US11221487B2
The variable depth of field sequential imaging method and system achieves the science fiction idea of AR as a compact, near to the eye, transparent screen. It comes together by merging the two concepts of variable depth of field and field sequential imaging into variable depth of field sequential imaging. The method and system places the transparent imaging screen in front and along the eye's optical axis and directly along the line of sight. The method and system may make AR and VR similar as far as VR's field of view ability, may generate opaque AR objects, and function as a single headset. Additionally, it will accommodate to user's prescription eyewear removing the need to wear additional corrective lenses with the headset, as well as it may track eye movement to properly render computer-generated objects at a focusable distance for the user's eye.
US11221481B2
A three-dimensional projection apparatus includes a display including a display surface having a plurality of subpixels arranged in a grid along a first direction and a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, an optical element configured to define a light beam direction of an image light emitted from the subpixels for each strip-shaped region of a plurality of strip-shaped regions extending in the second direction on the display surface, an optical member configured to project the image light, the light beam direction of which is defined by the optical element, so that a virtual image of the display surface is formed, and a controller configured to acquire information related to a position of an eye of a subject and to correct, in accordance with the position of the eye, the optical element and an image to be displayed by the display surface.
US11221468B2
An imaging module includes a single-pupil head component with hyper-hemispherical entrance field with refractive entrance surface, concave exit face, a refractive central zone and reflective peripheral zone. The imaging module also includes a secondary mirror, an aberrations corrector having an aspherical lens, a focusing objective, and an aperture diaphragm between the aberrations corrector and the objective. The head component is quasi-afocal in the vicinity of the field of 90° angular radius, its entrance surface has a ½ vertex angle of smaller than 30°, the secondary mirror is aspherical with variable local focal length with a maximum local power for a zone used by a field of 90° angular radius and minimum smaller by at least a factor of 2 for a zone used by a field of angular radius smaller than 20°.
US11221466B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of optical lenses and provides a camera optical lens sequentially including, from an object side to an image side, first to seventh lenses. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 1.80≤f4/f≤5.00; −1.50≤f6/f7≤−1.00; and 1.20≤d8/d9≤1.60, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f4, f6 and f7 denote focal lengths of the fourth, sixth and seventh lenses, respectively; d8 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the fourth lens to an object side surface of the fifth lens; and d9 denotes an on-axis thickness of the fifth lens. The camera optical lens according to the present disclosure can achieve high optical performance while satisfying design requirements for ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having large apertures.
US11221464B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of optical lens and discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies the following conditions: 5.00≤f1/f≤10.00 and 13.00≤R3/d3, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens; R3 denotes a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the second lens; d3 denotes an on-axis thickness of the second lens. The camera optical lens can achieve a high imaging performance while obtaining a low TTL.
US11221459B2
An imaging optical system includes at least one lens, and an optical element having a transmittance that changes in a radial direction perpendicular to an optical axis. The transmittance of the optical element is minimized at a first position in the radial direction separated from an optical axis position of the optical element by a distance smaller than an effective radius rd of the optical element. The transmittance at the first position is smaller than that at the optical axis position and that at a second position separated from the optical axis position by rd.
US11221457B2
An intermittent connection-type optical fiber ribbon including: optical fibers aligned in a width direction of the intermittent connection-type optical fiber ribbon; and a connection part disposed between two separation spaces that are aligned in a lengthwise direction of the intermittent connection-type optical fiber ribbon and that separate adjacent ones of the optical fibers. A percentage content of the air bubbles is equal to or less than 15.5%. The percentage content of the air bubbles is a proportion of a total area of the air bubbles contained in the connection part to an area of the connection part in a section acquired by cutting the intermittent connection-type optical fiber in the width direction.
US11221455B2
In one instance, a fiber distribution hub includes a fiber distribution cabinet and a fiber optic splitter module coupled to and disposed within the fiber distribution cabinet. The fiber optic splitter module has horizontal (perpendicular to gravity) top and bottom rails and vertically (parallel to gravity) mounted splitter assemblies. In some instances, the distribution ports are downwardly oriented to facilitate cable management. Cable management systems are also included. Other aspects are presented.
US11221449B2
An optical connector according to an embodiment includes: a receptacle in a cylindrical shape, the receptacle being configured to hold a first optical fiber, the receptacle having a flat surface on an outer surface thereof, the flat surface being parallel with a first optical axis of the first optical fiber; a plug in a cylindrical shape, the plug being configured to hold an optical fiber, the plug having a flat surface on an outer surface thereof, the second flat surface being parallel with a second optical axis of the optical fiber; and a clip member having a contact surface the flat surface with the flat surface, the clip member being configured to press the receptacle and the plug against each other for optically coupling the first optical fiber to the second optical fiber.
US11221448B2
An optical device includes an array of lenses and a plurality of segments disposed under the array of lenses. The plurality of segments corresponds to a plurality of images. Upon tilting the device at different viewing angle, the array of lenses presents images sequentially. In some examples, individual ones of the segments can comprise specular reflecting, transparent, diffusely reflecting, and/or diffusely transmissive features. In some examples, individual ones of the segments can comprise transparent and non-transparent regions. Some examples can incorporate more than one region producing an optical effect.
US11221444B2
The selection of starting materials used in the process of forming an MCR is controlled to specifically define the physical properties of the core tube and/or the capillary tubes in the local vicinity of the core tube. The physical properties are considered to include, but are not limited to, the diameter of a given tube/capillary, its wall thickness, and its geometry (e.g., circular, non-circular). A goal is to select starting materials with physical properties that yield a final hollow core optical fiber with a “uniform” core region (for the purposes of the present invention, a “uniform” core region is one where the struts of cladding periodic array surrounding the central core are uniform in length and thickness (with the nodes between the struts thus being uniformly spaced apart), which yields a core wall of essentially uniform thickness and circularity.
US11221439B2
A flexible light path guide device includes at least one light path coupling member for receiving at least one visible light and at least one flexible optical guide member having a first end, a second end extending in a direction away from the first end, a light path positioned between the first and second ends and at least one chamber positioned in the light path in adjacency to the second end. The first end is coupled with the visible light corresponding to the light path coupling member. The visible light is guided by the light path to the chamber. The chamber guides the visible light to outer side of the flexible optical guide member. Accordingly, when the visible light reaches a projected object, the effects that the visible light has high brightness and low optical energy loss and the total volume of the projection imaging device is minimized are achieved.
US11221428B2
Proximity detection systems and proximity detections methods are disclosed herein. In one aspect of the disclosure the systems and methods include measuring and analyzing the vector components of a generated magnetic field. In another aspect of the present disclosure, the results of the vector component measurements are used to take safety actions which may result in an alert to an operator or pedestrian, and/or automatic action by a vehicle or machine.
US11221422B2
A pixel structure of flat panel detection device, a flat panel detection device, and a camera system. The pixel structure of the flat panel detection device includes a photodiode configured to collect optical signals and convert the optical signals into electrical signals, the photodiode includes a positive terminal and a negative terminal, the negative terminal is connected to a bias voltage signal terminal; a signal amplification circuit, a signal input terminal of the signal amplification circuit is connected to the negative terminal of the photodiode, a signal output terminal of the signal amplification circuit is connected to a first node; a first switching transistor, a control electrode of the first switching transistor is connected to a scanning signal line, a first terminal of the first switching transistor is connected to a data signal line, and a second terminal of the first switching transistor is connected to the first node.
US11221419B1
A system and related method for determining precision navigation solutions is disclosed. The system decorrelates GPS carrier-phase ambiguities derived from multiple-source GPS information via Least-squares AMBiguity Decorrelation Adjustment (LAMBDA) algorithms. The set of decorrelated floating-point ambiguities is used to compute protection levels and the probability of almost fix (PAF), or the probability that the partial almost-fix solution corresponding to the decorrelated ambiguities is within the region of correctly-fixed or low-error almost-fixed ambiguities. While the PAF remains below threshold and the protection levels remain below alert levels, the optimal navigation solution (floating-point, partial almost-fix, or fully fixed) is generated by fixing the decorrelated ambiguities are one at a time in the LAMBDA domain and replacing the appropriate carrier-phase ambiguities with the corresponding fixed ambiguities, reverting to the last solution if PAF reaches the threshold or if protection levels reach the alert levels.
US11221415B2
A positioning device receives multiple positioning signals respectively transmitted from multiple positioning satellites, changes a condition of the positioning satellites to be used in a positioning calculation processing based on a determination of whether a surrounding environment is an environment in which a multipath is likely to occur, and performs the positioning calculation processing by using the positioning signals from the positioning satellites that satisfy the condition.
US11221410B2
A light sensor or the like that has an improved measurement speed is realized. A light sensor includes a computation unit that computes a distance between the light sensor and a sensing object on the basis of a difference between a center position of reflection light, which indicates a center position of distribution of light reception probability of a first light receiving unit in a first histogram, and a center position of reference light, which indicates a center position of distribution of light reception probability of a second light receiving unit in a second histogram.
US11221396B2
In a method for generating a transillumination signal of a section of the subsurface, an HPEM radiation source radiates an electromagnetic pulse into the section for the purpose of exciting electromagnetically reactive structures to emit an electromagnetic response signal. For the pulse, a pulse duration of at most 500 ns, a center frequency in the range between 10 MHz and 10 GHz, and a bandwidth in the range from 10% to 150% of the center frequency is set. The transillumination signal is formed as the sum of response signals received at a measuring location. In a method for detecting a cavity in the subsurface, the above method is carried out, and the structures are detected from the transillumination signal with the aid of a detection method, and the cavity is detected if the structures satisfy a detection criterion.
US11221384B2
The present disclosure provides a method for producing a radio frequency (RF) pulse for use in magnetic resonance. The steps of the method include providing a computer system and a set of RF input parameters. The computer system then generates an optimal phase surface by iteratively updating an initial RF pulse profile based at least in part on the set of RF input parameters. The optimal phase surface contains a set of iteratively generated RF pulse profiles with various characteristics, such as bandwidths or selectivity. The steps of the method further include selecting an RF pulse profile with the computer system based on a search on the optimal phase surface, which can be implemented with the help of an index file. The search can be performed using an artificial intelligence algorithm, and can retrieve the shortest pulse profile that satisfies user input parameters or requirements.
US11221378B2
Power systems are disclosed. The power system may include at least one computing device in communication with a control circuit including a plurality of electrical loops. The computing device(s) may be configured to test each of the plurality of electrical loops of the control circuit by performing processes including configuring a first electrical loop in a first electrical setting by adjusting an operational characteristic of one or more electrical switch(s) of the first electrical loop. The processes may also include determining an actual electrical status of the first electrical loop in the first electrical setting based on whether a relay of a return line in the first electrical loop detects a supplied voltage. Additionally, the computing device(s) may detect a fault in the first electrical loop in response to the determined actual electrical status of the first electrical loop differing from an expected electrical status of the first electrical loop.
US11221375B1
The power consumption associated with execution of an application is determined by causing one or more devices to execute the application. At multiple times before, during, and after execution of the application, the state of the power source for each device is determined. The state may include an amount of power discharged by the power source, an amount of power used to maintain a charge level of the power source, or a difference between a baseline power use and the amount of power used during execution of the application. The states for the power sources of each device are used to generate an output that indicates periods of high and low power use, and shows these periods of power use in association with different characteristics of the functions that were performed during those time periods. Using the output, a developer may optimize power use associated with an application.
US11221368B2
Systems and methods for determining battery capacity in portable electronic devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for determining battery capacity in a portable electronic device may include: (1) disabling battery charging for the portable electronic device; (2) measuring a voltage and a current across terminals for a battery installed in the portable electronic device; (3) calculating a voltage offset across the battery using an estimate of an internal resistance for the battery by multiplying the current by the estimate of the internal resistance for the battery; (4) calculating an estimate of the open circuit voltage for the battery by subtracting the voltage offset across the battery calculated from the measured voltage; (5) retrieving a battery capacity based on the estimate of the open circuit voltage; (6) quantifying the battery capacity; and (7) displaying the quantified battery capacity.
US11221365B2
An example test system includes a device interface board (DIB) having one or more signal transmission paths and an interface for connecting to one or more other components of the test system. Test circuitry is configured to inject test signals into the one or more signal transmission paths and to measure transmitted versions of the test signals at the interface to obtain measurement signals. One or more processing devices are configured to generate calibration factors based on differences between the injected test signals and the measurement signals, and to store the calibration factors in computer memory. The calibration factors are for correcting for effects on the test signals of the one or more signal transmission paths.
US11221357B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for automatic alarm management in a radio-frequency (RF) environment are disclosed. An apparatus calculates a power distribution by frequency of the RF environment in real time or near real time, including a first derivative and a second derivative of FFT data of the RF environment. The apparatus then creates a baseline based on the power distribution by frequency of the RF environment in a period of time, identifies at least one alarm situation based on a multiplicity of alarm triggering conditions by comparing the power distribution in real time or near real time to the baseline of the RF environment, identifies at least one signal based on the first derivative and the second derivative of FFT data in the at least one alarm situation, and sends at least one alarm comprising details of the at least one signal identified in the at least one alarm situation.
US11221345B2
An apparatus of a rotary pulse encoder and a sleeve, including: a rod-shaped rotary pulse encoder; and a clamping sleeve; in which the rod-shaped rotary pulse encoder and the clamping sleeve are in a bore of a holder for sensing a rotational speed of a rotor, in which the clamping sleeve is positioned in the bore so as to be secured against rotation, and the rotary pulse encoder is friction-locked in the clamping sleeve with a sensor head so as to be axially displaceable, in which the sensor head has a non-cylindrically symmetrical cross-section at least in sections, and the clamping sleeve has at least one inwardly facing position-setting element, by which the sensor head is arranged in the clamping sleeve so as to be secured against rotation.
US11221341B2
Process for in vitro diagnosis and/or monitoring and/or prognosis and/or theranosis of hepatic disorders from a biological sample originating from a subject, in which process the presence and/or the concentration of the marker ADH1B (SEQ ID NO.2) and/or the presence and/or the concentration of the combination of the markers ADH1B (SEQ ID NO.2) and ADH1A (SEQ ID NO.1) is determined.
US11221340B2
The present application includes biomarkers, methods, devices, reagents, systems, and kits for the detection and diagnosis of lung cancer. In one aspect, the application provides biomarkers that can be used alone or in various combinations to diagnose lung cancer or permit the differential diagnosis of pulmonary nodules as benign or malignant. In another aspect, methods are provided for diagnosing lung cancer in an individual, where the methods include detecting, in a biological sample from an individual, at least one biomarker value corresponding to at least one biomarker selected from the group of biomarkers provided in Table 18, Table 20, or Table 21, wherein the individual is classified as having lung cancer, or the likelihood of the individual having lung cancer is determined, based on the at least one biomarker value.
US11221334B2
The present invention provides a method for determining a treatment procedure for breast cancer, a method of predicting a likelihood of success in treating breast cancer, and a method for selecting an endocrine therapy agent for treating breast cancer. In particular, methods of the present invention rely on the amount of androgen receptor (AR) and estrogen receptor (ER) in a tissue sample.
US11221333B2
The invention provides a system, composition, and methods of using the systems and compositions for the analysis of a sample from a subject to accurately diagnose, prognose, or classify the subject with certain grades of or susceptibility to Barrett's esophagus. In some embodiments, the system of the present invention comprises a means of detecting and/or quantifying morphological features, the expression of protein, or the expression of nucleic acids in a plurality of cells and correlating that data with a subject's medical history to predict clinical outcome, treatment plans, preventive medicine plans, or effective therapies. In some embodiments, the invention relates to a method of classifying and compiling data taken from a cell sample from a subject analyzing the data, and converting the data from the system into a score by which a pathologist may calculate the likelihood that the subject develops cancer.
US11221325B2
To provide a device for concentration and separation of circulating tumor cells, capable of recovering circulating tumor cells in a blood-derived specimen simply, at a high recovery rate, and with low invasion of the tumor cells. A device for concentration and separation of circulating tumor cells present in a blood-derived specimen, in which a cell separating agent with thixotropic property having a specific gravity ranging from 1.050 to 1.080 and enabling the separation of tumor cells and blood cells other than the tumor cells by a centrifugal operation is housed in a bottomed tube-shaped container closed at one end and opened at the other end.
US11221324B2
Disclosed herein are portable diagnostic measurement devices for determining at least one analysis parameter of a bodily fluid, in particular for determining an analyte concentration in a bodily fluid as can occur in blood glucose determinations. Also disclosed are analysis systems including the measurement device and at least one disposable test element. The test element can be designed as a carrier strip and can contact a receiving surface of the measurement device at least partially in a flat manner, where the receiving surface is arranged on a narrow side of the housing of the measurement device.
US11221323B2
A system and method for objective and real-time measurable indicator for calculating distribution uniformity of water, salinity, conductivity, or temperature in turf are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system and method may be directed to collecting turf condition data using a compact, portable turf analysis device having one or more sensors and Global Positioning System (GPS) module configured to collect location data to a server database. The server assimilates the turf condition data and location data into the server database to determine distribution uniformity of measurements and to calculate turf performance indicators of the turf conditions in a plurality of locations to determine turf performance, turf stress, and turf management best practices. By tracking and analyzing the turf condition data for one or more turf locations as well as location data, the turf quality is objectively measured and managed.
US11221321B2
The invention is directed to a precise, accurate and economical method for the simultaneous quantification of amounts of a dissolved sartan and dissolved statin in a mixture containing at least one sartan and at least one statin.
US11221320B2
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for measuring leaf nitrogen content (LNC), and belongs to the spectral analysis and artificial intelligence (AI) field. The method includes the following steps: (1) obtaining a single-band image of a target leaf illuminated by a light source in a single feature band; (2) repeating step (1), to collect image information in four feature bands; (3) combining the collected images in the four feature bands into a four-channel spectral image; (4) training a deep learning model by using the spectral image and a corresponding nitrogen content label, to obtain a nitrogen content prediction model; (5) transplanting the trained nitrogen content prediction model into an AI control system; (6) collecting information about a to-be-predicted leaf sample, predicting nitrogen content by using an AI sensor equipped with the AI control system, and outputting the predicted nitrogen content.
US11221317B2
Development chambers suitable for use in thin layer chromatography are disclosed. Methods of making and using development chambers in thin layer chromatography are also disclosed.
US11221313B2
A method for examining a sample (50) including the steps of exciting a propagating mechanical deformation (2) in the sample (50) using a fluidic oscillator (10), and determining a characteristic of the mechanical deformation (2).
US11221310B2
A method for forming a nanogap includes forming a knockoff feature on a dielectric layer and forming a trench in the dielectric layer on opposite sides of the knockoff feature. A noble metal is deposited in the trenches and over the knockoff feature. A top surface is polished to level the noble metal in the trenches with a top of the dielectric layer to form electrodes in the trenches and to remove the noble metal from the knockoff feature. A nanochannel is etched into the dielectric layer such that the knockoff feature is positioned within the nanochannel. The knockoff feature is removed to form a nanogap between the electrodes.
US11221302B2
A method for detecting defects in a product (10), such as food packaging, having a range of thicknesses of cross-section through which detection will take place; the method comprising: scanning the product (10), with for instance x-rays, to identify one or more light regions, and one or more dense regions of the product; and creating a first signal path and a second signal path from a single set of scanning data, and conditioning: the first signal path for detection of defects in the one or more dense regions; and the second signal path for detection of defects (14a, 14b, 14c) in the one or more light regions. Advantageously, detection of defects in the contents (dense region) of a product and the seal (light region) of the product is conducted simultaneously.
US11221297B2
Accelerated methods and apparatuses for three-dimensional microscopy with structured illumination, in which focal planes of the sample are focused and each focal plane is illuminated in a plurality of phases sequentially with structured illumination light and the sample light emitted by the sample is recorded in a respective individual image. A resulting image having a resolution that is increased with respect to the individual images is reconstructed from the individual images to produce a super-resolved image stack, By reconstructing a resulting image from individual images of two different focal planes by approximation methods, said resulting image represents a sample plane that is situated between said focal planes, an image stack can be produced in a shorter period with less stress on the sample.
US11221296B2
Provided is an imaging system including a light source which emits light in at least a portion of a wavelength band of an excitation wavelength with respect to each of a first fluorescent material emitting fluorescence belonging to a near-infrared wavelength band and a second fluorescent material emitting fluorescence belonging to a visible wavelength band, a first image sensor that detects a first fluorescent image of the target in the near-infrared wavelength band, a second image sensor that detects the second fluorescent image of the target in the visible wavelength band, and optics to direct the first fluorescent image to the first image sensor and the second fluorescent image to the second image sensor. The optics include a dichroic film that directs light of the near-infrared wavelength band into a first optical branch and at least a portion of light of the visible wavelength band into a second optical branch, separate from the first optical branch.
US11221287B2
This invention relates to a method for measuring viscosity of a fluid using particle diffusometry (PD). The method finds practical applications in detecting structural and functional changes of a biomolecular composition by comparing the viscosity change as compared with the standard of the biomolecular composition. This method may also find uses in clinical diagnosis and quality control of clinical biological medicines, food and feeds during the process of manufacturing, distribution and consumption.
US11221283B2
Sample holder for a material testing device, said sample holder comprising: —a holder body having an end face defining a plane; —a sample plate arranged at said end face of the holder body and arranged to receive a sample; —a clamping arrangement. According to the invention, said clamping arrangement comprises a clamping ring comprising:—a cylindrical portion sized to fit over said holder body; —an annular flange extending inwardly from an extremity of the cylindrical portion; —a plurality of resilient tongues extending inwardly from said annular flange; —a plurality of helical slots distributed around the cylindrical portion and each arranged to interact with a corresponding stud provided on said holder body, each helical slot comprising a plurality of notches provided at the edge of the slot situated away from the flange.
US11221279B2
A laser absorption spectroscopy exhaust gas sensor includes an optical cell with porous walls having pores with a mean diameter in the range of 0.1 nm to 1 mm; gold mirrors within the optical cell positioned to support a multi-pass optical path within the optical cell; an active heating element adapted to heat the optical cell to prevent condensation; a laser adapted to generate a laser beam; an optical detector adapted to detect a returning laser beam; and a processor for controlling the laser and the active heating element and for analyzing signals from the optical detector to identify a gas in the optical cell.
US11221271B2
A detector comprises an optical parametric oscillator having a non-linear material adapted to convert via a parametric process pump light into down converted light of two different wavelengths, the first wavelength being longer than the second wavelength. The non-linear material is provided in a down converted wave cavity arranged to resonate only one of the first or second wavelengths. The detector comprises means for modulating light in the down converted wave cavity to induce an acoustic or pressure wave caused by absorption of the resonant one of the first and second wavelengths. The detector further comprises means located in the down-converted wave cavity for detecting the acoustic or pressure wave. The detector may be used for detecting or sensing very low levels of a fluid, for example a gas such as ethane.
US11221263B2
Described herein is a ruggedized microelectromechanical (“MEMS”) force sensor including a sensor die and a strain transfer layer. The MEMS force sensor employs piezoresistive or piezoelectric strain gauges for strain sensing where the strain is transferred through the strain transfer layer, which is disposed on the top or bottom side of the sensor die. In the case of the top side strain transfer layer, the MEMS force sensor includes mechanical anchors. In the case of the bottom side strain transfer layer, the protection layer is added on the top side of the sensor die for bond wire protection.
US11221262B2
A magneto-elastically-based active force sensor, used with a tow coupling between a towed and a towing vehicle or a coupling between a vehicle body and a suspension of the vehicle, which outputs a signal useful for determining forces acting on the coupling. The outputted force information may be provided by processor-enabled embedded software algorithms that take inputs from the force sensor and other sensors, may be used by one or more vehicle systems during operating of the vehicle, such as engine, braking, stability, safety, and informational systems. The force sensor includes directionally-sensitive magnetic field sensing elements inside the sensor, and shielding may be used around the sensors to reduce the influence of external magnetic fields on the sensing elements. The force sensor may be used with different tow and vehicle weight sensing coupling devices installed on different types of automobile cars and trucks.
US11221261B2
A device for measuring a heat transfer rate according to the present invention includes: a first layer provided with a first material portion and a second material portion disposed in parallel in a surface direction of an object; a second layer provided with a third material portion disposed in parallel with the first material portion in a thickness direction of the first layer and having the same thermal conductivity as the second material portion, and a fourth material portion disposed in parallel with the second material portion in the thickness direction and having the same thermal conductivity as the first material portion; and a temperature measurement layer to measure a temperature difference in the surface direction between the first layer and the second layer, wherein the temperature measurement layer includes: a thermocouple portion provided with a first contact between the first material portion and the third material portion, and a second contact between the second material portion and the fourth material portion; and a noise detector having a shape corresponding to the thermocouple portion. Accordingly, an amount of electric noise can be detected and removed, thereby improving accuracy.
US11221254B2
Certain configurations are described herein of an optical spectrometer and instruments including an optical spectrometer. In some instances, the optical spectrometer is configured to spatially separate provided wavelengths of light to permit detection or imaging of each provided wavelength of light. Improved sensitivities and detection limits may be achieved using the optical spectrometers described herein.
US11221250B2
An electromagnetic force-compensation direct measuring system (100) has a load receiver (101), which is connected to a force-compensation device (120) via a power-transmission linkage. The system has a multipart parallel guide mechanism, which has at least two parallel-guiding members (131, 132) spaced apart by the power-transmission linkage. The force-compensation device has at least one permanent magnet (121) and a coil (122) electrically connected to a controllable electrical circuit. At least one parallel-guiding member is electrically integrated in the controllable electrical circuit. The power-transmission linkage is designed as a single-part coil body (110) such that the coil is arranged on the coil body between the parallel-guiding members and is electrically connected to the controllable electrical circuit.
US11221245B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for metering water are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, from a first meter that is connected to a first pipe, first audio data collected during a time period and first temperature data collected during the time period. The actions further include receiving, from a second meter that is connected to a second pipe, second audio data collected during the time period and second temperature data collected during the time period. The actions further include, based on the first audio data, the first temperature data, the second audio data, and the second temperature data, determining a first amount of material that has flowed through the first pipe during the time period relative to a second amount of material that has flowed through the second pipe.
US11221240B2
A sensor assembly includes a housing, an air inlet tube through the housing and including a drain, and a sensor in the path of air flowing through the air inlet tube. The sensor assembly may further include a heater thermally connected to the drain. A controller may be communicatively coupled to the heater and programmed to activate the heater upon detecting an ambient temperature below a temperature threshold.
US11221233B2
Utility covers and utility cover assemblies for use with automated metering infrastructure equipment are provided. The utility cover includes a body having one or more windows that permit electromagnetic energy to pass through the body with limited or no attenuation. One or more plugs made of a material substantially transparent to electromagnetic energy seals the one or more windows to limit or prevent moisture to pass through the one or more windows.
US11221232B2
A device, a method, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a meter installation and billing verification service is described. The meter installation service includes validating configuration data pertaining to a water meter to be installed based on certified configuration data. The certified configuration data includes the number of dials, the placement of the decimal, and the unit of measure. The certified configuration data may also include a meter size and a lay length. The billing verification service includes validating configuration data based on certified configuration data to ensure proper billing.
US11221230B2
The present disclosure concerns systems, methods and a set of computer programs for precisely locating the position of at least one road object associated with a portion of a road network. The general principle of the disclosure is based on determining the position of a road object using unsupervised classification based on distribution density. In the disclosure, the classification is applied in two phases. In the first phase, it is applied a first time to the plurality of geographic coordinates associated with a road object so as to automatically group it into homogeneous classes. In the second phase, it is applied a second time to each class produced in the first phase, so as to automatically group it into homogeneous subclasses based on the azimuth angles of the road object that are associated with the geographic coordinates of the class.
US11221229B1
Various technologies described herein relate to routing an autonomous vehicle based upon likelihood of interacting with a disruptive third-party vehicle. A computing system receives an origin location of an autonomous vehicle and a destination location of the autonomous vehicle. The computing system identifies a route for the autonomous vehicle to take based upon output of a computer-implemented model. The computer-implemented model is generated based upon labeled data that is indicative of observed instances of a disruptive third-party vehicle exhibiting behavior that impacts operation of an autonomous vehicle. The output of the computer-implemented model is a score that is indicative of a likelihood that the disruptive third-party vehicle will be traveling through a geographic location along a candidate route at a certain time. The score is used in part to identify the route from amongst a plurality of candidate routes. The autonomous vehicle then travels along the route.
US11221228B2
A vehicle and a control method thereof are provided. The vehicle may include a sensor configured to acquire behavior data of the vehicle; a communicator configured to communicate with a server; an user interface configured to receive commands from a user and provide route guidance information; and a controller configured to acquire first user propensity information from the server through the communicator, determine second user propensity information based on the behavior data of the vehicle, compare the first user propensity information with the second user propensity information, and provide route guidance information through the user interface based on a comparison result.
US11221225B2
Methods, devices and apparatuses pertaining to routing with U-turn inhibition. A method may include receiving, by a computing device, geographic information of a destination and geographic information of a current location of a vehicle and evaluating feasibility of a U-turn along a path between the current location and the destination using the geographic information. The computing device may further calculate a U-turn cost parameter associated with the U-turn representative of the feasibility, and determine a feasible route between the current location and the destination based on the U-turn cost parameter using a routing algorithm.
US11221215B2
A level, such as a digital level, with various features or embodiments, such as an ultrasonically welded lens covering a display screen, a pipe insert molded in front of a light sensor, one or more button assemblies, and cartridge assemblies that are used to secure compartments within the frame of a level.
US11221211B2
System and methods are provided for characterizing an internal surface of a lens using interferometry measurements. Sphere-fitting a distorted radius determines distorted pathlengths. Ray-tracing simulates refraction at all upstream surfaces to determine a cumulative path length. A residual pathlength is scaled by the group-index and rays are propagated based on the phase-index. After aspheric surface fitting, a corrected radius is determined. To estimate a glass type for the lens, a thickness between focal planes of the lens surfaces is determined using RCM measurements. Then, for both surfaces, the surface is positioned into focus, interferometer path length matching is performed, a reference arm is translated to stationary phase point positions for three wavelengths to determine three per-color optical thicknesses, and ray-tracing is performed. A glass type is identified by minimizing an error function based on optical parameters of the lens and parameters determined from known glass types from a database.
US11221202B2
A multibend sensor is able to provide information regarding bending of the sensor data in a manner able to mitigate error propagation. A reference strip and a sliding strip are separated from each other by a spacer. Electrodes are located on the reference strip and the sliding strip. The bending of the multibend sensor will be reflected in the shifting of the sliding strip with respect to the reference strip and the measurements obtained from the electrodes.
