US11802911B2
A processor comprises an exchange, a plurality of columns, and a plurality of exchange scan chains. The exchange comprises a plurality of exchange paths, each comprising a set of exchange path portions, for transmitting data between processing units. Each of the plurality of column comprises processing units, each processing unit connected to output data to a respective exchange path, and column pipe circuitry for providing a controllable path between the exchange and the processing units. The column pipe circuitry comprises a column wrapper chain for preventing a scan test signal from passing between the exchange paths and the processing units. The exchange scan chains enable scan testing of the exchange paths. Each exchange scan chain comprises a plurality of scan chain segments, each scan chain segment comprises an exchange path portion connected to at least one of the processing units of at least one of the columns of the processor.
US11802893B2
A control module of a power calibration circuit comprises a control unit, a main voltage feedback unit and an auxiliary voltage feedback unit, the control unit is connected to at least one power switch, the main voltage feedback unit is connected to an output terminal of the power calibration circuit and the control unit, the auxiliary voltage feedback unit is connected to the output terminal and the control unit, the auxiliary voltage feedback unit comprises a voltage dividing circuit connected to the output terminal and having at least one voltage dividing node, and a voltage limiting circuit connected to the voltage dividing node and the control unit, the voltage limiting circuit has a first state when a voltage of the voltage dividing node is not higher than a reference voltage, and a second state when a voltage of the voltage dividing node is higher than the reference voltage.
US11802888B2
An angle of attack sensor includes a rotatable vane extending away and support from a mounting plate, a housing extending way from an opposite side of the mounting plate, and a sensor coupled to the vane. The angle of attack sensor communicates with an electronics module enclosed within the housing or mounted remotely with respect to the angle of attack sensor. The electronics module includes a processor, computer-readable memory, and a communication device. The computer-readable memory is encoded with instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronics module to perform steps of a damage detection method.
US11802886B2
A magnetic sensor module includes an axially polarized back bias magnet having a magnet body that radially extends from an inner sidewall to an outer sidewall and a bore that defines the inner sidewall. The axially polarized back bias magnet generates a radial bias magnetic in-plane field about a magnetization axis of the axially polarized back bias magnet in a sensor plane. The magnetic field has a magnetic flux density of substantially zero along the extension of the magnetization axis and along a perimeter of a zero-field closed loop located in the sensor plane. The magnetic sensor module includes a magnetic sensor including a plurality of sensor elements arranged in the sensor plane at locations where the radial bias magnetic in-plane field has the magnetic flux density of substantially zero, including at least two sensor elements being arranged on the perimeter of the zero-field closed loop.
US11802885B2
A sensor processing system includes a plurality of reduction circuits. The plurality of reduction circuits correspond to a plurality of sensors on a one-to-one basis. Each of the plurality of reduction circuits is electrically connected to an output terminal of a corresponding one of the plurality of sensors to reduce a low-frequency component of a sensor output of the corresponding one of the plurality of sensors.
US11802882B2
This invention is in the field of medical devices. Specifically, the present invention provides portable medical devices that allow detection of analytes from a biological fluid. The methods and devices are particularly useful for providing point-of-care testing for a variety of medical applications.
US11802878B2
The invention describes methods and reagents useful for sequencing polypeptide molecules. The method comprises affixing a polypeptide to a substrate and contacting the polypeptide with a plurality of probes. Each probe selectively binds to an N-terminal amino acid or an N-terminal amino acid derivative. Probes bound to the polypeptide molecule are then identified before cleaving the N-terminal amino acid or N-terminal amino acid derivative of the polypeptide. Also provided are methods for the sequencing a plurality of polypeptide molecules in a sample and probes specific for N-terminal amino acids or N-terminal amino acid derivatives.
US11802877B2
The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing lung cancer in a patient, as well as methods of monitoring the progression of lung cancer and/or methods of monitoring a treatment protocol of a therapeutic agent or a therapeutic regimen. The invention also relates to assay methods used in connection with the diagnostic methods described herein.
US11802872B2
The invention provides a method for preparing an expanded renal (kidney) tissue sample suitable for microscopic analysis. Expanding the kidney sample can be achieved by binding, e.g., anchoring, key biomolecules to a polymer network and swelling, or expanding, the polymer network, thereby moving the biomolecules apart as further described herein. As the biomolecules are anchored to the polymer network, isotropic expansion of the polymer network retains the spatial orientation of the biomolecules resulting in an expanded, or enlarged, kidney sample.
US11802864B2
A system includes at least one sensing device located within a structure being built as part of a construction project. The sensing device obtains measurements relating to a first characteristic of concrete of the structure and transmits the data wirelessly. The system also includes a memory, and a processor adapted to receive the data from the sensing devices, determine a second characteristic of the concrete based on the data, and generate a schedule of activities based on the second characteristic. The schedule may be a project schedule specifying tasks associated with the construction project. The processor is also adapted to cause at least one activity to be performed based on the schedule of activities.
US11802863B2
An oil condition determination system includes a resistance value measurement unit and a determination unit. The resistance value measurement unit applies a measurement voltage between a pair of measurement electrodes in contact with oil to measure a resistance value of the oil. The determination unit determines, when a change tendency of the resistance value of the oil is reversed, that condition of the oil is changed.
US11802857B2
The eluent used in IC separation contains non-volatile salt which is not compatible with electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). A suppressor is required to convert the non-volatile salt into water or the volatile acid form (i.e. acetic acid). When the suppressor fails, the non-volatile salts will enter the MS and cause extensive shutdown and maintenance of the mass spectrometer. The suppressor voltage derivative is used to evaluate the most common suppressor failure modes, including disruption of regenerant flow and excessive backpressure on the suppressor due to clogging in the downstream, and to trigger the eluent pump to stop the eluent flow or to trigger the auxiliary valve to switch the flow to the mass spectrometer from eluent to water.
US11802856B2
A mass spectrometry system having a simplified control interface includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform the steps of providing a user interface including a plurality of adjustment elements for adjusting at least one results effective parameter and at least one sample descriptive parameter; determining a plurality of instrument control parameters based on the at least one results effective parameter and the at least one sample descriptive parameter; and analyzing a sample while operating according to the plurality of instrument control parameters.
US11802848B2
A pH measuring device configured to measure a pH of a target liquid includes a main body block including a cavity, a supply line communicating with the cavity, a first drain line communicating with the cavity, and a target liquid supply valve configured to adjust a supply of the target liquid into the supply line. The main body block has an integral structure in which a pH sensor is supported such that the pH sensor is in contact with the target liquid within the cavity.
US11802832B2
The present invention relates to a method (1) for determining a content of H2S in a process gas comprising H2S. The method (1) comprises extracting (2) a sample of the process gas, performing oxidation (4) of at least a major portion of H2S of the sample, whereby oxidation products comprising elemental sulfur are formed, analysing (6) the oxidized sample by optical absorption spectroscopy at wavelengths above 310 nm, and determining (8) the content of H2S in the process gas based on the analysing. The invention further relates to a system (100) for determining a content of H2S in a process gas comprising H2S, and use of system (100).
US11802816B2
A method for determining a usability of a household appliance includes scanning operating information of the household appliance, determining stresses of different components of the household appliance on the basis of the operating information, and of determining the usability of the household appliance on the basis of the stresses determined and of predetermined stress functions for the components. Wherein a stress function maps a stress determined to a remaining stress capacity.
US11802814B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for detecting and distinguishing a cause of at least one combustion misfire of an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine has several cylinders, at least one exhaust gas tract, and an exhaust gas sensor which is arranged in the exhaust gas tract. The method includes the following steps: acquisition of a measurement signal with the exhaust gas sensor over a certain first period of time gas tract; subdivision of the measurement signal into measurement signal sections; assignment of the measurement signal sections to the corresponding cylinders, whereby cylinder-selective measurement signal profiles are produced that are characteristic of the respective oxygen content downstream of the respective cylinders over the determined first period of time of time; and evaluation of the cylinder-selective measurement signal profiles to detect at least one combustion misfire of the internal combustion engine.
US11802810B2
A device may receive, from a sensor device, cable distance data identifying cable distances along the fiber cable to vibrations experienced by the fiber cable from a vibration device. The device may receive location data identifying geographic coordinates associated with the vibrations, and may correlate the cable distance data and the location data to generate correlated data. The device may receive, from the sensor device, data identifying a cable distance along the fiber cable to an alarm condition associated with the fiber cable, and may determine geographic coordinates associated with the alarm condition based on the correlated data and the data identifying the cable distance along the fiber cable to the alarm condition. The device may perform actions based on the geographic coordinates associated with the alarm condition.
US11802808B2
The present disclosure provides an automatic test system for actual stress of a bridge based on DIC technology, where the system includes a camera, a phosphor spraying device, a computer, and a sliding rail; the sliding rail is arranged on both sides of an upper wing of a box-shaped concrete beam; the phosphor spraying device is used to spray phosphor on a web of the box-shaped concrete beam to form speckles of varying light and shade; the camera is slidably connected to the sliding rail through a bracket, and is used to photograph the speckles and transmit a speckle image to the computer; and the computer is used to analyze and process the speckle image taken by the camera and generate a time history diagram of stress.
US11802805B2
A semiconductor device for ambient sensing including: a cap traversed by a hole; and a main body mechanically coupled to the cap so as to delimit a cavity, which is interposed between the main body and the cap. The main body includes a semiconductor body and a coupling structure, which is interposed between the semiconductor body and the cap and laterally delimits a channel, which fluidically couples the cavity and the hole. The channel performs a mechanical filtering that is finer than the mechanical filtering performed by the hole.
US11802799B2
A temperature measuring device for determining a temperature of a medium via a temperature of a measuring point on a surface surrounding the medium includes: at least one measuring sensor; at least one reference sensor; and a measurement value processing means, which is connected via a first supply line to the at least one measuring sensor and via a second supply line to the at least one reference sensor. The first and second supply lines each are mineral-insulated sheathed lines with an outer sheath of metal, the outer sheath enclosing at least two inner conductors which are insulated from the outer sheath with highly compressed metal oxide powder. The at least one measuring sensor is connected to the at least two inner conductors of the first supply line and the at least one reference sensor is connected to the at least two inner conductors of the second supply line.
US11802796B2
Novel monolithic reflective spatial heterodyne spectrometers (SHS) interferometer systems are presented. Monolithic systems in accordance with the invention have a single supporting structure wherein input optics, output optics, a flat mirror, a roof mirror, and a symmetric grating are affixed. Embodiments of the invention contain only fixed parts, and the optics do not move in relation to the supporting structure. Embodiments of the present invention enables smaller, lighter, and more robust reflective SHS systems as compared to conventional interferometry. Additionally, embodiments of the present invention require less time and skill for construction and maintenance, and is a better economic option. Additional embodiments can include multiple interferometer systems in a single supporting structure.
US11802786B2
A variable mass balance bar (120-320, 520-820) is provided. The variable mass balance bar (120-320, 520-820) comprises a balance body (122-322b, 522-822) containing a balance fluid (124-324b, 524-824), wherein a mass of the balance fluid (124-324b, 524-824) is selected to balance a measuring conduit (110-310, 510-810) containing a process material.
US11802783B2
A system for measuring fluid flow in a wellbore is provided. A probe includes at least a heater. A fiber optic cable is connected to the probe. The system is programmed to perform operations including: changing an output of the heater to thereby change a temperature of drilling fluid moving over a fiber optic cable; measuring a strain on the fiber optic cable caused by changing the temperature of the drilling fluid; preliminarily determining a velocity of the drilling fluid from the measured strain; measuring at least a second parameter of the drilling fluid; adjusting the preliminary determined velocity based on the measured at least a second parameter to yield an adjusted velocity; and determining a flow rate of the drilling fluid based on the adjusted velocity.
US11802780B2
A display system of an aircraft includes a display device defining a display area, a vision system for generating an image of an operating environment of the aircraft on the display area, data processors operatively coupled to the display device and the vision system, and non-transitory machine-readable memory operatively coupled to the one or more data processors and storing instructions executable by the one or more processors and configured to cause the one or more processors to, when a condition of the aircraft is met, cause an alteration of a display of flight information on the display area to declutter a cutout region in the image generated by the vision system, the cutout region devoid of imaging generated by the vision system and displaying an Approach Lighting System (ALS) of a runway of intended landing for the aircraft.
US11802779B2
Provided are a map generation system and a mobile object configured so that the map accuracy of an occupancy grid map can be ensured while a memory capacity and an arithmetic processing load can be reduced. The map generation system includes a storage (27) configured to store, as detection information, a detection value obtained for each detection unit by a detection device (4) in chronological order, a map producer (23) configured to produce the occupancy grid map based on the detection information stored in the storage (27) and cause the storage (27) to store the occupancy grid map, and an influence ratio calculator (24) configured to calculate an influence ratio for the occupancy grid map for each piece of detection information stored in the storage (27). The map producer (23) sorts the detection information based on the influence ratio calculated by the influence ratio calculator (24) to produce the occupancy grid map.
US11802773B2
A method for navigating and route planning based on a HD map and with reference to other electronic devices moving along a similar route includes setting a start location and an end location; planning at least one navigation route based on the start location and the end location; acquiring locations of own electronic device and of co-travelling external electronic devices based on the HD map; acquiring speeds of the external electronic devices and selecting those moving at low speed; identifying moving directions of the slow-speed target electronic devices; and re-planning and resetting the at least one navigation route when the moving directions of the target electronic devices intersected with a direction of the lane. An electronic device and a server applying the method are also disclosed.
US11802770B2
A vehicle position identification device or a vehicle position identification method for a vehicle acquires first landmark position information including a landmark distance with respect to a subject vehicle, acquires second landmark position information including a landmark elevation angle, estimates a landmark position, acquires map data including a landmark position on a map, and identify a vehicle position on the map.
US11802762B2
A laser-based measurement device includes a laser transmitter; a laser receiver; an optical device configured to guide a laser beam emitted by the laser transmitter out of the laser-based measurement device and guide the laser beam reflected by an external environment in the laser receiver; and a driving device including a first magnetic member connected to the optical device and a second magnetic member. The driving device is configured to drive the optical device to vibrate through interaction between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member, to change a guiding direction of the laser beam passing through the optical device.
US11802757B2
Present disclosure relates to a heterodyne grating interferometric method and system for two-degree-of-freedom with high tolerance. The system comprises a separately modulated heterodyne laser (1), an optical prism (23) and a photoelectric detection and signal processing unit (4). The separately modulated heterodyne laser (1) simultaneously outputs two laser beams at different frequencies, which are incident in parallel to a first beamsplitting surface so as to be split, and then a part thereof is incident to a retro-reflector (233) to produce reference beams (53a, 53b), which are incident to a third beamsplitting surface, and the other part traverses a double-diffraction structure formed by a measured grating (3) and retro-reflectors (234a, 234b) to obtain two measured beams (59a, 59b), which are incident to a second beamsplitting surface and then are divided into two parts. Wherein one part is converged to form a first interference beam (61), and the other part is incident to the third beamsplitting surface and is converged with the corresponding reference beams (53a, 53b) to form second and third interference beams (62, 63). Photoelectric detection and signal processing is performed on the interference signals of the three interference beams (61, 62, 63), so as to calculate horizontal and vertical displacement of the grating (3). The present measurement method and system improve the angular tolerance of tip and tilt of the optical grating (3) while increasing the fold factors.
US11802756B2
A transducer for measuring the thickness of ice in a body of water includes a transducer body, at least one ice presence sensor for measuring the presence of ice at a point beyond a boundary layer between the transducer body and the body of water, a flotation element, a controller, and a display assembly. The transducer body includes waterproof membrane sealed orifices positioned on the transducer body for one or more ice presence sensors. A tether point attaches an anchor to keep the transducer at a fixed location in the water body. The ice presence sensor includes a sense probe passing through the waterproof membrane, a sense probe seal, a drive rod, a switch, and an actuator. The display includes one or more visible elements to indicate ice thickness at the transducer location. The ice thickness is inferred by the collective indications at the one or more ice presence sensors.
US11802754B2
A low energy cartridge has a case having a sidewall with an interior surface defining a projectile receptacle along a bore axis and having a forward open case mouth, a projectile having an exterior sidewall closely received in the projectile receptacle and defining a rotational axis, a propellant receptacle defined by the case and having a passage communicating with the projectile receptacle, the projectile exterior sidewall being non-circular in cross section across the rotational axis, and the case sidewall interior surface having a rotational engagement feature configured to rotationally engage the non-circular projectile exterior sidewall. The projectile may be slidably received in the projectile receptacle for propulsion from the forward open case mouth. At least one of the projectile and the sidewall interior surface may have a helical surface feature, such that spin is imparted to the projectile upon propulsion from the case.
US11802740B2
A loop heat pipe includes: an evaporator configured to vaporize a working fluid; a condenser configured to condense the working fluid; a liquid pipe that connects the evaporator and the condenser to each other; and a vapor pipe that connects the evaporator and the condenser to each other. Each of the evaporator, the condenser, the liquid pipe and the vapor pipe includes: a pair of outer metal layers; an intermediate metal layer provided between the pair of outer metal layers; and a flow channel defined by the pair of outer metal layers and the intermediate metal layer. At least one of the evaporator, the condenser, the liquid pipe and the vapor pipe further includes a reinforcing member that is built in at least one of the pair of outer metal layers and that is higher in rigidity than the pair of outer metal layers.
US11802733B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provides a heat exchanger, including: a plurality of flat pipes disposed at intervals, wherein the flat pipe is provided with an inlet portion and an outlet portion, and both the inlet portion and the outlet portion are located on a first end of the flat pipe; a first sealing cushion block, disposed between two adjacent flat pipes; and a flow collecting portion, provided with a first opening portion and a second opening portion, wherein the first opening portion is disposed opposite to the inlet portion, and the second opening portion is disposed opposite to the outlet portion. The first sealing cushion block includes a first sealing portion and a second sealing portion.
US11802731B2
The functional condition of an induction crucible furnace is checked by first establishing a set-point parameter corresponding to an optimum functional condition of the induction crucible furnace and characterizing the vibratory behavior of same. Then, during normal operation of the furnace, an actual-value parameter of the vibratory behavior is determined. These two parameters are then compared and, if a magnitude of a difference therebetween exceeds a threshold, an alarm is generated.
US11802726B2
A refrigeration cycle device includes a compressor to compress refrigerant, a suction-side detector to detect a pressure of the refrigerant to be suctioned into the compressor, a discharge-side detector to detect a pressure of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor, and controlling circuitry that controls the compressor. When the ratio of a second pressure value detected by the discharge-side detector to a first pressure value detected by the suction-side detector is not between a predetermined upper limit and a predetermined lower limit, the controlling circuitry controls the compressor such that the ratio falls between the predetermined upper limit and the predetermined lower limit.
US11802723B2
In an air-conditioning apparatus, a first flow passage selection device and a second flow passage selection device each are a constant-energized-type three-way valve in which a position of a main valve can be fixed in a de-energized state. When the refrigerant circuit is switched to the cooling circuit by a flow switching device, when at least one of the first flow passage selection device and the second flow passage selection device is in a de-energized state, the first flow passage selection device or the second flow passage selection device in the de-energized state is configured to output refrigerant discharged from the compressor and input therein via the flow switching device and the bypass pipe to a corresponding one of an upper-side outdoor heat exchanger and a lower-side outdoor heat exchanger.
US11802716B2
A heat exchange circuit for a geothermal plant comprising a well excavated in the rock, a casing arranged inside the well, integral with it and comprising at least a first perforated section extending along a first portion of the well and at least a second perforated section extending along a second portion of the well, the perforated sections allowing the exit and the entry of a flow of geothermal fluid contained in an aquifer, an internal duct, located inside the casing in which a heat transfer fluid flows, wherein the well, the casing and the internal duct being arranged as a substantially closed ring, except for at least one surface interruption, at least one heat-exchange section at the bottom of the well between the first portion and the second portion of the well within which the geothermal fluid transfers heat to the heat transfer fluid.
US11802714B2
An exhaust manifold for an additive manufacturing system includes a manifold housing, at least one baffle movable relative to the manifold housing configured to modify an exhaust flow area defined in part by the at least one baffle, and an actuator operatively connected to the at least one baffle configured to move the at least one baffle. The manifold housing defines a housing channel. The at least one baffle can be one or more moveable baffles at least partially disposed within the housing channel and configured to move relative to the housing to modify a respective exhaust flow area of a respective baffle of the one or more moveable baffles. The actuator is operatively connected to each of the one or more movable baffles and configured to move the one or more movable baffles relative to the housing.
US11802713B2
A device may include a rectifier circuit providing a rectified DC signal, a rechargeable energy-storage element, and a power-management integrated circuit (PMIC). The PMIC may include a charging circuit for the rechargeable energy-storage element; a current-sensing circuit that measures a current provided by the rectified DC signal; a programmable current limit; a voltage-sensing circuit that measures a voltage on the rechargeable energy-storage element; and a controller that regulates the current provided to a DC output of the PMIC. the DC output of the PMIC may be regulated based at least in part on the current provided by the rectified DC signal; the programmable current limit; and the voltage on the rechargeable energy-storage element. The DC output of the PMIC may provide energy to a plurality of other energy-consuming subsystems on the device and to the charging circuit for the rechargeable energy-storage element.
US11802712B2
An occupancy tracking device configured to identify devices connected to an access point over a predetermined time period. The device is further configured to populate entries in a device log for the identified devices. The device is further configured to determine a predicted occupancy level and to control a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system based on the predicted occupancy level.
US11802711B2
Each of plurality of personal terminals is configured to acquire first data indicating a result of inputting whether a possessor is comfortable, second data indicating a terminal location, and third data indicating a temperature at the terminal location. An information processing device includes a first learning unit to classify the plurality of personal terminals into a plurality of classes based on the first to third data transmitted from the plurality of personal terminals, a storage unit to store a plurality of control details each associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of classes into which the first learning unit classifies the plurality of personal terminals, and a control unit to read, from the storage unit, a control detail associated with a class into which a personal terminal detected in an air conditioning target space is classified among the plurality of classes and control an air conditioning device.
US11802705B2
An HVAC system includes a variable-speed compressor which compresses refrigerant flowing through the HVAC system, a blower which provides a flow of air through the HVAC system at a controllable flow rate, and a controller communicatively coupled to the variable-speed compressor and the blower. The controller receives a demand request which includes a command to reduce power consumption by the HVAC system. In response to receiving the demand request, a speed of the variable-speed compressor is decreased and the controllable flow rate of the flow of air provided by the blower is adjusted.
US11802691B2
A method includes producing an arrangement of grate bars for supporting fuel that is burned in an incinerator or other furnace device. The method includes positioning a pair of grate bars in adjacent side by side relation and with the respective upper sides that are configured to support the fuel, in generally aligned relation. The method further includes after positioning the grate bars, manipulating a fastener through respective recesses that extend in the grate bars, so that the grate bars are held in operative connection and in pressed together relation by the fastener. The method further includes subsequent to the fastener manipulation step, covering the recesses with at least one cover, such that the fastener is rendered inaccessible through the upper sides of the grate bars.
US11802690B2
A candle assembly includes a candle holder configured to hold a candle block. The candle holder has an opening, a wall and base. The wall is attached around the periphery of the base. The opening is positioned opposite the base. The base includes an aperture extending through the thickness of the base. An inner liner is placed in the candle holder and configured to fit tightly against the wall and to provide a watertight container for the candle block. The inner liner has an exposed portion across the aperture to define a button. A rim is attached to the wall opposite the base and configured to extend into the candle holder at least the thickness of the inner liner and to secure the inner liner within the candle holder.
US11802687B2
A method for improving the efficiency of a fired heater without an air preheat system is described. The method involves the use of an additional outboard convection section which is separate from the regular convection section of the fired heater. The outboard convection section uses the boiler feed water or an alternate cold sink to reduce the temperature of the flue gas, thereby improving the efficiency.
US11802684B2
It is an illumination apparatus (10) that can achieve special illumination in addition to normal illumination. It includes a main illumination light source (21) of a predetermined luminescent color, a sub illumination light source (22) adjustable to an arbitrary luminescent color, and a control unit (30) that controls lighting of the main illumination light source (21) and the sub illumination light source (22), the main illumination light source (21) and the sub illumination light source (22) are arranged in a state where respective irradiated lights are mixed on the same path, and the control unit (30) can set a high illuminance mode in which, in addition to lighting of the main illumination light source (21) during normal use, the sub illumination light source (22) is lighted in the same luminescent color as the main illumination light source (21).
US11802679B2
A lamp includes a mounting part configured to be capable of being mounted on a fixture, a lamp part, and two locking parts arranged on the lamp part. The mounting part includes two locking portions and each of the two locking portions have two first fastening elements arranged on two opposite ends thereof. Each of the locking part defines two slot assemblies corresponding to the first fastening elements. Each of the slot assemblies comprises a first slot, a second slot communicates with the first slot, and a third slot adjacent to the second slot. The lamp part is configured to be capable of moving between a first position where the first fastening elements are received in the first slots and a second position where the first fastening elements are received in the second slots while the ends of the first fastening elements enters the third slots.
US11802678B2
A light source device includes: a light emitting device having an upper face comprising a light emission face; a first lens facing the light emitting device; and a second lens facing the first lens. A lower face of the first lens facing the light emitting device includes an entrance part provided in a center of the lower face where light from the light emitting device enters, and a light guide part provided on an outside of the entrance part to guide the light entering the entrance part. A lower face of the second lens facing the first lens includes a Fresnel lens face composed of a plurality of annular protruding portions.
US11802671B2
An emergency lamp includes a housing assembly; a battery module; a control panel; a lighting assembly; a heat sink configured for heat dissipation for the lighting assembly; a light guide assembly; and a transparent cover. The battery module includes a bracket, a battery disposed on the bracket, and a cladding layer wrapping around the battery. The housing assembly is a hollow structure, and the battery module, the control panel, and the lighting assembly are disposed in the housing assembly. The light guide assembly is connected to the lighting assembly. The transparent cover is disposed on the housing assembly; a position of the transparent cover corresponds to that of the light guide assembly. The battery module is electrically connected to the control panel, and the lighting assembly is electrically connected to the control panel; and the housing assembly including a hole for fixing a waterproof joint.
US11802648B2
A steam generator for use with a liner assembly for pipeline repair or reinforcement, includes: a water heater configured to heat water to generate steam; a water feed conduit configured to convey water to the water heater; an air heater configured to generate heated air; an air supply conduit configured to convey pressurized air to the air heater; a heated air supply conduit configured to convey heated air from the air heater to the water heater to yield a steam-air mixture; and an output conduit configured to convey the steam-air mixture from the water heater. An automated steam generator system including the steam generator is also described.
US11802647B2
Methods, apparatus or equipment and systems for lining conduits, e.g., preferably subterranean pipelines and passageways, such as sewers, with a liner impregnated with a curable resin in order to secure the conduit against ingress or egress of liquids.
US11802643B2
A connector for a fluid line includes a sleeve having a hollow portion at least partway therethrough. The sleeve includes an engaging portion. A collet having an engaging part is secured to the engaging portion. A grab part has one or more teeth configured to retain the fluid line, and the teeth are located in the hollow portion. A locking part is provided having a locking portion, and the locking part is configured to move from a first position to a second position where the locking portion locks with a locking piece to assist with forming a fluid seal with the fluid line.
US11802642B2
Described are systems and methods for a hydraulic swivel. The hydraulic swivel receives fluid flow in one direction and, in certain configurations, changes the direction of the fluid flow to a second direction before the fluid leaves the hydraulic swivel. The hydraulic swivel includes a first banjo, a second banjo, and a base. The banjos of the hydraulic swivel are configured to be repositioned.
US11802636B2
A clamping device for mounting at least one electrical conductor to a structure, including: a first clamping body and a second clamping body mountable together for holding the at least one electrical conductor therebetween, each of the first and second clamping bodies being provided with a clamping face having at least one recess thereon, with the at least one recess of the first and second clamping bodies together forming at least one damping aperture extending through the clamping device when the first and second bodies are secured together; and at least one damping device mountable around the at least one electrical conductor and insertable within the at least one damping aperture for holding in position the at least one electrical conductor, and with the damping device having a predetermined resilience.
US11802630B2
Valve including a valve body with an inlet port and two outlet ports, a core capable of allowing or interrupting the flow of fluid between the inlet port and the outlet ports, the core being rotatably movable about a longitudinal axis and configured to assume two end angular positions, a gear motor comprising an output shaft driving the core, sensors for managing the electric motor mounted to a first, facing electronic board, an angular position sensor of the output shaft, mounted to a second electronic board, the first electronic board and the second electronic board being disposed in two distinct planes orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, a magnet rotatably attached to the output shaft, the position and angular extension of which are such that the magnet does not disturb the operation of the management sensors.
US11802628B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to actuator assemblies and related methods for valve systems. In one implementation, an actuator assembly for valves includes an outer housing. The outer housing includes a first internal volume and an inner shoulder portion. The actuator assembly includes an inner housing disposed at least partially in the outer housing. The inner housing includes a second internal volume. The actuator assembly includes one or more first pistons disposed in the first internal volume of the outer housing, and one or more second pistons disposed in the second internal volume of the inner housing. The one or more first pistons are disposed between the one or more second pistons and the inner shoulder portion of the outer housing. The actuator assembly includes an actuator stem disposed through at least a portion of the outer housing and coupled to the one or more second pistons.
US11802623B2
A mechanical seal includes rotating seal ring which rotate with a rotary shaft, stationary seal rings, and an adaptor which holds the stationary seal rings 30, the adaptor 5 being fixed to a seal cover by bolts. The mechanical seal further includes a plurality of holders brought into contact with the adapter and provided with through holes. A body part of each of the bolts passes through each of the through holes and is screwed into each of threaded holes formed in the seal cover. The plurality of holders 9 being arranged so as to surround the rotary shaft.
US11802620B2
A shift device and method for coupling with a vehicle including a transmission and an electric parking actuator. The shift device includes a housing, a battery, a display interface, and a shift device connector. The shift device connector is on an end of the housing for electrically coupling the shift device to the vehicle. The shift device also includes a processor operatively connected to the battery, the display interface, and the shift device connector. Upon insertion of a first connector of the vehicle into the shift device connector, the controller receives a shift position of the transmission and controls the electric parking actuator to change the shift position of the transmission.
US11802618B2
An apparatus for diagnosing remaining belt life is configured to diagnose the remaining life of a belt driven by an engine. The remaining life of the belt is diagnosed based on frequency distribution of an operation point that is made up of speed of the engine and a load factor of the engine or a fuel injection rate. This makes it possible to achieve accurate diagnosis of the remaining life of the belt.
US11802609B2
A handle assembly includes a single-motor transmission assembly for actuating various functions of an attached end effector.
US11802604B2
A gas spring and damper assembly includes a damper assembly and a gas spring assembly. The gas spring assembly is axially coextensive with the damper assembly and includes a flexible spring member, a first end member assembly and a second end member assembly. The first end member assembly includes a first wall portion that extends about a longitudinal axis and defines an end member chamber. A second wall portion projects outwardly beyond an outer peripheral surface portion of the first wall portion. The second wall portion at least partially defines an intermediate chamber in fluid communication with the end member chamber and is dimensioned to receive an associated control device. A third wall portion at least partially defines an end member passage through which the end member chamber can be selectively placed in fluid communication with the spring chamber by way of the intermediate chamber and the associated control device.
