US11927158B2
An apparatus and methods are provided for an air cleaner to be mounted onto an air inlet of an internal combustion engine. The air cleaner comprises an air filter that includes a filter medium disposed between a curved base and a cover. The curved base provides an interface between the air filter and the air inlet, and comprises a shape that provides clearance between the curved base and an electric choke installed onto a carburetor comprising the air inlet. The cover secures the air filter and the curved base to the air inlet such that an airstream is drawn through the filter medium and is conducted into the air inlet. A raised portion of the cover is configured to cooperate with the curved base to ensure a desired volume of the airstream is available to the air inlet at substantially all engine speeds.
US11927155B2
An evaporative emissions canister is provided. The evaporative emissions canister includes a body defining an internal volume therein for receiving one or more volumes of adsorbent. The canister body includes a port for receiving an accessory component. The port is in fluid communication with the internal volume. A sleeve seal is disposed in the port. A mounting bracket extends outwardly from the canister body. The canister body supports the accessory component, and the accessory component is secured to the canister body, thereby eliminating a hose and connector fittings between the canister body and the accessory component. A fuel system assembly including the evaporative emissions canister is also provided. A method of connecting an accessory component to an evaporative emissions canister is further provided.
US11927148B2
A method for operating a fuel injection system is provided. The method includes injecting fuel from a first direct fuel injection device arranged in a cylinder liner in a cylinder block into a combustion chamber and injecting fuel from a second direct fuel injection device arranged in a cylinder head into the combustion chamber, the first and second direct fuel injection devices arranged at an obtuse angle with regard to an intersection of central axes of the first and second direct fuel injection devices.
US11927147B2
A pump unit may include a pump configured to increase a pressure of diesel fuel and discharge the diesel fuel to a fuel passage in which a filter is disposed, and a controller configured to control an operation of the pump. The controller may be configured to execute freeze avoidance control in which the operation of the pump is controlled using an index that indicates a degree of clogging of the filter caused by the diesel fuel freezing. In the freeze avoidance control, the controller may be configured to apply a higher load to the pump as the degree of clogging of the filter indicated by the index is higher.
US11927146B2
A controller is configured to control a vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine and an automatic transmission. The controller is configured to execute a shifting process that switches a gear ratio of the automatic transmission and a lean operation process that operates the internal combustion engine with an air-fuel ratio of the air-fuel mixture in a cylinder leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. The controller is further configured to, when executing the shifting process during execution of the lean operation process, set an air-fuel ratio in a case in which the shifting process is being executed to a value closer to the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio than an air-fuel ratio in a case in which the shifting process is not being executed.
US11927142B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for estimating or determining a rate or an amount of fuel coke formation in a fuel system, such as of a gas turbine engine. The system is operable to control a rate of fuel coke formation. The system may include a sensor that measures an operating parameter associated with fuel coke formation in the fuel system. A controller is in communication with the sensor to receive the signal therefrom for determining an amount or a rate of fuel coking in the fuel system. Based on this determination the controller may adjust the rate of fuel coke formation by adjusting the operation of the turbine engine, a thermal management system of the turbine engine, or the fuel system.
US11927137B2
A system may include an insulation mount assembly configured to mount insulation within a component of an exhaust diffuser of a combustion system. The insulation mount assembly includes an insulation cover plate configured to cover the insulation over a wall of the component, and a plurality of mounting clips configured to extend partially over the insulation plate and couple to the wall of the component. Each clip of the plurality of mounting clips is configured to enable movement of the insulation cover plate in a first direction along a surface of the wall and block movement of the insulation cover plate in a second direction crosswise to the surface of the wall.
US11927136B1
A gas turbine engine includes a core engine, including a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section positioned within a core flow path of the gas turbine engine; a bypass splitter positioned radially outward of the core engine and configured to house the compressor section, the combustor section and the turbine section; a bypass duct positioned radially outward of the bypass splitter; a fan section positioned axially upstream of the compressor section, the fan section including a fan and an inlet cone positioned upstream of the fan; an inlet duct configured to house the fan section; an inlet precooler disposed within the inlet duct; and a heat exchange system configured to provide a cooling fluid to the inlet precooler.
US11927130B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for pump control of a closed thermodynamic cycle system, such as a Brayton cycle. Operational parameters such as working fluid temperature, thermal fluid temperature, stream pressure, and power generation may be the basis for controlling a thermal fluid pump rate.
US11927127B1
Piston cooling jet devices, or spray jet devices, for spraying oil onto an underside of a piston are provided. The spray jet devices may include two or more orifices such that oil is directed at an intake side portion and an exhaust side portion of the piston when the spray jet devices are selectively coupled to an engine. The spray jet devices may further include a valve to selectively control the flow of oil through a fluid passageway to the two or more orifices. For example, a check valve may be positioned and located such that the spray jet devices do not spray oil when the pressure of the oil system is less than a threshold value.
US11927124B2
Systems are provided including a selective catalytic reduction catalyst structured to receive first exhaust gas from a first fuel source of a dual fuel engine system and second exhaust gas from a second fuel source of the dual fuel engine system, a first fuel of the first fuel source differing from a second fuel of the second fuel source, an ammonia slip catalyst positioned downstream of the selective catalytic reduction catalyst to receive a flow of exhaust gases from the selective catalytic reduction catalyst without an intervening catalyst, and an oxidation catalyst positioned downstream of the ammonia slip catalyst to receive the flow of exhaust gases from the ammonia slip catalyst without an intervening catalyst.
US11927106B2
A gear reduction reduces a speed of a fan rotor relative to a speed of a fan drive turbine. A fan case surrounds the fan rotor. A core engine has a compressor section and includes a low pressure compressor. The fan rotor delivers air into a bypass duct defined between the fan case and the core engine. A rigid connection between the fan case and the core engine includes a plurality of aft connecting members rigidly connected to the fan case, and to the core engine. A plurality of fan exit guide vanes are rigidly connected to the fan case, with the fan exit guide vanes including structural fan exit guide vanes which are rigidly connected to the core engine, and non-structural fan exit guide vanes, and the non-structural fan exit guide vanes being provided with an acoustic feature to reduce noise.
US11927105B1
Apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to dynamically support axial thrust in pumps. Examples disclosed herein include a thrust bearing system including a thrust disc coupled to an impeller shaft; a first thrust pad coupled to a body of the pump, the first thrust pad positioned on a forward side of the thrust disc; a second thrust pad coupled to the body of the pump, the second thrust pad positioned on an aft side of the thrust disc; and a spring-loaded assembly integrated into the first and second thrust pads, the spring-loaded assembly connected to a pump outlet via a first flowline, the first flowline to transmit a working fluid from the pump outlet to the forward side of the thrust disc or the aft side of the thrust disc based on a position of the spring-loaded assembly.
US11927099B2
The composite seal structure includes a carrier ring and a seal element housed in an annular groove formed between a circumferential outer wall and two side walls of the carrier ring. The seal element has a first region in surface-to-surface contact with the annular groove and a second, seal-ing region protruding from the annular groove. A fastening arrangement couples the seal element and the carrier ring to one another. The fastening arrangement comprises a plurality of fastening pins circumferentially arranged around the axis of the carrier ring. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing the seal structure.
US11927097B2
A method of operating a cable handling system of a longwall mining machine having a shearer movable along a pan line to mine material along a mine face, the cable handling system including: i) a service line configured to carry one or more supply lines to the shearer for facilitating shearer operation, ii) a plurality of interconnected trays to accommodate the service line, iii) a plurality of sensor nodes distributed along a length of the service line, and iv) a plurality of transceivers distributed along a length of the pan line, the method comprising: a) sensing orientation, acceleration and/or position data of the service line using the plurality of sensor nodes, b) using the plurality of transceivers to receive the orientation, acceleration and/or position data from the plurality of sensor nodes and to transmit the orientation, acceleration and/or position data to a controller, and c) detecting, by the controller, an actual or imminent failure mode of the service line using analysis of the orientation, acceleration and/or position data from the plurality of the sensor nodes.
US11927079B2
A gravel pack system has a heel section and a toe section that is downhole from the heel section. The system also includes a conveyance having an interior passageway for fluid flow to the toe section, a closing sleeve that forms an annulus with the conveyance, a shunt having a first section that provides a fluid flow entrance into the shunt, a second section that extends to the heel section along the gravel pack system, and one or more nozzles along the second section that provides fluid flow out of the gravel pack system at the heel section, and a shroud having a first section that is coupled to the closing sleeve and a second section that is coupled to the shunt, where the shroud and the conveyance form a second annulus.
US11927073B2
A pulsation valve system and method can include a mandrel, an oscillating valve head and a stationary valve head. The mandrel can be operably coupled to a rotor of a pulsation assembly, and can include bypass bores controlled by a spring biased piston that moves in response to a predetermined fluid pressure acting thereon. The oscillating valve head can be attached to and rotatable with the mandrel. The stationary valve head can be positioned adjacent and stationary with respect to the oscillating valve head. The stationary valve head can include a stationary valve bore defined therethrough. The oscillating valve head can include an oscillating valve bore defined therethrough that is alignable with the stationary valve bore at a predetermined rotational position. The stationary valve bore can have a radial length greater than the oscillating valve bore.
US11927072B2
A valve for downhole chemical injection control, having a single chemical injection fluid line (2) to feed all the injection points, regardless of the number of zones, exclusively electrically-driven by a single electric cable (3), with embedded sensing electronics (7), which communicate and activate an electric motor (4), coupled to a multi-position sphere (5) for dosing the chemical injection fluid, which, according to the electric motor rotation, is moved, altering its position, to enable the passage of interest to be selected, according to the volume of chemical fluid to be injected, a single turn of the sphere being required to commute all the possible positions, the performance of which is low in power consumption, and for a short period of time, having after its positioning in the desired passage zero consumption to maintain this position.
US11927068B2
A frac system including a frac tree. The frac tree includes a frac head. The frac head defines a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet. The frac head receives frac fluid through the first inlet and directs the frac fluid to the outlet fluidly coupled to a wellhead. A valve couples to the second inlet of the frac head. A flapper valve is within the frac head. The flapper valve moves between an open position and a closed position to control fluid flow to the valve through the second inlet. The flapper valve aligns with a first axis of the outlet and the second inlet in the closed position and aligns with a second axis of the first inlet in the open position.
US11927064B2
A system includes a setting tool, which includes a housing, a piston, and an inner mandrel, and a settable device. The housing includes a first section configured as a setting sleeve, an intermediate section, and a second section. The piston includes an interior power charge chamber and a piston housing including at least one passage in fluid communication with the power charge chamber that interfaces with a top face of the intermediate section of the housing. The piston is mounted within a second bore of the second section via an anti-present mechanism. The inner mandrel is received in the second bore within a bottom recess of the piston housing and extends longitudinally through bores of the intermediate and first sections. At least a portion of the system is adjustable to eliminate a gap between the setting sleeve and a top of the settable device mounted on the inner mandrel.
US11927063B2
A kickover tool for retrieving a used gas lift valve installed within a gas lift mandrel connected along a wellbore tubular string and installing a new gas lift valve within the gas lift mandrel. The kickover tool may include a housing, a first holder configured to hold the used gas lift valve, a first displacement mechanism operable to move the first holder between a retracted first holder position in which the first holder is adjacent the housing and an extended first holder position in which the first holder is spaced away from the housing, a second holder configured to hold the new gas lift valve, and a second displacement mechanism operable to move the second holder between a retracted second holder position in which the second holder is adjacent the housing and an extended second holder position in which the second holder is spaced away from the housing.
US11927061B2
A powered unit with a reeving system for supporting a load associated with operation of the powered unit. The reeving system has a first cylinder with a first rod movingly disposed therein. There is a movable sheave spreader engaged with the first rod, and having a first spreader sheave, the movable sheave spreader also movably engaged with the powered unit.
US11927058B2
A blind lifting control module includes a transmitting wheel, an anti-backward unit and a driving unit disposed to a supporting unit. The transmitting wheel for connecting a blind reeled horizontal axle has ratchet portions respectively meshable with corresponding ratchet portions of an anti-backward wheel and a driving reel. A pull cord is reeled on the driving reel and has a free end passing through a thrust member and a hindering member, and is pulled to release the anti-backward wheel to permit lowering of a blind. The thrust member is turned by pulling of the pull cord to thrust the driving reel to mesh with the transmitting wheel for lifting the blind.
US11927050B2
A window frame assembly includes a pair of identical half-frames that can be reversed to mate with each other, with glazing trapped between them. The half-frames are unitary plastic moldings. They include respective arrays of securement fittings that include both male and female fittings. The half-frames have a primary mold opening and closing direction. The securement fittings are formed with transversely moving mold inserts that form the interlocking barbed one-way engagement profiles of the securement fittings. The frames include externally facing surfaces that are free of external fastening hardware. The molded half-frames have abutment stops the prevent over-engagement. They also have window bezels that for a flange relative to the external fascia profile. There is a separate internal peripheral wall stem, to which the male and female fittings abut.
US11927043B2
An apparatus for automatically opening and closing a trunk lid includes a drum member connected to a first cable and rotatably coupled to a drum bracket fastened to a hinge arm, a power latch cinching actuator including an output gear configured to be rotated by a motor embedded in a housing, and an elastic spring having a first end coupled to the drum member and a second end configured to be coupled to the trunk lid, wherein the first cable is coupled to the output gear and is configured to rotate the drum member in a first direction when the output gear is rotated.
US11927041B2
A supporting device (MC) is described to slidingly support, and linearly move along an axis (X), an object such as e.g. a leaf. A magnetic return force generated by the cooperation of a magnetic flux generator (54, 56) and an element (10) reactive to the magnetic field, develops. The element is able to slide relative to the axis (X) during the movement of the object, and has a cross-section (62) which, seen in a plane orthogonal to the axis (X), has a width that varies along the length of the first element (10) parallelly to said axis (X).
US11927022B2
A concrete trowel is disclosed and includes a frame, a drive assembly including a motor mounted on the frame and a drive hub configured to receive torque from the motor, and a rotor rotatable about a rotational axis and including a plurality of blades. The concrete trowel further includes a quick-change coupling for selectively attaching the rotor and the drive hub for co-rotation therewith.
US11927018B1
A shingle testing tool includes a base member and an inclined shingle support plate. The inclined shingle support plate intersects a first end of the base member at a leading convex edge. The inclined shingle support plate defines one or more shingle structural reliability measurement graduations. The shingle testing tool can be used to determine if a damaged shingle can be replaced without damage to another shingle overlapping the damage shingle.
US11927015B2
A synthetic nonwoven fabric having bonded fibers forming channels surrounding unbonded fibers forming raised slip resistant spots. The fabric is made by extruding hot polymer through a spinneret die onto a moving belt to form a sheet of random fibers, which sheet undergoes a calendering process between a pair of heated rollers, one of which rollers having a plurality of cavities defined in its surface. The resulting fabric can be laminated and otherwise combined with other layers as desired to provide an end product having good slip resistant properties.
US11927011B2
A closure assembly includes a section of duct, a duct coupler assembly, a closure load plug, and an end cap. The duct coupler assembly is fit against the section of duct. The closure load plug is mechanically connected to the duct coupler assembly. The end cap is mechanically connected to the closure load plug.
US11927006B2
The present disclosure provides a pushing force converting device including a cylinder barrel. The cylinder barrel includes an air cavity; a mounting cavity; and an air cavity vent in communication with the air cavity. The pushing force converting device also includes a piston configured to slide back and forth in the cylinder barrel and slidably disposed in the mounting cavity; a transmission bar connected with the piston and configured to drive the piston to move toward the air cavity; a restoring member disposed in the cylinder barrel and configured to drive the piston or the transmission bar to be restored to a respective initial position; and a sealing ring disposed on the piston and configured to seal the air cavity. The pushing force converting device disclosed by the present disclosure can convert mechanical pushing force into air pressure pushing force.
US11927004B2
The present invention provides a flush water tank device (4) that supplies flush water to an upper and lower spout port of a flush toilet (2) including; a flush water tank (10); a discharge valve (12); a first on-off valve (19) that performs switching between ejection and stopping of the flush water from the upper spout port; a first on-off valve driving mechanism (16) that is moved from a stopped position to an ejection position based on an user operation; a biasing mechanism (17) that causes the first on-off valve driving mechanism to move to the stopped position; a holding mechanism (20) that holds, at the ejection position, the first on-off valve driving mechanism at the ejection position against the bias force; and a releasing mechanism (21) that releases the holding of the first on-off valve driving mechanism, using the flush water flowing out from the first on-off valve.
US11926999B2
The invention relates to an outlet (1) for a water armature (2) having an inlet region (3) and an outlet region (4), wherein a tube (5) extends through the outlet body (6) from the inlet region (3) to the outlet region (4), and wherein at least three fluid channels (7, 8, 9) which run parallel to one another and separate from one another are formed in the tube (5).
US11926989B2
A blade assembly includes an adapter board including a lower tool bit attachment portion, terminating in a lower adapter board free end, the lower adapter board free end defining a bottom surface defining a plurality of shank receiving bores. A plurality of bushings are disposed in a corresponding one of the plurality of shank receiving bores.
US11926986B2
A hydraulic excavator drive system includes: a first pump connected to a head-side chamber of a boom cylinder; and a second pump that supplies hydraulic oil to at least one of an arm cylinder or a bucket cylinder. The first pump is driven by an electric motor. The drive system further includes: a first switching valve located on a rod-side line; and a second switching valve located on a relay line. The first switching valve opens the rod-side line at a boom raising operation, but blocks the rod-side line except at the boom raising operation. The second switching valve blocks the relay line at the boom raising operation, but opens the relay line at a vehicle body lifting operation.
US11926980B2
In general, embodiments of this invention relate to methods, apparatuses, and systems for providing boat or ship protection from damages associated with vessel contact, allision, or other physical contact or with objects. Therefore a preferred embodiment of the invention is demonstrated as a fender system comprising: a base composed of a vertical back portion of cushioning material; a top foam portion of marine grade material; and a bottom foam portion of marine grade material where the top portion and the bottom portion are connected to the top and bottom of the back portion respectively; the top and bottom foam or marine grade material portion each having a connector to facilitate rotational connection to a fender; and a fender rotationally connected to the top and bottom portion.
US11926970B2
An artificial turf system (100) provides an existing artificial turf (102) including a plurality of existing artificial turf fibres (104) and an existing artificial turf backing (106) configured to carry the plurality of existing artificial turf fibres, a new artificial turf comprising a plurality of artificial turf fibres and an artificial turf backing layer, where the artificial turf backing layer comprises a carrier structure (302) configured to carry the plurality of artificial turf fibres, and a geogrid (114) positioned between the existing artificial turf and the backing layer of the new artificial turf.
US11926966B2
A method of increasing chemical efficiency of chemical additives in a papermaking system includes the steps of providing thick stock pulp comprising soluble lignin, process water, and at least about 2% by weight of cellulosic fiber based on total weight of thick stock pulp, and adding at least one organic polymer to the thick stock pulp to reduce the amount of soluble lignin therein. The organic polymer is chosen from cationic polymers, non-ionic polymers and combinations thereof.
US11926963B2
A method for determining the dryness of a fibrous web, in particular a tissue web, during the production of the fibrous web, is carried out in a machine including a drying cylinder, in particular a Yankee cylinder, to which at least one, preferably two, dryer hoods are assigned, and a reel-up for winding up the fibrous web. The determination of the dryness of the fibrous web is carried out before the drying cylinder on the basis of measured values which describe the following variables: the amount of solids in the fiber web at the reel-up, the amount of water in the fiber web at the reel-up, and the amount of water which is evaporated in the dryer hood or hoods. A method for controlling or regulating a machine for producing a fibrous web, a computer program and computer program product are also provided.
US11926962B2
A scraper bar is used in a plant for producing a paper web with a sieve belt. The sieve belt is movable over the scraper bar transversely with respect to the longitudinal extent of the scraper bar. The scraper bar has wearing elements which face toward the sieve belt, are mounted on a supporting bar and are arranged one after the other in the direction of the longitudinal extent of the scraper bar. The supporting bar has supporting bar elements which are arranged one after the other in the longitudinal extent and which are preferably connected to one another and on which the wearing elements are fastened.
US11926961B2
A method for dilution for a pressure screen comprising a rotor rotating inside a screen a distance to the screen, includes supplying feeding stock into a screening zone formed in the spacing between the rotor and the screen with some of the feeding stock passing through the screen into an accept area to become accept, and the remaining feeding stock discharged into a reject area as reject flow. The amount of the dilution water added into the reject flow is 0.8 to 3.5 times the amount of the reject flow by volume. Additionally, a pressure screen comprises a dilution water adding apparatus adapted to add dilution water directly into the reject area of the pressure screen, wherein the amount of the dilution water added into the reject flow is 0.8 to 3.5 times of the amount of the reject flow by volume.
US11926957B2
The present invention relates to textile fibre products having a coating comprising polymers based on ethylenically polymerisable monomers with a glass transition temperature of at least 60° and a coating method for coating fibre products with an aqueous polymer dispersion, wherein an aqueous polymer dispersion based on vinyl polymerisable monomers with a glass transition temperature of at least 60° C. is firstly provided, and this is brought into contact with a fibre product and then dried. The invention also relates to the use of corresponding polymer dispersions for the coating of fibre products, correspondingly coated fiber products, use thereof to reinforce mineral matrices, and corresponding fibre-composite materials, in particular textile-concrete composite materials. In particular, the invention relates to a coating means that can be applied to a textile fabric in a continuous, water-based process and enables an optimal introduction of force from the mineral matrix into the textile reinforcement.
US11926954B2
A clothes dryer including a device and space for fixing a dryer sheet inside a main body. The clothes dryer includes: a main body including a laundry inlet: a drum rotatably installed inside the main body; a discharge flow path configured to discharge inside air of the drum to outside of the drum; and a sheet receiver accommodating a dryer sheet for providing fragrance to inside of the drum, the sheet receiver positioned on the discharge flow path and detachably installed in the main body.
US11926945B2
An upper decoration mechanism and a sewing machine without requiring an operation of detaching the upper decoration mechanism from the sewing machine without reducing workability even when performing a double chain stitch not using a decoration thread. The upper decoration mechanism provided on a sewing machine includes an expansion retraction mechanism configured to switch a spreader between an expanded state where the spreader cooperates with needles for performing an upper decoration sewing and a retracted state where the spreader is separated from the needles.
US11926943B2
Provided with a cloth movement detection device and a sewing machine capable of precisely detecting a movement of a cloth. A cloth movement detection device includes: a light detection portion configured to detect a light for detecting a movement of a cloth; a body portion configured to be detachably attached to a presser bar of a sewing machine, the light detection portion being installed in the body portion; and a pressing support portion configured to be detachably attached to the body portion, a cloth pressing portion capable of contacting with the cloth being formed on the pressing support portion, wherein a window portion capable of transmitting the light is provided on a bottom surface of the body portion, and the cloth pressing portion is located lower than the bottom surface of the body portion in a state that the pressing support portion is attached to the body portion.
US11926942B2
In an added coordinate data creating unit, when coordinate data of two sequential needle locations in a sewing order stored in a data storage unit is the coordinate data of a final needle location of one collective pattern and the coordinate data of a first needle location of another collective pattern sewn immediately after the one collective pattern, a added coordinate data creating unit is configured to create a new coordinate data by adjusting independent original values added respectively to the coordinate data of the final needle location of the one collective pattern and the coordinate data of the first needle location of the another collective pattern sewn immediately after the one collective pattern so that a connecting portion between the one collective pattern and the another collective pattern sewn immediately after the one collective pattern is connected smoothly.
US11926936B2
A terry fabric includes a first side configured to exhibit absorbency capabilities and a second side configured to exhibit cooling capabilities. The first side can include a spun fiber loop including a plurality of pile warp yarn, and the second side can include a plurality of weft yarn and a plurality of ground warp yarn, wherein at least one of the plurality of weft yarn and the plurality of ground warp yarn includes synthetic filament yarn.
US11926934B2
A spinning device for manufacturing a thread from a supplied fibre band by a circulating air flow having a hollow spinning cone arranged in a spinning housing, the spinning housing having an envelope wall arranged coaxially and at a distance from the spinning cone and forming an envelope gap, and a nozzle device to which compressed air can be applied for producing an air flow circulating the spinning cone in the envelope gap. The spinning device having the spinning cone and the envelope wall for forming a capacitor unit to have electrodes arranged opposite one another with the envelope gap interposed and forming an electrode pair. A method for monitoring the spinning operation on the spinning device is also provided.
US11926920B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an electroplating apparatus for electroplating on a surface of a wafer, which comprising a plurality of electrodes, for forming electric fields on the surface of the wafer, an independent electric field is formed in a designated area, when a notch of the wafer is positioned within the designated area, a total amount of power received by the notch is reduced. Embodiments of the present invention also provide an electroplating method for electroplating on a surface of a wafer, the method controlling the plurality of electrodes to form electric fields on the surface of the wafer, an independent electric field is formed in a designated area, when a notch of the wafer is positioned within the designated area, a total amount of power received by the notch is reduced. The present invention is more accurate and reliable, the electroplating efficiency is also increased.
US11926918B2
The invention relates to a polyamine-based or polyhydric alcohol-based suppressing agent. The suppressing agent is modified by reaction with a compound that introduces a branching group into the suppressing agent before they are reacted with an alkylene oxide. The suppressing agent shows extraordinary superfilling properties, particularly when used to fill in features having extremely small aperture sizes and/or high aspect ratios.
US11926916B2
Convenient anodizing is provided through a pen form factor anodizing tool having a reservoir for holding anodizing fluid and an electrical cable connection communicating electrical power to a tip dispensing anodizing fluid from the reservoir at a anodizing voltage from electrical power through the electrical cable connection.
US11926914B1
Provided is a tungsten electrode for molten salt electrolysis for rare earth metals preparation, including an open tungsten shell and a copper alloy body; wherein the copper alloy body is arranged inside the open tungsten shell; a tungsten buffer layer is provided between a side wall of the copper alloy body and the open tungsten shell; and a bottom of the copper alloy body is in contact with an inner bottom of the open tungsten shell.
US11926913B2
A method and equipment for removing ammonia nitrogen from electrolytic manganese residue are provided in the technical field of solid waste resource utilization. The method includes following steps: step 1: adding phosphate and magnesium salt into electrolytic manganese residue leachate and fully reacting, where after the phosphate and the magnesium salt are added, n (Mg):n (N):n (P)=1.1-1.3:1:1 in the electrolytic manganese residue leachate; step 2: on a basis of the step 1, adjusting pH of the electrolytic manganese residue leachate to alkalinity, and stirring and reacting for 10-30 min; and step 3: on a basis of the step 2, filtering the electrolytic manganese residue leachate to obtain purified leachate and struvite respectively.
US11926907B1
The present disclosure is directed to cobalt and nickel cobalt phosphide/phosphate electrocatalyst nanoparticles for catalyzing electrochemical reactions, such as water splitting. The nanoparticles are formed into electrodes that have bi-functional oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) capabilities.
US11926897B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a niobium precursor compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2 below: Therefore, the niobium precursor compound according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has excellent thermal stability, exists in a liquid state at room temperature, and has high volatility, thereby having an advantage which is advantageous for application to a thin film forming process. Further, the niobium thin film formed using the niobium precursor compound according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has a small residual content and has uniform physical properties.
US11926896B2
An atomic layer deposition apparatus having a reaction chamber arranged inside a vacuum chamber and a fixed gas manifold assembly fixedly provided to the atomic layer deposition apparatus and arranged to supply gases from outside the vacuum chamber to the reaction chamber. The reaction chamber is a movable reaction chamber which is arranged movable relative to the vacuum chamber and relative to the fixed gas manifold assembly. The atomic layer deposition apparatus further includes a connection arrangement coupling the movable reaction chamber to the fixed gas manifold assembly. The connection arrangement includes a flexible outer flange assembly surrounding the fixed gas manifold assembly, and a first connection surface connecting to a second connection surface of the reaction chamber.
US11926894B2
Herein disclosed are systems and methods related to solid source chemical vaporizer vessels and multiple chamber deposition modules. In some embodiments, a solid source chemical vaporizer includes a housing base and a housing lid. Some embodiments also include a first and second tray configured to be housed within the housing base, wherein each tray defines a first serpentine path adapted to hold solid source chemical and allow gas flow thereover. In some embodiments, a multiple chamber deposition module includes first and second vapor phase reaction chambers and a solid source chemical vaporizer vessel to supply each of the first and second vapor phase reaction chambers.
US11926892B2
Methods for etching a semiconductor structure and for conditioning a processing reactor in which a single semiconductor structure is treated are disclosed. An engineered polycrystalline silicon surface layer is deposited on a susceptor which supports the semiconductor structure. The polycrystalline silicon surface layer may be engineered by controlling the temperature at which the layer is deposited, by grooving the polycrystalline silicon surface layer or by controlling the thickness of the polycrystalline silicon surface layer.
US11926887B2
A magnesium alloy containing: Al: 0.2-1.6 wt. % Zn: 0.2-0.8 wt. % 5 Mn: 0.1-0.5 wt. % Zr 0-0.5 wt. % La: 1-3.5 wt. % Y: 0.05-3.5 wt. % Ce: 0-2 wt. % 10 Nd: 0-2 wt. % Gd: 0-3 wt. % Pr: 0-0.5 wt. % Be: 0-20 ppm the balance being Mg and incidental elements.
US11926884B2
A 2-step high temperature process for recovering Ni, Co, and Mn from various sources comprises preparing a metallurgical charge comprising materials containing Ni, Co, and Mn, and Si, Al, Ca and Mg as slag formers; smelting the charge with slag formers in first reducing conditions, thereby obtaining a Ni—Co alloy comprising a major part of at least one of Co and Ni, with Si<0.1%, and a first slag comprising the major part of the Mn; separation of the first slag from the alloy; and, smelting the first slag in second reducing conditions, more reducing than said first reducing conditions, thereby obtaining a Si—Mn alloy comprising the major part of the Mn, with Si>10%, and a second slag. A Ni—Co alloy is produced, and a Si—Mn alloy is produced. The second slag is essentially free of heavy metals and therefore suitable for reuse.
US11926877B2
A saliva-based testing method that bypasses the need for RNA isolation/purification is described herein. In experiments with inactivated SARS-CoV-2 virus spiked into saliva, this method has a limit of detection of 500-1000 viral particles per mL, rivalling the standard NP swab method. Initial studies showed excellent performance with 100 clinical samples. This saliva-based process is operationally simple, utilizes readily available materials, and can be easily implemented by existing testing sites thus allowing for high-throughput, rapid, and repeat testing of large populations.
US11926874B2
The present invention relates to methods for identifying, assessing, preventing, and treating cancer (e.g., head, neck, and/or lung cancers in humans). A variety of PD-L1 isoform biomarkers are provided, wherein alterations in the copy number of one or more of the biomarkers and/or alterations in the amount, structure, and/or activity of one or more of the biomarkers is associated with cancer status and indicates amenability to treatment or prevention by modulating PD-1 and/or PD-L1 levels.
