves as the position and orientation of the character moves in the scene, and the virtual headset includes a plurality of virtual haptic sensors. The method includes applying a magnitude to each of the plurality of haptic sensors of the physical headset based on a directional distance of each of the plurality of virtual haptic sensors of the virtual headset to the audio object in the scene.
US11833426B2
A virtual object control method is provided. The method includes: displaying a user interface (UI), the UI including a joystick control configured to control a virtual object to move; receiving a quick click/tap operation signal acting on a target region corresponding to the joystick control; and controlling, according to the quick click/tap operation signal, the virtual object to run in a virtual scene displayed in the UI.
US11833414B2
A light emission control apparatus, an operation device, a light emission control method, and a program are provided that enable richer expression of an execution status of a program based on light emission from the operation device. A particular-light-emitting-area identifying section identifies, on the basis of information corresponding to an execution status of a program, a particular light emitting area that is a part of a light emitting area set on an operation device, the part corresponding to the information. A light emission control section causes at least part of the light emitting area to enable a particular light emitting area to be recognized.
US11833412B2
Realized is a technology which allows more various operations with respect to an operation target. An operation device includes: at least one six-axis force-moment sensor; and a button. The at least one six-axis force-moment sensor can detect a force in a direction of a first axis which intersects a first main surface of a housing, a moment about the first axis, a force in a direction of a second axis which is along the first main surface, a moment about the second axis, a force in a direction of a third axis which is along the first main surface and which intersects the second axis, and a moment about the third axis. The button can detect at least the force in the direction of the first axis and the moments about the second and third axes, and is provided to the first main surface.
US11833407B1
A spin n grin including a wheel assembly with a handle assembly and a clamp assembly. The wheel assembly includes a wheel wherein said wheel is attached to a fork wheel which clamps the wheel by a spanned bushing to allow wheel spin and rotates. Handle assembly includes a handle which is attached to the wheel by a tab which is interlocked with the fork wheel allowing rotation of the wheel from the handle. Clamp assembly includes a first clamp and a second clamp wherein the handle is placed through one of the clamps to allow slide and adjust clamp as required. Wheel is attached to any object by clamp allowing a user to practice any paddle sport by kicking the wheel.
US11833400B1
A cornhole training device for simulating practice scenarios involving a blocking bag positional a cornhole game board. The cornhole training device integrates a suction component and a stabilizing plate with a cornhole bag. The stabilizing plate is retained within a pocket attached to an inside of the cornhole bag with the suction component extending through the pocket, the stabilizing plate, and the cornhole bag. The suction component attaches to and engages the cornhole gameboard surface. Alternatively, the device is configured to attach the suction component, the stabilizing plate, and the pocket to an existing cornhole bag. The cornhole training device is positional anywhere on the gameboard to simulate a cornhole bag obstructing the aperture.
US11833393B2
A system and method for improving completion of an exercise is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of a control system to improve compliance with an exercise plan for an exercise machine includes receiving one or more load measurements from one or more load cells of the exercise machine. The method also includes comparing the one or more load measurements to one or more target thresholds, and determining whether the one or more load measurements exceed the one or more target thresholds. Responsive to determining that the one or more load measurements exceed the one or more target thresholds, the method also includes causing a user interface to present an indication that the one or more target thresholds have been exceeded and an exercise is complete, wherein the exercise is included in the exercise plan.
US11833392B2
Methods for providing swimmers with performance metrics, turn detection, and stroke rate detection are disclosed. An example method comprises mounting a wearable device comprising an accelerometer, gyroscope and processor on a swimmer's head, continuously measuring acceleration using said accelerometer and angular velocity using said gyroscope to provide acceleration and angular velocity signals to said processor, processing said acceleration and angular velocity signals to determine first roll and pitch angles, applying a correction to axes of said gyroscope based on said roll and pitch angles to determine corrected angular velocity signals, initializing a heading angle at a pre-defined, non-zero value, integrating said corrected angular velocity signals over a time window to determine changes to the heading angle, determining maximum and minimum heading angles within the time window, and, recording a turn when a difference between the maximum and minimum heading angles within the time window is at least approximately 180 degrees.
US11833389B2
An athletic training device includes a wheeled frame, and a rotatable platform disposed on a top of the wheeled frame. The wheeled frame comprises an elongated frame body having a front end and a rear end, wherein a front wheel assembly is disposed at the front end of the frame body, and a rear wheel assembly is disposed at the rear end of the frame body. The rotatable platform is configured to support a user's foot during usage of the athletic training device, and may have a substantially planar upper surface portion for placement of the user's foot. The rotatable platform is mounted to the frame body by a pivoting mechanism so that the rotatable platform freely rotates upon the frame body.
US11833380B2
A flame arrester/burner assembly with a multifarious arrester element for preventing deflagrations and extended endurance burning time (FABA-XT). The multifarious element flame arrester includes a pipe body having a first end and a second end, a first arrester element positioned within the pipe body adjacent the top end; a third arrester element adjacent the bottom end; and, a second arrester element positioned in the pipe body between the first arrester element and the second arrester element. The first, second, and/or third arrester elements may be of the same design or disparate designs. The FABA-XT of the present disclosure is an end-of-line burner element for use in VOC-Vapor Destruction Systems.
US11833379B2
A floor nozzle assembly and systems and methods thereof for delivering a fire suppressant foam to a protected area. The nozzle assembly has a body and deflector in contact with one another to form a plurality of passageways through which a fire suppressant flows. The deflector has a deflector flange and a plurality of projecting members in contact with the body to form the passageways. The nozzle assembly has one or more of the following: i) a radial outer portion at each projecting member having a plurality of curved edges with at least two different curvatures; ii) each passageway is formed by parallel planar sidewalls; iii) the projecting members extend radially over a majority radial length of the deflector flange; and/or iv) the deflector flange has, with respect to a horizontal, a surface at an angle that is less than a support surface of the nozzle body.
US11833370B2
A method for irradiation based on a fluence map includes determining a shield type of each row of a fluence map. The method also includes determining, for each of the two rows, a movement curve indicating a relationship between an irradiation dose in the each of the two rows and a moving position of a leaf pair corresponding to the each of the two rows. The method further includes determining an initial irradiation dose for each of the movement curves and synchronizing one of the movement curves based on the shield types of the two rows. The method also includes selecting at least one irradiation dose of at least one point on an irradiation dose axis and generating a control point according to the selected irradiation dose.
US11833369B2
According to some aspects, a carrier configured for use with a broadband x-ray source comprising an electron source and a primary target arranged to receive electrons from the electron source to produce broadband x-ray radiation in response to electrons impinging on the primary target is provided. The carrier comprising a housing configured to be removeably coupled to the broadband x-ray source and configured to accommodate a secondary target capable of producing monochromatic x-ray radiation in response to incident broadband x-ray radiation, the housing comprising a transmissive portion configured to allow broadband x-ray radiation to be transmitted to the secondary target when present, and a blocking portion configured to absorb broadband x-ray radiation.
US11833364B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for delivering electromagnetic energy to a patient's tissue with a reduction in the pain experienced by the patient. Electromagnetic energy is delivered from a treatment electrode through the skin surface to the tissue at a plurality of power levels over a treatment time. During the energy delivery, a portion of the treatment electrode is in a contacting relationship with the skin surface. A tip frame may be disposed between the treatment electrode and the skin surface when the electromagnetic energy is delivered.
US11833363B2
The apparatuses can comprise a controller including a RF driver configured to generate a pulsed current signal and one or more applicators coupled to the controller. Each applicator can include a coil circuit configured to receive the pulsed current signal and to emit a pulsed electromagnetic field signal comprising a magnetic field signal.
US11833355B2
Systems and techniques are disclosed to generate programming parameters and modifications during closed-loop adjustment of an implantable neurostimulation device treatment programming, through the identification and application of weights determined from user input indications and rankings of therapy objectives. In an example, a system to generate programming values of a neurostimulation device performs operations that: obtains human input which indicates multiple therapy objectives for neurostimulation treatment of a human patient; operates a model (such as an artificial intelligence model) to determine parameter outputs for programming of the neurostimulation device; identifies weights, based on the therapy objectives, usable in the model; produces a composite output from the model, by applying the identified weights to a combination of the parameter outputs of the programming model; and the resulting composite output provides neurostimulation device programming values for neurostimulation treatment designed to address the therapy objectives.
US11833353B2
Various embodiments of an interface control subsystem may be used between an electrode terminal and a recording terminal of a neurostimulation and neurorecording system. The interface control subsystem may operate in three modes. In a disable mode, a first transistor and a second transistor disposed between the electrode terminal and the recording terminal may operate in a cutoff region and generate a high impedance. In an active mode, the first transistor and the second transistor may operate in a saturation region and generate a low impedance. In a stimulation mode, the first transistor and the second transistor operate in a triode region and generate an impedance between the high impedance of the disable mode and the low impedance of the active mode. The interface control subsystem may further limit voltage at the recording terminal in response to a detected overvoltage condition.
US11833351B2
The present disclosure describes an apparatus and method for alternating electric fields therapy using an optimization algorithm, and an apparatus for alternating electric fields therapy for treating tumors in a patient by applying electric fields to the tumors and normal tissues using one or more pairs of electrode pads containing most of the electrodes and including an image classifier to classify at least one organ in the patient's image for each organ, and an electric field optimizer to set the number and position of the applied electrodes based on the classified tumors and normal tissues, arrange the electrodes on electrode pads of preset size, and determine different magnitudes of voltage for the set of electrodes.
US11833348B2
An electrode that includes an elongate lead body and a nerve cuff. The nerve cuff may include a biologically compatible, elastic, electrically insulative helical cuff body configured to be disposed around a nerve, and a plurality of electrically conductive contacts carried by the helical cuff body that are spaced from one another.
US11833347B2
A method of treatment performed on a subject's brain includes a step of applying one or more neuromodulation signals to the lateral habenula and the posterior commissure.
US11833346B2
The present invention generally relates to nanowires. In one aspect, the present invention is generally directed to systems and methods of individually addressing nanowires on a surface, e.g., that are substantially upstanding or vertically-oriented with respect to the surface. In some cases, one or more nanowires may be individually addressed using various integrated circuit (“IC”) technologies, such as CMOS. For example, the nanowires may form an array on top of an active CMOs integrated circuit.
US11833344B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for more accurate remote monitoring of a user's body to stabilize the user during fall events and to thereby prevent the user from falling. In some embodiments, a wearable device comprising a power source, one or more sensors configured to monitor a user's COG (COG), at least one plurality of electrodes, a communications interface and a control device is provided. The wearable device is configured to apply electrical pulses according to defined electrical pulse stimulation protocols via the electrodes to target muscle groups of the user's body, causing those target muscle groups to contract and thereby stabilize the user's body during a fall event.
US11833342B2
A catheter pump is disclosed herein. The catheter pump can include a catheter assembly that comprises a drive shaft and an impeller coupled to a distal end of the drive shaft. A driven assembly can be coupled to a proximal end of the drive shaft within a driven assembly housing. The catheter pump can also include a drive system that comprises a motor and a drive magnet coupled to an output shaft of the motor. The drive system can include a drive assembly housing having at least one magnet therein. Further, a securement device can be configured to prevent disengagement of the driven assembly housing from the drive assembly housing during operation of the pump.
US11833333B2
A drug tracking device used in combination with a drug injection device. The drug tracking device may comprise a housing configured to engage with the drug injection device, an optical sensor configured to capture an image of a portion of the drug injection device. The portion of the drug injection device displays indicia of drug doses, such that a captured image includes at least one indicia of a drug dose. The drug tracking device may include a memory module having pre-stored indicia of drug doses, and a processor having instructions operating thereon configured to cause the processor to determine an injected drug dose by comparing at least one indicia of the drug dose in the captured image with the pre-stored indicia of drug doses.
US11833327B2
A method of automatically initializing an analyte sensor for a user is disclosed here. A first analyte sensor is operated in a first measurement mode to generate first sensor signals indicative of an analyte level of the user. A second analyte sensor is deployed to measure the analyte level of the user, and is operated in an initialization mode, concurrently with operation of the first analyte sensor in the first measurement mode, to receive sensor configuration data generated by the first analyte sensor. During operation of the second analyte sensor in the initialization mode, the second analyte sensor is calibrated with at least some of the received sensor configuration data. After the calibrating, operation of the second analyte sensor is transitioned from the initialization mode to a second measurement mode during which the second analyte sensor generates second sensor signals indicative of the analyte level of the user.
US11833326B2
A fluid flow control valve includes a valve body with a fluid flow lumen therethrough and a valve member located within the fluid flow lumen. At least one of the valve body and the valve member is resilient and respectively sized for movement between a normally closed position in which the valve member and a fluid lumen surface are in sufficient annular contact to block fluid flow through the fluid flow lumen and an open position in which at least one of the valve body and the valve member flexes to a spaced apart position that allows the fluid flow between the valve body and the valve member. Downstream fluid pressure may contact the valve body to enhance sealing. A fluid absorbent member may also be employed with the valve body. Flow control devices, such as medical fluid injection devices, and methods may employ the valve.
US11833321B2
An application member includes a stimuli-responsive polymer that reversibly changes to being hydrophilic and to being hydrophobic in response to an external stimulus to allow impregnation and release of an active ingredient to be applied to the skin.
US11833297B2
This disclosure describes systems and methods for providing adaptive base flow scheduling during ventilation of a patient to optimize patient-machine synchrony and accuracy of estimated exhaled as well as inhaled tidal volumes. Further, this disclosure describes systems and methods for providing adaptive inspiratory trigger threshold scheduling during the adaptive base flow scheduling. Further still, this disclosure describes systems and methods for determining an estimated leak flow and adjusting the adaptive base flow scheduling and the adaptive inspiratory trigger threshold scheduling based on the estimated leak flow. Moreover, this disclosure describes systems and methods for determining a change in the estimated leak flow and adjusting the adaptive base flow scheduling and the adaptive inspiratory trigger threshold scheduling based on the change in the estimated leak flow.