US11802592B2
A constant-velocity joint assembly for a power tool includes an output shaft and a coupling structure configured to drive the output shaft. The output shaft and the coupling structure form a joint configured to enable angling of the output shaft relative to the coupling structure at constant rotational speed, and the coupling structure is provided with a torque transducer configured to detect a torque acting on the coupling structure provided by the output shaft.
US11802587B2
The disclosure relates to a rolling bearing for a medical or cosmetic instrument including a bearing inner ring revolving around an axis of rotation; and a stationary bearing outer ring, which concentrically encloses the bearing inner ring; wherein a bearing gap is formed between the bearing inner ring and the bearing outer ring and a plurality of rolling bodies is arranged in succession in circumferentially in the bearing gap, the bearing inner ring being mounted in the bearing outer ring; and wherein the rolling bodies are arranged rolling on the bearing inner ring and the bearing outer ring, the bearing gap being covered in the axial direction by a cover disk, which forms a radial gap with the bearing inner ring extending in the axial direction, the radial gap has a gap length and a gap height, the gap length being at least 25% of the rolling body height.
US11802585B2
An anti-tampering device includes a housing with a bolt channel and a lock channel. The lock channel is aligned with, intersects and is perpendicular to the bolt channel. A head of a bolt and a portion of a shank of a bolt is received in the bolt channel. A lock received in the lock channel extends into the bolt channel, in proximity to the shank of the bolt, when the lock is in a locked position. The portion of the lock extending into the bolt channel prevents removal of the head of the bolt from the bolt channel.
US11802582B2
An anchor rod assembly is used for being fastened into synthetic resin mortar and contains an anchor rod with a shall portion, a fastening portion, and a head having a cutting edge, and contains a sleeve-like additional element which surrounds the fastening portion at least in some regions.
US11802568B2
A vacuum pump includes a linked-type thread-groove spacer which is a structure for linking a Siegbahn pump portion and a thread-groove pump portion, and when an outlet position of a thread groove which is an exhaust channel portion of this linked-type thread-groove spacer is in a vicinity of the stator portion (stator bolt) of the stator column, conductance of the exhaust channel is lowered. Thus, phases in a circumferential direction of installation positions of a thread ridge of the linked-type thread-groove spacer and the stator portion of the stator column are aligned as much as possible. In other words, the thread groove of the linked-type thread-groove spacer which is the exhaust channel is provided between the installation positions of the stator portions in the circumferential direction of the stator column so that lowering of the conductance of the exhaust channel is suppressed.
US11802567B2
An adjustable blade of an impeller built-in electric pump includes a blade body, where the blade body realizes an angle adjustment through a lever regulator structure. The lever regulator structure includes a control shaft arranged at a root of the blade body, the other end of the control shaft is connected to a crank, the other end of the crank is rotatably connected to one end of a connecting rod, the other end of the connecting rod is rotatably connected to an operating frame, and the operating frame is provided with a drive rod configured to drive the operating frame to move. The adjustable blade of the impeller built-in electric pump has the advantages of being compact and simple, low manufacturing cost and low difficulty of installation and maintenance. Moreover, by adjusting the angle of the blade, the vibration during the start-up of the unit can be effectively reduced.
US11802566B2
A tank for transporting and spraying a liquid having a plurality of walls forming a receptacle configured to receive the liquid and a pump system supported by at least one of the plurality of walls. The pump system has a liquid end and a power frame with at least a portion of the power frame being disposed in the receptacle. In some implementations, the tank has a reservoir disposed in proximity to one of the plurality of walls. The reservoir provides a working fluid to the portion of the power frame disposed in the receptacle.
US11802559B2
A vane pump (101) for an automatic transmission includes a suction-side behind-vane pressure duct (112) and a pressure-side behind-vane pressure duct (111). The suction-side behind-vane pressure duct (112) is connected to the pressure side (116) of the vane pump (1). A valve device (113, 114) is connected to the pressure-side behind-vane pressure duct (111). During operation of the vane pump (101), a pressure-side behind-vane pressure (p DH) can be set in the pressure-side behind-vane pressure duct (111) with the valve device (113, 114).
US11802551B2
Disclosed is a dual-stage fluidics system that has reduced pulsation. This system uses inexpensive peristaltic pumps and two reservoirs that dampen pulsations in pressure. Peristaltic pumps are used as air pressure pumps and sheath fluid pumps that are placed between the two pressurized reservoirs and isolate the two reservoirs. Since the two reservoirs are maintained at a substantially even pressure, pulsations are reduced so that the peristaltic pumps essentially provide air flow and sheath fluid flow as needed.
US11802536B1
A wave driven electrical generating apparatus has a vertically oriented wheel having a plurality of buckets spaced around a periphery of the wheel, facing in a direction tangent to the wheel, a support structure supporting the wheel on a horizontal shaft, and a generator connected to the shaft such that motion of the wheel turns the generator. The electrical generating apparatus is anchored, immersed in water in a location having wave activity, wherein the wave activity drives the wheel to create torque to drive the generator to generate electricity.
US11802531B2
A hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine having an in-cylinder injection valve, a fuel supply device that supplies fuel to the in-cylinder injection valve, a motor that can generate an electric power through the use of a motive power output from the engine and can output a running motive power, and an electrical storage device that exchanges electric power with the motor. A deposit removal process where deposits adherent to the in-cylinder injection valve are removed by setting a pressure of fuel supplied to the in-cylinder injection valve to a predetermined pressure higher than a normal pressure and injecting fuel from the in-cylinder injection valve is performed during the performance of a forcible charging process for the electrical storage device, and the forcible charging process is continued until the pressure of fuel is returned to the normal pressure after the end of the deposit removal process.
US11802515B2
A propulsion system includes a drive shaft, a fan, a fan shaft, and a reduction device coupling the drive and fan shafts. The reduction device includes a first reduction stage and a second reduction state, and include a sun gear, centered on an axis of rotation of the drive and fan shafts and driven in rotation by the drive shaft, a ring gear, coaxial with the sun gear and that drives the fan shaft in rotation about the axis, and planet gears distributed circumferentially about the axis between the sun and ring gears, each planet gear including a first portion which is meshed with the sun gear and a second portion which is meshed with the ring gear, a diameter of the first portion being different from a diameter of the second portion, and an oil transfer bearing positioned between the fan and the reduction device.
US11802508B2
A gas turbine engine includes a core engine that includes a core flow path where air is compressed in a compressor section, communicated to a combustor section, mixed with an ammonia based fuel and ignited to generate a high energy combusted gas flow that is expanded through a turbine section. The turbine section is mechanically coupled to drive the compressor section. An ammonia flow path communicates an ammonia flow to the combustor section. A cracking device is disposed in the ammonia flow path. The cracking device is configured to decompose the ammonia flow into a fuel flow containing hydrogen (H2). At least one heat exchanger is upstream of the cracking device that provides thermal communication between the ammonia flow and a working fluid flow such that the ammonia fluid flow accepts thermal energy from the working fluid flow.
US11802503B2
The disclosure relates to a method for optimizing the state of a catalytic converter in a vehicle with a diesel engine when parking the vehicle, the method comprising establishing that a switch-off process for switching off the diesel engine has been initiated, increasing an NH3 feed rate to a first value in order to store a surplus of NH3 in the catalytic converter, stopping the NH3 feed when the speed of the diesel engine falls below a speed threshold or a measured NH3 emission exceeds an emission threshold, and completing the switch-off process. The disclosure also relates to an engine controller and to a computer program.
US11802502B1
An exhaust system includes a light-off catalyst, an exhaust system component, and at least one H2O trap. The exhaust system component is upstream from the light-off catalyst and includes catalyst material, the catalyst material configured to store hydrocarbons during a period when the light-off catalyst is warming up to a light-off temperature. The at least one H2O trap is at or upstream from the exhaust system component and is configured to perform H2O adsorption and desorption to increase a length of time for the exhaust system component to reach a hydrocarbon release temperature and prevent the exhaust system component from reaching the hydrocarbon release temperature prior to the light-off catalyst reaching the light-off temperature.
US11802501B2
A device for treating exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine includes: a heating disk arranged in a housing; and a main catalytic converter arranged downstream of the heating disk in the flow direction in the housing. The flow can pass through the heating disk and the main catalytic converter in the flow direction along a plurality of flow channels. The heating disk is formed from a metallic honeycomb body and the main catalytic converter is formed from a ceramic honeycomb body fixed in relation to the housing by a fixing structure. The heating disk is electrically contacted by an electrical feedthrough guided through the housing from the outside to the inside.
US11802497B2
An internal combustion engine including a crankcase and a cylinder head are described, including at least one cylinder block, at least one flat flange surface for accommodating at least one oil cooler, at least one oil cooler, at least one coolant inlet to the oil cooler, at least one coolant outlet from the oil cooler, and at least one internal cooling section.
US11802484B2
A turbine blade includes: an airfoil portion extending in a blade height direction and having a pressure surface and a suction surface each of which extends between a leading and trailing edges; a shroud portion disposed on a blade tip side of the airfoil portion; a fillet portion formed by a curved surface and connected to an end portion of the shroud portion on a side of the airfoil portion; at least one first cooling hole extending along the blade height direction within the airfoil portion; at least one cooling cavity disposed at least partially within the shroud portion and communicating with the at least one first cooling hole; and a second cooling hole connected to the at least one cooling cavity and opening to a surface of the shroud portion. The airfoil portion has a reference airfoil in which a maximum blade thickness is minimum at a reference position.
US11802482B2
A rotor includes a blade, a hub connected to a radially inner edge of the blade, an outlet, and a channel. The blade includes a first side between a leading edge and a trailing edge and a first channel inlet in the first side of the blade. The outlet is in a radially inner surface of the hub. The channel is between the first channel inlet and the outlet.
US11802475B2
A method is provided for monitoring the occurrence of pressure anomalies due to FDI in near real time during a hydraulic fracturing operation carried out on an active well that is located near one or more passive monitoring wells. The method includes the steps of obtaining raw pressure sensor data from the one or more passive monitoring wells, processing the pressure sensor data with the FDI analysis module, and determining if the rate of change for averaged pressure sensor data exceeds a preset threshold value that indicates the likelihood of a pressure anomaly. The methods can be configured to autonomously alert an operator of the likelihood of a pressure anomaly and with guidance on resolving the anomalies.
US11802474B2
A system is disclosed for detecting a problem associated with a drilling operation based on the properties of a formation cutting. The system can include a camera for generating an image of the formation cutting extracted from a subterranean formation. The system can include one or more sensors for detecting one or more characteristics of the subterranean formation or a well tool. The system can provide the image as input to a first model for determining one or more properties of the formation cutting based on the image. The system can provide the one or more properties and the one or more characteristics as input to a second model for detecting a downhole problem associated with the drilling operation. The system can transmit an alert indicating the downhole problem and optionally a recommended solution to a user.
US11802462B2
A downhole tool comprises a hollow body having a wall and a port in the wall, and a closing sleeve movable relative to the body to open and close the port. A seal is provided between the body and the sleeve and is configured to hold differential pressure. An isolation member may be deployed in the tool to isolate the seal from differential pressure and close the port. The isolation member may be deployed following initiation of a tool activation process, a successful outcome of the process being translating the closing sleeve and closing the port, and positioning the seal to hold a differential pressure. If it is detected that the outcome has not been achieved, the isolation member is deployed to isolate the seal from differential pressure and close the port.
US11802447B2
Some embodiments may include a drilling rig comprising base structure; a hoisting device to raise drill pipe into a position in which the drill pipe is aligned with a bore axis of a well, the hoisting device connected to the base structure and including a hoisting cable and a mast, the mast having an operating side and a back side opposite the operating side, wherein the operating side of the mast is configured to accept the drill pipe; and a drawworks operatively connected to the mast via the hoisting cable, wherein the drawworks is closer to the operating side of the mast than to the back side of the mast. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US11802446B2
An improved swivel with increased sealing capability at fluid pressures up to 20 ksi and at fluid temperatures as high as 250° F. and as low as 35° F. The swivel may be relatively compact, being less than 8 feet in overall length and can operate unpressurized with axial loads of at high as 1,400,000 lbs. The swivel may comprise a swivel mandrel rotationally coupled with a swivel housing. Rotational bearings units can be securely held using cartridge carriers. A pressure seal may be formed between the swivel mandrel and swivel housing via a redundant seal stack.
US11802444B2
A bit for drilling a wellbore includes: a body; and a cutting face. The cutting face includes: an inner section and an outer section; a plurality of blades protruding from the body, and a row of superhard cutters mounted along each blade, the cutters in the inner section having a negative profile angle and the cutters in the outer section having a positive profile angle. At least one of: at least one inner cutter is oriented at a negative side rake angle to create a weight on bit (WOB) reducing effect, and at least one outer cutter is oriented at a positive side rake angle to create the WOB reducing effect. Each of the rest of the cutters are oriented at a side rake angle such that an overall effect of the side rake angles is the WOB reducing effect.
US11802443B2
An apparatus for use in a wellbore includes a drill string section, a drive shaft disposed in the drill string section, a bearing assembly connected to the drive shaft, and an alignment assembly connecting the bearing assembly to the drill string section. The alignment assembly has a first alignment member and a second alignment member slidingly engaging one another to allow at least a portion of the bearing assembly to tilt relative to the drill string section. A related method includes the steps of positioning a drive shaft in a drill string section; connecting a bearing assembly to the drive shaft using the alignment assembly, the alignment assembly having a first alignment member and a second alignment member; and allowing at least a portion of the bearing assembly to tilt relative to the drill string section using the alignment assembly by having the first alignment member and the second alignment member slidingly engage one another.
US11802435B2
A vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit frame assembly (10) is disclosed, comprising: a rectangular vacuum insulated glass unit (1) comprising two glass sheets (2a, 2b) separated by a sealed gap (11), wherein a plurality of support structures (12) are distributed in said gap (11), and a frame (20) comprising elongated frame profile arrangements (20a-20d) which frames said vacuum insulated glass unit (1) in a frame opening (21), and wherein said frame (20) comprises a fixation system (45a, 45b, 28a, 28b, 80, 22, 23) fixating the vacuum insulated glass unit (1) at the frame (20), wherein said fixation system (45a, 45b, 28a, 28b, 80, 22, 23) is arranged so as to allow edges (8a-8d) of said vacuum insulated glass unit (1) to thermally deflect (DIS4) in a deflection direction (D1, D2) perpendicular to said frame opening due to a temperature difference (ΔT=T1−T2) between the two glass sheets (2a, 2b), wherein said fixation system (45a, 45b, 28a, 28b, 80, 22, 23) is configured to allow the magnitude of said thermal deflection (DIS4) to vary along the edge (8a-8d) between the corners (9) where the respective edge (8a-8d) terminates, wherein said fixation system (45a, 45b, 28a, 28b, 80, 22, 23) is arranged to provide a resistance against said thermal deflection (DIS4) of at least two opposing edges (8a-8d) of said vacuum insulated glass unit (1), said resistance being substantially lower at corner parts of the edges (8a-8d) than at centre parts of the edges (8a-8d), and wherein said centre parts of said at least two opposing, parallel edges (8a-8d) constitute at least a third, such as half of the extend of the edge (8a-8d) between said corners (9).
US11802429B2
A door lock assembly for use with a door comprising a movable locking assembly disposed within a recess formed in an edge of a door panel having one or more movable wedge shaped locking elements disposable between a locked position and an unlocked position and having first teeth associated therewith, and a frame member having a channel and second teeth associated therewith, wherein when assembled the locking element is disposed substantially within the channel formed in the frame element when disposed in the locked position, and wherein one or more the first teeth of the locking element are adapted to selectively engage with one or more of the second teeth when a force is applied to the door.
US11802428B2
A flush bolt assembly includes a latch bolt that has a head and a body. The body has an interior cavity that is defined by a plurality of walls. A guide slot is formed in a pair of sidewalls. The assembly also includes a sleeve that defines a through hole that is configured to receive a pin. A biasing member is disposed within the interior cavity, and it is configured to store energy upon being compressed between the sleeve and the latch bolt.
US11802427B2
A door handle assembly may have an adjustable door handle having a handle support structure. The assembly may also have an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the door handle between a starting or non-use position and a use position. The adjusting mechanism may have at least one drive unit and a force transfer element which is operatively connected to the handle support structure of the door handle to shift the door handle from the starting or non-use position into the use position or vice versa and which is designed as a roller mechanism.
US11802419B2
Methods of processing biological materials such as the remains of humans or pets, which may be enclosed in a casket, include depositing the biological materials, including the remains and/or the casket, into a cement kiln and operating the cement kiln to produce clinker, thereby incorporating products of the biological remains into the clinker, such as into a crystal or molecular structure of the clinker, and then grinding the clinker to form a cementitious product.
US11802418B2
Swimming pool cleaning apparatus may include a cleaning unit intended to be immersed in a swimming pool and at least one liquid filter circuit between at least one liquid inlet and at least one liquid outlet via a filter chamber removable from the body of the cleaning unit. The filter chamber may include a cover and a filter basket. The cover may include components for fastening the filter basket and locking the filter chamber to the body of the cleaning unit. The locking component may be releasable and, when released, may cause an extraction handle to be deployed from the filter chamber and urged toward a predetermined position.
US11802417B2
A robotic pool cleaner includes a cleaning body, a drive and a cleaning roller brush mechanism. The robotic pool cleaner filters liquid and/or contaminants in a pool through the cleaning body. The drive mechanism is connected to the cleaning body, which is driven to move in the pool in a working process of the robotic pool cleaner. The drive mechanism includes a drive wheel with a first outer ring gear. The cleaning roller brush mechanism is coupled with the first outer ring gear through a transmission belt, so that the cleaning roller brush mechanism is driven by the first outer ring gear to rotate relative to the cleaning body when the drive motor drives the first outer ring gear to rotate. The robotic pool cleaner improves cleaning efficiency and reduces wear of a cleaning roller brush, thereby prolonging the service life of the cleaning roller brush mechanism.
US11802415B2
A pre-fabricated composite reinforcement device for installation on a structure, comprising a metal reinforcement layer; a fiber reinforced polymer layer; an adhesive layer configured between the metal and fiber reinforced polymer layer; and a plurality of power-actuated fasteners configured for securing the metal reinforcement, fiber reinforced polymer, and adhesive layer to the structure; and wherein a first side of the metal reinforcement layer is for positioning upon the structure for installation of the fasteners with the first side facing away from the structure, and a second side is configured with the adhesive and fiber reinforced layer across a surface area of the second side of the metal reinforcement layer.
US11802414B2
Bolt-bearing circumferential device for reinforcing and correcting angle irons of transmission tower
Provided a bolt-bearing circumferential device for reinforcing and correcting an angle iron of a transmission tower, comprising a reinforcing angle iron, a holding hoop, and a connector; the reinforcing angle iron is arranged at an inner side of two limbs of an angle iron to be reinforced, an axis direction of the reinforcing angle iron is parallel to the angle iron to be reinforced, and an outer wall of two limbs of the reinforcing angle iron are fitted with an inner wall of the angle iron to be reinforced; the holding hoop is arranged at an outer side of the reinforcing angle iron and the angle iron to be reinforced, and each part of the holding hoop are connected together through the high-strength bolts; a side wall of the holding hoop is provided with three groups of threaded holes, wherein an axis of a first group of the threaded holes and an axis of a second group of the threaded holes are perpendicular to each other, a first group of bolts pass through the first group of the threaded holes to apply a reinforcing force to an outer side of a first limb of the angle iron to be reinforced, and a second group of bolts pass through the second group of the threaded holes to apply a reinforcing force to an outer side of a second limb of the angle iron to be reinforced; and, a third group of bolts pass through a third group of the threaded holes to apply a reinforcing force to the reinforcing angle iron through the connector.
US11802411B2
A wood or manufactured wood-composite based siding used on concrete wall or concrete masonry unit (CMU, or block) construction (including, but not limited to, insulated concrete form construction) with an integrated rainscreen feature. The rainscreen feature or component is applied to, or integrated into or with, the back of the siding (i.e., the inner surface) during the manufacturing process, or in a secondary process thereafter. The features may include raised elements, strips, ridges, or wedges, with one or more channels or spaces. No job-site assembly is required, thereby reducing time and cost.
US11802402B1
Disclosed herein is the fabrication and implementation of prefabricated volumetric construction modules that include transitioning members that adjust between vertical support columns and structural trusses via lateral joints. Modification of vertical support columns to trusses enables open space configurations in volumetric construction. Each volumetric module includes a habitation zone and a truss zone. Folding or transitioning a vertical support column at the lateral joint positions a lower region of the support column from the habitation zone into the truss zone. The vertical support columns are transitioned in a specified order where within a given row of vertical support columns. Beginning from a first interior column on an edge-positioned transforming volumetric module, workers fold half of the vertical support columns of the given row into the truss arrangement in a first direction toward the edge-positioned transforming volumetric module. Continuing from a second interior column on an opposite edge-positioned transforming volumetric module, a worker folds a remaining half of the vertical support columns of the given row into the truss arrangement in a second direction toward the opposite edge-positioned transforming volumetric module.
US11802401B2
A swaged interface includes a male element that includes a male cavity defined by at least one male sidewall, and a plurality of first openings defined in the at least one male sidewall. The swaged interface also includes a female element that includes a female cavity defined by at least one female sidewall, and a plurality of second openings defined in the at least one female sidewall. The female element has an inner cross section sized to receive the male element such that each of the first openings is aligned with a respective one of the second openings. The inner cross section is formed by swaging.
US11802397B2
A dual-handle and dual-control faucet includes a faucet body and a faucet spout, a mechanical control unit, a sensor control unit, a water flow sensor and a controller that are mounted to the faucet body. The controller detects whether the mechanical control unit is operated through the water flow sensor. When the mechanical control unit acts, the sensor control unit becomes inactive. The faucet has a mechanical control mode and a sensor control mode and is convenient to use.
US11802391B2
A system controls a work machine that loads materials onto a conveyance vehicle. The system includes a controller. The controller performs a loading work by the work machine when the conveyance vehicle is stopped at a predetermined loading position. The controller acquires a loading amount onto the conveyance vehicle. The controller determines whether the loading work is finished based on the loading amount. The controller outputs a withdraw command to the conveyance vehicle to withdraw from the loading position upon determining that the loading work is finished. The controller determines whether the conveyance vehicle has withdrawn after outputting the withdraw command.
US11802383B2
A method for controlling a quality of a paving material distributed along a paving area using a paver includes: receiving a thermal profile of a portion of the paving area in which the paving material is distributed, and the thermal profile includes a plurality of temperature values of respective measurement points, and analyzing the thermal profile to detect segregation spots of the paving material within the portion. Analyzing includes determining a first zone of measurement points arranged adjacent to each other and having temperature values within a predetermined range, the first zone being at least partially surrounded by measurement points having temperature values out of the predetermined range, and analyzing an orientation of the first zone with respect to a travel direction of the paver. The last substep of analyzing is assigning an indication, in particular an error indication, to the portion based on the analyzing of the orientation.
US11802379B1
A self guarded frog copper weld fixture has a rail form and a pair of transverse locator arms. The rail form is configured to abut with a damaged rail frog and define a proper repaired geometry for the rail frog. A pair of locator arms transversely and vertically locate and secure the rail form against one of the rails of a damaged rail frog, by applying an opposing force against a second one of the damaged rail frog rails. Any wear will present as small gaps between the rail form and rail frog. The transverse locator arms are pivotal with respect to the rail form, and so may be rotated from transverse to the rail form to align longitudinally for compact transport or storage, and may also be reversed to allow either one of the longitudinal vertical side edges of the rail form to be abutted to the rail frog.
US11802378B2
An object is to provide a water-dispersible paper that exhibits excellent dispersibility in water. As a solution, a water-dispersible paper is provided, which has: a base paper that has a bulky layer containing 10% by weight or higher of a softwood pulp with a lumen width (l) to fiber diameter (D) ratio (l/D) of 0.60 or lower on average; and a water-soluble polymer impregnated into the base paper.
US11802375B2
A roll for molding a fibrous sheet. The roll includes a rotatably driven cylindrical shell. The cylindrical shell includes an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a permeable patterned surface on the exterior surface of the shell. The permeable patterned surface has at least one of a plurality of recesses and projections, a plurality of holes extending from the exterior surface to the interior to allow air to be moved through the shell. Each hole has an exterior end and an interior end, and a plurality of grooves. Each groove is fluidly connected to the exterior end of each hole and extends outward from the corresponding hole. The roll also includes a vacuum box on the inside of the cylindrical shell to draw air from the exterior surface of the shell to the interior surface. The vacuum box is stationary with respect to the rotation of the shell.
US11802373B2
The objective of the present disclosure is to provide a method for easily evaluating the degree of cleanliness of recycled material derived from used sanitary products. The evaluation method according to the present disclosure has the following configuration. This method for evaluating a degree of cleanliness of recycled material derived from used sanitary products includes: a preparation step of preparing a dispersed aqueous solution in which the recycled material is dispersed in water; a separation step of subjecting the dispersed aqueous solution to centrifugal separation to separate the dispersed aqueous solution into a liquid component and a solid component; and a measuring step of measuring the concentration of protein in the liquid component using a protein measuring means.
US11802357B2
The present subject matter relates to systems, devices, and methods of enhancing carbon fiber dispersion in wet-laid nonwovens. A quantity of fibers is deposited in a medium, and each of one or more stirring elements is moved in a pattern to mechanically agitate the medium. In some embodiments, moving each of the one or more stirring elements includes moving the one or more stirring elements in complementary patterns to induce a chaotic advection current within the medium.
US11802356B2
Nonwoven webs formed from modified 1,3-α-D-glucan polymer and methods of forming the nonwoven webs are disclosed. The modified 1,3-α-D-glucan polymer can have a number average degree of polymerization in the range of from 55 to 10,000. The nonwoven webs can be used for personal hygiene wipes, filtration media, apparel or other uses.
US11802354B2
A method of spreading fibres, the method comprises providing a continuous fibre bundle having an initial width Wa and causing the fibre bundle to run, in a running direction, through tensioning means and past or through fluid flow means, the tensioning means intermittently varying the tension in the fibre bundle and the fluid flow means producing a fluid flow through the fibre bundle as the tension varies in the fibre bundle, whereby the width of the fibre bundle increases to a spread width Wb. Apparatus (1) is also disclosed, which apparatus (1) comprises a tensioning means (3) to intermittently vary the tension in the fibre bundle (2) and a fluid flow means (4) for producing a flow of fluid through the bundle (2).
US11802349B2
Embodiments described herein include a method for depositing a material layer on a substrate while controlling a bow of the substrate and a surface roughness of the material layer. A bias applied to the substrate while the material layer is deposited is adjusted to control the bow of the substrate. A bombardment process is performed on the material layer to improve the surface roughness of the material layer. The bias and bombardment process improve a uniformity of the material layer and reduce an occurrence of the material layer cracking due to the bow of the substrate.
US11802342B2
The present disclosure provides a new wet atomic layer etch (ALE) process for etching ruthenium. More specifically, the present disclosure provides various embodiments of methods that utilize new etch chemistries for etching ruthenium in a wet ALE process. Unlike conventional etch processes for ruthenium, the wet ALE process described herein for etching ruthenium is metal-free, cost-effective and improves surface roughness during etching.
US11802334B2
There is provided a tungsten film-forming method, including: forming a silicon film on a substrate in a reduced pressure atmosphere by disposing the substrate having a protective film formed on a surface of the substrate in a processing container; forming an initial tungsten film by supplying a tungsten chloride gas to the substrate having the silicon film formed thereon; and forming a main tungsten film by supplying a tungsten-containing gas to the substrate having the initial tungsten film formed thereon.
US11802330B1
A formation method is provided. During this formation method, a metallic substrate is provided. A coating is deposited onto the metallic substrate using a suspension plasma spray process. The coating is formed from or otherwise includes copper oxide.
US11802327B1
A method is used to fabricate a hot-rolled steel having a yield strength greater than 550 MPa and an impact toughness of at least 27 J at a temperature of -40° F. In one embodiment, the yield strength is greater than 690 MPa. The method includes melting steel to create melted steel. The melted steel is poured into a mold. The metal steel is continuously cast into a steel slab. The steel slab is heated to maintain a predetermined temperature. The steel slab is rolled to reduce the thickness to a predetermined thickness to create a hot-rolled steel sheet.
US11802323B2
An aluminum magnesium alloy with reduced Samson phase at grain boundaries made from the method of providing aluminum in a container, adding boron to the container, providing an inert atmosphere, arc-melting the aluminum and the boron, and mixing the aluminum and the boron in the container to form an alloy mixture. A method of suppressing the Samson phase, Al3Mg2, at grain boundaries in Aluminum, comprising providing aluminum in a container, adding boron to the container, providing an inert atmosphere, arc-melting the aluminum and the boron, and mixing the aluminum and the boron in the container to form an alloy mixture.
US11802322B2
A solder product 20 includes: a lead-free solder part 21 containing tin as a main component and a metal element other than lead as a secondary component; and a carboxylic acid having 10 to 20 carbons, the carboxylic acid being mainly distributed over the surface of the solder product 20 to form a surface layer 22. The carboxylic acid is preferably a fatty acid having 12 to 16 carbons, and more preferably a palmitic acid.
US11802317B2
Disclosed is a method for determining the presence of Mycobacterium avium complex nucleic acids in a biological sample. In particular, the mig gene of M. avium and the DT1 gene of M. intracellulare are detected, preferably following amplification. In addition, the method distinguishes between species of M. avium and M. intracellulare. Also described are oligonucleotides that can be used as primers to amplify target genes such as mig and DT1 genes and as probes as well as kits containing the oligonucleotide.
US11802314B2
Methods of deconvolving a feature profile of a physical system are provided herein. The present method may include: optimizing a regression between a) a feature profile of a first plurality of distinct components and b) a reference matrix of feature signatures for a second plurality of distinct components, wherein the feature profile is modeled as a linear combination of the reference matrix, and wherein the optimizing includes solving a set of regression coefficients of the regression, wherein the solution minimizes 1) a linear loss function and 2) an L2-norm penalty function; and estimating the fractional representation of one or more distinct components among the second plurality of distinct components present in the sample based on the set of regression coefficients. Systems and computer readable media for performing the subject methods are also provided.
US11802313B2
Methods are disclosed for detecting peripheral mitochondrial DNA damage and dysfunction. Methods are also disclosed that utilize blood samples to detect a neurodegenerative disease, such as Parkinson's disease, and determine the efficacy of therapy.
US11802308B2
The present invention provides modified oligonucleotides and methods for their use in the detection of nucleic acids. The oligonucleotides and methods find particular application in amplifying and/or detecting areas of genetic variation in target nucleic acid sequences.
US11802305B2
A process for analysing epigenetically active regions of the genome.