US11221192B2
An animal feed launcher apparatus for feeding and attracting animals from a distance includes a launch tube having a tube proximal end, a tube distal end, and a sidewall defining a tube inside. The sidewall has at least one cocking slot extending through to the tube inside. The tube inside slidingly receives a feed sock filled with animal feed. A cap is coupled to the launch tube within the tube proximal end. A disc is coupled within the launch tube and is slidably engaged within the tube inside. A compression spring is coupled to the disc and extends between the disc and the cap within the tube inside. A cocking pin coupled to the disc and extends through the cocking slot.
US11221181B2
A method is shown for handling a slag pot or ladle and pyrometallurgical tools made form steel or cast iron, comprising the steps of spraying a mineral suspension onto a wall and bringing said slag pot or ladle or the pyrometallurgical tool into service, wherein said mineral suspension comprises calcic particles in suspension in an aqueous phase forming a calcic particle milk having a calcic particle content of between 20% and 60% by weight with respect to the weight of said calcic particle milk, said mineral layer being a fine layer.
US11221179B2
A low profile design air tunnel system and method for providing uniform air flow in a refractance window dryer are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system comprises a conditioned air supply manifold that provides air into a drying chamber. The system has a drying belt directed through the drying chamber. A feed application tray at a first end of the drying belt applies a liquid to the drying belt. The system has an exhaust manifold located at the first end of the drying belt.
US11221177B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods use cryogenic liquids such as, for example, liquefied natural gas and liquefied air or liquefied air components to store thermal energy. The cryogenic liquids may be produced using electrically powered liquefaction methods, for example, using excess electric power during periods of over-generation on the electric grid.
US11221173B2
In one implementation, a system for controlling defrost of a chilled environment includes a camera configured to capture images of one or more objects located in the chilled environment and a defrost control unit. The defrost control unit is configured to: receive an image of the one or more objects from the camera, analyze the image of the one or more objects to quantify an amount of frost formation on the one or more objects, determine when to initiate a defrost cycle in the chilled environment based on the amount of frost formation on the one or more objects, and in response to determining to initiate the defrost cycle, initiating the defrost cycle by sending a defrost control signal to a defroster. The defroster is configured to perform the defrost cycle within the chilled environment in response to receiving the defrost control signal.
US11221169B2
An ice maker of a refrigerator includes a water supply to supply an ice-making water. The ice maker also includes an ice making container to be filled with the ice-making water. The ice maker further includes a cooler to provide a chill to the ice-making water. The ice maker additionally includes a water supplying-ice separator including at least one ice separating rod and a water supplying shaft. The water supplying shaft includes a water passage therein and a plurality of outlets wherein the ice-making water is discharged through the plurality of outlets to the ice making container. The at least one ice separating rod is provided on the water supplying shaft. The ice maker also includes a driver configured to rotate the water supplying-ice separator. The ice maker additionally includes a controller to control the driver so that the at least one ice separating rod separates the ice.
US11221166B2
Provided is a refrigerator system with which refrigerators can be operated efficiently. This refrigerator system has: an upstream refrigerator having a first compressor that compresses a refrigerant, a first condenser that condenses the refrigerant compressed by the first compressor, and a first evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant condensed by the first condenser and cools cold water; a downstream refrigerator having a second compressor that compresses a refrigerant, a second condenser that condenses the refrigerant compressed by the second compressor, and a second evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant condensed by the second condenser and cools the cold water that has passed through the first evaporator; and a higher-level control device that controls the operation of the upstream refrigerator and the downstream refrigerator. The first compressor is a variable-speed device, and the second compressor is a constant-speed device.
US11221157B2
A wireless controller to set a programmable setpoint of a remote HVAC unit that thermostatically controls a temperature in a space using the temperature sensed and a programmable setpoint. The wireless controller may include a transmitter, a memory, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The wireless controller may transmit commands to set the programmable setpoint of the remote HVAC unit, wait until the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor of the wireless controller stabilizes, determine a difference between the desired setpoint temperature and the stabilized temperature, and if the offset temperature is greater than or equal to a threshold offset, determine an updated control setpoint temperature and transmit commands to set the programmable setpoint of the remote HVAC unit to an updated control setpoint temperature.
US11221153B2
An air moving system includes an air moving device including a housing member, a rotary fan assembly, and an opening for connection with an airflow duct, the housing including a plurality of air intake vents. A first volume of air can enter the housing through the opening and a second volume of air can enter the housing through the plurality of intake vents. The rotary fan assembly directs the first and second volumes of air.
US11221150B2
A fluid heating system including a fluid supply subsystem having a fluid heating device, a fluid output subsystem, and an intermediary fluid device. The fluid heating system also includes a control device for the fluid supply subsystem, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, and a control circuit coupled to the control device. The control device is configured to control one selected from a group consisting of the fluid heating device and an amount of water input to the intermediary fluid device. The first and second temperature sensors are configured to output first and second temperature signals, respectively. The control circuit is configured to generate a first control signal based on the second temperature signal, determine a multiplier, generate a second control signal based on the first temperature signal, and send a main control signal to the control device based on the first and second control signals.
US11221149B2
A pump device is proposed for arrangement on a recirculation line of an industrial water system including a feed pump, a check valve and a bypass line for the check valve. The bypass line is arranged in parallel to the check valve and wherein a combination of the check valve and bypass line is arranged in series to the feed pump.
US11221144B2
A heating device having a holding apparatus to accommodate a control unit, the holding apparatus having a receiving part. It is proposed that a cover be fixed in place on the receiving part, which is provided to protect electrical connections or electrical components from a fluid, in particular spray water. A holding apparatus for a heating device is also described.
US11221139B2
Disclosed is a process for cleaning a boiler, wherein, while fumes are emitted in a combustion chamber of the boiler and circulate up to exchangers of the boiler, an aqueous solution of dissolved magnesium chloride and/or sulfate and/or dissolved calcium chloride is injected into the combustion chamber in the form of droplets which, by vaporization of the water of the aqueous solution, then thermal decomposition, are transformed in the combustion chamber into magnesium and/or calcium oxide particles reacting in the combustion chamber by mixing with molten salts and/or molten oxides, present in the fumes, to crystallize these molten salts and/or to vitrify these molten oxides before these molten salts and/or these molten oxides come into contact with the exchangers. Also disclosed is a device for implementing this process and a boiler equipped with this device.
US11221133B2
A lighting device includes a light-emitting device, a heat sink having a hollow unit inside, a translucent cover, and a thermoelectric element. The thermoelectric element includes a casing unit having a housing unit, and includes a first electrode unit, a second electrode unit having a work function different from that of the first electrode unit, and a middle unit including nanoparticles having a work function between the work function of the first electrode unit and the work function of the second electrode unit, which are provided inside the housing unit. The casing unit is provided on the inner surface of the hollow unit of the heat sink.
US11221119B2
A thin aspect lighting system and method are shown. The system and method include at least one module having a reflector that is generally elliptical in one cross-section and generally parabolic in another cross-section. Each module is adapted to generate at least one of a flat beam pattern, a high beam pattern or a low beam pattern, such as a low beam pattern with a kink or elbow. Also shown is a headlamp assembly having a plurality of modules that generate the same or a different light beam pattern. Manipulation and variation of facets and/or positions of various components, such as at least one light source, have been found to provide improved characteristics in one or more of the light beam patterns.
US11221108B2
A LED light bulb includes a bulb envelope, a stem, at least two conductors, at least one LED light emitting module, and fluid. The bulb envelope has an opening, and a material of the bulb envelope includes soda-lime glass. The stem is connected to the bulb envelope and seals the opening. Here, the stem has a supporting portion and a pipe, the supporting portion is located in the bulb envelope, and the pipe has an open end inside the bulb envelope and a sealed end outside the bulb envelope. The conductors are located through the stem. The LED light emitting module is assembled to the supporting portion and coupled to the conductors. The fluid fills the bulb envelope. The bulb envelope made of soda-lime glass enhances visual effects produced by the shape, color and light reflection of the LED light bulb.
US11221102B2
A column mounting bracket, suitable for mounting an object to a column and other structures without the need of drilling. The mounting systems includes a column mounting bracket, at least one webbing strap and a tightening mechanism. The column mounting bracket configured to be selectively coupled to a specific object or assembly that needs to be mounted. The webbing straps are outfitted with fastening mechanism. The invention can be un-tied or move from one place to another without a serious effort as needed in the conventional mounting systems.
US11221099B2
Example aspects of a stent for repairing a pipe and a method for repairing a pipe are disclosed. The stent for repairing a pipe can comprise a spring comprising a metal wire and defining a tubular structure, the spring defining an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a void, an axis extending through the void; and a sealing layer defining a sleeve, the sealing layer wrapped around a circumference of the spring and engaging the outer surface of the spring; the stent configurable in a compressed configuration, wherein the spring is compressed, and an expanded configuration, wherein the spring is expanded
US11221095B2
A method and apparatus for an improved safety cam lock fitting having ergonomically designed double cam levers having outer and inner portions so that when the outer cam levers are opened and the inner cam lever remain closed, the male and female portions of the cam lock fitting only slightly separate from each other allowing the operator to quickly reclose the cam lock fitting if the operator observes that the cam lock fitting still contains pressurized material. This is accomplished by providing a larger cam lobe on the outer cam lever and a smaller cam lobe on the inner cam lever so that when the smaller cam lobe is in a closed position and protrudes into a peripheral groove on the male portion the male and female ends have a small space therein between. Various configurations of the cam portions relative to each other are provided. Various lever locking assemblies may be used to prevent the cam levers from being inadvertently opened.
US11221094B2
A corrugated tube with a plurality of wave valleys and wave crests, which are alternately arranged in a longitudinal direction of the corrugated tube, and a plurality of wave flanks, which connect the wave valleys and the wave crests to each other, wherein each wave flank comprises a first wave flank section, a second wave flank section, and a bending section arranged between the first wave flank section and the second wave flank section, and wherein the bending section is elastically deformed during bending of the corrugated tube such that the first wave flank section is swiveled in relation to the second wave flank section.
US11221082B2
An air valve assembly for use with inflatable articles is provided. The air valve assembly includes a valve base (10), a valve body (20), an inflation adapter (30), a plug (40) and a fixing ring (50). The air valve assembly provides for inflation of the inflatable article through two different sized air passages, allowing inflation by multiple sizes of air inflation hoses or nozzles. The air valve assembly also provides for quick deflation of the inflatable article through a third and larger sized air passage. The configuration of the air valve assembly may be easily changed by hand without the need for tools, allowing for easy and efficient inflation or deflation of the inflatable article.
US11221081B2
An asymmetrical check valve has an inlet end, a transition part and an outlet end, with a pair of vertically orientated lips. The check valve is asymmetric about a horizontal longitudinal plane through a center axis through the inlet end. The upper portion of the transition part increases upwardly, from the inlet end to the outlet end. The lower portion of the transition part increases downwardly, but with less of an increase when compared with the upper portion of the transition part. The inlet end includes a flange or a cuff. The vertically orientated lips may have variable rigidity along their height, and a support may be used to maintain the orientation of the upper portion of the transition part.
US11221080B1
A wall-mounted faucet may include a control handle, five adapters, a positioning member, and a panel set. The panel set has different adjusting pieces and locating sleeves to be selected such that the wall-mounted faucet can be applied to different sizes of control valves through different of the adapters, the adjusting pieces, and the locating sleeves. Also, the panel set has a plurality of locking points and locking boards, which increases the convenience for assembly.
US11221078B2
A pinch valve can include a finger guard or tubing retainer for blocking at least a portion of a tube slot. A headpiece for a pinch valve can include a tube slot for receiving tubing and can be adapted to couple with a guard. A guard can include a base and an extension and can be removably coupled to a headpiece. The extension can be adapted to block at least a portion of a tube slot.
US11221077B2
A flow control valve apparatus switches a circulation direction of cooling medium according to a rotated position of a valve, and a disc provided in the valve controls the flow rate of the cooling medium flowing through a plurality of flow paths, so that the flow rate control of the cooling medium is diversified according to various conditions to improve cooling performance by efficiently circulating the cooling medium.
US11221065B2
A vehicle driveline component having a differential assembly that includes a limited slip clutch, a locking clutch and an actuator for operating the limited slip clutch and the locking clutch. The actuator includes a pair of ball-ramp mechanisms that share a rotatable ball-ramp ring.
US11221064B2
A transmission system for a vehicle having a belt drive transmission. The belt drive has an adjustable input and output ratio, where the output of the belt drive is provided as a first input to a differential coupling. A further rotating connection is provided as a second input to the differential coupling, so that the output of the differential coupling is arranged as the output of the transmission system. Accordingly, the transmission output is based on the aggregate sum of the rotation of the first and second inputs to the differential coupling, wherein adjustment of the input and output ratio of the belt drive allows for a continuously variable transmission system.
US11221063B2
A linear actuator comprising a housing with a proximal end and a distal end, and defining a central cavity extending axially; a piston tube at least partially positioned axially within the central cavity; a first elongated rotatable screw positioned axially within the central cavity; a first cylindrical nut mounted about the first elongated rotatable screw and configured to move axially as the first elongated rotatable screw rotates; a second elongated rotatable screw positioned axially within the central cavity; a second cylindrical nut mounted about the second elongated rotatable screw and configured to move axially within the central cavity as the second elongated rotatable screw rotates; and a spring positioned around the second elongated rotatable screw between the second cylindrical nut and the distal end of the housing, wherein the spring is configured to bias the second cylindrical nut away from the distal end of the housing.
US11221058B2
The bungee fastener has a tapered chute that accepts a locking slider. A channel forms an opening in a side of the body thereby allowing passage of the slider through the channel. A plurality of slider teeth along a portion of the slider within the tapered chute may lock onto a bungee when the slider is slid into a locked position. The slider moves along the channel, thereby selectively narrowing the tapered chute with the slider teeth as the slider is slid into the locked position and enlarging the tapered chute as the slider is slid into the unlocked position. The bungee fastener may include a single slider or a plurality of sliders.
US11221057B2
A cord-lock assembly for slidably adjusting a length of cord is provided. The assembly may include various components such as a cord, a cord lock, and an article layer into which the cord lock and cord may be at least partially integrated. The cord lock may include one or more components that releasably clamp onto the cord and engage the cord through resistance provided by a biasing element. The cord-lock assembly may be configured such that a force applied to the cord lock in axial alignment with an aperture in which the cord lock is positioned allows adjustment of a length of cord extending through the cord lock and/or through the aperture layer.
US11221055B2
A protected synthetic tensile member assembly including one or more fixed terminations used to transmit a tensile load from the tensile member to an external component. The tensile member includes access for inspection of its constituent fibers in at least one selected inspection region. The region is selected on the basis of the area of interest to the tensile member's use—such as the area of greatest stress concentration or the area of greatest abrasion. A removable cover is provided for the inspection region. A user may selectively remove this cover in order to gain access to the inspection region.
US11221053B2
In a system for monitoring a vibration-isolated foundation, the system includes: an air pressure monitoring system for monitoring air pressure supplied to air mounts of the vibration-isolated foundation, wherein the air pressure monitoring system includes: a plurality of air ports configured to receive air to be supplied to the air mounts; a plurality of pressure sensors, each of the pressure sensors being configured to measure the pressure of the air supplied to a corresponding one of the air ports and to output the measured pressure as a sensing signal; a control unit configured to receive the sensing signal from each of the pressure sensors and to output a control signal according to a measured value of each of the pressure sensors; and a notification unit configured to operate according to the control signal of the control unit.
US11221049B2
A clutch control method for a vehicle includes: increasing, by a controller, a clutch torque to a refill execution torque at a predetermined first inclination when a predetermined first reference time period has elapsed in a micro-slip state of a clutch; increasing, by the controller, the clutch torque to a refill torque at a predetermined second inclination to initiate refilling of a pressure chamber of a hydraulic-driving actuator with oil in a reservoir tank when the clutch torque reaches the refill execution torque; and maintaining the clutch torque at the refill torque during a predetermined second reference time period.
US11221043B2
A split stabilizer bearing for a mast of a rotary distributor includes a split cylindrical housing, a split filament wound bushing, a plurality of polytetrafluoroethylene-coated carbon fiber ring seals, an annular split seal retainer, and multiple fasteners. The filament wound bushing is disposed inside the housing, along an inner surface thereof. The bushing has a backing layer of high-strength glass fiber and an inner sliding layer of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and polymer fiber, the two layers both embedded in a epoxy resin matrix. The carbon fiber ring seals are disposed on axially or longitudinally opposed sides of the bushing and along an inner side or surface of the cylindrical housing, preferably in respective annular recesses or offsets along the inner side or surface of the housing. The fasteners, nylon-patch locking screws or bolts, couple the bushing and the split seal retainer to the housing.
US11221031B1
A joint member (1) for mechanically connecting a first panel (51) and a second panel (52) to each other has a body (20) equipped with at least four connecting portions (21, 22, 23, 24) each having a respective seat (31, 32, 33, 34) which receives a fixing element (5). The seats (31, 32, 33, 34) are spaced from each other and, in a plan view of the joint member (1), are positioned at the vertices of a quadrilateral. A first (21) and a second (22) of said connecting portions form a first pair of connecting portions, to be fixed to the first panel (51), whereas a third (23) and a fourth (24) of said connecting portions form a second pair of connecting portions, to be fixed to the second panel (52). Each connecting portion (21, 22, 23, 24) has a first face (41), which is facing the respective panel (51, 52) in use, and a second face (42), which is on an opposite side to the first face (41). Each seat (31, 32, 33, 34) is, or comprises, a through hole which extends between the first face (41) and the second face (42). The second face (42) of the first connecting portion (21) and the second face (42) of the third connecting portion (23) are on a same first side (25) of the body (20); the second face (42) of the second connecting portion (22) and the second face (42) of the fourth connecting portion (24) are on a same second side (26) of the body (20), opposite to the first side (25). An assembly (57) comprises a first panel (51), a second panel (52), at least one joint member (1) and a plurality of fixing elements (5). A wall (58) for a building or a floor for a building is formed by a plurality of panels (51, 52, 53) and comprises at least said assembly (57).
US11221028B1
Disclosed cyclonic flow-inducing pumps overcome drawbacks associated with known adverse flow conditions that arise from flow of certain types of materials through a material flow conduit. Such cyclonic flow-inducing pumps provide for flow of flowable material within a flow passage of a material flow conduit (e.g., a portion of a pipeline, tubing or the like) to have a cyclonic flow (i.e., vortex or swirling) profile. Advantageously, the cyclonic flow profile centralizes flow toward the central portion of the flow passage, thereby reducing magnitude of laminar flow. Such cyclonic flow profile provides a variety of other advantages as compared to a parabolic flow profile such as, for example, increased flow rate, reduce inner pipeline wear, more uniform inner pipe wear, reduction in energy consumption, reduced or eliminated adverse considerations such as slugging.
US11221027B2
A hydraulic device is basically provided with a cylinder housing and a reservoir. The cylinder housing includes a cylinder bore. The reservoir is configured to be in fluid communication with the cylinder bore. The reservoir includes a reservoir tank and a lid slidably attached to the reservoir tank.
US11221020B2
A part or an assembly of parts of a splitter stage of a turbofan, including a plurality of obstacles including at least one a blade and at least one arm, and a platform from which the obstacles extend, wherein the arm is defined by a skeleton angle having a trailing value on the trailing edge of between 3° and 15°.
US11221014B2
An impeller and a centrifugal fan having the impeller are provided. The impeller rotates about a central axis, and includes: a cup portion, provided with a bottom portion and a cylindrical portion; a base portion, extending from a radially outermost end of the cup portion toward a radially outer side; a plurality of vanes, located on the radially outer side of the cup portion; and a ring portion, connected with end portions of the vanes on the radially outer side. The impeller further includes a plurality of rib portions, formed on a surface of a side opposite to another side of the base portion where the vanes are provided. Each of the rib portions is disposed axially opposite to at least a portion of a corresponding one of the vanes, and the rib portion and the vane is separated by the base portion.
US11221011B2
The invention relates to a shaft for supplying air to a fuel cell, comprising a tubular body (12), at least sections of which are hollow, and which has a first component (14) and a second component (16) that are connected to one another at respective neighbouring axial end sections (14a, 16a), and wherein air can flow through a hollow space (12a) of the tubular body (12) for cooling components arranged next to the shaft (10). The invention also relates to a radial compressor (1). The invention further relates to a method for producing a radial compressor (1).
US11221006B2
Particular techniques involve a device for wetting multiple threads with a fluid, and a dosing pump which is connected to the wetting means by multiple conveying lines. The dosing pump has multiple conveying means for generating multiple dosing flows of the fluid and has multiple pump outlets, to which the delivery lines are connected. The conveying means are formed by at least one planetary gear set arranged between housing plates. To achieve, as far as possible, a uniform throughflow without a significant dead space volume, multiple planet gears of the planetary gear set are guided freely by a centering plate between adjacent housing plates. The planet gears of the planetary gear set have in each case one passage opening, which are connected by a channel system to a central pump inlet. It is thus possible to realize close fits and flushing of gaps.
US11220994B2
There is provided a wind turbine rotor blade having a blade outer side, a wall with a laminate, a blade inner side and at least a first and a second rotor blade part. The at least one first and second rotor blade parts are fixed together by means of at least one connecting unit in a separation plane. The connecting unit has at least one cable with a first end with cable fibers which are fixed in or at the laminate of the wall. The connecting unit has at least one projection at the first and second rotor blade parts respectively. The projections are respectively fixedly connected to the wall of rotor blade. The at least one cable is connected at at least one projection. The connecting unit has at least one tensioning element, by means of which the projections on the first and second rotor blade parts can be braced with each other.
US11220993B2
A method using machine learned, scenario based control heuristics including: providing a simulation model for predicting a system state vector of the dynamical system in time based on a current scenario parameter vector and a control vector; using a Model Predictive Control, MPC, algorithm to provide the control vector during a simulation of the dynamical system using the simulation model for different scenario parameter vectors and initial system state vectors; calculating a scenario parameter vector and initial system state vector a resulting optimal control value by the MPC algorithm; generating machine learned control heuristics approximating the relationship between the corresponding scenario parameter vector and the initial system state vector for the resulting optimal control value using a machine learning algorithm; and using the generated machine learned control heuristics to control the complex dynamical system modelled by the simulation model.
US11220981B1
Disclosed is a method of preventing fouling of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler of an engine including after a vehicle including the engine reaches a reference mileage, operating, by a controller, an exhaust brake device of the vehicle and blocking the discharge of exhaust gas of the engine, after the exhaust brake device is operated, closing, by the controller, an EGR valve that provides the exhaust gas of the engine to an EGR cooler of an EGR system of the engine, and before the operation of the exhaust brake device is stopped, removing, by the controller, a deposition layer generated in the EGR cooler, by opening the EGR valve.
US11220979B1
An air-breathing rocket engine in certain embodiments comprises an outer shell and an interior portion situated entirely within the front end of the outer shell. The interior portion includes a funnel-shaped intake and an annular primary combustion chamber between the inner front wall of the shell and the outer surface of the funnel-shaped intake. The intake has a central aperture that is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. A second circumferential gap is formed between the outer surface of the front inner wall and the inner surface of the front end of the outer shell and is in fluid communication with the throat and exhaust areas within the outer shell. One or more injector ports and one or more ignition ports are situated at the front end of the second circumferential gap.
US11220975B1
Systems and methods for improving accuracy of an amount of fuel injected to an engine are disclosed. In one example, timing of a fuel injector off command is adjusted according to attributes of fuel injector holding current so that a fuel injector may provide a requested fuel amount. The fuel injector off command may be adjusted according to an amount of holding current that is expected to be flowing through the fuel injector at a time when the fuel injector is commanded off.
US11220973B2
A method of compensating for fuel injection deviations of injectors includes: in a case of a low flow rate operating range, learning cylinder-specific lambda deviations regarding cylinder-specific engine roughness deviations using a characteristic map defining a relationship between engine roughness deviations and lambda deviations; calculating cylinder-specific amounts of injection compensation necessary to remove the cylinder-specific lambda deviations; and compensating for amounts of injection of injectors a by adding the cylinder-specific amounts of injection compensation to cylinder-specific target amounts of injection.
US11220965B2
Methods and systems are provided for detecting cylinder-to-cylinder air-fuel ratio (AFR) imbalance in engine cylinders. In one example, a method may include detecting an AFR imbalance of an engine cylinder based on an individual crankshaft acceleration of the cylinder relative to a mean crankshaft acceleration produced by all cylinders of the engine, and correcting a fuel amount of the cylinder via a fuel multiplier value, the fuel multiplier value selected from a plurality of fuel multiplier values based on an imbalance source. In this way, the AFR imbalance may be accurately detected and correcting using existing engine system sensors.
US11220963B2
The invention provides an operation system for a vehicle, comprising an internal combustion engine (1) comprising a cylinder (301, 302), and an exhaust guide (500, 501, 502) being arranged to guide a gas flow from the cylinder (301, 302) to the atmosphere, wherein the vehicle operation system further comprises a pneumatic system (660), and an air conduit (661) connecting the pneumatic system (660) with the exhaust guide (500, 501, 502) for allowing a flow of compressed air from the pneumatic system into the exhaust guide (500, 501, 502).
US11220959B2
A transmission device drives a fuel pump for a turbomachine using a drive shaft of said turbomachine. The transmission includes a planet reduction gearing with three elements: a central planet gear, an outer ring gear and a planet carrier. A first of the three elements connects to the drive shaft and a second of the three elements couples to a shaft of the pump. The three elements can be rotated about a shaft of the reduction gearing. First electrical means rotatably drive the third element to modify a rotational speed ratio between the first and second elements. Second electrical means are coupled to the first or the second element. The first and second electrical means are arranged to transfer electrical power reversibly from one to the other.
US11220957B2
An exhaust gas turbocharger includes a turbine casing (4) within which a turbine wheel (10) is rotatably arranged relative to an axis of rotation (1). A guide vane ring (22) is non-rotatably arranged which comprises variable guide vanes (44) which are arranged upstream of the turbine wheel (10) with respect to an exhaust gas flow. The guide vane ring (22) is centered by means of a matched pair of two contact surfaces (24, 26) pressed against each other with respect to the turbine casing (4), of which at least the one contact surface (24 or 26, respectively) is formed conically.
US11220952B1
A vehicle cooling system includes a first cooling circuit having a first operating temperature range when the vehicle is in an operational state, a second cooling circuit having a second operating temperature range, and a degas bottle. The degas bottle has a first chamber operably coupled to the first cooling circuit and a second chamber operably coupled to the second cooling circuit. The degas bottle includes a first chamber operably coupled to the first cooling circuit, a second chamber operably coupled to the second cooling circuit, and a third chamber configured as a common filling chamber for the first and second chambers. The first chamber is operably coupled to the third chamber via a first filling gate, and the second chamber is operably coupled to the third chamber via a second filling gate. The first and second filling gates are configured for simultaneous opening during a fill operation in which cooling fluid is provided into the third chamber to fill the first and second chambers.
US11220951B2
A method of controlling a cooling system includes, by an integrated controller: controller area network (CAN) checking whether CAN communication is abnormal after a vehicle is turned on and control of a cooling fan and an active air flap is initiated; single-communication checking whether communication with a cooling fan controller and an active air flap (AAF) controller is abnormal; performing a first fail-safe operation of communicating with the cooling fan controller and the AAF controller; and controlling the cooling fan and the active air flap based on signals of a first temperature sensor of the cooling fan controller and a second temperature sensor of the AAF controller.
US11220944B2
A method of recovering selective catalytic reduction catalysts relates to metal-Zeolite based catalysts. A selective catalytic reduction catalyst service event where a metal-Zeolite based selective catalytic reduction catalyst of an exhaust aftertreatment system may perform below a threshold level of performance is determined. The selective catalytic reduction catalyst then exposed to a recovery fluid selected to facilitate movement of metal ions.
US11220943B2
The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine arrangement (100) comprising a first (102) and a second (104) expansion cylinder, and an interconnection conduit (106) between an outlet (108) of the first expansion cylinder (102) and an outlet (110) of the second expansion cylinder (104), wherein the outlet of the first expansion cylinder is further arranged in fluid communication with an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) conduit (112) for delivery of a flow of combusted exhaust gas to an intake passage of the internal combustion engine arrangement, and wherein the second expansion cylinder comprises a reducing agent injection device (114) for controllably delivery of a reducing agent into the second expansion cylinder.
US11220942B2
The invention relates to an exhaust gas aftertreatment system for a spark ignition internal combustion engine based on the Otto principle. The internal combustion engine is connected on the outlet side to an exhaust gas system, wherein an electrically heatable three-way catalytic converter, a four-way catalytic converter downstream from the electrically heatable three-way catalytic converter, and a further three-way catalytic converter downstream from the four-way catalytic converter are situated in the exhaust gas system in the flow direction of an exhaust gas through the exhaust gas system. Before the internal combustion engine is started, the electrically heatable three-way catalytic converter and preferably also the four-way catalytic converter are heated to allow efficient exhaust gas aftertreatment of the untreated emissions of the internal combustion engine upon starting the internal combustion engine. The exhaust gas aftertreatment system is also configured to allow efficient conversion of the pollutants also during a regeneration of the four-way catalytic converter, and thus, to ensure particularly low emissions in all operating states of the motor vehicle.
US11220940B2
In an internal combustion engine, an oil separator provided in a blowby gas passage is attached to a side wall of a cylinder block. A first communicating passage and a second communicating passage via which the inside of a crankcase is connected to the oil separator are formed in the cylinder block. An opening of the first communicating passage on the crankcase side and an opening of the second communicating passage on the crankcase side are placed to be distanced from the center of the crankcase in the extending direction of a crankshaft so as to sandwich the center of the crankcase. No passage via which the inside of the crankcase is connected to the oil separator is provided between the first communicating passage and the second communicating passage.
US11220934B2
In an internal combustion engine, first and second rotating members, one for the intake valve and one for the exhaust valve rotate next to the outside of an engine cylinder on opposite sides thereof when driven by a drive gear attached to the end of the engine's crankshaft. Each rotating member may include a ring gear having a valve port or aperture near its perimeter that cyclically aligns with a corresponding valve port formed through the cylinder wall near the top of the cylinder. A method of controlling valve timing comprises the steps of causing the rotating member containing the second valve port to periodically align in synchronism with the first port to control the passage of an air/fuel mixture and exhaust gases through the combustion cycles of the engine.