US11926871B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for generating phase-shift barcode oligonucleotides for library construction for next-generation sequencing. In some cases, barcode oligonucleotides are attached to particles or beads. Also provided are methods and kits for using the phase-shift barcode oligonucleotides in sequencing assays.
US11926862B2
The present invention relates to the field of therapeutics and, more in particular, to pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention and/or treatment of bacterial infections and antibacterial-induced dysfunctions. The compositions of the present invention demonstrate high species-specificity in inhibiting the growth of a small number of bacterial species, and most importantly are effective also against multi drug resistant (MDR) clinical isolate species. Interestingly, one of those combinations pairs a non-antibiotic drug, vanillin, with an antibiotic drug, spectinomycin, to demonstrate a surprisingly strong inhibitory effect on the growth of clinically relevant Gram-negative pathogenic and multi-drug resistant E. coli isolates. A second set of compounds combines the polymyxin colistin with loperamide, a rifamycin, or a macrolide. Importantly, this invention relates to combinations that enable narrow-spectrum antibacterial therapies, constituting a major effort of current and future drug development efforts in order to prevent major side effects of antibacterial strategies. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical combinations useful to prevent an adverse effect on the gut microbiome, induced by the use of antibacterial compounds.
US11926859B2
The invention provides means and methods for producing one or more Ig-like molecules in a single host cell. Novel CH3 mutations enabling the production of monospecific and/or bispecific Ig-like molecules of interest are also provided.
US11926850B2
The present invention relates to genetically modified yeasts that can use lactate as a carbon source to produce a fermentation product. In one aspect, the yeasts can consume glucose and lactate simultaneously to produce ethanol. In one aspect, the genetically modified yeast is transformed to include a monocarboxylic/monocarboxylate transporter. In one aspect, the yeast can include one or more heterologous genes encoding lactate dehydrogenase (cytochrome) (EC 1.1.2.3 and/or 1.1.2.4).
US11926849B2
Ex vivo monolayer models of human interstinal epithelia that express sensors, and methods of use thereof for evaluation of the effects of test compounds on the human gut.
US11926846B2
A method of enhancing sperm fertility is described herein. The method includes contacting sperm with hydroxyurea. A composition is disclosed that includes sperm, hydroxyurea, and a buffer. Methods, kits, and compositions for enhancing sperm fertility are also provided.
US11926842B2
In some aspects, the disclosure provides recombinant AAV and nucleic acid constructs having novel inverted terminal repeats (ITRs), cap, and/or rep genes. In some aspects, the disclosure relates to gene transfer methods using rAAVs described herein.
US11926841B2
The present invention relates to a cell comprising (aa) a nucleic acid comprising in 5′ to 3′ direction (i) at least one adeno-associated virus (AAV) inverted terminal repeat (ITR) sequence; (ii) a promoter which is capable of being activated by (a) helper polypeptide(s) and optionally (a) helper polynucleotide(s); and (iii) a transgenic coding sequence under the control of said promoter of (aa)(ii); and (ab) a nucleic acid comprising in 5′ to 3′ direction (i) a promoter which is capable of being activated by said helper polypeptide(s) and optionally said helper polynucleotide(s); and (ii) at least one AAV rep gene coding sequence under the control of said promoter of (ab)(i); wherein said cell does not comprise an AAV cap gene and/or is not able to express any AAV cap gene product.
US11926836B2
Methods and materials for modulating low light and/or shade tolerance, and red light specific responses in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low light and/or SD+EODFR-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light and/or SD+EODFR tolerance. In addition, methods and materials involved in increasing UV-B tolerance in plants and methods and materials involved in modulating biomass levels in plants are provided.
US11926835B1
The disclosure relates to improvements in methods for efficient editing of two or more endogenous tomato genes by insertion of one or more single stranded DNA donor molecules that are not homologous to the insertion sites in the tomato genome.
US11926834B2
This invention relates to recombinant nucleic constructs comprising Type V CRISPR-Cas effector proteins, reverse transcriptases and extended guide nucleic acids and methods of use thereof for modifying nucleic acids in plants.
US11926832B2
The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., dsRNA agents, targeting the ketohexokinase (KHK) gene. The invention also relates to methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of a KHK gene and to methods of treating or preventing a KHK-associated disorder in a subject.
US11926831B2
This invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of target genes using RNA interference. RNAi structures and molecules of this invention can be used for modulating or silencing the expression of genes, with high levels of RNAi activity and reduced off target actions. Advantageous structures include siRNAs targeted to any gene having one or more 2′-deoxy nucleotides located in the seed region. The RNA interference molecules can be used in methods for preventing or treating diseases.
US11926828B2
The present invention relates to RNAi constructs with improved tissue and cellular uptake characteristics and methods of use of these compounds in dermal applications.
US11926824B2
Methods for diagnosis and treatment of cancers by use of exosomes comprising miRNAs and precursors thereof. For example, in some aspects, a cancer may be diagnosed or evaluated by determining the miRNA content of exosomes in a sample from a subject or by detecting miRNA processing in exosomes.
US11926817B2
Apparatuses and methods are described herein for processing polynucleotides in a sealed path environment. The apparatuses include optical sensors to monitor operations and to track material usage for good manufacturing practice.
US11926808B2
An apparatus for collecting or culturing cells or cell colonies includes: a common substrate formed from a flexible resilient polymeric material and having a plurality of wells formed therein; and a plurality of rigid cell carriers releasably connected to said common substrate, with said carriers arranged in the form of an array, and with each of the carriers resiliently received in one of the wells. A method of collecting or culturing cells or cell colonies with such an apparatus is carried out by depositing a liquid media carrying cells on the apparatus so that said cells settle on or adhere to said the carriers; and then (c) releasing at least one selected carrier having said cells thereon by gradual application of release energy to each carrier from the cavity in which it is received (e.g., by pushing with a probe).
US11926797B2
A method of scavenging ammonia and amines, the method having the steps of (i) providing an aldehyde-based scavenger composition; and (ii) adding the aldehyde-based scavenger composition to a hydrocarbon.
US11926796B2
Process for the preparation of a catalyst and a catalyst comprising the use of more than one silica source is provided herein. Thus, in one embodiment, the invention provides a particulate FCC catalyst comprising about 5 to about 60 wt % one or more zeolites, about 15 to about 35 wt % quasicrystalline boehmite (QCB), about 0 to about 35 wt % microcrystalline boehmite (MCB), greater than about 0 to about 15 wt % silica from sodium stabilized basic colloidal silica, greater than about 0 to about 30 wt % silica from acidic colloidal silica or polysilicic acid, and the balance clay and the process for making the same. This process results in attrition resistant catalysts with a good accessibility.
US11926794B2
A continuous operation method is employed for the microwave high-temperature pyrolysis of a solid material containing an organic matter. The method includes the steps of mixing a solid material containing an organic matter with a liquid organic medium; transferring the obtained mixture to a microwave field; and in the microwave field, continuously contacting the mixture with a strong wave absorption material in an inert atmosphere or in vacuum. The strong wave absorption material continuously generates a high temperature under a microwave such that the solid material containing an organic matter and the liquid organic medium are continuously pyrolyzed to implement a continuous operation.
US11926789B2
A brine-based viscosified pill including (1) a viscosified brine, (2) a surfactant-solvent blend containing about 5 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of at least one nonionic surfactant; about 5 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of at least one polyglycerol ester, about 20 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of at least one co-solvent; about 20 wt. % to about 25 wt. % water; and optionally about 1 wt. % to about 15 wt. % of at least one hydrophobic solvent, and (3) no solid weighting agent, may be introduced to a wellbore in an effective amount to clean the wellbore or displace fluid in the wellbore at a wide range of temperatures.
US11926777B2
A scintillation compound can include a rare earth element that is in a divalent (RE2+) or a tetravalent state (RE4+). The scintillation compound can include another element to allow for better change balance. The other element may be a principal constituent of the scintillation compound or may be a dopant or a co-dopant. In an embodiment, a metal element in a trivalent state (M3+) may be replaced by RE4+ and a metal element in a divalent state (M2+). In another embodiment, M3+ may be replaced by RE2+ and M4+. In a further embodiment, M2+ may be replaced by a RE3+ and a metal element in a monovalent state (M1+). The metal element used for electronic charge balance may have a single valance state, rather than a plurality of valence states, to help reduce the likelihood that the valance state would change during formation of the scintillation compound.
US11926776B2
Disclosed are films comprising Ag, In, Ga, and S (AIGS) nanostructures and at least one ligand bound to the nanostructures. In some embodiment, the AIGS nanostructures have a photon conversion efficiency of greater than 32% and a peak wavelength emission of 480-545 nm. In some embodiments, the nanostructures have an emission spectrum with a FWHM of 24-38 nm.
US11926774B1
A hydrogen-bonded organic framework nanosheet, a preparation method and application thereof are provided. The preparation method includes in a small heat-resistant glass container, mixing 1,2,4,5-tetrakis (4-carboxyphenyl) benzene (H4TCPB) with N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), heating until the solid is dissolved, placing the uncapped small glass container in a large heat-resistant glass container filled with some water, sealing the large glass container, standing and heating the large glass container in a constant-temperature oven to obtain colorless crystals, suction filtering to obtain a solid material, drying, grinding, and then dispersing the solid material in a solvent, performing ultrasonication in an ice-water bath, centrifuging to discard supernatant, and drying to obtain the hydrogen-bonded organic framework nanosheets.
US11926770B2
Disclosed is a composition comprising at least one interpolymer dispersed within an aqueous medium, the interpolymer comprising at least one unsaturated monomer and at least one selected from the group consisting of at least one conjugated acid, at least one mono-ester of a conjugated acid, and mixtures thereof, and, optionally, at least one surfactant configured to stabilize the interpolymer within the aqueous medium. The conjugated acid may be derived from a naturally-occurring oil, such as tung oil. There is also provided a method for preparing a composition, comprising forming an interpolymer comprising the at least one unsaturated monomer and the at least one selected from the group consisting of at least one conjugated acid, at least one mono-ester of a conjugated acid, and mixtures thereof. There is still further provided a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising the composition prepared according to the disclosed method.
US11926768B2
A method of activating a surface of a plastics substrate formed from: (a) polyaryletherketone such as polyether ether ketone (PEEK) polyether ketone ketone (PEKK), polyether ketone (PEK); polyether ether ketone ketone (PEEKK); or polyether ketone ether ketone ketone (PEKEKK); (b) a polymer containing a phenyl group directly attached to a carbonyl group, for example polybutadiene terephthalate (PBT) optionally wherein the carbonyl group is part of an amide group, such as polyarylamide (PARA); (c) polyphenylene sulfide (PPS); or (d) polyetherimide (PEI); for subsequent bonding, the method comprising the step of exposing the surface to actinic radiation wherein the actinic radiation: includes radiation with wavelength in the range from about 10 nm to about 1000 nm; the energy of the actinic radiation to which the surface is exposed is in the range from about 0.5 J/cm2 to about 300 J/cm2. Hard to bond substrates are then more easily subsequently bonded for example using acrylic, epoxy or anaerobic adhesive.
US11926766B2
A bio-electrode composition contains (A) a silicone bonded to an ionic polymer and having a structure containing a T unit shown by the following general formula (T1): (R0SiO3/2) (T1), the structure excluding a cage-like structure. In the formula, R0 represents a linking group to the ionic polymer. The ionic polymer is a polymer containing a repeating unit having a structure selected from the group consisting of salts of ammonium, lithium, sodium, potassium, and silver formed with any of fluorosulfonic acid, fluorosulfonimide, and N-carbonyl-fluorosulfonamide. Thus, the present invention provides a bio-electrode composition capable of forming a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode which is excellent in electric conductivity, biocompatibility, stretchability, and adhesion, soft, light-weight, and manufacturable at low cost, and which prevents significant reduction in the electric conductivity even when wetted with water or dried.
US11926758B2
Coated substrates include a metal substrate and a polytriazole polymer applied to a surface of the metal substrate. The polytriazole polymer may include substituted phenyls, substituted benzyls, or both substituted phenyls and substituted benzyls. The substituted phenyls and the substituted benzyls may be independently substituted with hydrogen, bromo, fluoro, chloro, iodo, hydroxy, methyl, trifluoromethyl, dimethylamino, tert-butyl, carboxyl, triphenylmethyl, tris(4-fluorophenyl)methyl, tris(4-methylphenyl)methyl, (4-hydroxyphenyl)diphenylmethyl, and difluoromethoxy groups. The polytriazole polymer may have a degree of polymerization from 50 to 400.
US11926740B2
Provided are a resin composition including a compound represented by Formula (1) and a resin, a film and a filter including the resin composition, a liquid crystal display device and a solid-state imaging element including the filter, and a compound suitable as a light absorbing component of the resin composition and the filter. In Formula (1), Dye represents a colorant structural part obtained by removing n1 hydrogen atoms from a squarylium compound having a specific structure. Q1 is a structural part in which energy levels of a highest occupied molecular orbital and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital satisfy a specific condition. L1 represents a divalent linking group and n1 represents an integer of 1 to 4.
US11926737B1
A composition for curable films, a curable film made thereof, and a cured product obtained by curing the curable film are disclosed. The curable film contains fused silica and/or hollow glass microspheres, a rubber composition containing at least one diene-based rubber, and a toluene soluble maleimide resin. The curable film is thin and has excellent processibilities. The cured product has desirable dielectric and thermomechanical characteristics that are suitable to be used as a dielectric material for printed circuit boards, especially for multilayer printed circuit boards and high-density interconnect printed circuit boards.
US11926735B1
The invention relates to cyanate ester resin blends containing resveratrol-based cyanate esters. At room temperature, the cyanate ester resin blend offers improved processability by remaining a liquid or forming a solid that melts at less than 70° C. The cyanate ester resin blend includes a resveratrol-based cyanate ester and a flexible cyanate ester having a configuration different than that of the resveratrol-based cyanate ester, where the resveratrol-based cyanate ester is no more than 80% of the total mass of the cyanate esters in the cyanate ester resin blend. A composite product can include the cyanate ester resin blend and a support material. When making the composite product, the support material is combined with the cyanate resin blend and cured at temperatures ranging from about 100° C. to about 300° C.
US11926733B2
A polymer blend including 5 to 95 weight percent of a poly(ester-carbonate-carbonate) comprising 40 to 95 mole percent of ester units comprising low heat bisphenol groups and high heat bisphenol groups, wherein the ester units comprise 20 to 80 mole percent of the low heat bisphenol groups and 20 to 80 mole percent of the high heat bisphenol groups, based on the total moles of ester units in the poly(ester-carbonate-carbonate), and 5 to 60 mole percent of carbonate units comprising the low heat bisphenol groups and the high heat bisphenol groups, wherein the carbonate units comprise 20 to 80 mole percent of the low heat bisphenol groups and 20 to 80 mole percent of the high heat bisphenol groups, based on the total moles of carbonate units in the poly(ester-carbonate-carbonate); and 5 to 95 weight percent of a poly(etherimide), wherein the weight percent of each polymer is based on the total weight of the polymers in the blend, and a molded 0.125-inch thick ASTM tensile bar comprising the polymer blend has a haze value of less than 25% as determined according to ASTM D1003 using the color space CIE1931 with Illuminant C and a 2° observer.
US11926722B2
A chemical blowing agent for foaming a thermoplastic polymer, for example PVC plastisol or a polymer resin in an extrusion process, said chemical blowing agent comprising a functionalized particulate bicarbonate containing at least one additive, preferably excluding an exothermic blowing agent. The additive may be selected from the group consisting of rosin acids, any derivative thereof, and salts thereof; or any combinations thereof, such as comprising abietic acid, dihydroabietic acid, neoabietic acid, a rosin acid ester, or mixtures thereof. The particulate bicarbonate may be preferably functionalized by spray-coating, extrusion or co-grinding with at least one additive. The functionalized particulate bicarbonate may comprise 50 wt % to less than 100 wt % of the bicarbonate component, and 0.02-50 wt % of the additive. The functionalized particulate bicarbonate may further comprise 0.1-5 wt % silica. A foamable polymer composition comprising such chemical blowing agent. A process for manufacturing a foamed polymer, such as foamed PVC, comprising shaping and heating the foamable polymer composition, and a foamed polymer obtained by such process.
US11926720B2
Provided is a polyester film for a touchscreen module substrate of a foldable display which is free of occurrence of a crack at a folding portion thereof, in order to provide a foldable display excellent in mass productivity, and free of a risk of causing distortion in an image displayed at a folding portion thereof after being repeatedly folded. The polyester film for a touchscreen module substrate of a foldable display satisfies the following conditions: (1) a refractive index in a bending direction is from 1.590 to 1.620; (2) a refractive index in a folding portion direction is from 1.670 to 1.700; (3) a refractive index in a thickness direction is 1.520 or less; and (4) a density is 1.380 g/cm or more, wherein the bending direction refers to a direction orthogonal to a folding portion of the polyester film at a time when the polyester film is folded.
US11926716B2
The present invention provides multifunctional particulates that release one or more functional compounds in response to environmental triggers and whose external surface modification imparts secondary functionalities to a selected coating composition. For example, disclosed are hydrophobic particles having a smart release mechanism for anticorrosion compounds that release the anticorrosion compounds upon exposure to the local pH changes induced by corrosion processes. Formulations are disclosed for multifunctional smart particles having antimicrobial effects and protections as well.
US11926713B2
A polymer gel may comprise a polymer gel base material and superparamagnetic nanoparticles. At least 25 wt. % of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles may have diameters in a first size range between a first diameter and a second diameter. At least 25 wt. % of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles may have diameters in a second size range between a third diameter and a fourth diameter. The Brownian relaxation time of the portion of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles in the first size range may be at least 5 times the Neel relaxation time of the portion of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles in the first size range. The Neel relaxation time of the portion of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles in the second size range may be at least 5 times the Brownian relaxation time of the portion of the superparamagnetic nanoparticles in the second size range. Methods for monitoring gel integrity in a wellbore are further included.
US11926712B2
An aqueous formulation for slick water fracturing includes (i) a polymer (AA) which includes acrylamido repeat units and may be a polyacrylamide; (ii) water; and (iii) a quaternary ammonium compound.
US11926711B2
A thermoplastic starch (TPS)/polylactic acid (PLA)/poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) blend modified biodegradable resin is prepared by using a chain extender, and is prepared from the following raw materials: 20-30 parts by weight of TPS; 20-30 parts by weight of PLA; 40-60 parts by weight of PBAT; and 0.5-0.9 parts by weight of a chain extender KL-E. The preparation method is a two-step method: blending the TPS with the PBAT in a twin screw for granulating; mixing TPS/PBAT mixed granules with PLA granules, and dissolving the chain extender KL-E into an ethyl acetate solution. The chain extender KL-E can be uniformly distributed in PLA and TPS/PBAT mixed granules by using a spraying method, and the remaining short-chain molecules and terminal carboxyl molecules in the mixed granules can be changed into long-chain molecules.
US11926707B2
A preparation method of a zeolite/polyimide composite membrane includes: synthesizing a zeolite-doped polyamic acid precursor casting solution by condensation polymerization synthesis; coating a substrate with the obtained casting solution, and obtaining a zeolite/polyamic acid composite porous membrane by non-solvent induced phase separation; and obtaining the zeolite/polyimide composite membrane by performing thermal imidization on the zeolite/polyamic acid composite porous membrane through gradient heating.
US11926704B2
A polyimide substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display substrate having same are disclosed. The method for manufacturing the polyimide substrate comprises steps of: providing a diamine containing a dioxazole structure; polymerizing a fluorine-containing dianhydride with the diamine containing the dioxazole structure to form a polyamic acid containing oxazole and fluorine; and cyclodehydrating the polyamic acid containing oxazole and fluorine to produce a polyimide containing oxazole and fluorine, followed by forming the polyimide substrate by film formation of the polyimide containing oxazole and fluorine. Thus, a light transmission performance of the polyimide substrate is improved.
US11926701B2
The present invention relates to novel high-value polycarbonate polyols, to processes for the production thereof, to polyisocyanate prepolymers obtainable therefrom and also polyurethane (PUR) and polyurethane urea elastomers which under particularly demanding applications show unique combinations of processing characteristics, hydrolysis and oxidation stability, mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties.
US11926694B2
The present invention provides a method for producing an aqueous carbodiimide having excellent crosslinking reactivity with a crosslinking group, such as an alcoholic hydroxy group of an aqueous resin. The method for producing an aqueous carbodiimide-containing liquid includes a step (1) of mixing an isocyanate group-containing carbodiimide (A), a terminal blocking agent, and at least one organic metal compound selected from an organic titanium compound, an organic zirconium compound, and an organic aluminum compound and allowing them to react with each other, to obtain a terminal-blocked carbodiimide (B) in which the isocyanate group is blocked with the terminal blocking agent; and a step (2) of dissolving or dispersing the terminal-blocked carbodiimide (B) in an aqueous solvent, to obtain an aqueous carbodiimide-containing liquid, wherein the terminal blocking agent contains a hydrophilic compound (X) having a functional group having reactivity with the isocyanate group and a hydrophilic group other than the functional group.
US11926691B2
A method of making a polyolefin nanocomposite including, mixing a zinc-aluminum layered double hydroxide (LDH), and a zirconocene complex in a non-polar solvent to form a first mixture. Prior to the mixing the zirconocene complex is not supported on the zinc-aluminum LDH. The method further includes sonicating the first mixture for at least one hour to form a homogeneous slurry. The method further includes degassing the homogenous slurry and adding at least one olefin gas to form a second mixture. The method further includes adding an aluminoxane catalyst to the second mixture and reacting for at least 10 minutes to form a reaction mixture including the polyolefin nanocomposite. The method further includes separating the polyolefin nanocomposite from the reaction mixture.
US11926688B2
The present disclosure is directed to actinic radiation curable polymeric mixtures, cured polymeric mixtures, tires and tire components made from the foregoing, and related processes.
US11926682B2
The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a polymerization initiator composition, including (a) a step of mixing water and a water-soluble initiator to prepare an aqueous initiator solution having a concentration of 1 to 10%; and (b) a step of activating the aqueous initiator solution, wherein the step of activating is performed by (b-1) a step of heat treating the aqueous initiator solution for 0.5 to 4.5 hours at a temperature of 48 to 62° C.; and (b-2) a step of treating the aqueous initiator solution to achieve pH of 1 to 7, where the steps above are performed in no particular order.
US11926679B2
A modified peptide or a modified polypeptide has the amino acid sequence of Thr-Val-Asp-Ser-Cys-Leu-Thr (SEQ ID NO: 1) and adhesiveness to a norbornene-based polymer. A ratio of the total number of amino acids constituting the modified peptide or the modified polypeptide to the number of oligopeptides consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 contained in the modified peptide or the modified polypeptide is 7 or more and 80 or less. The number of oligopeptides consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 is 1.
US11926675B2
Disclosed is an antibody that specifically binds CD24, or an antigen binding portion thereof. A nucleic acid molecule encoding the antibody or antigen binding portion thereof, an expression vector and a host cell comprising the nucleic acid molecule, a method for expressing the antibody or antigen binding portion thereof, and a method for treating a disease associated with CD24 signaling using the antibody or antigen binding portion thereof are also provided.
US11926674B2
The invention provides anti-Jagged2 antibodies and methods of using the same.
US11926671B2
The invention is in the field of antibodies useful in therapeutic and diagnostics applications targeting CD127, the alpha chain of the IL7 receptor, and provides in particular humanized monoclonal antibodies against CD127, particularly human CD127, therapeutic uses thereof, and diagnostics applications.
US11926668B2
The present invention provides methods for treating, reducing the severity, or inhibiting the growth of cancer (e.g., lung cancer). The methods of the present invention comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of a programmed death 1 (PD-1) antagonist (e.g., an anti-PD-1 antibody), to a subject with lung cancer wherein the cancer tissue expresses PD-L1.
US11926657B2
Binding molecules, including bispecific antibodies that include at least two anti-influenza binding domains are disclosed, including binding molecules having a first binding domain that specifically binds influenza A virus and a second binding domain that specifically binds influenza B virus.
US11926652B2
Provided herein are recombinant CTLA-4 binding proteins, which are, inter alia, useful for the treatment of cancer. The recombinant proteins provided herein are, inter alia, capable of binding CTLA-4 proteins on a tumor cell. In a first aspect, there is provided a recombinant CTLA-4 binding protein including (i) a CTLA-4 binding domain; (ii) a CTLA-4 binding domain masking peptide; and (iii) a cleavable peptide linker connecting the CTLA-4 binding domain masking peptide to the CTLA-4 binding domain. In another aspect, there is provided a dimerizing domain covalently attached to the CTLA-4 binding domain, wherein the binding protein domains are bound together.
US11926648B2
A flavivirus Envelope Dimer Epitope (EDE) and isolated neutralizing antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof directed against the EDE for use in vaccinating an individual against one or more flaviviruses wherein the EDE is a stabilized recombinant flavivirus are provided. The dimer is: covalently stabilized with at least one disulphide inter-chain bond or one sulfhydryl-reactive crosslinker between the two sE monomers, and/or by being formed as a single polypeptide chain, and/or by linking the two sE monomers through modified sugar, and/or non-covalently stabilized by substituting at least one amino acid residue in the amino acid sequence of at least one sE monomer with at least one bulky side chain amino acid, at the dimer interface or in domain 1 (D1)/domain 3 (D3) linker of each monomer. The dimer is a homodimer or heterodimer of native and/or mutant envelope polypeptides, from DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, DENV-4, Zika and/or other flavivirus.
US11926636B2
This invention relates to new crystalline forms of (10R)-7-amino-12-fluoro-2,10,16-trimethyl-15-oxo-10,15,16,17-tetrahydro-2H-8,4-(metheno)pyrazolo[4,3-h][2,5,11]benzoxadiazacyclotetradecine-3-carbonitrile(lorlatinib) maleate. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising lorlatinib maleate, and to methods of using lorlatinib maleate and compositions comprising it in the treatment of abnormal cell growth, such as cancer, in mammals.
US11926633B2
The present disclosure relates to a JAK inhibitor upadacitinib intermediate and a preparation method therefor, and to a preparation method for a JAK inhibitor upadacitinib. The upadacitinib intermediate of the present application is as shown in Formula (II) or Formula (III), wherein, R is a protective group of nitrogen atoms, and R1 is an open-chain or cyclic amine group. Compared with the prior art, the method for the synthesis of upadacitinib of the present application, significantly reduces cost, is environmentally-friendly. And the quality of the final product is well controlled.
US11926629B1
Novel pyrido[3′,4′:4,5]pyrrolo[2,3-c]isoquinoline compounds, a method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The pyrido[3′,4′:4,5]pyrrolo[2,3-c]isoquinoline compounds, identified as CK2 inhibitors, are useful as anticancer and/or antitumor agents, and as agents for treating other kinase-associated conditions including inflammation, pain, and certain immunological disorders, and other types of diseases such as diabetes, viral infection, neurodegenerative diseases.
US11926627B1
Compounds for treating tuberculosis and, particularly, antitubercular compounds that are substituted 7-methyl quinoline derivatives and their use as antitubercular agents are provided.
US11926620B1
A 1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-7-(4-((2-thioxobenzo[d]oxazol-3(2H)-yl)methyl)piperazin-1-yl)-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid compound, its synthesis, and its use as an anticancer and/or antimicrobial agent.
US11926618B2
A compound of formula (I) or an optical isomer thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, aquo-complexes or non-aqueous-solvent complexes thereof are provided. Experiments prove that, compared with a control compound MGL-3196, the compound of formula (I), which is obtained through specific substitution sites and specific substitution types, is higher in agonist activity to THR-beta and significantly improved in selectivity on THR-beta/THR-alpha. The compound can be used in preparing THR-beta agonist and drugs for treating adaption diseases (including dyslipidemia, hypercholesteremia, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) applicable to the THR-beta agonist.
US11926611B1
An 2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)-6-phenyl-4,4′-bipyridine-3-carbonitrile compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US11926607B2
The present disclosure provides a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device including the same. The compound is used as a material of an organic material layer of the organic light emitting device.
US11926604B2
The invention is directed towards compounds, methods of stimulating myelination, stimulating proliferation of oligodendrocytes (OLs) or stimulating oligodendrocyte precursor cells and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof.
US11926600B2
The present invention relates to sulfonylureas and sulfonylthioureas comprising a monocyclic imidazolyl group of formula (I): wherein Q is selected from O or S, R1 is an imidazolyl group, wherein the imidazolyl group is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more monovalent substituents, and R2 is a cyclic group substituted at the α-position, wherein R2 may optionally be further substituted. The present invention further relates to salts, solvates and prodrugs of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds in the treatment and prevention of medical disorders and diseases, most especially by the inhibition of NLRP3.
US11926587B2
Disclosed herein is a process for upgrading a raffinate butene (C4 Raffinate) stream to propylene which can produce polymer grade propylene (PGP) by a metathesis process, without consuming fresh ethylene as a feedstock. By recycling ethylene byproduct in the metathesis equilibrium, propylene selectivity can be further improved without negatively impacting butene conversion. Additionally, upon PGP separation, this technology can provide an effluent acceptable for alkylate production by achieving a balanced butene conversion and heavies coproduction. The disclosed process is a relatively low temperature process which can be deployed as a drop-in option for conventional ethylene/butene metathesis unit and provide additional flexibility to existing operations to balance the supply and demand of C2-C4 light olefins.
US11926582B2
An ethylene plant including a cracking furnace for converting a hydrocarbon feedstock into a cracked gas stream, and a separation section to provide at least an ethylene-enriched product stream, a hydrogen-enriched fuel stream and a methane-enriched fuel stream from the cracked gas stream. A passage way is provided for feeding at least part of the hydrogen-enriched fuel from the separation section to a burner of the cracking furnace and/or a passage way for feeding at least part of the hydrogen-enriched fuel from the separation section to a burner of a waste heat recovery boiler of a combined cycle gas turbine power plant (CCGT). The CCGT includes a gas turbine, which CCGT is configured to generate electric power and/or to generate high pressure steam to drive a steam turbine forming part of a steam generation circuit of the ethylene plant.
US11926581B2
The sulfonium salt has high photosensitivity to i-rays and high compatibility with cationically polymerizable compounds such as epoxy compounds, and is excellent storage stability in formulations containing such compounds. The sulfonium salt is represented by general formula (1). In formula (1), R represents an alkyl group or an aryl group; substituents, R1 to R5, each independently represent an alkyl group, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, a hydroxy(poly)alkyleneoxy group, or a halogen atom; R6 to R9 each independently represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a hydrogen atom; m1 to m5 each represent the number of occurrences of each of R1 to R5, m1 and m4 represent an integer of 0 to 3, m2 and m5 represent an integer of 0 to 4, m3 represents an integer of 0 to 5, and X− represents a monovalent polyatomic anion.