US11833289B2
Disclosed is a polymer for capturing or separating leukocytes. The polymer is prepared by a polymerization reaction of monomers containing an amino and a hydroxyl. The monomer containing an amino and a hydroxyl has the structure of formula (1): In formula (1), R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, a methyl, an ethyl, a hydroxyl, any one of C1 to C12 long carbon chains, and a benzene ring, R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, a methyl, an ethyl, any one of from C1 to C6 long carbon chains, an amino and a benzene ring, and n is an integer of 1 to 5.
US11833285B2
System and methods are provided for harvesting one or more organs, e.g., a lung from a donor body. In one embodiment, a distal end of a tubular member is introduced into the donor body's vasculature via a percutaneous access site, and the tubular member is manipulated until the distal end of the tubular member is disposed within the thoracic duct. Fluid is removed from the thoracic duct through the tubular member to a location exterior to the patient's body, and one or more organs are removed from the donor body. Optionally, one or more parameters within the thoracic duct or other parameters of the donor body may be monitored and fluid removal may be adjusted to reduce fluid accumulation within the one or more organs.
US11833284B2
Methods, sorbent cartridges and cleaning devices are disclosed for refurbishing sorbent materials. In one implementation among multiple implementations, a medical fluid delivery method includes: providing a sorbent cartridge including H+ZP within a casing for a treatment; and after the treatment, refurbishing the H+ZP while maintained within the casing via (i) regenerating the non-disinfected H+ZP by flowing an acid solution through the casing, (ii) rinsing the regenerated H+ZP while maintained within the casing, (iii) disinfecting the regenerated and rinsed H+ZP by flowing a disinfecting agent through the casing, and (iv) rinsing the regenerated and disinfected H+ZP while maintained within the casing. Multiple batch sorbent refubishing implementations are also disclosed.
US11833281B2
A fluid handling cassette, such as that useable with an automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) cycler device or other infusion apparatus, may include a generally planar body having at least one pump chamber formed as a depression in a first side of the body and a plurality of flowpaths for a fluid that includes a channel. A patient line port may be arranged for connection to a patient line and be in fluid communication with the at least one pump chamber via at least a first one of said flowpaths, and an optional membrane may be attached to the first side of the body over the at least one pump chamber. In one embodiment, the membrane may have a pump chamber portion with an unstressed shape that generally conforms to the depression of the at least one pump chamber in the body and is arranged to be movable for movement of the fluid in a useable space of the at least one pump chamber. One or more spacers may be provided in the at least one pump chamber to prevent the membrane from contacting an inner wall of the at least one pump chamber. The patient line, a drain line, and/or a heater bag line may be positioned to be separately occludable in relation to one or more solution lines that are connectable to the cassette.
US11833272B2
The present disclosure provides transparent, elastic silk hydrogels for applications, including corneal reshaping to restore visual acuity and photolithography. The present disclosure also provides methods of photocrosslinking silk fibroin protein using riboflavin as a photoinitiator and exposing such riboflavin doped silk fibroin to light resulting in the formation of a transparent, elastic hydrogel.
US11833269B2
Hydrogels comprising a macromolecular matrix and water may be used for aesthetic fillers, for example, dermal fillers. The macromolecular matrix may include a crosslinked combination of hyaluronic acid and collagen.
US11833268B2
The present patent application is directed to compositions and shaped structures implantable into mammalian bodies, the compositions and shaped structures having localized bioactive surfaces.
US11833258B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of steam-sterilizing liquid-filled medical devices, e.g., filtration and/or diffusion devices like ultrafilters and capillary dialyzers.
US11833248B2
The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a peptide, such as a GLP-1 peptide and a salt of N-(8-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)amino)caprylic acid. The invention further relates to processes for the preparation of such compositions, and their use in medicine.
US11833243B2
A method for reducing the appearance of a skin pore in skin of a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method can include topically applying to the skin pore a composition comprising effective amount of Albizia julibrissin bark extract, and hydrolyzed soy flour, wherein topical application of the composition reduces the appearance of the size of the skin pore.
US11833216B2
The present invention provides antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates that bind to the extra domain B splice variant of fibronectin 1 and methods for preparing and using the same.
US11833215B2
The present invention relates to anti-cKIT antibodies, antibody fragments, antibody drug conjugates, and their uses for the treatment of cancer.
US11833212B2
A linker peptide for constructing a fusion protein. The linker peptide comprises a flexible peptide and a rigid peptide. The flexible peptide consists of one or more flexible units. The rigid peptide consists of one or more rigid units. The flexible unit comprises two or more amino acid residues selected from Gly, Ser, Ala, and Thr. The rigid unit comprises a human chorionic gonadotropin β-subunit carboxy-terminal peptide (CTP) bearing a plurality of glycosylation sites. The linker peptide can more effectively eliminate mutual steric hindrance of two fusion molecules, decreasing a reduction/loss of polymerization or activity resulting from improper folding of an active protein or a conformational change. On the other hand, the negatively charged, highly sialylated CTP can resist renal clearance, further prolonging a half-life of a fused molecule and enhancing bioavailability of a fused protein. Furthermore, a protective effect of a glycosylated side chain CTP can lower the protease sensitivity of the linker peptide, making a linker region of the fusion protein less degradable.
US11833211B2
The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to non-aromatic molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of the Eph receptor tyrosine kinase A2 (EphA2). The invention also includes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands and drug conjugates and to the use of said peptide ligands and drug conjugates in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder characterised by overexpression of EphA2 in diseased tissue (such as a tumour).
US11833206B2
The present disclosure provides polysorbate 20 compositions with particular fatty acid ester concentrations. In some embodiments, they may be used in pharmaceutical formulations, for example, to improve stability.
US11833204B2
Disclosed are visible light-activatable antitumor self-assembled nanoparticles or antitumor immunity-inducing self-assembled nanoparticles. The self-assembled nanoparticles induce potent apoptosis in cancer cells and increase their own anticancer immunogenicity, thereby maximizing their therapeutic efficacy for cancer.
US11833203B2
There are described novel compounds of formula I: (I) in which, in which A1, A2, A3, A4, R1 and R2 are each as herein defined, for use in the treatment or alleviation of an RAR mediated condition; and methods related thereto.
US11833202B2
A method of treating cancer, killing metastatic cancer cells, killing potentially-malignant neoplasm cells and/or preventing cancer metastasis comprises administering to a subject a composition comprising an anti-AGE antibody. A method of diagnosing metastatic cancer comprises detecting an immune complex comprising an anti-AGE antibody bound to a cell expressing an AGE modification.
US11833200B2
Methods of preparing plant-derived proteins or suprastructure proteins, are provided. The method may comprise obtaining a plant, or plant matter comprising apoplast-localized proteins, or suprastructure proteins, producing a protoplast/spheroplast fraction and apoplast fraction from the plant or plant matter, and recovering the apoplast fraction. The apoplast fraction comprises plant-derived proteins or suprastructure proteins. Alternatively, the proteins, or suprastructure proteins, may be obtained from plant or plant matter comprising plant-derived proteins or suprastructure proteins, by digesting the plant matter using a cell wall degrading enzyme composition to produced a digested fraction. The digested fraction is filtered to produced a filtered fraction, and the plant-derived proteins or suprastructure proteins, are recovered from the filtered fraction.
US11833199B2
Isolated peptides comprising one or more antigenic sites of filovirus glycoprotein and methods of their use and production are disclosed. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the peptides are also provided. In several embodiments, the peptides can be used to induce an immune response to filovirus glycoprotein, such as Zaire ebolavirus glycoprotein, in a subject, for example, to treat or prevent infection of the subject with the virus.
US11833195B2
The invention relates to a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of (i) SEQ ID NO: 1 to SEQ ID NO: 102, and (ii) a variant sequence thereof which maintains capacity to bind to MHC molecule(s) and/or induce T cells cross-reacting with said variant peptide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11833193B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US11833192B2
A method for improving intestinal flora increases the number of beneficial bacteria such as lactic acid bacteria and Bifidobacterium to improve intestinal flora by using an enzyme. The method involves providing a protease, which is a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 that can increase beneficial bacteria such as lactic acid bacteria and Bifidobacterium in intestines to exert an excellent effect of improving intestinal flora.
US11833190B2
Fibronectin type III domains (FN3) that specifically bind to serum albumin, related polynucleotides capable of encoding serum albumin-specific FN3 domains, cells expressing the FN3 domains, as well as associated vectors, detectably labeled FN3 domains and FN3 domains fused to a heterologous moiety are useful in extending the half-life of molecules in diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
US11833186B2
Methods for improving quality of life and/or increasing activity in an aging and/or chronically ill mammal via administration of a composition of egg powder protein are provided.
US11833178B2
A strain of Bifidobacterium longum APC 1472 is described. The strain has weight lowering effects in-vivo, achieved through inducing satiety via decreased internalisation of the Ghrelin receptor, and therefore, decreased constitutive activity. Moreover, the strain also showed a trend towards decreased ghrelin receptor hypothalamic expression in HFD-fed mice when compared with vehicle control group. The strain also improves glucose tolerance and decreased insulin plasma levels in mice, indicating the strain in the prevention and/or treatment of Type II diabetes, especially in obese individuals.
US11833175B2
Red blood cell products and compositions are disclosed. The product includes a container made from PVC or a non-PVC material that is substantially free of a phthalate plasticizer but otherwise includes one or more non-phthalate plasticizers or extractable agents. The product includes a RBC concentrate which has been combined with an additive solution for storing the RBCs.
US11833167B2
The disclosure provides nicotinamide riboside (NR), the reduced form of NR (NRH), nicotinic acid riboside (NAR), the reduced form of NAR (NARH), derivatives thereof, compositions thereof and uses thereof. The NR and NAR derivatives have improved stability and bioavailability compared to NR and NAR. NR, NRH, NAR, NARH, and derivatives thereof can increase intracellular NAD+ levels, and can enhance mitochondrial and cellular function and cell viability. Therefore, NR, NRH, NAR, NARH, and derivatives thereof, whether alone or in combination with one or more additional therapeutic agents (e.g., a PARP inhibitor), are useful for treating mitochondrial diseases, mitochondria-related diseases and conditions, and other disorders and conditions.
US11833159B2
The present invention relates to compounds and methods which may be useful as treatments of neuromuscular diseases such as muscular dystrophy, and as inhibitors of NF-κB for the treatment or prevention of muscular wasting disease, including muscular dystrophy.
US11833137B2
The present invention includes substituted chromenones that are useful to inhibit the IRE1/XBP-1 pathway. In certain embodiments, the compounds of the invention inhibit IRE1's RNase activity. In other embodiments, the compounds of the invention are useful to treat or prevent a cancer that involve activation of the ER stress response. The invention also relates, in certain aspects, to the discovery that secretory IgM (sIgM) can orchestrate an immunosuppressive microenvironment by recruiting myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) into different tumor models, such as but not limited to solid tumors (such as but not limited to lung cancer) and tumors that have high levels of secreted IgM. In certain embodiments, sIgM produced by B cells or CLL cells can contribute to the accumulation of MDSCs in a tumor. In other embodiments, inhibition of the IRE1/XBP-1 pathway can ablate, minimize, or reduce MDSC levels in a tumor.
US11833136B2
Methods of using glucokinase (GK) activators are generally disclosed herein, particularly in combination with insulin or insulin analogs. In certain aspects, the disclosure provides methods of treating type 1 diabetes that include administering a GK activator in combination with insulin or insulin analogs. Uses of GK activators as a medicament are also disclosed herein, as well as the manufacture of a medicament for such uses.
US11833123B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for suppressing reduction in the quantity of lidocaines in external pharmaceutical compositions. In a pharmaceutical composition containing lidocaine and/or a salt thereof, the pharmaceutical composition being accommodated in a container of which the inner walls are configured from linear low-density polyethylene, and being such that the carbon number of the side chain of the linear low-density polyethylene is 4 or lower, a reduction in the quantity of lidocaine and/or salt thereof is suppressed.
US11833118B2
A method of manufacturing a flowable and dispersible powder includes solubilizing a lipophilic substance in a terpene to form a mixture and treating the mixture to form a nanoemulsion dispersed in an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution includes at least one functional excipient. The nanoemulsion is then spray dried, thereby evaporating first the aqueous portion and then the terpene to form a dry powder formed from solid particles comprising the lipophilic substance.
US11833117B2
A tableted chewing gum composition for oral administration of cannabinoids includes a plurality of particles, including a first population of particles having water-insoluble gum base and a second population of particles having water-soluble chewing gum ingredients. The composition constitutes at least two layers, where a first layer of the composition has water-insoluble gum base and a second layer of the composition, which is cohered to and adjacent to the first layer, has water-soluble chewing gum ingredients. The second layer is free of water-insoluble gum base, and the composition includes one or more cannabinoids.
US11833112B2
The present invention discloses an apparatus for counting discrete objects, said apparatus comprises of a hopper 1; an incline feeder 2 containing an inlet and an outlet; a single optical zone that allows detection of the discrete objects 10 entering from the feeder outlet; a controller which provides the count of the discrete objects; a screen for displaying the count of the discrete objects; wherein the incline feeder outlet is arranged orthogonally to the optical zone. The present invention discloses a method for counting discrete objects comprising the steps of inputting the discrete objects 10 into the hopper 1; passing the discrete objects through the incline feeder 2 such that they enter into the optical zone; optical zone sensing the entering discrete object 10 and transmitting a signal to the controller; displaying the count on a screen; dispensing the counted discrete objects.
US11833111B1
The binky rings is the only product of its kind that combines teething beads and pacifiers into one multi-functional product and can be conveniently clipped onto any and all items and surfaces. This unprecedented product is uniquely designed to be large enough to be hard to lose, and small enough to fit in any purse, diaper bag, and even a pocket for transport and quick access. Furthermore, the durable lobster clasps will allow for the option to turn the binky rings into a traditional binky clip, per consumer preference.