US11220929B2
An aircraft turbomachine has a longitudinal axis A and includes a reduction gear, at least one turbine shaft, an upstream end of which is connected to an input shaft of a reduction gear, a fan, one shaft of which is connected to an output shaft of the reduction gear, and dynamic sealing means between said reduction gear input shaft and the fan shaft. The sealing means includes an annular cowling, the axial cross-section of which is substantially U-shaped An outer annular leg of the annular cowling is fastened to the fan shaft, and an inner annular leg supports at least one annular sealing joint that cooperates with the reduction gear input shaft. The cowling is elastically deformable in the radial direction in relation to the axis A.
US11220928B1
An assembly adapted for use in a gas turbine engine includes a carrier and a blade track segment. The carrier extends at least partway about an axis. The blade track segment is supported by the carrier radially relative to the axis to define a portion of a gas path of the assembly.
US11220924B2
A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a seal including a main body extending circumferentially between opposed mate faces. The main body has a sealing portion and an engagement portion extending outwardly from sealing portion along at least one of the mate faces. The main body has a core including one or more core plies arranged to establish an internal cavity. An overwrap has one or more overwrap plies arranged to follow a perimeter of the one or more core plies to establish the engagement portion and the sealing portion. A platform insert extends between portions of the core and the overwrap to establish the sealing portion. A method of fabricating a seal for a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US11220922B1
A diffuser and deswirl flow structure includes a plurality of tube structures with an outer wall that is hollow and elongate and that extends between a first portion and a second portion. The plurality of tube structures is disposed in an annular arrangement about the longitudinal axis. The flow structure also includes a plurality of flow passages extending through the tube structures. The plurality of flow passages extend from the first portion to the second portion, respectively. The plurality of flow passages respectfully include a diffuser portion, which is proximate the first portion and configured to diffuse a fluid flow from a compressor wheel. The plurality of flow passages respectfully include a deswirl portion, which is proximate the second portion and configured to deswirl the fluid flow from the diffuser portion. The outer wall defines the diffuser portion and the deswirl portion. The outer wall is self-supporting.
US11220912B2
An airfoil includes an airfoil wall that defines a leading end, a trailing end, a first side wall, and a second side wall. A rib connects the first and second side walls of the airfoil wall. The rib includes first and second unbranched arms that initiate at the second side wall and extend there from to meet at a node. A third unbranched arm initiates at the first side wall. The third unbranched arm extends perpendicularly there from and connects at either the node, the first unbranched arm, or the unbranched second arm.
US11220898B2
Well logs can be automatically correlated using dynamic warping with descriptors. For example, a computing device can receive user input indicating a manual correlation between a first node in a first well-log and a second node in a second well-log. The computing device can use the manual correlation to automatically determine a combination of descriptors usable to correlate the first node to the second node. The computing device can then perform dynamic warping on other well logs using the combination of descriptors determined by using the first well log and the second well log. This may provide more accurate correlations between well logs.
US11220895B1
Systems and methods for identifying a status of components of hydraulic fracturing units including a prime mover and a hydraulic fracturing pump to pump fracturing fluid into a wellhead via a manifold may include a diagnostic control assembly. The diagnostic control assembly may include sensors associated with the hydraulic fracturing units or the manifold, and a supervisory control unit to determine whether the sensors are generating signals outside a calibration range, determine whether a fluid parameter associated with an auxiliary system of the hydraulic fracturing units is indicative of a fluid-related problem, determine whether lubrication associated with the prime mover, the hydraulic fracturing pump, or a transmission of the hydraulic fracturing units has a lubrication fluid temperature greater than a maximum lubrication temperature, or determine an extent to which a heat exchanger assembly associated with the hydraulic fracturing units is cooling fluid passing through the heat exchanger assembly.
US11220894B2
Methods may include using geometrical and mechanical properties to generate a model of one or more intervals of a wellbore; designing a fluid pumping schedule for a wellbore treatment fluid system; simulating flow of a fluid system containing solids using the model of the one or more intervals of the wellbore, wherein simulating comprises determining the flow rate distribution within the wellbore and modeling the settling and resuspension of the solids within the flow of the fluid system; and updating the fluid pumping schedule based on the output determined from the simulated flow of the fluid system. Methods may also include determining the critical velocity of the fluid system for various concentrations of one or more of solids and additives; and selecting the concentration of the one or more of solids and additives based on the critical velocities determined.
US11220887B1
The present invention is directed to a method of cleaning and inspection of drilling mud carrying flow lines, each flow line having an inner surface. The method includes affixing a fitting to the flow line, the fitting having a main flow channel and a branch flow channel extending at an angle from said main flow channel. A first end portion of the fitting can have an attachment that enables connection of the fitting to the flow line at one flow line end portion. A second end portion of the fitting can have one or more doors that can be moved between opened and closed positions, the door or doors providing an opening that is not closed when the doors are in the closed position. A suction line can be connected to the branch flow channel. A cleaning tool can be guided first into the fitting and then into the flow line using a fluid carrying cable. The cleaning tool and jetting fluid can be used to clean drilling mud and debris from the inner surface of the flow line. The jetting fluid can be removed via the branch flow channel using the suction line. The cable can extend through the door opening or openings when the door or doors are in the closed position. A camera can be guided into the flow line using a camera cable wherein the camera cable extends through the door opening or openings. The cleaning tool is preferably too small to fit through the door opening.
US11220884B2
Apparatuses and methods for pressure regulating check valve assemblies are described. In an example, the check valve assembly comprises a housing defining a fluid passage having a fluid inlet side and a fluid outlet side. A first check valve positioned within the fluid passage oriented to restrict fluid flow from the fluid inlet side and a second check valve positioned within the fluid passage oriented to restrict fluid flow from the fluid outlet side. A flow dampener is positioned within the fluid passage and between the first and second check valves.
US11220882B2
A method for recompleting a well is applied to a well such that the recompleted well can thermally transfer geothermal energy to surface. The recompleting method can comprise steps to enhance the thermal conductivity of a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well, by inserting a thermal material into the wellbore that displaces a reservoir fluid having a lower thermal conductivity than the thermal material. The recompleting method can also comprise steps to enhance the thermal conductivity of a reservoir in which the wellbore is located by inserting a thermal material into the reservoir that displaces a reservoir fluid having a lower thermal conductivity than the thermal material, or in which the reservoir is fractured, and a thermal material is inserted into created fractures.
US11220872B2
A drilling machine includes a mast, a rotary head movably coupled to the mast, a drill string component having a pair of opposed flat surfaces, and a securing structure including engagement surfaces shaped to engage the opposed flat surfaces and secure the drill string component from rotating. The drilling machine also includes a controller configured to track a rotational location of the flat surfaces of the drill string component during rotation of the drill string component. The controller is further configured to receive tracking information from a sensor associated with the rotary head and control the rotary head to align the opposed flat surfaces for engagement by the securing structure.
US11220854B2
A power swing door actuator for moving a passenger swing door relative to a body portion of a motor vehicle. The power swing door actuator includes a housing rigidly fixed to the swing door, a motor mounted to the housing, a connector link having a first end pivotably coupled to the vehicle body portion and a second end pivotably coupled to a drive nut of a spindle drive mechanism. A leadscrew of the spindle drive mechanism is rotatably driven by the motor for causing relative translational movement between the drive nut and the leadscrew which, in turn, results in pivoting movement of the connector link while the vehicle door swings between open and closed positions in response to selective actuation of the motor. The power swing door actuator is further equipped with an integrated door check mechanism.
US11220850B2
A latch assembly for a closure member is provided. The latch assembly includes a housing and a ratchet pivotally coupled to the housing for selectively retaining a striker to secure the closure member. A cinch lever assembly is coupled to the housing and includes a cinch lever for engaging the ratchet. The cinch lever cinches the striker in the ratchet in response to the cinch lever being actuated by a cable coupled to the cinch lever assembly to move the closure panel from a partially closed position to a fully closed position. A cinch subassembly is operatively coupled to the cinch lever assembly with the cable coupled to the cinch lever assembly. The cinch subassembly is configured to freely move between a plurality of positions relative to the housing to accommodate a plurality of orientations of the cable coupled to the cinch lever assembly.
US11220849B2
A hood lock apparatus includes: a primary lock portion holding a hood in a fully closed state; and a secondary lock portion holding the hood in a half open state and including a catcher attached to a vehicle body, a base attached to the hood, and a latch supported on the base, rotatable between a latching position and an unlatching position and including a hook portion locking the catcher when the hood is opened to the half open state with the latch being at the latching position, an operating portion operating the latch to rotate toward the unlatching position, and an abutment portion abutting the catcher when the hood is fully closed state with the latch being at the unlatching position. The latch is rotated to the latching position by the abutment of the abutment portion with the catcher.
US11220838B2
An exemplary noise-reducing mechanism for door hardware includes a housing, a damper, and a stop. The door hardware includes a first component and a second component, and an operational movement of the door hardware causes relative movement of the first and second components. The housing is mounted to the first component, and the damper is mounted to the housing. The stop is mounted to the second component such that the stop engages the damper during the operational movement. The damper is configured to slow the operational movement, thereby reducing noise generated by operation of the door hardware.
US11220837B2
A lock device that prevents operation of at least one chassis spindle from retracting a latch bolt, and which may provide auto-unlock features. Locking of the lock device can effectuate linear displacement of a slider body from an unlocked position to a locked position. Linear displacement of the slider body is translated into rotational displacement of a cam body that includes, or is coupled to, a locking shaft having a cam protrusion, thereby rotating the cam protrusion. As the cam protrusion rotates, the cam protrusion lifts a locking lug to a locked position wherein the locking lug prevents rotational displacement of a first chassis spindle. When in the locked position, a slider arm of the slider body can be positioned in a retention slot. Subsequent rotable displacement of a second chassis spindle can effectuate displacement of the slider arm from the retention slot and facilitate unlocking of the lock device.
US11220832B2
The invention relates to an adjustable seat device (10) that includes: a linear support (38); at least one upper bearing means of the linear support configured to bear on a horizontal surface at the edge of a swimming pool and at least one lower bearing means of the linear support configured to bear on an inner wall of the swimming pool; a seat (28); an upper seat rod (36), having one end provided with a first seat slide (29) configured to slide along the linear support and a locking means (30) for locking the first slide in position on the linear support; a lower seat rod (37), having one end provided with a second seat slide (31) configured to slide along the linear support and a locking means (32) for locking the second slide in position on the linear support, the two seat rods jointly supporting the seat and being connected to one another by a swivel link (35). The seat slides slide independently along the linear support, the joint sliding of the seat slides adjusting the height of the seat and the respective sliding of the seat slides adjusting at least the separation between the seat and the linear support.
US11220827B2
The invention relates to a floor underlayment comprising a first layer, a second layer, and an inner layer between the first layer and the second layer, wherein the inner layer has one layer of foam beads, and the floor underlayment has a thickness from 0.8 mm to 1.5 mm. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing a floor underlayment, a flooring system and a use of a floor underlayment.
US11220809B2
The shower system has a heat exchanger located in compartment vertically adjacent to the wall of the shower space and closed off by an openable or removable panel. The heat exchanger comprising a helically winding heat exchange conduit with successive windings around a vertical axis in said compartment above the floor of the shower space. A pump coupled to the shower drain pumps warm water to a warm water feed of the heat exchanger, from where it is sprayed on a top winding of the heat exchange conduit. Tap water is fed to the shower head successively via the heat exchange conduit and a heater and/or a mixing element for mixing water from the heat exchanger with water from a supply input for external hot water.
US11220806B2
A corner wear plate assembly includes a base having first and second base plates formed to each other along a corner, and a wear plate having first and second wear bodies formed to each other along a corner. The second base plate includes a slot with an enlarged aperture. The wear plate includes a hold. The assembly includes a nut to receive a key. The nut is applicable through the aperture into the slot, and then is moveable into a position offset from the aperture where the nut is captured under the second base plate. In an applied condition of the wear plate on the base, and in the offset position of the nut, the bore is registered with the slot and the hold to define a keyway, and the key is applicable to the keyway for engagement with the nut to lock the wear plate on the base.
US11220805B2
A hydraulic excavator drive system includes: a first pump connected to a boom main control valve and an arm auxiliary control valve by a first pump line; a second pump connected to a boom auxiliary control valve and an arm main control valve by a second pump line; and a controller that does not move the arm auxiliary control valve when arm crowding operation boom raising operations are performed concurrently. The boom auxiliary control valve moves together with the boom main control valve when the boom raising operation is performed. A boom raising second supply line, which connects the boom auxiliary control valve to a boom raising first supply line between the boom main control valve and a boom cylinder, is provided with a check valve that allows a flow from the boom auxiliary control valve toward a head side of the boom cylinder, but prevents a reverse flow.
US11220804B2
A hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly has an adjustable axial piston machine. An actuating cylinder is controlled by way of a pilot valve. The pilot valve is actuated by a control installation. The control installation, as input variables, has an actual pressure and/or an actual swivel angle of the adjustable axial piston machine. One or a plurality of the input variables are compared with a matching nominal value and a control value is emitted, or in each case a control value is emitted. The controlling of the input variables is part of a first closed-loop control circuit. An underlying second closed-loop control circuit has an input variable which is based on the control variable or the control variables and serves as a nominal variable. A further input variable of the second closed-loop control circuit is an actual delivery-volume adjustment rate of the axial piston machine.
US11220798B2
Generally, a stanchion including a base configured to fasten to a support surface to dispose an elongate member in an upright condition. Specifically, a plurality of stanchions configured for interconnection by barrier elements to cordon off an area with a barrier wall.
US11220794B2
Methods and systems for making and using a wide swath offset concrete screed apparatus for screeding wet concrete slurry. The apparatus includes a cross support bar, an attachment mechanism for attaching the cross support bar to a liftable arm of a motorized vehicle, and lateral support bars for attaching a screed bar to the cross support bar. The screed bar is positioned offset from the motorized vehicle used to operate the screed, allowing the motorized vehicle to drive outside the forms.
US11220792B2
A structural element for forming a ground covering, in particular in an outdoor area, including a rectangular tile. A molded-on portion which is made of a plastic material and runs around the edge of the tile like a frame is preferably injection-molded and/or foamed onto the tile.
US11220790B2
Multi-ply fibrous structures and more particularly multi-ply fibrous structures containing three or more different fibrous structure plies, and methods for making same are provided.
US11220781B2
Coating materials and coated personal protective clothing items incorporating the coating material are described. The coating material includes a polymeric component; a metal oxide component; and a catalytic component. The catalytic component includes a metal oxide or a mixed metal oxide which is an effective catalyst for an oxidation reaction. The coated personal protective clothing item includes a personal protective clothing substrate with a coating including the coating material.
US11220774B2
A method of controlling a washing machine. The washing machine includes a tub configured to receive water, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, a volute pump including (i) an impeller configured to rotate in one or more directions to pump water discharged from the tub and (ii) a pump housing that defines a volute-shaped passage configured to guide water pumped by the impeller, and a circulating water supply device configured to supply water discharged from an outlet port of the volute pump into the drum. The method includes: supplying water and detergent into the tub; and rotating the impeller of the volute pump in a first direction to discharge a first amount of water from the volute pump, the first amount of water being less than a second amount of water discharged from the volute pump based on the impeller being rotated in a second direction.
US11220766B2
A knitted article having a first layer and a second layer is described. The first layer is formed from a first yarn having a first shrinkage rate and the second layer is formed by a second yarn having a second shrinkage rate. The shrinkage rate of the first yarn is greater than the shrinkage rate of the second yarn when subjected to heat. Upon heat exposure, the second layer forms a raised structure. The raised structures have a length that is generally perpendicular to the lateral-to-medial course-wise direction of the knitted article. Methods of forming raised structures are also disclosed.
US11220765B2
A seatbelt webbing includes an auxetic portion elongated along an axis. The auxetic portion includes a plurality of segments rotatably connected to each other at hinges. The hinges are spaced along the axis and are transverse to the axis. The auxetic portion includes a plurality of strands. Each strand is embedded in at least two of the hinges. When tensile force above a predetermined level is applied to the auxetic portion by a vehicle occupant, e.g., the chest of the vehicle occupant, the auxetic portion both stretches along the axis and widens transverse to the axis, i.e., has a negative Poisson ratio.
US11220764B2
A sheet is produced by (i) producing a sheet by entangling woven or knitted material including a thread composed of a composite fiber such that two kinds or more of polyethylene terephthalate polymers different in intrinsic viscosity are stuck together in a side-by-side type along the fiber length direction and/or of a core-in-sheath type composite fiber such that two kinds or more of polyethylene terephthalate polymers different in intrinsic viscosity form an eccentric core-in-sheath structure, with a fiber capable of converting into ultra fine fibers composed of two kinds or more of polymeric substances different in solubility in solvent, (ii) developing an ultra fine fiber with an average single fiber fineness of 0.001 dtex or more and 0.5 dtex or less by treating the sheet with a solvent to thereafter provide elastomer having polyurethane as a main component by impregnating and solidifying solvent solution of elastomer having polyurethane as a main component into the sheet, or of providing elastomer having polyurethane as a main component by impregnating and solidifying solvent solution of elastomer having polyurethane as a main component into the sheet to thereafter develop an ultra fine fiber with an average single fiber fineness of 0.001 dtex or more and 0.5 dtex or less by treating the sheet with a solvent, and (iii) rubbing and shrinking the woven or knitted material under the condition of 110° C. or more.
US11220762B1
A multi-angle spinneret for forming hollow fibers is provided. The multi-angle spinneret includes a body defining a dope chamber, a bore needle channel, and multiple dope channels being oriented at a minimum of two distinct dope channel angles relative to the dope chamber. The body includes a bore needle disposed in the bore needle channel and oriented substantially perpendicular relative to the dope chamber. The bore needle extends though the dope chamber, such that a bore fluid flow through the bore needle is kept separate from a dope flow through the dope channels. A bore fluid outlet is positioned within a dope outlet of the dope chamber, such that a bore fluid flow out of the bore fluid outlet is substantially coaxial with and substantially centered within a dope flow out of the dope outlet.
US11220761B1
A multi-angle spinneret for forming hollow fibers is provided. The multi-angle spinneret includes a body defining a dope chamber, a bore needle channel, and multiple dope channels being oriented at a minimum of two distinct dope channel angles relative to the dope chamber. The body includes a bore needle disposed in the bore needle channel and oriented substantially perpendicular relative to the dope chamber. The bore needle extends though the dope chamber, such that a bore fluid flow through the bore needle is kept separate from a dope flow through the dope channels. A bore fluid outlet is positioned within a dope outlet of the dope chamber, such that a bore fluid flow out of the bore fluid outlet is substantially coaxial with and substantially centered within a dope flow out of the dope outlet.
US11220753B2
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) system includes a bismuth strontium cobalt oxide.
US11220746B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide apparatuses for improving gas distribution during thermal processing. In one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes a body, an angled gas source assembly, and a gas injection channel. The gas injection channel has a first half-angle and a second half-angle. The first half-angle is different from the second half-angle. The use of an improved side gas assembly in a processing chamber to direct gas from the center toward the edge of the substrate advantageously controls growth uniformity throughout the substrate. Surprisingly, directing gas through a gas channel with non-uniform half-angles will significantly increase the reaction at or near the edge of the substrate, thereby leading to an improved overall thickness uniformity of the substrate.
US11220744B2
A surface-coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating film that coats the substrate, wherein the coating film includes a hard coating layer constituted of a domain region and a matrix region, the domain region is a region having a plurality of portions divided and distributed in the matrix region, the domain region has a structure in which a first layer composed of a first Alx1Ti(1-x1) compound and a second layer composed of a second Alx2Ti(1-x2) compound are layered on each other, the matrix region has a structure in which a third layer composed of a third Alx3Ti(1-x3) compound and a fourth layer composed of a fourth Alx4Ti(1-x4) compound are layered on each other, the first AlTi compound, the second AlTi compound and the fourth AlTi compound have a cubic crystal structure, the third AlTi compound has a hexagonal crystal structure.
US11220727B2
A nickel-based superalloy comprises in mass percent: 4.0% to 6.0% chromium; 0.4% to 0.8% molybdenum; 2.5% to 3.5% rhenium; 6.2% to 6.6% tungsten; 5.2% to 5.7% aluminum; 0.0 to 1.6% titanium; 6.0% to 9.9% tantalum; 0.0 to 0.7% hafnium; and 0.0 to 0.3% silicon; the balance being constituted by nickel and any impurities. A monocrystalline blade comprises such an alloy and a turbomachine including such a blade.
US11220726B2
Provided are a silver article formed using pure silver, which has high Vickers hardness and prohibits the occurrence of metal corrosion and the occurrence of discoloration; and its method. Disclosed are a silver article and its method, wherein the Vickers hardness is adjusted to 60 HV or higher, and when the height of the peak of 2θ=38°±0.2° by an XRD is designated as h1, and that of 2θ=44°±0.4° is designated as h2, h2/h1 is adjusted to 0.2 or greater.
US11220725B2
The method of recovering copper from sulfide ores with copper and iron, comprises the steps of reacting, in a reaction vessel, a copper-containing sulfide ore with sulfur dioxide gas to form elemental sulfur, an iron oxide and a copper sulfide, separating the solids comprising the iron oxide and copper sulfate from a liquid phase of the reaction mixture, leaching the dried solids with an aqueous solution comprising water or dilute sulfuric acid and solubilizing the copper sulfate, and recovering copper from the solubilized copper sulfate.
US11220713B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods useful for the diagnosis, assessment, and characterization of endometriosis in a subject in need thereof, based upon the expression level of at least one miRNA that is associated with endometriosis.
US11220705B2
The present invention is directed to a method for immobilizing nucleic molecule on solid support and to a use of a nucleic acid non-immobilized primer in combination with a nucleic acid primer linked to a solid support in said a method.
US11220690B2
The present invention relates to a new formulation of the oligonucleotide of SEQ ID NO:1.
US11220688B2
A system for adjusting oversubscription loading includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a set of performance data from a set of worker systems. The processor is configured to determine a feedback indication for a worker system of the set of worker systems based at least in part on the set of performance data. The feedback indication is used to adjust an oversubscription controller on the worker system. The processor is configured to provide the feedback indication to the worker system.
US11220687B2
Several embodiments relate to methods of repairing and/or regenerating damaged or diseased tissue comprising administering to the damaged or diseased tissues compositions comprising exosomes. In several embodiments, the exosomes comprise one or more microRNA that result in alterations in gene or protein expression, which in tum result in improved cell or tissue viability and/or function.
US11220686B2
The present invention, at least in part, relates to the discovery of efficacious delivery of an RNAi agent (in preferred aspects of the invention, an siRNA) to a transplantable tissue. Organ rejection, transplantation-mediated transmission of viral infection, and triggering of apoptosis in transplanted tissues can each be minimized by the methods and compositions of the instant invention. The RNAi agent(s) of the instant invention can be delivered as “naked” molecules, or using liposomal and other modes of delivery, to transplantable tissues. Such delivery can occur via perfusion of the RNAi agent in solution through the vasculature of a whole or partial organ; or tissues including transplantable cells and cell lines may be bathed, injected or otherwise treated with RNAi agents. Preferred transplantable tissues include, for example, pancreas, liver, kidney, heart, lung, and all cells and cell lines derived from such tissues (e.g., pancreatic islet cells that may, e.g., be transplanted as a treated population).
US11220683B2
The present invention relates to polypeptides and more particularly to Transcription Activator-Like Effector derived proteins that allow to efficiently target and/or process nucleic acids. Particularly, the present invention reports the characterization of TALE derived proteins that can efficiently target methylated DNA. The present invention more specifically relates to TALE derived proteins that allow activation of methylated promoters responsible for gene silencing.
US11220680B2
The present disclosure provides a polypeptide including an anti-fibrin antibody and a serine protease moiety of human tissue plasminogen activator. Methods for treating thrombosis in a subject in need of such treatment using such polypeptide are also disclosed.
US11220677B2
Provided are: a reverse transcriptase mutant including an amino acid mutation at a position corresponding to position 55 of the amino acid sequence of wild-type reverse transcriptase derived from the Moloney murine leukemia virus, wherein the reverse transcriptase mutant is characterized in that the amino acid mutation is a substitution from threonine to another amino acid, and the other amino acid is selected from the group consisting of amino acids having a nonpolar aliphatic side chain and amino acids having a polar acidic functional group side chain; a nucleic acid that encodes the mutant; a method for producing the mutant and the nucleic acid that encodes the mutant; a method for synthesizing cDNA in which the mutant is used; and a composition and kit including the mutant.
US11220674B2
The present invention relates to a method for stabilizing an enzyme by storing the enzyme in the presence of a stable coenzyme. The present invention further relates to an enzyme stabilized with a stable coenzyme, and to the use thereof in test elements for detecting analytes.
US11220673B2
Provided are an ORF7 deficient varicella virus, an vaccine comprising the virus and use thereof, as well as a method for the production the virus.
US11220670B2
In some embodiments, methods of delivering a therapeutically effective amount of an expanded number of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes obtained from tumor remnants to a patient in need thereof, for the treatment of a cancer, are disclosed.
US11220669B2
Described is a three-dimensional (3D) microenvironment presenting defined biochemical and physical cues that regulate cellular behavior and use of the microenvironment. A composition to form the 3D microenvironment is provided by combining one or more natural or synthetic polymeric materials and substrate proteins recombinantly or chemically functionalized with a variety of bioactive peptides such as extracellular matrix-derived or growth factor-derived peptides. Also described are devices and methods for screening for optimal combinations of the bioactive motifs in order to create an extracellular microenvironment that can regulate specific cellular behavior such as cell growth, proliferation, migration or differentiation.
US11220663B2
The present invention is directed to improved systems and processes for clarifying a thin stillage stream in a biofuel production process, such as a dry grind alcohol production process, that removes desirable amounts of insoluble solids from at least a portion of the thin stillage stream, thereby realizing any number of process enhancements.
US11220662B2
The present invention provides a laundry sheet wherein one or more component selected from a group consisting of a builder, an enzyme, a bleaching agent and a bleach activator is contained as a granule in a laundry film prepared using a laundry detergent component and a film-forming water-soluble polymer. The laundry sheet of the present invention completely dissolves in water and thus does not need to be removed after laundering. In addition, the laundry sheet of the present invention has superior cleaning performance, is convenient to use and has superior storage stability.
US11220660B2
A bleach activator/complexing agent compound and multi-phase washing and cleaning agents including at least one liquid, low-water to water-free phase and at least one solid, pulverous or granular phase and containing at least one bleach activator, which is compounded with at least one complexing agent. Also disclosed are methods of using such agents in washing and cleaning.
US11220659B2
A thinner composition is capable of reducing the amount of photoresist used in a reducing resist consumption (RRC) coating process, an edge bead removed (EBR) process or the like, and removing unnecessary photoresist on an edge portion or a backside portion of the wafer. The thinner composition includes C1-C10 alkyl C1-C10 alkoxy propionate, propylene glycol C1-C10 alkyl ether, and propylene glycol C1-C10 alkyl ether acetate.
US11220655B2
Wood coated planar candle wick is disclosed. The wood wick comprises a planar body, and a shaving adhered to at least one side of the planar body.
US11220648B2
Naphtha boiling range compositions are provided that can have improved combustion properties (relative to the research octane number of the composition) in spark ignition engines and/or compression ignition engines. The improved combustion properties can be achieved by controlling the total combined amounts of n-paraffins and isoparaffins that include a straight-chain propyl group (R1—CH2—CH2—CH2—R2). For such a straight-chain propyl group, R2 can correspond to any convenient CxHy group that can appear in a paraffin or isoparaffin. R1 can correspond to a hydrogen atom, making the straight-chain propyl group a terminal n-propyl group; or R1 can correspond to any convenient CxHy group that can appear in a paraffin or isoparaffin.
US11220645B1
A biodiesel fuel consisting of a dioxolane with one to three alkyl groups, a (CH2)nCH3 alkyl group where n ranges from 6 to 14, and the dioxolane has a total number of carbons that is equal to or less than 24 carbons.
US11220642B2
A pulverized coal gasification device and process for producing high heating value coal gas with low carbon residue content includes a U-shaped coal gas generation furnace and a coal gas-semicoke separating device, and the U-shaped coal gas generation furnace consists of two section structures including high-temperature and low-temperature sections which are arranged in a U-shaped manner; the high-temperature section and the low-temperature section share an ash hopper; the high-temperature section is a downward entrained-flow bed, and the low-temperature section is an upward entrained-flow bed; and an inlet of the coal gas separating device is connected to the outlet of the low-temperature section, a solid outlet of the coal gas separating device is connected to an inlet of the high-temperature section, and a gas outlet of the coal gas separating device is connected to a coal gas waste heat utilizing and purifying system. The coal utilization rate can be greatly increased.
US11220640B2
A process for treatment of PFO from a steam cracking zone includes selectively hydrogenating PFO or a portion thereof for conversion of polyaromatics compounds contained in the PFO into aromatic compounds with one benzene ring to produce a selectively hydrogenated stream. The selectively hydrogenated stream is reacted in a fluid catalytic cracking reactor for selective ring opening and dealkylation to produce fluid catalytic cracking including light cycle oil. In addition, a naphtha reformer is integrated, so that light cycle oil and a reformate stream are separated into BTX compounds. Optionally the PFO is separated into a first stream containing C9+ aromatics compounds with one benzene ring, and a second stream containing C10+ aromatic compounds, whereby the first stream containing C9+ aromatics compounds with one benzene ring is passed to the fluid catalytic cracking reactor, and the feed to the selective hydrogenation step comprises all or a portion of the second stream containing C10+ aromatic compounds.
US11220639B2
Methods are provided to prepare a low sulfur fuel from hydrocarbon sources, such as light tight oil and high sulfur fuel oil, often less desired by conventional refiners, who split crude into a wide range of differing products and may prefer presence of wide ranges (C3 or C5 to C20 or higher) of hydrocarbons. These fuels can be produced by separating feeds into untreated and treated streams, and then recombining them. Such fuels can also be formulated by combinations of light, middle and heavy range constituents in a selected manner as claimed. Not only low in sulfur, the fuels of this invention are also low in nitrogen and essentially metals free. Fuel use applications include on-board large marine transport vessels but also on-shore for large land based combustion gas turbines, boilers, fired heaters and transport vehicles and trains.
