US11221529B2
The present disclosure replace the unbendable glass substrate of the non-display portion of the first glass substrate connected to the integrated circuit chip with a bendable flexible substrate, and bend the bending portion of the flexible substrate and the integrated circuit chip connected therewith to the side or the back of the glass substrate, thereby reduce the area of the non-display portion and significantly increase the screen-to-body ratio of the display portion.
US11221528B2
An electro-optical device includes a display region and a peripheral region, and includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode being disposed in the display region and having translucency, a transistor being disposed in the display region and being electrically coupled to the pixel electrode, a second substrate including a common electrode, and an electro-optical layer being arranged between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, wherein the first substrate or the second substrate includes a first layer having translucency and an insulating property, a second layer having translucency and an insulating property, and being disposed closer to the electro-optical layer than the first layer is, and a light shielding film being arranged between the first layer and the second layer and including tungsten, and the light shielding film includes a concave surface being in contact with the second layer.
US11221527B2
A viewing angle of emission light is widened. A width of the viewing angle is adjusted. A liquid crystal diffraction grating includes at least a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a lower electrode and an upper electrode opposite to the lower electrode, and the upper electrode includes a plurality of branch electrodes that extend in a Y direction and are arranged in an X direction in a plan view. When no voltage is applied to the plurality of branch electrodes, an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer is a direction along the X or Y direction. When polarizers are arranged on upper and lower sides of the liquid crystal diffraction grating, transmission axes of these polarizers are parallel to each other and parallel to the alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules.
US11221526B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first area including a display area, a second area adjacent to the first area, and an organic insulating layer formed over the first area and the second area. The second substrate includes a substrate end located in a border between the first area and the second area, and overlaps the first area. The organic insulating layer includes a first groove portion surrounding the display area and formed in a circular shape along an outline of the first substrate. The first groove portion includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The first and second sidewalls intersect the substrate end in a plan view.
US11221525B2
A display device and a flexible circuit board are provided. The display device includes: a display panel having a first bonding region, the first bonding region being provided with a plurality of first connection terminals; a touch panel having a second bonding region, the second bonding region being provided with a plurality of second connection terminals; a flexible circuit board having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; first conductive structures disposed on the first surface of the flexible circuit board and configured to be connected with the plurality of first connection terminals; second conductive structures, disposed on the second surface of the flexible circuit board and configured to be connected with the plurality of second connection terminals.
US11221523B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a gate line connected to a gate electrode; a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate line and including silicon; an ohmic contact layer disposed on the semiconductor layer; and a data conductor disposed on the ohmic contact layer. The semiconductor layer includes a source region, a drain region, and a channel region disposed between the source region and the drain region. The data conductor includes a data line transmitting a data signal, a source electrode corresponding to the source region, and a drain electrode corresponding to the drain region. A channel step of the semiconductor layer is a height difference between an upper surface in the source region or the drain region and an upper surface in the channel region. The upper surface in the source region or the drain region has a maximum height of the semiconductor layer.
US11221521B2
Provided is a display device including an array substrate, a pixel, a dimming element, and a counter substrate. The pixel is located over the array substrate and includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer over the first electrode and the second electrode. The dimming element is located over the array substrate and includes a third electrode, the liquid crystal layer over the third electrode, and a fourth electrode over the liquid crystal layer. The counter substrate is located over the fourth electrode.
US11221520B2
A display device and a method for manufacturing the same. A display device includes: a first substrate; a partition wall which is disposed on the first substrate to define a first space and includes a top portion and side portions extending from the top portion; a reflective layer which covers the top portion and the side portions; an organic layer which is disposed on the reflective layer to overlap the top portion and has liquid repellency; and a wavelength conversion layer which is disposed in the first space.
US11221509B2
One or more embodiments of the present invention are directed to a liquid crystal display including: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a first color pixel area, a second color pixel area, a third color pixel area, and a white pixel area on any one of the first substrate and the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. A first color filter is disposed in each of the first color pixel area and the white pixel area, and each of the first, second, third, and white pixel areas includes a plurality of domains, each two adjacent domains having a boundary between them, and the first color filter is disposed at at least one of the boundaries between the domains in the white pixel area.
US11221507B1
A liquid crystal display mounting device for mounting a first liquid crystal display and a second liquid crystal display in place is introduced. The liquid crystal display mounting device includes a frame, first display mounting member, second display mounting member and mounting supporting unit. Thus, the positions of the frame, first display mounting member, second display mounting member and mounting supporting unit are subject to changes as needed, allowing the first liquid crystal display and second liquid crystal display to be hung on a wall, hung from a ceiling, or erected.
US11221504B2
A method for adjusting spectacles in which a virtual fitting process of a parametric frame model of a spectacle frame on a 3D model of the head of a person, to whom the spectacles are to be fitted, is divided into two fitting procedures. In a first fitting procedure, the parametric frame model is adjusted to the 3D model of the head to meet specific fitting guidelines for the parametric frame model. Fitting guidelines of this nature may be specified by a frame manufacturer to comply with aesthetic criteria in the fitting. Anatomic fitting is then performed in the second fitting procedure.
US11221501B2
Ophthalmic lenses including a spectral filters (e.g., a reflective or absorptive spectral filter) are disclosed. A first of the spectral filters substantially blocks light in a first portion of a spectral sensitivity range of a cone (e.g., S, M, or L cone) and substantially passes light in a second, non-overlapping portion of the spectral sensitivity range. A second spectral filter substantially blocks light in the second portion of the spectral sensitivity range and substantially passes light in the first spectral sensitivity range.
US11221484B2
A scent visualization system may comprise a display apparatus for generating a target image including a target object; an olfactory sensor for detecting a scent; and a scent visualization apparatus for generating target associative visualization information that reminds the scent from the target image received from the display apparatus and sensing information received from the olfactory sensor, and generating an associative image by combining the target associative visualization information and the target image. Therefore, a low-cost, high-efficiency, high-utilization, and high-convenience scent visualization system can be provided.
US11221482B2
A display apparatus includes a display element, an optical element, a projection optical system, a driver, and a controller. The display element includes a display surface having subpixels arranged in a grid pattern along a first direction and a second direction approximately orthogonal to the first direction. The optical element is configured to define a beam direction of image light emitted from the subpixels in each of strip-shaped regions that extend in the second direction on the display surface. The projection optical system is configured to project image light having the beam direction defined by the optical element to form a virtual image of the display surface. The driver is configured to displace the optical element. The controller is configured to displace the optical element using the driver.
US11221479B2
An astigmatism compensation optical assembly includes a first astigmatism compensation optical module including a first plurality of optical elements including Pancharatnam-Berry phase (PBP) lenses, PBP gratings, polarization sensitive hologram (PSH) lenses, PSH gratings, metamaterials, or combinations thereof. The first plurality of optical elements are configured to compensate for astigmatism in a first axis and include a property associated with Zernike polynomial Z2−2. The astigmatism compensation optical assembly also includes a second astigmatism compensation optical module including a second plurality of optical elements including PBP lenses, PBP gratings, PSH lenses, PSH gratings, metamaterials, or combinations thereof. The second plurality of optical elements are configured to compensate for astigmatism in a second axis and include a property associated with Zernike polynomial Z22. Each of the first and the second astigmatism compensation module is configurable between a plurality of optical powers to provide a plurality of cylindrical and axial correction values.
US11221477B2
A communication configuration capable of acquiring communication data within an image without need of a high precision synchronization process is realized. A transmission apparatus has a projector outputting an image, and an output image generation section generating the image output from the projector. The output image generation section generates a communication data image that records communication data, and the projector outputs a viewing image and the communication data image by setting an output time period of the communication data image to be longer than an output time period of each of sub-frame images that configure the viewing image. A receiving apparatus detects an event which is a luminance change equal to or greater than a prescribed threshold, receives input event information including a pixel position and occurrence time of an event occurrence pixel, detects a communication data image contained in the projected image on the basis of an event occurrence interval, and acquires communication data from the communication data image.
US11221473B2
Devices and methods for super-resolution optical microscopy are described. Devices include an optical multiplexer to develop an excitation/illumination optical beam that includes alternating pulses of different profiles. Devices also include a signal processing unit to process a sample response to excitation/illumination beam and to subtract the neighboring pulses of the different profiles from one another on a pulse-to-pulse basis. Devices can be incorporated in existing confocal microscopy designs. As the subtraction effectively reduces the volume of the response signal, the spatial resolution of the systems can be markedly improved as compared to previously known optical microscopy approaches.
US11221470B2
A variable magnification optical system consists of, in order from an object side, a first optical system remaining stationary during changing magnification and a second optical system including a plurality of lens groups moving during changing magnification. The first optical system includes a first mirror and a second mirror having reflective surfaces arranged to face each other. The first mirror is an optical element having a power at a position closest to the object side on an optical path and has a reflective surface concave toward the object side. The second mirror has a reflective surface convex toward the image side. An intermediate image is formed between the second mirror and the second optical system.
US11221456B2
A factory processed fiber optic ferrule assembly and field installable cable system are configured to pass through tight, microducts when routed to a demarcation point. A connector housing attaches to the fiber optic ferrule assembly at the demarcation point (or after leaving the tight, microducts) to form a connectorized end of the optical fiber. A fiber tip is protected before leaving the factory until connection is desired.
US11221454B2
An optical interconnect module comprises a housing including a front-facing portion that includes a first face and a second face, wherein the first face of the front-facing portion is angled relative to the second face of the front-facing portion. The housing also includes a rear-facing portion opposing the front facing portion, the rear-facing portion including a first face and a second face, wherein the first face of the rear-facing portion is angled relative to the second face of the rear-facing portion. The housing further includes an internal chamber disposed between the front-facing portion and the rear-facing portion. A first plurality of multifiber connectors is disposed on the front-facing portion of the housing, and a first plurality of multifiber connectors disposed on the rear-facing portion of the housing. Each connector of the first plurality of multifiber connectors disposed on the front-facing portion is optically connected to each connector of the first plurality of multifiber connectors disposed on the rear-facing portion by at least a pair of optical fibers.
US11221436B2
An optical absorber and method of manufacture is disclosed. A non-woven sheet of randomly-organized horizontally-oriented carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is subjected to a laser rasterizing treatment at ambient temperature and pressure. The upper surface of the sheet is functionalized by oxygen and hydrogen atoms resulting in improved absorbance properties as compared to untreated CNT sheets as well as to commercial state-of-art black paints. Laser treatment conditions may also be altered or modulated to provide surface texturing in addition to functionalization to enhance light trapping and optical absorbance properties.
US11221435B2
Wide-angle beam steering using two or more variable lenses to form a small-angle beam steering element, along with a numerical aperture converter and a wide-angle lens. The small-angle beam steering element might comprise either one- or two-dimensional beam steering with tunable liquid lenses.
US11221433B2
The present invention generally relates to a system and method for determining characteristics of traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs), and more particularly to a method and system for real time mapping of corresponding ionospheric perturbations, where in the case where the amplitude of each wave represents a height change, then the output field is truly a three dimensional representation of the height perturbations of an iso-ionic contour caused by the TIDs.
US11221418B2
A correction is applied to a pseudorange measured by a satellite navigation receiver, operating on the basis of signals sampled at a sampling frequency Fs, wherein the correction is based on the measured pseudorange itself. The correction may be a correction to the discriminator value determined in the DLL, or it may be correction to the actual pseudorange as such. The correction is specific for a particular PRN code and for the parameters of the receiver. The correction is therefore implemented in the receiver as a predefined function of the measured pseudorange, to be calculated in real time, or as a look-up table of pre-defined values at least between 0 and cTs, with Ts equal to 1/Fs and c the speed of light.
US11221416B2
A multisystem radio-frequency unit of navigational satellite receivers usable for simultaneous reception of any combination of navigation satellite signals from multiple navigation systems. The unit includes four identical independently configurable reception channels, an automatic intermediate frequency filter band calibration system and two heterodyne frequency synthesizers, forming heterodyne signals for quadrature mixers of reception channels and clock signals for a correlator. Each reception channel includes a two-stage automatic gain control system. During operation, a heterodyne frequency synthesizer is capable of generating any heterodyne frequency using any reference frequency, wherein heterodyne frequency, located either symmetrically or asymmetrically between spectra of received global navigation satellite signals.
US11221414B2
Laser mapping imaging with reduced fixed pattern noise is disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor. The method includes reducing fixed pattern noise in an exposure frame by subtracting a reference frame from the exposure frame. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises a laser mapping pattern.
US11221405B2
In one embodiment, a method, apparatus, and system for vehicle-to-vehicle communication based on radar communication is disclosed. The operations comprise: detecting, with at least one sensor deployed at a first vehicle, a first obstacle; receiving, at the first vehicle, a radar signal from a second vehicle, wherein an unobstructed line-of-sight exists between the first vehicle and the second vehicle; and transmitting, from the first vehicle, and in response to the radar signal from the second vehicle, a first information relating to the first obstacle to the second vehicle, wherein the transmission is received by a second radar deployed at the second vehicle, and wherein an unobstructed line-of-sight does not exist between the second vehicle and the first obstacle.
US11221402B2
An active pixel sensor having an array of pixel elements arranged in columns is provided. Each pixel element including: an active area including at least one photodiode being configured to detect light pulses having a predefined time duration; a first and second floating diffusion region coupled to the active area and being configured for readout of charges accumulating in the active area; a controller configured to independently control the readout of the first and the second floating diffusion regions, and to conduct a first readout of the active area by the first floating diffusion region and a second readout of the active area by the first floating diffusion region; wherein the first readout is conducted at a first timepoint with respect to the time duration and the second readout is conducted at a second timepoint with respect to the time duration.
US11221390B2
An apparatus obtains a set of radio data comprising signal strength related values for radio signals transmitted by a transmitter with an association of each signal strength related value with a representation of a geographical location. The apparatus applies a frequency transform to the obtained set of radio data to obtain transform coefficients, each transform coefficient comprising a transform index and an associated transform value. The apparatus selects a subset of transform indices having more significant transform values than the remaining transform indices and compresses the transform indices by encoding each transform index exploiting a probability of occurrence of an index value of a respective transform index. The same or another apparatus decodes the compressed transform indices again for use in position operations.
US11221388B1
A method for the compensation of magnetic field inhomogeneity in magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging comprising the steps of using dynamic k-space expansion in combination with parallel imaging.
US11221379B2
Systems and methods for detecting the presence and/or location of defects (e.g., incomplete solders, broken cables, misconnections, defective sockets, opens, shorts, etc.) along electrical lines are described. The systems and methods described herein may use time-domain reflectometry (TDR), a measurement technique used to determine the characteristics of electrical lines by observing reflected waveforms. TDR may be performed in some embodiments by determining the times when a first event and a second event occur, and by determining the space traveled by a probe signal based on these times. The first event may occur when a first signal transition crosses a first threshold and the second event may occur when a second signal transition crosses a second threshold, where the second signal transition may arise in response to the first signal transition reflecting against a defect along the electrical line.
US11221369B2
A charge-discharge control system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: calculate an excess or shortage of a state of charge of the battery to a target state of charge as a state-of-charge difference; increase an output voltage of an electric power supply device when the shortage of the state of charge is larger than a first prescribed value; decrease the output voltage of the electric power supply device when the excess of the state of charge is larger than a second prescribed value; calculate an amount of change in the output voltage of the electric power supply device per unit time such that the amount of change in the output voltage of the electric power supply device per unit time is smaller when the calculated full charge capacity is low than when the calculated full charge capacity is high.
US11221363B2
A test device for testing a needle mark generated in an electrode formed in a test object when a probe needle contacts the electrode includes an imaging part having a binning function, and a controller configured to control at least the imaging part. The controller is configured to perform a high-speed low-precision test process of imaging the electrode, after a contact operation by the probe needle, by the imaging part whose binning function is on, and determining a state of the needle mark of the electrode, based on an imaging result, and a low-speed high-precision test process of imaging the electrode again by the imaging part whose binning function is off, according to a determination result in the high-speed low-precision test process, and determining a state of the needle mark of the electrode imaged again, based on an imaging result.
US11221346B2
In an embodiment, an ice-prevention dam for a pitot tube includes a body and a head. The body includes a notch having a substantially planar back, and the head extends from the body and has a substantially planar side that is substantially parallel to the back of the notch. Such a dam can prevent ice accumulation in a pitot tube, and can facilitate proper positioning of the dam. For example, during manufacture of a pitot tube, an assembler inserts the dam into a hole in a side of a pitot-tube body having a front opening such that the head of the dam is located outside of the pitot-tube body and a body of the dam is located inside of the pitot-tube body. Next, the assembler positions the dam by causing the substantially planar side of the dam head to be substantially parallel with the front opening of the pitot-tube body.
US11221344B2
The present invention relates to a heat preservation shell (4) for an analyzer. At least one liquid passage (402) for conveying the liquid is embedded in a shell wall of the heat preservation shell. The liquid passage (402) is embedded in the shell wall of the heat preservation shell (4), on one hand, the liquid transported or preserved in the liquid passage is subjected to the heat preservation function of the heat preservation shell, so that the liquid transported or preserved in the liquid passage (402) maintains the preset temperature, thereby avoiding the influence of the external environment temperature on the transported liquid; and on the other hand, the space of the shell wall of the heat preservation shell is effectively utilized, the situation that various liquid pipelines are intricately distributed inside or outside the heat preservation shell (4) is avoided, thereby increasing the space utilization rate.
US11221342B2
The present invention identifies biomarkers that are diagnostic of nerve cell injury and/or neuronal disorders. Detection of different biomarkers of the invention are also diagnostic of the degree of severity of nerve injury, the cell(s) involved in the injury, and the subcellular localization of the injury.
US11221335B2
The application provides heat-treated Limulus amebocyte lysates useful for detecting β-glucans.
US11221330B2
The disclosure relates to metal nanoparticle compositions and their methods of formation and use, in particular gold nanoparticles (AuNP) and gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles. Compositions according to the disclosure include aqueous suspensions of metal nanoparticles that are stabilized with one or more carbohydrate capping agents and/or that are functionalized with one or more binding pair members for capture/detection of a target analyte. The nanoparticle suspensions are stable for extended periods and can be functionalized as desired at a later point in time, typically prior to use in an assay for the detection of a target biological analyte. The stable nanoparticle suspension can be formed by the aqueous reduction of oxidized metal precursors at non-acidic pH values in the presence of a carbohydrate-based capping agent such as dextrin or other oligosaccharides.
US11221327B2
Methods for diagnosing or monitoring endometriosis in a mammal are provided. The methods include the steps of determining the expression levels of BDNF, glycodelin and optionally ZAG, in a biological sample from the mammal, and determining that the mammal has endometriosis when the biomarker expression levels in the sample are elevated.
US11221326B2
A method of producing drug resistant cells including contacting exosomes from a living organism exhibiting drug resistance with cells exhibiting no drug resistance such that drug resistant cells are formed, and culturing the drug resistant cells.
US11221322B2
A hyperspectral sensing device may include an optical collector configured to collect light and to transfer the collected light to a sensor having spectral resolution sufficient for sensing hyperspectral data. In some examples, the sensor comprises a compact spectrometer. The device further comprises a power supply, an electronics module, and an input/output hub enabling the device to transmit acquired data (e.g., to a remote server). In some examples, a plurality of hyperspectral sensing devices are deployed as a network to acquire data over a relatively large area.
US11221316B2
The invention relates to a heat flux sensor including: a heating wire (1) including a material capable of being taken to a determined temperature by Joule effect, suited to being connected to an electrical source, a resonator (2) of nano electro mechanical system (NEMS) type including: a beam (20) suspended with respect to a support (21), an actuating device (22) capable of generating a vibration of said beam under the effect of an excitation signal, a detection device configured to measure a displacement of said beam in the course of said vibration and to emit an output signal having a resonance at the resonance frequency of the resonator, said resonance frequency depending on the temperature of the beam, wherein one end (20a) of the beam (20) is integral with the heating wire (1) so as to enable a conduction of heat from the heating wire to the beam, a variation in temperature of the heating wire induced by a variation in a characteristic of a fluid surrounding said wire causing a variation in the resonance frequency of the resonator.
US11221315B2
A structural reinforcement and biocompatible pump head for a pump includes a reinforcement structure having a plurality of ports and fluid pathways therein. The fluid pathways in the reinforcement may be coated or lined with a biocompatible material to form a biocompatible pump head useful for liquid chromatography and other analytical instrument systems. The biocompatible material may be injection molded into the fluid pathways of the reinforcement structure and may be machined after core pins are removed to obtain a desired surface finish and/or size of the biocompatible fluid pathways of the pump head.
US11221312B2
An adhesive bond test resonance array provides inspection of adhesively bonded composite laminate structures with improved productivity and higher reliability. A holder has multiple slots arranged in a two-dimensional array for holding transducers in respective slots. The holder is adapted to position a probe end of each of the transducers adjacent a component for scanning and has a material hardness adapted for enabling flexing while scanning curved composite parts. A fluid channel is adapted for delivering a couplant to the probe end of the transducers such that the couplant is automatically delivered during scanning of the component to inspect bond integrity.
US11221308B2
A system includes a conductive material configured along a segment of a road, a signal generator electrically coupled to the conductive material, where the signal generator is configured to generate an electrical signal for transmission across the conductive material, and an electronic control unit communicatively coupled to the signal generator and the conductive material. The electronic control unit is configured to determine whether the electrical signal from the signal generator is propagating through the conductive material, and in response to determining that the electrical signal does not propagate through the conductive material, determine that a pothole is present at a location along the segment of the road comprising the conductive material.
US11221306B2
The present invention relates to a composite having the ability to stably and reliably detect a target gas even in a moist environment. The composite of the present invention includes: a nanostructure of an oxide semiconductor selected from the group consisting of SnO2, ZnO, WO3, NiO, and In2O3; and a CeO2 additive loaded on the nanostructure. The oxide semiconductor nanostructure is uniformly loaded with CeO2. The composite of the present invention can rapidly detect an analyte gas with high gas response irrespective of the presence and concentration of moisture. The present invention also relates to methods for preparing the composite, a gas sensor including the composite as a material for a gas sensing layer, and a method for fabricating the gas sensor.
US11221301B2
The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and methods for measuring submerged surfaces. Embodiments include a measurement apparatus including a main frame, a source positioned outside a pipe and connected to the main frame, and a detector positioned outside the pipe at a location diametrically opposite the source and connected to the main frame. The source may transmit a first amount of radiation. The detector may receive a second amount of radiation, determine a composition of the pipe based on the first and second amounts of radiation, and send at least one measurement signal. A control canister positioned on the main frame or on a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) attached to the apparatus may receive the at least one measurement signal from the detector and convey the at least one measurement signal to software located topside.
US11221286B2
The present invention discloses a method for detecting compaction and shear strength characteristics of an asphalt mixture during construction compaction. The method mainly includes the following steps: using a device for detecting compaction and shear strength characteristics of the asphalt mixture; pressing a test claw into the asphalt mixture during construction; rotating the test claw slowly and uniformly to measure an internal temperature and a shear characteristic of the mixture during paving and subsequent compaction; calculating a corresponding compaction detection index based on the shear characteristic; and monitoring and guiding the construction quality and construction process accordingly based on the real-time detection index. The present invention measures the compaction detection index of the asphalt mixture during compaction simply, quickly and accurately. The present invention uses the compaction detection index together with a degree of compaction for dual control of asphalt pavement compaction.
US11221284B2
A sensor array can differentiate acceptable tensile and flexural stresses in a beam from stress patterns that indicate a fracture in the beam. At least three strain gauges, with additional pairs of strain gauges added for redundancy, can be used. The single, central strain gauge is adhered to the beam directly over, and with the sensing elements parallel to the neutral axis of the beam. The pairs of strain gauges are adhered to the beam parallel to the sensing elements of the single strain gauge on opposite sides of and equidistant from the neutral axis. The single strain gauge senses the tensile stress in the beam. The pairs of gauges sense the bending strain in the beam. A non-zero value in the sum of the strains measured by each of the pair of strain gauges indicates a potential structural health issue with the beam.
US11221276B2
A method for detecting the physical stoppage of an internal combustion engine including a crankshaft that drives a toothed wheel having a plurality of teeth, each tooth corresponding to different angular positions of the crankshaft, a sensor positioned next to the toothed wheel generates a signal characteristic of the passage of a tooth. The method detects a tooth from the signal generated by the sensor, identifies the tooth detected, triggers a timeout, and detects stoppage of the engine if the passage of a tooth adjacent to the tooth detected has not been detected before the end of the timeout. The value of the timeout is dependent on the tooth identified, and including: determining crankshaft angular position depending on the tooth identified, the value of the timeout dependent on the angular position of the crankshaft, determining the preferential stopping positions of the crankshaft and assigning a first timeout value for the preferential stopping positions and assigning at least a second value for the other positions of the crankshaft. The first timeout value being less than the second timeout value.
US11221273B2
A method for automatically detecting the free vibration response segment of the high-speed railway bridges after trains passing. First, pre-select the test response sequence to be decomposed based on the maximum of the time instants corresponding to the absolute maximums of the response vectors at various measuring point. Then, Extract the single-frequency modal response from the test response by the iterative variational mode decomposition and fit the envelope amplitude of the modal response by Hilbert transform. Finally, the vibration features at each time instants are marked as decay vibration or non-decay vibration. The longest structural response segment that meets the decay vibration features is determined as the detected free vibration response segment for modal identification. This invention can effectively detect the free vibration data segment without human participation, which is of great significance for the real-time accurate modal analysis of high-speed railway bridges.
US11221269B2
A signal processing method includes receiving a signal that rises in response to a physical change and falls in response to an opposite physical change that is opposite to the physical change from a sensor that outputs the signal, and correcting a signal lag as either a rising of a received signal that has been received from the sensor lags with respect to a falling of the received signal, or the falling of the received signal lags with respect to the rising of the received signal.
US11221268B2
A method determines a total velocity average cross-section parameter σtotν in a relationship of the form Γloss(U)=nbσtotν·ƒ(U, Ud), where: Γloss(U) is a rate of exponential loss of sensor atoms from a cold atom sensor trap of trap depth potential energy U in a vacuum environment due to collisions with residual particles in the vacuum environment; nb is a number density of residual particles in the vacuum environment; Ud is a parameter given by U d = 2 k B T / m bg 4 π ℏ 2 m t 〈 σ tot v 〉 which relates the masses of the sensor atoms mt and residual particles mbg to the total velocity average cross-section parameter σtotν; and ƒ(U, Ud) is a function of the trap depth potential energy U and the parameter Ud which models a naturally occurring dependence of the loss rate Γloss(U) on the trap depth potential energy U and the parameter Ud, where ƒ(U=0, Ud) is unity for all Ud.
US11221267B2
A pressure sensor device of a pressure sensor, in particular a low- or medium-pressure sensor, for example a tire-pressure sensor, includes a sensing device that has a sensing side that can be turned toward a sensing environment having a fluid to be sensed; and, directly and/or indirectly on the sensing side, a fluid-pressure transmitting device, through which a fluid pressure of the fluid to be sensed is transmittable to the sensing device.
US11221264B2
The invention relates to an optical fiber sensing device (1) for sensing the distribution of the compression/deformation of a compressible/deformable element (2), comprising: an incompressible/undeformable tubular element (3) with a recess (4) extending in a length direction (X) thereof, the recess being enclosed by the tubular element, an optical fiber (5) arranged in the recess, comprising one or more light distortion structures (6), and being expandable in the length direction of the recess, one or more expandable elements (8), having a higher compressibility/deformability than the tubular element in a transverse direction (Y), arranged at one or both ends (9) of the tubular element, the optical fiber being enclosed in the expandable elements, which are arranged for expanding/contracting in the length direction, along with the optical fiber, when the expandable elements are subjected to a transverse load (F).
US11221257B2
The invention relates to a temperature probe (10) comprising a temperature-dependent measuring element (ME), which measuring element (ME) can be contacted via at least a first connecting line (1) and at least a second connecting line (2), the first connecting line (1) having a first and a second portion (T1, T2), and the first and the second portions (T1, T2) consisting of different materials.
US11221253B2
A semiconductor device may include a plurality of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). The semiconductor device may include sensing single-photon avalanche diodes that are sensitive to incident light and dark single-photon avalanche diodes that are shielded from incident light. The dark single-photon avalanche diodes may be used to measure one or more parameters for the semiconductor device such as breakdown voltage, dark count rate, and quench resistance. Processing circuitry may optimize a bias voltage for the semiconductor device based on information regarding one or more sensor parameters obtained using the dark single-photon avalanche diodes.
US11221251B2
The invention relates to a method for calibrating a light source (104) of a medical device (102), wherein the light source (104) is connectable to at least one light-guiding fiber (112) such that electromagnetic radiation of a defined light power that is generated by the light source (104) is at least partly coupled into the light-guiding fiber (112). The medical device (102) is connected to at least one calibration port (108), wherein the calibration port (108) comprises sensor means for determining a spatial emission characteristic of a light-guiding fiber (112) introduced into the calibration port (108). In this case, the method avoids an improper treatment on account of an incorrectly chosen coupled-out intensity of the electromagnetic radiation used.
US11221243B2
Online installation systems and methods are provided for online installations of ultrasonic steam measurement devices in steam pipes. In one embodiment, a tool is provided and includes a transducer assembly configured to be coupled to a distal end of an isolation valve installed on a pressurized steam pipe. An ultrasonic transducer can be movably disposed within the transducer assembly, and the ultrasonic transducer can extend through a proximal opening of the transducer assembly and through a distal opening of the transducer assembly. The tool can also include an insertion mechanism configured to be coupled to a distal end of the transducer assembly and having a cylindrical housing at least partially enclosing the ultrasonic transducer. The insertion mechanism can include a linear actuator assembly configured to linearly actuate the ultrasonic transducer.
US11221234B2
Technical solutions are described for performing sensitivity analysis for engineering systems in spatial-temporal domain. An example method includes receiving a set of process parameters and retrieving a multidimensional dataset containing historical values of the process parameters and corresponding output values. The method further includes selecting a sampling algorithm to divide the multidimensional dataset into multiple subspaces, and selecting multiple samples (xi), one sample from each subspace. The method further includes perturbing the samples, computing a first effect (EEi) on an output value (y), and computing a second effect (SEEii) of perturbing a pair of samples (xi and xj) on the output value. The method further includes computing a sensitivity coefficient of the process parameters on the output value using the second effect for xi and xj, the first effect for xi, and the first effect for xj. An automatic visualization scheme for the global sensitivity results is also provided.
US11221223B2
Among other things, we describe techniques for automatic annotation of environmental features in a map during navigation of a vehicle. The techniques include receiving, by the vehicle located within an environment, a map of the environment. Sensors of the vehicle receive sensor data and semantic data. The sensor data includes a plurality of features of the environment. A geometric model of a feature of the plurality of features is generated. The feature is associated with a drivable area within the environment. A drivable segment is extracted from the drivable area. The drivable segment is segregated into a plurality of geometric blocks, wherein each geometric block corresponds to a characteristic of the drivable area and the geometric model of the feature includes the plurality of geometric blocks. The geometric model is annotated using the semantic data. The annotated geometric model is embedded within the map.
