US11898313B2
A security barrier system (1) and a bracket (2a, 2b) therefor are disclosed. The bracket comprises at least one each of a first type and a second type of mutually spaced fence member receiving channels (8a,8b,10a-10f), the or each channel of the second type (8a, 8b) having a greater width than the or each channel of the first type (10a-10f), as measured along a length of the bracket. The security barrier system comprises a plurality of support posts (4), attached to each support post is at least one bracket, the length of the bracket orientated vertically, and a plurality of fence members (12a-12h) orientated horizontally, each member passing through a corresponding one of the fence member receiving channels of each bracket.
US11898307B2
Disclosed is an environmentally friendly method that enables the pre-treatment and dyeing processes applied to cellulosic products used in the production of textile products such as towels, bathrobes to be carried out in a single bath with natural, biological preparations.
US11898285B2
A modified polypropylene spunbond non-woven fabric and a preparation method of the modified polypropylene spunbond non-woven fabric are provided. The modified polypropylene spunbond non-woven fabric contains a modified nanocomposite material including an organic compound, the organic compound including one of tea polyphenol, naringin, and emodin. The organic compound is in a weight percentage range of approximately 0.1%-5% based on a total weight of the modified polypropylene spunbond non-woven fabric.
US11898279B2
A knitted component may include a first side and an opposite second side and a first tubular knit structure having a first portion on the first side and a second portion on the second side, where the first portion is at least partially formed with a first yarn and where the second portion is at least partially formed with a different second yarn, and where the first yarn includes a thermoplastic polymer material with a melting point of about 200° C. or less. The knitted component may further include a fused surface region on the first side of the knitted component formed with the thermoplastic polymer material of the first yarn. The knitted component may further include an inlaid strand extending through a passage formed by the first tubular knit structure between the first portion and the second portion.
US11898276B2
Carbon fiber and method of forming the same are provided. The method modifies proportion of a finishing oil to control a relation between a surface tension and a particle size of the finishing oil, and thus penetration of the finishing oil into an interior of the carbon fiber is avoided. Therefore, the carbon fiber can have both low oil residues and a high strength.
US11898266B2
The disclosure provides a method for growing a gallium oxide single crystal by casting and a semiconductor device containing the gallium oxide single crystal. The method includes: 1) heating a solid gallium oxide to complete melting, cooling to a melting point of the gallium oxide, and maintaining a melt state for at least 30 min; and 2) conducting gradient cooling on a gallium oxide melt obtained in step 1) until a solid gallium oxide single crystal is obtained. The gradient cooling is to cool the gallium oxide melt obtained in step 1) to a first temperature according to a first gradient, and then continue cooling to a room temperature according to a second gradient to obtain the gallium oxide single crystal. In step 1), since the solid gallium oxide is heated to the first temperature, oxygen with a volume fraction of at least 2% is present in a growth atmosphere.
US11898264B2
Treatment solutions and methods for improving adhesion of gold electroplating onto metal surfaces are provided herein. More specifically, the disclosure relates to micro-etching stainless steel surfaces using to remove any organic contamination and chromium oxide formed on the surface, neutralize and strip the surface of any iron content, and repassivate the surface with a thin chromium oxide layer, prior to gold electroplating of the stainless steel surfaces.
US11898262B2
Nickel-plated stainless steel sheet having excellent processability and manufacturing method thereof
Nickel-plated stainless steel sheets and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. Each of the nickel-plated stainless steel sheets includes a stainless steel base plate and a nickel plating layer formed on at least one surface of the stainless steel base plate by electroplating, in which the nickel plating layer includes a strike plating layer and a main plating layer which are sequentially laminated on the one surface of the stainless steel base plate.
US11898256B2
A method and apparatus for producing hydrogen gas whereby a nanobubble generator introduces nanobubbles at a concentration of at least 107 nanobubbles per cm3 into an electrolytic cell comprising a pair of electrodes and a hydrogen-containing, electrolyzable liquid, and the electrolytic cell is operated to produce hydrogen gas.
US11898245B2
Methods and apparatus for a baking chamber for processing a chamber component are provided herein. In some embodiments, a baking chamber includes: an enclosure defining a first chamber, wherein the first chamber comprises: a first chamber body having a first floor and first sidewalls that couple the first floor to a first lid of the first chamber body to define a first interior volume; a first support disposed in the first interior volume; a first gas line disposed in the first interior volume proximate the first lid; a first showerhead disposed between the first gas line and the first support; a first exhaust coupled to the first floor; and a first heater disposed in the first interior volume between the first support and the first floor; and wherein the enclosure includes a door configured to facilitate transferring the chamber component into and out of the enclosure.
US11898243B2
Methods of forming a vanadium nitride-containing layer comprise providing a substrate within a reaction chamber of a reactor and depositing a vanadium nitride-containing layer onto a surface of the substrate, wherein the deposition process comprises providing a vanadium precursor to the reaction chamber and providing a nitrogen precursor to the reaction chamber.
US11898242B2
Methods for forming a polycrystalline molybdenum film over a surface of a substrate are disclosed. The methods may include: providing a substrate into a reaction chamber; depositing a nucleation film directly on an exposed surface of the substrate, wherein the nucleation film comprises one of a metal oxide nucleation film or a metal nitride nucleation film; and depositing a polycrystalline molybdenum film directly on the nucleation film; wherein the polycrystalline molybdenum film comprises a plurality of molybdenum crystallites having an average crystallite size of less than 80 Å. Structures including a polycrystalline molybdenum film disposed over a surface of a substrate with an intermediate nucleation film are also disclosed.
US11898240B2
Methods for selective deposition of silicon oxide films on dielectric surfaces relative to metal surfaces are provided. A metal surface of a substrate may be selectively passivated relative to the dielectric surface, such as with a polyimide layer or thiol SAM. Silicon oxide is selectively deposited on the dielectric surface relative to the passivated metal surface by contacting the dielectric surface with a metal catalyst and a silicon precursor comprising a silanol.
US11898233B2
Conventional electrochromic devices frequently suffer from poor reliability and poor performance. Improvements are made using entirely solid and inorganic materials. Electrochromic devices are fabricated by forming an ion conducting electronically insulating interfacial region that serves as an IC layer. In some methods, the interfacial region is formed after formation of an electrochromic and a counter electrode layer, which are in direct contact with one another. The interfacial region contains an ion conducting electronically insulating material along with components of the electrochromic and/or the counter electrode layer. Materials and microstructure of the electrochromic devices provide improvements in performance and reliability over conventional devices. In addition to the improved electrochromic devices and methods for fabrication, integrated deposition systems for forming such improved devices are also disclosed.
US11898222B2
The present invention provides a method and system for separating a liquid from organic particles. The mixer-settler extraction cell includes a flow distributor. The flow distributor comprises a chevron-shaped series of welded plates, which separates the incoming flow stream of liquid and organic particles from one another.
US11898221B2
A method of improving metal leach kinetics and recovery during atmospheric or substantially atmospheric leaching of a metal sulfide is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method may comprise the step of processing a metal sulfide concentrate in a reductive activation circuit 220 that operates at a first redox potential, to produce a reductively-activated metal sulfide concentrate. The method may further comprise the step of subsequently processing the activated metal sulfide concentrate in an oxidative leach circuit 240 to extract metal values. In some disclosed embodiments, reductive activation steps and/or oxidative dissolution steps may employ mechano-chemical and/or physico-chemical processing of particles or agglomerates thereof. Reductive activation may be made prior to heap leaching or bio-leaching operations to improve metal extraction. Systems for practicing the aforementioned methods are also disclosed.
US11898220B2
A method for recovery of platinum group metals from a spent catalyst is described. The method includes crushing the spent catalyst to obtain a catalyst particulate material including particles having a predetermined grain size. The method includes subjecting the catalyst particulate material to a chlorinating treatment in the reaction zone at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time period by putting the catalyst particulate material in contact with the chlorine containing gas. The method also includes applying an electromagnetic field to the chlorine-containing gas in the reaction zone to provide ionization of chlorine; thereby to cause a chemical reaction between platinum group metals and chlorine ions and provide a volatile platinum group metal-containing chloride product in the reaction zone. Following this, the volatile platinum group metal-containing chloride product is cooled to convert the product into solid phase platinum group metal-containing materials.
US11898219B2
A steel sheet including a steel micro-structure containing, in volume fraction, tempered martensite: 85% or more, retained austenite: 5% or more to less than 15%, and ferrite, pearlite, bainite, and as-quenched martensite being less than 10% in total, when contents of Mn and C in the retained austenite are denoted by MnA and CA, and when contents of Mn and C in a matrix are denoted by MnM and CM, respectively, following Formulas (1) to (3) are satisfied, and the number of carbides having an equivalent circle radius of 0.1 μm or more is 100 or less in a region measuring 20000 μm2, and the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 1100 MPa or more. The steel sheet is excellent in crash resistance and formability. MnA/MnM≥1.2 (1) CA/CM≤5.0 (2) CA≤1.0 (3)
US11898217B2
A method for producing a steel plate member (SPM), including: a quenching step for heating the SPM to a temperature higher than an austenite transformation finish temperature A3 and subsequently cooling the SPM at a cooling rate (CR) faster than an upper critical CR; and a tempering step for reheating a second region of the SPM to a temperature higher than an austenite transformation start temperature A1 without reheating a first region of the SPM after quenching and subsequently cooling the SPM at a CR slower than a lower critical CR. In the cooling process of the tempering step, the shape of the second region is corrected in a temperature range from a temperature equal to or lower than A1 to a temperature equal to or higher than a temperature at which transformation into ferrite and pearlite is finished while maintaining the CR slower than the lower critical CR.
US11898216B2
A seamless steel pipe heat-treatment-finishing-treatment continuous facility includes: a heat treatment apparatus; a steel pipe inspection apparatus which performs a test for a surface defect and/or an inner defect of the seamless steel pipe, the steel pipe inspection apparatus being disposed downstream of the heat treatment apparatus; a main transfer mechanism which forms a main transfer path MT for transferring the seamless steel pipe, discharged from the heat treatment apparatus, to the steel pipe inspection apparatus disposed downstream of the heat treatment apparatus; and a first forced steel pipe-temperature reduction apparatus which forcibly reduces a temperature of the seamless steel pipe on the main transfer path MT, the first forced steel pipe-temperature reduction apparatus being disposed on the main transfer path MT at a position downstream of the heat treatment apparatus and upstream of the steel pipe inspection apparatus.
US11898214B2
A method of heat treating a workpiece, the method including projecting a laser beam from a laser source onto said workpiece, so as to produce a laser spot on said workpiece; projecting the laser spot onto different portions of said workpiece; and while projecting the laser spot, repetitively scanning the laser beam in two dimensions so as to produce a two-dimensional equivalent effective laser spot on said workpiece and thereby temper, reduce hardness of, enhance ductility of, and/or reduce brittleness of at least one of the different portions of the workpiece.
US11898213B2
A method of treating a sintered mining insert including cemented carbide includes the step of subjecting the mining insert to a surface hardening process. The surface hardening process is executed at an elevated temperature of or above 100° C. A mining insert is also provided, wherein the HV1 Vickers hardness measurement increase (HV1%) from the surface region, measured as an average of HV1 measurements taken at 100 μm, 200 μm and 300 μm below the surface, compared to the HV1 Vickers hardness measured in the bulk (HV1bulk), is at least 8.05-0.00350×HV1bulk.
US11898207B2
Disclosed are methods of isolating paired T cell receptor (TCR) alpha and beta chain sequences, or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Also disclosed are methods of automatically identifying the TCR alpha and beta chain V segment sequences and CDR3 sequences of a TCR having antigenic specificity for a mutated amino acid sequence encoded by a cancer-specific mutation. Methods of preparing a population of cells that express paired TCR alpha and beta chain sequences, or an antigen-binding portion thereof, are also disclosed. Isolated pairs of TCR alpha and beta chain sequences and isolated populations of cells prepared by the methods are also disclosed.
US11898206B2
Methods for screening clonotypes are provided. Data representing a plurality of cells from a single subject is obtained. The data represents a plurality of clonotypes. The data includes a plurality of contigs for each respective clonotype in the plurality of clonotypes. Each respective contig in the plurality of contigs comprises (i) an indication of chain type for the respective contig and (ii) a contig sequence of an mRNA of the respective cell. There is determined, using the data, for each respective clonotype in the plurality of clonotypes, a number of the plurality of cells that represent the respective clonotype. In some instances, more than one cell in the plurality of cells have the same clonotype in the plurality of clonotypes. In some instances, the plurality of clonotypes comprises 25 clonotypes and where the plurality of cells includes at least one cell for each clonotype in the plurality of clonotypes.
US11898202B2
The present invention disclosure relates to a next generation DNA sequencing method and use for accurate and massively parallel quantification of one or more nucleic acid targets, for example in large volumes of unpurified sample material. More particularly, the invention is related to a method and a kit comprising probes for detecting and quantifying genetic targets in complex samples. The invention includes one or more target-specific nucleic acid probes per genetic target and a bridge oligo or bridge oligo complex.
US11898189B2
A microalgal strain of the species Nannochloropsis gaditana is characterized by a mutation of an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of chlorophyll that changes the physiology thereof with respect to the wild-type strain of the same species. In particular, with the mutation, microalgae are formed which, with respect to the wild-type strain of the same species, have a lower chlorophyll content and a reduced capacity to absorb visible radiation (light). Further, a process for the production of lipids through the cultivation of the mutated Nannochloropsis gaditana strain and the lipids obtained can be used as synthesis intermediates, particularly in the so-called “green-chemistry” sector or in the production of biofuels.
US11898188B2
The present disclosure relates to a mutant microorganism in which a glycerol catabolic pathway and a 1,3-PDO biosynthetic pathway are introduced into a microorganism incapable of using glycerol as a carbon source, and a method of producing 1,3-PDO using the same. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to produce 1,3-PDO while growing a mutant microorganism having 1,3-PDO production ability by using the inexpensive raw material glycerol as a single carbon source. Thus, the present disclosure is useful for the economical production of 1,3-PDO.
US11898183B2
The present disclosure discloses a recombinant microbe producing podophyllotoxin, or its derivatives, comprising genes encoding phenyl alanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), cinnamate-4-hydroxylate (C4H), 4-coumaroyl CoA-ligase (4CL), hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA quinate hydroxycinnamoyltransferase (HCT), p-coumaroyl quinate 3′-hydroxylase (C3H), caffeoyl CoA O-methyltransferase (CCoAOMT), bifunctional pinoresinol-lariciresinol reductase (DIRPLR), secoisolariciresinol dehydrogenase (SDH), cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase CYP719, O-methyltransferase (OMT), cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase CYP71, and 2-oxoglutarate/Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenase (2-ODD). Also disclosed herein is a method for producing podophyllotoxin or its derivatives. Moreover, a method of treating cancer is also disclosed.
US11898176B2
Disclosed herein are transcription activator-like effector nuclease (TALEN)-related compositions and methods of using said TALENs for correcting mutant genes.
US11898174B2
The present invention provides engineered uridine phosphorylase (UP) enzymes, polypeptides having UP activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing UP enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the UP enzymes and methods of using the engineered UP enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical compounds.
US11898169B2
Disclosed herein are methods of generating induced pluripotent stem cells. The method involves providing a quantity of somatic or non-embryonic cells, contacting the contacting the somatic or non-embryonic cells with a quantity of one or more programming factors and one or more RNA molecules, and culturing the somatic or non-embryonic cells for a period of time sufficient to generate at least one induced pluripotent stem cell. Various reprogramming factors and RNA molecules for use in the methods are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are cell lines and pharmaceutical compositions generated by use of the methods.
US11898157B2
Compositions and methods for genetically modifying at least one nucleic acid sequence of interest in a polyploid organism.
US11898147B2
The present invention discloses a combinational therapy for enhancing efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade for tumors with immune suppressive microenvironment. More specifically, this combination therapy involves the treatment of cancer through immune checkpoint inhibitors and CpG-oligodeoxynucleotides.
US11898146B2
Compositions comprising optimized aptamers capable of specifically binding to a surface protein of Clostridium difficile spore are provided. A method for detecting, enriching, separating, and/or isolating Clostridium difficile spores is provided.
US11898145B2
The present disclosure provides antisense oligonucleotides targeting Regulator of telomere elongation helicase 1 (RTEL1). The disclosure also provides, enhanced antisense oligonucleotides targeting RTEL1 for use in treating and/or preventing a hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and their use.
US11898139B2
Provided herein is a culturing method for bacteria of the genus Rhizobium whereby a low viscosity can be maintained in a culture solution during the culturing of and at the end of culturing of said bacteria, and that enables easy and efficient post-procedures, including concentration and separation of viable bacteria, among others. This is achieved by growing Rhizobium bacteria by liquid culture using a medium containing a disaccharide (for example, maltose, trehalose, lactose, sucrose) accounting for at least 25 mass % of the carbon source in the medium while maintaining a pH of 5.0 to 7.0 in the culture solution throughout the course of the culture, namely from the beginning of the culturing to the end of the culturing of said bacteria.
US11898138B2
Harvested adipose tissue is processed in a single-use portable processing container to prepare a centrifuges pellet phase of stromal vascular fraction concentrate, which is selectively removed and disposed in a syringe dispersed in a dispersion medium to prepare an osteoarthritis treatment product.
US11898137B2
A method for delivering a processing solution includes providing a concentrated processing solution in a bioprocess container, the concentrated processing solution being produced at a first site. The method also includes combining the concentrated processing solution with a biopolymer containing solution produced in a bioreactor at a second site different from the first site. In some embodiments, the processing solution is a buffer for processing products of cells cultured in a bioreactor. A system and a pharmaceutical production facility for carrying out the method is also provided.
US11898131B2
To provide a means capable of obtaining further excellent cellular adhesiveness than in a case where a surface of a cell culture substrate (cell culture vessel) is coated using polytetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate (PTHFA). Provided is a cell culture substrate comprising a coating layer on at least one side of a polymer substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a copolymer comprising more than 20% by mole and less than 100% by mole of a structural unit (1) derived from furfuryl (meth)acrylate represented by Formula (1) and more than 0% by mole and less than 80% by mole of a structural unit (2) derived from ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a hydroxyl group (the total of the structural unit (1) and the structural unit (2) is 100% by mole).
US11898121B2
The need for a liquid hand-dishwashing composition which provides further improved sudsing volume and longevity when washing dishware using diluted liquid hand dishwashing compositions, especially in the presence of greasy soil, while still providing the desired cleaning, is met when the composition is formulated with from 5% to 50% of a sudsing surfactant system and from 0.05% to 5.0% polyvinyl acetal polymer.
US11898118B2
A silole derivative is of formula (I): each of the groups in the above formula is defined as those in the description. The silole derivative of formula (I) has aggregation-induced emission performance, and is particularly applicable in luminescent parts and devices, fluorescent probes, biological imaging, lubricating oils and greases. A lubricating grease composition has photoluminescence performance, as well as one or more of advantageous anti-oxidation properties, anti-wear properties, extreme pressure properties and anti-rust properties. It is applicable in many mechanical equipment in electrical industry, metallurgical industry, food industry, paper industry, automobile industry and aircraft industry.
US11898117B2
High temperature lubricants for magnetic media are provided. One such lubricant includes fluoroalkyl, fluoroalkenyl, perfluoroalkyl, or perfluoroalkyl ether segments, anchoring functional groups engageable with a protective overcoat of a magnetic recording media, and cyclic functional groups. The lubricants can be used in conjunction with a magnetic recording medium and/or a magnetic data storage system.
US11898102B2
Disclosed is a method for maximizing ethylene or propene production, the main steps thereof being: taking crude oil and distillate thereof, pre-processing urban mixed-waste plastics as raw material, then entering same into a catalytic cracking reactor, removing via a two-stage pre-wash tower and related separation, then cooling the reacted high-temperature oil and gas and removing impurities to obtain light and heavy distillate oils; performing a hydrogenation reaction operation on the heavy distillate oil; performing light distillate oil separation, performing a recombination operation on its olefins, its alkanes entering a steam cracking apparatus to produce rich ethylene, and its aromatic components being separated as by-products; the product of the described hydrogenation and recombination reaction and the steam-cracked distillate oil is recycled to the catalytic cracking reactor. In the production method of the present invention, the yield of ethylene and propene together is 45-75 m % of the raw material, and the yield of aromatics is 15-30 m % of the raw material; in particular, when using urban mixed-waste plastics as raw material, the ethylene or propene thus produced are used to produce new plastics by way of a conventional polymerization process, achieving the chemical recycling of waste plastics.
US11898100B2
Disclosed herein are methods and composition for breaking foam, emulsions, or any combination thereof.
US11898098B2
A method for the stimulation of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation, said method comprising the steps of: providing a wellbore in need of stimulation; inserting a plug in the wellbore at a location slightly beyond a predetermined location; inserting a perforating tool and a spearhead or breakdown acid into the wellbore; positioning the tool at said predetermined location; perforating the wellbore with the tool thereby creating a perforated area; allowing the spearhead acid to come into contact with the perforated area for a predetermined period of time sufficient to prepare the formation for stimulation; removing the tool form the wellbore; and initiating the stimulation of the perforated area using a stimulation fluid. Also disclosed is a corrosion inhibiting composition for us with the acid composition.
US11898084B2
Methods and compositions for modified well fluids. One method including combining an amount of a synthetic functionalized additive with an intermediate well fluid composition to form a synthetic functionalized additive-containing well fluid composition; the synthetic functionalized additive comprising a synthetic layered magnesium silicate that is covalently bonded to a functional group, and the intermediate well fluid composition comprising a water-based continuous phase with solid particles, wherein the synthetic functionalized additive increases suspension stability of the solid particles versus a well fluid composition comprising the solid particles without the synthetic functionalized additive.
US11898079B2
A phosphor powder composed of α-sialon phosphor particles containing Eu. The phosphor powder has an ammonium ion concentration CA of the phosphor powder of equal to or more than 15 ppm and equal to or less than 100 ppm, which is determined from the following extracted ion analysis. (Extracted Ion Analysis A) 0.5 g of a phosphor powder is added to 25 ml of distilled water in a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-made container with a lid and held at 60° C. for 24 hours, and then a total mass MA of ammonium ions included in an aqueous solution obtained by removing a solid content from the solution by filtration is determined using ion chromatography. Then, CA is determined by dividing MA by the mass of the phosphor powder.
US11898078B2
A semiconductor phosphor configured to exhibit photoluminescence upon irradiation with excitation light, including: at least one active layer made of a compound semiconductor and containing an n-type or p-type dopant; and at least two barrier layers made of a compound semiconductor and having a larger band gap than the active layer. The active layer and the barrier layers are alternately stacked. This provides a semiconductor phosphor which allows easy wavelength adjustment, high efficiency and stability.
US11898067B2
The present invention relates to a reactive adhesive film comprising (a) a polymeric film-forming matrix, (b) at least one reactive monomer or reactive resin, and (c) a reagent selected from an initiator, in particular a radical initiator, or an activator, featuring enhanced heat-and-humidity resistance, and to a reactive 2-component adhesive system in film form for bonding diverse materials, such as, for example, metal, wood, glass and/or plastic material.
US11898065B2
A resin composition for a sealant has excellent heat-sealing strength with respect to a substrate, and a reduced elution amount thereof into normal heptane. A resin composition for a sealant includes: a resin (A) which is an ethylene-(meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer in which a content of a (meth)acrylic acid ester unit is from 10% by mass to 25% by mass; and a tackifying resin (B), in which a content of the resin (A) is more than 45% by mass with respect to a total amount of resin components in the resin composition for a sealant, and a content of the tackifying resin (B) is from 0.1% by mass to 10% by mass with respect to the total amount of the resin components in the resin composition for a sealant.
US11898054B2
Actinic radiation-curable compositions containing polythiols and urethane/urea-containing polyalkenyl prepolymers that can be used for aerospace coatings and sealants. The coatings can be applied to surfaces and rapidly cured.
US11898053B2
An anti-fogging and anti-fouling laminate including: a substrate; and an anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer on the substrate, the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer having a flat surface, wherein a hexadecane contact angle of the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer is 10° or less, the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer is a cured product of an active energy ray-curable resin composition, and the active energy ray-curable resin composition includes a hydrophilic monomer.
US11898050B2
Solutions to the problems of scuffing and chipping of the paint films in high traffic areas and in tight spaces, such as dressing rooms in department stores, where multiple scrapings of the wall paints are created by consumers, clothes hangers, shoes, etc., and hallways and conference rooms in office and other commercial buildings are disclosed.
US11898049B2
Described herein is a coating composition suitable for application to a building panel. The coating composition comprises inorganic pigment, liquid carrier, and a humectant comprising a first ester-containing compound. The liquid carrier may be present in an amount ranging from about 10 wt. % to about 30 wt. % based on the total weight of the coating composition. Described herein are also building panels coated with the coating composition and methods of their production.
US11898048B2
Novel inkjet ink compositions for forming an image in a form of an elastic film attached to a surface of a stretchable and/or flexible substrate and processes utilizing same for inkjet printing color images on various substrates such as colored and absorptive or impregnable stretchable materials, which are characterized by heightened efficiency in process time, ink and energy consumption, as well as products having durable, wash-fast and abrasion-fast images printed thereon by the process, are disclosed. The novel ink compositions comprise a first part, which contains a property-adjusting agent and a carrier, and a second part which contains an emulsified property-sensitive proto-elastomeric film-forming agent, a colorant and a carrier, such that the second part congeals upon contact with the property-adjusting agent. The second part is digitally applied to the substrate less than 1 second following the application of the first part to the substrate.
US11898042B2
The present invention provides a photocurable ink composition for ink jet recording with excellent curability. The photocurable ink composition for ink jet recording includes polymerizable compounds, a photopolymerization initiator, and a colorant, wherein the polymerizable compounds include a vinyl ether group-containing (meth)acrylate represented by general formula (I): CH2═CR1—COOR2—O—CH═CH—R3 (I) (wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 is a divalent organic residue having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic residue having 1 to 11 carbon atoms) and phenoxyethyl (meth)acrylate.
US11898041B2
A pigment, including a flake including a metal core having a first surface and a second surface, a first dielectric layer interfacing with a first surface of the metal core, and a second dielectric layer interfacing with a second surface of the metal core; a first inorganic layer encapsulating the flake; and an organic layer encapsulating the first organic layer is disclosed. A colorant composition including the pigment is also disclosed. A method of making the pigment, and a method of making a colorant composition are also disclosed.
US11898035B2
Provided are a polyamide composition containing a polyamide (A) having a melting point of 280° C. or higher and a flame retardant (B), which is such that, when a melt of the polyamide composition is injection-molded with a mold having a thickness of 0.5 mm and a width of 40 mm under the condition of a cylinder temperature higher by 20° C. than the melting point of the polyamide (A), an injection pressure of 74 MPa and a mold temperature of 140° C., the flow length is 40 mm or more, and that the melt flow rate at a temperature of 320° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg is 15 g/10 min or less; and a molded article of the polyamide composition.
US11898030B2
Elastomeric styrenic block copolymer (SBC) compositions comprise one or more SBCs and one or more polymers miscible with styrenic end blocks of the one or more SBCs, the block copolymer compositions being both both physically and chemically crosslinked, where the chemical crosslinking comprises covalent bonds between chains of SBC and the physical crosslinking comprises non-covalent interaction between styrenic end blocks of the one or more SBCs and the one or more polymers miscible with the styrenic end blocks. The block copolymer compositions are useful in forming immersion articles such as surgical gloves.
US11898026B2
A composition comprises (A) an ethylene/alpha-olefin/diene interpolymer; (B) a peroxide comprising at least one peroxide bond; and (C) a bis-TEMPO compound having the Structure (I), wherein R1-4 are each independently H or a C1-C6 alkyl group; X is S, O, N, P, Se, a carbonyl group, a carboxyl group, an amide group, an azo group, an imino group, a carbamate group, a peroxy group, a phosphono group, a phosphate group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfinyl group, a sulfonate ester group, a sulfonate ester group, or combinations thereof; Y is a substitute or unsubstituted aliphatic alkyl group or aromatic alkyl group, a heterocyclic group, a siloxane group, an ethylene glycol group, an imide group, or combinations thereof; and n is greater than 1. The ratio of the molar amount of nitroxide groups of component (C) to the molar amount of the peroxide bonds of component (B) is from 0.100:1.000 to 2.000:1.000.
US11898022B2
Aerogel can be coated with a polymerizable resin, which cures to form a polymer-coated aerogel. The coated aerogels can be used structural or thermal insulating component, such as in analytical and scientific devices. Coated aerogels can be further coated with conductive material, a semi-conductive material, a non-conductive material, a resistive material, or a combination thereof.
US11898020B2
A thermal insulating phenolic foam and method of manufacture thereof is provided. A phenolic foam is formed by foaming and curing a phenolic resin composition that comprises a phenolic resin, an acid catalyst, a blowing agent comprising a hydrocarbon having 6 carbon atoms or less, and an alkoxy alcohol. The resulting foam has low thermal conductivity and has excellent long term thermal stability.
US11898015B2
A process to form coated polymer particles comprising polymer particles formed from a polymer composition comprising an olefin-based polymer, and a coating formed from a coating composition comprising an aqueous metal acid dispersion and an aqueous polysiloxane emulsion, said process comprising the following: mixing together the aqueous metal acid dispersion and the aqueous polysiloxane emulsion to form a dispersion/emulsion mixture; applying the dispersion/emulsion mixture to a portion of the surfaces of the polymer particles to form wet-coated polymer particles; drying the wet-coated polymer particles to form the coated polymer particles. The aqueous metal acid dispersion and the aqueous polysiloxane emulsion may also be applied, individually, in separate steps.
US11898014B2
The current invention concerns composition comprising bitumen, one or more plasticity modifying agent(s), and lignin, as well as methods and uses related to such compositions. In particular, compositions are disclosed with improved properties, such as mixing properties.
US11898009B2
A flexible electronic device containing a polyimide film exhibiting excellent C-V characteristics. The polyimide film is a film that shows a maximum gradient of 0.005/V or more in a capacitance-voltage measurement of a laminate in which a polyimide film having a film thickness of 0.75 μm is formed on a silicon wafer having a resistance value of 4 Ωcm; the maximum gradient meaning a maximum value of an absolute value of a gradient in a normalized capacity-voltage curve during a third scan of forward direction scans; a capacity-voltage curve being measured by applying a direct current voltage is to the polyimide film with respect to the silicon wafer between a lowest voltage V1 and a highest voltage V2, and measuring capacitance while the direct current voltage is scanned in a forward direction and scanned in a negative direction; the normalized capacity-voltage curve being normalized so that the capacity at the lowest voltage V1 is 1.
US11898004B2
An eco-friendly biodegradable molded article, which includes a polyester resin including a diol, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, wherein a biodegradability per hydrolysis degree of the biodegradable molded article is 1.35 or more, wherein the biodegradability per hydrolysis degree is obtained by dividing a biodegradability after nine weeks by a hydrolysis degree after one week, wherein the biodegradability after nine weeks and the hydrolysis degree after one week are measured by a measurement method below.
