US11221622B2
A safety system can include a self-driving vehicle, a temperature detection system attached to the self-driving vehicle, and a vehicle management system configured to autonomously drive the self-driving vehicle. The self-driving vehicle can include cameras, lidar, and radar to detect objects on the road. The vehicle management system can be configured to respond to the temperature detection system detecting elevated temperatures.
US11221617B2
Systems and methods for predicting system device failure are provided. The method includes performing graph-based predictive maintenance (GBPM) to determine a trained ensemble classification model for detecting maintenance ready components that includes extracted node features and graph features. The method includes constructing, based on testing data and the trained ensemble classification model, an attributed temporal graph and the extracted node features and graph features. The method further includes concatenating the extracted node features and graph features. The method also includes determining, based on the trained ensemble classification model, a list of prediction results of components that are to be scheduled for component maintenance.
US11221594B2
A practical method for short-term operations of large-scale hydropower plants divides all hydropower plants into three categories using operation characteristics such as system hierarchy, space attributes, task requirements, and schedule particularity. A strategy for adjusting spillage based on peak-shaving response and a strategy for equal load reduction in off-peak hours check and adjust power generation of hydropower plants with specified dispatching modes. For medium- and small-sized cascaded hydropower plants, the load distribution among plants is optimized with an objective of minimizing total power release subject to control condition of total generation profile. For large-size cascaded hydropower plants, an optimization model for peak-shaving operations and a method for balancing power plants with equal load rate are combined to respond to system peak demands and guarantee power balance in all periods.
US11221593B2
A correction control method includes steps of rebuilding a fuzzy inference system, setting a maximum correction value and a minimum correction value, determining whether there is an output value to be outputted, deciding a intermediate correction value and determining whether a range of an interval between the maximum correction value and the intermediate correction value is enough to constitute the fuzzy interval of the membership function, allowing the correction unit to output the maximum correction value, the minimum correction value and the intermediate correction value, adjusting the fuzzy inference system, allowing the fuzzification unit to constitute the minimum correction value according to the output value, determining whether a range of an interval between the maximum correction value and the minimum correction value is enough to constitute the fuzzy interval, and notifying that functions of the fuzzy inference system are failed. The functionality of supervised algorithm of hidden switch is enhanced.
US11221592B2
Embodiments describing an approach to aligning multiple time series, calculating an indicator function, estimating a coefficient vector based on the indicator function, and updating the coefficient vector. Additionally, embodiments comprise determining if a change in the coefficient vector is less than a predetermined value, and responsive to determining the change in the coefficient vector is less than the predetermined value outputting a target time series for controlling aluminum smelting.
US11221591B2
In an electronic timepiece, a plurality of electric motors, a secondary battery, and a planar antenna are disposed so as not to overlap each other in a plan view when viewed in a direction perpendicular to a dial, in the plan view, a first conductive member and a second conductive member which connect a solar battery and a printed circuit board to each other are disposed in a region different from a region where the planar antenna is disposed when a plane region of the dial is divided into two regions with an imaginary straight line passing through a plane center position of the dial, and the first conductive member and the second conductive member are disposed with a space.
US11221587B2
An image forming apparatus has an airborne particle reduction structure located in an airflow passage and including a first L-shaped baffle and a second L-shaped baffle. The first L-shaped baffle and the second L-shaped baffle each include an overhang extending from a bent portion to a first end and a wind receiver extending from the bent portion to a second end. Additionally, the first end of the first L-shaped baffle and the first end of the second L-shaped baffle are both oriented toward an upstream position of the airflow passage. The second end of the first L-shaped baffle is attached to a first airflow surface of the airflow passage, and the second end of the second L-shaped baffle is attached to a second airflow surface opposing the first airflow surface and located downstream from the first L-shaped baffle.
US11221584B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus, having: a power source; a first coupling member configured to be rotated by a driving force transferred from the power source; and a cartridge including a second coupling member configured to rotate in a state of being adsorbed to the first coupling member, and a rotating member connected with the second coupling member, wherein the first coupling member has a first driving force transfer surface which is perpendicular to a rotation axis of the first coupling member, the second coupling member has a second driving force transfer surface which is perpendicular to a rotation axis of the second coupling member, and the driving force is transferred from the first coupling member to the second coupling member in a state where an adsorption force is generated mutually between the first driving force transfer surface and the second driving force transfer surface.
US11221579B2
A printer for producing a print media moving in a process direction including a print engine, a fuser, a full width array and a duplexing path. The print engine is operatively arranged to receive the print media and to apply a first dry marking material to a first surface of the print media. The fuser is arranged subsequently to the print engine in the process direction and is operatively arranged to receive the print media with the first dry marking material applied to the first surface of the print media and to fix the first dry marking material on the first surface using at least one of heat and pressure. The full width array is arranged subsequently to the fuser and is operatively arranged to obtain a first image of the first surface of the print media, the first image being used to quantify a flatness of the print media and/or image quality of the first image. The duplexing path is arranged subsequently to the full width array.
US11221572B2
An intermediate transfer belt has a first region and a second region in an outer circumferential surface thereof that is in contact with a blade. The first region has a first dynamic friction coefficient in a belt conveyance direction, and the second region has a second dynamic friction coefficient. The distance of the second region in the belt conveyance direction is less than the distance of the first region and is greater than the distance of a contact portion in which the blade is in contact with the intermediate transfer belt.
US11221558B2
[Problem to be Solved] To provide a bottom antireflective coating forming composition which can show high etching resistance and can be crosslinked even at a relatively low temperature. Further, to provide a resist pattern manufacturing method and a device manufacturing method using the same. [Solution] The bottom antireflective coating forming composition comprises: a polymer A comprising specific repeating units; a low molecular crosslinking agent having a molecular weight of 100 to 3,000; and a solvent. The resist pattern manufacturing method and the device manufacturing method using the same are also provided.
US11221554B2
An extreme ultra-violet (EUV) mask and method for fabricating the same is disclosed. For example, the EUV mask includes a substrate, a multi-layered mirror layer formed on the substrate, a metal capping layer formed on the multi-layered mirror layer, and a multi-layered absorber layer formed on the metal capping layer. The multi-layered absorber layer includes features etched into the multi-layered absorber layer to define structures on a semiconductor device.
US11221549B2
A projector includes a lens, a displacement adjusting unit, an imaging unit, a temperature sensing unit, a storage unit and a processing unit. The displacement adjusting unit is connected to the lens. The temperature sensing unit senses a current temperature. The storage unit stores a plurality of temperature ranges and a plurality of displacement variations corresponding to the temperature ranges. The processing unit receives a current image. The processing unit compares the current temperature with the temperature ranges to determine a current displacement variation corresponding to the current temperature from the displacement variations. The processing unit performs at least one of following steps according to the current displacement variation: controlling the displacement adjusting unit to adjust a displacement of the lens; adjusting a displacement of the current image on the imaging unit; and performing an image adjusting process for the current image.
US11221532B2
A display substrate includes a base substrate, and a signal line and a pixel electrode arranged on the base substrate at different layers. The display substrate further includes a first transparent conductive pattern arranged between the pixel electrode and the signal line, a portion of the first transparent conductive pattern is arranged under the pixel electrode, a first passivation layer is arranged between the first transparent conductive pattern and the signal line, a second passivation layer is arranged between the first transparent conductive pattern and the pixel electrode, and the first transparent conductive pattern is electrically connected to a common electrode line of the display substrate.
US11221516B2
A backlight module and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The backlight module includes: a light guide plate including a light incident surface, a light emergent surface, and a bottom surface opposite to the light emergent surface; a light source, disposed on a side of the light incident surface of the light guide plate, the light emitted by the light source enters the light guide plate from the light incident surface; a plurality of collimating parts, disposed on at least one of the light emergent surface of the light guide plate and the bottom surface opposite to the light emergent surface, wherein a portion of the light entering the light guide plate is collimated by the plurality of collimating parts and then emitted from the light emergent surface of the light guide plate.
US11221505B2
In a method for checking the centration of at least one spectacle lens, the spectacle lens is arranged in a field of capture of an image capturer; at least one image of the spectacle lens is captured by means of the image capturer; and positions of functional engravings of the spectacle lens in the captured image are determined. Furthermore, at least one lens contour of the at least one spectacle lens in the captured image is determined and the centration of the spectacle lens is checked taking into account the determined positions of the functional engravings, the determined lens contour and a known, wearer-dependent target geometry of the centration.
US11221497B2
A system includes a view screen with polarized output. A window capable of blocking the polarized output at least in part cloaks the view screen to frustrate viewing of the view screen through the window. In some cases, the window comprises an array of panels capable of blocking multiple polarizations. The array may disrupt multiple different polarized view screen outputs while maintaining transparency to unpolarized light. In some cases, the window capable of blocking polarized output may be paired with view screen cover that converts view screen output in an unblocked polarization to one of the one or more polarizations blocked by the window.
US11221496B2
A display module of the present disclosure includes a display module main body and a housing. The display module main body includes a first, a second display element, and a prism. The housing includes a first, and a second frame. The first frame holds the first display element in a state in which the prism is positioned between a first and a second plate portion, and in which a third plate portion is in contact with the first display element and faces a first surface, and the second frame holds the second display element in a state in which the prism is positioned between a fourth and a fifth plate portion, and in which a sixth plate portion is in contact with the second display element and faces a second surface.
US11221493B1
A virtual reality body suit assembly for participating in virtual reality includes a body suit and a plurality of body motion sensors integrated into the body suit to sense motion of respective parts of the person's body when the person wears the body suit. A personal electronic device is removably attachable to the body suit and the personal electronic device is in communication with each of the body motion sensors. Additionally, the personal electronic device is in wireless communication with a remote data server thereby facilitating the personal electronic device to communicate motion data received from the body motion sensors to a virtual reality program on the remote data server. In this way the personal electronic device facilitates the person to participate in the virtual reality program.
US11221491B2
A head mounted display is worn on a head of a user. The head mounted display includes a display device configured to display image; a casing that houses the display device; a right-eye lens and a left-eye lens attached to the casing; and an inter-lens structure disposed between the right-eye lens and the left-eye lens. The head mounted display causes the user to recognize a color of at least a part of the inter-lens structure as a color that is equal to or brighter than a skin color when the user wears the head mounted display.
US11221480B2
A small information display apparatus capable of displaying video information on a windshield as a virtual image is provided. An information display apparatus configured to display video information of a virtual image on a windshield of a conveyance includes: a liquid crystal panel arranged as a video display apparatus configured to form the video information; and a virtual image optical system provided with a windshield for displaying the virtual image at a front of the conveyance by reflecting video of the liquid crystal panel by means of the windshield. The virtual image optical system is configured by arranging a concave mirror and an optical element between the concave mirror and the video display apparatus.
US11221478B2
A MEMS scanner may include a first flexible arm extending substantially in a forward direction and a base connected to a proximal end of the first flexible arm, the base being thicker than the first flexible arm in a vertical direction. The MEMS scanner may further include a second flexible arm connected to a distal end of the first flexible arm, the second flexible arm extending substantially in a reverse direction. The MEMS scanner may further include a mirror coupled to a distal end of the second flexible arm. In one implementation, the MEMS scanner may be a non-resonant scanner.
US11221475B2
A coverslip for cell culture, capable of achieving seamless adhesion between the coverslip for cell culture and a target culture device, so as to solve the technical problem that cell suspension flows into gaps between the coverslip and a culture dish. Moreover, the coverslip for cell culture has exquisite structure, and is easy to carry out batch experiment and comparison. The coverslip is flake-like with upper and lower surfaces being parallel to each other, and comprises: a coverslip substrate (1) and sub-coverslips (2); the coverslip substrate (1) is provided with at least N hollowed-out parts (11); the sub-coverslips (2) are fixedly connected in the hollowed-out parts (11) by means of M fragile connecting pieces (3), wherein both N and M are natural numbers which are not related to each other.
US11221461B2
Methods and systems for tracking focus of an adjustable variable focus lens-based imaging system are disclosed. An example method includes identifying an initial focus position of an adjustable variable focus lens assembly and determining focusing parameters corresponding to that focus position. The focusing parameters are compared to a lens behavior model and a new, compensated focus position of the lens assembly is determined correcting for changes in lens assembly performance. A small window focusing sweep range, between forward and aft positions, may also be adjusted based on the lens behavior model to better identify the compensated focus position.
US11221458B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device according to the present disclosure includes an optical system for generating light to implement an image and a display part for emitting the light provided from the optical system. The optical system includes an image source panel, a first projection lens for projecting light provided from the image source panel onto the display part, a second projection lens for projecting the light provided from the image source panel to the display part, wherein the second projection lens has a angle of view wider than a angle of view of the first projection lens, and a position changing part for switching positions of the first projection lens and the second projection lens to selectively match the first projection lens and the second projection lens to a path of the light provided from the image source panel. The electronic device of the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to a 5G service, and the like.
US11221453B2
A cable management structure for holding cable holders in a telecommunications equipment cabinet includes a base, a first pair of sidewalls extending from the base, and a ramp terminating in a shoulder at each end of each sidewall. The first pair of sidewalls define a space for holding one or more cable holders, and the shoulder of each sidewall prevents a cable holder from sliding out of the space once the cable holder is inserted between the first pair of sidewalls.
US11221452B2
A transimpedance amplifier and photodiode that has a bias voltage node established at a bias voltage and a ground node/plane that connects, over a short distance as compared to the prior art, to a photodiode and a transimpedance amplifier. The photodiode is in a substrate and configured to receive and convert an optical signal to an electrical current. The photodiode has an anode terminal and a cathode terminal which is connected to the bias voltage node. One or more capacitors in or on the substrate and connected between the bias node and the ground node. The transimpedance amplifier has an input connected to the anode terminal of the photodiode and an output that presents a voltage representing the optical signal to an output path. The transimpedance amplifier and the photodiode are both electrically connected in a flip chip configuration and the ground plane creates a coplanar waveguide.
US11221447B1
Cantilevered waveguides suspended above an air cavity in an underlying substrate are described. The waveguide is formed by patterning a waveguide layer in some embodiments, and the air cavity is formed by etching the substrate beneath the waveguide. The topside of the air cavity may be sealed by filling the openings used to etch the cavity with a sealant, such as optical epoxy. In some embodiments, the waveguide is a facet coupler, positioned at a chip facet.
US11221445B2
The invention relates to a supercontinuum light source comprising a microstructured optical fiber and a pump light source. The microstructured optical fiber comprises a core and a cladding region surrounding the core, as well as a first fiber length section, a second fiber length section and an intermediate fiber length section between said first and second fiber length sections. The first fiber length section comprises a core with a first characteristic core diameter. The second fiber length section comprises a core with a second characteristic core diameter, smaller than said first characteristic core diameter, where said second characteristic core diameter is substantially constant along said second fiber length section. The intermediate length section of the optical fiber comprises a core which is tapered from said first characteristic core diameter to said second characteristic core diameter over a tapered length.
US11221443B2
A backlight module. Heat sinks fill gaps between the light sources and the reflective sheet, which greatly improves the heat dissipation efficiency. Current backlight module has no space for a heat sink due to the limitation of the structure space. The invention provides a heat dissipation performance of the backlight module by optimizing to find a relatively unique position to place the heat dissipation material. The invention can effectively and quickly dissipate heat of a light emitting diode (LED) lamp to avoid problems such as reliability analysis (RA) test fluctuations.
US11221442B2
A backlight structure is provided in embodiments of the disclosure, including: a base plate; a light guide plate, on a surface of the base plate at a side thereof and having a plurality of through-holes passing therethrough; a plurality of LED chips, on a surface of the base plate at the same side as the light guide plate, each of the plurality of LED chips being located in one-to-one correspondence within one of the plurality of through-holes of the light guide plate; a fluorescent powder filler filling the plurality of through-holes; a plurality of reflecting elements, on a first surface of the light guide plate facing away from the base plate, respectively, and covering the plurality of through-holes which open outwards at the first surface of the light guide plate, respectively; and a plurality of light extracting structures, on the first surface of the light guide plate, respectively, and configured to guide light to exit therefrom.
US11221440B2
A system for illuminating medical tubes is disclosed. The system includes an optical fiber secured to and extending along a length of a medical tube, and a light source configured to transmit a light through the optical fiber. The system further includes a controller in communication with the light source, and configured to control the light source. Additionally, the system includes an optical junction having a first input configured to secure a portion of medical tubing, a second input configured to receive and direct the light from the light source to the optical fiber, and an output configured to secure the optical fiber and the medical tube. The first input and the output are fluidly connected via the optical junction. The light illuminates the medical tubing via the optical fiber.
US11221438B2
A polarizing film including a polarizing layer, a reversed wavelength dispersion quarter waveguide (QWP) disposed on the polarizing layer, and a light-absorbing layer disposed on the polarizing layer, in which the light-absorbing layer includes a light absorber to absorb light having a wavelength in a range of about 380 nm to about 430 nm.
US11221432B2
Changes to interpreted horizons in a subsurface representation are propagated to synthetic horizons in the subsurface representation by maintaining relative distances between the synthetic horizons and interpreted horizons. Distance ratios of synthetic horizons between interpreted horizons are applied to changed interpreted horizons to derive new locations of synthetic horizons.
US11221429B2
Devices and processes provide for geophysical oil, gas, or mineral prospecting and subsurface fluid monitoring, using a controlled source electromagnetic system that transmits a designed probe wave to create images of sub-surface structures and fluids either statically or while in motion.
US11221425B1
A method for building a three dimensional (3D) model of a subsurface formation includes selecting, from a set of seismic shots, a plurality of first arrival signals representing the seismic shots. The method includes applying a quality control function to the plurality of first arrival signals to obtain a set of remaining first arrival signals. For each remaining first arrival signals, the method includes applying a velocity inversion function to obtain a depth velocity value at a common-midpoint (CMP) location in a shot gather including the seismic shot associated with that remaining first arrival signal, the CMP location representing a lateral variation of the shot gather including that seismic shot. The method includes, based on the depth velocity value for the seismic shot associated with each remaining first arrival signal, generating a velocity model representing the 3D model of the subsurface formation.
US11221421B2
A radiation detector includes a flexible substrate, plural pixels provided on the substrate and each including a photoelectric conversion element, a scintillator stacked on the substrate and including plural columnar crystals, and a bending suppression member configured to suppress bending of the substrate. The bending suppression member has a rigidity that satisfies R≥L−r/tan Φ+4r·{(L−r/tan Φ)2−(d/2)2}1/2/d, wherein L is an average height of the columnar crystals, r is an average radius of the columnar crystals, d is an average interval between the columnar crystals, Φ is an average tip angle of the columnar crystals, and R is a radius of curvature of bending occurring in the substrate due to the weight of the scintillator.
US11221413B2
Generally, the disclosed systems and methods implement improved detection of objects in three-dimensional (3D) space. More particularly, an improved 3D object detection system can exploit continuous fusion of multiple sensors and/or integrated geographic prior map data to enhance effectiveness and robustness of object detection in applications such as autonomous driving. In some implementations, geographic prior data (e.g., geometric ground and/or semantic road features) can be exploited to enhance three-dimensional object detection for autonomous vehicle applications. In some implementations, object detection systems and methods can be improved based on dynamic utilization of multiple sensor modalities. More particularly, an improved 3D object detection system can exploit both LIDAR systems and cameras to perform very accurate localization of objects within three-dimensional space relative to an autonomous vehicle. For example, multi-sensor fusion can be implemented via continuous convolutions to fuse image data samples and LIDAR feature maps at different levels of resolution.
US11221400B2
A photomultiplier pixel cell includes a photon detector coupled to detect an incident photon. A quenching circuit is coupled to quench an avalanche current in the photon detector. An enable circuit is coupled to the photon detector to enable and disable the photon detector in response to an enable signal. A buffer circuit is coupled to the photon detector to generate a digital output signal having a pulse width interval in response to the avalanche current triggered in the photon detector. A first one of a plurality of inputs of a digital-to-analog converter is coupled to the buffer circuit to receive a digital output signal. The digital-to-analog converter is coupled to generate an analog output signal having a magnitude that is responsive to a total number of digital output signals received concurrently within the pulse width interval at each one of the plurality of inputs of the digital-to-analog converter.
US11221398B2
A device may include a test signal generator and a receive antenna input. The device may include a switchable impedance matching circuit, coupled to the test signal generator and to a receive chain, to cause an impedance matching between the test signal generator and a component of the receive chain to be increased during a monitoring phase. The impedance matching during the monitoring phase enables one or more measurements based on a test signal generated by the test signal generator. The switchable impedance matching circuit may cause a partial impedance mismatching between the test signal generator and the component of the receive chain during a verification phase associated with verifying a return of the switchable impedance matching circuit to an impedance matching caused during the operational phase. The device may include a control circuit to verify operation of the returning of the switchable impedance matching circuit in the verification phase.
US11221394B2
Techniques and apparatuses are described that enable radar attenuation mitigation. To improve radar performance, characteristics of an attenuator and/or properties of a radar signal are determined to reduce attenuation of the radar signal due to the attenuator and enable a radar system to detect a target located on an opposite side of the attenuator. These techniques are beneficial in situations in which the attenuator is unavoidably located between the radar system and a target, either due to integration within other electronic devices or due to an operating environment. These techniques save power and cost by reducing the attenuation without increasing transmit power or changing material properties of the attenuator.
US11221391B2
An apparatus for indicating a direction of a radio transmission is described. The apparatus includes at least one vector detection device including two or more antennas and an attenuating material between at least one of the antennas and a source of a radio transmission. The attenuating material is arranged to vary an amount of attenuation with an angle of the source with respect to at least one of the antennas. The apparatus is configured to generate a signal indicating a direction of the radio transmission by comparing received signal strengths from the two or more antennas.
US11221389B2
A method is disclosed that includes obtaining one or more pieces of radio measurements; determining one or more radio nodes that enable one or more mobile devices a respective positioning; and maintaining a database comprising information identifying the determined one or more radio nodes. A corresponding apparatus, computer-readable storage medium and system are also disclosed.
US11221387B2
Automatically determining a correction factor for producing MR images includes outputting a first readout gradient along a readout dimension, reading out a first MR signal from a subject during the output of the first readout gradient, and specifying a second readout gradient having a theoretically identical gradient moment to the first readout gradient. A temporal waveform that differs from a temporal waveform of the first readout gradient is specified for the second readout gradient. The second readout gradient is output along the readout dimension. A second MR signal is read out from the subject during the output of the second readout gradient. A first extent of a representation of the subject is determined based on the first MR signal. A second extent of a representation of the subject is determined based on the second MR signal. A correction factor is obtained from a ratio between the first and second extents.
US11221383B2
A magnetic resonance coil and a magnetic resonance imaging system using the same are provided. The magnetic resonance coil may include an antenna, an amplifier, and a protective circuit. The antenna may be configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal emitted from an object. The antenna may not resonate with the RF signal. The amplifier operably coupled to the antenna configured to amplify the RF signal. The protective circuit may be configured to protect the antenna and the amplifier.
US11221382B2
A pediatric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided. The pediatric MRI system includes a radio frequency (RF) coil configured to image a portion of a patient. The pediatric MRI system also includes a cryo-cooling mechanism operatively coupled to the RF coil. The cryo-cooling mechanism is configured to maintain a temperature of the RF coil within a prescribed temperature range.
US11221381B2
A measurement device includes a microwave generator, an electron spin resonance member, and an observation system. The microwave generator is configured to generate a microwave. The microwave is configured for an electron spin quantum operation based on a Rabi oscillation. The microwave generator has a coil configured to emit the microwave and an electrostatic capacitance member electrically connected in parallel to the coil. The microwave is irradiated to the electron spin resonance member. The observation system is configured to measure a physical quantity in a measured field in response to a state of the electron spin resonance member when the electron spin resonance member is irradiated by the microwave. The electrostatic capacitance member is directly connected to the coil or is arranged between the coil and an electric element that is electrically connected to the coil.
US11221376B2
A load bank for testing power sources includes a load resistor assembly having a plurality of resistors which can be switched between wye and delta configurations for testing a variety of voltages and power sources requiring various load applications. First and second power connections are connected with primary and redundant power sources and a relay alternately connects the first and second power connections with the load resistor assembly for alternately testing the primary and redundant power sources while maintaining the sources electrically isolated. A damper is arranged adjacent the load resistor assembly and is operable between an open position which permits cold air to be delivered to the load resistor assembly to cool the assembly when the load bank is operating and a closed position which prevents hot air from being recirculated when the load bank is not operating.
US11221374B2
A method for checking defects in a lithium ion secondary battery includes primarily charging and degassing the lithium ion secondary battery after manufacture of the secondary battery, secondarily charging and discharging the secondary battery and then measuring one or more of OCVs and IRs of lithium ion secondary battery cells; pressurizing and aging the secondary battery by aging the secondary battery in a state in which a pressure of a designated magnitude or more is applied to the secondary battery, and checking whether or not the secondary battery cells are defective by re-measuring the one or more of OCVs and IRs of the secondary battery cells and then comparing the re-measured one or more of the OCVs and the IRs to the previously measured one or more of the OCVs and the IRs.
US11221366B2
Methods and software for electrochemical energy storage management including operation, planning, and valuation. The decision objective for operation is to maximize the total/remaining life-cycle benefit of electrochemical energy storage, subject to degradation and other operational constraints. The operational decisions are both short term and long term, to address the intertemporal trade-offs brought by degradation issues. Two metrics are proposed for operational and planning decisions respectively: marginal benefit of usage and average benefit of usage. A sample algorithm is provided to solve the multi-timescale optimization problem.
US11221358B2
Provided is an electronic device inspection apparatus that suppresses cost increase. A prober is provided with a stage on which a carrier or a wafer is placed. The stage is provided with a stage cover on which the carrier is placed, a cooling unit in contact with the stage cover, and an LED irradiation unit facing the carrier across the stage cover and the cooling unit. Each of the stage cover and the cooling unit is formed of light-transmitting material. A light-transmitting coolant flows in a coolant flow path in the cooling unit. The LED irradiation unit has a plurality of LEDs oriented to the carrier. The carrier is formed of a glass substrate having a substantially disk-like shape. A plurality of electronic devices is arranged on a surface of the carrier at predetermined intervals.
US11221355B2
Methods and systems for compensating display panel operations providing a current from power circuitry over a first path between a display panel and the power circuitry are provided. A sensing current may be injected into the first path via a second path between the power circuitry and the first path. An equivalent series resistance (ESR) of the first path may be calculated using a third path and the sensing current. A processor may compensate for electrical fluctuations from the power circuitry to the display panel based at least in part on the measured ESR.
US11221351B2
A probe card device includes a probe head including a plurality of pins, wherein each of the pins includes a body, a first metal layer formed on the body, and a second metal layer covering the first metal layer; a multi-layered flexible board electrically connected to the pins; a support plate, the multi-layered flexible board disposed on a first surface of the support plate; and a circuit board electrically connected to the multi-layered flexible board.
US11221338B2
The invention relates to a method to evaluate mass spectrometry data for the analysis of peptides from biological samples, particularly MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry data, comprising the following steps: a) provide expected mass defects; b) determine measured mass defects, i.e. the mass defects resulting from the mass spectrometry data; c) compare the measured mass defects with the expected mass defects.
US11221337B2
A method comprising the steps of: (a) collecting a stool sample with the analyte and transferring a defined amount of stool sample into a prepared vessel having a sieve filter and a predetermined amount of extraction solution; (b) suspending and extracting the stool sample in the extraction solution so that the analyte goes into solution; (c) filtering the extraction solution through the sieve filter and transferring a defined amount of extraction solution to a cellulosic fibrous web having predetermined absorbency; (d) rapid drying of the extraction solution on the cellulose fibrous web at ambient temperature by the capillary action of the fibrous web, wherein the fibrous web with the sample extraction solution represents a storage and transport form stable over days and weeks, on which analyte and digestive enzymes are physically separated from each other; (e) collecting and extracting the analyte from the fibrous web in a predetermined amount of assay buffer; (f) separating the fibrous web from the assay buffer with the analyte; and (g) quantitatively or qualitatively determining the analyte in the assay buffer.
US11221329B2
Provided are methods for treating and/or reducing the symptoms of a neurological or neurodevelopmental disease or disorder characterized by ectopic expression of certain ion channels, in particular, the Nav1.8 subtype SCN10a sodium channel, or the KCNQ1 potassium channel, in neuronal cells of the central nervous system (CNS) of a subject by administering to a subject in need an antagonist of one or both of these ion channels, and in particular, an antagonist of SCN10a, to block, reduce, or suppress the aberrant CNS neuronal ion channel expression and/or activity and normalize behavioral and cognitive defects associated with the neurological and neurodevelopmental disease or disorder, so as to treat and/or reduce the symptoms of the neurological or neurodevelopmental disease or disorder. Examples of such diseases or disorders that may be treated by the described methods include, for example, Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome (PTHS), autism, autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, 18q syndrome and the like.
US11221304B2
A method for measuring the stress of a concave section of a test subject which comprises a metal and has a surface and a concave section, the method including: a detection step for detecting, using a two-dimensional detector, a diffraction ring of diffracted X-rays which is formed by causing X-rays to be incident on the concave section and to be diffracted by the concave section; and a calculation step for calculating the stress of the concave section on the basis of the detection results during the detection step. Therein, the detection step involves causing X-rays to be incident on each of a plurality of sites inside the concave section of the test subject, and detecting, using a two-dimensional detector, the diffraction ring formed by the diffraction of the X-rays by the concave section.
US11221303B2
A radiation capturing system includes the following. A radiation source, a plurality of gratings, and a radiation detector, are provided aligned in a radiation irradiating axis direction. A Talbot interferometer or a Talbot-Lau interferometer captures a moire fringe image for generating a reconstructed image. A low visibility capturing unit performs capturing of the moire fringe image with visibility of a moire fringe reduced more than in capturing of the moire fringe image for generating the reconstructed image. A generating unit generates an absorptive image based on the moire fringe image captured by the low visibility capturing unit.
US11221298B2
Embodiments of the invention provide an improved biosensor for biological or chemical analysis. According to embodiments of the invention, backside illumination (BSI) complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors can be used to effectively analyze and measure fluorescence or chemiluminescence of a sample. This measured value can be used to help identify a sample. Embodiments of the invention also provide methods of manufacturing an improved biosensor for biological or chemical analysis and systems and methods of DNA sequencing.
US11221288B2
Various embodiments described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for detecting fluid particles and their characteristics. In various embodiments, a device for detecting fluid particles and their characteristics may comprise a lens free holographic microscope configured to collect fluid particles via inertial impaction. In various embodiments, the collection media may be replaceable within the apparatus. In various embodiments, the impactor nozzle may be selectively configured to avoid optical reflections and scattering from illumination light passing through the nozzle. Various embodiments are directed to a collection media assembly for receiving particles from a volume of fluid within a fluid composition sensor. A collection media assembly may comprise a collection media, an orifice, a seal engagement portion and a frame element configured to facilitate the serial use of a plurality of collection media assemblies within a fluid composition sensor.
US11221281B2
Provided is a heat treatment device for slide specimen testing, and the heat treatment device mainly includes a container, a base, a heater, a liquid outlet, a liquid inlet, a controller and a thermocouple. When such device is used together with devices such as a slide cover plate and a slide rack, a large amount of slide specimens can be carried out steps of reagent loading, cleaning, heat treatment, temperature maintaining and drying inside one same device, especially multi-step operations such as an immunohistochemical testing, an original hybrid gene testing, and other protein testing, DNA nucleotide and gene testing on the slide specimen. All testing on the slide specimen is enabled to be performed in one same device from the beginning to the end, guaranteeing that all slide specimens are completely covered by the reagent from the beginning to the end, and all slide specimens are carried out the heat treatment at a uniform temperature. The operation procedures are simplified, and reliability and repeatability of slide specimen processing are enhanced.
US11221280B2
The invention provides a method of preparing a biological tissue sample and a method of observing a biological tissue section sample that enable stereoscopic observation of a biological tissue easily and rapidly without destroying a biological tissue piece. The method of observing a biological tissue sample according to the invention is a method in which stereoscopic morphology of a biological tissue sample is observed, and the method includes: cutting out a sample having a thickness of 15 to 50 μm from a sample block obtained by fixing, dehydrating, and paraffin-embedding a sample cut out from a biological tissue; transferring the sample to a surface-treated slide glass; stretching the sample on the slide glass; performing deparaffinization processing; then, staining the sample with a heavy metal-based staining agent; and observing the stained sample with a scanning electron microscope.