US11802294B2
The disclosure relates, in some aspects, to compositions and methods for treatment of diseases associated with aberrant lysosomal function, for example Parkinson's disease and Gaucher disease. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides expression constructs comprising a transgene encoding beta-Glucocerebrosidase (GBA) or a portion thereof, Lysosomal Membrane Protein 2 (LIMP2), Prosaposin, or any combination of the foregoing. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides methods of Parkinson's disease by administering such expression constructs to a subject in need thereof.
US11802289B2
A plant or plant cell with reduced endogenous AGO1 and AGO4 expression compared to a wild-type plant or plant cell is provided. In one embodiment, the plant or plant cell further comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a recombinant protein and the plant or plant cell has increased expression of the recombinant protein compared to a wild-type plant or plant cell comprising the nucleic acid sequence. Methods of reducing aglycosylation of recombinant protein produced in plants are also provided.
US11802286B2
The present invention provides a method and means to change fatty acid and ultimately triacylglycerol production in plants and algae. Methods of the invention comprise the step of altering the activity levels of the committed step for de novo fatty acid biosynthesis, acetyl-CoA carboxylases (ACCase). More specifically, methods of the invention directly enhance the activity of ACCase by overexpression of α-CT or a catalytic portion thereof.
US11802285B2
The present invention relates to a compound selectively binding to a sensory receptor or selectively altering the expression of a sensory receptor for use in a method for treating or preventing a disease associated with a pathologic cellular cytotoxic T cell (CTL) response. Further, the invention relates to means for detecting a sensory receptor for use in a method for diagnosing cellular resistance against CTL response in a patient. The invention further embraces a method for determining the resistance of a cell against a CTL response in vitro and to a method for identifying agents that influence the response of cells to CTLs.
US11802283B2
Provided are LMNA-targeted antisense oligonucleotides for reducing expression of one or more aberrantly spliced LMNA mRNA isoforms that encode progerin.
US11802282B2
One embodiment provides methods to identify known and unknown gene fusions by creating a cDNA circle and analyzing the circle cDNA by amplification or sequencing. The circle cDNA is created in two approaches: 1) reverse transcribe a target RNA to cDNA, ligate the 3′end of the cDNA to its 5′end to form a circle cDNA, or 2). ligate the 3′end of target RNA to its 5′ end to form a circle RNA, reverse transcribe the RNA to a cDNA, and ligate the cDNA to form a circle cDNA. The circle cDNA is amplified using a primer designed from a known sequence of a wild type target gene by rolling circle amplification or PCR methods. The known or unknown fusion gene sequences in the circle cDNA are amplified and identified by sequencing analysis.
US11802280B2
An enzyme synthesizes hydroxyl acetaldehyde and/or 1,3-dihydroxyacetone by catalyzing formaldehyde. Site-directed mutation of benzoylformate decarboxylase (BFD) creates a mutant of the enzyme, which can polymerize the formaldehyde, A phosphoketalose (F/XPK) generates acetyl phosphoric acid from the hydroxyl acetaldehyde or 1,3-dihydroxyacetone (DHA). Combination with phosphotransacetylase (Pta) provides a route from the formaldehyde to acetyl coenzyme A in three steps.
US11802279B2
The disclosure provides a modified protein that is a combination of (i) an L-asparaginase and (ii) one or more (poly)peptide(s), wherein the (poly)peptide consists solely of proline and alanine amino acid residues, and methods of preparation and use thereof.
US11802277B2
Thermostable Cas9 nucleases. The present invention relates to the field of genetic engineering and more particularly to nucleic acid editing and genome modification. The present invention provides in isolated Cas protein or polypeptide fragment thereof having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a sequence of at least 77% identity therewith, wherein the Cas protein or polypeptide is capable of DNA cleavage at a temperature in the range 50° C. and 100° C. inclusive. The invention further provides isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding said Cas9 nucleases, expression vectors and host cells. The Cas9 nucleases disclosed herein provide novel tools for genetic engineering at elevated temperatures and are of particular value in the genetic manipulation of thermophilic organisms; particularly microorganisms.
US11802259B2
A process of reducing malodors on fabrics includes combining fabrics having at least one source of malodor with a wash liquor having metal ions. The wash liquor is prepared by diluting a laundry detergent composition in water by a factor of between 100-fold and 3000-fold. The process further includes washing the fabrics in the wash liquor using an automatic wash operation, a manual wash operation or a mixture thereof; separating the fabrics and the wash liquor from one another; and drying the fabrics. The laundry detergent composition includes from 0.001% to 5% of an alkylated phenol antioxidant, a hindered phenol antioxidant, or mixtures thereof, and at least one of said antioxidants has a log D value at pH 7 equal to or greater than 1.50.
US11802256B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of nut-derived fruit oil preparation, in particular to a method for extracting palmitoleic acid from Macadamia integrifolia and use thereof. In the method for extracting palmitoleic acid from Macadamia integrifolia, a fruit oil of the Macadamia integrifolia is purified by vacuum distillation, and an antioxidant is added during the vacuum distillation. A preparation method of the antioxidant includes the following steps: extracting a pulverized Macadamia integrifolia green peel using ethanol by heat reflux to obtain a green peel extract; extracting the green peel extract using petroleum ether, and then using ethyl acetate; collecting an ethyl acetate layer to obtain the antioxidant. The method can avoid easy oxidization and deterioration of oil during extracting and enriching the palmitoleic acid, and can enrich the palmitoleic acid in the fruit oil of the Macadamia integrifolia by not less than 3 times.
US11802251B2
Pre-ground plastics of small particle size not more than 2 mm are co-fed into a solid fossil fuel fed entrained flow partial oxidation gasifier. A syngas composition can be made by charging an oxidant and a feedstock composition comprising recycle plastics and a solid fossil fuel to a gasification zone within a gasifier; gasifying the feedstock composition together with the oxidant in said gasification zone to produce said syngas composition; and discharging at least a portion of said syngas composition from said gasifier; wherein the recycled plastics are added to a feed point comprising a solid fossil fuel belt feeding a grinder after the solid fossil fuel is loaded on the belt, a solid fossil fuel belt feeding a grinder before the solid fossil fuel is loaded onto the belt, or a solid fossil fuel slurry storage tank containing a slurry of said solid fossil fuel ground to a size as the size fed to the gasification zone.
US11802250B1
A system for processing plastic waste may include a feed line, a feed fractionator, a hydrotreater, a catalytic reforming unit, a heavy oil cracker, and a steam cracker. A pyrolyzed plastics feed is separated into light, medium, and heavy hydrocarbon streams. The hydrotreater removes sulfur, and the catalytic reforming unit produces a circular aromatic-rich stream. The heavy oil cracker generates cracked streams. The steam cracker produces a circular olefin stream from a cracked stream. A system for processing plastic waste may include the feed line, the feed fractionator, the hydrotreater, a medium hydrocarbon fractionator, the catalytic reforming unit, a full-range reforming unit, the heavy oil cracker, and the steam cracker. The medium hydrocarbon fractionator produces two hydrocarbon streams. The full-range naphtha reforming unit produces a second circular aromatic-rich stream.
US11802248B2
Disclosed are a process and system that are capable of performing selective hydrogenation on aromatic fractions by configuring a catalyst bed through staged loading of a plurality of hydrogenation catalysts with different catalytic properties, or configuring a catalyst system in which a plurality of hydrogenation catalysts are arranged using a plurality of reactors in such a way as to be equivalent with the staged loading, and as a result, are capable of suppressing aromatic loss while improving the selective removal of unsaturated hydrocarbons in the aromatic fraction and durability compared to the case of using a single catalyst.
US11802244B1
The gemini surfactant for use in recycling lithium batteries is an anionic surfactant having the generic formula CxH2x+1(CyH2y+1) PO4CzH2zPO4CxH2x+1(CyH2y+1). An example of the surfactant is shown as compound 1 below where (x=5, y=2, z=4). Current solvents used to remove polymer binders include Nmethyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), N—N-dimethylformamide (DMF), N—N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC), N—N-dimethylsulfoxide (DMSA), and ethanol. The benchmark solvent often used to dissolve polymer binders is NMP. However, the present surfactants are phosphate-based surfactants and are used with a phosphate-based solvent, namely, triethyl phosphate (TEP), which is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than NMP. However, TEP has weaker binder solubility than NMP. Thus, the present surfactants are used with sonication to remove polymer binders.
US11802238B2
The present invention relates to a ligand-exchanged inorganic perovskite quantum dot thin film and a solar cell comprising the same. The inorganic perovskite quantum dot thin film provided in one aspect of the present invention is capable of more effective ligand exchange by directly inserting the organic ligand ion-based salt generating organic ligand ions, and the thin film can be used to prepare solar cells with high power conversion efficiency. Therefore, the thin film of the present invention can contribute to the commercialization of perovskite quantum dot solar cells in the future.
US11802235B2
A fracturing fluid may comprise an aqueous based fluid and halloysite nanotubes, wherein the halloysite nanotubes comprise a cargo.
US11802228B2
Non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising: obtaining asphalt shingle waste (ASW) and performing grinding, screening, and separating steps on the ASW. In some embodiments, granules are removed from the ASW. In some embodiments, the method transforms ASW into ASW powder. In some embodiments, the ASW powder is formed into a plurality of briquettes. In some embodiments, at least one of: the ASW powder, the plurality of briquettes, or any combination thereof is fed into a mixing process that results in an ASW powder filled coating. In some embodiments, the ASW powder is formed into an adhesive composition.
US11802227B2
Solvent-based adhesive composition are disclosed, the compositions comprising (A) a polyester-urethane resin, (B) an epoxy-terminated polyester compound, (C) a phosphoric acid, and (D) an aliphatic isocyanate curing agent. Methods for preparing a solvent-based adhesive composition, the methods comprising providing a polyester-urethane resin, providing an epoxy-terminated polyester compound, mixing the polyester-urethane resin, epoxy-terminated polyester compound, and phosphoric acid to form a resin mixture, diluting the resin mixture in a solvent to form a diluted resin mixture having an application solid content from 25 to 55 weight percent, based on the total weight of the diluted resin mixture, and curing the diluted resin mixture with an aliphatic isocyanate curing agent at a mix ratio (parts by weight resin mixture before dilution:parts by weight aliphatic isocyanate curing agent) of from 100:1 to 100:12. Laminates prepared comprising the solvent-based adhesives and according to the disclosed methods are also disclosed.
US11802222B2
The present disclosure provides for aqueous, curable binder compositions, as well as articles and products comprising assemblies of matter comprising mineral fibers, synthetic fibers, natural fibers, cellulosic particles and sheet materials comprising the binder compositions disclosed herein.
US11802221B2
An electrically conductive adhesive layer includes an adhesive material; a plurality of electrically conductive dendritic first particles dispersed in the adhesive material and having a cumulative 50% particle diameter D50 in a range from about 20 micrometers to about 40 micrometers; and a plurality of electrically conductive substantially planar second particles dispersed in the adhesive material and having a cumulative 50% particle diameter D50 in a range from about 40 micrometers to about 70 micrometers. The adhesive layer has an average thickness in a range from about 15 micrometers to about 35 micrometers, an electrical resistance in a thickness direction of less than about 30 milliohms, and a peel strength of at least 0.1 N/mm from a stainless steel surface after a dwell time of about 20 minutes at 22° C.
US11802218B2
A method of forming an asphalt mixture can include mixing a bio-source material and a bitumen source to form a bitumen mixture. The bitumen mixture can be mixed with a catalyst to form the asphalt mixture. Particles can be added to the asphalt mixture to form a roofing-grade asphalt mixture. In an embodiment, the bitumen source material can have a softening point of at least approximately 93° C. and a penetration distance no greater than approximately 25 dmm. In another embodiment, the roofing-grade asphalt mixture can have a softening point of at least approximately 104° C., a penetration distance no greater than approximately 12 dmm, a viscosity of at least approximately 3000 cps at a temperature of 204° C., or any combination thereof. The asphalt mixture can be applied to a base material to form a roofing product. The asphalt mixture can be applied as a pavement product.
US11802217B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a binder comprising one or more siloxane polymers, silicone resins, silicone based elastomers, and mixtures thereof, wherein said binder optionally comprises one or more cross-linker components comprising a silane and/or a siloxane containing silicon-bonded hydrolysable groups; and a hydrophilic powder and/or gel selected from one or more amorphous, porous hydrophilic silica(s), one or more hydrophilic silica aerogel(s) and mixtures thereof, said amorphous, porous hydrophilic silica and/or said hydrophilic silica aerogel having a BET surface area from 100 m2/g to 1500 m2/g or greater and a thermal conductivity from 0.004 to 0.05 W/m·K at 20° C. and atmospheric pressure. The invention also relates to the use of said composition as or in thermally or acoustically insulating materials and to coatings, products and articles made therefrom.
US11802215B2
A pigmented aqueous inkjet ink set for manufacturing decorative panels comprising: a) a cyan aqueous inkjet ink containing a copper phthalocyanine pigment; b) a red aqueous inkjet ink containing a red pigment selected from the group consisting of C.I. Pigment Red 254, C.I. Pigment Red 122, C.I. Pigment Red 176 and mixed crystals thereof; c) a yellow aqueous inkjet ink containing a pigment C.I Pigment Yellow 150 or a mixed crystal thereof; and d) a black aqueous inkjet ink containing a carbon black pigment; wherein the aqueous inkjet inks contain a surfactant. An inkjet printing method for manufacturing decorative panels is also disclosed.
US11802214B2
A process for preparing in situ an aqueous gel ink with variable color comprising the following steps: (i) preparing a gel-based matrix of aqueous ink comprising an N-Acyl-aminophenol, wherein the hydroxyl group is preferably in meta or para position on the benzenic group, and (ii) adding a solution of silver salts to the gel-based matrix of aqueous ink prepared in step (i), to obtain an aqueous gel ink with variable color with silver nanoparticles disposed therein. An aqueous gel ink with variable color obtained according to process for preparing, comprising an N-Acyl-aminophenol, wherein the hydroxyl group is preferably in meta or para position on the benzenic group and silver nanoparticles. A writing instrument comprising an aqueous gel ink with variable color.
US11802208B2
The present disclosure is a stilbene-based compound or a salt thereof represented by a following formula (1), wherein a group X represents a nitro group or an amino group optionally having a substituent; a group Y represents an amide group optionally having a substituent or a naphthotriazole group optionally having a substituent; and p and q each independently represent an integer of 0 to 2.
US11802194B2
A rubber composition is based on at least one elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a crosslinking system and an optionally hydrogenated hydrocarbon-based resin, predominantly composed of units selected from the group consisting of cyclopentadiene, dicyclopentadiene, methylcyclopentadiene and mixtures thereof, said hydrocarbonbased resin having an average molecular weight Mz of less than 2000 g/mol and a glass transition temperature Tg, expressed in ° C., such that: Tg≥80−2*(% HA), wherein % HA represents the content of aromatic protons of said resin, the content of said hydrocarbon-based resin being within a range extending from 15 to 150 phr.
US11802193B2
A cure promoter composition is disclosed, including an accelerator which may include a thiocarbamate, a hydrated thiocarbamate, a dithiocarbamate, a thiazole, a mercaptothiazole, a sulfenamide, a thiazolesulfenamide, a metal salt of thiocarbamate, sulfur chloride, or combinations thereof. The cure promoter composition also includes a compatibilizing carrier, one or more organic solvents, a catalyst, an optional reducing agent, an optional reactive silane, an optional reactive organometallic, an optional gelling agent, and an optional aqueous component. A method for applying the cure promoter composition is disclosed, including contacting the organic solvents, the accelerator, the carrier, the reactive silanes, the reactive organometallics, the reducing agents, and the catalyst with one another to prepare the cure promoter composition, homogenizing the cure promoter composition, pausing after homogenizing to allow the cure promoter time to react, applying a sealant onto a substrate, and applying the cure promoter composition to a surface of the sealant.
US11802192B2
The present invention is a low dielectric resin substrate, which is a composite including an annealed quartz glass cloth and an organic resin, where the annealed quartz glass cloth has a dielectric loss tangent of less than 0.0010 at 10 GHz, and tensile strength of 1.0 N/25 mm or more per cloth weight (g/m2). This provides a resin substrate that includes a quartz glass cloth which has a low dielectric loss tangent and which is also excellent in tensile strength.
US11802180B2
Polymeric polyoxazolines of the following structure are disclosed: where X is the residue of a polymeric polyol after reaction with a dicarboxylic acid/anhydride; where R5 is an organic moiety; where Y is an organic moiety containing one or more oxazoline groups; and wherein each R10 is independently hydrogen or an organic moiety. Methods of making such polyoxazolines and using them in a coating, and packages coated therewith, are also within the scope of the present invention.
US11802168B2
The present invention discloses a new type of water-soluble polydextrose. This new type of polydextrose contains at least 75% by weight of saccharide molecules having a degree of polymerisation (DP) of 5 or more and characterised in that the non-digestible fiber content is at least 80% by weight. Further, the present invention relates to a process for preparing this new type of polydextrose and to the use of this polydextrose in products such as food products, pharmaceutical products and personal care products.
US11802166B2
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a cellulose acetate film having excellent bending properties and high transparency. The subject cellulose acetate film contains cellulose acetate having a cellulose triacetate I crystal structure, the cellulose acetate film having a light transmittance of 70% or higher at 660 nm.
US11802163B2
Nucleic acid constructs encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and a truncated human epidermal growth factor receptor (huEGFRt) are described. The encoded CARs include a tumor antigen-specific monoclonal antibody, such as a glypican-3 (GPC3)-specific, a GPC2-specific or a mesothelin-specific monoclonal antibody, fused to a CD8α hinge region, a CD8α transmembrane region, a 4-1BB co-stimulatory domain and a CD3ζ signaling domain. Isolated host cells, such as isolated T cells that co-express the disclosed CARs and huEGFRt are also described. T cells transduced with the disclosed CAR constructs can be used for cancer immunotherapy.
US11802161B2
The present disclosure provides antibody sequences found in antibodies that bind to human CD25, in particular an anti CD25-a-634 antibody which do not block the binding of CD25 to IL-2 or IL-2 signalling. Antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof including such sequences can be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment, in particular for treating cancer.
US11802159B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating diseases, disorders or conditions associated with the expression of the glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked GDNF family protein α-receptor 4 (GFRα4).
US11802148B2
The invention relates to an anti-human p53 antibody suitable for specifically binding a linear epitope which is exposed only in a conformationally altered isoform of the characteristic p53 protein of patients with Alzheimer's disease or prone to develop Alzheimer's disease or cognitive impairment during ageing. Methods and diagnostic and prognostic kits are also described.
US11802146B2
This disclosure relates to compositions and methods for treating and preventing chikungunya virus infection by delivering polynucleotides encoding anti-chikungunya virus antibodies to a subject. Compositions and treatments provided herein include one or more polynucleotides having an open reading frame encoding an anti-chikungunya virus antibody heavy chain or fragment thereof and/or an anti-chikungunya virus antibody light chain or fragment thereof. Methods for preparing and using such treatments are also provided.
US11802144B2
Circular RNA and transfer vehicles, along with related compositions and methods are described herein. In some embodiments, the inventive circular RNA comprises group I intron fragments, spacers, an IRES, duplex forming regions, and an expression sequence. In some embodiments, the expression sequence encodes a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). In some embodiments, circular RNA of the invention has improved expression, functional stability, immunogenicity, ease of manufacturing, and/or half-life when compared to linear RNA. In some embodiments, inventive methods and constructs result in improved circularization efficiency, splicing efficiency, and/or purity when compared to existing RNA circularization approaches.
US11802141B2
Beta-sheet forming polypeptides at least 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% identical to the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS:1-24 are disclosed, together with their use and methods for designing beta-sheet forming polypeptides.
US11802129B1
The present subject matter involves novel pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-one 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-b]indol-1-one compounds are useful as anticancer and/or antitumor agents.
US11802126B2
The present disclosure provides a compound of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, stereoisomers thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method to treat or prevent neurodegenerative diseases using the compound.
US11802122B2
Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of Nav1.8 channel activity and may be useful in the treatment, prevention, management, amelioration, control and suppression of diseases mediated by Nav1.8 channel activity. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment, prevention or management of pain disorders, cough disorders, acute itch disorders, and chronic itch disorders.
US11802121B2
Provided herein are 6-carboxylic acids of benzimidazoles and 4-aza-, 5-aza-, 7-aza- and 4,7-diaza-benzimidazoles as GLP-1R agonists, processes to make said compounds, and methods comprising administering said compounds to a mammal in need thereof.
US11802120B2
The present invention relates to fused cyclic urea derivatives which have antagonistic activities against CRHR1 and/or CRHR2, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of disorders and diseases in which CRHR1 and/or CRHR2 is involved. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which CRHR1 and/or CRHR2 is involved.
US11802118B2
Disclosed are methods for separating, recovering, and purifying cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) salts from an organic solvent solution comprising a mixture of cannabinoids. The methods comprise solubilizing the mixture of cannabinoids in C5-C7 hydrocarbon solvents, adding thereto a selected amine to thereby precipitate a CBDA-amine salt therefrom, dissolving the recovered CBDA-amine salt in a selected solvent and then adding thereto a selected antisolvent to thereby recrystallizing a purified CBDA-amine salt therefrom. The recrystallized CBDA-amine salt may be decarboxylated to form a mixture of cannabidiol (CBD) and amine. The CBD amine mixture may be acidified to separate the amine from CBD. The recovered CBD may be concentrated to produce a highly purified CBD. Also disclosed are CBDA-amine salts produced with certain amines selected from groups of secondary amines, tertiary amines, diamines, amino alcohols, amino ethers, and highly basic amines.
US11802113B2
The present invention provides substituted pyrazole compounds, compositions containing same, and use thereof. The substituted pyrazole compounds comprise a compound represented by formula (I) or a tautomer, stereoisomer, prodrug, crystalline form, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, or solvate thereof. The compound represented by formula (I) can serve as a tissue selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM), particularly serving as a drug for treating prostate cancer and other AR-dependent conditions and diseases in which AR antagonism is desired.
US11802111B2
Compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, isotopes, N-oxides, solvates, and stereoisomers thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods of making them, and methods of using them including methods for treating disease states, disorders, and conditions associated with MGL modulation, such as those associated with pain, psychiatric disorders, neurological disorders (including, but not limited to depression, major depressive disorder, treatment resistant depression, anxious depression, autism spectrum disorders, Asperger syndrome, and bipolar disorder), cancers and eye conditions: wherein R1, , R3, and L are as defined herein.
US11802110B2
The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds. More specifically the present invention pertains to certain 2-amino-N-(arylsulfinyl)-acetamide compounds that, inter alia, inhibit (e.g., selectively inhibit) bacterial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (aaRS) (e.g., bacterial leucyl-t RNA synthetase, LeuRS). The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit (e.g., selectively inhibit) bacterial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase; to treat disorders that are ameliorated by the inhibition (e.g., selective inhibition) of bacterial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase; to treat bacterial infections; etc.
US11802106B2
The present invention relates to a novel cathode buffer layer material, and an organic or organic/inorganic hybrid photoelectric device comprising same, and, if a novel compound of the present invention is applied to a cathode buffer layer of an organic photoelectric device such as organic solar cells, organic photodiode, colloidal quantum dot solar cell, and perovskite solar cell, a surface property of an electron transfer layer is improved via a high dipole moment of the novel compound, an electron can be easily extracted from a photoactive layer to a cathode electrode, and series resistance and leakage current can be reduced, thereby having a useful industrial effect, as performance of the organic or organic/inorganic hybrid photoelectric device being manufactured, such as an organic solar cell, organic photodiode, colloidal quantum dot solar cell, and perovskite solar cell, can be significantly improved.
US11802104B2
The invention discloses a method for preparation of an acetoacetylated polyol by reaction of a polyol with deketene in the presence of a base and in the absence of a solvent.
US11802096B2
A calcium sulfate urea (UCS) fertilizer granule and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. The granule can include urea, calcium sulfate, and a calcium sulfate urea adduct, wherein a portion of the surface of the calcium sulfate urea adduct includes a layer comprising urea, calcium sulfate, or calcium sulfate urea adduct, or any combination or all thereof.
US11802092B2
A concrete curing agent, a curing coating layer and a preparation method thereof, the concrete curing agent comprises a hardening agent and a hydrophobic agent, the raw materials of the hardening agent comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 0.1-10 parts of fluorosilicate salt and 100 parts of water, and the hydrophobic agent comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 0.1-10 parts of a base catalyst, 1-10 parts of a silane coupling agent, 0.1-10 parts of hydrogen-containing silicone oil, 5-10 parts of a cross-linking agent, 10-100 parts of silica sol and 100-1000 parts of water. The present invention can significantly improve the strength, hardness and hydrophobicity, impermeability and freeze-thaw resistance of surface of concrete before and after hardening, and effectively improves the service life of concrete structures.
US11802082B2
This invention provides a co-disposal pollution control method of municipal solid waste and fly ash leached by membrane concentrate, obtained residue and application thereof. A co-disposal pollution control method of municipal solid waste and fly ash leached by membrane concentrate, comprising the following steps: heat treating the mixture of leached ash and municipal solid waste at 800-1100° C. to obtain residue; the leaching ash is fly ash after being leached with membrane concentrate. The invention solves the problems existed in the co-disposal treatment of membrane concentrate, incineration fly ash and municipal solid waste, and the leaching toxicity of the ash leached by the membrane concentrated solution is reduced, moreover, the leaching concentration of heavy metals in the residue obtained after the leaching treatment is treated with municipal solid waste at medium and high temperature, and the residue obtained after heat treatment can be used as building materials.
US11802075B2
The present disclosure discloses a lithium and tellurium-silicate binary glass-oxide-complex system and a conductive paste containing the complex system, and belongs to the technical field of solar cells. The present disclosure uses a “functional modularity” strategy in the formula design of a glass-oxide-complex system (GOC). Alkali metal ions with high migration and reactivity are separated from a glass body with high fluidity, thus a binary complex system is constructed, that is, a lithium-containing glass-oxide-complex (Li-GOC) with high activity and a tellurium-silica-containing glass-oxide-complex (Si—Te-GOC) with high fluidity. Through the modularized formula strategy, active ingredients can be better controlled, so as to obtain more balanced contact and open circuit voltage and improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency of a solar cell.
US11802073B2
Glasses containing silicon dioxide (SiO2) and/or boron oxide (B2O3) as glass formers and having a refractive index nd of greater than or equal to 1.9, as measured at 587.56 nm, and a density of less than or equal to 5.5 g/cm3, as measured at 25° C., are provided. Optionally, the glasses may be characterized by a high transmittance in the visible and near-ultraviolet (near-UV) range of the electromagnetic spectrum and/or good glass forming ability.
US11802072B2
A glass composition includes greater than or equal to 60 mol % and less than or equal to 85 mol % SiO2; greater than or equal to 0.5 mol % and less than or equal to 20 mol % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 15 mol % Li2O; greater than or equal to 0.5 mol % and less than or equal to 25 mol % Na2O; greater than or equal to 0.1 mol % and less than or equal to 20 mol % 1(20; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 10 mol % CaO; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 10 mol % MgO; and greater than or equal to 0.005 mol % and less than or equal to 0.5 mol % Au.
US11802061B2
The disclosure relates to water treatment systems that may be used to remove impurities from water, particularly systems that inserted at the point of entry of a water supply into a building.
US11802047B2
A method of producing chlorine dioxide is disclosed. The method may include feeding a reaction mixture into a separator. The reaction mixture may follow a helical path through the separator and produce gaseous chlorine dioxide within the separator. Gaseous chlorine dioxide may be withdrawn from the separator and used to disinfect process water.
US11802045B1
High temperature moderators for nuclear reactors and processes for their production are disclosed. The moderators include at least one hydrided metal and/or hydride metal allow, such as yttrium hydride, thorium hydride, yttrium-cerium hydride, yttrium-gadolinium hydride, yttrium calcium hydride, cerium hydride, etc. Such metal hydrides and/or hydride alloys may have high thermal stability, a relatively low thermal neutron absorption cross section, the ability to retain hydrogen over a large temperature range, and have good mechanical properties. Such moderators may induce spectral shift in reactors which, in turn, magnifies the Doppler reactivity temperature coefficient. Such moderators to thermalize neutrons may also enhance fuel utilization and cost-effectiveness of the reactor while keeping the core portable.
US11802044B2
A process is proposed for producing pure hydrogen by steam reforming of a feed gas comprising hydrocarbons, preferably natural gas or naphtha, with a simultaneously low and preferably adjustable export steam flow rate. The process includes the steam reforming of the feed gas, for which the heat of reaction required is provided by combustion of one or more fuel gases with combustion air in a multitude of burners arranged within the reformer furnace. According to the invention, the combustion air, before being introduced into the burners, is heated by means of at least one heat exchanger in indirect heat exchange with the hot flue gas to temperatures of at least 530° C.
US11802031B2
A fully electric lift device includes a base assembly, a lift assembly, a platform assembly, tractive elements, an energy storage device, and a control system. The lift assembly is coupled with the base assembly and is driven by an electric linear actuator for a lifting function. The platform assembly is positioned at a top of the lift assembly and can be raised or lowered as the lift assembly performs the lifting function. The tractive elements are rotatably coupled with the base assembly and can be driven by an electric wheel motor to perform a driving function. The control system includes a controller that operates the electric wheel motor and the electric linear actuator to perform the driving function and the lifting function using power drawn from the energy storage device. The lift assembly and the tractive elements use only electrical energy to perform the lifting and driving functions.
US11802022B2
An elevator load bearing member includes a plurality of load bearing cords and a jacket at least partially surrounding the cords. The jacket includes a layer received against the cords, and a self-healing component. A method of making an elevator load bearing member is also disclosed.
US11802020B2
A floor selection operation panel for elevating equipment may include a panel including an opening, an electric compartment room disposed at a rear side of the panel, and a floor selection button disposed inside the electric compartment. The floor selection button may include a button body including a first body and a second body selectively exposed to the outside through the opening, a rotation shaft for rotating the button body, a printed circuit board disposed at a rear side of the button body, the printed circuit board including a switch and a germicidal lamp irradiating light toward the button body, and an elastic member disposed between the rotation shaft and the first body and between the rotation shaft and the second body.
US11802013B2
A sheet stacking apparatus includes a sheet stacking unit on which sheets are stacked, a sheet regulating unit, and a cover member. The sheet regulating unit includes a main body having a regulating surface regulating a position of the sheet on the sheet stacking unit, and an operating portion movably supported on the main body and having an operating surface. The operating portion is movable from a first to a second position by operating the operating surface. The sheet regulating unit is locked to the sheet stacking unit when the operating portion is in the first position, and unlocked when in the second position. The cover member includes a first surface covering the operating surface and a second surface covering an upper surface of the operating portion, and covers the operating portion with at least the first surface and the second surface so that the operating portion is not visible.