US11898001B2
An organic polymer having an asymmetric structure, a preparation method thereof and a use as a photoelectric material thereof, where the organic polymer with an asymmetric structure is obtained by polymerization after performing Stille coupling reaction between an electron-donating unit D and an electron-withdrawing unit A in the presence of a solvent and a catalyst. The compound of the present application has good heat stability, controllable absorption level, and is suitable for the preparation of hole transport materials of high-performance perovskite solar cells with high efficiency, flexibility, good stability and a large area as well as donor materials of organic solar cells.
US11897992B2
The present disclosure relates to an olefin polymerization catalyst system for use in forming a multi-block copolymer, said copolymer containing therein two or more segments or blocks differing in chemical or physical properties, a polymerization process using the same, and the resulting polymers, wherein the catalyst system comprises: (A) a first olefin polymerization procatalyst, (B) a second olefin polymerization procatalyst capable of preparing polymers differing in chemical or physical properties from the polymer prepared by procatalyst (A) under equivalent polymerization conditions, and (C) a chain shuttling agent.
US11897984B2
Tagging agents, including fluorescent monomers, which may be polymerized. Anti-scalant polymer compositions that include a copolymer of a tagging agent and an anti-scalant monomer. Methods for synthesizing tagging agents, anti-scalant polymer compositions, and detecting an anti-scalant polymer composition.
US11897981B2
A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a light emitting device disposed on the substrate; a resin layer sealing the light emitting device on the substrate; and a diffusion layer or a reflective substrate disposed on the resin layer, wherein the resin layer includes an oligomer, a monomer, and an additive, wherein the monomer includes IBOA (Iso-bornyl Acrylate), two or more dilution monomers and glycidyl methacrylate (GMA), the additive includes a photoinitiator and an amine-based light stabilizer, and in the oligomer and the monomer, the content of glycidyl methacrylate is 10 to 15%, and the resin layer may be a curable transparent resin cured by ultraviolet light.
US11897980B2
Provided are: a laminated resin sheet for molding, which is less likely to cause an abnormal appearance during molding, and has an anti-glare layer but has excellent transparency; and a molded article using the same. This laminated resin sheet for molding comprises: a high-hardness resin layer containing a high-hardness resin; a base material layer which contains a polycarbonate resin (a1) and is disposed on one surface side of the high-hardness resin layer; and a hard coat anti-glare layer disposed on the other surface side of the high-hardness resin layer, wherein the glass transition point (Tg1) of the high-hardness resin and the glass transition point (Tg2) of the polycarbonate resin (a1) satisfy the following relationship, and the maximum valley depth (Rv) of the recesses and protrusions of the hard coat anti-glare layer is at most 0.9 μm −10° C.≤(Tg1−Tg2)≤40° C.
US11897970B2
The invention provides novel antibacterial compounds of formulae IA, IB and IC as defined herein. Optionally, the antibacterial compounds can be bonded to a delivery agent that is capable of bonding to one or more structures on a bacterial cell membrane. The invention also provides the use of such compounds in treating or preventing bacterial infections, and processes for their synthesis.
US11897969B2
The disclosure provides for methods and treatments of ischemic injury, reperfusion injury, stroke and myocardial infarctions by administering within minutes to hours an antibody or antibody fragment that bind to and inhibits the biological activity of OxPL in an affected tissue.
US11897965B2
Methods of treating conditions related to lung disease using an antigen binding protein specific for the Jagged1 polypeptide are provided.
US11897963B2
Methods of treating conditions related to lung disease using an antigen binding protein specific for the Jagged1 polypeptide are provided.
US11897953B2
This invention relates generally to compositions and methods for modulating complement component 3 (C3) activity or expression to treat, control or otherwise influence tumors and tissues, including cells and cell types of the tumors and tissues, and malignant, microenvironmental, or immunologic states of the tumor cells and tissues. The invention also relates to methods of diagnosing, prognosing and/or staging of tumors, tissues and cells.
US11897948B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for treating a subject having a renal-related disorder, such as chronic kidney disease (CKD), end stage renal failure, diabetes, insulin resistance, kidney hypertrophy, kidney hypotrophy, polycystic kidney disease, proteinuria, hyperglycemia, hyperuricemia, gout, kidney stones, hypertension or hypertensive nephropathy, dyslipidemia, anemia and/or reduced erythropoietin production, iron deficiency or hyperfiltration. The methods and compositions use or contain a composition that reduces or inhibits GDF15 activity.
US11897947B1
An ELISA for the diagnosis of Haemonchus longistipes infection in camels is provided. The ELISA for the diagnosis of Haemonchus longistipes infection in camels includes antibodies raised against a 76 kDa protein isolated from Haemonchus longistipes. The resulting antibodies may be used in assays to detect Haemonchus longistipes infected camels. The assays may be any kind of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, or “ELISA”, known to those of skill in the art. The assay using the antibodies raised against a 76 kDa protein isolated from Haemonchus longistipes infected camels may be capable of detecting pre-patent Haemonchus longistipes infection.
US11897940B2
This invention relates to broadly neutralizing and potent anti-HIV-1 antibodies, kits, and methods of use thereof.
US11897937B2
SIRP1alpha-41BBL fusion proteins are provided. Accordingly, there is provided a SIRPalpha-41BBL fusion protein comprising a single amino acid linker between the SIRPalpha and the 41BBL. Also there is provided a SIRPalpha-41BBL fusion protein in a form of at least a homo-trimer. Also provided are polynucleotides and nucleic acid constructs encoding the SIRP1alpha-41BBL fusion protein, host-cells expressing the SIRP1alpha-41BBL fusion protein and methods of use thereof.
US11897934B2
A method of treating a patient who has hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), colorectal carcinoma (CRC), glioblastoma (GB), gastric cancer (GC), esophageal cancer, NSCLC, pancreatic cancer (PC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer (PCA), ovarian cancer (OC), melanoma, breast cancer (BRCA), CLL, Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), SCLC, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), AML, gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma (GBC, CCC), urinary bladder cancer (UBC), and uterine cancer (UEC) includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC. A method of treating a patient who has HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC.
US11897924B2
Disclosed is a fusion protein including an Ixodes ricinus salivary gland polypeptide. In particular, it relates to a fusion protein including at least one Ixodes ricinus salivary gland polypeptide, at least one serum albumin polypeptide and at least one linker peptide. Also disclosed is the use of such a fusion protein for preventing or treating thrombus formation and/or thrombus growth, as well as pharmaceutical compositions, medicaments and methods including such a fusion protein.
US11897923B2
The present invention relates to a coding gene of the SOSEKI protein SOK2 and an application thereof, wherein through molecular regulation of the SOSEKI protein SOK2, the flowering time of Panicum virgatum is delayed, biomass is increased, lignin content in the cell wall of Panicum virgatum is reduced and the fermentable sugar yield is boosted.
US11897919B2
Compositions and methods of use are provided to boost a primed immune response to HIV. More specifically, the present invention relates to vaccine compositions comprising an HIV-protein boost or an MVA-expressed Env protein and methods of use. Exemplary HIV proteins for protein boosts include proteins such as gp120 proteins B.63521Δ11mutC and full-length single chain (FLSC), which has been modified to stabilize a CD4-induced Env structure. Exemplary MVAs expressing secreted Methods of administration and dosing regimens are also provided.
US11897918B2
Disclosed herein are methods for increasing protein yield and cellular productivity. Chemical agents facilitate host cell production of biological molecules to increase product yield.
US11897907B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing glufosinate or analogues thereof.
US11897903B2
The present invention relates to a metal-organic framework and an energy storage system having the same, and more specifically, to an energy storage system that is capable of providing excellent electrical conductivity and electrochemical capacity properties, especially excellent electrochemical performance at low temperatures, by means of a novel one-dimensional metal-organic framework having thianthrene-based organic ligands.
US11897896B2
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices are disclosed. The organic electroluminescent materials are novel benzodithiophene or its analogous structure compounds, which can be used as charge transporting materials, hole injection materials, or the like in an electroluminescent device. These novel compounds can offer excellent performance compared with existing materials, for example, to further improve the voltage, efficiency and/or lifetime of the OLEDs.
US11897892B2
The present disclosure relates generally to certain tricyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods of making said compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. The compounds of the disclosure are useful in treating or preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
US11897885B2
The purinone derivative 6-amino-9-[(3R)-1-(2-butynoyl)-3-pyrrolidinyl]-7-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-7,9-dihydro-8H-purin-8-one hydrochloride has Btk-selective inhibitory activity and, in addition to having excellent metabolic stability, it is a compound that exhibits a high level of solubility and absorption with respect to the free base and can be crystallized, hence it can serve as a therapeutic agent for diseases involving B cells and mast cells.
US11897884B2
This invention is directed to an aromatic material based free-standing film, a hybrid of organic crystalline materials and inorganic carbon nanomaterials, process of preparation and uses thereof. The film, which comprises a fibrous organic nanocrystals of an aromatic material, is mechanically and thermally stable. This film is optionally reinforced by hybridization with a reinforcement material, such as carbon nanotube, carbon material, a polysaccharide, a nanoclay a metal, metal alloy, or an organic polymer. The hybrid film of organic nanocrystals and carbon nanotubes (ONC/CNT) has high conductivity and high thermal stability. The films or hybrids of this invention are used as microfiltration membranes for various materials, in electrodes or perovskite solar cells.
US11897879B2
Provided is a compound that can have an effect of inhibiting MALT1 and is expected as useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic drug for cancer, etc. A compound represented by formula (I) [wherein each symbol is as defined in the description], a salt thereof, or a cocrystal, a hydrate or a solvate of the same.
US11897877B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R4, Ar, W, X and Z are all as defined herein. The compounds of the present invention are known to inhibit the spindle checkpoint function of Monospindle 1 (Mps1—also known as TTK) kinases either directly or indirectly via interaction with the Mps1 kinase itself. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment and/or prevention of proliferative diseases, such as cancer. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US11897869B2
Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1-R8 have any of the meanings defined herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I) and methods of using the same.
US11897865B2
Provided herein are compounds and compositions useful as modulators of ABHD12. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful as immunotherapies in treating, for instance, cancer or infectious diseases.
US11897847B2
The present invention relates to one crystalline form A of ethyl 2-[2-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-[3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidin-1-yl]phenoxy]phenoxy]acetate, a process for the production of this crystalline form, formulations for plant protection and herbicidal compositions comprising such form A.
US11897843B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of enantiomerically enriched 3-aminopiperidine, as in particular of its R-enantiomer (R)-3-aminopiperidine. The invention also relates to an enantiomerically enriched intermediate of said process and to specific acid-addition salts of 3-aminopiperidine (hereinafter also APIP) that are useful for obtaining a single enantiomer of APIP, and to crystalline (R)-3-aminopiperidine-dihydrochloride-monohydrate and crystalline (S)-3-aminopiperidine-dihydrochloride-monohydrate.
US11897841B2
Provided is an isomerization method of cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid using zirconia or titania as an isomerization catalyst.
US11897840B2
The present application pertains to methods for making metal oxides and/or citric acid. In one embodiment, the application pertains to a process for producing calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, or both from a material comprising calcium and magnesium. The process may include reacting a material comprising calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate. Separating, concentrating, and calcining may lead to the production of oxides such as calcium oxide or magnesium oxide. In other embodiments the application pertains to methods for producing an alkaline-earth oxide and a carboxylic acid from an alkaline earth cation-carboxylic acid anion salt. Such processes may include, for example, reacting an alkaline-earth cation-carboxylic acid anion salt with aqueous sulfur dioxide to produce aqueous alkaline-earth-bisulfite and aqueous carboxylic acid solution. Other useful steps may include desorbing, separating, and/or calcining.
US11897839B2
The invention relates to an improved process and system for the synthesis of dimethyl ether (DME) from a feedstock comprising H2 and COx, wherein x=1-2. The process according to the invention comprises (a) subjecting the gaseous mixture comprising synthesis gas originating from step (c) to DME synthesis by contacting it with a catalyst capable of converting synthesis gas to DME to obtain a gaseous mixture comprising DME; (b) subjecting a gaseous mixture comprising the gaseous mixture originating from step (a) to a separation-enhanced reverse water gas shift reaction; and (c) subjecting the gaseous mixture originating from step (b) to DME/synthesis gas separation to obtain DME and a gaseous mixture comprising synthesis gas, which is recycled to step (a). Herein, the feedstock is introduced in step (a) or step (b) and the molar ratio of H2 to COx in the gaseous mixture which is subjected to step (b) is at least (x+0.8). Also a system for performing the reaction according to the invention is disclosed.
US11897830B2
An amorphous form of dezocine analogue hydrochloride is represented by formula (II). An X-ray powder diffraction spectrum of the amorphous form is shown in FIG. 1.
US11897826B2
The present invention relates to a hypergolic two-component system for rocket engines, including a fuel and an oxidising agent provided in a manner separated from one another and can be reacted in a rocket engine by bringing them into contact with one another. The fuel is an ionic liquid comprising a thiocyanate anion and one or more cations. The cation or cations are selected from one or more imidazolium ions of the general formula I, triazolium ions of the general formula II or III, and/or tetrazolium ions of the general formula IV, where R1 is a C1- to C6-alkyl radical or a C2- to C6-alkenyl radical, where R2 is hydrogen or a C1- to C6-alkyl radical or a C2- to C6-alkenyl radical, and where X1, X2 and X3 are each independently hydrogen, a C1- to C6-alkyl radical or a C2- to C6-alkenyl radical, and the oxidising agent comprises hydrogen peroxide.
US11897825B2
Provided herein are VIS-IR powders comprising tin which show significantly higher visual intensity, reduced reaction temperature and particle temperature during and after oxidation reaction in air, and improved resistance to clumping when compared to comparable powders without tin. Methods of preparation of said VIS-IR powders are also disclosed.
US11897820B2
A system and method for storing molten sulfur includes a reinforced concrete vessel, the reinforced concrete vessel being subterranean. The vessel has a floor that is a raft footing formed of reinforced concrete and has a floor interior surface. The vessel also has a ceiling that is a slab of reinforced concrete and has a ceiling interior surface. Sidewalls of the vessel extend between the floor and the ceiling and are formed of reinforced concrete, each sidewall having a sidewall interior surface. A liner is bonded to the floor interior surface, the ceiling interior surface, and each sidewall interior surface. The liner formed of an epoxy vinyl ester resin, and a glass fiber sheet embedded in the epoxy vinyl ester resin.
US11897815B2
A Mg—Ta based dielectric ceramic for multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) and a low-temperature preparation method thereof are provided. By providing a glass additive with high matching with a Mg—Ta ceramic, a modifier A+12CO3—B2+O—C3+2O3—SiO2 (A=Li, K; B=MnO, CuO, BaO; C=B, Al) is intruded in to a main material MgO—Ta2O5, which can significantly reduce the sintering temperature and provide a negative temperature coefficient of dielectric constant of −100±30 ppm/° C., and reduce the deterioration factors of loss caused by an additive for sintering, and prepare a dielectric material applied to RF MLCC with low loss, low cost and good process stability.
US11897814B2
Rare earth aluminate sintered compact and method for producing rare earth aluminate sintered compact
A rare earth aluminate sintered compact including rare earth aluminate phosphor crystalline phases and voids, wherein an absolute maximum length of 90% or more by number of rare earth aluminate phosphor crystalline phases is in a range from 0.4 μm to 1.3 μm, and an absolute maximum length of 90% or more by number of voids is in a range from 0.1 μm to 1.2 μm.
US11897809B2
Electronic devices including a textured component such as a cover member positioned over one or more components of the electronic device. Different surface regions of the textured component may be textured differently in order to provide optical contrast. For example, differently textured surface regions may differ in gloss, translucency, or both. In some cases the cover member defines a protruding feature and a surface region of the protruding feature is textured differently than an adjacent surface region.
US11897808B2
A glass composition includes: greater than or equal to 24 mol % and less than or equal to 60 mol % SiO2; greater than or equal to 23 mol % and less than or equal to 35 mol % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 3.5 mol % and less than or equal to 35 mol % B2O3; greater than 0 mol % and less than or equal to 20 mol % Li2O; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 10 mol % Na2O; and greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 3 mol % K2O. The sum of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O (i.e., R2O) in the glass composition may be greater than or equal to 12 mol % and less than or equal to 20 mol %.
US11897792B2
A reverse osmosis water system including a housing, a reverse osmosis cartridge, an unfiltered waterline, and a blend waterline. The housing includes an inlet and an outlet. A medial waterline transports pretreated water to the reverse osmosis cartridge. An unfiltered waterline includes a flow restrictor. A blend waterline transports a blended water mixture to the outlet. The blended waterline receives filtered water at a first flowrate from the medial waterline and unfiltered water at a second flowrate downstream of the flow restrictor. The flow restrictor provides the second flowrate at a substantially equal rate to the first flowrate.
US11897790B2
Provided is a method for producing ultrapure water to supply, to a use point, ultrapure water obtained by treating raw material water for ultrapure water production in an ultrapure water production apparatus, wherein the raw material water for ultrapure water production contains at least one or more elements selected from B, As, Al, Ti, Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, Sn, V, Ga, and Pb, and wherein an ion exchanger-filled module filled with at least a monolithic organic porous anion exchanger is installed in a treatment path of the ultrapure water production apparatus or in a transfer path from the ultrapure water production apparatus to the use point, and water to be treated is passed through the ion exchanger-filled module for treatment.
US11897788B2
A water filter system that includes a base that receives water from a faucet, where the base includes a bottom support and a vertical support transversely extending from the bottom support. The vertical support includes a visual light display having visual indicators that indicate different parameters of the filter system. A filter cartridge is seated in the base, and defines a first chamber having at least one filter element, and a second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber. An enhancement cartridge is removably inserted in the second chamber of the filter cartridge and includes an enhancement material for adding minerals to the water. A cover having an opening is configured to slidingly engage the vertical support of the base so that the visual light display is positioned within the opening of the cover and visible to a user.
US11897779B2
It relates to a microporous aluminotitanosilicate crystalline zeolite, method of preparation and applications thereof. It extends to a catalytic hydroxylation, by reaction of a compound of formula (I) with H2O2 in the presence of a catalyst comprising the zeolite.
US11897773B2
A carbide-coated carbon material including a base material containing carbon as a main component and chlorine, and a carbide layer containing a carbide as a main component and chlorine, the carbide layer being disposed on the base material. The base material has, near an interface between the base material and the carbide layer, a base material buffer region where a chlorine concentration continuously changes in a direction toward the carbide layer. The carbide layer has, near the interface between the base material and the carbide layer, a carbide layer buffer region where the chlorine concentration continuously changes in a direction toward the base material. The carbide-coated carbon material has sufficient adhesion strength in the interface between the carbide layer and the base material containing carbon as a main component.
US11897772B2
The present disclosure provides a simple and inexpensive method to produce reduced Graphene oxide (rGO). The method comprises conversion of low-cost carbon sources such as coal tar pitch (industrial by-product) into a high quality rGO wherein said conversion is carried out by annealing the carbon source at two different temperatures. The rGO is obtained at high yields by employing the present method and the obtained rGO demonstrates high conductivity and good surface area along with very low oxygen content.
US11897764B2
Methods, kits, cartridges, and compounds related to generating chlorine dioxide by exposing ClO2− to at least one of an iron porphyrin catalyst or an iron porphyrazine catalyst are described.
US11897763B2
A semiconductor package that contains an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) die and a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) die. The MEMS die and the ASIC die are coupled to a substrate that includes an opening that extends through the substrate and is in fluid communication with an air cavity positioned between and separating the MEMS die from the substrate. The opening exposes the air cavity to an external environment and, following this, the air cavity exposes a MEMS element of the MEMS die to the external environment. The air cavity separating the MEMS die from the substrate is formed with a method of manufacturing that utilizes a thermally decomposable die attach material.
US11897758B2
An electrical contacting between a surrounding wiring and a conductor region. The conductor region is situated in a conductor layer above an SOI wafer or SOI chip. A cover layer is situated above the conductor layer and below the surrounding wiring. The cover layer has a contacting region. The contacting region is insulated from the rest of the cover layer by a first configuration of recesses. An opening is formed at least in the contacting region. A metallic material is situated in the opening. The metallic material connects the surrounding wiring and the conductor region.
US11897753B2
A dispenser for discharging beverage can comprise a cock configured to control discharge of the beverage; a lever connected to a rotary shaft of the cock; a rotary valve connected to the rotary shaft and defining a rotary interspace configured to rotate together with the rotary shaft; and a fixed valve fixed to a cock body of the cock and defining a fixed hole configured to not move even when the rotary shaft is rotated; wherein the dispenser is configured to discharge the beverage when the lever is rotated to overlap a position of the rotary interspace and the fixed hole; and wherein the cock is configured to fix the fixed valve at one of a first position and a second position, the second position being different from the first position.
US11897750B2
Provided is a system (1) for autonomous filling of a container (5), comprising: a fluid dispenser (9); a distance (11); a plurality of electromagnetic radiation emitters (2) and receivers (3); a user interface (6) configured to receive a desired percentage of the height of the container (5) to be filled with liquid; and a controller electronically connected to the distance sensor (11), the plurality of emitters (2) and receivers (3), the user interface (6) and the fluid dispenser (9).
US11897727B2
Provided is an elevator control device capable of calling attention to contact between a user and an autonomous moving body in an elevator shared by the user and the autonomous moving body. The elevator control device includes an elevator notification control unit configured to causes, based on a call for an elevator from an autonomous moving body, equipment provided in a hall of the elevator of a floor on which the autonomous moving body is present or equipment provided in a car of the elevator to provide notification of information indicating that the autonomous moving body boards or disembarks from the car.
US11897725B2
A braking system for an elevator includes an electromagnetic brake operably connected to an elevator car, and a control circuit operably connected to the electromagnetic brake. The control circuit includes a switching mechanism configured to selectively modify a rate of engagement of the electromagnetic brake to selectively modify a rate of deceleration of the elevator car. The switching mechanism has a first position, a second position and a third position, to selectively modify the rate of engagement.
US11897722B2
According to an embodiment, a sheet conveying device detects double feeding of sheets by an ultrasonic wave oscillator and an ultrasonic waves receiver provided across a conveying path of the sheets. The sheet conveying device calibrates a threshold voltage on the basis of an offset voltage of an amplifier circuit when the receiver has not received ultrasonic waves.
US11897720B2
A filament spool dry box includes a shell, a dehumidifier and a sleeve component. The shell includes a hanging structure configured to allow a bracket to be disposed in for hanging the shell. The dehumidifier is disposed inside the shell. The sleeve component is rotatably disposed inside the shell and configured to allow a filament to be disposed on. A central axis of the hanging structure is offset from and above a central axis of the sleeve component. The filament spool dry box can isolate the filament from an external environment outside the shell and remove moisture from an internal environment inside the shell by the dehumidifier. Therefore, the filament spool dry box can prevent the filament inside the shell from absorbing moisture. Furthermore, the filament spool dry box can replace disposable spools in the prior art and be energy saving and environmental protecting.
US11897716B2
A self-contained no-feed-roll computer controlled corrugated board or paperboard sheet feeder apparatus 200 is configured to upgrade an installed corrugated board processing machine (e.g., 10) and includes a feed table surface 210 for boards (e.g., 2) having drive wheels (222W, 224W, 226W) in an initial variable velocity zone 220 which drives the board in a first motion profile through a first vacuum zone, and a second velocity zone 230 which then drives the board in a second motion profile through a second vacuum zone Retrofittable sheet feeder 200 also includes a controller 300 configured to receive predetermined velocity signals from the host machine 10 and generate (i) a first initial variable velocity control signal for initial variable velocity zone 220 and (ii) a second velocity control signal for second velocity zone 230 in response.
US11897706B2
A robotic line kitting system is disclosed. Data indicating for each of a plurality of operating zones comprising a workspace with which the robotic line kitting system is associated a corresponding safety state information is stored. The data is used to dynamically schedule and perform tasks associated with a higher level objective, including by operating the one or more robotic instrumentalities in one or more operating zones, if any, indicated by the data to currently be available to perform tasks using the one or more robotic instrumentalities and by not operating the one or more robotic instrumentalities in one or more operating zones, if any, indicated by the data to not currently be available to perform tasks using the one or more robotic instrumentalities.
US11897701B2
An automated packing system, which may include a transfer station is described. In an example implementation, system may include an item-consolidation area that receives items, a carton receiving area that receives a carton, and a structure that holds the item-consolidation area vertically higher than the carton-receiving area. The system may also include a passage between the item-consolidation area and the carton-receiving area. The passage that may allow the items to pass from the item-consolidation area and the carton in the carton-receiving area. The system may include an actuation mechanism that controls movement of the items between the item-consolidation area and the carton-receiving area.
US11897694B2
A storage system includes a rack with a plurality of layers, each layer including an aisle and a plurality of rows extending from the aisle defining storage locations for items. A shuttle usable with the rack includes a first cart movable along the aisle and a second cart configured to be carriable by the first cart and to be movable along a row. The second cart is configured to carry an item between the first cart and the storage locations. A conveyor is located on one of the first or second carts to move the item onto or off the first cart. Related methods of storing and/or retrieving items from a rack are also disclosed. A rack system is disclosed and is readily assembled without welding, transferring loading so that the weight of the rack and any item stored therein is supported by the upright elements via support brackets.
US11897686B2
A cartridge system comprising a carrier reel, distal and proximal take-up reels, a main guide post adapted to engage the main guide support, a first strip guide post, a second strip guide post, and a packaging strip. The packaging strip comprises first and second strip portions detachably secured to define a plurality of item chambers. At least one item is enclosed within each of the item chambers. The carrier reel is adapted to store the packaging strip. The distal take-up reel is operatively connected to the first strip portion. The proximal take-up reel is operatively connected to the second strip portion. Rotation of the distal and proximal take-up reels unwinds the packaging strip from the carrier reel such that the first strip portion is wound onto the distal take-up reel, and the second strip portion is wound onto the proximal take-up reel.
US11897684B2
A retaining member for use with a vacuum-insulated vessel is described. The retaining member may include a body and a deformable member. The deformable member may have a first layer and a second layer extending from the first layer to a resilient end of the second layer. The resilient end of the second layer may define an opening of the second layer and the opening of the second layer may be aligned with a first aperture of the body and a second aperture of the body, to receive and securely hold a bottle such as a wine bottle within the opening, the first aperture, and the second aperture. The second layer may be resiliently flexible between a first position and a second position of a peripheral edge of the resilient end, to receive and retain bottles having various sizes.
US11897681B2
A separating layer for the transport of pharmaceutical secondary packagings and to a transport system for transporting pharmaceutical secondary packagings which comprises the separating layer are provided. The separating layer is a polymer layer having a planar section extending in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis and an elevation extending normal to the longitudinal axis. The separating layer has in the axial direction a normal spring force that is 0.2 to 5 N.
US11897678B2
The paper recyclable heat sealable bag includes a heat sealable water soluble inner layer coating and an article of paper. The heat sealable coating is applied to the article of paper by a printing press. As the printing press applies the heat sealable coating to the article of paper, the paper recyclable heat sealable bag may be wound into a master roll with a plurality of paper recyclable heat sealable bags. The master roll is fed into an automatic packaging system which fills the bags with a product from at least one of a top edge and a side edge of the paper recyclable heat sealable bags. The paper recyclable heat sealable bag has certain perforations to remove the paper recyclable heat sealable bag more easily from the master roll and sealed with a heat sealer.
US11897677B2
The present invention discloses a strap system for securing a payload. The strap system includes a first fastener having a connecting crosspiece, a reversing crosspiece, and a hanger capable of attaching to the payload. The strap system also includes a strap attached to the connecting crosspiece of the first fastener and capable of passing around the reversing crosspiece and tightening the strap around the payload.
US11897676B2
A portable, resealable storage container and a method for manufacture are provided. The container includes a body having a bottom opposite an opening, and sidewalls attached to the bottom, wherein the body defines a storage cavity. A top having an attachment band and a flap operable to connect to and disconnect from the attachment band covers the opening of the body when connected to the body. A ridge is disposed along an outer surface of the sidewalls and is configured to provide a seat for the attachment band of the top. A mating surface disposed at an upper end of the sidewalls above the ridge and is operable to contact the attachment band of the top. When the top is positioned to sit atop the ridge, the attachment band is in substantially continuous contact with the mating surface. The top is securely fastened to the body.
US11897671B2
A flat-shaped composite material is represented and described for manufacturing a package, including: a polymer outer layer, a polymer inner layer, a fibrous support layer, which is arranged between the polymer outer layer and the polymer inner layer. The flat-shaped composite material has a plurality of fold lines, which are arranged and designed such that a closed package can be manufactured by folding the flat-shaped composite material along the fold lines and by connecting seam surfaces of the flat-shaped composite material and a sleeve surface. The sleeve surface includes a front surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, a first rear surface and a second rear surface, and base surfaces. The base surfaces include triangular base surfaces, quadrangular base surfaces, and gable surfaces. The gable surfaces include triangular gable surfaces and quadrangular gable surfaces. The base surfaces and the gable surfaces are arranged on opposite sides of the sleeve surface. In order to enable the manufacture of packages with even more complex geometries without impairing the rigidity of the package, it is proposed that the sleeve surface has at least one stress-relief surface, which is arranged between the front surface and one of the two side surfaces. A package sleeve made of a composite material and a package manufactured from the composite material or from the package sleeve are also represented and described.
US11897667B2
An emergency response containment vessel includes a sealing barrel and a carrier module for carrying and moving the sealing barrel. The sealing barrel includes a barrel body, a cover module, and a plurality of fastening modules. The barrel body includes a bottom wall and a surrounding wall connected to and surrounding the bottom wall, and has an opening opposite to the bottom wall. The cover module includes a cover pivotably connected to the surrounding wall, removably covering the opening, and formed with a plurality of notches. The fastening modules are connected to the surrounding wall and correspond in position respectively to the notches, and each including a stem removably disposed in and extending through a corresponding one of the notches and an abutment head movably connected to the stem and operable to move relative to and abut against the cover to press the cover on the surrounding wall when the cover covers the opening.
US11897666B2
A package includes a first side, a second side and a hinge. As the first side and the second side pivot around the hinge, the first side and the second side make transition between a closed state and an opened state. The first side includes a first fitting portion in a projecting shape, a rigid portion provided in a partial section on a line that goes around the first fitting portion, and a first weak portion provided in a remaining section on the line that goes around the first fitting portion and being lower in rigidity than the rigid portion. The second side includes a second fitting portion in a recessed shape and fitted to the first fitting portion in the closed state and a second weak portion provided on a line that goes around the second fitting portion and being lower in rigidity than the rigid portion.
US11897660B2
A woven laminated plastic bag having an easy open feature is provided. The easy open feature is generally defined by a weakened portion in the bag. In various aspects the bag can be fabricated from a woven polyethylene layer which can be laminated with a polyethylene film layer, can form a pinch bottom bag, and can have one or both sides include graphics and/or printing. The bag can also provide a top end and/or a bottom end either or both of which provide a discrete area which may contain discrete graphics and/or printing.