US11221221B2
Location information is used to build a database of locations having associated audio, video, image, or text data. In some implementations, a device includes a touch-sensitive display and collects data associated with a geographic location of interest. The geographic location of interest can be displayed on a map using an indicator. A touch selection of the indicator provides access to the data through an interface displayed on the touch-sensitive display. One or more locations of interest can be displayed and grouped together by an attribute.
US11221220B2
The present invention relates to products and systems to assist in the accurate guidance of agricultural vehicles such as tractors, harvesters, sprayers and their attached implements. In particular, it relates to driver-led precision guidance systems and products which assist in ensuring that a vehicle is tracking along the most effective path for the activity being carried out and making maximum use of the available land space when fertiliser spreading, spraying, cultivating and drilling etc.
US11221216B2
[Problem] To obtain high measurement accuracy in aerial photogrammetry while reducing the cost of installing a measurement target. [Solution] According to the present invention, a launching pad for an unmanned aircraft on which a UAV 200 is installed before take off is provided with: a target indication that constitutes a target locating point used for aerial photogrammetry; and position determining units that determine the position of the UAV 200 with respect to the launching pad in a state in which the position of the UAV 200 with respect to the target indication before take off is specified.
US11221208B2
A distance measurement device includes an imaging unit which captures a subject image formed by an imaging optical system, an emission unit which emits directional light as light having directivity along an optical axis direction of the imaging optical system, a light receiving unit which receives reflected light of the directional light from the subject, a derivation unit which derives a distance to the subject based on the timing at which the directional light is emitted and the timing at which the reflected light is received, a display unit which displays the subject image, and a control unit which performs control such that, in a case of performing a distance measurement, the display unit displays the subject image as a motion image and transition is made to a state where actual exposure by the imaging unit is possible at the timing of the end of the distance measurement.
US11221205B2
A non-destructive iterative interferometric tomographic technique for imaging and reconstruction of phase objects as well as objects with complex permittivity and, particularly, to iterative optical diffraction tomographic (iODT) imaging and reconstruction of phase objects with high refractive index (RI) contrast, complex structures, and/or large optical path differences (OPDs) against the background, which cause multiple scattering, and applications thereof.
US11221201B2
A profile measuring machine is for measuring a profile of a workpiece having a plurality of known-profile portions and a plurality of unknown-profile portions, the known-profile portions being cyclically arranged via the respective unknown-profile portions. The profile measuring machine includes: a scanning probe having a contact piece capable of being in contact with the workpiece; a drive mechanism for moving the scanning probe; an autonomous scanning measurement unit for controlling the drive mechanism to perform the autonomous scanning measurement; a measurement-path calculator for calculating a movement path of the scanning probe; and a nominal-value scanning measurement unit for controlling the drive mechanism to move the scanning probe along the movement path to perform a nominal-value scanning measurement. The measurement-path calculator calculates the movement path for the workpiece based on measurement results of the unknown-profile portions measured by the autonomous scanning measurement unit and design data of the known-profile portions.
US11221197B2
A gas generator including a housing, an igniter disposed inside the housing, a combustion chamber accommodating the igniter, a gas discharge port provided in the housing, and a filter having a cylindrical shape and disposed between the combustion chamber and the gas discharge port. The filter is positioned inside the housing such that a portion of at least one end surface of two end surfaces in an axial direction of the filter is supported by contact, an outer area positioned outward in a radial direction of the portion that is supported by contact is adjacent to a predetermined space, and a predetermined outer peripheral area of an outer peripheral surface of the filter near the at least one end surface is supported by contact. According to such a configuration, it is possible to suppress a short path of combustion gas in a gas generator equipped with a filter.
US11221185B2
A method for forming features in an exterior surface of a heat transfer tube includes forming a plurality of channels into the surface, where the channels are substantially parallel to one another and extend at a first angle to a longitudinal axis to the tube. A plurality of cuts are then made into the surface substantially parallel to one another and extend at a second angle to a longitudinal axis to the tube different from the first angle. Individual fin segments extend from the surface and are separated from one another by the channels and the cuts. The fin segments have a first channel-adjacent edge adjacent substantially parallel to the channel, a first cut-adjacent edge substantially parallel to the cut, and a corner formed by a second channel-adjacent edge and a second cut-adjacent edge. A tube formed using this method can be used as a condenser tube.
US11221178B2
A heat exchanger with several plates arranged in parallel is provided. The heat exchanger has a first series of passages for channeling at least one first fluid and a second series of passages for channeling at least one second fluid. The second fluid being in a heat-exchange relationship with at the first fluid. A mixer is arranged in the passage of the first series. The mixer has at least one first channel for the flow of a first phase of the first fluid in a flow direction. The mixer has at least one second channel for the flow of a second phase of the first fluid. The mixer has at least one opening fluidically connecting the first channel to the second channel.
US11221158B2
The present disclosure discloses a control method for an air conditioning system. The air conditioning system at least includes a compressor, a heat exchanger and a throttle device. The operation phase of the air conditioning system at least includes a start-up phase and a stable phase. The control method includes an action that in the start-up phase, the operating time of the compressor is set as t, when t is greater than 0 and less than 60s, an operating frequency F of the compressor is controlled to be less than 75 Hz, and a frequency rise speed per second Vf of the compressor is controlled to be less than 1.25 Hz/s.
US11221154B2
A system for passively exhausting air from a structure includes at least one pair of modules arranged on a roof of the structure. Each module has an exhaust face on one side and a sloped surface on the opposite side, and can receive exhaust air that flows upward from inside the structure. The modules can be arranged in pairs facing one another, with one of the sloped surfaces facing a direction of an environmental flow of air, so that the environmental air can flow up the sloped surface of one module and down the sloped surface of the other module without impinging on the exhaust faces of either module. The pairs can also be arranged side-by-side in an array, which can be expanded with additional pairs of modules to exhaust from the structure at a greater rate.
US11221147B2
A collapsible radiative heater assembly is disclosed that may be configured to save space and protect sensitive mechanisms of the heater. The collapsible heater may include a burner unit, a body and a hollow collapsible neck. The body may further comprise a receiving device that includes a first locking mechanism and a second locking mechanism for the hollow collapsible neck. The assembly may also include a protective casing that is attached detachably to the body in order to protect components of the assembly during transport or storage.
US11221145B2
A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.
US11221136B2
A method of operating a combustion burner to heat a furnace. Fuel and combustion air are supplied into a combustion zone and ignited. Additional combustion air is supplied into the atmosphere outside of the combustion zone. The amount of additional combustion air supplied outside of the combustion zone is decreased as a temperature of the atmosphere inside the furnace increases such that the content of nitrogen oxides (NOx), as corrected for 3% O2 (cNOx (3% O2)), in the gases generated by combustion of the fuel and the combustion air and emitted from the furnace maintained below a predetermined value.
US11221129B2
A dimming track lamp has a detachable assembly housing with a power supply track, a control circuit board electrically connected with the power supply track, a lamp body arranged on the assembly housing, a printed circuit board arranged in the lamp body, a light source on the printed circuit board and an optical element arranged in the light output direction of the light source. The control circuit board has a power supply module which is electrically connected with the power supply track, a signal input module, a signal processing module for analyzing and calculating the input signal and generating a control signal, and a signal output module for outputting the control signal to the printed circuit board. The light source has a warm light source and a cold light source, the control signal is used to control the light output of the warm light source and the cold light source.
US11221124B1
A device and the method of installing and adjusting same, which provides reduction of glare from overhead lighting, including but not limited to “can” lighting, also referred to as recessed lighting.
US11221123B2
To achieve visibility improvement and reduction of sense of incongruity in a vehicular lamp using LEDs. A lighting control device for controlling the on/off of a light source having a first and a second lamp unit each with LEDs including: a control part that generates a control signal for controlling the emitted lights of the lamp units; and a light source drive part for driving the lamp units based on the control signal; where the light emitted from the two lamp units driven by the light source driving part is such that each luminous intensity decreases from a first value to a second value which is smaller than the first value within a common period, and each luminous intensity decreases to the second value during the common period maintaining the relationship that the luminous intensity of the first lamp unit is lower than that of the second lamp unit.
US11221121B1
A vehicular lamp includes a light source, a mirror unit that emits a scanning light beam by reflecting a light beam from the light source by reciprocating rotation around two axes, a reflection type phosphor unit that receives the scanning light beam from the mirror unit to produce an image on a phosphor surface, and a projection lens unit that is disposed to face the phosphor surface of the reflection type phosphor unit and through which light emitted from the image incident from the reflection type phosphor unit passes. The projection lens unit has a bottom surface on the inner side and a chamfered surface on the outer side in a radial direction on the incident side.
US11221115B2
An optic for a light emitting diode array comprises an arrangement of optical structures for providing one or more down lighting distribution from the LED array; and a waveguide edge for providing one or more up-lighting distributions from the LED array. Luminaires are described comprising a light emitting diode (LED) array and the optic. Lighting systems are described comprising a plurality of the luminaires arranged over an area enclosed by walls.
US11221113B2
A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device includes: a mounting step; a light-shielding frame placement step; a light-transmissive member placement step; a light-guiding supporting member formation step; a light-guiding supporting member bonding step; and a second light-reflective member formation step.
US11221104B2
Production and work machines are to be able to be more safely operated. Thereto, they can be equipped with a safety device, which comprises a light curtain, a first and a second reflection device, which are each formed for reflecting light of the light curtain, and a first identification element integrated in the first reflection device as well as a second identification element integrated in the second reflection device. Moreover, the safety device comprises a first sensor device and a second sensor device for reading out the identification elements. A control device provides a start signal for the machine only if the first sensor device reads out the first identification information and the second sensor device reads out the second identification information at the same time.
US11221103B2
A mechanical arm assembly which has two arm members connected by an elbow. The movable connectors at the end of each arm are connected by belts or the like to a locking mechanism at the elbow such that engaging the locking mechanism simultaneously locks both movable connectors as well as the elbow.
US11221101B2
A product-display system for displaying and securing a retail product. The system may include a retainer having a retainer bracket and a retainer body coupled to the retainer bracket. A retaining cable may be coupled to the retainer body at an opening in the retainer body. A fastener that may be unfastened to release the product from the retainer may only be accessed through the opening of the retainer body such that when the retaining cable is coupled to the opening, no fasteners of the retainer may be visible or accessible. The system may also include a display stem for holding the retainer and product. The display stem may include a recess for receiving at least a portion of the retainer body. The retaining cable may extend through the display stem and may simultaneously transmit power and data to a displayed product. The retainer may be returned to and held on top of the display stem using a retaining cable. The retainer may be oriented on top of the display stem in one or more predetermined positions through the use of magnetic forces.
US11221086B2
The present invention relates to a tap cartridge that includes a routing of a cable that may transmit data and/or supply electricity, for a tap handle or lever with electronic functions, and which also relates to the tap containing said cartridge with the routing system, wherein the configuration of a parameter of the fluid supplied is performed by rotation of said handle or lever, all thanks to a positioning through the inner cartridge and of an extra accumulation of cable in a space of the cartridge prior to the connection of the lever.
US11221085B1
A pre-rinse spray valve includes a spray face assembly that includes a spray face fixture that includes a face plate and a rear end flange. The face plate defines a plurality of spray holes extending axially through the face plate. Each of the plurality of spray holes is defined in part by a conically diverging surface projecting from the back side of the face plate. Overmold bores are defined through the outer periphery of the face plate. An overmold is a unitary structure that continuously covers a peripheral region of the upper surface of the face plate, a side rim of the face plate and a peripheral ledge of the face plate. The overmold includes cords, and each of the cords threads through a respective one of the overmold bores to permanently attach the overmold to the face plate.
US11221079B2
A cryocooler includes a displacer capable of reciprocating in an axial direction, a cylinder that accommodates the displacer, a drive piston that drives the displacer in the axial direction, a drive chamber that accommodates the drive piston, a rotary valve that includes a first valve element that is one of a valve rotor rotatable around a rotary valve rotation axis and a valve stator, and a second valve element that is the other of the valve rotor and the valve stator, a reversible motor that is coupled with the rotary valve so as to rotate the rotary valve around the rotary valve rotation axis. The rotary valve includes a coupling mechanism that couples the first component and the second component with each other. The first relative angle is designed to cool the cryocooler, and the second relative angle is designed to heat the cryocooler.
US11221076B2
Device for regulating and controlling a flow-through and distributing a fluid in a fluid circuit has a housing with ports connecting fluid lines that are connected across a passage aperture with an interior volume of the housing, a valve element disposed in the interior volume of the housing, a drive element for moving the valve element relative to the housing.
US11221070B2
The disclosure relates to an actuating device for actuating an emergency release of a transmission, including a parking lock, which transmission is mechanically locked by the parking lock when the parking lock is activated, of a motor vehicle, having at least one vehicle-fixed actuating element, by which the parking lock is manually and mechanically deactivatable, and having a tool formed separately from the actuating element via which the actuating element is manually and mechanically actuatable to manually deactivate the parking lock, wherein the actuating element comprises a roller rotatable around an axis of rotation which is rotatable around the axis of rotation by the tool to thus actuate the actuating element.
US11221069B2
An engagement device (1) for a transmission (G), the engagement device (1) including a gear shift sleeve (S) arranged between a first idler gear (LR1) associated with a shaft (W) of the transmission (G) and a second idler gear (LR2) arranged coaxially to the shaft (W). By displacing the gear shift sleeve (S) towards the first idler gear (LR1), a rotationally fixed connection between the shaft (W) and the first idler gear (LR1) can be established. By displacing the gear shift sleeve (S) towards the second idler gear (LR2), a rotationally fixed connection between the first idler gear (LR1) and the second idler gear (LR2) can be established. The first idler gear (LR1) includes a plurality of axially projecting extensions (F) which extend through openings (A) formed in the gear shift sleeve (S).
US11221050B2
A disc brake includes an inner pad and an outer pad, a pressing device, and a housing. The pressing device includes: at least one first pressing member movable toward a rotor and at least one second pressing member movable away from the rotor; and a frame held by the housing movably in an axial direction and configured to be moved by movement of the at least one second pressing member. A point of action of a resultant force of at least one pressing force applied from the at least one first pressing member to the inner pad is located on a trailing side of a centroid of the inner pad, and/or a point of action of a resultant force of at least one pressing force applied from the at least one second pressing member to the frame is located on a leading side of a frame central axis.
US11221041B2
A very compact play-free bearing unit includes a bearing that runs without play while having a reasonably large play when assembling and during disassembly of the bearing unit from its axle. The bearing unit uses three bearings, one of which is mobile, and thanks to a preloading mechanism the play is removed when loaded. Thanks to an amplification lever, the preloading unit is able to function either with a pneumatic actuator or with a hydraulic actuator.
US11221036B2
A shear bolt and an axle suspension system having a shear bolt. The shear bolt may have a shear head and an enlarged head. The shear head may be configured to detach from the shear bolt. The enlarged head may have first and second protrusions that may be grasped by a tool in a manner that prevents tightening of the shear bolt.
US11221034B1
Mounting clamps may be utilized to quickly and easily secure solar panel modules relative to mounting rails, which may in turn be secured relative to a mounting surface (e.g., a roof). The mounting clamps may be configured to quickly secure the solar pane modules relative to the mounting rails by tightening a tightening element to pull a clamp element toward the surface of a mounting rail, thereby clamping a portion (e.g., a frame) of a solar panel module between the clamping element and an outer surface of the mounting rail.
US11221033B2
Aperture retention arms can extend outwardly away from an aperture shaft. An insertion end can be positioned below the aperture retention arms and can have an overall conical shape. The insertion end can include an opening having a closed interior terminal end separating a portion of a first lateral half of the insertion end and leaving another portion of the first lateral half as a connecting bridge below one of the aperture retention arms. The opening can include a channel extending from the closed interior terminal end to an open exterior terminal end to separate a second lateral half of the insertion end below another of the aperture retention arms. The insertion end below the open exterior terminal end of the channel can extend laterally outwardly beyond a straight exterior line defined by laterally outermost points of an outer longitudinal side of the second aperture retention arm.
US11221030B2
The invention relates to a device for holding a head of a pin of a component, said device having a receiving space which defines an opening via which the head of the pin can be inserted; a spring element disposed in the receiving space; and a path limiter which is disposed in the receiving space. The spring element has a receptacle for the head of the pin of the component, and the straight line which connects the geometric center point of the opening to the geometric center point of the receptacle forms a reference line. A curved or bent receiving section of a spring arm of the spring element is provided as part of the receptacle. The receiving section has at least one distance point which is arranged furthest from the reference line than other points along the extension of the curved or bent receiving section.
US11221026B2
A housing (17) of a fan (1) has an inflow-side end surface (2), an outflow-side end surface (16), and a wall ring (15). The wall ring 15 extends in a direction of an axis (12) from one of the end surfaces (2) to the other (16) and adjoins a fan passage. A fan wheel (10) is arranged in the fan passage. A grid (3) is arranged on the inflow-side end surface (2). The grid has a hub (8) positioned centrally in the fan passage. Primary struts (4) extend in the radial direction between the hub (8) and the edge of the fan passage. Secondary struts (6) intersect the primary struts (4).
US11221018B2
A compressor includes a rotation shaft that is capable of rotating around a main axis, an impeller provided integrally with the rotation shaft, a casing that covers the impeller from an outer circumferential side and forms a flow path through which a working fluid circulates, a discharge scroll that is provided at an end of the flow path on a downstream side and extends in a spiral shape around the main axis, a discharge nozzle that communicates with the discharge scroll on the downstream side and extends from the discharge scroll in a tangent direction around the main axis, and a pressure loss body that has a plate shape extending in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the discharge nozzle extending in a radial direction orthogonal to the main axis and is capable of blocking a part of a flow path cross-section of the discharge nozzle.
US11221013B2
A centrifugal compressor includes a low-speed shaft, an impeller, a speed increaser, a housing, a separation wall, a shaft insertion hole, a seal member, an oil pan, an oil supply passage, an oil return passage, and a pressure reduction passage. The impeller is integrally rotated with a high-speed shaft. The housing has therein an impeller chamber accommodating the impeller and a speed increaser chamber accommodating the speed increaser. The centrifugal compressor includes a bypass passage having a first end communicating with the speed increaser chamber and a second end communicating with the oil pan.
US11221012B2
A turbo fluid machine includes a housing, a rotating member, and a motor. Part of fluid compressed by a compressor impeller is introduced into a motor accommodation space through an inlet-side flow passage that has an inlet-side fixed throttle, and is discharged from the motor accommodation space through an outlet-side flow passage that has an outlet-side fixed throttle. The outlet-side flow passage includes a connection part connecting to the motor accommodation space. The connection part is formed separately from a clearance between a second partition wall and a shaft, and is located opposite to a connection part of the inlet-side flow passage connecting to the motor accommodation space across the motor in an axial direction of the shaft. The inlet-side fixed throttle and the outlet-side fixed throttle are configured such that pressure in the motor accommodation space is higher than pressure in a turbine-wheel back pressure region.
US11221008B2
A scroll compressor is provided. An orbiting angle of the orbiting scroll when the compression chamber is formed and compression of fluid is initiated is referred to as an orbiting initiation angle. An orbiting angle of the orbiting scroll when the compression of the fluid is completed is referred to as an orbiting termination angle. An orbiting angle of the orbiting scroll when an end of the orbiting spiral wall initiates contact with the arcuate portion of the fixed spiral wall before compression is completed is referred to as a distal end contact initiation angle. The formation point distance reaches a minimum value at least at one of a first orbiting angle or a second orbiting angle.
US11221007B2
A compressor is provided that may include a refrigerant flow path provided in a rotational shaft so as to guide a refrigerant gas. The rotational shaft operates a compression device using a drive force of an electric motor. In such a structure, the refrigerant gas may be directly discharged to a discharge space without passing through other portions such that flow path resistance may be minimized.
US11221002B2
A method for operating a tandem motor linear rod pumping apparatus that includes first and second linear mechanical actuator systems each having a motor, and also includes a rod for a sucker-rod pump. The method calls for constructing the first and second linear mechanical actuator systems to operate within a single housing, and simultaneously operating each of the two motors in a manner that imparts reciprocating vertical motion to respective-vertically movable members of the first and second linear mechanical actuator systems. Each motor has a reversibly rotatable element that is operatively connected to the vertically-movable member of its respective linear mechanical actuator system, thus establishing a fixed relationship between the rotational position of the rotatable element and the vertical position of its respective vertically-movable member. The simultaneous operation of the two motors imparts a reciprocating vertical motion to the pump rod of the sucker-rod pump.
US11221001B2
An actuator and method of manufacturing an actuator that includes a core fiber with polymers aligned along the length of the core fiber, and a wire that is wound around and fixed to the core fiber. The winding of the wire is engineered based on the torsional actuation. Upon heating the core fiber, the wire impedes radial expansion of the core fiber and converts the radial expansion into a torsional actuation.
US11220991B2
A portable multi-industry jump starting system including a housing, a rechargeable battery enclosed within the housing, the rechargeable battery having sufficient power to provide a desired output power when reduced by a high current drain during jump starting operations, a multi-pin connector electrically attached to the battery and mounted in the housing for electrical connection to external system components or directly to equipment to be jump started, and a volt meter and volt meter activation switch mounted in the housing so as to be viewable at the multi-pin connector.
US11220985B2
There is provided a hollow composite magnetic member obtained by partially reforming a hollow member which is formed of a ferromagnetic material containing Cr of 15 mass % or more and 18 mass % or less, in which the reformed portion includes an alloy containing Cr of 8 mass % or more and 18 mass % and Ni of 6.5 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less. Accordingly, a hollow composite magnetic member having a small width of the nonmagnetic portion and a fuel injection valve having the same can be provided.
US11220970B1
Methods and systems for an engine controller are described. In one example, the engine controller includes a reference control system and a disturbance rejection control system. The engine controller avoids use of integral feedback in the reference control system, while permitting integral feedback in the disturbance rejection control system, to improve controller response without unduly increasing engine pumping work.
US11220968B2
A CPU calculates probability models by inputting input variables to a neural network. Next, the CPU determines whether a maximum value among the calculated probability models is larger than an upper limit value of a permissible range. When the maximum value is larger than the upper limit value of the permissible range, the CPU calculates a difference between the maximum value and a first reference value within the permissible range, and subtracts the difference from all the probability models. Then, the CPU calculates a probability of misfire in each cylinder by inputting each of the calculated probability models to a softmax function of mapping.
US11220960B2
A gas turbine engine including a low speed spool including a low pressure compressor, a low speed output gear disposed on the low speed spool, a high speed spool including a high pressure compressor, a high speed output gear disposed on the high speed spool, a first tower shaft engaged to the low speed spool at the low speed output gear, a second tower shaft engaged to the high speed spool at the high speed output gear, and a superposition gearbox. The gas turbine engine further including a ring gear shaft coupled to drive the ring gear, a ring gear shaft drive gear. A low speed spool drive train gear ratio is between 0.5 to 2.0, the low speed spool drive train gear ratio being measured from the low speed output gear to the ring gear shaft drive gear.
US11220955B2
The invention relates to a compressor for inducting an internal combustion engine, comprising an electric motor (3) for driving a first compressor wheel (4), wherein, in at least one operating state, an inlet-side, first gas flow (5a) of the internal combustion engine (1) is compressed by the compressor (2), wherein the compressor (2) comprises a first compressor path (5) for the first gas flow (5a) and a second compressor path (6) for a second gas flow (6a), wherein the second gas flow (6a), in particular, in at least one operating state, opens into an exhaust gas flow (8) of the internal combustion engine (1) as a secondary air flow (6a).
US11220954B2
An object is to provide a supercharging system capable of actively and easily controlling a rotational speed of a turbine generator. A supercharging system includes a compressor driven by an electric motor to pump fluid to an engine, a turbine generator rotated by exhaust from the engine, and a drive device that drives the electric motor by electricity generated by the turbine generator, wherein the drive device includes a rectifying unit that rectifies the electricity generated by the turbine generator, a converter unit that steps up or down a voltage value of a DC voltage rectified by the rectifying unit and outputs the DC voltage, an inverter unit that drives the electric motor using the DC voltage output from the converter unit, and a control unit that controls a change amount of the DC voltage in the converter unit.
US11220953B2
A cooler fan module, having: a fan frame, a fan wheel recess formed in the fan frame, wherein the fan wheel recess is bounded by a frame ring, a motor mount, which is arranged within the fan wheel recess and is mechanically connected to the fan frame by means of struts, a motor, more particularly an electric motor, which is held at least partially in the motor mount, and a fan wheel, which is arranged in the fan wheel recess and is rotationally driven by the motor, wherein the cooler fan module further has a separately formed, annular structure element, which is arranged on the frame ring.
US11220949B2
An exhaust silencer device which is interposed in an exhaust passage in a vehicle to reduce exhaust noise comprises a sub-muffler which is interposed in the exhaust passage and has an expansion chamber formed therein; an inlet pipe which is airtightly inserted through an inlet opening of the sub-muffler; and an outlet pipe which is airtightly inserted through an outlet opening of the sub-muffler, wherein the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe are formed with openings (small apertures, non-joined portions) only in their upper half area and their lower half area is sealed without having the openings.
US11220948B1
An internal combustion engine emissions reduction system in which a emissions passing through a second catalyst element having a second catalyst function are mixed with emissions passing through a first catalyst element having a first catalyst function.
US11220946B1
A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a cooling loop, an exhaust system, and a thermosiphon. The cooling loop is configured to direct an engine coolant through the engine. The exhaust system is configured to direct exhaust gas away from the engine. The thermosiphon is configured to transfer heat from the exhaust gas to the engine coolant.
US11220945B2
A method is disclosed for operating an internal combustion engine which comprises a primary air system for providing fresh air and a secondary air system. The secondary air system is configured to branch off secondary air from the primary air system and blow it into an exhaust gas duct. The secondary air system has a compressor for feeding the secondary air and a secondary air valve for shutting off or enabling the blowing in of secondary air. The method includes (i) activating the compressor while the secondary air valve is kept closed, (ii) determining whether compressor surging is occurring or is directly imminent, (iii) sensing at least one sensor signal if compressor surging is occurring or is directly imminent, and (iv) determining whether there is a leak in the secondary air system, on the basis of the sensed sensor signal.
US11220939B1
Methods and systems are provided for monitoring a crankcase ventilation system. In one example, a method may include diagnosing a breach in a crankcase vent tube based on a regression of measurements of pressure in the crankcase vent tube. The regression allows the pressure measurements to be extended across an entire range of operating air flows and the breach may be identified by comparing the regressed pressure measurements to expected crankcase vent tube pressures.
US11220937B2
An oil pan (14) for an internal combustion engine includes a bottom wall (16) provided with two downward bulges (28) extending in a crankshaft axial direction (X), and an upward bulge (30) positioned between the two downward bulges continuously to the downward bulges and extending in the crankshaft axial direction. The upward bulge has a width (Wb) as measured in a transverse direction orthogonal to the crankshaft axial direction greater than corresponding widths (Wa) of the downward bulges.
US11220926B2
An apparatus for sealing an internal environment of a turbomachine includes a first chamber connectable in fluid communication with a high pressure environment of a turbomachine so that a working fluid can flow from the high pressure environment to the first chamber; and a second chamber in fluid communication with a lubrication circuit so that a lubricant can flow from the lubrication circuit to the second chamber. The first and second chambers are arranged in fluid communication with each other so that the working fluid can flow from the first to the second chamber. A return line for the working fluid is in fluid communication with the first chamber and connectable in fluid communication with a low pressure environment of the turbomachine so that the working fluid can flow from the first chamber to the low pressure environment. A pressure regulating device is included along the return line and is configured to provide a predetermined pressure drop.
US11220918B2
A method of manufacturing a cooled gas turbine component includes forming a core with an outer surface. The outer surface includes a core feature. The method also includes casting an outer wall of an airfoil about the core. The outer wall has an exterior surface and an interior surface. The interior surface includes a shaped inlet portion that corresponds to the core feature. Moreover, the method includes forming an outlet portion through the outer wall to fluidly connect the outlet portion to the shaped inlet portion. The shaped inlet portion and the outlet portion cooperatively define a cooling aperture through the outer wall.
US11220915B2
A component wall of a hot gas component for a gas turbine, which in a double-walled design, has an outer wall which is hotter and an inner wall which is cooler during operation. The interior is divided by partition walls extending between the inner and outer walls. A coolant flows into the interior through inlet openings in the inner wall and out through outlet openings in the outer wall. An inlet cavity is directly connected to at least one of the inlet openings without being directly connected to outlet openings. A second cavity is provided directly next to the inlet cavity. The second cavity is directly connected, as an outlet cavity, only to at least one of the outlet openings, without being directly connected to inlet openings. The partition wall has at least one through-opening for conducting the coolant from the inlet cavity into the outlet cavity.
US11220914B1
A cast component includes a body and a passage defined within the body. The passage includes a first portion, a second portion and a turn portion fluidly coupling the first and second portions. The turn portion includes a first surface and a second surface. A surface anti-freckling element extends through the turn portion of the passage from the first surface to the second surface of the turn portion. The element separates the passage in the turn portion into a first sub-passage and a second sub-passage. The element is formed by an opening in a removable core used during the casting that includes a surface anti-freckling opening at the location of the element that provides a path for low-density liquid alloy to flow through a core turn portion of the core to reduce surface freckling of the passage in the body of the component.
US11220913B2
A rotor for use in a gas turbine engine includes a wheel and a plurality of blades. The wheel is arrange about an axis of the gas turbine engine for rotation. The plurality of blades are arranged around the wheel and extend radially outward from the wheel to interact with gases flowing through the engine. One or more of the plurlaty of blades is formed to include a hole that extends into an external surface of the blade and a plug located in the first hole. The blade and the plug are made of different materials or have different densities to vary the frequency response of the blade.
US11220911B2
A guide vane airfoil for placement in a flow path portion of a turbomachine is provided, which, relative to a flow pattern in flow path portion, has a leading edge and, downstream thereof, a trailing edge, as well as a suction side and a pressure side; relative to a longitudinal axis of the turbomachine, viewed in the axial direction, in a radially inner portion, forming a first angle α with a circular arc about the longitudinal axis, and, in a radially outer portion, a second angle γ with a circular arc about the longitudinal axis. The guide vane airfoil is inclined in the outer portion, thus γ−90°, in terms of absolute value, being >0° (|γ−90°|>0°), and the guide vane airfoil being more highly inclined in the outer portion than in the inner portion, thus γ−90°, in terms of absolute value, being >α−90° (|γ−90°|>α−90°).
US11220908B2
A turbine wheel for a turbine of an exhaust gas turbocharger. The turbine wheel has a base body comprising a back wall and a plurality of turbine blades, connected to the base body, which each comprise a leading edge. The leading edges are designed to be wave shaped.