US11802012B1
According to embodiments disclosed herein, there is provided a delivery box system to deliver a commodity material. In various instances, a single auger configuration, a dual auger configuration, a vertical auger configuration and/or further configurations or combinations of configurations are contemplated as described. One or more auger facilitates the metered release of the commodity material and ameliorates jamming of the commodity material against aspects of the delivery box system.
US11802004B2
A conveyor belt comprising: a belt body (13), one rotatable portion (12) coupled to the belt body (13) and configured to turn relative to the belt body (13). The rotatable portion comprises a plurality of sub-elements (17), with each one of said sub-elements being rotatably connected to an adjacent sub-element and having first opposite side portions and second opposite side portions; each one of the sub-elements (17) further comprises: one or more first annular features (19) at each of the first opposite side portions, one or more second annular features (20) at each the second opposite side portions. The first annular features (19) of a sub-element mate with the first annular features (19) or with the second annular features (20) of an adjacent sub-element forming a coupling seat (21) located between the two adjacent sub-elements and extending along an axis of rotation; one pin (22) is inserted in said coupling seat (21) formed between the two adjacent sub-elements to rotatably connect the two adjacent sub-elements (17). It is also disclosed a packaging apparatus using the above conveyor belt.
US11801998B2
To provide additional flexibility for a refuse collection vehicle, a removable fender panels are used on an outside portion of the main collection body. The removable fender panels are formed to have a sloped section that will cause rain, snow and other materials to naturally drain from the panel, thus helping to maintain the appearance of the vehicle. Since the fender panels are removable, they can be easily replaced when excessive signs of wear begin to appear. Further, this provides further flexibility during the manufacturing process since the panels can be manufactured from a wide variety of materials including steel, stainless steel, aluminum and many non-metallic materials.
US11801992B2
A floating device to be used in groups to form a floating cover that floats over volumes of water or liquids used in industry, mining and agriculture, directed to reduce evaporation, algae formation and gas emanation. The device comprising an outer shell consisting of outwardly convex covers and lateral edges that have a polygonal shape in a plan view, vertical wall surfaces extending from the edges of the covers, wherein each vertical wall surface joins at the level of the middle plane of the device with the edges of an inner shell.
US11801988B2
An inflatable packaging web (3201) includes a continuous web of preformed pouches (3200) and an outer skin (612). The continuous web of preformed pouches is defined by two panels (18) connected together along first and second side edges (14) and either connected together or folded along a bottom edge (20). At least one of the panels is inflatable. The outer skin is disposed over at least one of the inflatable panels. The outer skin is attached to the at least one of the inflatable panels along at least a portion of the height of the first and second side edges. The preformed pouch includes at least one fold such that a folded portion (3215) of the two panels is folded over a first portion of the two panels.
US11801982B2
A recyclable cap for containers includes an outer body and an inner body provided with fixing means for being retained in a container, the inner body being coupled and housed inside the outer body, wherein the outer body is made of a biodegradable material of plant origin, wherein the outer body and the inner body are coupled by coupling means configured for linking the two bodies to one another, the inner body including a single-use release system configured for separating the outer body from the inner body. A user may thereby separate and recycle the outer body and the inner body in an entirely separate manner at the end of the service life thereof.
US11801975B1
A plastic bag support device includes a planar sheet that is made of a material. The material is bendable by human force (e.g., made of plastic or aluminum). The planar sheet has an insertion end at the first end and a receptor at a second end that is opposite the first end. A maintaining mechanism is affixed to the planar sheet between the first end and the second end. A storage clasp is affixed to the planar sheet between the first end and the second end, and a deployment clasp is affixed to the planar sheet between the first end and the storage clasp. In a storage configuration, the insertion end is disengaged with the receptor and the maintaining mechanism is engaged with the storage clasp and in a deployed configuration, the insertion end is engaged with the receptor and the maintaining mechanism is engaged with the deployment clasp.
US11801971B2
A container system with an interlocking mechanism is disclosed. The containers of the system have interlocking components that securely interconnect the individual containers vertically, so that groupings of containers can be transported easily. The containers can be water tight and air tight. The container can be modular and form infinite combinations of stacked and interlocked groupings.
US11801969B2
A package unit includes: a base on which a packaged object is placed; a box that surrounds the packaged object; and a lid that covers the box such that a surface provided with an overlapping section where a sheet is folded and overlapped serves as a high impact resistance surface when the packaged object receives an impact.
US11801959B2
A multilayer container for elevated temperature, high pressure processing of a material within the container, using a pressure transmission liquid within the container, the multilayer container having a container wall having an inner layer formed of a plastic for containing the liquid in contact with the inner side thereof and at least one further layer outboard of the inner layer and formed of different plastic from the inner layer, wherein the inner layer has a compression heating coefficient at least as high as the compression heating coefficient of the pressure transmission liquid in contact with the inner side thereof and the at least one further layer has a lower thermal conductivity at ambient pressure and temperature than the inner layer.
US11801954B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a strapping machine with an improved edge-protector positioner.
US11801945B2
A helicopter tug apparatus for loading, transporting, and unloading a helicopter landing skid includes a plurality of landing skid loading units. The loading units are arranged to support the landing skid, and each of the loading units includes a skid cradle with a plurality of tug rollers configured to engage the landing skid. The loading units each include a drive track, and at least one motor for operating the skid cradle and the drive track. The rollers are reverse synchronized with the drive track, such that when the drive track moves the loading unit under the landing skid, the tug rollers turn in reverse to avoid placing lateral force on the landing skid.
US11801942B2
A passenger seat rear-mounted meal tray assembly with a low-profile inline latch includes a meal tray substantially contoured to the seatback surface and a latch pin assembly mounted within the meal tray beneath the seatback surface, the latch assembly including a latch pin for engaging with the seatback to hold the meal tray in the stowed configuration. The meal tray includes a handle likewise contoured to the exterior surface of the tray, the handle having an outer face articulable by a passenger to pivot the handle and disengage the latch pin from the seatback. Disengaging the latch pin via the handle releases the meal tray by the handle into the hand of the passenger, who may manually pivot the tray into a substantially horizontal deployed configuration. The meal tray may similarly be restowed to the seatback (e.g., by pushing the tray back into stowed position) without engaging the handle.
US11801932B2
Systems and methods for mechanically rotating an aircraft about its center-of-gravity (CG) are disclosed. The system can enable the rear, or main, landing gear to squat, while the nose landing gear raises to generate a positive pitch angle for the aircraft for takeoff or landing. The system can also enable the nose gear and main gear to return to a relatively level fuselage attitude for ground operations. The system can include one or more hydraulically linked hydraulic cylinders to control the overall height of the nose gear and the main gear. Because the hydraulic cylinders are linked, a change on the length of the nose cylinder generates a proportional, and opposite, change in the length of the main cylinder, and vice-versa. A method and control system for monitoring and controlling the relative positions of the nose gear and main gear is also disclosed.
US11801930B2
A wing for an aircraft including a fixed wing and a high-lift device movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The high-lift device includes a movable fence. The fence is movable between a first position in which the fence does not protrude beyond an outer surface of the high-lift device and a second position in which the fence protrudes beyond the outer surface of the high-lift device. The fence is in the first position when the high-lift device is in the retracted position and in the second position when the high-lift device is in the extended position. Further, an aircraft with such a wing, a high-lift device and a fence as well as use of a high-lift device and a fence are provided.
US11801923B2
A gyroscopic roll stabilizer comprises a gimbal having a support frame and enclosure configured to maintain a below-ambient pressure, a flywheel assembly including a flywheel and flywheel shaft, one or more bearings for rotatably mounting the flywheel inside the enclosure, a motor for rotating the flywheel, and bearing cooling system for cooling the bearings supporting the flywheel. The bearing cooling system enables heat generated by the bearings to be transferred through the flywheel shaft to a heat sink disposed within a cavity in the end of the flywheel shaft, or to a liquid coolant circulating within the cavity.
US11801920B2
The present disclosure generally pertains to a lateral displacement surf system and methods of laterally displacing a watercraft to generate wake. The lateral displacement system includes at least one pair of foils configured to be extended from a hull on a first side of the watercraft at a level of approximately the waterline. Upon forward movement of the watercraft with extended foils, the watercraft is rotated about its vertical axis toward the first side and generates waves sufficient for the conduction watersport activities on a second side of the watercraft. In some instances, foils are built into the hull and extended from this position, while in other instances the foils are attached to the hull using attachment structures. Rotation of the foils about an axis of rotation approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the watercraft alters the angle of attack of the foils relative to the waterline.
US11801912B2
A suspension unit has a piston assembly connected to an adjuster. The piston assembly has three or more concentric cylindrical bodies including: an outer tube; an inner tube, and a dampener rod. The dampener rod is inside and concentric to the inner tube. The outer tube is rigidly connected to the dampener rod. The inner tube is telescopically mounted to the outer tube. The inner tube is inside and concentric to the outer tube. The adjuster has an adjuster compression entry port. The axle clamp rebound port connects to an adjuster block rebound entry port. The adjuster block has a high-speed compression cavity formed on an end of the adjuster block.
US11801911B1
A trailing link suspension for a bicycle includes at least one fork arm. The fork arm including a proximal end and a distal end defining a non-linear portion disposed between generally straight portions such that the distal end is at an angle of approximately 70°˜90° relative to the proximal end. The fork arm is rotatably fixed to a bicycle frame. The suspension includes a shock absorber comprising a first end and a second end, defining a length therebetween. The first end of the shock absorber rotatably fixed to the non-linear portion. The suspension includes a link including a first end and a second end defining a length therebetween. The second end of the shock absorber is rotatably fixed to the link, the first end of the link fixed to the second end of the fork arm and the second end of the link fixed to an axle.
US11801909B2
Presented is a multipurpose vehicle capable of being used by a user for travelling related purposes. The multipurpose vehicle comprises a vehicle frame comprising a vehicle rack and a plurality of connector portions, a plurality of swing arms, a plurality of lever arms, a plurality of hinge arms, a plurality of wing board(s) and a plurality of side boards. Each lever arm comprises a connector arrangement for removably connecting the lever arm to the vehicle rack. A handle is connected to a connector portion of the vehicle frame and the handle is manually operable to enable adjustment of the rotation of at least two swing arm(s). The multipurpose vehicle could be positioned in multiple operating modes by operating at least one of the handle and/or connector arrangement(s).
US11801904B2
Techniques are directed to a modular vehicle belly armor kit, as well as systems and methods which utilize such a kit. The kit includes a bottom plate, a top plate, and a plurality of wall sections connecting with the bottom plate and the top plate to form an armor structure that protects a belly portion of the vehicle. After the modular vehicle belly armor kit is positioned underneath a vehicle, the bottom plate may be placed in contact with the vehicle. After the bottom plate is placed in contact with the vehicle, the bottom plate may be fastened to vehicle.
US11801903B2
The disclosure provides a car body panel structure. The car body panel structure includes multiple beads disposed on the car body panel and separated by multiple ridges formed on the car body panel. Each of the beads is formed in a zigzag shape. The beads are all not in contact with the ridges.
US11801896B1
An adjustable front axle includes an axle housing; an axle tube connected to an end of the axle housing; an inner-C-forging disposed on the axle tube at an end away from the axle housing; and a mounting apparatus configured for detachably fixing the inner-C-forging to the axle tube. The inner-C-forging is provided with a first angle adjustment structure, the axle tube is provided with a second angle adjustment structure. The mounting apparatus is disposed on the axle tube, and capable of cooperating with the inner-C-forging to fix the inner-C-forging to the axle tube. The first angle adjustment structure and the second angle adjustment structure have different cooperation positions such that the inner-C-forging has different installation angles relative to the axle tube. A vehicle is also provided.
US11801888B2
A vehicle running control system includes: a steering apparatus that includes a turning device being mechanically separated from a steering wheel; a vehicle drive unit; and a control device. The control device is configured to execute: a turning processing that controls the turning device such that an actual turning angle of the wheel approaches a target turning angle; a vehicle driving processing that determines a target vehicle driving force according to a required vehicle driving force based on a vehicle driving request and that controls the vehicle drive unit so as to cause an actual vehicle driving force to the target vehicle driving force determined; and where a turning angle difference is greater than a turning angle threshold value in a low vehicle speed condition, a driving force limiting processing that limits the target vehicle driving force so as to become smaller than the required vehicle driving force.
US11801886B2
The disclosure relates to a steering device comprising an end stop device for limiting a steering angle of rotation. The end stop device has a rotation device that has at least one rotary element which is rotatable about a central longitudinal axis of a shaft and/or is rotatable together with the shaft. The end stop device has a locking device which cooperates with the rotation device for stopping a rotational movement of the shaft about the central longitudinal axis and with respect to two directions of rotation oriented opposite each other. In order to be able to reliably absorb and transmit high forces and/or torques when the steering device is in a stop position, the locking device has a locking element, the locking element that limits the steering angle of rotation from being movable by the rotation device at least with a first movement component in the axial direction of the central longitudinal axis of the shaft.
US11801885B2
A sensor device for a steering actuator, the sensor device may include: a pinion shaft mounted on a housing part; a first pinion gear integrated with the pinion shaft by injection molding; and a sensor unit coupled to the first pinion gear.
US11801870B2
An autonomous driving system for an autonomous vehicle includes an automated driving controller wirelessly connected to a towing taxi. The automated driving controller determines the autonomous driving system is non-functional. In response to determining the autonomous driving system is non-functional, the automated driving controller generates a notification indicating the autonomous driving system is non-functional. The automated driving controller receives, from the towing taxi, a current data string including a data point corresponding to a current point in time in combination with a predicted data point for each of one or more predicted points of time in the future. The current data string is compared with a previous data string recorded at a previous point in time. In response to determining the current data string matches the previous data string, the automated driving controller determines one or more driving maneuvers for the autonomous vehicle based on the current data string.
US11801861B2
In various examples, systems and methods are disclosed that preserve rich, detail-centric information from a real-world image by augmenting the real-world image with simulated objects to train a machine learning model to detect objects in an input image. The machine learning model may be trained, in deployment, to detect objects and determine bounding shapes to encapsulate detected objects. The machine learning model may further be trained to determine the type of road object encountered, calculate hazard ratings, and calculate confidence percentages. In deployment, detection of a road object, determination of a corresponding bounding shape, identification of road object type, and/or calculation of a hazard rating by the machine learning model may be used as an aid for determining next steps regarding the surrounding environment—e.g., navigating around the road debris, driving over the road debris, or coming to a complete stop—in a variety of autonomous machine applications.
US11801845B2
An alcohol interlock control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a sensor configured to acquire a biosignal of an occupant that is seated in a driver's seat; and a controller configured to determine whether or not the occupant seated in the driver's seat has changed based on the biosignal of the occupant, and when changed, to determine whether the occupant is in a drunken state, and may identify a driver based on the biosignal of the occupant seated in the driver's seat without an additional device and cost, and may fundamentally block an improper alcohol measurement of an additional occupant instead of the driver.
US11801840B2
A work vehicle includes an engine, a transmission to change a received rotational force to a rotational force at a gear ratio that corresponds to a desired vehicle speed and output the changed rotational force, a first operating tool to change the rotation speed of the engine and a deceleration rate of the transmission, a rotation speed controller to control the rotation speed of the engine based on an input provided to the first operating tool, and a second operating tool to receive a holding instruction to hold the rotation speed of the engine constant. In response to the holding instruction being inputted to the second operating tool, the rotation speed controller is configured or programmed to disable control of the rotation speed of the engine which control is based on the input provided to the first operating tool, and hold the rotation speed of the engine constant in accordance with the holding instruction.
US11801826B2
A vehicle control apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes a first traveling motor, a second traveling motor, and a control system. The control system estimates a first friction coefficient between a first wheel and a road surface and a second friction coefficient between a second wheel and a road surface. When the vehicle starts in a situation in which any of the first and second friction coefficients is less than a first threshold and a difference between the first and second friction coefficients is greater than a second threshold, the control system increases a power running torque of the first traveling motor after elapse of a first delay time after increasing a power running torque of the second traveling motor, if the first friction coefficient is smaller than the second friction coefficient. The first delay time is set on the basis of the first friction coefficient.
US11801824B2
A hybrid vehicle drive system for a vehicle includes a first prime mover, a first prime mover driven transmission, and a rechargeable power source. The hybrid vehicle drive system further includes an interface between the transmission and the prime mover for coupling to an electric motor. The electric motor can be in direct or indirect mechanical communication with a hydraulic pump. The electric motor can receive power from the prime mover driven transmission through the interface.
US11801818B2
The present disclosure discloses multi-mode hydraulic braking systems and control methods thereof. The system includes a two-position three-way digital switch valve, an electromagnetic three-position three-way proportional reversing valve, a controller, a pressure detection system, a speed detection system, and a displacement detection system. The controller intelligently switches a digital braking mode, a composite braking mode, and an anti-lock braking mode after collecting a brake signal through the pressure detection system and speed detection system in real time. The present disclosure integrates an electro-hydraulic proportional control technology with the electromagnetic three-position three-way reversing valve as a control element and a digital hydraulic technology with a digital switch valve as a control element and takes into account an anti-lock function on the basis of digital and composite braking modes to ensure safety of emergency braking and improves versatility of the braking system by the controller intelligently switching the operating modes.
US11801816B2
An air brake electric control valve includes a valve body, a force balance unit including a guide member, and an electromagnetic urge unit including a movable column operable to move between an urging position and a retracted position. When the movable column is at the urging position, the movable column pushes the air guide member such that a through hole of the air guide member is blocked. When the movable column is at the retracted position, a gap is formed between the movable column and the air guide member such that an intermediate section and a second passage of the valve body are in fluid communication via the through hole of the air guide member and the gap.
US11801801B1
An assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle roof and a panel rotatably connected to the vehicle roof. The panel is rotatable away from the vehicle roof from a stowed position to a deployed position. The assembly includes an airbag supported on the panel. The airbag is inflatable from the panel in a vehicle-forward direction when the panel is in the deployed position.
US11801800B2
An energy absorbing device is designed to increase the amount of absorbed energy and control the deformation of the device in case of an impact. The energy absorbing device consists in a hollow longitudinal member extending along a first longitudinal axis and a longitudinal guide extending along a second longitudinal axis, arranged within the longitudinal member and suitable for guiding the deformation of the longitudinal member in case of an impact. The length ratio between the longitudinal guide and the member is comprised between the values of 1/5 and 3/5.
US11801787B2
A digital license plate includes a display system capable of showing a license number readable by camera systems even under poor external lighting conditions. A light redistribution element is positioned near the display system and a lighting system is positioned to direct light from the light redistribution element and toward the display system. In some embodiments the lighting system includes a non-visible lighting element such as can be provided by an infrared source, and the display system includes an electrophoretic or LCD display.
US11801785B2
A collection tank for a mobile vacuum excavator includes a front with a closed end, a rear with an open end, a door configured to be closed over the open end, and a linkage assembly having a first end attached to the door and a second end attached to the body. A first pivotal movement drives the first end and second end away from each other, and a second pivotal movement moves the first end and the second end toward each other. An actuator is attached to the first arm and to the second arm so that actuation of the actuator in a first direction drives the first pivotal movement and actuation of the actuator in a second direction drives the second arm the second pivotal movement.
US11801784B1
A vehicle is provided that includes a deployable assist handle configured to be gripped by a user, the deployable assist handle being deployable amongst a plurality of use positions, at least one sensor for sensing a user proximate the vehicle, and an actuator for actuating the deployable assist handle. The vehicle also includes a controller determining one or more characteristics of the user from the sensed data and controlling the actuator to actuate the deployable assist handle to a select use position based on the determined one or more characteristics.
US11801773B1
A method and system for ground-based thermal conditioning of an electric aircraft. The system includes an electric aircraft, an onboard thermal conditioning module on the electric aircraft, and a ground-based thermal conditioning module connected to the onboard thermal conditioning module. Liquid coolant runs through the ground-based thermal conditioning module to the onboard thermal conditioning module. Ground-based thermal conditioning module purges the coolant from the onboard thermal conditioning module. The ground-based thermal conditioning module is disconnected from the onboard thermal conditioning module.
US11801765B2
This application discloses a charging pile and a charging pile control method. The method includes: obtaining a first temperature of at least one charging apparatus that is in a first state and that is in a charging pile; obtaining a second temperature of at least one charging apparatus that is in a second state and that is in the charging pile, where the second state is a sleep state; calculating a temperature difference between the second temperature and the first temperature; determining whether the temperature difference is greater than a first threshold, where the first threshold is an upper-limit temperature of the temperature difference; and when the temperature difference is greater than the first threshold, starting a heat dissipation fan of the charging apparatus that is in the second state.
US11801763B2
A vehicle has a drive system that includes a battery, two inverters, an electric machine, and switches. The vehicle also has a controller that, responsive to charge mode, operates the switches to couple one of the inverters to a charge port and operates at least one of the inverters such that DC current from the charge port sequentially flows through the one of the inverters, the electric machine, and the other of the inverters to the battery.
US11801762B2
Disclosed illustrative embodiments include docking stations, portable electrical vehicle supply equipment cables, and modular electrical vehicle supply equipment systems. An illustrative docking station includes a receiver configured to be physically couplable with a structure and a source electrical connector configured to be electrically couplable to a power source and the receiver. The docking station also includes an electrical connector configured to be electrically couplable with a portable electrical vehicle supply equipment cable and the receiver. The docking station further includes a communications device couplable in data communication with the receiver and configured to send and receive information relating to use of the electrical connector.
US11801760B2
A method for controlling torque vectoring of an xEV includes detecting vehicle speed information using speed sensors mounted in the xEV, and estimating a vehicle speed of the xEV in driving based on the detected vehicle speed information, setting a state of the xEV based on the estimated vehicle speed, determining whether there is an intervention request based on the set state of the xEV, detecting a steering angle of the xEV when the intervention request is rejected, and when the detected steering angle of the xEV is within a predetermined reference angle range, determining the xEV as being in a first slip state in which the xEV slips in a longitudinal direction, and resetting the vehicle speed of the xEV through output of a torque vectoring (TV) motor mounted in the xEV.
US11801742B2
A vehicle-mounted battery pack includes a battery tray including a floor part, a right frame, and a left frame. The battery tray includes a battery disposition region, a right impact-absorbing region, and a left impact-absorbing region. A battery module is placed in a battery disposition region. The left and right impact-absorbing regions are provided on outer sides of the battery disposition region in the vehicle width direction. The right frame and the left frame are formed to be thinner than the right and left impact-absorbing regions. Further, an easily deformable portion is formed at a lower portion of the right and left impact-absorbing regions.
US11801741B2
An assembly includes a vehicle frame having a middle section, a front-section vehicle-forward of the middle section, and a rear section vehicle-rearward of the middle section. The middle section has frame rails spaced from each other and cross-beams extending from one frame rail toward the other frame rail. The frame rails each having a vehicle-forward end and a vehicle-rearward end. The assembly includes one or more electric-vehicle batteries. At least one of the batteries is in one of the cross-beams. The assembly includes two front nodes between and directly connected to the middle section and the front section and two rear nodes between and directly connected to the middle section and the rear section.
US11801737B2
A tonneau cover for a vehicle can include a panel and a table. The panel can define a cavity. The table can be modifiable between a stowable configuration and a standing configuration. In the stowable configuration, the table is configured to stow inside the cavity. In the standing configuration, the table is configured to stand on a ground surface when removed from the cavity. In the stowable configuration, the table may be configured to further rigidify the panel such that a user of the vehicle can store cargo on top of the tonneau cover.
US11801731B1
A thermal management system includes an open-circuit refrigeration system having an open-circuit refrigerant fluid flow path. The open-circuit refrigeration system includes a receiver configured to store a refrigerant fluid, an evaporator configured to receive the refrigerant fluid at an evaporator inlet and to extract heat from a heat load that contacts the evaporator, and provide refrigerant vapor at an evaporator outlet. The open-circuit refrigeration system also includes a vapor pump device having a vapor pump inlet that receives the refrigerant vapor and having a vapor pump outlet that outputs compressed refrigerant vapor to an exhaust line coupled to the vapor pump outlet, with the receiver, the evaporator, the vapor pump device, and the exhaust line connected in the open-circuit refrigerant fluid flow path.
US11801729B2
Disclosed is an air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle, the air conditioning apparatus being applicable to an autonomous vehicle, etc. having console removed therefrom by ensuring a lower space of a driver's seat in a front part of the vehicle and being capable of preventing condensate water from flowing backward. The air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle comprises: an air conditioning case having an air flow path formed therein and a plurality of air discharge ports; and a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger provided in the air flow path of the air conditioning case and exchanging heat with the air passing through the air flow path, wherein the air discharge ports include a front seat air discharge port and a back seat air discharge port, and the back seat air discharge port is arranged under the heating heat exchanger in the direction of gravity.
US11801728B2
A system includes an actuator that produces heat or cold onboard an electric vehicle and a controller that generates an operating command to control the actuator to deliver a first average power over a predetermined time period based on one or more climatic conditions and based on a vehicle energy parameter. The vehicle energy parameter indicates whether (a) the electric vehicle or another electric vehicle is consuming electric energy or (b) the electric vehicle or another electric vehicle is producing the electric energy. The controller generates the operating command such that the first average power delivered by the actuator during the predetermined time period has substantially the same value as a second average power delivered by the actuator when the controller generates the operating command based only on the one or more climatic conditions.
US11801723B2
A strut mount includes: an inner member coupled to a suspension; an outer bracket having an outer cylinder portion housing the inner member, and a flange portion protruding radially outward from the outer cylinder portion and coupled to a vehicle body; an elastic member interposed between the inner member and the outer cylinder portion; and a seal member interposed between the flange portion and the vehicle body. The seal member includes an annular portion located between the flange portion and the vehicle body, and a first downward extending portion extending downward from an outer peripheral portion of the annular portion toward the opposite side from the vehicle body. The flange portion includes a placement surface portion which faces toward the vehicle body and on which the annular portion is placed, and a first sidewall portion extending from an outer peripheral portion of the placement surface portion to the opposite side from the vehicle body. A first engaging portion of the first downward extending portion and a first engaged portion of the first sidewall portion are engaged with each other to reduce axial movement of the annular portion placed on the placement surface portion.
US11801713B2
An apparatus equipped with a moving tool includes a base and the moving tool including a wheel that rolls on a floor surface during movement of the apparatus, and a support unit that is fixed to the base at a position above an upper end of the wheel and that supports the wheel. The base includes a contact portion that is disposed at a position behind the support unit in a moving direction and above the upper end of the wheel, and with which the moving tool comes into contact when the support unit is bent rearward.
US11801697B2
Printer with holding and pressing members that are engageable with each other to hold a cover closed
A printer includes a body including a label sheet storage location and a cover rotatably attached to the body and covering the storage location when closed. The cover includes a roller having a shaft that is used for conveying the label sheet when the cover is closed and a peeling bar extending above the roller. The body includes a pressing member extending along the direction and pressing the sheet against the bar for peeling a label from the label sheet and a release lever arranged at an end of the pressing member. The release lever has a recess and rotates between a first position at which the shaft fits into the recess and a second position at which the shaft is released. The release lever rotates from the first to second positions to open the cover when a release button is pressed.
US11801694B2
A printer is provided with a platen support member, a platen, and a positioning portion. The platen support member supports the platen. The platen includes a rear engaging portion. The positioning portion includes a rear roller. The rear roller is provided at the platen support member, and can move in the front-rear direction with respect to the platen support member. The rear roller engages with the rear engaging portion in a state in which the platen is supported by the platen support member. The positioning portion positions the platen at a prescribed printing position in the front-rear direction, by the rear roller moving forward in a state in which the rear engaging portion is engaged with the rear roller.
US11801691B2
An inkjet printer including a platen that supports a recording medium; an inkjet head having a nozzle surface that ejects ink, which cures by being irradiated with light, toward the recording medium; a light irradiation device that irradiates the ink attached to the recording medium with light; and a carriage that is mounted on the inkjet head and the light irradiation device, and is scanned with respect to the platen; where an uneven portion for suppressing stray light from the light irradiation device from reaching the nozzle surface is provided in a portion closer to the nozzle surface than the light irradiation device in a scanning direction; and the uneven portion is provided at a position facing a space on a path of the stray light from the light irradiation device to the nozzle surface in a space between the portion and the platen.
US11801690B2
Disclosed is a carriage for a direct to garment inkjet printing machine. The machine has a frame having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a pair of opposed lateral edges. A first row of slots is positioned on the leading edge and a second row of slots is positioned on the trailing edge. The second row of slots is spaced from the first row of slots by a gelling gap. A shelf on the frame supports tanks of white ink and tanks of color ink and a first plurality of tubing connects a tank of white ink positioned on the shelf with a print head in the first row of slots. A second plurality of tubing is for connecting a tank of color ink positioned on the shelf with a print head in the second row of slots. A pair of side heaters attached to opposed lateral edges of the first frame.
US11801687B2
A printing system includes a substrate support, a printhead assembly positioned facing the substrate support, and an imager. The printhead assembly includes a plurality of dispensing nozzles extending in an ejection direction towards the substrate support and a plurality of marks. The imager is movable relative to the printhead assembly and oriented in a direction opposite to the ejection direction for capturing at least one image including the plurality of marks indicating positions of the plurality of dispensing nozzles in the printhead assembly.
US11801685B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting portion having a nozzle ejecting a liquid onto a medium, a liquid storage portion that stores the liquid, a supply flow path through which the liquid storage portion communicates with the liquid ejecting portion, an opening/closing mechanism having an opening/closing portion bringing the supply flow path into an open state or a closed state and an operation portion operating the opening/closing portion, a carriage mounted with the liquid ejecting portion and the opening/closing mechanism and configured to reciprocate in a main scanning direction, a contact portion that comes in contact with the opening/closing mechanism when the carriage moves while the supply flow path is in the closed state, and a detection portion that detects contact between the opening/closing mechanism and the contact portion.
US11801680B2
A method of operating a printer iteratively performs printhead purges and test pattern analysis until either every printhead has a number of inoperative inkjets that is less than a predetermined threshold or a maximum number of iterations is reached. An error message is generated for each printhead having a number of inoperative inkjets that is greater than the predetermined threshold. The iterative performance of the printhead purges and test pattern analysis is performed automatically prior to the commencement of printing operations with the printer to remove subjective and time-consuming analysis by a printer operator.
US11801673B2
A screen provision system, for a printing device with a screen receptacle for a printing screen-and a squeegee device associated with the screen receptacle, has a conveying device for conveying a printing screen and at least one screen magazine with multiple screen storage portions that can each receive a printing screen. The screen provision system has at least one treatment station for treating the printing screens. The conveying device supplies printing screens to the screen magazine and to the at least one treatment station.
US11801666B2
A structure formed from composite material and method of forming a composite structure is disclosed in which one or more metal layers are disposed on a composite structural member.
US11801662B2
Provided are cementitious panels that include a cementitious core material and a plurality of sheets of facing material surrounding the cementitious core material, in which at least one of the plurality of sheets of facing material includes a polymeric-film. The polymeric film may include a thermoplastic composition that has a polymeric matrix including one or more polymeric materials. Additionally, the thermoplastic composition may optionally include a filler material. Additionally, provided are methods of manufacturing such cementitious panels.