US11897659B2
A container assembly includes a container having a neck, a cap removably coupled to the neck, and a spout disposed in the neck. The cap includes an upper cap portion and a skirt configured to be received on a rim of the neck. The skirt includes a skirt sidewall and a skirt flange extending radially between a sidewall of the upper cap and the skirt sidewall. The spout includes a central duct extending through an opening of the neck and defining a pouring passage in communication with an interior of the container. The spout includes an outer sidewall extending around the central duct. The spout includes a seal ring disposed on an upper end of the outer sidewall of the spout. A bottom surface of the skirt flange is inclined downward in a direction toward the neck of the container at an angle between about 1° and about 10°.
US11897658B2
A storage trunk including a container, a lid, a latch and a seal is provided. The container can include an upper surface, a plurality of sidewalls, and a bottom surface. The lid can include a top section and a lip disposed adjacent to the top section. The lip can include a latch receiving section having a lock receiving section. The lid can be removably secured to the container. The latch can be connected to the container. The seal can be disposed adjacent to the lip of the lid. In certain embodiments, the storage trunk can include a tie-down element, a handle, and/or a wheel.
US11897654B2
Apparatus for the manual or machine production of a tube-like packaging material and packing station
An apparatus for the manual or machine production of a tube-like packaging material from a paper supply unit, such as a paper strip wound up to a roll, includes a roll longitudinal axis and forming an inner hollow space, or a paper strip folded to a Leporello stack defining an upper side, from which the paper strip is drawable for forming the packaging material. A guiding chute has an opening for ejecting the packaging material from a paper supply unit arranged in an ejection position. The guiding chute has an inner contour narrowing in an ejection direction towards an opening. A receiving arrangement, such as a tube magazine, encompasses at least one paper supply unit at least partly circumferentially with paper supply units arranged sequentially behind each other, wherein the apparatus having a movable transport, such as a slide, for displacing at least the at least one paper supply unit in the ejection direction.
US11897653B2
An applicator assembly (100) for closing a sample container (500) with a plug (16) is proposed. The applicator assembly comprises a magazine (102) configured to store a string (10) comprising polymer-based material, an insertion device (104) configured to insert an end piece (12) of the string at least partly into an opening (502) of the sample container (500), and a drive system (106) configured to supply at least a part of the string (10) from the magazine (102) to the insertion device (104). The applicator assembly further comprises a separator (108) configured to separate the end piece (12) from the string, such that the end piece (12) forms a plug (16) closing the sample container (500).
US11897648B2
The present invention belongs to the technical field of food processing, and in particular, relates to an adaptive quantitative sub-packaging method for fried rice with multiple side dishes in a central kitchen and an apparatus therefor. The present invention mainly includes self-construction of a key side dish recognition model, self-evaluation of the key side dish recognition model, adaptive quantification of batch fried rice, and the apparatus matched with the three-step operation.
US11897627B2
Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein describe a data verification of electrical electric components and software systems electronically or mechanically coupled to the electric aircraft by a novel process which starts an electric aircraft and receives physical and software information for each aircraft component or system and determines the status of the health of each of those components or systems. An embodiment may further include a monitoring system configured to measure a plurality of data from each aircraft component and a flight controller communicatively coupled to the monitoring system, wherein the data verification can be performed by the flight controller. Further embodiments may include the flight controller generating an output datum from the assessment produced by the data verification and displaying it to a pilot via an output device.
US11897625B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving data related to a first flight risk factor and a second flight risk factor where the first and second risk factors include one of: a proficiency risk factor, an equipment risk factor, an environmental risk factor, or a performance risk factor. Applying a first weighting to the first flight risk factor to generate a first weighted flight risk factor, and applying a second weighting to the second flight risk factor to generate a second weighted flight risk factor. Assessing a flight risk level for a flight based on the first weighted flight risk factor and the second weighted flight risk factor. Providing data indicating the assessed flight risk level for the flight for display to a user.
US11897621B2
A device that detects deployment of a parachute. The device is configured to be operatively connected to the parachute, such as through a container that holds the parachute. The device includes a cable with one or more connectors. The device also includes a controller that monitors a status of the cable. The cable is operatively connected to the container such as through a line. The container opens during deployment of the parachute. This opening causes one or more of the connectors to disengage thus causing an open circuit in the cable that is detected by the controller.
US11897616B2
A galley cart system employs a dry ice compartment and a refrigeration compartment in a galley cart in flow communication with the dry ice compartment. A ventilation system is in interruptible flow communication with at least the refrigeration compartment and configured to receive gas discharged from at least the refrigeration compartment.
US11897613B2
A wing for an aircraft, comprising a main wing and a slat assembly with a slat and a connection assembly with a slat track. The front end of the slat track is mounted to the slat, and the rear end and/or the intermediate portion of the slat track are mounted to the main wing by a roller or slide bearing. The slat track is movable along the track longitudinal axis. The connection assembly includes a drive unit. The drive unit includes a rotary actuator mounted to the main wing and having at least one drive arm rotatably driven about a rotation axis and drivingly engaging the slat track, and one of the drive arm and the slat track has at least one groove and the other one of the drive arm and the slat track comprises at least one spigot drivingly engaging the groove.
US11897611B2
Distributed trailing edge actuation systems and methods for aircraft are described herein. An example aircraft includes a wing, a flap coupled to the wing, the flap movable between a stowed position and a deployed position, and a distributed trailing edge (DTE) actuation system including a flap actuator coupled to the wing to move the flap. The flap actuator includes an integrated hydraulic powered actuator and electric powered actuator. The flap actuator is operable in a hydraulic powered mode in which the hydraulic powered actuator is activated to move the flap, an electric powered mode in which the electric powered actuator is activated to move the flap, and a hybrid mode in which the hydraulic powered actuator and the electric powered actuator are activated simultaneously to move the flap.
US11897595B2
An aircraft line or harness fastening system with a clamp attaching the line or harness to the aircraft. A bobbin within the clamp surrounds the line or harness, wherein the bobbin is smaller than the clamp and is circular in shape to enable rotation of the bobbin within the clamp. The bobbin includes two separate complementary parts that fit together around the line or harness. Each of the two separate complementary parts include a tab and a recess, wherein the tab of one of the complementary parts fits into the recess on the other of the complementary parts.
US11897592B1
A propeller pitch adjustment assembly is provided with a base hub operatively connected by blade shafts to propeller blades in which each blade rotates about an axis of each shaft. Each blade shaft is radially disposed about a propeller drive shaft and parallel to a pressure flange of a base hub spring plate. The spring plate counterforces the blade rotation with a lever screw that impacts the plate. An opposing spring transfers a load to the plate. The equilibrium position of the plate is determined by the spring force on the lever and a counteracting force exerted on the lever by a lift force generated by fluid flow over a propeller blade. A capping mechanism can provide a preload to the spring. A force exerted by the lift of the blade on the lever screw results in a blade pitch change.
US11897591B2
A marine propulsion system includes an engine effectuating rotation of an output shaft, a battery, an alternator having a rotor driven into rotation by the output shaft and that is configured to generate a charge output to the battery, a battery state of charge sensor configured to measure a battery charge value of the battery, and a control system. This control system is configured to receive a demand value and/or a temperature, receive the battery charge value from the battery state of charge sensor; and control the alternator to adjust the charge output based on at least one of the battery charge value and the demand value and/or temperature.
US11897574B1
An operating device comprises a base member, a first switch unit, and a first coupling structure. The first switch unit includes a first base and a first operating member. The first coupling structure couples the base member and the first base such that the first base is adjustable relative to the base member in a first direction and is adjustable relative to the first coupling structure in a first additional direction different from the first direction. The first coupling structure includes a first intermediate member and a first fastener. The first intermediate member is at least partially provided between the base member and the first base to guide the first base relative to the base member in at least one of the first direction and the first additional direction.
US11897572B2
A safety handle designed to be fitted onto a tubular element of an item of mobile equipment, comprises at least one signaling means. The handle further comprises a radio frequency communication module and an electronic circuit for controlling the communication module by a signal of a change in direction.
US11897567B2
Generally, this disclosure enables various mounting interfaces, devices therewith, accessories therefor, and methods of manufacture and use thereof. In particular, these mounting interfaces include a latch configured to engage with a detent of an accessory (e.g., a smartphone, a dedicated navigation device, a storage container, a drinking bottle) in order to (a) allow the accessory to be easily mounted thereon and unmounted therefrom and (b) hold the accessory sufficiently securely when the accessory is mounted thereon.
US11897565B2
Various systems and methods associated with protecting a rider of an electric bicycle from hazards while riding their bicycle are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods enhance the safety of the rider in response current detected conditions surrounding the rider, such as conditions associated with the route or path traveled by the rider, other vehicles within the route or path traveled by the rider, potential hazards within the route or path traveled by the rider, environmental conditions through which the rider is traveling, and so on.
US11897562B2
A method for controlling a steering system of a vehicle during an autonomous steering development mode may include performing, by one or more computing devices, high-authority autonomous steering control of a steering system of the vehicle. The method may further include receiving, by the one or more computing devices, an input from at least one sensor of the steering system indicative of manual operation of the steering system by an operator of the vehicle. Additionally, the method may include transitioning, by the one or more computing devices, from the high-authority autonomous steering control to a low-authority autonomous steering control of the steering system for a predetermined time period in response to receiving the input from the at least one sensor.
US11897559B2
A steering control device for controlling drive of a motor that drives a steering mechanism according to an operation amount of a steering wheel, includes a first torque command controller that instructs the motor on motor torque according to the operation amount of the steering wheel, and a second torque command controller that instructs the motor on the motor torque according to the operation amount of the steering wheel in parallel with the first torque command controller. The second torque command controller suppresses a frequency region corresponding to disturbance added to the steering mechanism with respect to the operation amount of the steering wheel with a filter.
US11897556B2
The present invention reduces motor size in a steering device. To this end, this steering device (1) to be installed in a vehicle has: a power steering unit (12) positioned below the floor section (7) of the vehicle compartment (2); and a coaxial motor (20) which is provided directly above the power steering unit (12) and in a manner such that the output shaft thereof is coaxial with the input shaft of the power steering unit (12).
US11897550B2
A steering control device configured to control a steering device includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to calculate a torque command value which is a target value of the motor torque based on execution of angle control for adjusting a convertible angle which is able to be converted to a rotation angle of the motor to a target angle; calculate the motor control signal based on the torque command value; and change a control gain which is used for the angle control based on a change of a factor influencing a behavior of a vehicle in response to steering.
US11897544B2
Both weight reduction and impact resistance of a center pillar are satisfied while increase in cost is suppressed. A center pillar inner 20 is configured to include: an inner member 21 having an opening 21a to be a place where a retractor of a seat belt is mounted and a side sill mounting portion 21b to be a place where a side sill 30 is mounted; and a CFRP member 22 joined to a surface of the inner member 21, wherein the CFRP member 22 is provided at least between the opening 21a and the side sill mounting portion 21b.
US11897527B2
A system and method for automating workflow and performing root cause analysis for enforcement events is presented. The system can enable accurate detection of an enforcement event and identifies the root cause of such events. The system can provide a user with an interface to monitor the enforcement event by collecting a list of data characterizing the enforcement event, as well as analyze the data to evaluate what is the root cause of the enforcement event. The system can extract critical information from train system logs of the train using an extraction model to generate a window of activity providing an analysis model with a comprehensive scope to analyze the enforcement event. The system can give the user robust and accurate information of the root cause of the enforcement event.
US11897509B2
A computer-implemented method may include receiving, by a computing system on an autonomous vehicle, local weather data and routing data of the autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle including a sensor platform mounted on the autonomous vehicle. The method may include based on the local weather data and the routing data, predicting, by the computing system using a thermal model, a thermal loading and a temperature of a component(s) of a sensor platform at one or more future times, the thermal loading and the temperature being during an operation of the autonomous vehicle. The method may include sending an overheating warning to a controller of the autonomous vehicle based on a determination that the thermal loading or the temperature of the component(s) exceeds a threshold. The method may include reporting a degraded state of the autonomous vehicle to park prior to a predicted overheating of the component(s).
US11897508B2
Systems and methods are provided for navigating a host vehicle. At least one processing device may be programmed to receive an image representative of an environment of the host vehicle; determine a planned navigational action for the host vehicle; analyze the image to identify a target vehicle in the environment of the host vehicle; determine a next-state lateral distance between the host vehicle and the target vehicle that would result if the planned navigational action was taken; determine a lateral braking distance for the host vehicle and the target vehicle based on a maximum yaw rate capability, a maximum change in turn radius capability, and a current lateral speed of the host vehicle and the target vehicle; and implement the planned navigational action if the determined next-state distance is greater than a sum of the lateral braking distances for the host vehicle and the target vehicle.
US11897506B1
A vehicle may include an active ride comfort tuning system that reactively and/or proactively alters a parameter of a system of the autonomous vehicle to mitigate or avoid interruptions to ride smoothness. For example, the comfort tuning system may alter a parameter of a drive system, suspension, and/or a trajectory cost function. The comfort tuning system may alter the parameter based at least in part on detecting and/or receiving a comfort indication, determined based on sensor data, user input, or the like.
US11897505B2
This document discloses system, method, and computer program product embodiments for operating an autonomous vehicle (AV). For example, the method includes performing the following operations by a muxing tool when AV is deployed within a particular geographic area in a real-world environment: receiving perception data that is representative of at least one actual object which is perceived while AV is deployed within the particular geographic area in a real-world environment; receiving simulation data that represents a simulated object that could be perceived by AV in the real-world environment and that was generated using a simulation scenario which is selected from a plurality of simulation scenarios based on at least one of the particular geographic area in which AV is currently located and a current operational state of AV; and generating augmented perception data by combining the simulation data with the perception data.
US11897501B2
An assessment system for performance evaluation and updating of a PMUD of an ego-vehicle. The assessment system obtains world view data from a perception module configured to generate the world view data based on sensor data obtained from vehicle-mounted sensors; obtains other world view data generated by another perception module; forms a joint world view by matching the world view data the other world view data; and obtains perception data based on a perception model and sensor data obtained from one or more vehicle-mounted sensors. The assessment system further matches the perception data to the formed joint world view; evaluates the obtained perception data in reference to the joint world view to determine an estimation deviation in an identified match between the perceptive parameter of the perception data and a corresponding perceptive parameter in the joint world view; and updates parameters of the perception model based on the estimation deviation.
US11897498B2
A control method for a host vehicle (100), comprising a) acquiring a speed (Vx) of the host vehicle, a relative speed (Vr) and distance (Dr) between a preceding vehicle (200) and the host vehicle (100); b) calculating a perceived risk level (PRL) as a function of said speed Vx of the host vehicle, said relative speed Vr, said relative distance Dr, and at least one of variables Vx*Vr and Vx2; and c) controlling at least one vehicle device (32, 34, 36, 38) of the host vehicle as a function of the perceived risk level (PRL). A computer program, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and an automated driving system for implementing the above method.
US11897496B2
A determination unit that determines whether a driver of a vehicle is dozing or looking away based on a state of the driver, a smart contact lens worn on an eyeball of the driver, and a display control unit that causes the smart contact lens to display a warning when the determination unit determines that the driver is dozing or looking away are provided.
US11897495B2
According to the present disclosure, a drunk driving prevention system including: an alcohol detection unit configured to detect a driver's inebriation through the breath test device provided in a vehicle; a computation unit configured, when the driver is detected to be in a drunk state by the alcohol detection unit, to compute a driving-possible time at which the drunk state is resolved in the future so that driving is possible; and a notification unit configured to output the driving-possible time or whether or not driving is possible through an infotainment system of the vehicle or a driver's terminal is disclosed.
US11897483B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for determining vehicle driver distractions. More particularly, apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for determining distracted drivers associated with vehicle driving routes based on postures of vehicle occupants.
US11897478B2
Embodiments described herein provide a method for using one or more audio signals from one or more sensors to establish the presence and severity of precipitation at a particular location. Methods may include: receiving at least one first audio signal from a first audio sensor of a vehicle; extracting acoustical features including frequency and amplitude from the at least one first audio signal; receiving at least one second audio signal from a second audio sensor of the vehicle; extracting acoustical features including frequency and amplitude from the at least one second audio signal; processing the frequency and amplitude from the at least one first audio signal and the frequency and amplitude from the at least one second audio signal as inputs to an algorithm to generate an output from the algorithm; and determining, from the output of the algorithm, a precipitation condition and a confidence measure of the precipitation condition.
US11897477B2
A control device installed in a vehicle comprising an electronic control unit configured to: accept a plurality of first requests from a driving assistance system; arbitrate the first requests; calculate a second request that is a physical amount that differs from the first requests based on a result of arbitration in which the first requests are arbitrated; and distribute the second request to at least one of a plurality of actuator systems, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to, when there is the first request requesting a driving force exceeding a first driving force necessary for recovery from a fuel cut state, perform arbitration such that an actual driving force generated by the vehicle is no greater than the first driving force, until reaching a driving force lower limit realizable by a powertrain actuator included in the actuator system at a current gear ratio.
US11897476B1
Systems and methods for performing closed-in-bore diagnostics for a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, select operating conditions may be evaluated before closed-in-bore diagnostics may be initiated. In addition, charging of one or more batteries may be reduced to ensure that an engine throttle may operate with a small opening amount to evaluate the presence or absence of sludge in the engine throttle.
US11897469B2
A method and system for operating a vehicle's trailer reverse assist system is disclosed, including receiving vehicle sensor system data from one or more sensors supported by the vehicle. Based upon the received vehicle sensor data, a trailer pitch angle and a trailer roll angle of a coupled trailer are estimated relative to the vehicle. Surface unevenness of a surface traversed by the vehicle and the trailer is estimated, based upon the estimated trailer pitch angle and the estimated trailer roll angle. One or more parameters of the trailer reverse assist system or of the tow vehicle are adjusted based upon the estimated road surface variance. The trailer reverse assist system of the tow vehicle is subsequently operated using the adjusted one or more parameters.
US11897468B2
While operating a host vehicle in an area, a target vehicle is identified in a sub-area based on detecting a visual cue from the target vehicle. A future location of the target vehicle is predicted to intersect a path of the host vehicle. A stop position of the host vehicle is determined based on the future location of the target vehicle. At least one of the target vehicle is determined to have moved or the path of the host vehicle is updated. Then, the host vehicle is operated to the stop position or along the updated path.
US11897459B2
An avoidance route calculation part calculates an avoidance route for avoiding a collision between an own vehicle and an obstacle through a collision avoidance assist control (an automatic brake control and an automatic steering control). A post-avoidance route calculation part calculates a post-avoidance route. A post-avoidance route collision determination part determinates whether a secondary obstacle is present on the post-avoidance route. When the secondary obstacle is determined to be present, the automatic steering control is prohibited from being performed.
US11897449B2
A vehicle control system includes a transmission unit, first and second sources, as well as first, second, and third control units. The first control unit controls the transmission unit. The first source inputs energy to the transmission unit. The second source inputs energy to the transmission unit. The second control unit controls the first source. The third control unit controls the second source. The first control unit has a function of continuing an operation when a failure occurs. The second control unit and the third control unit have a common cause failure measure. The function mixes energy from different sources and transmits energy to the driving wheel.
US11897440B2
A controllable actuator unit (1) having an electronic connecting device (AN). The actuator device (1) is connectable to a drive axle of an electrically operated vehicle (2), such that a braking or locking effect for a rotary movement of the drive axle can be produced. The actuator device (1) is controllable by a control device (SE) via the electronic connecting device (AN).
US11897432B2
A rail assembly is strapped to a tailgate and allows utility attachments to be quick-connected to the rail without the need for tools to connect and disconnect the utility attachments. The rail length can be configured for small, mid, and full-size truck tailgates. Thus, a one package-fits-all design is provided. Example features of the rail assembly include a dual buckle plate, a lock tab, one-piece rail extensions, hex key for assembly, and a trimmable strap pad.
US11897426B2
A damper for a vehicle cargo panel includes an adaptor body that has an attachment surface and an engagement surface. A plurality of flexures outwardly extend from the engagement surface of the adaptor body and has a planar extension that is coupled to the engagement surface and a curved end. The plurality of flexures is operable between an extended condition and a compressed condition. A coupling member is disposed on the adaptor body and is configured to couple the adaptor body to said vehicle cargo panel.
US11897417B2
A system includes a coupler with a first arm and a second arm. The first and second arms configured to couple to a roll cage. A first end may include a first recessed portion and a first aperture. A third end may include a second recessed portion and a second aperture. The first and third ends may contact each other and be secured together via a first fastener that passes through the first aperture and the second aperture. Further, the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion may receive a second fastener therebetween that may receive a latch plate of a safety belt or safety harness to maintain it in an upward position.
US11897411B2
An occupant protection system for a vehicle may include an expandable curtain and/or an expandable bladder configured to be expanded from a stowed state to a deployed state. The system may also include a transverse ceiling trim panel and one or more side ceiling trim panels configured to be coupled to a ceiling of the vehicle, with the transverse ceiling trim panel extending substantially transversely with respect to the one or more side ceiling trim panels. Portions of the ceiling trim panels may be configured to deflect and allow expansion of the expandable curtain and/or the expandable bladder to the deployed state. The system may also include a deployment controller and one or more inflators configured to cause deployment of the expandable curtain at a first time and deployment of the expandable bladder at a second time after the first time.
US11897405B2
A collision prediction determination device of a subject vehicle includes: a surrounding area sensor (a camera/radar/lidar) configured to acquire surrounding area information which is information on an object present in a first monitor area including an area ahead of the subject vehicle in a traveling direction thereof; a proximity sensor (a sonar/pressure tube sensor) configured to acquire proximity information on proximity of the subject vehicle including information on a contact thereof with an object present in a second monitor area which is an area in a proximity of the subject vehicle; an interspace sensor (a sonar) configured to acquire interspace information which is information on an interspace between an in-vehicle component (a bulkhead/bumper beam) and a bumper member (a front bumper) disposed on the subject vehicle; and a collision prediction determination part configured to predict and determine a state of a collision of the subject vehicle with a vulnerable road user, including whether or not the collision has occurred, based on the surrounding area information, the interspace information, and the proximity information.
US11897398B2
A vehicular camera includes a lens holder, a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board. The first and second printed circuit boards are stacked and overlap one another. Circuitry disposed at the first printed circuit board is electrically connected with circuitry disposed at the second printed circuit board via board-to-board electrical connection. The circuitry disposed at the first printed circuit board includes an imaging sensor at a first side of the first printed circuit board. Thermally conductive material is disposed between the second printed circuit board and a second side of the first printed circuit board. The thermally conductive material is in thermally-conductive contact with the first and second printed circuit boards. The vehicular camera includes a rear housing, which includes an electrical connector portion. The electrical connector portion of the rear housing may include an electrical plug connector.
US11897387B2
A vehicle monitoring device includes a positioning device, a distance calculator, a first imaging device, a volume calculator, and a work calculator. The positioning device measures a position of a vehicle including a loading platform. The distance calculator calculates a movement distance of the vehicle based on the position of the vehicle measured by the positioning device. The first imaging device captures an image of a load mounted on the loading platform. The volume calculator calculates a volume of the load based on the image captured by the first imaging device. The work calculator calculates a work of the vehicle based on the movement distance and the volume of the load.
US11897379B2
A vehicle seat can be configured to provide support to a vehicle occupant in conditions when lateral acceleration is experienced. Shape memory material members can be operatively positioned with respect to a seat portion of the vehicle seat. The shape memory material members can be selectively activated by an activation input. When activated, the shape memory material members can engage a seat pan so as to cause the seat pan to tilt in a respective lateral direction. As a result, a seat cushion supported by the seat pan can also tilt in the respective lateral direction. The seat cushion can be tilted in a lateral direction that is opposite to the direction of the lateral acceleration. Thus, the effects of lateral acceleration felt by a seat occupant can be reduced. The shape memory material members can be selectively activated based on vehicle speed, steering angle, and/or lateral acceleration.
US11897371B2
The present invention relates to a seat frame with reduced weight due to not including a cushion side frame, the seat frame comprising: a pair of rails; a cushion frame which supports a cushion and has a closed cross-sectional shape; front links which connect the rails to the cushion frame on the front side; rear links which connect the rails to the cushion frame on the rear side; and connection brackets which connect the rear links to a seatback frame.
US11897360B2
An information processing device, an information processing method, and a program are proposed that make it possible to allow an autonomous moving body to make battery replacement more easily. The information processing device includes a controller. The controller couples, in a first region, a connection terminal to the autonomous moving body. The first region is provided for ejection of a first battery included in the autonomous moving body. The connection terminal is provided for power supply and included in a power supply apparatus disposed in the first region. The controller moves the autonomous moving body with the connection terminal coupled, from the first region to a second region in which a charged second battery is disposed.
US11897352B2
A method includes plugging a plug into a socket, wherein the plugging includes pushing the plug into the socket at least up to a point that a latch clicks into the plug and locks the plug in place. Pressing down on a lever that rotates around an axis causes the lever to be pushed down. This results in the latch moving away from the plug and unlocking the plug from the socket, to thereby allow the plug to be separated from the socket.
US11897350B2
A materials handling vehicle including a vehicle-side charging contact assembly coupled to a battery, a steerable drive wheel defining a drive wheel track width W, and a pair of load wheels defining a load wheel gap G between the pair of load wheels that is larger than the drive wheel track width W. A charging station includes a pair of floor-side charging contacts configured to transfer charging current to the vehicle-side charging contact assembly. The pair of floor-side charging contacts define an inner contact spacing S1 that is larger than the drive wheel track width W, and an outer contact spacing S2 that is larger than the inner contact spacing S1 and smaller than the load wheel gap G to permit passage of the steerable drive wheel between the floor-side charging contacts, followed by passage of the pair of load wheels outside of the floor-side charging contacts.
US11897349B2
A system includes a first hitch provided on a first vehicle and configured to connect to a second hitch provided on a second vehicle. The system includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising instructions that are executable by the processor. The instructions include determining whether the first hitch is connected to the second hitch. The instructions include performing a charging control operation based on the determination of whether the first hitch is connected to the second hitch.
US11897342B2
An electronic control apparatus includes a first controller that is activated upon being fed with electric power through a first electric power feeding path, and a second controller that is fed with electric power through a second electric power feeding path. In the first electric power feeding path, there is provided a power supply switch that is turned on when a switch command is a connection command and turned off when the switch command is a cutoff command. The first controller transmits a state signal indicating whether it is in an activated state or a stopped state. The second controller diagnoses the power supply switch as being abnormal on condition that the state signal indicates the stopped state of the first controller when the switch command is the connection command or the state signal indicates the activated state of the first controller when the switch command is the cutoff command.
US11897336B2
A bodywork panel (13,28) for a vehicle such as a racing car (1,2) or a racing motor cycle (27) is fitted with one or more optically clear panels (16), which are profiled to follow the aerodynamic form of the bodywork panel (13,28). A flexible reflective display screen (17), for examples based on e-paper, is mounted to an inner face of each optically clear panel (16) such that an image on the display screen (17) is visible outside the vehicle through the optically clear panel (16). A paint finish on the bodywork panel (13,28) continues over a peripheral region of each optically clear panel (16), concealing a join between it and the bodywork panel (13,28). Images displayed on the display screens (17) via a display controller (25) can thus appear like painted graphics on the bodywork panel (13,28), except that they may be changed as desired. Thus, graphics on the vehicle, such as advertising and sponsorship logos, can be changed at will during a race. Leathers (30,40) worn by racing motor cyclists can be fitted with similar display screens (17) mounted behind optically clear flexible plastic panels (42) sewn to the leathers (30,40).
US11897332B2
A wheelie suppressing control unit includes: a first determiner that determines whether a vehicle is in a traveling state satisfying a first condition representing a wheelie state; a second determiner that determines whether the vehicle is in a traveling state satisfying a second condition representing a pre-wheelie state which is a state preceding the wheelie state; and a controller that controls the vehicle based on an operation input. If the first determiner determines that the first condition is satisfied, the controller executes first control that reduces the output of a drive source of the vehicle. If the first determiner determines that the first condition is not satisfied and the second determiner determines that the second condition is satisfied, the controller executes second control that restricts a rate of change of the output with respect to the operation input provided to an operation member.
US11897328B2
A vehicle electric drive apparatus is provided with a single hydraulic pump and left-side and right-side drive units. The left-side drive unit includes a left-side electric motor and a left-side transmission mechanism. The right-side drive unit includes a right-side electric motor and a right-side transmission mechanism. One of rotary shafts of the left-side transmission mechanism and one of rotary shafts of the right-side transmission mechanism constitute a pair of pump-drive rotary shafts. The single hydraulic pump is connected to the pair of pump-drive rotary shafts through respective one-way clutches, and is to be driven by one of the pump-drive rotary shafts that is rotated at a speed higher than the other of the pump-drive rotary shafts, so as to output a hydraulic pressure.
US11897324B2
A dual reservoir fuel tank, wherein the fuel tank comprises a main fuel reservoir having an inner wall and an outer wall that define a main reservoir chamber, and an auxiliary fuel reservoir connected to a bottom of the main fuel reservoir. The dual reservoir fuel tank additionally includes a fuel retention lip structured and operable to retain fuel within the auxiliary reservoir chamber when the dual reservoir fuel tank is disposed at an angle.
US11897321B2
A recreational vehicle with side by side seating has or can receive an overhead tubular framework with an accessory rail removably attached to an overhead cross member of the tubular framework. The accessory rail providing an anchor for a forward edge of a soft top with the soft top wrapping around the overhead cross member and extending rearwardly and being supported by and secured to the tubular framework. The soft top covering the side by side seating region. The accessory rail having three functional portions positioned circumferentially about an axis of the rail. A first functional portion providing the fixed anchor for the forward edge of the soft top, another functional portion providing interface and attachment features for connecting the rail to the overhead cross member, and another functional portion providing accessory mounting with variable positioning and attachment of an array of accessories above and forward of the side by side seating region.
US11897319B2
A vehicle door frame includes a pillar, a frame molding, and a welded part. The pillar has a first abutting surface and a first outer surface. The upper frame has a second abutting surface and a second outer surface. The frame molding extends along the upper frame to cover an outside of the upper frame in the lateral direction of a vehicle, and has an inner surface facing the first outer surface and the second outer surface with a gap. The welded part is located at a boundary between the first outer surface and the second outer surface, extends along the first abutting surface and the second abutting surface, faces the inner surface, and bonds the pillar and the upper frame together.
US11897314B2
Embodiments relate to a method, computer program and system for improving a user experience. The computer-implemented method for improving a user experience inside a vehicle comprises determining an environmental context inside the vehicle, wherein the environmental context is assigned a plurality of actions, which influences the environmental context. Further, the method comprises choosing at least one action of the plurality of actions for improving the user experience.