US11220904B2
An electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly. The ESP assembly comprises an electric motor, a centrifugal pump mechanically coupled to the electric motor, and a probe mechanically coupled to the electric motor and extending upstream of the electric motor, comprising a plurality of sensor bundles distributed axially along the probe wherein each sensor bundle comprises at least one sensor.
US11220903B2
A method of determining maximum stress in a well drilled in a reservoir, primarily a hydrocarbon reservoir, where there is at least one zone. Collapse regions are produced while drilling a well because the material of the wall of the well exceeds its maximum allowable stress, the material fractures and falls off, leaving a cavity. The caliper of the damaged zone is measured by devices that extend radially until coming into contact with the physical wall of the well. The disclosed method determines the maximum allowable stress based on the caliper measurements and other variables which are determinable.
US11220893B2
System and methods for heating boreholes include laser generators to trigger a chemical reaction to break down heavy hydrocarbons in boreholes. The systems and methods use arrays of laser generators at the borehole surface or within the borehole to heat the heavy hydrocarbons. The systems and methods may include hydrocarbon sensors within the borehole to detect gas seepage resulting from heating of the heavy hydrocarbons.
US11220880B2
An annular barrier includes a metal part and an expandable metal sleeve. The first end of the sleeve has a mechanical connection, and is connected to the metal part via a bite connection with a cutting ring including an outer ring face having an inclined face and an inner ring face having a first cutting edge configured to cut into the outer part face, and a connection ring with a mechanical connection engaging the mechanical connection of the sleeve when the inclined face slides along a tapering face of the sleeve for pressing the first cutting edge into the outer part face, fastening the sleeve to the tubular metal part.
US11220878B1
An apparatus for dispensing frac balls into a wellhead includes an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve positioned and moveable within an interior of the main body and a ball retention device for retaining a frac ball within an interior of the inner sleeve. A retained frac ball held in the ball retention device is released within the inner sleeve when weight or pressure is applied to the inner sleeve to cause the inner sleeve to slide upwardly within the main sleeve.
US11220874B2
A drilling system includes a choke valve system in fluid communication with a wellbore via a fluid return line. The choke valve system is configured to receive a return fluid from the wellbore. The choke valve system includes a choke valve through which the return fluid flows and a valve position sensor configured to determine a position of the choke valve. The drilling system further includes a controller in signal communication with the valve position sensor. The controller is programmed to determine a flow rate of the return fluid through the fluid return line based on the determined position of the choke valve. The controller is further programmed to adjust the position of the choke valve in response to the determined flow rate of the return fluid.
US11220869B2
An insert for a drill bit includes a base portion having a central axis and a formation engaging portion. The formation engaging portion includes an elongate peaked ridge, a first flanking surface extending from the peaked ridge, and a second flanking surface extending from the peaked ridge. The first flanking surface is defined by a first curve rotated about a first axis and the second flanking surface is defined by a second curve rotated about a second axis. The first axis and the second axis are disposed in a reference plane that bisects the base portion and contains the central axis of the base portion. The first axis is disposed at a first radius measured in the reference plane and the second axis is disposed at a second radius measured in the reference plane. The first radius is different from the second radius.
US11220867B2
A method of manufacturing a drill bit or other oil-field tool includes aligning a cutting element support structure or a support structure for an alternative tool element to an image of a computer-generated model of a drill bit assembly or a computer-generated model of an alternative tool assembly. The method further includes placing a tool element on the support structure and comparing the placement of the tool element on the support structure to the placement of a model of the tool element on the image of the model of the tool assembly using real-time continuous deviation feedback. The method also includes adjusting the placement of the tool element on the element support structure to match the placement of the model of the tool element on the image of the model of the tool assembly and joining the tool element to the support structure.
US11220863B1
A shoulder protector device that is releasably attachable to a ladder. The shoulder protector device includes a body having a first portion, a second portion and a third portion disposed between and integral with the first portion and the second portion. The protector device further includes a first longitudinal portion spanning the longitudinal length of the body and an opposed second longitudinal portion spanning the longitudinal length of the body. The first longitudinal portion includes a slot. The slot has a first section provided in the first portion of the body and a second section provided in the second portion of the body. The first section of the slot is configured to receive an edge of a rung of a ladder and the second section of the slot is configured to receive an edge of a rail of the ladder such that the edge of the rung and the edge of the rail can concurrently be disposed within the first section of the slot and second section of the slot, respectively.
US11220852B2
A versatile door system for an aircraft includes forward and aft door assemblies. The forward door assembly includes a forward hingeable door hingeably coupled to the airframe proximate a forward location of an aircraft opening and a forward slidable door slidably coupled to the forward hingeable door. The aft door assembly includes an aft hingeable door hingeably coupled to the airframe proximate an aft location of the aircraft opening and an aft slidable door slidably coupled to the aft hingeable door. In a closed configuration, the forward hingeable door, the forward slidable door, the aft hingeable door and the aft slidable door are securably disposed within the aircraft opening. In operation, the forward hingeable door, the forward slidable door, the aft hingeable door and the aft slidable door are individually operable to collectively provide access to a selectable width of the aircraft opening.
US11220848B2
An automobile (10) comprising wheels (12) and a body (14) has front lights (16), a front trunk lid (18) above a front trunk (20) for storing luggage, a front windscreen (22), a front occupant steering position (24), a roof (26), a rear windscreen (28), a rear hood (30) above an internal combustion, hybrid or electrical or other drive system (32) and rear lights (34), a latching system (36) being provided in or near the front trunk (20) and has a striker (38) mounted to the front trunk lid (18) and a catch system (40) mounted to the body (14) on mounting brackets (42), the latching system having a striker (50) movable relative to first and second catches (54, 56) which are adapted to cooperate with the striker to limit relative movement therebetween, a single motor (70) being provided to transmit drive through the latching system to drive both of the catches to positions in which movement of the striker is restricted by the catches.
US11220846B2
An electric strike having two keepers arranged to pivot about respective shafts extending in a longitudinal direction, a lock lever for locking the keepers in a door-locking position, the lock lever being arranged to pivot about a second shaft extending in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal direction and parallel to the backside of the strike; and an actuation mechanism for actuating the lock lever. The keepers form side walls of a bolt cavity and are arranged to pivot between a door-locking position and a door-releasing position. Therefore, the bolt may exit the cavity in two directions, e.g., a first direction for a left-handed closure member and a second direction for a right-handed closure member. The strike can thus be mounted in the same orientation for both left-handed and right-handed closure members.
US11220829B2
A system for the safety of those installing escalator systems having structural supports. A hand-rail is utilized having at least one post, each post made of an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion contains a top rail slot and a bottom rail slot for a cable to pass through, the cable is tensioned at a cable tension mount which can be located along the side of the escalator structure or to the bottom ground surface or top ground surface. The lower portion of the post contains a bottom mount and mid-bottom mount, which mount to the side of the escalator structure at the desired location of the user. This hand-rail system eliminates the need for a worker to wear a safety harness and tether to a cable which restricts motion.
US11220823B2
A plate stabilizing device is configured to couple with an external U-shaped plate profile. The device includes an external segment, corresponding in shape to the external U-shaped plate profile and configured to fit therein. The external segment includes a socket adapted to at least partially accommodate an external alignment tool through a passage serving as a turning point for the external alignment tool, and an internal segment that is configured to accommodate a bottom portion of the plate. The internal segment comprising an alignment tool wedge-like portion capable of accommodating a tip of the alignment tool.
US11220821B2
A glued trussed joist, joint and method are provided which include two chords, the lower chord and the upper chord located a distance from each other and two elongated webs are located between the chords. The upper ends of the webs are connected in the upper chord and the lower ends of the webs connected in the lower chord. The lower ends of the webs have at least one tenon finger and the lower chord has a matching mortise routing. The tenon fingers are inserted using glue to make a joint to resist forces and moments in the joist and the chord routing goes through the chord.
US11220820B2
A cross-laminated timber (CLT) decorative panel and a connecting device thereof are provided, and belongs to the field of construction materials. The CLT decorative panel includes a first decorative layer, a buffer layer, a CLT layer and a second decorative layer, where the first decorative layer, the buffer layer, the CLT layer and the second decorative layer are sequentially arranged from top to bottom, and the buffer layer is internally provided with a non-Newtonian fluid. The connecting device includes a support body and a connecting block arranged on the support body; the support body has a rectangular solid structure; a cross section of the support body is square with a side length the same as a thickness of the decorative panel; the connecting block is fit with the connecting groove.
US11220819B2
An improved connector for a main tee of a suspended ceiling grid that has multiple locking elements that increase connection tensile force properties. The connector has an end tab with a forward portion bent at a lead angle and a receiving pocket with an outwardly flared entrance that, with an opposed identical connector, cooperate to provide smooth horizontal alignment. The end portion, additionally, includes an edge profile that vertically aligns itself with the receiving pocket of the opposed connector. The receiving pocket includes a spring-like resilient wall that limits the assembly force to overcome interference with projecting lock elements. The spring-like pocket wall and shape of the lock elements contribute to an audible click signaling that a connection has been completed. One of the lock elements works with a relief groove to augment self-alignment of the connectors.
US11220817B2
A retrofit roofing system with a roof furring having a substantially flat top and L-shaped side with openings that correspond to the raised portions of the existing metal roof panels, at least two fasteners that penetrate the L-shaped side through the existing metal roof panels and into the at least one roof perlins, a layer of adhesive on the substantially flat top portion of the roof furring; and at least one new metal roof panel on top of the layer of adhesive. There is also a new roofing system having at least two roof perlins with a bottom portion attached to a roof deck by fasteners and a top portion, a layer of adhesive attached to the top portion of the at least two roof perlins and a metal roofing panel on top of the layer of adhesive attached to the top portion of the at least two roof perlins.
US11220803B2
A low idling controller (26A) switches an idling state flag from “clear” to “set” upon detecting a non-operation of an operating device (14). A rotational speed controller (26B) switches a rotational speed command from a set rotational speed by a rotational speed command device (27) to a low idling rotational speed based upon the idling state flag. At this time, an engine (8) drives in the low idling rotational speed lower than the set rotational speed. A gate controller (24) stops switching of an inverter (23) while the low idling controller (26A) is lowering a rotational speed of the engine (8).
US11220802B2
A shovel management apparatus configured to manage a shovel including a lower traveling body, an upper turning body mounted on the lower traveling body via a turning mechanism, and an excavation attachment attached to the upper turning body includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to obtain fuel consumption information regarding the fuel consumption of the shovel and work mode information indicating the work mode of the shovel set by an operator and aggregate the fuel consumption information according to the work mode.
US11220796B2
A milling machine includes a milling rotor, at least one leg, a grade sensor, and a control circuit. The milling rotor is configured to engage a surface beneath the milling machine. The at least one leg is controllable to raise and lower the milling machine. The grade sensor is configured to sense a position indicative of a cut depth of the milling rotor, and the control circuit is configured to receive data from the grade sensor. The control circuit is also configured to: identify a distance from the milling rotor to the surface based on a selected position of the at least one leg; identify a value associated with a detected condition using the grade sensor while the at least one leg is at the selected position; and calibrate the grade sensor by associating the identified distance from the milling rotor to the surface and the identified value.
US11220793B2
A compaction compensation system comprising a mechanism for automatically height adjusting the height adjustable mounting (30) so as to height adjust the sensor relative to the screed by a compaction compensating factor. It is used in a paving machine (1) for laying compactable paving material, the paving machine comprising: (a) a height adjustable screed (5) for laying a layer of compactable paving material onto a surface; (b) a sensor (15,17) for sensing the height of the screed relative to a reference level, the sensor being attached to the screed by a height adjustable mounting; (c) a screed height control system for automatically adjusting the height of the screed in response to different heights sensed by the sensor due to contours of the surface, so as to adjust the screed to lay a layer of varying thickness.
US11220789B2
An article of manufacture making system for making an article of manufacture containing a plurality of dry solid additives, such as fibers, that utilizes a dry solid additive delivery system with a relatively low Stokes Number for the dry solid additives.
US11220788B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing coated paperboard suitable for packaging paperboard applications. The method comprises coating a first surface of the paperboard web by applying a) a first coating composition in a precoating unit for forming a precoating layer comprising inorganic mineral pigment particles and least one binder for sealing the first surface of the paperboard web; and b) a second coating composition in a curtain coating unit for forming at least one barrier coating layer on the first surface of the paperboard web; and c) a third coating composition comprising a polymer dispersion in the curtain coating unit for forming at least one heat sealable coating layer on the first surface of the paperboard web. The temperature of the coated paperboard web is controlled and adjusted, and the paperboard web is cooled in at least one cooling unit.
US11220786B2
A traversable measuring device (15) for determining a cross direction profile of a property of a moving lignocellulose-containing fiber web (2). The measuring device has a property measuring sensor (23) for determining a measurement result representing the property of the web at multiple cross directional measurement positions (P1, P2, P3, P4), a position measuring sensor (24) for determining the cross directional measurement position of the property measuring sensor associating to the respective measurement result, and an analysis device (25) for receiving the measurement results and the respective cross directional measurement positions (P1, P2, P3, P4) and for allocating the measurement results with the respective cross directional measurement positions for forming the cross direction profile of the web property (2). The measuring device has a mounting bracket (16) that is detachably fixable with quick clamping for fastening the measuring device at a measurement site in a fiber web machine (1).
US11220780B2
Hot air containing water is discharged from a heating space to pass through a vertically bent fluid pipeline (1035) formed by an hot air section (1030) of a water condensing pipeline structure (1029) and a vertically bent flow guiding structure (1032). Meanwhile, external inlet air having relatively low temperature is pumped through an cold air section (1031) of the water condensing pipeline structure (1029) to enable the hot air to be cooled, thereby condensing the water contained in the hot air. The condensed water is collected or flows with a first part of the hot air to pass through an hot air shunt port (1026) for being guided to an external discharging port (109). A second part of the hot air is guided by the hot air shunt port (1026) to flow towards a hot air return inlet (1022), thereby reducing the thermal energy loss and saving electric energy.
US11220775B2
A washing machine may reflect a preference of a user regarding use of an additive. The washing machine may include an additive supplying part coupled to a washing tub to supply an additive to the washing tub, a concentration sensor configured to sense a scent concentration of an additive measured in the washing tub, and a controller configured to switch the washing tub to an additional laundry cycle mode according to the scent concentration sensed by the concentration sensor.
US11220773B2
A laundry treating appliance and a method operating a laundry treating appliance having a dye sensor configured to output a signal indicative of the amount of dye within liquid in the treating chamber, a controller having a memory in which is stored a set of executable instructions including at least one user-selectable cycle of operation, and a user interface operably coupled with the controller and providing an input and output function for the controller and provide information related to a dye release.
US11220768B2
Presented are a method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for stitching. The method includes examining, by an examiner, an embroidery design, wherein the examiner is operably coupled to a controller and a sewing head, and wherein the controller comprises a memory having a capacity, and wherein the controller is operable to cause the sewing head to stitch a work piece. The method further includes determining, by the examiner, a needle drop location of each stitch of the embroidery design, and dividing, by the examiner, the examined embroidery design into a plurality of separate sections. The method still further includes transmitting the plurality of separate sections at a plurality of different times to the controller such that the controller the plurality of separate sections do not exceed the capacity of the memory at any one of the plurality of different times.
US11220767B2
A connection structure includes a proximal end of a needle body, a metallic connector fixed to the proximal end, and an end of a flexible cable attached to the connector. The connector includes a shaft and a head diametrically greater than the shaft. The proximal end of the needle body has a hole into which the shaft of the connector is fitted. The head of the connector has a cable recess accommodating the end of the cable. The cable recess includes a first recess adjacent to an opening of the cable recess and a second recess adjacent to and diametrically greater than the first recess. The end of the cable includes a first portion accommodated in the first recess and a second portion connected to the first portion and accommodated in the second recess. The second portion is diametrically greater than the first portion.
US11220760B2
A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating formed on a surface of the base material. The coating includes a first hard coating layer including crystal grains having a sodium chloride-type crystal structure. The crystal grain has a layered structure in which a first layer composed of nitride or carbonitride of AlxTi1-x and a second layer composed of nitride or carbonitride of AlyTi1-y are stacked alternately into one or more layers. The first layer each has an atomic ratio x of Al varying in a range of 0.6 or more to less than 1. The second layer each has an atomic ratio y of Al varying in a range of 0.45 or more to less than 0.6. The largest value of difference between the atomic ratio x and the atomic ratio y is 0.05≤x−y≤0.5.
US11220757B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a solid oxide and a device therefor, capable of manufacturing a solid oxide used as an optical material without introducing damaged layers caused by machining, which does not use any polishing agent or abrasive grains including rare earth elements, or does not use any solution, such as hydrogen fluoride, for which handling is difficult and which imposes a heavy environmental burden. In the presence of water 1, a solid oxide in which one or more kinds of elements are bonded through oxygen is used as an object to be manufactured; a catalyst substance, which cuts a backbond between an oxygen element and another element, forming the solid oxide, by dissociation of a water molecule, and adsorbs it, and helps production of a decomposition product by hydrolysis, is used as a machining reference surface (3); the object (5) to be manufactured and the machining reference surface are disposed so that they are brought into contact with each other or they are brought very close to each other in the presence of water; a potential of the machining reference surface is adjusted to a range where neither H2 nor O2 is produced; and the object to be manufactured is moved relative to the machining reference surface thereby to remove a decomposition product from the surface of the object to be manufactured.
US11220742B2
A method of fabricating a glassy carbon film is described. The method includes forming a soluble layer on a substrate, forming a lift-off stack that includes a lift-off mask layer and a hard-mask layer, and forming a pattern in the lift-off stack to expose a portion of the soluble layer. The exposed portions of the soluble layer are removed to expose a portion of the substrate. A carbon material is over the exposed portion of the substrate. The soluble layer is dissolved in a solvent, and the lift-off stack is lifted-off.
US11220740B2
The manufacturing cost of a sputtering target is reduced and the impurity concentration of the manufactured sputtering target is also reduced. A method of manufacturing a sputtering target includes: surface-treating at least one of a used sputtering target and a scrap material; melting at least one of the used sputtering target and the scrap material after the surface treatment to form an ingot; and manufacturing a sputtering target by subjecting the ingot to forging, rolling, heat treating, and machining.
US11220739B2
An apparatus for feeding liquid metal to an evaporator device in a vacuum chamber, wherein the apparatus includes a container adapted to contain a liquid metal, a feed tube from the closed container to the evaporator device and an electromagnetic pump provided in the feed tube, and wherein the electromagnetic pump is placed in a vacuum enclosure.
US11220735B2
A method of depositing of a film on a substrate with controlled adhesion. The method comprises depositing the film including metal, wherein the metal is deposited on the substrate using physical vapor deposition at a pressure that achieves a pre-determined adhesion of the film to the substrate. The pre-determined adhesion allows processing of the film into a device while the film is adhered to the substrate but also allows removal of the device from the substrate.
US11220722B2
Provided are a steel sheet having a tensile strength of 950 MPa or more and good toughness and a method for manufacturing the same. The steel sheet has a specific composition and a metallographic structure containing: a ferrite area fraction of 30% or less (including 0%), a tempered martensite area fraction of 70% or more (including 100%), and a retained austenite area fraction of 4.5% or less (including 0%), wherein the average aspect ratio of an iron based carbide, precipitated in tempered martensite grains, having a grain size in the largest 10% is 3.5 or more.
US11220718B2
Provided is an isolated mammalian negative strand RNA virus, metapneumovirus (MPV), within the sub-family Pneumoviridae, of the family Paramyxoviridae. Also provided are isolated mammalian negative strand RNA viruses identifiable as phylogenetically corresponding or relating to the genus Metapneumovirus and components thereof. In particular, provided is a mammalian MPV, subgroups and variants thereof. Also provided are genomic nucleotide sequences of different isolates of mammalian MPV, in particular, human MPV. Disclosed is the use of the sequence information of different isolates of mammalian MPV for diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Provided are nucleotide sequences encoding the genome of an MPV or a portion thereof, including both mammalian and avian MPV. Further described are chimeric or recombinant viruses encoded by the nucleotide sequences and chimeric and recombinant mammalian MPV that comprise one or more non-native or heterologous sequences. Also provided are vaccine formulations comprising mammalian or avian MPV, including recombinant and chimeric forms thereof. The vaccine preparations encompass multivalent vaccines, including bivalent and trivalent vaccine preparations.
US11220717B2
This invention relates to a prognostic method for determining the risk of an asymptomatic human subject with latent tuberculosis (TB) infection or apparent latent TB infection and/or after suspected exposure to TB progressing to active tuberculosis disease comprising the steps of quantifying and computationally analysing relative abundances of a collection of pairs of gene products (“TB biomarkers”) derived from a sample obtained from the subject. The invention further relates to a collection of TB biomarkers that generates a transcriptomic signature of risk for prediction of the likelihood of an asymptomatic human subject with latent TB infection and/or after suspected exposure to TB progressing to active tuberculosis disease. Furthermore, a kit comprising gene-specific primers or oligonucleotide probes for the detection of pairs of TB biomarkers that generates a prognostic signature of risk for use with the method of the invention is described. In addition, the invention relates to a method of preventive treatment or prophylaxis for TB infection comprising the use of the prognostic method and/or the kit of the invention to select an appropriate or experimental treatment regime or intervention for the human subject and/or to monitor the response of the human subject to the TB prophylaxis.
US11220715B2
The present invention provides gene sets the expression of which is important in the diagnosis and/or prognosis of breast cancer.
US11220698B2
The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desaturase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
US11220676B2
Described herein are methods of inserting nucleic acid sequences into host cells. Also described herein are genetically stable host cells comprising inserted nucleic acid sequences and methods of using such host cells in the generation of proteins.
US11220675B2
The present application relates to methods to improve biomass or lipid production in a microorganism from one or more fatty acid and one or more simple carbon co-substrates. Produced lipids may include unsaturated C6-C24 fatty acids, alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates which may be useful as final products or precursors to insect pheromones, fragrances, flavors, and polymer intermediates. The application further relates to recombinant microorganisms modified for improved production of biomass or lipid, or improved lipid selectivity. Also provided are methods of producing one or more lipid using the recombinant microorganisms, as well as compositions comprising the recombinant microorganisms and/or optionally one or more of the product lipid.
US11220668B2
The present invention relates to the use of sulfocysteine and derivatives thereof as cell culture additives to reduce the trisulfide levels in proteins produced in cell culture.
US11220667B2
A Kurthia gibsonii strain EO-06 with Deposit Number of CGMCC No. 18436, a Clostridium kogasensis strain EO-08 with Deposit Number of CGMCC No. 18438 and a Clostridium acidisoli strain EO-09 with Deposit Number of CGMCC No. 18439 are provided. The above strains can be used to treat pollution, for example, to treat industrial gas or wastewater containing ethylene oxide, which greatly improves the decontamination disposal capacity of ethylene oxide in industrial production. The present disclosure also provides a degradation agent for degrading ethylene oxide and a method for biodegrading ethylene oxide.
US11220658B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a solvent and a detergent that have excellent basic properties as solvents or detergents, such as solubility, and that have a boiling point, flammability, toxicity, GWP, and ODP that are all within preferable ranges. To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a solvent composition or detergent composition comprising a hydrochlorofluoropropene represented by the formula: CX3CX═CX2, wherein each X is the same or different and is F or Cl, at least one X is F, and at least three X are Cl; the hydrochlorofluoropropene having an atmospheric pressure boiling point of 50° C. or higher.
US11220651B2
The invention provides a compressor oil, wherein 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol and tris (2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl) phosphite are added to a base oil having a naphthene content of from 17 to 30% based on the total amount of the base oil, and has a pour point of −25° C. or lower. 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol is effective when it is contained in an amount of from 0.5 mass % to 6.0 mass % based on the total amount of the compressor oil, and tris (2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl) phosphite is effective when it is contained in an amount of from 0.3 mass % to 2.0 mass % based on the total amount of the compressor oil. Furthermore, adding an alkaline earth metal salt of alkylsalicylic acid in combination is even more effective. The amount thereof used is preferably from 0.05 mass % to 2.0 mass %.
US11220647B2
A method of combating internal diesel injector deposits caused by carboxylate residues and/or lacquers in the injectors of a diesel engine, the method comprising combusting in the engine a diesel fuel composition comprising (a) the reaction product of a carboxylic acid-derived acylating agent and an amine and (b) a quaternary ammonium salt additive.
US11220644B2
Disclosed is a method for reducing the tar content in pyrolysis gas generated in a pyrolysis reactor (1). The method comprises the steps of: guiding the pyrolysis gas through a filter (2) to remove at least 90% of all the particles in the pyrolysis gas having a particle size down to 7μ and preferably down to 4μ from the pyrolysis gas, partially oxidizing the pyrolysis gas in a partial oxidation reactor (3) to remove tar from the pyrolysis gas, and guiding the pyrolysis gas through a coke bed (4) to further remove tar from the pyrolysis gas. Furthermore, a two-stage gasifier (6) is disclosed.
US11220643B2
Disclosed is a hydrogen generation furnace using decomposition of biomass steam, which employs an infrared source and a furnace body with a water-accommodating structure. A steam separation-drying device is cylindrical and provided at an upper part of an interior of the furnace body and a cavity of the steam separation-drying device forms a secondary gasifier. A lattice plate is provided at a bottom of the interior of the furnace body. A lattice combustion grate is provided above a middle of the lattice plate. A steam distributor is provided outside a lower part of the furnace body. The furnace of the invention performs gasified gas separation as well as secondary oxidation and gasification and mixes steam with gas generated from biomass to perform a decomposition reaction for generating hydrogen.
US11220634B2
Method and apparatus for processing pyrolysis oil from vehicular tires and effecting a steam distillation for separation of the pyrolysis oil to create a lighter fraction which may be subjected to fractional distillation and a heavy fraction which is usable as a fuel oil.
US11220632B2
Provided are a ceramic complex capable of improving the luminous efficiency, a projector comprising a ceramic complex, and a method for producing a ceramic complex. Proposed is a ceramic complex including a rare earth aluminate fluorescent material having an average particle diameter in a range of 15 μm or more and 40 μm or less, aluminum oxide having a purity of aluminum oxide of 99.0% by mass or more, and voids, wherein the content of the rare earth aluminate fluorescent material is in a range of 15% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less relative to a total amount of the rare earth aluminate fluorescent material and the aluminum oxide, and a void fraction is in a range of 1% or more and 10% or less.
US11220629B2
Fluorescent compounds that have aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics. The compounds can be utilized as lipid droplet (LD)-specific bio-probes in cell imaging, with high photostability and brightness. For example, the compounds can be used for specific two-photon LDs staining in live cells and deep-tissues at ultralow concentrations. The compounds exhibit a large Stokes shift (>110 nm), high solid fluorescence quantum yields (up to 0.30), a good two-photon absorption cross-section (45-100 GM at 860 nm), high biocompatibility, and good photostability.
US11220628B2
Fluorescent water soluble conjugated polymers including polycyclic aromatic comonomers are provided. The conjugated polymers can be linked to an acceptor fluorescent dye. The conjugated polymers find use in conjugates with biological substrates having applications in a variety of applications including methods of analyte detection.
US11220618B2
An amorphous silica particles, gravel, other particles and products provide a safe replacement for crystalline silica sand, gravel, or particles in consumer and industrial applications wherein dust may be produced during use or installation. The amorphous silica particles, gravel, other particles or products may comprise components that increase the density, hardness, and other properties from container glass. These components include, but are not limited to, iron oxides, aluminum oxides, and zirconium oxides.
US11220617B2
A two-component adhesive composition is disclosed. The adhesive composition comprises an isocyanate component comprising an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer that is the reaction product of a polyisocyanate and an isocyanate reactive component having an average molecular weight less than 1,500. The NCO content of the isocyanate component without solvent is between 9 and 18%. The composition further comprises a polyol component comprising a polyester polyol having a molecular weight greater than 1,500 that is the reaction product of a polyhydric alcohol and a polybasic acid. The composition still further comprises an adhesion promoter. The average functionality of the adhesive composition is from 2 to 2.4. The adhesive composition provides for improved performance and processability at a solid content greater than 45 wt %. A methods of forming the adhesive composition is also disclosed. A laminate formed by this method is also disclosed.
US11220615B2
The present invention relates generally to wall repair compounds such as joint compounds, spackling compounds, and the like used to repair imperfections in walls or fill joints between adjacent wallboard panels. Particularly, the present invention relates to such a wall repair compound comprising a dust reduction additive that reduces the quantity of airborne dust generated when the hardened compound is sanded and also exhibits improved adhesive properties. The dust reduction additive also imparts adhesion to the wall repair compounds to which it is added, for example to a joint compound. The dust reduction additive is a powder prepared from colloidally-protected, wax-based microstructure dispersions.
US11220613B2
The present invention relates to an elastic conductor with high conductivity and stable electrical performance under stretching. The elastic conductor comprises a matrix material; a plurality of electrically conductive structures embedded in the matrix; and one or more particles embedded in the matrix, wherein the particles are configured to release an electrically conductive material upon stretching of the elastic conductor. In a preferred embodiment, each of the particles comprises a core of the electrically conducting material, such as liquid eutectic gallium indium alloy, and an outer shell surrounding the core, such as gallium oxide.
US11220607B2
The present invention relates to an anticorrosive agent for cavity preservation, and to the use thereof. The anticorrosive agent has a base composition of 40 to 50 wt. % base fluid, 3 to 10 wt. % alkyd resin, 10 to 20 wt. % sulfonate and/or salicylate component, 15 to 25 wt.˜% filler, 0.003 to 0.007 wt. % siccative catalyst, based in each case on the total mass of the anticorrosive agent. In addition to the base mixture, the anticorrosive agent includes 1 to 5 wt. % phyllosilicate and/or 1 to 8 wt.˜% ester wax and/or paraffin wax, based in each case on the total mass of the anticorrosive agent, for adjusting the rheological properties of the anticorrosive agent. The anticorrosive agent, however, does not include any aminic corrosion protection or binder components, or any anti-skinning agent.
US11220602B2
Subject matter are aqueous, low-VOC/SVOC universal pigment preparations comprising a pigment component; a water-soluble, nonionic, surface-active additive comprising a copolymer formed from a vinyl monomer and from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from the group consisting of monocarboxylic esters, dicarboxylic esters, monocarboxamides, and dicarboxamides, the vinyl monomer and/or the ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an N-containing group with pigment affinity; a phosphoric or phosphonic ester, and optionally customary additives. The aqueous pigment preparations are suitable for the coloring of inks, paints, and renders, especially in metering systems at the point of sale or in in-plant tinting systems.