US11221278B2
A sample collection device for extended reach sampling includes a rod and a cup, which is selectively couplable to a first end of the rod. The rod is configured to be grasped, proximate to a second end, in a hand of a user, positioning the user to position the cup in a source stream to collect a sample.
US11221277B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a test stand for the simulation of the vibration behavior of a vehicle. The test stand comprises a receiving element for contacting with a vehicle and an excitation system for the application of excitation frequencies. The excitation system comprises a main actuator system with at least one movable main actuator and an additional actuator system with at least one movable additional actuator, the additional actuator system being connected to the main actuator system.
US11221275B2
A bearing gap measuring device can measure a gap of a bearing to judge whether the bearing is damaged. The bearing gap measuring device includes: a pressure generating device configured to selectively supply a positive pressure and a negative pressure, which have a certain pressure, to an interior of a cylinder; and a displacement measuring device penetrating a cylinder head and applying a force to pull or push a piston by a sequential generation of a positive pressure and a negative pressure in the cylinder. In particular, the displacement measuring device includes a probe rod to contact with an upper face of the piston such that the probe rod is moved in a longitudinal direction to measure a height change amount of the piston.
US11221274B1
The application discloses a light scattering parameter measurement system and its measurement method. Dual-frequency scattering interference technology is adopted to obtain distributed measurement of Rayleigh scattering parameters in an optical fiber. The Rayleigh scattering coefficient r and phase retardance θ are modulated on different components of the interference signal respectively by using the dual-frequency interference technology. The Rayleigh scattering coefficient r and phase retardance θ can be decoupled by simple filtering, to obtain separate measurements. A linear stretch is applied to the optical fiber under test, to add uniform phase change signals at all positions of the optical fiber under test. As a result, the term containing only Rayleigh scattering coefficient r can be extracted by low-pass filtering. The direct measurement of Rayleigh scattering parameters is of great significance to fundamental and application researches related to Rayleigh scattering of optical fiber.
US11221270B2
An apparatus and method for detecting slow leaks in a pressurized fluid environment is disclosed herein. The apparatus is a combination of elements including a flow sensor, electronic memory, and electronic processor. The apparatus is positioned in the flow stream of fluid or other type of fluid. The apparatus is positioned downstream of a primary fluid supply source, but upstream of potential slow leak areas. The method analyzes flow change events to determine whether a slow leak is present or if normal water usage is occurring.
US11221259B2
A temperature computing parameter providing circuit, configured to generate sensing voltage values and calibrated voltage values as temperature computing parameters for a target electronic device, including: a parameter computing circuit, configured to compute a reference voltage, which is a cross voltage of a reference resistor coupled to the target electronic device in series, to generate a reference voltage value, and to compute the sensing voltage, which is a cross voltage of the target electronic device, to generate the sensing voltage value; a reference temperature sensing circuit, configured to sense a current reference temperature of the reference resistor; and a computing circuit, configured to calibrate the reference voltage value to generate the calibrated voltage value according to a calibrating function and the current reference temperature. The calibrating function corresponds to a resistance-temperature variation function.
US11221242B1
A system and related method for precisely monitoring fluid or gas flows, comprising: a flow meter comprising a mechanical metering component; the mechanical metering component comprising a ferrous material; a three-axis magnetic field sensor for sensing fluctuations of a magnetic field arising from movements of the ferrous material, and specifically, for sensing a magnetic field vector of the magnetic field; computer processing for receiving data from the magnetic field sensor and storing magnetic field behavior data representing time behavior of the magnetic field vector in three space dimensions; calibration programming for analyzing and learning a magnetic signature of the meter; programming for storing a unique calibration pattern of the magnetic signature representing baseline behaviors thereof; and comparison programming for comparing behaviors of the magnetic field during operation with the calibrated baseline behaviors and thereby deducing flows which are occurring during operation as a function of time under various conditions.
US11221241B2
A measurement processing device includes: a storage section; a first obtaining section configured to obtain a first signal which is outputted from a first device and indicates a measurement result of measurement of a measurement target object; a temporary storage section configured to store the first signal obtained by the first obtaining section; a second obtaining section configured to obtain a second signal which is outputted from a second device and indicates (i) a position of the measurement target object or (ii) an amount of change which is in accordance with the position of the measurement target object, the second device being different from the first device; a storage control section configured to cause the storage section to store measurement information in which the second signal which has been obtained is associated with the first signal which has been stored in the temporary storage section; and an output control section configured to output, to a control device, at least one measurement information among the measurement information stored in the storage section.
US11221237B2
In an absolute encoder, a system of linear equations is built based on the mathematical analysis that each phase-delayed displacement signal from a plurality of position sensors placed at certain electrical phase angle positions in a 360° electrical cycle contains a component of its two orthogonal displacement signals, sin(θ) and cos(θ). The two orthogonal displacement signals are optimally obtained by solving the system of linear equations based on the principle that the sum of all other tap's signals other than own tap's signal is forced to be zero at each tap, which is essentially applying the zero-force (ZF) equalization to the phase-delayed sinusoidal or square wave displacement signals of position sensors. By applying the ZF equalization to distortion-prone raw signals of a plurality of position sensors, signal components, other than the two orthogonal displacement signals, are eliminated and distortion-minimized optimal two orthogonal displacement signals are synthesized.
US11221235B2
A position sensor for sensing position or motion, includes: a ferrite core, and a sensor coil configured to provide a sensor signal. The sensor coil is implemented on a printed circuit board, and the ferrite core is configured to be fitted into the printed circuit board.
US11221226B2
A passing gate determining device including: an information acquirer configured to acquire a status of vehicles in front of gates in a place in which a plurality of gates are aligned; and a gate selector configured to select a gate through which a vehicle is to pass among the plurality of gates on the basis of the status acquired by the information acquirer.
US11221217B1
An augmented-reality system is combined with a surveying system to make measurement and/or layout at a construction site more efficient. A reflector can be mounted to a wearable device having an augmented-reality system. A total station can be used to track a reflector, and truth can be transferred to the wearable device while an obstruction is between the total station and the reflector. Further, a target can be used to orient a local map of a wearable device to an environment based on a distance between the target and the wearable device.
US11221214B2
A distance sensor (1) for estimating a distance to a surface (OS) of an object (O), the distance sensor including a micro electric mechanical system (MEMS) (5), a detection means (30) and a processing device (40). The MEMS comprises a MEMS device (10) having a surface (12), denoted as MEMS sensor surface, to be arranged opposite the surface (OS) of said object (O) and a MEMS driver (20) for generating an ac driving signal to cause the MEMS sensor surface (12) to vibrate. The detection means (30) is to determine a value of a property of a dynamic behavior of the MEMS (5) and the processing device (40) is to estimate an average distance (h) as a measured distance (D2) between the MEMS sensor surface (12) and the surface (Os) of the object (O) based on the determined value for said property.
US11221213B2
An augmented reality AR system and method for a retail experience include a waveguide apparatus that includes a planar waveguide and at least one optical diffraction element The AR retail system and method recognizes user location in a retail establishment, retrieves data corresponding to the retail establishment and generates virtual content relating to the retail establishment based on the retrieved data. The AR retail system and method creates a virtual user interface in a user's field of view. Virtual content is displayed on the virtual user interface while the user is engaged in retail activity and may be based on user input. The AR retail system and method may provide entertainment, facilitate the shopping experience, offer virtual coupons, render games based on locations throughout a store or based on a shopping list, provide information about food choices such as calorie counts, and identify metadata associated with items.
US11221212B2
A laser-based measurement device includes a motor comprising a hollow shaft. The laser-based measurement device also includes a laser transmitter disposed in the hollow shaft. The laser-based measurement device also includes an optical device disposed at the motor. The motor is configured to drive the optical device to rotate. The optical device is configured to guide a laser beam transmitted by the laser transmitter out of the hollow shaft, or to guide the laser beam reflected by an external environment into the hollow shaft.
US11221209B2
A method for sensing a parameter of an environment surrounding an optical fiber comprises performing a distributed analysis of one or more guided acoustic wave Brillouin scattering (GAWBS) processes taking place therein. This distributed analysis may be performed by spatially mapping a spectral linewidth of a GAWBS coefficient along the optical fiber.
US11221203B1
In one aspect, a magnetic field sensor includes a magnetic field sensing element configured to detect changes in a magnetic field caused by a target and an encoder configured to process signals originating from the magnetic field element. The encoder is configured to generate a first output signal and a second output signal. In a non-fault state, the first and second output signals are 90 electrical degrees out of phase from one another, and in a fault state, the first and second output signals are in phase with each other.
US11221196B2
A vehicle for detecting and neutralizing an incendiary object comprises a detecting device configured to mount at fore-end of the vehicle is disclosed. The detecting device comprises: one or more platforms configured to be mounted at the fore end of the vehicle. The one or more platforms are located proximal to the ground surface such that they hover over the ground surface at a predetermined distance. A plurality of sensors wherein each of the plurality of sensors mounted on the at least one of the one or more platforms for capturing information related to the incendiary object. A neutralizing device interfaced with the detecting device, wherein the neutralizing device comprises: a neutralizing arm member which actuates in one or more directions for handling and neutralizing the incendiary object based on the information related to the incendiary object. An annihilator device equipped with the neutralizing device to annihilate the incendiary object.
US11221195B2
A method is proposed for protecting a vehicle (2) from a threat (3), in which the threat (3) is recognized as such, preferably classified and a countermeasure (11) is implemented against the threat (3). For this purpose, a new overall situation resulting therefrom, consisting at least of a new wind direction and wind speed, as well as the direction of the threat and the threat distance, is calculated for every change of course and voyage. The calculated course and journey changes are displayed, in which a countermeasure to protect the vehicle can still be successfully implemented. The calculation takes into account at least wind data, threat type and threat direction. Furthermore, at least the vehicle's own data should be taken into account.
US11221194B2
An integrated architecture and its associated sensors and processing software subsystems are defined and developed allowing a conventional unguided bullet to be transformed into a guided bullet without the use of an on-board inertial measurement unit (IMU). Some important SW components of the present disclosure include a target state estimator (TSE); a bullet state estimator (BSE); Multi-Object Tracking and Data Association; NTS GL; and a Data Link. Pre-conversion of two angles and range information of an OI sensor from spherical coordinates into Cartesian coordinates eliminates the Jacobian dependency in the H matrix for the BSE, thus increasing the miss distance performance accuracy of the bullet target engagement system.
US11221190B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a bow and a method for reducing torque. An exemplary bow includes a riser having a pair of limbs having a string assembly operably coupled to each one of the pair of limbs, the riser with the pair of limbs operable to maintain a tension in the string assembly. The bow further includes a handle, the handle having a ball joint maintained in the handle operable to rotate relative to the handle, wherein the handle is rotatably affixed to the riser at the ball joint free floating bow including a riser having two ends, and a pair of limbs, each extending from one end of the riser.
US11221189B1
A method of firearm sound and flash suppression, and a device to facilitate that method, by preventing a plurality of solid propellant particles from suspending, and separating solid propellant particles from suspension, within a plurality of gases ejected from a firearm muzzle. The method comprises temporarily detaining the solid propellant particles to burn within the device while allowing gases to flow through and exit the device with minimal turbulence and resistance. The method and the device allow the bullet to move away from the propellant solids and gases, thereby minimizing the effects of asymmetrical forces produced by the propellant solids and gases. The device comprises a plurality of features that are organized in a manner to direct the flow of gases exiting said device in a direction co-linear to the path of the bullet.
US11221182B2
Embodiments described herein relate to a heat exchanger for abating compounds produced in semiconductor processes. When hot effluent flows into the heat exchanger, a coolant can be flowed to walls of a heat exchanging surface within the heat exchanger. The heat exchanging surface can be a curved shaped which creates a multi stage cross flow path for the hot effluent to flow down the heat exchanger. This flow path forces the hot effluent to hit the cold walls of the heat exchanging surface, significantly cooling the effluent and preventing it from flowing directly into the vacuum pumps and causing heat damage. Embodiments described herein also relate to methods of forming a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger can be created by sequentially depositing layers of thermally conductive material on surfaces using 3-D printing, creating a much smaller foot print and reducing costs.
US11221175B1
A liner hanger includes a body wall, a first hook wall, a second hook wall, a brace wall, and an abutment wall. The body wall includes a first face and a second face. The second face is on an opposite side of the body wall relative to the first face. The first hook wall is mounted to the first face of the body wall to form a first hook channel. The second hook wall is mounted to the second face of the body wall to form a second hook channel. The brace wall includes a first end and a second end. The second end is on an opposite end of the brace wall relative to the first end. The first end is mounted to the first face of the body wall. The abutment wall is mounted to the second end of the brace wall.
US11221171B2
A refrigerated logistics box, consisting of a box, is configured with a plurality of thermal insulating layers and temperature equalization plates. Cooling liquid is caused to enter the interior of the box to maintain a cold temperature therein for a period of time, or a refrigeration device provides the box with a cold source, which continuously transmits cold to the interior of the box, and cooling liquid inside the box is caused to flow back into the refrigeration device to repeat the cooling process. Such a cyclic cooling process maintains the temperature set for the interior of the box.
US11221163B2
An evaporator for use in a refrigeration system includes one or more Coanda evaporation chambers having an integrated, internal expansion device. The internal expansion device is a linear atomization tube having a plurality of ejection holes arranged in a series of spiral rows. Liquid refrigerant introduced into the linear atomization to is ejected onto the inner wall of the Coanda evaporation chamber, covering it completely with a thin layer of liquid refrigerant. Liquid refrigerant is fed to the linear atomization device in a series of rapid pulses.
US11221159B2
A method of controlling a ceiling type air conditioner including a panel located on a ceiling surface, outlets formed at positions corresponding to four sides of the panel, a first vane group for opening and closing the outlets located at two opposing sides, and a second vane group for opening and closing the outlets located at the other two opposing sides includes performing a dynamic airflow mode in which an indoor temperature reaches a set temperature by controlling rotation angles of the first vane group and the second vane group, and calculating a pleasant airflow index Y for determining a pleasant feeling of a user at the set temperature. The pleasant airflow index is calculated using the indoor temperature, the rotation angle of the first vane group or the second vane group, an air volume, a distance from a floor surface and an airflow position as variables.
US11221151B2
The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) unit having a refrigerant circuit including a heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and a compressor. The heat exchanger includes a first coil and a second coil packaged in a common support structure. The HVAC unit further has a flow control system configured to direct refrigerant flow to the first coil from the expansion valve in a cooling mode of the HVAC unit and to the first coil from the compressor in a reheat mode of the HVAC unit, and configured to direct refrigerant flow to the second coil from the expansion valve in both the cooling mode and the reheat mode of the HVAC unit.
US11221148B1
A table (1) comprises a table top (4), a heating appliance (3), and a heating appliance holder (2) holding the heating appliance (3). The heating appliance holder (2) comprises a holder main body (7) and a table top holder (8) for holding the table top (4), the table top holder (8) being spaced apart from the holder main body (7) by at least one gap (20).
US11221141B2
A turbomachine includes a combustion chamber with a radially extending downstream flange at its downstream end. A distributor is disposed downstream of the combustion chamber and includes a platform from which at least one vane extends radially. The platform has an upstream edge extending radially and delimiting, with the downstream flange disposed opposite, a gap opening into the combustion chamber at its radially inner end and closed at its radially outer end by sealing means fixed to the distributor. The downstream flange of the combustion chamber has at least one rectilinear cooling orifice passing through the flange and opening into the gap opposite the platform of the distributor.
US11221132B1
Provided is a cordless lamp including a housing, a light-emitting module, a switch, a button assembly, and a power supply. The housing defines a mounting cavity, and a sidewall of the mounting cavity is provided with a fitting hole. The light-emitting module is arranged in the housing and includes a circuit board and a light-emitting element arranged on the circuit board. The switch is arranged in the housing and electrically connected to the circuit board, and is used to control turning on and off of the light-emitting element and provided with a trigger surface. The button assembly includes a button and a protective cover. The button is inserted through the fitting hole, and one end of the button is operative to abut the trigger surface. The protective cover is sleeved on another end of the button, and abuts a sidewall of the housing. The power supply is arranged in the housing and electrically connected to the circuit board.
US11221127B2
A light fixture can include a housing comprising at least one wall that forms a cavity, wherein the housing complies with applicable standards for a hazardous environment. The light fixture can also include an antenna assembly disposed on an outer surface of the housing. The antenna assembly can provide communication with another device within the hazardous environment without compromising the applicable standards for the hazardous environment.
US11221125B2
Disclosed herein are methods for controlling a light fixture with a subtractive color mixing system for emitting light having a target color. The methods may comprise receiving target information indicative of, such as defining, the target color. The methods may further comprise calculating a target control setpoint for each of a the plurality of subtractive color filters based on: the target information; and calibration data, which for a plurality of sets of calibration control setpoints is indicative of an emitted color. The methods may further comprise controlling each of the subtractive color filters according to each calculated target control setpoint for each of the subtractive color filters.
US11221122B2
A lighting device includes: a light emission part; a reflector disposed above the light emission part and configured to reflect a first portion of light emitted from the light emission part; a first lens having a first incident face through which light reflected by the reflector enters; a second lens disposed higher than the first lens, and having a second incident face through which a second portion of the light emitted from the light emission part enters, wherein the second incident face is father than the first incident face from the light emission part; a first light shielding member disposed between the first lens and the second lens; a second light shielding member between the light emission part and the first lens; a third light shielding member between the light emission part and the second lens; and an actuator configured to move the second and third light shielding members.
US11221106B2
A fluid filtration apparatus. The fluid filtration apparatus includes a pump, a filter apparatus and a valve assembly. An inlet of the valve assembly shares a common junction with an outlet of the pump and an inlet of the filter apparatus. The fluid filtration apparatus further includes a sensor configured to detect a filter triggering condition and a control module coupled to the sensor and the valve assembly. The control module is configured to control operation of the pump based on the detected filter triggering condition.
US11221105B2
A tank for containing pressurized hydrogen for a fuel cell vehicle, comprising at least one fuel tank comprising a wall configured to delimit an internal volume for containing said pressurized hydrogen, said tank comprising safety means configured to chemically neutralize said pressurized hydrogen according to a pre-established condition.
US11221097B2
A device for arresting a shock wave in a fluid in a pipe assembly. The device includes a base, body, and piston. The base has a connector portion with a first opening into an interior. The connector portion is configured to be coupled to the pipe assembly and allow the fluid to flow into the interior through the first opening. The body has an open end opposite a closed end and a channel that extends from the open end into the closed end. The open end is positioned inside a second opening into the interior of the base. Together the base and body form a housing in which the piston is positioned. The piston is slidable within the housing from a resting position to a compressing position when the shock wave travels through the pipe assembly. The piston compresses a gas inside the housing when in the compressing position.
US11221096B2
This invention relates to coupling devices, particularly to coupling devices for use with pressurized substances, for example, fluids such as liquids, gases, and plasmas; drive assemblies for said coupling devices; and to methods of supplying substances. The coupling device comprises a housing defining a chamber, the housing comprising inlet, outlet, and re-circulation/vent apertures; a valve assembly disposed in the chamber, the valve assembly comprising a valve; and a drive assembly located in the housing and operatively engageable with the valve assembly, wherein the drive assembly comprises a drive member disposed in the chamber; and a second cam member operatively engageable with the drive member and the valve assembly, wherein the second cam member is configured to be displaced by the drive member to cause the operation of the coupling device between uncoupled and coupled conditions, and the valve between the re-circulation/vent and charge conditions in a synchronized fashion.
US11221090B2
A conduit stub-up eliminator assembly as disclosed herein comprises an elbow including a first connector end for securing to a horizontal in-slab raceway, in use, and a second connector end having a threaded collar with an opening for selectively receiving a vertical above slab raceway, in use. A stub extends radially outward proximate the collar. A supporting device comprises an elongate rail having a plurality of spaced openings sized to receive the stub and having a length corresponding to the select thickness. A turned in base is for attachment to formwork prior to pouring of concrete to form the concrete slab. The pipe fitting stub is received in a select one of the rail openings so that the collar opening is spaced from the base a distance corresponding to the select thickness so that the collar opening is flush with the surface of the concrete slab.
US11221089B2
The present disclosure discloses an oil-retaining mechanism, a valve structure, and a water outflow device. The oil-retaining mechanism comprises a valve body, a valve shaft, and a sealing member. The valve body comprises a motion cavity. The valve shaft is disposed in the motion cavity and configured to move axially. The sealing member is disposed between a cavity wall of the motion cavity and the valve shaft. At least one of the cavity wall of the motion cavity, the sealing member, or a connection portion of the motion cavity, the sealing member, and the valve shaft extends inward to define an oil storage groove. The oil storage groove comprises an opening. An inner side of the opening stores lubricating oil. The opening cooperates with and contacts the outer circumferential surface of the valve shaft. When the valve shaft moves in the motion cavity, the lubricating oil lubricates the valve shaft.
US11221087B2
An electromagnetic switching valve includes: a sleeve; a spool; an electromagnetic actuator, including a plunger having a through passage and a stator exerting a magnetomotive force on the plunger; and a transmission member of a tubular shape, interposed between the plunger and the spool and transmitting a driving force. The stator includes an insertion hole through which the transmission member is inserted. The transmission member includes: a facing wall facing the through passage; a first internal passage formed closer to the plunger than the facing wall and communicating with the through passage; a first opening formed closer to the plunger than the insertion hole and opening the first internal passage in a radial direction; second internal passages formed closer to the spool than the facing wall; and second openings formed closer to the spool than the insertion hole and opening the second internal passages in the radial direction.
US11221083B2
A surge relief angle valve (SRA) is disclosed. The surge relief angle valve is held normally-closed by one or more compression spring(s). In certain embodiments the surge relief angle valve includes a body containing a disc and disc seat; a piston and shaft, the piston and shaft in communication with the disc and disc seat; and a spring providing a force against the piston; wherein the spring is enclosed within a housing and wherein the surge relief valve has a closed self-contained hydraulic system containing the piston and shaft, and providing a dampening force against the spring force.
US11221075B2
A sealing system including a first end and a second end with flexible bellows extending therebetween. The first end includes a base plate with an inner ring having an inner diameter. The inner ring is configured to receive a pipe therethrough. The pipe has an outer diameter, which is smaller than the inner diameter of the inner ring. The bellows of the sealing system has a first length in a first position and second length in a second position. Upon axial expansion of the pipe, the bellows is configured to move from the first position to the second position. The sealing system may also comprise a mechanical protective element, such as a shroud which extends around the bellows. Movement of the bellows can be further limited with rods extending from the shroud to a surrounding substrate or a cable fixing a maximum distance between the pipe and the shroud.
US11221073B1
Systems and methods for sealing a static or rotary tube to a rotary tube that is part of a thermal unit performing an airless or oxygen starved high-temperature incineration process like pyrolysis. Embodiments comprise a seal comprising a bearing assembly suspended on gimbals, the bearing assembly comprising an outer housing supporting therebetween a plurality of support rollers in contact with a rolling seal disk disposed between the flanges of the tubes. Embodiments comprise features that aid in preventing the bad effects of high temperatures and axial thrust loads of the tubes, including coordinating beveled portions on the support rollers and rolling seal disk. Embodiments comprise features for modularity and ease of maintenance, including gland plates, bore holes for oil and/or grease.
US11221062B2
A helical gearing for driving an adjusting element, which may be an actuator or a piston of a piston-cylinder unit, is driven by an electric motor. The adjusting element may be moved along an axis. The drive apparatus has a rotor, or a translator rotatably mounted in a housing by a bearing and fixedly connected to the input of or formed integrally with the helical gearing. The output of the helical gearing is connected to or formed integrally with the adjusting element. An anti-twist means may prevent the adjusting element from twisting in the circumferential direction about the axis. The helical gearing and/or at least part of the adjusting element is/are formed to be transversely elastic to the axis of rotation, at least in one region.
US11221061B2
A unidirectional spring assembly for controlling a rotating rod. The unidirectional spring assembly includes a reduced disc mounted fixedly onto the rotating rod, a rotary clutch member, and a spring assembly. The reduced disc rotates synchronously with the rotating rod around a first axis. The reduced disc includes a concave surface and a push pin. The rotary clutch member includes a clutch arm and a circular slot on a side surface of the rotary clutch member. The spring assembly includes a guide rod configured to move along a second axis, a roller attached to a distal end of the guide rod, and a spring coupled to the guide rod.
US11221059B2
A kit for installing a rain chain to a rain gutter includes a gutter attachment unit having an outlet tube extendable through a drain aperture of the rain gutter. A rain chain support is attachable to the outlet tube and includes a sloped member which aligns and self-centers a rain chain coupled thereto with the outlet tube such that rainwater exiting the outlet tube is directed onto the rain chain.
US11221051B2
A brake system damping device includes a first space to which hydraulic pressure is to be applied, a second space in which a compressible medium is situated, and a first separation element configured to separate the first space from the second space. The brake system damping device further includes a third space in which a compressible medium is situated and a second separation element configured the second space from the third space. The second space is connected in medium-conducting terms to the third space by a passage configured in the second separation element. The third space and the second separation element having the passage thereof are configured by an integral component.
US11221046B2
A manufacturing method of a wheel bearing device, the wheel bearing device including an outer ring member, an inner shaft member that includes a shaft portion that has an inside raceway and a flange portion, a plurality of rolling elements, a seal provided at an end portion of the outer ring member on the first axial side and including an axial lip, and a lip contact surface provided on the side of the inner shaft member and contacted by the axial lip, includes: processing the outside raceway with a distance in an axial direction from a first reference position being managed, a first reference position being set on the outer ring member; and providing the seal at a predetermined position, in the axial direction, of the outer ring member with respect to the first reference position.
US11221039B2
A bearing assembly is disclosed that includes a first component with a first bearing surface, and a second component with a second bearing surface. A fluid is disposed between the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface supporting the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface in a non-contact rotational relationship. The first bearing surface, or the second bearing surface, or both the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface include a surface layer with solid lubricant 2D nanoparticles in a matrix.
US11221022B2
A turbine housing includes an outer housing portion which includes an inner wall internally forming a spiral space, a first heat shield core which separates the spiral space into a scroll flow passage where an exhaust gas flows and a heat shield space positioned on a side of the inner wall, the first heat shield core being disposed so as to face the inner wall in the spiral space, a variable nozzle unit for adjusting a flow of the exhaust gas from the scroll flow passage toward an impeller, the variable nozzle unit being disposed on a side opposite to the outer housing portion across the first heat shield core in an axial direction, and at least one annular seal portion disposed between the first heat shield core and the outer housing portion in the axial direction.
US11221015B2
It is possible to provide a blower device which can be attached to a target having various kinds of shapes at low cost. A blower device 1 including a blower casing 2 having a structure in which an impeller 7 is housed in a primary casing 5 and a secondary casing 6, and then the casings are assembled together, and fixing member 3 which is attached on an outer circumference of the blower casing 2 and which is to fix the blower device 1 to an attachment target, in which the fixing member 3 can be selectively attached among the attachment positions on the blower casing 2.
US11221004B2
A diaphragm pump assembly can include a pump drive chamber, a first pump diaphragm chamber, and a second pump diaphragm chamber. The assembly can include a pump motor configured to rotate a motor shaft extending into the pump drive chamber. The assembly can include a cam connected to the motor shaft and configured to rotate in response to rotation of the motor shaft. The assembly can include a drive yoke having a yoke frame and a yoke pocket having a first wall and a second wall parallel and opposite the first wall. First and second pistons can connect to the drive yoke and to first and second diaphragms, respectively. The diameter of the cam can be less than and within 5% the width of yoke pocket and the yoke can be configured to move the pistons along a straight line.
US11220999B1
One embodiment provides a system for facilitating fault diagnosis. During operation, the system collects current signals associated with a physical object which comprises a rotating machine. The system demodulates the collected signals to obtain current envelope signals, which eliminates fundamental frequencies and retains fault-related frequencies. The system resamples the current envelope signals, which converts the fault-related frequencies to constant frequency components. The system enlarges, by a fault-amplifying convolution layer, the resampled envelope signals to obtain fault information. The system provides the fault information as input to a deep convolutional neural network (CNN). The system generates, by the deep CNN, an output which comprises the fault diagnosis for the physical object.
US11220990B2
A method for controlling a start of a vehicle using a controller includes: determining whether revolutions per minute (RPM) of an engine is within a reference range when start of the vehicle is requested; determining whether state data for controlling the vehicle satisfies a control condition for controlling a start of the vehicle when RPM of the engine is within the reference range; determining whether a position value of an accelerator pedal is less than or equal to a reference position value when the state data satisfies the control condition; determining whether a speed of the vehicle is greater than or equal to a reference speed when the position value of the accelerator pedal is less than or equal to the reference position value; and controlling a brake device when speed of the vehicle is greater than or equal to the reference speed.
US11220982B2
The invention relates to a flap device for controlling a gas flow through a pipe, in particular to an exhaust gas flap device for an exhaust train of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one flap which is arranged in a flap housing, in particular in a tubular flap housing, rotatable, in particular rotatable by a drive unit, about an axis of rotation of a flap shaft between an open position and a closed position, with a spring means being provided which, on a rotation of the flap from the open position into the closed position, tangentially and/or radially elastically loads the flap shaft at the latest in the closed position of the flap, and with at least one section of the spring means being directly or indirectly rotationally fixedly connected to the flap housing with respect to a rotation about the axis of rotation.
US11220976B2
A method to control the combustion of a compression ignition engine having the steps of: establishing, for each combustion cycle, a fuel quantity to be injected into the cylinder; injecting a first fraction of the fuel quantity; heating a second fraction of the fuel quantity, which is equal to the remaining fraction of the fuel quantity, to an injection temperature higher than 100° C.; injecting the second fraction of the fuel quantity heated to the injection temperature into the cylinder at the end of the compression stroke and at no more than 60° from the top dead centre; and decreasing the injection temperature and the ratio between the second fraction and the first fraction as the internal combustion engine increases and as the rotation speed of the internal combustion engine increases.
US11220974B2
Also disclosed is a method for determining the actual ethanol content of a fuel including: a step of collecting data on the instantaneous fuel consumption and on the ethanol content; a step of determining the current cumulative fuel consumption; a step of storing data in two matrices, an ethanol content matrix and a cumulative consumption matrix; a step of determining the value of the actual ethanol content of the fuel to be applied to the injector, the actual content being the value of the ethanol content of the ethanol content matrix having the same abscissa as the lowest cumulative consumption value of the cumulative consumption matrix for which the difference between the current cumulative consumption value and the cumulative consumption value is smaller than the value of a volume V of the duct located between the sensor and the injector.
US11220971B2
An engine apparatus includes an ignition control section and an injection control section. When the partial compression ignition combustion is carried out, the ignition control section causes an ignition plug to carry out: main ignition in which a spark is generated in a late period of a compression stroke or an initial period of an expansion stroke to initiate the SI combustion; and preceding ignition in which the spark is generated at earlier timing than the main ignition. Also, when the partial compression ignition combustion is carried out, the injection control section causes the injector to inject fuel at such timing that the fuel exists in a cylinder at an earlier time point than the preceding ignition. Energy of the preceding ignition is set to be lower when a swirl flow is gentle than when the swirl flow is intense.
US11220961B2
The invention relates to a turbomachine assembly (1) comprising: a compressor (30), an isobaric combustion chamber (40), a piston engine (7) comprising: a shell (70), and a piston (72) movably mounted inside the shell (70) and defining with the shell (70) a variable-volume piston chamber (74), a turbine (50), and a differential transmission mechanism (8).
US11220958B2
A turbomachine comprising an engine body and an annular nacelle. The nacelle has an air intake comprising an outer skin, an inner skin, an air intake lip connecting the outer and inner skins together, and an annular frame connecting the outer and inner skins together. The turbomachine comprises a system for de-icing the air intake having an air bleeding port for bleeding a flow of hot air from the engine body, and two interconnected heating systems. An inner skin heating system receives the hot air flow to heat, by means of a gas-liquid heat exchanger, a heat transfer liquid contained in a hydraulic circuit arranged in part in the heat exchanger and in the inner skin. An air intake lip heating system diffuses the flow of hot air, once it has passed through the inner skin heating system, through the annular frame to heat the air intake lip.
US11220941B2
Methods and systems are provided for an aftertreatment system. In one example, a method comprises regenerating a NOx trap during an engine shut-down event. The method further comprises reversing a direction of flow of a gas through a HP-EGR passage during the regenerating.