US11926577B2
The present disclosure pertains to a new synthetic method for the preparation of 2-methyl-2-hydroxyheptane and 2-methyl-2-alkoxyheptanes, which are valuable commodities for use in flavors, fragrances and various personal care products, such as cosmetics.
US11926576B1
An 4,4′-naphthalene-1,5-diylbis(diazene-2,1-diyl)dibenzene-1,2-diol compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antioxidant agent.
US11926574B2
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and n are defined herein. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using a compound of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, e.g., in the treatment of a mental health disease or disorder.
US11926573B2
A process for the production of elemental sulphur-urea fertilizer products is described, comprising the preparation of molten urea; preparing a suspension of micronized sulphur particles with water; mixing the molten urea with suspension of micronized sulphur particles with water wherein the micronized sulphur particles substantially remain in micronized solid state; and spraying the mixture of molten urea and suspension of micronized sulphur particles with water into a granulator, wherein the water in the mixture is flashed off, resulting in the formation of sulphur-urea granules with an even distribution of urea and micronized sulphur particles. An elemental sulphur-urea fertilizer composition obtained by the process is also described.
US11926571B2
A rotary composter includes a rotatable composting drum, a motor for rotating the drum, an aeration system for supplying air to the drum and an open-loop computerized controller for controlling one or both of the motor and the aeration system based on animal growth data. The rotary composter may also have a wireless nitrogen gas sensor for sensing an amount of nitrogen gas in the drum and a load cell for measuring a mass inside the drum to enable the controller to further control one or both of the motor and the aeration system based on signals from the nitrogen gas sensor and the load cell.
US11926568B1
Fast-setting flowable fill compositions for filling ground trenches are described. The compositions set quickly but retain a low strength psi at 28 days. The compositions also reduce bleed water on the surface of the fast-setting flowable fill and therefor enable quicker application of surface repair material, e.g., pavement patches, to the trench. The compositions consist of aggregate, Portland cement, accelerant, water and sometimes air. The compositions may have a compressive strength of between 5 psi and 60 psi after 2 hours, a compressive strength of between 10 psi and 100 psi after 4 hours, a compressive strength of between 75 psi and 500 psi after 28 days, a penetration resistance of between 1.5 tsf and 75 tsf after 2 hours, a penetration resistance of between 4.5 tsf and 200 tsf after 4 hours, and a shrinkage of less than 2% as measured by ASTM C490. Also disclosed are methods of filling a trench with fast-setting flowable fill.
US11926553B2
Provided is a system for and a method of processing an optical fiber, such as tapering an optical fiber. The method includes receiving fiber parameters defining characteristics of an optical fiber, modeling an idealized fiber based on the fiber parameters to establish modeled data, and establishing processing parameters. A processing operation is performed on the optical fiber according to the processing parameters to produce a resultant fiber. Aspects of the resultant fiber are measured to establish measured data. The measured data and the modeled data are normalized to a common axis and a difference between the two is determined. The processing parameters are adjusted based on the differences.
US11926551B2
Provided is a water treatment system 50 having: a first unit 100 having a dirty water generation source; a second unit 200 designed to purify water, the second unit 200 having at least one of a purification tank, a solid-liquid separation tank, and an oil separation tank, and conducting a primary treatment of contaminated water that is received; and a third unit 300 having a contaminated-water inlet, a primary reception tank, an intermediate treatment tank, a reserve treatment tank, a circulation treatment tank, a concentrated water and impurity tank, and an aseptic drainage tank. Each of the first to third units is equipped with a sensor and a valve. The third unit is furthermore equipped with a control device and at least one of a pump, a sterilization device, a disinfection device, and a sterilizer.
US11926531B2
Flaky alumina particles including mullite in a surface layer of the flaky alumina particles. A method for producing flaky alumina particles including forming a mixture by mixing together an aluminum compound that contains elemental aluminum, a molybdenum compound that contains elemental molybdenum, and silicon or a silicon compound that contains elemental silicon, the aluminum compound being in an amount greater than or equal to 50 mass %, calculated as Al2O3, the molybdenum compound being in an amount less than or equal to 40 mass %, calculated as MoO3, the silicon or the silicon compound being in an amount of 0.5 mass % or greater and less than 10 mass %, calculated as SiO2, relative to a total mass of the flaky alumina particles taken as 100 mass %; and firing the mixture.
US11926529B2
Provided is an aerogel blanket and a method for producing the same, wherein a catalyzed sol I sufficiently and uniformly impregnated into a blanket in an impregnation tank, and the catalyzed sol is allowed to stay in the impregnation tank for a specific time to control fluidity while achieving a viscosity at which the catalyzed sol can be easily introduced into the blanket, thereby forming a uniform aerogel in the blanket. As a result, the uniformity of pore structure and thermal insulation performance of an aerogel blanket are improved, the loss of raw materials is reduced through the impregnation process, the occurrence of process problems is reduced, and the generation of dust is reduced.
US11926528B2
Several variations of synthetic carbon materials are disclosed. The materials can assume a variety of properties, including high electrical conductivity. The materials also can have favorable structural and mechanical properties. They can form gas impenetrable barriers, form insulating structures, and can have unique optical properties.
US11926527B2
A method is described for controlling a furnace containing a plurality of catalyst-containing tubes heated by a combustion gas generated by a plurality of burners, said method comprising the steps of: (i) measuring path-averaged combustion gas temperatures on multiple paths through the furnace using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy, (ii) periodically measuring temperatures of surfaces within the furnace to obtain periodic surface temperature information, (iii) entering the path-averaged combustion gas temperatures and periodic surface temperature information into a computer model of the furnace, said model comprising parameters for controlling the furnace; and (iv) using the computer model and the temperature information to obtain optimised parameters for controlling the furnace. A system for performing the method is also described.
US11926508B2
A retaining mechanism for a clevis hook assembly with an axial device that provides a retaining mechanism for a load pin. The axial device is disposed inside a first opening behind the load pin. The axial device may provide a retention mechanism to obstruct the load pin when the load pin is inserted into the first opening of one of the pair of opposed members and extends across a space into the first opening in the other opposed member.
US11926505B2
An elevator control device recognizes a destination floor of a user from a voice of the user input to a voice input device, registers a voice car call corresponding to the recognized destination floor, generates stop floor information including a stop floor at which a car stops before the car arrives at the destination floor after the registration of the voice car call, and performs, as a voice announcement that follows the generated stop floor information, any one of a first announcement for notifying of the stop floor in order of floors at which the car stops and a second announcement for notifying of how many floors the car stops at before arriving at the destination floor.
US11926500B2
A sheet folding device includes a sheet conveyance path, a first folding conveyance path, a first folding roller pair, a first folding guide, and a conveyance roller. The first folding roller pair is composed of a first roller and a second roller forming a first folding nip by being brought into pressure contact with an upstream side of the first roller. The first folding guide is movable between a folding position at which it approaches the first folding nip, guiding a to-be-folded part of a sheet to the first folding nip, and a retracted position at which it is away from the first folding nip. The conveyance roller forms, together with the second roller, a first assist roller pair that conveys the sheet along the sheet conveyance path. The first folding guide has a pivot fulcrum on a downstream side relative to the first folding nip in the conveyance direction.
US11926495B1
A trailer with an incorporated conveyor assembly, having at least one conveyor belt assembly with a conveyor belt and a frame. A trailer base assembly has a trailer floor, whereby the frame is mounted onto the trailer base assembly. Further having a trailer frame assembly. The at least one conveyor belt assembly further has a motorized pulley connected to a motor that is mounted onto the frame. The at least one conveyor belt assembly further has rollers and a switch. The trailer base assembly has first and second trailer floor ends. The trailer base assembly further has at least first and second trailer floor edges, and at least one exterior conveyor belt cover. The conveyor belt is positioned between the first and second trailer floor edges.
US11926492B2
A linear transport apparatus includes a transport cart, a first roller that rotates about a first rotation shaft extending from the transport cart along a first direction, a second roller that rotates about a second rotation shaft extending from the transport cart and forming an acute angle with the first rotation shaft, and a rail sandwiched between the first and second rollers to extend along a track on which the transport cart moves. The rail includes a first contact portion coming contact with the first roller and restricting movement of the transport cart in a second direction perpendicular to a direction in which the rail extends and the first direction, and a second contact portion that comes into contact with the second roller and is parallel to the second rotation shaft, and the rail includes a portion in which curvature of the track moves is different from another portion.
US11926490B2
Apparatus extracting, from trays, bottles with mouths facing downwards includes an advancement line stopping the trays at a rest station; a handling organ; and a bottle pickup and transfer mechanism having a suction plate, with suction seats receiving and retaining the bottles internally. A frame with a housing receives and releasably retains the suction plate. The frame rotates about a first axis to a first operating position near the rest station and to a second operating position near the handling organ. Grippers and moving mechanisms pick up and move the suction plate above the tray with the seated bottles, raise the plate with the bottles, and then position the plate at the housing in the first operating position.
US11926482B2
An example luggage processing station comprises: an injector adapted to receive a piece of luggage, the injector comprising an injector conveyor belt integrated into a floor of the injector; a group of sensors positioned around the injector directed towards the injector conveyor belt; a controller adapted to assess the piece of luggage compared to an acceptance parameter whilst the piece of luggage is stationary on the injector conveyor belt; and the controller is configured to actuate the injector conveyor belt when the controller assesses the piece of luggage as meeting the acceptance parameter.
US11926478B1
Conveyor arrangement including a first conveying section having first rollers, a second conveying section having second rollers, the second conveying section being arranged adjacent to the first conveying section, so that an object can be transferred between the conveying section by rolling along the first and second rollers, a mobile drive movable along different positions along the first conveying section and adapted to temporarily provide a drive power to a selected first roller depending on the position of the movable drive; wherein the movable drive is prevented to get into the second conveying section, characterized in that the conveying arrangement comprises a drive line for providing a drive power at least indirectly from the movable drive to the second rollers when the movable drive is located at a, in particular first end position, in the first conveying section adjacent to the second conveying section.
US11926477B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a self-service express cabinet and a package delivery method. The self-service express cabinet may include: a cabinet body including a sending window and a chamber, wherein the sending window may be connected with the chamber, and the sending window may be disposed on a surface of the cabinet body; a human-machine interaction device disposed on the cabinet body for information interaction with a user; an inspection device disposed in the chamber and capable of performing security inspection on a package dropped into the chamber for delivery, wherein the inspection device may have a receiving end and an output end, and at least part of the receiving end may be located within a scope of a forward projection of the sending window; and at least one storage component disposed in the chamber and corresponding to the output end.
US11926476B2
A transport vehicle includes: a vehicle body (31) and a first traveling mechanism (32) mounted on the vehicle body (31). The first traveling mechanism (32) includes a plurality of crawling assemblies (320) respectively provided on two opposite sides of the vehicle body (31). Each crawling assembly (320) includes: a wheel carrier (321) extending outwardly from a lateral side of the vehicle body (31); and a driving wheel (322) mounted on the wheel carrier (321), the driving wheel has an axis perpendicular to an extending direction of the wheel carrier (321). The wheel carrier (321) is rotatable about the central axis of the wheel carrier (321) in the extension direction.
US11926472B2
A number of implementations of an apparatus for supporting a floating roof in a storage tank are described. In one implementation, the apparatus includes at least two vertical support members coupled together at the top and bottom by spans members.
US11926470B2
A lifting mechanism for operably attaching to one of the plurality of support legs on a bin is provided where the lifting mechanism is configured to sequentially lift and drop the support leg by a predetermined amount, whereby an impact shock generated by the drop is transmitted to the bin through the support leg and promote dislodging of any of the particulate material that may be in a non-flowable state to enhance dispensing of the particulate material from the bin. A bin assembly incorporating such lifting mechanism on at least one of its plurality of support legs is also disclosed.
US11926468B2
The invention relates to a capsule (2) for the preparation of a beverage by extracting the substance in a beverage preparation device, comprising: —an aluminium capsule body (3) with a bottom, a side wall (6) and an outwardly extending flange (7), —a cover (8) attached to the outwardly extending flange (7) and, —a sealing member (9) at the outwardly extending flange (7) for providing a water sealing contact with an enclosing member of the beverage preparation device; wherein the sealing member (9) comprises at least one annular layer of polymeric material positioned on the outwardly extending flange wherein in use in the device, the sealing member is compressed and wherein the outwardly extending flange (7) comprises an annular recess (16) with an annular bottom wall (17), and an inner projecting wall (18) and an outer projecting wall (19), both projecting walls (18, 19) extending in a direction towards the bottom of the capsule body and wherein the annular layer of polymeric material (20) is entirely contained in the annular recess (16).
US11926465B2
A method that protects helium balloons, which are shipped via shipping routes that expose the balloons to elevated temperatures that cause the balloons to lose helium gas at increased rates, from such effects includes providing a shipping box; lining the shipping box with a metalized sheet that provides insulation against heat conduction; placing at least one balloon in the lined shipping box; surrounding the at least one balloon with the metalized sheet from all sides thereof; closing the box; and shipping the box to a customer, whereby the balloons are rendered less susceptible to the elevated temperatures or reduced ambient pressures while travelling over the shipping routes.
US11926455B1
A sound producing beverage container including a top surface having an opening in the surface initially sealed with a closure. The sound producing beverage container includes a reed assembly mounted to the top surface. The reed assembly includes a substantially flat reed having opposing leading and trailing reed edges. The reed assembly includes a bridge disposed adjacent the reed. The bridge includes opposing leading and trailing bridge edges and a bulge in the bridge along the leading edge of the bridge, the bulge extending away from the reed. A portion of the leading edge of the reed is disposed between the container top surface and the bridge. A gas moving along the device surface toward the leading edge of the bridge may be directed toward the leading edge of the reed and across the reed leading edge causing the reed to vibrate, the vibration producing a vibratory sound.
US11926449B2
A container (1) extending along a longitudinal axis (X) and including a tubular body (10) having a longitudinal weld (11) substantially parallel to the axis (X), a bottom (20) and a head (30), the tubular body (10) including at least 50% by weight of paper, the bottom (20) including an annular distal end (21) and an oblique portion (22), the oblique portion (22) extending along an axis (Y) forming an angle α with the longitudinal axis (X), the tubular body (10) being attached to the bottom (20) at the level of the oblique portion (22).
US11926444B2
Modular unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are disclosed. A disclosed example UAV includes a fuselage that extends along a longitudinal axis, a wing support frame extending from the fuselage and along a wingspan of the UAV. The wing support frame includes distal ends to support a releasably couplable wing, the releasably couplable wing to extend along the wingspan when coupled to the wing support frame, and a motor boom that extends parallel to the longitudinal axis, the motor boom to support a motor that is oriented to generate lift for the UAV.
US11926443B2
Rotorcraft including a fuselage, at least three rotor system arms, a forward propulsion unit for providing forward propulsion to the rotorcraft and a flight control system. Each rotor system arm has a rotor system including a mast having at least two rotor blades and an electric rotor motor coupled to the mast for driving the mast whereupon the rotor blades act as a rotating rotor disc. Each rotor system has an individually controllable collective rotor blade pitch. At least one rotor system has a controllable cyclic rotor blade pitch. The flight control system controls the at least three electric rotor motors, the collective rotor blade pitch of each rotor system, the cyclic rotor blade pitch of the at least one rotor system and the forward propulsion unit in response to an input control indicating a desired maneuver to operate the rotorcraft for takeoff, flight and landing.
US11926439B2
A recoverable rocket stage (2) for propelling a rocket (100) towards space includes a rocket propellant tank assembly (4) having a generally cylindrical outer shape; at least one engine (6), coupled to the rocket propellant tank assembly (4); and a plurality of drag enhancing elements (8), the plurality of drag enhancing elements (8) forming longitudinal extensions of the generally cylindrical outer shape of the rocket propellant tank assembly (4) in their launch positions and being inclinable with respect to the generally cylindrical outer shape of the rocket propellant tank assembly (4) for return of the recoverable rocket stage (2) to earth.
US11926437B2
Methods and apparatus to measure multiple control surfaces with a sensor are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus for determining a condition associated with first and second control surfaces includes a sensor to measure a rotation of a shaft operatively coupled thereto. The apparatus also includes a first differential operatively coupled between the shaft and a first pivot of the first control surface, and a second differential operatively coupled between the first differential and a second pivot of the second control surface.
US11926430B1
A multi-mode aircraft power-split-transmission system includes a rotational power input and a power-split transmission. The power-split transmission includes a sun gear, a planetary carrier, a ring gear, a first rotational power output, and a second rotational power output. The multi-mode aircraft power-split-transmission system also includes a first resistance device coupled to the first rotational power output and fixed to an airframe of the multi-mode aircraft and a second resistance device coupled to the second rotational power output and fixed to the airframe. Operation of the first resistance device causes power received from the rotational power input to be directed to the second rotational power output.
US11926427B2
A lightweight, high power density, fault-tolerant fuel cell system, method, and apparatus for full-scale clean fuel electric-powered aircraft having a fuel cell module including a plurality of fuel cells working together to process gaseous oxygen from air compressed by turbochargers, superchargers, blowers or local oxygen supply and gaseous hydrogen from liquid hydrogen transformed by heat exchangers, with an electrical circuit configured to collect electrons from the plurality of hydrogen fuel cells to supply voltage and current to motor controllers commanded by autopilot control units configured to select and control an amount and distribution of electrical voltage and torque or current for each of the plurality of motor and propeller assemblies, wherein electrons returning from the electrical circuit combine with oxygen in the compressed air to form oxygen ions, then the protons combine with oxygen ions to form H2O molecules and heat.
US11926422B2
An environmental control system of a vehicle includes a first compression device including a compressor, a first turbine, and a power turbine operably coupled by a shaft. The first turbine is configured to receive a first medium, the compressor is configured to receive a second medium, and the power turbine is configured to receive a third medium. A second compression device, separate from the first compression device, includes a second turbine. The environmental control system is operable in a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the second medium is provided to the compressor and the second turbine sequentially. In the second mode, the second medium bypasses the second turbine. In in both the first mode and the second mode, only the second medium is provided to an outlet of the environmental control system.
US11926415B2
Physical and logical components of a long line loiter control system address control of a long line loiter maneuver conducted beneath a carrier, such as a fixed-wing aircraft. Control may comprise identifying, predicting, and reacting to estimated states and predicted states of the carrier, a suspended load control system, and a long line. Identifying, predicting, and reacting to estimated states and predicted states may comprise determining characteristics of state conditions over time as well as response time between state conditions. Reacting may comprise controlling a hoist of the carrier, controlling thrusters of the suspended load control system, and or controlling or issuing flight control instructions to the carrier so as not to increase the response time and or to avoid a hazard.
US11926413B2
An energy-load assembly includes an accommodating box, a power source, a load and an undercarriage. The accommodating box can be connected to a body of an unmanned aerial vehicle; the power source is arranged in the accommodating box, and can provide electric energy to the unmanned aerial vehicle; the load is arranged at the bottom of the accommodating box; and the undercarriage is connected to the accommodating box. The energy-load assembly provided integrates the power source, the load and the undercarriage. The corresponding power source and the load can be integrated according to different tasks performed.
US11926410B2
Technologies are described herein for a drag recovery scheme. In various examples, a recovery engine is placed within a vortex flow of air caused by the impingement of air upon a nacelle of a main engine. The propeller of the recovery engine can use the vortex flow of air to provide additional thrust the aircraft, thus reducing the load on the main engines or providing an increased velocity.
US11926392B2
The present invention relates to electric bicycle speed control device and method. According to the present invention, a torque of a motor for driving a wheel is controlled so that a speed of a pedal driven by a user follows a speed of the wheel, and a torque of the pedal is also controlled by applying an assist level according to the torque of the motor. Therefore, even in an electric bicycle with a chain, it is possible to feel a feeling of the pedal like a bicycle with a chain, and it is possible to adjust the force applied to the pedal according to the assist level.
US11926387B2
The present invention relates to a recumbent vehicle (10), more particularly, it relates to a recreational electrically (38, 40, 42) and/or pedal-powered recumbent vehicle (10), specifically suited for use as a golf cart (100). The recumbent vehicle (10) includes a chassis (12), two front wheels (14A, 14B), a rear wheel (16), a reclined seat (18), a footrest (20) located forwardly of the rotary axis of the front wheel and an unobstructed load bay (22) between the chassis (12), the rear wheel (16) and a backrest of the reclined seat (18).
US11926385B2
A cycling exercise system includes: a bicycle, a server which includes a plurality of predetermined cycling course representations, and a device, including a processor, memory, input/output, and exercise controller, which enables the user to select a cycling course representation from the plurality of predetermined cycling course representations, such that the cycling exercise device directs the user along the selected cycling course representation and provides exercise instructions specific to course segments. Also disclosed is a method for cycling exercise, including: calculating available courses, selecting course, directing cyclist to course, and directing cyclist around course.
US11926380B2
A method may be utilized to control a steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle that includes an electronically controllable steering actuator that acts on steered wheels, a control unit, a feedback actuator to which a driver's request for a steering angle can be applied by a driver via steering input means and which outputs a feedback signal to the steering input means as a reaction to the driver's request and a driving condition of the motor vehicle, and a signal transmission that transmits the driver's request to the control unit. The control unit controls the steering actuator to convert the driver's request into deflection of the steered wheels. The method may involve determining wheel slip of a front wheel, performing frequency analysis of a profile over time of a wheel slip signal of the front wheel, and determining the feedback signal based on the result of the frequency analysis.
US11926375B2
A steering control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to acquire a limit position determination angle corresponding to an absolute steering angle when it is determined that movement of a turning shaft is limited, to compare a first stroke width which is a sum of an absolute value of the limit position determination angle on a right side and an absolute value of the limit position determination angle on a left side with a stroke threshold value corresponding to an entire stroke range of the turning shaft when the limit position determination angles on the right and left sides are acquired, and to set end-position-corresponding angles on the right and left sides based on the limit position determination angles on the right and left sides when the first stroke width is greater than the stroke threshold value.
US11926372B2
A motor-driven power steering system for a vehicle is configured such that movement of the worm shaft and a clearance caused by backlash between the worm wheel and the worm shaft may be prevented using the bearing-integrated damper bush which is coupled to the end portion of the worm shaft and is made of steel, and during of rotation of the worm shaft, the lubricant is supplied between the worm shaft and the bearing-integrated damper bush to facilitate lubrication and cooling.
US11926369B2
A cab frame includes a support framework, where the support framework includes a bottom frame, a top frame, and a four-upright-column structure supported between the bottom frame and the top frame; the four-upright-column structure includes two front upright columns and two rear upright columns, and an inner dimension of the cab frame increases along the bottom-to-top direction.
US11926368B2
Vehicle cab suspension control systems are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the cab suspension control systems can include front cab-to-frame mounts that include controllable elastomer-based isolators that can provide real time variable damping to improve ride quality and/or road holding and reduce cab roll in response to, for example, input from one or more cab and/or frame mounted accelerometers, position sensors, etc. Embodiments of the control systems described herein can utilize a single vehicle controller (e.g., an ECU) to control all of the cab suspension components (e.g., semi-active damping technologies, air spring technologies, etc.) employed on a vehicle to provide a single suspension control solution that can provide improved ride performance, road holding, etc.
US11926367B2
An illustrative embodiment of a cargo vehicle is provided. A bulkhead is located on the cargo vehicle. The bulkhead includes an opening. A bulkhead door is located at the bulkhead. The bulkhead door is movable between open and closed positions with respect to the opening. A bulkhead door bearing slide assembly is located at a portion of the bulkhead door and is movable with the bulkhead door between the open and closed positions of the bulkhead door. At least one pin is attached to the bulkhead door bearing slide assembly and is disposed through at least one opening of at least a portion of the bulkhead door. The at least one pin is movable within the at least one opening of the at least the portion of the bulkhead door to movably couple to the bulkhead door.
US11926360B1
The invention comprises an apparatus, comprising: a baby stroller, comprising: a set of handles; a set of wheels; a foldable frame, the foldable frame comprising at least three hollow tubes and an elastic cord running through the at least three hollow tubes, the foldable frame attaching the set of handles to the set of wheels; and a baby seat attached to the foldable frame. Optionally, the three hollow tubes are members of a set of at least eight hollow tubes with the elastic cord passing through the at least eight hollow tubes with a tension of two to five pounds within at least one tube.
US11926357B2
A rail infrastructure monitoring system enables integrated continuous monitoring and analysis of above and below rail assets, providing passenger and freight operators an end-to-end solution. Embodiments of the system comprise monitoring, coordinator control and display, communications, and business integration. Modern rail and transport techniques of providing integrated logistics are supported, offering improved safety, reduced total cost of ownership and the ability to increase capacity. Also, identification of links between different sets of data in ‘real time’ across all monitored infrastructure is enabled. Field hardware includes three modules: control; wagon master; and sensor, the latter communicating wirelessly with a wagon master module, and each sensor module is associated with a respective wagon or portion of below rail infrastructure. Sensor data values indicate the condition of either values outside the threshold alert of a train master via wagon master units or for below rail directly to the train master, which is then forwarded to a business component.
US11926353B2
Devices, systems, and methods related to tracking location of operator control units for locomotives
According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of devices, systems, and methods related to tracking location of operator control units for locomotives. In an exemplary embodiment, an operator control unit includes a user interface configured to receive one or more commands from an operator for controlling a locomotive. The operator control unit also includes receiver configured to receive location information of the operator control unit, and a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device is configured to transmit command data corresponding to the one or more commands and location data corresponding to the location information to a machine control unit on the locomotive.
US11926348B2
A method for controlling applications distributed between a vehicle and a cloud. A supervision of communication channels between the vehicle and the cloud is carried out. Based on the supervision, a control and adaptation of a component of the applications operated in the vehicle or of a component of the applications operated in the cloud are carried out.
US11926341B2
A method for determining a driving maneuver of a vehicle with a control unit includes receiving a measurement data relating to a traffic situation from a sensor, determining a current detection area of the sensor by evaluating the measurement data, and creating a sensor model based on the measurement data. An estimated detection area of the sensor from the measurement data is modelled through forward simulation based on a vehicle position of the vehicle. A change in the estimated detection area of the sensor due to a driving maneuver is determined along with the driving maneuver that causes an increase in the estimated detection area due to the sensor model.
US11926321B1
The present invention relates to method and system for controlling speed of vehicle by using GPS location, real-time traffic light status and machine learning techniques to recommend cruising speed to vehicle without stopping at the traffic lights. The method includes determining status of traffic lights located on route of traffic junctions and associated time period for status of traffic lights based on data received from sensors. The method includes broadcasting status of traffic lights and associated time period. The method includes calculating in real-time a recommended cruising speed of the vehicle based on GPS location associated with vehicle, status of traffic lights and associated time period, and a time period required by vehicle to arrive at the traffic lights using machine learning techniques. The method includes providing in real-time the recommended cruising speed to vehicle. The method includes adaptively controlling in real-time speed of vehicle to recommended cruising speed.
US11926316B2
A driving assist ECU determines that a current situation is a specific situation where it is predicted that there is no object that is about to enter an adjacent lane from an area outside of a host vehicle road on which a host vehicle is traveling, when a road-side object is detected at a part around an edge of the adjacent lane, and/or when a white line painted to define the adjacent lane is detected at the part around the edge of the adjacent lane and no object near the detected white line is detected. The driving assist ECU does not perform a steering control for avoiding a collision, the steering control for letting the vehicle enter the adjacent lane, when it is not determined that the current situation is the specific situation.
US11926314B2
A vehicle control apparatus sets a target speed of a vehicle such that a maximum value of the target speed is a first speed during a parking assist control. The vehicle control apparatus executes the parking assist control with maintaining a speed of the vehicle at a speed equal to or slower than a predetermined speed limit value slower than the first speed when a predetermined condition that the vehicle moves along a downward slope, is satisfied when a first electric power source device is in a normal state during the parking assist control. At least one of a braking apparatus and a shift change apparatus executes a stopping control of stopping the vehicle when a malfunction occurs in the first electric power source device during the parking assist control.
US11926311B2
A hybrid driving system and a hybrid electric vehicle. The hybrid driving system includes an engine, an input element (20), an output element (23), a box body (24), a first motor (13), a second motor (14), a first planet row, a second planet row, a third planet row, a first clutch (15) and a first brake (16). According to the hybrid driving system of the present disclosure, a basic three-planet-row planet gear configuration is provided through the planet row mechanical structure and the reasonable layout of multiple operating elements (the clutches and the brakes), which can realize at least two E-CVT working modes to obtain higher transmission efficiency.
US11926306B2
An electronically slip-controllable power braking system for a motor vehicle, in which a controllably drivable pressure generator supplies multiple brake circuits connected in parallel to one another with pressure medium under brake pressure. Each of the brake circuits are separable through existing first control valves from the pressure generator and include second control valves that are connected downstream from the first control valves to control the brake pressure in the wheel brakes, which are connected with the brake circuits. An electronic control unit in the brake circuits has three devices, the third device puts the first control valve of a brake circuit into a passage position if a leakage is established downstream from the second control valve in this brake circuit and if it is established that the pressure generated by the pressure generator has at least approximately reached or exceeded a pressure limit of the first control valve.
US11926301B2
A vehicle weight sensing system particularly useful for trailers. An axle tube is mounted to the vehicle or trailer through its suspension members that may be leaf springs. A mounting block is affixed to the axle tube for mounting a strain gauge. The mounting block is fixed to the axle tube between the suspension members connected to the axle tube. The mounting block has a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface and a notch extends from the mating surface toward the mounting surface. The notch terminates between the mating surface and the mounting surface. The notch separates rigidified sections of the mounting block and the rigidified sections straddle the notch. The stain gauge measures strain in the axle and thereby generates a signal proportional to the weight on the trailer. The signal can be used to properly proportion a brake system on the trailer.
US11926290B2
The fluid dispensing system (100) comprises at least one fluid source (110), at least one pump (130-1, 130-2, 130-3, . . . , 130-N), at least one telescopic fluid dispenser (140′-1′, 140′-2′, 140′-3′, . . . , 140′-M′); a control unit (160) to operate the pump (130-1, 130-2, 130-3, . . . , 130-N) for supplying fluid (120) according to a received command of washing at least one target object (150-1, 150-2, 150-3, . . . , 150-O), a manifold (180), and at least one control valve assembly (V-1, V-2, . . . , V′-P′) comprising a fluid inlet for receiving fluid from the at least one fluid source (110), a first fluid outlet for discharging fluid into the at least one telescopic fluid dispenser (140′-1, 140′-2, 140′-3, . . . , 140′-M′), and a second fluid outlet for allowing fluid to flow back away from the telescopic fluid dispensers (140′-1, 140′-2′, 140′-3′, . . . , 140′-M′) when retracting from the extended position to the rest position.
