US11434499B2
The invention relates to nucleic acid molecules which impart resistance to rhizomania, in particular to Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein Virus (BNYVV) in a plant, in particular of the genus Beta, and to plants containing such nucleic acid molecules. The invention further relates to methods for producing such BNYVV resistant plants and to marker-based methods for identifying and selecting BNYVV resistant plants, as well as to methods for controlling infection with the pathogen BNYVV.
US11434489B1
Described herein are small molecule splicing modulator compounds that modulate splicing of mRNA, such as pre-mRNA, encoded by genes, and methods of use of the small molecule splicing modulator compounds for modulating splicing and treating diseases and conditions.
US11434478B2
The present disclosure provides novel Cas12a proteins, which cleave target nucleic acids and methods of use thereof.
US11434475B2
The present invention relates to filamentous fungal cells secreting a polypeptide of interest, wherein the expression of a citT gene is altered, reduced or eliminated compared to a non-mutated otherwise isogenic or parent cell, and methods of producing a secreted polypeptide of interest in said cells as well as methods of producing said cells.
US11434467B2
Disclosed is an Aspergillus niger seed continuous culture method, comprising the steps of: (1) at a startup stage, Aspergillus niger spores are inoculated into a seed culture medium to obtain a seed liquid; (2) at a seed continuous culture stage, continuous dispersion treatment is performed on the seed liquid obtained in step (1), continuous culture is performed on the seed liquid obtained by dispersion, and meanwhile, a fresh seed feed medium is replenished; and (3) at a stop stage, the replenishment of the fresh seed feed medium and the dispersion treatment are stopped, continuous culture is performed to obtain a seed liquid, and then the seed liquid is transferred into the fermentation medium for fermentation culture. The method according to the present invention makes breakthrough to solve problems that multi-cellular filamentous bacteria grow slowly and mycelium pellets are easy to lose in continuous culture, thus fully achieving seed continuous culture.
US11434464B2
The disclosure provides a filtration system for a cell culture apparatus and a method of cell culture. The filtration system comprises a bioreactor vessel and two or more alternating tangential flow (ATF) filters connected in parallel. A failure in either filter is detected by an in-line sensor, and an automated response system functions to sequester the malfunctioning filter by stopping the flow of liquid media through the filter. Media flow through the remaining operable filters can be increased so that the rate of perfusion through the bioreactor remains relatively unchanged. Such a system may prevent issues that arise from ATF filter failures in conventional perfusion bioreactors, thereby improving the long-term viability of cell cultures.
US11434458B2
Systems and methods for improved flow properties in fluidic and microfluidic systems are disclosed. The system includes a microfluidic device having a first microchannel, a fluid reservoir having a working fluid and a pressurized gas, a pump in communication with the fluid reservoir to maintain a desired pressure of the pressurized gas, and a fluid-resistance element located within a fluid path between the fluid reservoir and the first microchannel. The fluid-resistance element includes a first fluidic resistance that is substantially larger than a second fluidic resistance associated with the first microchannel.
US11434455B1
A system and method for aging an unaged distilled spirit (raw product) to produce rapidly aged spirits over a very fast period of time whereby the rapidly aged spirit has flavor profiles and taste that replicate the flavor and taste of alcoholic beverages that are traditionally aged. A processing vessel dedicated to holding the unaged spirit and mixing the unaged spirit with charred wood staves is provided. Pressurized, filtered air is added to the processing vessel for a period of time and then the filtered pressurized air is released and vented elsewhere. Then, a vacuum pump is used to vacuum remaining air in the processing vessel for a period of time, and then the vacuum is quickly released resulting in violent, quick agitation of the remaining air and spirit in the processing vessel. A computer application is used to schedule the sequence of steps for a recurring period of time.
US11434454B2
An article is provided herein which includes a shear-thinning, non-thixotropic aqueous liquid detergent and a package for the aqueous liquid detergent which is in direct contact with the aqueous liquid detergent, wherein the package is formed from a water-soluble, film-forming material. The aqueous liquid detergent includes at least about 25% by weight of water based on the total weight of the aqueous liquid detergent, a builder comprising potassium carbonate, and a chloride salt, wherein the builder and the chloride salt are present in a combined total amount of about 25% to about 50% percent by weight based on the total weight of the aqueous liquid detergent, and the builder and the chloride salt are present in a weight ratio of about 99:1 to about 75:25. Methods of preparing the aqueous liquid detergent and the article are also provided herein.
US11434448B2
A perfume composition having controlled release of phytoncides in an atmosphere in order to generate an air condition resembling the air environment of a forest is provided. The perfume composition includes a) at least about 0.6% by weight of at least one phytoncide; and b) a perfume mixture including (i) at least one solvent; and (ii) at least one fragrance ingredient. At least about 25% by weight of the at least one phytoncide is selected from the group consisting of pinene alpha, pinene beta and combinations thereof.
US11434447B2
A silicone modified lubricant includes a Group I, II, III, IV or V base oil in combination with a minor amount of a silicone oil. Further, the lubricant includes a dispersant such as a dispersant olefin copolymer which maintains the silicone oil dispersed in the base oil. The silicone oil reduces the surface tension of the lubricant thereby reducing power loss. Preferably the lubricant formation has a surface tension less than 28 mN/m, making it particularly suitable for dip lubrication systems.
US11434443B2
The present disclosure discloses a water-hydrocarbon fuel emulsion comprising: a) 87-99% by weight of at least one hydrocarbon fuel with respect to the emulsion; b) 0.1-10% by weight of water with respect to the emulsion; c) 1-3% by weight of an emulsifying blend with respect to the emulsion; and d) 0.05-1% by weight of at least one inorganic hydride with respect to the emulsion, wherein the emulsifying blend comprises i) at least one oil-soluble nonionic surfactant; ii) at least one water-soluble nonionic surfactant; and iii) at least one ionic surfactant. The present disclosure also reveals a convenient preparation process of the water-hydrocarbon fuel emulsion.
US11434438B2
A system for processing a hydrocarbon feed has a final stage reactor and internal separator that forms a substantially gas stream and a substantially non-gas stream. The substantially gas stream is sent directly from the final stage reactor to a separator or for other processing.
US11434437B1
A method for producing chemicals from crude oil by double-tube parallel multi-zone catalytic conversion is provided. The method may include the following steps: feeding the crude oil directly or separating the crude oil into light and heavy components by flash evaporation or distillation after desalination and dehydration; strengthening the contact and reaction between oil gas and catalyst by using two parallel reaction tubes with novel structure, controlling the reaction by zones, carrying out optimal combination on feeding modes according to different properties of reaction materials, controlling suitable reaction conditions for different materials, and increasing the production of light olefins and aromatics.
US11434432B2
According to one or more embodiments, presently disclosed are processes for producing petrochemical products from a hydrocarbon material. The process may include separating the hydrocarbon material into at least a lesser boiling point fraction and a greater boiling point fraction, combining steam with the greater boiling point fraction upstream of the cracking of the lesser boiling point fraction, cracking at least a portion of the greater boiling point fraction in the presence of a first catalyst to produce a first cracking reaction product, cracking at least a portion of the lesser boiling point fraction in the presence of a second catalyst in an environment comprising less than 0.1 mol. % water to produce a second cracking reaction product, and separating the petrochemical products from one or both of the first cracking reaction product or the second cracking reaction product.
US11434431B2
A catalyst and process for the deoxygenation and conversion of bio-derived feedstocks. The catalyst comprises a silica-alumina support having specifically defined physical properties and a molybdenum component but a material absence of nickel. The process involves the processing of a bio-derived feedstock having an oxygen content to yield a conversion product having an exceptional distillation profile and physical properties and a substantially reduced oxygen content.
US11434425B2
A method for making a growing medium includes a step of combining tree bark and/or wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition to a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks to obtain the fibrous growing medium, the refiner separating fibers from each other; wherein the growing medium has total porosity of 88 volume % or more.
US11434416B2
An aqueous injection fluid including: a polymer comprising hydrophilic moieties and a plurality of hydrophobic groups; and a surfactant that changes shape based on salinity and/or temperature.
US11434412B2
Methods are provided to inhibit scale formation in oil or gas production systems. In one embodiment, the scale inhibiting treatment comprises: A) an AAA terpolymer and B) a phosphonate. The treatment can be added to these systems in the well area itself, to the well annulus and its associated tubes, casings, etc., to the oil or gas bearing subterranean formation, to injection conduits for injecting steam or fracking fluid to the subterranean formation, to the produced water or to equipment in fluid flow contact with the produced water.
US11434409B2
Compositions and methods for plugging a zone of a subterranean formation includes a cement composition having an acid soluble cement, a low molecular weight polymer, a high molecular weight polymer, and water. The acid soluble cement is in amount in a range of 10% to 50% by weight of the composition.
US11434407B2
An invert emulsion drilling fluids having a combination of fatty acids derived from waste vegetable oil (WVO) and a fatty alcohol as a rheology modifier. An invert emulsion drilling fluid may include a water in oil emulsion, an invert emulsifier, a fatty alcohol having six to thirty carbon atoms, and a fatty acid having six to eighteen carbon atoms. The fatty acid is provided by esterifying a waste vegetable oil to produce a methyl ester of the waste vegetable oil and cleaving an ester group from the methyl ester of the waste vegetable oil. The invert emulsion drilling fluid may be formulated free of organoclay. Methods of drilling a wellbore using an invert emulsion drilling fluid are also provided.
US11434401B2
Disclosed are UV curable adhesive compositions and methods to adhere polycarbonate substrates containing UV absorbers to glass for use in ophthalmic lenses.
US11434396B2
The invention provides a synthetic rubber pressure-sensitive adhesive which has excellent heat resistance and substrate adhesiveness, is capable of inhibiting offset, peeling or the like even in a high-temperature environment and is suitable for applications in a high-temperature environment, a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet and a polishing member laminate. The synthetic rubber pressure-sensitive adhesive of the invention contains: a synthetic rubber (A) including a styrene-isoprene block copolymer, an adhesion-imparting resin (B), and a fatty acid ester (C) with a weight reduction rate of 1 wt % or less after being heated at 150° C. for 10 minutes. Based on 100 parts by weight of the synthetic rubber (A), the content of the adhesion-imparting resin (B) is set as α parts by weight to 60 parts by weight, and the content of the fatty acid ester (C) is set as 0.1 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight.
US11434392B2
The present teachings contemplate a method comprising providing a first and second substrate, locating an initiator onto a surface of the first or second substrate, the initiator including a substance for initiating polymerization of a polymerizable adhesive, locating the polymerizable adhesive onto a surface of the first and second substrate, the adhesive including a monofunctional, difunctional, or multifunctional methylene malonate, or cyanoacrylate, and contacting first and second substrate.
US11434390B2
A transparent coating film forming composition contains: (A) a polysilazane having units represented by the following formulae (1) and (2), and having predetermined modification rate and weight average molecular weight, (B) an organic solvent containing (B-1) and (B-2), (B-1) an organic solvent having a dielectric constant of 2.1 to 15.0 on average and a higher boiling point under atmospheric pressure (1013 hPa) than that of an organic solvent contained as the component (B-2), and (B-2) a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon organic solvent; and (C) a predetermined curing catalyst. The mixing ratio of the component (A) and the component (B) satisfies a predetermined range. This provides a transparent coating film forming composition using an organic solvent having high polysilazane solubility, volatility at an appropriate speed during application, high safety and workability, the composition enabling formation of a coating film that is uniform and has high transparency and hardness after curing.
US11434385B2
A process for preparing a crosslinked fluoropolymer film, including the successive steps of: (1) formulating an ink containing: (a) the product of the reaction of triethylamine with at least one fluorinated copolymer obtained by radical copolymerization of monomers including: (i) vinylidene fluoride (VDF), (ii) trifluoroethylene (TrFE), (iii) at least one chlorinated monomer of formula —CXCl═CX1X2 where X, X1 and X2 independently denote H, F or CF3, wherein at most one of X, X1 and X2 denotes CF3; (b) at least one crosslinking agent; (c) at least one photoinitiator; and (d) at least one organic solvent; (2) applying said ink in film form to a substrate; and (3) UV-irradiating said film. Also, the film capable of being obtained according to this process, and also to the uses thereof, in particular in the manufacture of (opto)electronic devices and more particularly in the manufacture of a gate dielectric layer in a field-effect transistor.