US11220601B2
An asphalt composition includes asphalt, a non-epoxidized oil chosen from flux oils, bio oils, recycled motor oils, liquid plasticizers, and combinations thereof, and a polyolefin. The polyolefin has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from about 1,000 to about 20,000 g/mol, an optional acid number of from about 10 to about 50 mg KOH/g, an optional saponification number of from about 10 to about 100 mg KOH/g, and a density of from about 0.92 to about 1 g/cm3. The asphalt composition has a performance grade of PG (52 to 88) and (−22 to −40), wherein (52 to 88) is an average seven day maximum pavement design temperature in degrees Celsius and represents deformation resistance and (−22 to −40) is an average one day minimum pavement design temperature in degrees Celsius and represents thermal cracking resistance, each as determined using AASHTO M320.
US11220595B2
It has been unexpected found that silylated triglyceride oils can be incorporated into tire tread rubber formulations that include reinforcing fillers to provide improved wet traction characteristic, rolling resistance, and tread-wear without compromising cured stiffness (dry traction) and ultimate properties (chip/chunk resistance). The level of silica coupling agent needed in such formulation can also typically reduced. The present invention more specifically discloses a rubber formulation which is comprised of (1) a rubbery polymer; (2) a reinforcing filler, such as silica or carbon black; and (3) a silylated triglyceride oil. The silylated triglyceride oil will include silyl groups of the structural formula: —(CH2)n—Si(OR)3, wherein n represents an integer within the range of 1 to 8, and wherein R represents an alkyl group containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms.
US11220593B2
The invention relates to a propylene copolymer composition comprising a propylene-ethylene copolymer, wherein the propylene-ethylene copolymer has a melt flow index in the range of 0.05 to 2.5 dg/min measured according to ISO1133 (2.16 kg/230° C.), wherein the propylene-ethylene copolymer is a unimodal propylene-ethylene copolymer and wherein a pipe prepared from the propylene copolymer composition according to ISO 1167-2 has a run time without failure of at least 2,500 h measured according to ISO1167-1 at a temperature of 95° C. and a hoop stress calculated according to ISO3213 of 4.2 MPa.
US11220592B2
Compositions may include a tactile polymer composition prepared from a mixture of polyolefin and a rubber component, wherein the mixture is prepared in a post-reactor process, and wherein the tactile polymer composition has a complex viscosity at 0.10 rad/s according to ASTM D4440 in the range of 1,000 to 40,000 Pa·s. Methods may include preparing a tactile polymer composition by combining a mixture of polyolefin and a rubber component at elevated temperature to produce a blended polymer composition; wherein the tactile polymer composition has a complex viscosity at 0.10 rad/s according to ASTM D4440 in the range of 1,000 to 40,000 Pa·s.
US11220589B2
A method of decreasing aldehyde content in polymeric materials, for example in bottles comprising polyethylene terephthalate, uses a compound (A) which comprises first, second and third fragments which comprise a moiety Formula A) (A) and a moiety. (Formula B) NH (B).
US11220588B2
The invention pertains to a (per)fluoroelastomer composition comprising at least one (per)fluoroelastomer comprising iodine and/or bromine atoms, at least one polyunsaturated compound, at least one organic peroxide and at least one organic compound selected from the group consisting of (thio)urea compounds, cyclic addition products of ammonia or primary amine and aldehyde; (thio)carbamates.
US11220586B2
This invention relates to the field of contaminated plastic waste decomposition. More specifically, the invention comprises methods and systems to decompose contaminated plastic waste and transform it into value-added products.
US11220584B2
A coated substrate includes: a substrate and a first layer on at least a portion of the substrate, the first layer including a polymer selected from the group consisting of an acrylic, an epoxy, a polyurethane, a copolymer thereof, and a mixture thereof, and an additive selected from the group consisting of an ultraviolet light (UV) absorber, a UV stabilizer, and a mixture thereof. The coated substrate further includes a second layer on at least a portion of the first layer, and a third layer on at least a portion of the second layer. A method of forming a coated substrate includes: forming a first layer on at least a portion of a substrate; forming a second layer on at least portion of the first layer; and forming a third layer by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition on at least a portion of the second layer.
US11220572B2
The present invention relates to a polycarbonate diol comprising a structural unit derived from a compound represented by the following formula (A) and a structural unit derived from a compound represented by the following formula (B), wherein the hydroxyl value is from 20 to 450 mg-KOH/g: HO—R1—OH (A) HO—R2—OH (B) the glass transition temperature of said polycarbonate diol as measured by a differential operating calorimeter is −30° C. or less and the average carbon number of a dihydroxy compound obtained by hydrolyzing said polycarbonate diol is from 3 to 5.5.
US11220566B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing an ethylene-based elastic copolymer, and more particularly, to a method for preparing an ethylene-based elastic copolymer by using a catalyst composition for preparing an ethylene-based elastic copolymer, the catalyst composition comprising a binuclear constrained geometry transition metal compound, as a main catalyst, having a structural advantage to obtain a high-molecular-weight ethylene-based elastic copolymer due to a high polymerization activity and comonomer reactivity because the binuclear constrained geometry transition metal compound has a structure in which cyclopentadiene ligands of two constrained geometry catalysts are linked by 1,4-phenylene, and one or more cocatalyst compounds selected from the group consisting of an organoaluminum compound, an organoaluminoxane compound, and a boron compound.
US11220563B2
To provide a novel production method for a hydrogenated petroleum resin that does not cause filter clogging and is also capable of suppressing a significant decrease in catalytic activity in hydrogenation in a production method for a dicyclopentadiene/vinyl aromatic compound-based hydrogenated resin to be used as a tackifier. A production method for a dicyclopentadiene/vinyl aromatic compound-based hydrogenated petroleum resin, in which a reaction product obtained by reacting a dicyclopentadiene with a vinyl aromatic compound is subjected to thermal polymerization, thereby obtaining a thermal polymerization reaction product, followed by hydrogenation thereof, characterized in that as the thermal polymerization reaction product, an oligomer-removed thermal polymerization reaction product obtained by removing a dicyclopentadiene oligomer from the thermal polymerization reaction product is used as a hydrogenation raw material.
US11220554B2
The present invention relates to multispecific procoagulant antibodies capable of binding to coagulation Factor IX (FIX) and/or the activated form thereof Factor IXa (FIXa), and Factor X (FX) and/or the activated form thereof Factor Xa (FXa) and promoting FX activation by FIXa, antibodies binding their epitopes or parts thereof and methods and composition for treating subjects suffering from a coagulopathy such as haemophilia A as well as kits, methods of manufacture and methods of use.
US11220536B1
The present disclosure is directed to antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof, having binding specificity for the S protein of coronaviruses (CoV-S), such as the S protein of the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV-S) and/or the S protein of the SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2-S), including neutralizing antibodies and antibodies that bind to and/or compete for binding to the same linear or conformational epitope(s) on CoV-S. Further disclosed are conjugates of anti-CoV-S antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. Methods of making said anti-CoV-S antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof are also contemplated. Other embodiments of the disclosure include the use of anti-CoV-S antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with coronaviruses, or the S protein thereof, and conditions where neutralization or inhibition of coronaviruses, or the S protein thereof, would be therapeutically and/or prophylactically beneficial.
US11220534B2
Aspects and embodiments of the present invention relate to the treatment of neurological disorders such as for example, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Particularly, certain embodiments relate to GIP/GLP-1 co-agonist peptides for use in the treatment of these two neurological disorders. Also included in the present invention are inter alia pharmaceutical compositions comprising the GIP/GLP-1 co-agonist peptides, together with methods of treating such disorders as well as other subject matter.
US11220533B2
An sDR5-Fc recombinant fusion protein having amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and a gene encoding the protein and having a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 are provided. Further, applications of the protein and the gene in the preparation of medicament for preventing and treating autoimmune hepatitis or drug-induced liver injury are provided.
US11220531B2
The present disclosure relates to engineered IgG Fc constructs and uses thereof.
US11220524B2
The disclosure is directed to compounds of Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, Formula IV, Formula V, or Formula VI: Methods of their use in inhibiting a protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) enzyme and treating disease, as well as methods of their preparation are also described.
US11220517B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): wherein the variables have the meaning defined in the Specification. The compounds according to the present invention are useful for therapy and/or prophylaxis in a mammal, and in particular to spiro bicyclic compounds, pharmaceutical composition comprising such compounds, and their use as menin/MLL protein/protein interaction inhibitors, useful for treating diseases such as cancer, myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and diabetes.
US11220516B2
The present disclosure provides for modified antibiotic compounds, methods of making modified antibiotic compounds, methods of use, products including modified antibiotic compounds, and the like. The modified antibiotic compound comprises a nitric oxide release agent covalently attached to an antibiotic molecule, such as S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine covalently attached to ampicillin.
US11220507B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of rucaparib; the invention also refers to novel intermediates of synthesis as well as their use in the preparation of i.a. rucaparib.
US11220504B2
This invention concerns pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine derivatives, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and their use in treatment and/or therapy of diseases.
US11220494B2
This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in which R-groups R1 to R23, A, Q, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, n, p and q are as defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and salts, and to methods of using such compounds, salts and compositions for the treatment of abnormal cell growth, including cancer, in a subject.
US11220491B2
Photoprotective compositions containing Malassezia-derived compounds and/or chemical analogs thereof
The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for modulating skin pigmentation and treating or preventing UV-induced skin damage, erythema, aging of the skin, sunburn, and hyperpigmentation in a subject. The compounds, compositions, and methods of the present invention generally involve Malassezia-derived compounds, including malassezin and indirubin, and/or chemical analogs thereof. Other applications of the compounds and compositions disclosed herein include, but are not limited to, improving hyperpigmentation caused by a hyperpigmentation disorder, inducing melanocyte apoptosis, and modulating arylhydrocarbon receptor (AhR) activity, melanogenesis, melanin production, melanosome biogenesis, melanosome transfer, melanocyte activity, and melanin concentration.
US11220487B2
The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing and isolating 3,4-dichloro-N-(2-cyanophenyl)-5-isothiazolecarboxamide (Isotianil), which can be used as an active compound with microbicidal properties, wherein the amount of waste materials—e.g. solvents and diluents—is significantly reduced and the process meets the requirements of industrial scale production, in particular that it provides the product in high yield, high purity, i.e. minimum amount of by-products and impurities, and can be carried out with tolerable corrosivity in industrial scale metal, in particular stainless steel, vessels or Cr—Ni—Mo alloy pressure filters or centrifuges.
US11220481B2
The present invention provides a new class of thermosetting ring-opening metathesis polymerization materials based on norbornene and oxanorbornene dicarboximide moieties containing at least one acetal ester group linkage. The acetal ester group is degradable when subjected to heat or acidic aqueous hydrolysis. The polymerization materials can be used in reworkable thermosetting compositions. R1-Rs, X, and n are defined herein.
US11220479B2
Glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of using the glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors in the treatment of diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of glucosylceramide synthase provides a benefit, like Gaucher disease and Fabry disease, also are disclosed.
US11220476B2
The disclosure features novel lipids and compositions involving the same. Nanoparticle compositions include a novel lipid as well as additional lipids such as phospholipids, structural lipids, and PEG lipids. Nanoparticle compositions further including therapeutic and/or prophylactics such as RNA are useful in the delivery of therapeutic and/or prophylactics to mammalian cells or organs to, for example, regulate polypeptide, protein, or gene expression.
US11220469B2
A process for converting a feed stream having carbon to C2 to C5 olefins, includes introducing a feed stream including methane and oxygen to a first reaction zone, reacting the methane and oxygen in the first reaction zone to form a first reaction zone product stream having a mixture of C2 to C5 alkanes, transporting the mixture of C2 to C5 alkanes to a second reaction zone, introducing a fresh stream of at least one of ethane and propane to the second reaction zone, converting the C2 to C5 alkanes to C2 to C5 olefins in the second reaction zone, producing one or more product streams in the second reaction zone, where a sum of the one or more product streams includes C2 to C5 olefins, and producing a recycle stream comprising hydrogen in the second reaction zone, where the recycle stream is transported to the first reaction zone.
US11220468B2
A method of reducing dust formation and/or caking in fertilizer or other particulates. The method comprises coating the fertilizer or other particulate in a coating comprising vacuum tower asphalt extender (VTAE). The VTAE may be a non-distilled fraction of vacuum distillation of used automotive and/or industrial oil. The VTAE may not be asphalt or bitumen, although the coating may further comprise bitumen.
US11220465B2
A method for producing SiC/SiC composite material according to the present invention includes impregnating a substrate with a slurry containing particles of a flaky lubricant to obtain an impregnated body, drying out a solvent of the slurry from the impregnated body, forming an interface layer on surfaces of the SiC fibers by bending the impregnated body, and transferring the particles of the flaky lubricant to the surfaces of the SiC fibers while stretching the particles, and forming a SiC matrix inside the substrate on which the interface layer is formed. Since a thin interface layer of the flaky lubricant can be formed on the surfaces of the SiC fibers by transferring the flaky lubricant to the surfaces of the SiC fibers, the interface layer reaching inside of the substrate can be easily formed.
US11220461B2
A method for continuously forming gypsum-based panels of high fixing strength comprises the steps of: •forming a mixture comprising stucco, non-pregelatinized migratory starch, glass fibre, fluidizer and water; •casting the mixture in a continuous band; •maintaining the band under conditions sufficient for the stucco to form an interlocking matrix of set gypsum; •cutting the band to form one or more wet panel precursors; and •drying the wet panel precursor to form one or more gypsum-based panels. •The weight ratio of water to stucco in the mixture is less than 0.7; •the stucco is present in the mixture in an amount of over 60 wt % relative to the total solids content of the mixture; •the starch is present in the mixture in an amount of over 3 wt % relative to the stucco; •the glass fibre is present in the mixture in an amount of over 1 wt % relative to the stucco; •the fluidizer is present in the mixture in an amount of at least 0.1 wt % relative to the stucco; and the density of the gypsum-based panel is greater than 700 kg/m.
US11220449B2
A deammonification system 100 and process for treating wastewater are disclosed herein. The system and process may involve an anaerobic reactor 204 operable to produce biogas 2 from organic carbon in the wastewater 1, and a deammonification unit including (i) one or more anoxic chambers 302 in fluid communication with the anaerobic reactor 204, wherein each of the one or more anoxic chambers 302 houses a plurality of biocarriers 306, wherein each of the plurality of biocarriers 306 includes a biofilm of anaerobic ammonium oxidation bacteria, and (ii) one or more oxic chambers 304 operable to produce nitrite from ammonia and/or ammonium, wherein the wastewater processed in an anoxic chamber 302 of the one or more anoxic chambers 302 is channeled to an oxic chamber 304 of the one or more oxic chambers 304 which is adjacent to and downstream of the anoxic chamber 302.
US11220433B2
Processes and methods for modifying the surface of graphitic carbon with covalently bonded chemcial groups and the treated graphitic carbon products of such processes are provided. Additionally, exemplary articles comprising such treated graphitic carbons are provided.
US11220432B2
A method for producing a carbon nanostructure according to an aspect of the present invention is a method in which a carbon nanostructure is produced between a base body and a separable body while the separable body is relatively moved away from the base body, the base body including a carburizable metal that is a principal constituent, the separable body including a carburizable metal that is a principal constituent, the separable body being joined to or in contact with the base body in a linear or strip-like shape. The method includes a carburizing gas feed step, an oxidizing gas feed step, a heating step in which the portion of the base body at which the base body and the separable body are joined to or in contact with each other is heated, and a separation step in which the separable body is relatively moved away from the base body.
US11220427B2
A method and a device for generating of hydrogen are provided with which an instantaneous release of hydrogen in considerable amounts is possible. The method comprises a one or two step mixing including injecting the fuel and an activator fluid into a reaction chamber. The device is adapted to be operated with such a method. Further, a fuel suitable for the use with such a method is provided, the fuel being based on a dry metal hydride or a dry metal borohydride being dispersed in a non-aqueous dispersion medium. Moreover, a method for (re-) fuelling the hydrogen generating device at a service station and a method for supplying a service station with fuel are provided.
US11220421B1
A product system for an agricultural sprayer can include a product tank configured to store a first volume of an agricultural product. A second volume of the agricultural product can be positioned within a flow assembly after the fill mode. A reclaim system can be configured to provide the agricultural product within the flow assembly to the product tank. A computing system can be communicatively coupled with the reclaim system and configured to determine an open volume of the product tank based on data captured by the tank sensor and activate a reclaim mode of the reclaim system to move the second volume of the agricultural product from the flow assembly to the product tank when the open volume can be greater than the second volume of the agricultural product.
US11220413B2
An elevator assembly includes an elevator cabin, a counterweight, a compensating cable and a means for suspending the compensating cable from the elevator cabin. The compensating cable includes a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is coupled with the elevator cabin and the distal end is coupled with the counterweight. The means for suspending the compensating cable is coupled with the elevator cabin and is further coupled with the compensating cable adjacent the proximal end of the compensating cable. The compensating cable has an elastic deformation limit. The means for suspending the compensating cable has a tensile strength that is less than the elastic deformation limit of the compensating cable.
US11220400B2
Warehouse automation and methods of controlling material flow can be used to streamline order fulfillment processes. For example, according to some embodiments described herein, systems and methods for enhancing automated material handling and storage systems by facilitating multi-level accessibility of materials moving into and out of a three-dimensional storage and retrieval system can be used to enhance the efficiency of warehouses and order fulfillment processes.
US11220396B2
A package body includes a porous metal body having an elongated sheet shape, a core member having a cylindrical shape, a protective sheet, and a resin film. The porous metal body is wound around the core member. The protective sheet is wound around the wound porous metal body to cover an outer surface of the wound porous metal body. The protective sheet and the porous metal body are covered with the resin film. The core member is made of paper or a resin.
US11220389B1
An insert made of corrugated paper is easily assembled, uses no glue, allows shipping of glass, such as stemware, in any orientation, reduces packing material and reduces shipping costs. In addition, customers receiving the glass can easily unpack the glass and reuse the insert for storing the glass, as the insert can be opened and closed without ripping. The insert has multiple cutouts matching a profile of a bowl of the glass. U-shaped channels are formed by folding the insert along scored lines. The U-shaped channels maintain the glass away from a side of a box in which the insert is placed. The edges of the corrugated paper along the multiple cutouts envelope the bowl of the glass and remove weight and any potential shock that can be transmitted to the glass.
US11220387B2
A sealed single-dose break-open package having: a first sheet of semi-rigid plastic material; a second sheet of flexible plastic material superposed on and sealed to the first sheet to define a sealed pocket that contains a dose of a product; and a weakened zone that is made in a central zone of the first sheet for guiding, after bending of the sealed package, controlled breaking of the first sheet at the weakened zone in such a way as to cause the formation of an outlet opening for the product through the first sheet. The weakened zone comprises at least one incision that is made in a surface of the first sheet and extends along a single line that is open and does not cross itself. The incision comprises a “U”-shaped central part and two lateral parts that are positioned on opposite sides of the central part and connect to the central part.
US11220368B2
An apparatus is provided for a container comprising a base, a bell, a sidewall between the base and the bell, a neck and a finish which define an opening to an interior of the container, and a shoulder between the sidewall and the bell. Strap ribs extend from a central portion of the base and terminate at the sidewall. The strap ribs cooperate with vertically aligned recessed columns of the sidewall to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, or stretching along the sidewall and the base. An inwardly offset portion of the sidewall is disposed between each pair of adjacent recessed columns. The inwardly offset portions of the sidewall are configured to resist outward bowing of the sidewall due to internal pressure of contents within the container.
US11220366B2
The present disclosure relates to a label-placement module having a first feeder assembly, including a horizontal delivery platter for receiving a label, and a first drive wheel, positioned adjacent to a distal end of the horizontal delivery platter and rotatable to move the label on the horizontal delivery platter in a first direction. The label-placement module may include a second feeder assembly coupled to an actuator that moves the second feeder assembly vertically to a delivery position associated with the container. The second feeder assembly having a vertical delivery platter for receiving the label from the horizontal delivery platter and a second drive wheel rotatable to move the label forward in the first direction towards the container such that at least a portion of the label may be clamped between the container and a lid of the container thereby attaching the label to the container.
US11220364B2
The invention relates to a device for feeding film bags to a filling machine, comprising a magazine having a plurality of parallel magazine shafts for providing the film bags and comprising film-bag holders, which can be positioned below the magazine shafts, for holding and transporting the film bags, wherein a transfer arm is associated with each magazine shaft, said transfer arm being provided for grasping a film bag in the magazine shaft and transferring the grasped film bag to the film-bag holder arranged below the magazine shaft. The invention further relates to a method for feeding film bags to a filling machine by means of the device, comprising the following steps: providing film bags in magazine shafts of a magazine, positioning film-bag holders for holding and transporting the film bags below the magazine shafts, grasping the film bags in the magazine shafts by means of transfer arms, and transferring the grasped film bags to the film-bag holders by means of the transfer arms.
US11220359B1
A networked electronic ordnance system is provided. The system includes a first plurality of pyrotechnic devices connected to a first network bus. The system further includes a first bus controller connected to the first network bus. The system further includes a second plurality of pyrotechnic devices connected to a second network bus. The system further includes a second bus controller connected to the second network bus. The system further includes a bus interface circuit connected to the first bus controller by a first electrical connection and connected to the second bus controller by a second electrical connection.
US11220357B2
In an example, a method for on-board maintenance of an aircraft is described. The method includes measuring, by a pressure sensor, a pressure in a tube associated with an engine of an aircraft. The method also includes determining, by a control system and based on the pressure measured by the pressure sensor, that the tube is at least partially blocked by moisture. Additionally, the method includes, responsive to determining that the tube is at least partially blocked by the moisture, providing an alert signal from the control system to a flight deck of the aircraft. The method also includes, responsive to the alert signal, operating an actuation switch at the flight deck to actuate a valve to an open state. The method further includes, responsive to actuating the valve to the open state, supplying an inert gas from an inert gas supply to the tube to expel the moisture.
US11220345B2
A leading edge structure (13) for a flow control system of an aircraft (1), including a double-walled leading edge panel having an inner wall element (45) and an outer wall element (47). Between the inner and outer wall elements (45, 47) are elongate stiffeners (49) spaced apart from one another. And, between adjacent stiffeners (49) are a hollow chamber (51). The outer wall element (47) includes micro pores (53). The inner wall element (45) includes passages (55) forming a fluid connection between the hollow chambers (51) and a vacuum system (15). An ice protection system in the stiffeners (49) includes hot air ducts (57) configured for connection to a hot air system (17), and the stiffeners (49) include hot air openings (59) forming a fluid connection between the hot air ducts (57) and the hollow chambers (51).
US11220332B2
A rotor comprises at least two rotor blades, and each rotor blade of the at least two rotor blades rotates around a rotor axis and performs pitching around a pitch axis. The rotor axis and the pitch axis intersect in a rotor center. The rotor is characterized in that each rotor blade comprises at least one permanent magnet having a first spherical magnet surface. Each rotor blade further comprises a pitch control apparatus for controlling the pitching of the at least two rotor blades. The pitch control apparatus comprises electrically controlled magnets having a second spherical magnet surface.
US11220329B2
Systems and methods include providing an aircraft with a ducted rotor assembly. The ducted rotor assembly includes a housing having a duct, a rotor drive mechanism coupled to a rotor system, and a plurality of stators that both structurally support the rotor drive mechanism within the duct of the housing and carry a fluid through internal fluid passages in the plurality of stators to provide cooling to the rotor drive mechanism. Some of the stators carry fluid to the rotor drive mechanism, where the fluid absorbs heat from the rotor drive mechanism, and some of the stators carry fluid away from the rotor drive mechanism. The rotor system generates an airflow over the stators carrying fluid away from the rotor drive mechanism to effect transfer between the fluid and the airflow.
US11220323B2
An aircraft comprising a fixed structure, a fuselage mounted on the fixed structure and a tail unit system comprising a structural element housed inside the fuselage and mounted to be rotationally mobile relative to the fixed structure about a transverse axis of rotation parallel to a transverse axis of the aircraft. A first actuation system displaces the structural element in rotation about the transverse axis of rotation, on either side of the structural element. A horizontal tail unit has one end rotationally mobiley mounted on the structural element about a longitudinal axis of rotation parallel to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft and another end which extends out of the fuselage by passing through a window in the fuselage. For each horizontal tail unit, a second actuation system displaces the horizontal tail unit in rotation about the longitudinal axis of rotation.
US11220322B2
Aircraft canopy jettison systems, apparatus, and methods are described herein. An example aircraft includes a forward fuselage defining a cockpit, a seat in the cockpit, a pivot pin coupled to the forward fuselage, and a canopy removably coupled to the forward fuselage over the cockpit. The canopy includes a frame having a hinge portion. The hinge portion includes a cam. The cam is dimensioned such that when the canopy is jettisoned while the aircraft is at zero altitude and zero airspeed, a travel path of the hinge portion does not intersect a travel path of the seat when the seat is ejected while the aircraft is at zero altitude and zero airspeed.
US11220319B2
A method of operating a thruster apparatus involves causing a first propeller to rotate in response to pressure of a first flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid, and causing a second propeller to rotate in response to pressure of a second flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid separate from the first flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid. Thruster apparatuses are also disclosed.
US11220316B2
A docking system has flat funnel and a slotted ramp at the end of the flat funnel. The slotted ramp has a plurality of inclined planes, each on a respective side of the slot. A docking adapter, fitted over an underwater vehicle, includes a guide plane and a mask. The flat funnel guides the guide plane to the top of the ramp during docking, so that the underwater vehicle may be charged. Another aspect of the invention is a highly maneuverable glider including a forwardly mounted buoyancy module followed a pitch module, followed by a processing module, followed by a roll module, mounted concentrically with respect to each other. The glider may be attached to any docking system, not just that of the present invention. When used in conjunction with the docking system of the present invention, the glider may be attached to either the flat funnel or the docking adapter of the docking system of the present invention.
US11220309B2
A bicycle rear sprocket assembly comprises at least one sprocket having a total tooth number that is equal to or larger than 15. The at least one sprocket includes at least ten internal spline teeth configured to engage with a bicycle hub assembly.
US11220306B2
Disclosed is a bicycle carrier having a support mast, an elongate support member extending from the support mast, and a fork crown cradle disposed along the elongate support member. The fork crown cradle is for receiving a fork crown of a bicycle. The cradle includes at least one member extending angularly relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongate support member and at least one tine extending angularly relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongate support member. The at least one member and the at least one tine of the fork crown cradle are spaced-apart so as to allow the fork crown to be received by the fork crown cradle. A head tube of the bicycle is disposed adjacent to the at least one tine of the fork crown cradle. The at least one member of the fork crown cradle is disposed between fork tubes of the bicycle.
US11220303B2
A swingable accessory mount assembly includes a receiver mount configured for mounting to a hitch receiver of a vehicle. A first arm has a first end and a second end. The first end is attached to the receiver mount. The first arm extends laterally from the receiver mount to the second end. A second arm has a first end and a second end. The first end is pivotally attached to or near the second end of the first arm. The second arm is movable between a closed position and an open position relative to the first arm. A hitch adapter is attached to or near the second end of the second arm. When the second arm is in the closed position, the hitch adapter is located on an opposite lateral side of the receiver mount from the second end of the first arm.
US11220295B2
A bodywork structure for a passenger vehicle includes a bodywork shell construction with two longitudinal girders and a flexible crossmember device attached to the two longitudinal girders. The flexible crossmember device has a first flexible crossmember and two energy absorption elements where the two energy absorption elements are respectively fixed to the two longitudinal girders and the first flexible crossmember is connected to the two longitudinal girders via the two energy absorption elements. A support framework is disposed between the two longitudinal girders and has a second flexible crossmember that is at least indirectly connected to the two longitudinal girders and is convexly curved in a direction of the first flexible crossmember. The support framework has a load divider disposed between the first flexible crossmember and the second flexible crossmember in the longitudinal direction of the passenger vehicle and extending in the transverse direction of the passenger vehicle.
US11220287B2
A steer-by-wire steering apparatus comprises a plurality of locking projections that project radially outward of a upper shaft; a rotation range limiting projection that is fixed to the upper shaft and has an engaged portion located on the radially outer side of outer peripheral ends of the locking projections; a radially movable lock member that is located on the radially outer side than the locking projections when a drive source switch is ON, and has at least a part located at the same radial position as the locking projections when the switch is OFF; and a rotation range limiting member that has at least a part located at the same radial position as the engaged portion regardless of whether or not a steering actuator that changes steered angle of steered wheels is in an operable state when the switch is at least ON.
US11220262B2
An autonomous driving system mounted on a vehicle determines a target path based on necessary information and performs vehicle travel control such that the vehicle follows the target path. A first coordinate system is a vehicle coordinate system at a first timing when the necessary information is acquired. A second coordinate system is a vehicle coordinate system at a second timing later than the first timing. The autonomous driving system calculates, based on the necessary information acquired at the first timing, a first target path defined in the first coordinate system. Then, the autonomous driving system corrects the first target path to a second target path defined in the second coordinate system by performing coordinate transformation from the first coordinate system to the second coordinate system. The autonomous driving system uses the second target path as the target path to perform the vehicle travel control.
US11220258B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to transportation systems. More particularly, embodiments relate to methods and systems of vehicle data collection by a user having a mobile device. In a particular embodiment, vehicle data (also termed herein “driving data” or “data”) is collected, analyzed and transformed, and combinations of collected data and transformed data are used in different ways, including, but not limited to, predicting, detecting, and reconstructing vehicle accidents.
US11220256B2
An electronic device including a first device having a spherical housing, and a second device arranged on a surface of the spherical housing, wherein the first device includes a first driving device arranged in the spherical housing and configured to deliver power to the spherical housing, a structure arranged in the spherical housing and configured to arrange the second device on a surface of the spherical housing, a second driving device configured to trigger a movement of the structure, a processor electrically connected with the first driving device and the second driving device, and a memory operatively connected with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store instructions that, when executed, enable the processor to control the second driving device to, in response to identifying a coupling of the second device with the first device, adjust an arrangement direction of the second device with respect to the first driving device.
US11220250B2
A hydraulic block for a hydraulic power vehicle brake system including a slip control. A bore, which communicates through a circumferential groove with a receptacle of a pedal travel simulator, is run through parallel to a motor side of the hydraulic block between the motor side and a master brake cylinder bore in the hydraulic block and is connected through a transverse bore with a further bore parallel to the motor side, which connects the master brake cylinder bore with a connection for a pressureless brake fluid reservoir, which is attachable to the hydraulic block. The bores form a return of the pedal travel simulator, which has a low resistance to flow and allows for a closed system.
US11220243B1
A system and method to control the cleaning and emptying of a wastewater holding tank on a Recreational Vehicle. The system has the ability to autonomously open the drain valve allowing the tank to be emptied while connected to a suitable drain hose. It also has the ability to automatically rinse the tank from an external water source—should the system be so equipped. Further, the system and method can operate a wastewater system with two or more tanks each tank having its own gate valve used to empty the tank. In, this configuration the system will only open one gate valve at a time.