US11220630B2
This disclosure relates to quantum dots with a core of III-V material, a first layer of II-VI material and an external shell of II-VI material to be used, for example, in downconverters. The external shell is preferably made of an alloy of Zn and Cd with Se or S. The inventors have demonstrated that introducing a small amount of Cd in the external shell provides excellent absorbance performance in blue, violet and UV wavelengths. The amount of Cd needed for this increase in absorbance can be very low. The inventors have shown that the emitted light can be nearly monochromatic, which is especially interesting in electronic applications.
US11220626B2
A color conversion film is provided. The film includes at least one narrow band emission phosphor dispersed within a binder matrix, wherein the narrow band emission phosphor has a D50 particle size from about 0.1 μm to about 15 μm and is selected from the group consisting of a green-emitting U6+-containing phosphor, a green-emitting Mn2+-containing phosphor, a red-emitting phosphor based on complex fluoride materials activated by Mn4+, and a mixture thereof. A device is also provided.
US11220625B2
A method of drilling may include mixing, at the surface, a base fluid, a polyvalent cation reactive polymer, and a delayed source of polyvalent cation so as to form a treatment fluid; placing the treatment fluid in a subterranean formation to form a solid plug including the polyvalent cation reactive polymer crosslinked with the polyvalent cation; contacting the solid plug with a breaker so as to transform the solid plug into a reclaimed treatment fluid; and removing the reclaimed treatment fluid. A system for drilling may include a treatment fluid, at the surface, including a polyvalent cation reactive polymer, and a delayed source of a polyvalent cation, where the treatment fluid is settable in the formation to form a solid plug including the polyvalent cation reactive polymer and the polyvalent cation; and a breaker, separate from the treatment fluid at the surface, capable of liquefying the solid plug.
US11220623B2
A flow constraint material consists essentially of degradable particles, where at least 50% by volume of the degradable particles have an average particle size of about 1 millimeters (mm) to about 6 mm.
US11220621B2
A method for enhancing wellbore integrity and/or for sealing a wellbore by sealing formation or micro-annulus fractures in a wellbore. Such sealing can be at least partially accomplished by the use of timed expansion of an expandable sealant material that is placed a wellbore. The expansion of the expandable sealant material causes the cement surface or formation surface to be compressed, thereby creating a tight seal and/or eliminating annulus cracking, fracture, and/or gas channels in the wellbore. A degradable polymer can be used when restoration of the wellbore formation is desired.
US11220614B2
Barriers for improved vapor mitigation are contemplated, such barriers being formed as a cured latex-asphalt mixture applied to the metal surface of a metallized substrate. The latex-asphalt mixture, prior to curing, comprises an emulsion of an asphalt component, a latex component, and water. Such barriers may be seen to substantially mitigate diffusion of chemical contaminants across the barriers in the form of gas or liquids. Also contemplated are methods for forming such barriers, whether fabricated off-site for installation on site, fabricated in-situ.
US11220604B2
Provided is a method for producing a cured product film, which is capable of increasing the formation accuracy of a fine cured product film and also increasing the adhesion of the cured product film. The method for producing a curable film according to the present invention includes an application step in which a curable composition that is photocurable and thermocurable and also is in liquid form is applied using an ink jet device, a first light irradiation step in which the curable composition is irradiated with light from a first light irradiation part, and a heating step in which a precured product film irradiated with light is heated, the ink jet device has an ink tank to store the curable composition, a discharge part, and a circulation flow path part, and in the application step, the curable composition is applied while being circulated in the ink jet device.
US11220598B2
Polymer composition comprising (a) 33 to 52 wt.-% star-shaped block copolymers (a) comprising terminal vinylaromatic polymer blocks S1 and S2, and random styrene/butadiene copolymer blocks (B/S); and (b) 48 to 67 wt.-% SMMA copolymers (b). Moldings and shaped articles produced thereof have a high clarity and toughness and can be used in the household, appliance and healthcare sector.
US11220597B2
A method of making a bijel includes dispersing surface-active nanoparticles in a ternary liquid mixture. The ternary liquid mixture includes a hydrophilic liquid, a hydrophobic liquid, and a solvent. The ternary liquid mixture is contacted with water. A bijel includes a stable mixture of two immiscible liquids separated by an interfacial layer of colloidal particles. The bijel has temperature-independent stability, and the domain sizes are below one micrometer.
US11220594B2
Scratch-resistant thermoplastic polymer compositions (P) comprising 90 to 99.9 wt.-% of at least one styrene-based copolymer, 0.1 to 10 wt.-% of an aliphatic amide wax additive comprising at least one aliphatic amide wax composition having a melting point in the range of 80° C. to 115° C., and optionally at least one colorant, dye, pigment and/or further additive, have improved properties.
US11220578B2
Described is a process for producing SiOC-bonded polyether siloxanes branched in the siloxane portion from cyclic branched siloxanes of the D/T type, wherein said process comprises in a first step reacting the mixtures of cyclic branched siloxanes of the D/T type with acetic anhydride optionally in admixture with simple siloxane cycles under acid catalysis to afford acetoxy-bearing branched siloxanes, in a second step performing the equilibration of the acetoxy-modified branched siloxane with superacid, preferably with addition of acetic acid and in a third step reacting the superacid-treated acetoxysiloxane with polyetherols optionally in the presence of bases and optionally in the presence of an inert solvent.
US11220571B2
Process for the preparation of aqueous polyurethane dispersions, containing from 20 to 50% by weight of an anionic polyurethane having a mean particle size from 1 to 15 micron and providing films with durable low gloss aspect.
US11220570B2
A polymer, a hardmask composition, and a method of forming patterns, the polymer including structural units obtained by a reaction of a reaction mixture that includes a substituted or unsubstituted indole compound, a first aromatic aldehyde compound including a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C20 branched alkyl group thereon, and a second aromatic aldehyde compound that is different from the first aromatic aldehyde compound.
US11220569B2
Disclosed herein is an aerogel made from a polyhydroxy benzene compound crosslinked with formaldehyde. The aerogel is dry and has a first volume and wherein the aerogel can be exposed to a liquid and be re-dried in a gas while retaining at least 70% of the first volume.
US11220551B2
This disclosure is directed to novel CD133-binding agents. The disclosure is also directed to uses of novel CD133-binding agents for detecting CD133-expressing cells and/or quantitating levels of cellular CD133 expression, for targeting CD133-expressing cells, for decreasing levels of CD133 in CD133-expressing cells and for treating or preventing cancer.
US11220550B2
The disclosure provides for antibodies that bind CD40, including a humanized antibody and a chimeric antibody with different Fc domains. The antibodies bind CD40 and do not exhibit CD40 agonist activity. The antibodies may comprise a modified IgG1 Fc domain, and exhibit minimal activation of immature dendritic cells. Compositions comprising antibodies, methods of use for treatment of diseases involving CD40 activity, and use in the preparation of a medicament for treatment of a disease involving CD40 activity are provided.
US11220544B2
The present invention provides, among other things, an antibody or antigen-binding polypeptide that binds or is capable of binding CD 166, compositions including the same, and uses thereof. In certain embodiments, an anti-CD 166 antibody or antigen-binding polypeptide of the present invention binds or is capable of binding all or a portion of an intracellular domain (“ICD”) of CD 166. The present invention also includes, among other things, a nucleic acid molecule encoding an antibody or antigen-binding polypeptide that binds or is capable of binding CD 166. In various embodiments, an anti-CD 166 antibody or antigen-binding polypeptide is useful in a method of detecting or treating a condition or disease.
US11220539B2
VH domain, in which: (i) the amino acid residue at position 112 is one of K or Q; and/or (ii) the amino acid residue at position 89 is T; and/or (iii) the amino acid residue at position 89 is L and the amino acid residue at position 110 is one of K or Q; and (iv) in each of cases (i) to (iii), the amino acid at position 11 is preferably V; and in which said VH domain contains a C-terminal extension (X)n, in which n is 1 to 10, preferably 1 to 5, such as 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 (and preferably 1 or 2, such as 1); and each X is an (preferably naturally occurring) amino acid residue that is independently chosen, and preferably independently chosen from the group consisting of alanine (A), glycine (G), valine (V), leucine (L) or isoleucine (I).
US11220538B2
The present disclosure provides monoclonal antibodies that bind α-Synuclein. In certain aspects, the antibodies preferentially bind to α-Synuclein fibrils over α-Synuclein monomer. In other aspects, the invention comprises a method of treating α-Synucleopathic disease in a subject, comprising administering any of the antibodies of the invention to the subject. In yet other aspects, the invention comprises methods of detecting α-Synuclein fibrils using any of the antibodies of the invention.
US11220535B2
Provided herein are chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), such as those specific for BCMA, that have improved properties, including increased CAR T cell binding to BCMA and improved CAR T cell killing of BCMA-expressing cancer cells. Use of the CARs in immune cells (e.g., T cells), compositions (e.g., CARs and nucleic acid constructs encoding the same), and methods are also contemplated.
US11220532B2
The invention provides structurally-constrained peptides by hydrocarbon stapling of a BCL9 HD2 helix for use as a therapeutic agent. The invention further provides methods and kits for use of the structurally-constrained peptide of the instant invention. The invention is based, at least in part, on the results provided herein demonstrating that hydrocarbon stapled helical peptides display excellent proteolytic, acid, and thermal stability, restore the native helical structure of the peptide, possess superior pharmacokinetic properties compared to the corresponding unmodified peptides, and are highly effective in binding to β-catenin in vitro, in cellulo, and in vivo, disrupting the BCL9/β-catenin interaction, and thereby interfering with deregulated Wnt/β-catenin signaling for therapeutic benefit in a variety of human diseases including human cancer.
US11220529B2
A method of producing a transgenic silkworm that spins bagworm silks and producing a large quantity of bagworm silks by transgenic technology is developed and provided. A gene encoding a modified bagworm Fib H and a transgenic silkworm in which the gene is introduced, wherein the gene is obtained by cloning a gene fragment encoding a bagworm Fib H-like polypeptide comprising a partial amino acid sequence of bagworm Fib H, and fusing the gene fragment to a gene fragment encoding silkworm-derived Fib H, are provided.
US11220523B2
The invention relates to carbohydrate ligands presenting the minimal Human Natural Killer-1 (HNK-1) epitope that bind to anti-MAG (myelin-associated glycoprotein) IgM antibodies, and their use in diagnosis as well as for the treatment of anti-MAG neuropathy. In particular, the invention relates to disaccharides of formula (I) and (II) wherein Z is optionally substituted phenyl, heteroaryl, arylcarbonyl, or heteroarylmethyl, and to therapeutically acceptable polymers comprising a multitude of substituents of formula (I) and/or formula (II), wherein Z is a bifunctional linker connecting the disaccharides to the polymer backbone.
US11220521B2
A novel compound has pharmacological activities comparable to those of Nahlsgen and is storable excellently stably. The compound can be produced by a method according to the present invention for producing an optically active 2-amino-phosphonoalkanoic acid salt. In the method, a starting material DL-2-amino-phosphonoalkanoic acid represented by Formula (1) or a hydrate thereof is reacted with an optically active basic compound other than an optically active lysine, to give a diastereomeric salt mixture including a first salt (including a hydrate salt) between a D-2-amino-phosphonoalkanoic acid represented by Formula (1-1) and the optically active basic compound, and a second salt (including a hydrate salt) between an L-2-amino-phosphonoalkanoic acid represented by Formula (1-2) and the optically active basic compound. The diastereomeric salt mixture is fractionally crystallized to isolate one of the first and second diastereomeric salts.
US11220520B2
The present invention relates primarily to processes conducted in a continuously operated reactor for preparing particular phosphorus-containing α-aminonitriles of the formulae (Ia) and (Ib) defined hereinafter from corresponding phosphorus-containing cyanohydrin esters and to the use thereof for preparation of glufosinate or of glufosinate salts. The present invention further relates to a process for producing glufosinate/glufosinate salts.
US11220505B2
Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise functionalized lactone derivatives having a disease-modifying action in the treatment of diseases associated with dysregulation of 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 7 activity.
US11220496B2
Compounds and embodiments of a method for treating and/or preventing autoimmune diseases are disclosed. The method includes administering to a subject having an autoimmune disease, such as an inflammatory bowel disease, a therapeutically effective amount of a compound according to formula I wherein X and Y independently are O or NR1; each R1 is independently H or C1-C6 alkyl; ring A is aryl; each R2 independently is H, alkyl, alkoxy, amide, cyano, halo, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocyclyl, sulfonyl, sulfonamide, or two R2 groups, taken together with the atom or atoms to which they are attached, combine to form a 4-10 membered ring system; p is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; R3 and R4 independently are H or C1-C6 alkyl; and R5 is halo, cyano, or C1-C6 alkyl.
US11220489B2
Disclosed is a process for preparing (S)-4-(3-(but-2-ynamido)piperidin fluoro-2,3-dimethyl-1H-indole-7-carboxamide, comprising the steps of: preparing a compound of Formula (III); converting the compound of Formula (III) to a compound of Formula (V); and reacting the compound of Formula (V) with a compound of Formula (VI) to provide (S)-4-(3-(but-2-ynamido)piperidin-1-yl)-5-fluoro-2,3-dimethyl-1H-indole-7-carboxamide.
US11220485B2
Cytotoxic compounds containing a phenyl core, amide link(s), an imidazolinone or a propenamide moiety. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions incorporating the cytotoxic compounds and methods for treating cancer. These compounds are cytotoxic against breast, prostate, and leukemia cancer cell lines via dual inhibition of Src kinases and tubulin.
US11220482B2
The present invention is directed to novel compounds of Formula (I): pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, and their use, in particular in the treatment or prevention of malaria.
US11220474B2
A method for preparing dehydro-cyclofarnesal from dehydro-farnesal by cyclization in the presence of an acid may include the dehydro-farnesal being obtained from the farnesal by dehydrogenation and may further includes the cyclization being carried out in the presence of an acid selected from Lewis acids, Bronstedt acids, and zeolites. The synthesis of vitamin A using this method further includes the conversion of dehydro-cyclofarnesal into vitamin A.
US11220467B2
A process for fermenting and recycling food waste that is fully enclosed, eliminating noxious odors, and therefore installable in a wide variety of urban settings at scale. Generally the steps of the process include intake, shredding and grinding, inoculation and acceleration, heterolactic fermentation, separation of solids and liquids, drying and distillation, and post-processing of liquid and solid byproducts. The result of the process includes useful goods such as nutrient-rich soil fertilizer, household cleaning agent, energy in the form of current or hydrogen, and treated water. The process is energy efficient and self-contained, resulting in the processing of food waste within 7 days, thus dramatically reducing the time of traditional fermentation processes to produce desired byproducts.
US11220466B2
A ceramic honeycomb body having a skin that does not block partial cells extending from an inlet face to an outlet face at an outer periphery portion of the body. A method of making the ceramic honeycomb body having the skin includes disposing a sheet on an outer peripheral wall of a honeycomb core having an outer surface spaced apart from interiors of the partial cells and skinning the body having the sheet disposed thereon. Subsequent curing in the method bonds the skin to cell walls of the body spaced apart from interiors of the partial cells.
US11220464B2
A composite material and a method of using the composite material. The composite material consists of at least 65 volume percent cubic boron nitride (cBN) grains dispersed in a binder matrix, the binder matrix comprising a plurality of microstructures bonded to the cBN grains and a plurality of intermediate regions between the cBN grains; the microstructures comprising nitride or boron compound of a metal; and the intermediate regions including a silicide phase containing the metal chemically bonded with silicon; in which the content of the silicide phase is 2 to 6 weight percent of the composite material, and in which the cBN grains have a mean size of 0.2 to 20 μm.
US11220459B2
The present invention comprises a product. The product comprises a first mineral in particulate form and having a first pozzolanic reactivity and a second mineral in particulate form and having a second pozzolanic reactivity greater than the first reactivity, wherein the surface of at least some of the particles of the first mineral is at least partially covered with particles of the second mineral. A method of making the composition of the present invention is also disclosed.
US11220453B2
A color-stable, antimicrobial glass powder obtained by partial ion exchange at a temperature of 300° C. to 350° C. and an exchange time of 1 to 120 minutes, is formed of a mixture of porous glass particles having micropores and macropores made of borosilicate glass continuously foamed by extrusion having a Fe2O3 content <0.2 wt %, in which the obtained glass foam is subsequently comminuted by dry grinding to average particle sizes of 1.0 to 8.0 μm. The mixture includes color stabilizers containing 0.1% to 0.2% of ammonium ions and antimicrobial metal ions from dissolved metal salts, wherein the metal ions may be silver and/or zinc and/or copper ions. A method for the production of a color-stable, antimicrobial glass powder and applications for using the color-stable, antimicrobial glass powder are also provided.
US11220452B2
A group of glass compositions in the Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2—B2O3 family that can be chemically strengthened in single or multiple ion exchange baths containing at least one of NaNO3 and KNO3 for a short time (2-4 hours) to develop a deep depth of layer (DOL). In some instances, the DOL is at least 70 μm; in others, at least about 100 μm. The ion exchanged glasses have a high damage resistance (indentation fracture toughness ranging form greater than 10 kgf to greater than 50 kgf) that is better than or at least comparable to that of sodium aluminosilicate glasses.
US11220444B2
A thickener/clarifier system includes a thickener/clarifier and one or more sensors measuring respective process or operating parameters of the thickener/clarifier(s) during operation thereof. The sensors are operatively coupled via hard-wired connections and possibly via 4-20 mA converters to one or more wireless transmitters. At least one wireless receiver receives the wireless signal(s) from the transmitter(s). At least one display is hard-wire coupled to the receiver(s) for displaying a magnitude of each process or operating parameter measured.
US11220438B2
A method for producing a nickel cobalt complex hydroxide includes first crystallization of supplying a solution containing Ni, Co and Mn, a complex ion forming agent and a basic solution separately and simultaneously to one reaction vessel to obtain nickel cobalt complex hydroxide particles, and a second crystallization of, after the first crystallization, further supplying a solution containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese, a solution of a complex ion forming agent, a basic solution, and a solution containing said element M separately and simultaneously to the reaction vessel to crystallize a complex hydroxide particles containing nickel, cobalt, manganese and said element M on the nickel cobalt complex hydroxide particles crystallizing a complex hydroxide particles comprising Ni, Co, Mn and the element M on the nickel cobalt complex hydroxide particles.
US11220431B2
A struvite and a method for extracting the struvite from seawater, concentrated salt water or brine. NH4HCO3 and H3PO4 are added in the seawater, concentrated salt water or brine, and NH4HCO3, H3PO4 and the seawater, concentrated salt water or brine are stirred and well mixed to react. Then electromagnetic ionic liquid are dripped, with a dripping time controlled to be 30 to 50 min and pH value of the reaction solution to be within a range of 7.5 to 8.5, to generate white precipitate. Finally, the white precipitate is separated from the liquid, spin dried and packaged to obtain the struvite. The struvite has higher purity and fertilizer efficiency than natural struvite, and also contains potassium, calcium, sulfur and chlorine required for crop growth and dozens of types of trace elements such as molybdenum, zinc, manganese, iron, copper and selenium, which is more suitable for the crop growth.
US11220426B2
A method for forming a flow channel in a MIO structure includes positioning a plurality of sacrificial spheres along a base substrate, heating a region of the plurality of sacrificial spheres above a melting point of the plurality of sacrificial spheres, thereby fusing the plurality of sacrificial spheres together and forming a solid channel, electrodepositing material between the plurality of sacrificial spheres and around the solid channel, removing the plurality of sacrificial spheres to form the MIO structure, and removing the solid channel to form the flow channel extending through the MIO structure.
US11220418B2
Weighing and filling apparatus for controlling filling device based on a container weight. A linear actuator for driving a drive shaft coupled to container support unit is included, a weight measuring unit determines the container weight from a detected height of the drive shaft detected by a height detecting unit and a drive signal of the linear actuator at the detected height. A first acceleration signal is calculated from a specified height of the container support unit set in advance and the height detected by the height detecting unit, a second acceleration signal is calculated from the container weight and an expected weight expected to be applied to the container support unit. The container support unit is kept at the specified height by a drive signal calculated from the first and second acceleration signals.
US11220415B2
Disclosed is a lifting device, lifting system and method for lifting a vehicle. The lifting device includes a frame with a moveable carrier that is configured for carrying the vehicle; a drive which acts on the carrier and is configured for raising and/or lowering the carrier relative to the frame; a height sensing system that is configured for directly and/or indirectly measuring the height of the carrier; and a locking mechanism for mechanically locking the carrier at a desired height, including a moveable locking element capable of locking and unlocking the carrier. The locking mechanism includes a lock sensor for measuring the position of the locking element.
US11220406B2
The disclosure describes an apparatus including a bin sweep arm, a floor support in contact with a floor surface, and a vertical adjustment assembly positioned between floor support and the bin sweep arm and connected to the floor support and the bin sweep arm, wherein the vertical adjustment assembly automatically raises the bin sweep arm off the floor surface and automatically lowers the bin sweep arm to the floor surface in response to changes in weight disposed on the bin sweep arm.
US11220405B2
A board stacking system for stacking board layers into a stack, and associated method are provided. The board stacking system includes a board stacking apparatus adapted to arrange board layers into the stack. The board stacking apparatus having a stack holder comprising an adjustable stacking area for supporting the stack, the stacking area having a length defined between a front edge and a back edge. The board stacking apparatus further having one or more stacking arms operable to receive board layers from a board dispensing mechanism and sequentially arrange the board layers onto the forming stack. The board stacking system further includes a scanner positioned and configured for measuring a width of the board layers and transfer the information to the stack holder to allow adjustment of the length of the stacking area to substantially correspond to the width of the previously measured board layer.
US11220404B2
An item sorting and storage device includes an input unit, a sorting system, and a storage assembly. The input unit receives a number of items. The sorting system recognizes and sorts the number of items. The storage assembly receives the number of sorted items and records information of the number of sorted items.
US11220394B2
A shippable bundled product including a plurality of paper product rolls each individually packaged by a first package material and arranged relative to one another so as to form a bundle. The bundle is packaged by a second package material. The second package material has a shrinkage factor relative to the bundle of less than zero and the bundle has a size of 18 in. x 14 in. x 8 in.
US11220388B2
A transport and storage container (10) for liquids comprising a pallet-type understructure (29) for a plastic inner container (11) and a cage (22) having horizontal bars (23) and vertical bars (24) made of metal for housing the inner container, lower ends (27) of the vertical bars having a connecting portion (40), which is formed by deformation and has a trough-shaped recess (43), for being welded to a lower edge profile of the cage (22), wherein, to define a bending portion (58), the vertical bars (24) have another trough-shaped recess (59), which is disposed adjacent to the connecting portion (40) and which has a recess opening (60) formed on the inside (32) of the vertical bars (24), which faces the inner container (11), and a trough bottom (62) formed by a flattened portion of the hollow profile (45).
US11220384B2
A module includes compressible insulation products that each have a longitudinal axis, a peripheral surface, and first and second ends. The module includes a single row of insulation products positioned next to one another along a first direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the insulation products, a first film that wraps each insulation product of the single row in a compressed state by covering the peripheral surface of the insulation product, a second film that wraps the single row of insulation products by covering some of the peripheral surface of the insulation products of the row, and a third film that wraps the single row of insulation products by covering the first and second ends of each insulation product of the row.
US11220379B2
A dispensing fitment assembly includes a fitment assembly and a dispensing probe. The fitment assembly includes a fitment housing and a plug. The fitment housing is configured to operatively couple to a container opening of a fluid container. The plug is positioned within an interior portion of the fitment housing. The plug is slidingly movable between an open and closed position. Engagement between the dispensing probe and the interior surface of the plug is configured to move the plug from the closed position to the open position. Disengagement between the dispensing probe and the interior surface of the plug is configured to move the plug from the open to closed position.
US11220372B2
A condiment container for mounting to a beverage cup is provided. The condiment cup includes a reservoir for storing a condiment and having at least one aperture capable of providing access to the reservoir for dipping a food item in the condiment. The condiment cup can include a mounting hook configured to extend from the reservoir.
US11220370B2
A food container includes a body having a first and second receptacle. A first food product is contained in the first receptacle. A second food product is contained in the second receptacle. A lid includes two portions coupable to the body, a first portion configured to enclose the first receptacle and a second portion configured to enclose the second receptacle. Each portion has a permeability, and the first portion has a permeability different than the second portion.
US11220367B2
A composite container is provided including a container body made of a plastic material and a plastic member disposed on the outer surface of the container body. The container body and the plastic member are integrally inflated by blow molding, and the plastic member includes a colored layer and/or a print layer where a print is made.
US11220361B2
A packaging apparatus and method for depositing pills into a series of containers is provided. A cylindrical rotary slat is rotatable about a first axis and comprises radially inward and outward portions, the radially outward portion defining pill apertures for receiving pills therein at a first angular position. A negative pressure system is configured to apply a negative pressure to the pill apertures to retain the pills therein. Two ejection devices are in communication with the pill apertures at a second angular position and a third angular position of the rotary slat to eject the respective pills outwardly from the pill apertures. A plurality of collection mechanisms is disposed adjacent to the radially outward portion about the second and third angular positions, and is configured to collect the pills ejected from the pill apertures and to direct the pills toward the respective series of containers for deposition therein.
US11220354B2
A method for manufacturing a composite rear section assembly having a continuous skin solution including obtaining a vertical tail plane tooling that has intermediate tooling for tooling intermediate preforms of a vertical tail plane (800), obtaining a fuselage barrel tooling (420a), (420b), (420c) and (420d) the fuselage barrel tooling having a cut-out (503a), (503b), (503c) and longitudinal cavities (501a), (501b), (501c) and (501d), attaching the vertical tail plane tooling to the fuselage barrel tooling by the cut-out of the fuselage barrel tooling, performing a composite skin lay-up (801) over the fuselage barrel tooling and the vertical tail plane tooling to obtain a continuous skin, curing the composite skin lay-up, the vertical tail plane tooling and the fuselage barrel tooling and demolding the tools to obtain the composite assembly with a continuous skin (1300), (1600).
US11220325B2
A thrust producing unit for producing thrust in a predetermined direction, comprising at least two rotor assemblies and a shrouding that accommodates at most one of the at least two rotor assemblies, wherein the shrouding defines a cylindrical air duct that is axially delimited by an air inlet region and an air outlet region, and wherein the air inlet region exhibits in circumferential direction of the cylindrical air duct an undulated geometry.
US11220321B2
A fastener includes a head that is configured to be engaged by a tool, and a shaft extending from the head. The shaft includes a distal end that is opposite from the head. At least one optical component is coupled to one or both of the head or the shaft. The optical component(s) is configured to allow light to pass through the fastener. A window system includes a panel that includes an exterior surface and an interior surface, and the fastener extending between the exterior surface and the interior surface of the panel. A screen is coupled to the interior surface. The screen receives light from the optical component(s) of the fastener.
US11220317B2
A user input assembly for controlling operation of a trolling motor assembly including a propulsion motor, the user input assembly having an input device housing defining a top surface that is configured to receive a user's foot thereon, wherein the top surface defines a left edge and right edge, a support plate, wherein the input device housing is pivotably mounted to the support plate, and a switch that is selectively secured to the input device housing in one of a first position and a second position, wherein the first position is proximate the left edge of the input device housing, the second position is proximate the right edge of the input device housing, and the switch is movable between an open position and closed position so that the power is supplied to the propulsion motor.
US11220311B2
The novel bladder systems and tie down systems set forth herein provide systems and apparatuses that mitigate or prevent damage, such as tipping over/capsizing, of a watercraft stored on shore or an aircraft secured to a ground surface during adverse wind, rising water, or storm events. Further, novel apparatuses and methods for storing a watercraft using the bladders as cushioning or holding devices when installed within a cavity, whether the cavity is created by digging a hole or building an enclosing berm, provides additional stability and security for the watercraft during adverse wind, rising water, or storm events.
US11220291B2
Techniques and examples pertaining to virtual reality remote valet parking are described. A processor of a control system of a vehicle may establish a wireless communication with a remote controller. The processor may provide a stream of video images captured by a camera of the vehicle to the remote controller. The processor may receive a signal from the remote controller. The processor may maneuver the vehicle from one location to another according to the signal.
US11220288B2
A hardware architecture for controlling a safety-relevant process having at least two microcontrollers for controlling the process in at least two control branches, wherein the respective microcontroller control the safety-relevant process. The microcontrollers process the data from at least one sensor, which detects the actual characteristic of the respective control branch. Between the two microcontrollers, the data of the respective sensor are exchanged and provided for each microcontroller and a check is made to determine whether the data from the sensors are consistent. In response to an inconsistency being detected, a majority decision is made and a model value used in forming the majority decision, is calculated in the microcontroller based on control commands so the control of the safety-relevant process by the microcontroller of the control branch, whose data were detected as erroneous in the majority decision, is disabled.
US11220285B2
A rotation control system for a steering system of a vehicle includes a steering shaft. The rotation control system also includes at least one component operatively coupled to the steering shaft, the steering shaft switchable between a rotational condition and a non-rotational condition during operation of the vehicle, the rotational condition occurring during a manual driving mode and the non-rotational condition occurring during an autonomous driving mode. The rotational control system further includes a condition switching device for allowing a user to switch between the rotational condition and the non-rotational condition, the condition switching device comprising at least one of a switch, a button, and a voice prompt.
US11220284B2
A steering wheel heater includes: a base material that is wound around a steering wheel; a heater wire that generates heat by an electric current flowing through the heater wire; and a sewing thread that is used to sew the heater wire to one surface of the base material. A plurality of through holes that have a diameter smaller than a sewing pitch of stitches of the sewing thread used to sew the heater wire are formed in the base material.
US11220281B2
A connector for releasably attaching two wheeled-carts, wherein one can be a stroller and the other can be a wheelchair. The connector comprises an elongated body that forms an arm that is configured to be foldable, detachable or combination of both foldable and detachable, a first clamp connected to one end of the arm via a joint member, a locking arrangement for enabling to lock the arm in an unfolded position, and a second clamp connected to the other end of the arm.
US11220279B2
In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a wear ring assembly is provided for a railway roller bearing. The wear ring assembly includes a wear ring having a central opening for receiving a journal of a railway wheel assembly and an insert including a plurality of spacers configured to extend in the opening of the wear ring to separate the wear ring from the journal. The spacers are spaced apart from each other about the wear ring. The insert may include one or more flanges that separate the wear ring from a bearing cone.