US11434378B2
The present invention relates to fine barium sulfate powder that can be readily and simply dispersed in resins or solvents; a resin composition, a coating composition, an ink composition, and a resin molded article each containing the barium sulfate powder; and a method for producing the barium sulfate powder. Provided is barium sulfate powder having a number average primary particle size of 1 to 100 nm, the powder including an organic compound on its surface, the powder in the form of compressed compact having a contact angle with distilled water of 10 to 170 degrees.
US11434377B2
Compounds useful as fluorescent or colored dyes are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I) or a stereoisomer, tautomer or salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, A, M, m and n are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds are also provided.
US11434374B2
Compounds useful as fluorescent or colored dyes are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, salts and tautomers thereof, R1, R2, R3, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, M1, M2, A, q, w and n are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds are also provided.
US11434368B2
An ammunition cartridge comprising a casing body that defines a hollow interior configured to receive a projectile is provided. The casing body contains a polymer composition that includes a polyarylene sulfide and an impact modifier. The impact modifier includes an epoxy-functionalized polymer. Further, the polymer composition exhibits a notched Charpy impact strength of about 6 kJ/m2 or more as determined at a temperature of 23° C. in accordance with ISO Test No. 179-1:2010.
US11434365B2
The use of a sulfonated polyaryl ether ketone or of a sulfonated non-polymeric aryl ether ketone as a dispersant for a polyaryl ether ketone resin powder in an aqueous solution, and also to a corresponding composition, and to a process for preparing a semifinished product comprising a polyaryl ether ketone resin and reinforcing fibers.
US11434361B2
In an epoxy resin composition, per 100 parts by mass of an epoxy resin component containing from 60 to 85 parts by mass of N,N,N′,N′-tetraglycidyldiaminodiphenylmethane resin (A) having a viscosity at 50° C. of 6000 mPa·s or less and from 15 to 40 parts by mass of a liquid bisphenol A epoxy resin (B) having a viscosity at 25° C. of 20000 mPa·s or less, from 8 to 15 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (C), from 2 to 10 parts by mass of elastomer microparticles (D) having an average particle diameter of 1000 nm or less, and from 0.5 to 2.5 parts by mass of silica microparticles (E) having an average particle diameter of 1000 nm or less are blended.
US11434353B2
A method, and product thereof, for modifying the surface of recycled sulfur-cured rubber via surface devulcanization that minimizes alteration of the network structure of the recycled sulfur-cured rubber, while generating strong tack between mixed recycled rubber and fresh rubber for optimal adhesion upon subsequent co-curing. In one embodiment, the surface of recycled rubber is devulcanized by treating recycled rubber with a thiol and a base dissolved in a solvent that does not effectively penetrate and only minimally swells vulcanized rubbers.
US11434350B2
A cellulose resin composition comprising a cellulose derivative (A) and a lubricant (B), wherein the cellulose derivative (A) is a cellulose derivative obtained by substituting at least a part of hydrogen atoms of hydroxyl groups of a cellulose with a short-chain organic group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms and a long-chain organic group having 8 to 30 carbon atoms with specific degrees of substitution; the lubricant (B) is at least one selected from the group consisting of a urea compound (B1) having a urea group (—NH—C(═O)—NH—) and an acyclic aliphatic group having 6 to 33 carbon atoms, an amide compound (B2) having an amide group (—C(═O)—NH—) and an acyclic aliphatic group having 6 to 33 carbon atoms, a fatty acid metal salt (B3), and a silicone-based lubricant (B4); and a content of the lubricant (B) is in a range of 0.1 to 10% by mass. A cellulose resin composition capable of forming a molded body having a high-quality appearance and scratch resistance is provided.
US11434347B2
The present disclosure provides a method of processing shell material. Shell material processed in accordance with the methods disclosed herein may be biodegradable and may further represent a new type of useful material. By way of example, the processed shell material may be useable as a material to make useful materials, items, objects and/or tools.
US11434344B2
A (super)hydrophobic isocyanate based organic aerogel/xerogel/cryogel having a water contact angle of at least 90° comprising: a cross-linked porous network structure made of polyurethane and/or polyisocyanurate and/or polyurea, and hydrophobic compounds having before the gelling step at least one isocyanate-reactive group and no isocyanate groups Characterized in that said hydrophobic compounds are covalently bonded within the porous network of the aerogel/xerogel/cryogel and wherein said bondings are created during the gelling step of the formation of the isocyanate based organic aerogel/xerogel/cryogel cross-linked porous network structure.
US11434337B2
To provide an ion exchange membrane for alkali chloride electrolysis which has a low membrane resistance and which is capable of reducing the electrolysis voltage during the alkali chloride electrolysis, while increasing the membrane strength. An ion exchange membrane 1 for alkali chloride electrolysis wherein a reinforcing material 20 obtained by weaving with reinforcing yarns 22 and sacrificial yarns 24 is embedded in a fluoropolymer having ion exchange groups, the ion exchange membrane 1 comprises elution holes (28) formed by eluting at least a portion of a material of the sacrificial yarns 24, and in a cross section perpendicular to the length direction of the yarns, the total area (S) obtained by adding the cross-sectional area of an elution hole 28 and the cross-sectional area of a sacrificial yarn 24 remaining in the elution hole 28 is from 500 to 1,200 μm2, and the number (n) of elution holes 28 between adjacent reinforcing yarns 22 is at least 10.
US11434336B2
A film for glass bonding includes a thiourethane layer comprising a heterocyclo-alkanediyl-based repeat unit indicated by Formula 1, and a linear alkanediyl-based repeat unit indicated by Formula 2, and a base layer, disposed on a surface of the thiourethane layer, comprising a polyvinyl acetal resin and a plasticizer. In the Formula 1, R1 is —O— or —S—, and X is a heterocyclo-alkanediyl group having carbon atoms of 3 to 10 and sulfur atoms of 1 to 5, and in the Formula 2, R2 is —O— or —S—, and n2 is an integer of 4 to 10.
US11434335B2
An embodiment can provide a polyamide-imide film and a method for producing same, the film comprising a polyamide-imide polymer formed by polymerizing an aromatic diamine compound, an aromatic dianhydride compound and a dicarbonyl compound, wherein, in an XRD graph with a section in which 2θ=8° to 32° as a baseline, the film shows a peak area of 50% or above around 2θ=23° with respect to a peak area seen around 2θ=15°.
US11434333B2
Methods to prepare elastomer compounds are described that include dry mixing at least one additive to an elastomer composite masterbatch at low temperatures over a shortened mixing cycle with reduced energy consumption. The elastomer composite masterbatch is produced in a liquid masterbatch process. The resulting elastomer compounds are further described as well as property improvements that can be achieved.
US11434332B2
A super absorbent polymer according to the present invention has an excellent discoloration resistance characteristic even under high temperature/high humidity conditions, while maintaining excellent absorption performance, and is preferably used for hygienic materials such as diapers, and thus can exhibit excellent performance.
US11434331B2
The disclosed invention provides starting compositions for making lignin hybrid polymers, reactions of lignin and polymer precursors to manufacture lignin hybrid polymers, and final lignin hybrid polymers produced. The most important process requirement is the compatibility of lignin and polymer precursors. Lignin and the polymer precursors must be compatible to assure that the lignin and polymers precursors react and produce a lignin hybrid polymer with useful properties. The lignin hybrid polymers can be in the form of a polyol, a thermoplastic resin, or a thermoset resin. The lignin hybrid polyol, thermoplastic resin, or thermoset resin can be used in a wide range of products including, but not limited to, coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers, binders, thermoset resins, thermoplastic resins, and polyurethane systems.
US11434323B2
This disclosure relates generally to a moisture curable composition. The composition includes a first, crosslinkable copolymer having a plurality of silyl alkoxy terminal groups and a backbone that is the reaction product of a diisocyanate and a mixture of a low molecular weight polyether polyol and a high molecular weight polyether polyol; a second crosslinkable oligomer having a plurality of silyl alkoxy terminal groups and a backbone that is the reaction product of a diisocyanate and a low molecular weight polyether polyol; and a third crosslinkable oligomer having a plurality of silyl alkoxy terminal groups and a backbone that is the reaction product of a diisocyanate and a high molecular weight polyether polyol.
US11434320B2
Polyisocyanurate (PIR) and/or polyurethane (PUR) comprising insulation foams having significantly improved long term insulation values are disclosed as well as a processing method to fabricate said improved insulation foams and use of the improved insulation foams for thermal insulation.
US11434309B2
A method broadening a molecular weight distribution and/or broadening a chemical composition distribution of the polyolefin product can include: polymerizing a feedstock in the presence of a metallocene catalyst in a loop reactor to produce a polyolefin product, the feedstock comprising two or more monomers; and adjusting a polymerization parameter selected from the group consisting of decreasing a recycle ratio, increasing a polymer concentration, increasing a LRSU number, and any combination thereof.
US11434308B2
Object: To provide a method for manufacturing a polymer, which is a method for forming a polymer having a homogeneous copolymer composition and a narrow molecular weight distribution. Resolution Means: A method for manufacturing a polymer using a microreactor including a flow path capable of mixing a plurality of liquids to perform radical polymerization of a monomer component containing two or more types of monomers in the presence of a polymerization initiator; wherein the microreactor includes a first inlet port configured to feed the monomer component and an additional inlet port located downstream of the first inlet port; and the method includes feeding the monomer component through the first inlet port and the additional inlet port.
US11434304B2
Isolated antibodies that bind to human CD38 and cynomolgus CD38 are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the disclosed antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the disclosed antibodies.
US11434297B2
Provided herein are VHH-containing polypeptides that bind CD123. Uses of the VHH-containing polypeptides are also provided.
US11434292B2
The present invention provides novel antibodies that specifically bind to CD3 and uses thereof. The invention also provides therapeutic and diagnostic methods utilizing the antibodies and antigen-binding fragments provided herein.
US11434291B2
Provided herein, in one aspect, is a method of preventing or delaying the onset of clinical type 1 diabetes (T1D), comprising: providing a non-diabetic subject who is at risk for T1D; determining that the non-diabetic subject (1) is substantially free of antibodies against zinc transporter 8 (ZnT8), (2) is HLA-DR4+, and/or (3) is not HLA-DR3+; and administering a prophylactically effective amount of an anti-CD3 antibody to the non-diabetic subject.
US11434287B2
The present invention relates to anti-IL13 antibodies that bind specifically and with high affinity to both glycosylated and non-glycosylated human IL13, does not bind mouse IL13, and neutralize human IL13 activity at an approximate molar ratio of 1:2 (MAb:IL13). The invention also relates to the use of these antibodies in the treatment of IL13-mediated diseases, such as allergic disease, including asthma, allergic asthma, non-allergic (intrinsic) asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, allergic conjunctivitis, eczema, urticaria, food allergies, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ulcerative colitis, RSV infection, uveitis, scleroderma, and osteoporosis.
US11434284B2
Antibodies that bind human beta-amyloid peptide, methods of detecting, measuring and treating amyloidogenic disorders with said antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies and methods of manufacture are provided.
US11434281B2
Disclosed herein are monoclonal antibodies targeting specific tau epitopes, particularly, phosphorylated tau epitopes. Also disclosed are methods of detecting tau protein in a subject, comprising performing an assay using the antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof on the subject or on a biological sample obtained from the subject. Assay kits containing the disclosed antibodies are also provided. Further, methods of treating or preventing a tauopathy in a subject by administering to the subject tau antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof are provided.
US11434275B2
Provided herein are polypeptides which include tenth fibronectin type III domains (10Fn3) that binds to serum albumin. Also provided are fusion molecules comprising a serum albumin binding 10Fn3 joined to a heterologous protein for use in diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
US11434263B2
The present invention features polypeptides which inhibit dimerization of small multidrug resistance transporters including a stabilized α-helix, and the use of such polypeptides in the treatment of bacterial infections.
US11434254B2
Dinuclear molybdenum coordination complexes are described. Methods for depositing molybdenum-containing films on a substrate are described. The substrate is exposed to a dinuclear molybdenum precursor and a reactant to form the molybdenum-containing film (e.g., elemental molybdenum, molybdenum oxide, molybdenum carbide, molybdenum silicide, molybdenum nitride). The exposures can be sequential or simultaneous.
US11434253B2
Enantiopure terphenyl presenting two ortho-located chiral axes having the following structural formula (I): their process of synthesis and their use as mono or bidentate ligands for asymmetric organometallic reactions, as organocatalysts, as chiral base and as generator, with metal, of isolable chiral metallic complexes for applications in asymmetric catalysis and others.
US11434245B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), combinations and uses thereof for disease therapy, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or polymorph thereof, including all tautomers and stereoisomers thereof wherein.
US11434240B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula I, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same for the inhibition of TYK2, and the treatment of TYK2-mediated disorders.