US11220241B2
An outside viewing device for a vehicle, having a camera that is housed in a casing having a frontal wall through which there passes an imaging window, and an internal partition which is parallel to the frontal wall and through which there passes an opening next to the imaging window. In addition, two peripheral wiper seals, disposed at the periphery of the window and the opening, delimit a guide in which a transparent screen slides, in a sealed manner, between at least two imaging positions, in each of which different surface portions of the screen are positioned next to the imaging window. Finally, a device for moving the screen is designed to slide the latter between its different positions.
US11220237B2
A request to access a vehicle is received from an electronic device of a user. The vehicle can be disposed at a designated geographic location. Next, geographic information of the user is received from the electronic device. The geographic information is determined with the aid of the electronic device of the user. The user is then provided access to the vehicle if, based on the received geographic information, a geographic location of the user is within a given distance from the designated geographic location of the vehicle.
US11220235B2
An inflator-based system provides for the actuation of valves and other devices using automotive air bag inflators, for example. One or more inflators can be connected to a valve body with an adapter such that upon inflator activation, inflator gases can act on a piston or similar device to achieve desired movement or operation of the valve or device. An inflator-based actuator can provide for a single action or multiple actions of a valve or other device. Such a system can provide safer and more reliable alternatives to electro-explosive ordnance devices found in pyrovalves, for example. Other uses for an inflator-based actuation system can include a lanyard pull initiator, a dual cartridge cutter, a bolt cutter, a hot gas generator (HGG) body, and a HGG pressure cartridge, to name a few examples.
US11220234B1
An occupant restraint system for a seat of a vehicle includes an airbag and an external tensioning member. The airbag is deployable from the seat and includes at least one cushion vent hole for venting inflation gases from the airbag. The tensioning member is attachable to the seat and includes at least a first webbing elongated between a first end and a second end. The first webbing including at least one webbing hole such that each cushion vent hole of the at least one cushion vent hole has a corresponding webbing hole from the at least one webbing hole. A releasable connection releasably connects the first webbing and the airbag to normally maintain alignment between each cushion vent hole and the corresponding webbing hole in response to a predetermined tension in the tensioning member to misalign each cushion vent hole with the corresponding webbing hole.
US11220227B2
A wire harness includes: a wire bundle having a plurality of electric wires; and a protector attached to the wire bundle. The wire bundle has a relay line drawn out from the wire bundle. The relay line has a connector at an end portion of the relay line. The protector has: a housing portion to cover the wire bundle; and a connector holding portion capable of holding the connector in a first posture and a second posture different from the first posture. The connector holding portion is located in the housing portion within a range to allow the relay line to be extended to hold the connector on the connector holding portion. The connector is held by the connector holding portion in one of the first posture and the second posture to house the relay line in the protector.
US11220223B2
Vehicle-environment monitoring device is capable of monitoring a situation outside a vehicle. The vehicle-environment monitoring device includes an image capturing module, an image-capturing-device cover, a fan, and an air passage. The image capturing module is disposed near an inner surface of a glass member and includes a heat-generating device and an image sensor configured to capture an image of the situation outside the vehicle. The image-capturing-device cover covers the image capturing module from inside a vehicle cabin. The fan cools the heat-generating device by introducing air into the image-capturing-device cover and blows the air toward the glass member. The air passage is formed inside the image-capturing-device cover, and the air blown by the fan flows toward the glass member through the air passage.
US11220221B2
The invention relates to a console for a vehicle passenger compartment. The console comprises for example an armrest and a fixed storage compartment that is under the armrest. The object of the invention is to provide a console comprising a storage compartment that offers a high degree of flexibility with respect to the possible uses in the vehicle and with respect to the space requirement. The particularity is that the console of a vehicle has a frame and a container, wherein the container is mounted so as to be movable relative to the frame, and wherein the container can be completely separated from the frame.
US11220216B2
A method and system for generating a combined rearview image of an area behind a vehicle that is towing a trailer, the method including: capturing a first image from a vehicle camera that is installed on the vehicle, the first image being comprised of an area behind the vehicle; capturing a second image from a trailer camera that is installed on the trailer, the second image being comprised of an area behind the trailer; determining an obstructed viewing region within the first image, the obstructed viewing region being a region of the first image in which the trailer resides; overlaying the second image on the first image and at least partially within the obstructed viewing region; and inserting graphics in the first image, in the second image, and/or in a patch region within the obstructed viewing region and between the second image and the first image.
US11220207B2
A lighting system, including: a first headlamp on a front of a local vehicle and including a first low-beam lamp for shining light in front of the local vehicle at a first angle below horizontal, a first middle-beam lamp for selectively shining light in front of the local vehicle at a second angle below horizontal, and a first high-beam lamp for selectively shining light in front of the local vehicle at a third angle below horizontal; a sensory cluster for detecting a remote vehicle in front of the first headlamp; a controller for controlling operation of the first low-beam, middle-beam, and high-beam lamps, wherein the first angle is greater than the second angle and the second angle is greater than the third angle, and the controller controls operation of the first middle-beam and high-beam lamps based at least in part on signals from the sensory cluster.
US11220206B1
A shim device and system for securing a unit load device (ULD) using the shim device are described. In one example, the system includes a pop-up lock in a deck for transporting a ULD. The system also includes the shim device, which can be placed between the ULD and the pop-up lock. The shim device provides a mechanical interference as a wedge, occupying any limited space that might exist between the bottom edge of the ULD and the pop-up lock. Thus, the shim device can prevent the ULD from moving by occupying the limited space between the ULD and the pop-up lock. In one example, the shim device includes a shim block having top, bottom, and side surfaces, an inner aperture that extends through the shim block, and a handle connected with and extending from the shim block.
US11220200B2
The present technology provides a cargo adapter that can be inserted into a passenger compartment of a mixed-use vehicle that can be anchored to existing anchor points in the vehicle. The cargo adapter can then receive, secure, and support a cargo locker in a way that safely secures the cargo and avoids wear on the interior surfaces of the passenger compartment. The present technology further provides a system for transporting a cargo locker to a vehicle and inserting the cargo adapter and cargo locker into the vehicle quickly and easily.
US11220198B2
A cover for a seat having a headrest includes a stabilizing bracket member that enables a secure attachment of an electronic device for use by a passenger behind the seat. In one embodiment, the cover includes a sleeve defining a chamber, a first opening to the chamber, and a second opening to the chamber. The chamber is sized and shaped to at least partially contain the headrest. The first opening is sized and positioned such that at least a portion of the headrest is insertable into the chamber through the first opening. The stablizing bracket member defines an aperture and is attached to the sleeve such that the aperture is aligned with the second opening so that the second opening is unobstructed.
US11220193B2
Device for adjusting the length of the seat portion of a motor vehicle seat with controlled breaking
A device for adjusting the length of the seating portion of a motor vehicle seat, the seating portion comprising a movable seating part, the adjustment device comprising a threaded rod, a rotating nut, and a housing receiving the nut and the threaded rod, the threaded rod comprising a first end in connection with the movable seating part and a second end opposite the first end, the threaded rod and the nut cooperating in rotation to move the movable seating part, wherein the nut comprises a nut weakness area for the breaking of said nut.
US11220190B2
A mobile charging station for the electric charging of electric transportation vehicles having at least one battery unit, at least one charging interface for charging the battery unit, at least one second interface for charging an electric transportation vehicle from the battery unit, a method or mechanism for automated navigation of the mobile charging station and a method or mechanism for receiving a charging request. A method for charging an electric transportation vehicle.
US11220183B2
A driver controls a switch inserted in a current path between a secondary battery and an inverter that drives a motor. A first abnormality detector instructs the driver to turn off the switch when an abnormality of the secondary battery is detected. A second abnormality detector is disposed in parallel with the first abnormality detector, and instructs the driver to turn off the switch when the abnormality of the secondary battery is detected. The first abnormality detector suspends an instruction to turn off the switch to the driver, even when the abnormality of the secondary battery is detected, in cases where an ECU instructs discharge-stop prohibition of the secondary battery. The second abnormality detector instructs the driver to turn off the switch after a lapse of a certain time from when the abnormality of the secondary battery is detected, regardless of an instruction from the ECU.
US11220182B1
An apparatus and methods for rotating a console display device of a vehicle are disclosed. The apparatus includes a display device; a rotation mechanism connected to the display device and configured to rotate the display device between a portrait orientation and a landscape orientation; a touch bar having at least one button; and a memory storing instructions. The instructions include receiving a request from a user via the touch bar to rotate the display device from the portrait orientation to the landscape orientation; sending a message to the user via the display device providing a time for the user to cancel the request; executing, via the rotation mechanism, a rotation of the display device from the portrait orientation to the landscape orientation after the provided time to cancel the request elapses; and sending a signal to disable vehicle movement.
US11220181B2
An operation control device includes a line-of-sight detector configured to detect a line of sight of a driver of a vehicle on the basis of an image of an interior of the vehicle captured by an imaging device provided in the vehicle, a hand state detector configured to detect a hand state of the driver on the basis of the image, a driving state determiner configured to determine whether the detected hand state is a first state in which it is estimated that a driving operation of the vehicle is being performed or a second state in which it is estimated that the driving operation is not being performed, a traveling state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle, and an operation restrictor configured to restrict reception of an operation on an operator including a display device arranged within the vehicle.
US11220179B2
An apparatus comprising an interface, a memory and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive sensor data samples during operation of a vehicle. The memory may be configured to store the sensor data samples over a number of points in time. The processor may be configured to analyze the sensor data samples stored in the memory to detect a pattern. The processor may be configured to manage an application of brakes of the vehicle in response to the pattern.
US11220177B2
A vehicle includes an actuator, a drivetrain configured to receive mechanical power from the actuator, an accelerator pedal position sensor configured to output a driver-demanded torque, and a controller in electric communication with the sensor and the actuator. The controller is programmed to receive the driver-demanded torque and output a shaped torque command to mitigate driveline disturbances caused by backlash and shaft compliance.
US11220175B2
The present disclosure provides a machine and mechanism of an electrically controlled low-unsprung-mass wheel unit for vehicles. The design incorporates independent propulsion/braking, axle control, steering, and suspension (IPASS) of each wheel during vehicle movement. The purpose of the design is for a traction-adaptively-optimization (TAO) control which include but not limited as the following: 1) better road surface gripping and ride quality by lower unsprung mass; 2) safer, quicker, and sharper turning ability—transformative turning; 3) adaptive obstacle avoidance; 4) a list of new, unique, and advanced vehicle motion features. The mechanism comprises at least: an axle adjustment that controls the distance of a wheel from the vehicle body, which allows for the outward extension of the wheel via a slider. The slider is connected to a linear actuator, which is powered by the first independent electric motor for track width adjustment. A steering system includes a pinion, powered by the second independent motor, rolls against an inner gear at the top of the unit turn in opposing directions. Hiding the motor and gears in the hollow shaft results in an extremely low profile. A propulsion system, powered by the third independent electric motor, controls the wheel's forward and backward motions using a spline, bevel gear reducer, and planetary gear reducer. Each wheel unit also has an independent suspension system located inside the wheel rim. The suspension uses a hydraulic dampening and supporting system and springs to absorb the shock from vertical movement when driving on uneven surfaces.
US11220171B2
A drivetrain architecture may include a first shaft for connection to a torque source, a first sun gear attached to the first shaft, a second sun gear attached to a second shaft, a first planet gear attached to a third shaft and in meshing engagement with the first sun gear, a second planet gear attached to the third shaft, a ring gear attached to a fourth shaft and in meshing engagement with the second planet gear, a planet carrier attached to a fifth shaft, the planet carrier supporting the third shaft, a sixth shaft for connection to a first motor generator, a seventh shaft for connection to a second motor generator, a first gear set connecting the second shaft and the sixth shaft, a second gear set connecting the fourth shaft and an eighth shaft and a third gear set connecting the fifth shaft and the seventh shaft.
US11220165B2
An exemplary sealing system includes a frame having a generally ring shape with a body and a ledge extending from the body. The exemplary sealing system further includes a ring shaped seal having a body with a finger extension extending therefrom and contacting the body of the frame to create a seal. The ledge forms a gutter region allowing water and/or contaminated to flow around and out of the frame to prevent the same from entering a compartment of a vehicle.
US11220157B2
A controller for an engine includes processing circuitry configured to perform fuel cut-off for regenerating the filter by burning fine particulate matter collected in the filter. The processing circuitry is configured to perform an interruption process for interrupting the fuel cut-off in a case in which warming of the passenger compartment is requested when the fuel cut-off is being performed and an engine coolant temperature, which is a temperature of the engine coolant, becomes lower than or equal to a predetermined temperature after the fuel cut-off is started.
US11220150B2
An electric axle drivetrain assembly for use in a vehicle. The electric axle drivetrain assembly includes a motor that is drivingly connected to at least a portion of a differential assembly. Drivingly connected to ends of the differential assembly is a first axle half shaft and a second axle half shaft. At least a portion of a first and second wheel end assembly is connected to at least a portion of an end of the first and second axle half shafts opposite the differential assembly. A vehicle suspension system having a support member has a first hub carrier portion connected to a first end portion thereof and a second hub carrier portion connected to a second end portion thereof. Connected to at least a portion of a chassis is the motor and/or the differential assembly.
US11220144B2
The disclosure relates to a trailer coupling for a motor vehicle, comprising a carrier assembly having a transverse carrier for arranging on the rear of a motor vehicle and a retainer retained on the transverse carrier for retaining a coupling element of the trailer coupling, wherein the coupling element is provided for fastening a trailer, wherein the retainer is connected to the transverse carrier by a tension anchor of a tension anchor assembly wherein the tension anchor penetrates the transverse carrier along the tension anchor load axis of the tension anchor and loads an abutment surface of the retainer, through which abutment surface the tension anchor load axis or an axis parallel thereto passes, against the transverse carrier. Further, the retainer has at least one side support surface, which projects in front of the abutment surface adjacent to the tension anchor and lies against the transverse carrier such that the retainer is supported on the transverse carrier laterally adjacent to the tension carrier with respect to a force acting transversely to the tension anchor load axis of the tension anchor.
US11220138B2
A tire comprises a tread portion provided with two circumferential grooves disposed one each side of the tire equator and extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction, and a shoulder land region defined on the axially outside of each of the two circumferential grooves. The shoulder land region is provided with oblique grooves inclined with respect to the tire axial direction. The oblique grooves include first oblique grooves having axially inner ends, and second oblique grooves having axially inner ends positioned axially outside the axially inner ends of the first oblique grooves.
US11220133B2
A bicycle component for an at least partially muscle-powered bicycle with at least one freewheel unit including a freewheel component and a support unit and a spring unit, the freewheel component containing a tubular body section extending around a central axis and configured hollow showing a non-round outer contour for non-rotatable and axially displaceable coupling and a front surface with axial engagement components. The spring unit urges the freewheel component and the support unit apart in an axial direction of the central axis. The freewheel component, the support unit, and the spring unit form an assembly suitable for pre-assembly, and the spring unit is attached to the freewheel component and the support unit.
US11220130B2
The disclosure relates to a method for finishing a panel, the method includes a) a relief embossed into the upper side in the form of at least one strip-shaped depression with a depth (T), b) a decorative paper applied to the upper side, c) an overlay paper applied to the decorative paper as an abrasion-resistant layer, d) the lower side provided with a backing layer, e) the structure pressed at a high pressure and temperature, and f) during the pressing, at least one strip-shaped depression again embossed in a second embossing without changing the depth (T). Also, the upper side features a press skin that has a thickness of 0.3 to 0.5 mm, the bulk density of the panel in a top layer is between 950 and 1,000 kg/m3, and an aqueous melamine resin is applied to the upper side as a tempering agent before or after embossing.
US11220129B2
The present invention relates to a decoration sheet to be applied to an exterior material for electric home appliances or electronic devices. The decoration sheet includes a pattern layer having lenticular lenses arranged in multiple rows, wherein at least one of the multiple rows has one or more discontinuous lens sections in which the lenticular lens is not continuous, thereby reducing poor visibility and enhancing productivity; and the discontinuous lens sections can be arranged to implement a character, a pattern, or the like, thereby expressing a sense of pattern. Further, the decoration sheet has an adhesive layer formed on the other surface thereof and thus can function to prevent the scattering of a surface of glass or the like onto which the decoration sheet is attached.
US11220127B2
A method of processing sheet stock in the creation of plastic cards, such as gift cards or credit cards that include special effects and/or security measures. A card formed by such methods is also disclosed. The method provides for two or more dissimilar materials to be bonded together while maintaining the integrity of the card and as any graphics, security features, and/or special effects provided thereon. Thermoset and thermobond adhesive layers are placed between a first material layer and a second material layer of the sheet stock. The thermoset and thermobond adhesive layers allow the first and second material layers to move independently and to expand and contract at different rates relative to each other. The adhesive layers enable the sheet stock to be rolled up for shipping or storage and further enable the end product produced therefrom to have a planar profile.
US11220122B2
A carriage is configured to move by receiving driving force from a carriage motor. A recording head is mounted on the carriage. A controller is configured to: control a power supply to supply a first driving current to a drive target, the first driving current being variable; when a second driving current for driving the carriage motor does not exceed a limiting current, control the power supply to supply the second driving current to the carriage motor, the second driving current being variable, the limiting current being obtained by subtracting the first driving current from an allowable current of the power supply; and when the second driving current exceeds the limiting current, control the power supply to supply a limited second driving current to the carriage motor, the limited second driving current being obtained by cutting a part of the second driving current, the part exceeding the limiting current.
US11220121B2
A transport device includes a first driving roller configured to contact an outer circumferential surface of a roll body on which a medium is wound, and apply rotational torque to the roll body, a second driving roller configured to unwind the medium from the roll body, a first drive unit configured to drive the first driving roller, a second drive unit configured to drive the second driving roller, and a control unit configured to control the first drive unit and the second drive unit. The control unit controls the first drive unit, based on a magnitude of a load current flowing in the second drive unit.
US11220120B2
The present disclosure relates to a low friction roller liner for a printer assembly that may include a core layer, a first outer layer overlying a first surface of the core layer, a second outer layer overlying the first outer layer, a first inner layer overlying a second surface of the core layer that is opposite of the first surface of the core layer, and a second inner layer overlying the first inner layer. The first outer layer and the first inner layer may include a fluoropolymer material and may have a melt flow rate of at least about 2 g/10 min at 372° C. The second outer layer and the second inner layer may include a fluoropolymer material distinct from the fluoropolymer material of the first outer layer and may have a surface coefficient of friction of not greater than about 0.2.
US11220119B2
A media sensing device may include an electromagnetic radiation source, a light guide located on an opposite side of a media feed path respective to the electromagnetic radiation source, and a photodetector to detect electromagnetic radiation from the electromagnetic radiation source and directed by the light guide. The photodetector detects the presence of media upstream from a heated pressure roller (HPR) in response to the media obstructing the detection of electromagnetic radiation from the electromagnetic radiation source.
US11220117B2
A print target support assembly comprising a print platen structure providing an upper surface to support a print target as the print target passes under a print zone. The print zone is arranged across the surface perpendicular to a direction of print target advance. The surface comprises an inner belt area in the direction of print target advance, the inner belt area bounded on each side by an outer non-belt area. A belt advance mechanism, to advance a belt running across the inner belt area of the surface in the direction of print target advance, to advance the print target under the print zone. A flattening arrangement to flatten the print target onto the surface, under the print zone, across the inner belt area and the outer non-belt areas of the surface.
US11220116B2
In one example, a method of controlling a printing system is described, the method comprising activating a driver to advance a conveyor belt in a plurality of sub-turns. For each of the plurality of sub-turns, a first parameter associated with movement of the conveyor belt is determined, based on data obtained from the driver. For each of the plurality of sub-turns, a second parameter associated with movement of the conveyor belt is also determined, based on data obtained from an optical sensor. A per-sub-turn slippage parameter is calculated for each of the plurality of sub-turns, based on any difference between the first parameter and the second parameter. The method further comprises calculating a slippage metric based on the per-sub-turn slippage parameters for the plurality of sub-turns, and causing outputting of a conveyor belt tension adjustment indication.
US11220113B2
The compact thermal printing mechanism according to the invention is applicable for handheld payment terminals. The invention provides a printer chassis (1) with reinforced flat area (20) by at least one reinforcing element comprising a fold of the printer chassis (1). This folded portion of the printer chassis strengthens the chassis and provides a very strong resistance to bending forces of the lateral pressure means (18) of the platen roller (6). The stable and uniform pressure distribution across the paper width ensures uniform print quality.
US11220107B2
The present disclosure includes a description of an example printhead having multiple ejection dies. The ejection dies are coupled to a temperature sensor and send temperature signals to a controller. The printhead can also include a heater coupled to the ejection dies to apply heat to at least one ejection die.
US11220105B2
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including a conveyer, a head, a carriage, and a controller. The controller is configured to: record an image on a recording medium by executing a recording operation and a conveyance operation; obtain discharge-defective nozzle information; set, as a plurality of specified nozzles, the discharge-defective nozzle and all the nozzles disposed at an upstream side in a conveyance direction from the discharge-defective nozzle, or the discharge-defective nozzle and all the nozzles belonging to the nozzle row and disposed downstream of the discharge-defective nozzle in the conveyance direction, based on the discharge-defective nozzle information obtained, and use any other nozzle than the specified nozzles in the recording operation.
US11220093B2
A high-speed lamination machine includes a hinged, clamshell lid, and clamped lamination chamber that uses localized and thermally isolated heating and stepper driven separation pin motion. Pneumatically actuated rollers in a track clamp the lamination chamber closed during operation. The clamshell design obviates the need for a hydraulic press and makes the lamination chamber easily accessible to other automated systems, so robots may be used to place lamination elements within the chamber.
US11220091B2
A roll and a method for producing a roll which are capable of effectively preventing tunneling are provided. A roll includes a core having a tubular shape and a laminate wound around the core. The laminate includes a process film, a surface coat layer, a substrate layer, an adhesive layer, and a release liner, in this order, in a laminating direction. The process film is formed from at least one member selected from polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyolefins, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The surface coat layer is formed from a fluorine resin. The release liner is formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The core is formed from an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer resin (ABS) or polypropylene (PP).
US11220085B2
An elastic laminate is provided including at least one gathered outer facing layer of a fabric and an apertured elastic film attached thereto. The aperture film includes a series of alternating first and second segments that extend continuously along the direction of elasticity. The first segments of the film are substantially devoid of any apertures and the second segments are strewn with apertures of irregular size and shape. The regionally limited and irregular apertures are formed by the controlled rupturing of the film within those segments. The elastic laminate has excellent air-permeability and elastic properties.
US11220069B2
Composite laminate structures are produced using partially cured parts. Partial curing of the parts is achieved by applying a catalyst to regions of the parts that are to be fully cured. These regions cure at a lower-than-normal temperature while remaining regions of the part remain uncured, allowing them to be co-bonded or co-cured to other structures.
US11220058B2
A device for treating 3D powder printing elements includes a first chamber with a first partial chamber and a second partial chamber separated by at least one screen grid. Grid meshes allow compressed powder residues to pass through. A rotation means rotates the first chamber about an axis of rotation, in particular with a rotary passage. The screen grid is inclined, in particular perpendicular, to the axis of rotation of the first chamber. A filling region allows filling the 3D powder printing elements into the first partial chamber. Gas medium is supplied in the first chamber, in particular in the first partial chamber. Gas medium suction means extract plastic powder residues from the first chamber, in particular from the second partial chamber. The gas medium suction means are mounted in or parallel to the axis of rotation and/or centered by the rotary means, in particular within the rotary passage.
US11220049B2
A system is disclosed for three-dimensional (3D) printing of multi-directional woven components with hierarchical z-axis reinforcements using pre-impregnated FRP materials. The exemplary 3D printing system includes a primary extrusion nozzle system and a secondary extrusion needle system supported by a multi-axis truss. The primary extrusion nozzle system is comprised of at least two sub-extruders and rotation mechanisms for controllably rotating the extrusion nozzle and rotating the two-sub extruders. The extrusion nozzle assembly and the two sub-extruders can be controllably and independently rotated to extrude a braided yarn with a precise fiber-spacing. Additionally, a separate extrusion needle is provided for vertical interpenetration of the needle into the braided workpiece such that material can be extruded at precise depth through side-facing needle openings thereby providing z-axis reinforcement to the workpiece.
US11220037B2
Provided is a device for reshaping plastic parisons into plastic containers, including a plurality of blow moulding stations each having blow mould devices which form a cavity, inside which the plastic parisons can be reshaped into plastic containers, and including at least one application device by which a flowable medium can be applied to the plastic parisons for expansion thereof, and at least one valve device which is arranged between at least one pressure reservoir and at least one application device and by which the supply and/or removal of the flowable medium, in particular under high pressure, in particular the blowing pressure and/or volume flow thereof, to the application device can be influenced or controlled.
US11220036B2
A film forming apparatus includes a die device which extrudes a molten resin in a tube shape to form a film and a controller which controls the die device. The die device includes an inner peripheral member which defines an inner periphery of an annular discharge port, an outer peripheral member which surrounds the inner peripheral member and defines an outer periphery of the discharge port, and an adjustment portion which applies a load to at least one of the inner peripheral member and the outer peripheral member to elastically deform the at least one of the inner peripheral member and the outer peripheral member and change a radial width of the discharge port. The controller controls a thickness of the film with the load applied by the adjustment portion.
US11220029B2
To provide a resin molding and a method for producing the same. A resin molding includes a plate-like substrate including reinforcing fibers and a first thermoplastic resin binding the reinforcing fibers to each other, and an extension part that is constituted of an injection-molded member and is extended from an end surface of the substrate along the plate face direction of the substrate. It is preferred that the reinforcing fibers be plant fibers, such as kenaf. It is preferred that the substrate and the extension part be connected flush to each other on, of the one surface and the other surface of the connection part of the substrate and the extension part, at least the side of one surface. Moreover, the extension part may further be provided with a plate-like part that constitutes an outer edge part of the resin molding and forms a shape involute toward the other surface. The method for producing a resin molding includes a shaping step of shaping the substrate and an extension part formation step of forming the extension part by injection-molding.
US11220027B2
A mandrel for processing a part is described that includes a solid mandrel body with an elastomeric material, and hollow micro-particles embedded within the solid mandrel body in a uniform distribution. The hollow micro-particles deform in response to a change in a processing environment resulting in a distribution of voids in the solid mandrel body. A method for fabricating a composite part is also described that includes placing a base composite layer into a cavity of a tooling surface, inserting the mandrel into the cavity, applying a skin to the mandrel and the base composite layer forming a package, enclosing the package in a vacuum bag and curing the base composite layer and the skin such that during curing the hollow micro-particles deform resulting in the distribution of voids in the solid mandrel body, and removing the mandrel from the cavity of the tooling surface following the curing.
US11220025B2
A method of separating carbon fiber tows. The method includes separating two or more first carbon fiber tows from a first tow band onto a second elevation to form two or more second carbon fiber tows from a second tow band. The two or more second carbon fiber tows from the second tow band leave gaps next to first adjacent tows of the two or more first carbon fiber tows remaining from the first tow band after the separating step. The first adjacent tows from the first tow band leave gaps next to second adjacent tows of the two or more second carbon fiber tows from the second tow band.
US11220023B2
A preform 20 comprises a neck portion 22 having an opening 21, a cylindrical barrel portion 23, and a bottom portion 24 larger in diameter than the barrel portion 23, and has a corner portion 25 at a boundary between the barrel portion 23 and the bottom portion 24.
US11220020B2
The present invention is a blowing device to be used in interleaver machines for cold cuts. This blowing device enables the plastic used in interleaving, responsible for separating the cold cuts, to be very thin, not folding or being mispositioned, since the device generates negative pressure between the cold cut slice and the plastic.
US11220017B2
A cutting device, including: a handle rotatable about a central axis; and at least one blade attached to the handle, a cutting edge of the at least one blade is at a first distance from the central axis; wherein the handle comprises an opening around the central axis configured to accommodate a protruded part on a surface to be cut. A method of using the cutting device is also disclosed.
US11220011B2
Provided is a multi-jointed welding robot that includes: a rotating part that is rotatably provided on a base that is fixed to an installation surface; and a multi-jointed arm that is coupled to the rotating part via a first driving shaft and has a plurality of arm parts. An opening is formed in the rotating part through which a routing member, which is routed inside the rotating part, is guided from part of the rotating part toward the side opposite the installation surface. A guide member guides the routing member, which has one end fixed to the opening and which is guided through the opening, toward the installation surface from the other end of the routing member while bending the routing member.
US11220010B2
A force sensor includes a first member, a second member, an intermediate member, a first elastic structure that couples the first member and the intermediate member, a second elastic structure that couples the second member and the intermediate member, and a displacement detector that measures displacements of the first member and the second member. It is possible to provide a force sensor that has high detection precision and that is compact.
US11220007B2
A method of stacking goods by a robot, a system of controlling the robot to stack the goods, and the robot are provided in the field of robot control. The method includes: acquiring a current pose and a target pose of the goods; obtaining a collision-free motion trajectory of the robot and/or an end effector of the robot based on the current pose and the target pose of the goods; and controlling the robot to place the goods in the target pose in accordance with the collision-free motion trajectory. The method of stacking goods by the robot, the system of controlling the robot to stack the goods, and the robot are configured to realize a process of fully automated stacking the goods in the scenario of logistically loading or unloading the goods. The efficiency of loading or unloading the goods can be improved, and the labor cost can be reduced.
US11220006B2
A system including a computer that includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine a location in a defined area according to coordinates on a map. The instructions include instructions to actuate a robot to move to the location. The instructions include instructions to identify an object specified in a digital model of the area, stored at a remote server, to be at the coordinates for the location. The instructions include instructions to actuate a sensor on the robot to collect data at the location. The instructions include instructions to update the object in the digital model based on the collected data.
US11220005B2
An integrated intelligent system includes a first intelligent electronic device, a second intelligent electronic device, a transferable intelligent control device (TICD) and a cross product bus. The first intelligent electronic device performs a first function and the second intelligent electronic device performs a second function. The cross product bus couples the first intelligent electronic device to the transferable intelligent control device. The TICD partially controls behaviors of the intelligent electronic device by sending commands over the cross product bus to the first intelligent electronic device and the TICD partially controls behaviors of the second intelligent electronic device to perform the second function. The TICD is first attached to the first intelligent electronic device to partially control the behaviors of the first electronic device, then detached from the first electronic device, and then attached to the second intelligent electronic device to perform the second function.
US11220004B2
A robot system includes a work apparatus, a robot, and control circuitry. The work apparatus is configured to move a work module relatively to the work apparatus. The work module is configured to perform work. The work apparatus is connected the robot. The control circuitry is configured to control the robot to move so as to reduce a force generated by moving the work module by the work apparatus.