US11220933B2
An engine valve actuation system includes a camshaft, rotatable in an engine, and a compound collar including a mounting sleeve, a guide sleeve, and a bridge cantilevering the guide sleeve to the mounting sleeve. A first valve lifter is interference-fitted in the mounting sleeve, and a second valve lifter is slip-fitted within the guide sleeve. First and second lifter bores receiving the first and second valve lifters are congruent, and the first and second valve lifters may be substantially identical. The compound collar reciprocates with the interference fitted first valve lifter, slidably receives the slip-fitted second valve lifter, and limits in-service rotation of both.
US11220930B2
A turbine shroud assembly includes a carrier, a blade track segment, and an attachment pin. The carrier is arranged to extend circumferentially at least partway around an axis. The blade track segment includes a runner that faces the axis to define a portion of a primary gas path of the gas turbine engine and an attachment flange that extends radially away from the runner. The attachment pin is configured to mount the blade track segment to the carrier.
US11220921B2
A vane assembly includes an aerofoil having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a pressure surface and a suction surface defined between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The aerofoil includes a blade member forming the trailing edge, at least a portion of the pressure surface and at least a portion of the suction surface. The blade member is formed of a first material. The aerofoil further includes a spar at least partly enclosed by the blade member and forming at least a portion of the leading edge. The spar further forms at least one cooling channel and supports at least a portion of an interior surface of the blade member. The spar is formed of a second material different from the first material. The second material has a greater impact resistance than the first material.
US11220919B2
A single-crystal turbine blade and a method of making such single-crystal turbine blade are disclosed. During manufacturing, a secondary crystallographic orientation of the material of the single-crystal turbine blade is controlled based on a parameter of a root fillet between an airfoil of the single-crystal turbine blade and a platform of the single-crystal turbine blade. The parameter can be a location of peak stress in the root fillet expected during use of the turbine blade.
US11220916B2
A turbine rotor blade is additively manufactured and includes an airfoil body with a radially extending chamber for receiving a coolant flow. A platform extends laterally outward relative to the airfoil body and terminates at at least one slash face. A cooling circuit is within the platform and is in fluid communication with a source of the coolant flow. Cooling passage(s) are in the platform and in fluid communication with the cooling circuit. The cooling passage(s) extend in a non-linear configuration from the cooling circuit to exit through the at least one slash face of the platform, providing improved cooling compared to linear cooling passages.
US11220910B2
A stator that has vanes extending between a first end and a second end along a span and from a leading edge to a trailing edge along a chord length, the vanes having a first end portion extending from the first end to about 30% of the span to a first location, a chord ratio of the chord length at the first end to the chord length at the first location greater than or equal to 1.1, a throat ratio of a width of a throat between two adjacent vanes at the first location to a width of the throat at the first end is greater than or equal to 1.3, a sweep angle difference between a maximum sweep angle of the leading edge along the first end portion and a minimum sweep angle of the leading edge along the first end portion is at least 15 degrees.
US11220907B2
Mechanism for transforming reciprocal to rotational motion or vice versa, and mechanism applications
A mechanism for transforming rotating into reciprocating motion, or vice versa, comprising first and second annular components (1, 3) located coaxially along a longitudinal axis (ΔA). The first and second annular components are both able to rotate around and reciprocate along the longitudinal axis. A side (A) of the first annular component (1) is in continuous contact, in at least one point, with a neighboring side (Γα) of the second annular component (3) so that the second annular component (3) is able to rotate relative to and in continuous contact with at least one point with the adjacent side (A). The contacting sides are undulated surfaces (A, Γα) such that if the first and second annular components are forced into rotational motion, they remain in continuous contact so that every point of the undulated surfaces will trace, relative to the other, an undulated trajectory and also execute reciprocating motion.
US11220905B2
An apparatus for controlling water production in a wellbore comprises a body in the form of a base pipe, the base pipe having an axial flow passage in the form of axial throughbore and a lateral flow passage in the form of radial port. A shroud is disposed around the base pipe and forms a housing of the apparatus. In use, the apparatus forms part of a completion string for location in the wellbore, the apparatus configured to direct production fluid into a production conduit for recovery to surface, perform a quantitative measurement of water content within the production fluid, and vary the fluid flow in the fluid flow path based on the quantitative measurement of water content within the production fluid to maintain water production at or below a predetermined threshold.
US11220901B2
A downhole assembly includes a first tubular including a first shoulder and a second tubular including a second shoulder. The assembly further includes a transmission element having a first portion disposed in the first shoulder, the first portion includes an electrically conductive member having a first arc length and a second portion disposed in the second shoulder. The second portion includes a contacting element having a second arc length that is substantially less than the first arc length and further includes an outer insulating carrier that defines a groove. The contacting element is disposed in the groove. When the first tubular is joined to the second tubular, the contacting element contacts the electrically conductive member and the second portion defines at least one region between the electrically conductive member and the second portion in areas of the groove where the contacting element does not contact the electrically conductive member.
US11220896B2
An electric driven hydraulic fracking system is disclosed. A pump configuration that includes the single VFD, the single shaft electric motor, and the single hydraulic pump that is mounted on the single pump trailer. The single VFD converts the electric power of at least 13.8 kV to a VFD rated voltage level of at least 4160 V and drives the single shaft electric motor at the VFD voltage level of up to 4160 V to control the operation of the single shaft electric motor and the single hydraulic pump. The single shaft electric motor drives the single hydraulic pump with the rotation at the rated RPM level of at least 750 RPM. The single hydraulic pump continuously pumps the fracking media into the well at the HP level of at least 5000 HP. The single hydraulic pump operates on a continuous duty cycle to continuously pump the fracking media at the HP level of at least 5000 HP.
US11220889B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for hydraulic fracturing in earth. Systems may comprise a first well comprising sensors configured to collect sensor data at the first well. The calibration data may comprise sensor data, hydraulic fracture treatment conditions of the first well, geological data from an area containing the first well, or production date of oil or gas from the first well. The calibration data may be analyzed with the aid of one or more processors to generate an integrated 3-D model of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in the wellbore and reservoir of the first well. The system may further comprise a second well configured to operate according to simulation data generated from the integrated 3-D model of the first well and hydraulic fracture treatment conditions received from a user device. The user device may be configured to communicate with a server comprising the one or more processors.
US11220885B2
A fallback prevention valve apparatus, system and method is described. An electric submersible pump (ESP) fallback prevention system includes an ESP assembly positioned in a downhole well, the ESP assembly including production tubing extending between a centrifugal pump and a surface of the downhole well such that during operation of the ESP assembly production fluid flows upward from the centrifugal pump through the production tubing to the surface, the production tubing including a fallback valve actuatable by the flow of production fluid, the fallback valve actuatable between an open position, wherein production fluid flowing upward through the fallback valve actuates the fallback valve into the open position, and a closed position, wherein production fluid flowing downward through the fallback valve actuates the fallback valve into the closed position, the closed position blocking sand carried by the production fluid from falling into the centrifugal pump.
US11220876B1
An example laser tool is configured to operate within a casing or liner in wellbore of a hydrocarbon-bearing rock formation. The tool is configured to cut sections into the casing or liner material. The cut sections may break off or may be broken off using a breaking tool. The sections may be cut in a region of the casing or liner that includes a kick-off point for sidetracking operations.
US11220873B2
A method may include: heating a drilling waste comprising water, oil, and solid particulate; vaporizing at least a portion of the water and oil from the drilling waste to form a vaporized fluid, wherein the step of vaporization is performed at a pressure less than about 101.325 kPa; and condensing the at least a portion of the water and oil to form a recovered fluid emulsion.
US11220871B2
A method for removing a drill string from a wellbore, the drill string comprising a plurality of pipe segments, the wellbore and the drill string defining an annulus, the annulus and the drill string containing a fluid, comprises: a) determining a desired dry pipe length; b) calculating a hydrostatic pressure for a column of fluid having a height corresponding to the desired dry pipe length; c) injecting into the drill string a gas having a pressure at least as great as the pressure calculated in step b) so as to displace fluid from an upper portion of drill string, thereby creating a dry pipe portion, wherein the length of the dry pipe portion corresponds to the desired dry pipe length; d) preventing fluid from flowing from the annulus into the drill string; and e) removing at least a part of the dry pipe portion from the wellbore.
US11220865B2
A downhole drilling apparatus may comprise a rotatable body with fixed cutting elements protruding from an exterior thereof. To form a subterranean borehole, the fixed cutting elements, spaced at a constant radius from a rotational axis of the body, may degrade an earthen formation as the body rotates. The body may also have a rotatable cutting element protruding from its exterior. To remove material from an interior wall of the borehole, the rotatable cutting element may be positioned in a first rotational orientation wherein it extends radially beyond the constant radius of the fixed cutting elements. An amount of material being removed may be altered by rotating the rotatable cutting element into a second rotational orientation wherein it remains radially within the constant radius.
US11220858B2
Quick-release control systems for architectural opening coverings and associated control systems and methods for rapidly deploying the coverings to extended positions. In one embodiment coupling assemblies are provided for controllably coupling and decoupling portions of lifting mechanisms in a variety of covering systems, including roller and cellular shade systems. In yet other embodiments, control systems for controlling a plurality of coverings are provided, which may be configured to remotely and simultaneously deploying each of the plurality of coverings to an extended position in response to a trigger signal.
US11220857B2
A sliding door system may satisfy the requirements of, and be fire-rated in accordance with, UL10B (“Standard for Fire Tests of Door Assemblies”), and/or satisfy the requirements of, and be pressure-rated in accordance with, UL10C (“Standard for Positive Pressure Fire Tests of Door Assemblies”).
US11220856B2
In one aspect, a movable barrier operator enhancement device is provided that includes communication circuitry configured to transmit a radio frequency control signal to a movable barrier operator and a memory configured to store a first transmitter identification (ID) and a changing code for the radio frequency control signal. The device includes a processor configured to change the first transmitter ID to a second transmitter ID in response to a determination of a transmitter ID change event. The communication circuitry is configured to receive a state change request for the movable barrier operator from a remote computing device. The processor is configured to cause the communication circuitry to transmit a radio frequency control signal including the second transmitter ID to the movable barrier operator in response to the communication circuitry receiving the state change request.
US11220855B2
To improve toughness of a non-contact type safety door switch. A safety switch includes a metallic casing integrated as a first part of an enclosure, having an opening in a front side, a cover integrated as a front part of the enclosure, covering the opening, the cover having a surface as a front surface of the enclosure, a wireless means, a determination means, an output means, circuit substrates provided inside the metallic casing and the cover, on which the wireless means, the determination means and the output means are mounted, and attachment holes on a side surface of the metallic casing, the side surface being adjacent to the front surface of the enclosure for attaching the casing.
US11220839B2
A latch assembly is provided where the latch is moveable to open and close a door by operation of a dead lock assembly that blocks or unblocks movement of a bolt. In a blocked state, a blocking cartridge of the dead lock assembly is prevented from inward movement, blocking inward movement of the bolt. Turning a door knob or door handle causes a spindle extending through the dead lock assembly to move locking bars of the dead locking assembly, the locking bars moving further apart to permit the blocking cartridge to slide there between and move inwardly into the latch housing. The bolt can now move inward by force of the door jamb upon the bolt in order to clear the door jamb when opening and closing the door.
US11220836B2
Provided is a door lock mortise. The door lock mortise includes a structure in which a latch fixing member moves between a latch operating member and a latch cover member when a dead bolt is locked or unlocked. According to the embodiments of the present invention, the door lock mortise including the latch fixing member to have a structural characteristic capable of addressing a problem in that a latch bolt may be moved when the dead bolt is unlocked to release a door lock so that an impact is transmitted only to the dead bolt in a state in which the dead bolt is not unlocked and durability is reduced is disclosed.
US11220834B1
An awning shade device with removable projector screen includes an elongated shade panel that is constructed from a breathable material having sun shading qualities. A plurality of awning attachment devices are disposed along the top end of the panel and function to hang the panel from the roller channel of an awning. A plurality of anchors are disposed along the bottom end of the panel and function to anchor the panel to the ground. A projector screen having an aspect ratio of 4:3 or 16:9, and a matte white front surface is removably secured onto the inside facing surface of the panel or the outside facing surface of the panel in a removable manner by a plurality of connectors and complementary connectors.
US11220833B2
A parking garage elevator system includes a frame including two front posts, two rear posts, two upper support members each interconnecting upper ends of the front and rear posts of the same side, two middle support members each interconnecting intermediate portions of the front and rear posts of the same side, and two cross braces each interconnecting front ends or rear ends of the upper support members; upper and lower automobile platforms; a power transmitting mechanism including first and second electric motors and two chains each for transferring power from the first electric motor to the upper automobile platform or from the second electric motor to the lower automobile platform; and a safety mechanism including four sets of two safety hooks and a plurality of restrain screws on the upper automobile platform or the lower automobile platform.
US11220825B2
One aspect of the disclosure is an exterior cladding panel including a first end, a second end, and a series of locking clips extending from a front face of the exterior cladding panel and positioned along the first end of the exterior cladding panel. The exterior cladding panel also includes a locking leg extending from a rear face of the exterior cladding panel and positioned along a middle portion between the first end and the second end. The exterior cladding panel also includes a series of simulated shingles positioned in a single course between the first end and the second end, including a series of gaps separating adjacent shingles. Each gap extends lengthwise from the second end to the middle portion of the exterior cladding panel, and includes a first width that differs from a second width of at least one adjacent gap in the series of gaps.
US11220816B2
A foldable building structure package having a first folded configuration and a second unfolded configuration. The package has a first enclosure component portion and an enclosure member selected from the group consisting of an enclosure component and a second enclosure component portion, with the enclosure member being joined to and moveable with respect to the first enclosure component portion from a folded position to an unfolded position to form a first part of the building structure in its second unfolded configuration. There is a first deployment bracket secured to the first enclosure component portion, a deployment strut adapted to be secured to the first deployment bracket at a first end and having a rotatable sheave at a second end, and a fastener positioned on the enclosure member for receiving a line run from the tang over the rotatable sheave.
US11220813B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating the installation of a toilet over a closet collar for a drain pipe. According to various embodiments, a toilet seal assembly is positioned between the toilet and the closet collar, providing a seal between the toilet and the flange of the closet collar. The toilet seal assembly may include a flexible rubber seal and a compressible foam seal ring. The flexible rubber seal may include an annular wall, an upper ring that extends radially inward from the annular wall, and a lower ring that extends radially outward from the annular wall. The compressible foam seal ring may be disposed on the lower ring of the flexible rubber seal.
US11220812B2
A sanitary washing device includes a nozzle, a valve unit, a casing, and a toilet seat. The nozzle is configured to discharge water toward an ano-genital region of a human body. The valve unit is provided on a pipe line between a water supply source and the nozzle, and includes an electromagnetic valve. The casing stores the nozzle and the valve unit. The casing includes a low portion positioned below the toilet, and a high portion positioned backward of the low portion. A length in a vertical direction of the high portion is greater than a length in the vertical direction of the low portion. The valve unit is disposed in the low portion. A length in the vertical direction of the valve unit is less than a length in a longitudinal direction, and less than a length in a lateral direction.
US11220811B2
The present invention relates to an integrated height adjusting washstand device, the integrated height adjusting washstand device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a water faucet located at an upper center of a washstand and supplying cold water and hot water while selectively adjusting a usage amount thereof by a user's operation; a height adjusting part disposed at an lower portion of the washstand and adjusting a height while receiving the cold water from the water faucet and raising or lowering the washstand by the user's operation; a height adjusting operation part disposed at one side surface of the water faucet and connected to the water faucet and the height adjusting part, respectively, and operating so as to control the height by adjusting a supply amount and a direction of the cold water supplied from the water faucet to the height adjusting part by the user's operation; and an operation shut-off part disposed inside the water faucet and installed at a supply position of the cold water supplied from the water faucet to the height adjusting operation part, and provided so as to suppress the height adjusting operation by shutting off the cold water supplied to the height adjusting operation part when the cold water in the water faucet is used.
US11220810B2
A device used to conceal at least a portion of a wastewater strainer associated with a bathtub. More specifically, a plate having an opening therethrough is used to overlap a flange of the wastewater strainer wherein the opening in the plate generally coincides with an opening in the wastewater strainer so that the bathtub drain is unobstructed. The plate may include a downwardly extending lip to help facilitate orientation onto the flange of the wastewater strainer. The plate conceals the wastewater strainer, thereby facilitating reconfiguration of a bathtub as the existing wastewater strainer need not be removed and the plumbing system retested.
US11220799B2
Method and device for disposal of waste including, without limitation, human or animal waste. Disposal device includes a bag-like member coupled to an absorbent member. The bag-like member may be folded for compact storage prior to use and unfolded during use thereof. A method for collecting, removing, and/or disposing of waste utilizing the disposal device including the steps of: unfolding the bag-like member; inserting a hand therein; collecting waste with the absorbent member; inverting the bag-like member so as to effectively wrap the absorbent member and waste within the bag-like member; optionally sealing the bag-like member; and disposing of the disposal device, the waste contained within the disposal device.
US11220797B2
A ground marking apparatus is configured to apply marking material to a ground surface. The ground marking apparatus includes a beam supported by a beam mount and extending along a beam axis. A carriage is disposed on the beam and movable on the beam along the beam axis. A carriage motor operably interfaces with the beam and is configured to move the carriage along the beam. A dispense arm is supported by the carriage and is configured to move relative to the beam as the carriage moves along the beam.
US11220795B1
Non-ridable and non-motorized machines for removing temporary tape that include a chassis or frame having front and rear wheels, a vertical support post mounted on the frame or chassis between the front and rear wheels, a horizontal arm mounted on the vertical support post, and a rotatable spool assembly attached to one end of the horizontal arm for winding used temporary tape thereon, wherein the horizontal arm is rotatably coupled to the vertical support to allow the spool assembly to be positioned on either side of the chassis when the horizontal arm is rotated with respect to the vertical support post. The non-ridable temporary tape removal machine can be manually and guided along a pavement during a tape removal operation. The non-motorized temporary tape removal machines can be or coupled to an auxiliary motorized device that pushes the non-motorized temporary tape removal machine during a tape removal operation.
US11220791B2
A spike puller apparatus comprises a subframe, a pair of opposed puller arms for engaging with spikes to be pulled via a replaceable puller tool mounted on the end of each puller arm, a pair of horizontal shafts and an actuator to selectively translate each puller arm with respect to one another, an actuator to articulate each respective puller arm for pulling spikes, an A-frame connected to the subframe to resist and/or apply pulling forces to a spike being pulled, and a vertical actuator connected to the A-frame to cause the vertical slide carrier to move up and down along the pair of vertical shafts to effect a spike pulling operation. The respective puller arms are independently controllable, and may be selectively staggered with respect to one another along a rail to allow selective independent and/or simultaneous pulling of rail spikes and/or anchor spikes on opposite sides of the rail.
US11220782B2
A blend composition includes polyamide fiber and denatured collagen. The polyamide fiber content is 97-99.9 parts by weight in the blend composition. The denatured collagen content is 0.1-3 parts by weight in the blend composition. The denatured collagen has a first polypeptide, a second polypeptide, and a third polypeptide. The amide groups of the first polypeptide, the second polypeptide, and the third polypeptide are linked with the amide groups of the polyamide fiber through hydrogen bond formation. A method of manufacturing a blend composition is provided herein.
US11220777B2
A washing machine capable of automatically supplying detergent while supplying water. The washing machine includes a body, a tub arranged inside the body, a detergent supplier configured to supply detergent to the tub, and a water supply pipe configured to supply washing water to the detergent supplier, and the detergent supplier includes a detergent box including an accommodating portion in which the detergent is placed, and a water supply plate configured to supply the washing water, which is supplied from the water supply pipe, to the detergent box.
US11220776B1
A system for dispensing, cleaning, and tracking radiological protective garments is disclosed. The system includes a storage apparatus having upper compartments, lower compartments, a cleaning system, and an x-ray emitter and x-ray detector. The upper compartments and lower compartments receive radiological protective garments therein. The cleaning system includes a nozzle that expels disinfectant onto radiological protective garments positioned in the upper compartments or the lower compartments and a drying apparatus that dries the radiological protective garments after being disinfected. The x-ray emitter emits x-rays at a radiological protective garment positioned in the upper compartments or the lower compartments and the x-ray detector detects x-rays traversing the radiological protective garment to test the radiation shielding integrity of the radiological protective garment. The x-ray emitter and x-ray detector move about the storage apparatus from compartment to compartment to test the radiation shielding integrity of multiple radiological protective garments disposed across the compartments.
US11220758B2
Devices, systems and methods for fabricating semiconductor material devices by placing a batch of wafers in a chemical solution within a growth chamber. The wafers are held in a vertical direction and are actuated to move within the chemical solution while growing a layer over exposed surfaces of the wafers.
US11220754B2
An electrolytic ozone generator for use with a faucet and methods for assembling and using the same.
US11220737B2
Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems including a nozzle, a source of material to be deposited on a substrate in fluid communication with the nozzle, a delivery gas source in fluid communication with the source of material to be deposited with the nozzle, an exhaust channel disposed adjacent to the nozzle, a confinement gas source in fluid communication with the nozzle and the exhaust channel, and disposed adjacent to the exhaust channel, and an actuator to adjust a fly height separation between a deposition nozzle aperture of the nozzle and a deposition target. The adjustment of the fly height separation may stop and/or start the deposition of the material from the nozzle.
US11220736B2
A deposition mask includes a first surface facing to the deposition target substrate, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The deposition mask includes: an effective area in which a plurality of through holes are formed and a longitudinal direction in which one or more of the effective areas are arranged along the longitudinal direction. At least in a central area of the longitudinal direction, the deposition mask is warped to be convex on the first surface in a cross section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.
US11220733B1
The present application provides a low carbon martensitic high temperature strength steel and a preparation method thereof, wherein the chemical composition of the low carbon martensitic high temperature strength steel are: C: 0.10-0.25 wt %, Cr: 10.0-13.0 wt %, Ni: 2.0-3.2 wt %, Mo: 1.50-2.50 wt %, Si≤0.60 wt %, Mn≤0.60 wt %, W: 0.4-0.8 wt %, V: 0.1-0.5 wt %, Co: 0.3-0.6 wt %, Al: 0.3-1.0 wt %, Nb: 0.01-0.2 wt %, and a balance of Fe. The high temperature strength steel of the present application achieves high strength at high temperature by simultaneously precipitating both nano-coherent carbides and intermetallic compounds. It has an excellent toughness, and can be used for certain structural parts under special working conditions, such as aero-engines to increase its service life and service temperature.
US11220731B2
Provided is a hot-rolled coated steel sheet having a yield point elongation of less than 4% and a manufacturing method for the same. The hot-rolled steel sheet comprises, by weight, 0.03 to 0.06% of carbon (C), 0.5 to 1.5% of manganese (Mn), 0.01 to 0.25% of silicon (Si), 0.01 to 0.05% of aluminum (Al), 0.001 to 0.02% of phosphorus (P), 0.006% or less of sulfur (S), 0.0001 to 0.02% of titanium (Ti), 0.0001 to 0.03% of niobium (Nb), 0.001 to 0.005% of nitrogen (N), and a balance of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities, wherein the Ti, Al and N satisfy the following relationship 1, and the Nb, C and N satisfy the following relationship 2: 0.03≤(wt % Ti)×(wt % Al)×(wt % N)×106≤0.20 (1), and 22≤(mol % Nb)/{(mol % C)×(mol % N)}≤1826 (2).
US11220729B2
The present disclosure concerns embodiments of aluminum alloy compositions exhibiting microstructural stability and strength at high temperatures. The disclosed aluminum alloy compositions comprise particular combinations of components that contribute the ability of the compositions to exhibit improved microstructural stability and hot tearing resistance as compared to conventional alloys. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of methods of making and using the alloys.
US11220728B2
An aluminum alloy pipe-shaped hollow material is produced by porthole extrusion. The aluminum alloy pipe-shaped hollow material includes an Al—Mg-based alloy containing Mg of 0.7 mass % or more and less than 2.5 mass %, and Ti of more than 0 mass % and 0.15 mass % or less, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities. A work hardening coefficient n-value is 0.25 or more and less than 0.43. The aluminum alloy pipe-shaped hollow material has an inner-surface ridged structure inside thereof, and an area ratio of the inner-surface ridged structure in a cross-section orthogonal to an extending direction of the aluminum alloy pipe-shaped hollow material is 1 to 30%. The present invention can provide an aluminum alloy pipe-shaped hollow material that is an aluminum alloy pipe-shaped hollow material of a 5000 series aluminum alloy produced by porthole extrusion and has excellent bending processability.
US11220724B2
A 980 MPa-grade hot-rolled ferrite bainite dual-phase steel and a manufacturing method therefor. The chemical components of the steel comprise, in percentage by weight, 0.15-0.30% of C, 0.8-2.0% of Si, 1.0-2.0% of Mn, 0-0.02% of P, 0-0.005% of S, 0-0.003% of O, 0.5-1.0% of Al, 0-0.006% of N, 0.01-0.06% of Nb, 0.01-0.05% of Ti, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. In addition, the chemical components meet the following relations: 0.05%≤Nb+Ti≤0.10%, and 2.5≤Al/C≤5.0. The microstructure of the steel is made of ferrite and bainite. The average grain size of the ferrite is 5-10 μm, and the equivalent grain size of the bainite is less than or equal to 20 μm. The yield strength of the steel is greater than or equal to 600 MPa, the tensile strength of the steel is greater than or equal to 980 Mpa, and the ductility is greater than or equal to 15%.
US11220716B2
The present invention relates to a method of predicting the effectiveness of chemotherapy in a breast cancer patient, and more particularly, to a method for predicting the effectiveness of chemotherapy by measuring the expression levels of genes for predicting prognosis of breast cancer and a standard gene in a biological sample obtained from the breast cancer patient, and a method for predicting the difference between a patient group having a high effectiveness of chemotherapy and a patient group having a low effectiveness of chemotherapy. Therefore, the method of the present invention can accurately predict the effectiveness of chemotherapy for the breast cancer patient and can be used for the purpose of presenting clues about the direction of breast cancer treatment in the future.
US11220714B2
The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing cancer in a subject comprising detecting in the DNA of said subject at least one hypermethylated CpG island associated with said cancer, wherein an elevation in the level of methylation in said CpG island of said subject, relative to the level of methylation in said CpG island of a control subject, is indicative of said CpG island being hypermethylated.
US11220711B2
The present invention is a method, comprising: obtaining a sample of an esophageal tissue from a subject, wherein the sample of the esophageal tissue comprises or is suspected of comprising a break of chromosome 2 (chr2), a break of chromosome 10 (chr10), a break of chromosome 16 (chr16), or any combination thereof, and detecting in the sample of esophageal tissue whether the break of chr2 is present, whether the break of chr10 is present, whether the break of chr16 is present, or any combination thereof, by contacting the sample of esophageal tissue with a first detectably labeled probe, a second detectably labeled probe, a third detectably labeled probe, or any combination thereof, and detecting binding between: the first detectably labeled probe and the break of chr2, the second detectably labeled probe and the break of chr10, the third detectably labeled probe and the break of chr16, or any combination thereof.
US11220697B2
Disclosed herein are nucleic acid-guided nucleases, guide nucleic acids, and targetable nuclease systems, and methods of use. Disclosed herein are engineered non-naturally occurring nucleic acid-guided nucleases, guide nucleic acids, and targetable nuclease systems, and methods of use. Targetable nuclease systems can be used to edit genetic targets, including recursive genetic engineering and trackable genetic engineering methods.
US11220696B2
The invention relates to methods of producing a desired phenotype in a plant by manipulation of gene expression within the plant. The method relates to means which inhibit the level of PK220 gene expression or activity, wherein a desired phenotype such as increased water use efficiency relative to a wild type control plant. The invention also relates to nucleic acid sequences and constructs useful such methods and methods of generating and isolating plants having decreased PK220 expression or activity.
US11220694B1
The invention relates to novel plants, seeds and compositions, as well as improvements to plant breeding and methods for creating modifications in plant genomes.
US11220692B2
Disclosed herein are novel Pichia pastoris strains for expression of exogenous proteins with substantially homogeneous N-glycans. The strains are genetically engineered to include a mutant OCH1 allele which is transcribed into an mRNA coding for a mutant OCH1 gene product (i.e., α-1,6-mannosyltransferase, or “OCH1 protein”). The mutant OCH1 protein contains a catalytic domain substantially identical to that of the wild type OCH1 protein, but lacks an N-terminal sequence necessary to target the OCH1 protein to the Golgi apparatus. The strains disclosed herein are robust, stable, and transformable, and the mutant OCH1 allele and the ability to produce substantially homogeneous N-glycans are maintained for generations after rounds of freezing and thawing and after subsequent transformations.
US11220691B2
The present invention describes an approach to produce or increase hypotaurine or taurine production in unicellular organisms. More particularly, the invention relates to genetic modification of unicellular organisms that include bacteria, algal, microalgal, diatoms, yeast, or fungi. The invention relates to methods to increase taurine levels in the cells by binding taurine or decreasing taurine degradation. The invention can be used in organisms that contain native or heterologous (transgenic) taurine biosynthetic pathways or cells that have taurine by enrichment. The invention also relates to methods to increase taurine levels in the cells and to use the said cells or extracts or purifications from the cells that contain the invention to produce plant growth enhancers, food, animal feed, aquafeed, food or drink supplements, animal-feed supplements, dietary supplements, health supplements or taurine.
US11220672B2
The present invention relates to chemically defined and xenogeneic material-free methods for deriving endothelial cells from human pluripotent stem cells. In particular, the present invention provides highly efficient and reproducible methods of obtaining human endothelial cells from human pluripotent stem cells, where endothelial cells derived from the methods provided herein are suitable for clinically relevant therapeutic applications.
US11220671B2
Disclosed herein are methods of using a cell-derived extracellular matrix derived in-vitro from cells isolated from amniotic fluid (AFC-ECM) for the maturation of immature cardiomyocytes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (immature hiPSC-CMs) in culture forming mature cardiomyocytes. Also disclosed herein is a cell construct comprising a monolayer of these mature cardiomyocytes on an AFC-ECM useful for cardiotoxicity and/or proarrhythmic screening assays of drug compounds. Also disclosed herein are methods for determining the cardiotoxicity and/or proarrhythmic effect of a drug compound in vitro using such cell constructs.
US11220664B2
An incubator (110, 140) for the reception of an individual sample carrier, a shelving system (100) for such incubators, a transport container for such incubators, as well as a modular system are suggested, wherein the incubators can be inserted and withdrawn (130) independently of one another, can be supplied with electricity, water and a gas via corresponding connections (150), and can communicate with a computer network via a wireless connection. Such a system reduces the risk of contamination or confusion in the lab and avoids interruptions in the monitoring and controlling of the environmental conditions in the respective incubators. These can rather independently maintain the most favourable environmental conditions for the respective samples, both during storage and also during a transport operation. The insertion and withdrawal of individual incubators from the shelving system does not, or only very briefly, interrupt the monitoring and control of the conditions in the interior of the incubators.
US11220653B2
A novel method is developed to remove wax and terpene from the wild hemp plants to produce enriched cannabidiol (CBD) crude oil with high quality and further purify the crude oil into crystal/isolate with 99.0% content of CBD. The method utilizes titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalyst for redox reaction under the irradiation of UV (ultraviolet) light in a solvent extraction process of CBD, which significantly removes accompanying wax and terpene. With the beneficial photocatalyst property, the TiO2 decomposes the wax and terpene in the wild hemp crude extract through appropriate UV radiation to induce catalytic reaction at specific PH (potential hydrogen) levels. Through optimizing the photocatalyst dewaxing using TiO2, the method achieves the best dewaxing effect and maximum terpene reduction. Thus, the method offers a low-cost, reusable, and biologically friendly process of removing wax and terpene to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of the separation processes in the CBD production.
US11220652B2
A method for inspecting a lubricant oil composition containing a base oil and a fullerene, the method including: measuring at least one of a lamellar length of the lubricating oil composition and a most abundant diameter in a particle size distribution obtained by a dynamic light scattering method, and selecting the lubricating oil composition whose measured value is within a set range.
US11220641B2
The present invention discloses a gasifier and/or a gasification process that provides a long, uniform temperature zone in the gasifier, regardless of the particle size, chemical composition, and moisture content of the fuel by sandwiching a reduction zones between two oxidation zones. The gasifier and/or gasification process has a char that is more energy-dense and almost devoid of moisture that affords for an additional (or char) oxidation zone with a temperature that is higher than a first oxidation zone which is closer to an evaporation and devolatilization zone. As such, the additional (or char) oxidation zone contributes to augmenting the reduction zone temperature, thereby providing a favorable dual impact in improving syngas composition and near-complete conversion of the tar.