US11801659B2
A thermally expandable sheet includes: a first thermally expansive layer that is formed on one side of a base and contains a first thermally expandable material and a first binder, the first thermally expansive layer having a first ratio of the first thermally expandable material with respect to the first binder; and a second thermally expansive layer that is formed on the first thermally expansive layer and contains a second thermally expandable material and a second binder, the second thermally expansive layer having a second ratio of the second thermally expandable material with respect to the second binder, wherein the second ratio is lower than the first ratio.
US11801658B2
In one method, a piece of nonwoven PET or PP fabric is formed into a tote bag using a bag forming device. Seams of the tote bag are ultrasonically welded using an ultrasonic bag welding device. The ultrasonic bag welding device includes at least one sonotrode. In another method, BOPP film is received and a full-color graphic is printed on the BOPP film for each tote bag using a printer. The printed BOPP film is received from the printer and nonwoven PP or PET fabric is received from a roll of nonwoven PP or PET fabric using a laminator. The printed BOPP film is laminated to the nonwoven PP or PET fabric. The printed BOPP film laminated to nonwoven PP or PET fabric is received from the laminator and a finished version of each tote bag is produced using an ultrasonic bag welding device.
US11801653B2
The present invention discloses a special hydraulic press for bulging pressing forming of an automobile axle housing and a pressing forming method. A hydraulic press body is a closed frame consisting of an upper cross beam, a lower cross beam, four stand columns I, II, III, and IV, four vertical pull rods I, II, III, and IV, and four transverse pull rods I, II, III, and IV, and is used for balancing a deformation force up to 3000 T in the vertical direction or the horizontal direction in the pressing forming process. During pressing forming, the downward speeds of a main hydraulic cylinder, small left and right vertical hydraulic cylinders are precisely controlled to prevent the left end, the right end and the middle of the tube blank from bending.
US11801651B2
A system in accordance with the present invention cures and manufactures a partially-cured tire assembly. The system includes: a functional wheel member being slid into a corresponding annular, radially inner surface of the partially-cured tire assembly; a plurality of elongate spacer members; a first annular curing platen for axially securing the wheel member and spacer members relative to each other; a second annular curing platen for axially securing the wheel member and spacer members relative to each other; and a plurality of elongate inserts for creating a substantially smooth, uniform outer cylindrical surface formed by a radially outer surface of each insert and flap members of the tire assembly positioned by the radially outermost surfaces of the spacer members.
US11801647B2
A modeling method for a workpiece and the workpiece are provided. When the workpiece, at least a part of the workpiece has a hollow region and two or more openings linking an inside and the outside of the hollow region, is additively manufactured, a temporary closure to block at least one of the two or more openings of the hollow region is manufactured at a same time as laminating of a wall section of the hollow region. A peripheral edge of the temporary closure joined to the wall section, and the temporary closure has a flow hole allowing a fluid to flow in or out of the hollow region, then the temporary closure is removed after the fluid has flowed in or out.
US11801645B2
A three-dimensional (3D) printing system for manufacturing a three-dimensional article includes a resin vessel for containing a volume of photocurable resin having a resin upper surface, an imaging system configured to define a build plane, a build plate having a build plate upper surface, a build plate positioner, a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a fluid-related vertical position of one or more of the resin upper surface and a component of a volume compensator (VC), and a controller. The controller is configured to (1) operate the build plate positioner to vertically translate build plate upper surface, (2) concurrent with operating the build plate positioner, receiving the signal from the sensor, (3) analyze the signal to determine a build plate geometric signature, and (4) determine or suspend a build plan for building the 3D article based upon the determined geometric signature.
US11801643B2
A method of enhancing a performance characteristic of an additive manufacturing apparatus, the method including: (a) dispensing a batch of a light polymerizable resin into the additive manufacturing apparatus, the batch characterized by at least one physical characteristic; (b) determining the unique identity of the batch; (c) sending the unique identity of the batch to a database; then (d) either: (i) receiving on the controller from the database modified operating instructions for the resin batch, which modified operating instructions have been modified based on the at least one physical characteristic, or (ii) receiving on the controller from the database the at least one physical characteristic for the specific resin batch and modifying the operating instructions based on the at least one physical characteristic; and then (e) producing the object from the batch of light polymerizable resin on the additive manufacturing apparatus with the modified operating instructions.
US11801640B2
A post-processing system includes a rinse tank, a robot arm, a locking fixture, and a controller. The robot arm is configured to engage and move a workpiece. The locking fixture includes a platform support structure and a clamping assembly. The controller is in communication with the robot arm and the platform locking fixture. The controller is configured to instruct the robot arm to move the workpiece from a workstation to the rinse tank, instruct the robot arm to move the workpiece from the rinse tank to the platform support structure, and instruct the clamping assembly to secure the workpiece onto the platform support structure after the workpiece has been moved to the platform support.
US11801637B2
A filament feeder (1) for use in a fused filament fabrication printer comprises a feeder body (2) which comprises a channel (3) for guiding a filament (F) there through. A first and a second driven grip roller (4, 5) are arranged on opposing sides of the channel (3) for clamped engagement with the filament (F), wherein the first grip roller (4) is rotationally arranged about a first roller axis (4a) and the second grip roller (5) is rotationally arranged about a second roller axis (5a). The feeder comprises a first drive gear (6) for driving the first grip roller (4), the first drive gear (6) being rotatably arranged about the first roller axis (4a), a second drive gear (7) for driving the second grip roller (5), the second drive gear being rotatably arranged about the second roller axis (5a), and a suspension system (S) for suspension of the first and second grip roller (4,5) and of the first and second drive gear (6,7). The suspension system (S) is arranged to allow lateral movement of the first and second grip rollers (4, 5) with respect to the channel (3) for providing a variable distance (D+ΔD) between the first and second roller axes (4a, 5a).
US11801630B2
A tubular structure fabricated by additive manufacturing from non-biological building material formulations, and featuring an elongated core, a shell encapsulating the core and an intermediate shell between the core and the shell. Each of the core, the shell and the intermediate shell is made of a different material or a different combination of materials. Both the core and the intermediate shell are sacrificial. Additive manufacturing of the tubular structure is usable for fabricating an object featuring properties of a blood vessel.
US11801625B2
A system and process for injection molding polymer articles is described. The system and process are designed to reduce gate blush. In one embodiment, an injection molding device injects a molten polymer composition into a mold cavity adjacent to an interior curved surface on the mold. The flow of the polymer material is parallel to a line that is tangent to the curved surface.
US11801614B2
A deduster is comprised of two sets (pairs) of counter-rotating dedusting brushes in co-operation with a vacuum system for saw dust removal from wooden lumber. In addition to these features, the deduster may feature a separate, movable, top brush assembly that can be easily adjusted for different board thicknesses and raised up to allow for clearing board jams and for pass-through if boards were to be run without dedusting. This deduster apparatus is modular, thereby allowing it to be positioned over an existing machine or a lumber board unscrambler machine such as a lugged unscrambler machine.
US11801613B2
A carbide blade cleaning device includes a water pressure cleaning device, an ultrasonic cleaning device and an air drying device. The water pressure cleaning device includes a cleaning chamber for accommodating a cutter head and a water jet mechanism with an output end facing the cutter head. The ultrasonic cleaning device includes a cleaning box and a cutter head fixing box with an opening in a side surface for accommodating the cutter head, and a first telescopic mechanism drives the cutter head fixing box to adjust a relative position to the cleaning box. The air drying device includes a cutter head fixing table and an air drying mechanism with an output end facing the cutter head fixing table.
US11801601B2
A supporting apparatus for programing a robot operation has a display by which an operator sees a movement trajectory corresponding to a movement of the robot and by which the operator is supported to provide a program including moving order and non-moving order. The supporting apparatus for programing has a first operating portion describing a target position of each of the moving orders superimposed with the movement trajectory by using a first code, and a second operating portion describing a number of the non-moving orders operated at the target position by using a second code.
US11801595B2
A tool including a buffer structure adapted to prevent shocks includes a tool head, a first shaft structure, and a second shaft structure. The tool head has a first connecting portion. The second shaft structure is attached to the slide and links with the tool head. The second shaft structure is movable with respect to the first shaft structure such that the tool head is moved toward and away from the first shaft structure. The second shaft structure has a second connecting portion receiving the pivot. The tool head is pivotal with respect to the second shaft structure. Further, a resilient member is disposed between the first and the second shaft structures. The second shaft structure is biased by the resilient member.
US11801591B2
A fastener driver includes a housing, a cylinder disposed within the housing, and a piston positioned and moveable within the cylinder. The fastener driver additionally includes a nosepiece at least partially defining a fastener driving track through which fasteners are driven, and a driver blade attached to the piston and moveable with the piston to drive the fasteners through the fastener driving track. The driver blade includes an axial guiding projection for guiding the driver blade within the nosepiece, and wherein the projection terminates before a distal end of the driver blade.
US11801584B2
A chuck structure includes: a first chuck, provided with a seat slidable relatively thereto, the seat provided with a first stop; a limiting element, swingable relatively to the seat, and provided with a second chuck; and an operating element, respectively connected with the limiting element and a second chuck, and driving the second chuck to move relatively to the first chuck to form an accommodation space between the first chuck and second chuck, an elastic element configured between the operating element and limiting element, and the elastic element pressing against the limiting element to approach the seat, allowing the second and first stops to be in contact with each other. The present invention can use the operating element 3 to adjust the size of the accommodation space, and the second stop in contact with first stop to make the operating element can only be rotated in a single direction.
US11801583B2
A workpiece clamping device having a first base body on which a first clamping body is slidably supported in a clamping direction, as well as a second base body on which a second clamping body is slidably supported in the clamping direction. The two clamping bodies are in engagement with a threaded spindle. A contact surface is provided on each base body on the side that faces the other base body respectively. The contact surfaces are arranged with base body distance in the clamping direction. A centering body of the threaded spindle has centering surfaces that abut at one assigned contact surface respectively in order to position the threaded spindle in clamping direction without clearance as far as possible.
US11801578B2
A foreign matter detection device includes an ion sensor arranged in the interior of a feed axis motor. The ion sensor is formed so as to detect an ion contained in a cutting liquid. A machine controller judges whether an ion concentration is within a judgment range related to the cutting liquid based on output of the ion sensor, and judges that the cutting liquid has penetrated into the interior of the feed axis motor when the ion concentration is within the judgment range related to the cutting liquid.
US11801576B2
Systems and methods are provided for assembling an airframe of an aircraft, including receiving a half barrel section of fuselage, advancing the half barrel section in a process direction across multiple stations to separately and simultaneously perform work on the half barrel sections, and subsequently joining the half barrel segments to form a section of the airframe. Each pair of half barrel sections, such as upper and lower half barrels, are progressed through assembly line processes to be delivered to a joining station for joining the half barrels together to form a circumferential section of the fuselage. Multiple joined circumferential sections are joined together to form an elongated extent of the fuselage. Indexing features are provided in the assembly process to monitor and control the progression of the half barrel sections in the work stations of the assembly line process.
US11801574B2
Presented are metalworking systems for joining metallic workpieces, methods for forming and welding such workpieces, and lithium-ion battery pouch cells with anodized aluminum tabs joined via knurling and laser welding. A method for laser welding abutting sections of a workpiece or stackup of workpieces includes receiving, via a workpiece support frame, one or more metallic workpieces each with a surface having applied thereto a treatment layer. This treatment layer releases a gas during welding. A metalworking device forms a knurl pattern into the workpiece surface with the treatment layer. The knurl pattern includes a network of channels, such as one or more series of mutually parallel, rectilinear vent channels, designed to exhaust therethrough the gas released from a welded section of the treatment layer. A laser welding device thereafter welds a joint region of the surface(s) of the one or more metallic workpiece with the knurl pattern.
US11801570B2
A laser processing machine includes: a variable focal length optical system in which a focus position is periodically changed in response to a drive signal to be inputted; a position-detection light source configured to emit a detection light onto a workpiece through the variable focal length optical system; a light detector configured to receive the detection light reflected on the workpiece and output a light detection signal; a signal processor configured to output a synchronization pulse signal in synchronization with the focus timing when the detection light is focused on the surface of the workpiece in accordance with the inputted light detection signal; and a laser oscillator configured to oscillate a pulse laser beam in accordance with the inputted synchronization pulse signal to radiate the pulse laser beam on the workpiece through the variable focal length optical system.
US11801568B2
A method welds together two components of an internal combustion engine exhaust system, by resistance welding, to provide greater positioning freedom of two components welded together. A first component is provided with a welding area including an insertion opening edge surrounding an insertion opening. A second component is provided with a welding area including an insertion area to be inserted into the insertion opening. The insertion area is inserted into the insertion opening such that the insertion area is in contact with the first the entire insertion opening edge. An electrical voltage is applied to resistance weld the first component to the second component. The surface (28) of the insertion area is curved about two axes that are not parallel or is curved about an axis that is parallel to the surface of the insertion area, or/and an insertion surface of the insertion opening edge is located in one plane.
US11801543B2
A reversing reel includes a rotor, on which a reel mandrel with a rotary drive for winding strip into a coil is eccentrically arranged. A driven mandrel support device includes a mandrel support that has a bearing head for supporting a free end of the reel mandrel. The bearing head is movable with the reel mandrel when the reel mandrel is transferred from an initial-winding position into a final-winding position. The mandrel support is a first piston-cylinder arrangement, and the mandrel support is supported in a pivotable manner via a mandrel-support bearing on a slide that is movable tangentially to a circular path of the reel mandrel. The inclination of the mandrel support and the position of the bearing head are adjustable such that the mandrel support is oriented in accordance with a resultant force from the weight force of the coil and the tensile force on the strip.
US11801541B2
The present invention relates to a device for guiding a movable element, in particular a driving bar of a mandrel or a mandrel, in a rolling mill with mandrel. The device according to the invention comprises a support structure for the advancement of the movable element along an advancement direction. The device comprises a first slide and a second slide which are carried by said support structure and are slidable along a transverse direction which is substantially orthogonal to said advancement direction, in which each slide carries two abutment surfaces for guiding the movable element and in which each slide is movable along said transverse direction between at least a first operating position, upon reaching which said abutment surfaces are susceptible to coming into contact with a movable element of a first predefined diameter, and at least a second operating position, upon reaching which said abutment surfaces are susceptible to coming into contact with a movable element of a second predefined diameter. According to the invention, the device comprises actuating means which move the slides along the transverse direction between the operating positions and lock the slides themselves when one of said operating positions is reached.
US11801539B2
Self-loading systems and methods for disposal of waste materials in a deep underground formation may include at least one wellbore that runs from the Earth's surface to the deep underground formations, wellbore viscous fluid within that at least one wellbore, and at least one waste capsule, wherein the at least one waste capsules houses some waste and is configured to fall within both the at least one wellbore and the wellbore viscous fluid. The systems and methods may also include at least one human-made cavern located in the deep underground formation and connected to the at least one wellbore, wherein the at least one human-made cavern may be configured to receive the at least one waste capsule. The systems and methods may also include a counter for counting waste capsules and/or a robot for dropping waste capsules into a wellhead leading to the at least one wellbore.
US11801531B2
The invention relates to an integrated separator (1) for separating coarse and fine particles in a cement making process, said integrated separator (1) comprising a static separator (2) and dynamic separator (3), said dynamic separator (3) being arranged in an uppermost position relative to said static separator (2) and said static separator (2) comprising an outer housing (11); a de-agglomeration cone (5) and a first inverted frustum cone (6), said de-agglomeration cone [5] arranged adjacent to said first inverted frustum cone (6) by holding rods (18), said holding rods (18) are connected to said inverted first frustum of cone (6).
US11801529B2
The present disclosure provides a product for preventing the deterioration of an adhesive layer and a method for manufacturing the product. The product comprises a first product housing, a second product housing, an adhesive layer, and a protective layer. The second product housing is opposite to the first product housing. A gap exists between the second product housing and the first product housing. The adhesive layer is disposed in the gap between the first product housing and the second product housing, adhering to the first product housing and the second product housing. The protective layer is disposed on the adhesive layer. The protective layer is disposed in the gap, covering the outer surface of the adhesive layer. The protective layer bonds and cross-links to the adhesive layer chemically.
US11801513B2
A support holder for a test device is disclosed, wherein the holder may include a base having a first plurality of sidewalls having a first length and a second plurality of sidewalls having a second length, wherein the second length is greater than the first length, wherein the plurality of sidewalls define a cavity in the base, the cavity including a surface for receiving a portion of the test device; and a plurality of projections extending away from the base, wherein each projection of the plurality of projections is configured to be associated with a leg portion, and wherein a first sidewall of the first plurality of sidewalls includes a center notch positioned between a first corner portion and a second corner portion, and wherein a second sidewall of the first plurality of sidewalls includes a removable portion configured to cover an opening into an interior of the base.
US11801506B2
A fluid ejection system, in an example, includes at least one nozzle of at least one die from which a fluid is ejected and at least one nanowell at which the at least one nozzle ejects an amount of fluid. A method of dispensing a fluid, in an example, includes addressing at least one nanowell with at least one nozzle of at least one die, and depositing a fluid in the nanowell with the at least one nozzle.
US11801493B2
Methods for conditioning an ethylene epoxidation catalyst are provided. The conditioning methods comprise contacting an ethylene epoxidation catalyst comprising a carrier, having silver and a rhenium promoter deposited thereon, with a conditioning feed gas comprising oxygen for a period of time of at least 2 hours at a temperature that is above 180° C. and at most 250° C., wherein the contacting of the ethylene epoxidation catalyst with the conditioning feed gas occurs in an epoxidation reactor and in the absence of ethylene. Associated methods for the epoxidation of ethylene are also provided.
US11801490B2
A method comprising a) drying a support material comprising silica at temperature in the range of from about 150° C. to about 220° C. to form a dried support; b) contacting the dried support with methanol to form a slurried support; c) subsequent to b), cooling the slurried support to a temperature of less than about 60° C. to form a cooled slurried support; d) subsequent to c), contacting the cooled slurried support with a titanium alkoxide to form a titanated support; and e) thermally treating the titanated support by heating to a temperature of equal to or greater than about 150° C. for a time period of from about 5 hours to about 30 hours to remove the methanol and yield a dried titanated support.
US11801489B2
A separation medium for removing small molecules from biomacromolecule in aqueous mixtures comprises gel filtration chromatography beads having a nominal protein fractional range of about 1000 Da to about 5000 Da and having an internal adsorbent matrix derived from a hydrophobicized scaffold. The gel filtration chromatography beads remove small molecules that are less than 1500 Da and have log Pow values greater than about −0.5 from biomacromolecules in aqueous mixtures. Devices containing the separation medium are also provided.
US11801478B2
To regenerate, by a simple method, an inorganic separation membrane separating non-hydrocarbon gas contained in treatment target gas. Provided in separating the non-hydrocarbon gas contained in the treatment target gas is a regeneration gas supply path supplying moisture-containing regeneration gas to a primary side of the inorganic separation membrane in a separation membrane module. As a result, it is possible to regenerate the inorganic separation membrane by supplying moisture-containing CO2 gas to the inorganic separation membrane and then supplying dry natural gas. Accordingly, there is no need to use dry regeneration gas and the CO2 gas supplied via, for example, a pipeline can be used as it is.
US11801464B2
A rotary disc filter having a backwash system that includes a series of feed pipes that project into and between successive filter discs that are mounted on a rotatable drum. Connected to an outer terminal end portion of the feed pipes is a series of nozzle holders. Each nozzle holder includes a main conduit, a series of branch conduits that project outwardly from the main conduit, and a connector for connecting the nozzle holder to a respective feed pipe. A series of detachable nozzles are secured to the outer terminal ends of the branch conduits.
US11801453B2
A method for cell disruption and extraction of a plant, includes placing plant material on a porous container, placing the porous container into a reaction device, and producing water ion steam of an atmospheric pressure by a water ion generator. The water ion steam infiltrates the porous container and permeates the plant material. The water ion steam penetrate cells of the plant material and breaks the cell wall of the cells, to cause a cell disruption. The residual water ion steam is drained outward from the exhaust pipe of the box.
US11801452B2
The present invention provides a rotary evaporator capable of accurately quantifying concentrated liquid and/or distillate. A distillation flask is improved into a structure having a liquid discharge opening formed at the bottom, and/or a spherical collecting flask is improved into a structure having a liquid release opening formed at the bottom. Concentrated liquid and/or distillate can be discharged without dismounting the distillation flask and/or the collecting flask. In addition, fine metering scale tubes and quantitative capacity increase units are disposed at the liquid discharge opening and/or the liquid release opening, there is a valve on the top and another valve on the bottom of each tube, so that the constant subtle changes of the amount of concentrated liquid and/or distillate can be observed, and an accurate amount of concentrated liquid and/or distillate can be discharged.
US11801437B2
A motor assembly for a transport vehicle (such as a skateboard) having at least one wheel for rotating about a shaft having an end distal to the wheel and an end proximal to the wheel, the motor assembly comprising a stator fixed to the shaft, and a motor bell surrounding the shaft at the location of the stator, wherein the motor bell comprises a first end being adapted to be attached to the wheel for transferring rotational movement of the motor bell to the wheel, and a second end surrounding the shaft at the location of the end distal to the wheel, wherein the second end of the motor bell is a free end permitting removal of the motor bell during removal of the wheel. The motor bell being adapted to permit airflow therethrough for cooling of the motor assembly.
US11801436B2
An impact absorbing ski binding interface device includes an elongated top plate having a toe end and a heel end adapted to engage a boot toe and a boot heel, respectively, and a bottom plate adapted to engage a ski, thereby securing the device between the boot and ski. A plurality of constant force spring linkages between the top plate and the bottom plate include a constant force spring linkage between the toe end and the bottom plate, and a constant force spring linkage between the heel end and the bottom plate, such that each of the constant force spring linkages have an opposed pair of deformable members for exerting a counterforce to vertical displacement forces between the top plate and the bottom plate for load mitigation.
US11801434B2
A racquet sports scoring system is provided. The scoring system uses a computerized display and input system to receive scoring changes. In many embodiments, the computerized interface is in communication with a database which records the score in real time, and also records scores of other concurrently-played matches. These match scores, and in some cases video of live matches played at other locations, can be viewed on the same computerized interface on which scores are recorded or on remote devices.
US11801418B2
The invention relates to a fitness equipment, in particular to a weight bench. The structure of the weight bench allows for a stable horizontal and vertical positioning of the weight bench. In a horizontal position, the weight bench can be used for exercises weights. In a vertical position, the weight bench can be used for pull-up exercises.
US11801417B2
A resistance training system includes a tackle providing mechanical advantage, and a user performs strength training exercises by pulling or pushing on the running block while resisting motion of the running block by pulling or pushing on the free end of the runner. The running block, fixed block and free end of the system may be secured at various locations of the body.
US11801399B2
An apparatus comprises a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector, and a shield member. The shaft assembly extends distally from the body. The end effector is located at a distal end of the shaft assembly. The end effector comprises an ultrasonic blade and a clamp arm. The ultrasonic blade is configured to vibrate at an ultrasonic frequency. The clamp arm is movable toward the ultrasonic blade to compress tissue against the ultrasonic blade. The shield member is selectively movable from a first position to a second position in response to movement of the clamp arm toward the ultrasonic blade. The shield member is configured cover at least a first portion of the ultrasonic blade in the first position. The shield member is configured to uncover the first portion of the ultrasonic blade in the second position.
US11801398B2
Described herein are methods for beam station delivery of radiation treatment, where the patient platform is moved to a series of discrete patient platform locations or beam stations that are determined during treatment planning, stopped at each of these locations while the radiation source rotates about the patient delivering radiation to the target regions that intersect the radiation beam path, and then moving to the next location after the prescribed dose of radiation (e.g., in accordance with a calculated fluence map) for that location has been delivered to the patient.
US11801389B2
A neuromodulation customization system includes a field definition user interface, a neuromodulation signaling engine, and a supervisor engine. The field definition user interface is to facilitate entry of a customized electrotherapy field definition, with the field definition user interface including a set of input controls for defining field shape, field intensity, and field steering parameters of the customized electrotherapy field. The neuromodulation signaling engine is to produce commands for neuromodulation output circuitry to control generation of a customized electrotherapy field via a set of electrodes based on the customized electrotherapy field definition. The supervisor engine is to assess compliance of the customized electrotherapy field to be generated with applicable predefined criteria, and to modify generation of the customized electrotherapy field in response to an assessed non-compliance with the criteria.
US11801376B2
In general, one aspect disclosed features a medical device, comprising: a four-way medical stopcock, comprising: a body defining a cock barrel and comprising: a first stem having a first port, a second stem having a second port, and a side stem having a side port; and a rotatable cock disposed within the cock barrel, wherein: the cock places the first port and second port in fluid communication when the cock is in a first position, and the cock places the first port, second port, and side port in fluid communication when the cock is in a second position; and a needleless valve having a valve stem, wherein the valve stem is disposed within the side stem such that an internal volume defined by the side stem, the valve stem, and the cock when the cock is in the third position, is approximately 0.09 ml.
US11801374B2
The present disclosure includes system, methods, and kits relating to creating a second structure with a plurality of first structures at a target site inside or adjacent to a host object. The methods include the step of generating a field that non-invasively penetrates into the host object. The methods further include the step of positioning a first portion of the plurality of first structures at the target site using a force corresponding to the field. Additionally, the methods include the step of linking the first portion of the plurality of first structures with one another and/or the host object at the target site to form the second structure.
US11801372B2
A microneedle array to be used instead of a syringe has, at a tip side of each microneedle, two or four puncture portions disposed facing each other. The puncture portions each have a part of a side surface of each microneedle as outer surfaces, respectively, and one of the puncture portions is shorter than the other(s). A housing section capable of holding a drug is formed by inner surfaces of the puncture portions of each microneedle. The housing section opens toward the tip side and lateral directions orthogonal to an axis core of each microneedle, and has a central bottom surface at a bottom end. The inner surfaces facing each other and forming the housing section of each microneedle each have a downward slope, with a width between the inner surfaces getting narrower as it goes down from tips of the respective puncture portions toward the central bottom surface.
US11801361B2
An anesthetic dispensing device (100) includes a measuring unit (150) for determining an anesthetic concentration in an area of an outlet (142) of the anesthetic dispensing device. The measuring unit is configured to measure a first parameter (154) of a gas concentration-dependent characteristic between a mixer unit (140) and a second parameter (155) of the gas concentration-dependent characteristic in a second gas branch (120) or in an area of a breathing gas feed (112) of the anesthetic dispensing device by at least one sensor element (152). The measuring unit is further configured to determine the anesthetic concentration between the mixer unit and the outlet and to output a corresponding concentration signal (160) as a function of calibration information assigned to the second parameter and of the first parameter.
US11801352B2
Inhaled medications present a great opportunity for controlled drug delivery for self medicated patients. With this invention most medicinal aerosol generators have the potential for much more controlled dosage and monitoring of doses to the patient than current inhaled medication systems. The pressurized metered dose inhaler has especially great potential for controlled drug delivery being that the aerosol drug formulation is in a permanently sealed container that can use a digital program controlled electromechanical valve on a metered dose inhaler to control drug dose and time of release. An electromechanical inhaler valve actuator can also provide dose control, monitoring, breath activation timing and other important features.
US11801346B2
An autoinjector and method of injection are described. A power spring causes rotation of a drive nut about the central axis of the autoinjector that, in turn, causes a middle screw to rotate in the same direction as the drive nut and also to move in the distal direction while pushing a center screw in the distal direction that pushes the syringe and needle. The center screw also pushes a plunger that pushes the fluid out of the syringe. After injection, a locked retract screw is freed and rotates in the same direction as the middle screw causing the syringe to retract the syringe into the housing.
US11801344B2
Disclosed are a system, methods and computer-readable medium products that provide bolus dosage calculations by a control algorithm-based drug delivery system that provides automatic delivery of a drug, such as insulin or the like, based on sensor input. Blood glucose measurement values may be received at regular time intervals from a sensor. Using the blood glucose measurements, the control algorithm may perform various calculations and determinations to provide an appropriate bolus dosage. The appropriate bolus dosage may be used to respond to a trend in a trajectory of blood glucose measurements. In addition, a bolus dosage may also be determined by the disclosed device, system, method and/or computer-readable medium product in response to an indication that a user consumed a meal.
US11801339B2
A syringe and tube organizer having a mounting plate for connecting to a supporting surface and a holder plate extending from the mounting plate. The holder plate may provide one syringe-receiving opening and a plurality of tube receiving slots. The tube receiving slots are defined by a void slot having a retention detent, and wherein the void slot terminates at the center of a spherical cap void.
US11801337B2
The present patent specification provides a medical device including an outer tube, an operation portion and a control portion. The operation portion is at least partially located in the outer tube. The control portion has a channel communicating with the outer tube along a first direction; a second end of the control portion is coupled with a first end of the outer tube so that the channel and the outer tube communicate with each other along the first direction. The control portion includes a control module including a suction control unit, a suction, a suction valve actuator and a switching unit. The suction control unit has a stopping unit and is configured to move along a second direction which is different from the first direction. The suction valve actuator is located at a side opposite the suction control unit with the channel therebetween and the suction valve actuator is configured to be activated by the suction control unit. The switching unit is configured to switch the work status of the operation portion.
US11801317B2
A surface coating configured to locally enhance ultraviolet light density of ultraviolet light incident on the surface coating. The surface coating includes a dielectric layer, a conductive layer on the dielectric layer, a series of nano-openings in the dielectric layer and the conductive layer, a series of nano-antennae in the series of nano-openings, and a dielectric gap between the series of nano-antennas and the conductive layer. The conductive layer and the nano-antennae both include a UV plasmonic material.
US11801316B2
Novel cromolyn analogs useful as imaging agents for detecting atherosclerotic plaques and for treating atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's Disease, and methods of making the cromolyn analogs, are disclosed. The cromolyn analogs have the general formula: wherein: X is OH, C1-C6 alkoxyl; Y and Z are independently selected form a C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxyl, halogen, un-substituted or C1-C6 substituted amine, 18F, 19F, or H; and n is 1, 2, or 3; and wherein for structure (I), if n are both 1 and Y and Z are both H and X is OH.
US11801313B2
The present application provides materials and methods for treating a patient with one or more conditions associated with SCN10A whether ex vivo or in vivo. In addition, the present application provides materials and methods for editing and/or modulating the expression of SCN10A gene in a cell by genome editing.
US11801296B2
Provided herein are details on the construction of a recombinant African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) live attenuated vaccine for prevention of ASF caused by various strains of ASFV, such as the highly virulent Georgia 2007 isolate (“ASFV-G”). An exemplary vaccine comprises the ASFV-GΔA137R modified virus, a recombinant ASFV-G modified by deleting a portion of the A137R ORF rendering the A137R gene nonfunctional.