US11897309B2
A vehicle heat management system includes a refrigerant circuit, a battery temperature regulation circuit, and an electric part cooling circuit. The refrigerant circuit circulates a refrigerant to regulate a temperature inside a passenger compartment through the refrigerant circuit. The battery temperature regulation circuit regulates a temperature of a battery by introducing a liquid that exchanges heat with the refrigerant to the battery. The electric part cooling circuit circulates a liquid cooled by a radiator circulates through the electric part cooling circuit, and is capable of cooling a first and second pieces for driving a vehicle. In a first mode, the liquid cooled by the radiator cools the first piece of equipment, the refrigerant of the refrigerant circuit cools the second piece of equipment, and the liquid which has exchanged heat with the refrigerant is introduced in parallel to the battery and the second piece of equipment.
US11897299B2
Mounting bracket assemblies including a base bracket and a clamp. The base bracket includes a base bracket wall with a base wall portion having a first surface portion and a second surface portion. The base bracket is positioned along an existing jounce bumper mount of a vehicle with the first surface portion engaging a distal edge of the jounce bumper mount. The clamp is the base bracket and extends peripherally along a side wall portion of the jounce bumper mount in abutting engagement with an outer peripheral surface portion thereof and coextensively therewith. Suspension systems, mounting bracket kits and methods of assembling a mounting bracket assembly are also included.
US11897289B2
In a pneumatic tire, a tread comprises a plurality of main grooves including a first main groove that extends in straight fashion in a tire circumferential direction, and at least one first recess that is recessed toward a first side in a tire axial direction from the first main groove and that is arranged at a portion in the tire circumferential direction of the first main groove, and the at least one first recess comprises a first recess side face that is planar and that extends toward an interior in a tire radial direction from the tread surface, and a first recess bottom that is planar and that extends toward the first side in the tire axial direction from the first main groove so as to intersect the first recess side face.
US11897283B2
Sealing device for a bearing unit, having a stationary part, in turn provided with a first metal screen formed by an annular shaped portion and by a cylindrical portion radially external with respect to the annular shaped portion, with an elastomer coating, co-moulded on the first screen, having an annular shaped portion and a cylindrical portion, and with a contacting lip, radially internal, forming part of the elastomer coating and axially external with respect to the annular shaped portion, and a rotating part provided with a second metal screen on which the contacting lip makes sliding contact, where the elastomer coating is provided with a lip, non-contacting and radially internal with respect to the cylindrical portion and at least one first radial labyrinth seal (Gr) is formed by a radially outer wing of the second screen and by the lip of the elastomer coating which faces the aforementioned wing.
US11897273B2
A print device includes a head unit holding a heat sink, a head holding member holding the head unit, a platen roller, a support shaft supporting the head holding member to pivot between a close position and a separated position, an urging member, and an adjustment mechanism including an adjustment shaft and an eccentric cam. The separated position is a position where the print head is separated from the platen roller than the close position. The urging member urges the head unit and applies a pressing load pressing the print head against the platen roller. The eccentric cam rotates around the adjustment shaft and coming into contact with the head holding member in a state of being offset with respect to the adjustment shaft. The adjustment mechanism adjusts a position of heating elements of the heat sink with respect to the platen roller by rotating of the eccentric cam.
US11897265B2
There is provided a cleaning liquid usable for cleaning of an ink-jet recording apparatus, the cleaning liquid including: a first water-soluble organic solvent, a vapor pressure at 20° C. of the first water-soluble organic solvent being not less than 7 Pa; a second water-soluble organic solvent, a vapor pressure at 20° C. of the second water-soluble organic solvent being not more than 1 Pa; a nonionic surfactant; and water. The cleaning liquid satisfies the following conditions (1) to (3): Condition (1): 10≤A+B≤60; Condition (2): A/B≥1; Condition (3): (A+B)/C≥10. In the conditions (1) to (3), A: a content amount (% by mass) of the first water-soluble organic solvent, B: a content amount (% by mass) of the second water-soluble organic solvent, and C: a content amount (% by mass) of the nonionic surfactant.
US11897260B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head, and a drive signal output unit that outputs a drive signal. The head unit includes a first rigid substrate, and a first connector to which the drive signal is input, the drive signal output unit includes a second rigid substrate, and a second connector from which the drive signal is output, the first connector includes a first fixing portion fixed to the first rigid substrate, and a first terminal, the second connector includes a second fixing portion fixed to the second rigid substrate, and a second terminal, the first connector has a receptacle shape, the second connector has a plug shape, and the first rigid substrate and the second rigid substrate are electrically coupled by fitting the first connector and the second connector so that the first terminal and the second terminal are in direct contact with each other.
US11897252B2
In some examples, an ink feed system for providing and feeding printing ink to an inking unit of an intaglio printing unit includes an inking device in the inking unit for inking a first inking unit cylinder. A provision device includes a storage receptacle with an ink reservoir of printing ink that is fed via an outlet and a line to the inking device. Furthermore, a wall of the storage receptacle encompassing the outlet can be heated and/or a metering device may be provided in the line path to support and/or effectuate delivery of the printing ink from the storage receptacle. On an output side, the metering device may provide a mass flow or volume flow that correlates with a working speed of the metering device via a defined relationship, and the metering device may be connected to a control device to control the working speed of the metering device.
US11897251B2
In some examples, a sheet-fed printing press includes a dryer for drying sheets printed by a non-impact printing device. A cooling unit is directly downstream from the dryer in the transport direction, and includes a cooling module above a conveying plane. The cooling module uses air as a cooling medium, and may include a blower module with blower nozzles that blow the cooling medium onto the surface of the sheets being cooled. The blower module forms, with a guide surface, a gap with respect to the surface of the sheet being cooled. The guide surface of the blower module is arranged at a height above the surface of the sheet being cooled so that the cross-section of an outer annular gap, through the cooling medium exits, is smaller than or almost equal to a sum cross-section across all opening surfaces of the blower nozzles in the guide surface.
US11897240B2
A laminating device and a laminating method are disclosed. The laminating device is used for laminating a flexible panel together with a curved cover plate. The curved cover plate is provided with a central area and an edge bending area located in a first direction in the central area. The laminating device comprises a movable mechanism, which is arranged opposite the curved cover plate in a second direction and comprises: a first movable base table and a second movable base table, which are arranged opposite each other in the first direction; and an elastic supporting member, which is provided with an elastic supporting portion, the elastic supporting portion covering parts of the first movable base table station and the second movable base table station that are close to the curved cover plate, and being used for fixing the flexible panel.
US11897239B2
A lamination device includes: an elastic lamination seat, including a deformation bearing portion, the deformation bearing portion including a bearing surface for bearing a to-be-laminated flexible display panel, and the bearing surface being configured as a curved surface protruding towards the cover plate; an auxiliary bearing film, configured to pre-bend and fix the to-be-laminated flexible display panel onto the bearing surface when the elastic lamination seat is in a natural state; and a driving mechanism, connected to the elastic lamination seat and configured to drive the elastic lamination seat to move towards or away from the cover plate, wherein when the driving mechanism drives the elastic lamination seat to move towards the cover plate, the elastic lamination seat is squeezed to produce elastic deformation and the bearing surface gradually laminates the flexible display panel onto the cover plate from the middle to two sides.
US11897235B2
A window module including a window, a first print layer, an ink layer, and a protective layer covering the ink layer. The protective layer includes a polymer resin polymerized from monomers including a first monomer which is an acrylic monomer substituted with a hydroxy group, a second monomer having an epoxy group, and at least one of a third monomer having a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or a fourth monomer which is an acrylic monomer having a substituted or unsubstituted bicyclic alkyl group, and thus, has excellent durability, chemical resistance, and abrasion resistance.
US11897233B2
A method of manufacturing a glass resin laminated body includes a step of sticking a glass film on a resin film via an adhesive layer while holding the glass film and the resin film between a first roller that presses against the resin film and a second roller that is disposed opposite to the first roller and that presses against the glass film. A ratio of an elastic modulus P1 of a surface layer of the first roller to an elastic modulus P2 of the resin film P1/P2 satisfies a relation of 3×10−3≤P1/P2≤1.0.
US11897216B2
Methods for controlling curing apparatuses for tyre production, wherein the curing apparatuses are adapted to work on green tyres to obtain corresponding finished tyres by acquiring, through a processing unit, initial parameters describing at least one of the shape and dimensions of the finished tyres. The processing unit computes first parameters describing the green tyres, the first parameters having at least one parameter representative of an axial height of the green tyres; second parameters describing the curing apparatuses, the second parameters having one or more parameters representative of dimensions of the curing apparatuses; and third parameters as a function of the first parameters and the second parameters, the third parameters having one or more parameters representative of positions taken by movable members included in the curing apparatuses. The processing unit generates signals for controlling the movable members of the curing apparatuses.
US11897214B2
A method of manufacturing an optical lens including at least one electronic component. The method includes providing a mechanical reference system on an optical lens blank, the optical lens blank being configured to be processed to form the optical lens, providing edging data configured to be used to edge the optical lens blank to form the optical lens, and embedding the at least one electronic component in the optical lens based on edging data and on the mechanical reference system.
US11897209B2
A composite forming apparatus includes an end effector, a forming feature that is coupled to the end effector, and a heating element that is coupled to the forming feature to heat the forming feature. The end effector moves the forming feature relative to a composite ply to form the composite ply over a forming tool or over a prior formed composite ply. The forming feature heats the composite ply via conduction.
US11897202B2
A method for 3D printing a patient-specific bone implant having variable density, in various aspects, comprises: (1) providing a thermoplastic polymer composition comprising: (A) between about 20% and about 50% bioactive agent by weight; (B) between about 0.5% and about 10% chemical foaming agent by weight; and (C) balance structural polymer by weight; (2) receiving, by computing hardware, a scan of a bone, the scan comprising at least a 3D image of the bone and radiodensity data for the bone; and (3) causing, by the computing hardware, a 3D printer to form the patient-specific bone implant from the 3D image using the thermoplastic polymer by modifying a 3D printing temperature of the 3D printer during printing of the patient-specific bone implant such that each portion of the patient-specific bone implant is produced at a temperature that corresponds to a desired density defined by the radiodensity data for the bone.
US11897201B2
A method for making a rapid prototype of a patient's mouth to be used in the design and fabrication of a dental prosthesis. The method takes an impression of a mouth including a first installation site having a dental implant installed in the first installation site and a gingival healing abutment having at least one informational marker attached to the dental implant. A stone model is prepared based on the impression, including teeth models and model markers indicative of the at least one informational marker. The model is scanned. Scan data is generated from the scanning. The scan data is transferred to a CAD program. A three-dimensional model of the installation site is created in the CAD program. The at least one informational marker is determined to gather information for manufacturing the rapid prototype. Rapid prototype dimensional information is developed. The rapid prototype dimensional information is transferred to a rapid prototyping machine which fabricate a rapid prototype of the patient's dentition as well as a dental implant analog position.
US11897199B2
According to some aspects, a method is provided of removing debris from a liquid photopolymer in an additive fabrication device. According to some embodiments, a mesh of solid material may be formed in an additive fabrication device from a liquid photopolymer, and particles of debris present in the liquid photopolymer may adhere to the mesh. The debris may thereby be removed from the liquid photopolymer by removing the mesh from the additive fabrication device. The mesh may then be discarded.
US11897198B2
A method of separating excess resin from at least one object, includes: (a) stereolithographically producing at least one object on at least one carrier platform, each carrier platform having a planar build surface to which at least one object is connected, each object carrying excess resin on a surface thereof; then (b) mounting each carrier platform to a rotor; (c) centrifugally separating excess resin from each object by spinning the rotor with each carrier platform connected thereto while each object remains connected to each carrier platform; and then (d) removing each carrier platform from the rotor with each object thereon, with excess resin separated therefrom.
US11897197B2
A three-dimensional printer for generating a printed component, includes a build substrate defining a surface that supports the printed component and a heated nozzle including a nozzle body. The heated nozzle is configured to deposit a build material upon either the build substrate or the printed component. The three-dimensional printer also includes a heated plate including one or more heating elements and a main body that defines an opening for receiving the nozzle body of the heated nozzle. The one or more heating elements are configured to heat at least a portion of the heated plate to a predefined temperature, where a volume of hot air is created between the heated plate and the printed component when the heated plate is heated to the predefined temperature.
US11897194B2
A process for additive manufacturing of a thermoset resin fiber reinforced composite comprises depositing a fiber material along a path having a direction; heating the fiber material using a heater to generate a moving thermal gradient in the fiber material trailing the heater relative to the path direction; and dispensing a thermosetting polymer material on the heated fiber material at a trailing distance the from the heater along the path. The thermosetting polymer dynamically wicks into the fiber material along the thermal gradient in the path direction.
US11897193B2
An example of a build material slurry includes metallic particles having an individual particle size up to 20 μm, from about 0.01 wt % up to 1 wt % of a water-soluble binder, based on a weight of the metallic particles, and water. The build material slurry is a ready-to-use three-dimensional (3D) printing build material.
US11897191B2
A method and apparatus for forming a radius filler. A lattice is formed of connecting elongate members having a three-dimensional shape of the radius filler. A resin is placed within the lattice.
US11897190B2
A continuous additive fabrication system comprises a bath of photopolymer resin and a light source assembly having a light source and a motorized variable aperture. The light source assembly is operable to generate a focus point in the bath of photopolymer resin, the shape of the focus point at a curing plane within the bath of photopolymer resin corresponding to the shape of the motorized variable aperture. The continuous additive fabrication system further comprises a platform configured to support a build object and a drive mechanism (coupled to at least one of the platform and the light source assembly) configured to continuously move the curing plane through the bath of photopolymer resin. A size and/or shape of the motorized variable aperture is changed while the curing plane in continuously moved through the bath of photopolymer resin.
US11897177B2
A method of manufacturing a structural beam comprising an elongate base part comprising a polymer. The base part has a length, a width and a height. The beam also comprises an elongate reinforcement part comprising a strip comprising a unidirectional polymer, bonded to the base part at an outer surface of the base part and extending in the length direction along the length of the base part. The strip has a higher Young's modulus than the base part. The method also relates to a beam and to a building comprising such a beam.
US11897169B2
A process for producing particles of a thermoplastic polymer in spherical form involves providing at least one thermoplastic polymer in a molten state and providing an aqueous solution of at least one surface-active substance. The aqueous solution is in a temperature range from 100 to 300° C. The process also involves dispersing the thermoplastic polymer in the aqueous solution to obtain an aqueous solution containing dispersed thermoplastic polymer, which is cooled down to a temperature below the solidification point of the thermoplastic polymer to obtain a suspension containing an aqueous solution and particles of the thermoplastic polymer suspended in a solid state and in spherical form. The particles can be separated from the suspension and, optionally, dried. The particles obtained from the process have a particle size distribution having a d[4,3] value of more than 10 μm and a d90.3 value of more than 20 μm.
US11897168B2
The invention relates to a mixing device comprising at least one supply opening for at least one liquid and comprising at least one additional supply opening for at least one liquid curing or crosslinking agent. The liquid and/or the liquid curing or crosslinking agent is/are mixed with a gas. The mixing device also comprises a discharge opening for discharging a mixture, which can be produced in the mixing device, of the at least one liquid and the at least one liquid curing or crosslinking agent. A pressure holding device is provided for holding a specifiable pressure which is higher than the pressure at which the gas in the mixing device is foamed.
US11897167B2
A mixer vehicle includes a mixer drum, a first acceleration sensor, a second acceleration sensor, and a controller. The first acceleration sensor is configured to produce first acceleration signals and the second acceleration sensor is configured to measure accelerations within the mixer drum to produce second acceleration signals. The controller is configured to receive the first acceleration signals from the first acceleration sensor and second acceleration signals from the second acceleration sensor. The controller is further configured to determine a presence of material within the mixer drum based on the first acceleration signals and the second acceleration signals. The controller is further configured to determine one or more properties of the material within the mixer drum based on the first acceleration signals and the second acceleration signals.
US11897166B2
A method for compacting ceramic powder; a layer of uncompacted ceramic powder is conveyed to a pressure device, which has a structured contact surface and comes into contact with the powder material so as to obtain a layer of compacted powder material having a structured surface; the pressure device comprises a first layer and a superficial layer arranged on the first layer; at least part of the superficial layer wears so as to uncover at least part of the first layer and obtain at least areas of the first outwardly exposed layer the areas of the first outwardly exposed layer are hardened by means of irradiation with UV radiations.
US11897156B2
Method of manufacturing a substrate with a cut thermal film comprises obtaining an input digital image of a design to be transferred to the substrate; storing the input image in memory; rendering design elements of the design as a single output image; based upon a bleed size value, a maximum number of negative areas, a maximum number of positive areas, and attribute values: resizing the image to include a border for bleed; filling transparent areas of the image with the substrate attribute values; creating a cutting path; creating a mask image; inverting the mask image; modifying the mask image to adjust fill areas around details, to limit negative areas to be less than the maximum number of negative areas, and to limit positive areas to be less than the maximum number of positive areas; creating cutting path data in memory as a vector path outlining the mask image.
US11897153B2
A shaving razor. A first and second blade assembly each have a cutting edge oriented to shave in the same direction. The first and second blade assemblies are each displaceable along a respective first and second path substantially parallel to their cutting edge. First and second linkages couple together a first ends and second ends respectively of the first and second blade assembly. The linkages are configured such that a displacement of the first blade assembly in a first direction along the first path causes a displacement of the second blade assembly in an opposite direction along the second path. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US11897144B2
A lab system accesses a first protocol for performance by a first robot in a first lab. The first protocol includes a set of steps, each associated with an operation, reagent, and equipment. For each of one or more steps, the lab system modifies the step by: (1) identifying one or more replacement operations that achieve an equivalent or substantially similar result as a performance of the operation, (2) identifying replacement equipment that operates substantially similarly to the equipment, and/or (3) identifying one or more replacement reagents that, when substituted for the reagent, do not substantially affect the performance of the step. The lab system generates a modified protocol by replacing one or more of the set of steps with the modified steps. The lab system selects a second lab including a second and configures the second robot to perform the modified protocol in the second lab.
US11897126B2
A module (200) for connecting a mobile robot (110) to associated equipment (400) is provided, as well as to a device (700, 800) for connecting equipment to a docking station (900, 1000). The module (200) has a housing (210) defining the exterior of said module (200). The module (200) comprises a plurality of locking members (220a, 220b, 220c, 220d) each being moveable between an idle position, in which the locking member (220a, 220b, 220c, 220d) is arranged fully within said housing (210), and a projecting position, in which at least a part of the locking member (220a, 220b, 220c, 220d) is extending outside the housing (210).
US11897113B2
A power tool (1) is disclosed comprising a tool (3), a power source (5) arranged to power the tool (3), a throttle lever (7), a circuit board (9), and a human machine interface (10) comprising components (15, 17, 19) arranged on the circuit board (9). The power tool (1) further comprises a magnet (11) operably connected to the throttle lever (7), and a sensor arrangement (13) configured to sense the intensity of the magnetic field of the magnet (11). The sensor arrangement (13) is arranged on the circuit board (9).
US11897098B2
An automatic installation machine, which is connectable to a tool so as to install a wire thread insert in a thread bore, includes a drive unit providing movement between a first and a second rotation direction, a setting spindle in rotation coupling with the drive unit so that during a transmission of a rotation movement from the drive unit, the setting spindle is displaceable in longitudinal direction independent of the rotation movement. A first pneumatic cylinder has a movable piston oriented parallel to the longitudinal direction of the setting spindle and coupled with an offset with the setting spindle so that the setting spindle is axially displaceable by the pneumatic cylinder. An actuating mandrel is arranged within the setting spindle and is driven rotation free, and the installation machine includes a tool chuck via which the tool for installing the insert is connectable with the setting spindle.
US11897095B2
A rotary power tool includes a main housing and a transmission housing coupled to the main housing. The transmission housing includes a bearing pocket open to a front of the transmission housing and defined at least partially by a radially inward-extending flange. The rotary power tool also includes an output shaft and a bearing positioned within the bearing pocket adjacent and in abutting relationship with the radially inward-extending flange for rotatably supporting the output shaft in the transmission housing. The rotary power tool also includes a radially outward-extending flange on the output shaft that radially overlaps at least a portion of the bearing on an opposite side of the bearing as the radially inward-extending flange. A line of action of an axial reaction force applied to the output shaft is directed to the transmission housing via the radially outwardly-extending flange, the bearing, and the radially inward-extending flange.
US11897084B2
Apparatus, assemblies, and/or systems related to material removal are disclosed, such as saws, grinders, polishers, and/or more general material preparation and/or testing machines, for example. A material removal system may include a material removal machine that is configured to move via a material removal assembly. The material removal machine also includes a material removal tool configured to spin on a spindle at the urging of a tool actuator. The tool actuator is integrated into the material removal machine, such that the tool actuator moves along with the material removal machine.
US11897081B2
Provided are a polishing method that can be commonly applied to different types of silicon substrates varying in resistivity as well as a polishing composition set used in the polishing method. The silicon substrate polishing method provided by this invention comprises supplying a first polishing slurry S1 and a second polishing slurry S2 to a silicon substrate to be polished, switching them in this order midway through polishing the silicon substrate. The first polishing slurry S1 comprises an abrasive A1 and a water-soluble polymer P1. The polishing removal rate of the first polishing slurry S1 is higher than that of the second polishing slurry S2.
US11897075B2
An apparatus for adjusting a knife edge offset in a cutter toolhead having a cutter toolhead frame. The apparatus including a knife moveably coupled to the toolhead, an actuated arm moveably attached to the cutter toolhead frame, a computer controller for controlling the movement of the knife and actuated arm, an abrasive sharpener moveably attached to the actuated arm and adapted to contact the knife, and a sensor adapted to determine a distance between the cutter toolhead frame and the actuated arm. The computer controller of the apparatus is further capable of adjusting the movement of the knife and the actuated arm as a function of the distance determined by the sensor.
US11897072B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for operating a main shaft of a machine tool, the apparatus including: an input unit configured to transmit power for operating the main shaft; an output unit disposed in parallel with the input unit and configured to operate the main shaft with the power from the input unit; and a transmission unit disposed in parallel with the input unit and the output unit so as to be capable of rectilinearly reciprocating between the input unit and the output unit and configured to transmit the power from the input unit to the output unit, wherein the main shaft is capable of operating in a high-speed mode, a low-speed mode, or a C-axis mode in accordance with the rectilinear reciprocation of the transmission unit.
US11897070B1
A method and apparatus to provide a machining table in which an article can be secured to the table. The table provides a plurality of clamp blocks which can be placed on the table in custom positions. The orientation of the clamp blocks can also be adjusted by adjustments bolts so that the desired angle of the article can be maintained before machining it. As such, a round article (e.g., a pipe) can be secured through the clamp blocks so that the article can be machined. The table would secure the article such that even a lot of force or pressure on the article would not cause the article to move.
US11897067B2
A hard-wired measurement device is mountable within an enclosure of a computer-controlled machine tool. The device includes a measurement sensor for measuring objects, such as tools, within the machine tool enclosure and a hard-wired interface module for providing an electrical connection via one or more wires with an associated external interface located outside of the machine tool enclosure. The device further includes a wireless communications module that enables wireless communication with an associated wireless device, such as a spindle probe, located within the machine tool enclosure.
US11897060B2
A robotic electric arc welding system includes a welding torch, a welding robot configured to manipulate the welding torch during a welding operation, a robot controller operatively connected to the welding robot to control weaving movements of the welding torch along a weld seam and at a weave frequency and weave period, and a welding power supply operatively connected to the welding torch to control a welding waveform, and operatively connected to the robot controller for communication therewith. The welding power supply is configured to sample a plurality of weld parameters during a sampling period of the welding operation and form an analysis packet, and process the analysis packet to generate a weld quality score, wherein the welding power supply obtains the weave frequency or the weave period and automatically adjusts the sampling period for forming the analysis packet based on the weave frequency or the weave period.
US11897059B2
A welding-type system includes a welding torch comprising a contact tip to provide an electrode wire. A secondary contact in electrical contact with the electrode wire, the secondary contact located along a length of the electrode wire and before the contact tip. Each of the contact tip and the secondary contact are connected to a welding-type power source. A current limiting device coupling located between the welding-type power source and the secondary contact and configured to limit a current at the secondary contact.
US11897054B2
Embodiments relate to laser welding methods, monitoring methods, and monitoring systems for a secondary battery. A laser welding method for a secondary battery includes performing laser welding on a positive electrode base having a thin-film shape in which a plurality of positive electrode base tabs are formed at a side, a negative electrode base having a thin-film shape in which a plurality of negative electrode base tabs are formed at a side, and a thin-film multi-tab to be joined to each of the positive electrode base and the negative electrode base, a welded portion in which the multi-tab is welded with the positive electrode base and the negative electrode base being melting-joined by using a laser such that a plurality of welding spots is formed on the welded portion.
US11897050B1
A method for joining dissimilar metals according to the embodiment is a method for butt-joining, using frictional heat, a first member having a plate shape and containing first metal and a second member having a plate shape and containing second metal having a melting point higher than that of the first metal. The method for joining dissimilar metals includes: overlapping an end portion of the second member on an end portion of the first member; and pressurizing the second member toward the first member by bringing a rotating joining tool having a protruding portion at a tip end into contact with an overlapping portion of the second member with the first member. When the second member is pressurized toward the first member, the tip end of the rotating joining tool is not in contact with the first member.
US11897032B2
An apparatus includes a wall that defines a shaft, a powder platform configured to support a powder bed within the shaft and configured to move through the shaft, and a sealing device that is in a compressed state from an outer perimeter of the sealing device to an inner perimeter of the sealing device such that the outer perimeter contacts the wall and the inner perimeter contacts the powder platform to form a seal between the powder platform and the wall. Another apparatus includes a wall that defines a shaft, a powder platform configured to support a powder bed within the shaft and configured to move through the shaft, and a sealing device comprising a non-fibrous material that is affixed to the powder platform and extends away from the powder platform, the sealing device contacting the wall to form a seal between the powder platform and the wall.
US11897027B2
The cross-sectional shape of a flow passage 31 is circular in a first portion 3; the shape of a flow passage 51 is a flat shape in a second portion 5; in a connecting portion 4, the shape of a flow passage 41 is a shape continuously connecting the flow passage 31 of the first portion 3 and the flow passage 51 of the second portion 5; an opening 52 is provided on the distal end side of the second portion 5 and extends along a plane direction of the flat shape; and assuming that a maximum value of a cross-sectional area of the flow passage 31 in the first portion 3 is given by S1, that a maximum value of a cross-sectional area of the flow passage 51 in the second portion 5 is given by S2, and that a minimum value of a cross-sectional area of the flow passage 31 within a range of 20% of a length L1 of the first portion 3 from a boundary portion 42 between the first portion 3 and the connecting portion 4 toward the upstream side is given by S3, S2 is greater than S1, the ratio S1/S3 between S1 and S3 is 1.10 or more and 2.00 or less, and the ratio S2/S3 between S2 and S3 is 1.20 or more and 2.50 or less.
US11897023B2
A device for producing a metal mesh reinforcement that includes joining a plurality of long profiles and a winding profile. The device includes a welding unit for welding a longitudinal profile to a winding profile and a feed unit for feeding a portion of the winding profile provided from a master to the welding unit. The feed unit includes a cutting arrangement for cutting a profile portion of the winding profile from the master. The cutting arrangement is arranged within a cutting zone of the device remote from the welding unit such that, after cutting of the winding profile, the end portion of the winding profile cut from the master is fed from the cutting zone to the welding unit and at least one further weld is made between the cut-off end portion of the winding profile and a longitudinal profile to produce the metal mesh reinforcement.
US11897015B2
A counterflow heat transfer system comprises a heat exchanger and a flow controller arranged to convey a first fluid through the heat exchanger in a first flow direction and a second fluid through the heat exchanger in a second counterflow direction. The heat exchanger comprises at least one first thermally conductive tube conveying the first fluid and at least one second thermally conductive tube conveying the second fluid. The first and second tubes are wound around one another and in contact with one another in an entwined tubular arrangement.
US11897014B2
The present disclosure provides a hot-press formed part comprising a plated steel sheet and an aluminum alloy plated layer formed on the plated steel sheet, wherein the aluminum alloy plated layer comprises: an alloying layer (I) formed on the plated steel sheet and containing, by weight %, 5-30% of Al; an alloying layer (II) formed on the alloying layer (I) and containing, by weight %, 30 to 60% of Al; an alloying layer (III) formed on the alloying layer (II) and containing, by weight %, 20-50% of Al and 5-20% of Si; and an alloying layer (IV) formed continuously or discontinuously on at least a part of the surface of the alloying layer (III), and containing 30-60% of Al, wherein the rate of the alloying layer (III) exposed on the outermost surface of the aluminum alloy plated layer is 10% or more.
US11897013B2
A technique for optimizing metal extrusion process parameters includes receiving values representing properties of an extrusion press machine, and calculating an estimated surface exit temperature of a metal work product resulting from an extrusion of a metal billet using the extrusion press machine based on the machine property values, an initial temperature of the metal billet prior to the extrusion, an extrusion force applied to the metal billet during the extrusion, and an extrusion speed of the metal work product. The estimated surface exit temperature of the metal work product is compared with a target hot shortness exit temperature of the metal work product. The initial temperature of the metal billet, the extrusion speed, and the extrusion force are changed based on the comparison until the estimated surface exit temperature equals the target hot shortness exit temperature.
US11897009B2
A substrate processing technique including a process of forming a liquid film on an upper surface of a substrate and excellently solidifying the liquid film is provided. A substrate processing method includes an atmosphere control step of supplying a drying gas to a front surface of a substrate on which a pattern has been formed and to which a liquid has adhered and making a dry atmosphere around the front surface of the substrate, a to-be-solidified liquid supplying step of supplying a to-be-solidified liquid to the front surface of the substrate, and a solidification step of forming a solidified mass by solidifying a liquid film of the to-be-solidified liquid. The atmosphere control step is started before the liquid film of the to-be-solidified liquid supplied to the front surface of the substrate in the to-be-solidified liquid supplying step is formed.
US11897003B2
An automated object sorting system is provided. In various embodiments, the automated object sorting system includes an automated object extraction assembly and an automated object collection assembly. The automated object extraction assembly extracts one or more objects from an object sorting tray based on one or more attributes and/or traits of interest. The automated collection assembly selectively deposits the extracted objects in selected collection receptacles according to the particular attributes and/or traits of each respective object.
US11897002B2
Particles are sterilized by application of a sterilizing agent such as UV light while singulated by forming them into a stream in at least one duct carried on a body rotating around an axis where the duct is shaped so that the particles are accelerated to cause the particles separated into the duct to be aligned one after another in a row in the duct. The parameter of the particles are measured in the aligned stream one after the other and the particles are directed into one of a plurality of paths as determined by the measurement. In one arrangement the body comprises a disk member having a front face facing a supply conduit and the duct lies in a radial plane of the disk member. In one arrangement the measurement of the parameter is carried out by one or more measurement devices either carried on the disk or outside the edge of the disk.