US11833108B2
A sterile solution product bag for lyophilizing includes a bladder, a first stem having a first stem inlet end and a first stem outlet end. The first stem outlet end is fluidly connected to the bladder and the first stem inlet end is adapted to receive a liquid. A first filter is disposed in-line with the first stem and includes a first filter membrane, a first filter open end, and a first filter closed end. The first filter closed end is disposed between the first stem inlet end and the first stem outlet end and the first filter open end is disposed in proximity to the first stem inlet end. A second stem having a second stem inlet end fluidly connected to the bladder and a second stem outlet end adapted to receive a vapor. A second filter is disposed within the second stem and includes a filter membrane.
US11833106B2
A medical device uses UWB units to infer a position of an adjunct positioned in proximity to an exterior portion of a patient's body. The position information can be used to provide CPR feedback to a rescuer. In other applications, the position information can be used to provide prompts to a user to change the position of the adjunct.
US11833094B2
A lift unit docking system includes a docking rail, a docking rail adapter, and a locking mechanism. The docking rail is configured to provide ingress and egress of a lift unit to and from an overhead rail, and includes a body defining a channel and an adapter receiving opening within the body. The docking rail adapter is repositionable relative to the adapter receiving opening of the docking rail and is configured to transport the lift unit into and out of the channel of the docking rail. The locking mechanism is repositionable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the locking mechanism extends into the channel to block movement of a mounted lift unit toward the adapter receiving opening of the docking rail when in the locked position.
US11833092B2
A system for repositioning patients including a plate assembly and a strap assembly. The system includes at least two plates including a first portion and a second portion mounted to the first portion and configured to receive a strap assembly therein. A user utilizes the system for repositioning patients every 2-3 hours per healthcare industry standards of care to prevent the patient from contracting bed sores.
US11833090B2
A patient support apparatus, such as a hospital bed, includes an alert light assembly or an alert light module having separate zones that are individually illuminated to convey information regarding respective alert conditions. The zones each have indicia related to a particular condition of the patient support apparatus. The illuminated zones are each sufficiently large so as to be seen from afar, such as on the order of ten feet or more. Alternatively or additionally, a GUI of the patient support apparatus displays alert indicia as part of a screen saver. Further alternatively or additionally, the patient support apparatus illuminates an alert light in a manner indicating an optimal time for taking a patient's vital signs.
US11833088B1
A kit of parts which when assembled will provide a wheeled chair and include a central frame member to which all other elements are connected.
US11833084B2
Goggles and eyewear with various features may be described herein. Such goggles and eyewear may include lenses that allow for the installation of larger roll-off films, adjustable nose sections to increase comfort of a wearer, sweat management systems that include a permeable gasket and a gutter, lens attachment systems, and co-molded frames of multiple different materials.
US11833082B2
An apparatus for disruption of tissue. The apparatus includes a housing; a source of pulsed laser radiation; and an optical waveguide. The optical waveguide is configured to transmit the pulsed laser radiation from the source of pulsed laser radiation, and is coupleable to the source of pulsed laser radiation at a proximal end of the optical waveguide to receive the pulsed laser radiation from the source of pulsed laser radiation. The apparatus also includes a driving mechanism coupled to the optical waveguide for controllably changing the position of the optical waveguide relative to a distal end of the housing.
US11833078B2
A multi-spot ophthalmic laser device that produces spatially distributed laser spots with the spatial distribution of the laser spots defined by a spot diameter to space ratio in the range 1:2 to 1:20. The multi-spot ophthalmic laser device comprises: a laser module producing a laser pulse or sequence of laser pulses each having: a pulse duration in the range of 10 ps to 20 μs; a wavelength in the range 500 nm to 900 nm; and a pulse energy in the range 10 μJ to 10 mJ per pulse; and an optical beam profiling module that modifies an output beam profile of each pulse of the laser module to deliver multiple spatially distributed laser spots of defined size and energy. The multi-spot ophthalmic laser device is used in a method of improving the function of the retina of a human eye by irradiation through the cornea of the eye to the retinal pigmented epithelium by a treatment laser having a beam profile with spatially distributed energy peaks.
US11833073B1
A convex ostomy barrier assembly for attaching an ostomy appliance to a peristomal skin surrounding a stoma includes a skin barrier, an inlet opening defined in the skin barrier for receiving the stoma, and a convexity adjusting device. The convexity adjusting device includes a convex insert and an inflatable bladder, wherein the convex insert is configured to provide a convexity to the skin barrier and the inflatable bladder is configured to adjust at least one characteristic of the convexity.
US11833066B2
Provided herein is a convertible prosthetic running blade having an adjustable, shiftable heel that can be stowed when running and deployed when walking. The shifting can be performed manually and easily by the wearer without the use of tools. The prosthetic running blade generally comprises a foot body having a toe end and an opposing heel end, and a heel attachment adjacent the heel end, which is shiftable from a running position to a walking position. The foot body is generally in the form of an elongated running blade design, which may have similar shape and construction as traditional c-shape or j-shape running blades, although other shapes and constructions may also be used.
US11833055B2
A stemless implant for shoulder arthroplasty includes a body having a proximal portion, distal portion, and an outer surface. A cylindrical extrusion is substantially perpendicular to and adjacent the proximal portion. At least a portion of the outer surface is configured to contact bone, the outer bone contacting surface comprising a concave taper. The stemless implant can be sized and shaped for insertion into a metaphysis of a humerus bone without penetrating a diaphysis of the humerus bone. The implant optionally comprises a medial fin, a lateral fin, an anterior fin, and a posterior fin. The medial fin and lateral fin may be thicker than the anterior fin. The fins may taper from the proximal portion to the distal portion.
US11833054B2
A joint spacer, in particular a knee spacer and a hip spacer is provided which is long-lasting and is sufficiently cushioned and abrasion-resistant and which can also support locally very high loads. A method for treating osteoarthritis by inserting a disk-shaped member into a joint of a patient is also disclosed.
US11833051B2
An acetabular spacer device, of a type that is temporary and disposable, adapted to be implanted in use in a bone cavity placed at a joint of the human body, such as a hip or shoulder joint, has a cup-like shape, substantially hemispherical, and includes a first convex surface, adapted to be positioned at the bone cavity, a second concave surface, which defines a cavity, further includes at least one pharmaceutical or medical substance, such as at least one antibiotic, adapted to treat during use an ongoing infection in the bone cavity.
US11833042B2
This document provides devices and methods for the treatment of heart conditions such as valvular stenosis. For example, this document provides devices and methods by which a guide catheter can align itself with a blood flow stream to thereby help direct a guidewire or other elongate device transmitted from the guide catheter through an orifice of a heart valve.
US11833041B2
Described is a prosthetic valve, comprising: an expandable stent including an inner lumen and having a first and a second end; and a spring attached to the first end of the expandable stent; wherein the expandable stent and the spring can expand radially to a desired diametric configuration in order to anchor the prosthetic valve at an implantation position in a body lumen. Related systems and methods.
US11833027B2
Full contour absorbable implants for breast surgery redistribute breast volume between the breast's upper and lower poles in exact and desirable ratios. The implants preferably redistribute breast volume so that the upper pole breast volume is 20-40% of the total volume, and the lower pole breast volume is 60-80% of the total volume. The implants are also designed to provide specific curvatures to the poles of the breast, and to angulate the nipple areolar complex slightly skyward so that the patient's nipple is positioned at an angle above the nipple meridian reference line. The implants are designed to be transitory, with sufficient strength retention to allow transition from support of the breast by the implant to support by regenerated host tissue growing in and around the implants, without any significant loss of support during or subsequent to remodeling. The implants may optionally be used with permanent breast implants.
US11833023B2
Systems and methods for the intravascular treatment of clot material within a blood vessel of a human patient are disclosed herein. A method in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, positioning a distal portion of a catheter proximate to the clot material within the blood vessel. The method can further include coupling a pressure source to the catheter via a tubing subsystem including a valve or other fluid control device and, while the valve is closed, activating the pressure source to charge a vacuum. The valve can then be opened to apply the vacuum to the catheter to thereby aspirate at least a portion of the clot material from the blood vessel and into the catheter.
US11833017B2
An absorbent article includes a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis; a front region, a back region, a crotch region, the crotch region being disposed between the front region and the back region; a front panel in the front region, wherein the front panel includes an inner layer and an outer layer; a back panel in the back region, wherein the back panel includes an inner layer and an outer layer; an elastic layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer in the front panel; an elastic layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer in the back panel; and a single-layer zone in one of the front and back panels, wherein the single-layer zone is free of the inner layer and elastic layer.
US11833003B2
The invention relates to a method for the production of a blank of a ceramic material, wherein a first ceramic material and then a second ceramic material of different compositions are filled into a mold and wherein the materials are pressed and after pressing are sintered. Thereby, a layer of the first ceramic material is filled into the mold, a first open cavity is formed in the layer, the second ceramic material is filled into the first open cavity and the materials are pressed together and are then heat-treated. Both the first ceramic material and the second ceramic material contain, or consists of, lithium silicate glass ceramic.
US11832995B2
A system for adapting a tubular surgical device for grasping by a surgical instrument is provided that has a distal portion, an adaptor positioned proximally and configured to be disposed about or within a lumen of the tubular surgical device, which has an effective durometer to resist crushing by the surgical instrument. In some embodiments, the adaptor is configured with an external diameter greater than the internal diameter of the lumen of the tubular surgical device. In some embodiments, the adaptor is configured with an external diameter less than or equal to the internal diameter of the tubular surgical device.
US11832991B2
Systems and methods for detecting features in ultrasound images and delineating boundaries that representative of the detected features. A method can include determining a boundary of a feature in a displayed ultrasound image, determining a closed polygon that represents the feature based on the boundary, and determining information of the feature using the dimensions of the closed polygon. The ultrasound image and graphical representations of the feature (e.g., the boundary, the closed polygon) can be displayed in a user interface on a touch screen display. The method can include receiving user input indicative of a location of the feature, and adjusting the feature boundary and closed polygon based on user input. The method can also include determining an area and/or a perimeter of the feature based on the closed polygon.
US11832989B2
A compression assembly is coupled to the gantry of an ultrasound breast imaging system. The compression assembly includes a pair of compression paddles mounted on a positioning track, Each compression paddle houses a transducer and has a compression material surface for patient contact. A motor moves the compression paddles along the positioning track to immobilize the breast for ultrasound imaging.
US11832980B2
A radiography apparatus includes an operation controller that invalidates an operation of a collimator using a first operating unit in a case where a radiation generation unit is present vertically downward relatively to a radiography unit, and validates the operation of the collimator using the first operating unit in a case where the radiation generation unit is present vertically upward relatively to the radiography unit.
US11832975B2
In an organ of interest in a patient is emplaced a set of sensors designed to monitor parameters of the organ of interest, including at least nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide level and at least one parameter from among the group consisting of tissue blood flow, blood hemoglobin, and tissue reflectance. Substantially continuously, a vitality index of the organ of interest is computed based at least in part on the parameters monitored by the sensors at the organ of interest. Another point of the patient is monitored continuously for a systemic reference, NADH level and at least two parameters from among the group consisting of blood flow (BFS), blood hemoglobin, and tissue reflectance. Substantially continuously, a systemic vitality index is computed from the measured systemic parameters. The vitality index of the organ of interest and systemic vitality index are monitored for a divergence in the temporal trend. Based on the detection of the divergence, an alarm is raised to a physician to warn the physician of a change in the patient's condition.
US11832973B2
Generally, methods of analyte monitoring management, and articles of manufacturing related thereto, are provided. The methods include receiving analyte measurement data and analyzing the analyte measurement data for health related parameters. Recommendations are determined for creating or modifying a treatment program based on the analysis, and provided within a user-interface that enables a user to create or modify the treatment program. Further, generally, methods of for managing analyte measurement data, and articles of manufacturing related thereto, are provided. The methods include receiving analyte measurement data that represent data collected over a time period, and analyzing the analyte measurement data for analyte episodes within that time period. Threshold based episodes and/or rate-of-change based episodes may be determined.
US11832970B2
Systems and methods for monitoring patients for risk of worsening heart failure (WHF) are discussed. A patient management system includes a sensor circuit to receive respiration measurements, and an input device to receive patient dyspnea descriptor indicating dyspnea symptom severity. The system includes a risk analyzer circuit to trend the respiration measurement over time, and to generate a WHF risk indicator using both the trended respiration measurement and the received dyspnea descriptor. A control circuit controls the receiver circuit to receive the dyspnea descriptor in response to the trended respiration measurement satisfying a specific condition. The system can present the WHF risk indicator to a user or a process, or deliver or adjust a HF therapy based on the WHF risk indicator.
US11832966B2
Techniques are described for determining cognitive impairment, an example of which includes accessing a set of epochs of magnetoencephalography (MEG) data of responses of a brain of a test patient to a plurality of auditory stimulus events; processing the set of epochs to identify parameter values one or more of which is based on information from the individual epochs without averaging or otherwise collapsing the epoch data. The parameter values are input into a model that is trained based on the parameters to determine whether the test patient is cognitively impaired. Graphical user interfaces are described for presenting MEG epoch data and a score that correlates to a likelihood of the test individual being cognitively impaired.
US11832964B2
A system for monitoring bone ingrowth includes an orthopaedic prosthesis having a circuit configured to transmit force sensor data indicative of an amount of force applied to a stem of the orthopaedic prosthesis in response to receiving power from an external power supply. The force sensor data is indicative of bone ingrowth of the orthopaedic prosthesis. As such, an orthopaedic surgeon may monitored the force sensor data over time to ensure bone ingrowth of the orthopaedic prosthesis has sufficiently occurred.
US11832957B2
An impedance-type chip for real-time sensing sweat pressure, a micro-control system, and method thereof are provided for monitoring a physiological state of a subject. The impedance-type chip includes a substrate, a pair of comb-shaped electrodes, a first double-layered junction plate, a microfluidic channel plate, a second double-layered junction plate, and a sealing plate. Each the comb-shaped electrodes has a plurality of sub-electrodes and is disposed on the substrate to provide different impedance values. The first double-layered junction plate is disposed on the substrate, the microfluidic channel plate is disposed on the first double-layered junction plates, and the second double-layered junction plate is disposed on the microfluidic channel plate, wherein the first double-layered junction plate, the microfluidic channel plate, and the second double-layered junction plate have a microfluidic channel with a cavity. The sealing plate is disposed on the second double-layered junction plate to seal the microfluidic channel.