US11801292B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment or the prevention of a Staphylococcal infection. They contain at least one polypeptide epitope, wherein said at least one polypeptide epitope induces protective antibodies in a patient in need thereof. The polypeptide epitopes according to the present invention can preferably be used for the preparation of a vaccine against a Staphylococcal infection, such as Staphylococcus aureus, including Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The present invention further relates to monoclonal antibodies capable of recognizing and binding to a polypeptide epitope according to the present invention, and the invention also relates to the use of the monoclonal antibodies for diagnosis and the prevention or therapy of Staphylococcal infection, including MRSA.
US11801289B2
The present disclosure provides a subunit vaccine of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia and preparation method and use thereof, belonging to the technical field of preparation of animal infectious disease vaccine. The combination of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae immunoproteins comprises Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae immunoproteins A, B, C, D and E; the mass ratio of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae immunoproteins A, B, C, D and E is (0.5-1.5):(0.5-1.5):(0.5-1.5):(0.5-1.5):(0.5-1.5). The subunit vaccine of contagious caprine pleuropneumonia comprises the combination of Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae immunoproteins and adjuvant; the subunit vaccine has the advantages of high safety, good immunization effect, high stability and minor adverse effects.
US11801278B2
Provided herein is a method of obtaining an extract from a plant biomass as well as an extract obtained from the method. Also provided is a pharmaceutical product, ODF, nutraceutical product, and/or edible product, that includes the extract and one or more excipients. Also provided is a method that includes orally administering the extract (or pharmaceutical product, ODF, nutraceutical product, and/or edible product, that includes the extract).
US11801252B2
The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition. Specifically, a pharmaceutical composition of abiraterone acetate is provided, wherein a 300 mg dose of abiraterone acetate is bioequivalent to a 1000 mg dose of Zytiga® in healthy male subjects in a fasting state.
US11801250B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US11801246B2
A method of treating a subject suffering from an ischemic disease associated with Ca2+ overload is provided, the method including administering to the subject an effective amount of an inhibitor of Ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related (ATR) kinase. Also provided is a method of treating a subject suffering from acute ischemic stroke, the method including administering to the subject an effective amount of the ATR kinase inhibitor berzosertib.
US11801245B2
The present disclosure provides for methods of treating a patient with a CYP3A4 substrate drug, wherein the patient is treated with posaconazole. In some embodiments, the patient stops posaconazole treatment, waits for at least 2 days, and then is treated with the CYP3A4 substrate drug as soon as it is safe to do so. In some embodiments, treatment with the CYP3A4 substrate drug is delayed for about 2-42 days after stopping posaconazole. In some embodiments, the patient is treated with a reduced dose of the CYP3A4 substrate drug for about 2-42 days.
US11801242B2
This invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for treating diseases related to translesion synthesis (TLS) pathway. More particularly, this disclosure relates to small molecule inhibitors of TLS, methods of inhibiting TLS pathway with these compounds, and methods of treating diseases related to the TLS pathway.
US11801234B2
This application describes methods of inhibiting APOL1 and treating APOL1-mediated kidney diseases comprising administering Compound I and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The application also describes pharmaceutical compositions comprising Compound I and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11801219B2
A pouch product comprising a sealable pouch material comprising i) 0 to 10 wt % Cannabis, ii) 0 to 10 wt % nicotine, whereby nicotine is present in the form of iia) tobacco or iib) as nicotine pure and as nicotine salicylic acid salt at a ratio of pure to salt of 0.20-1:1, and up to of one or more 100 wt % of iii) a sweetener, iv) a pH regulator, and v) essential oil as taste agent. The filling material further comprises vi) up to 76 wt % of a filler consisting of vi-1) 42 to 60 wt % microcrystalline cellulose and vi-2) 11 to 22 wt % potato fibers, at a ratio of 2.0-5:1, and vii) 0.1 to 5 wt % of xanthan gum as a wetting agent, whereby the ratio between microcrystalline cellulose, potato fibers and xanthan gum is 1.0-5:1:0.001-0.4.
US11801218B2
Vaccine compositions that may be administered to a subject via the buccal and/or sublingual mucosa are provided. Methods for administration and preparation of such vaccine compositions are also provided.
US11801214B2
A crosslinkable coating composition comprising: ingredient A that has at least two protons that can be activated to form a Michael carbanion donor; ingredient B that functions as a Michael acceptor having at least two ethylenically unsaturated functionalities each activated by an electron-withdrawing group; and a dormant carbamate initiator of Formula (1) wherein R1 and R2 can be independently selected from hydrogen, a linear or branched substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 22 carbon atoms; 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and An+ is a cationic species or polymer and n is an integer equal or greater than 1 with the proviso that An+ is not an acidic hydrogen; and optionally further comprising ammonium carbamate (H2NR1R2+−OC═ONR1R2). The crosslinkable coating composition can be used for a variety of coating applications including nail coating compositions.
US11801210B2
The present invention relates to novel cosmetic and therapeutic uses of one or more compounds of the general formula (1) as described herein. Furthermore, the present invention relates to compositions (products or, respectively, formulations), in particular for topical administration, preferably cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions, comprising or consisting of compound(s) of formula (1) and one or more cosmetically and/or pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. The present invention also relates to novel uses of such compositions according to the invention.
US11801199B2
In one aspect, a combinatorial drug delivery device is provided for delivering a predetermined selection of drug components. The device includes a plurality of modules, each including: a body having an interior volume; a spike plate movably disposed in the interior volume, the spike plate having a protruding cannula and first and second ports. The device also includes a base tray which includes: a framework defining a plurality of wells, each of the wells formed to insertingly receive one of the modules; for each of the wells, first and second inlet ports formed to interface with the first and second ports of the module being received in the respective well; passageways to connect certain wells with adjacent wells to permit fluid flow therebetween. For each of the wells, the spike plate of the respective module being maintained in a stationary position with the module being inserted into the well.
US11801198B2
An ice bath having a receptacle section and a temperature control element adjacent thereto and arranged to adjust the temperature of the receptable section. The temperature control element is connected to a refrigeration module that reduces the temperature of the receptacle. The temperature control element is further connected to a heating module that increases the temperature of the receptacle.
US11801197B2
A method to treat a dry eye condition of an individual, includes: receiving a switch signal generated based on a manipulation of a control switch at a handheld device; and activating a motor in response to the switch signal to oscillate a member at an oscillation frequency, the member having an elongated configuration, and having a portion for placement outside the individual; wherein the oscillation frequency is sufficient to induce tear production when the portion of the member is applied towards a surface of a body portion of the individual.
US11801192B2
Disclosed are a walking assistance robot and a method of controlling the walking assistance robot. The control method includes collecting motion information by sensing or measuring a motion of at least one joint, determining a motion state of the at least one joint based on the sensed or measured motion of the at least one joint, and controlling the walking assistance robot based on the determined motion state of the at least one joint.
US11801188B2
A patient securing overlay is provided that includes a sheet of fabric for supporting a patient's torso on a surgical table. The sheet of fabric has an upper surface configured to face the patient and a lower surface configured to face a surgical table mattress or underbody support. The sheet of fabric includes friction enhancing elements applied to at least a portion of the upper surface thereof. The sheet of fabric can include an extension at a foot end of the sheet of fabric that provides material to be tucked under a foot end of the surgical table mattress or underbody support for securing the foot end of the sheet of fabric to the surgical table mattress or underbody support. The extension can include one or more friction enhancing elements.
US11801171B2
A defecation detection device (2) is adapted to communicate with a receiver (4) and includes a mounting seat (21), a resilient member (22) having a fixed end (221) that is connected to the mounting seat (21) and a free end (222) that is spaced apart from the mounting seat (21), a first conductive sheet (51) that is disposed on the free end (222) of the resilient member (22), a second conductive sheet (52) that is disposed on the mounting surface (211) of the mounting seat (21), and a transmitter module (6). When the free end (222) of the resilient member (22) is pressed to move toward the mounting seat (21), the first conductive sheet (51) is in contact with the second conductive sheet (52), and the transmitter module (6) is configured to wirelessly transmit a signal to the receiver (4) to allow the receiver (4) to output a notification.
US11801169B2
The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles having a waist gasketing element, with the gasketing element having an adhesive zone and one or more adhesive-free zones. At least a portion of the waist gasketing element is adhesively attached to a chassis of the absorbent article. Additionally, a portion of the waist gasketing element is mechanically attached to a portion of the absorbent article. The bio-based content of the absorbent article is from about 5% to about 100% using ASTM D6866-10, method B.
US11801165B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems disclosed within herein relate to a wound dressing, suitable for use in negative pressure wound therapy, which may include a body of porous material, the body of porous material including a plurality of cuts which provide regions of flexibility within the body. Methods of manufacturing and methods of use of such wound dressings may also be disclosed herein. In addition, the wound dressing can include a retaining mechanism removably coupled to the material and configured to retain the material m the expanded conformation.
US11801164B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed relating to the creation and use of bespoke wound fillers and other wound treatment apparatuses. Some embodiments provide for the creation of bespoke wound fillers based on characteristics of a wound. Certain embodiments also include the use of bespoke wound fillers in combination with negative pressure to treat a wound.
US11801160B2
The invention relates to an device (1) for cooling and/or heating a body region, preferably a head region, comprising at least one thermally conductive skin contact material (2) and at least one Peltier element (3), wherein the Peltier element (3) is connected to the skin contact material (2), wherein a thermally conductive connecting element, in particular a thermally conductive film (5), and a heat dissipation element (12) are provided, wherein heat emitted via an outer side of the Peltier element (3) can be distributed to the heat dissipation element (12) via the connecting element.
US11801156B2
Disclosed is a collecting bag configured to collect urine or stomal fluids from a stoma of a user, particularly a urostomy. Further discloses is an anti-reflux component to prevent reflux of collected fluids from a collecting volume to an inlet opening of a collecting bag. The anti-reflux component includes interior, proximal and distal contoured sheets connected to each other such as to define a passage between them towards the collecting volume. The sheets are further attached to each other to define two or more non linear connection zones.
US11801154B2
An adjustable socket system includes first and second shell components and first and second longitudinal supports connected to a base. The socket system is movable between an open configuration to loosen the fit of the socket system, and a closed configuration to secure the fit of the socket system on residual limb received therein. A tightening system includes a tensioning unit having a handle defining a moment arm rotatable about a rotation axis, and a tensioning element operatively coupled to the handle via a movable connection point located and protected between the first shell component and the first support and to the shell components via a control point. Rotation of the handle displaces the movable connection point and the tensioning element relative to the control point to move the socket system to the closed configuration.
US11801152B2
A valve with an inlet, an outlet that is connected to the inlet via a fluid connection, and a valve body, which can be brought by displacing it along a displacement direction into a first position, in which the fluid connection is blocked, and a second position, in which the fluid connection is open, wherein the inlet is designed and arranged in such a way that a fluid entering through the inlet exerts a total force on the valve body that at least also acts in a force direction which is perpendicular to the displacement direction when the valve body is in the first position.
US11801149B2
A surgical instrument comprises a member defining a first longitudinal axis and being connectable with an image guide via a lock for orientation relative to a sensor to communicate a signal representative of a position of a spinal implant connected with the member. A rod is disposable in a co-axial orientation with the member and is engageable with the spinal implant and rotatable via an actuator to fix the spinal implant with the member. Systems, implants, spinal constructs and methods are disclosed.
US11801140B2
Catheter assembly with a coaptation aid for repair of leaflets of a heart valve includes an elongate catheter shaft adapted to be positioned transvascularly proximate a heart valve and a lever coupled to the catheter shaft. The lever has a hinge to transition the lever between an elongate delivery configuration generally aligned longitudinally with the catheter shaft and a deployed configuration extending transversely from the catheter shaft. The lever also includes an atraumatic tip at a distal end thereof and adapted to contact a distal side of a native leaflet of the heart valve when the catheter shaft is positioned proximate the heart valve and the lever is in the deployed configuration, and an actuation assembly coupled to the lever to remotely transition the lever between the delivery configuration and the deployed configuration. Method for fixation of native leaflets of a heart valve using the catheter assembly also disclosed.
US11801138B2
A method for delivering a prosthetic valve to a native annulus of a heart can include inserting a delivery apparatus into a patient's body, advancing the delivery apparatus to an implantation location within the native annulus, retracting a delivery sheath of the delivery apparatus relative to the prosthetic valve to expose the prosthetic valve from a distal end of the delivery sheath, and after the prosthetic valve is exposed from the delivery sheath, expanding the prosthetic valve from a radially compressed state to a radially expanded state by reducing axial tension on a first end and a second end of the prosthetic valve.
US11801135B2
A method includes percutaneously advancing an implant to a native heart valve of a subject, the implant being housed in a compressed state within a delivery tool. Next, the method includes unhousing a longitudinally-intermediate portion of the implant, the longitudinally-intermediate portion being longitudinally between a longitudinally-proximal portion of the implant and a longitudinally distal portion of the implant. Subsequently, the longitudinally-proximal portion of the implant is unhoused. Subsequently, the longitudinally-distal portion of the implant is unhoused. By unhousing flanges of the implant, the flanges automatically expand. Upon the flanges expanding, a proximal end of each flange extends radially outward from a central longitudinal axis of the implant and longitudinally in a proximal direction. Other applications are also described.
US11801128B2
A device, method, and system are provided for treating the oral cavity. The device includes a mouthpiece suitable for implementing a dental treatment, wherein the mouthpiece includes one or more stock elastomeric dental cover layers suitable for forming and maintaining a treatment cavity having a vacuum fluid seal, wherein the dental cover layers includes a layer over all the surfaces of the upper teeth and surrounding gums and/or a layer over all the surfaces of the lower teeth and surrounding gums, wherein each of the layers includes one or more hardened rigid or semi-rigid sections for enabling selected and/or differential collapsibility of the cover layers when exposed to vacuum pressure; and one or more treatment supply layers, and one or more flow channels in fluid communication with the treatment cavity so that the treatment supply layer can deliver and/or remove one or more treatment fluids from the one or more fluid sealed treatment cavities.
US11801126B2
In some examples, a tool for forming a dental restoration comprises a preformed mold body configured to provide a patient-specific, customized fit with at least one tooth to be restored of a patient. The mold body is configured to align with a portion of a surface of the at least one tooth, and is configured to combine with the at least one tooth to define a mold cavity encompassing at least a portion of desired tooth structure of the at least one tooth to be restored of the patient. The portion of desired tooth structure defines a transition from a supragingival surface of the at least one tooth to a subgingival surface of the at least one tooth.
US11801119B2
There is provided a needle tip for extracting separated endodontic instruments from the root canal of a tooth. The needle tip is fabricated with a thermomechanically treated alloy exhibiting both shape memory and super-elasticity. There is also provided for a needle that includes a handle and a terminal tip, which is fabricated with a thermomechanically treated alloy. The alloy is thermomechanically treated nickel- titanium alloy. The needle is straight at room temperature and takes on a specific shape when inserted in the canal of the tooth from which the endodontic separated instrument is to be extracted. Also provided herein is a method for removal of endodontic separated instruments from the canal of a tooth.
US11801117B2
Systems and methods for enforcing a cleaning of a medical device are disclosed. A method includes receiving an indication that a medical device has been exposed to a contaminate, providing, responsive to receiving the indication, an instruction to disable the medical device, receiving, after transmitting the instruction, cleaning information indicating that a cleaning of the medical device was attempted, identifying a predetermined cleaning procedure corresponding to the medical device and the contaminate, determining, based on the cleaning information, that the medical device was cleaned according to the predetermined cleaning procedure corresponding to the medical device and the contaminate, and enabling the medical device responsive to determining that the medical device was cleaned according to the predetermined cleaning procedure.
US11801112B2
A method for monitoring consumables during a medical procedure, wherein unused consumables are provided in a supply area, consumables are used in a surgery area, and used consumables are deposited in a collection area. The method including: observing the supply area and the collection area with at least one first camera, registering, by a first automatic image processing method, when unused consumables are removed from the supply area, registering, by a second automatic image processing method, when used consumables are deposited in the collection area, and balancing the consumables removed from the supply area and the consumables deposited in the collection area.
US11801108B2
Methods of assembling a manifold for a medical waste collection system. A flapper valve unit is secured to a head of a cap. A filter element is positioned within a shell. Basket hands of the filter element are fitted between first pairs of ribs of the cap skirt. Fingers of the shell are fitted between second pairs of ribs of the cap skirt. The cap is secured to the shell to cover an open distal end of the shell. A drip stop is secured to the proximal end base of the shell to seat within the outlet opening. Ears may be fitted through holes defined by the flapper valve unit and cap holes defined by the cap so as to snap lock to the head of the cap. The hub of the flapper valve unit may be compressed with the ears snap locked to the head of the cap.
US11801105B2
Certain aspects relate to systems, methods, and techniques for correcting for uncommanded instrument roll. A method for adjusting a controller-feedback system in a medical instrument may comprise receiving data from a sensor at or near a distal end of the instrument, determining a tip frame of reference based on the data from the sensor, the tip frame of reference representing a current orientation of the distal end of the instrument, obtaining a desired frame of reference, determining an adjustment to a visual frame of reference or a control frame of reference based on the tip frame of reference and the desired frame of reference, and transforming the visual frame of reference or the control frame of reference.
US11801098B2
A method for adjusting the operation of a clip applier using machine learning in a surgical suite is disclosed. The method comprises gathering data during surgical procedures, wherein the surgical procedures include the use of a clip applier comprising a crimping drive configured to be mechanically advanced through a crimping stroke. The method further comprises analyzing the gathered data to determine an appropriate operational adjustment of the clip applier and adjusting the operation of the clip applier to improve the operation of the clip applier.
US11801097B2
A registration fixture for use with a surgical navigation system for registration of a medical image or images to a three-dimensional tracking space that includes a first ring having at least one tracking marker, a second ring coupled to the first ring having at least one tracking marker and wherein the first ring and the second ring are spaced apart from one another and further include optical markers.
US11801086B2
The grasping treatment instrument includes a jaw including first and second rims and a recess with a bottom surface, and a grasping member with a ridge. When the grasping member is positioned at a first position, a component of the ridge between a second rotary axis and a distal end of the ridge protrudes to the opposite side from the bottom surface of the recess with respect to the first and second rims. When the grasping member is positioned at a second position, a component of the ridge between the second rotary axis and a proximal end of the ridge protrudes to the opposite side from the bottom surface of the recess with respect to the first and second rims.
US11801077B2
A bone fixation system includes an intramedullary nail and a lag screw. A proximal portion of the intramedullary nail includes a first proximal bore configured to accept the lag screw and a second proximal bore configured to accept a portion of an antirotation screw insertion tool. A distal portion of the intramedullary nail defines at least one opening configured to accept a distal locking screw. The lag screw includes a sheath and a rod mounted for sliding movement within the sheath. The rod has a threaded distal end defining a diagonal bore configured to accept an antirotation screw.
US11801075B2
An insertion device for deploying an implant includes an elongated main body having a distal locking portion for coupling to the implant and a proximal handle portion. The main body defines a central passage and the distal locking portion has outer ridges and slots to allow the outer ridges to flex radially inward when mounting to the implant. A plunger slides in the central passage for movement between an unlocked position for mounting the implant on the distal locking portion, a locked position for locking the implant on the distal locking portion, and an insertion instrument deployed position for deploying the actuation plunger to move the blades from the stowed position to the deployed position. A spike cap drive rotatably mounts on the main body having a socket end for engaging a drive nut on the implant to, in turn, move the spike cap.
US11801073B2
A spinal adjustment system including at least one thermally actuated pump element.
US11801070B2
Surgical access port stabilization systems and methods are described herein. Such systems and methods can be employed to provide ipsilateral stabilization of a surgical access port, e.g., during spinal surgeries. In one embodiment, a surgical system can include an access port configured for percutaneous insertion into a patient to define a channel to a surgical site and an anchor configured for insertion into the patient's bone. Further, the access port can be coupled to the anchor such that a longitudinal axis of the access port and a longitudinal axis of the anchor are non-coaxial. With such a system, a surgeon or other user can access a surgical site through the access port without the need for external or other stabilization of the access port, but can instead position the access port relative to an anchor already placed in the patient's body.
US11801068B2
Sheathed cutting device. An exemplary device for discreetly piercing a skin of a patient can comprise a body having a proximal end and a distal end, a cutting member attached to a plunger, the cutting member and the plunger positioned at least partially within the body, and a biasing member configured to bias the cutting member to an initial position whereby the cutting member is positioned fully within the body, wherein the plunger is slidable into the proximal end of the body, causing the cutting member to extend from the distal end of the body.
US11801061B2
The present disclosure includes a surgical insertion tool that may have a handle having a longitudinal axis, an extended arm that may be fixed to the handle and have at least two bends to avoid bony features during insertion of an instrument, and an attachment feature configured to attach the instrument to the insertion tool such that the longitudinal axis of the handle intersects the instrument.
US11801050B2
A hand-held surgical instrument includes a handle housing and a shaft assembly extending distally from the handle housing. The shaft assembly includes an elongate body configured to translate from a distal position to a proximal position in response to an insertion of a surgical loading unit into a distal end portion of the shaft assembly. The shaft assembly has a cam plate configured to convert rotational motion into an articulation of an end effector of the surgical loading unit. When the elongate body is in the distal position, the elongate body is configured to prevent rotation of the cam plate.
US11801034B2
A method of measuring column interruption duration in a selected lower leg vein of a patient without undertaking dorsal foot measurements. The method includes the step of selecting a vein in the lower leg to be examined and selecting a valve in the vein to be observed. The valve's actions will be observed with Duplex ultrasound and timed. The method then effects calf muscle ejection and observing the action of the selected valve in the respective vein selected. The valve can be observed for opening or closing action, or action of blood flow (or lack of flow) through the valve. The CID is then determined calculated based on the timing of events observed with ultrasound. The ultrasound can be Duplex ultrasound; invasive measurements are not required.
US11801017B2
An exemplary focused tomography system comprises an x-ray transmitter that is configured to emit a radiation beam and an x-ray detector that is configured to detect incident radiation from the radiation beam. The system further includes an adaptive collimator device arranged between the x-ray transmitter and the x-ray detector and a controller device connected to the x-ray transmitter that is configured to cause the x-ray transmitter to emit the radiation beam at a first radiation dosage level when a path of the radiation beam intersects a region of interest of the subject and cause the x-ray transmitter to emit the radiation beam at a second radiation dosage level when the path of the radiation beam does not intersect the region of interest of the subject, such that the second radiation dosage level is less than the first radiation dosage level. Data within the region of interest can be reconstructed with image quality equivalent to traditional computed tomography scans.
US11801016B2
A system using combined electrocardiography (EKG) and photoplethysmography (PPG) sensing to assess intra-arterial fluid volume is described. The system uses averaging of similar pulses based on prior (n−1; n minus 1) R-to-R pulse wave duration, and prior-prior (n−2; n minus 2) R-to-R pulse wave duration, to determine a patient's fluid status and whether it is below or above optimal intravascular hydration.
US11801015B2
Systems, devices, and methods for determining a user's lung capacity may employ a sound-producing breathing device and a recording device such as a microphone included in a user electronic device (e.g., smart phone or tablet computer). A user may inhale or exhale through the sound-producing breathing device, thereby producing a sound that is received by the microphone and communicated to a processor. The processor may analyze the received sound recording to determine one or more sound intensity values over, for example, the duration of the received sound and/or points in time within the sound recording. The sound intensity values may then be used to determine the user's lung capacity.
US11801014B2
A biopotential measurement device includes: a branching section that branches a biopotential into plural analog potentials; a first conversion section that converts one of the analog potentials branched by the branching section into a digital potential on the basis of a designated first conversion condition; and a second conversion section that converts the other of the analog potentials branched by the branching section into a digital potential on the basis of a second conversion condition. The amount of data obtained after a conversion with the second conversion condition is smaller than the amount of data obtained after a conversion with the first conversion condition.
US11801011B2
The present invention relates to miniature biosensor technology which can be directly embedded into medical device technology to create a new category of multifunctional smart medical devices. The resulting data from these smart medical devices results in wireless communication networks and standardized referenceable databases, which are used in the creation of best practice guidelines, clinical decision support tools, personalized medicine applications, and comparative technology assessment.
US11801004B2
Provided are systems, methods, and devices for intracranial measurement, stimulation, and generation of brain state models. Systems include a plurality of intracranial electrodes configured to be coupled to a brain of a user. Systems further include an interface configured to obtain measurements from the plurality of intracranial electrodes. Systems include a first processing device including one or more processors configured to generate a plurality of brain state parameters characterizing one or more features of at least one brain state of the user, and a second processing device including one or more processors configured to generate at least one model of the brain of the user based, at least in part, on the plurality of brain state parameters and the measurements. Systems include a controller including one or more processors configured to generate a control signal based on the plurality of brain state parameters and the at least one model.
US11801003B2
At least one magnetic field actuator is configured for generating an actuated magnetic field that at least partially cancels an outside magnetic field, thereby yielding a total residual magnetic field. A plurality of magnetometers are configured for taking measurements of the total residual magnetic field. The magnetometers include a plurality of coarse magnetometers and a plurality of fine magnetometers. A processor is configured for acquiring the total residual magnetic field measurements from the coarse magnetometers, estimating the total residual magnetic field at the fine magnetometers based on total residual magnetic field measurements acquired from the plurality of coarse magnetometers, and controlling the actuated magnetic field at least partially based on the total residual magnetic field estimates at the fine magnetometers in a manner that suppresses the total residual magnetic field at the fine magnetometers to a baseline level, such that at least one of the fine magnetometers is in-range.
US11801000B2
Disclosed is a hormone electrochemical biosensor, e.g. an amperometric biosensor, for the detection of a hormone and measurement of the concentration of a hormone. The disclosed hormone biosensor comprises a hormone-catalyzing enzyme, such as KSDH1. Also described herein are systems comprising an amperometric biosensor, e.g., chronoamperometric biosensor and methods of using the chronoamperometric biosensor.
US11800999B2
An oximeter device determines an oxygen saturation for the tissue and determines a quality value for the oxygen saturation and associated measurements of the tissue. The quality value is calculated from reflectance data received at the detectors of the oximeter device. An accelerometer of the oximeter device can detect movement of the oximeter device when oximetry measurements are made by the oximeter device. An amount of the movement is an indicator of a probe face of the oximeter device changing position with respect to the tissue when the measurements are made. The accelerometer information is used by the oximeter device to adjust the quality value to reflect the amount movement. The oxygen saturation and the adjusted quality metric value are displayed on a display of the oximeter device so that a user may view the quality of the displayed information.
US11800994B2
A patient support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, or the like, includes an exit detection system and/or a monitoring system that monitors a set of conditions of the patient support apparatus. A user interface of the exit detection system includes a first navigation control for navigating to a control screen for the exit detection system and a second navigation control for navigating to a control screen for the monitoring system. Each navigation control also functions as an automatic arming control, thereby causing the respective exit detection system and monitoring system to be armed. In this manner, a single touch of a navigation control implements the dual function of automatically arming the corresponding system and taking the user to a control screen for the corresponding system. The automatically armed system is armed using one or more preset settings or one or more settings customized to a particular patient.
US11800992B2
An automated therapy system having an infusion catheter; a sensor adapted to sense a patient parameter; and a controller communicating with the sensor and programmed to control flow output from the infusion catheter into a patient based on the patient parameter without removing fluid from the patient. The invention also includes a method of controlling infusion of a fluid to a patient. The method includes the following steps: monitoring a patient parameter with a sensor to generate a sensor signal; providing the sensor signal to a controller; and adjusting fluid flow to the patient based on the sensor signal without removing fluid from the patient.
US11800990B2
Methods and apparatus for measuring perfusion using transmission laser speckle imaging are provided. The apparatus comprises a coherent light source and a detector configured to measure transmitted light associated with an unfocused image at one or more locations. The coherent light source and detector are positioned in a transmission geometry. The apparatus further comprises means for securing the coherent light source and the detector to the tissue sample in a fixed transmission geometry relative to the tissue sample. The apparatus may further comprise at least one processor to receive information from the detector and process detected variations in transmitted light intensity to determine a single metric of perfusion. The method may comprise the steps transilluminating a tissue sample with coherent light, recording spatial and/or temporal variations in the transmitted light signal, determining speckle contrast value(s), and computing a metric of perfusion.
US11800989B2
An electronic device acquires pulse wave information indicating a pulse wave of a first portion of a body and pulse wave information indicating a pulse wave of a second portion of the body, based on video information of the body in each of a first video and a second video obtained by imaging the body. The device further acquires, based on a relationship between the pulse wave information of the first portion and the pulse wave information of the second portion acquired from the first video, and a relationship between the pulse wave information of the first portion and the pulse wave information of the second portion acquired from the second video, a measurement result indicating a degree of change in blood flow from when imaging the first video to when imaging the second video.
US11800981B2
A spectroscopic system may include: a probe having a probe tip and an optical coupler, the optical coupler including an emitting fiber group and first and second receiving fiber groups, each fiber group having a first end and a second end, wherein the first ends of the fiber groups are formed into a bundle and optically exposed through the probe tip; a light source optically coupled to the second end of the emitting fiber group, the light source emitting light in at least a first waveband and a second waveband, the second waveband being different from the first waveband; a first spectrometer optically coupled to the second end of the first receiving fiber group and configured to process light in the first waveband; and a second spectrometer optically coupled to the second end of the second receiving fiber group and configured to process light in the second waveband.
US11800976B2
A method for an image-based eye disease diagnosis according to an embodiment includes receiving a fundus image, determining whether the fundus image is a deep diagnosis target using a deep diagnosis target classification model, and determining whether the fundus image has a disease through a preset deep diagnosis process when a result of the determination shows that the fundus image is the deep diagnosis target, or determining whether the fundus image has a disease by applying the fundus image to a general diagnosis model when the result of the determination shows that the fundus image is not the deep diagnosis target.
US11800975B2
An example apparatus for predicting eye fatigue includes an image receiver to receive an image of an eye. The apparatus also includes a fatigue predictor to predict eye fatigue in the eye based on a calculated blood vessel density score of the eye in the image. The apparatus further includes an alert generator to generate an alert in response to predicting the eye fatigue.
US11800973B2
An eyesight testing method as well as to an associated control module and an associated system such that when the control module receives a selection of a test symbol, the control module selects the test symbol by modifying at least one appearance-related feature of the test symbol such that the test symbol changes from an initial appearance to a modified appearance that distinguishes same from non-selected test symbols; when a first predetermined time has elapsed since the last selection of a test symbol or since the display of the test symbol or the plurality of test symbols, the control module modifies at least one appearance-related feature of the validation symbol; the control module terminates the eyesight testing method as soon as a predetermined number of test symbols has been selected.
US11800971B2
An endoscope system, comprises an endoscope device that includes a handle, a shaft projecting from the handle, a flexible tip coupled to a distal portion of the shaft, and a pair of pull wires extending from the handle portion through the shaft portion and coupled to the flexible tip. The handle portion includes a control wheel assembly coupled to the pair of pull wires. The handle includes a control lever coupled to the control wheel assembly. Manipulation of the control lever causes rotation of the control wheel assembly, which then causes deflection of the flexible tip via the pull wires. The control wheel assembly comprises at least two control wheels. Each of the at least two control wheels are capable of independent rotation to provide accurate tensioning of the pair of pull wires during assembly of the endoscope system.