US11220274B2
A vehicle display control device controls display performed by a head-up display for a vehicle. The head-up display is configured to project an image on a projection member to cause a virtual image to be displayed in superimposed relation on a front view of the vehicle. The vehicle display control device determines a host vehicle situation as a road structure of a road on which a host vehicle is running, and controls to limit or not to limit a superimposed display of the virtual image with respect to a target object on which the virtual image is to be displayed in superimposed relation according to the host vehicle situation determined.
US11220272B2
A detected data acquisition unit (21) acquires detected data outputted during a past reference period by a sensor (31) mounted on a moving body (100). A peripheral data acquisition unit (22) acquires peripheral data detected by a peripheral body existing on peripheral of the moving body (100). A failure determination unit (23) determines whether or not there is a failure in the sensor (31) based on whether or not the detected data includes detected data that identifies a detected content of which difference from a peripheral content identified from the peripheral data is within a reference scope.
US11220271B2
A vehicle power supply apparatus includes first and second power supply systems, first and second switches, and a fail-safe controller. The second power supply system includes a generator motor coupled to an engine, and a second electrical energy accumulator able to be coupled to the generator motor. The fail-safe controller inhibits a powering state of the motor generator on the condition that the second switch is in a malfunctioning state in which the second switch is rendered inoperative in a second turn-off state. The second turn-off state includes isolating the generator motor and the second electrical energy accumulator from each other.
US11220268B1
Methods and systems for monitoring and determining a propulsion request are described. In one example, the propulsion request is evaluated according to two separate plausibility checks. The plausibility checks may include comparing a monitor propulsion request against the propulsion request and comparing the monitor propulsion request against a wheel torque.
US11220266B2
A method for at least partially unblocking a field of view of a motor vehicle. The method includes: locating, by a sensor system of the motor vehicle, other vehicles on a present lane of the motor vehicle in at least one of a front space of the motor vehicle and a rear space of the motor vehicle; determining, by a determination unit of the motor vehicle, if at least one of the other vehicles at least partially blocks the field of view of the motor vehicle on the present lane; deciding, by a decision unit of the motor vehicle, if a driving situation requires reducing a blocking of the field of view; and communicating, by a communication device of the motor vehicle, when the blocking of the field of view is to be reduced, a request to the other vehicles at least partially blocking the field of view of the motor vehicle to maneuver within the present lane to reduce the blocking of the field of view of the motor vehicle.
US11220253B2
Systems and methods for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle are disclosed. In one example, output of an electric machine is adjusted after commanding reactivation of all engine cylinder valves that have been deactivated. The electric machine torque may counteract the engine producing torque that is greater than a requested torque due to high intake manifold pressure.
US11220244B2
Soft-tipped pole designs and methods for their use on pavement are disclosed. The soft, gripping pole tip can slow down a roller skier or skateboarder by slowing down the rider directly and by providing increased rider stability during breaking. This is accomplished by the rider pressing one or two pole tips against the pavement, with or without the use of a fulcrum point for increased leverage. The soft rubberlike tip has a large surface area that provides durability as well as variable levels of frictional force imparted against the pavement. The fulcrum for the pole can be the user's arm or leg as well as fulcrum element fastened to the rolling device.
US11220229B2
A modular power distribution device for vehicles that couples to adjacent devices mechanically and electrically without a common housing or mounting plate. The devices share user selectable electrical connections internally to change the function of the devices and reduce the complexity of adding additional devices. The electrical contacts on the device are protected by a weather-resistant seal created when the device engages with wiring, adjacent devices or the provided covers. Covers may also house a communications receiver/transceiver and a microcontroller to control the device using wired or wireless communications. A mounting bracket is removably attached to each device and may be separated from the device without removing the mounting bracket from the vehicle. Each device can couple to a preceding device while the preceding device remains mounted to a substrate and connected to wiring. The devices may house semiconductor relays or electromechanical relays for use in direct current electrical systems.
US11220228B2
Methods, systems, and vehicles are provided for user-controlled availability of vehicle connectivity in various embodiments. In one exemplary embodiment, a plurality of sensors are configured to generate sensor data pertaining to a motor of a vehicle and pertaining to user inputs for a user of the vehicle; and a telematics system has a processor that is configured to at least facilitate: (i) determining, from the sensor data, whether the motor is turned off; (ii) determining, from the sensor data, whether a user has requested that the telematics unit operate in an energy conservation mode; and (iii) operating the telematics unit, using one or more adjusted values instead of one or more default values for communicating with a remote server, when it is determined that both the motor for the vehicle is turned off and the user has requested that the telematics unit operate in an energy conservation mode.
US11220219B2
A truck step addition apparatus for easier entry into a tall truck includes a lower block having a plurality of lower mounting apertures extending from a lower top side through a lower bottom side. A plurality of first mounting hardware sets secures the lower block to a truck step of a truck. An upper block is coupled to the lower block and has a plurality of upper mounting apertures extending from an upper top side through an upper bottom side. A grip plate is coupled to the upper block and has a pair of plate mounting apertures extending from a textured plate top side through a plate bottom side. A plurality of second mounting hardware sets secures the grip plate to the upper block, the upper block to the lower block, and the lower block to the truck step of the truck.
US11220215B2
An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.
US11220203B1
A dunnage bag and load strap hanger apparatus includes a dunnage bag and load strap hanger and a handle mounted applicator block operative to support and affix the dunnage bag and load strap hanger. The dunnage bag and load strap hanger is fabricated from three distinct and separate parts: a generally planar support substrate and two release papers covering adhesive patches or regions on the support substrate. The support substrate in one embodiment is a sheet that is further divided into two contact members separated by a resilient coupler. Each contact member preferably has a contact body, a hanging loop distal to the resilient coupler, and in alternative embodiments an adhesive coating or other fasteners and affixers. In one alternative embodiment there is one affixing surface, and a fastener to couple two contact members together to support a load strap.
US11220202B1
A loading and transportation roof rack for the roof of a vehicle. It pivots off of its mounting plate on the vehicle's roof to a position parallel and beside the vehicle so the kayak can be loaded on and lashed down to its C shaped cradle. Thereafter, the roof rack may be tilted vertically onto the vehicle's roof and locked into place. There is a brace that is used to lock the cradle assembly in either the vertical or horizontal positions.
US11220199B1
The invention of a “sauce to go container” provides a convenient way to hold sauces or condiments from restaurants in a motor vehicle without tipping or spilling the sauce on the interior of the automobile or its occupants. The sauce to go container is designed to slide into and fit snuggly into the cup holder or drink caddie with is standard in most motor vehicles, thereby holding the sauce from a restaurant or convenience store without spilling. The container has an opening at the top of the container for holding the sauce dish that is provided to customers in many restaurants for a “to go” order. The container holds the sauces or condiments securely to avoid sauce spills and stain damage to clothing as well as the car's interior.
US11220194B2
A sliding device for a vehicle seat is provided with a locking arrangement including a pair of locking assemblies, one for each track of the sliding device. Each track has an upper rail and a lower rail, and each of the locking assemblies includes a plurality of locking pins for locking one of the upper rails to a respective one of the lower rails. The locking arrangement further includes a releasing assembly for driving the locking pins of the locking assemblies to an unlocking configuration. The releasing assembly comprises a releasing member and a pair of connecting members, each of which is connected in a force transmission connection with the releasing member and the plurality of locking pins of one of the locking assemblies. Each of the connecting members is entirely received inside a respective one of the tracks, whereby the locking arrangement has a very compact design.
US11220188B2
A motor vehicle charging cable for DC voltage charging of an electrical energy store of a motor vehicle has a cable sheath that encloses conductors, such as first and second cooling-fluid-cooled electrical conductor for first and second DC voltage phases, a ground conductor or equipotential bonding conductor and/or at least one control conductor. Shaped elements are arranged between the cable sheath and the conductors at positions of the motor vehicle charging cable that are fixed in mounts. The shaped elements guide, clamp and restrict a relative movement between the conductors. The cable sheath restricts a relative movement between the conductors between those positions at which the motor vehicle charging cable is fixed in mounts.
US11220185B2
A battery monitoring device includes temperature detectors that detect respective temperatures of battery elements in a battery of an electric vehicle. The temperature detectors each include first and second detection circuits, a comparator circuit, and first and second output terminals. The first detection circuit detects a temperature in a first temperature range and generates a first detection signal. The second detection circuit detects a temperature in a second temperature range and generates a second detection signal. The comparator circuit compares a detection output signal with a threshold and generates a flag signal indicative of the presence or absence of an abnormal event. The detection output signal and the flag signal are outputted through a first output terminal and a second output terminal, respectively. Each of the temperature detectors switches the detection output signal between the first detection signal and the second detection signal on the basis of the flag signal.
US11220184B2
A method for controlling the temperature of a changing cable of a fast charging station for fast charging a battery of a vehicle with an electric drive. The method includes the steps of heating the charging cable in order to form an electrical connection of the charging cable to the vehicle, sensing connection of the charging cable to the vehicle, and ending the heating of the charging cable for fast charging the battery of the vehicle. A fast charging station has a charging cable for fast charging a battery of a vehicle with an electric drive. The fast charging station is designed to carry out the above method for controlling the temperature of a charging cable.
US11220178B2
A method is intended to regulate the speed of an at least partially self-driving vehicle, knowing the radius of curvature of a future position it is preparing to take on a course along which it is travelling. This method comprises a step (10-90) in which the speed is regulated as a function of a speed set point and, if a radius of curvature of the future position which is representative of a curve is detected, a phase of deceleration down to a chosen speed followed by a phase of acceleration until the speed setpoint is obtained are imposed on the vehicle. In this step (10-90), when the driver imposes acceleration on his vehicle during the deceleration phase, this deceleration phase is halted and then another phase of acceleration until the speed set point is obtained is imposed on the vehicle.
US11220174B2
A wheel hub drive as a direct drive of a wheel of a vehicle having an electric motor preferably designed as a permanent-magnet synchronous motor (PMSM)—external rotor motor—which is substantially arranged in the region within the wheel, wherein a rotating part of a friction brake is frictionally, interlockingly, and/or integrally connected to the motor for braking. The rotating part is operatively connected to the rotor of the motor, directly or indirectly, from outside of the motor.
US11220166B2
The present invention reduces leakage of water into an automotive vehicle, regardless of an inclination at which the automotive vehicle is parked and/or a volume of water. A sealing member of a sliding door in accordance with the present invention includes: a first inner wall (21); a first curved wall (22); a connection wall (24) connecting between the first inner wall (21) and the first curved wall (22); and a first water-conveying part (8) provided on a vehicle-exterior side surface of the first inner wall (21), the connection wall (24) having a hole (h1) at a position opposed to a front tip of the first water-conveying part (8), the hole (h1) being formed so as to lead to a hollow part (25), the water received by the first water-conveying part (8) flowing into the hollow part (25) through the hole (h1).
US11220163B2
A rack assembly configured to mount to sidewalls of a truck bed of a vehicle. In some embodiments, the rack assembly comprises a pair of side rails configured to secure to the sidewalls of the truck bed, a pair of tracks, and a plurality of mounting brackets configured to mount the pair of tracks to sidewalls of the truck bed and above the side rails so as to transfer vertical load from the tracks to the sidewalls of truck bed.
US11220159B2
According to the present invention, a wind direction control device is provided. The wind direction control device comprises a detector configured to detect a hand; a wind direction adjustment unit configured to adjust an air blowing direction of an air conditioner; and a controller configured to control the wind direction adjustment unit so that a direction of the hand detected by the detector is set as the air blowing direction.
US11220158B2
A vehicle a sensor system disposed adjacent to a headrest portion of a seat within a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The sensor system includes at least one of an air velocity sensor, an air temperature sensor, a radiant heat flux sensor, a heat flux sensor, or a humidity sensor. The sensor system is positioned near the headrest, facing a forward end of the vehicle, in a position that is not blocked by a head of a passenger seated in the seat. The sensor system provides data related to the air velocity, the air temperature, the radiant heat flux, the heat flux, or the relative humidity, enabling a climate controller to accurately calculate a current Equivalent Homogenous Temperature (EHT) of a passenger seated in the seat. The climate controller may then control a climate system of the vehicle based on the calculated EHT to provide a desired EHT.
US11220155B2
An air vent for thermally controlling the temperature in the cabin of a vehicle. The air vent includes an air mover and a plurality of thermal control channels. Each thermal control channel of the plurality of thermal control channels includes a magnetocaloric material. Further, the air vent includes a magnet for inducing a changing magnetic field in the magnetocaloric material, as well as a vent damper downstream of the plurality of thermal control channels. The vent damper is configured to selectively direct airflow from the air mover and divert air from at least one thermal control channel to a vent space and air from at least one other thermal control channel to a regulated temperature space.
US11220141B2
A pneumatic tyre includes a carcass extending between bead cores disposed in respective bead portions through a tread portion and sidewall portions, and bead apex rubbers each extending radially outwardly from the respective bead cores, each bead apex rubber having an inner side surface in a tyre axial direction. In a tyre cross-section under a standard inflated state, a ratio h1/H of a carcass-maximum-width height h1 to a carcass-maximum height H is equal to or less than 50%, and in at least one bead portion, an angle of a tangent line touching the inner surface of the bead apex rubber at an intersection of a tyre radial reference line passing a rim-width location of the standard wheel with the inner side surface of the bead apex rubber is in a range of from 55 to 75 degrees to the tyre radial reference line.
US11220140B2
A pneumatic tire has a non-stretchable tread (30) flanked by two shoulder regions (34), and two non-stretchable bead regions (36) for mounting the tire to a wheel, each bead region being connected via a sidewall to the corresponding bead region. Each sidewall has a first portion (38) extending inwardly relative to a width of the tire from one of the bead regions (36) to a deflection region (40), and a second portion (42) extending outwardly relative to the width of the tire from the deflection region (40) to a corresponding one of the shoulder regions (34). A non-stretchable girth-limiting configuration (44, 46, 56) and a radial reinforcing structure (48, 50, 52) are associated with the first portion (38) of each of the sidewalls, thereby limiting radial flexing of first portion (38) and maintaining an annular concavity between the bead region (36) and the shoulder region (34).
US11220123B2
An information processing device includes: an apparatus main body; and a display mechanism that is provided to be displaceable with respect to the apparatus main body, is provided with an antenna used to perform communication with a mobile terminal, and is configured to display information. The apparatus main body is not located in a place where the display mechanism extends upwards and downwards the display mechanism in a state in which the display mechanism is displaced with respect to the apparatus main body.
US11220115B2
A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit for conveying a print medium fed from a feeding apparatus, a detection unit for detecting the fed print medium, a printhead, provided downstream of the detection unit with respect to a conveyance direction of the print medium, for printing an image by discharging ink to the conveyed print medium, and a heating unit, provided downstream of the printhead with respect to the conveyance direction, for heating the print medium on which the image is printed. The printing apparatus exclusively controls to stop driving of the heating unit if it is determined, based on a timing of detecting the print medium, that the print medium is at a print position, and to drive the heating unit if it is determined that the print medium is not at the print position.
US11220100B2
While deterioration in processing efficiency caused by printing devices with slow printing speed is suppressed, facilities necessary to manufacture can bodies are able to be shared. A can body manufacturing system includes: a can body conveyance route, by which can bodies are conveyed, provided to branch halfway and thereafter merge again, the can body conveyance route at least including a first branching conveyance route and a second branching conveyance route; a first printing device performing printing on can bodies conveyed by the first branching conveyance route; and a second printing device performing printing on can bodies conveyed by the second branching conveyance route, the number of can bodies on which printing is performed by the second printing device per unit time being different from the number of can bodies on which printing is performed by the first printing device per unit time.
US11220099B2
A retransfer printing process that prevents dust and other contaminants from becoming statically or otherwise attached to the transfer layer of the retransfer film and/or to the print ribbon used to print on the retransfer film. In the described process, some or all of the unused retransfer film is rewound back onto the retransfer film supply and/or some or all of the unused print ribbon is rewound onto the print ribbon supply, for example until the next print job is submitted.
US11220097B2
An additive manufacturing method for fabricating a component having a surface substantially free of imperfections may include providing a mold having a configuration corresponding to the component, and depositing a material on at least one surface of the mold to fabricate the component having the surface substantially free of imperfections.
US11220096B2
A device is provided for making an implant having a hollow region, the device comprising a print surface rotatable in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction about an axis of rotation; a print head disposed adjacent to and substantially transverse to the print surface, the print head configured to apply material used to make the implant on at least a portion of the print surface or heat material disposed on at least a portion of the print surface used to make the implant; and a base disposed adjacent to the print head and contacting the print surface, the base configured to be movable in forward, backward and lateral directions relative to the print head to make the implant having the hollow region. Methods of using the device and are also disclosed.
US11220079B2
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a plurality of wind turbine blades. The method includes providing first, second and third stationary moulds, moulding respective first upper and lower shell halves, removing and turning the first upper shell half, and positioning and bonding it on the first lower shell half to form a closed wind turbine blade shell. This is repeated for continuously manufacturing a plurality of wind turbine blades.
US11220074B2
A method of making a multi-section tank with composite material includes pre-tensioning the composite material, wrapping a soluble tool in the composite material, and curing the composite material around the soluble tool. The composite material is pre-tensioned with force to align fibers in the composite material.
US11220071B2
Systems and methods are provided for compacting laminates. One embodiment is a method for compacting a laminate onto a surface of a forming tool. The method includes placing the laminate onto the forming tool, disposing a compaction device over the laminate, gripping the compaction device to the forming tool, compacting the laminate with a pressure foot of the compaction device, and removing the compaction device from the forming tool.
US11220070B2
An apparatus for forming a composite shaft may comprise an axial fiber strip dispensing assembly and a hoop fiber strip dispensing assembly. The axial fiber strip dispensing assembly may include a plurality of fiber strip guides located circumferentially about a center axis. The plurality of fiber strip guides may be configured to dispense a plurality of circumferentially adjacent first fiber strips with the plurality of circumferentially adjacent first fiber strips extending in a generally axial direction. The hoop fiber strip dispensing assembly may be configured to dispense a second fiber strip circumferentially about the center axis.
US11220068B2
A filament network for a composite structure may include a number of fiber layers, wherein each fiber layer includes a fiber bundle and a filament layer at least partially covering the fiber bundle, the filament layer including discontinuous filaments including at least one of different length filaments including first length filaments and second length filaments, wherein the first length filaments include a first length and the second length filaments include a second length, and wherein the first length is different than the second length and different type filaments including first type filaments and second type filaments, wherein the first type filaments include a first material composition, wherein the second type filaments include a second material composition, and wherein the first material composition is different that the second material composition, and a resin binding the number of fiber layers together.
US11220066B2
A spacer-locator with integrated locator pins and spacer tabs for use in joining applications. The spacer-locator provides consistent and accurate spacing between mating surfaces and the locator pins provide enhanced location control of the joining components while providing a mechanical advantage to the shear strength at the joint. Also, a spacer-locator for joining at least two objects along mating surfaces, the spacer-locator constraining at least two degrees of freedom for the objects to be joined.
US11220063B2
A method of forming a fluid-filled chamber for an article of footwear is provided and includes positioning a first sheet of material and a second sheet of material in a pressure chamber, increasing a fluid pressure within the pressure chamber to a first value, and coupling the first sheet of material to the second sheet of material within the pressure chamber to define a fluid-filled chamber defined by the first sheet of material and the second sheet of material and having a fluid pressure equal to the first value. The method also includes decreasing the fluid pressure within the pressure chamber to a second value.
US11220061B2
There is disclosed a non-transitory machine readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor and comprising instructions to: receive object data corresponding to a three-dimensional object to be generated; define print data for each of a plurality of slices of the object to control a respective layer forming operation in which print agent is ejected on a layer of build material in a pattern corresponding to selective fusing of the build material, wherein the print data and the respective pattern is defined for each slice according to object a print definition procedure; and select the print definition procedure from a plurality of print definition procedures based on a user input. There is also disclosed a corresponding method and additive manufacturing apparatus.
US11220060B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of a bioprinter, and in particular relates to a bioprinter temperature control system and a bioprinter. The bioprinter temperature control system provided by the present invention, comprises a flow channel temperature control system, for controlling a temperature of a flow channel between an outlet of a bioprinting material container of a bioprinter and a nozzle of the bioprinter, such that the temperature of the flow channel conforms to a desired temperature of a biological printing material. The temperature control system of the present invention can realize the temperature control of the biological printing material, improving the survival rate of the printing material, and ensuring the biological function of the printing material.
US11220057B2
Examples Include apparatuses and methods for generating three-dimensional objects. An example apparatus comprises an agent distributor and a wiping element disposed at a service location. The apparatus further comprises at least one airflow component disposed proximate the service location to generate airflow across the wiping element to reduce build material collection on the wiping element.
US11220056B2
A method of operating an extruder assembly in a three-dimensional object printer translates and rotates an extruder body having an extrusion slot to produce three-dimensional objects more quickly and with greater precision. The method also includes rotating and moving one or more shutter bodies with respect to the extrusion slot to form a continuous filament of material of various sizes and shapes.
US11220054B2
A method and apparatus for making a three-dimensional object by solidifying a photohardenable material are shown and described. A photohardening inhibitor is admitted into a surface of a photohardenable material through a flexible film to create a “non-solidification zone” where little or no solidification occurs. The non-solidification zone prevents the exposed surface of the photohardenable material from solidifying in contact with the film. The inhibitor tends to cause the film to deform along the build axis, thereby creating a non-planar interface between the photohardenable material and the film, which distorts the resulting three-dimensional object. An apparatus is provided to stabilize the flexible film and eliminate or minimize such deformation.
US11220041B2
The invention comprises methods, systems, and devices for angular printing of slab-like inclined portions. Each printed portion overlaps the immediately preceding portion and in combination, the portions form a horizontal structure, such as a roof, floor, a formation of coupled slabs, and others. The horizontal structure may be designed based on desired shape and also based on the setting properties of the printing material. The inclined portions are strong enough to withstand the weight of the structure, so long as guidelines are followed for the required length of inclined portions based on the setting properties of the printing material. The strength of the resulting structure is maximized via the inclined structure making up each layer.
US11220031B2
A mold conveyance guide apparatus includes: a linear guide that is attached along a conveyance direction of a mold to a mold attachment surface of at least one of a fixed platen or a movable platen to which the mold is fixed; a slider that is movably attached to the linear guide; and a coupling arm that is swingably attached to the slider in a direction coming closer to or separating from the mold attachment surface and is coupled to the mold in an engageable and disengageable manner.
US11220030B2
A reel based tensioning device includes a housing, a spool that is rotatably positioned within the housing, and a knob member that is operably coupled with the spool to cause the spool to rotate in a first direction within the housing and thereby wind a tension member about the spool. The reel based tensioning device also includes a load holding mechanism that is coupled with the spool and that is configured to rotate the spool in the first direction within the housing and to prevent rotation of the spool in a second direction to prevent unwinding of the tension member from about the spool. The reel based tensioning device further includes an audible component that is configured to produce an audible noise responsive to operation of the knob member to signal an adjustment of the tension member.
US11220028B1
A method for manufacturing thin, multi-bend optics includes placing an optical substrate and a protective sheet into a compression mold and closing the compression mold to deform the optical substrate and to deform the protective sheet. The optical substrate can include an optical surface and the protective sheet can be disposed between the compression mold and the optical surface of the optical substrate. The compression mold can include a mold contact surface that is characterized by a surface roughness. The compression mold can be held in a closed position for a compression time period, during which, the protective sheet contacts the mold contact surface and provides a buffer layer between the mold contact surface and the optical surface thereby mitigating against transfer of the surface roughness of the mold contact surface onto the optical surface.
US11220014B2
A razor cartridge includes: a blade housing accommodating a plurality of blades including at least a first blade and a second blade; a first contact member arranged at a front side of the plurality of blades with respect to a shaving direction; and a second contact member arranged at a rear side of the plurality of blades with respect to the shaving direction, each blade including an edge portion and a base, wherein a thickness of a first position of the edge portion of the first blade is less than a thickness of a corresponding second position of the edge portion of the second blade, and wherein a first exposure amount of the first blade with respect to a contact plane defined between the first contact member and the second contact member is less than a second exposure amount of the second blade with respect to the contact plane.
US11220012B2
Various stabilization devices for a robotic end of arm tool, such as a robotic gripper, are described. The stabilization device is provided in a palm area of the end of arm tool and serves as a backstop against which actuators of the end of arm tool can push a compliant or slick target object. The stabilization device may take many any of a variety of shapes, depending on the application. Based on the shape of the stabilization device and the action of the robotic gripper on the target object, the target object can be moved or rotated in a more stable configuration, thus allowing the actuators to apply less force while still maintaining a firm grasp of the object.
US11220008B2
A processor causes a robot to execute any one of a first, second, and third action as an initial action. The initial action is executed for communication with a target person according to a captured image and a captured sound. When a sound is acquired by a microphone after execution of the current action, the processor causes the robot to execute an action one-level higher than the current action. The current action includes the initial action. When the sound is not acquired, the processor determines whether a time elapsed from the execution of the current action is shorter than a threshold. When the time is shorter than the threshold, the processor causes the robot to continue the current action. When the time is equal to or longer than the threshold, the processor causes the robot to execute an action one-level lower than the current action.
US11220001B2
The disclosure relates to an articulated robot having a serial kinematic mechanism for positioning an end effector, the kinematic mechanism having at least one part kinematic mechanism with a robot joint, with a robot limb mounted upstream of the robot joint, and with a robot limb mounted downstream of the robot joint. The at least one part kinematic mechanism has a linear drive, with a drive element, and a coupler with two coupler joints which are spaced apart from one another along the coupler extent, wherein the linear drive is arranged on a first robot limb of the part kinematic mechanism, and wherein the coupler is articulated on one side on the drive element of the linear drive and on the other side on the second robot limb of the part kinematic mechanism, spaced apart from the geometric axis of the robot joint of the part kinematic mechanism.
US11219996B1
A lift attachment to be used on motorcycles is disclosed herein. The lift attachment includes floor jacks comprising a horizontal central cycle support section having a vertical member on each end which terminate in horizontal jack attachment members, where the device can be a single piece or composed of multiple pieces removably attached to one another. The lift attachment is then placed underneath a motorcycle. A jack lift is then mounted on the horizontal jack attachment members. The jack maybe a hydraulic jack or an automatic jack. A user may then actuate each of the jacks placed on the ends of the lift attachment. The lift attachment is then raised a predetermined height, thereby lifting the motorcycle a predetermined amount. The lift attachments raise a motorcycle the necessary height needed for working on a motorcycle.
US11219977B2
Machining tool comprising a frame in which a drive shaft for a tool is mounted so as to pivot about a rotation axis and to move axially along the rotation axis. The shaft is connected to two rotary motors, namely a first motor connected to a member for meshing with a fluted portion of the shaft in order to drive the shaft in rotation and a second motor connected to a nut engaged with a threaded portion of the shaft in order to move the shaft axially. The motors are connected to at least one control unit designed to control the motors independently of one another, and the first motor and the second motor are coaxial with one another.
US11219976B2
A method includes mounting a hollow cylinder on a turntable, positioning an additive-manufacturing deposition tool at a surface of the hollow cylinder, and rotating the hollow cylinder on the turntable while depositing material on the hollow cylinder with the deposition tool. Further, a method includes making an opening in a wall of the hollow cylinder, forming a part to fit in the opening, and welding the part to the hollow cylinder such that the part fills the opening. The hollow cylinder has an inner radius and an outer radius, and the part is formed with an inner radius of curvature and an outer radius of curvature substantially similar to the inner radius and outer radius, respectively, of the hollow cylinder when the part is positioned in the opening.
US11219959B2
A saw blade blank includes a body having an edge and an attachment portion formed on the body. The attachment portion is configured to connect to a power tool. A first portion of the edge is set in a first direction relative to the body. A second portion of the edge is set in a second direction opposite the first direction relative to the body. No cutting teeth are formed on the edge of the body.
US11219957B2
A controller 50 that controls a power tool such as, for example, a portable circular saw includes a controller case 70 that houses an electric circuit board 60. Electric elements 61, 62 that generate heat and/or are to be cooled on the electric circuit board 60 contact a thick wall portion 73b of the controller case 70, resulting in heat dissipation resulting in effective cooling of the controller 50.
US11219956B1
A peeler device removes a thin layer from the outer surface of the end of a plastic pipe or tapping tee. In the preferred embodiments, the device has a main body and a mandrel. The pipe to be peeled is pushed onto the mandrel when the mandrel is in an out position. As the main body is rotated, a blade advances onto the plastic pipe and peels a thin layer off the outer surface of the pipe as it is advanced. The main body is rotated until peeling is complete. There may be a sight window in the main body to permit visual confirmation of when peeling is complete. A spring loaded blade lever is actuated to raise the blade and the pipe is pulled out of the main body.
US11219955B2
The milling cutter according to the present invention consists of insert holders where these insert holders project from a carrier disc which is adapted for clamping onto the spindle of a machine tool, and the individual holders are connected with one another by braces. Arms are provided between the holders and the carrier disc.
US11219952B2
A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating covering the base material. The base material includes a rake face and a flank face. The coating includes a TiCN layer. The TiCN layer has a (422) orientation in a region d1 in the rake face. The TiCN layer has a (311) orientation in a region d2 in the flank face.
US11219948B2
A method and a device are provided for removing surface oxides on nodules of a metal powder, before the nodules of the metal powder are used in an industrial process in which the nodules of the metal powder are assembled via a solid route or via a liquid route. In the method and the device, the surface oxides are stripped from the nodules of the metal powder by bringing the nodules of the metal powder into contact with vapour from at least one of: sublimation of a stripping solid material, and sublimation of the stripping solid material followed by a chemical transformation of a product of the sublimation.
US11219947B2
Fine metal particles of any one of Ag, Cu or Zn having a dispersing agent that is coordinated on the surfaces thereof, the dispersing agent having an acid value and an amine value which are both in a range of 0 to 20 mgKOH/g (wherein when either the acid value or the amine value is 0, the other one is not 0), and a dispersion solution in which the fine metal particles are dispersed. The fine metal particles and the dispersion solution containing the fine metal particles can be diluted with various kinds of solvents of either the water type or the organic type, and feature excellent dispersion property even after having been diluted.
US11219944B2
A casting method for forming a fastening part on an inclined plane of a casting may include mounting a plug unit including a casting plug and a screw thread insert combined with the casting plug on a movable mold or a fixed mold; performing casting by moving and combining the movable mold with the fixed mold and injecting a molten metal into a cavity formed between the movable mold and the fixed mold; performing mold opening after the casting; and separating the casting plug from the screw thread insert, wherein when the plug unit is mounted on the mold, the screw thread insert is deployed in the cavity, and a mold plane on which the casting plug is mounted forms an inclined plane having an acute angle against a horizontal plane that is parallel to a movement direction of the movable mold.