US11832947B2
A multi-lumen catheter for monitoring intra-abdominal pressure, the catheter including an expandable outer balloon and an expandable inner balloon positioned within the outer balloon. A first lumen communicates with the inner balloon and the inner balloon and first lumen are filled with gas to form a gas filled chamber to monitor pressure within the bladder to thereby monitor pressure within an abdomen of the patient. A second lumen communicates with the bladder to remove fluid from the bladder. The catheter is configured for attachment of an external pressure transducer communicating with the gas filled chamber for measuring bladder pressure based on gas compression caused by deformation of the expanded inner balloon deformed by the expanded outer balloon.
US11832942B2
A biological material measuring apparatus includes an infrared light source unit to radiate infrared light in entirety or part of a wavelength region including absorption wavelengths of a biological material, a prism to cause the infrared light radiated from the infrared light source unit to pass therethrough and emit the infrared light to a living body surface while being in contact with the living body surface, a light source to radiate light of a wavelength in a visible light region or a near infrared region to the prism, and a light position detector to detect a path of light from the light source by detecting light from the light source which is emitted from the prism.
US11832938B2
A sensor cable support device is described. The sensor cable support device can be used to implemented in wearable monitoring device to support a proximal portion of a sensor cable and electrically connect the proximal portion with a sensing circuitry. A distal portion of the sensor cable is insertable into a person's skin. The sensor cable support device may include a rigid body defining a pair of openings, a set legs attached to the rigid body, and a pair of electrical traces extending between the pair of openings and distal ends of a pair of legs of the set of legs. The pair of openings may be sized and configured to receive a pair of pucks that mechanically retain a sensor cable to the body and electrically connect the sensor cable with the electrical traces.
US11832936B2
A method for conducting a cross frequency simultaneous masking (xF SM) test begins with generating a signal probe and a masker probe. The center frequencies of the signal and masker probes are separated by a fixed frequency ratio. An xF SM curve is generated by sweeping the signal and masker probes across a given frequency range, while maintaining the fixed frequency ratio between the two. While sweeping, the masker probe is maintained at a pre-determined masker amplitude or a series of pre-determined masker amplitudes. The amplitude of the signal probe is adjusted in response to a series of user inputs, which are then interpolated to generate the xF SM curve. Additionally, while sweeping, the signal probe can be maintained at one or more pre-determine amplitudes and the amplitude of the masker probe adjusted in response to user inputs, which are then interpolated to generate the xF SM curve.
US11832934B1
A joint movement monitoring device includes a joint pad that fits over a joint. The joint pad has a primary section placed over a first side of the joint and has an opposing section placed over a second side of the joint. A plurality of three-dimensional (3D) magnetic sensors are incorporated into the primary section of the joint pad. The 3D magnetic sensors are separated by a known distance. A magnet is incorporated into the opposing section of the joint pad. A controller obtains signals from the plurality of 3D magnetic sensors. The signals are used to detect magnet rotation angles related to 3D magnetic sensors within the plurality of 3D magnetic sensors. The detected magnet rotation angles are used to monitor joint position of the joint.
US11832917B2
An elongated device and a system that at the same time allow acquisition of temperature-related data of high spatial and temporal resolution from hollow structures together with other relevant data of physical or chemical variables. In a preferred embodiment infrared or visible light sensors are used to obtain thermal or color images from the inner surface during imposed change of the temperature in the lumen of the hollow structure. The disclosure makes it possible to evaluate thermal variations when the inner surface returns to pre-change thermal conditions. High-resolution data can be obtained with the disclosure. The disclosure further includes a system with rotators, injection pumps, a control unit and display operably coupled to one or more of the data acquisition and processing system.
US11832915B2
Methods for ultrasonic communications through biological tissue using ultrasonic pulses are disclosed. For example, methods for calculating a forward data generation rate and a forward transmission probability profile for ultrasonic communications through biological material are disclosed. The method may comprise measuring sets interference values corresponding to instants on a communication channel. First and second order moments may be calculated for each instant based on the measured interference values. An outage probability may be calculated for each set and the forward data generation rate and forward transmission probability profile may be calculated based on the outage probability value and other parameters and a threshold transmission rate, a transmission delay threshold, and a residual transmission error rate.
US11832912B2
A wireless magnetic ultrasonic cavitation in-vivo therapeutic robotic device, including a micro-robot and an in-vitro control device; the in-vitro control device has an outer housing in which provided with electromagnetic coils and wireless power emitting coils; the micro-robot has a capsule shaped housing in which a super magnetic module is provided; a micro ultrasonic vibrator and a micro wireless power receiving coil electronically connected with each other are provided inside the housing; the wireless power emitting coils emit electromagnetic field to the micro wireless power receiving coil, which receives and then transforms the electromagnetic field to electrical current to supply power to the micro ultrasonic vibrator. The robotic device creates ultrasonic cavitation effect in the blood, causing rapid vibration of blood cells, which enhances cell regeneration power, burn blood lipids, clear blood clots and ensures good condition of blood vessels.
US11832896B2
An interventional device includes a sensor interconnection region (101) for making electrical contact to a sensor (102) disposed on the interventional device. The interventional device includes an electrically conductive elongate shaft, a sensor strip (104), electrical conductors (105, 106), and an electrical shield layer (109). The electrical conductors (105, 106) extend along the sensor strip between a sensor region (111) and a window (112) within which the electrical conductors (105, 106) are exposed. The sensor strip (104) is wrapped around the elongate shaft (103) in a spiral such that the electrical conductors (105, 106) extend along the longitudinal axis (A-A′) within the window (112), and such that an electrical shield contact portion (109′) adjacent the window (112), the window (112), and an exposed portion of the electrically conductive elongate shaft (103′) beyond the wrapped sensor strip provide the sensor interconnection region (101).
US11832893B2
A method of establishing access to a hip joint is disclosed. Pre-operative images of the hip joint are processed to produce a first three-dimensional model (pelvis) and a second three-dimensional model (femur). Data from the first probe and data from the second probe are collected and processed to produce a third three-dimensional model (pelvis) and a fourth three-dimensional model (femur), respectively. The first and third three-dimensional models are aligned to produce a first aligned model (pelvis), and the second and fourth three-dimensional models are aligned to produce a second aligned model (femur). A target location is determined between the first and second aligned models, and an entry vector cone is determined from the target location. A navigated guide wire is inserted along the entry vector cone to the target location.
US11832892B2
A navigation system is disclosed which comprises a tracker having a trackable feature, a localizer configured to track states of the trackable feature within a field of view, an illumination assembly operable to direct light within the field of view, and a controller coupled to the localizer and to the illumination assembly. The controller is configured to receive the tracked states from the localizer, to determine a status condition of the tracker based on the tracked states received from the localizer, and to control the illumination assembly to direct light at the tracker such that light reflected by the tracker from the illumination assembly is visible to a user of the navigation system to communicate the status condition of the tracker.
US11832887B2
A method includes providing a standard control boundary defining a portion of a bone to be resected, registering a position of a soft tissue at the bone, obtaining a customized control boundary by moving a vertex of the standard control boundary based on the position of the soft tissue, and controlling a robotic device to constrain operation of a cutting tool to an area defined by the customized control boundary.
US11832873B2
An ablation cannula comprising a tubular body, a tip at an end of the tubular body adapted to facilitate the insertion of the cannula into a vein or body cavity, the tip having a distal end, a transducer disposed within the tip, and at least one bore hole in the tip through which a medication or other fluid may be administered, wherein the borehole is separated from the distal end of the tip by a first distance, which may be approximately 2.5 millimeters. The tip may contain at least three boreholes substantially equally spaced around the circumference of the tip. The boreholes may have a diameter of approximately 0.21-0.51 millimeters. Additional configurations are described herein. The transducer is preferably a radio frequency transducer, and an insulative material may be disposed on a selected portion of the tip to attenuate energy emitted from the radio frequency transducer through the insulative material.
US11832872B2
A microsurgical probe employs an optional probe support structure; an optical fiber for providing a feed path for an emission wavelength; a chemical feed path for delivering a chemical; a resonator motor; and a probe accessory tool. A microsurgical system additionally employs a sensor and an artificial intelligence (AI) system to assess conditions based on data provided by the sensor. The system can be employed to remove tumor tissue that is interwoven with healthy tissue. This system can also be employed to fertilize old, inflexible ova.
US11832870B2
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.
US11832868B2
A system including a controller to determine an in-body time of a medical device in a patient during a medical procedure. The controller to: receive signals from at least one temperature sensor; detect insertion of the medical device into the patient by one or more of determining the temperature of the medical device and determining the change of temperature of the medical device with respect to time; increment an in-body time counter to measure the in-body time of the medical device after detecting insertion of the medical device into the patient; detect that the medical device has been removed from the patient by determining that the change of temperature of the medical device with respect to time is negative; and stop incrementing the in-body time counter in response to detecting that the medical device has been removed.
US11832866B2
A system for performing ablation includes an ablation device (102) configured to ablate tissue in accordance with control parameters and configured to make measurements during the ablation process. An imaging system (104) is configured to measure an elastographic related parameter to monitor ablation progress. A parameter estimation and monitoring module (115) is configured to receive the measurements from the ablation device and/or the elastographic related parameter to provide feedback to adaptively adjust imaging parameters of the imaging device at different times during an ablation process.
US11832858B2
A method for securing a first interacting element to a second interacting element is provided. The first interacting element includes a lateral surface established by a first surface and a second surface and at least a portion of the lateral surface includes a thread receipt. The second interacting element includes a distal end and a proximal end that establishes a body therebetween. The body has a thread that is configured to at least partially engage with the thread receipt of the first interacting element. The second interacting element is then inserted at least partially through the surface of an object. The thread receipt of the first interacting element is then abutted adjacent to the thread of the second interacting element. Upon rotation of the second interacting element the thread of the second interacting element at least partially engaged with the thread receipt of the first interacting element.
US11832855B2
Various embodiments of unilateral implant holders and related methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary unilateral implant holder can include a surgical instrument that includes a unilateral locking mechanism arranged at a distal end of the instrument for rigidly holding onto a unilateral portion of the implant. The locking mechanism can be configured to lock onto a unilateral portion of the implant such that access to the implant is not blocked. By engaging the instrument's locking mechanism with a counterpart locking interface defined in an implant, sufficient clamping force can be applied by the locking mechanism to resist multi-directional forces exerted on the implant during a surgical procedure. The surgical instrument can be a stand-alone unilateral implant holder. The surgical instrument can be configured to perform a surgical task while concurrently holding the implant in place using the unilateral locking mechanism.
US11832851B1
A spinal construct includes a first member. The first member includes a proximal portion defining a first cavity and a distal portion defining a second cavity disposed at an angle relative to the first cavity. The distal portion is configured for connecting with a second member. The second member is configured for fixation with vertebral tissue. A crown defines a first opening aligned with the first cavity and a second opening aligned with the second cavity. Implants, systems, instruments and methods are disclosed.
US11832846B2
Embodiments may include an expandable access system having contracted and expanded configurations. The system and methods may include an expandable access device having a helix or wrapped shape. Embodiments may include a cannula, stent, needle, trocar, introducer, fastener, and/or any other devices disclosed herein. Embodiments may also include an expandable trocar positionable in at least a portion of the access device. A sleeve or band may be disposed over at least a portion of the access device and configured to resist radial expansion of the access device. Expansion of the trocar and/or receipt of an object may radially expand the access device between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration.
US11832845B2
Exemplary embodiments of apparatus and method for obtaining one or more portions of biological tissue (“micrografts”) to form grafts are provided. For example, a hollow tube can be inserted into tissue at a donor site, and a pin provided within the tube can facilitate controlled removal of the micrograft from the tube. Micrografts can be harvested and directly implanted into an overlying biocompatible matrix through coordinated motion of the tube and pin. A needle can be provided around the tube to facilitate a direct implantation of a micrograft into a remote recipient site or matrix. The exemplary apparatus can include a plurality of such tubes and pins for simultaneous harvesting and/or implanting of a plurality of micrografts. The harvested micrografts can have a small dimension, e.g., less than about 1 mm, which can promote healing of the donor site and/or viability of the harvested tissue.
US11832843B2
An ultrasonic therapeutic apparatus includes a handle, a horn or concentrator section terminating in an operative tip, and a transducer assembly set disposed in the handle and operatively engaged with the horn or concentrator section for generating ultrasonic mechanical vibrations therein to vibrate the operative tip during contact thereof with target tissue at a surgical site in a patient. An electrical waveform generator is operatively connected to the transducer assembly for energizing the transducer assembly set with one or more predetermined time reversal ultrasonic waveforms that, upon being applied to the transducer assembly set, result in respective predetermined patterns of motion of the operative tip.
US11832842B2
The present invention provides a coronary artery bypass surgery treatment tool or the like including a flexible tube, a suction cup in which an opening portion is formed to communicate with the flexible tube and which is provided at a distal end of the flexible tube, a joint portion which has a suction path, a male connector which is provided in one of a proximal end of the flexible tube and a distal end of the suction path of the joint portion, and a female connector which is provided in the other thereof and is detachably connected to the male connector.
US11832839B2
A hand-held electromechanical surgical device is configured to selectively connect with a surgical accessory. The surgical device includes a power-pack, an outer shell housing, and a gasket. The power-pack is configured to selectively control a surgical accessory. The outer shell housing includes a distal half-section and a proximal half-section, the distal half-section and the proximal half-section together defining a cavity configured to selectively encase substantially the entire power-pack therein. The gasket is located between the distal half-section and the proximal half-section of the outer shell housing. The gasket is configured to create a seal between the distal half-section and the proximal half-section and to provide a sterile barrier between the power-pack and an outside environment outside the outer shell housing.