US11434234B2
The present invention provides compounds having the general structural formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein, and additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for the use thereof for the treatment of any of a number of conditions or diseases involving elevated levels of aldosterone or abnormal or excessive fibrosis, such as kidney disease and hypertension.
US11434227B2
The present invention relates to potent antibacterial activity of novel bisbenzimidazoles (SP12a and SP12b) against both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria and a synergistic composition comprising Bisbenzimidazole (HN12b) in combination with Efflux pump inhibitors against most of the pathogenic bacterial strains.
US11434224B2
Provided are a novel process for preparing a diaminopyrimidine derivative or acid addition salt thereof having an activity as a 5-HT4 receptor agonist, crystalline forms of a hydrochloride of the diaminopyrimidine derivative, and processes for preparing the same.
US11434223B2
A nitrogen heterocyclic compound having a structure of Chemical Formula I is provided. z is 1 or 2, m and n are each 1 or 2, p and q are each 0, 1 or 2. X1-X6 are each independently nitrogen or carbon, and at least one of X1-X6 is nitrogen. R1, R2 and R3 are each independently C1-C10 linear or branched alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, fused aryl, an aromatic heterocyclic group, or a fused aromatic heterocyclic group. R1 and R2 may be otherwise a single bond. Ar1 and Ar2 are each substituted or unsubstituted aryl, fused aryl, an aromatic heterocyclic group, or a fused aromatic heterocyclic group. The nitrogen heterocyclic compound has a higher refractive index, can improve light extraction efficiency and luminous efficiency and alleviate angular dependence of luminescence when it is used as a capping layer CPL of an OLED device.
US11434215B2
Provided is an epoxy reactive diluent, wherein the content of a compound represented by Formula 1 below is 85% by weight or more based on a total weight of an epoxy reactive diluent composition: wherein n is 0, 2, 4 or 6.
US11434213B2
The complex crystal of the present disclosure is a complex crystal having a structure in which supramolecular units each composed of two or more types of molecules are arrayed. Each of the supramolecular units contains a cyanoacrylic acid derivative and a trisubstituted methylamine as the molecules. The complex crystal has, between the supramolecular units, molecular cavities in each of which a guest molecule for which the supramolecular unit is a host is not disposed. The complex crystal of the present disclosure can have a property of incorporating a chemical substance therein and can exhibit a great change in a characteristic when incorporating the chemical substance therein.
US11434209B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for synthesis of TKX-50 using an insensitive intermediate, and more specifically, to a method of manufacturing TKX-50 which includes: preparing DCG as a starting material; forming a THP-DAG intermediate from the DCG; and synthesizing TKX-50 through the THP-DAG intermediate.
US11434206B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of amorphous Selexipag from Selexipag crystalline salts using a solvent.
US11434203B2
The present application provides compounds useful in methods of treating neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, and cancer such as prostate cancer. Also provided herein are radiolabeled compounds useful for imaging techniques, and techniques for diagnosis and monitoring of treatment of neurological disorders and cancer. An exemplary radiolabeled compound provided herein is useful as a radiotracer for positron emission tomography or single-photon emission computed tomography. Methods for preparing radiolabeled compounds and methods for preparing unlabeled compounds are also provided.
US11434202B2
The present disclosure encompasses crystalline polymorphs of Rivoceranib and Rivoceranib mesylate (Apatinib mesylate), processes for preparation thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US11434200B2
Provided herein are formulations, processes, solid forms and methods of use relating to (E)-1-(4-(1-(((4-cyclohexyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl)oxy)imino)ethyl)-2-ethylbenzyl)azetidine-3-carboxylic acid.
US11434199B2
The present invention provides novel compounds which activate the Kv7 potassium channels. Separate aspects of the invention are directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and uses of the compounds to treat disorders responsive to the activation of Kv7 potassium channels.
US11434198B2
Novel compounds of formula (II) are disclosed. Compounds of formula (II) comprise ornithine derivatives or compounds that can metabolize under physiological conditions to ornithine. The pH and plasma stability of compounds of formula (II) is also described. Also disclosed are methods for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease using compounds of formula (II).
US11434194B2
The present invention relates to an amorphous form of vilanterol trifenatate, processes for its preparation and its use in pharmaceutical formulations for the treatment of respiratory diseases, particularly for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In particular, the invention relates to an amorphous form of vilanterol trifenatate, characterized by the X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) pattern, obtained using copper K-alpha1 radiation.
US11434191B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing methyl methacrylate (MMA), the method including: (1) separating isobutene containing saturated hydrocarbon (n-butane and iso-butane), via a catalytic distillation process from a stream of C4 hydrocarbons containing butadiene, n-butene, and isobutene; (2) producing methacrolein via a first oxidation reaction of the separated isobutene; (3) producing methacrylic acid via a second oxidation reaction of the produced methacrolein; and (4) esterifying the produced methacrylic acid with methanol. By having a high heat capacity, the amount of nitrogen added is minimized to reduce the size of the reactor and the amount of gas production at a rear end, which has a high economic feasibility due to the effect of reducing investment and investment cost.
US11434190B2
Disclosed are compounds of a formula provided herein that show efficacy in the inhibition of SOX18 protein activity, and in particular with respect to the ability of SOX18 to bind DNA and/or particular protein partners. Further, methods of treating angiogenesis- and/or lymphangiogenesis-related diseases, disorders or conditions, such as cancer metastasis and vascular cancers, are provided herein.
US11434188B2
A method for manufacturing 1,4-bis(4-phenoxybenzoyl)benzene, including: providing a solvent, a Lewis acid, a first reactant and a second reactant, wherein the first reactant and the second reactant are respectively terephthaloyl chloride and diphenyl ether, or reversely; mixing the first reactant in the solvent to make a starting mixture; and, adding the second reactant to the starting mixture; wherein the Lewis acid is mixed, at least partly, to the starting mixture before adding the second reactant to the starting mixture, and/or wherein the Lewis acid is mixed, at least partly, with the second reactant and added together to the starting mixture, and wherein the temperature of the starting mixture is greater than 5° C. during at least part of the step of adding the second reactant to the starting mixture; so as to obtain a product mixture comprising a 1,4-bis(4-phenoxybenzoyl)benzene-Lewis acid complex.
US11434185B2
This disclosure relates to processes which involve: contacting a mixture comprising at least one fluoroolefin and at least one impurity with at least one zeolite to reduce the concentration of the at least one impurity in the mixture; and the at least one zeolite is selected from the group consisting of zeolites having pore opening of at least 4 Angstroms and no more than about 5 Angstroms, zeolites having pore opening of at least about 5 Angstroms and Sanderson electronegativity of no more than about 2.6, and mixtures thereof; provided that the at least one zeolite is not zeolite 4A. This disclosure also relates to processes for making at least one hydrotetrafluoropropene product selected from the group consisting of CF3CF═CH2, CF3CH═CHF, and mixtures thereof; and relates to processes for making at least one hydrochlorotrifluoropropene product selected from the group consisting of CF3CCl═CH2, CF3CH═CHCl, and mixtures thereof.
US11434177B2
A component for use in a gas turbine engine is made from ceramic materials. The component is made from a core preform containing ceramic reinforcement fibers. A plurality of preform tows are applied on at least a portion of the core preform and extend along at least a portion of the core preform to provide an outermost surface. The core preform and the plurality of preform tows are infiltrated with ceramic matrix material to form a ceramic matrix composite component.
US11434172B2
A sintered body, containing zinc, magnesium and oxygen as constituent elements, wherein the atomic ratio of zinc to the sum of zinc and magnesium [Zn/(Zn+Mg)] is 0.20 to 0.75, the atomic ratio of magnesium to the sum of zinc and magnesium [Mg/(Zn+Mg)] is 0.25 to 0.80, and the sintered body consists of a single crystal structure as measured by X-ray diffraction.
US11434171B1
Some variations provide a magnetically anisotropic structure comprising a magnetically anisotropic film on a substrate, wherein the magnetically anisotropic film contains a plurality of discrete magnetic hexaferrite particles, wherein the film is characterized by an average film thickness from 1 micron to 5 millimeters, and wherein the magnetically anisotropic film contains from 2 wt % to 75 wt % organic matter. Some variations provide a magnetically anisotropic structure comprising an out-of-plane magnetically anisotropic film on a substrate, wherein the magnetically anisotropic film contains a plurality of discrete magnetic hexaferrite particles, wherein the film is characterized by an average film thickness from 1 micron to 5 millimeters, and wherein the magnetically anisotropic film contains a concentration of hexaferrite particles of at least 40 vol %. The magnetically anisotropic structures are fabricated at low temperatures so that the magnetically anisotropic film may be monolithically integrated into an integrated-circuit fabrication process.
US11434160B1
A system and method for processing sewage sludge using pyrolysis to eliminate and/or significantly reduce organic chemical compounds, including plastics, and to produce a biochar product that is safe for beneficial uses is provided. The system and method can utilize pyrolysis to treat sewage sludge which dramatically reduces or eliminates regulated and unregulated synthetic organic chemical compounds in the resultant biochar.
US11434157B2
An organic wastewater treatment apparatus is operated by switching between a first operation mode and a second operation mode. The first operation mode includes supplying organic wastewater to a dual-use tank and performing an anaerobic treatment process therein, performing a nitrification-denitrification process in a membrane bioreactor treatment tank, and extracting membrane-permeated water from a membrane separation device arranged in the membrane bioreactor treatment tank as treated water. The second operation mode includes supplying the organic wastewater to the dual-use tank and performing an aerobic treatment process therein, supplying mixed liquid containing activated sludge from the dual-use tank to both of the membrane bioreactor treatment tank and a sedimentation tank, performing a nitrification-denitrification process in the membrane bioreactor treatment tank, extracting membrane-permeated water from the membrane separation device arranged in the membrane bioreactor treatment tank as treated water, and also extracting solid-liquid separated liquid from the sedimentation tank as treated water.
US11434152B2
The present invention relates to a method for increasing the magnesium ion concentration of feed water. The method comprises the steps of providing an inlet flow of feed water QIN and passing said flow QIN through a solid bed comprising a magnesium ion source to obtain an outlet flow of treated water QOUT having an increased concentration of magnesium ions. The invention further relates to a water treatment system for increasing the magnesium ion concentration of feed water and a corresponding flow reactor.
US11434142B2
The present invention relates to a method for the production of sodium bicarbonate, particularly for producing sodium bicarbonate on an industrial scale, the method comprising the steps of: a. treating a carbonaceous feedstock to form a product stream comprising up to 10 v/v % carbon dioxide; b. capturing at least a portion of the carbon dioxide from the product stream to form a carbon dioxide stream; c. feeding the carbon dioxide stream to a reaction vessel; d. feeding an aqueous sodium carbonate solution to the reaction vessel; e. contacting at least a portion of the carbon dioxide stream with at least a portion of the aqueous sodium carbonate solution to form a slurry comprising solid sodium bicarbonate; and f. separating the solid component of the slurry from the liquid component of the slurry to provide solid sodium bicarbonate and an aqueous liquor.
US11434134B2
Disclosure relates to modified sulfur, preparation method thereof, preparation equipment thereof. The modified sulfur has spinnability or includes micro-structures such as fiber-, film- and network-like structure. The modified sulfur can be prepared by inducing polymerization with ultrasonic or ageing. The modified sulfur has various excellent features such as anticorrosiveness, waterproofing, strength, and fast drying and can control the features depending on its viscosity or polymerization degree. In addition due to the above features, the modified sulfur can be applied to anticorrosive or waterproofing material and can prepare anticorrosive or waterproofing material which has good workability, hardening, salt spray resistance, and weldability exceeding a certain level, and specially improved adhesiveness. Furthermore, when applying the modified sulfur to asphalt composition, gelation and depression are reduced, properties such as bending strength and tensile strength are improved, and it is possible to obtain asphalt composition with good working stability at RT.
US11434133B2
Disclosed is a reforming system using an off gas as a cooling medium, which includes: a compressor configured to compress a feed gas; a cooling system a heat exchanger connected to the compressor and configured to cool the feed gas, the temperature of which has been raised in a compression process, by a cooling medium including cooling water; a reformer configured to generate a synthesis gas including hydrogen by reacting the feed gas, which passed through the heat exchanger, with water; a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit configured to separate hydrogen from the synthesis gas generated by the reformer and discharge the off gas; and an off gas line configured to feed the off gas discharged from the PSA unit to the heat exchanger such that the heat exchanger utilizes the off gas as the cooling medium.