US11896990B2
An improved nozzle assembly for use with a sprinkler body. The nozzle assembly has a nozzle body having a nozzle insert bore and defining a fluid flow path through the nozzle assembly. A nozzle insert is positioned in the nozzle body and retained within the nozzle assembly. The nozzle insert is rotatable between operating positions. In some embodiments, a spring biased detent and detent notches index the nozzle insert at one of a series of operating positions. The nozzle insert is rotatable between the series of operational positions including the IN (or insertion) position, the RUN position, the OFF position, the FLUSH position, and the LINE FLUSH position. In an alternate embodiments the nozzle insert has detents on a circumference of the nozzle insert. A magnet is positioned in or attached to the nozzle insert. A second magnet is positioned in or attached to the body of the nozzle assembly. The detents are configured to align with detent notches in a faceplate of the nozzle assembly body. When the detents are aligned with the detent notches, the attractive force between the two magnets retains the nozzle insert in one of the operating positions in the nozzle insert bore.
US11896988B2
Disclosed within are various methods for adjusting height and rotation of a spray gun used in a line striper via a graphical user interface (GUI) in a control device.
US11896984B2
The present invention relates to a container for centrifugation. The container for centrifugation includes: a main body (100) including a first chamber (110) in which a material to be centrifuged is received, a second chamber (120) in which a suspended material centrifuged from the material in the first chamber (110) is decanted from the first chamber (110) and received and which is positioned on one side of the first chamber (110), and a coupling part (130) formed to surround the first chamber (110) and the outside of the upper end of the second chamber (120); and a cover (200) which covers an upper portion of the main body (100) and forms a fluid communication path (P) of the decanted suspended material between the first chamber (110) and the second chamber (120).
US11896974B2
A microfluidic device system includes a channel having an entrance and an exit, a height at the entrance being greater than a height at the exit. The height of the channel may decrease continuously from the height at the entrance to the height at the exit. Cells or particles or beads traveling through the channel become trapped based on their size and/or deformability. A visual sensor captures images of the trapped cells or particles or beads, and image software analyzes the captured images to provide size and/or deformability and/or fluorescence information. A method of fabricating such a microfluidic device includes introducing a glass wafer to an etching solution at a specific rate such that a first end of the glass wafer is etched longer than other portions of the glass wafer.
US11896967B2
The present disclosure is directed to a catalytic composite that comprises porous supported catalyst particles durably enmeshed in a porous fibrillated polymer membrane. The supported catalyst particles are composed of at least one metal or metal oxide catalyst dispersed on a porous support substrate. In some embodiments, the porous fibrillated polymer membrane is perforated or otherwise contains mechanically formed holes therein. The supported catalyst particles have a large particle population based, at least in part, a d90 value greater than 100 microns. The catalytic membrane composite may be used in filtration applications to remove air polluting substances such as Sox, NOx, dioxin/furan, CO, and others and convert them into non-polluting or less-polluting gas components. Additionally, the catalytic article may be in the form of a filter bag, a honeycomb, a monolith or any other suitable geometrically structured forms.
US11896961B1
The present invention combines the advantages of fabrication of semiconductor heterostructure (Ag3PO4—WO3) with plasmonic metals (Pt and Ag) with optical interference to optimize the visible light photo response of plasmonic metals deposited semiconductor (Pt—Ag/Ag3PO4—WO3) for visible light assisted H2 generation utilizing the aqueous bio-alcohols. Crystalline Ag3PO4 and WO3 nanofibers were synthesized by microwave and electrospinning methods. Three different WO3 nanofibers composition (5, 10 and 15 wt. %) were used to obtain Ag3PO4/WO3 nanocomposite heterostructures, which are effective visible light active photo catalysts. Further, a simple, enviro-friendly, and cost-effective biogenic synthesis method have been achieved using Salvia officinalis extract to decorate Pt and Ag metal nanoparticles on the surface of Ag3PO4—WO3 composites. Presence of bioactive agents in the extract are responsible for the Pt and Ag3PO4 reduction and for prevention of the Pt nanoparticles from aggregation in aqueous medium.
US11896959B2
To provide a catalyst capable of hydrotreating a hydrocarbon oil with high desulfurization activity. A hydrotreating catalyst for a hydrocarbon oil includes: an inorganic composite oxide carrier including alumina as a main component; and an active metal component supported on the carrier, the active metal component including, as active metal species, a first metal which is at least one of molybdenum and tungsten, and a second metal which is at least one of cobalt and nickel, the hydrotreating catalyst for having a Lewis acid amount and a Brönsted acid amount per unit surface area of 0.80 μmol/m2 or more and 0.03 μmol/m2 or less, respectively, as measured by pyridine desorption at 250° C. and a BET single-point method.
US11896953B2
Polymeric adsorbents useful for solid phase extraction (SPE) comprising a copolymer formed by copolymerizing at least one hydrophobic monomer including divinylbenzene and at least one hydrophilic monomer including acrylonitrile are provided. Also provided are SPE cartridges including a divinylbenzene-acrylonitrile hydrophilic-lipophilic balance adsorbent. Further provided are methods of using a divinylbenzene-acrylonitrile hydrophilic-lipophilic balance adsorbent in conventional and simplified SPE techniques.
US11896952B1
A method for making an adsorbent composite can include activating dried lemon peel pieces to obtain activated lemon peel pieces; pyrolyzing the activated lemon peel pieces to obtain activated lemon peel char; dissolving at least one polymer in an organic solvent to obtain a polymer solution; dispersing the activated lemon peel char in the polymer solution to obtain a mixture; extracting the organic solvent from the mixture to obtain a composite; and annealing the composite to provide the adsorbent composite.
US11896949B2
An adsorbent to be packed into a canister, at least containing activated carbon and an additive material that has a higher heat capacity than the activated carbon. The adsorbent has first pores derived from the activated carbon that are less than 100 nm and second pores derived from meltable cores that are 1 μm or more. The adsorbent is in the form of a hollow molded body having an outer diameter of more than 6 mm and not more than 50 mm and including a cylindrical wall and honeycomb walls each having a thickness of not less than 0.2 mm and not more than 1 mm. The adsorbent has a volumetric specific heat of 0.08 kcal/L·° C. or more. The ratio of the volume of the second pores to the volume of the first pores is not less than 10% and not more than 200%.
US11896946B2
A device and method for increasing solid holdup in a reaction crystallizer are disclosed. The device includes a discharge pipe, a clear liquid pipe, a clear liquid tank and a gas collecting pipe. A lower end of the discharge pipe is inserted into the crystallizer below the liquid level, while that of the clear liquid pipe is inserted into the clear liquid tank below the liquid level. By using the gas collecting pipe, the reaction crystallizer and the clear liquid tank are communicated all the time. When feeding, a liquid-solid mixture in the crystallizer automatically enters the discharge pipe and flows upward slowly therein, during which solid particles gradually settle down and automatically fall back into the crystallizer while the clear liquid keeps on flowing upward, enters the clear liquid pipe and thereby flows into the clear liquid tank. The clear liquid tank maintains a constant liquid level via overflowing.
US11896944B2
Fiducial markers are provided on patterned arrays of the type that may be used for molecular analysis, such as sequencing. The fiducials may have configurations that enhance their detection in image or detection data, that facilitate or improve processing, that provide encoding of useful information, and so forth. Examples of the fiducials may include an “always on” type that respond to multiple frequencies of radiation used during processing and detection so as to return signals during successive cycles of imaging.
US11896941B2
An insert assembly for a foam generating device includes a first insert and a second insert with a channel defined therethrough. Inserts may be formed by two shell halves that are coupleable to one another to define the channel. A plurality of ribs extends along an interior surface of the channel. Pad structures defined by porous media are provided in the channel and gripped by the plurality of ribs. The pads receive cleaning solution passing through the channel and cause foam to be generated by breaking-up the cleaning solution and agitating. The ribs may be arranged horizontally relative to a longitudinal axis of the insert assembly and retain the pads within the device. Inserts may be arranged in series along a longitudinal axis of the foam generating device with the pad structures arranged within the channel.
US11896938B2
Methods and systems for treating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation are provided. A method includes providing a nanogas dispersion comprising a plurality of stable gas-filled cavities dispersed within an electrochemically activated (“ECA”) aqueous solution, the ECA aqueous solution comprising an electrolyte and water; and introducing an effective amount of the nanogas dispersion into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation, wherein the plurality of stable gas-filled cavities of the nanogas dispersion enter into an interstitial space defined as between the hydrocarbon and the hydrocarbon-bearing formation thereby reducing interfacial tension between the hydrocarbon and the hydrocarbon-bearing formation. A system includes a pump configured to introduce the effective amount of the nanogas dispersion into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation; and a recovery device configured to collect the hydrocarbon from the hydrocarbon-bearing formation.
US11896934B2
Porous liquid-filtering membranes are provided having a boundary region substantially surrounding the pore region and having greater tear resistance than the pore region.
US11896930B2
The invention includes systems, methods, compositions, and processes for designing, manufacturing, and utilizing carbon dioxide-sequestering substrates that can fully or partially replace natural sand in coastal engineering applications. These engineered substrates can offset demand for scarce native sand resources, while also effecting the conversion of gaseous carbon dioxide to dissolved or solid-phase products thereby offsetting impacts of anthropogenic climate change.
US11896923B2
An air filter housing (200) for an air filter arrangement in a vehicle, the air filter housing being configured for receiving unfiltered air and outputting filtered air by passage of the air through an air filter unit (100). The air filter housing (200) forms a filter cavity (201) configured to house said air filter unit (100), and the air filter housing (200) comprises support member (300) being fixedly arranged in the filter cavity (201). The support member (300) comprises a filter holder portion (301) for holding said air filter unit (100) in a use position, in which use position the complete filter holder portion (301) is located inside said filter cavity (201).
US11896922B2
The invention provides a vacuum cleaner filter bag comprising a wall of an air-permeable material enclosing an interior and an inlet opening introduced into the wall, wherein the air-permeable material comprises at least one layer of a nonwoven fabric, which comprises powdery and/or fibrous recycled material from the production of textiles, in particular cotton textiles, wherein the at least one layer of the nonwoven fabric comprises powdery and/or fibrous recycled material having a density of 0.005 g/cm3 to 0.03 g/cm3, in particular of 0.007 g/cm3 to 0.02 g/cm3.
US11896916B2
A tummy time support for infants has a wedge-shaped support having a flat bottom surface, a top surface inclined at a first angle in a range of about 8° to about 20° relative to the bottom surface, a front side at the peak of the incline, a rear side at the base of the incline. In a top view thereof, the front side has two concave recesses positioned proximate shoulder positions of an infant and the rear side has a single elongate concave recess with a peak centered between the two concave recesses. Kits are disclosed that have of a mat having a first fastener and a first tummy time support having a second faster releasably mutable to the first fastener. The kit can include a toy support and a second tummy time support that is bigger or smaller than the first tummy time support.
US11896908B1
Systems and methods to combine permanent registry information and in-game activity information to determine release logistics, based on information recorded on permanent registries, are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage player accounts associated with the players; monitor a first set of in-game action instructions for a first set of in-game actions by the players; determine values for in-game action metrics based on the monitored first set of in-game action instructions; monitor recorded information on one or more permanent registries; determine values for registry metrics based on the monitored recorded information; determine one or more release parameters based on a combination of at least one value of an in-game action metric and at least one value of a registry metric.
US11896907B2
A multiplayer software “wrapper” is provided around a conventional single-player modality game. The wrapper allows multiple players, each with their own player device, to share a common multiplayer game session. The single player game is hosted on a game server and is coded to support only a single player device. The wrapper provides a multiplayer interface to the single-player game in a way that does not require any modification of the underlying game code or game server architecture. A centralized and automated gameplay system sits between, on the one hand, the multiple player devices and, on the other hand, the gameplay server hosting the single player. The gameplay system collects game instructions from multiple player devices and determines single-player inputs to the game based on the game instructions from the multiple player devices.
US11896900B2
A computer system and method for presenting windows in a dynamic menu are provided. The dynamic menu presents windows corresponding to an active application according to a first order, whereby windows are arranged based on recent interaction. The dynamic menu also presents windows corresponding to one or more inactive applications according to a second order, whereby windows are arranged based on relevance to a user of the computer system. The windows are presented in a first presentation state, and are expanded to a second presentation state or a third presentation state in response to user interaction. The third presentation state is reached via the second presentation state, thereby reducing latency and complexity of menu navigation.
US11896896B2
Methods and systems are provided for independent audio volume control. User input may be received in an audio setup configured for combined-audio, with the user input including one or both of a selection of a desired volume of a first type audio component of the combined-audio signal, and a selection of a desired volume of a second type audio component of the combined-audio signal. Based on the user input, a corresponding mix setting may be determined, with the mix setting including one or more control parameters for adaptively controlling mixing of the first type audio component and the second type audio component to generate the combined-audio signal. The mix setting may be determined based on a data set characterizing an audio device where at least portion of the mixing is performed. The data set may be pre-programmed and/or determined based on testing of the audio device.
US11896894B2
Examples are disclosed that relate to controlling of a handle controller in the technical field of virtual reality. In an example, the handle controller includes a handle body and a plurality of light-emitting units coupled to the surface of the handle body, and a method includes: acquiring tracking information obtained by tracking the handle controller in a first time period, wherein the tracking information includes: pose information, position information and acceleration; predicting the motion information of the handle controller in a second time period according to the tracking information, wherein the second time period is located after the first time period; and adjusting the parameter values of light-emitting parameters of the plurality of light-emitting units in the second time period according to the motion information.
US11896884B2
Systems and methods relating to evaluating the performance of a person playing basketball are described. The systems and methods can be used to provide an evaluation sequence that can determine and evaluate the performance level of a person at one or more basketball skills. The evaluation sequence for the person can include a first sequence of actions that are the same each person being evaluated for a particular skill and a second sequence of actions that is based on the results of the first sequence and may be different for each person. Once the first and second sequences have been completed by the person, the system can determine a performance level for the person for the skills being evaluated.
US11896882B2
A tracking system includes a host station and a sensor station. The sensor station includes transmitters transmitting an IR synchronous signal and IR laser signal. The system includes a head-mounted display and a tracked object, which has a plurality of object sensors. The tracked object determines its location and orientation relative to the sensor station based on the IR signals. The tracked object transmits the location and orientation to the host station. The host station determines an actual flight path of the tracked object during an object tracking event; generates a predicted flight path of the tracked object; and renders an image of a virtual object on a display of the head-mounted display. The image includes a virtual object corresponding to the tracked object, wherein the image is rendered in a VR environment such that the virtual object moves along the actual flight path and the predicted flight path.
US11896876B2
In one example, an airbag attachment unit (AAU) includes a body that defines an airbag compartment, an airbag disposed in the airbag compartment and configured to be selectively deployed from the airbag compartment, a closure mechanism configured to releasably close the airbag compartment, a tube at least partly disposed within the airbag compartment and connected to the airbag, and the tube having a quick-connect coupling mechanism configured to mate with a corresponding element of an airbag inflation system, and a portion of an attachment mechanism connected to the body and configured to releasably engage a corresponding portion of an attachment mechanism of an article of clothing such that the airbag attachment unit is detachably connectible to an exterior of the article of clothing.
US11896875B1
A torque measurement system and method for providing real time tracking and motor control for adjusting standard and dynamic torque-to-linear forces in an electromechanical motor. The system includes sensors for measuring data, load wedges affixed to a rotor, a slip bearing for measuring forward and reverse forces of the rotor section, a tracking measurement unit adapted to measure raw data, a wireless radio, an internal processor, and a tracking processing unit.
US11896872B2
A system and method for automatically trimming and reclassifying workout data is disclosed. The system receives data associated with a workout of a user from at least one sensor associated with the user, the workout being classified as a first type of workout. The system processes the data to identify at least one time interval during the workout that does not correspond to the first workout type. The system prompts the user to select whether to remove or reclassify a subset of the data that is associated with the identified time interval. If the user chooses to do so, the system removes or reclassifies the subset of the data that is associated with the identified time interval. The system generates and provides workout depictions using the data, at least one of which illustrates only the remaining data that was not removed or reclassified.
US11896871B2
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing, modifying, and/or outputting workout content.
US11896870B2
Provided herein are devices and methods for analysis and/or exercise of a body region of a subject. Such devices may include a guide arm supported by a support frame; a receiving surface supported by the guide arm, the receiving surface for receiving input force from the subject; and a motor assembly in communication with the guide arm, the motor assembly controlling movement of the receiving surface based on received input force. Exercise and/or analysis methods described herein may include steps of instructing the subject to apply an input force to a receiving surface; sensing the applied input force over time; and controlling movement of the receiving surface based on the received input force using a motor assembly, whereby the motor assembly moves the receiving surface in a pre-determined direction, so long as the input force remains within an allowable tolerance, until a pre-set end position is reached.
US11896865B2
A apparatus or system defined by a handheld exercise device that includes a weighted body; a handle arranged along a radial axis of the weighted body; and a connector that creates at least one connection between each radially distal end of the handle and a component of the weighted body. The handheld exercise device, in use, minimizes one or more peak forces and rotational inertia acting on a forearm of a user actively engaging the handheld exercise device in motion.
US11896853B2
Transrectal ultrasound probe for boiling histotripsy ablation of prostate are presented herein. In one embodiment, a method for a transrectal ultrasound treatment uses high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). The method includes: generating a boiling histotripsy (BH) therapy ultrasound by a therapy transducer in a frequency range of 1 MHz to 2.8 MHz and a surface intensity range of 10 W/cm2 to 80 W/cm2. The therapy transducer may be about 50 mm long and about 35 mm wide. The method also includes applying the therapy ultrasound by directing ultrasound pulses having ultrasound shock waves to a target tissue at a focal depth of 2.5 cm to 5.5 cm; generating at least one μm-scale vapor bubble at a target region; growing the at least one vapor bubble to at least one mm-scale bubble; and mechanically disintegrating a surrounding tissue by interactions between mm-scale bubbles and the ultrasound shock waves within a pulse.
US11896845B2
The effects of acute toxicity from a radiation procedure can be reduced without altering the radiation dose. Instead, a radiation procedure can be weighted to deliver certain amounts of radiation per day through temporal feathering. A target volume for a radiation procedure can be determined based on at least one image. The radiation procedure includes a total dose of radiation to be administered in a time period. An organ outside of the target volume at risk of acute toxicity from the radiation procedure can be determined based on the at least one image. A sequence plan that ensures the total dose of radiation is administered in the time period can be calculated. The sequence plan includes one day of a high fractional dose of radiation and four days of a low fractional dose of radiation. The sequence accomplishes temporal feathering of the radiation therapy procedure.
US11896844B2
Interstitial brachytherapy is a cancer treatment in which radioactive material is placed directly in the target tissue of the affected site using an afterloader. The accuracy of this placement is monitored in real time using a urinary catheter that locates the radioactive material according to the radiation levels measured by sensors in the walls of the urinary catheter. A scintillator that is embedded in the walls of the urinary catheter produces light when irradiated by the radioactive material. This light is proportional to the level of radiation at each location. The light produced by each scintillator is carried through optical fibers and then converted to an electrical signal that is proportional to the light and the radiation level at each location. The radioactive material is located according to the plurality of electrical signals. This location can be used as quality control feedback to the afterloader.
US11896830B2
Various embodiments of a hermetically-sealed package and a method of forming such package are disclosed. The package includes a housing that extends along a housing axis between a first end and a second end, where the housing includes first and second opaque portions and a transparent portion disposed between the first and second opaque portions. The first opaque portion is hermetically sealed to a first end of the transparent portion and the second opaque portion is hermetically sealed to a second end of the transparent portion. At least one of the first and second opaque portions is hermetically sealed to the transparent portion by a weld ring. The package further includes a power source disposed within the housing, and an inductive coil disposed at least partially within the transparent portion of the housing and electrically connected to the power source.
US11896828B2
Systems, devices, methods, and techniques are described for using evoked compound action potential (ECAP) signals to determine an implant location for a lead. An example method includes receiving first information representative of a first evoked compound action potential (ECAP) signal sensed in response to a first control stimulus delivered to a first location adjacent to a spinal cord of a patient. The method also includes receiving, second information representative of a second ECAP signal in response to a second control stimulus delivered to a second location adjacent to the spinal cord of the patient. Additionally, the method includes outputting a first indication of the first information representative of the first ECAP signal and a second indication of the second information representative of the second ECAP signal.
US11896827B2
An electrotherapeutic device for treating a visual disease using microcurrent stimulation is provided. The device includes a signal generator in which a waveform controller digitally controls a waveform signal source so as to generate a waveform in which one or more waveform parameters (e.g., pulse width, pulse period, pulse position, pulse coding, peak current amplitude, duty cycle, and/or pulse shape) are varied in accordance with a protocol for treating a visual disease. The device also includes an applicator connected to the signal generator and configured to apply the waveform to at least one stimulation point within an eye region.
US11896824B2
The present disclosure provides a method for a neuromodulation treatment of a low urinary tract dysfunction. The neuromodulation method comprises attaching at least one active electrode to at least one leg of the patient in the back of the knee area in an expected location of a peroneal nerve of the at least one leg. Attaching a grounding electrode to the patient's body. Generating electrical pulses by a pulse generator connected to the at least one active electrode and the grounding electrode. Controlling via a control unit a flow of the generated electrical pulses to the at least one active electrode and stimulating by the at least one active electrode the peroneal nerve of the at least one leg of the patient.
US11896816B2
An unattended approach can increase the reproducibility and safety of the treatment as the chance of over/under treating of a certain area is significantly decreased. On the other hand, unattended treatment of uneven or rugged areas can be challenging in terms of maintaining proper distance or contact with the treated tissue, mostly on areas which tend to differ from patient to patient (e.g. facial area). Delivering energy via a system of active elements embedded in a flexible pad adhesively attached to the skin offers a possible solution. The unattended approach may include delivering of multiple energies to enhance a visual appearance.
US11896815B2
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.
US11896805B2
A needle-free injector system includes a needle-free injector configured to deploy a dose of a treatment to a patient as an injection event, a gyroscope configured to monitor an orientation of the needle-free injector during the injection event, and a processor configured to perform steps of detecting that an actuator of the needle-free injector has deployed the dose in the injection event, monitoring a signal from the gyroscope during the injection event, determining an orientation of the needle-free injector during the injection event based on the signal from the gyroscope, determining whether the injection event was a treatment event including a successful delivery of the dose to the patient based on the orientation of the needle-free injector during the injection event, and transmitting information regarding the injection event to a server.
US11896804B2
An insertion device includes an upper casing, an insertion module and a lower casing. The insertion module is disposed in the upper casing, and includes a main body assembly, an insertion seat, a first elastic member, a retraction seat and a second elastic member. When the upper casing is depressed, the insertion seat is driven by the first elastic member to perform an automatic-insertion operation, such that limiting structure between the insertion seat and the retraction seat collapses upon the collapse of another limiting structure between the insertion seat and the main body assembly, and that the retraction seat is driven by the second elastic member to perform an automatic-retraction operation.
US11896798B2
Enteral feeding pump systems valves assemblies therefor and related fluid flow control methods. The system includes a disposable fluid delivery set with an integral peristaltic tube section and an enteral feeding pump. The system may also include a pinching mechanism for regulating the flow of nutrient formula or water out of the fluid delivery set. Also disclosed is a flow selector valve assembly for an enteral feeding pump system, the valve assembly including a tube adapter having two input flexible tubing channels and one output tubing channel and being configured to position the flexible tubing channels in relation with a receiver. The receiver has an eccentric bearing that is moveable between a first position in which neither of the input flexible tubing channels is compressed, and a second position in which the eccentric bearing compresses one of the input flexible tubing channels therein to prevent flow therethrough.
US11896793B2
A microsensor and method of manufacture for a microsensor, comprising an array of filaments, wherein each filament of the array of filaments comprises a substrate and a conductive layer coupled to the substrate and configured to facilitate analyte detection. Each filament of the array of filaments can further comprise an insulating layer configured to isolate regions defined by the conductive layer for analyte detection, a sensing layer coupled to the conductive layer, configured to enable transduction of an ionic concentration to an electronic voltage, and a selective coating coupled to the sensing layer, configured to facilitate detection of specific target analytes/ions. The microsensor facilitates detection of at least one analyte present in a body fluid of a user interfacing with the microsensor.
US11896789B2
A device and system for flushing a shunt catheter utilizes the available cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to flush a blocked catheter. The CSF is pressurized to a predetermined amount and then allowed to suddenly, rapidly and forcefully purge any occlusions. The rapid release of CSF produces flow jets from the catheter pores into the ventricle. This impulse, or “cough”, will push and divert choroid plexus and/or other blockages away from the pores. The device and system may then be allowed to refill at a slow rate, thus reducing the possibility of rapid suction of fluid back into the system and the attendant possibility of drawing the choroid plexus back into the pores. The catheter at the proximal end may also include back-up pores that can be opened to restart flow from the ventricle should the primary pores remain blocked after a flushing attempt.
US11896784B2
A securement device 1 for securely attaching tubular articles 2 to surfaces comprising an anchor pad 3 for placing the securement device 1 on the surface, a substantially cylindrical base 4 on the anchor pad 3 and a screw cap 5 rotatably mountable on the base 4 at a screw mounting 6 defined between the base 4 and the screw cap 5 between an article receiving position and an article gripping position in which radial pressure is applied to the article 2 placed in the securement device 1 to securely hold the article 2 without the use of external adhesive fixings and prevent micro-pistoning of the article 2.
US11896778B2
A catheterization package including a catheterization tray and contents for a catheterization procedure. The catheterization tray can include a structural configuration for maintaining a sterile field about a patient throughout the catheterization procedure, the sterile field including at least a portion of the tray. The structural configuration of the tray can provide a sterile side of the tray designated for a first person performing sterile steps of the catheterization procedure in the sterile field. The structural configuration of the tray can also provide a non-sterile side of the tray designated for either the first person or a second person performing non-sterile steps of the catheterization procedure outside the sterile field. The contents for the catheterization procedure can include a perineal care kit, two or more pairs of gloves, and a drainage system including a catheter.
US11896746B2
A blood component collection cassette that can trap a foreign object such as a blood-coagulated clot from blood components to be returned to a blood donor and a manufacturing method of the blood component collection cassette are provided. A sheet-shaped filter member (60) is arranged on a flow path (42) in a cassette main body (40) of a blood component collection cassette (28). A first tube (66) and a second tube (68) are arranged in the cassette main body (40). An inner space (51) of a filter housing unit (54a) is separated by the filter member (60) into a first space (51a) on the side of the first tube (66) and a second space (51b) on the side of the second tube (68).
US11896743B2
A volatile composition dispenser and methods of volatilizing a volatile composition in the air are provided. The volatile composition dispenser includes one or more reservoirs, with each reservoir containing a volatile composition. Each reservoir has one or more delivery engines disposed in fluid communication with the volatile composition in the reservoir. Each delivery engine is in fluid communication with an evaporative surface. One or more evaporative assistance elements are disposed adjacent to the evaporative surface(s). A method of volatilizing the volatile composition(s) includes operating the evaporative assistance elements with varying energy over a total emission program, including energy boost periods, and extended emission periods of decreased or maintained energy.
US11896737B2
A method of producing an injectable gel product is provided, comprising (a) cross-linking a first glycosaminoglycan (GAG) with a first crosslinking agent to produce a gel, wherein the charging ratio of crosslinking agent to disaccharide unit is below 0.15; (b) preparing particles of the gel; (c) mixing the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) gel particles with a second GAG to provide a mixture; (d) cross-linking the mixture with a second crosslinking agent to obtain cross-linking between the GAGs of the second, outer phase, thereby providing a gel having a first, inner phase of the cross-linked GAG gel particles, embedded in a gel of the second GAG outer phase; and (e) preparing injectable particles, each such particle containing a plurality of the cross-linked GAG gel particles of the first, inner phase. An injectable gel product, an aqueous composition, and a pre-filled syringe as also provided.
US11896732B2
The present invention is directed to a hemostatic material comprising a compacted, hemostatic aggregates of cellulosic fibers. In some aspects, the hemostatic material further includes additives, such as carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) or other polysaccharides, calcium salts, anti-infective agents, hemostasis promoting agents, gelatin, collagen, or combinations thereof. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of making the hemostatic materials described above by compacting a cellulosic-based material into hemostatic aggregates. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of treating a wound by applying hemostatic materials described above onto and/or into the wound of a patient.
US11896721B2
An oral controlled-release multiparticulate dosage form comprises a plurality of individually enteric coated particulates containing an L-carnitine that independently disperse in a patient's stomach after oral ingestion and travel through the stomach and past the pyloric sphincter without substantially releasing the L-carnitine in the stomach. The individual particulates contain a solid core containing the L-carnitine, and an enteric coating. The dosage form may be used to treat conditions associated with a reduction of the amount of L-carnitine in the body.
US11896719B2
The present invention provides for a method of treatment of IgA nephropathy, which method comprises: (i) identifying a pharmaceutically acceptable composition intended to treat IgA nephropathy comprising budesonide and one or more pharmaceutically-acceptable excipients that provide for a modified release of said budesonide after administration to the gastrointestinal tract, which composition fulfils the following requirements in a standard in vitro USP<711>/Ph.Eur. 2.9.3 dissolution test using a dissolution apparatus according to Apparatus 2 (Paddle Apparatus) of said test; (a) the composition fulfils the requirement that no more than about 10% of the budesonide is released into the dissolution medium within about 120 minutes, when the dissolution medium is aqueous and has a pH of about 1.2; (b) the composition fulfils the requirement that no more than about 10% of the budesonide is released into a pharmaceutically-relevant dissolution medium within about 30 minutes; and (c) the composition fulfils the requirement that at least about 70% of the budesonide is released into the pharmaceutically-relevant dissolution medium within about 120 minutes; (ii) wherein the method comprises the step of administering said composition to a patient with IgA nephropathy in need of said treatment.
US11896716B2
The invention relates to a new method for the formulation of oily substances, and to powders and solid dosage forms obtainable thereof. The process comprises a step of spray-drying of an oil-in-water emulsion comprising an octenyl succinate starch and a maltodextrin.
US11896714B2
Provided herein are compositions with enhanced sweetness or reduced caloric content per weight when compared to the sweetener carbohydrate or sweetener polyol component thereof, and methods for the preparation thereof.
US11896700B2
The subject of the present invention is a process for treating keratin fibers using an anhydrous dye composition comprising at least one compound of azomethine type comprising two pyrazolopyridine units of formula (I) or (II) and an aqueous composition. The invention also relates to a kit comprising an anhydrous dyeing composition and an aqueous composition.