US11220638B2
Methods are provided to prepare a low sulfur fuel from hydrocarbon sources, such as light tight oil and high sulfur fuel oil, often less desired by conventional refiners, who split crude into a wide range of differing products and may prefer presence of wide ranges (C3 or C5 to C20 or higher) of hydrocarbons. These fuels can be produced by separating feeds into untreated and treated streams, and then recombining them. Such fuels can also be formulated by combinations of light, middle and heavy range constituents in a selected manner as claimed. Not only low in sulfur, the fuels of this invention are also low in nitrogen and essentially metals free. Fuel use applications include on-board large marine transport vessels but also on-shore for large land based combustion gas turbines, boilers, fired heaters and transport vehicles and trains.
US11220637B2
A process for treatment of PFO from a steam cracking zone includes selectively hydrogenating PFO or a portion thereof for conversion of polyaromatics compounds contained in the PFO into aromatic compounds with one benzene ring to produce a selectively hydrogenated stream. The selectively hydrogenated stream is reacted in a fluid catalytic cracking reactor for selective ring opening and dealkylation to produce fluid catalytic cracking including light cycle oil. The light cycle oil is separated into BTX compounds. Optionally the PFO is separated into a first stream containing C9+ aromatics compounds with one benzene ring, and a second stream containing C10+ aromatic compounds, whereby the first stream containing C9+ aromatics compounds with one benzene ring is passed to the fluid catalytic cracking reactor, and the feed to the selective hydrogenation step comprises all or a portion of the second stream containing C10+ aromatic compounds.
US11220635B2
The invention relates to a pipe for thermal cracking of hydrocarbons in the presence of steam, in which the feed mixture is guided through externally heated pipes, wherein the pipe extends along a longitudinal axis and has a number NT of grooves that have been introduced into the inner surface of the pipe and extend in a helix around the longitudinal axis along the inner surface, the inner surface into which the grooves have been introduced, in a cross section at right angles to the longitudinal axis, has a diameter Di and a radius r1=Di/2, the grooves in the cross section at right angles to the longitudinal axis, in their groove base, each have the form of a circular arc and the circular arc has a radius r2, and the grooves each have a groove depth TT which, in the cross section at right angles to the longitudinal axis, corresponds in each case to the smallest distance between the circle having the diameter Di on which the inner surface lies and the center of which lies on the longitudinal axis, and the furthest removed point of the groove base of the grooves from the longitudinal axis.
US11220627B2
A thermally activated delayed fluorescent monomolecular white light material, a method of synthesizing thereof, and an organic electroluminescent device. The material includes a raw material containing a first group, a raw material containing a second group, and 3,3′-dibromo-1,5,1′,5′-tetramethyl-1,2,4,5-homotetradecene. The thermally activated delayed fluorescent monomolecular white light material synthesis method comprises: a first mixed solution preparation step, a first extraction step, a second mixed solution preparation step, and a second extraction step. A light emitting layer of the organic electroluminescent device includes the thermally activated delayed fluorescent monomolecular white light material.
US11220622B2
Disclosed are methods of using liquid polymer and inverse emulsion compositions comprising one or more hydrophobic liquids having a boiling point at least about 100° C.; one or more acrylamide-(co)polymers; one or more emulsifier surfactants; one or more inverting surfactants; and one or more stabilizing agents (e.g., one or more siloxane polyether compounds, one or more poly(alkyl)acrylate compounds, or any combination thereof). When the composition is inverted in an aqueous solution, it provides an inverted solution having a filter ratio using a 1.2 micron filter (FR1.2) of about 1.5 or less. The inverted solutions can be used in oil and gas operations.
US11220620B2
Refrigerant compositions for an HVACR system that includes R1123, R32 and at least one more refrigerant. The refrigerant composition has a reduced GWP of about or less than 1500. Some of the refrigerant composition may be suitable for replacing R410A, R32, and/or R22. Methods for making the refrigerant composition including mixing an amount of R1123, and amount of R32, and an amount of at least one more refrigerant. Methods of retrofitting an existing refrigerant composition include adding an amount of at least one refrigerant to an existing refrigerant composition to produce a retrofitted refrigerant composition. The retrofitted refrigerant composition includes at least R1123 and R32.
US11220619B2
A working fluid for heat cycle, a composition for a heat cycle system containing the working fluid, and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The working fluid contains trifluoroethylene, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and difluoromethane. A proportion of the total amount of trifluoroethylene, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and difluoromethane based on the entire amount of the working fluid is higher than 90 mass % and at most 100 mass %. Based on the total amount of trifluoroethylene, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and difluoromethane, the proportion of trifluoroethylene is at least 10 mass % and less than 70 mass %, the proportion of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is at most 50 mass %, and the proportion of difluoromethane is higher than 30 mass % and at most 75 mass %. The working fluid can replace R410A and has a low global warming potential and high durability.
US11220611B2
The present invention relates to [1] a water-based ink for ink-jet printing which can be prevented from suffering from increased viscosity and flocculation of the ink upon storage thereof even when used in the form of a system containing a large amount of a solvent, said water-based ink for ink-jet printing containing crosslinked polymer particles containing a pigment having an indanthrone skeleton, an organic solvent and water, in which a crosslinking rate of the crosslinked polymer is not less than 10 mol % and not more than 90 mol %, and a content of the organic solvent in the water-based ink is not less than 30% by mass and not more than 65% by mass, and [2] an ink-jet printing method including the steps of loading the water-based ink as described in the above [1] to an ink-jet printing apparatus, and ejecting the water-based ink in the form of droplets of the ink onto a printing medium to form characters or images on the printing medium.
US11220610B2
Methods of printing a three-dimensional object using co-reactive components are disclosed. Thermosetting compositions for three-dimensional printing are also disclosed.
US11220603B2
The invention relates to a silicate coating containing (A) at least one compound of the formula (I), where R1 represents H, C1-C4-alkyl, CH2CH2OH, or CH2CH(CH3)OH, (B) at least one silicate binder, (C) if appropriate, one or more polymer binders, (D) if appropriate, further additives usual for the production of silica coatings, and (E) water.
US11220599B2
A thermoplastic resin composition includes: a polyester resin including a repeat unit represented by Formula 1 as described in the specification; glass fibers; a white pigment; an aromatic vinyl-olefin copolymer; and talc. The thermoplastic resin composition can have good properties in terms of reflectance, reflectance retention, impact resistance, and/or moldability.
US11220596B2
A method of reducing gloss that results in a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) component that exhibits a reduced level of surface gloss; wherein, the PVC or other thermoplastic resin component comprises: a PVC resin; one or more process aids comprising at least one base polymer with one or more of the process aids being functionalized with about 0.5 wt. % to about 35 wt. % of a reactive epoxy, hydroxyl, or carboxylic acid functional group based on the total weight of the process aids; and optionally, at least one impact modifier. The PVC or other thermoplastic resin component exhibits a gloss reduction of at least 5 points measured at an angle of 85 degrees or less when compared to a similar PVC component in which the process aids are not functionalized.
US11220575B2
Provided herein are polymeric α-hydroxy aldehyde or α-hydroxy ketone reagents which can be conjugated to amine-containing compounds to form stable conjugates in a single-step reaction. In selected embodiments, the polymeric reagent itself incorporates an internal proton-abstracting (basic) functional group, to promote more efficient reaction. The substituent is appropriately situated, via a linker if necessary, to position the group for proton abstraction, preferably providing a 4- or 5-bond spacing between the abstracting atom and the hydrogen atom on the α-carbon. Also provided are methods of using the reagents and stable, solubilized conjugates of the reagents with biologically active compounds. In preferred embodiments, the polymeric component of the reagent or conjugate is a polyethylene glycol.
US11220573B2
The present invention generally relates to electrochromic compounds, the synthesis method and the uses thereof, particularly to a family of conjugated electrochromic polymers containing solubilizing side chains, where at least one side chain contains amide functional groups. The disclosed conjugated electrochromic polymers with amide-containing side chains demonstrated excellent redox switching in not only organic but also aqueous media while maintaining high photo contrast. The presence of the amide groups is also beneficial when it comes to lower the oxidation onset potential of the polymers, making them attractive candidates for electrochromic in aqueous environment.
US11220568B2
A hydrogenated block copolymer satisfying the following conditions (1) to (7): (1) the hydrogenated block copolymer comprises (b) at least one hydrogenated copolymer block containing a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and a conjugated diene monomer unit; (2) a content of the (a) polymer block principally containing a vinyl aromatic monomer unit is 40% by mass or less; (3) Mw is 200,000 or less; (4) a hydrogenation rate is 20% or more; (5) a ratio, in a molecular weight curve of the hydrogenated block copolymer, of an area corresponding to a molecular weight of 10,000 to 150,000 to an area corresponding to a molecular weight of 10,000 to 1,000,000 is over 50%; (6) a vinyl bond content is 20% by mass or more (7) a content, in the (b) hydrogenated copolymer block, of the vinyl aromatic monomer unit is 30% by mass or more and 79% by mass or less.
US11220564B2
A method of preparing a catalyst comprising a) contacting a non-aqueous solvent, a carboxylic acid, and a chromium-containing compound to form an acidic mixture; b) contacting a titanium-containing compound with the acidic mixture to form a titanium treatment solution; c) contacting a pre-formed silica-support comprising from about 0.1 wt. % to about 20 wt. % water with the titanium treatment solution to form a pre-catalyst; and d) thermally treating the pre-catalyst to form the catalyst. A method of preparing a catalyst comprising a) contacting a non-aqueous solvent and a carboxylic acid to form an acidic mixture; b) contacting a titanium-containing compound with the acidic mixture to form a titanium treatment solution; c) contacting a pre-formed chrominated silica-support comprising from about 0.1 wt. % to about 20 wt. % water with the titanium treatment solution to form a pre-catalyst; and d) thermally treating the pre-catalyst to form the catalyst.
US11220562B2
Resin compositions, layers, and interlayers comprising a poly(vinyl acetal) resin that includes residues of an aldehyde other than n-butyraldehyde are provided. Such compositions, layers, and interlayers can exhibit enhanced or optimized properties as compared to those formulated with comparable poly(vinyl n-butyral) resins.
US11220547B2
The disclosure relates to antibodies specific to FcRn, formulations comprising the same, use of each in therapy, processes for expressing and optionally formulating said antibody, DNA encoding the antibodies and hosts comprising said DNA.
US11220546B2
Provided are anti-PD-L1 antibodies or fragments thereof. The antibodies or fragments thereof specifically bind to the immunoglobulin C domain of the PD-L1 protein. In various example, the antibodies or fragments thereof include a VH CDR1 of SEQ ID NO: 1, a VH CDR2 of SEQ ID NO: 116, a VH CDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 117, a VL CDR1 of SEQ ID NO: 4, a VL CDR2 of SEQ ID NO: 5, and a VL CDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 6, or variants of each thereof. Methods of using the antibodies or fragments thereof for treating and diagnosing diseases such as cancer and infectious diseases are also provided.
US11220530B2
The present invention relates to a nanosphere comprising an equal number of a human SEC14-like protein and a cognate ligand of said SEC14-like protein as well as to methods of producing the same and uses of said nanospheres.
US11220526B2
Neuropeptide S receptor agonists are provided. The NPS agonists include trimeric, tetrameric, pentameric or hexameric peptidomimetic analogs exhibiting affinity for and activity at the neuropeptide S receptor. The peptidomimetic molecules may be useful in the treatment of disorders, syndromes and conditions mediated by modulation of the neuropeptide S receptor such as substance abuse, narcolepsy, insomnia, obesity, cognitive decline, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, panic disorder, generalized anxiety, PTSD, phobias, schizophrenia and as supportive medication during any kind of cessation program in cognitive behavioral therapy, such as drug addiction, eating disorders and gambling.
US11220525B2
A method for removing precursors in recombinant human nerve growth factor (rhNGF) by hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) is provided, where a Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell culture is processed by column chromatography for preliminary purification, and the pretreated sample obtained therefrom is further processed in a HIC column by washing the sample and then eluting the HIC column.
US11220518B2
The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formulas A and B: wherein A, B, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and R10 are as defined above. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and to methods of treating diabetes mellitus and its complications, cancer, ischemia, inflammation, central nervous system disorders, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease and dermatological disease pression, virus diseases, inflammatory disorders, or diseases in which the liver is a target organ.
US11220513B2
The present invention provides unified synthesis of the C1-C19 building blocks of halichondrins and analogs thereof using selective coupling of poly-halogenated nucleophiles in chromium-mediated coupling reactions. The present invention also provides a practical and efficient synthesis of C20-C38 building blocks of halichondrins and analogs thereof. Also provided herein are general methods of selective activation and coupling of poly-halogenated analogs with an aldehyde. The provided coupling reactions are selective for halo-enone and halo-acetylenic ketal over vinyl halide and halide attached to a sp hybridized carbon. The provided efficient selective coupling reactions can allow easy access to the C1-C19 building blocks and C20-C38 building blocks of halichondrins and analogs thereof with limited or no purification or separation of the intermediates.
US11220509B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically, acceptable salts thereof, that inhibit Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) activity. In particular, the present disclosure relates to compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use, such as methods of treating cancer using the compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US11220493B2
The invention relates to the compounds or its pharmaceutical acceptable polymorphs, solvates, enantiomers, stereoisomers and hydrates thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of compounds of formula I, formula II, formula III, formula IV, formula V, formula VI, formula VII, formula VIII, formula IX or Formula X and, the methods for the treatment of fungal infections may be formulated for oral, buccal, rectal, topical, transdermal, transmucosal, lozenge, spray, intravenous, oral solution, buccal mucosal layer tablet, parenteral administration, syrup, or injection. Such compositions may be used to treatment of fungal infections.
US11220490B2
The present disclosure relates to novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and their use in prevention and treatment of cancer and related diseases and conditions. In some embodiments, the compounds disclosed herein exhibit androgen receptor degradation activity.
US11220475B2
Compounds derived from biomass, e.g., cellulose and lignins, methods of forming such compounds and polymers and products formed using such compounds.
US11220472B2
Aspects of the invention relate to systems and processes for recovering R1233zd in purified form from compositions additionally comprising hydrogen fluoride. In accordance with one aspect, the invention provides a process that includes separating a feed stream comprised of hydrogen fluoride and R1233zd using azeotropic distillation in a first distillation column to produce a first distillate stream comprised of hydrogen fluoride and R1233zd and a first bottoms stream consisting essentially of hydrogen fluoride. The first distillation column is operated at a first pressure. The process further includes separating the first distillate stream using azeotropic distillation in a second distillation column to produce a second distillate stream comprised of hydrogen fluoride and R1233zd and a second bottoms stream consisting essentially of R1233zd. The second distillation column is operated at a second pressure that may be different than the first pressure of the first distillation column.
US11220463B2
A red zirconium-oxide sintered body includes oxide of cerium, auxiliary metal oxide and oxide of zirconium, wherein the auxiliary metal oxide includes any one or a combination of at least two of oxide of yttrium, oxide of magnesium, oxide of calcium and oxide of ytterbium; the red zirconium-oxide sintered body satisfies conditions that the oxide of cerium has a content of 0.2˜1.5 mol %; the oxide of cerium comprises trivalent cerium oxide; a sum of contents of the oxide of cerium and the auxiliary metal oxide is 1.1˜2.5 mol %; and the sintered body has fracture toughness≥8 MPa·m1/2. The zirconium-oxide sintered body has red appearance and toughness more than 8 MPa·m1/2, and can be used for products such as mobile phone backboards, ornaments and dial plates.
US11220462B2
Methods of making ceramic matrix prepregs are described. The methods include exposing a coated tow of ceramic fibers to a ceramic matrix slurry comprising a solvent and ceramic precursor. The coating is at least partially removed and the slurry infuses into the ceramic fibers to form prepreg. Steps to form ceramic matrix composites are also described, including forming the prepreg into a green body, and sintering the ceramic precursor.
US11220460B2
A multi-component mortar system including a component A and a component B wherein, component A includes aluminous cement, at least one set inhibitor, at least one mineral filler and water, and component B includes an initiator system for the set-inhibited aluminous cement, at least one mineral filler and water. The multi-component mortar system is easy to use and suitable for repair and refurbishment and particularly for printing 3D structures.
US11220458B2
A concrete composition and method include a portion of fine aggregate bearing a coating of a polymer or an admixture, which may be a continuous coating layer or a layer of powdered, discrete particles embedded in a binder. The polymeric coating may be an admixture in powdered form, a super absorbent polymer (insoluble in water, but absorbing water), or another polymer such as the acrylamides, co-polymers thereof, polyacrylamides, or the like (soluble in water). The coating absorbs water, but particles are too small to form significant voids. Water is absorbed into the concrete mix in far greater proportions (e.g. w/c ratio over 0.5) improving workability, doubling workability time, and improving ultimate compressive stress (strength).
US11220457B2
Mortar with small autogenous shrinkage strain and a method for producing the same are provided. Mortar has binder and fine aggregate, wherein the binder includes cement and fine mineral powder, and the mortar is formed by being mixed with water. The fine aggregate is air granulated ferronickel slag, and weight ratio of water to a combination of the binder and the fine aggregate is 7.0% or more and 9.0% or less. Such mortar can be produced by mixing binder, fine aggregate and water.
US11220456B2
A glass-based article may include from about 45 mol. % to about 80 mol. % SiO2; from about 0 mol. % to about 10 mol. % Na2O; less than about 5 mol. % K2O; a non-zero amount of Al2O; and an amorphous phase and a crystalline phase. The article may further in include a stress profile comprising a surface compressive stress (CS) and a maximum central tension (CT). A ratio of Li2O (mol. %) to R2O (mol. %) in the article is from about 0.5 to about 1, where R2O is the sum of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O in the article. CT may be greater than or equal to about 50 MPa and less than about 100 MPa. CS may be greater than 2.0·CT. A depth of compression (DOC) of the stress profile may be greater than or equal to 0.14·t and less than or equal to 0.25·t, where t is the thickness of the article.
US11220454B2
A method for manufacturing a window glass according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: preparing a carrier film; forming an assembly by attaching the carrier film to a window base; coating a UV resin on a jig; placing the assembly on the jig so that the window base faces downwards; attaching the assembly and the UV resin on the jig to each other by using a roller; primarily curing the UV resin by performing primary UV irradiation to an upper portion of the assembly attached with the UV resin on the jig; removing an uncured portion of the UV resin; and secondarily curing a remaining portion of the UV resin from which the uncured portion of the UV resin has been removed by performing secondary UV irradiation to the remaining portion of the UV resin.
US11220450B2
Systems and methods for texturing substrates (e.g., glass, metal, and the like) and the textured substrates produced using such systems and methods are disclosed. An exemplary textured substrate includes a surface having a portion with a root-mean-square roughness between 40 to 1000 microns and an autocorrelation function greater than 0.5 for distances less than 50 microns. An exemplary system for texturing a substrate includes a plunger with a textured surface, where a portion of the textured surface has a root-mean-square roughness between 40 to 1000 microns and an autocorrelation function greater than 0.5 for distances less than 50 microns. An exemplary method for texturing a substrate includes the steps of generating a pattern defining a texture, and 3-D printing the pattern on the substrate to form the texture.
US11220446B2
An acidic water-based process was developed for the synthesis of anionic lignin copolymers with adjustable MW, thermal stability and solubility in water. The anionic lignin copolymer described herein comprises: a molecular weight of 5,000 to 7.4×105 g/mol; and a charge density of −1 to −7.2 meq/g. The anionic lignin copolymers described herein which have a molecular weight range of 000-50,000 g/mol can be used as dispersants of negatively charged molecules or particles in numerous process or wastewater streams (e.g. concrete admixtures, gypsum slurries, textile dye) while such copolymers in a molecular weight range of 90,000-740,000 g/mole can be used as flocculants of positively charged molecules or particles in numerous process and wastewater streams including industrial and municipal systems and sludge dewatering in the textile dye, pulp & paper, mining and oil industries.
US11220443B2
Various embodiments relate to methods and systems for removing phosphorus and/or nitrogen from water. A method of removing phosphorus and nitrogen from water includes passing starting material water including nitrogen and phosphorus through an elevated pH phosphorus removal stage. The method includes passing the water through an electrolytic nitrogen removal stage. The method includes passing the water through a galvanic phosphorus removal stage. The water produced by the method has a lower phosphorus concentration and a lower nitrogen concentration than the starting material water.
US11220442B2
A method of producing a final product from a wastewater dissolved air flotation (DAF) sludge which includes the following dewatering step: 5—dewatering of the sludge, an aged sludge or a pre-processed sludge to produce a sludge filter cake and a filtrate; such that the pre-processed is sludge, or aged sludge, that has undergone additional processing steps prior to dewatering and aged sludge is sludge that has been stored for a period of time, wherein the dewatering step is a mechanical dewatering step 10 carried out at a maximum of 30° C. which results in a sludge filter cake that does not flow under its own mass.
US11220441B2
There is provided a method for efficiently recovering amide-based compounds such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone from a waste liquid containing amide-based compounds such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone generated, for example, in a production process of polyarylene sulfide.
US11220437B2
The present invention provides a process that allows the oxidation of trivalent arsenic and ferrous ion, simultaneous with neutralization of the acid solution to be treated, the precipitation of arsenic and oxidized ferric iron added in a molar ratio Fe:As determined at a defined pH, all of the above with a high efficiency of precipitation of arsenic as ferric arsenate or scorodite, obtaining a final residue stable in the long term, characterized by their higher content of arsenic in a lower volume compared with the procedures described in the state of the prior art.
US11220424B2
A method comprises: patterning a substrate, including a conductive region, with photoresist exposed by lithography, where the substrate is mounted on a handle substrate; forming a comb structure with conductive fingers on the substrate by at least removing a portion of the conductive region of the substrate; removing the photoresist; forming, one atomic layer at a time, at least one atomic layer of at least one conductor over at least one sidewall of each conductive finger; attaching at least one insulator layer to the comb structure, and the substrate from which the comb structure is formed; and removing the handle substrate.
US11220420B2
Exemplary sanitary soap refilling systems and methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary refill refilling system includes a housing, a pump located within the housing, and a bulk storage tank connector. The bulk storage tank connector having a liquid outlet and an air inlet. A liquid inlet conduit is in fluid communication with the pump the liquid outlet. A refill connector is included. The refill connector has a liquid inlet and an air outlet. The refill connector air outlet and the bulk storage tank connector air inlet are in fluid communication with one another. The refill liquid inlet is in fluid communication with the pump.
US11220414B2
A stabilizer leg arrangement with a stabilizer leg (25), which is extensible by a hydraulic cylinder (27) into a supporting position in contact with the ground. A piston (32) divides the internal space of the hydraulic cylinder into first and second chambers (34, 35), wherein these chambers are configured to come into fluid communication with each other through a flow channel (41) in the hydraulic cylinder when the piston reaches an advanced end position and abuts against a stop surface. An electronic control device (72) is configured to establish information as to whether or not the stabilizer leg is in the supporting position while taking into account a measuring value (V1) related to the hydraulic pressure in the first chamber (34). The invention also relates to a corresponding method and a mobile working machine comprising such a stabilizer leg arrangement.
US11220412B2
A yarn deflection unit for a textile machine, having a housing comprising a curved wall section for forming a radially outer wall section of a curved yarn deflection channel. The solution proposed by the invention is distinguished in that the curved wall section has a yarn guiding groove extending along the curvature for receiving and guiding a yarn.
US11220410B2
A sheet suction device includes a sheet carrier, a suction unit, and a rotary body. The sheet carrier has a carrying region. The carrying region includes a plurality of suction openings. The sheet carrier is configured to rotate while holding a sheet. The suction unit is configured to communicate with the plurality of suction openings and suck air via the plurality of suction openings. The rotary body is disposed between the plurality of suction openings and the suction unit. The rotary body is configured to rotate to change a number of suction openings that communicate with the suction unit, among the plurality of suction openings of the sheet carrier.
US11220403B2
A method for monitoring a belt conveyor with a circulating conveyor belt includes the steps of determining at least one operating parameter of the belt conveyor; determining running resistances at different points along the conveyor belt on the basis of the at least one determined operating parameter; determining a sum of the determined running resistances over the length of the conveyor belt; and adapting the determination of the running resistances, in order to minimize a deviation of the drive power which is calculated from the determined sum from the measured drive power.
US11220401B2
A conveyorized baking system having improved dust shield support. The system includes including a conveyor track, a conveyor chain that moves through the conveyor track, flanged support struts attached to the conveyor chain, and dust shields supported by the flanged support struts for preventing dust and debris from entering the conveyor track.
US11220386B2
The present application is directed to a packaging for a powdered explosive-detection training aid which may include first and second opposing flexible sheets heat sealed together along less than a periphery thereof and defining a storage compartment therebetween, wherein an unsealed portion of the periphery defines an opening to the storage compartment, wherein at least a portion of the first opposing flexible sheet is a semipermeable material permeable to a vapor emitted from the powdered explosive-detection training aid, with the second opposing flexible sheet being impermeable to the powdered explosive-detection training aid vapor; and a sealing member, wherein the sealing member is secured to the first opposing flexible sheet and, in a closing position, covers the semipermeable portion of the first opposing flexible sheet.
US11220385B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carton for packaging one or more articles, a blank for forming the carton and a method of packaging articles. The carton comprises a plurality of panels forming walls of a tubular structure including a top wall, a first side wall, a base wall, and a second side wall. An end closure structure at least partially closes an end of the tubular structure. The end closure structure includes: a top end closure flap having a handle opening forming a carrying handle; a side end closure flap coupled to one of the first and second side walls; and a web panel interconnecting the top end closure flap to the side end closure flap. The web panel is hingedly connected to the top end closure flap and is hingedly connected to the side end closure flap along a fold line.
US11220382B2
The present disclosure relates to a tamper-evident and child-proof coupling system. The coupling system includes a first base portion, a second base portion, a slit, and a closing septum. The first base portion includes a first coupling portion. The second base portion includes a second coupling portion. The first and second coupling portions are configured to define a priming configuration of the coupling system when the first and second coupling portion are engaged to each other. The slit is defined on the first base portion or the second base portion and is configured to receive an opening device. The opening device is configured to disengage the first and second coupling portions. The closing septum is adjustable to a first or second configuration. In the first configuration, the closing septum occludes the slit. In the second configuration, the closing septum is configured to expose the slit.
US11220377B2
A dispensing system for a container is provided. The dispensing system operatively associates a lid assembly with the container. The dispensing system rotatably attaches a septum portion having two septum apertures to an opening of the container. Rotatably associated with and relative to the septum portion is a baffle portion of the lid assembly. The baffle portion provides two baffle apertures, each coextensive with the spaced apart septum apertures so that the baffle portion is movable between a closed position and an open position fluidly communicating the container and an enclosure of the lid assembly. The enclosure may be divided in half with each half providing a cover selectively movable between a retaining condition and a pouring condition for pouring contents from each enclosure half.
US11220376B2
A lid for a container includes a main body having interior portion circumscribed by a lip. A plurality of surface features extend from the interior portion. A plurality of connecting bridges are continuous with and interposed between the surface features. Each of the connecting bridges connects at least two of the surface features to each other. A plurality of guides are formed on the lip. The guides are configured to optimally align a securement device across the lid.
US11220358B1
A hypersonic harmonic exciter system to enable hypersonic speed, including a hypersonic harmonic exciter body having a plurality angled sides forming exciter body hollow structure with an access aperture, vibration inducing wave apparatus configured to produce and project vibration harmonic waves that converge on a convergence harmonic point forward of the hypersonic harmonic exciter body, the vibration inducing wave apparatus having vibration apparatus hollow structure with a series of exterior concentrically positioned vibration inducing bands, the vibration inducing wave apparatus inserted in the exciter body hollow structure, and harmonic sound projecting apparatus configured to produce and project harmonic sound waves that converge on the convergence harmonic point forward of the hypersonic harmonic exciter body, the harmonic sound projecting apparatus having sound apparatus hollow structure with a series of exterior concentrically positioned sound emitter bands, the harmonic sound projecting apparatus inserted in the vibration apparatus hollow structure.
US11220349B2
A power supply unit includes a housing having at least one input terminal and at least one output terminal, an AC-DC converter which is arranged in the housing and which is connected to the input terminal, a DC-DC converter which is arranged in the housing and which is connected to the output terminal; and a capacitor which forms a structural part of the housing. Furthermore, an on-board power supply network of an aircraft or spacecraft is also described.
US11220348B2
An inerting and venting system for an aircraft. The inerting and venting system includes a tank containing fluid to be inerted, a mixer including an operating flow path and a mixing flow path, a vent line fluidly connecting ambient atmosphere to the operating flow path of the mixer, and an inert gas line fluidly connecting an inert gas source to the mixing flow path of the mixer. The mixing flow path and the operating flow path are arranged in a coflowing configuration such that ambient air communicated by the operating flow path mixes in a coflowing manner with inert gas communicated by the mixing flow path and the coflowed mixture is directed into the tank. The inerting and venting system may include a first valve for controlling flow of vent air from ambient atmosphere to the tank, and a second valve for controlling flow of inert gas from an inert gas source to the tank. A valve adjuster is configured to passively adjust the first and second valves in response to a pressure differential between the ambient atmosphere and the tank, and to control ratio of flow in response to oxygen concentration in the inert gas or the tank ullage gas.
US11220346B2
An acoustic attenuation panel for a propulsion unit including a nacelle and a turbojet engine includes a cellular core disposed between an inner skin and an outer skin, called acoustic skin, the acoustic skin including a plurality of acoustic apertures, the acoustic apertures being inclined, at a non-zero inclination angle (β) relative to the direction normal to the acoustic skin, upstream with respect to the flow direction of the air or gas flow to which the panel is intended to be subjected under normal operating conditions, that is to say upstream of the propulsion unit when the panel is mounted in such a unit.
US11220341B2
A modal restraint system for an occupant of a seat of an aircraft having a mechanical failure sensor includes a strap feeder unit and a strap selectively retractable into and extendable from the strap feeder unit. The strap is positionable adjacent to the occupant. The strap feeder unit is adapted to switch between a plurality of modes including an unfixed mode and a fixed mode. The strap is extendable from and retractable into the strap feeder unit in the unfixed mode. The strap is substantially unextendable from the strap feeder unit in the fixed mode. The strap feeder unit is in the unfixed mode by default. The strap feeder unit is operable to switch to the fixed mode in response to a precautionary event including detection of an aircraft mechanical failure by the mechanical failure sensor, thereby reducing freedom of movement of the occupant relative to the seat.
US11220335B1
An unmanned aerial vehicle system includes a ground station, a tether assembly coupled to the ground station, and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle having a quick release mechanism selectively coupled to the tether assembly to restrain movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The quick release mechanism is electrically actuatable to decouple the tether assembly from the unmanned aerial vehicle for enabling the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly freely.
US11220333B2
Disclosed is a tilting type rotor including: a body part in which a longitudinal direction is formed at both sides, a receiving space is provided therein, and a sliding hole having a through-hole shape is provided in the longitudinal direction at inner lower portions of both end portions; a servo part formed at the center of the body part and having a rotational shaft vertical to the longitudinal direction of the body part; a tilting part tilted in a manner in which the other end portion is rotated as one end portion is connected to both end portions of the body part; a rotor part provided to generate thrust and connected to the tilting part; and a link part connected to the servo part and connected to the tilting part.
US11220331B2
A bond fixture for bonding a component includes a frame defining a chamber for receiving the component. A first pad and a second pad are mounted to the frame. At least one of the first pad and the second pad is movable relative to the frame to adjust a pressure applied to the component. A caul assembly is adapted to be disposed in thermal communication with the component. The caul assembly heats a localized portion of the component.
US11220330B2
A mechanical system for transmitting rotary motion between firstly at least one inlet wheel driven in rotation by at least one engine, each inlet wheel being suitable for being driven in rotation by a corresponding dedicated engine, and secondly at least two distinct driven shafts of an accessory box, the at least one engine serving to drive rotation of one of the at least two driven shafts in isolation, or to drive the at least two driven shafts simultaneously, jointly with at least one aircraft rotor, the mechanical system including a selective rotary drive member that is movable axially between two distinct drive positions.
US11220328B2
An arrangement for mechanically changing a surface includes an insulating layer, a pair of electrodes, which is arranged on or in the insulating layer, and a piezo element, which is arranged on or in the insulating layer. The piezo element is separated from the pair of electrodes by the insulating layer. The pair of electrodes is designed to generate in a region of the piezo element an electric field, which causes the piezo element to carry out a mechanical change of shape, in order in this way to mechanically change a surface of the arrangement. The pair of electrodes is also designed to generate the electric field such that the electric field has a minimum field strength in a surrounding area of the arrangement, in order in this way to generate a plasma in the surrounding area of the arrangement.