US11434128B2
An actuator and a manufacture method thereof, an operation method thereof, and a movable device. The actuator includes a photodeformation layer and a first driving unit, the first driving unit includes at least one first light emitting device, the first light emitting device is connected to a first side of the photodeformation layer, the first light emitting device is capable of emitting first light with a first wavelength to irradiate onto the photodeformation layer, and the photodeformation layer can generate a first deformation under irradiation of the first light.
US11434124B2
A beverage dispensing system is provided, including a main body having a base portion, and a cradle portion configured to support a beverage container including a beverage to be dispensed. The cradle portion may include an elongated cavity, and a shoulder configured to receive an inverted beverage container. The beverage dispensing system may further include an adaptor, and a self-venting tap, and the adaptor is configured to couple a beverage container to the self-venting tap, such that a beverage may be dispensed through the tap.
US11434111B2
A crane calculates the resonance frequency of the fluctuation of a suspended load determined from the hanging length of a main wire rope or a sub wire rope, generates a control signal for actuators, in accordance with the operation of a turning operation tool, a hoisting operation tool and the like, and generates a filtering control signal for the actuators in which a frequency component in any frequency range has been attenuated from the control signal at any ratio in reference to the resonance frequency. When the actuators are controlled by the operation of the respective operation tool and when the actuators are controlled regardless of the operation of the respective operation tool, the frequency range to be attenuated and the attenuation ratio are switched to different settings.
US11434110B2
A load lifting hook assembly includes a body, a hook coupled to the body, a fluid connection on the body and connectable to a pressurized fluid source, a piston and a pressure relief valve. The piston is extendable from the body to engage the hook and lock the hook in a closed position relative to the body. The piston is configured to receive pressurized fluid from the fluid connection tending to urge the piston out of engagement with the hook. The pressure relief valve is positioned in the body in communication with the fluid connection and configured to prevent excess pressure in the pressurized fluid from acting on the piston.
US11434106B2
Disclosed is an elevator system for a multilevel architectural structure, the system having: a system controller, an elevator and an elevator controller, wherein the system controller and elevator controller communicate over a network, multi-level hoistway in which the elevator travels, the multi-level hoistway including a plurality of egress levels, including a first egress level, the first level being a primary egress level, wherein during an alarm condition the system, when the primary level is inaccessible, performs an emergency assessment of identifying a safe level of the plurality of levels at which to discharge passengers, the assessment comprising obtaining a smoke density profile for the egress levels, the profile illustrating a distribution of smoke within the multilevel structure, analyzing the smoke density profile, identifying a safe level having a smoke density that is safe, and instructing the elevator to discharge passengers on the safe level.
US11434104B2
A safety actuation device for an elevator system including an elevator car and a guide rail includes a safety brake disposed on the car and adapted to be forced against the guide rail when moved from a non-braking state to a braking state. An electronic safety actuator is operably connected to the safety brake. The electronic safety actuator includes at least one sensor configured to monitor one or more parameters associated with a ride quality of the elevator car.
US11434102B2
An apparatus and method for removing sheet or web material from a roll employs an at least partially hollow cutting tube that rotates against a cull roll. The cutting tube has a slot along some of the length of the tube and carries a blade that is extendable from the slot. As the slot positions against the cull roll, the blade is extended and translated along the length of the slot to cut the material away from the roll.
US11434101B2
Piloted electromagnetic brake for controlling the tension of the weft threads in weaving machines, in particular of a weft thread which has a high number of knots, of the type including a pair of opposite elastic thin plates between which the weft thread runs, an operated thin plate being adjusted in position by an electromagnetically controlled operating piston, and a resisting thin plate being resistant against an elastic contrast unit, in order to control the intensity of the contrast force between the pair of thin plates. The resisting thin plate and the operated thin plate have fulcrum points in correspondence of a central portion thereof, so as to be able to freely oscillate in a plane containing the weft thread, during the passage of a knot between them, and the fulcrum points are offset by a set length along the weft thread running direction.
US11434091B2
A trailer stabilizing device for stabilizing a parked freight trailer, the trailer stabilizing device comprising a frame separate from the support frame of the parked freight trailer, the stabilizing device frame having mounted thereto wheels and a hitch, the stabilizing device including a repositionable jack.
US11434081B2
An autonomous vehicle, for example, an automated guided vehicle or an autonomous mobile robot, has a support structure having a general double-hull configuration, with two separate longitudinal hulls, parallel to each other and transversely spaced apart, and at least two bridge structures that connect the hulls to each other. The aforesaid bridge structures have ends connected to the two hulls by interposition of elastic joints, in such a way that the two hulls are free to perform differentiated oscillating movements so as to allow the front wheels and the rear wheels of the vehicle to remain in contact with the surface on which the vehicle is moving, even when this surface has irregularities and/or slope variations.
US11434072B2
An access control device for controlling access to a tank defining a storage chamber and access to the storage chamber; the device includes at least one cap and an external apparatus; the cap includes a closure body defining a closed position and an open position; a housing defining a housing volume for the closure body and a reciprocal rotation with respect to the closure body; a connection to connect the closure body to the housing, thereby defining an operating configuration in which said reciprocal rotation is prevented and a non-operating configuration in which it allows said reciprocal rotation, thus preventing said housing from controlling the passage of the closure body between the closed and open positions; and a data connector to provide wireless data connection with the external apparatus to allow it to control the passage of the connection between operating configuration and non-operating configuration.
US11434068B2
A filter pad with a dry loft between approximately 0.15 and 0.5 inches includes at least a first fiber web comprising a plurality of oleophilic fibers, wherein the oleophilic fibers: have a linear density between approximately 2 and 9 denier; have a length between approximately 1 and 4 inches; and have been uploaded with flame resistant particles.
US11434061B2
Maintenance of conditions optimal to perishable materials within a package during shipment will prolong the lifetime of the goods for shipment. The present invention provides a system for mitigating spoilage of perishable materials. The system comprises a container defining a compartment for storage of perishable materials, the container further defining an opening for providing communication between the compartment and an outside environment. A film cooperates with the container to seal the opening of the container and control flow of gas and water vapor transfer between the compartment and the outside environment.
US11434060B2
A ventilated container for produce includes a bottom, sidewalls extending upwardly from the bottom, and a rim having a flattened top surface. The sidewalls include at least one ventilation opening located proximate the rim of the container thereby permitting the rim of the container to be generally flat and uninterrupted. The location of ventilation opening(s) proximate the rim of the container allows the flow of rising ethylene gas within the container to exit near the top of the container improving ventilation within the container. A plastic film can be applied over the top of the container and is adhered to the container with an adhesive to form a secure and rigid seal between the film and the container. The flattened surface of the rim improves the adherence between a film and the container to enclose and seal the container, aids the rigidity of the container, and lessens the likelihood of the edges of the rim being bent or folded when pressure is exerted to protect produce provided within the container. Moreover, an aperture on the bottom of the container provides drainage of liquid from the container and allow air to flow.
US11434047B2
A method for packaging articles for transportation including: a) preparing at least one pallet, wherein the pallet includes a base plate; b) placing at least one article to be transported onto the base plate; c) providing a transport box that is open toward the base plate over the at least one article to be transported, wherein the transport box is placed on the base plate in such a manner that the transport box together with the base plate forms an interior of a transport packaging unit which receives the at least one article to be transported; d) a closure step, wherein the transport box comprises a closable opening on a side opposite the base plate, wherein the closable opening is closed in the closure step; and e) at least one fixing step including fixing the transport box on the base plate with at least one fastening element.
US11434042B2
Embodiments provide a cup with an integrated lid that comprises top, center, and bottom portions. The top portion of the cup defines an opening and is attached to a plurality of integrated lid sections extending from the top portion and separated from the top portion by one or more fold lines. The plurality of integrated lid sections may be folded inward over the opening defined by the top portion to cover and at least partially seal the opening. The center portion defines a sidewall that extends between two ends that are affixed to at least each other. The bottom portion extends from the center portion and defines a base. The plurality of integrated lid sections may interlock to define a lid. The lid may be configured with a hole or spout for drinking or pouring the contents of the cup. The base, sidewall, and lid may define a frustoconical shape.
US11434040B2
A child-resistant package comprising a tray and a sleeve. The tray is configured to be inserted into said sleeve. The tray comprises external protrusions and the sleeve comprises one or more internal protrusions and access holes. The internal protrusions are configured to engage with the external protrusions when the tray and the sleeve are in a closed position, such that the tray is substantially prevented from being taken out of the closed position without disengaging the external protrusions from the internal protrusions. Each of the access holes overlaps with an end of each of the external protrusions, such that a user may access and disengage the external protrusions from the one or more internal protrusions, such that the tray is no longer prevented from being taken out of the closed position.
US11434035B2
A container-labeling apparatus includes a label-strip feeder having a vacuum drum and a vacuum cylinder that has vacuum regions extending between different angular ranges. A first vacuum source provides the vacuum at the vacuum drum and a second vacuum source provides the vacuum at the vacuum cylinder. During operation, the vacuum regions provide different under-pressures.
US11434031B1
A can guide system for a can carrier applicator apparatus with the applicator having a can passageway formed therein which is defined by vertically disposed first and second support walls. A first can guide is mounted on the inner side of the first support wall and a second can guide is mounted on the inner side of the second support wall. Each of the can guides are movably mounted in a recess in the inner side of the respective support wall. Each of the can guides have a can stop formed on the forward ends thereof. Each of the can guides are pivotally movable between first and second positions. When in the first position, the can stops prevent cans from passing thereby. When in the second position, the can stops are not in the paths of the cans passing through the can passageway.
US11434025B2
A space vehicle comprising an optical system having a field of view, the optical system comprising at least two optical elements spaced from one another along an optical axis, thereby defining an interior cavity; at least one control system comprising at least one physical element configured for performing function(s) for enabling operation of the vehicle; and at least one holding assembly for holding the at least one control system and comprising a folding mechanism configured to move between a folded position corresponding to an inoperative mode of the optical system, and a deployed position corresponding to an operative mode of the optical system, such that in the folded position, the control system is at least partially located in the interior cavity for stowage, and in the deployed position, the control system is located outside the interior cavity and outside the field of view of the optical system, allowing operation of the optical system.
US11434018B1
An air inlet device for an air inlet of an aircraft. The air inlet device has air guide arrangements. An air guide arrangement has an inlet plate, an outlet plate, and pivot plates arranged therebetween. The outlet plate and the pivot plates can be rotated about a central axis of the air inlet device by adjustment rings, so that the air guide arrangement is transitioned from a linear state to a curved state, and vice versa. The air inlet device allows for selective switching between a state with low radar signature and a state with high performance of an engine.
US11434015B2
An aircraft engine attachment connecting an attachment body and a primary structure of an aircraft pylon, the engine attachment comprising a shear pin immobilized in translation by a first immobilization system that comprises a shoulder and a removable stop that are integral with the primary structure, between which a flange of the shear pin is immobilized, and a second immobilization system that comprises, first, a groove positioned in an extension of the shear pin and, second, a fork connected to the primary structure via at least one removable link and interacting during operation with the groove in such a manner as to immobilize the shear pin in translation.
US11434013B2
A support arrangement for an inflatable evacuation system may comprise an inflatable member configured to be elongated and stiffened in a longitudinal direction in response to being in an inflated condition, a protrusion extending orthogonal to a surface of the inflatable member, a tensile member attached at at least two locations to the inflatable member on opposing sides of the protrusion and being slidably engagable over the protrusion so as to maintain about equal tension in the tensile member on opposing sides of the protrusion, and a sleeve attached to the protrusion configured to maintain the tensile member laterally relative to the protrusion even as the tensile member is able to slide longitudinally.
US11434010B2
A method of controlling air flow in an environmental control system includes receiving a target total flow value and a combined flow measurement at an outer control loop module. A first air flow reference value is determined based on the target total flow value and the combined flow measurement using the outer control loop module. The first air flow reference value is communicated to an inner control loop module and a flow control valve command determined based at least in part on the first air flow reference value using the inner control loop module. The flow control valve command is communicated to a flow control valve operatively associated with the inner control loop module to control flow through the ECS using the flow control valve. Environmental control systems and computer program products are also described.
US11434004B2
Drones are controlled by one or more control devices and comprise a respective camera for image capture. The one or more control devices perform a method including obtaining projected flight paths of the drones, obtaining a projected camera setting of the respective camera, computing, as a function of the projected camera setting, a projected viewing frustum of the respective camera, defining, for the drones, projected time-space trajectories of no-fly zones based on the projected viewing frustum of the respective camera, analyzing the projected flight paths of the drones in relation to the projected time-space trajectories for detection of a violation of one or more of the no-fly zones, and setting an operative flight path and/or an operative camera setting for at least one selected drone to prevent the violation.