US11896695B2
According to the present invention there is provided composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion having a viscosity of between 15,000 cP (15 Pa-s) and 45,000 cP (45 Pa-s) at 23° C., having a pH of between 2 and 6 and comprising: (i) at least 1.6 wt. % of at least one cross-linked anionic polyelectrolyte resulting from the polymerisation of partially or completely salified 2-methyl 2-[(1-oxo 2-propenyl)amino]1-propane sulfonic acid, with at least one neutral monomer chosen from the N,N-dialkyl acrylamides, wherein each of the alkyl groups comprises between one and four carbon atoms, and at least one monomer of formula (B): wherein R represents a linear or branched alkyl radical comprising eight to twenty carbon atoms and n represents a number greater than or equal to one and less than or equal to twenty, in the presence of at least one cross-linking agent; (ii) at least 4 wt. % of at least one polysorbate; (iii) at least 0.1 wt. % of at least one polysaccharide gum; and (iv) between 6 wt. % and 30 wt. % water. The present invention also provides a composition as defined above obtainable by a process comprising the following steps: (a) in one vessel, homogenising the polysaccharide gum (iii) into the aqueous phase comprising the water at a temperature of between 60° C. and 90° C.; (b) in a vessel separate from that in (a), homogenising the cross-linked anionic polyelectrolyte (i) and the polysorbate (ii) into the oil phase at a temperature of between 60° C. and 90° C.; and (c) combining the ingredients of (a) with the ingredients of (b) through homogenisation at a temperature of between 60° C. and 90° C.
US11896694B2
The invention relates to compositions for removing nail polish comprising at least at least about 10% by weight of at least one polyhydric alcohol compound, at least one low carbon alcohol, at least one high boiling point ester compound, at least one thickening agent, and at least one abrasive compound, as well as to methods of removing nail polish from nails using such compositions.
US11896691B1
A universal mineral based sunscreen that is good for all skin colors and prevents any ashy visual appearance on all colors of skin.
US11896688B2
A W/O emulsion composition having excellent storage stability under temperature cycle conditions is provided. A W/O emulsion composition including the following components (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E): (A) a glycerol monofatty acid ester having 12 to 26 carbon atoms; (B) a higher alcohol having 10 to 22 carbon atoms; (C) a ceramide; (D) one or more selected from the group consisting of sphingosine, a salt thereof and an ionic surfactant; and (E) a nonionic surfactant including the following (e1) and (e2): (e1) one or more selected from the group consisting of a crosslinked polyether-modified silicone and a crosslinked polyglycerol-modified silicone and (e2) one or more selected from the group consisting of a polyether-modified silicone, a polyglycerol-modified silicone and a polyglycerol fatty acid ester.
US11896680B2
Provided is a vital stain inspection method for distinguishing between cancer cells and normal cells within a lumen, or on the serous membrane side of an organ, by means of laser irradiation after organ tissue has been stained by curcumin, Red #3 or Red #106, which are edible color dyes.
US11896673B2
Disclosed herein is a glucose-responsive insulin delivery system based on the interaction between the glucose-modified insulin and glucose transporters (GLUTs) on erythrocytes (or red blood cells, RBCs). After being conjugated with glucose, insulin can efficiently bind to RBC membranes. The binding is reversible in the setting of hyperglycemia, resulting in fast release of insulin and subsequent drop of blood glucose (BG) level in vivo. In some embodiments, the delivery vehicle can include: 1) intravenously injectable polymeric nanoparticles (˜100 nm in diameter) coated with RBC membrane and loaded with glucose-modified insulin and/or 2) painless microneedle (MN) patches loaded with the complex of GLUT and glucose-modified insulin.
US11896672B2
The invention provides conjugates that comprise a targeting moiety, a nucleic acid, and optional linking groups as well as synthetic intermediates and synthetic methods useful for preparing the conjugates. The conjugates are useful to target therapeutic nucleic acids to the liver and to treat liver diseases including hepatitis (e.g. hepatitis B and hepatitis D).
US11896668B2
The present invention is directed to novel lyophilized pharmaceutical preparations comprising a cytotoxic dipeptides such as melphalan flufenamide and one or more excipient(s) selected from the group comprising a polysorbate; a polyethylene glycol; β-cyclodextrin; ocyclodextrin; hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin; sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin; lactose; benzyl alcohol; disodium succinate; propylene glycol; Cremophor EL; Dimethyl sulfoxide; D-mannitol; Trehalose; Sucrose and an amino acid. This preparation may be further formulated and is useful in cancer therapy.
US11896667B2
The invention relates to the treatment of bone disorders. In particular, the invention is directed to the use of a dosing holiday to help overcome the resistance to anti-sclerostin antibodies which develops over time when a plurality of doses of antibody are given to a subject. By giving the subject to be treated such a dosing holiday, the subject may subsequently display an increased response to a subsequent dose of the anti-sclerostin antibody. The subject may be given multiple cycles of a batch of at least two doses of anti-sclerostin antibody and a dosing holiday. In some instances, the subject may be monitored to help determine when to give the dosing holiday. Further, the subject may be given a different treatment for the bone disorder during the dosing holiday from the anti-sclerostin antibody.
US11896660B1
Compared to an unadjuvanted vaccine, an adjuvanted influenza vaccine can reduce by almost a quarter the risk of hospitalization for respiratory illness (e.g. influenza and pneumonia) in elderly recipients. Thus the invention provides a method for immunizing an elderly subject by administering an adjuvanted influenza vaccine, whereby the subject's risk of hospitalization for respiratory illness (e.g. influenza and pneumonia) is reduced relative to an elderly subject who receives an unadjuvanted influenza vaccine.
US11896658B2
Recombinant, live, attenuated viruses of the Pneumoviridae family are disclosed that include a baculovirus GP64 envelope glycoprotein or variant or fragment thereof and a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) F protein variant or fragment thereof. Also disclosed are polynucleotides encoding the virus as well as pharmaceutical compositions and vaccines containing the virus. In addition, methods of producing and using each of the above compositions are also disclosed.
US11896646B2
Formulated and/or co-formulated liposomes comprising TLR prodrugs and/or TLR Lipid Moieties and methods of making the liposomes are disclosed herein. The TLR prodrug compositions comprise a drug moiety, a lipid moiety, and linkage unit that inhibit Toll-Like Receptor (e.g., TLR1/2, TLR4, and/or TLR7). The TLR prodrugs can be formulated and/or co-formulated into a liposome to provide a method of treating cancer, immunological disorders, and other disease by utilizing a targeted drug delivery vehicle.
US11896631B2
The present invention relates to the use of probiotics to control the inflammatory process of the colon in subjects with structural modifications of the colon wall, preferably in subjects with diverticulosis, and affected by diverticular disease.
US11896620B2
An engineered immune cell, which expresses (i) a cell surface molecule that specifically recognizes a ligand, (ii) an exogenous interleukin, and (iii) an exogenous Flt3L, XCL2, and/or XCL1; the engineered immune cell can be used for treating cancer, infection, or autoimmune diseases; and compared with a traditional engineered immune cell, the engineered immune cell has significantly improved tumor killing activity.
US11896614B2
The invention provides methods of making immune effector cells (e.g., T cells, NK cells) that can be engineered to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), compositions and reaction mixtures comprising the same, and methods of treatment using the same.
US11896610B2
Engineered food to promote health and maintain homeostasis in a subject and methods of producing the food.
US11896609B2
The present invention relates to a composition for treating inflammatory diseases comprising germanium telluride nanosheets coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone, and the nanosheets have excellent anti-inflammatory and thus are excellent in treating inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis.
US11896605B2
This disclosure relates generally to compositions and methods for preventing or treating mast cell mediated visceral pain.
US11896602B2
The present invention relates to a method for the management of dysmenorrhea involving administration of an estrogenic component which is preferably selected from the group consisting of estetrol and estetrol-like compounds. Estetrol-like compounds have been surprisingly found to be capable of mitigating dysmenorrhea, either when used alone or in combination with progestogenic components, and this to an extent surpassing the effect obtained with other compositions and with a favourable side-effect profile compared to currently available methods.
US11896594B2
The present invention is directed to a palatable, hard chewable composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a veterinary acceptable isoxazoline, a stabilized macrocyclic lactone, an acceptable salt form of pyrantel, at least one natural animal based palatant, and at least one veterinary acceptable excipient; and methods for treating or preventing a parasitic infection or infestation in an animal in need thereof with said composition.
US11896590B2
A method for the treatment and/or prevention of pain which comprises administering to a subject in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of 1-(3-4(((1R,3S,5S)-adamantan-1-yl)(phenyl)methyl)propyl)-4-methylpiperazine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof (“AV1066”), with reference to visceral and neuropathic pain.
US11896583B2
There is provided tinostamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatment of ovarian cancer in a patient in need thereof.
US11896578B2
Provided are methods of treatment of a sphingosine 1-phosphate subtype 1 (S1P1) receptor-associated disorder comprising prescribing and/or administering to an individual in need thereof a standard dose of (R)-2-(7-(4-cyclopentyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzyloxy)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocyclopenta[b]indol-3-yl)acetic acid (Compound 1), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, or solvate thereof, in an amount equivalent to about 1.5 to about 2.5 mg of Compound 1, for example, a disease or disorder mediated by lymphocytes, an autoimmune disease or disorder, an inflammatory disease or disorder, ankylosing spondylitis, biliary cirrhosis, cancer, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, transplant rejection, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, type I diabetes, hypertensive nephropathy, glomerulosclerosis, myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, and acne.
US11896574B2
The present invention relates to one or more SGLT2 inhibitors or pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a metabolic disorder in a feline animal, preferably wherein the metabolic disorder is one or more selected from the group consisting of: ketoacidosis, pre-diabetes, diabetes mellitus type 1 or type 2, insulin resistance, obesity, hyperglycemia, impaired glucose tolerance, hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, dysadipokinemia, subclinical inflammation, systemic inflammation, low grade systemic inflammation, hepatic lipidosis, atherosclerosis, inflammation of the pancreas, neuropathy and/or Syndrome X (metabolic syndrome) and/or loss of pancreatic beta cell function and/or wherein the remission of the metabolic disorder, preferably diabetic remission, is achieved and/or maintained.
US11896572B2
Modified release formulations of gamma-hydroxybutyrate having improved dissolution and pharmacokinetic properties are provided, and therapeutic uses thereof.
US11896560B2
A treatment regime for use in the treatment or prevention of dermatitis and inflammatory skin conditions, said regime comprising the administration of: a) between 50 mg and 3000 mg of a topical liquid or gel composition comprising between 1% w/w and 15% w/w cannabinoid, wherein the cannabinoid is dissolved in the liquid or gel composition.
US11896550B2
A pill container includes a base with a cavity and a lid movable between a closed position and an open position. The base has an integral spring tab such that when the lid is unlocked from the base, the spring tab pushes against an interior part of the lid to move the lid from the closed position to the open position.
US11896549B2
A seat device includes a massage mechanism configured to massage a first muscle and a vibration generation mechanism configured to administer a vibratory stimulus having a frequency that causes muscle tone to a second muscle, the second muscle being an antagonist muscle of the first muscle.
US11896548B2
A floating physical therapy device includes a frame and a harness. The frame includes an inner frame and an outer frame on the right and left side. The inner frame defines a patient area. The harness is attached to the inner frame such that it secures a patient to the device in a substantially upright position during use. The frame extends forwards and backwards, as well as to the left and right, of the patient area in order to provide stability in the water during normal use. The frame defines a trainer area immediately forward of the patient area where a therapist can have access to the patient during therapy sessions.
US11896541B2
A male stimulation apparatus, comprising: a housing defining a hand tunnel extending in a lateral direction and defining at least one hand hole to facilitate an entry of a hand of a user inside the hand tunnel; a phallus tunnel extending inside the housing from a first longitudinal end towards a second longitudinal end, the phallus tunnel extends through the hand tunnel and is adapted to receive a phallus of the user; and a vibrator shaft extending inside the housing from the second longitudinal end towards the first longitudinal end, the vibrator shaft extends through the hand tunnel and is adapted to receive a vibrator, wherein the hand tunnel facilitates the user to grasp the phallus tunnel and the vibrator shaft.
US11896531B2
A patient handling apparatus includes a patient support surface, a base, and a hydraulic circuit. The hydraulic circuit includes a pump, a fluid reservoir, and a hydraulic cylinder operable to selectively raise or lower the patient support surface or the base. The hydraulic circuit controls flow of fluid between the cylinder and the fluid reservoir to thereby control the movement of the base or patient support surface. In addition, the hydraulic circuit may include a manual bypass circuit configured to bypass the pump in response to a manual input, which allows manual extension or retraction of the cylinder, for example, when the pump is not operational. The hydraulic circuit may also include a pump bypass circuit configured to bypass the pump to allow fluid to discharge from the cap end to the fluid reservoir for faster evacuation of fluid from the cylinder, thereby increasing retraction speed of the rod.
US11896526B2
A laser eye surgery system includes a computer which scans a focused laser beam in a trajectory over a reticle or target and determines beam quality via laser light reflected from the target. The target may have a grid pattern of lines, with the diameter of the focused laser beam determined based on a time interval for the scanned beam to move onto a line of the grid pattern. Methods for measuring beam quality in a laser eye surgery system provide a direct, quantitative quality measurement of the focused laser beam, and may be performed quickly and automatically. Using scanning mirror position information together with signals resulting from laser light reflected from the target, the laser eye surgery system may also be calibrated.
US11896515B2
A convex ostomy barrier includes a skin barrier, an inlet opening for receiving a stoma, and a convex insert. The convex insert includes an inner flange, an outer flange, and a middle portion arranged therebetween. The middle portion includes a pouch side surface for attaching a flange, a core-out portion configured to improve the flexibility of the convex insert, and a skin barrier support structure for supporting the skin barrier.
US11896507B2
A stent comprises a framework that includes a sequence of cells that each occupy a discrete segment of the stent length, and each of the cells includes a plurality of struts with ends connected at respective vertices. An adjacent pair of the cells are attached to one another by a plurality of T-bars that each include a column defining a long axis that extends parallel to the stent axis, and a top bar attached to one end of the column. An opposite end of the column is attached to a first cell, and the top bar is attached at opposite ends to a second cell of the adjacent pair of cells. The column has a minimum width perpendicular to the long axis that is wider than a maximum width of each of the struts, and the column defines at least one slot. The top bar includes a curved edge on an opposite side from the column, and the curved edge straddles the long axis.
US11896506B2
A mandrel for forming a stent with a tapered profile and one or more anti-migration features includes a first stent shaping segment having a first diameter, a second stent shaping segment having a second diameter less than the first diameter and a tapered segment disposed therebetween. A third stent shaping segment is releasably securable to the second stent shaping segment and has a third diameter greater than the second diameter. One or more movable pins are outwardly extendable from corresponding apertures formed within the tapered segment. An actuation element is engagable with the first stent shaping segment and includes a tapered surface configured to engage the one or more movable pins and support the one or more movable pins extended from the corresponding apertures.
US11896498B2
Interbody fusion devices and related methods of manufacture are described herein. An example interbody fusion device can include a plurality of vertebral endplates, and a body extending between the vertebral endplates. The body and the vertebral endplates can define an internal cavity. Additionally, each of the vertebral endplates can include a lattice structure and a frame surrounding the lattice structure, where the lattice structure being configured to distribute load. Each of the vertebral endplates can also include a plurality of micro-apertures having an average size between about 2 to about IO micrometers (μm), and a plurality of macro-apertures having an average size between about 300 to about 800 micrometers (μm).
US11896496B2
A device and methods for intervertebral spinal fusion of adjacent intervertebral bodies. An intervertebral spacer is positioned within a narrow disc space between adjacent intervertebral bodies of a patient. The spacer is arranged with upper and lower guides. The guides are adapted to simultaneously guide the deployment of upper and lower anchors of an anchoring device into their respective intervertebral bodies. The spacer is also adapted to lock the upper and lower anchors to the spacer in the deployed position.
US11896492B2
An implant for therapeutically separating bones of a joint has two endplates each having an opening through the endplate, and at least one ramped surface on a side opposite a bone engaging side. A frame is slideably connected to the endplates to enable the endplates to move relative to each other at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the implant, in sliding connection with the frame. An actuator screw is rotatably connected to the frame. A carriage forms an open area aligned with the openings in the endplates. The openings in the endplates pass through the carriage to form an unimpeded passage from bone to bone of the joint. The carriage has ramps which mate with the ramped surfaces of the endplates, wherein when the carriage is moved by rotation of the actuator screw, the endplates move closer or farther apart.
US11896488B2
Scaffolds for use in bone tissue engineering include a skeleton and a host component. Methods of preparation of scaffolds include identification of biodegradation properties for the skeleton and the host component. The skeleton is constructed to form a three-dimensional shape. The skeleton is constructed of a first material and has a first rate of biodegradation. The host component fills the three-dimensional shape formed by the skeleton. The host component is constructed of a second material and has a second rate of biodegradation. The first rate of biodegradation is slower than the second rate of biodegradation.
US11896487B2
A prosthetic heart valve reinforcement ring is disclosed for reinforcing a natural heart valve with leaflets. The prosthetic ring includes a ring body sized and dimensioned to fit around the annulus of the heart valve. The ring body has an inner surface with a plurality of grooves on the inner surface of the ring body, where each of grooves is configured to grasp a suture. A method of reinforcing a natural heart valve is also disclosed. Sutures are provided around an annulus of a natural heart valve with leaflets. A prosthetic ring is selected that is sized to fit around the annulus. The prosthetic ring is attached to the annulus by inserting sutures into the grooves until the leaflets are properly closed. The fit of the prosthetic ring is adjusted by individually manipulating the sutures in the grooves. The sutures are tied, securing the prosthetic ring in place.
US11896478B2
Methods and systems wherein laser induced refractive index changes by focused femtosecond laser pulses in optical polymeric materials or optical tissues is performed to address various types of vision correction.
US11896474B2
An example medical device for treating a body lumen is disclosed. The medical device includes an expandable scaffold including first and second regions, each of the first and second regions include a plurality of interstices located therein. The medical device also includes a covering spanning each of the plurality of interstices of the first region. The second region is free of the covering. A biodegradable gripping material is disposed on an outer surface of the covering. Further, the expandable scaffold is configured to shift from a collapsed state to an expanded state and the second region is configured to contact an inner surface of the body lumen in the expanded state. Additionally, the gripping material is designed to initially prevent migration of the expandable scaffold upon implantation in the body lumen until the second region is secured to the inner surface of the body lumen.
US11896462B2
In some examples, a dressing filler for treating a tissue site may include a plurality of filler elements and a tissue interface layer. Each of the filler elements may include a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface and separated from the first surface by a thickness. The tissue interface layer may include a first side configured to be positioned facing the tissue site and a second side positioned opposite the first side. The first surface of each of the filler elements may be coupled to the second side of the tissue interface layer. Also provided are other apparatuses, dressings, systems, and methods suitable for treating a tissue site.
US11896459B2
A method of placing a dental implant analog in a physical model for use in creating a dental prosthesis is provided. The physical model, which is usually based on an impression of the patient's mouth or a scan of the patient's mouth, is prepared. The model is scanned. A three-dimensional computer model of the physical model is created and is used to develop the location of the dental implant. A robot then modifies the physical model to create an opening for the implant analog. The robot then places the implant analog within the opening at the location dictated by the three-dimensional computer model.
US11896447B2
Disclosed herein are techniques related to safeguards against separation from portable medicine delivery devices. In some embodiments, the techniques may involve monitoring a wireless connection established between a portable computing device and a portable medicine delivery device. The techniques may also involve making a determination, based on the result of the monitoring, that the portable medicine delivery device is outside a predetermined range of the portable computing device. The techniques may further involve generating a notification based on the determination. The notification may be indicative of a user of the portable computing device being unaccompanied by the portable medicine delivery device.
US11896444B2
A tissue marking device enables the deployment of a hook to mark a location within a breast. The deployment is performed by inserting a needle in tissue until it arrives at a target location and pressing on the end of a rod that embeds the hook in the tissue. A thread is attached to the hook and is left exposed to facilitate locating the hook.
US11896439B2
A surgical end effector includes an anvil assembly; a cartridge assembly including a plurality of fasteners; a drive assembly movable longitudinally to approximate the anvil assembly relative to the cartridge assembly; and a strain gauge circuit disposed within the cartridge assembly, the strain gauge circuit configured to measure a strain imparted on the cartridge assembly by the drive assembly.
US11896435B2
According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry forms a first transmission beam in a plurality of directions belonging to a first group, forms at least one first reception beam, forms a second transmission beam in a plurality of directions belonging to a second group, after an elapse of a time from performing a scan for the first group, forms at least one second reception beam, applies a wall filter to reception signals obtained by the first and the second reception beams, calculates bloodstream information based on the filtered reception signals, and generates image data based on the calculated bloodstream information.
US11896433B2
Ultrasound image devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging system includes an interface coupled to an ultrasound imaging component and configured to receive a plurality of image data frames representative of a subject's body including at least a portion of a lung; a processing component in communication with the interface and configured to determine a metric for each image data frame of the plurality of image data frames based on a threshold comparison; and determine a dynamic air bronchogram (AB) condition of the subject's body based on a variation across the metrics of the plurality of image data frames. In one embodiment, the processing component is configured to determine differential data frames based on differences across consecutive image data frames of the plurality of image data frames; and determine a dynamic AB condition of the subject's body based on the differential data frames.
US11896431B2
Disclosed is a linear scanning mechanical volume probe comprising a bracket on which a drive wheel, a first reverse wheel and a second reverse wheel are provided, an axis of the drive wheel, an axis of the first reverse wheel and an axis of the second reverse wheel are parallel; a guide rod is further provided on the bracket, and the axis of the guide rod is perpendicular to the axis of the drive wheel, a slider which can slide axially along the guide rod is provided on the guide rod, a transducer is fixedly connected to the slider; the first reverse wheel and the second reverse wheel are respectively provided near opposite ends of the guide rod, and further comprise a first rope and a second rope. The linear scanning mechanical volume probe can ensure that a high resolution image can be obtained at a distance from the transducer.
US11896417B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for quantifying blood flow using time-varying kinetic modeling of high temporal-resolution dynamic positron emission tomography (PET) data. A single tracer is introduced into the body. A first set of images is acquired, via PET, of at least a portion of the body at a plurality of predetermined time intervals. Based on the first set of images, an intensity of the tracer in the at least the portion of the body is determined as a function of time. The intensity of the tracer as a function of time is modeled using a time-varying kinetic model. Based on the model, the blood flow through the at least the portion of the body is quantified. Additional images may be acquired and used to quantify additional parameter(s), such as glucose metabolism, amyloid load, etc., with the single tracer.
US11896394B2
An apparatus and method to reliably attach an electronic module to a textile. The overall mechanical assembly of the invention includes: (a) light pipe, (b) top enclosure, (b) magnet, (c) main electronics which contains (d) the main PCB, (e) battery and (f) other electronic components, (g) bottom enclosure, which holds (h) the connector PCB, (i) module dock, (j) top textile PCB which are located above the (j) textile band and under the (k) textile pocket and the (l) bottom textile PCB and (m) fabric and laminate padding, which are located below the textile band. The invention is physically embodied by an electronic module, comprising at least one printed circuit board (PCB), comprising at least one conductive circuit and at least one electronic component; a metallic rivet, grommet or eyelet to mechanically and electrically connect the; and a textile substrate with at least one electrically conductive circuit.
US11896392B2
Systems and methods are provided for determine the fat composition in an organ of interest using a non-invasive health measurement system. The non-invasive health measurement system may include an open magnet NMR apparatus. The NMR apparatus may measure NMR signals in a sensitive volume of a patient. The sensitive volume may coincide with an organ of interest, such as a liver. Systems and methods disclosed herein may provide for separation of the water contribution and the fat contribution to the measured NMR signal. Diffusion based separation, T2 based separation, and T1 based separation may each serve as different methods for separating the water and fat contributions to the signal. Separating the water and fat contributions to the single may allow for computation of a proton density fat fraction which may reflect the fat composition of the organ of interest.
US11896378B2
Methods of performing diagnostic tests on electroencephalography (EEG) recording devices comprising at least one stimulator coupled with a plurality of EEG electrode recording channels and corresponding recording channel connectors are performed by a test fixture comprising a plurality of resistors coupled with one or more of the EEG electrode recording channels and corresponding recording channel connectors. The methods include performing an impedance test for determining if each EEG recording channel of the EEG recording device has a predefined impedance, performing a channel uniqueness test for each EEG recording channel, performing a test for verifying the state of a switch of the stimulator of the EEG recording device, and performing a test for verifying connector IDs of the recording channel connectors connecting the EEG electrodes to respective EEG recording channels.
US11896376B2
Systems and methods to determine if an individual is impaired. The system includes a display and a stimulus on the display. The system include a controller that is programmed to move the stimulus about the display and one or more sensors that track eye movements and pupil size of a user due to movement of the stimulus or light conditions. The system includes a processor programmed to analyze the eye movements and pupil data size. The method includes using a testing apparatus and collecting data from the testing apparatus. The method includes storing the collected data. The method includes processing the data with an automated impairment decision engine to determine whether a test subject is impaired. The method may include using machine learning models or statistical analysis to determine whether a test subject is impaired. The automated impairment decision engine may be trained using machine learning and/or statistical analysis.
US11896375B2
Images of an individual can be obtained and analyzed to determine an amount of facial paralysis of the individual. The images can also be analyzed to determine an amount of gaze deviation of the individual. The amount of facial paralysis of the individual and/or the amount of gaze deviation of the individual can be used to determine a probability that the individual experienced a biological condition.
US11896355B2
A blood pressure tracking and detection system. The pressure application and release module is configured to apply a pressure to a detected part of a target user according to a pressure application instruction. The pressure application and release module is further configured to release the pressure on the detected part of the target user according to a pressure release instruction. The signal obtaining module is connected to the pressure application and release module. The signal obtaining module is configured to obtain a photoplethysmography (PPG) signal and a pressure signal of the detected part of the target user. The blood pressure tracking and detection module is connected to the signal obtaining module. The blood pressure tracking and detection module is configured to determine an initial blood pressure of the detected part of the target user according to a PPG signal and a pressure signal in a pressure application and release cycle.
US11896353B2
An apparatus for estimating bio-information is provided. The apparatus for estimating bio-information according to an embodiment includes: an ultrasonic sensor configured to acquire a bio-signal from an object; and a processor configured to detect peaks from the bio-signal, and to determine false detection of a peak, among the detected peaks, by using at least one of a time interval between a current peak and an immediately preceding peak, amplitudes of the current peak and the immediately preceding peak, a shape of a waveform on a left region and a right region of the peak, and an occurrence position of the peak.
US11896351B2
A fiber-optic sensor matt detects movements of a person on the matt that cause microbending of a fiber-optic cable that is arranged into a symmetric pair of radial ring groups within the matt. There are no cross-over points or overlapping of the fiber-optic cable within the symmetric pair of radial ring groups that could cause fiber wear and noisy readings. Microbending of the fiber-optic cable pressed into a mesh modulates the light intensity received, which is analyzed to extract both respiration and heart BallistoCardioGram (BCG) waveforms by convolution with Daubechies dB5 wavelet and scaling functions. The reconstructed level-4 detail waveform is output as the extracted BCG, while the reconstructed level-6 approximation waveform is output as the extracted respiration waveform. Respiration and heart rates and variations can be generated from the extracted waveforms. An integrated Fast Wavelet Transform (FWT) using dB5 wavelet thus generates both respiration rate and heart rate.
US11896346B2
An optical system operating in the near or short-wave infrared wavelength range identifies an object based on water absorption. The system comprises a light source with modulated light emitting diodes operating at wavelengths near 1090 and 1440 nanometers, corresponding to lower and higher water absorption. The system further comprises one or more wavelength selective filters and a housing that is further coupled to an electrical circuit and a processor. The detection system comprises photodetectors that are synchronized to the light source, and the detection system receives at least a portion of light reflected from the object. The system is configured to identify the object by comparing the reflected light at the first and second wavelength to generate an output value, and then comparing the output value to a threshold. The optical system may be further coupled to a wearable device or a remote sensing system with a time-of-flight sensor.
US11896344B2
The present disclosure relates to plasma generation systems which utilize plasma for semiconductor processing. The plasma generation system disclosed herein employs a hybrid matching network. The plasma generation system includes a RF generator and a matching network. The matching network includes a first-stage to perform low-Q impedance transformations during high-speed variations in impedance. The matching network includes a second-stage to perform impedance matching for high-Q impedance transformations. The matching network further includes a sensor coupled to the first-stage and the second-stage to calculate the signals that are used to engage the first and second-stages. The matching network includes a first-stage network that is agile enough to tune each state in a modulated RF waveform and a second-stage network to tune a single state in a RF modulated waveform. The plasma generation system also includes a plasma chamber coupled to the matching network.
US11896340B2
A robot navigation system includes a handheld robot, a spatial information measuring device, a computing module and a display. The hand-held robot has a body, a tool and a movable connection mechanism. The movable connection mechanism is connected between the body and the tool, so that the tool can move relative to the body. The spatial information measuring device is configured to track the body, the tool and a target. The computing module is connected to the spatial information measuring device to obtain a plurality of relative positions between the body, the tool and the movable connection mechanism with respect to the target. The computing module calculates a guiding region according to the relative positions and mechanical parameters of the handheld robot. The display is configured to display the guiding region and the handheld robot based on the coordinate of the target.
US11896337B2
Provided is an instrument for surgery and, more specifically, to an instrument for surgery which can be manually operated in order to be used for laparoscopic surgery or various types of surgery.
US11896332B2
A surgical instrument holder includes a carriage and a drive coupler. The carriage is configured for movable engagement to a surgical robotic arm. The drive coupler includes an outer member and a first gear rotatably disposed therein. The outer member extends from the carriage and defines a lateral slot configured for lateral receipt of a surgical instrument. The first gear defines a lateral slot and is rotatable within the outer member to a first position, in which the lateral slot of the first gear is in alignment with the lateral slot of the outer member such that a surgical instrument is receivable within the drive coupler through the lateral slots of the outer member and the first gear.
US11896329B1
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for performing machine learning (ML) for robotic arthroscopic surgery are disclosed. The disclosed systems use ML to provide recommendations and methods for automated robotic ankle arthroscopic surgery. Historical patient data is filtered to match particular parameters of a patient. The parameters are correlated to the patient. A robotic surgical system or a surgeon reviews the historical patient data to select or adjust the historical patient data to generate a surgical workflow for a surgical robot to perform the robotic arthroscopic surgery.
US11896327B1
A surgical instrument includes an end effector having first and second jaws that cooperate to clamp in vivo material of a patient, and a first electrode that delivers an electrical signal to the in vivo material. The instrument further includes a second electrode that receives the electrical signal from the first electrode, and an electrical circuit housed within the end effector. The electrical circuit includes a microcontroller that controls delivery of the electrical signal to the first electrode, where the electrical signal passes through the in vivo material to the second electrode. The electrical circuit also determines an electrical impedance of the in vivo material and determines at least one of a presence or absence of tissue in the in vivo material, or a characteristic of tissue in the in vivo material.
US11896326B2
Integrated table motion includes a computer-assisted device. The computer-assisted device includes an articulated arm and a control unit coupled to the articulated arm. To support integrated motion with a table physically separate from and communicatively coupled to the computer-assisted device via a communications connection, the control unit is configured to receive a table movement request from a table command unit of the table, determine whether the table movement request should be allowed, and allow the table to perform the table movement request based on determining that the table movement request should be allowed.