US11220326B2
Part comprising a wall which comprises a first zone (541), a first zone (541) and the second zone (542), a network of riblets being formed on the first zone (541), the second zone (542) and also on the transition zone (54t) so as to reduce the drag of the part when a flow of air flows along said wall; the height, the width and the spacing of the riblets formed on the transition zone (54t) changing along said transition zone (54t) so as to pass from the height, width and spacing of the riblets formed on the first zone at a first end of the transition zone to the height, width and spacing of the riblets formed on the second zone (542) at a second end of the transition zone (54t), the transition zone (54t) comprising a central portion on which the riblets comprise on one hand the height and the width that are respectively equal to the height and width of the riblets on the first zone (541), and on the other hand a spacing equal to the spacing of the riblets of the second zone (542).
US11220312B2
A collapsible fin shade apparatus for a boat.
US11220308B1
A stem for a bicycle includes first and second components. The first component includes first upper and lower fixed seats, which are connected by a first connecting part. The second component includes second upper and lower fixed seats, which are connected by a second connecting part, and the second connecting part intersects with the first connecting part. Two first screws pass through the first upper fixed seat and the second lower fixed seat and screw with two screw holes on one side of the mounting base of the bicycle front fork. Two second screws pass through the second upper fixed seat and the first lower fixed seat and screw with two screw holes on another side of the mounting base of the bicycle front fork. Thus, the bicycle handle bar achieves good controllability and stability, and the stem has advantages of a simple structure, light weight and quickly assembly.
US11220301B2
A tailgate assembly of a vehicle includes a tailgate configured to provide a boundary of a cargo area, and a hinge assembly coupled to the tailgate and coupled to the vehicle. The hinge assembly is configured to control a trajectory of the tailgate. The tailgate is configured to achieve a vertical closed position, a horizontal open position, and a vertical open position rotated about 180° from the first position. The hinge assembly includes a hinge arm coupled to the vehicle at a first hinge and coupled to the tailgate at a second hinge. In some embodiments, a cable assembly is used to control the position of the tailgate. In the vertical closed position, the cable end is not engaged. In the horizontal open position, the cable end is engaged. In the vertical open position rotated about 180° from the closed position, the cable end is not engaged or under tension.
US11220300B2
A method of assembling an automotive vehicle includes providing a panel having an upper surface and a lower surface. The method also includes providing a hole extending from the upper surface through the lower surface. The method additionally includes providing a patch at the upper surface, with the patch extending about a periphery of the hole at the upper surface and having a different material composition from the panel. The method also includes adhering a liner material to the upper surface, with the liner material being superposed over and adhered to the patch.
US11220297B2
Land vehicles, modular systems for forming monocoques of land vehicles, and methods of forming monocoques of land vehicles using modular systems are envisioned. In certain embodiments, the land vehicles are provided as delivery vehicles and/or utility vehicles. A land vehicle includes a monocoque supporting a plurality of wheels to permit movement of the vehicle relative to an underlying surface in use of the land vehicle.
US11220296B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for improving lateral crash pushing and distributing crash energy within a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a first frame cross member extending laterally between a left hand frame rail and a right hand frame rail of a vehicle, and a second frame cross member, aft of the first frame cross member, extending laterally between the left hand frame rail and the right hand frame rail. The apparatus further comprises an outrigger projecting outward laterally from the first frame cross member and an impact member selected from the left hand frame rail or right hand frame rail; and a connection arm projecting diagonally from a distal end of the outrigger to a connection point on the second frame cross member, beneath the impact member, such that when an impact force travels longitudinally into the outrigger, the impact force is distributed to both the first frame cross member through the outrigger and the second frame cross member through the connection arm.
US11220292B2
A vehicle rear structure includes: a rear sideframe disposed on either side in a rear of a vehicle body; and a rear subframe disposed under the rear sideframe, wherein a rear end of the rear subframe is disposed at the same position in the longitudinal direction as, or at a position posterior to, a rear end of the rear sideframe. The vehicle rear structure has better performance in transmitting an impact load at a rear impact with a vehicle than ever, to further improve performance in absorbing impact energy.
US11220290B2
A traveling control apparatus of vehicle includes a lane change controller, a position detector, and a lane detector. The lane change controller includes first and second course generators that respectively generate first and second courses as target courses of a vehicle in first and second lanes. The first and the second course generators respectively calculate first and second target movement amounts, in width directions of the first and the second lanes, of the vehicle when the vehicle is moved along the first and the second courses, and respectively generate the first and the second courses on a basis of the first and the second target movement amounts and first and second jerks. The first and the second jerks are each a rate of change of acceleration of the vehicle in the width direction of the first lane in the first course or the second lane in the second course.
US11220283B2
The present invention is directed to a single-ski assembly being configured to convert a double-ski conventional snowmobile to a single-ski snowmobile while improving the steerability, the maneuverability and the floatation of snowmobiles and thus by providing an adjustable angular front orientation of the ski. The single-ski assembly comprises a damping system adapted to control the longitudinal direction of the snowmobile and a steering mechanism adapted to control the upward and downward rotation of the ski.
US11220282B2
A stroller accessory connects to a stroller to form a double stroller together and is unusable to transport a child when the accessory is disconnected from the stroller. It includes a frame, a connection mechanism reversibly connecting the accessory to the stroller while defining a tilting axis around which the front part of the accessory frame and the rear of the stroller frame tilt freely relative to one another, two pivoting wheels on a rear part of the frame, a pushing member on the frame rear, a control mechanism controlling a rolling blocking of the double stroller, on the frame front that cooperates mechanically with a rolling blocking system, in the stroller, controlling the blocking system, and an actuating member, on the frame rear to be activated by a user standing behind the double stroller, and which is coupled to the control mechanism so as to actuate the latter.
US11220278B2
A high-speed transportation device with a tube as a rail, including a tube structure, a carrier structure, a control system, a braking system, and a drive system. The tube structure is an extension structure surrounded by a tube wall. The tube wall is provided with a plurality of unidirectional airflow windows configured to control a flowing direction of airflow. The carrier structure operates in the tube structure. The carrier structure is a carriage-type structure. The unidirectional airflow window installed on the tube structure of the invention can significantly reduce the air resistance of the operational system. Compared with the current rapid transportation device, this invention has the advantages of high efficiency, low cost, fast speed and high safety, and can be used for the development of new rapid transportation system.
US11220277B2
A cable transportation system comprising: a first terminal station; a second terminal station; a plurality of transporting units moved between the terminal stations; at least one supporting cable for supporting the transporting units between the terminal stations; wherein the supporting cable comprises a first end housed inside the first terminal station and a second end housed inside the second terminal station; a first anchor device for anchoring the first end of the supporting cable inside the first terminal station; a second anchor device for anchoring the second end of the supporting cable inside the second terminal station; wherein the anchor devices are configured to selectively block the ends of the supporting cable inside the respective terminal stations and to enable a stepped sliding of the supporting cable between the terminal stations.
US11220265B2
A method of controlling the engine of a vehicle having a stop-in-gear (SIG) stop-start system includes: a control module determining that a brake is being applied, based on an output from a brake sensor, and that a transmission is in an in-gear position, based on an output from a transmission sensor; and, while the brake is applied and the transmission is in an in-gear position, the control module causing the engine to start in response to detecting movement of a clutch pedal towards a released position based on an output from a clutch pedal sensor.
US11220263B2
A method for open-loop or closed-loop control of a driver assistance system of a vehicle, including: a) using a first sensor device to detect from a roadway at least one lane and a roadway marking that separates the lane from an edge of the roadway; b) using a second sensor device to detect operation of at least one operating device of the vehicle that influences the driving dynamics of the vehicle by virtue of the driver; c) using steering actuators and/or brake actuators to influence the driving dynamics of the vehicle; and d) outputting, if there is a threat of the vehicle leaving the lane, as detected by the first sensor device, a first warning signal. A related driver assistance system is also described.
US11220261B2
The present invention relates to a method for use in a driver assistance system of an ego-vehicle. The method supports driving of the ego-vehicle and comprises the steps of retrieving a priority relationship between the ego-vehicle and at least one traffic participant involved in a traffic situation; selecting a prediction model for the at least one traffic participant depending on the priority relationship; predicting at last one hypothetical future trajectory for the ego-vehicle and, based on the selected prediction model, at last one hypothetical future trajectory for the at least one traffic participant; and calculating a behavior relevant score for ego-vehicle based on the calculated hypothetical future trajectories.
US11220260B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a safety equipment controlling apparatus of a vehicle may include an acceleration sensor, a collision detection sensor, a brake controller, a steering controller, an airbag, a seat belt actuator, and a control circuit electrically connected to the acceleration sensor, the collision detection sensor, the brake controller, the steering controller, the airbag, and the seat belt actuator. The control circuit may be configured to obtain a longitudinal acceleration and a lateral acceleration, which are generated by a brake of the brake controller and a steering of the steering controller, using the acceleration sensor and to calculate a predicted behavior of a user of the vehicle, based on the longitudinal acceleration and the lateral acceleration.
US11220259B2
A controller receives outputs from a plurality of sensors such as a camera, LIDAR sensor, RADAR sensor, and ultrasound sensor, which may be rearward facing. A probability is updated each time a feature in a sensor output indicates presence of an object. The probability may be updated as a function of a variance of the sensor providing the output and a distance to the feature. Where the variance of a sensor is directional, directional probabilities may be updated according to these variances and the distance to the feature. If the probability meets a threshold condition, actions may be taken such as a perceptible alert or automatic braking. The probability may be decayed in the absence of detection of objects. Increasing or decreasing trends in the probability may be amplified by further increasing or decreasing the probability.
US11220247B2
In the event of a pneumatic trailer connection failure between a tractor and trailer of, e.g., a commercial vehicle, a pressure protection valve (PPV) is provided on the air line between a double check valve that supplies air from one or more service reservoirs and a trailer parking valve without a flow restrictor, which transmits the air to the trailer connection for supplying the trailer brakes. When output pressure on the PPV drops below a predetermined closing pressure threshold due to the connection failure, the PPV closes to protect the tractor brake air supply. Upon restoration of the trailer connection and upon input pressure at the PPV exceeding a predetermined opening pressure threshold, the PPV opens and the trailer brake system is charged more quickly than can be achieved using a conventional trailer parking valve with a flow restrictor.
US11220246B2
A patient transport apparatus includes a height-adjustable assembly having a longitudinal axis. The apparatus includes a brake cable. The brake cable includes an elongate portion extending along the height-adjustable assembly and includes a slack portion. The apparatus includes a brake cable housing coupled to and axially offset from the height-adjustable assembly. The slack portion of the brake cable is enclosed within a hollow interior of the brake cable housing.
US11220239B2
This key information generation system generates key information required when using a shared vehicle, and imparts this key information to a mobile terminal. Authentication is performed between a mobile terminal containing the imparted key information, and an authentication device provided to a vehicle, and if said authentication is successful, the mobile terminal enables operation of the vehicle via the authentication device. The key information generation system includes: an information management unit which manages, by associating with one another, individual information for the authentication device, a key information generation code, and usage information pertaining to the use of the authentication device; and a key information generation unit which specifies a key information generation code from individual information and usage information managed by being associated with one another by the information management unit, and generates key information on the basis of the key information generation code.
US11220238B2
A method including sending a communication to a user device associated with the user and receiving, at the autonomous vehicle, an audible authentication code. The communication can include a location of the autonomous vehicle. The location can be effective to assist the user device to audibly provide guidance from a location of the mobile device to the location of the autonomous vehicle. The audible authentication code can be effective to assist an authentication process between the autonomous vehicle and the user.
US11220233B2
A side airbag apparatus including a cushion sheet part having a first insertion slot part and first stud hole parts; a pocket sheet part having a second insertion slot part and second stud hole parts to correspond to the first insertion slot part and the first stud hole parts, respectively, and superposed on the cushion sheet part; partition sheet parts superposed on the cushion sheet part so as to be connected to both sides of the pocket sheet part; first sewing parts that connect the partition sheet parts and the pocket sheet part to the cushion sheet part; a second sewing part that connects superposed ends of the pocket sheet part and partition sheet parts that are folded in half; and a third sewing part that connects superposed circumferential portions of the cushion sheet part after the cushion sheet part is folded on the basis of a center portion thereof.
US11220232B2
A ramp of a curtain airbag device including: a ramp body part on or into which a folded cushion is seated or inserted; one or more vehicle body mounting parts formed at a lower part of the ramp body part, and coupled to a vehicle body; one or more tab through-hole parts formed through the ramp body part, such that a mounting tab part of the cushion is passed through the tab through-hole part; and one or more locking hook parts formed at an upper part of the ramp body part, such that an end of the mounting tab part extended upward between the vehicle body and the ramp body part through the tab through-hole part is locked to the locking hook part.
US11220230B1
An assembly for a vehicle includes an instrument panel. The assembly includes a steering wheel having a hub and a rim spaced from and supported by the hub, and an airbag supported by the hub and inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position has a rear panel extending from the hub to the instrument panel. The rear panel has a bowl shape that extends endlessly around the rim.
US11220225B2
An interior trim part (10) for cladding an inner side of a motor vehicle body has a cladding panel (12) forming an inner surface (14) and delimiting a passenger compartment. A flexible insulation layer (18) is fastened to a rear surface (16) of the cladding panel (12) that points away from the inner surface (14). The cladding panel (12) has a protruding fastening element (22) projecting through an opening (20) of the insulation layer (18). The fastening element (22) has a lateral receiving opening (28) and the insulation layer (18) has a retaining strip (32) unconnected to the rear surface (16). The retaining strip (32) is inserted into the receiving opening (28). A situation in which the fastening element (22) is covered by the extended insulation layer (18) is avoided by the retaining strip (32) inserted in the lateral receiving opening (28).
US11220217B2
A rearview device for a motor vehicle includes a moveable head assembly, an actuator assembly having a fixed part and a moveable part, the moveable part being attached to the head assembly, a motor cradle configured to attach the actuator assembly to the moveable head assembly. A method of assembling a rearview device comprises providing the rearview device and attaching the actuator assembly to the moveable head assembly using the motor cradle.
US11220213B2
A rear display device includes a camera, a display and a controller. The controller generates an overhead view image by performing an overhead view conversion process, controls the display to display one of a non-overhead view image and the overhead view image, detects a movement state of the vehicle, predicts a reversing course of the vehicle, and detects an object that is present within a predetermined detection range at the rear. The controller controls the display to display the overhead view image when the object is at the reversing course and a distance between the object and the vehicle is a distance determination reference value or less. The controller controls the display to display the non-overhead view image when the object is not at the reversing course or the distance between the object and the vehicle is higher than the distance determination reference value.
US11220212B2
A circuit arrangement for the electrical wiring of a light unit of a headlight for a vehicle, having a control unit which is connected to a power supply, the light unit having at least one semiconductor light source and a temperature measurer, wherein the semiconductor light source has a cathode and wherein the temperature measurer has a cathode, and wherein the light unit has an equipotential bonding contact. In the light unit, the cathodes are electrically connected to one another and/or at least one of the cathodes is electrically connected to the equipotential bonding contact in the light unit.
US11220205B2
A cargo restraint panel may include a foam component. That foam component may have at least one polymer foam sheet. A front face fibrous reinforcing material may be bonded to and substantially cover a front face of the foam component. A rear face fibrous reinforcing material may be bonded to and substantially cover a rear face of the foam component. The cargo restraint panel may include one or more edge guards. Cargo may be secured in a railcar or other conveyance by, e.g., placing cargo restraint panels between cargo units.
US11220195B2
An edge strip for a seat cover may have an edge strip core, which is surrounded by a casing, and an edge strip tab. The edge strip core and the casing are sewn together such that an ornamental seam is formed on the outer circumference of the casing. A device for producing an edge strip is also disclosed. The device may have a supply unit for supplying an edge strip core and an unfolded material strip for a casing of the edge strip core to an additional processing unit, such as a sewing machine. The supply unit is designed to supply the edge strip core to the additional processing unit, such as a sewing machine, on a material strip surface side which forms the inner face of the casing, and the sewing machine sews the edge strip core to the material strip.
US11220191B2
Charging equipment of a vehicle charging system comprises an information indicator configured to indicate authentication information, and an authentication device configured to perform authentication using the authentication information. A vehicle of the vehicle charging system comprises an imaging device, and a communication device configured to send the authentication information acquired by the imaging device to the authentication device. The authentication device of the charging equipment is configured to perform the authentication using the authentication information received from the communication device, and is configured to, if the authentication has succeeded, permit the vehicle to use a wireless LAN.
US11220189B1
A motor vehicle includes a vehicle including a motor, a battery, two or more wheels, an air pump, a compressed air tank, a pneumatic motor connected to the air tank, an alternator/generator connected to the pneumatic motor, the alternator/generator connected to a vehicle battery, the battery connected to the vehicle motor. The air pump provides air to the air tank, pressurized air from the air tank operates the pneumatic motor, the pneumatic motor operates the alternator/generator, the alternator/generator provides power to the battery; and the battery provides power to the motor and/or to one or more electrical components associated with the vehicle.
US11220187B1
A receiver may be used with a charging station or other power delivery solution. The receiver can be configured to be maneuvered beneath a plug that is electrically coupled to a battery or other component of a vehicle. The receiver can include an opening into which the plug is inserted. The opening can form contacts for establishing an electrical connection with contacts on the plug. The receiver can include a cover that protects the contacts when the plug is not inserted into the opening.
US11220180B2
An autonomous driving apparatus is mounted on a vehicle. The autonomous driving apparatus includes a controller configured to detect that an output timing of route guidance information from a navigation apparatus mounted on the vehicle matches an output timing of route guidance information from the autonomous driving apparatus, acquire an output setting for the route guidance information output from the navigation apparatus, and decide an output setting for the route guidance information output from the autonomous driving apparatus based on the acquired output setting information and the detection.
US11220173B2
Powered wheel assemblies and methods of manufacturing and operating such assemblies are provided.
US11220164B2
A tonneau system for use with a cargo box of a pickup truck. The tonneau system includes a pair of side rails for mounting to the sidewalls of the cargo box and a tonneau cover having at least two tonneau sections and being moveable relative to one another between an unfolded state and a folded state. In the unfolded state the tonneau sections substantially covering the cargo box and in the folded state the tonneau sections being arranged in a stack. The stack of tonneau sections is pivotally connected to the side rails by a pivot connection that is moveable between secure and release positions. In the secure position, the stack being retainingly engaged with the side rails and, in the release position, the stack being removably engaged with the side rails whereby the stack is removable from the cargo box while the side rails remain mounted therewith.
US11220147B2
A swing arm type suspension for a rear wheel of an off road vehicle can use two or three tie rods to control toe-in of the knuckle. The rear end of the swing arm is split between an upper clamping arm and a lower clamping arm defining an eye, with the knuckle connected to the upper and lower clamping arms by joint bearings, and with either the transmission shaft or one of the tie rods extending through the eye of the swing arm to the knuckle. The front of the swing arm can be connected to the vehicle frame using a cross-shaft joint. Camber, toe-in and half-track width are controlled to result in a smaller turning radius with better ride characteristics.
US11220145B2
In order to provide a trailer coupling device for motor vehicles, comprising a rear-side cross member which is mountable on a vehicle body, a supporting unit provided on the cross member which holds a ball neck receiving sleeve having a ball neck receptacle in which a ball neck incorporating a coupling ball is insertable and fixable therein, in which the ball neck receiving sleeve is minimally visible and disturbing when the ball neck is not inserted, it is proposed that the supporting unit comprises a pivot bearing unit by means of which the ball neck receiving sleeve is pivotable from a working position in which the ball neck is insertable therein in order to use a trailer, into a rest position in which an insertion opening of the ball neck receiving sleeve is arranged outside a visible region.
US11220135B2
Provide is a pneumatic tire that is excellent in air retention properties and adhesion at the interface between the innerliner and the insulation, particularly in the joint portion. Included is a pneumatic tire including: a carcass; an insulation adjacent to the radially inner side of the carcass; and an innerliner adjacent to the radially inner side of the insulation, the innerliner including an innerliner rubber composition, the innerliner rubber composition containing a polymer component including, based on 100% by mass thereof, 80 to 100% by mass of a butyl-based rubber and containing, per 100 parts by mass of the polymer component, 40 to 70 parts by mass of carbon black, 0.5 to 5.0 parts by mass of zinc oxide, and 0.2 to 5.0 parts by mass of sulfur, the insulation including an insulation rubber composition, the insulation rubber composition containing a polymer component including, based on 100% by mass thereof, 20 to 90% by mass of a butyl-based rubber and 10 to 80% by mass of an isoprene-based rubber and containing, per 100 parts by mass of the polymer component, 40 to 80 parts by mass of carbon black and 0.2 to 5.0 parts by mass of sulfur, the innerliner and insulation rubber compositions having butyl-based rubber contents based on 100% by mass of the polymer component that satisfy the following relationship: (Butyl-based rubber content of innerliner rubber composition)≥(Butyl-based rubber content of insulation rubber composition).
US11220126B2
A multilayer article including a film layer having a textured first surface and an opposite second surface, wherein the film layer is printable, and a nonwoven material layer bonded to the second surface of the film layer. The film layer may include a semi-crystalline polylactic acid and may be receptive to inkjet printing.
US11220125B2
A printed composite including a substrate layer having an upper substrate surface for printing; an ink layer having an upper ink surface and an opposed lower ink surface, the lower ink surface being disposed on the upper substrate surface; and a protective layer covering the upper ink surface is disclosed. During use, the protective layer prevents the ink layer from being damaged, such as removal or discoloration, as could otherwise happen by exposure to sunscreen location. A method for preparing the printed composite is also provided.
US11220111B2
An example ink tank includes a cap with a preloaded hinge that biases the cap to a fully opened position when the cap is unlatched. The cap in the fully opened position interferes with and prevents the closure of a door that provides access to the ink tank. The door includes a sensor that locks out the print function when the door is open, effecting a printer lockout when the cap of the ink tank is opened for filling.
US11220110B2
A recording apparatus comprising a container to store a sheet of recording medium; a conveyer configured to convey the recording medium in the container; a main tank receiving portion configured to receive a main tank for storing liquid; a sub tank configured to store liquid supplied from the main tank; and a recording head including an ejection surface where ejection openings for ejecting liquid supplied from the sub tank are formed. Each of three projected areas which are an area of the main tank receiving portion, an area of the sub tank, and an area of the recording head, each projected to a virtual plane parallel to a surface of the recording medium contained in the container from a first direction orthogonal to the virtual plane, at least partially overlaps a container projected area which is an area of the container projected to the virtual plane from the first direction.
US11220108B2
An example of a printing apparatus comprising a scanning printhead and a controller is disclosed. The scanning printhead comprises a plurality of nozzles to print using a mask comprising a ramp area and non-ramp area. A first subset of nozzles of the plurality of nozzles is assigned to the ramp area and the second subset of nozzles of the plurality of nozzles is assigned to the non-ramp area. The controller is to calculate a number of spits of a nozzle from the second subset of nozzles for a pass. The controller is also to calculate a number of spits of a nozzle from the first subset of nozzles for the pass based on the number of spits of the nozzle from the second subset of nozzles. The controller is further to instruct the nozzle from the first subset of nozzles to eject online an amount of a composition on a service zone based on the number of spits of the first subset of nozzles.
US11220103B2
A continuous inkjet printer (10, 100) has an ink drop generator (12, 112a, 112b) to generate a stream of ink drops (24), deflection means (14, 16, 18, 20, 114, 115, 116, 118a, 118b, 120) to direct each drop of the stream of ink drops either to a gutter (28) or to one of a plurality of default print positions in a stroke direction (30) on a substrate (26, 126), and input means (22, 122) to receive an indication of an offset. The deflection means, in dependence upon the indication of the offset, direct drops that would otherwise be directed to default print positions to offset print positions on a substrate (26, 126), the offset print positions being displaced in the stroke direction 30 by the offset from the default print positions. The input means (22, 122) may also receive an indication of a print height scaling factor and the deflection means (14, 16, 18, 20, 114, 115, 116, 118a, 118b, 120), in dependence upon the indication of the print height scaling factor, direct drops that would otherwise be directed to default print positions to scaled print positions on a substrate (26, 126), the scaled print positions being displaced from the origin in the stroke direction (30) by displacements corresponding to displacements from the origin of the default print positions when scaled by the print height scaling factor.
US11220102B2
A jetting assembly for ejecting a print material includes an actuator for applying a pressure to the print material, and further includes jetting assembly block that defines a pump chamber, a converging part (i.e., a narrowing taper), and a nozzle bore that ends or terminates in a nozzle from which a drop of the print material is ejected. An implementation can further include a throat and a diverging part that, together with the converging part, forms a venturi. The converging part results in an increase in a velocity of the print material and a decrease in pressure as the print material passes an supply port of a supply channel. The decrease in pressure can result in a replacement of at least a portion of the drop volume within the throat or the nozzle bore even before the drop is ejected from the nozzle.
US11220095B2
A method and apparatus are provided for printing multicolored three-dimensional objects. The method includes: selectively exposing a photosensitive thermoplastic feedstock to light within an extrusion nozzle, the feedstock comprising a thermoplastic base mixed with a photosensitive material; extruding the exposed feedstock into a deposit to print an object; and photo-chemically developing the deposit to provide color to the deposit. An apparatus is provided for three-dimensional printing with an extrusion nozzle including a light exposing component for selectively exposing the photosensitive thermoplastic feedstock to light within the extrusion nozzle.
US11220094B2
A film-laminated metal plate having excellent retort adhesiveness includes: a metal plate; a resin film thermally fusion-bonded to a surface of the metal plate; and a bubble contained between the metal plate and the resin film. An average bubble height of three bubbles with higher heights among the bubbles measured by using a 3D analysis image of a laser microscope is 0 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less. The test piece is obtained by cutting a portion of one end side of the metal plate in a longitudinal direction while leaving the resin film on a side which becomes an inner surface side of the container when the film-laminated metal plate is processed into a container. When a retort treatment is carried out on the test piece at a temperature of 125° C. for 30 minutes in a state in which a 100 g weight is hung from the one end side of the test piece and the test piece is folded back toward the other end side of the test piece in the longitudinal direction by 180°, a length of the resin film peeled off from the metal plate of the test piece is 15 mm or less.
US11220092B2
Disclosed are films including polypropylene impact copolymers for tarpaulin applications which can provide a combination of desired properties.
US11220088B2
There is provided a thin glass elongated body having a small amount of air bubbles between a thin glass and a resin film. A thin glass elongated body of the present invention includes: a thin glass having an elongated shape; and a resin film bonded onto at least part of the thin glass, wherein the resin film has, in a portion in which the thin glass and the resin film are laminated, a plurality of cutting lines and/or holes each penetrating through the resin film.
US11220084B2
A fluid line includes a pipe of a multilayered plastics material. The pipe surrounds an interior space. The pipe has an inner, first layer of polyamide 9T (PA9T), a second layer of polyamide 12 (PA12), a third layer of polyamide 612 (PA612), a fourth layer of polyamide 6 (PA6) and an outer, fifth layer of polyamide 612 (PA612). The inner, first layer bounds the interior space. A fluid line that has a reduced dissolution of material, a reduced permeability to volatile substances, and nevertheless maintains sufficient mechanical properties for a connection to other components of a line, is hence provided.
US11220078B2
A combination of first and second plugs for a tire mold includes associated first and second receivers/jackets. Fasteners secure the receiver to an associated tire mold. A securing member extends from the receiver into the cavity of the first receiver to retain the first plug therein. The first plug is contoured and dimensioned for mating receipt in the first receiver cavity. The second plug is likewise contoured and dimensioned for mating receipt in the associated second receiver cavity, but will not be accepted in the first receiver. A tool is provided to facilitate insertion and removal of the first and second plugs, and limit the potential for damage to the associated tire mold.
US11220075B2
Wood-type golf clubs and/or golf club heads include: (a) a golf club head base member including a face member having a ball striking face; and (b) a polymeric body member engaged with the golf club head base member, wherein the polymeric body member is formed via a rotational molding process (or other centrifugal force inducing molding process) and/or engaged with the golf club head base member via a rotational molding process (or other centrifugal force inducing molding process). The polymeric body member forms at least a portion of a crown member of the club head in some structures.
US11220073B2
A method for manufacturing a composite material includes placing a netlike sheet material, through which a resin composition permeates, on reinforcing fiber substrates disposed on a forming die. The method includes covering the reinforcing fiber substrates disposed on the forming die and the bag surface-smoothing sheet with a bag film to form a sealed forming space between the bag film and the forming die. The method includes infusing a resin composition into the forming space to impregnate the reinforcing fiber substrates. The method includes curing the resin composition impregnated in the reinforcing fiber substrates. Warp yarns and weft yarns are disposed in a lattice pattern and, after placing the bag surface-smoothing sheet on the reinforcing fiber substrates so that the warp yarns and the weft yarns form acute angles with respect to corners of the reinforcing fiber substrates, the bag surface-smoothing sheet projecting from the reinforcing fiber substrates is bent.
US11220067B2
A shaping system is provided and includes: a shaping executing part configured to execute shaping of a three-dimensional object and including multiple inkjet heads that respectively discharge ink droplets of colors different from each other; and a shaping controlling part configured to control an operation of the shaping executing part. The shaping controlling part accepts a designation of a shaping color being a color of the three-dimensional object to be shaped based on a shaping data from an user, and causes the shaping executing part to shape the three-dimensional object so that at least an outer appearance of the three-dimensional object is colored in the shaping color which is designated. The shaping executing part shapes the three-dimensional object according to a control by the shaping controlling part, and colors at least an outer appearance of the three-dimensional object in the shaping color designated by the user using multiple inkjet heads.
US11220059B2
2-manifold structures are structures having continuously curvilinear surfaces, with no kinks or sharp angles. Methods for building strong, lightweight 2-manifold structures include a computer implemented strength optimization process. The computer implemented process includes a structure optimization sub-routine in which a plurality of rod-like members, constituting an irregular scaffold, is constrained into a volume corresponding to the 2-manifold structure. The strength of the irregular scaffold is then optimized by application of an algorithm that maximizes strength as a function of variations in the ratio of the largest macroscopic dimension of the panel to the average length of the members; the aspect ratio of the members (diameter divided by length); the average or maximum number of times a member can contact another member; and the distribution of member lengths. Strength maximization can be simultaneous to minimization of total length of the members. The process can includes additional compositional and structural optimizations, prior to fabrication of the irregular scaffold, and encasing of the scaffold in a shell, or infiltration of the scaffold with a matrix material.
US11220055B2
A vat polymerization apparatus configured with a resin circulatory system that includes pumps arranged to extract used photo-curing resin from a tank and refresh or replace it with new resin, another fluid, or a combination of new resin and the fluid. Resin flow is regulated using a plurality of valves which are opened and closed to achieve a desired circulation process. Additional aspects of the apparatus include a membrane assembly in which a radiation-transparent flexible membrane is supported in a frame that stretches the membrane. A lip of the frame is secured to a bottom rim of the tank; thus, when the membrane assembly is in place it forms a bottom of the tank. A tension adjustment mechanism may be employed to adjust the tension of the membrane within the frame. The frame may be aligned with the tank with the aid of magnetized alignment aids distributed about the frame.
US11220053B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are drawn to an additive manufacturing system, which may include a nozzle having an inlet for receiving a flowable material and an outlet for depositing the flowable material. An applicator head may surround at least a portion of a proximal region of the nozzle. The applicator head may include a housing, a cooling inlet for receiving a coolant into the housing, a cooling outlet configured to allow the coolant to exit the housing, and an air inlet. A roller may be mounted on the applicator head to one side of the outlet of the nozzle. The roller may include an air outlet, wherein a flow path connects the air inlet and the air outlet so that air enters the air inlet and exits the air outlet. The roller may also include a plurality of holes located on an external surface of the roller.
US11220052B2
One embodiment of the invention provides a three-dimensional printing apparatus including a light-transmissive plate having a first surface, a platform, a support frame, a supporting seat and a rotating shaft. The platform is disposed above the light-transmissive plate, and the support frame is disposed under the light-transmissive plate. The supporting seat is disposed under the support frame and defines an accommodation space under the light-transmissive plate for accommodating an image light source. The rotating shaft pivots on a point inside or on the support frame and has a shaft center, and the shaft center is disposed under an extending plane extending from the first surface.