US11434002B1
An aerial drone system configured to serve as personal drone assistance is disclosed. The drone assistant is configured to follow the user and provide (1) audiovisual output including video, audio, and navigation, (2) environmental comfort including shade, light, misters for the benefit of the user, as well as (3) privacy and security. To provide audiovisual output, the drone is configured to track the user and maintain a constant height and distance relative to the user, preferably a few feet away in front of the user. To provide environmental comfort including shade, for example, the drone is configured to automatically maintain a position between the user and the sun, thus causing a shadow to be continually cast on the user. This shading is enhanced by specialized louvres and screens configured to prevent any direct sunlight from directly impinging on the user.
US11433980B1
An apparatus is for supporting a marine drive relative to a marine vessel. The apparatus has a transom bracket for fixed attachment to the marine vessel; a supporting cradle for supporting a powerhead of the marine drive, the supporting cradle being pivotable relative to the transom bracket such that the marine drive is trimmable up and down relative to the marine vessel; and a seal device disposed between the transom bracket and supporting cradle, the seal device blocking sound and water passage through a fore-aft gap between the transom bracket and supporting cradle. The marine drive is trimmable through a range of trim positions including a fully tucked position and a fully trimmed position and the seal device blocks the sound and water ingress throughout the range of trim positions.
US11433967B2
A motorcycle includes left and right side cases respectively configured to be attachable to and detachable from left and right portions of a body frame, left and right rotation supporters that respectively support upper portions of the left and right side cases, and left and right rotation attenuation mechanisms that respectively attenuate rotations of the left and right side cases about first and second axes. The left and right rotation attenuation mechanisms respectively include bolts that respectively extend in directions of the first and second axes, rotation members respectively connected to lower portions of the left and right side cases and being supported by the bolts to be rotatable about third and fourth axes that are different from the first and second axes, and inner outer cylindrical dampers respectively provided between the bolts and the rotation members.
US11433962B2
The present invention aims to provide a variable damper seat post, which comprises: a damper base provided at an upper end portion of a post; a seat connecting body disposed on the damper base of the post and coupled to a seat on which buttocks of a passenger are seated; a fixing unit for fixing the seat connecting body to the damper base; and a damper, interposed between the damper base and the seat connecting body, for varying positions of the seat depending on the movement of the buttocks on the seat, wherein the damper is composed of an elastic member that is pressed when a pressing force is applied and returns back to its original shape when the pressing force is released, and is interposed between the damper base and the seat connecting body.
US11433958B2
The present disclosure provides a system and multicomponent apparatus for removing and installing a continuous track on a power machine or work vehicle. The system includes a support and biasing apparatus, an arcuate positioning component, a decoupling component, and interconnecting elements. The interacting apparatus and components include contact surfaces that bear against the continuous track surfaces to transfer and/or apply a series of forces, each force in the series comprising at least one of an upward, forward, or lateral force, or combinations thereof, to remove the track from or urge and install a replacement track into proper alignment and captive engagement with front idler and sprocket wheels of a continuous track vehicle wheel assembly. Removal and installation of continuous tracks is hereby achieved in a fraction of the time and with substantially less manpower than previously proposed solutions and methods.
US11433948B2
A vehicle pillar structure includes a vehicle pillar and a transparent window member. The vehicle pillar includes a first pillar extending along an outer end of a windshield glass in a width direction of a vehicle, and a second pillar disposed away from the first pillar by a predetermined distance in a substantial front-and-rear direction of the vehicle. An outside of the vehicle is viewable through the transparent window member. The transparent window member is interposed between the first pillar and the second pillar, and covers an opening defined by the first pillar and the second pillar. The vehicle pillar has a curved shape defined by a straight portion extending in a substantial vertical direction of the vehicle in side view, and a curved portion curved from an upper end of the straight portion and extending in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle.
US11433947B2
In a vehicle subframe 1, a pair of side members 110 and 130 includes upper side members 111 and 131 and lower side members 117 and 137, respectively, the lower side members 117 and 137 extending opposed on a downward side to the upper side members 111 and 131 while being elongated to a rearward side, and a pair of mounting members 60 and 80 is joined respectively to the lower side members 117 and 137 of the pair of side members 110 and 130.
US11433937B2
A vehicle and a steering unit can improve safety. A vehicle includes a steering wheel and a touchpad disposed on the steering wheel. The vehicle enables control of a controlled apparatus by a gesture on the touchpad of the steering wheel upon detecting a predetermined pressure on the touchpad of the steering wheel and provides a tactile sensation from the touchpad in accordance with the gesture on the touchpad of the steering wheel.
US11433932B2
A positioning system and method for a monorail train are disclosed. The system includes: a first beacon, laid on one side of an up-going rail; a second beacon, laid on one side of a down-going rail, the first beacon and the second beacon being laid asymmetrically; a first beacon antenna and a second beacon antenna, the first beacon antenna being provided at a front carriage of the monorail train, the second beacon antenna being provided at a rear carriage of the monorail train, and the first beacon antenna and the second beacon antenna being provided on two opposite sides of the monorail train; and a positioning device, configured to acquire beacon data read by the first beacon antenna and beacon data read by the second beacon antenna and to determine a running direction and position information of the monorail train according to the beacon data read by the first beacon antenna and the beacon data read by the second beacon antenna.
US11433920B2
Methods and systems for controlling a vehicle. The system includes a localization system, a memory storing a digital map, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive, from the localization system, a current location of the vehicle and determine a future driving segment of the vehicle based on the current location of the vehicle. The electronic processor is further configured to determine at least one performance limitation based on the future driving segment of the vehicle and modify a driving behavior of the vehicle based upon the determined at least one performance limitation.
US11433915B2
An action to be performed by a vehicle in response to conflicting input signals can be determined. A sensor signal and an accelerator pedal signal can be received. The sensor signal can indicate a possible need to reduce a speed of the vehicle. The accelerator pedal signal can indicate that an accelerator pedal has been set to a position to increase the speed. An existence of first and second conditions can be determined. The first condition can be that a receipt of the accelerator pedal signal occurred concurrently with a receipt of the sensor signal. The second condition can be that a manner in which the accelerator pedal was set to the position is a better match to a brake pedal usage profile than to an accelerator pedal usage profile. In response to the existence of the first and the second conditions, a brake can be caused to be actuated.
US11433906B2
A driver monitoring system for a vehicle includes a camera and an ECU. The camera is disposed at an interior of the vehicle so as to view the face of a driver of the vehicle. The camera captures image data and the captured image data includes image data representative of the face of the driver. The ECU includes electronic circuitry and associated software, with the electronic circuitry including an image processor that processes image data captured by the camera. The ECU, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines a heart rate of the driver.
US11433905B2
The present application relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle in an activated at least semi-autonomous driving mode, with the motor vehicle comprising a control unit which controls the motor vehicle in the at least one activated semi-autonomous driving mode. A detection device arranged in the motor vehicle detects at least one motor vehicle occupant (step S1). An authorization device linked to the detection device checks whether at least one of the at least one detected motor vehicle occupants meets at least one authorization criterion (step S2). If this is the case, the authorization device generates an enable signal (step S3a) and sends it to the control unit, which then activates the at least semi-autonomous drive mode (step S4). If the at least one authorization criterion is not met, the authorization device sends out an inquiry signal to an authorization device external to the vehicle (step S3b) and, depending on the external release signal received in response to the inquiry signal, forwards the enable signal to the control unit.
US11433903B2
Sensor and method for detecting road conditions while a vehicle is moving, the sensor comprising a dual optical frequency comb, optical means for directing the output beam of the comb towards a verification site of the road, a photodetector and receiving optics for directing the back reflected light towards the photodetector, the photodetector being provided with electronics for obtaining the RF spectrum of the detected signal and resolving the optical spectrum of the verification region from the RF spectrum.
US11433901B2
A method for selecting a main object for an assistance function or automated driving function of a driver assistance system or driving system of a motor vehicle, the system containing object selection branches which include a first rule-based object selection branch for selecting a main object for the function and a second object selection branch, the second object selection branch including an artificial neural network for selecting a main object for the function, having the following steps: Aggregating of sensor data of the at least one sensor to form one or more object data records; Evaluating a novelty of a traffic situation characterized by the aggregated object data records in relation to training data of the artificial neural network; Switching between the object selection branches of the system, a rule-based object selection branch being used when the novelty of the traffic situation exceeds a threshold value.
US11433873B2
A vehicle includes a gear mechanism connected to a driving wheel; a traveling electric motor configured to exchange heat with a heat exchange medium shared by the gear mechanism and output motive power to the driving wheel via the gear mechanism; and a controller configured to change an operating point of the traveling electric motor to a stronger field side rather than a maximum efficiency point in a case that a temperature of the heat exchange medium is less than a predetermined temperature.
US11433872B2
An example method includes making a first determination that a load of a cooling system of a vehicle is expected to increase and become greater than a capacity of the cooling system; operating, in response to making the first determination, the vehicle in a first mode where a combustion engine and an electric motor operate such that a charge level of a power supply of the vehicle increases or is maintained above a threshold charge level; making, after operating the vehicle in the first mode, a second determination that the load of the cooling system has become greater than the capacity of the cooling system; and operating, in response to making the second determination, the vehicle in a second mode where the combustion engine and the electric motor operate such that the charge level of the power supply decreases or is maintained below the threshold charge level.
US11433871B2
An ECU is configured to control an SOC control center of a battery and perform an engine torque suppression control. The engine torque suppression control is a control that suppresses output of an engine during a predetermined period of time after starting a system, and causes motor generators to output torque supplementing the suppressed output of the engine. When a deposition amount of PM on a filter exceeds a first specified amount, the ECU raises the SOC control center by controlling the motor generators before stopping the system as compared to when the deposition amount of PM is lower than a specified amount, and performs the engine torque suppression control at a next start after stopping the system.
US11433867B2
The present disclosure relates to an electric brake system for an electric vehicle, which is more economical by simplifying a configuration of an electric vehicle that includes a main service brake and an electromagnetic brake, the electric brake system including an inductor, in a spherical shape, formed so that a drive axle penetrates through a center portion of the inductor; a plurality of springs inserted into holes defined in the inductor; an armature, in a disk shape, provided to contact the spring; and a friction disk mounted on a side of a motor, where a braking force is generated by operating the friction disk toward the armature.
US11433866B2
The invention relates to electropneumatic equipment (1) of a vehicle comprising an electropneumatic parking brake device (2) having an electropneumatic parking brake control unit (EPB). According to the invention, the electropneumatic parking brake control unit (EPB) is supplied with electric energy by only two electric energy sources 52,54) which are independent of each other, a first electric energy source (52) and a second electric energy source (54).
US11433865B2
An electrically actuated parking brake has a single electric motor producing a torque, a first torque limiting device with a first spring force, and a second torque limiting device with a second spring force. The first torque limiting device fully transmits a first portion of the torque to a first spindle until a first clamp force overcomes the first spring force and the second torque limiting device fully transmits a second portion of the torque to a second spindle until a second clamp force overcomes the second spring force. When the first clamp force overcomes the first spring force and the second spring force overcomes the second clamp force, the first portion of the torque that exceeds the first spring force is transmitted to the second spindle by the second torque limiting device.
US11433864B2
A container unit for brake fluid in a vehicle hydraulic brake system and connectable to a hydraulic component of the brake system, and includes: a storage chamber for brake fluid, the storage chamber having a flow channel between the storage chamber and the hydraulic component, the storage chamber and flow channel define an inner space of the container unit; a displaceable valve unit regulates flow of brake fluid in and out of the storage chamber through the flow channel, the valve unit in an open position is displaced to allow brake fluid to flow when the container unit is connected to the hydraulic component, and the valve unit in a closed position is displaced to prevent outflow of brake fluid when the container unit is disconnected from the hydraulic component. The valve unit in the open and closed positions is fully enclosed within the inner space of the container unit.
US11433857B2
Embodiments of a windshield wiper assembly may include a support structure, a wiper blade connector assembly for connecting the support structure with a wiper arm of a vehicle, a wiper blade cover fittable over the wiper blade connector assembly, and a wiper blade strip secured to the underside of the support structure. The connector assembly may include a wiper blade connector, a wiper blade connector cover connected to the wiper blade connector and pivotable between an open position and a closed position, and a wiper blade connector adapter securable between the wiper blade connector and the wiper blade connector cover. The various embodiments of a wiper blade connector assembly permit the embodiments of the wiper blade assembly to be connected with a plurality of wiper arm types.