US11896325B2
A system for controlling a catheter-based procedure system that includes a robotic drive configured to control rotational motion and axial motion of one or more elongated medical devices may include a body, a first control coupled to the body, and a second control coupled to the body. First control is configured to instruct the robotic drive to axially move one of the one or more elongated medical devices in response to manipulation of the first control by a user, and the second control is configured to instruct the robotic drive to rotate one of the one or more elongated medical devices in response to manipulation of the second control by the user, wherein the first control and the second control are positioned on the body so the first control and the second control can be simultaneously manipulated by a first digit and a second digit on a hand of the user.
US11896322B2
A surgical system is disclosed. The surgical system includes a monopolar return pad and a surgical hub wirelessly coupled to the monopolar return pad. The surgical hub includes a control circuit configured to determined a presence and a position of a patient on the monopolar return pad according to data received from the monopolar return pad.
US11896318B2
Methods and systems for controlling a robotic arm include tracking a motion of a handheld device using a motion tracking system, and controlling a robotic arm to adjust at least one of a position and an orientation of an end effector of the robotic arm based on the tracked motion of the handheld device. Further embodiments include methods and systems for transferring a robotic arm from a mounting surface to a mobile cart that include tracking the location of the mobile cart relative to the robotic arm using a motion tracking system, and controlling the robotic arm to move the arm into a pose that facilitates transferring the robotic arm from the mounting surface to the mobile cart based on the tracked location of the mobile cart.
US11896310B2
An ophthalmologic information processing apparatus includes an analyzer, a storage unit, and a display controller. The analyzer is configured to specify an atrophy region in a fundus by analyzing data of the fundus of a subject's eye acquired using optical coherence tomography. The storage unit stores image data of the fundus. The display controller is configured to cause a fundus image of the subject's eye to be displayed on a display means based on the image data stored in the storage unit, and to cause a region corresponding to the atrophy region in the fundus image to be displayed on the display means so as to be identifiable.
US11896305B2
A system includes: at least one processor; a movable stage, wherein the movable stage is movable under control of the at least one processor with respect to an eye of a subject; a video display device configured to move with the movable stage; and an optical system disposed in an optical path between the video display device and the eye. The video display device is configured to play a movie of a fixation target to the eye to cause the eye to accommodate, and the movie dynamically changes an appearance of the fixation target on the video display device to compensate for Bokeh of the fixation target as the movable stage moves the video display device from a first position, where the fixation target draws a focus of the eye to near its far point, to a second position further away from the eye than the first position.
US11896301B2
According to an aspect, there is provided a handheld device (2) for applying energy pulses to skin (17) of a subject to perform a treatment operation as the handheld device is moved across the skin, the handheld device comprising: an aperture (6) that is to be placed adjacent to the skin; at least one energy source (8) for generating an energy pulse and for providing the energy pulse through the aperture to perform the treatment operation on 5 skin adjacent the aperture, wherein the at least one energy source has a minimum pulse repetition period following the generation of an energy pulse before a subsequent energy pulse can be generated; a first skin property sensor (14) for measuring a skin property and for outputting a first measurement signal representing measurements of the skin property at a first sensing position (24), wherein the skin property is a property that changes in response to the application of an energy pulse to the skin, and wherein the first sensing position is in front of the aperture relative to an intended motion direction of the handheld device over the skin; a second skin property sensor (16) for measuring the skin property and for outputting a second measurement signal representing measurements of the skin property at a second sensing position (26), wherein the second sensing position is behind the aperture relative to the intended motion direction; a memory unit (56); and a control unit (10) that is coupled to the at least one energy source to control the generation of energy pulses by the at least one energy source, and coupled to the first skin property sensor and the second skin property sensor to obtain the first measurement signal and the second measurement signal, wherein the control unit is configured to store a profile of at least the first measurement signal in the memory unit; wherein the control unit is further configured to, when the handheld device is moving in the intended motion direction over the skin: analyse the profile of the first measurement signal to determine if the first skin property sensor is passing over a previously treated area of skin; on detecting that the first skin property sensor is not passing over a previously treated area of skin, control the at least one energy source to generate an energy pulse if, or once, the minimum pulse repetition period following the generation of a previous energy pulse has expired; on detecting that the first skin property sensor is passing over a previously treated area of skin, performing the consecutive operations of: preventing the generation of an energy pulse, even if the minimum pulse repetition period following the generation of a previous energy pulse has expired; marking a point in the profile of the first measurement signal stored in the memory unit according to a predetermined rule, wherein the marked point relates to a position on the previously treated area of skin; using information about the marked point, analyse the profile of the second measurement signal to identify a similar marked point in the profile of the second measurement signal; on identifying the similar marked point in the profile of the second measurement signal, controlling the at least one energy source to generate an energy pulse if, or once, the minimum pulse repetition period following the generation of a previous energy pulse has expired.
US11896300B2
A laser system may include a controller configured to direct a plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses to a device that optically pumps a lasing medium, and a lasing medium configured to output a quasi-continuous laser pulse in response to the optical pumping. The plurality of temporally spaced-apart electrical pulses may include (a) a first electrical pulse configured to excite the lasing medium to an energy level below a lasing threshold of the lasing medium, and (b) multiple second electrical pulses following the first electrical pulse. The quasi-continuous laser pulse is output in response to the multiple second electrical pulses.
US11896283B2
An elongate electrode is configured to flex and generate plasma to incise tissue. An electrical energy source operatively coupled to the electrode is configured to provide electrical energy to the electrode to generate the plasma. A tensioning element is operatively coupled to the elongate electrode. The tensioning element can be configured to provide tension to the elongate electrode to allow the elongate electrode to flex in response to the elongate electrode engaging the tissue and generating the plasma. The tensioning element operatively coupled to the flexible elongate electrode may allow for the use of a small diameter electrode, such as a 5 μm to 20 μm diameter electrode, which can allow narrow incisions to be formed with decreased tissue damage. In some embodiments, the tensioning of the electrode allows the electrode to more accurately incise tissue by decreasing variations in the position of the electrode along the incision path.
US11896279B2
A modular surgical system for use in a surgical procedure to treat tissue is disclosed. The modular surgical system includes a footer module including a power supply, a first surgical module configured to be stacked on top of the footer module, and a second surgical module configured to be stacked on top of the first surgical module. The first surgical module is detachably couplable to the footer module to receive power from the power supply of the footer module to generate a first therapeutic energy for delivery to the tissue. The second surgical module is detachably couplable to the first surgical module to receive power from the power supply of the footer module to generate a second therapeutic energy for delivery to the tissue.
US11896263B2
A surgical access device includes a cannula body and a fixation mechanism. The fixation mechanism includes a collar, a driver, a distal ring, a proximal ring, and a plurality of petals. The driver extends distally from the collar, and the distal ring is operatively engaged with a distal portion of the driver. The proximal ring at least partially surrounds an elongated portion of the cannula body and is disposed proximally of the distal ring. The plurality of petals extends proximally from the distal ring and is longitudinally translatable relative to the proximal ring. Longitudinal translation of the collar causes the plurality of petals to move between a first position defining a first gap between a proximal end of the plurality of petals and the elongated portion, and a second position defining a second, greater gap between the proximal end of the plurality of petals and the elongated portion.
US11896260B2
A tissue-removing catheter for removing tissue in a body lumen includes a tube extending axially along the catheter. A junction box housing is located at a distal end of the tube. An elongate body extends distally from the junction box housing. The elongate body is sized and shaped to be received in the body lumen. A gear assembly is disposed in the junction box housing. The gear assembly engages the elongate body for rotating the elongate body. A tissue-removing element is mounted on a distal end portion of the elongate body. The tissue-removing element is configured to remove the tissue as the tissue-removing element is rotated by the elongate body within the body lumen.
US11896257B2
A device suitable for use in a body lumen and comprises an elongated control member having a distal and a proximal end, and a radially expansible member disposed at or near the distal end and adapted for collection and/or shearing of matter (i.e. thrombus) from a wall of the body lumen (i.e. a vein or an artery). The radially expansible member has a proximal end and a distal end and is adjustable between a contracted orientation and an expanded orientation. The elongated control member comprising a proximal arm connected at or adjacent to the proximal end of the radially expansible member and a distal arm connected at or adjacent to the distal end of the radially expansible member such that movement of one arm relative to the other arm effects adjustment of the diameter or radial strength of the radially expansible member. The device comprises a control mechanism operatively connected to both arms and adapted to provide resistance to the movement of one arm relative to the other. The control mechanism may be a biasing means, a brake means, or both.
US11896243B2
A surgical tool guide comprises an anchor body extending between a proximal end and a distal end along an anchor axis. The anchor body has a piercing element at the proximal end. An angle adjustor arcuately extends between two opposed ends. The angle adjustor is mounted to the anchor body between the proximal end and the distal end. A guide body is cannulated along a longitudinal length thereof to define a guide passage extending along a guide axis. The guide body is mounted to the angle adjustor such that the guide axis intersects the anchor axis at a target surgical point and an angle is defined between the anchor axis and the guide axis. The anchor body and/or the guide body is displaceable relative to the other along the angle adjustor to vary at least one of the angle and a depth of the target surgical point.
US11896240B2
A system for harvesting bone material from a bone may include a rotary cutter defining a rotary cutter longitudinal axis extending between a rotary cutter proximal end and a rotary cutter distal end. The rotary cutter may have a drive shaft configured to receive input torque, and an osteochondral cutter configured to cut the tissue and receive the tissue material in response to rotation of the osteochondral cutter under pressure against the tissue. The system may further include a bone port defining a bone port longitudinal axis extending between a bone port proximal end and a bone port distal end. The bone port may have a bone port cannulation sized to closely fit over the osteochondral cutter. At least one of the bone port proximal end and the bone port distal end may be securable to the tissue. A stratiform tissue graft may be delivered through the bone port.
US11896232B2
A surgical instrument includes a stapling assembly and an anvil configured to cooperate to compress, staple, and cut tissue. The stapling assembly includes a deck member having a deck surface that faces distally and includes a plurality of staple openings configured to receive a plurality of staples, and a knife member having a distal end that defines a cutting edge. The anvil includes an anvil surface having a plurality of staple forming pockets configured to form the staples, and a washer positioned adjacent to the anvil surface and having a proximal face. The cutting edge of the knife member is configured to cut through the tissue and the proximal face when the surgical instrument is fired. The proximal face includes a tissue gripping feature configured to stabilize and inhibit the tissue from translating across the washer and the anvil surface during firing.
US11896230B2
A force sensor arrangement for use in a surgical device includes a support block supported within the surgical device and defining a support block surface; a load sensor disposed axially adjacent the support block, the load sensor defining a sensor surface; and a spherical disc interposed between the support block and the load sensor, and in contact with the support block surface and the sensor surface, wherein the spherical disc defines a first side in contact with the sensor surface, and a second side in contact with the support block surface, wherein the second side of the spherical disc has a spherical profile and the support block surface has a complimentary spherical profile.
US11896229B2
A tissue-manipulating system including a tissue-manipulating device having shaft and a tissue grasper assembly. The tissue grasper assembly has at least one grasper arm resiliently expandable from a closed configuration, within and extending along the longitudinal axis of a shaft, to an open configuration outside the shaft with the grasper arm expanded in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. In the open configuration, the at least one grasper arm may be engaged with tissue wall to manipulate or move the tissue wall, such as to move a distal tissue wall closer to a proximal tissue wall. The tissue grasper assembly may be deployable (such as by being separated from the shaft), such as to remain in place holding two tissue walls in apposition.
US11896222B2
A surgical system is disclosed comprising a firing member, a motor configured to advance the firing member, a current sensor, and a control system configured to set a target firing speed range of the firing member based on a current draw of the motor sensed by the current sensor, set a threshold current draw range corresponding to the target firing speed range of the firing member, advance the firing member at a firing speed within the target firing speed range, monitor a current draw of the motor as the firing member is driven, compare the monitored current draw to the threshold current draw range, and adjust the firing speed of the firing member based on the monitored current draw crossing below a first non-zero current value corresponding to the threshold current draw range or above a second non-zero current value corresponding to the threshold current draw range.
US11896216B2
A method for closing a wound in a tubular organ using a suture thread attached to a suture needle. The method includes grasping a first part of the suture thread by a grasper inserted in the tubular organ after the suture thread has been passed through tissue surrounding the wound at a first position; moving the first part away from the first position by moving the grasper grasping the first part along a longitudinal axis of the grasper; grasping a second part of the suture thread located between the first part and the first position by the grasper; and moving the second part away from the first position by moving the grasper grasping the second part along the longitudinal axis of the grasper.
US11896212B2
A set of devices and associated methodology for percutaneously closing a puncture through the wall of an artery. The method includes inserting a guide wire through a percutaneous entry and into the artery; using the guide wire to guide an insertion of an introducer catheter into the artery; inserting a balloon catheter through the introducer catheter and into the artery; obtaining a tube having a clamp configured to selectively clamp to the introducer catheter; loading the tube with a plurality of fasteners, each fastener individually tethered to a suture; clamping the tube loaded with fasteners onto the introducer catheter, thereby aligning the puncture with a distal working end of the tube; ejecting two or more of the fasteners from the tube to attach onto the artery; percutaneously tying together the tethered sutures of the attached fasteners to draw the attached fasteners together, closing the puncture.
US11896203B2
A device for inhibiting condensation distortion on an optical element of a medical instrument configured for insertion into a body cavity is provided. The device may include a housing; a cavity within the housing, the cavity being sized to removably retain at least a portion of the medical instrument therein, wherein the portion includes the optical element; a plasma activation zone within the cavity and arranged such that when the at least a portion of the medical instrument is retained within the cavity, the optical element is located within the plasma activation zone; a plasma generator configured to be activated to cause formation of a plasma cloud in the plasma activation zone in a vicinity of the optical element; and a controller configured to activate the plasma generator for a time period sufficient to cause the optical element to become hydrophilic prior to insertion into the body cavity.
US11896185B2
A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclonic stage which comprises a stationary portion and an openable portion. The openable portion is rotatably mounted by a rotatable mount between a closed position in which a cyclone chamber is closed and an open position in which the cyclone chamber is open. The stationary portion comprises an upper portion of the first cyclonic stage and the openable portion comprises a lower portion of the first cyclonic stage. The rotatable mount is located at a rearward end of the openable portion.
US11896181B2
A dishwasher and method of operating a dishwasher according to a cycle of operation are described herein. The dishwasher includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, a rotatable spray arm comprising a nozzle outlet, and a liquid supply conduit fluidly coupled to the spray arm. A pump can be fluidly coupled to the liquid supply conduit and operated to flow liquid through an aperture in the liquid supply conduit.
US11896178B2
A cleaning assembly for a cleaning robot is provided. The cleaning assembly includes a motor, a transmission mechanism coupled with the motor, and a cleaning device comprising a shaft having a first gear coupled with the transmission mechanism and a cleaning module mounted to an end of the shaft. The transmission mechanism is configured to drive the shaft to rotate through the first gear. The shaft is configured to move axially. The cleaning module is configured to clean a surface area.
US11896176B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a triggerless extractor surface cleaning device for cleaning a surface in which a cleaning solution is distributed to the surface and extracted using suction along with dirt and/or debris on the surface in a continuous operation as the extractor moves along the surface. The extractor further comprises an encoder positioned adjacent a wheel of the extractor for detecting a rotational direction and speed of the wheel to generate a signal. Based on receiving the signal, a controller controls operation of a valve to situationally distribute the cleaning solution to the surface depending on a forward rotation of the wheel and independent of user actuation of a trigger positioned on a handle used to propel the extractor along the surface. Distribution of the cleaning solution can be further optimized based on the detected rotational speed of the wheel.
US11896174B2
An autonomous cleaning device, including: a casing, a cover, and a switch. The cover is arranged on the casing and protrudes from a top of the casing. The cover and the casing are connected in a manner enabling the cover to be movable downwards and backwards; and the cover has an acting portion. A trigger position of the switch is located at a moving path of the acting portion, and the cover is configured to trigger the switch by the acting portion during movement of the cover. The switch comprises at least two first switches, configured to be triggered in a horizontal direction. A horizontal circumferential trigger range formed by all the at least two first switches is greater than or equal to 180 degrees.
US11896172B2
A joint arrangement for the pivotable mounting of a lid, a seat or a seat/lid fitting about a pivot axis on a ceramic sanitary article, which joint arrangement comprises an elongate fastening element which is intended to be arranged on the sanitary article, a bearing element having a passage bore through which the fastening element is intended to engage, and a damper element which damps the pivoting movement and has a connecting element, which likewise has a passage bore into which the fastening element engages or through which said fastening element engages and which fits on the bearing element in the assembled position, wherein the bearing element has a retaining portion which receives the connecting element in a form-fitting manner.
US11896165B2
A rack holder configured to securely hold a rack or tray used to hold food items during cooking is described. The rack holder may include bracket with a lower lip and a top lip. The bracket may be affixed to a support bar with an offset portion extending downward. The support bar may also include a handle support portion where one or more handles are affixed to the rack holder. The rack holder may provide a fitting engagement with a rack to remove the rack from a cooking environment and to transport the rack to another preparation station.
US11896161B2
An implement attachment holder for a hand mixer includes a body defining opposed first and second surfaces and first and second mounting projections coupled with the body and extending away from the first surface of the body at respective first and second locations spaced apart at a first distance along a first direction. The attachment holder further includes a device retention projection extending away from the second surface of the body and partially along the first surface to at least partially overlie the first and second locations from which the first and second mounting projections extend. The device retention projection further defines at least three attachment channels extending in a second direction normal to the first direction at spaced-apart locations along the device retention projection.
US11896154B2
A brewing device for a machine for preparing beverages, in particular coffee or tea, in which the brewing device comprising a brewing chamber having a longitudinal axis, a frame having two walls arranged on opposite sides of the brewing chamber, and a fastening device. The fastening device is configured to releasably couple the brewing device to a support body in the beverage preparation machine and comprises a lever release device hinged to the frame to rotate about an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis between a normal coupling position, in which the lever release device stably holds the brewing device on the support body, and a release position, in which the lever release device allows the brewing device to be released from, or mounted on, the support body.
US11896152B2
An easily foldable fitted sheet is disclosed, made of a flat top section with a backside of fabric flat against a backside of the flat bottom section joined together at their outlining edges. The flat top section is an inelastic rectangular sheet of fabric sewn all around at the outlining edges to the flat bottom section which is an elastic rectangular frame of fabric with no middle center and only one seam. The top portion can be made of an elastic material. When the fitted sheet's flat bottom section is stretched over any mattress it forms the side panels giving a tight fit and grips the underside of the mattress with the silicone beading or strip that is adhered to the inside edge of the bottom section. When the sheet is released from the mattress the bottom section's elastic material retains its flat rectangular shape and lies flat for ease of folding and storage.
US11896147B2
A display case including a frame with a first fastener, a door with a second fastener, and a bracket coupling the door to the frame is described. The bracket has a first end coupled a second end. The first end is pivotably coupled to the frame by the first fastener. The first end includes a first pair of spring arms having a first slot to couple to the first fastener and to allow the door to pivot between open and closed positions. The second end is slideably coupled to the door by the second fastener. The second end has detents on a second pair of spring arms and a second slot to allow the second fastener of the door to slide as the door is pivoted between open and closed positions. A first detent is positioned further from the first end of the bracket than a second detent.
US11896135B2
Described herein is a method of forming a mattress (and product thereof) including providing a cover-top panel compact that includes a top panel having one or more filler layers and a drape that is affixed to the top panel at a first margin. The method entails detaching the drape at a second margin and inverting the drape to engage a supporting core, thereby completing the mattress assembly.
US11896129B2
A bedding foundation has a linear actuator for moving a roller carriage forward and backwards. The roller carriage includes wheels which move along rails supported below a rigid platform having an opening extending through the platform. The roller carriage includes a lifter which raises and lowers a roller independently of the movement of the linear actuator. Regardless of the position of the linear actuator, the roller may be raised or lowered. The roller moves back and forth inside the opening extending through the rigid platform and imparts a massage movement to a mattress above the foundation.
US11896119B2
A two-stage lock assembly comprising a multi-element lock tab configured for disposition in a lateral structure of a lock device. The multi-element lock tab may include a body that includes an end on which a first element and a second element are disposed. The first element may extend from the body farther than the second element to enable the first element to be introduced into a receiver prior to the second element. The multi-element lock tab may be configurable in a disengaged configuration in which the first element and the second element are not positioned in a receiver, a first engaged configuration in which the first element is positioned in the receiver and the second element is not, and a second engaged configuration in which the first and the second elements are positioned in the receiver.
US11896118B2
A supporting frame includes a mounting assembly and a plurality of leg assemblies to support the mounting assembly. The mounting assembly includes first and second mounting units, at least one of which is extendable in a longitudinal or lateral direction of the mounting assembly. In some cases, the first and second mounting units are pivotally connected to each other and each of the leg assemblies is foldable relative to the first or second mounting unit, resulting in an extendable and foldable supporting frame. A supporting structure includes a supporting frame and first and second panels connected to the supporting frame. In some cases, the supporting structure is foldable in half.
US11896117B2
An oral care implement used for treatment of a user's oral cavity. The oral care implement may include a body having a longitudinal axis, a first hard plastic component, and a second hard plastic component. The first hard plastic component may have a front surface having a perimeter portion and a central portion that is surrounded by the perimeter portion, the central portion being recessed relative to the perimeter portion. The second hard plastic component may be positioned on the central portion of the first hard plastic component and surrounded by the perimeter portion of the first hard plastic component. The second hard plastic component may have an outer surface with a plurality of grooves that are elongated in a direction of the longitudinal axis.
US11896102B2
A valve system comprises: a valve body; a valve cap; and a valve plug between the valve body and valve cap is compressed radially and axially, and a central bore extends wholly through the valve body and valve cap and partially through the valve plug. The valve system is welded to a packet which can contain a hair color formula. One or more of the packets are then used in a cartridge compatible with a dispensing device.
US11896099B2
The disclosure includes a wallet comprising an open-sided shell, a flexible member coupled to the open-sided shell, and a pull tab coupled to the external surface of the flexible member. The disclosure also includes a wallet comprising an open-sided shell, a flexible member coupled to the open-sided shell, a stretchable band configured to wrap around the open-sided shell and the flexible member, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) protection plate coupled to the open-sided shell. In some embodiments, the RFID protection plate is configured to securably couple at least one personal card between the RFID protection plate and the open-sided shell. The disclosure includes a wallet comprising an open-sided shell, a first protruding portion coupled to the open-sided shell, and a second protruding portion coupled to the open-sided shell.
US11896091B2
A jewelry item comprises an elastic element extending over the entire length of the item, a plurality of decorative elements threaded one after the other on the elastic element so as to be slidable with respect thereto, and a plurality of connection elements which are each threaded on the elastic element between a pair of adjacent decorative elements and connect the decorative elements to each other, whereby the adjacent decorative elements are displaceable with respect to each other, sliding on the connection element, between a position of minimum relative distance and a position of maximum relative distance. Each connection element is connected to a first decorative element of the pair of adjacent decorative elements by a first bayonet-type engaging device and to a second decorative element of the pair of adjacent decorative elements by a second bayonet-type engaging device.
US11896088B1
The present application relates to the field of string tying buckles, in particular to a novel string tying system. A rotating cover and a rotating clamping member provided with a buckling portion and first clamping teeth are arranged in a split manner, so that the demolding difficulty is low, and the system is convenient to produce and assemble.
US11896074B2
A head top has a frame for mounting on a user's head. The frame has a viewing opening for a user to see out of the frame. A shield is mounted to the frame, and can be moved between a open and closed positions. A pivot arm connects the shield to the frame and is mounted to the inside of both the frame and shield to avoid exposure. An outer mount and inner mount can also be provided to automatically adjust the width of the head top. A hinge connects them allowing the inner mount to laterally pivot with respect to the outer mount to accommodate users with different head sizes. A forehead member also adjusts to a user's forehead.
US11896072B2
A kit for use in creating customized swimwear is provided including an outer layer formed of a water repellent draw-on fabric, an inner layer formed from a water repellent fabric, and a plurality of fabric markets of different colors.
US11896065B2
A tubular collar adapted to be worn around the neck of an individual. The tubular collar has a front sheet and a rear sheet, each with tapered ends. A fastener is provided on opposite ends of the front and rear sheets. The tubular collar is configurable in an open configuration and a closed configuration. In the closed configuration, the fasteners are attached to each other to affix the tapered ends together to form a loop sized to be placed around the neck of an individual. The tubular collar comprises an opening on the front sheet sized to receive ice or other cooling medium, or a heating medium, within an enclosed space of the tubular collar. By positioning the tubular collar around the neck, the weight of the cooling or heating medium is distributed across the neck and shoulders thereby providing comfort during motion such as during strenuous activities.
US11896064B2
An electroadhesive clutch can be coupled to a textile. The clutch can include a first electrode assembly comprising a first conductive member, and a second electrode assembly comprising a second conductive member overlaying in part the first conductive member. In an example, the clutch includes or uses an elastic encasing within which the first and second electrode assemblies are positioned. The elastic encasing can form a first bond with the first conductive member at a first location of the elastic encasing and a second bond with the second conductive member proximate a second location of the elastic encasing different than the first location.
US11896063B2
Free cut edges on undergarments help to minimize the appearance of visible panty lines. However, typical free cut undergarments are flat and do not conform to the shape of the body. The undergarment disclosed herein has free cut edges and a gusset panel that addresses the limitations of existing free cut undergarments. The gusset panel is gathered along its left and right edges using elastic thread or elastic bands. The gathering provides elasticity and shape to the gusset panel, and limits the extent to which the gusset panel slides and becomes displaced on the wearer.
US11896061B2
A method of constructing a heating chamber for an aerosol generation device includes providing a side wall of the heating chamber, providing a heater, and arranging the heater to be in thermal contact with the side wall of the heating chamber. The method may also include attaching a heat shrink layer to the outward facing side of the heater, and heating the heat shrink layer to a temperature such that the heat shrink layer contracts to compress the heater against the side wall. The heating chamber for the aerosol generation device includes a side wall defining an interior volume of the heating chamber, and a heater in thermal contact with the side wall, as well as a heat shrink layer under tension, compressing the heater against an outwardly facing surface of the side wall.
US11896056B2
A method of generating an aerosol in an aerosol-generating system includes storing liquid aerosol-forming substrate in a liquid storage portion and delivering via a pump a liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion to an atomizer. The method also includes sensing a puff via a a puff sensor in an airflow path of the aerosol-generating system and determining a puff intensity during the puff via a controller. The delivery flow rate of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the atomizer is adjusted in response to the determined puff intensity.
US11896048B2
A filter part (1) for use in an aerosol generating article and a method of manufacturing the filter part (1). The filter part (1) includes an aerosol permeable core (11) surrounded by a sleeve (12). The sleeve (12) is formed of linear, axially oriented fibres and the core (11) is formed of expanded, randomly oriented fibres. The method includes forming two or more strips (2a, 2b) into segments surrounding a conveying path, bringing the segments together into a sleeve former (7) to form the sleeve (12) and introducing loose fibres (52) between the segments upstream of the sleeve former (7) such that they are drawn therein in a random orientation and compressed between the segments as they are brought together to form a filter rod (8) with an aerosol permeable core (11) within the sleeve (12). The filter rod (8) is then cut to form the filter part (1).
US11896046B2
A sheet is provided, including a fibrous material, one or more nicotine salts, and sugar, at least about 20% by weight of the one or more nicotine salts being monoprotic.
US11896034B2
The present invention relates animal feed or animal feed additives comprising one or more polypeptides having lysozyme activity. The invention also relates to polypeptides having lysozyme activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US11896031B2
The present invention describes a bio-based process to produce high quality protein concentrate (HQPC) by converting plant derived celluloses into bioavailable protein via aerobic incubation, including the use of such HQPC so produced as a nutrient, including use as a fish meal replacement in aquaculture diets.
US11896025B2
A structured coffee composition and to various items made using such coffee composition are provided. The structured coffee composition is suitable for use in one or more of automatic drip coffee makers, single serving coffee makers, percolating coffee makers, moka pot coffee makers, French press coffee makers, vacuum coffee makers, expresso coffee makers, thermal coffee makers, or any combination of two or more thereof.
US11896019B1
An apparatus and method of use for a cartridge-type animal stunner comprising an elongated stunner housing having a muzzle and a breech with a cartridge chamber for receiving an explosive charge. A captive penetrating-type stunning rod capable of being propelled forward is received in the bore. The stunning rod has an opening throughout the entire length thereof. Upon placement of the housing forward end against an animal and activation of a trigger, a firing pin moves to impact a cartridge in the cartridge chamber, causing explosion of the cartridge. The stunning rod is propelled forward to penetrate the animal head to a brain. Simultaneously, a portion of combustion products from explosion of the cartridge travel into the stunning rod opening at a rearward end, along the length of the rod, and out of the stunning rod forward end into the animal brain to cause rapid lethal damage thereto.
US11896018B2
A cooked dough product, such as a biscuit (cookie), comprising from about 10 wt. % to about 45 wt. % of an oil and/or fat component, and from about 0.25 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of ethylcellulose, based on the weight of said product. Also provided is a method of making a cooked dough product comprising the steps of: preparing a dough containing a flour, water, from about 10 wt. % to about 45 wt. % of an oil and/or fat component, and from about 0.25 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of ethylcellulose, based on the weight of the ingredients excluding added water; and cooking the dough at a temperature of at least about 140° C. The ethylcellulose is effective to reduce oil migration from the cooked dough products.
US11896007B2
According to an aspect of the present application, a composition for controlling a target pest comprises 0.1% to 4% isopropyl myristate, 0.1% to 15% thyme oil white, 0.1% to 2% geraniol, and at least one additional active ingredient selected from thymyl acetate, linalyl acetate, amyl butyrate, anise star oil, black seed oil, p-cymene, linalool, d-limonene, isopropyl myristate, lilac flower oil, methyl salicylate, alpha-pinene, piperonal, piperonyl alcohol, tetrahydrolinalool, thyme oil white, thyme oil red, thymol, vanillin, and wintergreen oil. The composition causes synergistic control of the target pest.
US11895993B2
The present invention provides a disease model animal for tauopathies which reproduces the expression pattern of tau protein isoforms of adult human brain, that is, approximately equal amounts of 3R type tau and 4R type tau being expressed in the adult brain. The method for producing the disease model animal for tauopathies of the present invention comprises the steps of: preparing a tau seeds; and injecting the tau seeds in the brain of an animal carrying a mutation in the tau gene which fails to express the tenth exon. The animal carrying a mutation in the tau gene which fails to express the tenth exon may be produced by using any of the genome editing, gene targeting or base editing technologies.