US11219943B2
A heat insulating plate (1), preferably a covering plate (5a;b), especially for thermal isolation of molten metal, especially of molten steel, in a metallurgical vessel (6), wherein the plate (3) includes a binding agent matrix (2) of at least one, set, temporary, organic binding material and aggregate grains (3) with and/or of biogenic silicic acid, preferably with and/or of rice husk ash, which grains (3) are incorporated into the binding agent matrix (2), and to a method for production of the plate (1) and its use.
US11219941B2
A permanent mold has a base made of metal. The base has a plurality of first mold portions, which are mutually spaced along a longitudinal axis and which are designed to shape a bearing tunnel of a crankcase. Second mold portions are arranged on the first mold portions and consist of a mold material.
US11219938B2
The disclosure relates to a method for joining metal sheets resting on one another with a variable total thickness by a clinching device comprising at least one punch and a die arranged coaxially to the punch. The punch is controllable by an electronic control unit and movable in an axial direction relative to the die. The metal sheets are arranged in a plane between the punch and the die, and the penetration depth necessary for joining the metal sheets is adjustable. Before joining the metal sheets, the current total thickness is determined with the aid of the control unit and the penetration depth is set depending on the total thickness. The method includes: storing a number of different total thicknesses or total thickness ranges in the control unit, assigning a penetration depth to a total thickness or to a total thickness range, and calibrating the clinching device.
US11219931B2
Methods and systems for removing a gel from wellbore equipment. An example method includes introducing a cleaning fluid into the wellbore equipment comprising the gel disposed therein or thereon. The cleaning fluid includes a brine having a total dissolved solids concentration of between about 30K ppm to about 300K ppm. The method further includes contacting the gel with the cleaning fluid in the wellbore equipment, and removing the gel and the cleaning fluid from the wellbore equipment.
US11219929B2
Element chip cleaning method, element chip cleaning apparatus, and element chip manufacturing method
An element chip cleaning method including: an element chip preparation step of preparing at least one element chip having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface covered with a resin film; a first cleaning step of bringing a first cleaning liquid into contact with the resin film, the first cleaning liquid including a solvent that dissolves at least part of a resin component contained in the resin film; and a second cleaning step of spraying a second cleaning liquid against the resin film from the first surface side of the element chip, after the first cleaning step.
US11219916B2
Provided is surface treatment system for a large object having high versatility. In a surface treatment system for a large object configured to cause a treatment machine for treating a surface of the object to be held by a leading end portion of a work arm of a work robot and to move the treatment machine relative to the surface of the object by a movement of the work robot thus treating the surface of the object by the treatment machine, there is provided a trackless type work machine mounting the work robot on a self-propelled cart. The work machine mounts a robot moving device for moving the work robot relative to the self-propelled cart at least in a height direction and mounts also a battery capable of supplying traveling power for the self-propelled cart.
US11219914B1
A convenient and labor-saving, chemically-resistant, multi-layered construction tool covering accessory is provided for protecting a paint shield or other flat-shaped construction tool from soiling during a construction process. The accessory includes a backing member comprising an adhesive inner side for adhering to a construction tool, and an opposed, outer side. At least one stack of removable cover sheets is affixed to the outer side of the backing member. Each removable cover sheet comprises an inner side, an outer side, and an adhesive material on the outer side of the removable cover sheet. The adhesive material is configured to detachably adhere to an adjacent cover sheet arranged over said each removable cover sheet, and to a wall or other surface when said each removable cover sheet is arranged in an outermost position of the at least one stack.
US11219910B2
A sprayer device with a trigger operated pump is operative for pumping and spraying liquid from an attached liquid container. The trigger sprayer includes valve body provided with a base portion that is configured to be mounted to the neck of the liquid container and a delivery nozzle from which the liquid is sprayed. A fluid flow path extends from the base portion to the delivery nozzle. A pumping chamber is in fluid communication with the flow passage and there is a vent opening between the pumping chamber and the interior of said base. A piston with spaced inboard and outboard seals is movable in the pumping chamber and the vent opening is located between the seals. A check valve is disposed between the vent opening and the interior of the base portion to prevent liquid from the container from backflowing into the pumping chamber during shipment and handling.
US11219907B1
An apparatus that produces and dispenses foam comprises a housing, an adjustable water flow member, an adjustable foam concentrate flow member, a first mixing chamber comprising an outlet, a water pressure reducing member with a portion thereof disposed within the first mixing chamber, a second mixing chamber in a communication with the outlet from the first mixing chamber, an air pressure reducing member with a portion thereof disposed within the second mixing chamber, a third mixing chamber in a communication with an outlet from the second mixing chamber, the third mixing chamber comprising a port in a communication with an external environment to the housing, and a screen member disposed within the third mixing chamber and configured to convert a mixture of air, water and foam concentrate exiting the outlet of the second mixing chamber into the foam, the foam being dispersed through the port during operation of the apparatus.
US11219896B2
Devices, systems and apparatuses for the discretization and manipulation of sample volumes are provided. Related methods are also provided.
US11219886B2
The present invention relates to a rare earth element containing zeolitic material having a framework structure selected from the group consisting of AEI, AFT, AFV, AFX, AVL, CHA, EMT, GME, KFI, LEV, LTN, and SFW, including mixtures of two or more thereof, the framework structure of the zeolitic material comprising SiO2 and X2O3, wherein X stands for a trivalent element, wherein the zeolitic material displays an SiO2:X2O molar ratio in the range of from 2 to 20, and wherein the zeolitic material contains one or more rare earth elements as counter-ions at the ion exchange sites of the framework structure. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process for the production of the inventive rare earth element containing zeolitic material as well as to the use of the inventive rare earth element containing zeolitic material.
US11219885B2
JMZ-1, a zeolite having a CHA structure and containing trimethyl(cyclohexylmethyl)ammonium cations as a structure directing agent is described. A calcined zeolite, JMZ-1C, that does not contain a structure directing agent, is also described. Metal containing JMZ-1C has improved SCR activity compared to CHA-containing zeolites having the same metal loading and comparable silica:alumina ratios (SAR). Methods of preparing JMZ-1, JMZ-1C and metal containing calcined counterparts of JMZ-1C are described along with methods of using JMZ-1C and metal containing calcined counterparts of JMZ-1C in treating exhaust gases.
US11219884B2
A method for producing a cluster-supporting catalyst, the cluster-supporting catalyst including porous carrier particles that has acid sites, and catalyst metal clusters supported within the pores of the porous carrier particles, includes the following steps: providing a dispersion liquid containing a dispersion medium and the porous carrier particles dispersed in the dispersion medium; and in the dispersion liquid, forming catalyst metal clusters having a positive charge, and supporting the catalyst metal clusters on the acid sites within the pores of the porous carrier particles through an electrostatic interaction.
US11219857B1
Accordingly, it is an object of this disclosure to provide a blend polymeric membrane to provide the separation of CO2 from a gaseous mixture. The blend polymeric membrane comprises a blend of polyphosphazene and polymers of intrinsic microporosity. Further, the present disclosure also provides a method of use for the blend polymeric membrane for the separation of gases in a gaseous mixture.
US11219853B1
A negative air filtration system and a method of operating a negative air filtration system are provided. The negative air filtration system includes a housing, a pre-filter, a HEPA filter, and a fan assembly. The housing including an inlet and an outlet. The pre-filter is disposed within the housing, downstream of the inlet. The HEPA filter is disposed within the housing, downstream of the pre-filter. The fan assembly is disposed within the housing, downstream of the pre-filter. The fan assembly is in airflow communication with the pre-filter and the HEPA filter. The fan assembly is configured to generate a negative pressure across the pre-filter. The fan assembly may include a constant torque motor. The negative air filtration system is designed to have reduced complexity and increased reliability when compared to existing negative air filtration systems.
US11219852B2
An apparatus for use in harvesting airborne moisture includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a woven mesh, supported by the UAV, for collecting liquid droplets upon contact with a fog bank, a camera, a processor, a non-transitory, tangible computer readable memory storing software instructions executable by the processor, a fog identification engine, and a flight controller on board the UAV. The fog identification engine is executable on the processor according to the software instructions and is configurable to capture a digital image via the camera, detect an absence of features in the digital image, and identify a fog bank as a function of the absence of features in the digital image. The flight controller directs the UAV to enter a fog bank identified by the fog identification engine.
US11219848B2
A housing module of a fluid treatment module of a fluid system is provided with a fluid housing with inlet and outlet for fluid. The fluid housing has a housing part with a receiving chamber for a fluid treatment component for treatment of fluid and an installation opening, closable by a housing closure part, for installation of the fluid treatment component in the receiving chamber. A housing connecting section is provided for connecting the housing part and the housing closure part to each other. The housing module has an externally positioned support structure that surrounds the housing part like a sleeve and has a reinforcement region that extends about the housing connecting section. The support structure has a fastening region for attachment of the housing module on a holding component of the fluid system. The connection of the housing part with the housing closure part is a direct connection.
US11219844B2
Adsorptive bed devices include a monolithic scaffold having a stress absorbing rigid structure and open cells filled with adsorptive beads. The monolithic scaffold restricts movement of the plurality of adsorptive beads, absorbs stress induced by a hydraulic pressure gradient along a direction of liquid flow. In one embodiment the adsorptive bed is packed into a chromatography column, and in another embodiment the adsorptive bed is sealed in a monolithic block. In another embodiment, the adsorptive bed device includes an adsorptive block, first and second planar distributors and peripheral seal.
US11219840B2
The present disclosure relates to a dividing wall distillation column and a method for refining vinylidene dichloride by using the same and, more specifically, to a dividing wall distillation column capable of refining, in a high purity, vinylidene dichloride from a crude product; and a method for refining vinylidene dichloride by using the same. According to the dividing wall distillation column of the present disclosure and the method for refining vinylidene dichloride by using the same, vinylidene dichloride can be refined, in a high purity, from a crude product having a small amount of vinylidene dichloride and a large quantity of high boiling components, and energy consumption can be reduced more than that in conventional cases.
US11219839B2
The present invention includes a toy with a retractable mechanism capable of transforming its original compact shape into a new entity, comprising: a hollow sphere (1) provided with a cut on the lower part thereof (2), on the upper end a convex protuberance is projected (3), provided with a modified asymmetric cylinder, which reduces its size in the upper end assimilating the neck of the body of the sphere (4), is formed by two hinges (9A, 9B) of plastic material adjoined to cap (5) that includes one or more internal springs within the cap (5) that maintain these hinges (9A, 9B) under tension, wherein when the convex protuberance (3) is pressed it ejects the body (4) and rotates, when the sphere (1) receives a strike or is pressed, an identity different from the initial one is shown.
US11219837B2
Methods and systems are provided for providing real world assistance by a robot utility and interface device (RUID) are provided. A method provides for identifying a position of a user in a physical environment and a surface within the physical environment for projecting an interactive interface. The method also provides for moving to a location within the physical environment based on the position of the user and the surface for projecting the interactive interface. Moreover, the method provides for capturing a plurality of images of the interactive interface while the interactive interface is being interacted with by the use and for determining a selection of an input option made by the user.
US11219836B2
An information processing program causes a computer to execute control processing in which: when a battle by a first character group including a first character and a second character group including various second characters is started, control is executed so as to display display target parameters for the second characters on a display medium, and a first number, which is the number of the second characters, is stored; a second number, which is the number of second characters determined as participating in the battle on the basis of determination parameters, which are parameters for determining whether or not to permit participation in the battle, is stored in iterative processing that is iterated during the battle; the display mode of the display target parameters on the display medium is changed in accordance with a condition regarding at least one of the first number and the second number in the iterative processing.
US11219834B2
Provided is a social game capable of, when a new group is created, allowing such a group to progress a game smoothly. A server device that provides a game, in which a plurality of players can participate, is connected to terminal devices operated by the players via a communication line, and comprises: an information storage unit; and a control unit. The information storage unit stores information on a first group, in which the players participate, and information on a second group, in which the players are supposed to participate; the control unit receives notification on acceptance of participation in the second group from the terminal devices, and when it is determined that the number of players in the second group reaches a certain number, stores the second group as a new first group at the information storage unit.
US11219831B2
Live camera video of video game players may be captured. Portions of the live video that include the player's faces may be inserted into the faces of characters that are controlled by the players and displayed in real-time. The players may stream video output from the video game to respective groups of spectators. The game video output may include a competition area and a competition audience that includes audience portions based on the groups of spectators that receive the game video output from the players. An audience member may be associated with a spectator, and the spectator's username, profile picture, chat messages and other spectator input may be displayed adjacent to the audience member. A queue of waiting players may be displayed simultaneously with current gameplay in the competition area, and a queued character may move to the competition area when an open competition slot becomes available.
US11219826B2
Players with a wide range of levels or attack strength can enjoy a time-limited group battle, and the participation rate can be expected to improve throughout the set time slot. A battle time managing unit refers to a timer and a memory resource to manage the time of a battle between groups. A battle condition extraction unit refers to the memory resource and checks whether to change a battle condition during the time of the battle. A target changing unit refers to the memory resource to set a target of change based on the battle condition. A battle condition changing unit changes the battle condition for the target of change that was selected by the target changing unit. Based on the changed battle condition, a battle rendering unit executes rendition processing for the game related to the battle.
US11219817B2
An attachment mechanism for a locking element to be fastened to a mounting plate on a cross-country ski. The ski comprises the mounting plate on a top surface of the ski. The mounting plate comprises side edges having an undercut profile for placement and attachment of a binding or binding component via a complementary profile thereon, and a channel that accommodates a slide member. The slide member top side comprises at least one locking element. The underside of the binding or binding component comprises at least one complementary locking element. The locking element comprises a plate. The plate underside includes downward projecting legs. The legs are spaced apart at a distance substantially corresponding to a width of the channel. The mounting plate on each side of the channel comprises openings adapted to receive the legs. The mounting plate and the legs comprise holes adapted to receive one or more bayonets.
US11219804B2
A golf club head comprising a plurality of internal and/or external ribs are described herein. The golf club head comprises a ribbed region comprising at least a part of at least one of the heel portion, the toe portion, the sole, or the crown; wherein the ribbed region comprises a ribbed wall including: a ribbed wall interior surface, a ribbed wall exterior surface and one or more ribs protruding from the ribbed wall, wherein the one or more external ribs comprise a first rib including: a first rib exterior section and a first rib interior section, wherein the first rib interior section extends substantially parallel to the faceplate.
US11219801B2
A golf ball having a compressible core with an RFID tag embedded therein is described. The compressible core comprises an outer core that surrounds an inner core and the RFID tag. The outer core has a hardness that is greater than the inner core. The RFID tag is composed of a planar carrier, a planar RFID integrated circuit, and an RFID antenna. The RFID integrated circuit includes a memory that stores at least one unique identifier. The RFID antenna is electrically coupled to the planar RFID integrated circuit. The planar carrier includes a first carrier surface that is parallel to a second carrier surface, and the planar carrier receives the RFID antenna and the RFID integrated circuit on the first carrier surface to form the RFID tag. Additionally, the molded shell encapsulates the compressible core.
US11219780B2
There is provided a therapeutic method and system for utilizing full spectrum of natural solar radiations with an optimum balance of ultra-violet (UV), visible and infrared (IR) radiations. The disclosed therapeutic method comprising collecting and concentrating the natural solar radiations using a natural solar radiations concentrator; transporting the concentrated natural solar radiations using a transporting medium to an indoor device; optimizing a spot size, an intensity and an ultra-violet range of the natural solar radiations; and directing the optimized natural solar radiations to a desired body part using the indoor device; wherein the full spectrum of natural solar radiations has an optimum balance of ultra-violet, visible and infrared radiations. The disclosed therapeutic system comprising an outdoor device for collecting and concentrating the natural solar radiations; and an indoor device in optical communication with the outdoor device for adjusting and directing an optimized amount of the natural solar radiations to a desired body part.
US11219772B2
This document relates to methods and materials for improving artificial cardiac pacing and/or resynchronization. For example, this document relates to methods and devices for artificial cardiac pacing and/or resynchronization by stimulating the His bundle.
US11219763B2
The techniques of the disclosure describe example medical devices, systems, and methods for delivering stimulation therapy comprising a first set of a plurality of pulses having a first amplitude, and a second set of a plurality of pulses having a second amplitude greater than the first amplitude. The second amplitude is adjusted to an adjusted second amplitude based on second amplitude being less than or greater than activation threshold. The first amplitude is adjusted based on adjusted second amplitude, and therapy is delivered based at least one the adjusted first amplitude.
US11219761B2
An implantable medical device includes at least one conductive element and an associated attenuation arrangement to attenuate MRI energy.
US11219760B2
Methods and systems for positioning a leadless pacing device (LPD) in cardiac tissue are disclosed. A delivery device is employed that comprises a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen therebetween sized to receive the LPD. The LPD has a leadlet extending therefrom that includes a means to fixate the leadlet to tissue. The delivery device comprises an introducer to introduce the LPD into the lumen of the delivery device. The LPD is loaded in the distal end of the lumen of the delivery device. The leadlet extends proximally from the LPD while the fixation means extends distally toward the LPD. A LPD mover is configured to advance the LPD out of the delivery device. A leadlet mover is configured to advance the leadlet out of the lumen delivery device and cause the leadlet to engage with cardiac tissue.
US11219755B2
The invention relates to a blood pump. The blood pump comprises a flexible drive shaft (3) guided in a catheter, a conveying element (6) connected to the drive shaft (3) in a distal region of the drive shaft (3), and a motor (7), wherein the motor (7) has a stator (36) and a rotor (30) mounted such that it can move in the stator (36). The stator (36) comprises a winding (37) and the rotor (30) comprises a rotor magnet (31). In addition, the drive shaft (3) is connected to the rotor (30) at a proximal end of the drive shaft (3). The stator (36) and the rotor (30) are nondetachably connected to one another, and form a gap (40) with a ring-shaped cross-section, which is delimited by the rotor (30) and the stator (36).
US11219748B2
Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some instances, the intravascular device is a guide wire having a polymer jacket applied over communication lines and a core member, where the communication lines have been wrapped around the core member. For example, in some implementations a sensing guide wire includes a proximal portion and a distal portion, the distal portion including: a core member; a plurality of communication lines wrapped around the core member; a polymer jacket formed around the core member and the plurality of communication lines; and a sensing element positioned distal of the polymer jacket and communicatively coupled to the plurality of communication lines. Methods of making, manufacturing, and/or assembling such intravascular devices and associated systems are also provided.
US11219744B2
An elongate body extending from a proximal end to a distal end includes a core comprising an amorphous metal alloy and includes a sheath that comprises a crystalline metallic material. The sheath surrounds the core.
US11219741B2
A catheter for measuring a fractional flow reserve includes a proximal shaft, a distal shaft coupled to the proximal shaft, a pressure sensor coupled to the distal shaft, and at least one pressure sensor wire operably connected to the pressure sensor. The proximal shaft includes a radially expanded configuration and a radially collapsed configuration, wherein the proximal shaft has a first outer diameter in the radially expanded configuration and a second outer diameter smaller than the first outer diameter in the radially collapsed configuration. The distal shaft defines a guidewire lumen configured to receive a guidewire therein.
US11219736B1
A respiratory pressure therapy (RPT) device is disclosed for treatment of respiratory-related disorders. The RPT device includes a pressure generator, a pneumatic block, a chassis and a device outlet for delivering a supply of flow of gas to a patient interface. The RPT device also comprises an integrated humidifier including a water reservoir. An RPT device is also disclosed that includes a wireless data communication interface integrated with the housing and configured to connect to another device or a network.
US11219734B2
The present disclosure provides techniques for a ventilator system with a removable airway. A ventilator system may include a removable airway and a base unit. The removable airway may include an air inlet port, a patient inhalation port, an air exhaust port, a patient exhalation port, a first portion of a pressure sensor, and a first portion of a flow sensor. The base unit may include two pinch valves, a second portion of the pressure sensor, and a second portion of the flow sensor. In some cases, the airway does not comprise any openings other than the air inlet port, the air exhaust port, the patient inhalation port, and the patient exhalation port. In some cases, air inside the removable airway does not contact any part of the base unit without first exiting the air exhaust port.
US11219732B2
A respiratory mask system is provided. The respiratory mask system has a patient interface that is secured to a user's head by a headgear. The patient interface includes a seal, a frame and a gas delivery conduit. The frame is configured to secure the seal and gas delivery conduit together. The frame includes a recessed channel and/or headgear retaining features configured to connect the headgear to the patient interface. The frame can include an inlet collar that connects to a gas delivery conduit. The inlet collar can include bias flow holes. The headgear includes a top strap, a pair of side arms, a yoke and a rear strap. The yoke is configured to connect to the recessed channel of the frame. The top strap, side arms and yoke form an integrally formed closed loop. The top strap can include two portions adjustably connected to each other.
US11219725B1
A modular electronic inhaler having an embedded system and a method for precise and repeatable delivery of multiple types of medications in different forms to the pulmonary system of a human user. The inhaler can include a first MDI housing defining an internal chamber for accommodating a MDI medication cartridge and a second DPI housing defining an internal chamber for accommodating a DPI medication cartridge. Meter reservoir compartments in each housing can automatically provide precise doses of medicine using vacuum pressure sensors. The sensors can be in communication with the internal embedded system/electronics (microcontroller) of the inhaler and the electronics/microcontroller can be in permanent communication with a software application running on the user's smart phone or other electronic device.
US11219723B2
A smoke inhalation apparatus may include a release device configured to release a substance, a communication device configured to allow a user to change and monitor settings of the smoke inhalation apparatus and a state of the smoke inhalation apparatus, and a controller operatively and communicatively coupled to the release device and the communication device. The communication device may be configured to create a communications link between the controller and an external computer. The communications link may be configured to receive and transmit data relating to settings and/or usage of the smoke inhalation device.
US11219719B2
An apparatus has a syringe housing and a plunger having a shaft, wherein the plunger is slidably received within the syringe housing between a first and second position. A plurality of Hall sensors are disposed on the shaft. A circuit board is also disposed on the shaft. A battery is disposed on the shaft. A wireless transmitter is disposed on the shaft and provides wireless communication between a Hall sensor and a signal processing device. At least one magnet is fixed proximate the syringe housing.
US11219706B2
Provided are formulations and related methods, for coating or impregnating a medical device, as well as a coated or impregnated medical device, for example, a device that is a catheter or cannula, where a different formulation may be used for interior surface of device and for exterior surface of the device.
US11219704B2
A composite dura substitute implant for implantation at a dura defect site having a porous layer that provides an osteoconductive scaffold for bony ingrowth, a porous layer that provides a scaffold for regeneration of collagen at a dura surface, and an intervening layer for preventing cerebrospinal leakage is disclosed. The composite dura substitute implant facilitates regeneration of dura mater and promotes osteointegration with bony tissue. Methods of manufacturing such an implant and methods of treatment using such composite dura substitute implants are further disclosed.
US11219701B1
An air sanitizer generates active airflow utilizing ultraviolet spectrum of light in the UV-C band (200-280 nm). The source of the UV-C is an array of light emitting diodes (LED) that shine the UV-C down a housing of the air sanitizer. A fan draws the contaminated air into the housing. The contaminated air is sanitized by the UV-C light inside the housing and is expelled through apertures at the other end of the housing. Leaking of the potential harmful UV-C light outside of the housing is eliminated by an optical baffle covering the apertures. The electronics design for the air sanitizer contains an LED driver with temperature compensation to optimize the service life of the LEDs. A UV light flux detector facing the UV-C LEDs measures the relative reduction of UV light flux over time and reports the efficacy of the UV-C LEDs during the operation of the air sanitizer.
US11219699B2
A portable light fastening assembly for use with the human interface of an electronic device includes a lamp housing and an adjustable attachment device extending from the lamp housing. An ultra-violet (UV) light source is at least partially enclosed in the lamp housing such that the adjustable attachment device includes an engagement member and a receptacle housing such that the engagement member can be removably fastened within the receptacle housing for holding the lamp housing in a fixed position.
US11219692B2
The present invention provides amphiphilic telodendrimers that aggregate to form nanocarriers characterized by a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic exterior. The nanocarrier core may include amphiphilic functionality such as cholic acid or cholic acid derivatives, and the exterior may include branched or linear poly(ethylene glycol) segments. Nanocarrier cargo such as hydrophobic drugs and other materials may be sequester in the core via non-covalent means or may be covalently bound to the telodendrimer building blocks. Telodendrimer structure may be tailored to alter loading properties, interactions with materials such as biological membranes, and other characteristics.
US11219685B1
An immunogenic CD40-targeted trimeric MERS-CoV S1 fusion polypeptide as well as a corresponding polynucleotide encoding it and its use for safely inducing immune responses directed against MERS-CoV without inducing vaccine associated respiratory pathologies associated with non-targeted vaccines.
US11219683B2
Methods and compositions are provided that can be used to vaccinate against and treat HIV. Specifically contemplated are vaccine compositions and methods of using these compositions treat HIV in patients. Aspects of the disclosure relate to an anti-CD40 antibody-HIV antigen fusion protein comprising (i) an anti-CD40 heavy chain (HCD40)-HIV antigen (Ag) fusion protein comprising the formula: HCD40-Ag, wherein Ag is a polypeptide with at least 80% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1; and (ii) an anti-CD40 light chain (LCD40).
US11219678B2
A live attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri bacterium lacking a viable gene encoding a functional evpB protein and a method of using the same to protect fish against infection from virulent Edwardsiella ictaluri. The methods and compositions for protecting fish against infection from virulent Edwardsiella ictaluri comprising administering to a fish a therapeutically effective amount of an attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri bacterium lacking a viable gene encoding a functional protein selected from the group consisting of evpB, fur and hfq. The bacterium may include an insertion and/or deletion mutation in the gene. The fish include catfish, preferably catfish fingerling or a catfish fry. The composition may be delivered via immersion delivery, an injection delivery, an oral delivery, or combinations thereof.
US11219672B2
A cancer therapeutic agent according to an embodiment of the present invention contains, as active ingredients, IL-18 and one or more antibodies selected from the group consisting of an anti-PD-L1 antibody, an anti-PD-1 antibody, an anti-PD-L2 antibody, an anti-CTLA-4 antibody, an anti-CD25 antibody, an anti-CD33 antibody, and an anti-CD52 antibody.
US11219668B2
The present invention is based upon the observation that inhibition of NPR-C Signaling pathway leads to the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Accordingly, the invention provides a mouse model for PAH, and proposes a method of using synthetic analogs of the NPR-C signaling pathway, specifically synthetic C-type atrial natriuretic factor or intermediates for, or modulators of, the NPR-C signaling pathway as anti-pulmonary vasculopathy agents. Activators of the NPR-C signaling pathway are disclosed to treat or prevent vasculopathy, including but not limited to PAH and other types of pulmonary hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, critical limb ischemia, coronary artery disease, and diabetic vasculopathy.
US11219632B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a material which can be safely ingested and which inhibits skin pigmentation. Therefore, the invention is a skin pigmentation inhibitor, containing a β-nicotinamide mononucleotide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a solvate thereof as an active ingredient; a health supplement which contains the skin pigmentation inhibitor and is ingested to inhibit skin pigmentation; and a method for inhibiting skin pigmentation, including ingesting the skin pigmentation inhibitor.
US11219623B2
The present disclosure relates to modified nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), such as and compositions thereof, as well as methods useful for treating retinal damage and/or retinal degradation/retinal degeneration, for inhibiting inflammasome activation by Alu RNA associated with a cell, for reducing ATP-induced permeability of a cell, for reducing an amount of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in a cell, and for reducing an amount of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in a cell. The present disclosure further relates to modified NRTIs, such as and compositions thereof, as well as methods for use in protecting an RPE cell and/or for treating, including prophylactic and therapeutic treatment, of conditions associated with retinal damage and/or degradation including, but not limited to, dry age related macular degeneration (AMD) and wet AMD, Alzheimer disease, various forms of arthritis, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
US11219613B2
A pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating liver diseases, includes cromolyn or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.
US11219612B2
A nutraceutical formulation used to unblock receptors is disclosed herein. The nutraceutical formulation used to therapeutically treat humans includes arachidonic acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), echinacea, kaempferol, coffee fruit, and probiotics.
US11219607B2
Methods of suppressing cachexia in a mammal with cancer comprising administering HDAC inhibitors are provided. Aspects include methods of administering an HDAC class 1 and 2b inhibitor in an amount effective to substantially maintain the mammal's weight compared to a mammal that does receive the HDAC class 1 and 2b inhibitor.
US11219606B2
Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a biologically active agent; a base oil; an additional oil that is soluble in the base oil with a partition coefficient for the biologically active molecule that is at least twice that of the base oil; where the base oil and the additional oil are present in the composition in an amount effective to reduce the amount of the biologically active agent in an aqueous phase to less than 80 wt % of the amount with just the base oil present in an otherwise identical composition at the same total oil loading; a non-ionic surfactant; and water.
US11219605B1
A nanomedicine for the treatment of obesity comprising either noble metal nanoparticles having surface ligands comprising a mixture comprising (+)-catechin (2R,3S) and gingerol or particles of a carbon nanomaterial having an adsorbed mixture comprising (+)-catechin (2R,3S) and gingerol. Also provided are a method for making the noble metal nanomedicine and the carbon nanomedicine. The nanomedicine is used in a method of treating obesity.
US11219602B2
Methods are disclosed for simultaneously jet milling and conditioning particulate glycopyrrolate and magnesium stearate using a milling gas having humidity between 5% and 30% Relative Humidity in the grinding chamber of a jet mill, the jet mill is configured with a humidifier arranged to supply humidity into the grinding chamber. A composition and formulation comprising physically stable micronized composite glycopyrrolate particles made by this method is also disclosed.
US11219601B2
The present invention provides an emulsified gel composition comprising a physiologically active substance, water, a gelling agent, an anti-peeling agent, and a surfactant having an HLB value of 18 to 20, in which the gelling agent is a nonionic water-soluble polymer, and the anti-peeling agent is one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of sucrose, sorbitol, polyethylene glycol, glycerin, a (meth)acrylic-based polymer compound, and a polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil.