US11433855B2
Systems, methods and apparatuses to recognize a threat to a vehicle from a distance and generate alarms or alerts in response. For example, a camera of a vehicle in a parking state can capture an image of the surrounding of the vehicle. When a person approaching the vehicle from a distance is identified from the image, an artificial neural network evaluates, based at least in part on one or more images from the camera, the level of threat from the person approaching the vehicle. In response to the threat level being above a threshold, the vehicle can generate an alarm to deter illegal activities and/or send an alert to a remote device, such as a mobile device of an owner, driver, authorized user, or security agent.
US11433838B2
A front guard includes: a lower frame; and an upper frame and is configured to be swung to change a posture between a standing posture and a forward-leaning posture with respect to the lower frame. The lower frame has: a first lower member; and a second lower member. The upper frame has: a first stretching portion; a second stretching portion; and a connector portion. The connector portion has: a first portion; a second portion; and a middle portion. The first portion shifts forward as extending from the first stretching portion side to the middle portion side. The second portion shifts forward as extending from the second stretching portion side to the middle portion side. The middle portion extends in the vehicle width direction to connect the first portion and the second portion.
US11433834B2
A vehicle front end structure includes a front bumper assembly, an overrider bracket, and a vehicle sensor. The front bumper assembly has a reinforcement bracket and a first energy absorbing member attached to forward portions of a vehicle body structure. The reinforcement bracket is located rearward of and spaced apart from a forward section of the first energy absorbing member defining a space therebetween. The first energy absorbing member further has a first lateral portion and a second lateral portion with a central gap defined therebetween. The overrider bracket is installed to the reinforcement bracket and is located within the central gap between the first lateral portion and the second lateral portion. The overrider bracket defines a pocket area with a second energy absorbing member installed within the pocket area. The vehicle sensor is supported to vehicle body structure and positioned above the second energy absorbing member.
US11433831B2
A wire harness including: a wire member; a protector that houses the wire member; a first corrugated tube that extends externally from an end of the protector and covers an outer circumference of the wire member; a second corrugated tube that is provided at a location that is on an opposite side to the protector with respect to the first corrugated tube and spaced apart from the first corrugated tube, and covers the outer circumference of the wire member; a first fixing member that fixes the wire member to the first corrugated tube and the second corrugated tube; and an exterior cover that covers the outer circumference of the wire member.
US11433830B2
A wire harness tray assembly comprising a first tray base comprising a first plurality of wire egress openings, a wire connector feature, an engine mount feature configured to removably engage a fastener, a first tray cover comprising a connector mounting clip, a second plurality of wire egress openings, where each of the second plurality of wire egress openings corresponds to the first plurality of wire egress openings, wherein the first tray base couples with the first tray cover.
US11433825B1
Method and apparatus for attachment to the window of a vehicle which enables the window to bear a heavy load such as a trash bag for the purpose of transporting the load attached outside the vehicle. The device attaches to the top horizontal edge of an electrically actuated window so that the window can be rolled up into the track of the window track so that the window and hook are held securely in place without actuating the anti-pinch alarm of the window of the vehicle when the window is completely rolled up.
US11433815B2
A display system includes: a display device; a reflection optical system; a housing; and a shield member. The reflection optical system includes at least a last reflective member on which light, emerging from a display screen of the display device, is incident either directly or indirectly. The shield member is held by the housing to assume either a shielding state or an unshielding state. The shielding state is a state where the shield member at least partially cuts off light incident on, or reflected from, the last reflective member. The unshielding state is a state where the shielding state is canceled. The shield member in the shielding state reflects, toward the viewer's eyes, external light impinging on the housing. The housing has a holding structure to hold the shield member, no matter whether the shield member assumes the shielding state or the unshielding state.
US11433807B2
The invention concerns a motor vehicle's optical system for interior lighting where the optical system includes a screen and multiple light sources disposed in series where the light sources are configured to project a screen light beam and the optical system includes a light box between the light sources and the screen and where the light box includes multiple cavities where each light source is associated with a light box cavity and where each light source is activated independently. The invention also concerns a motor vehicle's interior lighting device that includes this kind of optical system.
US11433800B2
The present disclosure relates to an article securing system for a motor vehicle. The system has a linear track having a generally C-shaped configuration which is secured to the vehicle. The track has a pair of inwardly projecting flanges which are spaced apart to form a linear slot, and a pair of interstitial spaces adjacent the flanges. The spacing between the flanges forms a first dimension. A load restraining component is included which has a base portion with a neck portion extending therefrom. The neck portion has a second dimension slightly less than the first dimension such that minimal play exists between the neck portion and the flanges of the track. A T-shaped clamping element is included which has a neck portion configured to engage with the base portion, and a pair of spaced apart teeth configured to fit within the interstitial spaces of the track. Tightening of the clamping element clamps the base portion to the track, and the neck portion and the teeth cooperate to prevent deformation of the flanges as the clamping element and the base portion are tightened to one another.
US11433798B2
An article storage system includes a moving object configured to house an article and move on a road, and a server configured to manage information of the moving object and information of a user who uses the moving object, store user identification information for identifying the user and moving object identification information for identifying the moving object used by the user in association with each other, acquire a request from the user relating to housing of the article in the moving object or take-out of the article from the moving object, and when the request from the user is acquired, specify the moving object to be used by the user based on the user identification information and the moving object identification information and perform control such that the specified moving object moves from a predetermined place on the road to a place that is different from the predetermined place.
US11433789B2
The invention relates to a device for adjusting a seat position for a vehicle seat, wherein the device comprises at least one support element for a seat part and can be connected to a seat substructure, wherein the device comprises at least one first leg and at least one second leg, the legs being rotatably arranged on the seat substructure and the at least one support element, wherein a first angle α can be adjusted between the first leg and the support element by means of an angle adjustment device, wherein the at least one first leg and the at least one second leg are mechanically coupled, wherein a change of the angle α causes a displacement of the at least one support element along a height axis Z and along a longitudinal axis X.
US11433781B1
A pressure-sensitive seat including at least one pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure on the pressure-sensitive seat, a processor, a memory device, a network adapter, and a system bus configured to enable communication between the at least one pressure sensor, the processor, the memory device, and the network adapter. The memory device includes instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to compare the pressure to a threshold pressure, determine a proximity of a mobile electronic device to the pressure-sensitive seat, and transmit, by the network adapter, a command comprising executable instructions to a device in response to the pressure on the pressure-sensitive seat exceeding the threshold pressure and the proximity exceeding a threshold proximity.
US11433780B2
When replacement of a battery is detected, an automatic driving executability determination unit determines whether the battery is in a low capacity state until a predetermined time elapses, using battery information (battery charge amount, discharge performance) excluding an estimation value of a temperature of the battery, and restricts automatic driving according to such a determination result.
US11433762B1
A device for supplying ammonia with solid adblue includes a urea tank, a gasholder, a heating apparatus, a mixing mechanism, a one-way valve, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, a first baroceptor, a controller. The mixing mechanism includes a first pipe, second pipe a third pipe, and media. The device is easy to has the same temperature everywhere, and then the heat distribution of the urea tank can be evenly. Thus the effectiveness about the heating apparatus is elevated.
US11433758B2
A recreational off-highway vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a plurality of wheels, a drive source, a vehicle body and a pair of headlights. The vehicle frame includes a front frame, a rear frame and an intermediate frame defining an open passenger compartment between the front and rear frames. The wheels support the vehicle frame. At least one of the wheels is a drive wheel. The drive source supported by the vehicle frame. The vehicle body is provided to the vehicle frame. The vehicle body includes a front grille panel that has an air intake area defined by a plurality of intake air openings. The headlights are located primarily at a middle point of the front grille panel with respect to a vertical direction of the recreational off-highway vehicle.
US11433754B2
A hybrid module for a drive train of a motor vehicle comprises a housing, a disconnect clutch, and a hydraulic actuating unit cooperating with the disconnect clutch and received on the housing. The module includes an electric motor, wherein a rotor of the electric motor is rotationally coupled to a clutch component of the disconnect clutch. The actuating unit has a piston element, which is received such that it is displaceable relative to the housing and which, via an actuating bearing, is connected to a pressure element such that it is fixed against displacement in an axial direction of the disconnect clutch yet rotatable relative to the pressure element. The pressure element is configured for engagement and disengagement of the disconnect clutch, and the actuating bearing is formed as an axial needle bearing.
US11433751B2
A truck cap assembly that selectively covers a truck bed of a truck is provided. The truck cap assembly may include a cap that sets on opposing side walls of the truck; a cap door located on the cap; a latch bar located on the cap; a controller located on the cap door; and a latch release assembly which includes a motor and a latch arm. The controller is in electrical communication with a motor actuator that is coupled to a latch arm. A signal from the controller activates the motor to move the latch arm. The latch arm is releasable from the latch bar to release the cap door.
US11433748B2
In a sunroof device, a driving shoe includes a first plate being made of metal and including a first engaging wall engaging with a first guide portion of a support member, a second plate being made of metal and including a second engaging wall engaging with a second guide portion of the support member, and a sliding portion sliding with a guide rail. The driving shoe, by moving along the guide rail with the first engaging wall and the second engaging wall engaging with the first guide portion and the second guide portion, respectively, causes a rear edge portion of a movable panel to ascend or descend via the support member. In the driving shoe, the first plate and the second plate are coupled to each other in a width direction by the sliding portion.
US11433747B2
A vehicle has a door including: a canopy section covering a cabin from above; and a side section bulging outward in a vehicle width direction from the canopy section to cover an upper surface of a body lateral section and formed integrally with the canopy section, in which a front end of the door is attached to a body in a freely rotatable manner, and a rear end of the door is vertically movable to open/close the cabin. The vehicle further has a seat section that supports buttocks of an occupant at the time when the occupant gets in/out and is provided on an upper surface of the body lateral section covered with the side section from above.
US11433732B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to an anti-dive bar system that includes a first bar with a first floating end and a first fixed end mechanically coupled to a first axle. The anti-dive bar system further includes a second bar with a second floating end and a second fixed end mechanically coupled to a second axle. The anti-dive bar system further includes a coupler with a sleeve and a locking member. The sleeve is configured to receive at least a portion of the first bar. The locking member is moveable between a retracted position in which the first floating end of the first bar is moveable relative to the sleeve and the second floating end of the second bar and an extended position in which the first floating end of the first bar is fixed relative to the sleeve and the second floating end of the second bar.
US11433731B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining a functional status of a vehicle shock absorber arrangement (100). The method determines a difference between force values during compression and expansion of the vehicle shock absorber arrangement (100), whereby the shock absorber arrangement (100) can be determined to be degraded if the difference is below a predetermined threshold.
US11433722B2
A vehicle system includes a vehicle brake system, an accelerometer mounted on the vehicle, and a controller. The controller receives a first signal from the accelerometer and, during reversing of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction, transmits an actuation signal to the vehicle brake system when the first signal from the accelerometer indicates a deceleration in the longitudinal direction above a predetermined rate within a predetermined time interval.
US11433715B2
A pneumatic tire includes a plurality of protrusion portions extending along a tire side surface of a tire side portion in a direction that intersects a tire circumferential direction and a tire radial direction; the plurality of protrusion portions each including an intermediate portion in an extension direction that includes a highest position of projection height from the tire side surface, and an end portion on either side of the intermediate portion in the extension direction that includes a lowest position of projection height from the tire side surface. The highest position of projection height of the intermediate portion is in a range of 20% of a tire cross-sectional height from a tire maximum width position to an inner side and an outer side in the tire radial direction, and a ratio of a total width SW and an outer diameter OD satisfies a relationship of SW/OD≤0.3.
US11433714B2
A pneumatic tire in the present invention has a narrow groove extending in the tire circumferential direction on a portion closer to a tire equator than a ground contact end, and dividing a shoulder land into a main land close to the tire equator and a sub land close to the ground contact end. An outer sidewall of the narrow groove has: a straight line extending inward in a tire radial direction from an outer circumferential surface of the sub land; a first circular arc smoothly connected to the straight line; and a second circular arc smoothly connected to a groove bottom of the narrow groove. The first circular arc has a center of a circular arc closer to the equator than the outer sidewall. The second circular arc has a center of a circular arc closer to an outside in a tire width direction than the outer sidewall.
US11433705B2
A studless tire having a tread composed of a rubber composition for a tread comprising 1 to 20 parts by mass of a farnesene resin and 1 to 20 parts by mass of a terpene resin based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component.