US11926284B2
A method for controlling access to a resource, the method performed by a system comprising a first component, a second component and a third component, the first component comprising a first cryptographic key; the second component comprising a second cryptographic key. The method comprising: transmitting a signal; generating, by the first component a first channel observation; generating, by the second component, a second channel observation, and a first data value based on the second channel observation and the second cryptographic key; transmitting, by the second component, the second channel observation and the first data value; and verifying the second component based on the second channel observation, the first cryptographic key and the first data value; and allowing access to the resource in response to determining that the second component is: 1) permitted to gain access to the resource; and 2) located proximate to the first component.
US11926277B1
A knee airbag includes a cushion portion, which includes overlying panels interconnected along a perimeter connection to define an inflatable volume of the knee airbag. The panels are interconnected within the perimeter connection along one or more interior connections that define inflatable chambers within the inflatable volume. The knee airbag also includes a tether connected to an exterior surface of the cushion portion at spaced locations. The tether has a length that is shorter than the distance between the locations on the cushion portion to which the tether is connected. The tether is configured to become tensioned in response to inflation of the cushion portion and causing a bend to form in the cushion portion.
US11926276B2
A curved structure for a work vehicle includes a first curved support extending a length, a second curved support extending a length, the second curved support spaced apart a width from the first curved support, and a curved windshield positioned between and connected to the first and second curved supports.
US11926274B2
A front bumper includes a bumper body and a bumper inner. The bumper body is exposed to the outside of a vehicle. The bumper inner is located inside the bumper body. The bumper inner includes an inner body that extends in a lateral direction of the vehicle along an inner surface of the bumper body, and at least one bumper stay that extends from the inner body toward a body of the vehicle and that is fixed to the body. The bumper stay includes a base plate that is joined to the body, and a reinforcing wall that extends in a vertical direction from a peripheral edge of the base plate. The inner body includes a cut along either or both of upper and lower edges of the inner body that extend in the lateral direction, the cut extending in a range including a position closest to the bumper stay.
US11926266B2
An installing module includes a seat bracket, a plurality of lower gaskets, a device bracket and an upper gasket. The seat bracket includes a first locking plate and a second locking plate locked to each other. The first locking plate includes a first concave and the second locking plate includes a second concave corresponding to the first concave. The lower gaskets are respectively disposed on the first concave and the second concave. The lower gaskets face each other and jointly define a lower assembly hole and are disposed on a lower side of a head-support fixer of a car seat. The device bracket is locked to the seat bracket and an electronic device is pivotally coupled to the device bracket. The upper gasket is disposed between the device bracket and the head-support fixer, and the head-support fixer is clamped between the upper gasket and the lower gaskets.
US11926262B2
Adjusting instrument for an exterior vision unit for a vehicle, comprising a base, a foot and a pivoting shaft extending therefrom along a longitudinal axis, and a housing surrounding the pivoting shaft and pivotable around the longitudinal axis in an adjustment range, between at least a park position and a work position. The base and the housing cooperate via cams which interlock in the work position so that the housing is in a stable axial ground position with respect to the foot. The cams, upon pivoting of the housing relative to the base, move apart from the work position along the longitudinal axis, and upon further pivoting are supported on each other, so that the housing is in an axially further removed position with respect to the foot. The adjusting instrument is provided with a detector configured to verify that the housing is in the stable axial ground position.
US11926259B1
Embodiments include systems and methods that may include receiving situational information triggering a need to alert the driver and in response to the need to alert the driver presenting an alert to the driver based on driver state information selected based on a likelihood the driver will be more receptive to the alert modality than others of the plurality of alert modalities. The likelihood the driver will be receptive to the alert modality may be based on the received situational information, the received driver state information, and a historical behaviour record. The historical behaviour record may correlate the driver's reaction or the reaction of other drivers to previous alerts presented to the driver or other drivers with similar driver state information and similar situational information triggering presentation of previous alerts. The system may learn from the reaction of the driver and/or other drivers to better select suitable alert modalities.
US11926251B2
This specification describes systems for unmanned vehicle carrying and deployment. In some examples, a system includes a deployable robot including at least one rotatable flipper disposed on a surface of the deployable robot. The system includes a base unmanned vehicle configured for carrying and deploying the deployable robot. The base unmanned vehicle includes a base robot chassis, and the base robot chassis includes a platform for securing the deployable robot and at least one retention bracket disposed on the platform. The flipper is configured to rotate in a first rotational direction to lock the deployable robot onto the base robot chassis by engaging with the retention bracket.
US11926249B2
A system may include an adjustable headrest assembly. The adjustable headrest assembly may include a headrest center bracket, a left vertical side plate track, a left headrest side plate assembly including a left headrest side plate, a right vertical side plate track, and a right headrest side plate assembly including a right headrest side plate. The left headrest side plate may be configured to move up and down relative to the left vertical side plate track based on the engagement of the left headrest side plate assembly with the left vertical side plate track. The right headrest side plate may be configured to move up and down relative to the right vertical side plate track based on the engagement of the right headrest side plate assembly with the right vertical side plate track.
US11926248B2
An occupant support for a vehicle includes a seat bottom arranged to overlie a floor of the vehicle, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the floor. The occupant support further includes a seat mode-change system that allows the occupant support to adjust the seat bottom and the seat back to provide a storage space.
US11926246B2
In a local cart traveling system, a frame track includes first and second metal rails each with an L-shaped cross section and facing each other. A local cart is within the frame track, and includes a first electricity receiving tire and a second electricity receiving tire to travel on horizontal travel surfaces of the rails. A voltage supplier supplies an AC voltage to the travel surfaces, so that the first metal rail and a first electricity receiving tire define a first capacitor and the second metal rail and the second electricity receiving tire define a second capacitor. The local cart includes a power receiver to receive AC power, and a travel motor that receives power after the AC power is rectified. The frame track includes a connecting plate as an electrical insulator covering portions of the surfaces of vertical walls of the first metal rail and the second metal rail.
US11926240B2
A marine power pedestal is disclosed. The power pedestal is configured to connect to a mobile device comprising a main body, one or more electrical power units disposed in the main body and configured to conduct power to a marine vessel, one or more display screens, one or more sensors. A controller including a network interface is configured to communicate with a mobile device via a communication network, transmit data to a server via the communication network, and execute commands received, via the communication network, from the server or the mobile device.
US11926239B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a vehicle control method, module, and system, a device and a medium. The method includes: acquiring, under a condition that it is determined to install a target battery provided by a battery swapping station for the vehicle, a network address of a first battery management unit of the target battery; requesting to establish a wireless communication connection between a control module and the first battery management unit, based on the network address of the first battery management unit of the target battery; transmitting, under a condition that the wireless communication connection between the control module and the first battery management unit is successfully established, a first prompt signal to a target object, where the first prompt signal is used to prompt the target object to perform a relevant operation for allowing the vehicle to leave a battery swapping area.
US11926238B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for charging a battery comprising a first charging device configured to communicate with at least one second charging device, the first charging device and the at least one second charging device configured to charge the battery, and comprising a first controller configured to control the first charging device, wherein the first controller determines the number of the at least one second charging devices by communicating with a second controller.
US11926220B2
A hybrid transmission for a vehicle includes a transmission input shaft extending in a transverse direction, at least one countershaft arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft, a clutch device arranged coaxially with respect to the transmission input shaft and which has at least one clutch, and a differential having a differential input gear. A rotational axis of the differential input gear is arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft. The transmission also includes an electric machine having a rotor with a rotor rotational axis arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft and a transmission control device. As viewed in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, the differential input gear, the transmission input shaft, and a transmission controller including the transmission control device are arranged in succession in the sequence specified.
US11926212B2
A vehicle includes a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) antenna, a broadcast receiving antenna, a speaker, and an Audio/Video/Navigation (AVN) device electrically connected to the GNSS antenna, the broadcast receiving antenna, and the speaker, and the AVN device is configured to obtain a broadcast signal from the broadcast receiving antenna, receive a GNSS signal from the GNSS antenna, demodulate the broadcast signal into an acoustic signal, and remove a noise mixed in the acoustic signal based on an intensity of the GNSS signal.
US11926201B1
An emergency egress system for a multi-passenger vehicle such as a school bus (372) includes an emergency exit opening (380) that is normally closed by an emergency exit door (382). Opening the emergency exit door of the bus causes the door to open by rotating about at least one horizontal hinge (384). As the door moves outwardly and then downward a ramp (394) moves outwardly from a retracted position toward an extended position. Opening the emergency exit door also causes the suspension of the bus to be automatically lowered to place the emergency exit opening (16) closer to the ground (166).
US11926198B2
A vehicle includes a support structure. The vehicle also includes a side door operable to move relative to the support structure between an open position and a closed position. In the open position of the side door, access to a vehicle interior of the vehicle is provided. In the closed position of the side door, the side door extends across a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle. The vehicle further includes a plurality of pivot members, each pivotably coupled to the support structure at a first end and pivotably coupled to the side door at a second end. The side door is movable between the open and closed positions via pivotal movement of each of the plurality of pivot members relative to the support structure and pivotal movement of the side door relative to each of the plurality of pivot members.
US11926192B2
A refrigerant heat exchange apparatus includes an apparatus body, a first communication cavity, a second communication cavity, and first valve cores. A cold water unit and a hot water unit are disposed in the apparatus body. A first water inlet is disposed on the first cavity of the cold water unit. A first water inlet is disposed on the third cavity of the hot water unit. A first water outlet is disposed on the second cavity of the cold water unit. A first water outlet is disposed on the fourth cavity of the hot water unit. The first communication cavity communicates with the first cavity and the third cavity. The second water outlet communicates with the first communication cavity. The second communication cavity communicates with the second cavity and the fourth cavity. An indirect heat pump system includes the refrigerant heat exchange apparatus.
US11926188B2
A method and system for adjusting height and damping force, the method comprising: between a first connection part (110) and a second connection part (120), arranging a pneumatic valve (130), an air spring (140), an adjustable damper (150) and a damping force adjustment device (160) used for adjusting the damping force of an adjustable damper (150), the positions of the pneumatic valve (130), the air spring (140), the adjustable damper (150) and the damping force adjustment device (160) being adaptive and the pneumatic valve (130) being connected to the damping force adjustment device (160) and the air spring (140), respectively; the pneumatic valve (130) collects at least one movement variable of the first connection part (110) relative to the second connection part (120); meanwhile, the pneumatic valve (130), according to the collected movement variable and/or the change in the movement variable, controlling the air spring (140) to inflate or deflate so as to implement height adjustment; and/or carrying out gas driving on the damping force adjustment device (160) to control the adjustable damper (150) to output corresponding damping force, so as to adjust the size of the damping force of the adjustable damper (150), which improves the sensitivity of height adjustment and damping force adjustment.
US11926179B2
A method of preparing a sidewall support, the method comprising the steps of (i) providing a vulcanizable composition including an elastomer, a filler, a curative, and a eutectic composition; (ii) fabricating the vulcanizable composition into a green sidewall support; and (iii) subjecting the green sidewall support to curing conditions.
US11926170B2
A banknote having a substrate with polymeric outer surfaces, including one or more coatings applied to at least one of the outer surfaces, at least one coating being a paper feel layer which provides a feel, substantially similar to that of a paper banknote, wherein the paper-feel layer includes tactile particles, to provide the paper-feel, and the tactile particles are conductive and/or the paper-feel layer includes conductive particles, or at least one of the or each coating includes conductive particles, to improve antistatic properties of the banknote.
US11926169B2
A multimedia business card having a housing, a display, a speaker, a battery, and circuitry for operating the same is provided. In one embodiment, the housing includes a plurality of panels, scores, and joints, including a cover panel and a front panel that includes an aperture. The panels and joints can be folded and secured to form an enclosed (rectangular) housing. The display, speaker, battery, and circuity are secured inside, with the display being visible to a user via the aperture. The housing should open like a book (with a cover opening from right to left), exposing the display to the user, where the opening of the cover triggers the playing of video and/or sound (e.g., via a magnetic switch). For ease of manufacturing, the housing may be constructed from a single piece of material, preferably cardboard or a heavy paper-based product.
US11926168B2
The invention relates to a color developer of formula (I), (Ar1—SO2—NH—)m-Y—(—NH—C(O)—NH—SO2—Ar2)n (I), wherein Ar1 is an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic moiety, Ar2 is an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl moiety, Y is at least an (m+n)-times substituted benzene group or naphthalene group, and Y is substituted in such a way that at least one Ar2—SO2—NH—C(O)—NH group is in ortho-position with respect to at least one Ar1—SO2—NH group. The invention further relates to a heat-sensitive recording material, comprising a carrier substrate and a heat-sensitive color-forming layer, which contains at least one color former and at least one phenol-free color developer, the at least one color developer being the compound of formula (I). The invention further relates to a method for producing said heat-sensitive recording material.
US11926155B2
An inkjet recording device includes an inkjet discharge head including a nozzle through which ink is discharged, a pressure chamber that communicates to the nozzle, and a pressure generator that generates a pressure change in ink in the pressure chamber according to application of a drive signal to cause ink to be discharged from the nozzle; a driver that is disposed outside the ink discharge head and that is provided with a drive circuit that outputs the drive signal; and a wire that electrically connects the driver with the ink discharge head and through which the drive signal output from the drive circuit and applied to the pressure generator. The driver includes a resistance element provided in a transmission path of the drive signal between the drive circuit and the wire. A magnitude of a resistance value of the resistance element corresponds to a length of the wire.
US11926149B2
A printer includes a paper roll, a printing device, a paper cutting device, a paper output device, and a panel, which are disposed, from rear to front in sequence, on a frame. The printing device includes a printer seat on which a printer head, a paper delivering roller, and a guiding member are disposed. The guiding member forms a paper insertion gap between a guiding piece and a printer seat. The paper insertion gap can smoothly guide a front end of a paper sheet to be inserted downwards to contact with a paper delivering roller. Then, the guiding member pivots back to a positioned state. Thus, the paper sheet can be conveniently and rapidly installed. A paper guiding gap is formed between at least one guiding roller and the printer seat. The paper delivering roller can reliably pull the paper sheet to pass through a printer head for printing.
US11926120B2
This steel sheet for hot stamping includes a base material, an Al—Si alloy plating layer in which the Al content is 75 mass % or more, the Si content is 3 mass % or more and the total of the Al content and the Si content is 95 mass % or more and a Ni plating layer in which the Ni content is more than 90 mass % in this order, the chemical composition of the base material is, by mass %, C: 0.01% or more and less than 0.70%, Si: 0.005% to 1.000%, Mn: 0.40% to 3.00%, Nb: 0.010% to 0.200%, a solid solution of Nb: 0.010% to 0.150%, sol. Al: 0.00020% to 0.50000%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.1000% or less, N: 0.0100% or less, Cu: 0% to 1.00%, Ni: 0% to 1.00%, V: 0% to 1.00%, Ti: 0% to 0.150%, Mo: 0% to 1.000%, Cr: 0% to 1.000%, B: 0% to 0.0100%, Ca: 0% to 0.010%, REM: 0% to 0.300%, and a remainder: Fe and an impurity, the Al—Si alloy plating layer has a thickness of 7 to 148 μm, and the Ni plating layer has a thickness of more than 200 nm and 2500 nm or less.
US11926111B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced plastic composite containing a fiber-reinforced plastic part having a plate-like portion and a rib protruding from one surface of the plate-like portion, and a metal part, having an average thickness of 0.5-3.0 mm, laminated on part of or all of the plate-like portion of the fiber-reinforced plastic part, comprising: a lamination step for stacking a plurality of incised prepreg layers as a plurality of sheets of base material to form a base laminate, each prepreg layer containing unidirectionally oriented fibers and resin, and a plurality of incisions crossing the fibers, a base material heating step for heating the base laminate, and a molding step for integrating the base laminate and the metal part by pressing them between a rib molding member having a recessed portion for forming a rib and a skin molding member free of such a recessed portion in a pressing device.
US11926108B2
For sealing a test space in a workpiece having at least one open end face having a flat surface with one or more indentations in the workpiece, a sealing mat having a planar basic body and one or more arcuate sealing elements can be used. The sealing mat is placed onto the surface of the open workpiece end face such that the arcuate sealing elements of the sealing mat protrude into the indentations in the workpiece to then press the basic body of the sealing mat against the surface of the open workpiece end face with a pressing force in a direction perpendicular to the flat surface and press the arcuate sealing elements into the indentations with pressing forces in several directions radial to the arcuate shape of the sealing elements.
US11926105B2
According to some aspects, techniques are described for generating support structures that may be easily removed after fabrication yet provide sufficient structural support during fabrication. In some cases, the techniques may include tuning an extent to which pillars of a support structure are interconnected to one another in regions proximate to the part. In some cases, the techniques may include fabricating very small contact structures, referred to herein as “hair” supports, in regions of a support structure where it connects with the part. In some cases, the techniques may include generating support structures that comprise obliquely-angled tips, which allow forces during fabrication to be applied in a preferred direction even when the support structure does not make a connection to the part in the preferred direction.
US11926096B2
According to some aspects, an additive fabrication device and a build platform suitable for use within an additive fabrication device are provided. The build platform may include a build surface on which material may be formed by the additive fabrication device when the build platform is installed within the additive fabrication device. According to some embodiments, the build platform may include a flexible build layer and at least one removal mechanism configured to be actuated to apply a force to the flexible build layer. Such actuation may cause the flexible build layer to deform, thereby enabling separation of material adhered to the build surface from the build platform. According to some embodiments, the build platform may comprise a restorative mechanism that acts to return the flexible build layer to a flat state so that subsequent additive fabrication may form material on a flat build surface.
US11926094B2
A method and apparatus for the additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects are disclosed. Two or more materials are extruded simultaneously as a composite, with at least one material in liquid form and at least one material in a solid continuous strand completely encased within the liquid material. A means of curing the liquid material after extrusion hardens the composite. A part is constructed using a series of extruded composite paths. The strand material within the composite contains specific chemical, mechanical, or electrical characteristics that instill the object with enhanced capabilities not possible with only one material.
US11926092B2
An additive manufacturing device for manufacturing a solid article comprises a laser generation unit, a raw material supply unit, a raw material container containing a raw material and having a raw material surface exposed to a laser beam to be emitted by the laser generation unit in operation and a control unit. The heating device includes a heating surface for heating the raw material surface to form a pre-heated raw material surface. The laser generation unit is disposed with a directing unit to direct the laser beam onto the pre-heated raw material surface according to a computer generated model of the solid article stored in a storage unit associated with the control unit. The laser beam generated by the laser generation unit passes through the heating surface onto the pre-heated raw material surface.
US11926084B2
There are provided a mold clamping device and an injection molding machine including a guide mechanism which reliably prevents falling of a movable platen. The mold clamping device includes: a fixed platen fixed to a bed; a mold clamping housing configured to be slidable on the bed; a movable platen configured to be slidable on the bed between the fixed platen and the mold clamping housing; a plurality of tie-bars connecting the fixed platen and the mold clamping housing and penetrating the movable platen; a mold clamping mechanism provided between the mold clamping housing and the movable platen; a linear guide provided with the movable platen and configured to slide with respect to the bed; and a tie-bar guide bush provided with the movable platen and configured to slide with respect to the tie-bar.
US11926082B2
Mold including a first shell having a cavity, a second shell having a projection, and an intermediate shell having a projection suitable for being coupled in the cavity of the first shell and a cavity suitable for being coupled with the projection of the second shell. The second shell includes a first injection channel extending from an inlet hole in a side wall of the second shell to an outlet hole in the projection of the second shell. The intermediate shell has a second injection channel extending from an inlet hole in a side wall of the intermediate shell to an outlet hole in the projection of the intermediate shell.
US11926075B2
A conveying system including a conveying channel, a reinforcement feed duct connected to the conveying channel at a reinforcement feed opening and configured to feed a reinforcement material to the conveying channel, and a blower configured to provide a blow in the reinforcement feed duct to push the reinforcement material towards the conveying channel. A compounding system including the same.
US11926069B2
An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode plate, includes an unwinder on which an electrode reel is installed; a meandering corrector correcting meandering of an electrode sheet unwound from the electrode reel; a press puncher disposed at a rear end of the meandering corrector; a cutter disposed at a rear end of the press puncher; a detector disposed between the press puncher and the cutter to acquire an image of the electrode sheet; and a controller connected to the detector and the meandering corrector.
US11926068B1
A folding knife includes first and second scales and a blade having a tang and a cutting edge. The tang pivotally connects the blade between the first and second scales. The blade has a retracted position with the cutting edge between the first and second scales and a deployed position with the cutting edge outside the first and second scales. An actuator between the first and second scales has a first position that locks the blade in the deployed position and a second position that allows movement of the blade between the deployed and retracted positions. A spring is in compression with the actuator between the first and second scales so that the spring biases the actuator toward the tang of the blade. A detent in the actuator engages with the tang when the actuator is in the first position and the blade is in the deployed position.
US11926063B2
The present invention provides a fractional order sliding mode synchronous control method for a teleoperation system based on an event trigger mechanism. The method comprises: establishing a dynamics model for the teleoperation system by considering external disturbance and parameter uncertainty, selecting a master robot and a slave robot, interactively establishing the teleoperation system through a communication network, determining system parameters of the dynamics model, designing a fractional order nonsingular rapid terminal sliding mode surface equation by utilizing a position tracking error and a fractional order calculus, setting a trigger event condition of information interaction between the master robot and the slave robot, designing a self-adaptive fractional order nonsingular rapid terminal sliding mode controller based on the sliding mode, designing a Lyapunov function to carry out stability analysis, proving the boundedness of a closed-loop state signal of the system.
US11926062B2
A continuum robot having at least two independently manipulateable bendable section for advancing the robot through a passage, without contacting fragile elements within the passage, wherein the robot incorporates control algorithms that enable the continuum robot to operate and advance into the passage, as well as the systems and procedures associated with the continuum robot and said functionality.
US11926061B2
Logistic device, for handling a package being collected that defines a contact surface with items not being collected, including a first robotic arm including adaptive gripper having at least three degrees of freedom to modify adaptive gripper position and spatial orientation; a second robotic arm including an end effector defining a resting surface and three degrees of freedom to modify end effector position and spatial orientation; control unit to command the first robotic arm to contact the adaptive gripper and package, to deform the adaptive gripper according to adhesion surface between the package and move the package from a storage position wherein the contact surface contacts the items and a collection position wherein the contact surface does not contact the items; the second robotic arm bringing the end effector resting surface into contact with the contact surface; and then the second robotic arm to move the package.
US11926050B2
A robot arm includes a long cylindrical arm body and mounting interface portions fixed at both sides of the arm body and that are used to mount the robot arm to another member. At least sections of outer surfaces of the arm body and the mounting interface portions are formed of a resin. A first part that has one of the mounting interface portions and a section of the arm body and a second part that has the other one of the mounting interface portions and a section of the arm body are joined to each other.
US11926049B2
A nuclear emergency multifunctional operation robot includes a base, a mechanical arm, a tool change-over device, and motion supporting devices. The base includes a pedestal, a mounting seat A, a mounting seat B, a mounting seat C, a rotation driving mechanism A, and a rotation driving mechanism B. The front end of the mechanical arm is connected to the mounting seat B; the tool change-over device includes a male connector and a female connector which are abutted with or separated from each other; and the motion supporting devices are used to drive the nuclear emergency multifunctional operation robot to move. The present disclosure has the advantages that the base can be integrated with various end tools, so that the operation robot conveniently changes over tools according to operation needs to conduct various types of operations.
US11926043B2
In a robot (1) for gripping and/or holding objects (2), in particular workpieces, tools or carrier parts, the robot comprising: at least one robot arm (3, 4, 5) which is supported on a support frame (19) and is movable in space in at least one translational and/or rotational degree of freedom, a gripping and/or holding device (6), on which the respective object (2) is supported in a positionally oriented manner and/or held in a rotational arrangement, at least one electric motor (9) provided in the gripping and/or holding device (6), by means of which a torque and/or a clamping force is generated which acts on the object (2), and a drive shaft (24) mounted in the robot arm (5), which is coupled in a driving manner to the gripping and/or holding device (6), preferably in such a way that the gripping and/or holding device (6) rotates about its own longitudinal axis (6′), the gripping and/or holding device (6) arranged at the free end of the robot arm (5) should be freely movable in space, so that rotation about its own longitudinal axis (6′) can be carried out as often and as quickly as desired. This is achieved in that an interface (31) is provided between a free end (10) of the robot arm (5) at the end and the gripping and/or holding device (6), which interface (31) is bridged by a coupler (25) fixed in a non-rotating arrangement to the robot arm (5) and by a flange (11) adapted thereto, which flange (11) is connected in a non-rotating arrangement to the gripping and/or holding device (6) and the drive shaft (24), in that a first inductively operated transceiver (12) is provided in the coupler (25), which transceiver (12) is connected to a power source (15) via an electrical line (14) fed to the robot arm (5), in that a second inductively operated transceiver (13) is provided in the flange (11), which is connected to the electric motor (9) in the gripping and/or holding device (6) via electrical lines (14), and in that an air gap (21) is provided between the coupler (25) and the flange (11) as a component of the interface (31).
US11926040B2
A lockbolt swage end effector incorporates a swage tool engaged by a connector assembly to a frame. The frame is attached to a robotic manipulator. A jaw assembly is supported on a mounting assembly, the jaw assembly having opposing articulating jaws forming a recess to engage a collar in a closed position in alignment with a swage puller and die in the swage tool. The articulating jaws release the collar in an open position for operation of the swage tool.
US11926037B2
Systems for reprogrammable inspection robots are described. An example system may include an inspection robot having a housing, a payload interface, a drive module interface, and a tether interface. The system may further include a first electronic board having a primary functionality circuit communicatively coupled to a base station and a second electronic board operationally coupled to the payload interface, the second electronic board having a payload functionality circuit coupled to a selected payload through the payload interface. The example system may further include a third electronic board operationally coupled to the drive module interface, the third electronic board having a drive module functionality circuit communicatively coupled to a selected drive module through the drive module interface.
US11926029B2
An apparatus, comprising a control element, which stops in a stopping position during a recurring sequence of movements, a control device, which is intended for controlling stopping of the control element in the stopping position by at least one control parameter, a detection device for detecting an actual stopping position of the control element at the time of a stopping of the control element, the control device being suitable for forming a difference between the actual stopping position and a desired stopping position of the control element and adapting the control parameter for a subsequent sequence of movements of the control element if the difference exceeds a predetermined desired value.
US11926027B2
A driving tool includes: a striking unit striking a fastener by being actuated in a first direction; a rack on the striking unit; a wheel; and a second transmission portion on the wheel and capable of being engaged with and released from the rack. The striking unit can be actuated in a second direction when the second transmission portion is engaged with the rack, and the striking unit can be actuated in the first direction when the second transmission portion is released from the rack. The second transmission portion includes: a tooth portion arranged along a rotation direction of the wheel and turned in a predetermined direction to be engaged with and released from the rack; and a movable piece actuated in the predetermined direction to be engaged with the rack and actuated in a different direction from the predetermined direction to be released from the rack.
US11926022B2
The invention relates to a screwing tool for transmitting a set torque. Two torque-limiting arrangements (5, 7) are provided that are biased by the same spring element (9).
US11926010B2
A processing apparatus includes: an apparatus main body including a base portion that is movable and a liquid supply unit that supplies a liquid to the base portion; a chuck portion connected to the base portion and including an attachment hole that is open outward; and a processing tool detachably mounted on the chuck portion. The processing tool includes a cylinder fitted into and held by the attachment hole, a drive unit disposed inside the cylinder and including a rotating body to be rotated around a central axis by the liquid introduced from the liquid supply unit via the base portion, a rotary shaft protruding outward from an inside of the cylinder along the central axis to rotate integrally with the rotating body, and a tool portion connected to a tip of the rotary shaft.
US11926006B2
A method of manufacture is provided that includes providing a preform component. The preform component includes a blind aperture in an exterior of the preform component. The exterior of the preform component is machined to provide a machined component. An exterior of the machined component is inspected to determine a characteristic of the machined component, which characteristic of the machined component is associated with the blind aperture. Whether a feature of the machined component satisfies a standard is determined based on the characteristic of the machined component.
US11926001B2
A corner fitting includes a sleeve body having a hollow inner space and configured to coaxially fit over a pipe member of a predetermined size. An edge of the sleeve body at a second distal end has a corner cut portion, a protruding tab, and two recesses, the protruding tab being diametrically opposed to the corner cut portion in the radial direction of the sleeve body, and the recesses being diametrically opposed to each other in the radial direction of the sleeve body. The corner cut portion is configured and shaped such that the sleeve body fits together with an identical sleeve body on the pipe member of the predetermined size with the corner cut portions of the two sleeve bodies contacting each other and with the pipe being nested between the protruding tabs of the second distal ends of the two sleeve bodies.
US11925994B2
A manufacturing apparatus of a ring-shaped band saw blade for manufacturing the ring-shaped band saw blade including a tooth tip to which a hard cutting tip is joined. The manufacturing apparatus includes a rotatory moving section that provides rotatory movement of the ring-shaped band saw blade including a body part having a band shape and a tooth part including a plurality of teeth formed on one side part of the body part; a surface polishing section that polishes an inner surface and an outer surface of the body part in the ring-shaped band saw blade in the rotatory movement provided by the rotatory moving section; and an end face polishing section that polishes an end face of the body part on a side opposite to the tooth part in the ring-shaped band saw blade in the rotatory movement provided by the rotatory moving section.
US11925993B2
An accessory for an oscillating power tool includes an attachment portion configured to be coupled to an oscillating power tool and a working portion coupled to the attachment portion and extending generally along a longitudinal axis. The working portion has a generally planar wedge shape bounded at least partially by a rear non-cutting end with a first width, a front cutting edge opposite the rear edge with a second width that is greater than the first width, a first side cutting edge extending from a first end of the rear end to a first end of the front cutting edge at a first angle to the longitudinal axis, and a second side cutting edge opposite the first side cutting edge and extending from a second end of the rear end to a second end of the front cutting edge at a second angle to the longitudinal axis.
US11925992B2
Method of setting heat-resistant alloy cutting conditions and method of cutting heat-resistant alloy
In a method of setting heat-resistant alloy cutting conditions used to set cutting conditions under which a heat-resistant alloy is cut with a cutting tool, the cutting tool has a long shaft mounted on a spindle and extended in the axial direction and teeth formed on the shaft. The cutting conditions include a radial direction cutting amount of the cutting tool in the radial direction. When the radial direction cutting amount in which one tooth is constantly in contact with the heat-resistant alloy is given as a smallest radial direction cutting amount and the radial direction cutting amount in which three or more teeth are not in contact with the heat-resistant alloy is given as a largest radial direction cutting amount, a radial direction cutting amount of the cutting tool is set in the range from the smallest radial direction cutting amount to the largest radial direction cutting amount.