US11832829B2
A transcatheter delivery device including a catheter and at least one stabilizer useful for transseptal procedures. The stabilizer includes a shaft connected to an anchor. The anchor has a delivery position in which the anchor is collapsed against the shaft and a deployed position in which the anchor expands to engage a pulmonary vein or atrial appendage to support the catheter within the septal wall as the catheter moves within a left atrium. Various disclosed delivery devices are also configured to ablate tissue proximate the anchor and/or can be disconnected from the delivery device after the procedure to occlude an atrial appendage. Methods of using the disclosed delivery devices and treating a heart are also disclosed.
US11832826B2
Endovascular variable aortic control catheters (EVACC) are provided that are adapted to augment upstream blood pressure and regulate downstream blood flow for patients in shock. The EVACC devices provide improved treatment for truncal wounds, which may be used for example on a battlefield, thereby increasing survivability of injured soldiers. The devices are a catheter-based system having a proximal hand piece for controlled deployment of the device through a delivery sheath. A collapsible, wire framework supports an expandable and collapsible occlusion barrier. The wire basket and occlusion barrier expand to fit within the lumen of the aorta. Various movable elements are used to adjust an adjustable passageway to regulate controlled anterograde blood flow.
US11832818B2
A device for laparoscopically approximating edges of a tissue opening toward each other for surgical attachment, the device including a first tissue engaging component, and a second tissue engaging component, a spreader component for moving the first tissue engaging component away from the second tissue engaging component, and a control for moving the first tissue engaging component away from the second tissue engaging component. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
US11832817B2
The present disclosure includes a surgical buttress or reinforcement for a surgical stapler assembly. The surgical stapler includes an anvil with a tissue contacting surface and a staple cartridge with a tissue contacting surface. The surgical buttress, in either one or two pieces, is releasably secured to the tissue contacting surfaces. The staples are delivered through the surgical buttress to provide a reinforcement for the staples.
US11832812B2
A system for making a surgical suture having a reformed tip includes a receiver die having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an elongated channel formed in the top surface that extends between first and second ends of said receiver die. The elongated channel includes a suture channel having a first end and a second end, a first sloping surface that extends downwardly between the first end of the suture channel and the first end of the receiver die, and a second sloping surface that extends downwardly between the second end of the suture channel and the second end of the receiver die. The system includes an upper die having a top surface and a bottom surface that opposes the top surface of the receiver die. The system has an open die position in which the bottom surface of the upper die is spaced away from the top surface of the receiver die and a closed die position in which the bottom surface of the upper die is in contact with the top surface of the receiver die. A cutting element is coupled with the receiver die and the upper die.
US11832805B2
The present disclosure is directed to embodiments of an occlusive medical device including a frame and at least one closure coupled to the frame. The frame includes a distal annular flange having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface, a proximal annular flange having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface, and a waist portion extending between and connecting the distal annular flange to the proximal annular flange. The radially inner surface of the distal annular flange, the waist member, and the radially inner surface of the proximal annular flange define an unobstructed passageway through the frame. The at least one closure is configured to close the passageway to: (i) provide an occlusive effect, and (ii) enable subsequent access through the passageway.
US11832802B2
A biopsy device for percutaneous tissue removal includes an elongated housing having an operational axis, a stylet hub slidably mounted in the housing, where the stylet hub is movable relative to the housing between a proximal, armed position, and a distal, fired position, the stylet hub having a stylet strike, a cannula hub slidably mounted in the housing alongside the stylet hub, and a spring-biased arming member. The cannula hub is movable relative to the housing between a proximal, armed position, and a distal, fired position. The arming member is moveably mounted to the housing proximal of the respective stylet and cannula hubs, and configured for manually-actuated movement from a relaxed, extended position to a loaded, compressed position to define a compressive arming stroke. The biopsy device also includes an arming member biasing spring that restores the arming member from the compressed position to the extended position.
US11832801B2
Provided herein are methods of detecting and measuring disease-associated analytes such as proteins and antibodies in a sweat sample. Also provided are methods of determining and monitoring the disease state or physiological condition of a subject using small sweat samples.
US11832800B2
A laryngoscope enhancement system (LES) and an intubation system including an LES are provided. The LES includes a holder and a video stylet. The holder includes an adjustable mount to releasably secure an electronic device with a display, and an end cap configured to removably attach the holder to an upper end of a laryngoscope handle. The video stylet includes a connecter removably attachable to the electronic device, a flexible segment, a malleable segment and a video camera.
US11832791B2
An optical imaging lens assembly, which is applied for an endoscopic optical device, from an object side to an image side aligned in order includes a first lens element, a second lens element and a third lens element. The first lens element has negative refracting power, and further has a first convex object-side surface and a first image-side surface. The second lens element has positive refracting power, and further has a second convex object-side surface and a second concave image-side surface. The third lens element has positive refracting power, and further has a third convex image-side surface and a third object-side surface.
US11832787B2
A user-interface for aiding navigation of an endoscope through a lumen of a tubular anatomical structure during an endoscopy procedure includes a video region in which a live video feed received from the endoscope is displayed and an observation location map. The observation location map depicts a point of observation from which the live video feed is acquired within the lumen relative to a cross-sectional depiction of the lumen as the endoscope longitudinally traverses the tubular anatomical structure within the lumen during the endoscopy procedure.
US11832773B2
A cleaner includes: a main body that forms an external shape; a dust container that is separably combined with the main body and stores dust separated from air; a dust container cover that is configured to open and close the dust container; a handle unit that is disposed behind the dust container; and an operating member that is configured to provide operation force to the dust container cover by moving in a first direction and to release a holding mechanism for preventing separation of the dust container from the main body by moving in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US11832764B2
Provided is a cooking apparatus in which a heating plate, a frame, and a pocket part are independently provided and which has a structure that is capable of securing use convenience and safety by a coupled structure of the heating plate, the frame, and the pocket part.
US11832755B2
A brewing material container for a beverage brewer includes a receptacle and a lid. The receptacle is configured to receive and hold beverage brewing material and to be placed in a brewing chamber of the beverage brewer, and includes a base, and a sidewall extending from the base and terminating in an open end. The lid is configured to engage with the open end of the sidewall to at least partially cover the open end. The lid includes a number of lid openings configured to receive a corresponding respective number of injection nozzles of the beverage brewer. The receptacle base and/or the receptacle sidewall includes a receptacle opening configured to allow fluid flow from an interior of the receptacle to an exterior of the receptacle.
US11832753B2
A device, couplable with another, corresponding device to form a pour-over frame, includes a panel having a body between a first end of the panel, a second end of the panel opposite the first end, a top of the panel, and a bottom of the panel opposite the top. The first end of the panel includes a slot having a width. The second end of the panel includes a tongue that has a region and a lock. The tongue's region has a thickness that is less than the slot's width and is configured to extend into the slot of another, corresponding device. The tongue's lock is operable to hold the tongue's region in the slot of the other, corresponding device. The panel's bottom includes an interface operable to contact a container to support the panel above the container. When the device is coupled with another, corresponding device to form a pour-over frame, the region of the device's tongue extends into the slot of the other, corresponding device, and the slot of the device receives a region of another, corresponding device's tongue. When formed, the pour-over frame is operable to hold a coffee filter with coffee grounds disposed in the filter while one pours water on the coffee grounds to produce drip coffee.
US11832748B2
The present invention discloses a PET-coated wire for a hanger wherein the wire is coated with PET to form a PET coating having a thickness of 0.03 to 0.05 mm, and a hanger made of the wire. The PET coating apparatus for a wire used for a hanger of the present invention comprises a preheating device 20 for preheating the cleaned wire 10 to 220 to 250° C., an extruder 30 and a dice 40 for coating the preheated wire 10 with PET to form a PET coating having a thickness of 0.03 to 0.05 mm, a cooling bath 50 for cooling the PET-coated wire 100, and a winding device 60 for drawing out and winding the cooled wire. The cooling bath 50 of the present invention is designed such that the wire passes through the cooling bath 50 having a length of 5 m three times for sufficient cooling when the wire proceeds at a high speed of 220 to 300 m/min.
US11832746B2
An egg cup for cutting an egg with a knife has a main body with a base and an upwardly extending sidewall that extends upwardly to a top perimeter. The top perimeter defines an opening that allows access to an interior chamber formed by the main body, wherein the interior chamber is shaped to receive the egg. The egg cup further has a top ring having a connector that connects to the top ring to the top perimeter such that the top ring and the top perimeter form a gap therebetween. The gap is sized to receive the knife between the top ring and the top perimeter so that the knife may slice through the egg and stop at the connector of the top ring.
US11832741B2
A corrugated paper display moveable from a stowed condition to a display condition is described herein. The display has a first rectangular sleeve having opposed lateral edges, a front edge, and a back edge. Two side panels one of each are attached respectively to one of each of the two opposed lateral edges. A back wall is connected to the back edge and the two side panels. A rectangular display compartment extends between the opposed side walls and a shelf is positioned in the rectangular display compartment. A front panel is hingedly connected to the first sleeve and rests on top of the first sleeve when in the stowed condition. When in the deployed condition, the front panel extends from the first sleeve to form a body of a second height which is 1.5 to 2.5 times greater than the first height.
US11832739B2
A showcase with a two-story structure includes a body having an upper story storage chamber with a top opening formed on top thereof and first cold air introduction holes formed on the side surfaces thereof and a lower story storage chamber separately disposed adjacent to the underside of the upper story storage chamber and with a front opening formed on front thereof and second cold air introduction holes formed on the side surfaces thereof; upper doors for opening and closing the top opening of the upper story storage chamber; and drawers for slidingly opening and closing the front opening of the lower story storage chamber.
US11832732B2
Embodiments provide a foldable chair frame, it includes an intermediate connecting device including a main body, a block, a first rotating piece and a second rotating piece, the block being provided in an inner cavity of the main body and capable to slide up and down along the inner cavity, the first rotating piece and the second rotating piece being pivoted in an opening groove of the main body and capable to rotate around a pivot point; a plurality of leg tubes pivoted to a periphery of the intermediate connecting device through the first rotating piece; a plurality of front seat tubes and backrest tubes pivoted to the periphery of the intermediate connecting device through the second rotating piece. The present disclosure connects each tube to the intermediate connecting device to make the foldable chair more stable.
US11832721B2
A structural system for the modular construction of shelves includes a set of elongate vertical supports, a set of frames and a set of connectors. The vertical supports have at least one axially extending row of holes, the frames have four struts, and the connectors are designed to be introduced into a hole a vertical support and secured to a mounting corner piece of a frame. The structural system is designed such that, in an assembled state, a frame of the set of frames is secured by its mounting corner pieces to four vertical supports via a relevant connector, two respective neighboring vertical supports that are connected to one another via one of the struts of the at least one frame define a support plane, and the four struts of the at least one frame lie outside the support planes defined by the four vertical supports connected to the frame.
US11832720B2
The present invention provides a hutch having a pair of opposed sidewalls and a back wall and a shelf having a first planar surface extending between the sidewalls supported by four support panels each having a second planar surface transverse to the first planar surface.
US11832719B2
A furniture assembly can include a tabletop with removable legs. The removable legs can be attached to the tabletop with a socket having a threaded member mounted in a non-fixed and anti-rotation registration at the bottom of the socket. The legs can be mounted to the socket by insertion and turning for threaded engagement. The floating engagement mechanism can allow the threaded fastener member to move during installation to provide for enhanced alignability between the leg and the threaded fastener member.
US11832715B2
The present invention is concerned with a skin treatment device, comprising a shaver handle housing, a detachable brush head pivotably supported by the shaver handle housing about at least one brush head pivot axis (I) and a gearing mechanism. The shaver handle housing comprises a drive unit for driving at least one drive pin in a rotatory oscillating manner with a first amplitude about an oscillation axis (II) which is at least substantially perpendicular to the at least one brush head pivot axis (I). The brush head comprises a brush rotatable about a brush axis (III) which is at least substantially perpendicular to the at least one brush head pivot axis (I). The brush comprises at least one driven element coupled to the at least one drive pin by means of the gearing mechanism, wherein the gearing mechanism translates the rotatory oscillating movement of the drive pin into a rotatory oscillating movement of the driven element with a second amplitude which is smaller than the first amplitude of the drive pin.
US11832714B1
Cleaning tools are mounted directly to rotary spindles of conventional string trimmers. The cleaning tools have brush channels which extend through one or more sides thereof, with each brush channel having an edge channel and a bristle channel. The edge channels are disposed interiorly within the body of respective ones of the bristle channels. Channel brush inserts are secured in respective ones of the brush channels, and each includes a mounting base and a bristle body. The mounting bases are inserted into respective ones of the edge channels and the bristle bodies extend from a respective one of the mounting bases through the bristle channels, from the one or more sides and exteriorly of the cleaning tool. One cleaning tool has three brush channels formed to extend into a laterally extending sidewall. In another cleaning tool the brush channels are formed to extend into the bottom end surface thereof.
US11832711B2
A cosmetic dispenser includes a communication unit, a control unit for acquiring at least one of user information and environment information through the communication unit and acquiring a cosmetic dispensing method based on at least one of the user information and the environment information, and a cosmetic dispensing unit having a plurality of cartridges for containing cosmetics and a discharge unit for discharging the cosmetics contained in the plurality of cartridges. The control unit receives input information in which an amount of cosmetics to be provided is selected by either a number of times of use or a period of use. The cosmetic dispensing unit dispenses each of the cosmetics contained in the plurality of cartridges in an amount corresponding to the number of times of use or the period of use selected according to the input information.
US11832709B2
A multifunctional makeup tool includes a cap, a first portion that includes a first body, a second portion including a second body and a second cap, and a third portion including a third body. The first body includes a lower first surface, the second cap includes a second upper surface, and the second body includes a lower second surface. The third body includes an upper third surface. The lower first surface of the first body engages with the second upper surface of the second cap, and the lower second surface of the second body engages with the upper surface of the third body. Each of the first product, the second product, and the third product comprises a first cosmetic material, a second cosmetic material, and a third cosmetic material.