US11219595B2
Geometrically complex intravaginal rings, systems and methods of making the same are provided herein. Disclosed herein are geometrically complex intravaginal rings with tunable and enhanced drug release, which in some embodiments can be fabricated by 3D printing technologies. The disclosed IVRs include a ring structure comprising a plurality of unit cells or macroscopic and/or microscopic architecture, which can be tuned to control the loading capacity of an active compound within the IVR, the diffusion of an active compound from the IVR, the surface area of the IVR, and/or the mechanical properties of the IVR. The disclosed geometrically complex IVRs can provide superior control over drug loading and drug release compared to conventional IVRs fabricated by injection molding or hot-melt extrusion.
US11219593B2
The present invention relates to a yarrow fresh plant press juice concentrate and a gentle method for its manufacture. The yarrow fresh plant press juice concentrate is used in cosmetic compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, food compositions or food supplements. This invention also relates to new aspects of the use of yarrow. The invention provides the use of yarrow to stimulate the expression of heat shock proteins and/or antimicrobial peptides in skin cells. It also describes the use of yarrow to increase the thermal tolerance of the skin.
US11219586B2
Provided herein are compositions for delivering one or more cannabinoids to the skin of a subject and methods of using the compositions to deliver the one or more cannabinoids to the skin of a subject. The compositions contain a carrier that facilitates the delivery and permeation of cannabinoids to and through the skin. The carriers of the compositions contain squalane or mixtures of squalane and hemisqualane. The compositions described herein may serve as the base for the preparation of various cosmetics or various pharmaceuticals. The cosmetics or pharmaceuticals may be used to reduce inflammation, control pain, or prevent aging of the skin of a subject.
US11219583B2
A composition for removing nail polish includes a propylene glycol methyl ether; and a C2-C3 monoalcohol. The C2-C3 monoalcohol and the propylene glycol methyl ether are present in a C2-C3 monoalcohol to propylene glycol methyl ether ratio by weight from about 1:1 to about 20:1. Methods for removing nail polish are also provided.
US11219574B2
An example exercise and therapy device includes a foot covering. The foot covering includes a pocket. The exercise and therapy device also includes a pliable object. The pliable object is received within the pocket and arranged to be placed adjacent a foot of an individual wearing the foot covering.
US11219572B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a walking assistance apparatus are provided. The apparatus may include a detector configured to detect a first step of a user, based on measured right and left hip joint angle information, a reconstructor unit configured to reconstruct knee joint information matched to the right and left hip joint angle information based on knee joint trajectory information in response to the user's steps, and a torque generator configured to generate a first torque applied to a first leg corresponding to the first step. The torque generator may generate the first torque, based on a second torque applied to a second leg that is opposite to the first leg and that corresponds to a second step preceding the first step.
US11219557B2
A manufacturing method for customized fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) comprising the production of the customized goods in a main production process stream or a side stream. The method further comprises temporarily storing the customized goods in a side stream process and subsequently re-inserting said goods into the main production process stream. The customized goods may be finally packaged in a dedicated pack or in a pack that also contains non-customized goods. The method is suitable for, but not limited to, articles such as diapers, absorbent products, tissues and other hygienic products.
US11219554B2
An ear cleaning device (100) including a rod (102) configured to be held by a user and a plurality of fiber hooks (110) is disclosed. The rod includes a first end (104) and a second end (106) opposing the first end. The plurality of fiber hooks are disposed at the first end of the rod for insertion into the ear such that the fiber hooks are configured to grasp ear wax in the ear, and to hold the ear wax when the rod is removed out of the ear.
US11219552B2
An implantable device comprising a substrate capable of capturing an intraocular target molecule and to methods of use thereof. The substrate may be capable of capturing a target molecule present in the eye and/or from fluid of the eye (e.g., an intraocular target molecule). In some embodiments, the substrate has a relatively high affinity for a target molecule.
US11219540B2
A stent graft delivery system and method for implanting a stent graft includes and employs at least one control rod that extends along a luminal wall of a stent graft and at least one ligature. The ligature extends about radial stents. Rotation of the control rod or a tube extending about the control rod wraps the ligature about the control rod, thereby radial constricting the stent about which the ligature extends.
US11219539B2
The present invention relates to absorbent articles for solving the problem of stopping the excessive accumulations of sweat from building up inside a prosthetic liner. The four layers of materials include: a first layer of a cellulose pulp material having a thickness use for a desired absorbency, a second layer of a wicking cloth material having a thickness use for a desired absorbency, a third layer of a non-toxic double side adhesive tape material one side will stick to both layer, and a fourth layer that is the opposite side which are cover with paper material that can be peeled from the third layer to adhere the inside of a prosthetic liner base sheet to stop the excessive accumulation build-up of sweating.
US11219535B1
A method and apparatus can include: a delivery tool having an insertion mandrel; an implant having a distal segment coupled to a proximal segment, the proximal segment having a proximal segment upper and a proximal segment lower, the distal segment having a distal segment upper and a distal segment lower, the implant including: a straight configuration based on the insertion mandrel being extended through the proximal segment and the distal segment, and a curved configuration based on the insertion mandrel being retracted from the distal segment; and an expansion mandrel configured for insertion into the implant, the implant including an expanded configuration based on the expansion mandrel being inserted between the proximal segment upper and the proximal segment lower, and being inserted between the distal segment upper and the distal segment lower.
US11219530B2
Implants, devices, and methods for maintaining, correcting and/or fusing joint deformities are disclosed. The implant a first member, a second member, and an insert with a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface couples to the first member and the bottom surface engages the second member. Kits and methods of using the implants for maintaining, correcting and/or fusing joint deformities are also disclosed.
US11219518B2
An endovascular stent graft for treatment of a blood vessel is provided. The stent is configured to be inserted into the blood vessel while in a radially-contracted configuration, and may be opened into a radially-expanded configuration once properly located within the blood vessel. The stent graft includes a main body having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the main body is connected to a first leg and a second leg. A first plurality of stitching extends along a first seam path and connects the main body to the first leg, while a second plurality of stitching extends along a second seam path and connects the main body to the second leg. At least one of the first or second seam axes can be offset, in that the seam path does not extent perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the stent graft.
US11219514B2
The present disclosure relates to a phototherapy device that can deliver light to tissues to activate photoactive agents that have been applied to the tissues or that are included within a fiber optic tip member of the device which may be coupled to a light source using a sleeve. The present disclosure also relates to methods of phototherapy using the phototherapy device such as anti-bactericidal treatment, anti-fungal treatment, anti-parasitic treatment, anti-viral treatment.
US11219509B2
An intraoral telescoping spring includes a first tubular element, a second tubular element and a rod-shaped element. The first tubular element includes a first connecting element wherein the first tubular element has a first end and an open second end. The second tubular element is displaceably accommodated in the first tubular element and has a spiral spring, surrounds the first tubular element and extends in the direction of the first connecting element, and attached to the fourth end thereof to force the fourth end in a direction away from the second end. The rod-shaped element is displaceably accommodated in the second tubular element and has a second connecting element for connecting to the other of the two dental arches attached to the sixth end thereof. The spiral spring is attached to the fourth end of the second tubular element, so that the first and second tubular elements are detachably connected.
US11219504B1
A scalpel that safely and efficiently removes excess dental composite from the surfaces of teeth. A method for removing excess dental composite from a dental surface using this dental scalpel.
US11219498B2
A tissue protector has a body structure having a longitudinal extending thin web. The body structure has an unconstrained first shape configured to form a nerve shield and is configured to shrink about a longitudinal axis to a smaller constrained second shape sized to fit into a lumen of a cannula. Preferably, the second constrained shape is oval or round having a maximum diameter equal or less than an inside diameter of the lumen. The body structure is configured to return to the first shape when the cannula is withdrawn or returned to this shape as the implant advances.
US11219491B2
A system controller performs collective setting processing which collectively performs setting with respect to one or more controlled devices including a medical device. The system controller judges a degree of error relating to a state of the controlled device which occurred when the collective setting processing is performed. The system controller displays an error removing screen for removing an occurred error based on a judgement result of the degree of error. A setting instruction operation is an operation which selects a desired scene from a plurality of scenes which are set in advance corresponding to a progress of a surgery. The degree of error is associated with the plurality of scenes, and the system controller judges the degree of the occurred error based on the scene which is underway of the surgery.
US11219485B2
In one aspect, devices for light treatment of skin are described herein. A device described herein, in some embodiments, comprises an interior compartment having a proximal end and a distal end, and an optical aperture disposed at the distal end. The device also comprises a laser or BBL source that produces a laser or BBL beam. The laser or BBL beam has a first optical path within the interior compartment, between the proximal end and the distal end. Additionally, the first optical path exits the interior compartment through the optical aperture. The device further comprises a camera that receives light from the aperture. The light received from the aperture has a second optical path within the interior compartment. Further, a selectively reflective optical element is disposed in the first and second optical paths. The selectively reflective optical element generally transmits the laser or BBL beam but generally reflects at least a portion of the light from the aperture toward the camera.
US11219482B2
A surgical instrument includes a housing that supports an elongated shaft. A selectively movable drive rod extends through the elongated shaft and carries a cam pin in a longitudinal direction. An end effector for surgically treating tissue is supported by the elongated shaft and includes upper and lower jaw members pivotally coupled to one another about a pivot axis. The upper jaw member includes a first pair of laterally spaced flanges, and the lower jaw member includes a second pair of laterally spaced flanges defining a camming slot for engaging the cam pin. The flanges are arranged in an offset configuration where one flange of the upper jaw member is positioned on a laterally exterior side of a corresponding flange of the lower jaw member, and the other flange of the upper jaw member is positioned on a laterally interior side of the other flange of the lower jaw member.
US11219480B2
Disclosed is a soft tissue excision apparatus having a handle and an elongated blade support member extending from the handle. The distal end of blade support member includes a first thermally conductive blade support arm and a second thermally conductive blade support arm. An electrically heatable blade is supported at and electrically isolated from the distal ends of the two thermally conductive blade support arms. A first electrically conductive lead extends from the proximal end of the thermally conductive blade support member to a first blade heater contact pad. A second electrically conductive lead extends from the proximal end of the thermally conductive blade support member to a second blade heater contact pad. First and second electrically conductive flexible leads extend from the proximal end of the thermally conductive blade support member to a controller.
US11219476B2
An intramedullary nail system is provided with at least one resilient, elongate nail body configured to extend axially along a medullary bone cavity, and at least one bone anchor. The bone anchor includes a distal bone engagement portion configured to secure the anchor to a bone, a proximal nail engagement portion configured to receive a portion of the nail body therethrough, and a tightening mechanism configured to move from a movable state in which the nail body may slide axially and rotate through the engagement portion and a fixed state in which the nail body is prevented from moving relative to the engagement portion. Methods of use and surgical kits are also provided.
US11219471B2
A receiver subassembly adapted to couple with the capture portion of a bone anchor or shank to form a pivotal bone anchor assembly. The receiver subassembly includes a receiver having cavity above a distal opening sized and shaped for bottom loading the capture portion there-through, with the cavity configured to support both a split ring retainer and second split ring above of the spit ring retainer within the receiver. The receiver subassembly further includes an insert positionable in the receiver above the split rings and configured for downward deployment by tooling to engage the capture portion of the bone anchor. The split ring retainer is configured to expand around and close below the capture portion of the bone anchor upon an uploading of the capture portion into the cavity, so as to capture the capture portion within the cavity with the bone anchor extending downward through the distal opening.
US11219470B2
A modular tensioned spinal screw comprises a bone fastener having a threaded elongate shaft and a spherical head at an upper end of said shaft. A modular yoke for polyaxial attachment to the head of said bone fastener has an inner bore, an upper end configured to receive a connecting rod and a lower end configured to receive the head of the bone fastener. An axially movable radially expandable socket collar, and a saddle having a rod receiving cradle are supported within the yoke bore. A retention pin fixed to the yoke movably supports the saddle and a tension member within the bore. The tension member comprises a resilient biasing element oriented such that upward axial movement of the saddle produces a downward bias force on said saddle to compress the head of the bone fastener between said saddle and said socket collar in a provisional holding position.
US11219466B2
Device and method for reaming bone. In exemplary embodiments, the device may comprise a shaft configured to be rotated about a long axis thereof. The device also may comprise a plurality of cutting members connected to a distal end region of the shaft, rotationally offset from one another about the long axis, and forming a portion of an expandable cutting head. The device further may comprise an inner member configured to be moved with respect to the shaft to change a diameter of the cutting head. In exemplary methods, the device may be utilized to ream a medullary cavity while being pushed or pulled along the medullary cavity.
US11219461B2
An adapter assembly is provided and includes a tubular housing having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and defining a longitudinal axis; a load sensing assembly disposed within the tubular housing in contact between a proximal surface and a distal surface, the proximal and distal surfaces perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the load sensing assembly configured to measure a load exerted on the tubular housing, the load sensing assembly including a sensor body; and a gimbal disposed between a sensor body surface and at least one of the proximal surface or the distal surface, the gimbal configured to isolate the sensor body from the load exerted in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
US11219452B2
The present invention, in accordance with various embodiments thereof, relates to a surgical device for at least one of cutting and stapling a section of tissue. The surgical device includes a housing including at least two drivers. The surgical device also includes an anvil mechanically attachable to the housing and moveable relative to the housing between an open position and a closed position. The first driver operates to move the anvil relative to the housing to an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position. The second driver operates to move at least a portion of the housing relative to the anvil between the intermediate position and the closed position.
US11219447B2
Excess suture material may be trimmed after knot tying using a device having an elongated shaft, an elongated tubular cutter disposed over the shaft and an elongated tubular barrel disposed over the cutter. A suture loader at a distal end of the shaft that engages suture material may be opened and closed by a first actuator that causes relative motion between the shaft and the barrel. A second actuator may cause relative motion between the cutter and both of the barrel and the shaft to sever suture material engaged by the closed suture loader.
US11219446B2
The guidance and positioning device may be a system for creating a passage in tissue, positioning fasteners or other implants, and tensioning an elongated fastening member, like a suture, thread, wire, or pin. In some embodiments, the device may allow for the implantation of multiple sutures and fasteners in tissue. A fastener may be positioned at the distal end of a flexible pushrod. The fastener may be connected with the pushrod or may be loosely fitted with the distal end of the pushrod. A suture may be looped through or connected with the fastener such that one, two, or more sections, legs, strands, or portions of the suture extend from the fastener.
US11219441B2
There is provided a patient specific access retractor for use in surgery, for example, minimally invasive spinal surgery. There are also provided methods of using the access retractor in surgery.
US11219432B2
Various embodiments of a cartridge for loading a suture onto a suturing instrument are disclosed. In some embodiments, the cartridge is operable for loading a pre-tied knot formed from the suture onto the suturing instrument. The suturing instrument is typically of the type having a suture passing member defining a suture receiving passage therein. In some embodiments, the cartridge comprises a housing defining a chamber, and a partially pre-tied knot mounted about the housing or the chamber. The cartridge additionally provides a base coupled to the housing, the base defining a seat for releasably holding a portion of a suture to be aligned with, and transferred to, the suturing instrument. The portion of the suture may be held independently, or it may be coupled to a component such as a ferrule or shuttle.
US11219430B2
A system and method for automatically providing artifact warnings in Pulsed-Wave (PW) Doppler imaging is provided. The method includes acquiring, by an ultrasound system at a pulse repetition frequency (PRF), Pulsed-Wave (PW) Doppler signals from a selected gate position in a high PRF mode. The method includes determining, by a processor of the ultrasound system based on the PRF, a position of a virtual gate along a PW line in a B-mode image. The method includes presenting, at a display, the virtual gate at the determined position along the PW line in the B-mode image. The method includes analyzing, by the processor, B-mode image intensity values at the virtual gate in the B-mode image to determine whether the B-mode image intensity values exceed an intensity threshold. The method includes providing, by the at least one processor, a virtual gate warning when the B-mode image intensity values exceed the intensity threshold.
US11219426B2
A method and system for determining an irradiation dose. The method for determining the irradiation dose includes determining a pixel having a biological feature in a region of interest in a radiotherapy simulated locating image by using a retrospective label; extracting a local radiomics feature based on the pixel having the biological feature, in which the local radiomics feature includes a grayscale histogram intensity, a tumor shape feature, a textural feature, a Laplacian of Gaussian filtering feature, and a wavelet feature; acquiring the local radiomics features to be measured; identifying a positive region having the local radiomics features to be measured based on the local radiomics features; performing three-dimensional reconstruction for the peripheral boundary of the positive region to determine a three-dimensional image.
US11219425B2
The invention relates to off-center detector X-ray tomography reconstruction of an image of an object on the basis of projection data acquired during a rotation of an X-ray source and the off-center detector around the object in two rotational passes of less than 360°, wherein a focus point of the X-ray beam travels along largely overlapping arcs (401, 402) in the two rotational passes, the off-center detector being positioned asymmetrically with respect to a central of the X-ray beam and a direction of a detector offset being reversed between the passes. According to the invention, redundancy weighting of the projection data with respect to a redundant acquisition of projection values during each of the rotational passes is made using a redundancy weighting function determined on the basis of a union of the arcs (401, 402).
US11219422B2
An image displaying system according to an embodiment includes an observation target device, a display device and processing circuitry. The display device is configured to display an image. The processing circuitry is configured to: arrange a three-dimensional model relating to the observation target device in a virtual space; acquire data indicating a relative positional relationship between an operator and the observation target device; generate an image of a three-dimensional model included in a blind area when viewed from the operator, based on the data indicating the relative positional relationship and on the three-dimensional model arranged in the virtual space; and display the image on the display device.
US11219420B2
An imaging system comprises a plurality of imaging detectors for acquiring imaging data. The plurality of imaging detectors is configurable to be arranged proximate to an anatomy of interest within a patient. Each of the plurality of imaging detectors has a field of view (FOV) and at least a portion of the plurality of imaging detectors image the anatomy of interest within the respective FOV. A processor receives the imaging data and processes the imaging data to form a multi-dimensional dataset having at least three dimensions.
US11219407B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a technique of quantitatively measuring physical properties including both of viscosity and elasticity. A viscoelasticity measurement system includes a measurement apparatus, a processor, and a display apparatus. The measurement apparatus includes a movable unit continuously pressed against a measurement object, a first sensor outputting acceleration information corresponding to an acceleration of pressing-directional movement of a contact portion of the movable unit with respect to the measurement object, and a second sensor outputting reactive force information corresponding to a reactive force applied to the contact portion of the movable unit with respect to the measurement object. The processor calculates first information on an elasticity component of the measurement object and second information on a viscosity component of the measurement object based on the acceleration information and the reactive force information. The display apparatus displays the first information and the second information.
US11219400B2
Systems, processes and devices for real-time brain monitoring to generate and control an interface of a display device with a visual representation of a Brain Value Index for entropy, a connectivity map and treatment guidance. Systems, processes and devices for real-time brain monitoring capture sensor data, process the data and dynamically update the interface in real-time.
US11219399B1
Electrodes for use in electroencephalographic recording, including consciousness and seizure monitoring applications, have novel features that speed, facilitate or enforce proper placement of the electrodes, including any of alignment indicators, tabs and juts, color coding, and an insulating bridge between reference and ground electrodes which ensures a safe application distance between the conductive regions of the two electrodes in the event of cardiac defibrillation. A method of using a set of at least four such electrodes is also disclosed.
US11219398B2
A catheter system to record and map electrical signals by cardiac tissues before, during, and/or after the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in a group of patients. The system can include an elongated body; a distal electrode assembly comprising a proximal stem, a plurality of spines emanating from the stem; and a plurality of nonconductive spine covers, each surrounding a respective spine. Each spine can cover one or more tensile members of the respective spine cover. The system can be configured to achieve clinically improved performance and safety of catheter configurations as to accessibility into target areas of a beating heart.
US11219395B2
A sleepiness estimating device includes a biometric information acquirer that acquires biometric information of a person, an auxiliary information acquirer that acquires auxiliary information including at least one of five-sense information perceived by the person or emotion information indicating an emotion of the person, and a sleepiness estimator that estimates a sleepiness of the person based on the biometric information and the auxiliary information.
US11219392B2
A method for determining a hemoglobin saturation of a volume-oscillating vascular compartment in tissue includes receiving data representing measurements of a number of oscillating hemoglobin concentrations from the tissue and determining the hemoglobin saturation of the volume-oscillating vascular compartment to exclude an effect of an oscillating rate of supply of oxygenated blood to a portion of the tissue including removing a first contribution on one or more of the oscillating hemoglobin concentration measurements from at least one of the measurements, the first contribution being phase offset relative to said measurements.
US11219376B2
In some examples, a device includes sensing circuitry configured to receive one or more signals from a patient and processing circuitry configured to determine a plurality of autoregulation state values associated with a plurality of blood pressure values based on the one or more signals. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine that a first autoregulation state value of the plurality of autoregulation state values is anomalous based on other autoregulation state values of the plurality of autoregulation state values. The processing circuitry is also configured to modify the first autoregulation state value in response to determining that the first autoregulation state value is anomalous and determine an autoregulation status of the patient based on the plurality of autoregulation state values including the modified first autoregulation state value.
US11219366B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a retina photographing apparatus including: a body unit including a case providing an outer appearance of the retina photographing apparatus, and a holder connected to the case and being mountable on an examinee's head; a retina photographing unit installed inside the case, and configured to irradiate light onto a retina of the examinee's left or right eye and to detect the light reflected from the retina to acquire an image of the retina; and a driving unit configured to move a position of the retina photographing unit inside the case in order to photograph both of the examinee's eyes.
US11219362B2
A fundus imaging apparatus acquires a fundus image based on a signal from a light receiving element that receives fundus reflection light of illumination light with which a fundus of a subject eye is irradiated through an objective lens. The fundus imaging apparatus includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information relating to a refractive power of a subject eye, and a process that executes an artifact suppressing process for suppressing occurrence of an artifact due to reflection of the illumination light at the objective lens. The processor switches an imaging mode based on the refractive power between an invalid mode in which the artifact suppressing process is not executed and a valid mode in which the artifact suppressing process is executed.
US11219355B2
Systems, devices, and methods for providing a surgeon with improved viewing angles during arthroscopic surgical procedures are provided. In some embodiments, a cannula is provided that includes an elongate body that can extend along a longitudinal axis, the body having a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen extending through the body between openings at the proximal and distal ends. The cannula can have a first flange member that can extend at least partially around at least one of the openings, and the first flange member can have a distal-facing surface, where at least a portion of the distal-facing surface can be reflective.
US11219352B2
An endoscope includes a window component made of a transparent material at the distal end of the endoscope, wherein the window component is not rotationally symmetric in relation to the direction of view, and an optical correction apparatus with a cylindrical lens for correcting the aberration of the window component. The correction apparatus may contain a second lens movable relative to the cylindrical lens.
US11219350B2
A retracting rack for an appliance such as a dish washing appliance. The rack may be positionable between a stowed position and a deployed position. A spring may drive the rack towards the stowed position. A locking mechanism may be used to secure the rack in one or more positions. A release mechanism and/or a reset mechanism may be used to control the retracting cycle of the rack.
US11219343B2
A potting training device for preventing a potty training child's urine stream from passing through an opening between the toilet seat and the toilet bowl is made of a flexible, water-resistant, preferably non-porous material, having a bendable urine-deflector and a plurality of attachment tabs positioned at the top of, and substantially at right angles to, the bendable urine-deflector, thereby forming an L-shaped configuration. An adhesive material is applied to the surface of each attachment tab and attaches the attachment tabs to the underside of the toilet seat. When not attached to the underside of the toilet seat, the bendable urine-deflector has a flat configuration. In order to attach the potty training device to the underside of the toilet seat, it is manipulated into a curved configuration that matches the curvature of the toilet seat, and is attached thereto.
US11219339B2
A loose hair collection device that attaches to the shower wall for collecting lost hair while a person with long hair takes a shower. The device includes a pair of bristle pads that can be selectively disposed in a side-by-side (vertical) position, in an shelf (“L”) position, or in a face-to-face (“U”) position. A flex connector restrains the bristle pads in these positions without additional support. The face-to-face position facilitates collection of loose hair, the shelf positions provides a soap holder, while the side-by-side position facilitates cleaning of the collected loose hair from the device. The device may also include a water-tight pouch for holding a mobile device, or a speaker (and display screen if desired) and Bluetooth capability for wirelessly connecting to a mobile device locate outside the shower.
US11219335B2
A feed chute having a feed opening cooperating with a transparent pusher is disclosed. The transparent pusher is dimensioned to slide through the feed chute to push food articles into a food processor for processing by a food processing element. The feed chute comprises at least one signal processor disposed on the interior surface of the feed chute to ensure consumer safe operation.
US11219326B1
A lunch box includes a housing having a bottom surface, a front wall, a rear wall, two opposing sidewalls and an open top in communication with an interior storage chamber. A pivotal lid encloses the open top to provide selective access to the interior storage chamber. A freeze pack and an accessory tray seamlessly fit within the interior storage chamber. The tray houses a sensor that measures temperature, pressure and humidity within the interior chamber, and transmits the measured data to a portable electronic device. Therefore, a remote user can monitor the condition of the storage chamber without opening the lid or otherwise accessing the lunch box.
US11219316B2
A foldable sofa-bed includes: a base having a cavity; a bed with a seat section and a subseat section, each of the seat section and the subseat section including a cushion and an underlying panel; and a bed folding mechanism attached to the base, subseat and seat. The bed folding mechanism is configured to move the bed between a folded position, in which the seat and subseat sections are generally horizontally disposed and positioned in vertically stacked relationship in the cavity of the base, with the seat and subseat cushions facing upwardly, and an unfolded position, in which the seat and subseat sections are horizontally disposed and aligned to form a sleeping surface.
US11219301B2
An oral care implement is described. The oral care implement may include a head extending along a longitudinal axis and having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a side surface extending between the first surface and the second surface. A central bristle tuft may from a central portion of the first surface. A plurality of perimetric bristle tufts may from the first surface and arranged to circumferentially surround the central bristle tuft. The perimetric bristle tufts may have distal ends that slope downwardly towards the central bristle tuft. The perimetric bristle tufts may be wedge shaped.
US11219295B2
A device for application of a gel or solid substance to a human body surface comprised of an applicator portion to which gel or solid deodorant is secured and which is coupled to a handle portion. The applicator portion is sized to accommodate a single application of deodorant in a compact format while the handle portion is sized to be grasped between the fingers and thumb of the human hand. The handle portion comprises a moveable connecting point allowing the handle portion to traverse between a storage position and a gripping position during use. The applicator portion is integrally formed with said handle portion.
US11219291B2
The invention relates to a false nail comprising at least: one front layer (12) forming the body of the false nail (1), and a rear layer (11) of an adhesive material for attaching the body of the false nail to a natural nail. The rear layer (11) is formed by a fast-drying polymer adhesive with desiccating capacity, and the front layer (12) is made of a composite material and comprises at least a first layer (12a) of micro-hybrid composite with low contraction capacity in contact with the polymer adhesive. The invention also relates to a method for shaping the false nail on a natural nail and the use of composite material to shape same.
US11219289B2
A kit is for towing through water by a swimmer to transport items, which comprises: an inflatable flotation device and a dry bag (32). The flotation device comprises, when inflated, a lead portion (10a), two spaced side portions (10b, 10c) each extending rearwardly from the lead portion, and attachment means. The dry bag (32), which may be separate to the flotation device, has an openable, water-tight closure. The side portions, when the device is inflated, and the dry bag are respectively shaped to cooperate so that the side portions provide support for the dry bag. The flotation device including the attachment means is arranged to attach the dry bag to the flotation device such that the closure (34) is located above a lead portion of the flotation device. The kit is attachable to a tow leash (32) such that a swimmer can tow the flotation device with the dry bag attached in water and such that the lead portion leads through the water.
US11219280B2
A tool belt (1) comprises a belt strap (2) and a belt buckle (3), wherein the belt buckle (3) comprises a male (5) and a female part (7). The male part (5) comprises a latch plate (27) and the female part (7) comprises a female interface (9) for receiving the latch plate (27). The latch plate (27) is attached to a first end (2a) of the belt strap (2) and the female part (7) is attached to a second end (2b) of the belt strap (2), and the female part (7) comprises a locking mechanism (15) adapted for connection and disconnection of the latch plate (27) to or from the female interface (9), and a length adjustment mechanism (17) adapted for adjustment of the length of the belt strap (2).
US11219278B1
The double-sided belt buckle includes a chape member, a frame, a prong, and a loop element. The chape member includes a hinge element, a first side, and a second side. The hinge element and the frame are pivotally joined together. The prong is pivotally joined to the frame for running through a hole along another end of the strap. A user may choose to use the first or second side of the chape member as the outward facing side. The prong then may be pushed so that the prong may freely swivel within the frame. After releasing the prong, the prong may be applied to fasten a strap of the belt buckle corresponding to the outward facing side, thereby enhancing the flexibility of the belt buckle.
US11219272B1
An insole for ergonomic shoes according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, including: a plurality of first polygonal grooves that are formed to be arranged in polygonal shapes on a lower surface of the insole; a first wall portion forming a rim of the first polygonal groove; and a second polygonal groove that is disposed in a pressure distribution portion, which is a part of an inner and lower surface of the insole, and is formed of a rim including a second wall portion having a height lower than a height of the first wall portion.
US11219269B2
Sports boot element of which the wall includes at least two different plastics materials (15, 16), the wall having (i) a first zone (11) including the two different plastics materials within its thickness, the first plastics material (15) forming two layers of the wall constituting the internal and external faces of the said wall, and the second plastics material (16) being interposed between the two layers of the first plastics material (15), and (ii) a second zone (13) including only the second plastics material (16).
US11219267B2
An article of footwear is provided and includes an upper and a sole secured to the upper and including a stabilizing member extending outwardly from the upper. The stabilizing member includes a groove that separates the stabilizing member into a medial balancing member and a lateral balancing member, and where the medial balancing member and the lateral balancing member move independently of each other to provide balance and stability on different terrains.
US11219264B2
An impact reducing headgear is disclosed which utilizes dynamically responsive materials which undergo physical changes during exposure to impact forces, such that physical changes or phase changes absorb energy. The helmet may be constructed with a dual shell structure and a bladder, where the dynamically responsive materials may be contained. An embodiment for a comfortable fit which remains tight to the wearer's head is disclosed.
US11219262B2
A system for providing safety assistance in a vehicle. The system includes a helmet and a first plurality of sensors in the helmet. The system further includes control circuitry that captures a first plurality of signals from the first plurality of sensors in the helmet. The first plurality of signals indicates first motion information corresponding to the helmet. The control circuitry further controls one of an inflation element or a hardening element disposed in a wearable garment based on a determination that the first motion information corresponding to the helmet exceeds a first predefined threshold.