US11925988B2
Methods for reducing a concentration of hexavalent chromium within a first aluminum slurry by adding a reducing agent to form a second aluminum slurry are provided. The reducing agent causes a chemical reduction reaction with the hexavalent chromium compound of the first aluminum slurry to form a trivalent chromium compound within the second aluminum slurry such that a first weight ratio of hexavalent chromium to trivalent chromium in the first aluminum slurry is decreased to a second weight ratio of hexavalent chromium to trivalent chromium in the second aluminum slurry, with the second weight ratio being less than the first weight ratio.
US11925983B2
Calibration systems, additive manufacturing systems employing the same, and methods of calibrating include a plurality of electron beam guns. One calibration system includes an imaging device positioned to capture one or more images of an impingement of electron beams emitted from the plurality of electron beam guns on a surface within a build chamber of the electron beam additive manufacturing system and an analysis component communicatively coupled to the imaging device. The analysis component is programmed to receive image data corresponding to the one or more images, determine one or more calibration parameters from the image data, and transmit one or more instructions to the plurality of electron beam guns in accordance with the one or more calibration parameters.
US11925982B2
The present disclosure provides methods for generating three-dimensional (3D) objects. The methods may comprise generating a green part corresponding to the 3D object. The green part may comprise a plurality of particles and reactants for conducting a self-propagating reaction. The reactants may be used to conduct a self-propagating reaction that generates heat sufficient to de-bind or pre-sinter the green part. External heat may be supplied to the green part to sinter the plurality of particles, thereby yielding the 3D object. The disclosure also provides methods for generating a 3D object using a resin. The methods may comprise using the resin to generate a green part, heating the green part at a first temperature to decompose a binder in the green part, heating the green part at a second temperature to decompose a polymeric material in the green part, and sintering the green part to yield the 3D object.
US11925980B2
It is intended to suppress flaming and smoking due to combustion of combustible substances in a certain-shaped joint material, while maintaining hot sealability of the certain-shaped joint material. A certain-shaped joint material for hot installation is obtained by: adding organic additives to a blend in a combined amount of 26 mass % to 50 mass %, with respect to and in addition to 100 mass % of the blend, wherein the blend comprises 50 mass % to 90 mass % of gibbsite type aluminum hydroxide raw material, 1 mass % to 9 mass % of clay, and 9 mass % to 23 mass % of graphite, with the remainder mainly composed of an additional refractory raw material; and subjecting the resulting mixture to kneading, forming and drying.
US11925977B2
A method for preparing aluminum foam sandwich material by rotating friction extrusion and electromagnetic pulse hybrid process includes: step 1: preparing the filler; step 2: processing the filler to prepare a plurality of preforms; step 3: clamping and fixing the plurality of preforms to form a preform assembly; step 4: welding the panel on the surface of the preform assembly to form an non-foaming sandwich material; step 5: heating and foaming the non-foaming sandwich material through a foaming mold; step 6: insulating the foaming mold after completion of foaming; injecting cooling water into the foaming mold after completion of insulation to maintain pressure and shape, forming the aluminum foam sandwich material of the required shape. The aluminum foam sandwich material produced by this method has good interface bonding, no adverse interface reaction, high bending resistance, impact resistance, and excellent sound absorption and insulation properties.
US11925970B2
A coil winding apparatus includes: a core rod feeding unit configured to feed a string-shaped core rod from a core rod nozzle; a core rod drawing unit configured to draw out the core rod; a wire rod feeding unit configured to feed a wire rod towards the core rod; a rotator capable of rotating about the core rod nozzle; the guide member provided on the rotator, the guide member being configured to clamp, with the core rod, the wire rod that has been fed from the wire rod feeding unit; and a rotating unit configured to rotate the rotator to rotate the guide member together with the rotator so as to revolve the wire rod around the core rod in a vicinity of the core rod nozzle.
US11925968B2
A method for manufacturing a press-formed article (100) includes a first step for forming a base sheet portion, a first rising portion, and a first strip portion from a sheet-shaped workpiece having a first edge portion and a second edge portion; and a second step for forming a second rising portion by causing a strip-shaped first zone including the second edge portion to be disposed between a first upper die and a first lower die from both sides, causing a second zone adjacent to the first zone to be disposed between a second upper die and a second lower die from both sides, and moving the first upper die and the first lower die relative to the second upper die and the second lower die, wherein, in the second step, a part of the second rising portion which is connected to a vertical ridge line (108) is shear-deformed.
US11925963B2
The inventive concept provides a substrate treating method. The substrate treating method includes supplying a dissolving solution onto a rotating substrate; and supplying, after the supplying a dissolution solution, a treating liquid including a polymer onto the rotating substrate to form a liquid film.
US11925960B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for winnowing. In one aspect, a method includes loading an initial material into a winnowing system via a feed member; feeding the material into a fluidically accelerated winnowing cavity, where the initial material impacts at least one plate member to yield chaff material and processed material, and where the processed material and the chaff material circulate in the winnowing cavity; and separating the chaff material and the processed from the winnowing cavity based on density. Other aspects include yielding intermediate material, where the intermediate material reimpacts the at least one plate member until yielding chaff material and processed material, preprocessing the initial material, controlling the flow of initial material into the winnowing cavity with a feed gate, where the chaff material egresses the winnowing cavity via a chaff chute, where the chaff material collects in a collection cavity, and/or more.
US11925957B2
Methods and systems for coating metal substrates are provided. The methods and systems include sequential application of low flow and high flow powder coatings followed by a single heating step to provide a cured coating. The methods and systems include a marker that allows coating uniformity to be monitored and assessed during application. The described methods provide coatings with optimal surface smoothness and edge coverage.
US11925952B2
A spray nozzle assembly is provided with an electrode, a wear resistant member, and a compliant sleeve. The wear resistant member supports the electrode and is supported by the compliant sleeve. For coating operations that use abrasive powder such as porcelain enamel, the wear resistant member may comprise ceramic. The compliant sleeve may be made of an elastic material such as plastic, which allows one end of the compliant sleeve to receive an end of a glass powder tube. The wear resistant member may be in the form of a ceramic spider. The electrode may be installed in-line with a powder flow path defined by the powder tube, which extends through a spray gun body.
US11925941B2
A debucking machine, for use with processing industrial hemp or cannabis, is provided. Embodiments of the debucking machine include counter-rotating rollers equipped with rubberized combs for gently removing flowers, or “buds,” from harvested industrial hemp or cannabis. Embodiments of the debucking machine are portable and may be moved from location to location within a drying shed.
US11925940B2
Roller packages (IO) for grinding devices (70), comprising a first roll (11), which is maintained by at least one first bearing body (13), and a second roll (12), which is maintained by at least one second bearing body (14). The first bearing body (13) and the second bearing body (14) are prestressed against each other and comprise stop elements (17,19) with stop surfaces (18, 20), the contact of which counteracts a contact of the rolls (11, 12). The rotational position of the first stop element (17) determines the minimum width of the grinding gap. Also disclosed are grinding devices (70), methods for operating a roll assembly (10) and methods for determining the radial force acting between the rolls (11, 12) of a roll assembly (10).
US11925938B1
A system for refining waste and other mixed material streams including a receptacle for receiving an input stream and a drill separating material from the input stream and outputting a processed stream. An incinerator incinerating the processed stream and outputting an incinerated stream. A mill grinding the incinerated stream and outputting a milled stream. A screen having screen holes filtering the milled stream and outputting a screened stream having particle sizes smaller than the screen holes. A mesh having holes smaller than the screen holes filtering the screened stream and outputting a meshed stream. A magnetic device removing magnetic particles from the meshed stream outputting a non-magnetic stream. A density separator receiving the non-magnetic stream and outputting a first output, a second output having a greater density than the first output, and a third output having a greater density than the second output.
US11925934B2
Microfluidic devices for cell sorting or cell fractionation are disclosed. A microfluidic device can comprise one or more inlets, a first wall and a second wall, and two or more outlets. The first and second walls can be substantially planar to each other and the first wall having can have a plurality of ridges protruding from the first wall and defining a compression gap between the ridge and a surface of the second wall. The microfluidic device can also be a cell sorting device for sorting a plurality of cells based on one or more biophysical cellular properties including size, elasticity, viscosity, and/or viscoelasticity wherein the cells are subjected to one or more compressions due to the compression gap. Also disclosed are methods for cell sorting based on a variety of biophysical cellular properties.
US11925930B2
In an apparatus, a gas containing CH4 and CO2 is supplied from a first supply unit to a synthetic gas production unit which generates a synthetic gas containing CO and H2 while heating a first catalytic structure; the synthetic gas is supplied to a gas production unit which generates a lower olefin-containing gas including propylene while heating a second catalytic structure; and a detection unit detects propylene discharged from the gas production unit. The first catalytic structure includes first supports having a porous structure and a first metal fine particle that is present in first channels of the first supports. The second catalyst structure includes second supports having a porous structure and a second metal fine particle in the second supports. The second supports have a second channels, a portion of which have an average inner diameter of 0.95 nm or less.
US11925929B1
A fluid catalytic cracking unit fractionator comprising a fractionator column having a slurry pumparound section and a bottom liquid section. The slurry pumparound section comprises an upper bed and a lower bed each disposed in the fractionator column. The slurry pumparound section further comprises an upper liquid distributor (such as a spray header comprising a plurality of upper nozzles) disposed above the upper bed and configured to distribute liquid from the bottom liquid section onto the upper bed. The slurry pumparound section also comprises a lower liquid distributor (such as a spray header comprising a plurality of lower nozzles) disposed below the upper bed and above the lower bed and configured to distribute liquid from the bottom liquid section onto the lower bed.
US11925928B2
A self-cleaning fabric having a photocatalyst responsive to UV, visible and IR irradiations for inactivating harmful microorganisms via photocatalysis.
US11925921B2
The present invention relates to catalysts, methods of making catalysts, and methods of using catalysts, where the catalysts include: at least one of a transition metal and a transition metal oxide supported by yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), where the transition metal is promoted by at least one of an alkali metal and an alkaline-earth metal.
US11925920B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst for hydrogenation of an aromatic compound, which is capable of greatly reducing the inactivation of a catalyst by using a support including a magnesium-based spinel structure, and a preparation method therefor.
US11925915B2
A squeezing roller granulator that has a squeezing roller pair composed of a toothed pressure roller and a toothed squeezing roller. The teeth of the pressure roller and the squeezing roller have tooth flanks that are situated between a tooth root region and a tooth tip region. The tooth root region has an outer diameter that is smaller than the outer diameter of the tooth tip region, and the tooth tip region of at least one of the rollers of the squeezing roller pair has three squeezing zones including a middle squeezing zone, which define different distances between the tooth tip regions with a minimum distance in the region of the middle squeezing zone, and the contour of the tooth flanks and the tooth root region of the rollers of the squeezing roller pair defines a maximum cross-section of granulate cushions to be formed.
US11925914B2
Systems for producing performic acid and methods for producing performic acid. The systems may include two or more reactor units, two or more servient programmable logic controllers, a control panel, and a master programmable logic controller. The system may modify the production of performic acid in at least one of the two or more reactor units upon and/or after the occurrence of a disruptive event in order to maintain a desired level of performic acid production and/or a desired level of disinfection.
US11925910B2
An apparatus for continuously generating and controlling the density of foam has a fluid in-flow manifold in communication with a source of liquid and comprising a pressure sensor. A plurality of branch lines are in fluid communication with the in-flow manifold a foam out-flow manifold. Each branch line has a flow control valve, a Venturi tube and in fluid communication with a throat of each Venturi tube an air induction control valve. The foam out-flow manifold has a pressure sensor. At least one in-flow control valve is disposed between the source and the in-flow manifold and at least one out-flow control valve is in communication with the out-flow manifold. The branch valves, air valves, the in-flow control valve and the out-flow control valve are operable to provide a chosen flow rate of the liquid and a selected foam product flow rate at a selected density of the foam product.
US11925903B2
A system includes an electrochemical regenerator configured to receive a first solution having a first salt concentration and output a second solution having a second salt concentration lower than the first salt concentration and a third solution having a third salt concentration higher than the first salt concentration. The first and second solutions are sent to first and second reservoirs respectively absorb and emit heat in response to a phase change of one of the solutions. The absorption or emission of heat can be used in a heat pump system.
US11925896B2
A gas separation method in which a rare as a first introduced gas and an impurity gas as a second introduced gas, are introduced into a raw material gas. Each of the flow rates of the first and second introduced gases is controlled based on the flow rates of the rare gas and impurity gas in the discharged gas from a rare gas using facility. A gas separation device includes an introduction pipe for introducing rare gas in a separation gas container into a raw material gas, an introduction pipe for introducing impurity gases in the separation gas container into the raw material gas, a flow meter provided in a supply pipe for supplying a discharged gas of a rare gas using facility, and an arithmetic device electrically connected to each of the flow meter the flow rate controller, and the flow rate controller.
US11925886B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include a system for producing a controlled concentrated waste fluid. The system can comprise a concentrator and the concentrator can be selected from the group consisting of an evaporator and a distillation system. The system can include a feedback sensor and the feedback sensor can include a total dissolved solids (TDS) sensor disposed in a waste stream associated with the concentrator.
US11925882B2
One method disclosed herein of processing a process fluid that comprises dissolved gas includes performing a degassing process on the process fluid by heating the process fluid via heat transfer with a heat transfer fluid, wherein at least some amount of the heat transfer fluid condenses in the first heat transfer process and latent heat of the heat transfer fluid as it condenses is used to increase the temperature of the process fluid. Thereafter, the heat transfer fluid is passed through an expansion device so as to produce a post-expansion heat transfer fluid. The temperature of the heated process fluid is decreased by performing a second heat transfer process between the post-expansion heat transfer fluid and the heated process fluid, wherein the temperature of the post-expansion heat transfer fluid is increased and the latent heat that was supplied to the process fluid in the first heat transfer process is removed.
US11925881B2
The present invention provides a high temperature chemical solution supply system for cleaning substrates. The system includes a solution tank, a buffer tank, a first pump and a second pump. The solution tank contains high temperature chemical solution. The buffer tank has a tank body, a vent line and a needle valve. The tank body contains the high temperature chemical solution. An end of the vent line connects to the tank body, and the other end of the vent line connects to the solution tank. The needle valve is mounted on the vent line, wherein the needle valve is adjusted to reach a flow rate to vent gas bubbles inside of the high temperature chemical solution out of the buffer tank through the vent line. An inlet of the first pump connects to the solution tank, and an outlet of the first pump connects to the buffer tank. An inlet of the second pump connects to the buffer tank, and an outlet of the second pump connects to a cleaning chamber in which a substrate is cleaned. The present invention also provides an apparatus including the high temperature chemical solution supply system and an ultra or mega sonic device for cleaning the substrate. The present invention also provides methods for cleaning the substrates.
US11925878B2
An illuminating bubble producing toy with an attachable inflatable balloon. The toy includes a housing with two ends, wherein the housing contains the electronic components of the toy. A bubble solution reservoir is connectable to the first end of the housing and a hollow shaft is connected to the second end. The balloon attaches around the hollow shaft. A drive shaft is fixed within the hollow shaft, with one end connected to the motor and the second end containing a wiper. A nozzle is secured within the second end of the hollow shaft and the wiper rotates around the inside of the nozzle. A tubular channel has a first end submerged within the solution reservoir and a second end connected to the nozzle. A printed circuit board is secured around a base of the hollow shaft and electrically connected to the power source and various LEDs.
US11925875B2
An interactive electronic toy and a method for providing a challenge to a user using the toy. The toy includes a housing and a plurality of buttons, each button associated with at least one illuminator and with at least one pressure sensor. The method includes receiving a selection of a specific challenge, said specific challenge being selected from a challenge repository associated with the interactive electronic toy, and providing to the user instructions for completing said specific challenge. The method further includes receiving a challenge response from the user, in which the user responds to said specific challenge by at least one of moving the housing of the interactive electronic toy and depressing at least one of the plurality of buttons, providing feedback to the user, based on said received challenge response.
US11925861B2
A spectator system may provide for spectating in online gaming. The spectator system may receive, at a spectator server, game state data from a game simulation server hosting an online game for one or more players, generate one or more spectator game state data corresponding to one or more spectator devices and output the one or more spectator game state data to the spectator devices. The spectator server may further output the game state data to another spectator server.
US11925840B2
A golf club head includes a face portion including a striking face for hitting a ball, a back face opposite the striking face, and a head outer peripheral surface extending between the striking face and the back face. The back face includes a cavity recessed on a striking face side and a frame portion extending along the head outer peripheral surface so as to surround the cavity. The frame portion is provided with at least one recess that extends along the striking face and opens to the head outer peripheral surface.
US11925839B2
Embodiments of golf club face plates with internal cell lattices are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US11925836B2
A balance board for training and fitness that comprises a balance board body, a rolling ball or roller, and an adjusting component; the adjusting component comprises two arc-shaped adjusting parts and two vertical adjusting parts; when in use, the two arc-shaped adjusting parts and the two vertical adjusting parts cooperate to form a first movable space for adapting the rolling ball, the two arc-shaped adjusting parts cooperate to form a second movable space for adapting the rolling ball, and the two vertical adjusting parts cooperate to form a third movable space for adapting the roller. The two arc-shaped adjusting parts and two vertical adjusting parts can be used together or independently to form a plurality of movable spaces with different ranges, so that the swing amplitude of the balance board body can be adjusted to meet users with different training needs.
US11925834B2
This application describes a mobile cycling apparatus which may be easily installed in transportation terminals (and/or other locations) to provide people with an opportunity to exercise. The mobile cycling apparatus described herein may mounted proximate existing seating in the transportation terminals. In some examples, the mobile cycling apparatus may be coupled to the seating, such as a beam seating platform, and/or tables proximate a chair. In some examples, the mobile cycling apparatus may be directly coupled to the floor or other substantially horizontal surface. In some examples, the mobile cycling apparatus may be detachably coupled to a surface (e.g., seating, table, floor, etc.). In such examples, the mobile cycling apparatus may be moved between locations in the transportation terminal.
US11925832B2
A treadmill includes a frame having a front end and a rear end, substantially opposite the front end; a front shaft assembly coupled to the frame proximate the front end of the frame; a rear shaft assembly coupled to the frame proximate the rear end of the frame; a running belt disposed about the front and rear shaft assemblies; and a bumper coupled to the frame proximate the running belt such that the bumper is disposed between the running belt and the frame. In use, the bumper is configured to selectively restrict movement of the running belt towards at least a portion of the frame.
US11925828B2
A dumbbell clip device secures a dumbbell to a weight lifting belt. The device includes a conduit extending through a base. The conduit receives a weight lifting belt through the conduit to couple the base to the weight lifting belt. A bottom jaw extends from the base a fixed position on the base. A top jaw is pivotally coupled to the bottom jaw. An engagement is coupled to the base and has a locking edge is positioned to engage a tooth on the top jaw. The top jaw is secured in a closed position forming a closed loop with the bottom jaw for engaging and holding a dumbbell on the weight lifting belt.
US11925812B2
The present technology generally includes devices, systems, and methods for providing electrical stimulation to the left ventricle of a human heart in a patient suffering from Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB). In particular, the present technology includes an implantable receiver-stimulator and an implantable controller-transmitter for leadless electrical stimulation of the heart. The receiver-stimulator can include one or more sensors capable of detecting the electrical conduction of the heart and the receiver-stimulator can be configured to pace the stimulation of the left ventricle based off the sensed electrical conduction to achieve synchronization of the left and right ventricles.
US11925809B1
A method of securing an antenna assembly to a wearable article includes positioning a template carrying a first antenna at a desired position on the wearable article worn on a body of a patient. The desired position is in proximity to a wireless tissue stimulator implanted within the body. The method further includes marking a location of the desired position of the template against the wearable article, securing a first attachment feature to the wearable article at a mark located at the desired position, and attaching the antenna assembly to the wearable article at the first attachment feature. The antenna assembly includes a second antenna configured to send a signal carrying electrical energy to the wireless tissue stimulator and a housing carrying the second antenna. The housing includes a second attachment feature configured to engage the first attachment feature for positioning the second antenna adjacent the body.
US11925807B2
Pacemaker-initiated atrial fibrillation during competitive atrial pacing is a common arrhythmia with potentially serious consequences The novel pacing method proposes a novel way to automatically detect and diagnose competitive atrial pacing, and to deliver an intervention via a pacing stimulus in the atrium simultaneously with delivering a pacing stimulus in the ventricle, and doing this after a longer waiting period. By doing this, potentially hazardous scenarios causing atrial fibrillation in competitive atrial pacing are avoided, while the rhythm regularity and the synchrony between the upper and lower chambers of the heart are maintained. At the same time, the vicious cycle of retrograde conduction from the ventricle to the atrium—the culprit of the problem—is terminated and not allowed to reoccur for several subsequent cardiac cycles, thereby preventing the extended propagation of repetitive non-reentrant ventriculo-atrial synchrony.
US11925799B2
A muscle-stimulating waist trainer is an apparatus that strengthens and tones abdominal muscles. The apparatus includes a piece of athletic wear, a plurality of muscle-stimulation pads, a pair of conductive snaps, and a controller unit. The piece of athletic wear covers and compresses the body of a user. The piece of athletic wear positioned the plurality of muscle-stimulation pads against a desired muscle group. The piece of athletic wear may be, but is not limited to, a pair of athletic pants, a waistband, and an arm sleeve. The plurality of muscle-stimulation pads stimulates the desired muscle group, promoting increased tension for the desired muscle group and a toned physique after prolonged use. The pair of conductive snaps mounts the controller unit onto the piece of athletic wear and transmits the current from the controller unit through the athletic wear, and to the plurality of muscle-stimulation pads.
US11925786B2
A system for drawing a solution is provided. The system includes a filter, a vacuum source, and an actuator. The filter has an input port, a first output port, a second output port, and a flow path defined in part by the input port and the second output port. The vacuum source is in fluid communication with the first output port and operative to apply a vacuum to the flow path. The actuator is operative to facilitate movement of the solution along the flow path.
US11925776B2
A securement device holds a medical article having flexible portions in position upon the body of a patient and inhibits movement of the medical article. The medical article may be insertable into the securement device from above from below or along a longitudinal axis of the device. The securement device may have abutment surfaces which interact with the flexible portions of the medical article to further inhibit rotation of the device. A securement kit can include a securement device and a catheter.
US11925773B2
An apparatus includes a sheath configured to be at least partially inserted into a body of a patient, the sheath having a distal end and a proximal end; a housing coupled to the proximal end of the sheath; and a control mechanism operably coupled to the housing and slidable to move the sheath relative to the housing. The control mechanism includes a locking mechanism for locking the control mechanism in place relative to the housing; a deflection mechanism for articulating a distal end of the sheath; and a saddle slidable relative to the locking mechanism and the deflection mechanism. A device is coupled to the saddle and is extendable from and retractable within the sheath.
US11925764B2
A method for delivering nitric oxide therapy to a subject can include administering a composition including a nitric-oxide releasing agent and silica to the subject and releasing a therapeutic amount of nitric oxide from the composition.
US11925763B2
A cartridge comprising layers of adsorbent sheet is described. The cartridge includes an indicator that characterizes the consumption state of the adsorbent within the cartridge. The indicator is applied in a way such that discrete areas of indicator are visible. These discontinuous areas of indicator may be applied to the outside surface of the cartridge. Alternatively, the discontinuous areas may be formed by cutting windows in the outermost layer of the cartridge and either coating indicator on the layer beneath the window, placing an indicator layer between the window and the layer beneath it or filling the window with an indicating plug of material so that the indicator is visible from the outside of the cartridge. The indicator layer and indicator plug embodiments allow the use of any indicator with any adsorbent.
US11925760B2
Nasal respiratory assembly comprises a pair of sheets. Each sheet defines an opening sized and shaped to fit over the nostril of a patient, with a ferromagnetic ring positioned at an underside of the sheet, with an upper side of the sheet configured for sealable engagement with the nostril. A pair of posts is provided, each post including a magnetic ring positioned at a first end and a receptacle positioned at a second end, the magnetic ring removably attachable to the ferromagnetic ring. A connector is also provided, the connector including a pair of channel openings at a post end, each channel opening sized and shaped to cooperate with one of the post receptacles to form a substantially airtight connection therewith, and an inlet at a vent end that is fluid communication with a flexible tubing connected to a fluid source.
US11925750B2
An inhalation device that makes it possible to reduce the possibility of a user neglecting to replenish the remaining amounts of elements required for inhalation of aerosol or aerosol imparted with flavor.
US11925746B2
One implementation of the present disclosure is a negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) system, according to some embodiments. In some embodiments, the system includes an instillation system configured to provide instillation fluid to a wound site, and a controller. In some embodiments, the wound site includes a wound and a wound dressing. In some embodiments, the controller is configured to provide a first quantity of instillation fluid for a first instillation cycle. In some embodiments, the controller is configured to determine a second quantity of instillation fluid for a second instillation cycle based on the first quantity and a reduction factor. In some embodiments, the second quantity of instillation fluid is less than the first quantity of instillation fluid. In some embodiments, the controller is configured to adjust an operation of the instillation system to provide the second quantity of instillation fluid to the wound site.
US11925737B2
The present disclosure provides devices and methods of using same for cleansing a solution (e.g., a salt or used dialysis solution) of urea via electrooxidation, and more specifically to cleansing a renal therapy solution/dialysis solution of urea via electrooxidation so that the renal therapy solution/dialysis solution can be used or reused for treatment of a patient. In an embodiment, a device for the removal of urea from a fluid having urea to produce a cleansed fluid includes a urea decomposition unit and an electrodialysis unit.
US11925732B2
A device for variable volatilization of a compound includes first and second heating elements that cooperate to form a heating chamber and each having a movement enabling structure; the movement enabling structures being configured to allow movement of the first and second heating elements relative to one another; an adjustment mechanism cooperating with the movement enabling structures to produce selective relative movement of the first and second heating elements; and wherein movement of the adjustment mechanism in a first direction results in relative movement of the heating elements away from one another and movement in a second direction produces relative movement of the heating elements toward one another resulting in adjustment of the amount of heat within the heating chamber. Methods of adjusting the amount of heat within a heating chamber are also disclosed.
US11925731B2
Provided are methods, devices and compositions for reducing and/or inhibiting postsurgical tissue adhesion using a hydrogel film disposed onto a target tissue, thereby providing an adhesion barrier that remains over said target tissue for a prescribed period of time. In some embodiments, the hydrogel film is formed by the gelation of a pre-gel mixture applied onto the target tissue as a plurality of particles having an average maximum dimension, such as diameter, of at most about 500 μm. In some embodiments, the hydrogel film has a minimum storage modulus of 100 Pa. In some embodiments, the pre-gel mixture comprises an ECM digest having a collagen to carbohydrate ratio (by mass) of at least 70:1.
US11925727B2
An intervertebral fusion device includes a structural ceramic body. The structural ceramic body has a bottom surface, a top surface, a peripheral surface connected between the bottom surface and the top surface, and at least one pore channel penetrating the bottom surface and the top surface. The inner surface of the pore channel is either a convex curved surface or a funnel-shaped surface. For the pore channel having the convex curved surface, the pore diameter of the pore channel gradually expands from the center of the pore channel to the top surface and the bottom surface. The pore diameter can also gradually expand from the bottom surface to the top surface. The peripheral surface of the structural ceramic body is wavy or zigzag.
US11925724B2
Provided are novel compounds and uses thereof in preventing antifouling by unicellular organisms and in attracting cells from multicellular organisms.
US11925722B2
The present invention relates to a composition of a calcium phosphate such as tetracalcium phosphate or α-TCP and an additive compound selected from nucleic acid or nucleotides, phospho(enol)pyruvic acid and phosphocreatine. The composition may be used as a tissue adhesive.
US11925710B2
Pharmaceutical granulations having a functional coating surrounding a core containing 4-((L-valyl)oxy)butanoic acid are disclosed. The functional coatings provide for immediate release or modified release of 4-((L-valyl)oxy)butanoic acid. The pharmaceutical granulations can be used in oral pharmaceutical compositions.
US11925704B2
The present invention provides liquid oral dosage form of lipid lowering agent suitable for oral administration to human or animals.
US11925699B2
A composition, especially a cosmetic composition, in particular for making up and/or caring for keratin materials, including at least one aqueous phase gelled with at least one hydrophilic gelling agent; and at least one oily phase gelled with at least one lipophilic gelling agent chosen from organopolysiloxane elastomers; said phases forming therein a macroscopically homogeneous mixture. The composition also includes a dispersion of solid aggregates, said aggregates being formed from 10% to 80% by weight of wax(es), relative to their total weight. Also disclosed is a process for preparing such a composition.
US11925697B2
A photocurable dental impression material comprising: (a) a mixture of polymerizable silicone compounds each having two or more polymerizable (meth)acrylate groups, said mixture having a dynamic viscosity at 25° C. of from 1 to 100 Pas; (b) a filler; (c) a photo initiator system, wherein the mixture of polymerizable silicone compounds comprises based on the total weight of the mixture of polymerizable silicone compounds (a) 10 to 90 percent by weight of high-molecular polymerizable silicone compounds having a molecular weight in the range of from more than 4000 up to 10.000; and (b) 90 to 10 percent by weight of polymerizable silicone compounds having a molecular weight in the range of from 300 to 4000.
US11925692B2
The present invention pertains to the field of pre-functionalized nanoparticles (NPs). It relates more particularly to NPs pre-functionalized using a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) and also to NPs functionalized using biomolecules such that the NPs are stable in solution. These NPs may be used in numerous applications, especially as a diagnostic tool, for depleting a molecule of interest in a solution, and therapeutic tool.
US11925690B2
The invention provides for bifunctional molecules comprising an Rpn11 binding partner and a target protein binding partner. A bifunctional molecule according to the invention binds to Rpn11 and to the target protein, thereby facilitating degradation of the target protein bound to the target protein binding partner. The invention also provides for use of a bifunctional molecule for preventing or treating disease.
US11925686B2
The present invention relates to a medicinal material for light therapy, comprising a matrix material and a photosensitizer, wherein the photosensitizer is dispersed inside the matrix material by copolymerization, is mixed inside the matrix material, or attached to the surface of the matrix material by surface grafting, modification, coating and the like. The present material can kill diseased tissue cells with a radiation under selected wavelength so as to obtain a phototherapy treatment of ophthalmic diseases. The present invention also provides a process for preparing the material and a use in preparing an ophthalmic medical device.
US11925675B2
Described herein are methods of treating muscular dystrophy comprising administering to a subject a recombinant AAV (rAAV) scAAVrh74.MHCK7.hSGCG vector, methods of expressing gamma-sarcoglycan gene in a patient, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the rAAV scAAVrh74.MHCK7.hSGCG for usage in such methods, the doses and the ranges thereof for such methods, and methods of generating and producing the rAAV scAAVrh74.MHCK7.hSGCG.