US11433704B2
An axle assembly includes a first axle shaft. The first axle shaft includes a first conduit. A second axle shaft includes a second conduit. The first conduit and the second conduit are in fluid communication through a chamber. A differential is operatively connected to the first axle shaft and the second axle shaft. The chamber is at least partially disposed within the differential.
US11433696B2
Generation of one dimensional guilloche patterns able to be affixed on a document, each guilloche pattern being able to encode variable alphanumeric data providing a different appearance to each guilloche pattern, by formatting alphanumeric data to be encoded in the form of a predefined number of data blocks with a predefined size, generating a carrier function having a plurality of parameters, the formatted data blocks forming at least one of the parameters, and modulating the carrier function by the formatted data blocks so as to encode the alphanumeric data graphically, each data block defining a guilloche pattern, the number of data blocks defining the number of guilloche patterns, the carrier function associated with a formatted data block is modulated locally, each datum of the block being encoded locally in the guilloche pattern, by interpolation of a predefined point associated with the carrier function.
US11433684B2
A print apparatus is disclosed. The print apparatus comprises a container-receiving unit for receiving a reusable print agent container; a print agent reservoir for storing print agent to be consumed by the print apparatus during a printing operation; a pump for transferring print agent between a reusable print agent container positioned in the container-receiving unit and the print agent reservoir; and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is to operate the pump to transfer print agent of a first concentration from the reusable print agent container to the print agent reservoir; and, responsive to determining that a volume of print agent of the first concentration in the reusable print agent container has fallen below a threshold volume, operate the pump to transfer a volume of print agent of a second, lower concentration from the print agent reservoir to the reusable print agent container. A method and a machine-readable medium are also disclosed.
US11433679B2
A cartridge is configured to be moved in a −Y direction and then rotated in an intersecting direction intersecting with a Y direction in an installation process of installing the cartridge in a printing device including a device terminal holder holding device terminals and having first and second positioning portions. The cartridge includes cartridge terminals and a cartridge terminal mounting portion disposed on a case and has the cartridge terminals thereon in a movable manner in the Y direction and a rotation radial direction relative to the case. The cartridge terminal mounting portion includes a restricting portion configured to restrict the movement of the cartridge terminals in the Y and Z directions during the installation process. The restricting portion includes first and second restricting portions located at respective ends in the +Y and −Y directions of the cartridge terminal mounting portion and being in contact with the respective first.
US11433662B2
An image control system for a can decorator includes an electronic can decorator control assembly, a mechanical can decorator control assembly and a number of sensors. The electronic can decorator control assembly includes a programmable logic circuit and a number of modules. The mechanical can decorator control assembly is structured to be, and is, operatively coupled to at least one of an ink fountain ink application adjustment assembly, a ductor roll assembly duty cycle adjustment assembly, a printing plate cylinder assembly axial adjustment assembly or a printing plate cylinder assembly circumferential adjustment assembly. The electronic can decorator control assembly is structured to be operatively coupled to the mechanical can decorator control assembly. Each sensor in the number of sensors is structured to measure a can body applied image characteristic and to generate an image signal including data representing the can body applied image characteristic.
US11433649B2
A functional element having electrically controllable optical properties, includes a stack sequence formed of a first carrier film, a first surface electrode, an active layer, a second surface electrode, and a second carrier film, wherein the second carrier film has an overhanging region beyond the first carrier film and at least one barrier film is arranged on at least one edge region of the first carrier film and the overhanging region of the second carrier film.
US11433642B2
Systems and methods are provided for fabricating composite parts. One embodiment is a method of forming a composite part. The method includes laying up opposing composite facesheets, placing a viscous material between the facesheets, increasing a distance between the facesheets, and solidifying the facesheets and the viscous material into an integral composite part.
US11433632B2
A method of making a wind turbine blade is described. The blade comprises first (12) and second (14) half shells bonded together and a shear web (16) bonded inside the shells. Prior to joining the shells together, the shear web is positioned in one of the shells. A plurality of bars (70) are attached to the shear web and engaged with a plurality of mounts (80) in order to support and stabilise the shear web relative to that shell. The shells are then arranged one above the other whilst the bars remain attached to the shear web. The bars continue to support the shear web whilst the shear web is aligned with the other shell. The bars are then detached from the shear web and the shells are brought together to bond the shells to each other and to bond the shear web between the shells.
US11433630B2
The present invention generally relates to a method for producing silicone hydrogel contact lenses having less optical defects or free of optical defects by subjecting the extraction tray for the formed silicone hydrogel contact lenses to a reciprocating lowering and raising motion thereof to obtain the silicone hydrogel contact lenses.
US11433627B2
A method of forming a bathtub includes forming a core from a core material, coupling the core to a bathtub shell, applying a reinforcing material to the bathtub shell over the core to form a reinforcement structure, forming one or more openings in the bathtub shell, and substantially removing the core from between the bathtub shell and the reinforcement structure to define one or more fluid channels of the bathtub.
US11433621B2
A heat-press system for use in the production of footwear or apparel can include at least a hollow first roll comprising an external surface and an internal surface. The internal surface can define a core. The core can include a first heating element.
US11433615B2
A method of cleaning a recoater of an additive manufacturing machine includes installing a cleaning fixture into the additive manufacturing machine, the cleaning fixture including one or more cleaning elements, advancing the recoater into contact with the one or more cleaning elements, and rotating the recoater about a recoater axis thus dislodging material from a recoater outer surface due to frictional contact with the one or more cleaning elements.
US11433603B2
The present invention pertains to a powder material used to manufacture a three-dimensional modeled object by selectively radiating laser light to a thin layer of the powder material including powder particles, forming a modeled object layer obtained by melt-binding of the powder particles, and layering the modeled object layer. The powder particles include a core resin and a shell resin for coating the core resin, the temperature at which the storage modulus G′ of the material constituting the shell resin is 1×106.5 Pa being higher than the temperature at which the storage modulus G′ of the material constituting the core resin is 1×106.5 Pa. The abovementioned powder material, makes it possible to manufacture a three-dimensional modeled object having higher definition.
US11433602B2
A stereolithography machine (1) for making a three-dimensional object (O) that comprises a container (2) for a fluid substance (R), a source (3, 31, 32) of the predetermined radiation (RL, RL1, RL2), an optical group (4) configured to direct the radiation (RL, RL1, RL2) towards a reference surface (SR) of the fluid substance (R), and a control logic unit (5) configured to control the optical group (4) and/or the radiation source (3, 31, 32) so as to expose at least one portion of the reference surface (SR) to the radiation (RL, RL1, RL2). The stereolithography machine provides that the optical group (4) comprises a first optical sub-group (41) configured to be exposed to the radiation (RL, RL1, RL2) so as to instantaneously project the image of a first portion to be solidified onto the reference surface (SR) and a second optical sub-group (42) configured to selectively convey the radiation (RL, RL1, RL2) towards a point of the reference surface (SR) and to move such a point so as to progressively expose a second portion to be solidified of the reference surface (SR).
US11433599B2
A print assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system to print three-dimensional parts, which includes a coarse positioner, a fine positioner, and a liquefier assembly, where a portion of the liquefier assembly is operably mounted to the fine positioner such that the fine positioner is configured to move the portion of the liquefier assembly relative to the coarse positioner.
US11433587B2
A method for producing components or profiles from at least one solidifiable plastic compound in an injection moulding facility, said method comprising stationary mould components and mould components which are movable with respect thereto. The method includes injection of solidifiable plastic compound into a channel formed in the movable mould components and, from there, via connections either in portions into one or more mould cavities. The channel is enclosed by at least one stationary, temperature-controlled mould component. A continuous channel compound strand is formed with attachment compound strands, which is transported away from the injection point with increasing cooling and solidification and increasing length, together with the filled mould cavities and mould cavity portions. The channel compound strand, together with the connection mass strands, after its solidification and after opening the mould cavity or the mould cavities is separated from the component(s), and the component or the components is/are ejected.
US11433586B2
At a temperature at the time of molding, an end surface of an ejector pin in a sliding direction is as high as or higher than an upper surface of an upper surface portion of a mold body, the upper surface being adjacent to a cavity on the ejector pin side.
US11433583B2
Two molded articles having a cylindrical two-piece split shape is formed by forming two primary cavities in a desired shape with molds assembled together and injecting a molten primary resin into the two primary cavities. An assist material is injected into a secondary cavity into which a molten secondary resin is injected in a state where the two molded articles are located opposed to each other via a space therebetween and internally fitted into one secondary cavity formed by the molds that are assembled together by shifting the positions. A flange portion having any desired shape is disposed on an outer circumferential surface of a resin pipe in a two-layer structure in which an inner surface layer formed of the cured secondary resin is integrated with an outer surface layer formed of the two molded articles. Thus, a portion having any desired shape is easily manufactured on the resin pipe.
US11433582B2
A base-material/gasket unit mold which can reduce molding failure occurrence is provided. The mold includes a first half mold including a base material holding portion arranged on a first parting surface to hold a base material, and a second half mold having a second parting surface and used together with the first half mold to close and open the mold. The second half mold includes a gasket cavity defined on the second parting surface side to form a gasket main body on a surface of the base material, an isolated rubber cavity forming an isolated rubber portion isolated from the gasket main body on the surface of the base material, and a mold-pressing portion arranged around the isolated rubber cavity to press the base material when the mold is closed and having a recessed part defined on a press surface side to reduce deformation of the base material.
US11433575B2
A composite charge is positioned onto lower plates of a plurality of placement end effectors. Upper plates of the plurality of placement end effectors are rotated along a first axis to cover the composite charge. The composite charge is contoured to a tool using the plurality of placement end effectors to form a contoured composite charge. The contoured composite charge is compacted using a roller.
US11433562B2
Razor head includes a razor cartridge (10) and a razor blade (20). The razor cartridge (10) contains a front side wall (11), a rear side wall (12), a left side wall (13), and a right side wall (14) which enclose an accommodating space (15) to receiving the razor blade (20). The front side wall (11) has multiple protective ribs (30) protruding upward and arranged at intervals along the length direction of the razor cartridge (10); each protective rib (30) extends along the width direction of the razor cartridge (10) and contains a flexible protective rib (30a) and a rigid protective rib which (30b) which are joined, the rigid protective rib (30b) is located in front of the razor blade (20) and arranged adjacent to the razor blade (20), and a guide groove (31) is enclosed between the two adjacent protective rib (30). The razor head has good shaving performance and good comfort.
US11433561B2
The present application relates to a system and a method for treating a part of a body to be treated, particularly a system and a method for cutting hair on a part of a body to be treated. The system has a hand-held treating device having a treating unit, and an imaging module configured to generate information indicative of the position of the treating device relative to the part of the body to be treated based on an image of a part of the body and the treating device. The system also has a guide face configured to space the treating unit from the part of the body to be treated during use of the system. A controller is configured to change a distance between the treating unit and the guide face in dependence on the information generated by the imaging module.
US11433560B2
A utility knife, a blade member for use therewith, and a method of using the same; The knife has an ergonomically designed, symmetrical handle with resilient grips for a user's palm and fingers provided on opposing top and bottom walls of the housing. The blade member has two opposed cutting surfaces aligned with the housings top and bottom walls. A tape engagement clip is provided on a leading end of the knife and secures a free end of a measuring tape to the knife. The knife may be gripped and used in two different orientations located 180 degrees apart. The tape engagement clip pivots to enable the free end of the measuring tape to be secured to the knife regardless of which cutting surface is used to cut an article. Alternatively, the clip may be moved to the opposing side wall of the knife.
US11433557B2
A buffer block apparatus for securing a node may be described. The buffer block apparatus may include a first surface having disposed thereon at least one first zero-point feature configured for a first zero-point interface with a robotic assembly apparatus; and a second surface, different from the first surface, configured to connect with a first surface of a node and form a first rigid connection between the buffer block apparatus and the node, wherein the buffer block apparatus provides at least one reference coordinate system with respect to the node.
US11433547B2
A robot includes an ingredient mold configured to cool food ingredients into solid ingredients; a storage container spaced from the ingredient mold and having a storage space configured to store the solid ingredients; a cooling chamber formed therein with a cooling space in which the storage container is accommodated; a cooler configured to cool the cooling space; and a guide configured to guide the solid ingredients dropped from the ingredient mold to the storage space.