US11220051B2
A build plate assembly for a three-dimensional printer includes: a lighting panel having individually addressable pixels configured to selectively emit light and/or transmit light from illumination below the pixels to a top surface top surface of the lighting panel; a rigid, optically transparent, gas-impermeable planar screen or base having an upper surface having an uneven surface topology and a lower surface that is affixed to the top surface of the lighting panel; and a flexible, optically transparent, gas-permeable sheet having upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface comprising a build surface for forming a three-dimensional object, the sheet lower surface positioned opposite the base, wherein the build plate is configured to permit gas flow to the build surface.
US11220046B2
In one example, a processor readable medium having instructions thereon that when executed cause a fusing system for an additive manufacturing machine to, during a first carriage pass, preheat build material in a layer of unfused build material; during the first carriage pass and/or during a second carriage pass, dispense a liquid fusing agent on to preheated unfused build material in the layer and then, during the second carriage pass, irradiate build material in the layer on which the fusing agent has been dispensed with a fusing light; and during a third carriage pass, irradiate the fused build material with the fusing light; and during a fourth carriage pass, irradiate the fused build material with the fusing light and then actively cool the fused build material.
US11220042B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods method of additively manufacturing distributed sensors in a structural workpiece. The apparatus includes a movable head having an actuator coupled to an ejection port to regulate dispensation of a first thermoplastic polymer fed from an elongated chamber located in the movable head and coupled to the ejection port, wherein the movable printer head comprises a pair of electrodes proximately positioned relative to the chamber so as to direct an electric field, when the electrodes are energized, thereacross or therethough. The apparatus further includes an electric circuit operatively connected to the pair of electrodes, the electric circuit being configured to generate a poling voltage.
US11220040B2
An improved method of edge modification such as edge banding comprising placing a roller in contact with an edge and measuring a first position of the roller. Subsequently moving the contact roller along the edge to a second position and measuring the second position before calculating a desired force direction from the first and second position measurements, applying a force via the pressure roller in the desired force direction.
US11220039B2
An expansion tool includes a housing and an expansion head coupled to the housing. The expansion head includes a casing and a plurality of jaws extending from the casing. The plurality of jaws is movable between a closed position and an expanded position relative to a longitudinal axis. Each jaw of the plurality of jaws includes a first sizing portion extending parallel to the longitudinal axis and a second sizing portion extending parallel to the longitudinal axis. The first sizing portions of the plurality of jaws collectively define a first diameter when the plurality of jaws is in the closed position, the second sizing portions of the plurality of jaws collectively define a second diameter when the plurality of jaws is in the closed position, and the second diameter is greater than the first diameter.
US11220035B2
A modular disk coextrusion die is formed of a plurality of cells stacked together. Each cell includes a symmetrical arrangement of thin annular disks, including a central routing disk and two distribution disks on both sides of the central routing disk. The distribution disks are oriented so that their respective distribution inlet openings oppose each other by about 180 degrees. The symmetrical arrangement permits each cell to process the melt streams in a manner that provides enhanced layer uniformity and bubble stability. By stacking several cells, blown films having up to several hundred layers can be made using twelve, twenty-four or more polymer melt streams. Complex films made from the modular disk coextrusion die are also provided.
US11220033B2
A computer implemented method for generating a mold model for production predictive control and computer program products thereof. The method comprises receiving first parameters about molding machine sensors and second parameters about mold cavity; classifying each injection cycle of a plurality of injection cycles of a first injection molding machine considering the first and second parameters and quality or characteristics of injected given parts in the machine; processing the first and second parameters to remove undesired or irregular data values thereof; merging the first and second parameters providing a global group of processed parameters; executing a machine learning algorithm on the global group of processed parameters generating an extended mold model; and using said generated extended mold model for further monitoring and control of the mold in further injection processes in the first injection molding machine and/or for optimizing a production process of the mold in the first molding machine.
US11220032B2
To manufacture a sprue-bush which is capable of suitably cooling a melt raw resin in a raw resin-flow path as a whole, there is provided a method for manufacturing a sprue-bush, wherein a shaped part is located on a base part to manufacture the sprue-bush, the base part comprising a raw resin-flow path and a cooling medium-flow path, wherein, in the shaped part, a downstream raw resin-flow path portion is located and a downstream cooling medium-flow path portion is also located, the downstream raw resin-flow path portion corresponding to a downstream side region of a raw resin-flow path of the sprue-bush, the downstream cooling medium-flow path portion being positioned around the downstream raw resin-flow path portion and corresponding to a downstream side region of a cooling medium-flow path of the sprue-bush, and wherein the downstream cooling medium-flow path portion is located to surround the downstream raw resin-flow path portion.
US11220022B2
An extruder screw conveying raw materials while kneading them includes a screw main body, conveyance portions, barrier portions, and paths. The conveyance portions convey the raw materials in an axial direction. The paths each include an entrance and an exit. The raw materials, the conveyance of which is limited by the barrier portions, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the paths in an opposite direction to a conveyance direction. The exit is opened in the outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position outside the conveyance portions in which the entrance is opened.
US11220016B2
A handle for a shaving razor adapted to releasably support a razor cartridge is provided. The handle includes a handle body and an actuation button. The handle body includes an arm assembly having a pair of arms extending in a plane and being adapted to engage the razor cartridge. The actuation button is configured to move substantially perpendicular to the plane of the pair of arms. The actuation button cooperates with the pair of arms to engage and disengage the razor cartridge.
US11220009B2
A device includes a camera, a microphone, a driving mechanism, and a memory. The processor determines whether or not a first person appears in a video acquired by the camera, or whether or not speech of the first person is included in a sound acquired by the microphone, when the driving mechanism is to start driving in accordance with predetermined content executed by the device. The first person being a subject person requiring predetermined attention when the device makes contact therewith. The processor determines whether or not the device is moving, when the first person appears in the video, or when the speech of the first person is included in the sound. The processor controls the driving mechanism to stop movement of the device, when the device is moving.
US11220000B2
The invention includes a method and a handling system for manipulating and/or for handling piece goods (2) moved one after another in at least one row (1, 1a, 1b) in a transport direction (TR) on a horizontal conveying device (6). In each work cycle, seizing at least one transported piece good (2) from the at least one row (1, 1a, 1b) by at least one handling device (10); spatially separating it from the row (1, 1a, 1b); and bringing it into a specified relative target position and/or target alignment relative to subsequent piece goods (2). After a failure event with an at least a temporary standstill of the horizontal conveying device (6) and/or of the handling device (10), the handling device (10) is initialized, and, after the failure has been remedied, the horizontal conveying device (6) automatically restarts and continues the previously interrupted process.
US11219999B2
A robot includes a multi-articular arm and a base. The base includes a body and a connector unit. The body has a supporting surface and a space. The supporting surface supports a base end portion of the multi-articular arm. The space is provided in the body and has a base opening on the supporting surface. The connector unit is disposed in the space and includes a cable connector that is connectable to an internal cable disposed in the body and that has a connection opening to be connectable to an external cable. The connection opening faces toward the base opening.
US11219995B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a pivoting assembly, to tools including the pivoting assembly, and to their methods of use in, e.g., collecting lunar samples. One embodiment comprises a shaft coupled to a handle at one end and coupled to a pivoting assembly at the opposite end. The pivoting assembly may comprise a slotted axle, a locking rod having a head engageable with a slot of the slotted axle, and a release handle coupled to the locking rod. The release handle is movable to move the head of the locking rod into a locked position and an unlocked position. A rotatable arm is coupled to the pivoting assembly and is rotatable relative to the handle when the head of the locking rod is in the unlocked position.
US11219993B2
A power tool comprises a housing and an electric motor disposed in the housing. A rotary output is driven by the motor. Electronic sensor configured to sense operating parameters of the power tool includes a voltage sensor arranged to detect the voltage across the electric motor, a current sensor arranged to detect the current through the tool, and a speed sensor arranged to detect the angular velocity ω of the output spindle. Electronic control apparatus is configured to determine from the operating parameter output signals the torque M of the rotary output and control the angular velocity of the rotary output in response to the calculation of the torque of said rotary output.
US11219991B2
A bell cup multi-tool and method is provided for ergonomic straight-line force applications. The multi-tool includes a manipulator for providing the straight-line pressure to a distributor in a bell cup for installation or removal. The multi-tool also includes a base for securing the bell cup in a desired orientation.
US11219990B2
A tool includes an operative rod, a guiding rod, a conveying screw and two detaching elements. The guiding rod includes a middle section connected to the operative rod and two terminal sections extending from the middle section. The conveying screw includes two threaded sections. Threads of the threaded sections extend in opposite directions. Each of the detaching elements includes a fixing aperture and a screw hole. The fixing aperture receives a corresponding one of the terminal sections of the guiding rod. The screw hole receives a corresponding one of the threaded sections of the conveying screw. Thus, the detaching elements are moved toward each other when the conveying screw is rotated in a first direction and that the detaching elements are moved from each other when the conveying screw is rotated in a second direction.
US11219983B2
The present disclosure relates to a gripper device which comprises: a belt pulley driven by a power-driven motor; a belt and another belt pulley driven by the above belt pulley; a ball screw driven and rotated by the belt pulley; nut brackets driven to be shifted along two rigid guideways by two reverse threads at both sides of the ball screw, respectively; a plurality of steel balls, which are installed between a nut bracket and a rigid guideway and sustain more stresses when a workpiece is clamped between two upper slide on the nut brackets.
US11219982B2
A method and systems for controlling optical transmissivity of a polish pad material are provided. The method and systems may include adjusting control parameters to determine the optical transmissivity of a polish pad material. The control parameters may also include pre-processing controls, casting controls, and/or curing controls. Methods and systems also provided for assembling a polish pad that controls the optical transmissivity of the polish pad. Additionally, a polish pad with a controlled optical transmissivity is provided.
US11219980B2
An angle grinder includes a housing, an output shaft, and a motor. The motor includes a stator assembly, a rotor assembly including a motor shaft configured to rotate about a first axis, a commutator, and a carbon brush. The commutator includes a bushing, configured to connect the commutator to the motor shaft, a plurality of commutator segments, sequentially distributed in a circumferential direction around the first axis and arranged around the bushing, and an insulating member, configured to bond the bushing and the plurality of commutator segments so as to constitute a whole.
US11219979B2
A method for monitoring a work process in which a workpiece is worked on by a tool, the method comprising: providing an irregular pattern of indicia remote from the workpiece and the tool; imaging the indicia by an imaging device carried by the workpiece and thereby estimating the location of the workpiece with respect to the indicia; imaging the indicia by an imaging device carried by the tool and thereby estimating the location of the tool with respect to the indicia; and correlating the location of the workpiece and the tool to estimate an operation performed by the tool on the workpiece.
US11219969B2
A method for edge-to-edge welding of a first sheet metal panel to a second sheet metal panel on a bearing structure. The method comprises positioning and fixing the first panel to the bearing structure, positioning and fixing the second panel to the bearing structure with the second panel overlapping a raw edge of the first panel, jointly cutting the first panel and the second panel in the overlap area to form a connection edge of the first panel and a connection edge of the second panel, withdrawing scrap cuttings from the first panel and scrap cuttings from the second panel, and friction stir welding the connection edges.
US11219967B2
A processing head for a laser processing device adapted for processing a workpiece using laser radiation has: adjustable focusing optics to focus laser radiation in a focal spot having an adjustable distance from the processing head; an optical coherence tomograph to measure a distance between the processing head and the workpiece by measuring an optical interference between measuring light reflected by the workpiece and measuring light not reflected by the workpiece; a path length modulator that can change, synchronously with and dependent on a change of the focal spot distance from the processing head, an optical path length in an optical path along which measuring light propagates; a scanning device, which deflects the laser radiation in different directions; and a control device, which i) controls a focal length of the focusing optics in such a way that the focal spot is situated at a desired location on the workpiece, ii) receives, from the coherence tomograph, information representing the distance between the processing head and the workpiece, and iii) uses information received from the coherence tomograph for a continuous correction of a positioning of the focal spot on the workpiece.
US11219960B2
A flash-removal tool comprises a tool body, extending along a longitudinal tool axis, and a tooth, projecting from the tool body in a first direction. The flash-removal tool further comprises an engagement surface, perpendicular to the longitudinal tool axis and located a preselected distance away from the tooth along the longitudinal tool axis. The tooth comprises a shearing surface, facing in the first direction and located an offset distance away from the longitudinal tool axis in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are orthogonal to each other and define a plane, perpendicular to the longitudinal tool axis.
US11219951B2
Disclosed is a multi-mode laser device for metal manufacturing applications including additive manufacturing (AM), laser cladding, laser welding, laser cutting, laser texturing and laser polishing. The multi-mode laser device configures off-axis, solid-state diode or diode-pumped lasers into an array to perform precision controlled, direct metal deposition printing, cladding, laser welding, laser cutting, laser texturing and laser polishing through a single device. Dual-mode printing, cladding and welding capability using metal wire and powder feedstock sources in the same device is provided with in-line control, precision wire feed driver/controller, adjustable shield gas diffuser, and nozzles tailored to wire feedstock diameter.
US11219934B2
The invention relates to a bending machine (100) configured to bend a metallic workpiece (200), having a controller (130) configured to control a bending operation, wherein the controller (130) has at least one interface (340) configured to obtain information about a time-dependent springback of the workpiece (200) to be bent and to obtain a time indication of a subsequent further machining of the workpiece (200) to be bent, wherein the controller (130) is configured to calculate an adapted bending angle (α) based on the springback and the time indication, and wherein the bending machine (100) is configured to bend the bending operation beyond a bending angle (β) to be bent up to the adapted bending angle (α). Due to the adapted bending angle, the workpiece (300) has the correct bending angle (β) to be bent at the time of subsequent further machining.
US11219933B2
An apparatus for the support and the controlled advancement of a sheet in a bending machine for forming a cylindrical or conical structure, in particular of a truncated cone structure, comprises a base structural frame adapted to be positioned upstream of said bending machine, with respect to an advancement direction of the sheet, a plurality of conveying modules which can be mounted, removable, on the structural frame so as to generate a plan of modular support and advancement which can be configured geometrically according to the shape and dimensions of the sheet to be produced; the modular support and advancement plane is geometrically configured to keep the sheet metal part supported by the plane in a flat condition; an lifting and tilting device configured to vary the position of the structural frame, supporting the conveying modules, from a horizontal lying position to an inclined lying position in which the support and advancement plane is inclined downwards towards the bending machine; repositioning and position correcting members configured to orient and arrange the sheet in a correct position before starting a bending cycle and configured to correct, during the bending cycle, the position of the sheet to impose it a predetermined advancement trajectory towards and through the bending machine. The relative method is also envisaged.
US11219928B2
A shape packing technique is introduced that can be applied in various applications such as automated print production. In an example embodiment, items that are to be placed into a target shape are sorted based on size to form item groups that include similarly sized items. Potential blocks including arrangements of one or more items are created from the sorted item groups. A placement solution is then generated by placing the potential blocks in the target shape using a recursive process that avoids redundant placement solutions until all of the potential blocks are placed or no other potential blocks are able to be placed. The placement solution can then be utilized, for example, to control a printer to print multiple images on a substrate and/or to control an automated cutting device to cut the substrate into multiple partitions according to the placement solution.
US11219926B2
Modulable system for identifying and certifying garments, suitable to analyze a garment or an accessory inside a tunnel in which a common movement mechanism transports the garments. The tunnel has image capturing devices, light source and a common automatic gripping mechanism. Each garment has an identification device recognized by an identification sensor in the tunnel. The analysis is performed by software and includes: identification, by associating the garment with a wearer; entry, in which the garment is introduced inside the tunnel; acquisition of the images, in which image capturing devices take at least one pair of photographs; analysis, in which the software analyzes the images; assessment, in which the common dedicated software processes the data and indicates whether the garment meets the pre-set parameters; saving in a memory; sorting the approved garments from those that have been rejected. The assessment parameters are changeable through a special adjustment device.
US11219919B1
In some variations, the invention provides a method of depositing nanoparticles on a substrate, comprising: providing a substrate having a positive or negative surface charge; optionally depositing a polymer on the substrate, wherein the polymer has opposite charge polarity compared to the substrate; and simultaneously depositing first nanoparticles and second nanoparticles onto the substrate, wherein the first nanoparticles and the second nanoparticles have opposite charge polarities during depositing. Other variations provide a method of depositing a layer of nanoparticles on a substrate, the method comprising: providing a substrate having a positive or negative surface charge; providing faceted nanoparticles; preparing a nanoparticle solution containing the nanoparticles; and adjusting surface charge of the nanoparticles by changing the solution pH to reduce the magnitude of average zeta potential of the nanoparticles, thereby causing aggregation of the nanoparticles onto the substrate surface. Very high packing densities may be achieved with these methods.
US11219911B2
The present invention relates to a modular closure device (7) for a device for dispensing a product, comprising: —an outlet nozzle (9) comprising: an outlet orifice (15) at the front, a rear opening, a product intake orifice, —top valve comprising a shut-off member (17) that closes of the outlet orifice, a deformable membrane (22) that seals the rear opening closed, designed so that a depression inside the nozzle forces the shut-off member toward its closed position, and a rigid frame extending between the outlet orifice and the membrane; —a bell housing having an end wall and base opening opposite this end wall, the edges of the base opening being fixed to the nozzle, the membrane sealing the base opening closed. The invention also relates to a dispensing device comprising this closure device.
US11219900B2
A digital microfluidic device includes a thin film transistor driving substrate. The thin film transistor driving substrate includes a first base substrate; a plurality of sample actuating units; a plurality of sample position detecting units; a dielectric insulating layer on a side of the plurality of sample actuating units and the plurality of sample position detecting units distal to the first base substrate; and a first hydrophobic layer on a side of the dielectric insulating layer distal to the first base substrate. Each of the plurality of sample actuating units includes a first electrode configured to drive transportation of a liquid droplet on the digital microfluidic device. Each of the plurality of sample position detecting units includes a photosensor configured to detect presence or absence of the liquid droplet on a position corresponding to the photosensor.
US11219897B2
Provided are a chip for separating or aligning fine particles, a device for separating or aligning fine particles including two or more chips for separating or aligning fine particles, and a method for separating or aligning fine particles using the chip for separating or aligning fine particles or the device for separating or aligning fine particles. The chip for separating or aligning fine particles includes: (i) a passage part in which a space where a fluid including fine particles which are capable of flowing is integrally formed and which has an inclined groove formed on one surface thereof; (ii) an inlet part which is positioned on one end of the passage part and into which the fluid is introduced; and (iii) a fine particle discharge part which is positioned on one side surface of the passage part, wherein one or more inclined grooves are formed to be inclined at an angle greater than 0° and less than 90° with respect to a line which is perpendicular to both side surfaces of the passage part.
US11219890B2
A method for manufacturing a catalysis reactant having high efficiency catalysis for thermal reaction primarily includes: preparing a three-dimensional catalysis carrier; preparing at least one aqueous-phase nanometer metallic particle solution; soaking the catalysis carrier in a methanol solution containing a silane group compound and removing and subjecting the catalysis carrier to drying and freezing for surface modification; soaking the catalysis carrier in the aqueous-phase nanometer metallic particle solution and removing and subjecting the catalysis carrier to blow-drying to have the surface of the catalysis carrier combined with a first layer of nanometer metallic particles; soaking the catalysis carrier in a methanol solution containing 1,12-diaminododecane to carry out surface modification and removing and subjecting the catalysis carrier to drying, followed by soaking in the aqueous-phase nanometer metallic particle solution and then blow-drying to have the surface of the catalysis carrier further combined with a second layer of nanometer metallic particles.
US11219873B1
A method and apparatus for carbonating a liquid in a pressurizable vessel, including first connecting a vessel with a carbon dioxide tank, wherein said vessel contains a liquid. A vessel can then be pressurized with carbon dioxide to a desired pressure. A pump or compressor can be activated to circulate gas through a hose out of the head space of the vessel to a carbonating stone back into the vessel. After a pre-determined period of time the pump is deactivated, and the carbon dioxide can cease to be introduced to the liquid within the vessel.
US11219858B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to electrochemical capture of Lewis acid gases from fluid mixtures are generally described. Certain embodiments are related to electrochemical methods involving selectively removing a first Lewis acid gas from a fluid mixture containing multiple types of Lewis acid gases (e.g., a first Lewis acid gas and a second Lewis acid gas). Certain embodiments are related to electrochemical systems comprising certain types of electroactive species having certain redox states in which the species is capable of binding a first Lewis acid gas but for which binding with a second Lewis acid gas is thermodynamically and/or kinetically unfavorable. The methods, apparatuses, and systems described herein may be useful in carbon capture and pollution mitigation applications.
US11219849B2
This solid-liquid separator (100a) includes a screw type dehydration unit (2) including a screw (22) and that performs primary dehydration on an object to be processed, and a rotary-body type dehydration unit (3) including a plurality of rotary bodies (30), disposed subsequent to the screw type dehydration unit, and that performs secondary dehydration on the object to be processed on which the primary dehydration has been performed by the screw type dehydration unit. The screw rotates at a higher rotational speed than those of the rotary bodies.
US11219832B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes computer program instructions, which when executed by an information processing system, cause the information processing system to: store a plurality of game media in association with each of a plurality of players, the game media each having a plurality of parameters; place a first of the plurality of game media in a predetermined area among areas of a field, based on an operation by a first player, in association with a state of first parameter indicating that a first parameter among the plurality of parameters is valid; and specify one or more specific areas in which is placed a second game medium associated with a different state of parameter indicating that a different parameter, other than the first parameter, is valid.
US11219828B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a virtual scene display method performed at an electronic apparatus, and a storage medium, and belong to the field of computer technologies. The method includes: displaying a focusing button in a terminal screen in a case that a virtual scene is in a scaling display mode based on a scope, the focusing button being configured to adjust a scaling ratio of the virtual scene; obtaining an adjusted target field of view (FOV) corresponding to the scope according to a touch operation on the focusing button; obtaining the scaling ratio of the virtual scene according to the target FOV, the target FOV and the scaling ratio being in a negative correlation; and updating the virtual scene in the terminal screen according to the scaling ratio.
US11219827B2
A gaming key mode adjusting method and an electronic device are provided. The gaming key mode adjusting method includes: retrieving a display image; determining that the display image corresponds to a gaming scenario; obtain a key mode corresponding to the gaming scenario and process a keyboard input signal according to the key mode. In the key mode, key travels correspond to a plurality of key press values.
US11219824B2
A gaming cloud gaming system and a method of initiating a gaming session. One embodiment of the gaming cloud gaming system includes a computing system having: (1) an entry point operable to receive a game session request and generate instructions for establishing a connection between a client and a game server, and (2) a dynamically configurable reverse proxy operable to proxy for the game server and configured to employ the instructions to create a route to a randomly selected port on the game server through which the connection is makeable.
US11219812B2
A tennis training system may include a target mat including an intersection point and radial lines extending from the intersection point to visibly define sections. A target device may align with the target mat. The target device may include a body, a target assembly coupled to a first end of the body to define a target opening, and a base coupled to a second end of the body opposite the first end.
US11219805B2
Golf clubs heads having a forward portion located at a front side of the golf club head and an aft portion located rearward of the forward portion and joined to the forward portion. The front portion includes a forward joint section and the aft portion includes an aft joint section. The aft portion also includes an aft rib attached to an interior surface of the aft portion, the aft rib extends, from an interior surface of the aft joint section, in a direction away from the striking face. The golf club head may also include a crown the crown having an areal density of less than 1000 g/m2 and made from a structure comprising an inner layer, a middle layer in contact with the inner layer, and an outer layer in contact with the middle layer.
US11219796B2
A pull up accessory that removably clips onto an existing pull up bar and provides one or more different hand positions for performing pulls ups or chin ups. An upper portion clips onto the existing bar, and a lower hand engaging portion is provided that is substantially transverse to the existing bar. A locking rotation mechanism can be included that allows the lower hand engaging portion to rotate with respect to the upper bar engaging portion in predetermined increments.
US11219795B1
The invention discloses an electronically controlled adjustable dumbbell comprising a handle grip, a weight stack, a base, an end cover, an electronic control system and a weight stack locking structure, wherein the weight stack is located below the handle grip. The invention solves the existing problems of adjustable dumbbells as follows: firstly, the operation is so complicated and cumbersome that it is quite difficult to adjust the weight in one try, and the novice who is new to the adjustable dumbbells cannot quickly adjust the weight plate; secondly, visually the product looks too complicated since the number that needs to be adjusted is printed on the cylindrical surface, and half of the numbers on the handle surface are located below the handle grip, which is difficult to see by the user; thirdly, the lack of modernity and inadequate aesthetics hinders product sales and makes it difficult to make profit quickly.
US11219794B2
An exercise machine is disclosed. The exercise machine comprises a pancake motor. The exercise machine comprises a torque controller coupled to the pancake motor. The exercise machine comprises a high resolution encoder coupled to the pancake motor.
US11219788B2
A cartridge holder for a respirator, the cartridge holder including a fit-check device with a sealing platen that can be actuated between a first, unsealed position and a second, sealed position in which at least a portion of the sealing platen contacts a major surface of a disposable filter cartridge within the cartridge holder so as to prevent airflow through the disposable filter cartridge.
US11219782B2
An apparatus and method is provided for irradiating a portion of a patient's scalp with light. The apparatus includes a source of light including one or more wavelengths in a range of about 630 nanometers to about 1064 nanometers. The apparatus further includes an output optical element in optical communication with the source. The output optical element includes an emission surface configured to emit a light beam having a cross-sectional area greater than about 2 cm2 at the emission surface of the output optical element and having a time-averaged irradiance in a range of about 10 mW/cm2 to about 10 W/cm2 across the cross-sectional area. The apparatus further includes a thermally conductive portion configured to be placed in thermal communication with the irradiated portion of the patient's scalp and to remove heat from the irradiated portion of the patient's scalp at a rate in a range of about 0.1 Watt to about 5 Watts.
US11219776B2
An implantable medical device has a device housing. The device housing has a first device housing shell and a second device housing shell. The device housing surrounds an interior space. The implantable medical device further has an electrical component arranged in the interior, as well as a mounting frame, which is arranged in the interior and surrounds the electrical component. The mounting frame has at least one clamping structure. The at least one clamping structure is configured to exert a force onto the electrical component in order to fix the electrical component in the interior of the device housing.
US11219769B2
Methods and systems of evaluating cardiac pacing in candidate patients for cardiac resynchronization therapy and cardiac resynchronization therapy patients are disclosed. The methods and systems disclosed allow treatments to be personalized to patients by measuring the extent of tissue capture from cardiac pacing under various therapy parameter conditions. Systems and methods of optimizing right ventricle only cardiac pacing are also disclosed.
US11219764B2
A device for delivery of electrical pulses to a desired tissue of a mammal. The device comprises a pulse generating device and an electrode device connected to the pulse generating device. The pulse generating device is configured to determine conductance and phase angle values between one electrode and a reference electrode of the electrode device when the electrode device is inserted into the desired tissue and when pulses based on alternating currents having different frequencies are generated between the electrode and the reference electrode. Based on the determined conductance and phase angle values, the pulse generating device is configured to determine the type of tissue the electrode device penetrates, to determine one or more parameters of electrical pulses to be delivered to the desired tissue and to generate the electrical pulses having the determined one or more parameters.
US11219759B2
A medical device kit includes a tunneling tool configured to form a tunnel through patient tissue for receiving an electrical stimulation lead. The tunneling tool includes a tunneling-tool body having an elongated shape with a proximal portion and a distal portion. The tunneling-tool body is formed from a material configured to be manually bent prior to insertion into patient tissue to conform to an anatomical contour through which the tunnel is to extend. A blunt tip is disposed at the distal portion. The blunt tip is configured to tunnel through patient tissue. A tunneling-tool suture-receiving element is disposed along the proximal portion of the tunneling-tool body. The tunneling-tool suture-receiving element is configured to receive a suture extendable along the tunnel formed by the tunneling tool.
US11219754B2
Apparatus includes a flexible intraventricular receptacle that assumes a first volume upon passage of fluid that is not blood into the receptacle and a second, smaller volume upon passage of the fluid out of the receptacle. An expandable extracardiac receptacle expands upon transfer of the fluid into the extracardiac receptacle from the intraventricular receptacle and contracts upon passage of the fluid out of the extracardiac receptacle. A transmyocardial conduit allows passage of the fluid between the intraventricular receptacle and the extracardiac receptacle responsively to a cardiac cycle. During ventricular systole, a volume of fluid is expelled from the intraventricular receptacle, through the conduit, and into the extracardiac receptacle, producing a corresponding decrease in a total volume of the ventricle during isovolumetric contraction of the ventricle. Other embodiments are also described.
US11219753B2
The present invention provides an intravascular blood pump comprising a housing region that may be expandable and collapsible, wherein the expandable housing region includes the inlet to the pump and wherein the distal diameter of the expandable housing region, including the inlet, is larger than a proximal diameter of the expandable housing region. A non-expandable region may be provided and disposed between the expandable housing region and the pump assembly of the intravascular blood pump.
US11219752B2
An in-line connector for use in an enteral feeding system includes a tamper-proof, single-use connector having a first component connectable to a first feeding device of the feeding system, and a second component connectable to a second feeding device of the feeding system. A releasable locking mechanism is provided such that the first component and the second component do not rotate when connected. The connector further includes one or more prongs positioned substantially flush against an interior wall of the second component when the first component and the second component are connected such that the prongs do not interfere with the releasable locking mechanism. Meanwhile, the one or more prongs are displaced away from the interior wall when the first component is detached or disconnected from the second component such that the second component resists re-insertion or reattachment of the first component.
US11219751B2
Embodiments relate to a system for providing a first fluid and a second fluid. The system includes a catheter hub, a flexible cover, and a catheter. The flexible cover is configured to attach to the catheter hub and provide a seal therewith. The catheter is configured to be at least partially arranged within the catheter hub and the flexible cover and pass through the seal. The catheter includes a primary lumen and a secondary lumen, wherein the primary lumen is configured to provide the first fluid at a distal end of the catheter, and the secondary lumen is configured to provide the second fluid at each of a plurality of apertures arranged on an outer radial wall of the catheter.
US11219742B2
The invention relates to systems and methods for intracranial vessel access. In particular, a system including a co-axial combination of a steerable variable thickness microwire operatively supporting a tapered larger bore support and larger bore distal access catheter is described. Methods of advancing the intracranial access system through the vasculature are also described.
US11219735B1
A respiratory pressure therapy (RPT) device is disclosed for treatment of respiratory-related disorders. The RPT device includes a pressure generator, a pneumatic block, a chassis and a device outlet for delivering a supply of flow of gas to a patient interface. The RPT device also comprises an integrated humidifier including a water reservoir. An RPT device is also disclosed that includes a wireless data communication interface integrated with the housing and configured to connect to another device or a network.
US11219720B2
A needle protection system, adapted to protect a tip of a hypodermic needle connected or connectable to a syringe. The system comprises a shield to shield the tip of the needle; a needle hub engaged to the hypodermic needle and having an exterior surface including at least one slot. The slot includes at least three surfaces corresponding to three operative orientations of said shield. The needle hub is connected to the shield such that the shield can move axially, but cannot rotate, relative to the needle hub. The three operative orientations include a storage operative orientation, an injection operative orientation, and a needle protection operative orientation. The system also includes a locking sleeve, at least one biasing element, a needle sheath, and at least one tab in the slot to prevent undesired movement between said surfaces.
US11219716B2
In one aspect the present disclosure refers to a supplementary device for an injection device, the supplementary device comprising: a body attachable to a housing of the injection device, the body having a first portion facing towards the housing when attached to the housing, at least one light source attached to the body, and at least a first optical coupling located in or at the first portion, connected to the at least one light source in a light transmissive way and optically connectable to a second optical coupling arranged in or on the housing.
US11219712B2
A wound fluid collection system includes a canister with a chamber fluidly connected to a wound dressing in a tissue site through an inlet and also fluidly connected to a reduced pressure source through an outlet. At least a portion of the canister is collapsible and yet can be maintained in an extended state when exposed to subatmospheric pressure. The canister is releasably attachable to a supporting member.
US11219695B2
Nucleases and methods of using these nucleases for inserting a sequence encoding a therapeutic α-Gal A protein such as an enzyme into a cell, thereby providing proteins or cell therapeutics for treatment and/or prevention of Fabry disease.