US11925674B2
Methods and FSP27 compositions for treating and/or preventing metabolic disease and conditions associated insulin resistance, obesity, inflammation and dyslipidemia are described.
US11925661B2
Ready-to-use (RTU) potassium phosphates solutions for phosphorus replacement therapy are presented that include potassium phosphate and sodium chloride at a fixed volume with 1.5 to 15 mmol/100 mL phosphorus, no more than 22 mEq/100 mL potassium and less than 50 mcg/L aluminum.
US11925660B2
A treatment for obesity can include: providing a superabsorbent material that includes a porous network structure formed from a mixture of a plurality of water soluble polysaccharides that are not chemically crosslinked together; and administering the superabsorbent material to a subject in an effective amount to provide a treatment for obesity in the subject. The treatment can include at least one of: reducing weight of the subject; reducing rate of weight gain in the subject; or increasing rate of weight loss in the subject. The treatment of obesity can include at least one of: reducing caloric intake into the subject; reducing caloric absorption by the gut of the subject; absorbing caloric material from the gut of the subject into the superabsorbent material; or increasing transfer of caloric material from bloodstream into gut.
US11925654B2
Compounds and methods of using the same to inhibit glycolysis and treat cancer and other diseases are disclosed.
US11925653B2
Novel antimicrobial compositions comprise at least a form of a fosfomycin (or suitable analogs, or derivatives thereof), and at least one sulfonamide (or suitable analogs, or derivatives thereof), and/or at least one diaminopyridine (or suitable analogs, or derivatives thereof). Said antimicrobial compositions generally include two or more of said components as a novel combination, provided in a single combination or formulation, or provided independently with overlapping exposures of the two or more components. These novel compositions, when provided as the two or more components, are effective against susceptible microorganisms, and are effective against susceptible drug-resistant microorganisms (e.g., bacteria, parasites), including multi-drug resistant bacteria. These novel compositions are also effective against microorganisms or strains thereof now susceptible to the combination even though said microorganisms or strains thereof were previously found or were considered resistant or intolerant to at least one of the components of the novel composition, when the at least one component was used alone at what was considered an effective dosing amount or concentration.
US11925645B2
An enhanced caffeinated beverage composition includes a caffeinated drink combined with an effective blend of methylliberine and theacrine providing increased mood, energy, alertness, focus, motivation, and/or decreased fatigue without adversely affecting heart rate or blood pressure.
US11925642B2
The present disclosure provides a method of preventing, treating, or inhibiting migraine in a subject, by administering to the subject an amount of first therapeutic selected from cercosporamide, eFT508, or 4EGI-1 sufficient to prevent, treat, or inhibit said migraine. The present disclosure further provides a composition including at least two of cercosporamide. eFT508, or 4EGI-1, both in an amount sufficient to prevent, treat, or inhibit migraine in a subject and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present disclosure further provides a composition including at least one of cercosporamide, eFT508, or 4EGI-1 and at least one additional migraine therapeutic, both in an amount sufficient to prevent, treat, or inhibit migraine in a subject, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US11925635B2
The present invention provides methods for treating and/or managing pain. The invention further provides methods for reducing or inhibiting opioid tolerance, reducing risk of opioid addiction or dependence, restoring opioid efficacy, and enhancing the therapeutic effect of an opioid. The invention further provides compositions for use in the methods of the invention.
US11925634B2
The present invention relates to novel use of koumine, an alkaloid monomer from Gelsemium elegans Benth., or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and more particularly to use of koumine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
US11925633B2
Provided is a drug superior for preventing and/or treating dementia. It contains a carbostyril derivative of the following formula (1) (wherein R is a cycloalkyl group, A is a lower alkyl group, and a single bond or a double bond is present between the 3-position and the 4-position of the carbostyril nucleus) and dihydroquercetin.
US11925632B2
The present invention relates to new agents useful for the prevention and/or treatment of GLUT1-DS and related methods using the same.
US11925629B2
The present application provides novel heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also provided are methods for preparing these compounds. These compounds are useful for inhibiting ERK1/2. By administering to a patient in need a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the compounds of formula (I), wherein X, Y, Z, J, M, and R1 to R8 are defined herein, these compounds are effective in treating conditions associated with dysregulation of the RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK pathway. A variety of conditions can be treated using these compounds and include diseases which are characterized by abnormal cellular proliferation. In one embodiment, the disease is cancer.
US11925615B2
The invention relates to nutraceutical compositions comprising dopamine transporter inhibitors and to their use as dietary supplements and food additives.
US11925613B2
Provided herein are fixed-dose combination formulations of a pharmaceutically effective amount of eflornithine together with a pharmaceutically effective amount of sulindac. Also provided are methods of use and of methods of manufacture of these formulations.
US11925611B2
The present disclosure is concerned with substituted N-(5-chloro-4-((4-chlorophenyl)(cyano)methyl)-2-methylphenyl)benzamide compounds, and methods of treating and/or preventing neurodegenerative or neurocognitive disorders including, but not limited to, Alzheimer's disease, cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with sub-cortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL), Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease), Multiple Sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, familial spastic paraparesis, Machado Joseph disease, Friedreich's ataxia, Lewy body disease, and dementia (e.g., vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, mixed dementia, dementia induced by Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease). This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US11925609B2
Methods of treatment in subjects suffering from diabetes mellitus or obesity are provided. The methods comprise ablation of a region of the small intestine in the subject, in particular ablation of a region of the duodenum. The ablation may be a mechanical, electrical, thermal, radiative, or chemical ablation and may in some cases target a sensory nerve. The methods may, in some cases, comprise the step of administering an active agent directly to the small intestine in the subject, in particular administering the active agent directly to the duodenum.
US11925607B2
An inhalable pharmaceutical composition comprising ketamine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt for use in a method of treatment of depression by administration via pulmonary route, treatment comprising cycle of multiple sequences of administration by inhalation, said cycle lasting from 10 days to 30 days, wherein each of multiple sequences of administration is performed in a one single day, with 2 to 4 days intervals between sequences, and each of said sequences consists of multiple single dose inhalations separated by a break period lasting at least 5 minutes. The composition is especially useful for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression.
US11925594B2
Actuators and methods of use are provided. An actuator may include an inner member made from an elastic material and defining a compartment for receiving an actuating fluid, the inner member being moveable in a longitudinal direction from a relaxed state to an expanded state by introducing an actuating fluid into the inner member; and an outer member made from an inelastic material and being disposed around the elastic inner member to control expansion of the elastic inner member in a radial direction, the outer member being moveable from a folded relaxed configuration to an unfolded extended configuration as the inner member moves from the relaxed state to the expanded state, wherein the movement of the actuator between the relaxed state and the expanded state causes a movement of a structure to which the actuator is attached.
US11925593B1
A muscle memory training apparatus restores muscle memories that have become aberrant to previous normal or superior performance. It restores reflex stabilization muscle memories thereby providing a stable platform upon which voluntary muscle memories are restored. It is based on the universally accepted fact that muscle memories may be improved with practice and the yet to be accepted fact that reflexes execute muscle memories that may likewise be improved. The apparatus generates movements, perturbations, that are applied to the user; thereby stimulating reflex sensory neurons, effectuating stabilization reflexes, executing reflex muscle memories, and contracting muscles that countervail the apparatus perturbations. The perturbations and thereby the execution of the muscle memories is repeated over a protracted period and practiced multiple times per second. Practice improves the performance of the stabilization reflexes thereby restoring stabilization. Practice of voluntary muscle memories restores performance because they are practiced upon a stable platform.
US11925588B2
A hybrid passenger vehicle includes a chassis supported by at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel, a body coupled to the chassis including at least one door, and a vehicle floor coupled to the chassis. The body defines an interior space configured to be occupied by at least one passenger when operating the vehicle, and the vehicle floor has a front end and a rear end. A rear wall is coupled to the rear end of the vehicle floor such that the rear wall defines a rearmost boundary of the vehicle floor. A rear suspension assembly is coupled to the chassis. The rear wall is arc-shaped, and the rear suspension assembly is located rearward of the rear wall.
US11925586B2
A surgical platform and trolley assembly and an interface of a robotic system are provided. The surgical platform and trolley assembly includes a trolley portion and a surgical platform portion. The trolley portion supports the surgical platform portion, and affords positioning and repositioning of the surgical platform portion relative to the interface of the robotic system. An end portion of the surgical platform portion is attachable relative to the robotic system via engagement to the interface.
US11925571B2
A stent device including a stent cover having differing porosity ratio is disclosed. The stent covers the stent body comprising of stent wires and stent cells enclosed by the stent wires. The stent cover differs in porosity ratio for areas covering the stent wires and the areas covering the stent cells. The porosity ratio for areas covering the stent wires may have a higher porosity rate in order to promote endothelialization of the stent device. A bilayer stent cover differing in porosity ratio may be used to cover the stent body, as well as stent cover not covering the entirety of the stent body.
US11925550B2
An implantable prosthetic valve that is radially collapsible to a collapsed configuration and radially expandable to an expanded configuration includes an annular frame including a plurality of angled strut members, a plurality of leaflets disposed within the frame and secured to the frame, and a skirt member secured to the frame. The skirt member is disposed about an edge portion of a leaflet of the plurality of leaflets, and the skirt member includes a plurality of extension portions wrapped around at least one strut member. A cord member is threaded through at least a portion of the plurality of extension portions in a direction along an axis of the at least one strut member to secure the skirt member to the at least one strut member.
US11925545B2
An adjustable fixation device includes a cleat portion and a suture portion, where the suture portion has a loop portion and a suture tail. Pulling on the suture tail places in tension a graft coupled to the loop portion. The suture is arranged to convey a mechanical advantage so that substantial force can be readily and controllably applied to the graft.
US11925542B1
A mesh assembly for cosmetic surgery that can be used for tissue lifting is proposed. The mesh assembly includes: a mesh sleeve that includes a multiple number of helical string members, which are entwined in intersecting directions to form a passage having a particular diameter within the mesh sleeve; a core that extends along a first direction and is positioned within the passage; and a protrusion that protrudes from the outer perimeter of the core in a direction inclined towards one side and extends through a gap between the string members to the outside of the mesh sleeve. The mesh assembly can have a drastically greater strength compared to a regular surgical thread and can also be joined to the surgical site with high strength, thus providing greater utility in procedures such as tissue lifting.
US11925538B2
An apparatus and method for manufacturing an elastic composite structure for an absorbent sanitary product includes a bonding unit configured to bond a first web layer to a second web layer via a bond pattern that includes at least one bond line having at least one pair of adjacent bonds. The bonding unit secures an elastic thread within a passage defined by the at least one pair of adjacent bonds. The passage has a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the elastic thread in a non-tensioned state.
US11925529B2
The invention encompasses improved catheters comprised of multiple tubular bodies and methods of using them in artificial insemination.
US11925520B2
A method of producing a dental object (100), including the steps of producing a pillared support structure (101) on the dental object (100); and producing a lattice structure (103) for reinforcing the support structure (101).
US11925514B2
The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for cleaning, decontaminating, and/or sterilizing an instrument during the intraoperative phase of a surgical procedure. In exemplary embodiments, the apparatus comprises: a container having an aperture, a bottom portion, and at least one sidewall defining an instrument bath configured to hold a cleaning agent; a vibration means and radiation means coupled to the container; and a power supply. It is contemplated that at least one of the sidewalls of the container comprises a longitudinal channel disposed within the sidewall for housing the radiation means. It is further contemplated that the cleaning agent can comprise an aqueous solution of chlorohexidine, that the radiation means is configured to emit ultraviolet radiation in a range of at least 100 nanometers to 400 nanometers, and that the vibration means is configured to emit ultrasonic radiation in a range of at least 20 kilohertz to 120 kilohertz.
US11925510B2
A distributed patient monitoring system comprises at least one standalone portable ultrasound imaging unit configured to be fixed to a stable position against the skin on a patient's body and capable of prolonged ultrasound data acquisition, including an ultrasound imaging array, transmit-receive circuitry, a beamformer, backend signal and image processing subsystem, power and communication subsystems, and a monitoring workstation connected to each standalone portable ultrasound imaging unit configured to request and receive ultrasound imaging information from each standalone portable ultrasound imaging unit, and configured to analyze and display acquired ultrasound information.
US11925506B2
An ultrasonic image diagnostic apparatus includes: an ultrasonic image acquisitor that acquires an ultrasonic image generated on the basis of a reception signal obtained by an ultrasonic probe that transmits and receives ultrasonic waves to and from a subject; an identification result acquisitor that acquires, by inputting the ultrasonic image acquired to any of a plurality of identifiers that identifies an identification target object captured in an input ultrasonic image, an identification result output from the identifier; and a hardware processor that changes the identifier to which the ultrasonic image acquired is input.
US11925503B2
Shear wave elasticity imaging methods and ultrasound imaging devices are provided. The method may include: generating a shear wave in a target area of an object being examined; transmitting a first ultrasonic wave to the target area and receiving first echo data; determining an elasticity parameter of the target area according to the first echo data; obtaining a motion parameter of the target area; and displaying the elasticity parameter and the motion parameter.
US11925497B2
Systems, methods, and devices for capturing a single image with multiple exposures is provided. An imaging device may be provided comprising a source configured to emit a wave for a time period and a detector configured to receive a signal indicative of the wave. A wave may be emitted for a time period and a signal may be received indicative of the emitted wave. A first image dataset may be saved with a first timestamp referencing a first time within the time period. A second image dataset may be saved with a second timestamp referencing a second time within the time period. The second time may occur after the first time.
US11925494B2
An imaging system is disclosed. The imaging system is operable to acquire and/or generate image data at positions relative to a subject. The imaging system includes a drive system configured to move the imaging system.
US11925493B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, devices and methods for providing visual guidance for navigating inside a patient's chest. An exemplary method includes presenting a three-dimensional (3D) model of a luminal network, generating, by an electromagnetic (EM) field generator, an EM field about the patient's chest, detecting a location of an EM sensor within the EM field, determining a position of a tool within the patient's chest based on the detected location of the EM sensor, displaying an indication of the position of the tool on the 3D model, receiving cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) image data of the patient's chest, detecting the location of the tool within the patient's chest based on the CBCT image data, and updating the indication of the position of the tool on the 3D model based on the detected location.
US11925492B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored an image processing program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes extracting a plurality of consecutive pixels corresponding to a first part or a second part of a body, from a pixel column in a predetermined direction of an image of the body, obtaining a statistical value of pixel values of the plurality of consecutive pixels, and identifying a part corresponding to the plurality of consecutive pixels, among the first part or the second part, based on the statistical value.
US11925482B2
Apparatuses and methods for the prevention of bodily injuries through active monitoring of bodily postures, supporting a body while in or restricting a body from entering predetermined postures which heighten the body's susceptibility to injury, and alerting one or more entities (e.g., an apparatus user) of a body's susceptibility to injury is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method may include one or more operations including monitoring one or more bodily postures and/or bodily movements, storing data associated with bodily postures and/or bodily movements, determining a risk of injury associated with bodily postures and/or bodily movements, and alerting one or more entities when a risk of injury associated with bodily postures and/or bodily movements reaches a predetermined level.
US11925481B2
Information representing a physique of a subject is extracted from an image obtained by imaging the subject. A group in which the subject is classified is specified, using the extracted information representing the physique of the subject. Image data representing a medical image obtained by imaging the subject is input to a learned model corresponding to a specified group among learned models obtained for each group by machine learning using learning data for each group. Information representing an area extracted from the medical image is acquired, which is output from the learned model with the input.
US11925476B2
A biological signal detection apparatus includes a neck band worn by a user along a circumferential direction of a neck of the user and a pair of sensors mounted to both ends of the neck band to detect a biological signal. Each sensor includes a conductive cloth with a planar or substantially planar shape, a main body on which the conductive cloth is set, a frame body that holds a periphery of the conductive cloth between the main body and the frame body, and an input terminal provided on a surface of the main body that opposes the frame body.
US11925474B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for developing an individual-specific patient baseline for a target patient. An exemplary method involves: determining one or more acuity scores for the target patient; identifying patient health data corresponding to one or more low acuity time periods; storing retrospective clinical data from a group of patients in a second database; comparing the patient health data corresponding to the one or more low acuity time periods with retrospective clinical data from a group of patients by identifying one or more patient subgroups; determining the individual-specific patient baseline using an adaptive baseline selection algorithm, wherein the adaptive baseline selection algorithm is used to determine whether to determine the individual-specific patient baseline using patient health data or using retrospective clinical data from one or more patient subgroups; and displaying, using a user interface, the individual-specific patient baseline.
US11925468B2
A method for characterizing atrial fibrillation includes determining, by a processor of a computing device and based on heart data, an earliest activation time of a heart being monitored. The method also includes determining, by the processor and based on the heart data, a latest activation time of the heart. The method also includes modeling, by the processor, the earliest activation time and the latest activation time within one or more activation time maps. The method further includes identifying, by the processor, an atrial fibrillation driver based at least in part on the one or more activation time maps.
US11925460B2
A biosensor for determining an analyte is disclosed. The sensor has a sensor module covered at least partially by a biocompatibility layer. The biocompatibility layer has a polymer having —CO—NR1R2 side groups, wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from —H and C1 to C6 alkyl. A method for producing the biosensor, as well as to uses and methods of using related to the biosensor, are also disclosed.
US11925457B2
A device for encouraging and guiding a spirometer user includes a housing, a main valve, a visual assembly, and a sound making assembly. The housing has a guiding channel, a first outlet channel, a second outlet channel, and an inlet channel. The main valve is disposed in a housing communicating with the guiding channel, the first outlet channel, the second outlet channel or the inlet channel and configured to regulate or control fluid flowing paths. The visual assembly includes a check valve in the second outlet channel, and at least one movable member. The sound making assembly includes a check valve and a sound maker. So, it can generate the visual and sound encouraging effects for learning how to use a spirometer correctly.
US11925450B2
Embodiments relate to guiding medical care based on detected gastric function. For example, gastric acid stimulant or suppressant is administered, and then a change in the gastric juice H+ concentration is measured. This change is compared to a guidance H+ concentration differential indicative of relatively healthy gastric function. Medical care is guided based on a relatively healthy gastric function if the measured H+ concentration differential is equal to or exceeds the guidance H+ concentration differential, while medical care is guided based on a relatively unhealthy gastric function if the measured H+ concentration differential is less than the guidance H+ concentration differential. Disclosed embodiments implementing this procedure include, but are not limited to, methods, apparatus, processors, computer programs, and computer-readable mediums.
US11925449B2
An electrical impedance imaging method, a system, a storage medium and an electronic device. Said method comprises: acquiring electrical impedance measurement signals of a tested human body area at a plurality of measurement times; for the electrical impedance measurement signal at each measurement time, constructing a corresponding instantaneous differential image on the basis of the electrical impedance measurement signal; constructing an image matrix on the basis of the instantaneous differential images corresponding to the plurality of measurement times, each column in the image matrix being a vector corresponding to the instantaneous differential image; determining, on the basis of the image matrix, a covariance matrix corresponding to the image matrix; obtaining, according to the covariance matrix, a weight vector of the covariance matrix; and obtaining, on the basis of the covariance matrix and the weight vector, an electrical impedance state image of the tested human body area.
US11925446B2
Using transmitters and receivers for detecting occupants in a vehicle, and classifying those occupants according to the geometry of the vehicle, where sets of complex values associated with voxels in a predetermined region of the vehicle are converted into 3D complex images, where clusters of voxels in the 3D complex images are analyzed to determine presence of occupants, and where positions of seats may determine which seats in the vehicle are occupied.
US11925445B2
A method of determining blood pressure measurements includes inflating a cuff, receiving an indication of pressure inside the cuff during inflation, determining a blood pressure based at least in part on the received indication, assigning a confidence level to the blood pressure, and determining whether the confidence level satisfies a threshold confidence level. Based at least on a determination that the confidence level satisfies a threshold confidence level, the method can include causing a display to display the blood pressure. Based at least on a determination that the confidence level does not satisfy a threshold confidence level, the method can include deflating the cuff, receiving an indication of pressure inside the cuff during deflation, determining another blood pressure, and causing a display to display a blood pressure.
US11925427B2
Computerized system and method of manufacturing an articulated surgical device. Surgical device pathway data (often from medical scans), target and entry point location data, and design parameters in computer memory are used to automatically design, and subsequently manufacture the customized device. The device typically comprises a plurality of units, which may have varying lengths and widths, connected to other units by at least one moveable joint. The device is configured to accommodate multiple pull cables, often running from the distal to the proximal end. These cables enable an operator, often using a proximal control device, to precisely control the orientation of the distal end as the device traverses a patient's body pathways. The distal end of the device may have an effector unit configured to perform a medical task. Design and manufacture are facilitated by use of AI computerized design methods and computer controlled (CNC, laser cutting, 3D printing) methods.
US11925421B2
A surgical needle comprising: (a) a sensor; (b) a distal tip with the sensor being located at the distal tip; (c) a needle advancing mechanism that is adjustable to change an insertion depth; and (d) a control unit in communication with the needle advancing mechanism; wherein the sensor provides a signal to the control unit regarding a thickness of a feature of interest and the control unit controls the insertion depth based upon the signal from the sensor so that the insertion depth into the feature of interest is varied or the control unit prevents the needle advancing mechanism from activating.
US11925419B2
The present disclosure is related to systems and methods for position determination. The method includes obtaining, via a plurality of sensors, real-time target magnetic field information of a target subject. The plurality of sensors may be configured on the target subject. The target subject may be located in a reference magnetic field in a medical system. The method includes determining real-time target position information of the target subject based on the real-time target magnetic field information of the target subject and magnetic field distribution information of the reference magnetic field in the medical system.
US11925417B2
A surgical planning and assessment system is disclosed. The system may include a computing system having a processor, a data store, and a patient specific planning and analysis module. The system may be configured to store a patient specific target plan including a digital representation of a spinal rod having a target geometry and transform the digital representation into a curved line. The system may generate a spline data set comprising a plurality of spline segments that are sequentially linked to one another. The system may adjust, iteratively, each spline segment until the plurality of spline segments approximate the curved line. The system may generate a digital file comprising drawings for manufacturing a spinal rod based on the plurality of spline segments. In various embodiments, each spline segment may be defined by a corresponding arc or a corresponding line extending between a corresponding starting point and a corresponding ending point.
US11925416B2
A method of performing an eye examination test for examining eyes of a user, said method using a computing device as well as an input tool, wherein said computing device comprises a screen and comprises a camera unit arranged for capturing images, said method comprising the steps of capturing, by said camera unit of said computing device, at least one image of a human face of said user facing said screen, detecting, by said computing device, in said at least one captured image, both pupils of said human face, determining, by said computing device, a distance of said user to said screen based on a predetermined distance between pupils of a user, a distance between said detected pupils in said at least one captured image, and a focal length of said camera unit corresponding to said at least one captured image, and performing, by said computing device in combination with said input tool, said eye examination test using said determined distance.
US11925399B2
A screw insertion system has a screw having a threaded shaft and a head. The head has a conically tapered outer surface, the taper increasing in distance from a central longitudinal axis of the screw from a free end of the head towards a larger diameter adjacent the connection between the head and the threaded shaft. The conically tapered head outer surface has preferably two helically extending partially rounded threads. The head has a drive element for engaging a driver. A tubular screw holder has an outer surface and internal bore extending between a leading end and a trailing end for receiving the screw. The leading end having a conically tapered inner threaded portion for engaging the conically tapered outer thread of the screw head. The tubular screw holder outer surface having a diameter less than or equal to the maximum diameter of the conically tapered head.
US11925398B2
A bone fastener includes a head, and a screw portion extends from the head. The screw portion includes a shaft and a thread extending along and about the shaft. The thread has a height extending from a root to a tip thereof. The thread also has first and second portions disposed between the root and the tip. The second portion has a porous structure configured to promote bone ingrowth and has a porosity greater than that of the first portion.
US11925396B2
A tool adapted for use with a bone plate assembly includes a driver with an engagement portion configured to engage a locking element, and a tubular holder. The driver may be configured to extend with the engagement portion through the tubular holder, and may be axially movable and rotatable within the holder. The holder may have a radial slot adapted for insertion of the locking element. The holder may include a portion with an internal thread for cooperation with an external thread of the locking element. The locking element may be used with a polyaxial bone anchor.
US11925392B2
A pivotal bone anchor assembly includes a receiver with a base defining an internal cavity with a seating surface adjacent a bottom opening and an upper portion defining a channel configured to receive an elongate rod. The assembly also includes an anchor member having a proximal end portion with a partial spherical or spheroid shaped head to establish pivotable motion between the anchor member and the receiver, and a planar top surface surrounding an internal drive socket. The assembly further includes an insert positionable within the channel to transfer a downwardly-directed force onto the proximal end portion to lock a position of the anchor member relative to the receiver, with the planar top surface remaining spaced apart from the insert so as to not directly receive the downwardly-directed force therefrom. A method of use is disclosed.
US11925389B2
A spinal distraction system, according to one aspect, includes an adjustable spinal distraction rod comprising first and second members, the adjustable spinal distraction rod configured for non-invasive elongation of the first and second members. The system includes an anchor rod configured for mounting to a bone of a subject, the anchor rod having one or more spring-biased tabs disposed at one end thereof, and a connector having first end and a second end, the first end having a receiving cup configured for detachable mounting on the anchor rod, wherein the one or more spring-biased tabs are configured to engage with an inner surface of the receiving cup, the connector having a second end operatively coupled to an end of a first member and wherein the second member is configured for mounting to a second bone of a subject.
US11925382B2
A coring device, for forming an opening in a tissue wall, includes a body having a proximal end, a distal end and an internal housing, a coring head having a transection blade and being movable between a rest position and an actuated position, an actuation mechanism for moving the head between the positions and having an actuation rod, at one end of which the head is placed, a lumen extending through at least the proximal end of the body, actuation rod and coring head in order to allow passage of a flexible guide element, and the distal end of the body forms a support for a surgical tool configured to receive a hollow surgical tool with a positive fit and to support this tool to permit linear guiding of the surgical tool during the movement of the latter toward the outside of the coring device.
US11925373B2
A surgical suturing system is disclosed. The surgical suturing system comprises a shaft comprising a shaft diameter, a firing drive, and an end effector extending distally from the shaft. The end effector comprises a needle track and a needle comprising suturing material attached thereto, wherein the needle is configured to be guided by the needle track and actuated by the firing drive through a firing stroke, and wherein the needle is movable along a needle path comprising a maximum capture width which is greater than the shaft diameter.
US11925371B2
The present disclosure generally relates to the field of medical devices for treatment and diagnosis of paranasal sinus conditions and methods of using same. There is disclosed a device having a hollow shaft configured to be inserted into a paranasal sinus through a natural opening thereof. The hollow shaft is shaped/configured to reach a treatment area within the paranasal sinus.
US11925366B2
A catheter includes multiple shock wave generators electrically controlled to produce shock waves simultaneously, sequentially or in pre-determined patterns for intracorporeal treatment of blood vessels.
US11925365B2
An orthopaedic surgical instrument includes a patella trial and drill guide that may be used to both perform a surgical trial of the patellofemoral joint and guide the surgeon in drilling a number of anchor holes in the patella of the patient.
US11925362B2
Reamer instruments and related methods are disclosed for use in preparing bone, such as a glenoid bone surface, to receive an implant requiring one of two or more possible surface geometries. Described reamer instruments can have a modular or multi-component design. A minimal number of components can be particular to a particular required geometry, which can allow assembly and use of reamer instruments of the present disclosure to be flexible, intuitive, and efficient. In some embodiments, a disposable reamer head assembly can be driven by a disposable drive tip through a pin-on-pin connection. The remaining components of the reamer instrument can be sterilized and re-used. To prepare bone for a half-wedge implant, a half-wedge housing can be coupled to a reamer instrument handle and a depth stop can be coupled to the housing to achieve the required geometry. Alternatively, a full-wedge housing can be coupled to the instrument handle.
US11925361B2
An intraosseous access system, including an access assembly having a needle configured to drill into bone via rotation of the needle and a driver. The driver can include a housing, a power converter configured to impart rotational power to the needle, a first power source coupled to the power converter, and a second power source selectively coupleable to the power converter, where the second power source is configured to be disposed at least partially external to the housing. A method of drilling through a bone includes providing the intraosseous access system, applying rotational power to the needle, and placing the needle in contact with the bone. The method can further include coupling the second power source to the power converter so that power from the second power source is combined with power from the first energy source.
US11925322B2
A work channel arrangement of an endoscope for guiding medical tools and/or for the through-flow of media. The work channel arrangement has a work channel which is flexible at least in part and extensible relative to the endoscope and which can be moved from a first position, in which the work channel outlet is oriented in the axial direction of the endoscope head, to a second position in which it is extended in the distal direction relative to the first position and in which the work channel outlet is or can be deflected, by means of a guide mechanism, to a predetermined lateral or rearward direction.
US11925315B2
A scope device includes a shaft, a deflectable portion, and a handle portion. The shaft is inserted through a body lumen to a target area within a body. The shaft defines first and second lumens extending along a proximal portion thereof. The first and second lumens are merged to form a common lumen along a distal portion thereof via a fitting having a structure which, when connected to the first and second lumens, converge the first and second lumens toward the common lumen. The deflectable portion is connected to the distal end of the shaft and includes a channel aligned with and in communication with the common lumen. The handle portion includes a connector having a first hub including a first channel open to and in communication with the first lumen and a second hub including a second channel open to and in communication with the second lumen.
US11925313B2
An endoscope includes: an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject; and a channel fixing portion disposed on an outer periphery of the insertion portion and configured such that a part or all of a long channel tube is fixed in a state of being embedded in a distal end portion of the insertion portion.
US11925307B2
A rechargeable cleaner includes a body, a rechargeable battery, a charger, and a body controller. The body is configured to generate suction power capable of sucking dust together with air using a motor. The rechargeable battery is configured to supply electric power to the motor. The charger is configured to charge the battery. The body controller is disposed in the body. The body controller controls at least one of a charging current and a charging voltage based on cell voltage information indicating a cell voltage, cell temperature information indicating a cell temperature, and battery identification information for identifying the battery that are acquired from the battery, and based on charger identification information for identifying the charger acquired from the charger.
US11925300B1
A personal washing tool comprises a tool having a face and handle. The face comprises a reusable adhesive to which a wet wipe or disposable cloth are removable secured. The removable wipe or cloth portion of the tool may be actuated by either a push button mechanism or a sliding switch mechanism either of which are located on the handle. The wipe or cloth portion may be reloaded once a roll is empty and ejected from the handle.
US11925295B2
A grinding device comprises a grinding housing with mutually co-acting grinding bodies. A lower of the two grinding bodies is both driven and axially adjustable for the purpose of setting a grind size. An upper grinding body is removable. A grind size of the grinding device can be adjusted in absolute manner between a first extreme position and a second extreme position, corresponding to a fixed setting range between a minimal clearance between the two grinding surfaces and a maximum clearance between the two grinding surfaces. An extreme position of the adjustable grinding body is imposed by a stop which is encountered by the adjusting means in the relevant extreme position. A coffee machine uses the absolute grind size and/or a fine-tuning for an optimal contact time between coffee and through-flowing water.