US11220003B2
Example implementations may relate to a robotic system configured to provide feedback. In particular, the robotic system may determine a model of an environment in which the robotic system is operating. Based on this model, the robotic system may then determine one or more of a state or intended operation of the robotic system. Then, based one or more of the state or the intended operation, the robotic system may select one of one or more of the following to represent one or more of the state or the intended operation: visual feedback, auditory feedback, and one or more movements. Based on the selection, the robotic system may then engage in one or more of the visual feedback, the auditory feedback, and the one or more movements.
US11220002B2
A robot simulation device includes an image display unit configured to display a three-dimensional model of a robot system having a robot, a workpiece, and a peripheral device, as a pseudo three-dimensional object existing in a three-dimensional space, and a simulation execution unit configured to perform simulation operation for the three-dimensional model of the robot system displayed by the image display unit.
US11219998B2
The present invention provides a treatment method for treating a surface for treatment by means of an automaton (1) comprising: a base (2) configured to move over ground; a platform (6) mounted on the base and configured to move, at least in part, perpendicularly to the base; and treatment means (10) mounted on the platform and including a movable end (12) configured to treat a given area; the method comprising: a) subdividing the surface for treatment into subdivisions of area less than or equal to the given area; b) treating the surface of each subdivision by controlling movements of the treatment means (10); and c) changing subdivision by moving the platform (6) and/or by moving the base (2) over the ground. The invention also provides an automaton for performing the above method.
US11219989B2
A torque wrench includes a first part, a second part, a first spring, a block and a second spring. The first part includes a first section and a second. An axial passage is defined through the first part and a second part is received in the passage. The first part and the second part are connected to each other. The first spring is securely located in the second section. A pushing member is located in the first spring and includes a second contact portion. The block is removably in contact between the first and second contact portions. A second spring is mounted to the pushing member. The block is disengaged from the first and second contact portions when the torque wrench rotates clockwise or counter clockwise.
US11219988B2
A tubular tool includes a tubular first part and a tubular second part. The tubular first part including a first section having an engaging hole defined in the distal end thereof, and a second section having a connection hole defined in the distal end thereof so as to be respectively connected to a driving tool and an object. The tubular second part is rotatably mounted to the first outer periphery of the first section of the first part. At least one lip extending from the inner periphery of the tubular second part. At least one first circular rib extends outward from the first outer periphery of the first section. The at least one lip is engaged with the at least one first circular rib to restrict the second part from separating from the first prat.
US11219981B2
A micro-abrasion sandblast device having a tank for containing a supply of abrasive media and having a media outlet on a base thereof and a cabinet attached to the tank and providing a first inlet to which an external source of compressed air is connectable and a second inlet to which an external source of water is connectable. A media valve is located adjacent the base of the tank for receiving media from the media outlet and compressed air from the cabinet. A blast hose coupler connects to and extends from the media valve for receiving the media and compressed air from the media valve.
US11219971B2
A method for joining a metal material element to a plastic material element, in particular a composite material including a plastic matrix reinforced with fibers for use in the construction of motor-vehicle components. The method involves providing one or more slots in a portion of the plastic material element. For each slot, a corresponding tab is provided in the metal material element, having a shorter width and length than a width and length of the slot. The metal material and plastic material elements are arranged in a position of mutual coupling where each tab is inserted through the corresponding slot and has an end portion protruding beyond said portion of the plastic material element. A laser beam is directed above the protruding end portion, so as to locally melt the metal material of each tab and create an enlarged head on each tab that is welded above the plastic material element.
US11219968B2
A laser processing head (100) comprises a first-level nozzle (110) and a second-level nozzle (120) that communicate with each other, wherein the second-level nozzle (120) is arranged downstream of the first-level nozzle (110); an inner diameter of the second-level nozzle (120) gradually decreases in a laser transmission direction, and minimum inner diameter of the first-level nozzle (110) is larger than the inner diameter of a tail end of the second-level nozzle (120). The laser processing head (100) solves the contradiction between high energy density laser and the system reliability through gradual coupling. Also provided are a laser processing system and a laser processing method.
US11219965B2
The disclosure relates to methods and systems for piercing, drilling, or cutting metal workpieces in a laser processing operation. The methods include focusing a pulsed laser beam onto a processing location on a workpiece; detecting process radiation emitted from the processing location; determining an intensity of the process radiation at a plurality of temporally sequential times during pulse pauses; determining an intensity gradient of the process radiation; comparing the intensity gradient with a gradient threshold value; and detecting a spontaneous material removal on the workpiece when the number of times the gradient threshold value has been exceeded is above a predetermined limit value. When a spontaneous material removal is detected, the system changes one or both of a laser parameter and a processing parameter of the laser processing operation. The disclosure also relates to processing machines for carrying out the methods.
US11219964B2
An ultrasonic welding device includes a sonotrode emitting longitudinal vibrations in the direction of a longitudinal sonotrode axis which comprises a work surface on a sonotrode head and an anvil. A weldment accommodation for a weld deposit is between the work surface ‘p’ and a counterface of the anvil. The ultrasonic welding device includes a stop device for defining the welding position with respect to the work surface. The counterface is disposed at an inclination α towards the longitudinal sonotrode axis such that when the counterface is inclined downward towards a vibration node adjacent to the work surface, distance a between the work surface and the counterface continuously increases towards the vibration node, and when the counterface is inclined upward towards a vibration node adjacent to the work surface distance a is essentially constant.
US11219962B2
A machine tool includes a ram extending in a longitudinal direction and being disposed horizontally, a processing head attached to the ram, a tower connected to the ram in a state of upwardly standing at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the ram and having an adjustable height, a front arm connected to a front portion of the ram, and a rear arm connected to a rear portion of the ram. The tower includes a base portion fixed to the ram, an arm connection portion connecting the front arm and the rear arm, and a jack-up bolt. The jack-up bolt is in contact with one of the base portion and the arm connection portion in a vertical direction, and threadingly engaged to the other one of the base portion and the arm connection portion. The jack-up bolt pushes the arm connection portion upwardly by screwing or unscrewing.
US11219949B2
Provided is a method for promoting densification of a metal body by utilizing metal expansion induced by hydrogen absorption. The hydrogen absorption expansion refers to a volume expansion effect produced by absorbing hydrogen on some metal blocks or metal powder in a hydrogen atmosphere under certain temperature conditions. Hydrogen is introduced into a rigid closed mold filled with a hydrogen absorption expansion material or filled with the hydrogen absorption expansion material and a material to be densified, and the mold and/or the material to be densified are/is densified by using the volume expansion effect of the hydrogen absorption expansion material. The present method may be used for eliminating residual pores from a metal material so as to improve the properties of the material.
US11219945B2
A process for casting aluminum alloy parts is disclosed. The process includes the steps as follows: raising a liquid aluminum alloy; filling a mold; increasing pressure; solidifying formed by at least two stages of different pressure settings; and relieving pressure.
US11219942B1
A system for casting by splitting molten materials, and more particularly, for casting molten materials received from a furnace into a plurality of unit forms of a predetermined size, including a body unit, forming a main structure of the system, providing a space where the molten materials are received from the furnace; a side packing unit, disposed at the front and rear sides of the body unit, partially covering the body unit.
US11219935B2
A method of forming an annular part includes forming a conical or frusto-conical preform with at least one open end, initiating an actuation means to cause relative coaxial movement only between a punch, a clamping means and a gripping means, thereby clamping a large diameter end of the preform in the clamping means and gripping a second small diameter end of the preform in the gripping means and the external surface of the punch to engage the internal surface of the preform, and causing relative co-axial movement between the gripping means and the punch so that the portion of the wall of the preform between the punch and the gripping means is formed over the leading edge of the punch.
US11219927B2
A system and method of sorting mineral streams, for example laterite mineral ores, into appropriately classified valuable and waste streams for maximum recovery of value from the mineral stream, e.g., a stream of minerals includes receiving response data indicating reflected, absorbed or backscattered energy from a mineral sample exposed to a sensor, where the mineral sample is irradiated with electromagnetic energy. The system determines spectral characteristics of the mineral sample by performing spectral analysis on the response data of the mineral sample and identifies a composition of the mineral sample by comparing the spectral characteristics of the mineral sample to previously developed spectral characteristics of samples of known composition. The system then generates a sort decision for the mineral sample based on the comparison, where the sort decision is used in diverting the mineral sample to a desired destination e.g. pyrometallurgical treatment stages, or to a waste stream.
US11219925B2
A parcel-sorting facility for sorting parcels (115) comprises a conveyor (110) and receptacles (118) situated at sorting outlets (117) and corresponding to destination addresses of the parcels. Each sorting outlet is shared between a plurality of receptacles, only one of which is in a position (P0) for receiving parcels. A receptacle exchanger device (119) for exchanging receptacles is assigned to each outlet, and is configured for exchanging the receptacle in the receiving position at a given outlet with another of the receptacles sharing the outlet, and the sorting facility anticipates the arrival of a parcel at the outlet by placing the receptacle associated with the destination of this parcel in the receiving position whenever necessary.
US11219921B2
A method for manufacturing a coated object and a coating substance spreading apparatus, which coat, as uniformly as possible, a coating substance on a curved coating target surface are provided. A method for manufacturing a coated object, the coated object being an object coated with a coating substance on a coating target surface Tf of the object T, the coating target surface Tf having a curved surface, includes dispensing the coating substance onto the coating target surface Tf; and revolving the object T, having the coating substance dispensed onto the coating target surface Tf, about a revolution axis 13a located remotely from the object T. A coating substance spreading apparatus 1 includes a revolution section 10 configured to revolve an object T about a revolution axis 13a located remotely from the object T. With these, a coating-substance-moving force that acts on each portion of the coating target surface Tf can be made close to an intensity proportional to a distance from the revolution axis 13a, and it is possible to suppress thickness differences or variation of the coating substance coated on the coating target surface Tf.
US11219918B2
A device and method for dispensing a flowable medium has a housing with an interior space and a rod mounted in the housing that is movable between a first end position and a second end position and passes through a diaphragm mounted in a sealed manner in the housing radially on the outside and in the rod radially on the inside. The diaphragm divides the interior space into a first cavity and a second cavity separated from the first cavity in a fluid tight manner. The flowable medium can flow through at least one channel that opens into the first cavity, and is dispensed through a dispensing opening. A sealing section of the rod closes the dispensing opening in the first end position and is at a distance from the dispensing opening in the second end position. A pressure medium acts on the diaphragm in the second cavity.
US11219889B2
The invention provides a process for preparing a methane oxidation catalyst, a methane oxidation catalyst thus prepared and a method of oxidizing methane.
US11219888B2
Provided is a method for preparing a solution B comprising at least one catalyst in at least one second solvent, comprising at least the following steps of (A) providing a solution A comprising the at least one catalyst in at least one first solvent, (B) treating the solution A from step (A) with activated carbon, (C) removing the activated carbon from the solution A, and (D) exchanging the at least one first solvent in solution A for at least one second solvent in order to obtain the solution B comprising the at least one catalyst in at least one second solvent, to a solution of at least one catalyst in at least one second solvent, obtainable by the method according to the invention, to the use of this solution for preparing a composition comprising the at least one catalyst, the at least one second solvent, at least one polyisocyanate and at least one NCO-reactive compound, to the use of this composition for producing a single-layered or multi-layered coating system and a corresponding process.
US11219887B2
The disclosed relates to a method for preparing an organic zinc catalyst used in the synthesis of a polyalkylene carbonate resin, an organic zinc catalyst provided therefrom, and a method for preparing a polyalkylene carbonate resin using the catalyst. The organic zinc catalyst according to the present disclosure includes a predetermined amount of Zr on the surface through a simple process, and thus can exhibit improved catalytic activity as compared to a conventional catalyst in the polymerization process for preparing a polyalkylene carbonate resin.
US11219883B2
The manufacturing method provided by the present invention provides a powder material substantially comprising Ag—Pd core-shell particles consisting of Ag core particles containing silver as a principal constituent element and a Pd shell containing palladium as a principal constituent element covering at least part of the surface of the Ag core particles, wherein hydroquinone and/or a quinone is attached to the surface of the Ag—Pd core-shell particles. Typically, when the powder material is in a dispersed state in a specific medium, a Z average particle diameter (DDLS) based on the dynamic light scattering (DLS) method is 0.1 μm to 2 μm, and the polydispersity index (PDI) based on the dynamic light scattering method is 0.4 or lower.
US11219881B2
A method of regenerating an activated carbon catalyst which is used in the production of polysulphide liquor. In the method, the catalyst is washed with a washing liquid in order to remove the sediment accumulated in the catalyst. According to the present invention, in this case, the activated carbon catalyst is regenerated most suitably by bringing it to a multi-stage washing which comprises at least one washing step in which the washing liquid used comprises sodium sulphide, and one washing step in which acidic washing liquid is used. The sulphur precipitate is peeled off using sodium sulphide, and the iron and other metals can be effectively removed by using an acidic washing, without damaging the catalyst.
US11219880B2
The invention relates to devices, systems, and methods for recharging zirconium phosphate and/or zirconium oxide in reusable sorbent modules. The devices, systems, and methods provide for precision recharging of the zirconium phosphate and/or zirconium oxide to avoid the need of excess recharge solutions. The devices systems and methods also provide for calculation of the volumes of recharge solution needed for fully recharging the zirconium phosphate and zirconium oxide modules.
US11219875B2
Disclosed is a device for the synthesis of a radiotracer, including a universal confined enclosure designed for the insertion of a specific synthesis cassette of the radiotracer and the removal of same. The synthesis cassette includes a synthesis module designed to receive reagents and a radioisotope for the synthesis of the radiotracer. An inner connector plate includes at least one inlet, designed to be connected to a radioisotope admission and also to the inlet of the cassette, and an outlet, designed to be connected to a syringe to be filled with the radiotracer and also to the outlet of the cassette. Such a synthesis device can be installed in a facility including, in a confined room, as well as such devices normally arranged in a storage area, a synthesis station, a radioisotope admission, at least one window for communication to the outside, and a manipulator robot.
US11219874B2
The invention is directed to a device (1) and a process for dissolving a gas into a liquid like carbonating a water based beverage, comprising a pump (4) for the liquid, a mixing venture nozzle (8) with a main inlet (10) fluidly connected to the pump (4), at least one side inlet (14) connectable to a source of pressurized gas (6), and an outlet. The device (1) comprises also a conical flow restrictor (24) fluidly downstream of the mixing venture nozzle (8), and a pipe (20) of a length of at least 0.5 m fluidly interconnected between the mixing venture nozzle (8) and the flow restrictor (24).
US11219872B2
A system for stabilizing gas-infused liquid, includes a tubular flow path configured to receive and pass therethrough the gas-infused liquid under a pressure of at least 20 psi, wherein a surface of the flow path configured to engage the gas-infused liquid flowing through the flow path is formed of material having a surface roughness (Ra) in a range of 0.1 μm-10.0 μm, and the flow path has a length which is at least 100 times a mean inner diameter thereof.
US11219868B2
A cleaning device includes: an ozone gas supply portion; an ozone dissolution tank including a gas phase portion in which ozone gas is to be accumulated and a liquid phase portion formed by water in which the ozone gas is to be dissolved; a gas phase portion ozone gas supply pipe for supplying ozone gas from the ozone gas supply portion to the gas phase portion; a liquid phase portion ozone gas supply pipe for supplying ozone gas from the ozone gas supply portion to the liquid phase portion; and an ozone water supply pipe for supplying ozone water generated in the ozone dissolution tank to a filtering secondary side, wherein the ozone water is supplied to the filtering secondary side by the pressure of ozone gas in the gas phase portion.
US11219864B2
A method for efficient separation and enrichment of lithium includes the following steps: pretreatment: diluting and filtering salina aged brine to obtain pretreated brine; separation: separating the pretreated brine via a nanofiltration separation system to obtain nanofiltration permeate and nanofiltration concentrate, wherein the operation pressure of the nanofiltration separation system is 1.0 MPa˜5.0 MPa; first concentration: carrying out first concentration on the nanofiltration permeate via a reverse osmosis system to obtain reverse osmosis concentrate and reverse osmosis permeate; and second concentration: carrying out second concentration on the reverse osmosis concentrate via an electrodialysis system to obtain electrodialysis concentrate and electrodialysis permeate, wherein the electrodialysis concentrate is a solution enriching lithium ions. The present application couples several different membrane separation technologies and adopts the monovalent ion selective nanofiltration membrane having good separation performance in the process of nanofiltration.
US11219862B2
A method for separation and enrichment of lithium includes the following steps: pretreatment: diluting and filtering salina aged brine to obtain pretreated brine; separation: separating the pretreated brine via a nanofiltration separation system to obtain nanofiltration permeate and nanofiltration concentrate; first concentration: carrying out first concentration on the nanofiltration permeate via a reverse osmosis system to obtain reverse osmosis concentrate and reverse osmosis permeate; second concentration: carrying out second concentration on the reverse osmosis concentrate via an electrodialysis system to obtain electrodialysis concentrate and electrodialysis permeate, and the electrodialysis concentrate is solution enriching lithium ions. The present application couples several different membrane separation technologies by utilizing the advantages of different membrane separation technologies, thereby achieving the purposes of improving the separation efficiency of magnesium and lithium and improving the enrichment efficiency of lithium.
US11219860B1
A method of scrubbing a gas, such as flue gas or exhaust gas, comprising carbon dioxide to deplete the gas of carbon dioxide (CO2), the method comprising the steps of: scrubbing the gas in a scrubber (210) with a first alkaline, aqueous scrubbing liquid to dissolve carbon dioxide (CO2) as hydrogen carbonate (HCO3−) and/or as carbonate (CO32−) in the first alkaline, aqueous scrubbing liquid, thereby providing a first spent aqueous scrubbing liquid comprising hydrogen carbonate (HCO3−) and/or carbonate (CO32−), the first spent aqueous scrubbing liquid having a pH from about 7 to about 9; feeding the first spent aqueous scrubbing liquid to an anode chamber of an electrolytic cell (310) comprising the anode chamber (313) and a cathode chamber (312) separated by a membrane (311); regenerating the first spent aqueous scrubbing liquid in the electrolytic cell (310) by electrolysis, the electrolysis increasing the pH of the first spent aqueous scrubbing liquid in the cathode chamber (312), the electrolysis further depleting the first spent aqueous scrubbing liquid of hydrogen carbonate (HCO3−) and of carbonate (CO32−) in the anode chamber (313) by decreasing the pH, the regeneration further comprising generating gaseous hydrogen in the cathode chamber (312) and a gaseous mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the anode chamber (313) by electrolysis; and withdrawing regenerated alkaline, aqueous scrubbing liquid from the cathode chamber (312) and re-circulating it to the scrubber (210); wherein: the gaseous hydrogen is withdrawn from the cathode chamber (312); and the gaseous mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide is withdrawn from the anode chamber (313).
US11219855B2
A filter module is provided with a filter housing provided with an inflow opening. A filter element with an annular filter medium body with an elongate cross-sectional shape is arranged inside the filter housing. A flow path is defined between the inflow opening of the filter housing and an inflow side of the filter medium body. A swirl device is arranged in the flow path and impresses a swirl onto an incoming fluid. The swirl device is a part separate from an outer wall of the filter housing. The swirl device is arranged axially upstream of the inflow side of the filter medium body. The swirl device is provided with a displacement body arranged inside the filter housing adjacent to the inflow opening. The displacement body forms a flow guiding element.
US11219851B2
A vertical furnace includes a chamber intended for receiving a loading column, an inlet channel for fresh gas, arranged at an upper end of the chamber, the loading column comprising an upper portion, and a central portion for supporting a plurality of substrates. The vertical furnace further comprises a trapping device made of at least one material suitable for trapping all or part of the contaminants present in the fresh gas. The trapping device includes a circular part arranged on the upper part of the loading column, the circular part comprising fins regularly distributed over an upper surface of the circular part in order to increase the contact surface of the trapping device with the fresh gas.
US11219850B2
Disclosed herein are air intake assemblies for internal combustion engines. In some embodiments, an air intake assembly includes an air filter configured to produce filtered air, a sealed filter housing configured to house the air filter therein, and an intake tube configured to convey the filtered air to an internal combustion engine. The filter housing includes an air intake port configured to provide intake air to the air filter. The air filter is configured to remove particulate matter from the intake air and produce the filtered air. The air filter includes a multi-component coupling interface configured to accept an intake-end portion of the intake tube in the coupling interface. The filter housing includes an aperture configured to accept the coupling interface of the air filter in the aperture. Also disclosed herein are methods of the air intake assemblies.
US11219845B1
A system for separating solids from a fluid includes a containment vessel having a V-shaped tank in fluid communication with an agitated overflow tank. Baffles within the V-shaped tank provide a series of zones where the fluid is deposited for processing. A shaftless auger at the bottom of the V-shaped tank transfers solids to an area where they are pumped to a first hydrocyclone assembly associated with a first shaker. Overflow from the hydrocyclone assembly and underflow from the first shaker is further processed by a second hydrocyclone assembly associated with a second shaker. Overflow from the second hydrocyclone assembly and underflow from the second shaker are deposited into overflow tank which contains the cleaned fluid.
US11219841B2
The present invention provides a heat exchange device featuring gas-liquid separation, comprising an evaporator unit and a condenser unit. The condenser unit comprises a central main guide tube, a plurality of condensation tubes connected to the two lateral sides of the central main guide tube, and a heat dissipation fin assembly provided on a periphery of each condensation tube. The central main guide tube comprises a gaseous-phase confluence chamber and a liquid-phase confluence chamber. The gaseous-phase confluence chamber is provided in an upper portion of the central main guide tube and communicates with the gas outlet through a gaseous-phase connection tube, and the liquid-phase confluence chamber is provided in a lower portion of the central main guide tube and communicates with the evaporation chamber through a liquid-phase connection tube. Each condensation tube comprises a first communicating section in communication with the gaseous-phase confluence chamber, a bent section bent downward from the first communicating section, and a second communicating section connecting the bent section to the liquid-phase confluence chamber.
US11219838B2
A method of operating a marble run includes providing first input through a user interface to a wireless device. The method further includes using the wireless device to transmit a first wireless control signal to a wireless receiver disposed on a marble run responsive at least in part to receiving the first input. The marble run includes a plurality of physically interconnectable marble run modules, each module configured to retain a marble and guide the travel of the marble through the module on at least a first surface. The plurality of marble run modules includes at least a first controllable module. The method further includes using the first controllable module to alter a travel path of a marble through the first controllable module responsive to the wireless receiver receiving the first wireless control signal.
US11219829B2
An example image processing apparatus disposes a virtual camera and a terrain object in a virtual space, and generates grass objects at a predetermined region located with reference to a land horizon that is a boundary between the terrain object and a background as viewed from the virtual camera. A player character is displayed at a position closer to the virtual camera, and the grass objects are generated in the predetermined region located with reference to the land horizon. Therefore, the terrain can be represented to look real, and the player character can be more easily seen.
US11219822B2
An electronic gaming lap board provides a support rest for a gamer's elbows and forearms while operating a controller during play in a gaming environment. The electronic gaming lap board facilitates the maintenance of good posture while the gamer is engaged with the gaming environment. One or more gaming enhancement devices may be carried by the electronic gaming lap board, including acoustic, vibratory, and illumination devices. A communications module may electrically connect the one or more gaming enhancement devices to one or more of a game console, mobile computing device, cellular phone, or tablet device. The communications module may also provide a broadband wireless hotspot for connection of the game console or mobile computing device to a computer network.
US11219820B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for controlling a virtual controlled object performed at a terminal. The method includes: detecting a first target operating instruction produced by a first touch operation while a client is running a game on the terminal; in response to the first target operating instruction, controlling a virtual controlled object in the game to move toward a target direction; and while controlling the virtual controlled object to move toward the target direction, controlling, by the terminal, the virtual controlled object to continue to movement toward the target direction after detecting that the first touch operation is lost. The embodiments of the present disclosure resolve a technical problem of low efficiency of controlling a virtual controlled object in the related art.
US11219819B1
An electronic board game assembly for playing digital versions of board games includes a housing that is positionable on a horizontal support to be accessible to a plurality of players. An electronic memory is integrated into the housing for storing a database comprising imagery and operational software for a plurality of board games. A primary touch screen is coupled to the housing to facilitate the players to play the board games. A plurality of secondary touch screens is each coupled to the housing to facilitate each of the players to control operational parameters of the board game being played. Additionally, a plurality of touch pads is each coupled to the housing thereby facilitating each of the players to input directional controls into the board game being played.
US11219811B2
In a first aspect, a system for monitoring a swing is provided that includes (1) a swing measurement device adapted to couple to a swinging object and to output a signal indicative of a characteristic of the swinging object; (2) a wireless transmitter coupled to the swing measurement device and adapted to wirelessly transmit the signal output by the swing measurement device; and (3) a wireless device adapted to receive the wirelessly transmitted signal and to provide information regarding the swinging object based on the received signal. The wireless device is a cellular telephone or personal digital assistant (PDA). Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11219810B2
A tackle training apparatus includes a padded body member and two padded elongate leg members in which each leg member has a first end for abutting the body member and a second end for contacting the ground. The two leg members are arranged in relation to the body member to extend from and to be resiliently movable relative to and/or separable from the body member, and in one configuration where the second end of each of the two leg members is placed on the ground, the two leg members can support the body member such that the apparatus is in a standing position, provides an effective training apparatus for improvements in collisions and especially tackles in rugby. Use of the apparatus facilitates improvement in point of contact, height of approach, grip technique and grip strength.
US11219808B2
Systems and devices for a team game played on an obround court includes radially symmetric barriers defining cylindrical goals having circular openings concentric with the semicircles of the obround court. An annular halt zone extends around the barriers. A free throw line extends around each halt zone. An obround judge lane extends along the perimeter of the court and is occupied by two judges or referees that monitor the game, while another judge or referee remains inside the perimeter. The court is divided by a centerline which includes a circle at the center of the court. The outer wall of the barrier includes one or more video screens. Audience members can access a computer network to display images, text or video selected by them in real-time during gameplay. The ball used for the game has a surface texture provided by a plurality of square pebbles instead of rounded pebbles.
US11219798B2
A method and system for limiting the amount of screentime available to a child device based on the activity of a user of the child device. A parent device is used to specify activity threshold(s) and associate them with an amount of screentime. An activity sensor provides activity data that is converted to a screentime value. An available screentime value is decremented as screentime is used on the child device. When the available screentime value reaches zero, access to functions or apps on the child device is disabled.
US11219797B2
A real-time performance management may be used for cycling. A first computing device retrieves profile data related to a cyclist. The first computing device receives sensor readings from one or more sensors. A first sensor of the one or more sensors detects cyclist tilt. Profile data and the sensor readings from the one or more sensors determine cyclist status. A notification based on the determined cyclist status communicates to a user.
US11219791B2
The present disclosure relates to is a sprinkler reducer fixing apparatus formed in a one-touch open bracket form and capable of easily fixing a reducer of a sprinkler. The apparatus includes at least a main frame including a first frame support portion, a sub-frame installed to be spaced at a certain interval from the main frame and including a second frame support portion, an intermediate frame installed between the main frame and the sub-frame, a shaft extending to pass through the main frame, the intermediate frame, and the sub-frame and having one end supported by the sub-frame, and a pivoting lever connected to the other end of the shaft, which protrudes from the main frame, and configured to pull and withdraw the other end of the shaft from the main frame by pivoting to decrease a distance between the main frame and the sub-frame.
US11219789B1
In an example, a cover device for a regulator, which has a purge button and a mouthpiece connected to the regulator, includes a body which has: a mouthpiece housing to receive the mouthpiece through an access opening which presents a friction fit to squeeze the mouthpiece passing therethrough in a squeezed state to enter and exit a hollow interior of the mouthpiece housing, the hollow interior configured to store the mouthpiece in a relaxed state; a regulator support connected to the mouthpiece housing to support a bottom surface of the regulator when the mouthpiece is inserted into the hollow interior of the mouthpiece housing; and a button cover connected to the mouthpiece housing to cover the purge button on a top surface of the regulator when the mouthpiece is inserted into the hollow interior of the mouthpiece housing, while exposing a portion of the top surface of the regulator surrounding the purge button.
US11219770B2
A system for validating safety of a medical device in a presence of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) field is provided. The system includes a first electric field generating device configured to form first electric field and configured to receive a medical device at least partially within the first electric field, and a second electric field generating device configured to form a second electric field in proximity to the first electric field and configured to receive the medical device at least partially within the second electric field. One or more processors are configured to execute program instructions to calculate predicted parameter values of the medical device based on a transfer function, the transfer function defined to predict a safety characteristic of the medical device when in the presence of an MRI field, obtain measured parameter values from the medical device, the measured parameter values indicative of the safety characteristic of the medical device when exposed to the first and second electric fields, and compare the measured parameter values to the predicted parameter values in connection with validating the transfer function.
US11219768B2
An implantable pacemaker is configured to provide electrical pacing pulses to the heart of a patient. The pacemaker has a pulse generator configured to generate the electrical pacing pulses, at least one pacing electrode to apply the electrical pacing pulses to the heart, a sensing unit configured to sense events of electrical activity of a ventricle of the heart, a sensor configured to measure a signal relating to the patient, and a memory configured to store values of a parameter. The pacemaker is configured to be operated in a first mode to generate a reference curve and to select a target range of values of the parameter corresponding to a desired range of atrioventricular delays. The pacemaker is further configured to be operated in a second mode for approaching the target range.
US11219765B2
Systems and techniques are disclosed to establish programming of an implantable electrical neurostimulation device for treating pain of a human subject, through the use and adjustment of analgesic stimulation parameters based on trust dynamics and trust measurements. In an example, the system to establish programming of the neurostimulation device performs operations that: determine a trust measurement value that is derived from results of at least one commitment made with a human subject, via observable interactions; determine a modification of at least one neurostimulation programming parameter, based on the trust measurement value; and to cause the implantable neurostimulation device to implement the modification of the at least one neurostimulation programming parameter. Further examples are provided to produce and track the trust measurement value, as well as identify a pain susceptibility value and determine a receptiveness to analgesic effects based on these and other trust dynamics.
US11219749B2
The embodiments disclosed herein relate to balloon catheter assemblies. The balloon catheter assemblies can include a hub, an elongated member, and an inflation balloon. The balloon catheter assemblies can also include a support wire having a proximal end that is longitudinally displaceable within a sleeve that is disposed in the catheter hub. A distal end of the support wire may be coupled to the inflation balloon at one or more positions.
US11219743B2
Tissue puncture devices, and systems and methods for accessing tissue (e.g., cardiovascular tissue) according to the present disclosure may include a tubular sheath extending along a longitudinal axis, the tubular sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, a needle disposed coaxially in the sheath, the needle having a proximal end and a distal end and being movable along the longitudinal axis of sheath, and a needle control mechanism disposed at the proximal end of the needle, the needle control mechanism being configured to lock the distal end of the needle in a first position retracted within the distal end of the sheath, and release the needle to an unlocked second position such that the distal end of the needle is extendable beyond the distal end of the sheath.