US11219687B1
A system and method of applying a slick surface, such as silicone epoxy, is applied on a vertical wall (on or around the perimeter of a structure), as a means of preventing (bark) scorpions (or other insects/arachnids) from climbing up walls. The system is intended, in part, to keep the Arizona bark scorpions out of homes. Vertical surface areas around the home are treated with a material such as silicone. A clear silicone epoxy, that when dry, prevents scorpions from climbing vertically up into a home or structure. This non-toxic epoxy is applied to the base of a home, including door thresholds, steps or other parts of a home which makes contact with the ground. The epoxy is applied to the area by sprayer.
US11219680B2
The present invention provides immunogenic compositions having one or more polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which polysaccharides obtained from bacterial capsules are conjugated to diphtheria toxin fragment B (DTFB) or a variant thereof. The immunogenic compositions may be multivalent pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate compositions in which polysaccharides from one or more Steptococcus pneumoniae serotypes are conjugated to diphtheria toxin fragment B (DTFB) and, optionally, additional polysaccharides from one or more different Steptococcus pneumoniae serotypes are conjugated to one or more other carrier proteins.
US11219679B2
The present disclosure is related to immunomodulatory bacterial minicells and methods of using the minicells.
US11219676B2
The present application provides methods of preparing tumor antigen-specific T cells comprising enriching activated T cells from a first co-culture comprising a first population of antigen-loaded dendritic cells loaded and a population of T cells, and co-culturing the enriched activated T cells with a second population of antigen-loaded dendritic cells. Also provided are methods of treating cancer in an individual using the tumor antigen-specific T cells, pharmaceutical compositions and kits for cell-based cancer immunotherapy.
US11219657B2
The present invention relates to an extract obtained from or obtainable from Rubus idaeus, a composition comprising an extract obtained from or obtainable from Rubus idaeus, processes for providing such an extract, and methods and uses relating to such extracts. In particular, the present invention relates to an extract or composition for use in treating or preventing inflammation, such as arthritis and joint inflammation.
US11219653B2
The specification relates to a composition for enhancing immunity, comprising a ginseng berry polysaccharide as an active ingredient. The composition can increase the expression of cytokines such as IL-6, IL-12, and TNF-α by using ingredients derived from natural products. In addition, the composition can exhibit excellent immunity enhancement effects because of the unique components and structure of a ginseng berry polysaccharide.
US11219652B2
A method for extracting herbal medicine includes: step one, spray extraction; step two, pressure filtration and concentration; step three, spray and countercurrent precipitation; and step four, concentrating reduced pressure and drying.
US11219650B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an agent for preventing or treating small intestinal injury induced by an NSAID with a half-life of less than 14 hours and a proton pump inhibitor. The present invention provides an agent for preventing or treating small intestinal injury induced by a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug with a half-life of less than 14 hours and a proton pump inhibitor, and an agent for preventing or treating a fat-associated disease and/or inflammation accompanying the small intestinal injury, the agents comprising a Bifidobacterium bacterium or a processed product thereof.
US11219646B2
Embodiments of the disclosure encompass immunotherapy for Hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection in an individual in need thereof. The immunotherapy comprises one or more chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) that target a HBV antigen, including CAR molecules that utilize specific scFv antibodies. In certain cases, the CAR comprises one or more mutations to reduce binding to Fc receptors. In specific aspects, cells that express the CAR(s) have reduced cytotoxicity that is safer and/or beneficial to individuals that are immunocompromised.
US11219643B2
A method comprising obtaining a first cell sample from a first subject; obtaining a second cell sample from a second subject; culturing the first cell sample in the presence of at least a portion of a culture media of the second cell sample for a time period ranging from about 24 hours to about 6 weeks to produce a restoring composition; and contacting the restoring composition with the second cell sample for a period of time ranging from about 24 hours to about 6 weeks to produce a restored composition.
US11219639B2
According to the present invention there is provided a polymer comprising at least one antiseptic/analgesic/anti-inflammatory monomeric unit in conjunction with at least three further monomeric units, said three further monomeric units eliciting properties selected from the group consisting of: temperature activation, water solubility, mechanical strength, protein/polysaccharide bonding capacity, and combinations thereof. In particular, disclosed herein is a polymer, wherein: the water-soluble monomeric unit is a hydrophilic ethylene glycol (OEGMA) moiety; the mechanical strength-conferring monomeric unit is polylactide-co-2-hydroxy-ethyl-methyl acrylate (PLA/HEMA); the protein-reactive monomeric unit is an N-acryloxysuccinimide (NAS) moiety; and the thermosetting monomeric unit is an N-isopropyl acrylamide (NIPAAm) moiety. The anti-septic/analgesic/anti-inflammatory monomeric unit comprises a methacrylic ester derivative of salicylic acid (5-HMA or 4-HMA, or a combination thereof).
US11219634B2
Disclosed are methods for delivering a therapeutic or diagnostic agent to the cytosol of a cell in a subject. The disclosed methods generally include administering to the subject an effective amount of a lipid nanoparticle comprising the therapeutic or diagnostic agent and an effective amount of a membrane-destabilizing polymer. Also disclosed are related compositions and delivery systems.
US11219629B2
An anesthetic pharmaceutical composition, system and method is provided. The anesthetic pharmaceutical composition comprises an intraoperative local injection and one or more postoperative medications. The intraoperative local injection is long-acting and comprises at least one local anesthetic agent, such as ropivacaine; ketorolac; and at least one steroid, such as dexamethasone. The one or more postoperative medications comprise an atypical opioid agonist, such as tramadol; a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, such as a cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor; a gamma-aminobutyric acid analogue, such as pregabalin; and acetaminophen. The method comprises the steps of commencing a surgical procedure involving one or more incision sites; injecting an intraoperative local injection at the one or more incision sites; performing and completing the surgical procedure; and administering one or more postoperative medications.
US11219627B2
Analogs of (4aS,6R,8aS)-5,6,9,10,11,12-hexahydro-3-methoxy-11-methyl-4aH-[1]benzofuro[3a,3,2-ef][2]benzazepin-6-ol of the formula: wherein R1 carbamate, carbonate or carboxlate group; R2 is alkoxy group of from one to six carbon atoms, a hydroxy group, hydrogen, an alkanoyloxy group or 2 to 10 carbon atoms, a benzoyloxy or substituted benzoyloxy group, a carbonate group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a carbamate group such as a mono alkyl or dialkyl or an aryl carbamate wherein the alkyl groups or aryl groups contain from 1 to 10 carbons; and R3 is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, benzyl, cyclopropylmethyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted benzoyloxy group are of use in treating persons meeting criteria for having a risk of developing Alzheimer's type dementia, before symptoms of dementia are observed by reducing the decline of Aβ amyloid CSF.
US11219626B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US11219625B2
The present invention includes novel compounds and methods for preventing or treating diseases associated with N-linked glycosylation in a subject in need thereof. The methods comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of at least one compound of the invention.
US11219618B2
The invention provides novel pyridylpyridone compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods for using such compounds in treatment of diseases including cancer, type II diabetes, inflammatory disease, autoimmune diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, cardiovascular disorders and viral infections; wherein R1, R2, R3 and X are as defined in the specification.
US11219615B2
The present disclosure is directed to compositions comprising oxymetazoline and methods of treating various eye disorders related to drooping eyelids, such as ptosis, in a subject comprising administering to the subject compositions comprising oxymetazoline.
US11219604B2
Described herein are injectable corticosteroid-loaded microparticles, pharmaceutical composition thereof and methods for reducing inflammation or pain in a body compartment such as a joint, an epidural space, a vitreous body of an eye, a surgically created space, or a space adjacent to an implant.
US11219603B2
The invention relates to the field of medicine and pharmaceuticals and particularly to a novel dosage form of an antitumor preparation, which ensures the hydrolytic and physical stability of said preparation, as well as to a method for producing a dosage form of this type. The stable dosage form is a lyophilizate comprising an etidronate-cytarabine conjugate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a stabilizer, which is a divalent metal salt, in a molar ratio of stabilizer to conjugate of 1:1 to 20:1. A dosage form of this type ensures the hydrolytic and physical stability of the conjugate during long-term storage, and the stability of solutions of the conjugate for parenteral administration during clinical use.
US11219598B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a sustained drug release system useful for treating eye diseases. There is provided a device for sustained release of an ophthalmic drug, comprising a drug enclosing part and an intraocular retention gas enclosing part adjacent to the drug enclosing part, the enclosing parts being provided in a hollow container having at least one opening part, wherein the drug enclosing part is isolated from the opening part by the intervention of the intraocular retention gas enclosing part.
US11219597B2
Particles, compositions, and methods that aid particle transport in mucus are provided. The particles, compositions, and methods may be used, in some instances, for ophthalmic and/or other applications. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods may involve modifying the surface coatings of particles, such as particles of pharmaceutical agents that have a low aqueous solubility. Such compositions and methods can be used to achieve efficient transport of particles of pharmaceutical agents though mucus barriers in the body for a wide spectrum of applications, including drug delivery, imaging, and diagnostic applications. In certain embodiments, a pharmaceutical composition including such particles is well-suited for ophthalmic applications, and may be used for delivering pharmaceutical agents to the front of the eye and/or the back of the eye.
US11219591B2
The present invention relates to an ear-cleansing agent for companion animals and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to an ear-cleansing agent for companion animals, which includes distilled Chamaecyparis obtusa water extracted from Chamaecyparis obtusa trees so as to enable antibacterial action, deodorization, and exfoliation and which does not include a surfactant so that the skin is not irritated even when the ear-cleansing agent is not washed away using water, and a method of manufacturing the same.
US11219578B2
A device is provided for pooling a fluid from a container unit having at least one container, and includes an inlet port having at least one inlet channel configured for receiving the fluid or ambient air, and an outlet port having at least one outlet channel configured for delivering the fluid to an attachment. Both inlet and outlet ports are disposed on the device. A cavity is provided for accommodating insertion of the container unit for pooling the fluid from the at least one container. At least one spike is disposed in the cavity and configured for puncturing a stopper of the at least one container when the container unit transitions from an upper position to a lower position.
US11219573B2
The present invention discloses a fully foldable four-wheel walking aid, comprising a left frame and a right frame which are connected by an X-shaped frame, wherein each of the left frame and the right frame includes a wheel frame, an armrest adjustment frame, a fixed base and a rotary movable base. The armrest adjustment frame, the rotary movable base and the fixed base are connected by a rotating shaft screw; and a through hole of armrest adjustment frame is provided in the armrest adjustment frame, rotary movable base is provided with a through hole of rotary movable base, and fixed base is provided with a through hole of fixed base. An open space is formed by the through hole of armrest adjustment frame, the through hole of rotary movable base and the through hole of fixed base, and an elastic pin having recovery capability is provided in the open space.
US11219571B2
A dental instrument hanger has the body of a reader/writer, or an antenna connected to the body, arranged in a hanger unit so as to read identification information from a wireless tag, in a state that an instrument having the wireless tag preliminarily attached thereto is placed in the hanger unit. The hanger includes: an identification information storage that stores the read identification information in a database; a reading history detector that, in response to a driving instruction having been inputted, detects the latest reading history and a reading history read before the instrument displaced from the hanger unit has been displaced with reference to said storage; an identification information specifier that determines a difference between the two reading histories to specify a wireless tag attached to the instrument which has been instructed to drive; and a usage information generator that generates usage information of the instrument.
US11219566B2
A mattress system is provided that is optimized for the hospital setting and includes a guiderail system that accepts a variety of accessories for attachment thereto. The guiderail system may have integrated data lines, power lines, gas lines, and/or fluid lines. Also provided are radioabsorbant shields, trays and other components designed for optimal use with the mattress system.
US11219560B2
Male incontinence pad having an outer absorbent pad, an inner lining and an inner adsorbent pad, each having an aperture that together form a channel for receiving a male member. The male incontinence pad is folded around the male member to form a pocket that in use operates to absorb any discharge from the male member.
US11219558B2
A method for altering the appearance of molded articles is described herein. The method includes the steps of providing a plurality of articles; feeding a first article to a conveyor; transporting the first article to a treatment station; activating an activatable colorant of the first article by exposing the first article to at least one energy source, thereby causing a color change in the first article; manipulating the exposure of the first article to create a first discernable pattern in the first article; feeding a second article to the conveyor; transporting the second article to the treatment station; activating an activatable colorant of the second article by exposing the second article to the at least one energy source, thereby causing a color change in the second article; and manipulating the exposure of the second article to create a second discernable pattern in the second article.
US11219556B2
Methods for forming absorbent articles and side seam bonds of absorbent articles are described. In one embodiment, a method of forming absorbent articles may comprise advancing webs, coupling absorbent cores to the webs intermittently to form open absorbent article chassis, folding the absorbent article chassis, forming a first side seam bond first bond pair between a first region of the webs and a second region of the webs with a first ultrasonic horn, forming a second side seam bond of the bond pair between the first region and the second region with a second ultrasonic horn, the first bond being associated with a first absorbent article chassis and the second side seam bond being associated with a second absorbent article chassis, and cutting the folded absorbent article chassis between the first bond and the second bond to separate the first absorbent article chassis from the second absorbent article chassis.
US11219545B2
A spine support device includes a support plate having front and rear faces, a central opening, and a pair of stabilizing stirrups formed on the rear face of the support plate in spaced parallel relationship to augment the support provided by the support plate when positioned at its front face in contact with a portion of a person's back surrounding a region of spinal vertebra visible through the central opening in the support plate. The support plate has opposing inner side edge portions at opposing sides of the central opening and opposite peripheral side edge portions spaced outwardly therefrom with the stabilizing stirrups therebetween. The opposing inner side edge portions and the opposite peripheral side edge portions of the support plate have respective alternating peak and valley shapes for accommodating interconnecting facets of the spinal vertebra region visible through the central opening in the support plate.
US11219544B2
A device for assisting a wearer in rotationally moving an ankle joint. A drive mechanism coaxially rotates with the ankle joint using a drive motor; a control device controls the drive motor. A storage stores a basic movement pattern and a corrected movement pattern that represent time-series changes in ankle joint angle in a gait cycled. A calculator obtains the corrected movement pattern by correcting the basic movement pattern based on input operation. The basic movement pattern is represented by a polygonal line or a Bézier curve, each of which includes a plurality of predetermined points serving as inflection points, or a combination of thereof. The calculator generates the corrected movement pattern corrected by adjusting positions of the plurality of predetermined points on the basic movement pattern, and, based on the corrected movement pattern, the control device controls driving provided by the drive motor.
US11219543B2
An implant configured for ingestion by a patient. After the implant has been swallowed by the patient and is disposed within the target location, e.g. the patient's stomach, an inflation subcomponent causes the implant to expand from a compact delivery state to an expanded, volume-occupying, deployed state. In the deployed state the implant creates a sensation of satiety in the patient stomach and thereby aids in limiting food intake and obesity. After a predetermined time a deflation subcomponent is actuated and the implant reduces in size so as to allow it to pass through the remainder of the patient's digestive track. The device may further incorporate tracking and visualization subcomponents, as well as pharmaceutical delivery subcomponents.
US11219529B2
The present invention relates to a stabilized ankle prosthesis configured for use in patients with compromised soft tissue in the ankle. The prosthesis of the present invention is a two-component design comprising a stabilizing lip configured to constrain movement in the general direction of compromised soft tissue.
US11219528B2
An orthopedic assembly includes a tibial prosthesis that includes a body that defines an anterior side and a posterior side. The body further includes a recess in the anterior side of the joint prosthesis and a plurality of openings that extend through the body from the anterior side to the posterior side thereof. At least a first and second opening of the openings are positioned at respective lateral and medial sides of a longitudinal axis of the tibial prosthesis. A modular insert is positioned within the recess of the body such that at least a portion of the modular insert is positioned between the openings of the body. The modular insert is formed separately from the tibial prosthesis and has a porous outer surface to promote tissue ingrowth.
US11219519B2
A suspensory fixation device has an elongated anchor member adapted to be transversely situated at the exit of a bone tunnel. A graft supporting loop member formed of a pair of parallel suture limbs extending from a bight portion is suspended transversely from the anchor member and has a loop length which is adjustable so the graft ligament can be supported in the bone tunnel at varying distances from the anchor member. When a graft ligament is attached to the saddle end of the loop member, the length may be shortened by pulling distally on the pair of limbs to pull the graft ligament into the bone tunnel. When tension is applied to the loop member by the graft pulling the loop proximally, the bight portion of the suture automatically locks the graft supporting loop member in place.
US11219517B2
Funnel-trap type devices made of shape-set (e.g., heatset) braid for delivery and/or retrieval of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters or other medical devices are described. Delivery and/or retrieval devices, kits in which they are included, methods of use and methods of manufacture are all contemplated herein.
US11219515B2
An incontinence treatment device has first and second anchor assemblies. At least one of the first anchor assembly and the second anchor assembly is adjustable along the device and has a collar disposed over a body with a strand coupled to the device and located between the body and the collar.
US11219508B2
An orthodontic device having at least one first bearing element configured for bearing on the left-hand side of an upper jaw of a patient to be treated, at least one second bearing element configured for bearing on the right-hand side of the jaw and a central actuator for modulating a distance between the bearing element in order to expand the palate of the patient. The device further includes a mechanical rotary link between the actuator and the first bearing element and a mechanical rotary link between the actuator and the second bearing element in order to allow geometric adjustment while the device is being fitted in the mouth of the patient, at least in the vertical direction, the anterior-posterior direction, or the transverse direction.
US11219493B2
A surgical tool having an elongated shaft having a proximal end and distal end. A surgical end effector is located about the distal end. The surgical end effector has a plurality of effector mechanisms comprising a plurality of degree of freedoms. An effector body is located at the proximal end. The effector body includes a plurality of motor interfaces for driving the plurality of effector mechanisms. A transmission is coupled to the effector body.
US11219492B2
An end effector of a surgical tool includes a first jaw and a second jaw rotated by a driving pulley. A first driven pulley is attached to the first jaw and a second driven pulley is attached to the second jaw. A first end portion of a first cable is connected to a first radial side of the first driven pulley, a second end portion of the first cable is connected to a second radial side of the second driven pulley, and an intermediate portion of the first cable is connected to the driving pulley. A first end portion of a second cable is connected to a first radial side of the second driven pulley, a second end portion of the second cable is connected to a second radial side of the first driven pulley, and an intermediate portion of the second cable is connected to the driving pulley.
US11219490B2
A teleoperative system includes a teleoperational manipulator, a flexible medical instrument, an entry port, a sensor system, and a control system. The flexible medical instrument is coupled to and movable by the teleoperational manipulator. The entry port provides a passageway for insertion of the flexible medical instrument into a patient body. The sensor system includes a first sensor fixedly coupled to the entry port. The control system is configured to use information transmitted by the first sensor to determine a position and orientation of the entry port with respect to the flexible medical instrument.
US11219483B2
A control handle of a treatment probe is manipulated to advance and/or deploy one or more treatment structures into tissue. The treatment probe is coupled to a display to show an image field including target tissue for treatment. Virtual treatment and safety boundaries are overlaid over the image field. The boundaries include virtual stop positions for the needle and tines. A joystick or directional pad on the probe handle, operable independently from the user interface to advance and/or deploy the one or more treatment structures, can be manipulated to adjust the size and/or position of these boundaries. Sensors within the probe detect the real-time position of the one or more treatment structures, and the sensed positions are displayed in real-time. The user can observe the display to deploy the one or more treatment structures to the displayed virtual stop positions.
US11219479B2
A method and system of providing therapy to a patient's uterus is provided, which can include any number of features. The method can include the steps of inserting a uterine device into the uterus and performing a uterine integrity test to determine that the uterus is intact and not perforated. If it is determined that the uterus is not perforated, a patency test can be performed to determine that the uterine device is not clogged or embedded in tissue. If the uterus is intact and the device is not clogged or embedded in tissue, the uterus can be treated with the uterine device, e.g., uterine ablation. Systems for performing these methods are also disclosed.
US11219475B2
The present disclosure discloses a device for surgery to stabilize bone segments, which includes a screw assembly, a supporting member, an extending member, and a fastening member. The supporting member is connected with an arm of a receiver of the screw assembly. The extending member includes a connecting portion and an extending portion. The connecting portion is located at one end of the extending member opposite to the receiver. The extending portion is connected to the arm with the supporting member passing through a through hole of the extending portion, and a portion of the supporting member protrudes out of the extending portion to the connecting portion. The fastening member is sleeved on the connecting portion and has a pressing groove. The supporting member is located between the connecting portion and the pressing groove. The pressing groove includes a release position and a pressing position for the supporting member.
US11219468B1
A trocar assembly includes a housing, an elongated cannula extending from the housing to an insertion tip, and skirt. The skirt has a leading end portion and a trailing end portion. The leading end portion is secured to the insertion tip. The skirt has an outer surface supporting an antimicrobial material and an inner surface supporting a medical adhesive material.
US11219467B2
Improved instruments for modifying a shape of a proximal femur of a patient for installation of a stem of a femoral component of a prosthetic hip during hip replacement surgery, comprising a handle including an elongated shaft extending downward approximately in a z-direction, a first offset extending from a bottom of the elongated shaft approximately in a y-direction, a second offset extending from the second offset approximately in an x-direction, and a shaping member elongated downward from the second offset approximately in the z-direction. Provided is an improved femoral broach and an improved osteotome. Also provided is a method of improving a patient's positioning during hip replacement surgery by using a variable configuration mattress for positioning the patient.
US11219463B2
A handle assembly of a surgical instrument includes a housing, a trigger pivotably coupled to the housing, a drive bar disposed within the housing and operably coupled to the trigger such that pivoting of the trigger translates the drive bar, and a bilateral spring disposed within the housing and operably coupled to at least one of the trigger or the drive bar. The trigger is movable relative to the housing between first, second, and third positions wherein the first position is disposed between the second and third positions. The bilateral spring includes a compression spring configured to compress upon movement of the trigger in a first direction from the first position towards the second position to establish a first bias, and to compress upon movement of the trigger in a second, opposite direction from the first position towards the third position to establish a second bias.
US11219462B2
Disclosed are embodiments of a device for occluding a left atrial appendage (LAA) and other cavities or openings within a body. Some embodiments of the device can include an implant configured to be deployed within the LAA or other cavity, configured to be expanded or moved against a wall portion of the LAA or other cavity, and configured to twist at least a portion of the LAA or other cavity when the implant is rotated. Thereafter, one or more securing elements, staples, sutures, or other fasteners can be implanted in the gathered tissue to hold the tissue in the gathered state, thereby occluding the opening of the LAA or other cavity. In some embodiments, the opening of the LAA or other cavity can be occluded by elongating or otherwise reshaping the opening using an implant device, and securing the opening in the occluded state.
US11219458B2
Apparatuses and methods for use in surgical vascular anastomotic procedures. Apparatus includes a blood vessel inner wall (BVIW) sealing and hole forming device, and a hole forming actuator. BVIW sealing and hole forming device includes a hole sealing device, and an anastomotic hole generating device. Hole sealing device includes a sheath that fully encloses and holds a self-expanding hole sealing assembly, a manual hole sealing controller assembly, and a flexible control wire enclosed within a flexible tube. Anastomotic hole generating device includes outer and inner assemblies, with a conically shaped anastomotic hole generating member. Hole forming actuator includes outer and inner assemblies. Also disclosed are procedures for performing surgical vascular anastomosis using the disclosed apparatuses and methods. Particularly applicable for use in clampless types of (end-to-side) surgical vascular anastomotic procedures, for performing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
US11219457B2
A surgical suturing apparatus includes an end effector including a jaw assembly and a needle assembly. The jaw assembly includes first and second jaws movable between open and closed positions. Each of the first and second jaws includes a tissue facing surface having an elongated rail and a longitudinal row of teeth. Each tooth of the longitudinal rows of teeth of the first and second jaws includes a needle channel extending therethrough. The elongated rails and the longitudinal rows of teeth of the first and second jaws are disposed in opposed relation relative to each other. The needle assembly includes a first needle, a second needle, and a suture coupled to the first and second needles. The first needle is slidable through the needle channels of the first jaw and the second needle is slidable through the needle channels of the second jaw.
US11219456B2
A surgical staple cartridge is disclosed comprising a strip of staples removably stored within the surgical staple cartridge. The strip of staples comprises a plurality of staples, a base strip, and a plurality of connector portions joining the staples to the base strip.
US11219451B2
Implantable materials for use with end effectors like surgical stapling devices, and methods for using the same, are generally provided. In some embodiments, adjunct materials for use with surgical staplers are provided. For example, a kit for stapling tissue is provided that can include a surgical stapler having an end effector. The end effector can have first and second jaws. The kit can include an adjunct material having hydrophobic surface regions and hydrophilic surface regions and the adjunct material can be configured to mate to at least one of the jaws of the end effector. Other implants, devices, and methods for surgical stapling are also provided.
US11219449B2
A system for aligning a needle driver with a tip of a suture needle includes a suture needle package having a base, a needle driver alignment guide, and at least one connector for securing the suture needle. The needle driver alignment guide has first and second lateral guide walls that oppose one another for defining a needle driver guide channel. An end wall interconnects the first and second lateral guide walls for defining a distal end of the needle driver alignment guide. The at least one connector secures the suture needle over the base and controls the orientation of the suture needle so that a tip of the suture needle is located within the suture needle guide channel and is bounded by the end wall and the first and second lateral guide walls. A needle driver has a clamping assembly at a distal end that engages the end wall of the needle driver alignment guide for aligning the clamping assembly with the tip of the suture needle.
US11219443B2
A method for coupling tissue includes aligning a guide tool on an outer surface of a first tissue; forming a bore in the first tissue aligned with the guide tool; deploying a non-slip suture construct through the guide tool and into the bore; adjusting a saddle along a flexible member to a position adjacent to a soft anchor, wherein the saddle prevents the flexible member from slideably moving relative to the soft anchor; and threading the flexible member through a second tissue to secure the second tissue to the first tissue.
US11219439B2
The use of red or near infrared light upon neurons of the lumbar plexus that are in distress due to retraction-induced ischemia. The surgeon may protect nerves made ischemic in the surgery by: a) making an incision in a patient, b) inserting an access device into the patient through the incision to at least partially create a path to a spine of the patient, and c) irradiating nervous tissue adjacent the path with an amount of NIR or red light effective to provide neuroprotection.
US11219435B2
A method for use in a lung access procedure to aid in preventing pneumothorax includes providing a cannula having a pair of balloons, the pair of balloons including a first balloon longitudinally spaced from a second balloon along the cannula; inserting the cannula along an access opening and through pleural layers, with the first balloon and the second balloon of the pair of balloons respectively positioned on opposite sides of the pleural layers; inflating the pair of balloons with a first amount of a two-component sealant to compress the pleural layers together; and inflating the pair of balloons with a second amount of the two-component sealant that is sufficient to rupture the pair of balloons so as to comingle a first sealant component and a second sealant component of the two-component sealant at the site of the pleural layers so as to adhere the pleural layers together.
US11219431B2
A single-insertion biopsy device includes a cannula having an extraction position at a distal end and a recovery opening at a proximal end. A first elongate element has a first distal end and a second elongate element has a second distal end. The first elongate element and the second elongate element are configured to move between the extraction position and the recovery opening, and to move with respect to each other to define an open configuration and a closed configuration. In the closed configuration, the first and second distal ends are mutually radially opposite such that the first elongate element and the second elongate element surround a volume. A drive unit is configured to move the first elongate element and the second elongate element between the open and closed configurations, and to move the first and second distal ends in unison from the extraction position to the recovery opening.
US11219427B2
The present disclosure describes ultrasound imaging systems and methods that may be used to image breast tissue. An ultrasound imaging system according to one embodiment may include a user interface comprising a display, a processor operatively connected to the user interface, and memory comprising processor-executable instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the user interface to display a first ultrasound image of a breast on the display and receive an indication of a first region of interest (ROI) in the first ultrasound image. The memory may include instructions to further cause the user interface to display a second ultrasound image of the breast on the display and receive an indication of a second region of interest in the second ultrasound image. The processor may be configured to determine locations of the first and second regions of interest based on probe position data associated with the first and second images, respectively and cause the user interface to display a visual indication of a relative distance between the first and second regions of interest if the relative distance is less than or equal to a predetermined amount.
US11219414B2
A data processing device (100, 200) is disclosed for extracting a desired vital signal containing a physiological information component from sensor data that includes time-dependent first sensor data (PPG1) comprising the physiological information component and at least one motion artifact component, and that includes time-dependent second sensor data that is indicative of a position, a velocity or an acceleration of the sensed region as a function of time. A decomposition unit (104, 204) decomposes the second sensor data into at least two components of decomposed sensor data and, based on the decomposed second sensor data, provides at least two different sets of motion reference data in at least two different motion reference data channels. An artifact removal unit (106, 206) determines the vital signal formed from a linear combination of the first sensor data and the motion reference data of at least one two of the motion reference data channels.
US11219412B2
This document describes techniques for, and systems that enable, in-ear health monitoring. The techniques described herein enable early detection of health conditions (e.g., contagious disease) through use of an in-ear health-monitoring and audio device. These techniques prompt a user, often through the user's smart phone, to listen to audio content through the device, which also takes the user's temperature. Through repetitive use, the techniques are capable of determining a temperature differential for the user, which aids in early detection of a contagious disease or other malady.
US11219393B2
A method for analyzing biological samples using mass spectrometry or ion mobility spectrometry that includes producing gas-phase ions and neutrals from the sample in a proximity of the sample; transferring the produced ions from the sample to a distance via a flexible or re-configurable ion transfer device such that the flexible or re-configurable ion transfer device includes a plurality of electrodes configured to be flexible or flexibly connected to each other, and the ion transfer device is configured to be flexible while transferring the ions to allow the ion transfer device to form one or more curvatures; and separating the produced ions with a mass spectrometer or a mobility analyzer located at the distance to provide spectrometric results.
US11219391B2
A pulse oximeter may reduce power consumption in the absence of overriding conditions. Various sampling mechanisms may be used individually or in combination. Various parameters may be monitored to trigger or override a reduced power consumption state. In this manner, a pulse oximeter can lower power consumption without sacrificing performance during, for example, high noise conditions or oxygen desaturations.
US11219390B2
A device for introducing at least one antimicrobial in an exposed region of a user's skin caused while accessing interstitial fluid includes a substrate having thereon at least one electrically controllable microheating element including at least a microheater portion with multiple electrodes connected to the microheater portion for forming a micropore in the user's skin. A nanofiber mat loaded with at least one antimicrobial material is arranged on the substrate such that it contacts the user's skin and encircles an opening of the micropore formed by the microheating element. In a preferred embodiment, the at least one antimicrobial material is LL-37.
US11219383B2
A charger for charging a plurality of pressure sensing catheters is provided. The charger has a plurality of charging ports of which a first charging port and a second charging port receives a first connector and a second connector respectively. The first and second connectors each have a first and second radiofrequency identification tags respectively, having information indicative of identifiable information of a first and second pressure sensing catheters respectively. The charger has a plurality of antennas, of which a first antenna and a second antenna can be positioned proximate to the first charging port, and second charging port respectively. When the first connector is inserted into the first charging port, the first radiofrequency identification tag is guided to a predetermined orientation with respect to the first antenna to minimize a spacing therebetween, and to maximize absorption of radiofrequency energy therebetween.
US11219370B2
Currently most cancers, including breast cancers, are removed without any intraoperative margin control. Post-operative methods inspect 1-2% of the surgical margin and are prone to sampling errors. The present invention relates to an optical imaging system that will enable evaluation of the surgical margin in vivo and in real-time. The invention provides for simultaneous fluorescence and fluorescence polarization imaging. The contrast of the acquired images will be enhanced using fluorescent agents approved for diagnostic use in patients. As the staining pattern of fluorescence images is similar to that of histology, and the values of fluorescence polarization are significantly higher in cancerous as compared to normal cells, the invention provides for further improvements in diagnostic methods. The systems and methods can be applied to the intra-operative delineation of cancerous tissue.
US11219368B2
A physiological information management system includes sensors to be attached to patients to acquire physiological information of the patients and a mobile device. The mobile device includes a patient information acquiring section configured to acquire patient IDs identifying the patients, a sensor information acquiring section configured to acquire sensor IDs identifying the sensors, a controller configured to associate the patient IDs and the sensor IDs with each other, a wireless communicating section configured to receive sensor signals corresponding to the physiological information, from the sensors identified by the sensor IDs associated with the patient IDs, and a displaying section configured to display the physiological information based on the sensor signals.