US11800969B2
A method for monitoring a colonoscope withdrawal speed, the method including: 1) acquiring, a real-time video of colonoscopy, decoding the video into images, cropping the images, and zooming-out the images cropped where texture information of the images is retained; 2) converting the images including the texture information to grayscale images; 3) obtaining Hash fingerprints of the images; 4) calculating a Hamming distance between the images; 5) comparing the Hash fingerprints of a current colonoscopy image with n previous colonoscopy images, to obtain an overlapping rate of the current colonoscopy image with any one of the n previous colonoscopy images; 6) calculating a weighted similarity of the images at a point in time t; 7) converting a weighted overlapping rate of the images at the point in time t into a stability coefficient; and 8) calculating a mean stability coefficient of colonoscopy images within a period of time 0-t.
US11800967B2
An endoscopic image processing apparatus includes a processor having a lesion recognizing function capable of recognizing a lesioned part included in an image generated by applying predetermined processing. The processor has the lesion recognizing function implemented by performing machine learning using, as a plurality of learning images, a plurality of past observation images generated through the predetermined processing, and the processor performs conversion processing for converting, based on a setting value for learning image equivalent to a past setting value for observation image used in the predetermined processing performed at generation of each of the plurality of learning images, the image into an image for lesion recognition used for processing corresponding to the lesion recognizing function.
US11800961B2
A method of operating an autonomous cleaning robot includes receiving, at a handheld computing device, a first input representing a first set of cleaning schedule parameters for a first cleaning schedule for the autonomous cleaning robot, the first cleaning schedule corresponding to a first area. The method includes presenting, on a display of the handheld computing device, the first cleaning schedule. The method includes receiving, at the handheld computing device, a second input representing a second set of cleaning schedule parameters for a second cleaning schedule for the autonomous cleaning robot, the second cleaning schedule corresponding to a second area different from the first area. The method includes presenting, on the display, the first and second cleaning schedules, and initiating a transmission to the autonomous cleaning robot, based on the first or second cleaning schedules, the transmission including data for causing the robot to initiate a cleaning mission.
US11800959B2
A nozzle device intended for use in a cleaning appliance such as a vacuum cleaner is described. The nozzle device can be moved over a surface to be cleaned. The nozzle device includes at least one light-emitting source arranged at a side of the nozzle device, and the at least one light-emitting source emits light from the respective side of the nozzle device. The nozzle device further includes a controlling arrangement for varying, at least one parameter of the at least one light-emitting source in relation to actual circumstances of a cleaning action between a functional value and at least one default value which is different from the functional value, and for setting the functional value of the parameter when the respective side is in the vicinity of an obstacle on the surface to be cleaned.
US11800951B1
A cooking utensil is described which provides a cast iron cooking surface, the reverse of which is metallurgically bonded to another member having higher thermal conductivity than cast iron. In some embodiments, the cast iron layer is bonded to a copper core, which is bonded to a stainless steel base. Two methods for producing such articles are also described.
US11800945B2
The present disclosure provides a novel design for an apparatus for protecting a floor, the apparatus comprising a plastic plate, a cushioning element, and a sliding element. Both the cushioning elements and sliding elements can be detachably coupled to opposing sides of the plastic plate via adhesive layers. The apparatus can thus take different forms for either sliding or resting furniture legs and casters over both carpeted floors and hard floors. The plastic plate is shaped with a raised lip so as to prevent contact with the floor even when the deformable sliding and cushioning elements are crushed by the heavy weight of furniture. The raised lip is formed so as to form a retaining wall about the concave receiving area where furniture legs may be placed when it is used as a caster. Also provided herein is a kit comprising multiple plastic plates, cushioning elements, and sliding elements, which a user can combine as they see fit for different functions.
US11800941B2
A cover for human and domestic mammals, which provides cooling and warming to a wearer utilizing tubing attached to the cover and filled with liquid. The liquid is distributed throughout the tubing by a pump and the temperature of the liquid is controlled by a thermostat. The cover and pump are portable wherein the pump is housed in a carrying bag. The pump is interchangeable with additional covers for heating and cooling as desired.
US11800930B2
A pull-out guide has a guide rail, a running rail, which is mounted in a displaceable manner on the guide rail, and a braking device disposed between the guide rail and the running rail for braking the movement of the running rail relative to the guide rail. The braking device has at least one friction element, which is arranged between the running rail and the guide rail and can be displaced along a sliding surface by way of a contact pressure. The pull-out guide can thus be braked with continuous forces over a long period of time.
US11800928B2
A product display unit is for displaying products and includes base with a body extending between the base ends and the base sides. A base further includes a first rib and a second rib each extending from the body in a first vertical direction and defining a channel defined therein. A slot vertically extends through the body and is vertically aligned with the channel. A pair of projections extend from the body in a second vertical direction opposite the first vertical direction and define a void therebetween. The projections and the void are in vertical alignment with the first rib. A divider having a bottom side and a tab extending in the second vertical direction from the bottom side is coupled to the base. The tab includes transversely extending barb.
US11800920B2
A refillable dispenser for a stick product comprises a holder cup, an A-shell and an inner base. Preferably, the dispenser will also comprise an outer base and a closure. The holder cup and A-shell form a cartridge subassembly for a stick product that can be bottom filled, and removed and replaced as needed. The dispenser requires no lubricant.
US11800902B2
A cooling fabric including a moisture-permeable inner surface layer, a spacer fabric and an outer surface layer, wherein the outer surface layer has an air permeability of at most 250 l/dm2/min at 500 Pa measured according to ISO 9237 and wherein the spacer fabric comprises monofilaments extending across the spacer fabric, wherein the monofilaments have a linear density of at least 250 dtex and wherein the monofilaments are present at a density of at most 800 monofilaments per square-inch.
US11800890B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for automatic infusion of concentrate and distillate material into cigarettes or other containers. In one embodiment, a thermally-controlled infusion system is provided. The system can maintain a selected temperature of the concentrate material throughout the infusion process, using a two-stage approach. In a first stage, the concentrate material is pressure-fed to a dosing chamber. In the second stage, the concentrate material is pumped into an insertion cannula and into a cigarette or container. A revolver houses the cigarettes or containers and vertically transitions them to an insertion position, where the insertion cannula can infuse the cigarettes or containers.
US11800882B2
The present invention describes a bio-based process to produce high quality protein concentrate (HQPC) by converting plant derived celluloses into bioavailable protein via aerobic incubation, including the use of such HQPC so produced as a nutrient, including use as a fish meal replacement in aquaculture diets.
US11800881B2
A spherical puffing pump for an ice cream machine and an air inlet device thereof. The spherical puffing pump includes a spherical pump body, a clamping plate and an air inlet valve. A liquid feeding hole of the spherical pump body is connected to a milk slurry tank to feed milk slurry. The air inlet valve is connected to a channel of the liquid feeding hole to introduce air. A liquid discharging hole is connected to a liquid inlet of a refrigerating cylinder. A pump seat is fixed on the ice cream machine. An end portion of the pump seat protrudes from an inner wall of the tank. A cylinder of the spherical pump body is connected to the end portion through the clamping plate. A main shaft of the spherical pump body is connected to a motor shaft through a connecting shaft for power transmission.
US11800874B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a selective herbicide, an algal extract and manganese and/or a silicate, to the use of an algal extract, optionally combined with manganese and/or a silicate, to detoxify plants subjected to a treatment by a selective herbicide and to a method for selective herbicide treatment of a crop comprising the simultaneous, combined or sequential application of a selective herbicide and an algal extract, optionally combined with manganese and/or a silicate.
US11800855B2
A large animal lifting and moving apparatus includes a frame having a front end and a rear end, the frame, a drive shaft rotatably coupled to the frame, a drive motor coupled to the frame and operatively coupled to the drive shaft; the drive motor selectively powered by a power source, and one or more roller chains coupled to the drive shaft. The frame is structured to support a large animal between the front end and the rear end and structured to be moved during operation of the large animal lifting and moving apparatus. When the drive motor is powered by the power source, the drive motor drives the drive shaft and the roller chains coupled to the drive shaft.
US11800850B2
Provided are a smart barn system and smart barn control method for detecting an abnormal sign of livestock and a tag attachable to livestock. The smart barn system includes a plurality of tags attached to ears of livestock bred in a pigsty and configured to measure temperatures of the livestock and transmit the measured temperature information of the livestock, a plurality of antennas configured to transmit and receive wireless signals to and from the tags, a reader configured to collect tag information of the livestock, which approaches an apparatus for providing feed and water, through any one of the plurality of antennas and measure an access frequency of the tag, which is collected through each of the antennas, through the collected tag information of the livestock, and a plurality of wireless power switching modules provided between the antennas and the reader and connected in a cascade.
US11800839B2
This disclosure describes a system for recycling and reusing water from sprinkler systems to water or irrigate a yard or an area of land. The system includes a water reclamation tank that stores water captured from beneath the area of land. When it is time to water the area of land, the sprinkler system draws water from the water reclamation tank. A portion of this water is then recaptured and supplied back to the water reclamation tank for further storage until the next time the sprinkler system is activated. This cyclical process occurs repeatedly and enables a significant reduction in the amount of freshly supplied water used to maintain the area of land.
US11800838B2
The invention relates to the mounting of knife inserts in apparatuses which require occasional or frequent replacement of the knife insert due to wear or damage of the knife, as is the case in delimbing machinery used in the forestry industry. The invention also relates to a knife carrier, a tree processing head, and to a method of installing a knife insert to a knife carrier. A knife insert for use with a knife carrier includes a blade portion, a retention portion configured to interface with a corresponding receiving portion of the knife carrier, and a force transmission means configured to introduce a preload from the knife carrier to the knife insert, wherein the preload is configured to force the retention portion against the receiving portion along a length of the blade portion and thereby removably hold the knife insert in place in the knife carrier.
US11800835B2
An optical system for facilitating plant growth can include one or more light sources operable to produce a light density distribution having a central portion and a peripheral portion. The light density distribution having a central portion has a lower light density than the peripheral portion, thereby producing a substantially non-uniform light density distribution.
US11800828B2
A working vehicle includes a traveling vehicle body, and an automatic driving controller to perform first automatic driving in which different operations relating to the traveling vehicle body are performed automatically and second automatic driving in which at least one of the different operations is set to be performed manually and another one or more of the different operations other than the at least one of the different operations set to be performed manually continue to be performed automatically.
US11800827B2
A precision steering computer installed on a tractor uses waypoints generated by a hand-held smart-device to steer a tractor. The smart-device is the operators primary interface and is a component of the entire precision agriculture guidance system. The batched, time ordered waypoints represent a list of coordinates for steering the tractor. As the tractor is automatically steered in the field, the waypoints are consumed and discarded by the real-time steering computer in the order they are received from the non-real-time smart device. A planned path is generated by the tractor operator on the smart device and the tractors progress and status are displayed on the same smart-device.
US11805707B2
Techniques regarding encapsulating one or more superconducting devices of a quantum processor are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can regard a method that can comprise depositing a metal fluoride layer onto a superconducting resonator and a silicon substrate that can be comprised within a quantum processor. The superconducting resonator can be positioned on the silicon substrate. Also, the metal fluoride layer can coat the superconducting resonator.
US11805704B2
A via interconnect structure for an MRAM device is provided. The via interconnect structure includes an interlayer dielectric layer having a via formed therein, a magnetic metal layer formed in the via, the magnetic metal layer having a cavity formed therein, and a nonmagnetic metal layer formed in the cavity of the magnetic metal layer. The magnetic metal layer is configured such that magnetization vectors of the magnetic metal layer are least substantially in-plane relative to an MRAM stack structure of the MRAM device.
US11805703B2
Various examples are provided for magnetic tunnel junctions and applications thereof. In one example, a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device includes a first ferromagnetic (FM) layer; a gadolinium oxide (GdOX) tunnel barrier disposed on the first ferromagnetic layer; and a second FM layer disposed on the GdOX tunnel barrier. In another example, a perpendicular MTJ (pMTJ) device includes a first layer including a magnetic material; a tunnel barrier disposed on the first layer to form the pMTJ; and a second layer including the magnetic material, the second layer disposed on the tunnel barrier.
US11805685B2
The present application relates to an electronic device. The electronic device includes a first electronic component and a second electronic component. The first electronic component includes a first pad area including first pads and second pads spaced apart from the first pads. A number of the first pads is greater than a number of the second pads. The second electronic component includes first bumps electrically connected to the first pads, and second bumps electrically connected to the second pads. Each of the second bumps has a bonding area greater than a bonding area of each of the first bumps. A conductive adhesive layer is disposed between the first electronic component and the second electronic component to electrically connect the first pads to the first bumps.
US11805672B2
Provided is a display device that can retard the degradation of light-emitting elements even when the display device is used in a high temperature environment. A display device includes a TFT layer, a light-emitting element layer provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements, a heat dissipating layer, an extraction member, and a thermal insulation layer that insulates the light-emitting elements from external heat. The thermal insulation layer is made from a material containing a first resin in which a metal complex compound having an ammonium salt as a ligand is dispersed. The TFT layer is formed between the heat dissipating layer and the light-emitting element layer. The heat dissipating layer overlaps the light-emitting elements. The thermal insulation layer surrounds the heat dissipating layer. The extraction member is formed to overlap the thermal insulation layer. The heat dissipating layer and the thermal insulation layer are in direct contact with the TFT layer.
US11805663B2
A light-emitting device or the like with high color reproducibility and high luminous efficiency is achieved. The light-emitting device includes a blue pixel, a green pixel, and a red pixel, and the green pixel includes, in a green-light-emitting layer that emits light, a host material that transports carriers, a fluorescence dopant, which serves as a light emission dopant that contribute to light emission, and a thermally activated assist dopant which is composed of a thermally activated delayed fluorescent material.
US11805662B2
A memory device includes a first electrode, a selector layer and a plurality of first work function layers. The first work function layers are disposed between the first electrode and the selector layer, and a work function of the first work function layer increases as the first work function layer becomes closer to the selector layer.
US11805656B2
A semiconductor device includes a stacked structure including conductive layers and insulating layers stacked alternately with each other, a channel layer passing through the stacked structure, a ferroelectric layer surrounding a sidewall of the channel layer, a first dielectric layer surrounding a sidewall of the ferroelectric layer, and sacrificial patterns interposed between the first dielectric layer and the insulating layers and including a material with a higher dielectric constant than the first dielectric layer.
US11805649B2
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, memory openings vertically extending through the alternating stack, memory opening fill structures located within a respective one of the memory openings, and at least one drain-select-level isolation structure vertically extending through at least a topmost electrically conductive layer among the electrically conductive layers. The at least one drain-select-level isolation structure may include wiggles and cut through upper portions of at least some of the memory opening fill structures, or may include a vertically-extending dielectric material portion and laterally-protruding dielectric material portions adjoined to the vertically-extending dielectric material portion and laterally protruding into lateral recesses located adjacent to the at least the topmost electrically conductive layer.
US11805646B2
Embodiments of three-dimensional (3D) memory devices and methods for forming the 3D memory devices are disclosed. In an example, a NAND memory device includes a substrate, one or more peripheral devices on the substrate, a plurality of NAND strings above the peripheral devices, a single crystalline silicon layer above and in contact with the NAND strings, and interconnect layers formed between the peripheral devices and the NAND strings. In some embodiments, the NAND memory device includes a bonding interface at which an array interconnect layer contacts a peripheral interconnect layer.
US11805641B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises providing a first substrate including a buffer layer and a base substrate, forming a stacked mold structure including a plurality of unit laminates on the buffer layer, each of the unit laminates including a first sacrificial layer, a first silicon layer, a second sacrificial layer, and a second silicon layer sequentially stacked in a vertical direction and replacing the stacked mold structure with a stacked memory structure through a replacement process, wherein the stacked memory structure includes a metal pattern which replaces the first sacrificial layer and the second sacrificial layer, and an insulating pattern which replaces the second silicon layer, the buffer layer includes silicon-germanium, and a germanium concentration of the buffer layer varies depending on the germanium concentration of the first sacrificial layer and the germanium concentration of the second sacrificial layer.
US11805639B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active region, a first bitline structure and a second bitline structure that extend side by side on the substrate, a storage node contact electrically connected to the active region between the first and second bitline structures, a lower landing pad between the first and second bitline structures and on the storage node contact, an upper landing pad in contact with the first bitline structure and electrically connected to the lower landing pad, and a capping insulating layer. A lower surface of the upper landing pad in contact with the first bitline structure and a lower surface of the capping insulating layer in contact with the lower landing pad each include a portion in which a horizontal separation distance is increased from the adjacent upper landing pad in a direction toward the substrate.
US11805635B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes, on a substrate, a memory region and a peripheral circuit region in which an MOS transistor is formed. The MOS transistor includes a drain region and a source region disposed in a first direction parallel to a surface of the substrate. On a surface of the drain region, a drain electrode is formed to be connected with a contact plug. Further, on a surface of the source region, a source electrode is formed to be connected with a contact plug. When viewed in the first direction, the drain electrode has a region that does not overlap with the source electrode, and the source electrode has a region that does not overlap with the drain electrode.
US11805625B2
An insulating heat dissipation coating composition including a coating layer-forming component including a subject resin, and an insulating heat dissipation filler. Therefore, the coating composition may have excellent thermal conductivity and excellent thermal emissivity, and therefore an insulating heat dissipation coating layer which exhibits excellent heat dissipation performance and has insulating property may be formed. In addition, the heat dissipation coating layer formed thereby has a very excellent adhesive strength to a surface to be coated so as to significantly prevent peeling of the coating layer during use, and to maintain durability of the coating layer even against a physical or chemical stimulus such as external heat, organic solvent, moisture or shock, which is generated after the coating layer is formed.
US11805618B2
An apparatus comprises a body portion configured to be disposed above an electronic equipment rack. The apparatus further comprises one or more first openings in the body portion. The one or more first openings are configured for receiving a first plurality of cables routed through the one or more first openings. At least one bracket is attached to a side surface of the body portion and configured to be attached to a top surface of the electronic equipment rack. The at least one bracket comprises one or more second openings configured for receiving a second plurality of cables routed through the one or more second openings into the electronic equipment rack.
US11805616B2
Embodiments relate to a polyimide-based composite film, which comprises a base film comprising a polyimide-based resin; and a functional layer disposed on the base film, wherein when the side of the functional layer located opposite to the side in contact with the base film is referred to as a first side and when the side of the base film in contact with the functional layer is referred to as a second side, the leveling index represented by Equation 1 is less than 0.75.
US11805610B2
A display device includes a main body including a display module for outputting an image and bendable, a bending module located at a center of a back surface of the main body, a pair of links, wherein each link has one end coupled to the bending module and extends in a horizontal direction, and link brackets respectively located at left and right ends of the main body, wherein the other end of each link is connected to each link bracket. The bending module changes angles of the pair of links, and, when the angle of the link changes, the other end of the link slides in the horizontal direction with respect to the link bracket. The main body includes an inner sheet disposed on a back surface of the display module, a cover bottom disposed on a back surface of the inner sheet, and a middle cabinet for covering perimeters of the display module, the inner sheet, and the cover bottom and forming a side surface appearance of the display device. The link bracket is disposed overlapping the middle cabinet.
US11805585B2
A Light Emitting Diode, LED, based lighting device arranged for emitting a particular color of light, wherein said LED based lighting device comprises a power supply unit arranged for providing a Direct Current, DC, bus voltage for powering LEDs, a plurality of parallel cascaded LED channels, wherein each of said LED channels is connected to said bus voltage and comprises at least one colored LED and a switch for activating said corresponding LED channel, a controller arranged for providing control signals to each of said switches in said LED channels for periodically activating said LED channels, wherein each of said control signals has a duty cycle, and wherein said controller is arranged for determining said duty cycles of said control signals based on a received color set point, wherein said controller is further arranged for determining an amount of deficiency in light output of each of said LED channels caused by parasitic effects in said LED based lighting device, by determining instantaneous currents of each channel and comparing said instantaneous currents with expected currents resulting from the determined duty cycles, and for increasing said duty cycles based on said determined amount of deficiency.
US11805584B2
Techniques and devices are provided for sensing image data from a scene and activating primary light sources based on information sensed from the scene. Subsets of a plurality of primary light sources may be activated to emit sensing spectrum of light onto a scene. Combined image data may be sensed from the scene while the subsets of the plurality of primary light sources are activated. Reflectance information for the scene may be determined based on the combined image data and combined sensing spectra. Spectrum optimization criteria for the primary light sources may be determined based on the reference information and a desired output parameter provided by a user or determined by a controller. The plurality of primary light sources may be activated to emit a lighting spectrum based on the spectrum optimization criteria.
US11805583B2
Lighting system having a plurality light emitting diodes, wherein each of the light emitting diodes is configured to output light in a predetermined color bands and is arranged in a corresponding group according to the predetermined color bands. A plurality of power output controllers, each of the plurality of power output controllers configured to output a predetermined power level to the corresponding group of light emitting diodes and a master controller coupled to the plurality of output controllers and operable to synchronize the plurality of output controllers. The master controller operable to receive data from a remote device indicating a desired duty cycle, cycle period, and phase shift of the output power relative to one another.
US11805581B2
A buffer circuit for an LED driver circuit, a LED driver circuit, and a control method, the buffer circuit includes a first control switch connected in series in a rectified input loop and a feedback control module connected to the rectified input loop to obtain a loop current in the rectified input loop for generating a first control signal to the first control switch according to the loop current and a reference signal. The first control switch switches between a fully conducting state and a non-fully-conducting state based on the first control signal and restrains the loop current when the first control switch is in the non-fully-conducting state. The buffer circuit enhances the effect of restraining the current change rate and can effectively restrain current spikes in a circuit, resulting in higher safety and reliability.
US11805579B2
A light fixture having at least one LED and at least one filament, wherein the at least one filament is connected in series to the at least one LED. A current supplied to the at least one LED in the light fixture is regulated by the electrical properties of the at least one filament. Thus the at least one LED in the light fixture can be run without an electrical driver.
US11805576B2
A household appliance device includes an integer number N of row switching elements at a row position i, wherein i is an integer number 1≤i≤N, an integer number M of column switching elements at a column position j, wherein j is an integer number 1≤j≤M, and a heating matrix including at least N×M heating matrix elements having positions (i, j), with N+M>2, wherein a heating matrix element at the position (i,j) includes at least one inductor at the position (i,j) and is connected to both the i-th row switching element and the j-th column switching element.
US11805574B2
A method for obtaining a heating element for an electronic vapor provision system, the method including providing a sheet of electrically conductive porous material, directing light onto at least a portion of the sheet, detecting an amount of the light transmitted through the portion of the sheet, comparing the amount of light detected to a range of light transmission values known to correspond to a predetermined range of electrical resistance values required for the portion, and selecting the portion of the sheet for use as a heating element if the amount of detected light lies within the range of light transmission values, and otherwise rejecting the portion of the sheet.
US11805573B2
A flexible resistor including a support made of electrically insulating material; at least one track made of an electrically conductive material incorporated in the support, and configured to be connected to an electric energy source; a foil made of electrically conductive material, having a surface fixed to a first face of the support, and a plurality of wings defined by foil portions cut and folded transversally to the surface.
US11805571B2
In embodiments of the present disclosure, a method is provided for managing a mesh point. A request is transmitted from a mesh point to a mesh portal, and the request indicates that Reduced Neighbor Report (RNR) information is required. A beacon with the RNR information is received from the mesh portal. A mesh link is established with a target mesh portal based on the beacon with the RNR information. Therefore, the time cost and the data communication of a scanning procedure of the mesh point may be greatly reduced. Further, communications in the scanning procedure are lowered, such that conflicts in the air may be alleviated.
US11805561B2
Multi-link device (MLD) devices and transitions are described. The MAC addresses of the AP MLD and non-AP MLD are used to generate keys for different fast transitions (FT) between a non-AP MLD and an AP MLD. In an FT initial mobility domain operation, the AP MLD MAC address is used as the R1KH-ID and the non-AP MLD MAC address is used as the S0KH-ID and S1KH-ID. The MAC addresses are exchanged in Authentication Request/Response or Association Request/Response messages and the GTK/IGTK/BIGTK are delivered in a single FT 4-way handshake. In a fast MLD transition to an AP MLD in the same ESS, the other AP MLD MAC address is used as the R1KH-ID and the non-AP MLD MAC address is used as the S1KH-ID. The MAC addresses are exchanged in Authentication Request/Response or Association Request/Response messages and the GTK/IGTK/BIGTK are delivered in an FTE.
US11805548B2
This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for UL LBT status reporting. A scheduled node (e.g., a UE) may sense a status of each LBT channel in a set of one or more LBT channels. The set of one or more LBT channels may include at least one of one or more first LBT channels associated with a scheduling grant or one or more second LBT channels unassociated with the scheduling grant. The scheduled node may transmit, to a scheduling node (e.g., a base station), a LBT status report indicative of the status of each LBT channel in the set of one or more LBT channels. The scheduling node may schedule, via a second scheduling grant, a second set of one or more LBT channels based on the status of each LBT channel indicated in the LBT status report.
US11805547B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for efficient RACH behavior. One apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits a first PRACH preamble to a base unit to start a RACH procedure; a receiver that receives a RAR (Msg2) from the base unit during a random access response window; and a processor that controls the transmitter to transmit a second PRACH preamble in response to being unable to transmit a RACH Msg3 within an indicated transmission opportunity. The processor may obtain multiple transmission opportunities for transmitting a RACH message such as RACH Msg1 or RACH Msg3 or monitor for multiple RACH Msg2 where transmission opportunity data are conveyed via a RACH Order, an RAR, or DCI for the RACH message. A method or system may perform functions of the apparatus.
US11805541B2
Techniques for automating delivery of data of a radio to a spectrum access system are provided. The data is used by the spectrum access system to use the data to control transmission of the radio to regulate interference in shared spectrum at an incumbent or primary user, where the radio is that of a secondary user.
US11805531B2
A resource allocation method, a node, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: configuring or reserving, by a first parent node, a first communication resource for a subnode; and sending, by the first parent node, to a second parent node, resource indication information used to indicate the first communication resource, where the resource indication information is used to enable the second parent node to configure or reserve a second communication resource for the subnode according to the first communication resource.
US11805529B2
Method for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
Disclosed herein are a method and a device for transmitting and receiving uplink data in a wireless communication system. According to the present disclosure, a UE may transmit to a base station information related to a capability of the UE and the information may include a subset including at least one transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) supported by the UE. The UE may receive Downlink Control Information (DCI) for transmitting the uplink data from the base station and the DCI may include a TPMI used for the UE to transmit the uplink data. Thereafter, the UE may transmit to the base station the uplink data by using transmission power determined based on the TPMI and the transmission power may be determined according to whether the TPMI is included in the at least one TPMI.
US11805524B2
Some present implementations provide a method for indicating multiple spatial relations for uplink (UL) transmissions by a user equipment (UE). The method may receive a first configuration for configuring one or more physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources. The method may further receive a second configuration for configuring a plurality of spatial relations. The method may also receive a signal that indicates at least one of a first mode or a second mode. The method may further receive downlink control information (DCI) indicating a PUCCH resource from the one or more PUCCH resources, where first and second spatial relations are activated for the PUCCH resource. The method may derive a plurality of PUCCH transmission occasions associated with the indicated PUCCH resource. A same uplink control information (UCI) content may be transmitted on each of the plurality of PUCCH transmission occasions by applying the spatial relations based on the indicated mode.
US11805522B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described in which a first user equipment (UE) may transmit sidelink communications to a second UE, and the second UE may provide feedback associated with the sidelink communication to the first UE in a sidelink control information (SCI) transmission. In some cases, the SCI is first stage SCI transmitted in a sidelink control channel or second stage SCI transmitted in a sidelink shared channel. The feedback may include one or more of acknowledgment/negative-acknowledgment feedback, channel state information feedback, a scheduling request, or any combinations thereof. In some cases, the first UE may indicate resources of the second slot to the second UE for transmission of the feedback in the SCI, such as by providing a time offset value and resource index that identifies the resources.
US11805516B2
Rate-matching and channel estimation are disclosed for new radio (NR) user equipments (UEs). In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes obtaining coexistence information associated with neighboring wireless operations according to a legacy radio access technology (RAT) coexisting with a new radio (NR) RAT. The coexistence information includes a number of ports associated with reference signals of the legacy RAT, a frequency pattern of the reference signals of the legacy RAT, and a subframe type of corresponding subframes of the legacy RAT with transmission segments of the NR RAT. The method also includes determining one or more reference signal occasions of the legacy RAT coinciding with a shared downlink direction communication for the NR RAT and legacy RAT. The method further includes rate-matching reception of NR downlink transmissions within the shared downlink direction communication around the one or more reference signal occasions. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11805505B2
Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for sidelink multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) relaying are disclosed herein. An example method for wireless communication at a base station includes transmitting communication for a target user equipment (UE) to multiple TRPs for relaying the communication to the target UE over a sidelink. The method may further include configuring, for one or more of the target UE or at least one of the multiple TRPs, a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state for a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) between the UE and the at least one of the multiple TRPs.
US11805493B2
Aspects include systems and methods for compressed direct current (DC) location reporting, such as DC location reporting in uplink (UL) carrier aggregation (CA) deployments in a wireless network. Various aspects may include a UE computing device determining and indicating DC locations only for a subset of a plurality of component carriers (CCs) in a channel bandwidth to a base station and/or a UE computing device determining and indicating DC locations for a subset of activation permutations for bandwidth parts (BWPs) of a plurality of CCs in a channel bandwidth that is less than all possible activation permutations of the BWPs of the plurality of CCs in the channel bandwidth.
US11805484B2
In one embodiment, techniques include a method for preserving battery power in a tracking device that includes a first communication module, a second communication module, and a location determination unit where the first communication module, second communication module, and location determination unit are initially disabled. The method includes determining that lost conditions are satisfied. The method includes enabling the first communication module and determining that a wireless network compatible with the first communication module is not available before disabling the first communication module. The method includes enabling the second communication module and the location determination unit and determining a location of the tracking device based on location information received from the location determination unit. The method includes transmitting the determined location of the tracking device via the second communication module to a tracking system configured to inform a user associated with the tracking device of the determined location.
US11805482B2
Embodiments of this application provide a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving data sent by a terminal in an inactive state, where the data includes to-be-sent data sent by the terminal and identification information of the terminal; determining an anchor base station of the terminal based on the identification information; and sending the data to the anchor base station, so that the anchor base station sends the data to a core-network device. The uplink data of the terminal is forwarded to the anchor base station by using a serving base station and through an interaction between the anchor base station and the serving base station that currently provides an air interface resource for the terminal, and is then transmitted to a core network.
US11805474B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may performing a search procedure using a first receive beam. The UE may detect, based on performing the search procedure, a synchronization signal block corresponding to a transmit beam in a first synchronization signal burst set transmitted by a base station. The UE may perform a measurement procedure on a second synchronization signal burst set using a second receive beam to measure the transmit beam, where the second synchronization signal burst set is transmitted subsequently to the first synchronization signal burst set. In some cases, the UE may perform a measurement procedure for each configured receive beam. The UE may perform a beam refinement procedure after measuring each configured receive beam.