US11219740B2
In some examples of a method of forming a catheter, a structural support member is positioned over an inner liner. Prior to being positioned over the inner liner, the structural support member tapers in diameter along at least a portion of a length of the structural support member.
US11219738B2
A device and method for adjusting a tidal breath delivered to a patient. The device includes a moving frame which is configured to move over a stationary frame that is nested within the moving frame itself. Disposed between the moving frame and the stationary frame is a compressible bellows which delivers a tidal breath to the patient each time the moving frame is passed over the stationary frame. The specific volume of the tidal breath that is delivered may adjusted according to the estimated weight of the patient, thereby preventing over inflation of the patient's lungs while undergoing treatment. To adjust the tidal breath volume, the user quickly changes the relative position of a slide selector which dictates the range of possible movement for the bellows to be compressed, thereby limiting the volume of air/oxygen which may be delivered by the bellows.
US11219737B2
An apparatus and method for resuscitating a patient suffering from cardiac arrest or another condition in which normal circulation has been interrupted. A ventilator is used for delivering a gas mixture to the patient. The ventilator is configured to adjust the partial pressure of CO2 to one or more partial pressures high enough to slow expiration of CO2 from the patient's lungs and thereby maintain a reduced pH in the patient's tissues for a period of time following return of spontaneous circulation.
US11219718B2
The present invention improves the feeling in use when a finger is hooked on a finger grip. This syringe is provided with a cylinder 22, a syringe needle 24, a finger grip 30, and a plunger rod 32. The finger grip 30 is provided with a cylindrical portion and a pair of finger hook portions. The finger hook portion has an inclined curved surface 70 and an end-side curved surface 72. The inclined curved surface 70 is disposed on a side, of a side surface of the finger hook portion, connected to the cylinder 22. In the inclined curved surface 70, the inclination of a base-side region with respect to the center axis of the cylindrical portion is gentler than the inclination of an end-side region with respect to the center axis of the cylindrical portion. The end-side curved surface 72 is disposed at the boundary between the end of the finger hook portion and the inclined curved surface 70. The end-side curved surface 72 extends along the boundary.
US11219717B2
The present invention relates to a prefilled plastic container, such as a plastic syringe, comprising an aqueous botulinum toxin formulation. The aqueous botulinum toxin formulation in the prefilled plastic container is stable for a prolonged time period. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a kit comprising the prefilled plastic container, and to the use of the prefilled plastic container for therapeutic and cosmetic purposes.
US11219711B2
In one example embodiment, a system for stimulating healing of tissue at a wound site is disclosed. The system comprises a dressing including a porous pad and a drape covering the pad at a wound site for maintaining negative pressure at a wound site, a negative-pressure source including a pump and an electric motor to generate a pump pressure (PP) for applying to the wound site, and a first pressure sensor for sensing the pump pressure (PP). The system further comprises a controller coupled to the first pressure sensor and electric motor and including a PID controller that compares the pump pressure (PP) to a target pump pressure (TPP) and a bang-bang controller that controls wound pressure (WP) proximate the wound site, and wherein the controller is configured to alternatively select the bang-bang controller when the system is in a low-leakage condition or the PID controller when the system is in a high-leakage condition.
US11219703B2
The invention relates to a scaffold material comprising a plurality of particles of a highly porous polymeric material, characterized in that said scaffold material becomes a shapeable paste once hydrated. The specific features of the particle material impart a special behavior to the scaffold, which can be easily shaped and even highly reversibly compressed, so that in certain aspects it can, if needed, be injected, said capacity to be shaped being maintained over a high range of hydration conditions. A particular aspect of the invention relates, therefore, to the use of such scaffold material for the manufacturing of shapeable body implants, such as breast implants, to the shapeable body implants themselves as well as to non-invasive methods for using thereof in creating or reconstructing a three-dimensional volume in a subject's body part.
US11219691B2
A microbial infection in an eye of a subject is treated or prevented by topically administering to the eye an effective amount of a macromolecule or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof that includes a dendrimer of 1 to 8 generations with one or more sulfonic acid- or sulfonate-containing moieties attached to one or more surface groups of the outermost generation of the dendrimer. Compositions containing the macromolecule or salt are useful in these methods.
US11219690B2
The invention relates to methods for obtaining a protein conjugate wherein a cysteine residue of the protein serves as attachment point for the chemical moiety conjugated to the protein.
US11219688B2
To provide an absorption promotor that is capable of improving the efficiency in absorption of a pharmaceutical drug and that is highly stable, an absorption promotor includes an oxa acid having a structure represented by the formula (1) below, where R1 represents a linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms, one or more but not all carbon atoms of which hydrocarbon group have optionally been substituted by an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, or a sulfur atom, the hydrocarbon group being saturated or unsaturated; m represents a real number of 0 to 50; n represents an integer of 1 to 5; and —C(═O)—X represents a functional group capable of chemical reaction.
US11219682B2
Novel nanoparticle fusion proteins comprising proteins or peptides fused to Dps (DNA binding protein from starved cells) proteins are provided which bring forth distinct advantages for development of new and improved vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other biomedical products.
US11219681B2
Described herein are Zika virus vaccines and compositions and methods of producing and administering said vaccines to subjects in need thereof.
US11219671B1
Bacteria which co-express protease inhibitors and protease sensitive therapeutic agents, which are surface displayed, secreted and/or released and result in their localized production and maintenance within a target tissue and inactivation outside of the target tissue, thereby increasing therapeutic activity and reducing the systemic toxicity. The bacteria may be attenuated, non-pathogenic, low pathogenic or a probiotic. Protease sensitivity may be further accomplished by engineering protease degradation sites within the therapeutic agents, further enhancing the inactivation outside of the target tissue while retaining activity within the target tissue through co-expression of a protease inhibitor. Novel chimeric proteins secreted by bacteria, including chimeric toxins targeted to neoplastic cells, tumor matrix cells and cells of the immune system, and combination therapies of these protease inhibitor:chimeric toxin-expressing bacteria together with small-molecule and biologic agents are also described. Non-conjugative bacteria limiting exchange of genetic material, and antibody resistant bacteria are also provided.
US11219664B2
The present invention directs to a method for treating a smooth muscle cell proliferative disease by using a recombinant expression vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding FGF12, or by using FGF12 protein or a fragment thereof; and a method for detecting a marker for diagnosis of smooth muscle cell proliferative disease, comprising the measurement of FGF12 expression level.
US11219661B2
An illustrated side view of an exemplary medication for treating ulcerative colitis is presented. The medication is useful for reducing the risk and debilitation associated with having ulcerative colitis, as well as improving overall health. The medication further is useful for removing life threatening complications such as, but not limited to, perforated colon, liver disease, inflammation of skin, joints and eyes, decreasing the risk of colon cancer while eliminating the need for surgery for relief of the ulcerative colitis. The medication is also inexpensive and all natural.
US11219660B2
An acid-relief agent comprising a fermented vegetable extract obtained from a mixture of banana leaves, sweet potato roots, potato skin, seaweed, grape leaves, tendrils leaves, fig roots, emperor bean roots, and deep sea water; and nanocalcium mineral powder obtained from the thermal decomposition and grinding of a mixture of mica ore, mother of pearl, oyster shells. and oyster bay.
US11219659B2
Provided herein are methods of treatment of psychiatric disorders requiring treatment with an antipsychotic drug, such as schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, comprising administration of both the antipsychotic drug and a W. somnifera plant part, extract, chemical constituent(s) thereof, or a derivative thereof to treat symptoms of the psychiatric disorder. Treatment is typically continued for at least four weeks. A combination dosage form comprising both the antipsychotic drug and the W. somnifera plant part, extract, chemical constituent(s) thereof, or a derivative thereof in amounts effective to treat the psychiatric disorder.
US11219647B2
Described herein are compositions composed of micronized placental components and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compositions have numerous medical applications. Methods for making and using the micronized compositions are also described herein.
US11219645B2
Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are white blood cells that are actively recruited to the tumor site to mount an immune response against tumor growth and metastasis. The disclosure provides methods for treating cancer that comprise steps of isolating CD8+ T cells from a sample derived from a subject, expanding the CD8+ T cells in the presence of interleukin-10, and ad ministering the expanded CD8+ T cells to the subject. Methods of treating cancer may be used in combination with inhibitors of the complement signaling pathway.
US11219640B2
Disclosed herein are methods for treating acute or chronic heart failure using inorganic nitrite, such as sodium nitrite. The method includes administering to a subject in need of treatment a therapeutically effective amount of inorganic nitrite. The nitrite may be administered by inhalation and may be nebulized. The nitrite may be administered at an emitted dose or in an escalated titrated dose. The nitrite may be a liquid formulation or a dry powder formulation.
US11219636B2
Provided are nucleic acid constructs and systems which comprise (i) a first nucleic acid construct encoding a toxin operatively linked to a first promoter and at least one cancer-associated signaling responsive enhancer element; and (ii) a second nucleic acid construct encoding an anti-toxin operatively linked to a second promoter, the second promoter being stronger than the first promoter. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising same and methods of using same for treating cancer.
US11219635B2
Provided are aptamers and aptamer compositions and particularly, although not exclusively, to a bi-specific aptamer capable of binding a tumor cell antigen and an immune cell surface protein.
US11219628B2
Provided herein are novel therapeutic compositions and methods that keep cellular immunotherapies in the circulation or at the site of injection for extended periods of time without resorting to the use of cytotoxic preconditioning. For example, the compositions and methods herein lymphodeplete and reduce or ablate sites in the secondary lymphatics where the cellular immunotherapy is bound and sequestered, without the use of cytotoxic preconditioning.
US11219621B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating patients with WHIM syndrome or related disorders, such as myelokathexis, in which X4P-001 is administered in order to reduce the activity of CXCR4. The methods demonstrate surprising effectiveness, with comparatively little toxicity.
US11219620B2
In some aspects, a method of regulating oxidoreductase activity for treating an inflammation or age-related disorder involves administering to an individual isomyosmine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In other aspects, a method of treating oxidative stress associated with an inflammation or age-related disorder involves administering to an individual a therapeutically effective amount of isomyosmine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In other aspects, isomyosmine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof may be administered to an individual for the treatment of infectious or parasitic diseases or various other disorders.
US11219614B2
A method of treating cancer in a subject includes administering an active agent selected from ascorbic acid, an ascorbic acid derivative, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and administering a pentaaza macrocyclic ring complex corresponding to formula (I) below:
US11219611B2
Some embodiments of the present application are directed to oral formulations of L-ornithine phenylacetate and methods of using the same. These oral formulations offer alternative administration route than the standard intravenous administration of L-ornithine phenylacetate for treating hyperammonemia in patients having various acute and chronic liver diseases and disorders, for example, acute liver failure, liver cirrhosis, liver decompensation, portal hypertension, hepatic encephalopathy, or patients with urea cycle disorders.
US11219608B2
The disclosure relates to use of a triple formulation comprising a histone deacetylase, a cyclodextrin and polyethylene glycol or propylene glycol, and in the treatment and management of chronic pain.
US11219592B2
A topical composition including an extract of Allium species, an extract of Citrus species, an extract of Paullinia species and an extract of Theobroma species is used for improving and/or increasing and/or stimulating and/or promoting and/or inducing the pigmentation of hair and/or hairs.
US11219585B2
The invention is a cosmetic or dermatological preparation and the use thereof, said preparation comprising a combination of a) glycoprotein 1, b) glycoprotein 2, ginseng extract and d) equisetum extract, to protect the skin against extrinsic skin aging.
US11219584B2
Cosmetic agents for the temporary color change of keratinous surfaces, in particular human hair and human skin, contain an alcohol having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, a special anionic polymer, and a pigment. These cosmetic agents have an extremely good water resistance but can be removed without residue with a single application of surfactant-containing detergents. In addition, methods of temporary staining keratinous fibers and the skin using these agents are provided.
US11219582B2
The present invention is a formable dental treatment tray utilizing poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) and a gelatinous active. Blending of the active is accomplished by mixing the Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) with an active ingredient, such as a peroxide like hydrogen peroxide, carbamide peroxide, sodium perborate, or sodium percarbonate, usually also with water or an appropriate organic solvent. Peroxide concentrations in these new gels can reach a 30% concentration of hydrogen peroxide while maintaining a shelf life of six months at room temperature without developing peroxide decomposition. The gels are applied to an appropriate backing and dried to a gelatinous state. In use, the active is hydrated and regains adhesiveness. Then the tray is pressed and formed around a user's dental arch to form the customizable tray. Multiple active ingredients may be used, with or without peroxide, for accomplishing desired treatment regimens.
US11219579B2
The invention relates to the application of photon energy to energize dental materials to enhance their physical handling characteristics, efficacy, ability to be delivered, reactivity, polymerization, and/or post-cure mechanical properties, among other attributes.
US11219576B2
A foot spa tub includes a tub basin, a first magnetic drive member rotatably coupled to a drive motor, and a first casing supporting the magnetic drive member. The first casing is disposed against an exterior surface of a sidewall of the basin. A second magnetic drive member is rotatably coupled to a blade. The first and second magnetic drive members are magnetically coupled to each other so that the blade is drivingly coupled to the drive motor. A nozzle houses the second magnetic drive member and the blade. The nozzle is detachably securable to an interior surface of the sidewall by a magnetic attraction force between the first and second magnetic drive members. A method of circulating liquid in a foot tub spa is also provided.
US11219570B2
Modules for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration.
US11219565B2
The invention is directed to an intensive use shelf comprising a ligature resistant design including a ligature resistant sloped top, a ligature resistant hanger recess and a contraband barrier on the mounting wall. The shelf having a body, two side panels, a top and a shelf. Each of the two side panels having a sloped top. The top comprising the side panels having a downward sloped configuration to resistant climbing and ligature attachment. A ligature resistant hanger support engagement on the shelf. The ligature resistant hanger support having a J-bar shaped recess.
US11219564B2
An electric bed includes a base, a back frame, and a butt frame. The rear end of the back frame is attached to the base, and the back frame is swingable relative to the base by the driving of a first actuator. The butt frame is located in back of the back frame. The rear end of the butt frame is attached to the base, and the butt frame is swingable relative to the base by the driving of a second actuator. As a result, the electric bed of the invention enables the user to change the posture thereof between sitting and flat lying postures through the swinging of the back frame, and effectively supports the waist of the user through the swinging of the butt frame, so that the user can maintain the posture thereof conforming to ergonomics, thereby prevented from hurt on the waist.
US11219563B2
An adjustable backrest is adapted for a chair frame and includes a first pivoting component, a second pivoting component, a backrest sliding assembly and a backrest connecting component. The second pivoting component is pivoted to the first pivoting component. The backrest sliding assembly is slidably disposed on the first pivoting component. The backrest connecting component is disposed between the first pivoting component and the second pivoting component. A first end of the backrest connecting component is pivoted to the backrest sliding assembly. A second end of the backrest connecting component is pivoted to the second pivoting component. The backrest sliding assembly drives the second pivoting component to pivot relative to the first pivoting component by the backrest connecting component when the at least one backrest sliding assembly slides relative to the first pivoting component, so as to support a user's back portion at different angles.
US11219561B2
An absorbent article includes: a main body (8) including a liquid permeable top sheet (3), a liquid impermeable back sheet (2), and an absorbent body (4) interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet; and a hip-holding portion (H), wherein the main body has a shape having a predetermined length in a front-back direction and a predetermined width in a direction orthogonal to the front-back direction, and wherein the hip-holding portion includes a side region protruding from a side of a rear portion of the main body, the side region including a first projection (41) that includes a portion having a largest width from a center line in the front-back direction of the main body, a first recess (51) that is located adjacent to and forward of the first projection, and a second projection (52) that is located adjacent to and forward of the first recess, and wherein the back sheet in the side region has a slip preventive portion for securing the absorbent article, the slip preventive portion being disposed so as to straddle, in the front-back direction, a virtual line that is drawn in the width direction from a bottom point of the first recess.
US11219553B2
A system for corneal treatment includes a light source that activates cross-linking in at least one selected region of a cornea treated with a cross-linking agent. The light source delivers photoactivating light to the at least one selected region of the cornea according to a set of parameters. The system includes a controller that receives input relating to the cross-linking agent and the set of parameters. The controller includes computer-readable storage media storing: (A) program instructions for determining cross-linking resulting from reactions involving ROS including at least peroxides, superoxides, and hydroxyl radicals, and (B) program instructions for determining cross-linking from reactions not involving oxygen. The controller executes the program instructions to output a calculated amount of cross-linking in the at least one selected region of the cornea. In response to the calculated amount of cross-linking, the light source adjusts at least one value in the set of parameters.
US11219549B2
A cooling device for removing heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells of a subject having skin is provided. The cooling device includes a plurality of cooling elements movable relative to each other to conform to the contour's of the subject's skin. The cooling elements have a plurality of controllable thermoelectric coolers. The cooling elements can be controlled to provide a time-varying cooling profile in a predetermined sequence, can be controlled to provide a spatial cooling profile in a selected pattern, or can be adjusted to maintain constant process parameters, or can be controlled to provide a combination thereof.
US11219525B2
Apparatus and methods for repairing a cardiac valve, e.g., a tricuspid valve, are provided. The apparatus may include a prosthetic device coupled to an elongated support to suspend and maintain the prosthetic device within the cardiac valve. The support may include a proximal elongated shaft detachably coupled, in a delivery state, to a distal elongated shaft coupled to the prosthetic device. The proximal elongated shaft may detach from the distal elongated shaft at a detachment area within the patient responsive to actuation and components of the distal elongated shaft may lock to implant the prosthetic device and the distal elongated shaft within the patient. The prosthetic device may be formed of biocompatible material coupled to a frame, and may have prosthetic leaflets that allows blood to flow through in one direction during a phase of the cardiac cycle (e.g., diastole) but prevent blood regurgitation during the other phase (e.g., systole).
US11219521B2
A prosthetic heart valve for replacing a native valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end and a distal end, and a valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets, the valve assembly being disposed within the stent. The heart valve further includes a first plurality of elongated legs coupled to the stent and transitionable from an extended configuration to a relaxed configuration. A first sealing portion connected to the first plurality of legs forms a sealing structure when the legs transition to the relaxed configuration to reduce perivalvular leakage between the implanted valve and surrounding tissue.
US11219520B2
An embodiment includes individual SMP foams that radially expand and fill gaps around a heart valve that may be improperly seated, in an unusual cross section, or has poor apposition against a calcified lesion. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11219513B2
The brush head of the toothbrush has filaments that are pointed at one end and led through clearances in the bristle carrier. These filaments have a length of about 10-20 mm. The tips of the pointed filaments produce a height profile other than that of a plane and the ends of the pointed filaments that are remote from the tips are melted.
US11219510B2
The disclosure of the present application relates to a healing abutment system and its use. The abutment system can include a base part adapted to be coupled to a dental implant via an abutment screw and a healing cap that can be coupled to the base part by a further screw. The healing cap can include features that can be scanned by an intra-oral scanning system or transferred to a physical impression to convey information regarding the position and orientation of the base part.
US11219506B2
Detection of a state of an oral appliance (such as an aligner, palatal expander, mandibular repositioning device, etc.) to determine if the oral appliance is functioning properly and/or if it has developed a defect.
US11219505B2
A polymerisable dental composite material comprising (i) 70 to 85% by weight of an inorganic filler component comprising at least one dental glass and optionally at least one amorphous metal oxide, (ii) 10 to 30% by weight of a mixture of at least two different urethane(meth)acrylates, (iii) 0.01 to 5% by weight of at least one di-, tri-, tetra- or multi-functional monomer not being a urethane(meth)acrylate, (iv) 0.01 to 10% by weight of at least one initiator, of an initiator system and optionally of at least one stabilizer and optionally of at least one pigment, wherein the total composition of the composite material amounts to 100% by weight, as well as a polymerized composite material having a flexural strength of greater than or equal to 200 MPa and an elastic modulus of 15 to 20 GPa for the production of indirect dentures.
US11219503B2
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.
US11219502B2
Embodiments relate to transformative shape-memory polymer tissue cavity markers and corresponding systems and deployment methods. In one embodiment, a tissue cavity marker for delivery to a tissue cavity via a minimally invasive surgical incision includes a transformative body having a first three-dimensional shape in a permanent state and a second three-dimensional shape different from the first three-dimensional shape in a temporary state, the transformative body comprising a shape-memory polymer material and being automatically transformable between the temporary state for delivery to a tissue cavity and the permanent state for residence within the tissue cavity by application of a stimulus; and at least one radiopaque marker coupled to the transformative body.
US11219501B2
A visualization system including multiple light sources, an image sensor configured to detect imaging data from the multiple light sources, and a control circuit is disclosed. At least one of the light sources is configured to emit a pattern of structured light. The control circuit is configured to receive the imaging data from the image sensor, generate a three-dimensional digital representation of the anatomical structure from the pattern of structured light detected by the imaging data, obtain metadata from the imaging data, overlay the metadata on the three-dimensional digital representation, receive updated imaging data from the image sensor, and generate an updated three-dimensional digital representation of the anatomical structure based on the updated imaging data. The visualization system can be communicatively coupled to a situational awareness module configured to determine a surgical scenario based on input signals from multiple surgical devices.
US11219494B2
A surgical assembly for use with and for selective connection to a robotic arm includes an electromechanical instrument and an instrument drive unit. The instrument drive unit includes a motor and a feedback assembly. The motor is configured to effect rotation of the electromechanical instrument. The feedback assembly includes control circuitry and first and second annular members. The control circuitry is configured to sense a change in a condition of the motor. The first annular member has a surface feature projecting therefrom. The second annular member is disposed adjacent the first annular member and has a first surface feature projecting therefrom, circumferentially aligned with the surface feature of the first annular member. Upon a threshold amount of rotation of the first annular member, the surface feature of the first annular member abuts the first surface feature of the second annular member to change the condition of the motor.
US11219488B2
A system includes an electrical interface for communicating with a probe, and a processor. The electrical interface is configured to be inserted into a heart of a patient. The processor is configured to (A) receive from the probe, via the electrical interface, (i) position-signals indicative of a position of a distal tip of the probe in the heart, (ii) a contact-force indication indicative of a contact force exerted on the distal tip, and (iii) an electrophysiological (EP) measurement acquired by the distal tip at the position, (B) calculate a contact-force vector based on the contact-force indication received from the distal tip, and (C) based on the position-signals and on the contact-force vector, estimate a location, on an electro-anatomical map of the heart, at which the distal tip touches tissue, and to update the electro-anatomical map with the EP measurement, associated with the estimated location.
US11219487B2
An optical shape sensing system includes an attachment device (130) coupled at an anatomical position relative to a bone. An optical shape sensing fiber (102) is coupled to the attachment device and configured to identify a position and orientation of the attachment device. An optical shape sensing module (115) is configured to receive feedback from the optical shape sensing fiber and register the position and orientation of the attachment device relative to an anatomical map.
US11219481B2
An electrosurgical device is provided and includes a handset having a shaft extending therefrom. The electrosurgical device includes a pair of electrodes disposed at a distal end of the shaft. One or more sensors are in operable communication with the pair of electrodes to detect a pressure applied thereto. The amount of electrosurgical energy that is transmitted to the pair of electrodes is proportional to the amount of pressure that is applied to the pair of electrodes and detected by the sensor.
US11219464B2
A low-cost contour cuff for surgical tourniquet systems comprises: a sheath containing an inflatable bladder, the sheath having an arcuate shape, an outer surface and a centerline equidistant between first and second side edges; a securing strap non-releasably attached to the outer surface and formed of substantially inextensible material having a shape that is predetermined and substantially flat, wherein the strap includes a bending portion near a first strap end and a fastening portion near a second strap end, and wherein the bending portion is adapted to allow twisting of the bending portion out of the substantially flat shape to facilitate positioning of the fastening portion into any of a plurality of positions in the substantially flat shape; and fastening means for releasably attaching the fastening portion of the securing strap to the outer surface whenever the sheath is curved into a position for surrounding a limb.
US11219454B2
A surgical stapler includes a first stapler half including an anvil surface having a plurality of staple forming pockets, and a second stapler half configured to releasably couple with the first stapler half. The second stapler half is operable to deploy staples toward the anvil surface. The stapler also includes a projection positioned on one of the stapler halves and extending laterally relative to a longitudinal axis of the stapler. The stapler halves are configured to pivot relative to each other about the projection. The stapler further includes a locking member positioned on the other of the stapler halves. The locking member is configured to translate along the longitudinal axis of the stapler between a locked state in which the locking member selectively captures the projection and an unlocked state in which the locking member selectively releases the projection. The locking member is biased proximally toward the locked state.
US11219453B2
A surgical stapling instrument is disclosed that includes a first jaw configured to removably support a surgical staple cartridge therein and a second jaw that is movable relative to the first jaw between an open position and a closed position. A closure lockout is movable between a locked position wherein the second jaw is retained in the open position by the closure lockout and an unlocked position wherein the second jaw is movable to the closed position. The closure lockout is configured to interface with an unlocking feature on a surgical staple cartridge supported in the first jaw such that when the unlocking feature operably interfaces with the closure lockout, the closure lockout moves to the unlocked position. The stapling instrument may further include a firing member lockout system for preventing movement of a firing member unless a camming assembly of the staple cartridge is in an unfired position.
US11219448B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for fixing soft tissue are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, soft tissue may be fixed to an attachment surface (such as bone, other soft tissue, other implants, or allograft or xenograft materials) by providing a helical suture in the soft tissue, wherein the soft tissue has a longitudinal axis along which the soft tissue undergoes tension under normal physiological conditions, and wherein a longitudinal axis of the helical suture in the soft tissue is oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis of the soft tissue; and securing the helical suture to an attachment surface.
US11219440B2
A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue retraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
US11219433B2
A surgical instrument includes a switch base, a power bus coupled to the switch base, an electrical lead coupled to the power bus, an actuator operatively engaged with the power bus, an actuator operatively engaged with the power bus, a membrane, and a housing. The switch base has top, bottom, and side surfaces. The membrane is disposed over the top surface of the switch base and over the power bus to seal the top surface of the switch base. The housing defines proximal and distal ends and a switch base cavity between the proximal and distal ends. The housing includes bulkheads that form a plurality of fluid impermeable seals that are disposed adjacent one of the proximal and distal ends. The fluid impermeable seals are configured to deter fluid from penetrating a proximal portion of the switch base cavity within which the electrical lead is coupled to the power bus.
US11219418B2
A method for determining a CT focal point includes determining a first intensity of first radiation incident on a first detector unit of a scanner, wherein the scanner may include a non-uniform anti-scatter grid (ASG) and a radiation source, and the non-uniform ASG may be configured according to a first focal point of the radiation source. The method also includes determining a second intensity of second radiation incident on a second detector unit of the scanner, wherein the first radiation and the second radiation are emitted from the radiation source with a second focal point. The method further includes determining a displacement of the second focal point from the first focal point based on the first intensity and the second intensity.
US11219413B2
Adhesive pad systems that provide longer lasting adherence of the mounting unit to the host's skin are provided. Some systems include a reinforcing overlay that at least partially covers the adhesive pad. The reinforcing overlay may be removable without disturbing the sensor so that the overlay may be replaceable.
US11219409B2
An user interaction system for performing interaction with a user based on recognition of a sitting posture of the user includes a posture recognition seat including a posture recognition sensor for recognition the sitting posture of the user, and at least one communication module for communication with an external device, a posture mimicking animated device including a communication module for performing communication with the communication module of the posture recognition seat, wherein the posture mimicking animated device visually mimics the sitting posture of the user or visually or audibly guide the sitting posture of the user, in accordance with state information about the sitting posture of the user determined based on a sensing result obtained by the posture recognition sensor, and a mobile application installed in a communication device possessed by the user, wherein the mobile application receives synchronized information related to the sitting posture of the user via communication with the posture recognition seat, and generates user interaction information corresponding to the received information and displays the user interaction information on an application screen.
US11219408B2
Disclosed is a method and a system implementing the method for determining an optimal time window for sleep of a person. The method includes receiving samples of a distal skin temperature of the person, and detecting a temperature change pattern in the samples of distal skin temperature. The temperature change pattern indicates a reference point within the circadian rhythm. The optimal time window for sleep is determined on the basis of the indicated reference point. The temperature change pattern is in the form of a drop in the distal skin temperature followed an increase in the distal skin temperature, where the drop and the increase occur within a time window of ten minutes or less.
US11219406B2
Devices for testing distal colonic and anorectal function. In at least one embodiment of a device of the present disclosure, the device comprises a flexible central support, a first bag or balloon surrounding at least part of the flexible central support; and a first plurality of sensors positioned upon or embedded within a surface of the first bag or balloon, each of the first plurality of sensors positioned a known distance from each other; wherein the first plurality of sensors are configured to obtain pressure measurements on the surface of the first bag or balloon when the device is operated within a mammalian gastrointestinal tract.
US11219403B2
This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods configured to receive affect information from a patient in response to a provided affect inquiry and to receive real world activity information from the patient in response to a provided real world activity, and to provide patient neurofunction assessment information using the affect information and the real world activity information.
US11219394B2
Systems, processes and devices for real-time brain monitoring for anxiety to generate and control an interface of a display device with a visual representation of a Brain Value Index for anxiety, 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.
US11219387B2
Provided herein are devices (e.g., electrochemical sensors useful for detecting volatile organic compounds associated with certain diseases or conditions and/or diagnosing certain diseases or conditions). The devices comprise one or more layers of metal on a layer of silicon, and a layer of molecularly imprinted polymer in electrical communication with the one or more layers of metal, wherein the one or more layers of metal are each independently selected from a layer of chromium, platinum, gold, nickel, cobalt, tungsten, rhodium, iridium, silver, tin, titanium or tantalum, or an alloy thereof. Methods of using the devices (e.g., to detect one or more analytes in a sample, to detect and/or diagnose a disease or condition in a subject), and methods of making the devices are also provided.
US11219386B2
A method of cough detection in a headset, the method comprising: receiving a first signal from an external transducer of the headset; receiving a second signal from an in-ear transducer of the headset; and detecting a cough of a user of the headset based on the first and second signals.
US11219385B2
A medical system comprises an image capture probe having a camera at the probe tip; a sensor system; and a processor configured to: receive an image from the camera when the probe is located within an anatomic region; identify a probe tip position based on information received from the sensor system; identify a tissue structure in the image; define a subregion of a model of the anatomic region, the subregion surrounding the probe tip and including a plurality of virtual tissue structures—a first set of virtual tissue structures is distal of the probe tip; compare the tissue structure to a portion of the plurality of virtual tissue structures to identify a best matched virtual tissue structure; and register the image to the model based on identification of the best matched virtual tissue structure to identify a virtual probe position for the probe tip with respect to the model.