US11219365B2
The present subject matter relates to an ophthalmologic imaging apparatus, which can capture reflex-free retinal images of a subject's eye. The imaging apparatus comprises light sources arranged on an illumination axis. A first shield placed at a distance from a first condenser lens, which is placed in front of a photographic light source on the illumination axis. The first shield has a central opaque portion on which an observation light source is mounted, and an outer pair of coaxial annular transparent regions. A diffuser is placed in front of the observation light source. A second shield has a central opening portion and mounted on the diffuser. The imaging apparatus further comprises a porosity mirror mounted on a porosity tube.
US11219360B2
A mobile communication device-based corneal topography system includes an illumination system, an imaging system, a topography processor, an image sensor, and a mobile communication device. The illumination system is configured to generate an illumination pattern reflected off a cornea of a subject. The imaging system is coupled to an image sensor to capture an image of the reflected illumination pattern. A topography processor is coupled to the image sensor to process the image of the reflected illumination pattern. The mobile communications device includes a display, the mobile communications device is operatively coupled to the image sensor. The mobile communications device includes a mobile communications device (MCD) processor. A housing at least partially encloses one or more of the illumination system, the imaging system, or the topography processor.
US11219356B2
A stereoscopic-vision endoscope includes an objective optical system, a relay optical system, a first lens unit, a light-beam splitting element, a second lens unit, and an image sensor. An intermediate image, a first image, and a second image are formed in a common optical path, a first optical path, and a second optical path respectively. The light-beam splitting element has a surface of incidence and a surface of emergence. A first light ray which passes through the intermediate image and reaches first image and a second light ray which passes through the intermediate image and reaches the second image are refracted to be away from an optical axis of the common optical path on the surface of incidence, as well as are refracted to be closer to the optical axis of the common optical path on the surface of emergence.
US11219354B2
A medical instrument system comprises an imaging probe including a distal tip that includes a first sealing feature. The system includes an elongated medical instrument including a distal portion and a working channel extending to an opening in the distal portion to permit fluid to pass from the working channel. The distal portion includes a second sealing feature. A first interlocking feature is on an external surface of the imaging probe and a second interlocking feature is on an internal surface of the working channel. The imaging probe is configured to be selectively interlocked with the elongated medical instrument when the imaging probe is positioned within the working channel of the elongated medical instrument. The first and second sealing features are complementarily shaped and configured to contact one another to prevent passage of the fluid therebetween when the distal tip of the imaging probe has been advanced within the distal portion of the elongated medical instrument.
US11219347B2
An autonomous floor cleaner or floor cleaning robot can include an autonomously moveable housing and a drive system for autonomously moving the autonomously moveable housing over a surface to be cleaned based on inputs from a controller. A brush chamber, a debris receptacle, and a supply tank can be formed as a unitary assembly removable from the autonomously moveable housing.
US11219341B2
The improved urinal apparatus is configured for insertion in an outlet of a urinal. The urinal apparatus includes a hollow body defining an upper housing and a clamp ring/lower housing. The upper housing provides an open chamber configured to receive and retain a consumable detergent/malodour counteractant and the clamp ring/lower housing is configured to support and retain a resealing valve, which is operable to allow flow of fluid, such as urine, from above, but is operable to prevent backflow from below the resealing valve. The urinal apparatus also includes a consumable cap element, which includes an axial opening at least partway through, wherein the opening is configured to receive at least part of the upper housing. A body of the cap element comprises a plurality of radially extending fins. One of the upper housing or the consumable cap element comprise an upper member comprising an array of holes, which facilitate fluid flow and insertion and extraction of the urinal apparatus as a unit.
US11219331B2
An apparatus for preparing beverages comprises a water induction heater, a pump for feeding the water to the heater, a logic unit for controlling said heater and said pump, a device for heating and/or frothing milk, wherein said logic unit is configured for controlling the pump and the heater so that it is produced steam for heating and/or frothing the milk fed into said device.
US11219323B2
An extendable straw includes a relatively smaller diameter tube, a relatively larger diameter tube, and a collar. The smaller diameter tube includes a radially enlarged section adjacent one end. The larger diameter tube receives the smaller diameter tube and is more flexible than the smaller diameter tube. The radially enlarged section contacts and seals against an inner surface of the larger diameter tube. The collar is connected at a non-drinking end of the larger diameter tube, the collar being more rigid than the larger diameter tube and receiving the smaller diameter tube. The smaller diameter tube is movable in an axial direction with respect to both the collar and the larger diameter tube. At least one of the collar and the larger diameter tube cooperates with the radially enlarged section to inhibit further axial movement of the smaller diameter tube with respect to the collar beyond an extended position.
US11219319B2
A convertible bed bumper apparatus includes first and second elongate members each including a flat side extending between opposing first and second flat ends; a first fastening element at the first flat end of the first elongate member and a second fastening element at the first flat end of the second elongate member; the first and second elongate members being integrally joined together adjacent the respective flat sides of the respective first flat ends; the first and second elongate members being selectively operable between a stowed configuration, wherein the respective flat sides of the first and second elongate members are brought into congruent abutment, and an operational configuration, wherein the respective first flat ends of the first and second elongate members are brought into congruent abutment; the first and second fastening elements being sized and configured for engagement when the first and second elongate members are in the operational configuration.
US11219318B2
A comfort apparatus for use by a parent and an infant. The comfort apparatus has a parent support and comfort arrangement and an infant portion. The parent support and comfort means is operable to support at least part of the back of an individual when the individual is lying laterally. The infant portion can support an infant. The parent support and comfort arrangement and the infant portion are joined or are adapted to be joinable to one another.
US11219309B2
The disclosure provides a smart liquor cabinet and a management method for the liquor cabinet. In the management method, a voice command is received and an intent of the voice command is determined. If the intent of the voice command is related to a remaining space of the liquor cabinet, then the remaining space with no liquor in the liquor cabinet is determined. If the intent of the voice command is related to an inventory situation of the liquor cabinet, then the inventory situation of stored liquor in the liquor cabinet is determined. The response of the intent is outputted. The response is related to the remaining space or the inventory situation. In this way, the liquor and space in the liquor cabinet may be counted easily and quickly.
US11219303B2
A brush product, in particular a toothbrush, having a base body with a head part with a front and a rear side, which includes a bristle carrier with a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis and a bristle field protruding therefrom, wherein the bristle field is formed by at least one group of cleaning elements; a handle part; and a neck part connecting the head part and the handle part; wherein the bristle carrier is provided with bristles which are mounted without being anchored and wherein the bristle carrier includes substantially a central support area, an upper support area, a lower support area, a right support area and a left support area, in which the groups of cleaning elements are arranged. Also, a corresponding method and tool.
US11219292B2
A cosmetic package for applying a composition including a cosmetic, care or pharmaceutical composition onto the keratinous substrate such as skin, lips, under eyes, eyelids, cheeks, or any other part of the body. The cosmetic package comprises a cosmetic container and a cosmetic dropper coupled to the cosmetic container. The cosmetic dropper further comprises a massage ball, a bulb portion, a cap and a pipe. The massage ball is made of a heat transfer material to transfer the heat or cold on contact with the keratinous substrate of a user.
US11219286B2
A combined umbrella and canopy (10) that provides the advantages of both of these devices for providing maximum shade. The umbrella portion (12) is substantially similar to a standard beach umbrella having a vertical pole (16) with spokes or ribs (22, 24, 26, 28) extending radially outwardly adjacent the top (20) for supporting a fabric cover (30). The fabric cover (30) defines a front (32) and back (34) and at least two sides of the umbrella. The back (34) of the umbrella includes an additional length of fabric (36) that extends horizontally rearwardly and then curves downwardly and terminates in two spaced apart ends (38, 40). Each end includes a pocket (42, 44) that can be filled with sand to weigh the same down to maintain the ends on the beach. The additional fabric (36) is essentially a canopy (14). The umbrella structure (12) provides better support for the forward end of the canopy and prevents the same from collapsing when the wind conditions change.
US11219283B2
A conjoining assembly for removably connecting a plurality of items such as, but not limited to clothing articles, to one another including at least two securing members removably attachable to one another. Each securing member includes a base and a retainer structured for connection to one another concurrent to the base and retainer of each securing member cooperatively disposed in retaining relation to a different one of the plurality of items. The removable connection of the securing members may include a snap-action connection between the bases, without the use of conventional or customized tools, concurrent to retention of the different ones of the plurality of items.
US11219271B2
An article of footwear includes a strobel that has a polymeric bladder defining an interior cavity and configured to retain a fluid in the interior cavity. The polymeric bladder has a peripheral flange extending around at least a portion of a perimeter of the interior cavity. A tensile component is disposed in the interior cavity. The tensile component is secured to opposing inner surfaces of the polymeric bladder. The peripheral flange defines a groove extending along the peripheral flange. The groove serves as a guide path for an operator or for a machine to follow when stitching or otherwise securing the strobel to the upper. A method of manufacturing footwear is included.
US11219258B2
A string fastening device which may be used for easily winding and fastening strings provided in shoes, bags, clothes, or the like is provided. The string fastening device includes a base; a fixation member coupled to the base to maintain state in which the bobbin is stored in the base; a rotational member coupled to the fixation member and rotating the bobbin; and a string suspension member provided in the bobbin and fixing a string.
US11219255B2
The present invention relates to a protective face mask and filtration article, a method for using a protective face mask and filtration article, and a design for manufacturing. In particular, the invention relates to a self-contained, mobile, battery-powered bioactive and filtering breathing appliance that provides broad spectrum antimicrobial and allergic protection via an atomized biocidal agent steam/vapor and a torturous hydrophilic filtration article that sterilizes incoming air and captures debris. To this end, antimicrobial activity and filtration functions leverage a redundancy of means/methods comprised of antimicrobial hydrogen peroxide liquid/vapor/steam and an iodized salt containing hydrophilic filtration article. The present invention is a wearable apparatus that sterilizes incoming air by capturing, neutralizing and destroying airborne pathogens and other particulate matter and pumps sterilized oxygen/air for natural, unlabored breathing by the wearer. The present invention further relates to a production method thereof.
US11219253B2
A safety glove having a protective member or insert extending around the fingertip of the safety glove is provided. The protective member may be positioned along the outer surface or the inner surface of the glove. Alternatively, the protective member may be integrally formed between two layers of glove material. The protective member terminates distally from an interphalangeal joint line to enable finger flexion in order to grasp an item, such as a slab of meat to be deskinned in a skinning machine. The glove may include a rough outer surface formed from thrice dipping the glove and allowing the glove to cure. Additionally, the glove may have a width near the wrist that is wider than the width near the palm to enable the glove to be rapidly removed (i.e., doffed) in an emergency event of the glove getting caught in a rotating blade on the skinning machine.
US11219252B2
A cooling garment cooling device includes: a water delivery hose with a cooling water supply portion and cooling water branch portion; a pump supplying cooling water from the cooling water supply portion toward the cooling water branch portion; and plural branched water hoses having a first end-side water supply portion and second end-side water supply portion coupled to the cooling water branch portion. A portion of the branched water hoses between the first end-side water supply portion and second end-side water supply portion serves as a water outlet portion. Each branched water hose diameter is smaller than the water delivery hose diameter. The outer peripheral portion of the water outlet portion of each branched water hose orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the branched water hose has plural water passage holes with opening areas smaller than those of the first end-side water supply portion and second end-side water supply portion.
US11219240B2
An electrically heated aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate including at least one aerosol former in an amount of between 5 percent and 30 percent by weight of the aerosol-generating substrate; a mouthpiece; and a paper wrapper circumscribing at least a portion of the aerosol-generating substrate, the paper wrapper having a wet tensile strength of at least 5 Newtons per 15 millimeters when measured in accordance with the Wet Tensile Strength Test.
US11219239B2
A smoking article includes a tobacco substrate and a mouthpiece axially aligned in an abutting end to end relationship with the tobacco substrate. Hydrophobic tipping paper is disposed about the mouthpiece. The tipping paper is hydrophobic due to hydrophobic groups covalently bonded to the tipping paper.
US11219238B2
An apparatus for conveying rod-like articles of the tobacco industry to feed articles to a receiving area of a transferring unit. The transferring unit has lugs moving on a circular path and conveys the articles to the receiving apparatus. The receiving apparatus conveys the articles axially and the lug reduces the speed at least in a part of the path of movement before the area and/or in the area for receiving the articles from the feeding apparatus to the transferring apparatus and increases the speed at least in a part of the path of movement between the area for receiving the articles from the feeding apparatus and the area for transferring the articles to the receiving apparatus. And a method of conveying rod-like articles of the tobacco industry from a receiving area to a transferring area.
US11219226B2
Methods and systems for providing processed cocoa nibs are provided. The methods involve coarse grinding cocoa nibs to form a slurry and subjecting less than all of the cocoa slurry to refining. The refined and unrefined volumes or portions of cocoa slurry are then recombined to provide a recombined cocoa product. The cocoa nibs produced by the method may be further processed to provide cocoa liquor or chocolate.
US11219220B2
The present invention provides a preparation method of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill microsclerotium and a formulation thereof, and an application of the formulation thereof, belonging to the technical field of microsclerotium formulation preparation; the Beauveria bassiana microsclerotium formulation is prepared by the following steps of: 1) mixing conidia of Beauveria bassiana with Tween® 20 aqueous solution to obtain spore suspension; 2) inoculating the prepared spore suspension into a liquid induction medium for induction culture to obtain microsclerotium; 3) mixing the prepared microsclerotium with a padding for drying to obtain dried microsclerotium; 4) mixing the prepared dried microsclerotium with an auxiliary to obtain a microsclerotium formulation. The Beauveria bassiana microsclerotium formulation produced by the method has low production cost, strong product tolerance and good insecticidal activity, moreover, after rehydrated, the formulation may rapidly germinate hyphae and produce spores to infect pests.
US11219211B2
The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active components at least one active compound selected from compounds of formula I, formula Ia, and mixtures thereof and at least one biopesticide II. Furthermore, the present invention relates to seed treatment compositions comprising said mixtures, to methods and uses comprising the application of these mixtures and to seeds comprising the mixtures of the invention or a seed treatment composition thereof.
US11219203B2
A product distribution system for sectional control in an air boom spreader has a solid product metering assembly having: a first endless conveyor and a second endless conveyor for conveying the product from the container to the air system, the first and second endless conveyors substantially parallel to each other, the first conveyor driven independently of the second conveyor; and, a first shaft, a second shaft and a third shaft, the first shaft parallel to, separated from and driven independently of the second shaft, the second shaft parallel to and separated from the third shaft, the first shaft driving the first conveyor, the second shaft driving the third shaft to drive the second conveyor.
US11219200B2
An improved dredge rigging device for use in fishing to mimic a school of fish. The dredge rigging device is preferably formed from three rod members having a V-shaped central portion with two arms extending therefrom. The rod members are 17-4PH martensitic stainless steel and precipitation hardened to a max hardness of about 46RD and an annealed hardness of about 32RC. The central portions of each rod member are secured within a compressed lead junction member. The V-shaped central portions allowing the rod members to be equally spaced apart allowing an improved dredging device that is inexpensive to manufacture yet highly resistant to fatigue and corrosion. Each arm is available for securing artificial lures thereto with a conventional crimp.
US11219199B2
One object is to provide a fishing rod in which stability in securing a fitting is achieved. The fishing rod includes a molded rod section having a surface and the fitting placed on the surface, the fitting having a securing portion and being secured to the surface with a sheet member made of a thermosetting resin that is wound on the securing portion and heat-cured. The sheet member includes a first sheet member and a second sheet member made of thermosetting resins, the first sheet member being placed or wound on the rod section, the second sheet member being wound over the first sheet member and the securing portion placed on the first sheet member. The thermosetting resins of the first sheet member and the second sheet member have different curing temperatures from each other.
US11219196B2
A lure 10 includes the arm member 1 and the charm member 3. The arm member 1 includes a first arm part 11 having an elongated shape and a second arm part 12 connected to an end part of the first arm part 11 and extending in a direction not parallel to the first arm part 11. The charm member 3 is connected to the first arm part 11 via the connecting part 5. The charm member 3 is connected to the first arm part 11 to be rotatable around an axial center R1 connecting the connecting part and a center of the charm member 3 and to allow a rotation amount of the charm member to be regulated within a predetermined range.
US11219187B1
A soybean cultivar designated 94240013 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 94240013, to the plants of soybean cultivar 94240013, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 94240013, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 94240013. 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 94240013. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 94240013, 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 94240013 with another soybean cultivar.
US11219183B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PYYV19 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PYYV19, cells from soybean variety 5PYYV19, plants of soybean 5PYYV19, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PYYV19. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PYYV19 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PYYV19, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PYYV19, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PYYV19. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PYYV19 are further provided.
US11219171B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to an apparatus for determining a direction in which a tree will fall and a method for using the apparatus. The apparatus may comprise a plate including a substantially straight edge suitable for alignment with a vertex formed by a top cut and a bottom cut of a notch cut into a tree and a substantially level bottom surface suitable for stable placement upon the bottom cut of the notch. In some embodiments, the plate may define an internal cavity sized to accommodate a laser light generator. In other embodiments, a rotatable housing including a cavity sized to accommodate a laser light generator may be adjoined to the plate. Embodiments may permit a laser light generator contained within the cavity or the housing to emanate a beam of laser light in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the substantially straight edge of the plate.
US11219167B2
Provided are methods for growing and shipping sprouts and microgreens in the same container, growing while in shipment using moisture provided in a water-absorbent layer, with optional added beneficials, and including methods for producing sprouts and microgreens for consumption, and for pharmaceutical/nutriceutical use, comprising growth of sprouts in retail-ready containers, the container comprising a moisture-retaining layer of agar media or the like providing water for growth and obviating the need for irrigation during sprout growth. In certain aspects, media is supplemented with beneficial organisms or additives such as probiotic microbes, vitamins (e.g., B12), cofactors, nutrients, and other items (e.g., phytochemicals, natural colors, and antioxidants) which promote the growth of the beneficial microbes on the product, and/or which become incorporated into the product. In certain aspects, added beneficial microorganisms are selected to compete/antagonize human pathogens such as Listeria, Salmonella, enterohaemorrhagic E. coli, Yersinia, and/or spoilage organisms (e.g., Erwinia, Pseudomonas and Xanthomonas).
US11219161B2
A hand-propelled power tool includes a main body, a handle assembly, a fixing plate assembly, and a walking assembly connected to the main body. The handle assembly includes a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod. The first connecting rod is provided with a first adjusting assembly. The second connecting rod is provided with a second adjusting assembly. The first adjusting assembly and the second adjusting assembly form a linkage by a connecting member. The first adjusting assembly and the second adjusting assembly include a first movement state and a second movement state. When in the first movement state, the connecting member can transmit a force between the first adjusting assembly and the second adjusting assembly. When in the second movement state, the connecting member does not transmit a force between the first adjusting assembly and the second adjusting assembly.
US11219160B2
A riding mower includes front wheels and rear wheels that support a vehicle body frame on the ground surface, a driver's seat disposed upwardly of the vehicle body frame, a mower deck disposed downwardly of the vehicle body frame and a cutting guide device configured to create an overlap mark that hints a cutting overlap line at a position forwardly of the front wheels and the mower deck and closer to the ground surface than the vehicle body frame.
US11219155B2
A system and method for monitoring an agricultural implement. The system includes a monitor device, a communication module and a display device. The monitor device is in electrical communication with a plurality of sensors monitoring the operation of agricultural implement. The implement sensors generate “as-applied” data. The as-applied data is processed and transmitted to a display device via a communication module. The display device renders maps representing the as-applied data. The generated maps may be accessed and displayed as map overlays on a display device with a common view characteristic.
US11219152B2
An actuator assembly for use with a quick coupler. The actuator assembly includes a manual actuator assembly, a control rod coupled to the manual actuator assembly, and a remote actuator assembly coupled to the control rod. The manual actuator assembly is configured to be hand actuated from outside of the quick part coupler, and configured to move the latching assembly from a locked position to an unlocked position via the control rod. The remote actuator assembly is configured to be remotely actuated from outside of the quick coupler, and configured to move the latching assembly from the locked position to the unlocked position via the control rod.
US11224144B2
The present application pertains to testing methods and apparatus useful in two-phase liquid immersion cooling systems. Such systems cool heat generating computer components which cause a dielectric fluid in its liquid phase to vaporize. The dielectric vapor is then condensed back into a liquid phase and used to cool the computer components. Using the testing methods and apparatuses herein one may design and test more efficient components and systems. More specifically, the one or more heating elements are both passive and intelligent. They may be used to mimic the power load of a server which is used in the load testing of two phase liquid immersion cooling so actual servers are not required to test various aspects of the two phase liquid immersion cooling units.
US11224132B2
A semiconductor device package includes a display device, an encapsulation layer disposed in direct contact with the display device, and a reinforced structure surrounded by the encapsulation layer. The reinforced structure is spaced apart from a surface of the display device. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device package is also disclosed.
US11224121B2
An assembly comprises a flexible circuit board (FCB) having a substrate with a top side, and a circuit pattern layer on the top side of the substrate. The circuit pattern layer has a connection region for facilitating electrical interconnection to the FCB, and one or more cavities extending through both the substrate and the circuit pattern layer. A first conductive layer for electro-magnetic interference (EMI) shielding is positioned on a top side of the FCB, and a second conductive layer for EMI shielding is positioned on a back side of the FCB. Electrically conductive adhesive extends through the one or more cavities for electrically connecting the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The electrically conductive adhesive further extends from the first conductive layer to the connection region for facilitating electrical interconnection of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
US11224119B2
A resin multilayer substrate includes a plurality of insulating resin base material layers and a plurality of conductor patterns provided on the plurality of insulating resin base material layers. The plurality of conductor patterns include a plurality of signal lines provided at positions not overlapping each other as viewed from a laminating direction of the insulating resin base material layers, and a ground conductor overlapping the plurality of the signal lines as viewed from the laminating direction. Openings are provided in the ground conductor and, as viewed from the laminating direction, an aperture ratio is higher in an inner zone that is sandwiched between two signal lines than in an outer zone of the two signal lines.
US11224115B2
A method for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography includes loading an EUV mask to a lithography system; loading a wafer to the lithography system, wherein the wafer includes a resist layer sensitive to EUV radiation; producing EUV radiation by heating target plumes using a radiation source; and exposing the resist layer to the EUV radiation while monitoring a speed of the target plumes.
US11224114B2
The X-ray generator includes a booster for boosting a first DC voltage supplied from a voltage source to a second DC voltage higher than the first DC voltage, at least one capacitor for receiving the second DC voltage and generating a charging voltage on the basis of the second DC voltage, a converter for converting the charging voltage into a driving voltage, an X-ray source for receiving the driving voltage and emitting X-rays according to the driving voltage, and a controller for controlling the booster, the converter, and the X-ray source. The controller calculates a cooling time required for cooling the X-ray source to a predetermined temperature or lower, determines the magnitude of the second DC voltage according to the cooling time, and applies the second DC voltage to the capacitor for the cooling time.
US11224105B2
System and method for voltage conversion to drive one or more light emitting diodes with at least a TRIAC dimmer. For example, the system includes: a phase detector configured to receive a first rectified voltage generated based at least in part on an AC input voltage processed by at least the TRIAC dimmer, the phase detector being further configured to generate a digital signal representing phase information associated with the first rectified voltage; a voltage generator configured to receive the digital signal and generate a DC voltage based at least in part on the digital signal; and a driver configured to receive the DC voltage and affect, based at least in part on the DC voltage, a current flowing through the one or more light emitting diodes; wherein the current changes with the phase information according to a predetermined function.
US11224099B2
A mineral insulated heating cable for a heat tracing system. The heating cable includes a sheath having at least a first, and optionally a second layer, wherein the thermal conductivity of the second layer is greater than a thermal conductivity of the first layer. In addition, the first and second layers are in intimate thermal contact. The heating cable also includes at least one heating conductor for generating heat and a dielectric layer located within the sheath for electrically insulating the heating conductor, wherein the sheath, heating conductor and dielectric layer form a heating section. In addition, the heating cable includes a conduit for receiving the heating section. Further, the heating cable includes a cold lead section and a hot-cold joint for connecting the heating and cold lead sections. In addition, a high emissivity coating may be formed on the first layer.
US11224098B2
A system configured for operation below a threshold temperature system includes a power supply, a housing, a temperature-sensitive electronic component, and a heating circuit. The temperature-sensitive electronic component is enclosed within said housing and electrically connected to the power supply, wherein the temperature-sensitive electronic component becomes susceptible to failure when the temperature of said temperature-sensitive electronic component decreases and crosses the threshold temperature. The heating circuit is at least partially enclosed within the housing and comprising a temperature-dependent resistor, the heating circuit electrically connected to the power supply and configured to generate heat energy within the housing when the temperature within the housing decreases and approaches the threshold temperature in order to maintain the temperature of the temperature-sensitive electronic component above the threshold temperature.
US11224091B2
Methods and apparatuses for prioritizing Mission Critical Push to Talk Traffic during an emergency. Embodiments disclosed herein relate to wireless communication networks, and more particularly to mission critical services in Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication networks. Embodiments herein disclose a channel sensitive MCPTT prioritization scheduling method and system to increase the download/upload speeds for MCPTT users during the emergency situations. Embodiments herein methods and systems for prioritizing traffic for connected User Equipments (UEs) over idle UEs.
US11224089B2
A user equipment (UE) is configured to connect to a primary cell serving a primary component carrier (PCC) in the licensed spectrum and a secondary cell serving a secondary component carrier (SCC) in an unlicensed spectrum. The UE is configured with a Connected Discontinuous Reception (C-DRX) functionality including an onDuration. The UE determines a first duration based on an amount of time between when a first operation related to an exchange of data over the SCC is to be performed and when the exchange of data over the SCC is likely to occur, determines whether the exchange of data over the SCC is likely to occur during the onDuration based on the first duration and when the exchange of data is unlikely to occur during the onDuration, delays when the first operation is to be performed to cause the exchange of data over the SCC to occur during the onDuration.
US11224084B2
A registration method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The registration method includes transmitting a registration request message to an access and mobility management function (AMF), wherein the registration request message includes requested network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI) including single (S)-NSSAI corresponding to a network slice to which the UE intends to register with; and receiving, from the AMF, a registration accept message as a response to the registration request message, wherein if at least one of the S-NSSAI included in the requested NSSAI is rejected by the AMF, the registration accept message includes the rejected S-NSSAI and a reason for refusal for the rejected S-NSSAI.
US11224076B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method includes receiving, via a control channel, an order message instructing the UE to perform a random access channel (RACH) procedure, and selecting to perform a first RACH procedure or a second RACH procedure based on a preamble preparation time gap between the order message and a first occasion for transmitting a RACH preamble, or a payload preparation time gap between the order message and an occasion for transmitting a RACH payload, or both.
US11224070B2
A communications device can identify one or more sections of plural predetermined sections, divided into time-units, of shared communications resources of a wireless access interface for transmitting data signals to one or more other communications device. The communications device detects whether another of the one or more communications devices are transmitting signals in one or more of the identified sections of the shared communications resources in at least one time divided unit, and if signals transmitted by another of the communications devices are not detected, the device transmits signals in the identified one or more predetermined sections of the shared communications resources for at least one of the time divided units, and then, after a collision avoidance time, detects for at least one subsequent time unit whether another of the one or more communications devices transmits signals in one or more of the identified sections of the shared communications resources.
US11224062B2
Disclosed are a method for configuring a scheduling request, a network device, a terminal device, and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: configuring for a terminal device configuration parameters of a scheduling request respectively corresponding to each carrier in at least one carrier, wherein the configuration parameters of at least one scheduling request are configured for the same carrier; and configuring for the terminal device a mapping relation between each logical channel in at least one logical channel and the configuration parameters of at least one scheduling request.
US11224061B2
A scheduling method and device in a UE and a base station. The UE receives a first signaling and a wireless signal on a target time frequency resource. The first signaling indicates a first time frequency resource that includes a second time frequency resource. The target time frequency resource includes a time frequency resource of the first time frequency resource except the second time frequency resource. The target time and second time frequency resources are orthogonal, or the first signaling indicates whether the target time frequency resource includes the second time frequency resource. The first time frequency resource includes T1 sub frames in a time domain and P1 sub carriers in a frequency domain. The second time frequency resource includes T2 sub frames of the T1 sub frames in a time domain. The T1 and the P1 are a positive integer respectively, and the T2 is smaller than the T1.
US11224057B2
Systems and methods discussed herein are directed to allocating subframes (or slots) of radio frames for LTE uplink transmissions and NR uplink transmissions. In some instances, subframes (or slots) of radio frames may be allocated for LTE downlink transmissions and NR downlink transmissions.
US11224049B2
Methods and systems for selecting a communication channel from a plurality of available channels in an infrastructure basic service set network having a plurality of access points APs comprising: monitoring the available channels for a scan time by a co-located radio station to capture signal level from APs at each channel; calculating weighted channel power level of each channel to determine the channel with minimum power and free channels from the available channels; receiving the signal level of each channel from co-located radio station to processor and calculating weighted channel power level of each channel to select the communication channel, selecting communication channels comprises: identifying free channels; where only one free channel, select the free channel, where plurality, select the free channel with minimum interference less than a predefined value and with lower weighted channel power level, where no free channels, select the channel with minimum weighted channel power level.
US11224046B2
Various aspects pertaining to apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable medium are described herein. Some aspects pertain to wireless communication between various apparatuses, such as an access point (AP) and a station (STA). The AP may have a radio, and the STA may have a first radio and a second radio. The radios may have various power states. Some aspects pertain to negotiation of various communication parameters. Some aspects pertain to communication of a packet and execution of various related operations. Some aspects pertain to certain uplink (UL) and/or downlink (DL) communications. Some aspects pertain to termination or teardown of the negotiated parameters. The written description and appended drawings provide detailed descriptions regarding these and many other aspects.
US11224035B2
An apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive a PDCCH including downlink control information; and a transmitter configured to transmit a sPUSCH, based at least on detection of the PDCCH. The sum of the number of symbols to which the sPUSCH is mapped and the number of SC-FDMA symbols to which a DMRS associated with the sPUSCH is mapped is 2 and/or 3. In a case that a CRC added to the downlink control information is scrambled with a C-RNTI, the index of the SC-FDMA symbol to which the DMRS associated with the sPUSCH is mapped is given based at least on the downlink control information. In a case that the CRC added to the downlink control information is scrambled with an SPS C-RNTI, the index of the symbol to which the DMRS associated with the sPUSCH is mapped is given based at least on higher layer signaling.
US11224033B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described herein that may be used to determine one or more control channel operational parameters associated with transmitting first uplink control information (UCI) and second UCI in a same control channel. The parameters may include respective repetition factors and/or spreading factors associated with the first UCI and the second UCI. The parameters may be determined based on respective characteristics of the first UCI and the second UCI. These characteristics may include reliability requirements, usage scenarios, and/or the like. Self-contained subframes may be employed to transmit data and/or control information. The control information may be transmitted using different numerologies than the data.
US11224032B2
Embodiments provide a mobile communications device that includes a processor configured to communicate with a transceiver and a memory. The transceiver is configured to exchange control signals with a network node. The memory contains instructions that when executed by the processor configure the processor to operate the transceiver to exchange the control signals. The instructions further configure the processor to pass a first proper subset of the control signals to a remote device without operating according to the control signals, and to operate according to control signals in a second proper subset of the control signals. The processor is thereby configured to operate on behalf of a remote communication device to support communication between the remote communication device and the network node.
US11224028B2
Systems, devices, and techniques are described for performing paging in a wireless communication network. A method includes mapping a paging indication to one or more resource elements. The one or more resource elements are resources in one or more synchronization signal symbols that are not mapped by the synchronization signal. The method includes transmitting the paging indication to trigger a response from a user equipment for performing subsequent paging.
US11224022B2
A method performed by a radio network node for deciding an Automatic Gain Control (AGC) mode to be used for a received signal in a wireless communications network is provided. The radio network node estimates (301) a type of interference scenario affecting the received signal and obtains (302) information about channel quality of channels between the radio network node and connected wireless devices. Based on the estimated type of interference scenario and the obtained information about the channel quality, the radio network node dynamically decides (303) for the received signal, which AGC mode out of the following ACG modes to be used: —a slow AGC using a release timer for releasing an AGC state, —a fast AGC using a release timer for releasing an AGC state, and—a fast AGC using a trigger timer triggering an AGC state a first time interval before an interference period, and the release timer releasing the AGC state a second time interval after said interference period ends.
US11224021B2
Wireless communications may be used to support transmission power control. A message to schedule a transmission may be received without indicating a parameter for determining a power for the transmission. The transmission power may be determined based on a pathloss reference signal associated with a lowest index of a power control parameter set.