US11805472B2
Access category management objects may be configured for use in support of access category configurations of a user equipment (UE). Various methods for a UE configuration with access categories are disclosed. Signaling methods by a radio access network of access barring parameters such as a signaling method for a partial list of access barring parameters with explicit signaling of access category indexes and a signaling method for a full list of access barring parameters where access categories are signaled using a bitmap are disclosed. Access control parameters and an access control architecture in terms of access control function distribution within the UE protocol sublayers, solutions that address the impact of access control in a connected mode on a buffer status report, logical channel prioritization and flow control between the UE AS and UE NAS, and details regarding access barring checks are also disclosed.
US11805471B2
Aspects presented herein may improve sidelink discovery procedures for resource efficiency and/or power savings, where power consumption at a receiving sidelink device and/or at a transmitting sidelink device may be reduced when the devices are performing sidelink discovery procedures. In one aspect, an apparatus transmits, to a second wireless device, an indication that indicates in physical layer signaling whether a PSSCH carries a discovery message. The apparatus transmits the PSSCH (e.g., including a discovery message or a communication message) based at least in part on the indication.
US11805465B2
Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing combined broadband and wireless self-organizing network (“SON”) for provisioning of services. In some embodiments, a computing system might receive, from one or more first sensors and one or more second sensors, first operational states of fixed broadband network nodes and second operational states of wireless network nodes, respectively. The computing system might analyze the received first and second operational states, might determine an optimal network pathway and/or an optimal network backhaul pathway, and might establish the optimal network pathway and/or the optimal network backhaul pathway, through a determined combination of fixed and wireless network nodes, thereby implementing the combined broadband and wireless self-organizing network (“SON”) for provisioning of services.
US11805462B2
An information acquisition method includes: receiving cell moving speed information sent by a first network device, wherein the cell moving speed information comprises cell moving speed information of the first network device, and/or cell moving speed information of a second network device adjacent to the first network device.
US11805461B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for fusing, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retailing, security and safety-related services, etc. on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. Disclosed in the disclosure is a method for measurement report/event operation and network signaling in an UE autonomous handover.
US11805457B2
A method of adding a secondary cell group, a terminal device, and a main node are provided. The method of adding a secondary cell group includes: receiving conditional-addition SCG information sent by a master node; evaluating, according to the conditional-addition SCG information, whether one or more target cells in an SCG meet a condition corresponding to triggering addition of a target cell, and obtaining a result of the evaluation; triggering, according to the result of the evaluation, a process of adding a SCG target cell.
US11805451B2
A UE may receive, from a serving cell, an activation indication for an SCell, receiving a first reference signal from the SCell, the first reference signal including at least one temporary reference signal, identify whether a second reference signal is received after processing the activation indication and before an expiration of an SCell activation time, and activate, upon identifying that the second reference signal is received, the SCell based on one or more reference signals including at least one of the first reference signal or the second reference signal. The UE may activate the SCell no later than in slot n+K, and K may be determined based on at least in part the SCell activation time.
US11805448B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmit user equipment (UE) may determine that a channel busy ratio satisfies a channel busy ratio threshold. The transmit UE may reserve, based at least in part on determining that the channel busy ratio satisfies the channel busy ratio threshold, a resource for transmission of a packet with a particular priority to the receive UE, wherein the resource is in a set of resources outside of a sidelink discontinuous reception (DRX) on duration of a receive UE. The transmit UE may transmit the packet using the resource based at least in part on reserving the resource.
US11805447B2
A method for allocating traffic between a wireless interface and a wired interface of an information handling system may begin with determining that the information handling system is connected to a dock via a wireless interface. A determination may also be made that the information handling system is connected to the dock via a wired interface. One or more characteristics of at least a portion of data to be transmitted between the information handling system and the dock may be determined. A first portion of the data to be transmitted may be transmitted via the wireless interface based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics. A second portion of the data to be transmitted may be transmitted via the wired interface based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics.
US11805446B2
A method and apparatus for conditional supplementary link activation and transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device configures a primary transmission link and at least one supplementary transmission link. The primary transmission link is activated. The wireless device configures a first condition and a second condition. The wireless device determines that the first condition is met upon which the at least one supplementary transmission link is activated. The wireless device performs transmission by using at least one of activated transmission links based on whether the second condition is met.
US11805445B2
This application discloses a traffic shaping method, where the method is applied to a wireless communication time division duplex (TDD) mode. A network device obtains N data packets sent by a terminal device using a shaping layer, where N is an integer greater than 0, the N data packets are submitted in sequence, and the shaping layer is configured to sort the N data packets; the network device compares traffic of the N data packets or a time interval at which the shaping layer sends data packets with a preset value when the network device determines that none of the N data packets is lost or that the N data packets are not out of order; and the network device shapes the traffic based on a comparison result by using the shaping layer.
US11805442B2
The efficiency of wireless communication is improved. A communication system includes a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus controls to determine an information amount to be used for a receipt acknowledgment response to packets to be transmitted to a second information processing apparatus on the basis of information relating to the packets and notifies the second information processing apparatus of that determined information amount. The second information processing apparatus controls to return the receipt acknowledgment response to the packets transmitted from the first information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus on the basis of the information amount notified from the first information processing apparatus.
US11805438B2
This disclosure describes systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for controlling a network with one or more access points (APs). A controller may be configured to schedule at least some resources of the one or more APs to improve network efficiency. The APs may measure and report a variety of information and statistics to the controller. The controller may determine one or more transmission parameters and one or more operations a given AP is permitted to perform during a respective time interval. The controller may communicate the one or more transmission parameters using an indication, such as a message. At least one AP associated with the controller may communicate with stations (STAs) using the one or more transmission parameters.
US11805430B2
By analyzing the apps on a portable computing device, the communication modes used by the portable computing devices and the communication requirements of the apps at a given time, an ideal communication mode given a certain mix of apps operating on a portable computing device at a given point in time may be determined.
US11805426B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) (e.g., Tx UE) may transmit or receive a first control message indicating a sidelink beam measurement configuration for performing a sidelink beam sweep procedure using a set of transmit beams. The first UE may select a subset of transmit beams from the set of transmit beams for the sidelink beam sweep procedure based on one or more parameters associated with the sidelink beam measurement configuration. The first UE may then transmit, to a second UE (e.g., Rx UE) during the sidelink beam sweep procedure, a set of sidelink reference signals using respective transmit beams of the subset of transmit beams.
US11805423B2
A technique for collecting and using signal reputation data, comprising obtaining a plurality of signal reputation data corresponding to a plurality of locations, categorizing the signal reputation data into groups, calculating signal circles for at least some of the groups based on a representative signal value for the corresponding group, calculating a signal reputation score for each signal circle, determining a best signal circle for a user mobile device within a predetermined distance of dead zones, and sending the best signal circle to the user mobile device based at least in part on the signal reputation score and a location of the user mobile device. In some embodiments, the technique may include some but not all of these actions and additional actions, such as suspending obtaining signal reputation data based on battery status.
US11805409B2
A device may obtain, from a pool of subscription identifiers allocated for sharing, a subscription identifier for a target device to be onboarded onto a wireless network. The device may generate a derived subscriber identification module (SIM) profile that includes the subscription identifier and a derived set of credentials. The derived set of credentials may be based on an existing set of credentials associated with the device. The device may cause the derived SIM profile to be provided to the target device to enable the target device to obtain access to the wireless network.
US11805404B2
A system and method may improve latency for user equipment (UE) registration in cellular networks. UE registration may retrieve the UE's configuration and subscription data locally rather than from a network or cloud-based unified data management (UDM) entity that manages a unified data repository (UDR). For example, the UE may send a unique identification (e.g., a UE ID) for the UE to a registering entity of a cellular network system. The UE ID may then be used to identify a UE Group Identification for the UE at the UDM. The UE Group Identification may be a pointer to the locally-stored configuration and subscription data for the UE. The entity requesting registration may then use the pointer to retrieve the configuration and subscription data locally rather than a remote entity such as the UDM.
US11805402B2
A computer-implemented method for protecting a user data repository (UDR) from over-accumulation of subscription requests in a subscriber profile of a subscriber of a 5G network may include receiving, from a network node on the 5G network, a new subscription request requesting a notification of status changes associated with the subscriber profile, retrieving the subscription profile from the UDR, and determining a number of preexisting subscription requests associated with a network function (NF) instance identification (ID) of the network node in the subscriber profile. If the number of preexisting subscription requests in the subscriber profile is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (X), the computer-implemented method may further include deleting at least one of the preexisting subscription requests from the subscriber profile and writing the new subscription request to the subscriber profile at the UDR.
US11805401B2
A device implementing dynamic controller selection may include a processor configured to generate a connectivity graph based on a scan for accessory devices, the connectivity graph including a connectivity metric value for a discovered accessory device. The processor may be configured to broadcast the connectivity graph and receive another connectivity graph broadcasted by another electronic device that includes another connectivity metric value for the accessory device. The processor may be configured to receive a request to provide an instruction to the accessory device and determine which of the electronic devices will provide the instruction based on the connectivity metric values. The processor may be further configured to, when the electronic device is determined, provide the instruction for transmission to the accessory device, and when the other electronic device is determined, provide, for transmission to the other electronic device, the instruction to be provided to the accessory device.
US11805400B2
A network repository function (NRF) device may receive first locality and priority information concerning a first network function device from the first network function device and may receive second locality and priority information concerning a second network function device from the second network function device. The NRF device may update a data structure based on the first locality and priority information and the second locality and priority information. The NRF device may receive a query concerning a locality from a third network function device and may search the data structure based on the query to identify network function device information associated with the locality. The NRF device may send the network function device information to the third network function device.
US11805398B2
A method of tracking at least one emergency service provider is disclosed. An electronic history is compiled that includes at least one identifier of a service provider, at least one identifier of an event to which the service provider responded, and GPS data identifying the geographic location of the service provider at each time interval within the duration of the event. A user interface within which is displayed a first identifier of a first event is generated to a display device. A selection of the event identifier is received from a user. In response to the selection of the identifier, an aerial view of a geographic region within which the first event took place is generated. At least one icon is displayed in the aerial view representing the service provider at the geographic location corresponding to at least one time interval during the event.
US11805394B2
This application provides a context management method and apparatus, to resolve a problem that contexts of a large quantity of terminals occupy a large amount of storage space of an AMF entity. The method includes: when a first core network device has stored group information corresponding to a terminal, establishing, by the first core network device, a correspondence between the terminal and the group information. This application relates to the field of communications technologies.
US11805393B2
An object is to provide a population distribution aggregation calculation device which can calculate a population distribution of high accuracy. A population distribution aggregation calculation device includes a narrow-area mesh group management unit 108 configured to generate wide-area mesh data by acquiring the number of user terminals positioned in each predefined wide-area mesh using approximate positional information of a user terminal 200, and to generate narrow-area mesh data by acquiring the number of user terminals positioned in each of a plurality of narrow-area meshes obtained by dividing a wide-area mesh by a predetermined geographic resolution for each predetermined positional information acquisition pattern using detailed positional information stored in the positioning data accumulation unit 102, a reliability evaluation unit 109 configured to calculate reliability of narrow-area mesh data for each positional information acquisition pattern on the basis of wide-area mesh data and narrow-area mesh data, and a population distribution estimation unit 110 configured to estimate the number of terminals in a narrow-area mesh on the basis of the narrow-area mesh data and the wide-area mesh data according to the reliability.
US11805390B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to determine sensor orientation. In the context of a method, the orientation of a sensor is predicted based on a predetermined dataset. The method also includes receiving information regarding a location of the sensor and information from which a gravity direction of the sensor is derivable. The method further includes determining a relative orientation of the sensor in relation to a frame of reference and the gravity direction of the sensor. The method still further includes comparing the orientation of the sensor that was predicted and the relative orientation of the sensor to determine a prediction accuracy. The method finally includes updating the predetermined dataset based on the prediction accuracy of the sensor orientation.
US11805385B2
An audio signal processing method includes generating an initial reflected sound control signal according to a geometrical shape of a virtual space, generating a reverberant sound control signal using a reflected sound parameter of the virtual space, calculating timing of connection, the timing of connection being a point in time at which a volume of an initial reflected sound reproducible by the initial reflected sound control signal is a same as a volume of a reverberant sound reproducible by the reverberant sound control signal, based on the geometrical shape of the virtual space, and increasing, in a period of time before the timing of connection, a level of the reverberant sound control signal so as to cause the volume of the reverberant sound to be closer to the volume of the reverberant sound at the timing of connection.
US11805384B2
An audio signal processing method includes obtaining an audio signal of a sound source, performing first filter processing on the audio signal to generate an imaginary sound source of a virtual space, performing second filter processing on the audio signal to adjust a tone of the imaginary sound source, and outputting an initial reflected sound control signal generated by using the audio signal on which the first filter processing and the second filter processing have been performed, in a first case where the first filter processing is performed before the second filter processing, the first filter processing is performed on the audio signal, and the second filter processing is performed on the audio signal on which the first filter processing has been performed, and in a second case where the second filter processing is performed before the first filter processing, the second filter processing is performed on the audio signal, and the first filter processing is performed on the audio signal on which the second filter processing has been performed.
US11805382B2
A binaural sound reproduction system, and methods of using the binaural sound reproduction system to dynamically re-center a frame of reference for a virtual sound source, are described. The binaural sound reproduction system may include a reference device, e.g., a mobile device, having a reference sensor to provide reference orientation data corresponding to a direction of the reference device, and a head-mounted device, e.g., headphones, having a device sensor to provide device orientation data corresponding to a direction of the head-mounted device. The system may use the reference orientation data to determine whether the head-mounted device is being used in a static or dynamic use case, and may adjust an audio output to render the virtual sound source in an adjusted source direction based on the determined use case. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US11805374B2
Hearing systems for both hearing impaired and normal hearing subjects comprise an input transducer and a separate output transducer. The input transducer will include a light source for generating a light signal in response to either ambient sound or an external electronic sound signal. The output transducer will comprise a light-responsive transducer component which is adapted to receive light from the input transducer. The output transducer component will vibrate in response to the light input and produce vibrations in a component of a subject's hearing transduction pathway, such as the tympanic membrane, a bone in the ossicular chain, or directly on the cochlea, in order to produce neural signals representative of the original sound.
US11805372B2
The present disclosure discloses a MEMS chip including a capacitance system and a substrate with a back cavity. The capacitance system includes a back plate and a membrane; the substrate is located on one side of the membrane away from the back plate, including a first surface opposite to the membrane, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and an inner wall connecting the first surface and the second surface and enclosing the back cavity; the inner wall includes a first opening close to the membrane, having a first width along a first direction perpendicular with a vibration direction of the membrane, and a second opening away from the membrane, having a second width smaller than the first width along the first direction. The resonance frequency of the MEMS chip has been effectively improved and the SNR is simultaneously high.
US11805369B2
A sounding device includes a frame, a vibration system, and a magnetic circuit system. The vibration system includes a diaphragm, a voice coil, and elastic support assemblies. The voice coil is inserted into a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit system for driving the diaphragm to vibrate and produce sound. The elastic support assemblies are fixed to the frame and spaced apart from the diaphragm. The elastic support assemblies include elastic pieces. The elastic pieces include first fixed arms fixed to the frame, second fixed arms spaced apart from the first fixed arms and supporting the voice coil, first elastic arms connecting the first fixed arms with the second fixed arms, and second elastic arms connecting the first elastic arms with the second fixed arms. Compared with the related art, the sounding device has long service life and high reliability.
US11805367B2
A vibrating unit includes a diaphragm and a bobbin, and a voice coil is secured to the bobbin. A detecting unit includes a moving magnet and a magnetic sensor. An annular magnet support is secured to a front edge of the bobbin, and the moving magnet is positioned and secured to the magnet support. The magnetic sensor is secured to a drive supporting unit. The moving magnet is secured to the bobbin, with the magnet support therebetween. This facilitates mounting and positioning of the moving magnet.
US11805362B2
A terminal includes a first middle frame, a second middle frame, a rotating assembly, a first screen, a first audio assembly, a second audio assembly, a third audio assembly and a fourth audio assembly. The rotating assembly is located between the first middle frame and the second middle frame and is connected with the first middle frame and the second middle frame respectively; the back surface of the first screen covers the first middle frame, the second middle frame and the rotating assembly; the first screen is a folding screen; the first audio assembly and the second audio assembly are located at two opposite ends of the first middle frame respectively; and the third audio assembly and the fourth audio assembly are mounted at two opposite ends of the second middle frame.
US11805359B2
A personal communications device that employs directional or parametric speakers to provide an enhanced user experience, delivering audio directly to a user of the device rather than broadcasting the audio in all directions. In this way, increased privacy for the user of the personal communications device can be achieved.
US11805358B2
The present application discloses a sound-output device, including a vibration speaker configured to generate a bone-conducted sound wave; and an air-conducted speaker configured to generate an air-conducted sound wave. The sound-output device further comprises a signal processing module configured to generate a control signal, wherein, the vibration speaker includes a vibration assembly electrically connected to the signal processing module to receive the control signal, and generate the bone-conducted sound wave based on the control signal, and the air-conducted speaker includes a housing coupled to the vibration assembly to generate the air-conducted sound wave based on the bone-conducted sound wave.
US11805349B2
Systems and methods are provided for an eyewear accommodating headset with adaptive and variable ear support. An example headset may comprise an ear cup with two or more distinct sections that differ in one or more characteristics. A first section is adaptively configured to accommodate a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses of a wearer of the headset, and a second section is configured to maintain contact with a temple of the wearer of the headset. The different sections may comprise different foams (or different parts of foam, each with different characteristics). The characteristics may comprise hardness and/or density. Another example headset may comprise an ear cup with a divot that accommodates the temple piece of the eyeglasses.
US11805341B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a mobile terminal, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The mobile terminal includes a screen, an earpiece, and a housing, where the screen is mounted on the housing, the earpiece is disposed in the housing, and the screen is provided with a sound output hole. The sound output hole corresponds to a first front cavity sound outlet and a second front cavity sound outlet that are independently arranged in the housing, the first front cavity sound outlet is connected to the earpiece through a first sound guide channel, and the second front cavity sound outlet is connected to the earpiece through a second sound guide channel A difference between a length of the first sound guide channel and that of the second sound guide channel is within a preset range.
US11805335B2
An imaging device that facilitates pooling processing. A pixel region includes a plurality of pooling modules and an output circuit, the pooling module includes a pooling circuit and a comparison module, the pooling circuit includes a plurality of pixels and an arithmetic circuit, and the comparison module includes a plurality of comparison circuits and a determination circuit. The pixel can obtain a first signal through photoelectric conversion, and can multiply the first signal by a given scaling factor to generate a second signal. The pooling circuit adds a plurality of second signals in the arithmetic circuit to generate a third signal, the comparison module compares a plurality of third signals and outputs the largest third signal to the determination circuit, and the determination circuit determines the largest third signal and binarizes it to generate a fourth signal. In the imaging device, the pooling module performs pooling processing in accordance with the number of pixels and outputs data obtained by the pooling processing.
US11805333B2
The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for enhancing edges within an image in a light deficient environment, which utilizes knowledge of the expected noise pixel by pixel, to control the strength of the edge enhancement and thereby limit the impact of the enhancement on the perception of noise.
US11805330B2
Provided are an image recognition device, a solid-state imaging device, and an image recognition method capable of improving accuracy in recognizing a subject. The image recognition device according to the present disclosure includes an imaging unit and a recognition unit. The imaging unit captures a plurality of images having different sensitivities in one frame period to generate image data of the plurality of images. The recognition unit recognizes the subject from the image data of each of the images, and recognizes the subject captured in an image of one frame based on a result of recognizing the subject.
US11805317B2
An image processing method and an electronic device. The method includes: in a case that the electronic device is in a first movement state, capturing a first image through the first camera, where the first camera moves relative to the body; displaying the first image on a shooting preview interface; and in a case that the electronic device changes from the first movement state to a stationary state, processing a second image and updating the first image on the shooting preview interface to the processed second image, where the second image is an image captured by the second camera in a case that the electronic device is in the stationary state, and the second camera is stationary relative to the body. The embodiments of the present disclosure are applied to a process of processing an image when the electronic device changes from a movement state to a stationary state.
US11805315B2
A nightvision system includes an underlying device that provides output light in a first spectrum. A transparent optical device transmits light in the first spectrum from the underlying device through the transparent optical device. The transparent optical device includes an active area of a semiconductor chip. The active area includes active elements that cause the underlying device to detect light from the underlying device and transparent regions formed in the active area which are transparent to the light in the first spectrum to allow light in the first spectrum to pass through from the underlying device to a user. An image processor processes images produced using light detected by the first plurality of active elements. An autofocus mechanism coupled to the image processor focuses the input light into the underlying device based on image processing performed by the image processor.
US11805312B2
An apparatus including means for: identifying audio-focus attenuation of a sound source; determining a correspondence between the sound source that is subject to audio focus attenuation and a corresponding visual object; and modifying capturing of an image to at least partially exclude and/or modify the visual object corresponding to the sound source subject to audio focus attenuation.
US11805310B2
A support for image processing is provided, comprising: (a) detecting respective face regions from images consecutively photographed for a first person at predetermined time intervals by an image pickup unit to display images of the face regions detected in relation to the first person in a first region of a screen, and providing a user interface for indicating that a specific face image is selected from the face images of the first person displayed in the first region; (b) additionally displaying the specific face image through a second region adjacent to the first region; and (c) displaying a synthesized image using the specific face image as a representative face of the first person, when the specific face image displayed through the second region is selected.
US11805309B2
An electronics-enabled eyewear device includes a mode indicator comprising a series of light emitters arranged on a forward-facing surface of the eyewear device, for example being provided by a ring of LEDs arranged peripherally about a camera lens opening in a front surface of an eyewear frame. The mode indicator automatically displays different visual indications corresponding to different modes of operation or states of the eyewear device. One visual indication provides an animated pattern of circulating LEDs during video capture by the eyewear device.
US11805305B2
A camera module is provided, which includes a camera housing, a camera assembly including a lens, the camera assembly being rotatable about a first axis and a second axis substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens with respect to the camera housing, and a guide plate connected to the camera assembly and the camera housing. The camera assembly further includes a first corner area and a second corner area substantially facing a direction of the first axis and facing each other, and a third corner area and a fourth corner area substantially facing the second axis and facing each other. The fourth corner area includes a chamfer area. The guide plate includes a first portion and a second portion rotatably connected to the camera assembly about the first axis, and a third portion and a fourth portion rotatably connected to the camera housing about the second axis.
US11805303B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product to signal and store various segment properties in omnidirectional media, including sizes, priority ranks, and the like. The method, apparatus and computer program product access one or more media segments (30). The one or more media segments includes media data configured for streaming playback. The method, apparatus and computer program product access size information (32) or priority rank information of one or more tiles for each of the one or more media segments. The method, apparatus and computer program product encode the size information (34) or priority rank information for each of the one or more media segments in a media file within one or more metadata tracks associated with the one or more media segments or one or more sub-segments associated with the one or more media segments.
US11805302B2
According to embodiments, the invention provides a method for transmitting encapsulated media data from a server to a client, the media data being requested by the client, the method being carried out by the server and comprising: —identifying at least one byte-range of the encapsulated media data to be transmitted, the at least one byte-range representing a portion of the encapsulated media data; —obtaining a processing level of the at least one identified byte-range, the processing level being indicative of the role of data contained in the at least one identified byte-range for processing the encapsulated media data; and—sending the at least one identified byte-range and an item of information determined as a function of the obtained processing level to the client.
US11805298B2
A computing device may be configured to provide authorization to a first content source to provide first content to a user device. The computing device may receive a request from the first content source to identify a location of second content to be presented to the user device and respond to the request by providing an address to the first content source. At the provided address, a request for the second content from the user device may be received. When responding to the request, the computing device may retrieve information associated with the user (e.g., user preference information) from the user device. Using this information, the computing device may generate at least one parameter for selecting the second contend and send a response to the user device. The response may include an address for the second content and the at least one parameter for selecting the second content.
US11805282B2
A television with an interactive portal and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the television, the television is deployed to provide an interactive portal in a hospitality establishment having multiple rooms, such as a hotel. The television is associated with a room and includes a processor, memory, tuner, panel, and audio drive disposed in an interconnected busing architecture. The television generates a default interactive portal as well as a guest-specific interactive portal, which is generated from a guest configuration profile having information including guest identification, a guest channel preference presentation, and a guest service preference presentation with guest account information. The guest configuration profile may also enable the creation of a local area wireless network with substantially the same behavior as the guest's home wireless network.
US11805279B2
A method and apparatus for decoding prediction residues in a video coding system operate by receiving input data associated with a current residual block, wherein the input data correspond to coded quantized-transform coefficients associated with the current residual block to be decoded at a decoder side, and wherein the current residual block is divided into one or more sub-blocks. This method further signals a plurality of syntax elements representing coded quantized transform coefficients at the encoder side or parsing the plurality of syntax elements representing the coded quantized transform coefficients at the decoder side, wherein at least two of the plurality of syntax elements are coded in a CABAC regular mode and all syntax elements coded in the CABAC regular mode are signalled or parsed in one coding pass. The method further encodes or decodes the current residual block according to the plurality of syntax elements.
US11805272B2
Different implementations are described for determining a set of predictor candidates for affine merge coding mode from neighboring blocks for motion compensation of a picture block based on a motion model for a video content encoder or decoder.
US11805268B2
A method for video bitstream processing includes generating, using a first video block derived from a third video block of a first component and having a first size, a prediction block for a second video block of a video related to a second component, where the first component is different from the second component, and where the second video block has a second size that is different from the first size. The method also includes performing, using the prediction block, a conversion between the second video block and a bitstream representation of the video according to a two-step cross-component prediction mode (TSCPM).
US11805266B2
This disclosure relates to video coding and more particularly to techniques for performing entropy coding. According to an aspect of an invention, a parity level flag specifying a parity of a transform coefficient level at a scanning position is decoded if a value of a second absolute level greater flag is equal to a first value.
US11805260B2
One variation of a method for autonomously generating an optimized audio-visual (AV) file from an original AV file comprises: a) generating a vector cube comprising a plurality of vector matrices for an original AV file; b) for each vector matrix within the vector cube, determining an optimal subframe having a subframe size larger than or equal to a predetermined minimum subframe size; and c) generating an optimized AV file based on the optimal subframes determined for each of the vector matrices within the vector cube.
US11805259B2
A method, a video processing apparatus and computer-readable program medium for video process is disclosed. The method of video coding including: using, during a conversion between a current block of video and a bitstream representation of the current block, an affine motion mode for the current block; updating motion information of the current block after motion compensation so as to obtain updated motion information of the current block; and using the updated motion information during conversion of subsequent video blocks and their respective bitstream representations.
US11805256B2
The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding method. An image decoding method for the same may include: obtaining transform coefficients of a current block from a bitstream; determining a scanning unit and a scanning order of the current block; and rearranging the transform coefficients of the current block by scanning the same base on the determined scanning unit and scanning order.
US11805255B2
A method for decoding a video according to the present invention may comprise: obtaining a weighted prediction parameter of a current block, determined, based on the weighted prediction parameter, weights applying to a first prediction block generated based on a first reference picture and a second prediction block generated based on a second reference picture, and obtaining, based on a weighted sum of the first prediction block and the second prediction block, a final prediction block of the current block.
US11805229B2
Provided is a video search interfacing apparatus for efficiently searching for a plurality of recorded video channels by generating a search history by selecting cameras in a time series manner according to a traffic line of an object of interest on a map on which physical positions of a plurality or cameras are visually arranged, thereby searching for a plurality of recorded video channels more intuitively.
US11805228B2
A vehicular control system includes a forward-sensing sensor and a forward-viewing camera disposed at a vehicle. The forward-sensing sensor includes a forward antenna array that emits a radio frequency (RF) beam at least forward of the vehicle. The forward antenna array includes a plurality of antennas. An electronic control unit (ECU) includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by the forward-viewing camera. The vehicular control system, responsive at least in part to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the forward-viewing camera, determines a driving condition at the vehicle. The vehicular control system dynamically controls the RF beam emitted by the forward antenna array of the forward-sensing sensor based at least in part on the determined driving condition.
US11805226B2
A videoconferencing system includes a codec configured to receive a videoconferencing call, the codec including at least one application programming interface (API), a system controller configured to communicate with the codec using the at least one API, and at least one other videoconferencing component. The system controller is configured to send one or more commands to the at least one other videoconferencing component independently of the codec.
US11805222B2
A method, an apparatus, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for visualizing infrared radiation strength includes obtaining infrared radiation (IR) image data transmitted by a light sensor; determining a radiation strength distribution and a module emitting mode corresponding to the IR image data; based on the radiation strength distribution and the module emitting mode, determining whether the IR image data meets a predetermined standard; when it is determined that the IR image data meets the predetermined standard, applying a gray processing to the IR image data to obtain a strength gray image; and applying color modulation to the strength gray image to generate a visual energy distribution image.
US11805213B2
An image forming system comprising: an image forming apparatus capable of transitioning between a standby mode and a sleep mode; and a wireless operation device capable of wireless communication with the image forming apparatus, the wireless operation device including: a display; a battery configured to perform power supply to the display; and a controller configured to control the power supply from the battery to the display, wherein, in response to transition of the image forming apparatus from the standby mode to the sleep mode with a predetermined amount of power being supplied from the battery to the display, the controller makes a supply amount of power from the battery to the display less than the predetermined amount.
US11805206B1
Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to customization of a contact center, using a data communications server. According to a specific example, the data communications server includes circuitry configured and arranged to provide data communications services to a plurality of remotely-situated client entities. The data communications server further provides a user interface for each respective remotely-situated client entity, the user interface including a display of communications-based campaigns, interactive voice response (IVR) tools, and data analytics. Moreover, the data communications server provides a display on the user interface which may include selectable components to create for the associated remotely-situated client entity, a customized way for handling incoming data communications by the data communications server. Accordingly, the data communications server may handle communications for the associated remotely-situated client entity according to the provided customization.
US11805197B2
A terminal includes a display screen with an irregular shape and a front panel component disposed on a same layer as the display screen. The display screen includes a target region and a main display region. The display region is a complete rectangular region on the display screen. The target region is an irregular region other than the main display region on the display screen. A gap formed by the irregular region is a reserved region, and the front panel component is disposed in the reserved region.
US11805192B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for requesting complete information or partial information on access points (APs) in a transmitting multi-link device (MLD) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. Specifically, a receiving MLD transmits a probe request frame to the transmitting MLD through a first link. The receiving MLD receives a probe response frame from the transmitting MLD through the first link. The transmitting MLD includes a first transmitting station (STA) operating in the first link and a second transmitting STA operating in a second link. The receiving MLD includes a first receiving STA operating in the first link and a second receiving STA operating in the second link. The probe request frame includes a profile field of the second receiving STA.