US11219382B2
A heartbeat measurement device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a transmission signal from a transmission antenna to a person to be measured, a receiver configured to receive a signal reflected from the person to be measured as a reception signal using a reception antenna, and an orthogonal detection circuit configured to generate an I signal that is an in-phase component of the transmission signal and the reception signal and a Q signal that is a quadrature component of the transmission signal and the reception signal. The heartbeat measurement device further includes a Fourier transform unit configured to calculate a spectrum in positive and negative frequency domains on the basis of the I signal and the Q signal and a signal processing unit configured to compare positive and negative frequency components in the spectrum to extract a heartbeat component.
US11219379B2
Systems for monitoring left atrial pressure using implantable cardiac monitoring devices and, more specifically, to a left atrial pressure sensor implanted through a septal wall are presented herein.
US11219375B2
An electronic device includes a processor and memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, control the electronic device to: determine a pulse arrival time (PAT) value, a heart rate (HR) value, and a pulse transit time (PTT) value from the second data, calculate a first blood pressure value (BP1) and a second blood pressure value (BP2) by applying the determined values to pulse wave velocity (PWV) algorithms of Equations 1 and 2, wherein BP1≅a1PAT+b1HR+c1 . . . Equation 1, BP2≅a2 ln(PTT)+b2 . . . Equation 2 in Equations 1 and 2, a1, a2, b1, b2, and c1 are constant values for matching blood pressure values measured during calibration with blood pressure values measured by a cuff hemodynamometer, determine a calibration time point based at least in part on a difference between the first blood pressure value and the second blood pressure value, and provide guide information related to the calibration time point through a user interface based at least in part on the determination.
US11219372B2
The present invention discloses means and methods for detecting irregularities in the cells throughout a healthy tissue. The method generally relates to cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment, and more specifically pertains to detection, diagnosis and treatment guidance of cancerous or precancerous conditions through the use of thermal imaging technology and analysis.
US11219367B2
A spatially compact, lightweight positioning system for guiding an operator in positioning an ophthalmic instrument relative to an eye of a test subject has first and second light sources and an area detector spaced apart from a measurement axis of the instrument and from each other for providing positioning images which may be evaluated relative to stored calibration image information to determine current position of the instrument relative to the eye. The first and second light sources may fit within a lateral distance less than or equal to 25 mm. First and second illumination axes associated with the light sources may reside in a horizontal plane containing the measurement axis, and an observation axis of the area detector may reside in a vertical plane containing the measurement axis. The light sources and the area detector may be intersected by a plane which is normal to the measurement axis.
US11219357B2
The invention relates to an endoscope with a shaft, in which at least one working channel is arranged, and with an endoscope head arranged at the distal end of the shaft, wherein a deflection lever is arranged in the endoscope head and is adjustable between a non-deflected starting position and a deflected working position relative to the shaft, and wherein the deflection lever is adjustable via a Bowden wire, the proximal end of which is mounted via a collet on a control handle arranged at the proximal end of the shaft, wherein the collet fixing the proximal end of the Bowden wire is arranged on a slide that is movable proximally out of a housing of the control handle, which slide is coupled to the control handle via a rod. In order to create an endoscope which, having a simple structure, can be easily dismantled, in particular for cleaning purposes, and reassembled, the invention proposes that the slide can be coupled to the rod via a clamping connection.
US11219348B2
Disclosed is a cleaning device with an auxiliary cleaner. More particularly, a cleaning device having an auxiliary cleaner includes a bar-shaped grip extending in a vertical direction, a rigid main cleaner having a tubular housing coupled to a bottom of the grip and a plurality of frames extending from a bottom of the housing and spaced apart from each other by a predefined spacing, and the auxiliary cleaner coupled to a bottom of the main cleaner, wherein the auxiliary cleaner contacts a cleaning target as the main cleaner deforms.
US11219346B2
A robot cleaner includes a cleaner main body including a first connection duct, and a cleaning module including a second connection duct detachably coupled to the first connection duct to perform a dust suction function or a mopping function. The first and second connection ducts include a first facing surface and a second facing surface, respectively. The first and second facing surfaces face each other when the cleaning module is coupled to the cleaner main body. The first and second facing surfaces are formed in an annular shape to surround flow paths of the first and second connection ducts, respectively, and the first and second facing surfaces include a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion, respectively, which are attached to each other by a magnetic force.
US11219345B2
A replacement head for a vacuum device includes a plastic tray, a filter and a pad. The plastic tray includes a dust chamber and opening allows air, dust and debris to be drawn into the dust chamber during use. The pad is attached to the lower side of the plastic tray and is in contact with the floor during cleaning. The filter is connected to the plastic tray such that the filter substantially covers a top opening in the dust chamber. The filter is preferably made of a non-woven material with a basis weight between about 20 and 70 gsm, and has a thickness less than about 1.0 mm.
US11219340B2
A method and apparatus for dispensing toilet paper is disclosed. A sliding toilet paper holder includes a toilet paper holder configured to carry and dispense a roll of toilet paper. A slide assembly is coupled to the toilet paper holder and is attachable to a support structure adjacent to a toilet. The slide assembly operable between a stowed position and an extended position to selectively extend and retract the toilet paper holder. The apparatus and method permits a user to more readily access and dispense a desired quantity of toilet paper while seated on a toilet and to stow the toilet paper carried on the toilet paper holder when not needed. A spare tissue spindle may also be carried by the slide assembly.
US11219334B2
A blender system is shown and described herein. In one aspect, the blender system includes a base with an interior and an exterior formed by a housing. The housing may include an air inlet port and an exhaust port. The interior of the base includes a motor bore forming an air pathway connecting the air inlet port to the exhaust port. The motor bore also includes an entry aperture fluidly connecting the motor bore to the air inlet port. The entry aperture is indirectly in line with the air inlet port. The exit aperture fluidly connects the motor bore to the exhaust port, and the exit aperture is indirectly in line with the exhaust port.
US11219325B2
The present invention relates to a novel magnetic assembly often, but not exclusively, used as a drink coaster. More particularly, the invention relates to a modular, magnetically closing assembly wherein the operator can insert, interchange and display various items such as, but not limited to, photos, documents, art, and flowers.
US11219320B2
Disclosed herein is an electronic shelving system including, in some embodiments, a shelving unit and one or more coupling brackets. Each coupling bracket includes a bracket-coupling body, one or more power couplers disposed in the bracket-coupling body, one or more data couplers disposed in the bracket-coupling body, and one or more integral fasteners such as a tongue extending from the bracket-coupling body configured for fastening the coupling bracket to the shelving unit. Also disclosed herein is a method for the electronic shelving system including, in some embodiments, installing n coupling brackets in the shelving unit, running at least n+1 power cables or data cables through a slotted cable raceway of the shelving unit, and coupling at least two power cables or data cables to each other by way of the coupling bracket.
US11219313B2
A joining and levelling system adapted for use in furniture and furnishing items having a bottom and a shoulder positionable with respect to a floor includes, in combination, a front foot unit and a rear foot unit, each having a connection group and a blocking group of a joining device for stably interconnecting the bottom and the shoulder. The connection group and the blocking group can be actuated from the front with respect to the furniture, the front and rear foot units being positioned beneath the bottom and facing the shoulder, and the bottom and the shoulder not resting on the floor. The front and rear foot units are disposed in an identical body for both the front and the rear foot units, and actuation rods of the joining device are arranged in the rear foot unit and positioned between the front and the rear foot units.
US11219312B2
A rail bar for a drawer includes an end to be connected to a wall element, in particular a front panel or a rear wall, of a drawer, and a length adjustment element which is movable relative to the rail bar in the longitudinal direction of the rail bar in order to cover a gap occurring between the end of the rail bar and the wall element in a connected state of the rail bar to the wall element. A spring element is supported on a stationary part of the rail bar and pushes the length adjustment element towards a maximum position, in which the length adjustment element lengthens the rail bar to a maximum extent.
US11219308B2
A rack for shelving consisting of upright posts and horizontal beams, connecting each between two upright posts, wherein said upright posts comprise. The upright posts include each at least one flank demonstrating one column of through gamma perforation doublets. The horizontal beams are either depth forming beams or width forming beams. The width forming beams include each at each of each extremity two rows of one doublet of fasteners adapted to fit with the gamma perforations so that the entire number of individual fasteners in those two rows of said perforations find each a matching perforation. The fasteners of the width forming beam are formed including each a cross recess of the width matching the width of the flank of the upright posts.
US11219307B2
A motorized desktop stand unit having a main surface assembly designed to accommodate a monitor or laptop and a secondary surface assembly designed to accommodate a keyboard. The desktop stand unit also has a frame assembly having an upper frame and a lower frame. An elevation mechanism is provided between the upper frame and lower frame. A switch provided in the main surface assembly, when actuated, causes the elevation mechanism to adjust the space between the upper frame and lower frames, changing the height of the main surface assembly.
US11219285B2
This manufacturing method of a molded surface fastener involves a primary molding step for forming a primary molded body and a secondary molding step for compressing a provisional element of the primary molded body while heating the same. A molding apparatus is provided with a mold member comprising multiple penetration holes and multiple concave portions, whereof each penetration hole communicates to at least one concave portion; in the primary molding step, the molding apparatus is used to form a primary molded body comprising a provisional element having a primary stem portion and a pawl portion is formed from the protruded portion by compressing the provisional element. By this means, it is possible to stably manufacture a molded surface fastener that has an engaging element comprising a pawl portion that projects from the outer peripheral edge of an engaging head portion.
US11219284B2
A female snap assembly includes a cage and an engagement member. The cage defines a receiving region, and the engagement member is within the receiving region. The engagement member includes a base, an inner engagement wall extending from base, and an outer engagement wall extending from the base. In some examples, the engagement member defines a channel between the inner engagement wall and the outer engagement wall. In various examples, the inner engagement wall defines at least one notch extending through the inner engagement wall.
US11219282B2
A locking device includes a sleeve, a locking assembly, and a stopper. The sleeve defines a locking cavity and stopping holes. The locking assembly includes a locking member received in the locking cavity and is rotatable relative to the sleeve to lock a hanging member in the sleeve or release the hanging member from the sleeve. The stopper and the stopping holes cooperate to position the locking member relative to the sleeve.
US11219270B2
A dual-layered midsole for footwear includes an internal midsole layer and an external midsole layer, which are coupled to and separated by a Strobel board. The internal midsole layer may compress and expand with the movement of a wearer of an article of footwear including the dual-layered midsole, while the external midsole may provide stability and cushion for the wearer. Materials selected for the internal and external midsole layers may provide tuned viscoelastic properties to different areas of the midsole as a function of midsole layer thickness at each sole area.
US11219268B2
Ski boot sole (10), characterized in that it comprises: a plate (11) made of a composite material comprising reinforcing ribs (20); rear (30) and front (40) components extending under the plate (11) and forming gripping tread patterns (35, 45).
US11219263B2
A helmet assembly that includes an outer shell having an outer surface and an inner surface and defines a shell interior, a pad system disposed in the shell interior, and at least a first bladder member positioned between the inner surface of the outer shell and the pad system. The first bladder member defines a bladder interior and a non-Newtonian fluid is disposed in the bladder interior.
US11219248B2
An article of clothing and a method of manufacture thereof, where, the article of clothing includes a weighted material inconspicuously disposed within a material forming the article, where the weighted material is configured to apply a therapeutic pressure to the body of a user when the article of clothing is worn.
US11219246B2
An aerosol generating device includes: a case; a container mounted inside the case to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the case and having an accommodating space configured to accommodate a cigarette; a heater disposed inside the case such that a front end thereof is inserted into the accommodating space of the container, the heater being configured to heat the cigarette when electricity is applied thereto; and an elastic support portion configured to elastically support the container with respect to the case.
US11219244B2
A method of forming a carbon material from the stalk or roots of a plant of the Nicotiana species is provided herein, wherein the method includes i) receiving a tobacco material comprising at least one of a stalk material and a root material of a harvested plant of the Nicotiana species; and ii) pyrolyzing the tobacco material to remove volatiles and to form a tobacco-derived carbon material. Optionally, the method can further include activating the tobacco-derived carbon material. The tobacco-derived carbon material can be incorporated into a tobacco product. A carbon material derived from pyrolyzing a tobacco material in the form of at least one of a tobacco stalk material and a tobacco root material of a harvested plant of the Nicotiana species is also provided herein.
US11219225B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a process involving microfiltration of milk, providing a product that is useful as a source of casein and another product that is useful as a source of whey protein. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to preparing milk products like casein, dairy beverages, milk protein concentrates and cheese from microfiltration retentate.
US11219219B2
The present invention provides a liquid composition for defoliation of crop plants comprising a metal chlorate and alkali metal halide. The invention also provides a process for preparing the liquid composition for defoliation of crop plants and a method of defoliating crop plants.
US11219215B2
The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition comprising specific inhibitors of protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO inhibitors) selected from flumioxazin and sulfentrazone. The invention also relates to methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation, in particular in crops.
US11219195B2
The invention provides genetically modified non-human animals that express a humanized MHC II protein (humanized MHC II α and β polypeptides), as well as embryos, cells, and tissues comprising the same. Also provided are constructs for making said genetically modified animals and methods of making the same. Methods of using the genetically modified animals to study various aspects of human immune system are provided.
US11219192B2
Systems and methods that include a metallic panel having an upper surface for contacting an animal and a lower surface, at least one metallic cooling element thermally contacting the lower surface of the metallic panel and having an internal passage therein, and a coolant supply that flows a coolant through the internal passage of the cooling element. Flow of the coolant through the cooling element reduces the temperature of the upper surface of the metallic panel and thereby reduces the body temperature of the animal when the animal is in contact with the metallic panel.
US11219189B2
Provided is a Three-Piece Nesting Cat Litter Device constructed of an upper top cover section, a middle interior insert section and a lower bottom tray section with the middle interior insert section having a shelf ledge to support an inserted non-stick paper, and a swinging flapper door for entry. Air filter odor eliminator sections are located on the door, the walls or the top surface of the top section. A liner bag is placed in the lower bottom tray section. A sheet of non-stick paper is placed in the insert section with cat litter being placed upon the non-stick paper. For cleaning, the middle interior insert section is raised and the non-stick paper and used cat litter material drops by gravity into the plastic bag to be disposed of quickly and conveniently without creating dust and odors associated with changing used cat litter.
US11219185B1
A soybean cultivar designated 97250069 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 97250069, to the plants of soybean cultivar 97250069, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 97250069, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 97250069. 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 97250069. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 97250069, 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 97250069 with another soybean cultivar.
US11219184B1
A soybean cultivar designated 95250357 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 95250357, to the plants of soybean cultivar 95250357, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 95250357, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 95250357. 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 95250357. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 95250357, 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 95250357 with another soybean cultivar.
US11219172B2
An assembly line grow pod includes a plurality of fluid lines fluidly coupled between a fluid source and a fluid destination within the assembly line grow pod, a plurality of valves, each coupled to a fluid line such that fluid movement through the fluid lines is selectively controlled by the valves, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the valves. The master controller is programmed to receive information relating to fluid delivery within the assembly line grow pod, determine one or more valves to direct the fluid, determine valve parameters for each of the valves that achieve the fluid direction, and transmit one or more control signals to the valves for directing the fluid within the assembly line grow pod.
US11219166B2
A bale wrapping apparatus configurable between a single bale wrapping configuration and an inline bale wrapping configuration. The bale wrapping apparatus comprises a bale wrapping support assembly including support rollers spaced apart from one another to drive a bale in rotation along a rotation axis, when the bale wrapping apparatus is configured in the single bale wrapping configuration; and a longitudinal bale support configurable between an extended configuration where it extends above the support rollers and a retracted configuration where it extends away from the support rollers. The longitudinal bale support is positioned in the retracted configuration when the bale wrapping apparatus is configured in the single bale wrapping configuration and is configured in the extended configuration when the bale wrapping apparatus is configured in the inline bale wrapping configuration.
US11219164B2
A stalk roll assembly for header of a combine harvester. The assembly includes first and second stalk rolls spaced laterally with respect to one another and rotating in opposite directions. Each stalk roll includes a frusto-conical nose and a cylindrical body. The cylindrical body includes a plurality of radially extending flutes. The nose includes a pair of helical flights. The plurality of flutes includes at least one cutting flute having a straight edge and a plurality of puncturing flutes with teeth. The stalk rolls are laterally offset a distance that permits the tips of the flutes to laterally overlap and the teeth of the puncturing flutes are longitudinally offset so the tips of the teeth are received between with the valleys of the teeth of the other stalk roll.
US11219159B2
A grass trimmer includes a cutting head for mounting a cutting member, a drive head having a output shaft for driving the cutting head to rotate, and an anti-winding member for preventing the output shaft from being wound to by grass. The drive head includes a drive device to drive the output shaft and a head housing for accommodating the drive device. The output shaft connects to the cutting head and passes through the anti-winding member and the anti-winding member is mounted to the cutting head so as to rotate with the cutting head and is disposed between the cutting head and the head housing so as to fill the space between the cutting head and the head housing.
US11224143B2
The present disclosure provides a charging pile including a supporting device, a control module and a power module. The control module is fixed on the supporting device and includes a first housing, a control unit and a waterproof device. The first housing has a first opening. The waterproof device is disposed on and surrounding around the periphery of the first opening. The power module is fixed on the supporting device and disposed on the top of the control module. The power module includes a second housing and a power supply unit. The second housing has a second opening, which is in communication with the first opening of the first housing. The control unit is electrically coupled with the power supply unit. The waterproof device is disposed between the first housing and the second housing, and surrounding around the periphery of the first opening and the periphery of the second opening.
US11224142B2
A cooling fan module includes a fan unit and an air flow blocking unit. The air flow blocking unit includes a left-side plate, a left-side support pole, a left-side air flow blocking plate, a right-side plate, a right-side support pole, a right-side air flow blocking plate, and a stop member. The left-side air flow blocking plate and the right-side air flow blocking plate are blown by an air flow flowing from outside environment into a case through the fan unit that is in a malfunction state, thereby rotating by respectively taking the left-side support pole and the left-side support pole as a rotary center thereof. Consequently, the left-side air flow blocking plate and the right-side air flow blocking plate are stopped rotating by the stop member, such that the air flow is blocked, by the two air flow blocking plates, from being entering the case.
US11224140B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a top cover arrangement for a storage and the corresponding storage. The storage comprises a drawer chassis which accommodates disks that are organized among a plurality of rows. The top cover arrangement covers the disks in a foldable manner and comprises: a substrate covering the disks and being flexible; and a plurality of folding parts mounted on the substrate and corresponding to the plurality of the rows; the folding parts being adapted to be at least partially folded to expose at least one row of disks in response to the disks being pulled out of the drawer chassis.
US11224139B2
A circuit board fall-out prevention structure includes: a housing; a circuit board fitted to the housing in an insertable and extractable manner; an insertion and extraction lever supported with a shaft rotatably with respect to the circuit board and capable of being hooked on the housing to facilitate an insertion and extraction operation of the circuit board; and a recess-protrusion capable of being hooked between the insertion and extraction lever and the circuit board after insertion of the circuit board in a direction different from an insertion and extraction direction of the circuit board.
US11224137B2
The present invention relates to a hinge module of a foldable type device, which is connected to two casings for being relatively rotated for being in a folded status or in a unfolded status, each of the casings has a fixed outer casing and a moveable inner casing. The hinge module includes a base and two slide mechanisms. One end of a connection rod of each slide mechanism and one end of the linkage member are respectively pivoted to two pivotal parts at one end of the base; after each inner casing is driven to reversely displace, one end of each plate member is separated from each block part, so as to reversely swing and shift for forming an accommodation space allowing a bent central portion of a flexible monitor to be accommodated.
US11224131B2
A method and device are provided. The device includes a system component that has a circuit board that includes a cable connection portion. The cable connection portion is disposed on and extends along a mounting surface, and includes board pads disposed on the mounting surface within the cable connection portion. The board pads define corresponding board contact surfaces for electrical coupling with connector pads, and include a board adhesive material disposed on the corresponding board contact surfaces.
US11224117B1
An integrated heat exchanger has a heat exchanger within a circuit board. The circuit board can be a PCB having one or more electronic components coupled to its top-side surface. The conductive layers of the PCB include a first sub-set of electrically conductive interconnects and as second sub-set of electrically conductive interconnects. The first sub-set of conductive layers are electrically connected to each other and to the one or more electronic components. The second sub-set of conductive layers are electrically isolated from the first sub-set of conductive layers by intervening non-conductive layers such as prepreg. In this manner, the heat exchanger is electrically isolated from the one or more electronic components. The second sub-set of conductive layers include a dedicated top-side conductive layer to which a baseplate can be attached. The baseplate is also attached to the one or more electronic components via an electrically non-conductive gap filler.
US11224116B2
A matchless plasma source is described. The matchless plasma source includes a controller that is coupled to a direct current (DC) voltage source of an agile DC rail to control a shape of an amplified square waveform that is generated at an output of a half-bridge transistor circuit. The matchless plasma source further includes the half-bridge transistor circuit used to generate the amplified square waveform to power an electrode, such as an antenna, of a plasma chamber. The matchless plasma source also includes a reactive circuit between the half-bridge transistor circuit and the electrode. The reactive circuit has a high-quality factor to negate a reactance of the electrode. There is no radio frequency (RF) match and an RF cable that couples the matchless plasma source to the electrode.
US11224113B2
A lighting system includes a light assembly and a remote control device. The light assembly includes a plurality of lights, such as LEDS, a controller for connection to a power source and which controls the lights, and a wireless transceiver for communication with the remote control device. Additionally, the remote control device is configured to detect the light assembly, to transmit a pairing signal to the light assembly, which prompts the light assembly to generate a non-numerical code, and to pair the light assembly with the remote control device in response to input from a user at the remote control device prompted by the non-numerical code.
US11224112B2
A wall-mounted assembly may include one or more host devices which receive line voltage and generate low voltage power on one or more contacts for powering one or more modular devices. The one or more modular devices may be installed adjacent to the host device and may share a faceplate with the host device, such as a standard decorator faceplate. The modular devices may receive power from the host device via a power bus between the host device and the one or more modular devices. Further, the power bus may include a communication bus for communication between the host device and the modular devices. The faceplate may be a smart faceplate, which may include circuitry, such as a battery backup, occupancy sensing, a charging dock for a mobile phone, etc.
US11224110B2
A device management system includes a device connection portion connectable to an electric device and a movable connection portion configured to move the electric device along a duct rail provided on a ceiling of a store. The device management system includes: a connection unit attachable to the duct rail; and a management server including a control unit configured to output control information indicating an instruction of moving the connection unit along the duct rail. The control information includes a condition of detection information detected by a position detection sensor. The management unit outputs the control information in a case in which the detection information detected by the position detection sensor satisfies the condition.
US11224096B2
Example power consumption parameter configuring methods and apparatus are described. In one example method, when a core network control plane device determines a configured value of a power consumption parameter of the relay device and a configured value of a power consumption parameter of the terminal device, an expected value of the power consumption parameter of the terminal device and an expected value of the power consumption parameter of the relay device are considered. This avoids data transmission failure caused by sending data to a network side by the terminal device through the relay device when the relay device is in a sleep state.
US11224092B2
The present disclosure provides a method for resetting a medium access control (MAC) layer at user equipment (UE). The method comprises transmitting a system information request message for requesting system information to a network side through a random access procedure; and resetting the MAC layer when the system information is unsuccessfully requested. Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a corresponding apparatus.
US11224090B2
The application provides a data processing method and a related device. The method includes that: a first access network device transmits a paging message; the first access network device receives a first response message fed back by User Equipment (UE) to the paging message; and the first access network device determines to release the UE. With adoption of the embodiments of the application, a network-side device may determine whether to release the UE or not.
US11224087B2
Systems and methods for managing bi-directional communication between an external device (ED) and an implantable medical device (IMD) are provided. The method comprises receiving an active ED configuration and a request for communications parameters to be used with the active ED configuration. The method further comprises identifying a pre-existing configuration, from a collection of pre-existing configurations that match the active ED configuration, the collection of pre-existing configurations having an associated collection of predefined parameter sets. The method further determines a resultant parameter set from the collection of predefined parameter sets based on the pre-existing configuration identified and returns the resultant parameter set in connection with the request, the resultant parameter set to be utilized by the ED for bi-directional communication with the IMD.
US11224080B1
Systems and methods are provided for facilitating a discreet connection between a user and a service. A system includes a service for a user to connect to without any detectable direct contact with the service. A first reverse proxy connection is configured to receive a connection from the user to set up the discreet connection, where an invitation indicating a mechanism for accessing the first reverse proxy connection is provided to the user. Access credentials are transmitted to the user over the first reverse proxy connection, the access credentials including an address for accessing a second reverse proxy connection, the first reverse proxy connection being deleted following delivery of the access credentials. The second reverse proxy connection facilitates the discreet connection between the user and the service without any detectable direct contact with the service.
US11224075B2
Provided in the present disclosure are a method, user equipment, and a base station for controlling random access to a network. The method comprises: sending random access preambles to a base station through at least two consecutive beams, wherein the preambles carried by two adjacent beams belong to different preamble groups; receiving a random access response message sent by the base station in response to the preambles; accessing a network according to the random access response message. Employing the method for controlling the random access to a network provided in the present disclosure improves a success rate and reliability of random access to a network for user equipment in a 5G network.
US11224072B2
A method for information transmission is provided by the present disclosure. The method includes: transmitting, by a first User Equipment (UE), a first random access request to an access network entity, the first random access request carrying a first preamble and data; and receiving, by the first UE, a random access response sent by the access network entity according to the first random access request.
US11224069B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to wireless transfer of sensor information between a station (e.g., a VR headset) and an access point (e.g., a server).
US11224060B2
A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided that improves the reliability of communication between a base station and a user equipment (UE) using an unlicensed spectrum. A base station transmits an initial signal (IS) to the UE indicating communication to the UE within a Channel Occupancy Time (COT), and transmits a gap transmission during the COT over a time period following the IS and prior to transmitting the communication to the UE.
US11224059B2
A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes the UE receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) configuration including a first parameter configured with a first value and a second parameter configured with at least one second value. Each of the first value and the at least one second value indicates a number of PUSCH repetitions. The method further includes the UE receiving Downlink Control Information (DCI) on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) scheduling a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission, selecting, according to the DCI, one of the first parameter and the second parameter to determine a number of PUSCH repetitions for the PUSCH transmission, determining the number of PUSCH repetitions for the PUSCH transmission as the first value when the first parameter is selected, determining the number of PUSCH repetitions for the PUSCH transmission as one of the at least one second value indicated by the DCI when the second parameter is selected, and performing the PUSCH transmission for a number of times based on the number of PUSCH repetitions.
US11224058B2
A wireless communication device includes an aggregation circuit, a processing circuit and a transmitter. The aggregation circuit is arranged to execute an aggregation operation to generate a Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU). The processing circuit is coupled to the aggregation circuit and arranged to generate a first indicator indicating a length of the PPDU and include the first indicator into a first field in a preamble of the PPDU. The transmitter is coupled to the processing circuit and arranged to transmit the PPDU to an access point.
US11224053B2
A mobile communication device including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a first base station and a second base station. The controller communicates data traffic of an application over a first Multi-Path Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP) sub-flow with the first base station via the wireless transceiver, and determines a most suitable base station for the mobile communication device according to a machine learning model or a rule-based model. Also, the controller transfers the data traffic to be communicated over a second MPTCP sub-flow with the second base station via the wireless transceiver in response to the most suitable base station being the second base station.
US11224044B1
Various techniques are provided for spectrum allocation. A method can include receiving a message including a first maximum power setting, a second maximum power setting, and a spatial range associated with the second maximum power setting, transmitting at least one first beam within the first maximum power in a spatial range excluding the spatial range associated with the second maximum power setting, and transmitting at least one second beam within the second maximum power in the spatial range associated with the second maximum power setting.
US11224039B2
Systems and methods of sharing channel information between co-located radio nodes are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method performed by a second radio node (111, 200, 300a, b, 1111) of sharing channel information between a first radio node (101, 500, 600a, b, 1101) and the second radio node that are co-located (107) may include obtaining (403), by the second radio node, first channel information characterizing a communication channel (105a-c) between a third radio node (121, 1121) and the first radio node in a first frequency band. Further, the method may include using (405), by the second radio node, the first channel information for communication with the third radio node or a fourth radio node (123) in a second frequency band.
US11224037B2
This application provides a data transmission method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first control information sent by a network device, where the first control information is used to instruct the terminal device to receive, on a first time-frequency resource, a first transport block sent by the network device at an nth time; receiving, by the terminal device, the first transport block on the first time-frequency resource; and receiving, by the terminal device, first indication information sent by the network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate a first code block group CBG in the first transport block, and the first CBG corresponds to a second time-frequency resource during nth transmission of the first transport block, where n is an integer greater than or equal to 0.
US11224034B2
Configuring uplink control channel resources for communications in a shared radio frequency spectrum
A base station may access a channel following a successful channel access procedure. The base station may transmit an indication of a resource allocation to a user equipment (UE). The resource allocation may include an allocation of resources for subsequent communications between the base station and the UE, for example, defining a set of transmission time intervals (TTIs) during which the UE may transmit repetitions of uplink control information. The UE may also perform a channel access procedure to access the channel. The UE may transmit repetitions of the uplink control information using the set of TTIs according to the resource configuration. In some cases, the UE may stop transmitting uplink control information repetitions after a maximum number repetitions also according to the resource configuration. The base station may then receive and combine the uplink control information.
US11224027B2
Disclosed are a cell registration method and device. The method may include: when receiving a paging message of a Circuit Switched FallBack (CSFB), System Information (SI3) of a first cell is acquired, the SI3 including a first signal strength threshold of the first cell which a terminal device resides; the first cell is registered when a current signal strength of the first cell is less than the first signal strength threshold and greater than a preset cell resident signal strength threshold of the terminal device. The present disclosure can solve the problem that the Mobile Terminated call may fail in an environment where the network signal is weak, and improve the user communication experience.
US11224024B2
A wireless device is configured for use in a wireless communications network. In one embodiment, the wireless device is configured to obtain various transmission parameters associated with one or more synchronization signals (SS)-transmitted by a network node during a first time period and a second time period and determine one or more antenna configuration characteristics C of the network node operable to transmit the SS. The wireless device is further configured to determine a time Tss associated with a measurement of the SS based on the obtained parameters and the determined antenna configuration characteristics C.
US11224018B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a near field communication module; a memory; and a processor electrically connected to the near field communication module and the memory, wherein the processor may be configured to: monitor a status of the electronic device and a connection status of at least one external electronic device to the electronic device when the electronic device operates as a wireless router through the near field communication module; set the near field communication module to enter one of a plurality of predefined operating states based at least in part on the monitoring result; and set the near field communication module to enter a power saving mode when connection or disconnection of the at least one external electronic device is not detected for a predetermined time in the set one operating state. Other various embodiments, other than the various embodiments disclosed in the present invention, are possible.