US11925293B2
A stove includes a heating unit, an adjustment unit and a grill grate. The adjustment unit includes two lifting units, a synchronizer, and a drive unit. Each lifting unit has a screw rod, a sliding block movable along the screw rod, and a lift frame mounted to the sliding block. The synchronizer connects the lifting units. The drive unit is connected to the screw rod of one of the lifting units and is operable to drive synchronized rotation of the screw rods through the synchronizer. The grill grate is supported by the lift frames for moving between a first position, where the grill grate is proximate to the heating unit, and a second position, where the grill grate is distal from the heating unit.
US11925292B2
Disclosed is a hot air cooking appliance comprising a base seat provided with a receiving chamber, the base seat is provided with a heating device and an air supply device capable of supplying and circulating hot air in the receiving chamber, the hot air cooking appliance is provided with an air exhaust port disposed distally from the air supply device, and during the process of cooking by the hot air cooking appliance, the water vapor generated in the receiving chamber is discharged into the atmosphere through the air exhaust port. The hot air cooking appliance of the present application is structurally simple and capable of reducing heat loss, noise, oily fume emissions, and indoor air pollution, as well as ensuring adequate amount of water vapor is generated to accomplish cooking.
US11925290B2
A domed cooking lid with a handle, with a variable venting device in the middle of the dome. The venting device has a screen that is secured to the bottom of the domed lid, a ring on the top of the lid which sits on the lid just outside the hole that facilitates the variable venting device, a stationary disc with numerous holes on one side and a turntable disc which has a large opening of the disc, whereby turning the turntable disc over more or fewer holes, changes the variable venting rate of the domed lid.
US11925284B2
A chopsticks holder structure includes a chopsticks holder body, a placement portion and a pick-up portion. The chopsticks holder body includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The placement portion is laterally arranged at the top portion of the chopsticks holder body. The pick-up portion is longitudinally arranged at the top portion of the chopsticks holder body and is in communication with the placement portion, and a height of the pick-up portion is lower than that of the placement portion. Thus, the overall size of the chopsticks holder structure can be reduced, the chopsticks are placed at the placement portion during use, and the design that the height of the pick-up portion is lower than that of the placement portion allows fingers to easily pick up the chopsticks for use from the pick-up portion, achieving convenience for use.
US11925281B2
Systems and methods for generating clothing recommendations are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a system for generating a clothing recommendation includes a mirror, a display device, a memory and a processor. The mirror has a first side including a reflective surface. The display device displays a clothing recommendation to the user. The memory stores a wardrobe database including clothing data related to a plurality of items of clothing owned by the user. The processor is programmed to: (i) access a database including a plurality of expert models; (ii) select of one of the plurality of expert models based on a preference of the user; (iii) generate the clothing recommendation using the clothing database in combination with the selected expert model; and (iv) cause the display device to display the clothing recommendation to the user while the user views the first side of the mirror.
US11925280B2
A product holder system includes a bracket including a front wall. A rear panel is coupled to the bracket. One or more product holders are coupled to the bracket. The one or more product holders are configured to retain one or more products. One or more securing assemblies are configured to secure the product holder system to a surface of a component. A sign retainer is defined between the front wall and the rear panel. The sign retainer includes a retaining channel having an open top. The sign retainer is configured to retain a sign within the retaining channel. The sign is configured to be inserted into and removed from the retaining channel through the open top.
US11925276B2
A display frame comprises exterior shelf units. The frame has interior shelf units which slidably and directly engage with each other and the exterior shelf units. The frame also comprises exterior connectors for connecting the exterior shelf units and the interior connectors. The interior connectors are hash shaped and oriented at an angle with respect to the vertical plane of the display frame and the sliding together of the exterior shelf units with the hash shaped connectors are used to expand display shelf frame. The exterior shelf units and the interior shelf units are slideably engaged with each other.
US11925274B2
An infant carrier includes a waist-worn member having a circumferential length capable of wrapping at least a part of a waist of a user, and a tightening unit configured to selectively bring the waist-worn member into close contact with the waist of the user, wherein the tightening unit includes a cable member, a hooking part configured to movably support the cable member, and an adjustment part configured to adjust the circumferential length of the waist-worn member by winding or unwinding the cable member.
US11925272B2
A furniture covering includes a main body extending from a first end to a second end, the main body having a pair of first tabbed ends at the first end, and the pair of second tabbed ends at the second end, a pair of end portions coupled to a midsection of the main body, a pair of first wings coupled to the first tabbed ends, and a pair of second wings coupled to the second tabbed ends, the pair of first wings and the pair of second wings being set back from respective edges of the tabbed ends.
US11925271B2
This invention is a device which creates adjustable acoustic and/or thermal zones in a bed to address sleep issues such as bed partner snoring and hot flashes. Adjustable acoustic bed zones can be created with a flexible movable partition which longitudinally spans a bed from an arch at the head of the bed to an arch at the foot of the bed. Adjustable thermal bed zones can be created with inflow and outflow flexible longitudinal air tubes which are inserted into a space between layers of bedding.
US11925270B2
A sensor system senses a plurality of environmental phenomena and send a data message with sensed parameters. The computer system determines an indication that the sensed parameter indicated low-quality sleep and sends an instruction to adjust the environment. A control system adjusts the environment without particular input from a user.
US11925267B2
The present disclosure provides a foldable bed frame and associated methods for deploying the foldable bed frame. The bed frame may comprise one or more supporting members for supporting at least a portion of the bed frame, wherein the one or more supporting members comprise: a first bar comprising an opening; a second bar comprising a groove having a first end and a second end; and a locking mechanism comprising an elastic element and a pin. The pin may be inserted into (i) the opening of the first bar and (ii) the groove of the second bar to couple the first and second bars together. The first and second bars may be movable relative to each other when the pin is moved from a first position to a second position in response to a force applied to the elastic element.
US11925265B2
A transmission rod assembly for a height-adjustable desk comprises: a first transmission head having positioning grooves; a second transmission head having positioning blocks; an elastic piece axially limiting abutment of the first and second transmission heads, the positioning blocks positioning respective positioning grooves; a sleeve pipe having an end mounted to the second transmission head, the elastic piece being mounted in the sleeve pipe, and an end of the elastic piece abutting the second transmission head; a first transmission rod having an end protruding into the other end of the sleeve pipe and abutting the other end of the elastic piece, the sleeve pipe limiting the first transmission rod; and a locking assembly mounted on the other end of the sleeve pipe, the locking assembly limiting the sleeve pipe and clamping the first transmission rod. Thus, mounting can be completed by elastic squeeze, bringing simple structure and easy operation.
US11925255B2
A method for manufacturing a brushing part, the brushing part being configured in a U-shape in order to be placed on the dentition of a jaw of a user, the brushing part forming a channel inside which is designed to receive all or a portion of said dentition, the brushing part comprising at least one tuft of brushing bristles projecting into the interior of said channel by a free end of the bristles of the at least one tuft, the method comprising the following steps: —forming the at least one tuft of bristles by assembling a plurality of bristles by an end opposite the free end, so as to form a base of the at least one tuft; —fusing the ends forming the base of the at least one tuft so as to form a fused area in one piece, such that an extension of the fused area in a direction that is transverse to an extension direction of the at least one tuft is greater at one extension of the base in the transverse direction prior to the fusing step; —placing the at least one tuft on a mold for overmolding the channel of the brushing part; —overmolding the channel and the at least one tuft.
US11925254B2
An article shield apparatus adapted to protectively encompass an article, the apparatus including a first flexible surrounding sidewall that acts as a protective cover, a second flexible surrounding sidewall that is nested within the first flexible surrounding sidewall, the second surrounding sidewall functions as a radio frequency shield, in addition, a third flexible surrounding sidewall that is nested within the second surrounding sidewall with the third surrounding sidewall being constructed with from a waterproof material, wherein the third surrounding sidewall holds the article thus resulting in operationally the article being substantially protected from water and radio frequency waves.
US11925248B2
A liquid cosmetic material container includes a sleeve that includes a storage chamber that stores a liquid cosmetic material therein, a bead member that is disposed at a front end of the sleeve, has a through hole extending in an axial direction of the liquid cosmetic material container and configured to store a brush in the through hole, a relay core that is configured to connect the brush and the storage chamber, enter the brush, and send the liquid cosmetic material in the storage chamber to the brush, and a cap that is detachably attached to the sleeve. A rear portion of the through hole has a first cross sectional area, and a front portion of the through hole has a second cross sectional area which is smaller than the first cross sectional area.
US11925239B2
A foot presence sensor system for an active article of footwear can include a sensor housing configured to be disposed at or in an insole of the article, and a controller circuit, disposed within the sensor housing, configured to trigger one or more automated functions of the footwear based on a foot presence indication. In an example, the sensor system includes a capacitive sensor configured to sense changes in a capacitance signal in response to proximity of a body. A dielectric member can be provided between the capacitive sensor and the body to enhance an output signal from the sensor.
US11925231B2
Protective goggles for human use including a pair of protective goggles for human use with at least one lens, an upper edge that is positioned against the user's forehead and a lower edge that is positioned against the user's cheek. Each of the user's eyes are covered by a separate section of lens and each of these sections extends along at least one line of curvature. It is intended that each lens section has a first and a second line of curvature that, at least in substantial part, are positioned transversely to one another, and along which the individual sections of lens extend; furthermore, that the lines of curvature of one lens section are inclined towards the lines of curvature of the other lens section in terms of their positioning.
US11925230B2
A chinstrap sock to be worn by athletes comprising a tubular body having a skin facing surface for contacting a portion of a wearer's body, and an outer surface opposed to the skin facing surface; an opening in the tubular body for extension therethrough; and a first welt and a second welt affixed to opposite ends of the tubular body in surrounding relation to the opening, the first welt and the second welt each comprising a circularly-knitted fabric integral with the tubular body and extending therefrom to; the tubular body portion being a knitted construction comprising: a skin-facing surface comprising a metal-, metal oxide-, and/or metal salt-containing yarn portion.
US11925228B1
A camera system includes a motorcycle helmet having an energy-absorbing inner liner, an outer shell surrounding at least a portion of the energy-absorbing inner liner, and a number of pockets in the motorcycle helmet. Each pocket includes an opening in the outer shell and a recess in the energy-absorbing liner. The camera system also includes a number of cameras in the pockets in the motorcycle helmet, and each camera includes a lens, an image sensor, and a processor. The camera system also includes a number of lens covers covering the cameras, and each lens cover is conformal with a portion of the outer shell proximate to the lens cover such that the cameras and the lens covers do not appreciably increase the aerodynamic drag of the motorcycle helmet.
US11925225B2
An article or garment comprising a micro hook-and-loop closure system is provided herein. The article comprises at least one extremity-covering portion. The distal end of the extremity-covering portion comprises a first textile at an outer-facing surface and a second textile at an inner-facing surface. The second textile includes micro hook or micro loop materials that releasably mate with complementary micro hook or micro loop materials of the first textile in order to place the micro hook-and-loop closure system in a closed configuration. The placement, size, and shape of each of the first and second textiles, as extending from a distal end toward a proximal end of the article, enable the article or garment to be expediently and comfortably donned and doffed.
US11925214B2
An aerosol generating device includes a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material to generate aerosol; a controller configured to: calculate a current flowing through the heater based on a predefined resistance of the heater and power supplied to the heater, measure the current flowing through the heater, and control the power supplied to the heater based on a difference between the calculated current and the measured current.
US11925208B2
A reservoir assembly that holds a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation in a reservoir includes a reservoir assembly connector assembly defining a connector conduit, and which may be configured to detachably couple with a non-nicotine vaporizer assembly based on a connector element of the non-nicotine vaporizer assembly engaging with the connector conduit of the connector conduit. The reservoir assembly may include an isolation structure configured to move in relation to both the reservoir and the non-nicotine vaporizer connector assembly between a first position where the isolation structure exposes the non-nicotine vaporizer assembly to the reservoir and at least partially obstructs the connector conduit to restrict the connector element from disengaging from the connector conduit, and a second position where the isolation structure isolates the non-nicotine vaporizer assembly from the reservoir and opens the connector conduit to enable the connector element to disengage from the connector conduit.
US11925198B2
A process for the production of fat-encapsulated follistatin. The process includes steps of a) metering fat having a melting point of at least 40° C. into an extruder, b) heating the fat in the extruder during rotation of the at least one screw, c) metering the follistatin into the extruder barrel to produce a flowable mixture, d) cooling the flowable mixture in a downstream adjacent section of the extruder barrel, e) subsequently discharging the mixture through an extruder die, and f) comminuting the mixture after it discharges from the extruder die.
US11925193B2
A recombinant host capable of producing a steviol glycoside which overexpresses a polypeptide which mediates steviol glycoside transport and which polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 29 or an amino acid sequence having at least about 50% sequence identity thereto. A recombinant host capable of producing a steviol glycoside which has been modified, preferably in its genome, to result in a deficiency in the production of a polypeptide which mediates steviol glycoside transport and which polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 29 or an amino acid sequence having at least about 50% sequence identity thereto.
US11925189B2
A raw material for a gummy composition, and a gummy candy composed of the gummy composition, contain pyroglutamic acid, preferably in an amount of 0.08 mass % to 1.5 mass %. By adding pyroglutamic acid, the gummy candy has an improved melt-in-the-mouth feeling, while also being non-adhesive and soft, and having improved flavor release during chewing.
US11925187B2
Dry matter content in curd is adjusted by feeding starting product into a nozzle separator while determining a content of dry matter and/or protein, and measuring mass flow of the starting product. The nozzle separator separates the starting product into whey and curd fractions, which are separately discharged from the separator and the mass flow of the whey fraction is measured. Mass flow rate of supplied starting product is adjust based on the determined content of dry matter or protein of the starting product, measure mass flow of the starting product, and measured mass flow of the whey fraction. A determination of the dry matter content and/or the protein content of the curd fraction is carried out based on the determined mass flow of the starting product and the mass flow of the whey fraction and the determined dry matter content and/or protein content of the starting product.
US11925177B2
A continuously variable nozzle system includes a nozzle body (5) with an inlet and an outlet. A conduit is defined between the inlet and the outlet by a series connection of components which includes a flow meter (10). The flow meter (10) has a chamber (83) with internal helical splines (82) that are configured to interact with a spray liquid passing through the chamber (83) and create a cyclone-like effect. A sphere (52) is located inside the chamber (83) for free movement along a circular path (106). A sensor is located outside of the chamber (83) and configured to detect motion of the sphere (52) and generate an output (9) signal in response to detected motion.
US11925171B2
A car safety device for pets includes a fixing frame mounted in a seat cushion and a seat cushion cover. The seat cushion with the fixing frame is placed into the seat cushion cover and one end of a support rod of the fixing frame is protruding from the seat cushion cover. While in use, the device is placed on a car seat and an anchor member on the support rod of the fixing frame is connected to a support bar of the car seat. Then a pet carrier bag is disposed on the seat cushion cover and a second connecting member of the pet carrier bag is connected with a first connecting member on the seat cushion cover to fix the pet carrier bag on the present device. Thereby the pet carrier bag is firmly mounted on the car seat and pet safety is improved.
US11925170B2
A cat litter box is designed to be folded into a compact form for storage and shipment to a customer and unfolded by the customer for use. When it is time to replace the litter box, the cat litter box can be refolded back into a compact form for disposal. A lid protects the box during storage and shipment.
US11925161B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01091628. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01091628. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01091628 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01091628 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11925153B2
An approach for controlling light exposure of a light sensitive object is described. Aspects of this approach involve using a first set of radiation sources to irradiate the object with visible radiation and infrared radiation. A second set of radiation sources spot irradiate the object in a set of locations with a target ultraviolet radiation having a range of wavelengths. Radiation sensors detect radiation reflected from the object and environment condition sensors detect conditions of the environment in which the object is located during irradiation. A controller controls irradiation of the light sensitive object by the first and second set of radiation sources according to predetermined optimal irradiation settings specified for various environmental conditions. In addition, the controller adjusts irradiation settings of the first and second set of radiation sources as a function of measurements obtained by the various sensors.
US11925149B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to use with irrigation devices connected to a multi-wire path in an irrigation system. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for use with irrigation devices including a modulator configured to provide an output power signal modulated with data; a multi-wire interface coupled to the modulator and configured to electrically couple to the multi-wire path extending into a landscape and to which the irrigation devices are connected; and a control circuit configured to execute an automated device discovery process configured to cause the modulator to modulate data comprising a discovery message on the output power signal, the discovery message indicating a portion of an address to match and prompting a response from one or more of the irrigation devices in which a corresponding portion of the unique address matches the portion of the address to match.
US11925146B2
The present disclosure provides a cultivation method of morels and belongs to the technical field of cultivation of edible fungi. After nutrient contents that can be metabolized and utilized by morel mycelia are scientifically matched, sterilization treatment of exogenous nutrients is eliminated, and the exogenous nutrients are directly compressed for forming. Formed exogenous nutrient blocks and spawn is sowed and covered with soil, so as to realize a potential difference between “rich” and “poor” nutrients in a physical space. When the spawn germinate to form a mycelium network, the mycelia will enter a nutrient-rich exogenous nutrient area, secrete various extracellular enzymes to decompose and utilize these exogenous nutrient blocks, and transport them to a nutrient-poor mycelium network for storage, so as to complete nutrient assimilation and absorption, and reserve energy for later sexual reproduction.
US11925144B2
A harvesting apparatus includes a crop conditioning element coupled to a frame, and a hood moveable relative to the crop conditioning element. An actuating system moveably connects the hood to the frame. The actuating system includes a driven lever arm rotatably attached to the frame and including a first lever connection and a second lever connection positioned opposite each other across a lever rotation axis. A first pivot assembly is rotatably attached to the frame and includes a first pivot connection coupled to the first lever connection of the driven lever arm, and a second pivot connection coupled to a first lift connection of the hood. A second pivot assembly is rotatably attached to the frame and includes a third pivot connection coupled to the second lever connection of the driven lever arm, and a fourth pivot connection coupled to a second lift connection of the hood.
US11925137B2
A row unit for a seeding machine includes a frame supporting a gauge wheel and a seed meter. A depth stop assembly includes a stop setting an upward travel limit of the gauge wheel with respect to the frame, and a handle that is lockable and releasable to move the stop to select among seeding depths. A downforce actuator is operable to generate downforce to be applied through a gauge wheel arm and the gauge wheel to the soil. A downforce sensor is incorporated into the depth stop assembly and movable therewith. The depth stop assembly includes a multi-piece body having a first piece receiving the handle, and a second piece defining a pivot. The first piece of the multipiece body includes a handle-receiving receptacle portion, a fastening portion for fastening to the second body piece adjacent the pivot, and a portion therebetween forming a housing of the downforce sensor.
US11930723B1
An ionic redox transistor comprises a solid channel, a solid reservoir layer, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the channel and the reservoir layer. The channel exhibits a substantially linear current-voltage relationship in a first range of voltages, and a nonlinear current-voltage relationship in a second range of voltages that is greater than the first range of voltages. One or both of the substantially linear current-voltage relationship or the nonlinear current-voltage relationship of the channel is varied by changing the concentration of ions such as oxygen vacancies in the channel. Ion or vacancy transport between the channel and the reservoir layer across the electrolyte layer occurs in response to applying a voltage between the channel and the reservoir layer. Subject to the first range of voltages, the channel can function as a synapse device. Subject to the second range of voltages, the channel can function as a neuron device.
US11930704B2
The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent device. The organic electroluminescent device of the present disclosure comprises a specific combination of an electron buffer material and an electron transport material which can provide high efficiency and/or long lifespan.
US11930703B2
A novel organic compound is provided. An organic compound that emits light with high chromaticity is provided. An organic compound that emits blue light with high chromaticity is provided. An organic compound with high emission efficiency is provided. An organic compound having an excellent hole-transport property is provided. An organic compound having high reliability is provided. An organic compound that has a naphtho[2,3-b;7,6-b′]bisbenzofuran skeleton or a naphtho[2,3-b;7,6-b′]bisbenzothiophene skeleton and has a molecular weight of less than or equal to 5000 is provided. The present inventors have found that the organic compound is a significantly effective skeleton as a luminophor of a light-emitting element. The organic compound has high emission efficiency and exhibits favorable blue light emission; thus, a light-emitting element using the organic compound can be a blue light-emitting element with high emission efficiency.
US11930700B2
A nitrogen-containing compound as shown in Chemical formula (1), an electronic element, and an electronic device are provided. In Chemical formula (1), Ar1 and Ar2 are selected from a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C30 aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C30 heteroaryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C20 cycloalkyl; Ar3 is selected from a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C20 aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C20 heteroaryl.
US11930699B2
Provided are compounds comprising a ligand LA of Formula I
US11930691B2
An apparatus for manufacturing an organic material includes an outer tube including an internal accommodating space, and at least one loading inner tube and at least one collecting inner tube disposed in the accommodation space, the loading inner tube including a mesh boat disposed in a first direction in which the loading inner tube extends.
US11930690B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provides a mask plate, including a rectangular area and two gripper areas which are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the rectangular area, wherein each of the two gripper areas has a first side and a third side which are arranged opposite to each other, and a second side and a fourth side which are arranged opposite to each other, and the first side is disposed on a side of the rectangular area, and a minimum horizontal spacing between the second side and the fourth side is less than a side length of the first side.
US11930685B2
An electronic device may include: a housing; a display viewable through a portion of the housing; and a camera overlapping the display and configured to capture an image based on external light passing through the display. The display may include: a first area overlapping at least a portion of the camera and a second area not overlapping the camera; a substrate; a pixel layer disposed in a first direction from the substrate and comprising organic light-emitting diode (OLED) type pixels; wherein a color filter layer may include first color filters overlapping pixels of the first area, second color filters overlapping pixels of the second area, and a black matrix disposed between the second color filters.
US11930674B2
Provided is a display substrate, including: a silicon-based substrate having a display area, a binding area located on one side of the display area, and a trace area located between the display area and the binding area; a trace protection structure is arranged on the silicon-based substrate in the trace area, and a pad assembly is integrated in the silicon-based substrate in the binding area; and a minimum distance between an edge of an orthographic projection of the trace protection structure on the silicon-based substrate and an edge of an orthographic projection of an opening of the pad assembly on the silicon-based substrate is smaller than a maximum size of one subpixel.
US11930673B2
A display panel includes a drive backplane, a transparent insulating layer and a light-emitting device layer. The drive backplane includes a driving circuit layer, a metal wiring layer, a first insulating layer and a reflective electrode layer. The first insulating layer has first via holes filled with first metal connectors. The reflective electrode layer includes first reflective electrodes respectively connected with the metal wiring layer through the first metal connectors. The light-emitting device layer includes a pixel electrode layer, an organic light-emitting layer and a common electrode layer. The pixel electrode layer includes first pixel electrodes respectively connected with the first reflective electrodes through the connection via holes. A distance between an orthographic projection of the connection via hole on the pixel electrode layer and an edge of the first pixel electrode is not less than a first threshold value.
US11930658B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a main display area and a component area. The component area includes an auxiliary display area and a transmission area. Main display elements are disposed in the main display area. Auxiliary display elements are disposed in the component area. A thin-film encapsulation layer covers the main display elements and the auxiliary display elements. An optical functional layer is disposed on the thin-film encapsulation layer and includes a polarization layer. The polarization layer includes a first portion disposed in the transmission area and a second portion disposed in the main display area and the auxiliary display area.
US11930655B2
A display device is provided that includes a substrate including an active area and a non-active area, a planarization film disposed over the substrate, an anode electrode disposed on the planarization film and including a first hole in the non-active area, a bank disposed on the anode electrode, a cathode electrode disposed on the bank, an encapsulation layer disposed on the cathode electrode, and a touch sensor disposed on the encapsulation layer and including a touch line in the non-active area. Here, the first hole may be disposed not to overlap with the touch line.
US11930649B2
A transparent top electrode composite film for organic optoelectronic devices includes a substrate, an MoOx film layer coated on the substrate, a doped Ag-based film layer coated on the MoOx film layer and an HfOx film layer coated on the doped Ag-based film layer. A preparation method of the transparent top electrode composite film, which is achieved under vacuum and low temperature, includes steps of (A) depositing an MoOx film layer on a substrate through thermal evaporation process or electron beam evaporation process without heating the substrate; (B) depositing a doped Ag-based film layer on the MoOx film layer through sputtering process or evaporation process; and (C) depositing an HfOx film layer on the doped Ag-based film layer through reactive sputtering process, thereby obtaining the transparent top electrode composite film. The composite film is able to be used as a top electrode material for organic optoelectronic devices.
US11930642B2
A semiconductor device includes a stacked structure including conductive layers and gaps respectively interposed between the conductive layers, a channel layer passing through the stacked structure, a ferroelectric layer surrounding a sidewall of the channel layer, and first dielectric patterns interposed between the ferroelectric layer and the conductive layers, respectively. The gaps extending between the first dielectric patterns.
US11930627B2
Electronic equipment allowed to endure repetitive severe environmental change in a sterilizing treatment using an autoclave is provided. A tablet terminal (electronic equipment) 106 includes: an enclosure 10; a substrate 30 arranged in an internal space of the enclosure 10; an electronic circuit component 40 mounted on the substrate 30; a (first) heat insulating layer 50 formed along the enclosure 10; and a (first) heat release mechanism 70 allowed to discharge heat from an internal space of the heat insulating layer 50 to outside of the enclosure 10.
US11930624B2
An electronic device protecting casing with heating function includes: a casing; a battery box within the casing; an interior of the battery box being arranged with a battery, a back side of the battery box being formed with an opening for receiving the battery; an outer cover serving to seal the opening; an inner side of the outer cover being formed with a heat isolation sheet; a heating unit being installed within the casing for heating the tablet computer; the heating unit including an electric heating plate. When power of the battery is transferred to the electric heating plate, the electric heating plate generates heat power and then transfers the power to the tablet computer for heating it; and a control circuit is installed within the casing; the electric heating plate is connected to the battery through a control switch; and the control circuit is connected to the control switch.
US11930623B2
A board structure includes: a board with a heat generating element; a heat sink including a plate-shaped base member with one face contacting the heat generating element, and plural fins side by side on another face of the base member, the fins extending in a cooling air flow direction, the fins having distal ends downstream in the flow direction; a first resisting member on a downstream side with respect to the heat sink and acting as a resistor for exhaust of the cooling air; and a second resisting member on the downstream side and on a first side that the fins are arranged respective to the heat sink and acting as a resistor for the cooling air. Distal ends of the fins on a second side that the fins are arranged are upstream of the distal ends of the fins on the first side.
US11930622B2
An information handling system with a cooling system may include a processor; a memory; a power management unit (PMU); a cooling system including: a fan; and a cooling system heat pipe; a detachable thermal module including: a first heat conductive element to be operatively coupled to a heat producing components such as a processor, a radio module, or other component; a second heat conductive element to be operatively coupled to the cooling system heat pipe of the cooling system; and a detachable thermal module heat pipe formed between the first heat conductive element and the second heat conductive element.
US11930617B2
Information handling system (IHS) component immersion cooling systems and methods employ an apparatus having an IHS component immersion cooling flow passage housing disposed at (a) IHS component(s) of an IHS disposed in an immersion cooling tank. The IHS component immersion cooling flow passage housing has an immersion fluid inlet open to immersion fluid within tank and an immersion fluid outlet connected to a return line of an immersion fluid pump. The IHS component cooling apparatus flow passage housing may be a cold plate or a ducted heatsink disposed on, or about, the IHS component(s) of the IHS disposed in the immersion cooling tank. The immersion fluid pump may be the pump that also circulates the immersion fluid within the tank. The tank may include a manifold in fluid flow communication with the pump. This manifold may receive a plurality of return lines, each from an IHS component cooling apparatus.
US11930616B2
A thermal component has a shield portion and a heat exchanger portion. The shield portion includes a plurality of cells adapted to inhibit radio radiation (RF) having a frequency within a target frequency range, while the heat exchanger portion includes a plurality of elongated channels, each one of the elongated channels being physically connected to and in fluid communication with at least one corresponding cell of the plurality of cells.
US11930607B2
A field-replaceable unit is reversibly secured in place using two captive fasteners. Each fastener includes a telescoping knob that rotates 180 degrees in a first direction to engage a latch mechanism and rotates 180 degrees in the opposite direction to disengage the latch mechanism. The knob automatically extends when the latch mechanism is disengaged. The knob alternately extends and retracts in response to being successively pressed when the latch mechanism is engaged. The knob has two cutaways formed along outside edges to facilitate a two-finger grip for knob rotation and pulling the unit out of another module. A circular groove centered on an axis of rotation of the knob has a contrasting coloration and provides a visual and tactile indication of know location. A nub indicates rotational position of the knob.
US11930606B2
A display device includes: a display module comprising a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, and a folding area between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area; a first plate under the display module at the first non-folding area; and a second plate under the display module at the second non-folding area and spaced apart from the first plate, at least one of the first or second plates comprising: a first support layer; a second support layer facing the first support layer; and an encapsulation layer between the first and second support layers along an edge of the first and second support layers and encapsulating a separation space formed between the first and second support layers in a corresponding non-folding area of the first and second non-folding areas.
US11930604B1
Systems involve implementations such as a first case assembly including a base including an interior surface and an exterior surface, first, second, and third side walls and an interior surface at least partially bounding an interior area to receive at least a portion of a portable electronic device, and a coupler assembly including a portion of the exterior surface of the base; and an accessory assembly configured to provide at least one electric communication or power function for the portable electronic device, wherein the accessory assembly being sized and shaped to couple with the coupler assembly of the case assembly. Other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
US11930595B2
The present application provides a circuit material and a circuit board containing the same. The circuit material comprises a conductive metal layer and a dielectric substrate layer, and an adhesive layer arranged therebetween, wherein the adhesive layer is made of a material which comprises an adhesive composition comprising a resin component and a non-resin component, wherein the resin component is composed of unsaturated polyphenylene ether resin, SBS resin and maleimide resin; and the non-resin component comprises an initiator; and the adhesive layer is obtained by applying the adhesive composition dissolved in a solvent onto the surface of the conductive metal layer or the dielectric substrate layer in the form of a solution, or by applying to a release material and removing the release material after partially curing or completely curing.
US11930592B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible printed circuit board comprising a housing, a first printed circuit board disposed in an inner space of the housing, a second printed circuit board disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first printed circuit board, a connection part electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board and connected to the second printed circuit board, and a coupling part including a bent part extending from the connection part and capable of being at least partially bent.