US11832707B2
A cartridge-type content extrusion container includes a cartridge containing a material and forming an opening, a main body tube to removably accommodate the cartridge, a screw tube inside the main body tube, a moving body that is screwed into the screw tube to move in an axial direction of the main body tube via a rotation of the moving body relative to the screw tube, so as to urge the material toward the opening of the cartridge, and a screw locking member. The screw tube has an elastic portion that is accommodated in the screw locking member. The screw locking member is movable away from the screw tube when the cartridge is removed from the main body tube to cause the elastic portion to expand in the radial direction so as to release a screw coupling between the screw tube and the moving body.
US11832701B2
An attachment for a hair dryer that is movable between a first position and a second position in order to alter one or more characteristics of the airflow therethrough. In one embodiment, an attachment having multiple facets and types of projections with varying stiffness are provided on an outer housing that can be rotated relative to a base by the user. In a second embodiment, an attachment having a concave surface with prongs extending therethrough that can be moved such that the exposed portion of the prongs are lengthened or shortened, as desired.
US11832700B2
A hair care appliance is provided. The hair care appliance includes a handle and a body coupled to the handle via a rotational hinge joint. The body can be movable via the rotational hinge joint between a straight configuration in which the body is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the handle and a bent configuration in which the body extends along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the handle. A fluid flow path extends between an inlet in the handle and an outlet in the body. The hair care appliance can be operated with minimal loss of fluid flow in either the straight configuration and the bent configuration. The hair care appliance includes a fan assembly in the handle and a heater assembly in the body that are positioned to create a balanced center of mass of the hair care appliance when operated by a user.
US11832691B2
Modular frames configured to couple with one another without external fasteners are provided. Some contemplated frames include magnetic fasteners positioned within an edge covering portion, and are configured to removably couple with at least one of another frame and a frame holder.
US11832689B2
A method for the manufacture of a sports article, in particular a sport shoe, can include the operations of: (a) providing at least one laminar component; (b) providing at least one three-dimensional object; and (c) placing the component onto the object by means of a first roll while simultaneously moving the object relative to the roll.
US11832681B2
A fiber bound engineered material is provided that imparts an intended characteristic at an intended relative location. A fiber layer is entangled with additional fibers in a manner to create a non-uniform engineered material. The lack of uniformity of a fiber bound engineered material may be accomplished through manipulation of the fibers and/or through fiber binding a scrim. The fiber layer binds with additional fibers through entanglement such that a mechanical connection between the entangled fibers is provided. This entanglement allows the fibers to bind without supplemental adhesives, interlacing, or connections. Variations in the fibers and/or inclusion of scrim materials prior to entanglement allows for an intended characteristic (e.g., a functional characteristic) at an intended relative location (e.g., a position determined by an article to be formed therefrom).
US11832680B2
Methods and systems are provided for color printing onto nonwhite substrates and articles. For example, an article of apparel is provided that includes multiple layers of ink with a combination of a white ink and at least one color ink, and each layer having a ratio of white ink to color ink, wherein the ratio is the same.
US11832677B2
A system for forming a deep drawn helmet and method therefor are disclosed. The system includes a forming draw ring and a non-forming draw ring and supports a prepreg stack between a forming aperture of the forming draw ring and a non-forming aperture of the non-forming draw ring. The system clamps a flange portion of the prepreg stack between a contact surface of the forming draw ring and a contact surface of the non-forming draw ring, which forms a clamped assembly of the rings and the prepreg stack. The system then forms a deep drawn helmet preform from the prepreg stack of the clamped assembly. The same system or a different forming system then consolidates one or more of the preforms into a final deep drawn helmet. The system can control sliding of the flange during forming of the helmet preform without reducing the flange clamping force.
US11832671B1
A cap protector includes a unitary rigid shell having an open rear in communication with an interior chamber that is dimensioned and configured to receive the crown portion of a cap. Integrally extending from the lower, front portion of the shell is a substantially planar panel configured to resemble the cap's bill. The panel includes a slot in communication with an interior cavity that is dimensioned to firmly receive the cap bill. On the upper surface of the shell is a grommet with a locking mechanism that grips the cap's crown button.
US11832669B2
This disclosure discloses a lash extension comprising: a first hair having a first proximal end and a first distal end; a second hair having a second proximal end and a second distal end; and a base intersecting the first hair between the first proximal end and the first distal end and the second hair between the second proximal end and the second distal end such that a first segment of the first hair extends between the base and the first proximal end and a second segment of the second hair extends between the base and the second proximal end.
US11832668B2
A hair extension, method for making a hair extension, and method of using a hair extension is provided that is intended to be less noticeable when worn by a wearer or not easily detectable by others if or when exposed. In one embodiment, a plurality of hairs are attached to a second substrate such that the hair extension is less noticeable while in use. In one example, a weft may be attached to the second substrate to add additional volume and/or length of hair and may be covered by a plurality of hairs extending from the second substrate. In another example, a portion of the hairs attached to the second substrate may be folded over a distal edge of the second substrate to make the hair extension less noticeable. Alternatively, a portion of the hairs attached to the second substrate may be crocheted through a wearer's anchor braid and folded over the hair extension to make the hair extension less noticeable.
US11832655B2
The heating array includes first heating elements arranged in an elongated array, the first heating elements spanning from a first end to a second end of the elongated array, a midsection of each one of the first heating elements bowing concentrically outward from a radial centerline running longitudinally through the first end and the second end, the first heating elements being configured to flex concentrically inward when a hoop force is applied to sides of the elongated array.
US11832650B2
In one aspect, a heat not burn electronic cigarette device may include a cap comprising a fixer and a mouthpiece; an air tube coupled to the cap; a connector coupled to the air tube; said connector having an opening and a connector cap removably covering the opening; a heating tube coupled to the connector; and a cigarette unit inserted into the heating tube, wherein cigarette smoke is generated from the cigarette unit when heated by the heating tube, and the cigarette smoke can then pass through an airway including the connector, the air tube, the fixer and the mouthpiece. In one embodiment, a diameter of the opening is ½ to ⅓ of a height of the connector.
US11832648B2
A cartridge for an aerosol generating device includes a cartridge for an aerosol generating device includes a liquid storage provided with a space storing a liquid composition that is atomized by a heater to generate an aerosol and including an open end portion of one side sealed by a sealing means to prevent leakage of the liquid composition stored in the space; a mouthpiece coupled in a direction covering the open end portion of the liquid storage and including a discharge hole through which the aerosol generated from the liquid composition stored in the liquid storage is discharged to an outside; and a flavor capsule provided in a space between the open end portion of the one side of the liquid storage hidden by coupling of the liquid storage and the mouthpiece and the sealing means and crushed due to pressure from a user to discharge a flavoring agent.
US11832638B2
A flavour composition comprising a compound according to the formula (I) edible salts thereof, wherein R1 is an alkyl residue containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkene residue containing from 9 to 25 carbon atoms with 1 to 6 double bonds, R1 together with the carbonyl group to which it is attached is a residue of a carboxylic acid, and m is 0 or 1.
US11832636B2
A beef-like hybrid meat product combining two families of animal is provided, along with methods of producing the beef-like hybrid meat product.
US11832630B2
Disclosed are methods for producing cheeses having the desirable properties of process cheese, using phospholipase enzyme(s), without the addition of emulsifying salts to produce such cheeses. The methods of the invention allow a cheese processor to produce a reduced-sodium process-type cheese without losing the recognized meltability and texture of processed cheese.
US11832628B2
A polymer film for storing fruits and vegetables includes a first polymer resin material, a second polymer resin material, and an inorganic nano powder material. The first polymer resin material has a first molecular weight. The second polymer resin material has a second molecular weight. The first molecular weight is less than the second molecular weight. The first polymer resin material and the second polymer resin material are blended with each other according to a predetermined weight ratio so that the polymer film has a gas penetration rate between 3.5 g/m2/day to 35 g/m2/day. The inorganic nano powder material includes zinc oxide (ZnO). The inorganic nano powder material is dispersed in the first polymer resin material and the second polymer resin material in a plurality of granular forms, and an average particle size of the inorganic nano powder material is between 50 nm and 200 nm.
US11832619B2
The present invention relates to a dough processing device, for use on a dough line, comprising at least one dough processing tool, such as a flour dispenser, a roller, a cutter, a folding shoe, for processing the dough on a conveyor; arranged in a frame, arranged for being placed as a bridge over a dough conveyor and thereto having supports at opposite ends; provided with a fastener, for fastening the supports on either side to a dough conveyor housing; wherein at least one support is provided with a transport device, for transporting the dough processing device directly over a conveyor while supporting the dough processing device on said conveyor. The invention further relates to a dough processing line comprising such a dough processing device.
US11832616B2
Disclosed herein are material composition formulated for mitigating activity of a virus on a surface of an article. Methods of preparing such a material composition are also disclosed.
US11832614B1
A method of inhibiting mycotoxin growth in a site susceptible to mycotoxin contamination, comprising obtaining a Arthrospira platensis, reducing the Arthrospira platensis to nanoparticles, and dispensing the Arthrospira platensis nanoparticles to the site susceptible to mycotoxin growth. In an embodiment, the site vulnerable to mycotoxin contamination is an animal feed supply. In an embodiment, the site susceptible to mycotoxin contamination is wastewater. Use of the Arthrospira platensis nanoparticles efficiently inhibits or prevents mycotoxin contamination.
US11832611B2
Methods of controlling agricultural pests are disclosed. An aerated liquid mixture is formed from a composition containing a bacterial nutrient source, a nitrogen-containing compound, a phosphate-containing compound, a magnesium-containing compound, a buffer, a chitinase inducer, and at least one strain of bacteria that produces chitinase. The liquid mixture is administered to soil and plants, and acts as an organic biological pesticide.
US11832609B2
An agricultural applicator, that applies material to an agricultural field, includes an on-board, real-time image sensor that senses targets for the material to be applied. A controller controls applicators, such as nozzles or other applicators, to apply the material to the sensed targets.
US11832605B2
A rodent trap for catching rodents having a housing and a top cover with a plurality of inside walls and at least one inside wall has a lateral tab protruding inward. The rodent trap also has a bottom base with a plurality of inside walls and at least one inside wall there is an opening that aligns with the at least one inside wall of the top cover that comprises the lateral tab. Further, the bottom base has a tunnel adjacent a poison cavity, and the tunnel has an opening configured for allowing the rodents to travel from the tunnel to the poison cavity. Also, the poison cavity has at least one structure for retaining poison for the rodent to eat the poison and die either in the housing or outside the housing.
US11832602B1
A fishing rod has a rod portion and a handle portion separated by a reel seat. At least one portion defines a magnet receiving area, which may be external or within a hollow portion that is surrounded by a wall and that is located in the rod portion, the reel seat portion, or in the handle portion for receiving a spacer piece. The spacer piece may be cylindrical shaped and made of foam. The spacer piece defines a receiving cavity for receiving a magnet. In one embodiment, the receiving cavity is asymmetrically oriented in the spacer piece such that the receiving cavity has a close side that is a first distance from the wall and has a far side that is a second distance from the wall for locating an area of best magnetic attraction at a predetermined location on an exterior of the rod portion or handle portion.
US11832601B2
The disclosure relates to genetically modified bacteria, genetically modified arthropods, and methods for controlling and/or reducing arthropod populations.
US11832600B2
An insect breeding device comprising at least one insect cage; a bin for holding drinking water or a tap for providing drinking water; a first pipe connected to the tap for receiving the drinking water, wherein the pipe is entering the at least one insect cage through a first opening; a nozzle, coupled to the first pipe, positioned inside the at least one insect cage configured to deliver the drinking water to the interior of the at least one insect cage; and a second pipe, coupled to a second opening, different from the first opening and located in the top wall of the cage or in a side wall of the cage, in the at least one insect cage, configured to deliver conditioned air into the at least one insect cage; and a third pipe, coupled to a third opening, different from the first and second opening and located in the top wall of the cage or in a side wall of the cage opposite to the second opening, in the at least one insect cage, configured to receive the conditioned air from the at least one insect cage.
US11832593B2
A method for limiting the volume of a crow of a rooster includes providing a collar that includes a strip of flexible material. The collar includes a securing element disposed on the strip and configured to secure the collar at the neck of the rooster. The method includes placing the collar around the neck of the rooster such that the strip encircles the neck of the rooster. After placing the collar around the neck of the rooster, securing the collar at the neck of the rooster via the securing element at a position and at a tightness around the neck of the rooster such that expansion of the neck of the rooster for breathing is allowed and further expansion of the neck of the rooster for crowing is restricted by the collar.
US11832588B2
A pet hair removal comb includes a comb head with a knife holder assembly, a handle assembly and a hair removal push plate. The comb head is mounted at a front end of the handle assembly; the hair removal push plate is mounted on the comb head and located at a back side of the knife holder assembly; the handle assembly is provided thereon with a button assembly; the hair removal push plate includes a push plate that is movable in up and down directions and a push part at a front end of the push plate; a connecting rod is provided between the button assembly and a back surface of the push plate; two ends of the connecting rod are respectively movably connected with the button assembly and the push plate; the button assembly slides to push, through the connecting rod, the push plate to move.
US11832581B2
The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper line SBR-8T18-6549. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper line SBR-8T18-6549 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper line SBR-8T18-6549 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11832579B2
A soybean cultivar designated 04120519 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04120519, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04120519, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04120519, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04120519. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04120519. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04120519, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 04120519 with another soybean cultivar.
US11832574B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011008. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011008, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011008 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011008.
US11832573B1
A novel maize variety designated X18R493 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X18R493 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18R493 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X18R493, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18R493 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18R493 and methods of using maize variety X18R493 are disclosed.
US11832572B2
The present invention relates to ToLCNDV resistant melon plants comprising one or two introgression fragments in their genome.
US11832571B2
The present invention includes cauliflowers with enhanced whiteness and methods for obtaining such cauliflowers. The present invention also provides reagents that can be used in methods for obtaining such cauliflowers.