US11219260B2
An artificial lash extension system includes lash extensions designed for an application under a natural lash. Each of the lash extensions includes clusters of artificial hairs. Each of the clusters includes at least two artificial hairs and a base from which the at least two artificial hairs of each of the clusters protrude. Each of the lash extensions is formed by at least an application of heat at a respective base.
US11219257B2
A sports garment having a section covering the upper part of the body of a wearer during intended use of the garment, wherein a climate zone is arranged in the region covering each axillary area of the wearer during intended use. To improve the cooling of the axillary area efficiently, the climate zone has a plurality of fins which are arranged parallel to another and which are contacting the skin of the wearer during intended use of the garment, wherein the fins are extending along a defined height over a base material of the garment, wherein the fins are arranged in such a manner that the envelope of all fins has a kite-shape or rhomb-shape seen in the direction perpendicular onto the base material of the garment.
US11219256B2
A half mitten apparatus to safely demonstrate motorist hands during a traffic stop includes a first half-mitten, a second half-mitten, and a flexible connector. The first half-mitten and the second half-mitten each comprises a visually accentuating outer layer, an inner layer, a finger receiving receptacle, and an eyelet. The visually accentuating outer layer is externally connected about the inner layer that delineates the finger receiving receptacle. The eyelet traverses through the visually accentuating outer layer and the inner layer, adjacent to an opened end of the finger receiving receptacle. The eyelet of the first half-mitten and the eyelet of the second half-mitten are tethered into each other by the flexible connector as the flexible connector fastens both the first half-mitten and the second half-mitten within the close proximity of each other.
US11219254B2
A facial shield for a protective headgear system includes a polymeric sheet having an upper portion configured to be coupled to a support and a lower portion having a lower extremity, wherein the upper portion includes a first hole, a second hole, and a third hole, each one of the first, second, and third holes laterally spaced from the other two of the first, second, and third holes, and the first hole including a first section having a first hole gap and a second section laterally adjacent the first section and having a second hole gap, wherein the first hole gap of the first hole is greater than or equal to the maximum vertical dimension of a first hook of the support, and wherein the second hole gap of the first hole is greater than a vertical base thickness of a base of the first hook and is less than the maximum vertical dimension of the first hook.
US11219251B2
A clothing body of air-conditioned clothing includes a cloth part and a swell-controlling mechanism. The cloth part includes at least one opening hole to which a fan is attachable, and an air discharge part. The swell-controlling mechanism is provided on the cloth part at a position almost the same as the opening hole in a height direction of the cloth part. The swell-controlling mechanism controls swell of the cloth part around the opening hole and, when the clothing body is worn with the fan being attached to the opening hole, causes the fan to adhere to a wearer's body.
US11219250B1
An article of clothing with tools incorporated therein. The article of clothing has a strap assembly that has a strap body with first and second strap ends and at least one tool assembly. The at least one tool assembly is secured within the first and/or second strap ends. The at least one tool assembly is a fin key. The at least one tool assembly has a plate and a shaft. The plate is secured within the strap body while a respective shaft protrudes from a respective first or second aperture. The first and second apertures each have a predetermined size to secure the plate within the strap body while a respective shaft protrudes from the respective first or second ends. The strap assembly is incorporated onto an article of clothing such as a boardshort.
US11219249B2
A strap includes an elastomeric portion and three loci, with the first locus and the second locus being permanently attached to a garment and the third locus being removably, selectively attached to the garment. The strap includes an elastomeric portion and is configured to selectively include two pathways or one pathway, so as to retain a fabric member between a rear surface of the strap and the liner of the garment.
US11219247B2
Described herein is a breast support garment and methods of use thereof. The garment can be used by a wearer with a small band size and a fuller bust and may be worn during leisure or sleep. The garment contains a sleep stay attached to an inside surface of the front section of the garment (e.g., within each cup) that can be stretched to enwrap the inner curve of a wearer's breast, thereby providing stabilization, physical separation, and/or vertical and/or horizontal support for the wearer's breast (e.g., to counter the pull of gravity on the breasts when a wearer is reclining or sleeping, e.g., side-sleeping, and/or to reduce the movement of the breasts when a wearer is changing positions or carrying out daily activities (e.g., walking)).
US11219245B2
A cotton-free ultrasonic atomizer and electronic cigarette, comprising a tobacco tar cup, an air inlet passage, a tobacco tar smoke outlet passage and an atomization component; the atomization component includes a first atomization piece and a second atomization piece; an atomization cavity is formed between the first atomization piece and the second atomization piece, and an ejection end of the first atomization piece aligns to an atomization surface of the second atomization piece; the first atomization piece communicates with a tobacco tar outlet of the tobacco tar cup, the air inlet passage communicates with the atomization cavity, and the atomization cavity communicates with the tobacco tar smoke outlet passage.
US11219242B2
Various structures for interfaces for a smokable element to connect to a smoke and/or tar filter, and related methods, are provided. For example, the structures and methods enable repeatably and securely connecting or interfacing a smokable element, e.g., an herbal joint, to an air filter, e.g., a smoke and/or tar filter. For instance, an interface can have a horn-shaped end with a deformable opening that receives a smokable element, creating at least a partial seal between the deformable opening of the horn-shaped end and the smokable element. Also, the other end of the interface can have a round end that attaches to an air filter.
US11219235B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a composition comprising one or more omega-3 fatty acid salt(s), the composition obtainable or obtained by this method, and also the use of this composition for the preparation of foodstuffs, food supplements or pharmaceutical products.
US11219233B2
A method of making a food flavoring product is described including adding a plant material to a water-oil carrier, forming a homogenous mixture of said plant material and water-oil carrier, placing the homogeneous mixture into a package, and subjecting the package to freeze-thaw cycling to separate the water and oil carriers containing said plant material into separate components. This results in a composition separated into individual water and oil components with enhanced color and flavor characteristics when dispensed from the package.
US11219230B2
The present invention primarily relates to novel mixtures with stabilizing properties, particularly for avoiding, reducing or delaying the formation of sensorially undesired flavours and/or tastes in oxidative degradation processes or autoxidative processes or reducing, avoiding or delaying oxidative processes in one or more oxidation-sensitive compounds, particularly autoxidative processes, their use in specific preparations as well as novel preparations and methods of producing such preparations. Additionally, herein described are methods for decreasing, avoiding or delaying the formation of sensorially undesired flavours and/or tastes in oxidative degradation processes or autoxidative processes or for decreasing, avoiding or delaying oxidative processes in one or more oxidation-sensitive compounds, particularly autoxidative processes.
US11219228B2
Provided is a liquid system comprising a first component and a second component the components selected from the group consisting of carbohydrates, sugar alcohols, food grade acids, food grade non-aqueous solvents and food grade salts wherein: a. the second component is different than the first component; b. the system has a melting point lower than each of the components; and c. the liquid system comprises 7% or less water. The systems are useful for protecting an active ingredient in a food system wherein the ingredient is stable at room temperature and retains its sensory properties after being diluted into an aqueous beverage for example to form a flavored aqueous beverage.
US11219222B2
A topical mosquito control product includes active and inert ingredients. The active ingredients include natural materials and may include soybean oil, cinnamon oil, clove oil, thyme and geraniol. The inert ingredients include natural materials and may include bee's wax, sunflower oil, triethyl citrate, water, vanillin, steric acid, xanthan gum and lecithin.
US11219221B2
Provided is a technology for conferring enhanced tolerance and/or enhancing tolerance to a herbicide of a plant and/or algae by using amino acid variants of protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase derived from prokaryotes.
US11219217B2
An organosilicon antimicrobial solution, an organosilicon antimicrobial agent, an antimicrobial glass, a preparation method therefor, and use thereof. The organosilicon antimicrobial solution comprises, in percentage by mass: 30% to 65% of an organosilicon quaternary ammonium salt; 10% to 40% of ethyl orthosilicate; 10% to 40% of a double bond-containing organosilicon; 5% to 20% of an epoxy group-containing organosilicon; 5% to 20% of methyltrimethoxysilane; and 0.1% to 3% of an organotin catalyst. The organosilicon quaternary ammonium salt is selected from at least one of methyldiethoxysilane quaternary ammonium salt, N,N-dimethyl-N-octadecylaminopropyltrimethoxysilane quaternary ammonium salt, (trimethoxysilylpropyl)octadecyldimethylammonium chloride and 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyldimethyldodecylammonium chloride. An antimicrobial glass prepared by the organosilicon antimicrobial solution above has strong versatility and small influence on the light transmittance of the glass.
US11219214B2
The present disclosure relates to fungicidal active compounds, more specifically to benzosultams and analogues thereof, processes and, intermediates for their preparation and use thereof as fungicidal active compound, particularly in the form of fungicide compositions. The present disclosure also relates to methods for the control of phytopathogenic fungi of plants using these compounds or compositions comprising thereof.
US11219213B2
A fungicidal composition comprising active components A and B, wherein the active component A is benzisothiazolinone, and the active component B is flutriafol; and the weight ratio of the two components is 1:30-30:1. Also provided are a preparation method and use of the composition. Test results show that the fungicidal composition provided in the present invention has an obvious synergistic effect, and more importantly, the application rate is reduced and the cost is reduced. The fungicidal composition is effective in controlling certain specific fungal diseases of the crops. Through the combination of different fungicides with different mechanisms and modes of action, the application rate of each single agent is effectively reduced, and a good effect on broadening the fungicidal spectrum, retarding the fungal resistance and improving the control effect is exhibited.
US11219212B2
The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising imazamox, any of its individual isomers or agriculturally acceptable salts, esters or amides thereof. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
US11219204B2
An electronic rodent trap and monitoring method is provided. Each trap has at least one entrance, and preferably two entrances in opposed relationship to create a longitudinal tunnel, with a pair of lower plates extending longitudinally and oriented in spaced substantially parallel relationship, and a triggering element, such as a third plate, positioned above the lower plates, and preferably adjacent the ceiling of the trap on a center baffle that also shields a bait cup. The trap is activated when the rodent, with its left and right feet on the parallel lower plates, which are preferably raised above the floor, contacts the triggering element on the center baffle. The trap is preferably modular in design with an electronics module and a tunnel module removably secured within and protected by an outer housing. The trap also has improved features for more accurate remote monitoring of rodent dispatch and kill verification.
US11219197B1
A fishing lure having a cylindrical housing forming a cavity or chamber. The front end or wall of the housing is provided with one or more inlet ports as well as a bore for threading a fishing line therethrough. A rear wall has a bore in register with the bore in the front wall. There is an outlet from the chamber for the egress of water from the chamber. Rotatably mounted in the cavity formed by the housing is a rotor which has one or more surfaces with a concave-like surface, the rotor being turned by the action of the water passing through the housing and impinging on the concave-like surface as the lure is pulled through the water.
US11219188B1
The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTM9024. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTM9024 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTM9024 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11219186B1
A soybean cultivar designated 91120809 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 91120809, to the plants of soybean cultivar 91120809, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 91120809, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 91120809. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91120809. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91120809, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 91120809 with another soybean cultivar.
US11219174B2
The present disclosure is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. The disclosure provides methods for breeding corn plants having northern leaf blight (NLB) resistance using marker-assisted selection. The disclosure further provides corn germplasm resistant to NLB. The disclosure also provides markers associated with NLB resistance loci for introgressing these loci into elite germplasm in a breeding program, thus producing novel NLB resistant germplasm.
US11219170B2
Shelters for enhancing the growth of trees by protecting tree trunks from damaging sunlight. The shelters include a longitudinal tubular structure having a top edge and a bottom edge. The shelters includes a conduit extending from the top edge to the bottom edge of the shelter. The longitudinal tubular structure may be formed from a polymeric material including a pigment selected to block at least a portion of electromagnetic radiation. The polymeric material including the pigment blocks at least about 30% of electromagnetic radiation at any wavelength from about 200 nm to about 2500 nm.
US11219157B2
A device for cleaning root vegetables include at least two rollers each rotatably mounted about an axis perpendicular to a direction of travel of the root vegetables on the rollers. At least one of the rollers is equipped with a means for heating its outer wall. Thus, with the outer wall of the roller being heated, this has the effect of drying soil that is possibly stuck thereon. This drying is enough to make the soil crisp and to overcome the suction phenomenon of wet soil on the roller and on reliefs of the roller. Vibrations due to the displacement of the root vegetables on the rollers ensure that the dried soil is detached and falls to the ground.
US11219156B2
A distributed pump system is disclosed. The distributed pump system comprises a supply source and a support structure arranged on or proximate an agricultural vehicle. At least two fluid distribution elements are mounted to the support structure and are coupled at an inlet to a first conduit to provide fluid communication between the fluid distribution elements and the supply source. An application system including at least two application units is coupled to one or more of the fluid distribution elements by a second conduit. A first monitoring device is associated with a respective application unit and fluid distribution element, and is configured to sense a downstream flow parameter of the second conduit and generate a corresponding output signal. An electronic control unit is communicatively coupled to each of the fluid distribution elements and is configured to dynamically adjust an input parameter of one or more of the fluid distribution elements.
US11219153B2
A shank assembly for an agricultural tillage implement including a support arm, a shank connected to the support arm, a point connected to the shank, and a float monitoring system. The float monitoring system includes a first sensor for sensing a home position, a second sensor connected to the support arm and configured for sensing an angular position of the support arm relative to the frame of the agricultural tillage implement, and an electronic control unit operably connected to the first sensor and the second sensor. The electronic control unit is configured for comparing the home position and the angular position of the support arm and determining a float of the shank as the shank is towed in a forward direction of travel.
US11224151B2
A filter removal method for removing a filter held in a filter holding space provided in a tip part of a nozzle shaft in a component suction head, in which a suction nozzle is detachably attached to the tip part of the nozzle shaft, from the component suction head. The method comprises a deforming step of compressing and deforming the filter in the filter holding space, and a discharging step of discharging the compressed and deformed filter from the filter holding space.
US11224141B2
A server rack system includes a plurality of servers, a plurality of power supply units for supplying power to the servers, and a microcontroller electrically connected to the servers and the power supply units. The microcontroller is configured to determine a number of those of the servers that are currently in operation, compare the number with a critical value, determine whether each of the power supply units operates normally, and control at least one of the servers that are currently in operation to operate at a lower operating frequency when the number is greater than the critical value and at least one of the power supply units operates abnormally.
US11224127B2
A flexible printed circuit board and an electronic device using the same are provided. The electronic device includes a first casing, a second casing, and a printed circuit board combination. The printed circuit board combination includes a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board, and a flexible printed circuit board. The flexible printed circuit board includes a body portion, a first extending end, and a second extending end. The body portion defines an opening. The first extending end bends from a first side of the body portion toward the body portion and extends toward a first direction after passing through the opening to connect the first printed circuit board. The second extending end extends from a second side of the body portion toward a second direction to connect the second printed circuit board.
US11224123B2
The disclosure provides a circuit board that includes: a carrier element having a number of circuit board layers; a number of electronic components; a number of thermal interfaces; and a number of electrical interfaces. The electronic components are arranged directly on at least one of the surface sides on the carrier element. The opposite surface side of the carrier element is of potential-free design. Additionally, the circuit board with the electronic components is overlaid by a covering material in such a way that the electronic components are mechanically stabilized and the thermal and/or electrical interfaces are free of the covering material.
US11224118B2
A power electronics assembly may include a power component having a thermally and electrically conductive surface; a printed circuit board having a slot; and a bussing element having a protrusion that directly contacts the thermally and electrically conductive surface of the power component via the slot of the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board being disposed between the power component and the bussing element.
US11224111B2
A method 800 of controlling at least one lighting device 110 in a space is disclosed. The method 800 comprises the steps of receiving 802 a first user input related to a light setting, sensing 804 a second user input indicative of a direction relative to a user input device 104, obtaining 806 information indicative of an orientation of the user input device 104, obtaining 808 information indicative of a location of the user input device 104, obtaining 810 information indicative of locations of one or more lighting devices 110, determining 811, based on the locations of the one or more lighting devices 110 and the location and the orientation of user input device 104, the location and the orientation of the user input device 104 relative to the one or more lighting devices 110, determining 812, based on the location and the orientation of the user input device 104 relative to the one or more lighting devices 110, if a lighting device 110 is located in the direction, generating 814 a control command for the lighting device 110 based on the light setting, and transmitting 816 the control command to the lighting device 110 so as to control the lighting device 110 according to the light setting.
US11224102B2
In a solid-state heating system, once a load with specific load characteristics has been placed in a heating cavity, a processing unit produces control signals that indicate an excitation signal frequency and one or more phase shifts, which constitute a combination of parameter values. Multiple microwave generation modules produce RF excitation signals characterized by the frequency and the phase shift(s). Multiple microwave energy radiators radiate, into the heating cavity, electromagnetic energy corresponding to RF excitation signals received from the microwave generation modules. Power detection circuitry takes reflected RF power measurements, and the processing unit determines a reflected power indication based on the measurements. The process is repeated for different combinations of the parameter values, and an acceptable combination of parameter values is determined and stored in a memory of the heating system. Acceptable combinations of parameter values similarly may be determined and stored for other loads with different load characteristics.
US11224086B2
A method and apparatus for multiple accesses for fast connection reestablishment in a wireless communication system is provided. Upon detecting a failure, a wireless device selects multiple resources of one cell based on a type of the failure. Then, the wireless device triggers multiple access procedures each of which is mapped to each of the multiple resources of the one cell respectively, and performs multiple access transmissions for the multiple access procedures via the multiple resources of the one cell.
US11224083B2
There is provided a method for establishing a connection between a Neutral Host (NH) network and one or more virtual radio access networks (vRANs), under a service level agreement (SLA) therebetween. The method comprises: sending a message to the one or more vRANs, the message including an identity of the NH network and at least a first radio parameter; in response to the message, receiving an identity of the one or more vRANs and at least a second radio parameter; and establishing the connection between the NH network and the one or more vRANs, based on the identity of the one or more vRANs, the identity of the NH network and one of the at least first radio parameter and the at least second radio parameter. The method is implemented in a network node, such as a Distributed Unit of a gNB.
US11224074B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for bandwidth part (“BWP”) configuration based on a clear channel assessment (“CCA”). One method includes configuring at least one BWP. Each BWP of the at least one BWP comprises a downlink BWP and an uplink BWP. The method includes indicating a first BWP of the at least one BWP as an active BWP. The method includes performing a CCA prior to transmitting a message. The method includes, in response to the CCA being successful for the active BWP, transmitting the message using the active BWP. The method includes, in response to the CCA being unsuccessful for the active BWP and the CCA being successful for only a second BWP of the at least one BWP: indicating the second BWP as the active BWP; and transmitting the message using the active BWP.
US11224073B2
The present application is at least directed to an apparatus. The apparatus includes a non-transitory memory including instructions stored thereon for beam link pairing the apparatus to a router in a new radio. The apparatus also includes a processor, operably coupled to the non-transitory memory, capable of executing the instructions of transmitting physical random access channel (PRACH) preambles through a set of uplink transmission beams in a subframe. The processor is also capable of executing the instructions of signaling a beam ID of the set of uplink transmission beams. The processor is further capable of executing the instructions of monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a random access response (RAR) including a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI). The processor is even further capable of executing the instructions of determining the RA-RNTI corresponds to the transmitted PRACH preambles.
US11224067B2
The present disclosure relates to a data transmitting device, data receiving device and the corresponding data transmitting method and data receiving method for transmitting/receiving data over a wireless channel in a communication system. In particular, a first resource grant is received for a data transmission in a subframe and a second resource grant for a data transmission of data in said subframe. Then, it is determined, according to which of the first resource grant and the second resource grant data are to be transmitted in the subframe; and the data is transmitted in the subframe according to the selected first grant or second grant.
US11224065B2
A transmitting and receiving point (TRP) divides data scheduled by one downlink control information (DCI) into N data parts, and transmits the N data parts to a receiving side, where N≥1. A value of N and whether the N data parts have a correlation in a case of N>1 are determined by at least one of following scheduling information: a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) field, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port indicator, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), a redundancy version (RV) or a new data indicator (NDI). After receiving the N data parts sent by the TRP, the receiving side determines whether the N data parts have the correlation according to at least one of the TCI, the DMRS port indicator, the MCS, the RV, or the NDI.
US11224055B2
A system described herein may provide a technique for maintaining and implementing a dynamic uplink grant policy for a User Equipment (“UE”) connected to a base station of a radio access network (“RAN”) of a wireless telecommunications network. The dynamic uplink grant policy may be based on historical utilization of radio frequency (“RF”) resources granted to the UE, which may be based on a historical amount of padding (e.g., versus user plane data) included in uplink transmissions from the UE to one or more base stations associated with the wireless telecommunications network. The dynamic uplink grant policy may indicate an amount by which resource grants for a UE should be reduced, compared to an amount of resources requested by the UE.
US11224054B2
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or a pre-5G communication system for supporting higher data transmission rates in a beyond-4G communication system, such as LTE. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method for a base station in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: transmitting resource information of a scheduling request (SR) for each transmission type, to a terminal accessing the base station; and receiving an SR corresponding to the transmission type of the terminal from the terminal, in response to the transmission of the resource information of the SR.
US11224051B2
According to various embodiments, a data transmission method and apparatus are provided in this application. In one embodiment, user equipment (UE) determines SPS assistance information based on N data packets at layer 2, where the SPS assistance information includes a frame number and a subframe number that correspond to a moment offset, wherein service features corresponding to the N data packets are the same, and wherein each of the service features includes at least a period configured by a base station for the UE. The moment offset of the data packets can be accurately predicted, and then the SPS assistance information is determined based on the frame number and the subframe number that correspond to the relatively accurate moment offset, to reduce impact of data packet fluctuation on a transmission delay. In addition, the UE can obtain an SPS resource without reporting an SR, so that the data transmission delay can be reduced.
US11224048B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a group identifier of the UE. The UE may receive, from the base station, an indication of one or more group identifiers associated with scheduled communications with the base station during a time period. The UE may contend, based at least in part on the group identifier of the UE and the one or more group identifiers received from the base station, for access to a set of autonomous uplink (AUL) resources during the time period. The UE may perform, based at least in part on the contending, an AUL transmission to the base station using the set of autonomous uplink resources.
US11224047B2
A server device can effectively apply a network coexistence service to a mobile body whose location can change every moment. The server device includes a control unit configured to provide a plurality of lists in which an available frequency and transmission power of the frequency are described for each predetermined range determined on a basis of a predetermined criterion so that the frequency is not set in an overlapped manner in the same predetermined range, to an external device which uses the frequency.
US11224042B2
The present disclosure provides a frequency selection method, a random access method, and an apparatus. The method comprises: determining a first band set, the first band set comprising at least one first working band supported by a network side device, and the first working band comprising at least one uplink frequency range and at least one downlink frequency range; and broadcasting the first band set, so that the terminal determines, according to the first band set, the at least one uplink frequency range and the at least one downlink frequency range comprised in the first working band supported by the network side device.
US11224036B2
The method for transmitting control information in a mobile communication system includes: determining a control channel resource for transmitting control information by means of the data channel region; and transmitting the control information using the determined control channel resource. A capacity for control information, which increases for multiple user multiple-input multiple-out (MIMOs) in a heterogeneous network environment, for heterogeneous network interference control using carrier aggregation, for frequent use of a multicast-broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe, and for a CoMP transmission control, may be satisfied. Further, an adaptive resource allocation based on a requested capacity for control information may be enabled, and the efficient utilization of resources may also be enabled.
US11224031B2
The application discloses a signal transmission method and device. The signal transmission method comprises: a first communication node determining a mode for transmitting data in a time unit to a second communication node; and the first communication node transmitting data to the second communication mode in the time unit according to the determined mode for transmitting data. The data includes N data sets, where N is a positive integer. A data transmission method for M data sets in the data is known by the second communication node. Related information of a data transmission method for (N-M) data sets is notified to the second communication node by the first communication node by means of a control signal in the time unit, where M is less than or equal to N.
US11224029B2
According to certain embodiments, a method performed by a network node is provided for configuring beamformed paging transmissions to a user equipment (UE). The method includes obtaining information identifying at least one capability of the UE and taking into account the at least one capability of the UE when configuring at least one of the at least one paging occasion and the at least one paging transmission within each paging occasion.
US11224017B2
Methods and apparatus are described. A long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver receives discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information. The processor, in response to the received DRX information, controls the transceiver to monitor LTE-A physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) in subframes in a first frequency band during an active time. The processor further, in response to detecting a downlink assignment in an LTE-A PDCCH in the first frequency band during the active time, wherein the downlink assignment indicates a second frequency band and assigned subcarriers within the second frequency band, to receive an LTE-A physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) K subframes after a transmission of the downlink assignment. The second frequency band is different than the first frequency band.
US11224016B2
A first communications device and a method therein for handling of active mode operation after transmitting data to a second communications device. The first and the second communications devices are operating in a wireless communications network. The first communications device transmits a first data transmission to the second communications device and enters a sleep mode. At a number of points in time, the first communications device temporarily wakes up from the sleep mode to an active mode for an active mode period. Further, the first communications device indicates, to the second communications device, a point of time of the active mode period.
US11224014B2
Power management for remote units in a wireless distribution system. Power can be managed for a remote unit configured to power modules and devices that may require more power to operate than power available to the remote unit. For example, the remote unit may be configured to include power-consuming remote unit modules to provide communication services. As another example, the remote unit may be configured to provide power through powered ports in the remote unit to power-consuming devices. Depending on the configuration of the remote unit, the power-consuming remote unit modules and/or power-consuming devices may demand more power than is available at the remote unit. In this instance, the power available at the remote unit can be distributed to the power-consuming modules and devices based on the priority of services desired to be provided by the remote unit.
US11224006B2
A wireless communications system transmits a first message including an anonymous discovery pilot identification code to a first terminal, receives a second message from a second terminal and determines whether the second message identifies the discovery pilot identification code. The system may transmit a third message identifying the first terminal to the second terminal responsive to the second message identifying the discovery pilot identification code. Transmission of the first message may be preceded by receiving a request message from the first terminal requesting permission to transmit a discovery pilot signal.
US11224005B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communications. A wireless communication system may use access preferences to indicate a preferred access for communicating signaling for a control plane service. In some aspects, an AMF and a UE may establish access preferences for one or more control plane services and communicate signaling for the control plane service based on the established access preferences. In some cases, the UE may transmit modified access preferences for a control plane service to the AMF, and the UE and AMF may communicate signaling for the control plane service based on the modified access preferences. In some aspects, an AMF may also restrict the accesses used by a control plane service. A UE may also request that certain accesses are restricted for use by a control plane service.
US11223986B2
A target communications device receiving from a source communications device a notification that a user communications device is to be handed over from that source communications device, provides the source communications device with multiple component carrier information for use by the user communications device. The multiple component carrier information includes information indicating to the user communications device which of the multiple component carriers is to be used for initial access. The multiple component carrier information may be component carrier indexes. Communication devices may exchange component carrier indexes during a setup or updating procedure such as an X2 setup or updating procedure.
US11223983B2
Systems and methods related to automatic neighbor relation in a wireless communication network are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a User Equipment (UE) to assist a base station in a wireless communication network with automatic neighbor relation comprises receiving reference signal configurations for a plurality of cells and a measurement report triggering criterion. The reference signal configurations are configurations for reference signals to be used by the UE for Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurement reporting for the plurality of cells. The measurement report triggering criterion is related to detection, by the UE, of an unknown cell while performing measurements in accordance with the reference signal configurations for the plurality of cells, where an unknown cell is a cell other than the plurality of cells for which the UE has received the reference signal configurations. The method further comprises detecting an unknown cell and sending a report.
US11223975B2
A communication apparatus includes an accumulation means 501 that temporarily accumulates communication data in a previous stage of transmission to the MAC layer, an estimation means 502 that estimates an amount of transmittable data, which is an amount of data that can be transmitted in the MAC layer in a predetermined period, by using a radio wave index that is an index related to a radio wave in the frequency and/or a communication index that is an index related to wireless communication using the frequency, the indices being measured by an own apparatus or a wireless device including a MAC layer used by the own apparatus, and a control means 503 that controls, on the basis of an estimation result of the amount of transmittable data, a data flow of when the communication data accumulated in the accumulation means 501 is transmitted to a lower layer.
US11223963B2
A method is disclosed for managing tilt of an antenna providing network coverage over a coverage area. The method comprises obtaining an elevation model of the coverage area and calculating obtaining antenna attenuation to points on the elevation model according to a reference antenna tilt angle and a proposed antenna tilt angle. The method further comprises using the calculated obtained attenuations to predict an impact upon network traffic distribution within the coverage area of changing from the reference to the proposed antenna tilt angle, and approving use of the proposed antenna tilt angle if the predicted impact satisfies an acceptability criterion. Also disclosed are an apparatus and a computer program product configured to carry out methods for managing tilt of an antenna.
US11223961B2
A method for configuring a wireless network system, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: collecting relevant information of respective equipment nodes in a wireless network system to be configured; determining network configuration parameters of virtual nodes corresponding to the respective equipment nodes based on the relevant information of the respective equipment nodes, and constructing a virtual network system including the virtual nodes corresponding to the respective equipment nodes; and performing a network configuration on the respective equipment nodes in the wireless network system to be configured by using the constructed virtual network system.
US11223946B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution that guarantees authenticity and integrity on the signaling exchange between mobile roaming networks that trust each other. According to at least one example embodiment, a network element located on a sending mobile network may be configured to generate a signaling message that includes one or more protected data fields, calculate a hash value for each of the one or more protected data fields, combine each of the calculated hash values together using an exclusive OR (XOR) operation resulting in a combined hash value. The network element may be further configured to calculate an authentication code based on the combined hash value and a key, add an authentication field to the signaling message, the authentication field storing the authentication code, and send the signaling message to a transporting network.
US11223941B2
One or more consumer Embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) profiles that are provided by at least one eSIM profile vendor may be received at a subscription management service of a wireless communication carrier. The one or more consumer eSIM profiles are loaded into a Subscription Manager Data Preparation Plus (SM-DP+) profile data store of the subscription management service, each consumer eSIM profile for deployment to an eUICC in a consumer device. At least one corresponding Integrated Circuit Card identifier (ICCID) of the one or more consumer eSIM profiles as loaded into the SM-DP+ data store is then sent via the subscription management service to an eSIM profile management platform of the wireless communication carrier using a service data feed, in which the eSIM profile management platform provides a central interface for a plurality of entities to perform actions with respect to multiple eSIM profiles and multiple eUICC Identifiers (EIDs).