US11930589B2
A printed wiring board includes a lower layer including conductor layers and insulating layers, a conductor layer formed on the outermost insulating layer in the lower layer, and a solder resist layer formed on the conductor layer such that the solder resist layer is covering the conductor layer on the outermost insulating layer, and a two-dimensional code structure formed on the lower layer and including the conductor layer and a portion of the solder resist layer such that the portion of the solder resist layer has openings forming exposed portions of the conductor layer and that the openings of the solder resist layer and the exposed portions of the conductor layer form the two-dimensional code structure. The conductor layer includes a portion corresponding to the two-dimensional code structure such that the portion of the conductor layer has a residual copper rate that allows the two-dimensional code structure to be read.
US11930584B2
A plasma actuator includes: a dielectric layer; a first electrode provided on the obverse surface of the dielectric layer; a second electrode provided, on the reverse-surface side of the dielectric layer, in one direction from the first electrode; a floating conductor pair that is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and that has an obverse-surface conductor provided on the obverse surface of the dielectric layer and a reverse-surface conductor provided on the reverse-surface side of the dielectric layer, the obverse-surface conductor and the reverse-surface conductor being electrically connected to each other, electrically insulated from the first electrode and the second electrode, and positioned in the order of the reverse-surface conductor and the obverse-surface conductor in the one direction from the first electrode in plan view; and a power source connected to the first electrode and the second electrode.
US11930583B1
A system for heat conditioning an area of Earth includes an Earth-orbiting satellite. The satellite includes a power supply, a precursor gas supply, and one or more double helicon plasma beam generators coupled to the power supply and the gas supply and configured to generate a high-density plasma and further configured with a magnetic nozzle to maintain a shape of the beam; therefore, the top surface area of the beam is maximized. The generated high-density plasma provides enhanced electromagnetic waves absorption, reflection, and deflection of incoming solar light and electromagnetic radiation, thereby, reducing the heat striking the area of the Earth.
US11930581B2
A modular laser-produced plasma X-ray system includes a liquid metal flow system enclosed within a low-pressure chamber, the flow system including a liquid metal, wherein in at least one location on the liquid metal forms a metal target directly illuminated by laser pulses, a circulation pump within the liquid metal flow system for circulating the liquid metal, a laser pulse emitter configured to transmit laser pulses into the chamber via a laser window, focusing optics, located between the emitter and the metal target, the focusing optics directing the laser pulses to strike the metal target at a target location to form X-ray pulses, and an X-ray window positioned within the chamber to enable the X-ray pulses to exit the chamber.
US11930568B2
A controller for controlling a light source module including a first LED array and a second LED array includes a first driving terminal and a second driving terminal. The controller is operable for turning on a switch between a power converter and the first LED array by the first driving terminal to deliver electric power from the power converter to the first LED array in a first sequence of discrete time slots, and for turning on a second switch between the power converter and the second LED array by the second driving terminal to deliver electric power from the power converter to the second LED array in a second sequence of discrete time slots, where the first sequence of discrete time slots and the second sequence of discrete time slots are mutually exclusive.
US11930567B2
A lighting apparatus includes a first set of LED modules, a second set of LED modules, a first lens, a second lens and a driver. The first lens covers the first set of LED modules. The second lens covers the second set of LED modules. The driver supplies a first driving current and a second driving current respectively to the first set of LED module and the second set of LED modules. The driver electively turns on and turns off the first set of LED modules and the second set of LED modules in a first mode and in a second mode. The first light span in the first mode is partially overlapping the second light span in the second mode. The first light span has a smaller span angle than the second light span.
US11930553B2
A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives an instruction for a quality measurement of a cell in Dual Connectivity (DC), the cell being in an unconnected state; and a processor that performs the quality measurement in accordance with the instruction, wherein the processor performs the quality measurement in a measurement period based on a discontinuous reception configuration in a Secondary Cell Group (SCG). In other aspects, a measurement method for a terminal is also disclosed.
US11930550B2
A UE for beam failure detection is provided. The UE includes a radio frequency (RF) signal processing device. The RF signal processing device receives a first candidate-beam reference-signal (RS) list and a second candidate-beam RS list and reports a beam failure information. The first candidate-beam RS list is associated with a first beam-failure-detection RS (BFD-RS) set and the second candidate-beam RS list is associated with a second BFD-RS set. The beam failure information includes at least one of following: at least on component carrier (CC) index, at least one new candidate beam, an identity of BFD-RS set, or an CORESETPoolIndex.
US11930547B2
A method includes connecting, by a terminal device, in a protocol data unit session establishment procedure, to at least one master node and at least one network node that provides a proxy for at least one connection of the terminal device, and establishing a master multipath transmission control protocol sub-flow. The method includes receiving, at a multipath transmission control layer, a notification that includes at least one multipath transmission control segment with an add address option that advertises an internet protocol interface address of at least one of the proxy and the at least one network node, and establishing a secondary multipath transmission control protocol sub-flow to the internet protocol interface address in response to receiving the notification.
US11930545B2
Systems and methods to configure sidelink resources in a dual connectivity operation are provided. In some aspect, a method comprising: transmitting, from a user equipment (UE), a first message to a first evolved Node B (eNB), wherein the first message indicates a request to establish a sidelink communication; receiving, at the UE, a second message from the first eNB, wherein the second message indicates a frequency that is used by a secondary evolved Node B (SeNB); transmitting, from the UE, a measurement result to the first eNB; and receiving, at the UE, sidelink configuration information from the first eNB, wherein the sidelink configuration information indicates sidelink resources managed by the secondary eNB.
US11930544B2
Technologies described herein are generally directed to facilitating the allocation, scheduling, and management of network slice resources. According some embodiments, a system can facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include facilitating receiving information regarding a characteristic of a potential connection, by a user device, to respective network devices of a group of provider networks. The operations can further include facilitating selecting an identifier resource from a group of identifier resources, the group comprising the identifier resources available to the user device for a connection to a corresponding network device of a provider network from the respective network devices of the group of provider networks, resulting in a selected identifier resource. Further, the operations can include communicating the selected identifier resource to the user device for use by the user device to establish the connection to the corresponding network device.
US11930540B2
A method of transmitting and receiving downlink information in a wireless communication system supporting Internet of Things (IoT) and a device therefor are disclosed. The method performed by a user equipment (UE) comprises transmitting, to a base station, a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble, receiving, from the base station, a random access response including an uplink (UL) grant based on the PRACH preamble, transmitting, to the base station, a message 3 based on the UL grant, and receiving, from the base station, a message for contention resolution based on the message 3.
US11930535B2
A wireless device initiates an Up-Link Trigger Based Multi-User communication by transmitting a trigger frame. The communication may be an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access communication. The trigger frame includes allocation information for resources of the communication, including Random Access (RA) allocation information. The trigger frame may also include a padding field after the allocation information. A length of the padding field is determined according to an amount of time needed for a station receiving the trigger frame to process the RA allocation information. The amount of time may correspond to a time between an end of a last RA allocation information and an end of a Physical layer Protocol Data Unit including the trigger frame. The amount of time may be determined according to a maximum processing time of stations associated with the wireless device, or may be determined according to a predetermined interval.
US11930525B2
Embodiments of this application provide a random access method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: A terminal device sends random access information to a network device. The random access information is used to indicate a quantity of sending times of the random access information sent by the terminal device to the network device; or the random access information is used to indicate a random access response window length corresponding to the random access information, and the random access response window length is configurable. The terminal device detects a random access response in a random access response window. According to the random access method, the terminal device, and the network device provided in the embodiments of this application, the random access response window length can flexibly vary with the quantity of sending times of the random access information, to meet requirements of different unlicensed spectrum systems.
US11930524B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. An example method for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE) may include receiving at least a first sidelink transmission from a second UE, wherein at least a second sidelink transmission from a third UE is scheduled contemporaneously with at least the first sidelink transmission from the second UE. The method may also include transmitting an indication in a transmission occasion to at least one of the second UE or the third UE based at least in part on a prioritization of information for the transmission occasion, wherein the indication indicates that at least the first sidelink transmission from the second UE is scheduled contemporaneously with at least the second sidelink transmission from at least the third UE.
US11930520B2
A method of wireless communication includes receiving, at a first communication node, information that includes one or more parameters indicating a time-domain characteristic of one or more interfered symbols due to a remote interference between the first communication node and a second communication node. The method also includes performing, by the first communication node, subsequent communications based on the information.
US11930516B2
Disclosed are various techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may determine that the UE is or will be at a location within a calibration region. The UE may report, to a network entity, location information, the location information being associated with the location within the calibration region. In an aspect, a network entity may obtain calibration error information associated with a user equipment (UE) and a calibration region. The network entity may send the calibration error information to the UE, to a base station, or to combinations thereof.
US11930514B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a vehicle may identify a set of zones of the vehicle, each zone including a number of components connected to a wireless in-vehicle network of the vehicle. A scheduler of the vehicle may associate a different set of frequency resources to each zone of the vehicle and may allocate frequency resources to each component of the vehicle from the set of frequency resources associated with the zone in which the component is located. The scheduler may associate the different sets of frequency resources with the different zones of the vehicle such that two zones that are located at opposite sides or ends of the vehicle may be associated with sets of frequency resources that are spaced in frequency from each other by a maximum frequency spacing.
US11930511B2
There is provided a wireless communication apparatus serving as an access point of a wireless LAN. The wireless communication apparatus includes a wireless communication unit (110) and a controller (130). The wireless communication unit (110) receives a signal including information regarding a channel used in an OBSS (Overlap Basic Service Set). The controller (130) determines a frequency band of a channel used in a BSS (Basic Service Set) on the basis of the information regarding the channel used in the OBSS.
US11930508B2
An embodiment of this application provides a downlink control information transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving first downlink control information DCI in search space of a first carrier bandwidth part BWP, where if a frequency domain resource allocation type of the first BWP is a type 0, an Lf-bit frequency domain resource allocation indication in the first DCI is an Lf-bit bitmap, and bits in the Lf-bit bitmap in descending order are respectively corresponding to resource block groups RBG 0 to RBG (Lf−1) in a second BWP; and for one bit in the Lf-bit bitmap, when a value of the bit is t1, an allocated resource includes one RBG corresponding to the bit.
US11930504B2
A data transmission method and a terminal device are disclosed, which may solve the data transmission problems of a sidelink when the size of a time unit of a downlink and the size of a time unit of the sidelink are not the same. The method includes that a terminal device receives first control information sent by a network device, and determines a sending time for sidelink data according to the first control information.
US11930503B2
Methods and apparatus for communicating in a wireless network. In one aspect, a first wireless communication device may generate a first frame that includes at least a first aggregated media access control protocol data unit (A-MPDU). The first A-MPDU may include one or more media access control protocol data units (MPDUs). The first wireless communication device may set a first recipient address (RA) field to a first value in a first MPDU, and set a first field in the first MPDU to a second value that represents an identifier of a second wireless communication device. In one aspect, the first wireless communication device may set a second field in the first MPDU to a third value that represents an identifier of a third wireless communication device. The wireless communication device may output the first frame for transmission to at least the second and third wireless communication devices.
US11930494B2
Various embodiments may provide systems and methods for managing transmit (TX) timing of data transmissions. The methods include applying a plurality of radio frequency (RF) channel factors related to data uplink transmissions by the wireless device to a TX timing model configured to provide as an output a TX timing for a data transmission to a base station and a number of carriers for sending the data transmission, and selecting a TX time and a number of carriers for sending a next data transmission to the base station based in part on the TX timing model output.
US11930493B2
This application relates to the wireless communications field, is applied to, for example, a wireless local area network supporting the 802.11 be standard Methods and apparatuses for indicating an uplink parameter of a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) are described. In an example method, an access point (AP) generates and sends a trigger frame, where the trigger frame includes an uplink length field. The uplink length field is used to indicate lengths indicated by legacy signal (L-SIG) fields in a high efficient trigger based (HE TB) PPDU and an extremely high throughput (EHT) PPDU, or the uplink length field is used to indicate the length indicated by the L-SIG field in the EHT PPDU. A length value indicated by the uplink length field is a positive integer and is a multiple of 3 minus 2.
US11930488B2
Techniques for signaling uplink transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states are disclosed. In an example, a base station may determine one or more capabilities of a user equipment (UE). The base station may also determine one or more uplink TCI states for the UE to use based on the one or more capabilities. The base station may also transmit, to the UE, signaling of the one or more uplink TCI states.
US11930487B2
Terminal apparatus identification methods and apparatuses are described. An access stratum (AS) of a first communications apparatus sends first information to an AS of a second communications apparatus. The AS of the second terminal apparatus may identify a leader terminal apparatus based on the first information, so as to implement perception of the leader terminal.
US11930483B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For instance, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a first downlink control information message in a downlink control channel, the first downlink control information message scheduling first resources of a downlink shared channel for a second downlink control information message. The UE may identify a first, UE-specific scrambling sequence for the second downlink control information message. The UE may receive, from the base station, the second downlink control information message based on the first scrambling sequence, the second downlink control information message scheduling second resources of the downlink shared channel for a data message. The UE may receive, from the base station, the data message in the second resources scheduled by the second downlink control information message.
US11930479B2
Systems and methods for transmission of PDSCH and HARQ-ACK feedback in 5G networks are described. The TDRA of PDSCH repetitions are indicated in a DCI by a SLIV sequence configuration that contains multiple SLIV sequences. Each SLIV sequence for a slot is associated with an independent repetition factor and may also be associated with a partition factor to indicate a partition within the slot. One or more TRPs may be used to transmit each PDSCH repetition. The TCI states are mapped to the PDSCH repetitions in a round-robin fashion using an offset in terms of number of PDSCH repetitions from where TCI state switching starts and a number of consecutive PDSCH repetitions per TCI state. The HARQ-ACK bits in response to the PDSCH from the TRPs are concatenated in order of increasing control resource set higher layer signaling index.
US11930475B2
A wireless terminal determines a tracking area code (TAC) from a geographic position of the wireless terminal. From the TAC, the wireless terminal determines the tracking area identity based on an indication from the network-side regarding whether or not geographic position based tracking area identity determination is to be used or not. In some implementations, the network-side is a satellite cell that is configured to provide wireless connectivity to the wireless terminal.
US11930467B2
Systems and methods for determining timing advance (TA) validity are disclosed. In some embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed herein in which a wireless device implicitly considers a TA to be valid in a full cell when no TA validation mechanisms are explicitly configured. In other embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed herein in which a timer serves a dual purpose. If the timer is set to infinity, a wireless device will always consider a TA to be valid within a given cell, and at the same time will disable other TA validation mechanisms. Otherwise, the wireless device will interpret the timer as indicating for how long the TA value that the wireless device possesses is considered to be valid. Benefits of the solutions described herein include reducing signaling bits in the configuration and avoiding the possibility of conflicting configurations.
US11930466B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) including receiving a first reference signal (RS) from a first transmission reception point (TRP); receiving a second RS from a second TRP, wherein the first TRP and the second TRP are both associated with a BS; and transmitting, to the BS, an indication that one of a first shifted carrier frequency at which the first RS is received or a second shifted carrier frequency at which the second RS is received is preferred for use by the UE as a reference carrier frequency for demodulation.
US11930463B1
The present disclosure discloses a time service and positioning network system for an underground chain-shaped large space in a coal mine. The system adopts a base station-level network internal time synchronization method which takes an optical fiber time service as a main part and takes a satellite time service as an auxiliary part to construct a time service and positioning network system with an unified time within the ad-hoc network base stations, based on the ad-hoc network base stations linearly arranged in the underground chain-shaped large space in the coal mine. Through the network construction, the network stabilization and the network application, the system unifies the time reference of the base station-level network and improves the positioning accuracy of the network application by utilization of the base station-level network internal time synchronization method. The system integrates the time service and positioning network system suitable for the underground coal mine and expands the network applicability based on an existing underground communication ring network.
US11930458B2
One disclosure of the present specification provides user equipment (UE). The UE comprises: a transmission and reception unit for transmitting and receiving a signal; and a processor for controlling the transmission and reception unit. The UE may output at a maximum of 26 dBm. The processor determines a transmission power on the basis of additional maximum power reduction (A-MPR). The A-MPR: is configured on the basis of a carrier frequency; is configured on the basis of a modulation scheme; and is configured on the basis of LCRB, startRB, and RB allocation. The transmission and reception device may transmit a sidelink signal to another UE by means of the transmission power.
US11930456B2
The disclosure relates to a device and a method for controlling transmission power of an electronic device in a wireless communication system. An electronic device may include: a housing; at least one radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) disposed in the housing and configured to support a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT; a first communication processor electrically or operationally connected to the at least one RFIC; a second communication processor electrically or operationally connected to the at least one RFIC and the first communication processor; and at least one memory which is operationally connected to the first communication processor and the second communication processor or is a part of at least one of the first communication processor or the second communication processor, and which is configured to store a first threshold value related to the at least one RFIC.
US11930450B2
A wireless device transmits assistance information including first configuration parameters indicating that each cell group of cell groups is associated with a maximum number of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers for a power saving operation of the wireless device with each of the cell groups operating in a different frequency range. Second configuration parameters, for the power saving operation, are received including: a first maximum number of MIMO layers for a first bandwidth part (BWP) of a first cell group of the cell groups, and a second maximum number of MIMO layers for a second BWP of the first cell. Based on the first cell belonging to the first cell group, the first maximum number and the second maximum number are each less than or equal to the maximum number corresponding to the first cell group.
US11930447B2
The present technology relates to a communication device and a communication method capable of achieving low-delay communication stably on an unlicensed band. The communication device includes a first communication unit configured to communicate on a first frequency band that is an unlicensed band and a second communication unit configured to communicate on a second frequency band that is an unlicensed band different from the first frequency band. A controller of the communication device is configured to control transmission of data using either one frequency band of communication on the first frequency band or communication on the second frequency band on the basis of information regarding a resource on the second frequency band transmitted from a first communication device. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a communication device and the like that conducts wireless communication standardized by IEEE 802.11.
US11930439B2
A system and method for network control and optimization may be integrated into an application executed by a computing device so that the application and/or the user of the application can control the digital data network by which the application may access remote data. In one embodiment, the digital data network may include a cellular digital data network and a WiFi network.
US11930432B2
A base station apparatus (130, 220) in a network (410) transmits V2X support information indicating that a V2X service is supported by the network (410). In response to receiving V2X support information, a radio terminal (100, 120) transmits, to the network (410), V2X terminal information indicating that the radio terminal (100, 120) is interested in the V2X service. The network (410) transmits V2X configuration to the radio terminal (100, 120) in response to receiving the V2X terminal information transmitted from the radio terminal (100, 120). The radio terminal (100, 120) receives the V2X configuration and performs V2X communication in accordance with the V2X configuration. It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to achievement of a procedure for performing provisioning for the V2X service on the radio terminal that intends to use the V2X service.
US11930431B2
A wireless sensor system is provided with: a wireless terminal device which is driven by electric power stored in a power storage unit and transmits measurement information indicating a result of measurement by a sensor; and a management device which receives the measurement information transmitted from the wireless terminal device.
US11930424B2
A method for Non-IP Data Delivery to a group of UE in the specific geographic area is proposed. The method which may be performed by a exposure function node comprises receiving from an application server node a Non-IP delivery data message including geographic information; determining location area information based on the geographic information; and the method further comprises transmitting to a first node for monitoring event of the at least one UE which are related to the location area. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the Non-IP Data can be delivered to at least UE in the specific geographic area, so that it makes the SCS/AS more flexible to deliver the message to UEs in a customer defined Geographic Area in an efficient and simple way.
US11930423B2
A communication method and a communications apparatus are disclosed. The method is performed by a control plane function entity and includes: obtaining a correspondence between address information of a user plane function entity and a user plane capability supported by the user plane function entity; receiving a request message from an application server, where the request message is used to request to establish a session for a first service and includes service information of the first service, and the service information includes at least one of broadcast area information and service type information; determining address information of a target user plane function entity based on the correspondence and the service information; and establishing a session connection to the target user plane function entity based on the address information.
US11930420B1
A handheld electronic device may include a microphone for receiving voice commands, a speaker for providing audio feedback, a display for providing visual output and receiving touch input, and a motion sensor for receiving gesture input. The handheld electronic device may include control circuitry that processes voice commands differently depending on the application running on the handheld electronic device and the icon being displayed on the display. The control circuitry may determine the location of the handheld electronic device and may provide content based on the location. For example, a remote control interface for controlling an external device may be displayed when the handheld electronic device approaches the external device. A head-mounted device may display virtual images based on the location of the handheld electronic device. The virtual images may include a live video feed from a video call, virtual images associated with voice commands, or other virtual images.
US11930413B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for a network-initiated packet data network connection in communication systems are described.
US11930400B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media for zero-touch interworking of network control with data platform and analytics in virtualized deployment are disclosed. Responsive to a network service request for service location identifiers, data from data sources may be processed, and indicia of data characteristics may be analyzed to create or develop a data model. Configuration specifications may be created to instantiate a network slice and network services as a function of the data characteristics, conforming to quality of service parameters and service location identifiers. A log mapped to the request may be created and included in a template specifying a data observability framework and resources for the network slice and network services. The slice and services may be instantiated with the configuration specifications, with data services provided to user equipment of the external entity, and with the cellular network consequently providing data services to user equipment.
US11930399B2
Provided by the present application are a method, device and system for implementing edge computing. The method includes: determining, when a load of at least one resource of a multi-access edge computing (MEC) server meets a preset condition, at least one intelligent terminal participating in edge computing; assigning, for each intelligent terminal participating in edge computing, at least one edge computing task of the MEC server to the intelligent terminal participating in edge computing, and issuing the at least one assigned edge computing task to the intelligent terminal participating in edge computing; and receiving a handling result of the at least one assigned edge computing task sent from the intelligent terminal participating in edge computing, and sending to a charging network element information about participation in MEC of the intelligent terminal participating in edge computing.
US11930395B2
A method of transmitting data, a UE, a network side device and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method of transmitting data is applicable to the UE and includes: transmitting, by the UE, duplicated transmission data to different radio link control (RLC) entities respectively when a network side configures or activates a packet duplication mode for a bearer; transmitting, by one of the different RLC entities, the transmission data through one of logical channels to a master medium access control (MAC) entity and transmitting, by each of the others of the different RLC entities, the transmission data through a different one of the logical channels to a different one of one or more secondary MAC entities; and transmitting, by the master MAC entity and the one or more secondary MAC entities, the transmission data to the network side through different carriers.
US11930389B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage medium for changing BLER are provided. An example method may include transmitting, to the base station, a request to change a target BLER. The example method may further include receiving, from the base station and in response to the request, an indication to change the target BLER.
US11930383B2
Embodiments herein relate to methods and apparatus for determining whether each of a plurality of wireless devices are drones or non-drones. The method includes determining based on binary classification of the first information which of the wireless devices meet all of at least one primary criterion; transmitting a request for second information to the wireless devices that meet all of the at least one primary criterion; receiving second information from each of the wireless device that meet all of the at least one primary criterion; determining based on binary classification of the second information which of the wireless devices that meet all of the at least one primary criterion also meet all of at least one secondary criterion; and classifying the wireless devices that meet both all of the at least one primary criterion and all of the at least one secondary criterion into the first category.
US11930377B2
Embodiments herein disclose a method for enabling distributed caching in a wireless network. The method includes receiving, by an edge node (100) in the wireless network, a plurality of contents from a core network (1000) and determining, by the edge node (100), popular content from the plurality of contents. Further, the method also includes caching, by the edge node (100), the popular content in the edge node and transferring, by the edge node (100), at least one segment of the popular content for caching to at least one UE (200) of a plurality of UEs associated with the edge node.
US11930374B2
Various arrangements for allocating spectrum between a cellular network provider and a secondary operator are presented. A cellular network component of the secondary operator may determine that spectrum at a secondary operator radio unit (RU) is not currently needed. The cellular network component of the secondary operator may cause the spectrum to be released for use by a cellular network operator such that the secondary operator RU is not permitted to use the released spectrum. A cellular network operator RU may then communicate with a first set of user equipment (UE) using the released spectrum. The secondary operator RU and cellular network operator RU may be located at a same location.
US11930373B2
A spectral mapping module may include processing circuitry configured to receive spectral activity information from one or more assets that have flown through an area. The spectral activity information may be associated with location information indicating a respective location at which each portion of the spectral activity information was obtained. The processing circuitry may be further configured to associate the spectral activity information with respective volumetric elements that are each associated with respective portions of the area, determine spectral activity indicators for each of the respective volumetric elements that has spectral activity information associated therewith, and generate display data including the spectral activity indicators.
US11930371B2
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US11930365B2
Systems, apparatus, methods, and techniques for reporting an attack or intrusion into an in-vehicle network are provided. The attack can be broadcast to connected vehicles over a vehicle-to-vehicle network. The broadcast can include an indication of a sub-system involved in the attack and can include a request for assistance in recovering from the attack. Connected vehicles can broadcast responses over the vehicle-to-vehicle network. The responses can include indications of data related to the compromised sub-system. The vehicle can receive the responses and can use the responses to recover from the attack, such as, estimate data.
US11930362B2
An improved system and method are disclosed for improving functionality in software applications. In one example, the method includes a computing entity having a network interface, a processor, and a memory configured to store a plurality of instructions. The instructions include instructions for a superblock application having instructions for a function block included therein. The function block is configured to provide functions that are accessible to the superblock application via an application programming interface (API). The functions are provided within the superblock application itself and are accessible within the superblock application without switching context to another application on the computing entity.
US11930358B2
A method of data communication includes receiving, by a first wireless access gateway (WAG), at least a first data packet corresponding to a first data flow transmitted from user equipment (UE) and receiving, by a second WAG, at least a second data packet transmitted from the UE. In response to receiving the second data packet, the second WAG determines an identity of the first WAG, and in response to determining the identity of the first WAG, the method includes establishing a tunnel connection between the first WAG and the second WAG. After establishing the tunnel connection, the method includes receiving by the second WAG at least a third data packet corresponding to the first data flow transmitted from the UE, and the second WAG transmits to the first WAG, via the tunnel connection, the third data packet.
US11930356B2
This document describes a three-party cryptographic handshake protocol in a wireless network in which a sighter receives, from a beacon, a packet including an exponentiation of a random value and a proxy value and generates an end-to-end encrypted ephemeral identifier (E2EE-EID) from the exponentiation of the random value and the proxy value. The sighter generates a message for an owner, selects a private key, and computes an exchanged key using the private key and the E2EE-EID. The sighter extracts a common symmetric key from the exchanged key, encrypts the message using the common symmetric key, and transmits the encrypted message to the owner.
US11930352B2
A method and corresponding device for processing virtual-reality environment data, wherein at least one part of the body of a user of the virtual-reality environment is detected. The part of the body of the user is capable of interacting with at least one object of the virtual-reality environment. At least one sound signal is generated according to the detection of the at least one part of the body of the user of the virtual-reality environment.
US11930351B2
A method of audio rendering. The method includes receiving an audio element, wherein the audio element comprises: i) an interior representation that is valid within a spatial region, the interior representation of the audio element being in a listener-centric format and ii) information indicating the spatial region. The method further includes determining that a listener is outside the spatial region. The method further includes deriving an exterior representation of the audio element and rendering the audio element using the exterior representation of the audio element. In another aspect, a method of providing a spatially-bounded audio element is provided. The method includes providing, to a rendering node, an audio element. The audio element includes: (i) an interior representation that is valid within a spatial region, the interior representation being in a listener-centric format; and (ii) information indicating the spatial region.
US11930350B2
An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: providing an incoming audio indication in response to incoming audio (41), the incoming audio indication comprising visual representations of a plurality of audio modes (55-58); receiving at least one input from a user (59) for selecting one of the plurality of audio modes (42); and rendering audio (43) based, at least partially, on the selected audio mode, wherein one or more parameters of the rendered audio are determined based on the selected audio mode.
US11930344B2
An audio device according to an embodiment set forth in the present document comprises: a housing comprising a first surface, a second surface that faces the first surface, and side surfaces that surround the space between the first surface and the second surface; a vibration element disposed on the first surface; a microphone which acquires sound generated by the vibration of an external object by the vibration element; a printed circuit board disposed inside the housing; a processor disposed on the printed circuit board; and a communication circuit which is electrically connected to the processor, and receives a first audio signal from an external electronic device, wherein the processor, when the vibration element is attached to an external object, generates a second audio signal such that the vibration element vibrates the external object, causes the microphone to acquire a third audio signal generated by the vibration of the external object, corrects the first audio signal on the basis of the deviation between the second audio signal and the third audio signal, and can make the vibration element vibrate the external object on the basis of the corrected first audio signal. Various other embodiments inferred from the specification are also possible.
US11930342B2
An electro-acoustic transducer, comprising a supporting frame, a magnet assembly with an annular yoke surrounding a magnet a diaphragm attached to the front edge of the supporting frame, a voice coil suspended by the diaphragm in a gap formed between the magnet and the annular yoke, the voice coil being axially movable with respect to the magnet, and an annular damper arranged to stabilize the diaphragm. The transducer further comprises a damper holder having a substantially flat annular portion attached to the diaphragm, and a conical wall portion surrounding the voice coil, wherein an inner perimeter of the damper is attached to a rear region of the conical wall portion.
US11930341B2
The present invention provides a coaxial speaker, including a frame, a magnetic circuit system, and coaxially arranged first sounding unit and second sounding unit. The magnetic circuit system includes a magnetic bowl and a magnet part. The magnet part includes a first magnet part and a second magnet part, and the first magnet part is arranged with a first channel. The second magnet part is arranged with a second channel. The support component encloses the third channel connected to the through hole of the first diaphragm, and the first channel, the second channel and the third channel are connected to form the sound channel of the second sounding unit. The sound from the second sounding unit is emitted from the through hole of the first diaphragm through the sound channel. The coaxial speaker of the present invention has a good treble effect.
US11930337B2
An audio device can sense sound in a physical environment using a plurality of microphones to generate a plurality of microphone signals. Clean speech can be extracted from microphone signals. Ambience can be extracted from the microphone signals. The clean speech can be encoded at a first compression level. The ambience can be encoded at a second compression level that is higher than the first compression level. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
US11930331B2
A method, an apparatus and a device for processing sound signals are provided in the present application. The method comprises: receiving a first sound signal through a first sound reception apparatus and a second sound signal through a second sound reception apparatus respectively; the first sound reception apparatus and the second sound reception apparatus have a corresponding reception delay constant therebetween; performing delay processing on the first sound signal according to the reception delay constant at each signal processing time to acquire a signal correlation coefficient between the first sound signal after the delay processing and the second sound signal; detecting whether the first sound signal and the second sound signal include a coherent noise signal according to the signal correlation coefficient between the first sound signal after the delay processing and the second sound signal; filtering out the coherent noise signal from the first sound signal and the second sound signal when the coherent noise signal is included in the first sound signal and the second sound signal to acquire and output a target sound signal at a corresponding signal processing time.