US11832569B2
An automated crop production system for controlled environment agriculture that includes a horizontal-to-vertical grow tower interface between a vertical grow structure that includes vertical grow towers and associated conveyance mechanisms for moving the vertical grow towers through a controlled environment, and a processing system that performs one or more processing operations—such as harvesting, cleaning and/or transplanting—on the grow towers in a substantially horizontal orientation. The present disclosure also describes an automated crop production system for controlled environment agriculture that selectively routes grow towers through various processing stages of an automated crop production system.
US11832567B2
A method for building a farmland ecosystem with multiple mutual-benefit species in multiple habitats is provided. The method includes: marking out an ecological field plot for planting crops in a farmland, arranging one to three earthworm breeding strip stack(s) at equal intervals, and marking out different planting areas; digging an ecological field ditch surrounding a periphery of the ecological field plot, and planting aquatic plants and breeding aquatic animals in the ecological field ditch; surrounding a periphery of the ecological field ditch with an ecological wide ridge, planting forage plants on a ridge surface of the ecological wide ridge, and planting arbors on an outer side of the ecological wide ridge; and arranging an ecological pond on a drainage side of a hole, wherein aquatic plants are planted in the ecological pond, and crustaceans are bred in the ecological pond.
US11832560B1
The present invention provides a system and method for detecting and aligning the orientation of a displayed irrigation system. According to first preferred embodiment, the method preferably may include the steps of: initializing a controller; polling sensors and initiating the detection of a center pivot location; detecting the position of an outer drive tower; calculating the relative orientation between the center pivot and the outer drive tower; detecting and recording the position of magnetic north; calculating image display data for the irrigation span; transmitting image display data to a display device; displaying the irrigation span at a user selected azimuth and displaying other displayed items at an angle offset from the user selected azimuth; monitoring changes to orientation; recalculating image display data if any orientation change is detected; and retransmitting the image display data.
US11832556B2
A baler for forming a bale of crop material includes a plurality of walls defining a bale chamber. A drive roller and a plurality of idler rollers are disposed in the bale chamber. At least one baling belt contacts the drive roller and the plurality of idler rollers. A bale engagement roller is rotatable about a bale engagement roller axis. The bale engagement roller is positioned to directly engage crop material in the bale chamber. An actuator is coupled to the bale engagement roller. The actuator translates the bale engagement roller in a direction perpendicular to the bale engagement roller axis.
US11832547B2
An agricultural planter is configured to be moved over a supporting surface by a vehicle. The agricultural planter includes a frame and a planter assembly coupled to the frame. A first propulsion assembly is coupled to the frame at a first position with the first propulsion assembly having a first traction member configured to engage the supporting surface. A second propulsion assembly is coupled to the frame at a second position with the second propulsion assembly having a second traction member configured to engage the supporting surface. A drive assembly is operably coupled to at least one of the first or second propulsion assemblies and configured to drive at least one of the first or second traction members during operation of the planter assembly. The first traction member is configured to be driven independently of the second traction member.
US11832545B2
A system for limiting plugging within an agricultural implement. The system includes a ground engaging tool configured to be supported by the agricultural implement. An actuator is coupled to the ground engaging tool. The actuator is operable to apply a down pressure on the ground engaging tool. A soil moisture sensor is positioned forward of the ground engaging tool. The soil moisture sensor is configured to measure a soil moisture forward of the ground engaging tool. A controller is communicatively coupled to the soil moisture sensor. The controller is configured to receive, from the soil moisture sensor, a signal that corresponds to the soil moisture forward of the ground engaging tool. The controller is further configured to adjust the down pressure on the ground engaging tool applied by the actuator based at least in part on the signal from the soil moisture sensor.
US11832541B2
Tines (120) of tine assemblies (100a, 100b, 104) are secured by a single bolt (126) extending diametrically through each tine (120) located in a cavity (112) of a tine plate (110), through the tine plate (110) and through an attachment ring (130). The attachment ring (130) of an outer tine assembly (104) is connected to a sleeve (116) rotatably mounted adjacent the outer ends on each of two independently rotatable shafts (102) to which inner tine assemblies (100a, 100b) are rotatably connected adjacent the inner ends of the two independently rotatable shafts (102). The attachment rings (130) of the inner tine assemblies (100a, 100b) are welded to the two independently rotatable shafts (102).
US11839156B2
A temperature difference power generation apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a thermoelectric conversion element configured to convert thermal energy into electric energy based on a temperature difference, radiation fins which are thermally connected to a low-temperature side of the thermoelectric conversion element and contactable to outside air, and a pipe which is thermally connected to a high-temperature side of the thermoelectric conversion element and through which a high-temperature fluid at a higher temperature than the outside air is flowable.
US11839153B2
A compound represented by formula (1) as defined, wherein in any one pair selected from R4 and R5, R5 and R6, and R6 and R7, one member represents a single bond bonded to *a of a group represented by the formula (11), and the other member represents a single bond bonded to *b, in any one pair selected from R1 and R2, R2 and R3, R8 and R9, R9 and R10, and R10 and R11, one member represents a single bond bonded to *a of a group represented by the formula (11) and the other member represents a single bond bonded to *b, or one member represents a single bond bonded to *c of a group represented by the formula (21), and the other member represents a single bond bonded to *d, and R1 to R11 except for the single bonds, Ar, and R21 to R24 are defined.
US11839152B2
The present invention relates to a compound for an organic photoelectronic element, to a composition for an organic photoelectronic element, the composition including the compound for an organic photoelectronic element, to an organic photoelectronic element employing the same, and to a display device.
US11839151B2
An organic electroluminescence device of an embodiment includes a first electrode and a second electrode which face each other, and a plurality of organic layers disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one organic layer selected from the plurality of organic layers includes a fused polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1, and thus the organic electroluminescence device can exhibit improved luminous efficiency.
US11839131B2
A semiconductor device comprises an electrode on a substrate, an insulating layer covering an edge of the electrode and disposed on the substrate, and an organic layer comprising a charge transport layer on the electrode and insulating layer and a functional layer, wherein the insulating layer has a first portion forming an angle of 0° to 50° with respect to a surface parallel to a lower surface of the electrode, a second portion located closer to the substrate than the first portion and sloping at more than 50°, and a third portion located closer to the organic layer than the first portion and sloping at more than 50°, wherein a length of the third portion in a direction perpendicular to the parallel surface is larger than a thickness of the charge transport layer at a position in contact with the electrode.
US11839128B2
A display device includes a light emitting element layer including a plurality of light emitting elements configured to output first color light, a color conversion layer on the light emitting element layer to receive the first color light, the color conversion layer being configured to convert the first color light so as to output at least two lights having colors different from each other, and a light collection layer between the light emitting element layer and the color conversion layer to collect the first color light, thereby providing the collected first color light to the color conversion layer. The light collection layer that collects the first color light may be disposed between the color conversion layer and the light emitting element layer to improve the light efficiency of the first color light outputted from the light emitting element layer, and also to prevent (or reduce) the colors from being mixed between the pixel areas, thereby improving the display quality.
US11839127B2
Disclosed is a light emitting display device which prevents pixel shrinkage and improves reliability by changing the structure of a bank and the inner structures of light emitting devices outside an active area of the light emitting display device.
US11839125B2
An organic light emitting display apparatus include a substrate including a plurality of pixels having a plurality of sub-pixels, a plurality of organic light emitting elements disposed at the plurality of sub-pixels, and a plurality of light extraction patterns on the plurality of organic light emitting elements and having different shapes at each of the plurality of sub-pixels.
US11839123B2
A display substrate and a display device are disclosed. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of sub-pixels, a plurality of data lines, a control signal line, data test lines, a test circuit and an auxiliary electrode line. The test circuit includes a plurality of test units, each of at least one of the plurality of test units includes a first control line and a plurality of control switches, the auxiliary electrode line and the first control line are connected in parallel with each other, and an orthographic projection of a part of at least one control switch among the plurality of control switches on a substrate surface of the base substrate is located between an orthographic projection of the first control line and an orthographic projection of the auxiliary electrode line on the substrate surface of the base substrate.
US11839120B2
An electronic device including a pixel array structure, a redistribution structure, and a plurality of conductive via structures is provided. The pixel array structure includes a plurality of signal lines. The redistribution structure overlaps the pixel array structure and includes a plurality of conductive lines. The conductive via structures electrically connect the signal lines of the pixel array structure and the conductive lines of the redistribution structure. At least one of the conductive via structures shares at least one conductive layer with the pixel array structure.
US11839116B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to sub-pixel circuits that may be utilized in a display such as an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. The device includes substrate, pixel-defining layer (PDL) structures disposed over the section of the substrate, inorganic or metal overhang structures disposed on an upper surface of the PDL structures, and a plurality of sub-pixels. The PDL structures include a trench disposed in the top surface of the PDL structure. Each sub-pixel includes an anode, an OLED material disposed over and in contact with the anode, and a cathode disposed over the OLED material. The inorganic or metal overhang structures have an overhang extension that extends laterally over the trench. An encapsulation layer is disposed over the cathode and extends under at least a portion of the inorganic or metal overhang structures and along a top surface of the PDL structures.
US11839106B2
A highly reliable light-emitting device is provided. Damage to an element due to externally applied physical power is suppressed. Alternatively, in a process of pressure-bonding of an FPC, damage to a resin and a wiring which are in contact with a flexible substrate due to heat is suppressed. A neutral plane at which stress-strain is not generated when a flexible light-emitting device including an organic EL element is deformed, is positioned in the vicinity of a transistor and the organic EL element. Alternatively, the hardness of the outermost surface of a light-emitting device is high. Alternatively, a substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 10 ppm/K or lower is used as a substrate that overlaps with a terminal portion connected to an FPC.
US11839099B2
An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device may include: a foldable housing including a hinge, a first housing connected to the hinge and including a first surface oriented in a first direction and a second surface oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction, a second housing connected to the hinge and including a third surface oriented in a third direction and a fourth surface oriented in a fourth direction opposite the third direction, wherein the second housing is configured to be folded on the first housing about the hinge, and side surfaces surrounding at least a part of a space between the first surface and the second surface and at least a part of a space between the third surface and the fourth surface; and a display having ductility and extending from the first surface to the third surface to configure the first surface and the third surface, wherein the foldable housing is disposed along an edge of the display and includes bezels extending from respective side surfaces to an active area of the display, and wherein the bezels include, in an area configuring the first surface and the third surface of the foldable housing, extensions spaced apart from edge portions of the display, and support portions disposed between the edge of the display and the extensions to be in contact with the edge portions of the display.
US11839096B2
An organic sensor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an organic active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a protective layer between the organic active layer and the second electrode. Capacitance provided of the first electrode, the protective layer, and the second electrode is less than or equal to about 2×10−10 F.
US11839093B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are described to enhance images rendered on an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display. An OLED device is formed with a first light emitting OLED stack, a charge generating layer (CGL), a second light emitting OLED stack, and a color filter. An OLED display pixel includes three sub-pixels where each subpixel is fabricated with a separate anode and a color filter. A dielectric barrier is disposed between the separate anodes and around the perimeter of each separate anode of the three sub-pixels. When current flows to a desired sub-pixel of the three sub-pixels, lateral current flow through the CGL to adjacent sub-pixels is impeded, resulting in light generation by the desired sub-pixel and reduction in unwanted light generation at sub-pixels adjacent to the desired sub-pixel. The OLED device can include micro lenses, which collimate light thereby reducing an aperture of emitted light to increase display brightness.
US11839091B2
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device including a substrate including a cell array region and a first connection region arranged in a first direction; and a first block structure on the substrate, the first block structure including a lower stack including a plurality of lower electrodes vertically stacked on the substrate; and intermediate stacks exposing the lower stack, the intermediate stacks including a plurality of intermediate electrodes vertically stacked on the lower stack, wherein, on the cell array region, the first block structure has a first width in a second direction crossing the first direction, and wherein, on the first connection region, the first block structure has a second width, which is larger than the first width, in the second direction.
US11839089B2
A method for fabricating an electronic device including a semiconductor memory including one or more memory elements, includes: forming a first insulating layer; forming a diffusion barrier layer over the first insulating layer; forming a second insulating layer over the diffusion barrier layer, the second insulating layer and the first insulating layer being formed of a common insulating material; doping one of a first dopant and a second dopant in the first insulating layer to form a selection element layer when the first dopant is doped or to form a variable resistance layer when the second dopant is doped; and doping the other one of the first dopant and the second dopant in the second insulating layer.
US11839080B2
A process of forming a three-dimensional (3D) memory array includes forming a stack having a plurality of conductive layers of carbon-based material separated by dielectric layers. Etching trenches in the stack divides the conductive layers into conductive strips. The resulting structure includes a two-dimensional array of horizontal conductive strips. Memory cells may be distributed along the length of each strip to provide a 3D array. The conductive strips together with additional conductive structure that may have a vertical or horizontal orientation allow the memory cells to be addressed individually. Forming the conductive layers with carbon-based material facilitate etching the trenches to a high aspect ratio. Accordingly, forming the conductive layers of carbon-based material enables the memory array to have more layers or to have a higher area density.
US11839079B2
Embodiments of structure and methods for forming a three-dimensional (3D) memory device are provided. In an example, the memory device includes a stack structure having interleaved a plurality of conductor layers and a plurality of dielectric layers over a substrate along a vertical direction. The memory device also includes a channel structure extending in the stack structure along the vertical direction. A thickness of at least one of the plurality of dielectric layers is nominally inversely proportional to a width of the channel structure at the same depth.
US11839072B2
A method for preparing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a first dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate, and forming a conductive contact penetrating through the first dielectric layer. The method also includes forming a lower landing pad over the conductive contact, and forming a second dielectric layer covering the lower landing pad. The method further includes etching the second dielectric layer to form a first opening exposing the lower landing pad, and forming an upper landing pad in the first opening. The lower landing pad and the upper landing pad form a T-shaped landing pad structure.
US11839059B2
The present invention provides a heat dissipation device having a speaker box, a heating element and a heat conductor. The speaker box includes a housing having sound outlet hole and a speaker unit housed in the housing. The speaker unit includes a diaphragm. The heat conductor includes a first heat conductor and a second heat conductor; the first heat conductor includes a heat conductive part, a heat conductive part, and an extensional heat conductive part. The second heat conductor is connected to the extensional heat conductive part at one end and to the heating element at the other end. The heat conductor of the present invention introduces the heat generated by the heating element into the front cavity and transfers the heat through the air in the front cavity to the outside of the sound outlet hole, with a high heat dissipation efficiency.