US11895989B2
A method, system, and computer program product for automated beehive control and management. Information related to a content of a beehive is acquired by at least one sensor. The information from the at least one sensor is received and analyzed to determine at least one attribute of at least one substance monitored in the content. Based on the at least one attribute, at least one actuator of the beehive is instructed to maneuver at least one mechanical component affecting at least a portion of an internal environment of the beehive.
US11895986B1
The present disclosure provides a connecting belt, a dog vest, and a wearable product. The connecting belt includes a plurality of position marks, an interval is defined between each two adjacent position marks, and the intervals are arranged along a length direction of the connecting belt and configured to mark a length of the connecting belt when adjusting.
US11895984B2
The present invention is a pet training pad comprising a first end of a first conductive wire and a first end of a second conductive wire connected to a main controlling device, while a second end of the first conductive wire and a second end of the second conductive wire remain open. When a pet goes onto the pet training pad, the pet's foot makes contact with the first conductive wire and the second conductive wire at the same time, establishing an electrical circuit via the pet's foot. The main controlling device detects that the electrical circuit and then sends an electric shock current to the first conductive wire, thereby shocking the pet which will guide the pet to form a habit of not going to the position where the pet training pad is located.
US11895982B2
Cat furniture having at least one three-dimensional structure is composed of at least two panel elements which are connected together at at least one of their panel edges. One individual panel element is provided on at least one of its panel edges with a fastening means by means of which a connection with the fastening means of an adjacent panel element is to be made. The fastening means is attached in a foldable manner to the panel element via a perforation and via at least one groove extending along the perforation.
US11895981B2
A waste cartridge in combination with a waste machine or apparatus that maintains waste pads for a pet owner, automatically or manually by removing and sealing soiled pads and waste and then replacing the soiled pad with a clean pad on a pet bed of the machine. The apparatus senses when a pet is using a waste pad portion and when the pet is finished, the machine takes up the soiled portion of the pad and removes and seals the soiled portion of the pad roll and the waste automatically, moving the pad into a repository for later removal and disposal of the waste cartridge when the pad roll is used up and then replacing removed pad with a new waste cartridge. The waste cartridge is comprised of a pad roll and a take-up rod attached to one end of the pad by any means such as a clip, slot or adhesive on the take-up rod. A pair of end caps on opposing ends of the take-up rod that includes a gear for attachment to a removable drive module may also be included or left off if the rod or core is directly connected to the drive module.
US11895974B2
A soybean cultivar designated 08140308 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 08140308, to the plants of soybean cultivar 08140308, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 08140308, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 08140308. 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 08140308. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 08140308, 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 08140308 with another soybean cultivar.
US11895969B2
A wheat variety designated 6PFRE16B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PFRE16B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PFRE16B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PFRE16B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PFRE16B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PFRE16B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US11895966B2
A wheat variety designated 6PGNQ06B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PGNQ06B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PGNQ06B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PGNQ06B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PGNQ06B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PGNQ06B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US11895963B2
A hybrid pumpkin plant, designated OLYMPUS is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of hybrid pumpkin designated OLYMPUS, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid pumpkin designated OLYMPUS, and to methods for producing a pumpkin plant by crossing the hybrid pumpkin OLYMPUS with itself or another pumpkin plant.
US11895959B2
The present invention is a scalable and re-configurable system for indoor growing. The scalable and re-configurable system for indoor growing is comprised of a plurality of growing sleds, in which each growing sled has a plurality of plant stations. Plants are grown in receptacles on each plant station. The plant station is rotated by a drive system. Each plant station provides irrigation. Each plant station has a forced frame connected to the top of a plant support assembly. A forced frame is used to confine each plant to a known foot-print. This is necessary in indoor growing in order to make the production uniform and efficient.
US11895955B2
Disclosed is a combined LED grow lighting system, comprising an LED light track and at least one LED light strip which slidably connects with and longitudinally slides along the LED light track; wherein a remote control signal receiver to receive a remote control signal is configured within the LED light track, a processing device for processing the remote control signal received by the remote control signal receiver to generate a control signal for controlling a power of LED in each LED light strip is connected with each LED light strip, respectively; an LED constant current power supply and a constant current control circuit are configured within the LED light strip, and the constant current control circuit is connected with the processing device and receives the control signal regarding the power of the LED light strip sent from the processing device to control the LED constant current power supply.
US11895950B2
An agricultural harvester is disclosed. The agricultural harvester includes a cutting unit that has a cutting table adjustable in its cutting table length, a reel adjustable to a reel vertical position and reel longitudinal position, an inclined conveyor downstream from the cutting unit, and a driver assistance system. The driver assistance system autonomously determines, using at least one input variable, at least one machine parameter and specifies the machine parameter to the cutting unit. The machine parameter can include one or more of the cutting table length, the reel vertical position, or the reel longitudinal position. In particular, the driver assistance system may determine a harvested material throughput and a vibration coefficient describing the fluctuation in the harvested material throughput in a region lying in front of the threshing system and adapt or modify the cutting table length based on the determined vibration coefficient.
US11895938B2
Continued and precise operation of an agricultural implement exists even where a subsystem, such as a GPS receiver, wireless communicator, a sensor, or the like, fails, falters, or is otherwise unusable. Data is continually tracked to the extent possible during failure or faltering and is temporarily stored. To continue operations during periods of unavailability, a representation of planted ground is anticipated by other agricultural implements and/or calculated with agricultural data from other agricultural implements. Normal operations then continue until data sync can catch back up to real-time.
US11895937B2
A slip determination system is provided that is capable of providing appropriate control information to a traveling vehicle when the traveling vehicle has proceeded to an area where a slip is likely to occur during automatic travel. The slip determination system includes: a vehicle position detection module for detecting a vehicle position; and an automatic travel control portion for enabling automatic travel based on the vehicle position and a set travel path; a slip amount calculation portion for calculating a slip amount of the traveling vehicle body, using an estimated movement distance of the traveling vehicle body calculated based on the number of revolutions of a driving axle of the traveling vehicle body, and an actual movement distance of the traveling vehicle body calculated based on the vehicle position; an appropriateness determination portion for performing appropriateness determination to determine, based on the slip amount, whether or not a state of a traveling ground surface is appropriate for automatic travel; and an automatic travel stop portion for stopping automatic travel based on a determination result.
US11903331B2
A digital circuit includes at least one quantum wire resonant tunneling transistor that includes an emitter terminal, a base terminal, a collector terminal, an emitter region in connection with the emitter terminal, a base region in connection with the base terminal, a collector region in connection with the collector terminal, an emitter barrier region between the emitter region and the base region, and a collector barrier region between the collector region and the base region. At least one of the emitter region, the base region, and the collector region includes a plurality of metal quantum wires.
US11903326B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a memory device that includes a spin orbit torque (SOT) layer arranged over a substrate. A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure may be arranged over the SOT layer. The MTJ structure includes a free layer, a reference layer, and a diffusion barrier layer disposed between the free layer and the reference layer. A first conductive wire is arranged below the SOT layer and coupled to the SOT layer. A second conductive wire is arranged below the SOT layer and coupled to the SOT layer. A third conductive wire is arranged over the MTJ structure. The memory device further includes a first selector structure arranged between the first conductive wire and the SOT layer.
US11903323B2
A structure including an electro-active-polymer (“EAP”). The structure can take the form of a strap, which includes two or more EAP film layers. The structure can further include one or more holders or end-grabbing portions. Methods of making and using the EAP structure are also envisioned.
US11903321B2
A device for producing a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma and a method for operating a piezoelectric transformer are disclosed. In an embodiment a device includes a piezoelectric transformer, a driver circuit configured to apply an input signal to the piezoelectric transformer and a field probe configured to measure a field strength of an electric field produced by the piezoelectric transformer at a measurement point, wherein the driver circuit is configured to adapt the input signal while taking into account measurement results of the field probe, and wherein the device is configured to produce a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma.
US11903318B2
Provided herein is a thermoelectric element that includes a cold end, a hot end, and a p-type or n-type material having a length between the hot end and the cold end. The p-type or n-type material has an intrinsic Seebeck coefficient (S), an electrical resistivity (ρ), and a thermal conductivity (λ). Each of two or more of S, ρ, and λ generally increases along the length from the cold end to the hot end. The thermoelectric element may be provided in single-stage thermoelectric devices providing enhanced maximum temperature differences. The single-stage thermoelectric devices maybe combined with one another to provide multi-stage thermoelectric devices with even further enhanced maximum temperature differences.
US11903312B2
A heat conversion apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a pipe which includes a first flat surface and a second flat surface disposed parallel to the first surface, and through which air having a lower temperature than entered air is discharged; a plurality of thermoelectric elements that have heat-absorbing surfaces disposed in external sides of the respective first and second surfaces; a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) that are electrically connected to the plurality of thermoelectric elements; and coolant passing members that are disposed on heat-radiating surfaces of the plurality of thermoelectric elements, wherein an external floor surface of the coolant passing member includes a plurality of first external floor surfaces having a first height and a plurality of second external floor surfaces having a second height that is different from the first height, the plurality of first external floor surfaces are in contact with the heat-radiating surfaces of the plurality of thermoelectric elements, and the plurality of PCBs are disposed in the plurality of second external floor surfaces.
US11903311B2
Provided is a heterocyclic compound of Chemical Formula 1: where X1 is O or S; L1 and L2 are each independently a single bond, a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene, a substituted or unsubstituted naphthylene, or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenylenyl; Y1 to Y3 are each independently N or CR3, provided that at least one of Y1 to Y3 is N; and Ar1a and Ar1b are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted C6-60 aryl or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-60 heteroaryl containing 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of N, O and S; and an organic light emitting device comprising the same, where the compound of Chemical Formula 1 can be used as a material of an organic material layer of an organic light emitting device and can exhibit improved efficiency, a low driving voltage and/or improved lifetime characteristics of the organic light emitting device.
US11903306B2
New organometallic complexes having bis- or tris-heteroleptic ligands and large aspect ratio in one direction and their use in OLEDs to enhance the efficiency is disclosed.
US11903289B2
A display panel, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device are provided. In the display panel, sub-pixel areas in a same row along a first direction are divided into a plurality of sub-pixel area groups independent from each other, and each sub-pixel area group includes at least two adjacent sub-pixel areas, a connection layer includes a connection pattern arranged in each sub-pixel area, and the connection pattern is coupled to the initialization signal line pattern in the sub-pixel area wherein the connection pattern is located, connection patterns located in a same sub-pixel area group are sequentially coupled along the first direction to form the connection portion; at least part of a first auxiliary signal line layer is located in an anode spacing area, and is insulated from an anode pattern, the connection pattern in each sub-pixel area group is coupled to the first auxiliary signal line layer.
US11903284B2
A pixel structure includes: gate lines and data lines disposed crosswise and a plurality of pixel repetition modules distributed in an array. A pixel repetition module includes: a plurality of pixel units arranged in order, wherein each pixel unit includes three sub-pixels arranged in a triangular structure, and the three sub-pixels in each pixel unit and the three sub-pixels in an adjacent pixel unit are arranged inversely with respect to each other; each pixel unit corresponds to two groups of gate lines, wherein each group of gate lines includes two gate lines parallel to each other, a first group of gate lines are located on a first outer side and a second outer side of the pixel units respectively, and a second group of gate lines are both located between the sub-pixels located in a first row and the sub-pixels located in a second row in the pixel units.
US11903275B2
A display device may include a first scan connection line connecting a first scan line connected to a first pixel and a first scan output transistor, a first sensing connection line connecting a first sensing line connected to the first pixel and a first sensing output transistor, the first sensing connection line crossing and overlapping the first scan connection line, a second sensing connection line connecting a second sensing line connected to a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel in a first direction and a second sensing output transistor, and a second scan connection line connecting a second scan line connected to the second pixel and a second scan output transistor, the second scan connection line crossing and overlapping the second sensing connection line.
US11903273B2
The present disclosure relates to a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate including a display area and a non-display area includes a fan-out area; a signal line layer including a plurality of signal lines located in the fan-out area; a first metal layer including a first power line located in the non-display area; a first electrode layer including a first electrode portion; and an organic insulating layer having a groove located in the non-display area. On the base substrate, an orthographic projection of the first electrode portion at least partially overlaps with that of the first power line, an orthographic projection of the organic insulating layer at an edge of the groove at least partially overlaps with that of the fan-out area in a first overlapping area having at least part not overlapping with an orthographic projection of the first electrode portion.
US11903256B2
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of sub-pixels on the base substrate. Each sub-pixel includes a pixel circuit; pixel circuits are in columns in a first direction and rows in a second direction. The sub-pixels includes a first sub-pixel, and the display substrate further includes a first data line extended in the first direction and connected with the first sub-pixel. The sub-pixels further includes a second sub-pixel directly adjacent to the first sub-pixel in the second direction. A first capacitor electrode in the first sub-pixel and a first capacitor electrode in the second sub-pixel are in a same layer and are spaced apart from each other; and the first capacitor electrode in the first sub-pixel is overlapped with the first data line in a direction perpendicular to the base substrate to provide a first capacitor.
US11903252B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel and an electronic device. The display panel includes: a base substrate; a pixel arranged on the base substrate, wherein the pixel includes a plurality of sub-pixel drive circuits sequentially arranged in the first direction in the display area, each of the sub-pixel drive circuits includes a switching transistor, a detection transistor and a storage capacitor, the switching transistor and the detection transistor are respectively located on both sides of the storage capacitor in a second direction; a first gate line configured to provide a first scanning signal to the plurality of sub-pixel drive circuits; and a second gate line configured to provide a second scanning signal to the plurality of sub-pixel drive circuits.
US11903239B2
A display device includes the following: a base substrate; a light-emitting element on the base substrate with a TFT layer interposed therebetween, the light-emitting element forming a display region; a sealing film covering the light-emitting element and having a stack of, in sequence, first and second inorganic insulating films; a frame region surrounding the display region; a cut disposed in the frame region so as to partly cut the display region; a cut-peripheral wall disposed in the frame region between the display region and the cut, and extending along the boundary of the display region; an evaporated film between the cut-peripheral wall and the first inorganic insulating film; and an organic buffer layer disposed on a surface of the cut-peripheral wall and interposed between the first and second inorganic insulating films.
US11903238B2
Provided is a display device. The display device includes a flexible substrate comprising an active area, and a non-active area surrounding a border of the active area; a thin-film transistor and a light-emitting element on the active area; an encapsulation unit over the thin-film transistor and the light-emitting element; a hole formed in the active area by removing a portion of the flexible substrate; a first common layer disposed on a side surface of the hole, extended from the light-emitting element and comprising same elements with the light-emitting element; and a tip protruding from the side surface of the hole. The first common layer disposed adjacent to the tip is disconnected from the light-emitting element.
US11903234B2
A display substrate and a preparation method thereof, and a display device are provided. The display substrate (200/300/400) includes a display region (201/301/401) and an opening region (2011/3011/4011), the display region (200/300/400) surrounds the opening region (2011/3011/4011), a first barrier wall (2012/3012/4012) is between the display region (201/301/401) and the opening region (2011/3011/4011), and the first barrier wall (2012/3012/4012) surrounds the opening region (2011/3011/4011); the first barrier wall (2012/3012/4012) includes a first metal layer structure, and at least one side surface, surrounding the opening region (2011/3011/4011), of the first metal layer structure includes a recess (2012A/3012A/4012A). The display substrate combines the imaging device with the display region of the display substrate and has a better encapsulation effect.
US11903232B2
A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes an intermediate layer, a first light-emitting unit, and a second light-emitting unit. The intermediate layer includes a region interposed between the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit. The intermediate layer has a function of supplying an electron to one of the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit and supplying a hole to the other. The first light-emitting unit includes a first light-emitting layer, the first light-emitting layer includes a first light-emitting material, the second light-emitting unit includes a second light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer includes a second light-emitting material, the second light-emitting layer has a first distance from the first light-emitting layer, and the first distance is longer than or equal to 5 nm and shorter than or equal to 65 nm.
US11903229B2
A display device includes first and second light emitting regions; first and second pixel electrodes in the first and second light emitting regions, respectively; a first organic layer in the first light emitting region, including first and second light emitting layers; a second organic layer in the second light emitting region, including a third light emitting layer; a common electrode on the first and second organic layers; a wavelength conversion pattern on the common electrode, overlapping the first organic layer, and wavelength-converting light of a first color into light of a second color, different from the first color; and a light transmitting pattern on the common electrode, overlapping the second organic layer. The third light emitting layer and one of the first and second light emitting layers emit light of the first color, and another one of the first and second light emitting layers emits light of the second color.
US11903227B2
A light-emitting element containing a fluorescent material and having high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting element contains the fluorescent material and a host material. The host material contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The first organic compound and the second organic compound can form an exciplex. The minimum value of a distance between centroids of the fluorescent material and at least one of the first organic compound and the second organic compound is 0.7 nm or more and 5 nm or less.
US11903220B2
A semiconductor memory includes a substrate including a cell region, first and second peripheral circuit regions disposed on two sides of the cell region; first lines extending across the cell region and a first peripheral circuit region; second lines disposed over the first lines and extending across the cell region and the second peripheral circuit region; a contact plug in the second peripheral circuit region and connected to the second line; third lines disposed over the second lines and respectively overlapping the second lines; and first memory cells disposed in the cell region and located at intersections of the first lines and the second lines between the first lines and the second lines, wherein portions of the third line located in the cell region and over the contact plug contact the second line, and part of a remainder of the third line is spaced apart from the second line.
US11903219B1
A configuration for efficiently placing a group of capacitors with one terminal connected to a common node is described. The capacitors are stacked and folded along the common node. In a stack and fold configuration, devices are stacked vertically (directly or with a horizontal offset) with one terminal of the devices being shared to a common node, and further the capacitors are placed along both sides of the common node. The common node is a point of fold. In one example, the devices are capacitors. N number of capacitors can be divided in L number of stack layers such that there are N/L capacitors in each stacked layer. The N/L capacitors are shorted together with an electrode (e.g., bottom electrode). The electrode can be metal, a conducting oxide, or a combination of a conducting oxide and a barrier material. The capacitors can be planar, non-planar or replaced by memory elements.
US11903206B2
A three-dimensional semiconductor device includes an upper substrate, a gate-stacked structure on the upper substrate, the gate-stacked structure including gate electrodes stacked within a memory cell array region, while being spaced apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the upper substrate, and extending into an extension region adjacent to the memory cell array region to be arranged within the extension region to have a staircase shape, and at least one through region passing through the gate-stacked structure within the memory cell array region or the extension region, the at least one through region including a lower region and an upper region wider than the lower region.
US11903204B2
Embodiments of 3D memory devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a 3D memory device includes a substrate, a memory stack, a channel structure, a channel local contact, a slit structure, and a staircase local contact. The memory stack includes interleaved conductive layers and dielectric layers above the substrate. The channel structure extends vertically through the memory stack. The channel local contact is above and in contact with the channel structure. The slit structure extends vertically through the memory stack. The staircase local contact is above and in contact with one of the conductive layers at a staircase structure on an edge of the memory stack. Upper ends of the channel local contact, the slit structure, and the staircase local contact are flush with one another.
US11903199B2
A through via structure includes a through via and a capping pattern. The through via includes a metal pattern extending in a vertical direction, and a barrier pattern on a sidewall and a lower surface of the metal pattern. The capping pattern contacts an upper surface of the through via. A lowermost surface of an edge portion of the capping pattern is not higher than a lowermost surface of a central portion of the capping pattern.
US11903191B2
An embedded flash memory device includes a gate stack, which includes a bottom dielectric layer extending into a recess in a semiconductor substrate, and a charge storage layer over the bottom dielectric layer. The charge storage layer includes a portion in the recess. The gate stack further includes a top dielectric layer over the charge storage layer, and a metal gate over the top dielectric layer. Source and drain regions are in the semiconductor substrate, and are on opposite sides of the gate stack.
US11903190B2
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stacks of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers. Memory opening fill structures located in memory openings include a memory film and plural vertical semiconductor channels.
US11903181B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate comprising a peripheral region and a memory region defined thereon, a first dielectric layer disposed on the substrate, a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, an opening on the peripheral region of the substrate and having a lower portion through the first dielectric layer and an upper portion through the second dielectric layer, an interconnecting structure disposed on the second dielectric layer and two sides of the opening, a contact structure disposed in the lower portion of the opening, and a spacer covering a top surface of the contact structure, a sidewall of the second dielectric layer, and a sidewall of the interconnecting structure.
US11903178B2
A system for reducing a specific absorption rate includes a source field generation unit wound with a first cylindrical coil and accommodating a source material therein, and generating a source field by applying a periodic input signal to the first cylindrical coil; a physical property change unit wound with a second cylindrical coil disposed adjacent to the first cylindrical coil and accommodating a transfer target therein, and changing a physical property of the transfer target based on the generated source field; and a target field circuit unit controlling the transfer target to form a target field by a PCB substrate with a power supply interface connected to a power supply and an input of the power supply.
US11903171B2
A system including a heat exchanger section for re-cooling a heated liquid coolant, a spray cooling section for cooling an electronic equipment; mean for separating said heat exchanger or pump section from said spray cooling section; means for transferring heat generated by the electronic equipment to at least liquid coolant; means for spraying the liquid coolant along the heat transferring means to transfer heat from the electronic equipment to the liquid coolant; wherein the heat transferring means is in an essentially vertical position so that the liquid coolant generally flows downward and is drained by gravity; means for collecting the liquid coolant; means for suctioning the collected liquid coolant; means for pumping the dielectric liquid coolant from the sprayed liquid coolant collecting means and through the liquid coolant spraying means; and means for housing the system.
US11903166B2
A thermal management system for cooling electronics includes an immersion tank, a working fluid in the immersion tank, a heat exchanger, a first fluid conduit, and a second fluid conduit. The heat exchanger is configured to transfer thermal energy from the working fluid to ambient air to cool the working fluid. The first fluid conduit provides fluid communication from the immersion tank to the heat exchanger, and the second fluid conduit provides fluid communication from the heat exchanger to a spray nozzle to spray working fluid into the immersion tank.
US11903143B2
Examples are disclosed related to forming solder joints between printed circuits by using radiant heat. One example provides a method of manufacturing an electronic device, the method comprising aligning a contact of a first printed circuit with a via of a second printed circuit. The method further comprises applying radiant heat via an infrared light source to a second surface of the second printed circuit, the radiant heat incident on the via to cause the via to conduct heat to solder located at an interface of the contact and the via, and after heating the solder to reflow, cooling the solder, thereby forming a solder joint between the contact of the first printed circuit and the via of the second printed circuit.
US11903140B2
Various sensors and methods of assembling sensors are described. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly includes a first end, a body portion, and a second end. The first end can include a neck portion and a connector portion and the second end can include a flap, a first component, a neck portion, and a second component. A method is also described for sensor folding. The method can include using a circuit with an attached emitter and a detector that is separated by a portion of the circuit. The method can also include folding the portion of the circuit such that a first fold is created through the emitter and folding the portion of the circuit such that a second fold is created such that the first fold and second fold form an angle.
US11903137B2
A clinch mechanism for assembling a printed circuit board with electronic components includes a drive shaft configured to move along a vertical axis, a stationary anvil configured to remain stationary during movement of the drive shaft, a cutter having a cutting tip, and a toggle configured to rotate about a toggle rotation axis that includes an involute gear shaped tooth configured to roll across an involute trapezoidal slot of the cutter in order to impart movement on the cutter relative to the stationary anvil. Movement of the drive shaft along the linear axis is configured to move the cutter relative to the stationary anvil, and to move the cutting tip across the stationary anvil to cut an electronic lead located between the cutting tip and the stationary anvil, and to rotate the toggle about the axis.
US11903134B2
Support blocks for printed circuit boards (PCB's) and printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA's), wherein the support blocks are produced from a 3D printing process. The support block including a bottom surface having a vacuum connection; a top surface having at least one vacuum hole; at least one recessed surface that is offset from the top surface; and at least one vacuum channel extending from the vacuum connection to the at least one vacuum hole.
US11903127B2
A fluoride-based resin prepreg and a circuit substrate using the same are provided. The fluoride-based resin prepreg includes 100 PHR of a fluoride-based resin and 20 to 110 PHR of an inorganic filler. Based on a total weight of the fluoride-based resin, the fluoride-based resin includes 10 to 80 wt % of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), 10 to 50 wt % of fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP), and 0.1 to 40 wt % of perfluoroalkoxy alkane (PFA). The circuit substrate includes a fluoride-based resin substrate and a circuit layer that is formed on the fluoride-based resin substrate.
US11903126B2
The laminate of the present disclosure includes multiple glass ceramic layers each containing quartz and a glass that contains SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3, and M2O, where M is an alkali metal. The B concentration of a surface layer portion of the laminate is lower than the B concentration of an inner layer portion of the laminate.
US11903120B2
An adhesion between a sealing resin layer and a shield film is improved by a mesh sheet disposed on an opposite surface of the sealing resin layer. A radio frequency module includes a wiring board, a component mounted on an upper surface of the wiring board, a sealing resin layer that covers the component, a mesh sheet disposed on an upper surface of the sealing resin layer, and a shield film provided to cover the upper surface and side surfaces of the sealing resin layer, and the mesh sheet. The mesh sheet and the sealing resin layer, as well as the mesh sheet and the shield film are firmly in adhesion with one another. Thus, the adhesion between the sealing resin layer and the shield film can be improved.
US11903114B2
A method for operating an induction hob (100), wherein the induction hob (100) comprises: an inverter (1), which is supplied with a supply voltage (US), at least one capacitor (2, 3), and an induction heating coil (4), wherein the at least one capacitor (2, 3) and the induction heating coil (4) are interconnected such that they constitute an oscillating circuit (5), and wherein the inverter (1) is configured to generate a pulse-width modulated excitation voltage (UA) for the oscillating circuit (5) from the supply voltage (US), wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) generation of the pulse-width modulated excitation voltage (UA) having a predefined voltage characteristic, b) measurement of a resulting oscillating circuit current (iS), particularly by means of the induction heating coil (4), c) determination of electrical oscillating circuit parameters, according to the voltage characteristic of the pulse-width modulated excitation voltage (UA) and the measured oscillating circuit current (iS), d) n-times repetition of steps a) to c) using a different voltage characteristic of the excitation voltage (UA) for the determination of electrical voltage characteristic-dependent oscillating circuit parameters, and e) determination of operating variables of the induction hob (100) from voltage characteristic-dependent electrical oscillating circuit parameters.
US11903095B2
A device, method and software are presented for a 5G OpenRAN controller. In one embodiment the 5G OpenRAN controller includes an interface for an EPC virtualization stack; an interface for a radio virtualization stack; a software suite executing on the 5G OpenRAN controller; and wherein the 5G OpenRAN controller virtualizes existing cells into a pool of virtualized resources that can be allocated dynamically and virtualizes multiple cores into a pool of resources for multi-technology RANs and presents them as standard interfaces to a packet core.
US11903093B2
Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with a fifth generation Evolved Node-B (gNB) on a wireless network. The apparatus includes a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to determine a first parameter set and a second parameter set for establishing Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) resources. The second circuitry may be operable to process a first part of a PDSCH transmission from a first set of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) layers corresponding with a first Multimedia. Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) configuration based on the first parameter set. The second circuitry may also be operable to process a second part of the PDSCH transmission from a second set of MIMO layers corresponding with a second MBSFN configuration based on the second parameter set.
US11903087B2
A first electronic device may enable generation, updating, and/or storage of user configuration information. The user configuration information may comprise information pertaining to device configuration and/or operational preferences specific to the device user and/or various use settings, connectivity, and/or use of available resources. The generation, updating, and/or storage of the user configuration information may be performed manually and/or automatically, and may be performed directly within the first electronic device and/or via networked devices, which may communicatively coupled to the first electronic device. A second electronic device may be enabled to be communicatively coupled to the first electronic device and/or the networked devices. The second electronic device may then be enabled to download existing user configuration information from the first electronic device and/or the networked device, and the downloaded user configuration may be utilized to configure the second electronic device.
US11903079B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for providing a framework for supporting custom signaling between a wireless device and a cellular network. A wireless device and a cellular base station may establish a wireless link. The wireless device and the cellular base station may perform custom signaling in accordance with the custom signaling framework.
US11903069B2
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media, are provided for indicating beam failure detection (BFD) and/or beam failure recovery (BFR) information for secondary cells (SCells). Disclosed embodiments enable BFD/BFR reporting for SCells with only downlink or with both downlink and uplink to recover from link failure and/or beam failure. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11903062B2
The present disclosure relates to a device and method for operating an application in an electronic device and, specifically, to a device and method for operating an application requiring communication. A method according to an embodiment in the present disclosure may comprise the operations of: in relation to the first application, performing first wireless communication on the basis of first service and session continuity (SSC) information of 5G defined by the 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP); detecting an operation selected during the first wireless communication; generating second SSC information at least partly different from the first SSC information, at least partly on the basis of the identification; storing the second SSC information in a memory at least transiently; and in relation to the first application, storing instructions according to which second wireless communication is performed on the basis of the second SCC information.
US11903060B2
Disclosed are a user interface (UI) display control method and apparatus. The method comprises: determining a data packet size of a data packet to be transmitted when a data packet transmission instruction is received; determining a transmission policy for the data packet to be transmitted according to the data packet size; determining a network identifier adapted to the transmission policy; and displaying the network identifier on a user interface (UI). The present application is beneficial to improve the comprehensiveness and accuracy of a network identifier of an electronic device in a data packet transmission scenario.
US11903058B2
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE receives an indication of one or more timers associated with a radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment procedure or an RRC connection re-establishment procedure with a network entity via a relay. The UE transmits a request associated with an RRC connection to a second UE to be relayed to the network entity and monitors for a response from the network entity based on the one or more timers associated with the RRC connection establishment procedure or the RRC connection re-establishment procedure via the second UE as the relay.
US11903057B2
One disclosure of the present specification provides a method for operating in relay user equipment (UE). The method may comprise the steps of: receiving a communication request message directly from a first remote UE; performing a procedure for establishing an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity and a protocol data unit (PDU) session; and storing mapping information between an identifier of a PC5 link with the first remote UE and an identifier of the PDU session on the basis of the PDU session being established for an unstructured PDU session type for unstructured traffic.
US11903055B2
The user equipment comprises a reception unit configured to receive allocation information of reference signals from a base station apparatus or a first user equipment, the reference signals being used in a device-to-device direct communication; a control unit for determining a device-to-device direct communication signal based on the allocation information of reference signals used in the device-to-device direct communication; and a transmitter configured to transmit the determined device-to-device direct communication signal to a second user equipment, wherein the allocation information of reference signals used in the device-to-device direct communication includes a transmission density of the reference signals used in the device-to-device direct communication.
US11903040B2
A connection establishment method, performed by an electric vehicle (EV) being supplied power from a power supply device, may include scanning beacon broadcast in a low-level communication scheme from a plurality of chargers; selecting a beacon signal having a minimum signal attenuation by calculating signal attenuations for a plurality of scanned beacon signals; and establishing a communication connection with an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) associated with a charger transmitting the beacon signal having the minimum signal attenuation.