US11839056B2
An optical transceiver includes a housing, an optical communication module and a heat dissipation component. The optical communication module is disposed in the housing. The heat dissipation component is disposed in the housing and in thermal contact with the housing and the optical communication module, and the heat dissipation component is a stamped metal plate.
US11839046B2
A case for receiving at least one electronic device is provided, including a housing, a hinge, a locking member, and a cover. The housing has an accommodating space and an opening communicated with the accommodating space. The hinge is slidably connected to the housing. The cover has an upper side, a lower side, and an outer surface. The lower side is pivotally connected to the hinge. When the locking member affixes the upper side to the housing and the hinge is in a first position relative to the housing, the cover is disposed between an environment space and the accommodating space, and the outer surface faces the environment space. When the locking member is released and the hinge moves to a second position relative to the housing, the cover leaves the position between the environment space and the accommodating space, and the outer surface faces the environment space.
US11839036B2
A flexible display device is provided. The flexible display device includes a first housing, a second housing, a rolling mechanism, a flexible display screen, and a support plate mechanism. The flexible display screen can be retracted or expanded relative to the rolling mechanism. When the flexible display screen is completely expanded, a second support surface of a support plate and a first support surface of the second housing support the flexible display screen with their whole surfaces, thereby preventing the flexible display screen from collapsing and deforming.
US11839033B2
Method of directly patterning stretchable substrate and stretchable electrode fabricated by the same
Disclosed are a method of directly patterning a stretchable substrate; and a stretchable electrode fabricated by the method. More particularly, the method of directly patterning a stretchable substrate includes: forming a hydrophilic group on a surface of a stretchable substrate by UV-ozone treatment; forming at least one layer to be etched on the hydrophilic group-formed stretchable substrate, wherein the at least one layer to be etched includes an adhesion enhancing material; forming a photoresist layer on the at least one layer to be etched; exposing the photoresist layer; and patterning the at least one layer to be etched using the exposed photoresist layer, wherein a carbon chain included in the adhesion enhancing material forms ether bonding (R—O—R) with a hydrophilic group formed on the surface of the stretchable substrate.
US11839027B2
An electronic device with a connector structure is provided. The electronic device includes a first circuit board, a first connector, a first shielding cover, a second circuit board, a second connector, and a second shielding cover. The first connector is disposed on the first circuit board. The first shielding cover is disposed on the first circuit board and surrounds the first connector. The second connector is disposed on the second circuit board, wherein the second connector is connected to the first connector. The second shielding cover is disposed on the second circuit board and surrounds the second connector, wherein the first shielding cover is electrically connected to the second shielding cover.
US11839025B2
A flexible printed circuit and manufacturing method thereof, and a displaying device. A wiring layer is arranged on a flexible substrate, a reinforcing layer is arranged on a side of the flexible substrate away from the wiring layer, the wiring layer comprises a plurality of signal wirings arranged along a first wiring area, a second wiring area, a third wiring area and a fourth wiring area, and the reinforcing layer comprises a first reinforcing structure located in the second wiring area and a second reinforcing structure located in the fourth wiring area. The impact strength of the flexible printed circuit is increased by arranging the first reinforcing structure in the second wiring area of the flexible substrate and arranging the second reinforcing structure in the fourth wiring area of the flexible substrate.
US11839024B2
Disclosed are composites comprising copper foils having at least one smooth surface and an adhesive layer with low Dk and Df properties. Also disclosed are copper clad laminates made by laminating the present composites with flexible or rigid substrates that exhibit heat resistance and good to excellent bonding strength. The PCBs made therefrom exhibit low insertion loss and may be assembled with other components to form various electrical devices utilizing high speed of at least 1 Gps or high frequency signals of at least 1 GHz.
US11839009B2
A heater for coating removal heating a metal member having a surface coated with a coating film, includes a high-frequency power source; a transformer transforming a high-frequency current outputted from the high-frequency power source; and a plurality of heating units, each heating unit being detachably connectable to the transformer to heat the metal member disposed in contact with or near the heater for coating removal by the high-frequency current outputted from the transformer. One heating unit is selected from the plurality of heating units and attached to the transformer. The inductance value of the plurality of heating units except for the selected heating unit is adjusted to be within a predetermined range relative to the inductance value of the selected heating unit.
US11839007B2
An enhanced smart lighting system (ESLS) for use in buildings without neutral wire connections for wall switches. The ESLS entails both a no-neutral wire smart lighting switch (NNWSLS) and a physically separate load adapter. The NNWSLS includes a sensing, control, or communication system (SSCCS) such as integrated WiFi. The load adapter mitigates electrical fluctuations which may be induced in a power load (for example a lightbulb) by the smart lighting switch, particularly when the smart lighting switch is nominally powered off but still has some current flow. The load adapter is an intermediary between the power load and a conventional load receptacle. The load adapter has an integrated dummy load configured in parallel with the power load. The dummy load provides an electrical pathway for low levels of electricity which run through the light socket even when the NNWSLS is set to an “off” configuration.
US11839001B2
Ceiling fan having an electric lamp which has continuous color temperature control. A ceiling fan includes an electric motor which rotates blades; and an electric lamp, which is an integrated component of the ceiling fan and is co-located beneath the blades. The motor and the lamp receive electric power from a mains electric socket via a single electric power cord that provides Alternating Current. The lamp is configured to emit visible light having light warmth at a user-configurable level along a continuous spectrum of light warmth, between a lower-bound value and an upper-bound value. The electric lamp includes a first set of LEDs and a second set of LEDs. The first set of LEDs is capable of emitting visible light at a first, fixed, light warmth value, which is the lower-bound value of that continuous spectrum of light warmth levels. The second set of LEDs is capable of emitting visible light at a second, fixed, light warmth value, which is the upper-bound value of that continuous spectrum of light warmth levels.
US11839000B1
Non-dimmable LED light bulbs are less expensive than dimmable LED light bulbs and are “non-dimmable” by definition. This invention solves this problem, and it is possible to make a light dimmer that would dim non-dimmable LED light bulbs. Also, it can be used with dimmable LED light bulbs. The proposed dimmer will also extend the life of the LED light bulb since it does not use burst of high current pulses used in the PWM type dimmers. There is no power loss within the proposed dimmer circuit since it does not use any resistive or active components. The proposed invention can also be used to convert non-dimmable or dimmable LED light bulbs into reduced wattage light bulb which in turns saves energy, money and extends LED bulb life.
US11838997B2
Cartridges for vaporizer devices are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the cartridge can include a reservoir housing having a first housing end and a second housing end opposite the first housing end, an airflow tube that extends through the reservoir housing, and first and second seals that are each substantially impermeable to fluid, in which the first seal is substantially secured to the first housing end and the second seal is substantially secured to the second housing end. The reservoir housing is configured to hold vaporizable material and the first and second seals are configured to be selectively compromised to allow access to the vaporizable material within the reservoir housing for vaporization into vaporized material. Vaporizer devices are also provided.
US11838989B1
A method and system for controlling configuration of a relay, where the relay has a coverage footprint and provides service on a first air interface having a frequency bandwidth, and where the relay is served by a donor access node over a second air interface on which the donor access node provides service. Per the disclosure, an entity detects that load on the second air interface on which the donor access node provides service is threshold high, and in response to at least that detecting, the relay is made to reduce the coverage footprint of the relay and/or to reduce the frequency bandwidth of the first air interface on which the relay provides service.
US11838985B2
A method of managing embedded subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) on a user equipment (UE). The method comprises receiving a request to manage an eSIM profile stored on the UE by an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the UE from a requestor; looking up a set of eSIM profile management rules in the eSIM profile by the eUICC; determining an eSIM profile management rule of the set of eSIM profile management rules that applies to the eSIM profile by the eUICC based on an identity of the requestor; determining to deny the request by the eUICC based on the identity of the requestor, based on the request, and based on the eSIM profile management rule; and, based on denying the request, executing a rejection method, wherein the rejection method is defined by the eSIM profile management rule.
US11838982B2
An emergency dispatch system may determine that an emergency vehicle has been dispatched to a predefined gated community, based on a dispatch address being within the gated community. The system may access a database to obtain a custom map pre-associated with the gated community. The system may also determine a path to an emergency location within the gated community, based on the custom map and send the path and the custom map to the vehicle, responsive to determining the path.
US11838967B2
Embodiments include methods for configuring a first node of a first radio access technology (RAT) in a radio access network (RAN), for dual connectivity toward a user equipment with nodes of a second RAT in the RAN. Such methods include receiving, from a DNS server, an address of a first node of the second RAT, which is configured to act as an address request proxy for nodes of the first RAT. Such methods include, based on the received address, establishing a first connection with the first node of the second RAT. Such methods also include receiving a third request to set up a second connection with a second node of the second RAT, and sending, to the second node a fourth request, to the second node (e.g., in response to the third request), for the second node to act as address request proxy for the first node of the first RAT.
US11838953B2
The invention refers to a method of operating a wireless device, UE, configured to provide communication over a radio interface with a wireless communication network, the method including transmitting a random access, RA, preamble of an RA procedure to the wireless communication network using a first uplink carrier; and after transmitting the RA preamble of the RA procedure, receiving a Random Access Response, RAR, of the RA procedure from the wireless communication network, wherein the RAR includes an indication to use a second uplink carrier different than the first uplink carrier; the invention further refers to a method of operating a base station of a wireless communication network configured to provide communication over a radio interface with a wireless device, UE, the method including receiving a random access, RA, preamble of an RA procedure from the wireless device using a first uplink carrier.
US11838950B2
Aspects described herein relate to sidelink transmissions. In an example, a first user equipment (UE) may receive a multi-opportunity grant from a network entity, the multi-opportunity grant indicating multiple listen-before-talk (LBT) opportunities for scheduling a transmission between the first UE and a second UE; perform a LBT procedure for one or more slots of a plurality of slots indicated by the multiple LBT opportunities; select a first slot of the plurality of slots corresponding to an earliest available LBT based on performing the LBT procedure; and communicate a transmission to the second UE during the transmission time interval (TTI) of the first slot.
US11838939B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, related to long term sensing based inter-operator coexistence techniques for unlicensed high bands providing a measurement framework and candidate measurements, along with channel selection, per-beam channel deselection, and dynamic frequency selection. In one aspect, a network entity may determine that a non-coordinating node satisfies a communication presence threshold based on the at least one long term sensing measurement, and transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), an indication of a remedial action, or adjusting the communication channel based on the determination. In another aspect, a UE may obtain at least one long term sensing measurement, and transmit a long term sensing report including the at least one long term sensing measurement.
US11838936B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a UE (User Equipment). In one embodiment, the method includes the UE receiving a first signaling containing mapping between resource allocation mode(s) and attribute(s) of sidelink data of the UE from a base station. The method further includes the UE performing a sidelink transmission of the sidelink data based on the mapping between the resource allocation mode(s) and the attribute(s) of the sidelink data.
US11838928B2
An access node may monitor for uplink and downlink resource release indications signaled by a parent access node and a child access node prior to scheduling a released resource. In some cases (e.g., when the child node is capable of half-duplex communications), the parent access node may determine to release a resource, and the child access node may determine to release a hard resource (e.g., a child node controlled resource). Receiving uplink and downlink resource release indications may enable the access node to schedule communication with the child node via a soft resource (e.g., a parent node controlled resource). Other aspects of the described techniques are directed to feedback support for a slot format indicator (SFI). The feedback from the access node may accept or reject the SFI based on an impact the SFI has on scheduling via a child link established with a child node of the access node.
US11838921B2
A base station may transmit downlink control information messages (DCIs) that schedule multiple physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) in a single DCI (multi-PDSCH DCIs) to a UE. The base station may generate DCIs with multiple downlink association index (DAI) bitwidths. The base station generate a given DCI with a DAI bitwidth based on a DCI format of the DCI, based on whether the DCI is a multi-PDSCH DCI, based on a carrier that the DCI is transmitted on, or whether the base station is capable of scheduling the UE with multi-PDSCH DCIs in general. The UE may determine the DAI bitwidth of received DCIs and may determine whether any DCIs were missed based on the DAI and the bitwidth of the DAI.
US11838920B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a configuration message indicating a configured grant-small data transfer (CG-SDT) group that includes the UE. The CG-SDT group is associated with a downlink beam of the base station and one or more CG-SDT occasions. The UE may transmit, to the base station and within the one or more CG-SDT occasions, an uplink communication, using an uplink beam of the UE corresponding to a downlink beam of the UE, where the downlink beam of the UE is associated with the downlink beam of the base station used for transmitting at least one of the configuration message, a paging message, or a reference signal. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11838909B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information associated with a dedicated resource pool dedicated for communication of sidelink control information in a sidelink network. The UE may transmit or receive the sidelink control information in the sidelink network utilizing the dedicated resource pool. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11838908B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support short control messaging using index modulation on DMRS. In a first aspect, a method of wireless communication includes a base station determining a configuration action for a served user equipment (UE) in communication with the base station. The base station may then generate a short control message associated with the configuration action and map that short control message onto a set of inactive subcarrier resource elements (REs) of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence. The served UE may then receive the transmitted DMRS sequence and determine the short control message within the set of inactive subcarrier REs of the DMRS sequence. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11838893B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for relayed sidelink communications in which a set of relays receives a groupcast sidelink communication from a source and relay the communication to a destination using cooperative multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques. A source, such as a source user equipment (UE), may reserve resources for the groupcast sidelink communication and the cooperative MIMO transmissions, and may transmit a resource reservation message with an indication of the reserved resources. The resource reservation message may be transmitted in a sidelink control information transmission, in a medium access control message, or any combinations thereof. In the event of a collision in reserved resources of multiple different sources, the sources or relays may determine a priority of each communication and transmit a selected communication based on the priority determination.