US11433541B2
An automated calibration system for a workpiece coordinate frame of a robot includes a physical image sensor having a first image central axis, and a controller for controlling the physical image sensor adapted on a robot to rotate by an angle to set up a virtual image sensor having a second image central axis. The first and the second image central axes are intersected at an intersection point. The controller controls the robot to repeatedly move back and forth a characteristic point on the workpiece between these two axes until the characteristic point overlaps the intersection point. The controller records a calibration point including coordinates of joints of the robot, then the controller moves another characteristic point and repeats the foregoing movement to generate several other calibration points. According to the calibration points, the controller calculates relative coordinates of a virtual tool center point and the workpiece to the robot.
US11433539B2
An abnormality determination device includes an input unit to which a device-condition signal output from an operating device is input, a first memory configured to store a determination algorithm for determining a predetermined abnormality of the operating device, an abnormality determination unit configured to determine the predetermined abnormality of the operating device in accordance with the device-condition signal and the determination algorithm, an output unit configured to output a determination result regarding the predetermined abnormality made by the abnormality determination unit to a user, an operation unit configured to receive an input of true-or-false information of whether the determination result is correct from the user, and an update unit configured to update the determination algorithm in accordance with the true-or-false information.
US11433522B2
A nailing apparatus, comprising: a support mechanism, and an energy storage mechanism and an energy storage driving mechanism both provided in the support mechanism, wherein the energy storage driving mechanism comprises a power component, an eccentric component connected to the power component and a linear movement component connected to the eccentric component, and the power component comprises a driving electric motor and a step-down gear installed on an output shaft of the driving electric motor; a nailing driving mechanism, wherein the energy storage driving mechanism drives the nailing driving mechanism to hammer nail to drive the nail into a base material.
US11433516B2
A fastener holding spanner comprises a spanner head defining an aperture capable of engaging during use with a correspondingly-sized nut or bolt head of a fastener, with a clearance there-between, and at least one arm extending from the spanner head. During use of the spanner one of the at least one arms is capable of engaging with an abutment surface adjacent to a nut or bolt head of a fastener engaged by the spanner head upon rotation of the nut or bolt head under applied torque. The aperture comprises a plurality of internal faces, at least two of which are engaging faces. The engaging faces are substantially flat and are arranged to engage with flat faces of a nut or bolt head engaged by the spanner during use. At least one of the internal faces of the aperture is non-engaging with the nut or bolt head during use, the at least one non-engaging face located in between the at least two engaging faces. The aperture further comprises at least one through passage penetrating at least one of the internal faces, the at least one through passage having a longitudinal axis and being at least partially threaded over at least part of its length. In use a threaded member having a flat end may be screwed into the at least one passage, the flat end of the threaded member to contact under pressure a face of a nut or bolt head engaged by the spanner to prevent relative rotation between the spanner and the nut or bolt head. At least two engaging faces of the aperture are distal from the threaded member and located on opposing sides of the longitudinal axis of the at least one through passage.
US11433512B1
An angle drive socket tool that provides interchangeable multi-angular socket for inserting a tool. A drive shaft has a driver engagement end and a magnetic enabled concave fastener receiving end with retainment and drive engagement pins. A driver component having a spherical insert end with a drive pin engagement channel extending there about an oppositely disposed drive configured input end, such as a hex socket suitable to drive a fastener of choice as illustrated in the preferred embodiment.
US11433507B2
Wheel weight pliers contains: a first lever, a second lever, a connection shaft, and a spring. The first lever includes a first grip section and a first work section. The second lever includes a second grip section, a second work section, and a third work section. The first work section has a hook, and a width of two sides of the hook decreases from a root of the hook to a distal end of the hook. The second work section has a blade portion, and the third work section has a hammer. The hammer has a fitting element. The first grip section has multiple recesses adjacent to the second grip section. Two ends of a respective one recess extend on two sides of the first grip section. The second grip section has a notch formed proximate to the first grip section, and the notch faces the multiple toothed ribs.
US11433504B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for improving the performance of a fluid jet cutting system by testing and adjusting characteristics of the system based on the effect of the characteristics on forces imparted by the system to a workpiece being cut. Also disclosed are systems and methods for monitoring and validating the performance of fluid jet cutting systems, and for diagnosing such systems. In some cases, the technologies described herein can be used to determine whether components of a fluid jet system require maintenance, or that characteristics of the system require adjustment.
US11433503B1
An adjustable grinding apparatus includes a grinder having a motor and grinding disk. A grinder base houses the motor. The grinder base has at least one sidewall extending around at least a portion of the motor. An adjustable motor support includes a motor support surface positioned between the motor and the grinding disk. First, second arms are affixed to first and second ends of the motor support surface and rotatably secured to the at least one sidewall. At least one of the first, second arms has at least one slotted cutout. A locking mechanism is in communication with at least one of the first and second arms and the at least one sidewall through at least one slotted cutout. The grinder and the adjustable motor support are rotatable about the grinder base to adjust a grinding orientation of the grinder. A grinder position is fixable by tightening the locking mechanism.
US11433499B2
An apparatus for checking mechanical parts such as tools on machine tools employs optical devices for emitting and receiving a light beam, for example a laser beam, along a checking direction, and sensors for detecting variations in the features of such a light beam. A protection device (15) for at least one of the optical devices comprises a support element (21,22) with an inner seat (20), communication conduits (18,26,34) aligned along the checking direction and a shutter (44) movable, in the internal seat, from a rest position to an operative position of the apparatus. The shutter comprises a transversal through hole (60) which is arranged along the checking direction in the operative position, aligned with the communication conduits to allow the light beam to pass through. A movable closure element (55), for example a small sphere or ball, is arranged in a transversal hollow (54) of the shutter and is pushed by a spring towards the outside of the transversal hollow. In the rest position of the apparatus, the transversal hollow is arranged along the checking direction and the movable closing element partially protrudes and cooperates with a gasket at the inlet of one of the communication conduits, to prevent the entry of foreign material and fluids into the optical device.
US11433494B2
A jig for mounting a component on a structure is disclosed. The jig includes a frame having a base defining an elongated channel and adapted to be disposed substantially parallel to a surface. The jig also includes a support assembly for supporting the component to facilitate the mounting of the component on the structure. The support assembly extends vertically through the elongated channel and adapted to slide relative to the base along a length of the elongated channel.
US11433479B2
Systems and techniques for optimizing the operation of a beam emitter during material processing maintain an optimal polarization of the beam with respect to the material throughout processing—e.g., even as the beam path varies or the nature or thickness of the material changes.
US11433473B2
Systems and methods are provided for controlling welding. One embodiment is a method for controlling welding. The method includes initiating induction welding by operating an induction coil along a weld interface of a first composite part comprising a matrix of thermoplastic reinforced by fibers, in order to join the first composite part to a second composite part, determining a measured magnetic field strength at a location distinct from the induction coil, and determining a welding temperature at the weld interface of the first composite part based on the measured magnetic field strength.
US11433464B2
A tile saw includes a table configured to support a workpiece, a guide rail upon which the table is supported and movable along a longitudinal axis, a saw unit for cutting the workpiece as the table moves along the longitudinal axis, and a roller assembly for coupling the table to the guide rail. The roller assembly includes an upper roller engaged with an upper portion of the guide rail, a lower roller engaged with a lower portion of the guide rail, and a resilient member biasing at least one of the upper roller or the lower roller against the guide rail.
US11433444B2
A method for producing a steel sheet member, includes: forming at least one pair of opposing strip grooves in a flat steel sheet such that one of the pair of opposing strip grooves is disposed in one of opposite surfaces of the steel sheet, the other of the pair of opposing strip grooves is disposed in the other of the opposite surfaces, and the strip grooves extend in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the steel sheet; heating the steel sheet having the strip grooves to a temperature higher than an austenite transformation finish temperature; and placing the heated steel sheet between an upper die and a lower die to press-form the steel sheet while cooling. When press-forming the steel sheet while cooling, there is space between each of the upper and lower dies and a bottom of a corresponding one of the strip grooves.
US11433439B2
This application provides an intelligent robot for cleaning and mending a net cage and a method of using the intelligent robot, including: a control system, a main body, an attraction module, a motion module, a cleaning module and a mending module. The main body includes a streamlined pressure casing, and a drive mechanism and a water ballast tank which are located in the pressure casing. The attraction module includes electromagnets which are symmetrically provided at a bottom of the pressure casing. The motion module includes first and second motion mechanisms which are symmetrically provided at opposite sides of the pressure casing. A traveling path of the first motion mechanisms is perpendicular to a traveling path of the second motion mechanisms. The intelligent robot achieves cleaning and mending for both sides of the net cage, and is simple to operate, safe, high-efficient, economical and convenient.
US11433438B2
The inventive concept relates to a dissolved ozone removal unit, a substrate treating apparatus including the same, and a substrate treating method. The dissolved ozone removal unit includes a fluid channel providing member having a fluid channel through which a processing liquid passes and a light source member that is mounted in the fluid channel providing member and that supplies UV light to the processing liquid, and the fluid channel providing member includes a helical fluid channel configured such that the processing liquid is exposed to the UV light while helically moving around the light source member.
US11433436B2
Disclosed herein is a sonic cleaning insert. In one example, the sonic cleaning insert includes a carousel configured to rotate about a central axis. The carousel further includes a platform having an outer perimeter. The platform is radially disposed about the central axis. The carousel has an inner ring and an outer ring circumscribing the inner ring. A plurality of partitions couple the inner ring and the outer ring to the platform. The plurality of partitions are arranged at a predetermined angle about the central axis. The carousel further includes a plurality of holders. Each holder is formed from a portion of the platform, a portion of each of the inner ring and outer ring, and a first sidewall and a second sidewall formed from the plurality of partitions. The carousel is configured for immersion in an ultrasonic vibrating fluid.
US11433432B2
A lens and/or a view screen of an electronic device having at least one case can be cleaned by wiping the view screen with a cleaning component wherein the cleaning component is configured to selectively couple to the at least one case or some other substrate using a magnetic attractive force. The cleaning devices may have secondary applications such as securing fly fishing lures, activating or deactivating a device having a magnetic switch, or preventing sunglasses from sinking. They may also be manufactured without a cleaning component for use with the secondary applications.
US11433414B2
The present disclosure discloses a self-cleaning water outlet device, which comprises: a body, a deposit removal needle plate disposed in the body, a water outlet cover comprising a plurality of water outlet holes, and a rotatable member driven about an axial direction of the rotatable member by flowing water. An axial direction of the deposit removal needle plate and an axial direction of the water outlet cover are coaxial, and the deposit removal needle plate has a plurality of needles. The deposit removal needle plate is swingably connected with the rotatable member. When water flows into the water outlet device, the water flow drives the rotatable member to rotate, and the rotatable member drives each of the plurality of needles to swing about the axial direction of the deposit removal needle plate in a corresponding one of the plurality of water outlet holes.
US11433393B2
A microfluidic flow cell including an electrode or sensor device which is located inside the flow cell and from which at least one connecting conductor leads to an externally accessible terminal contact. The electrode or sensor device is arranged on an insulated substrate member. The connecting conductor is embedded in the substrate member. The substrate member can be inserted into an opening in the flow cell such that the electrode or sensor device is placed in the flow cell.
US11433391B2
Provided herein are fluid handling tubes having a cap that includes a sealing member having interior grooves and panels. Also provided herein are fluid handling tubes having a cap that includes (i) a sealing member having a concave surface at a distal region, and (ii) a flat proximal surface. Provided also are fluid handling tubes having a cap that includes an engagement member at an edge of the cap, where the engagement member includes a surface having curvature and a taper. Also provided herein are fluid handling tubes that include a cap comprising a tube sealing member, an anterior engagement member, and one or more channels (e.g., one or more furrows or grooves) between the sealing member and the engagement member that function as a hinge or pivot. Also provided are fluid handling tubes that include (i) a cap having a sealing member that includes an annular protrusion, and (ii) a tube body having an interior surface that includes an annular recess, where the annular recess in the tube body is configured to receive the annular protrusion of the tubular sealing member of the cap.
US11433390B2
Methods and systems are provided for a rotating capillary chamber. In one example, a system comprises a rotating capillary chamber arranged in a body of a fluid collection device, wherein the capillary chamber may rotate between two or more positions.
US11433388B2
For simplified dismantling of manual metering devices (1), the manual metering device (1) proposed is one which comprises the component carrier (5). This component carrier (5) can be pushed into its use position in the housing (4) through the insertion opening (10) present in the housing (4). The releasable connection (11), which can be released in particular from the outside, is provided for the releasable fastening of the component carrier (5) in its use position within the housing (4).
US11433383B2
A method for producing an ammoxidation catalyst, the method including: a step (i) of preparing a starting material slurry comprising molybdenum, bismuth, iron, and a carboxylic acid compound; a step (ii) of stirring the starting material slurry in a temperature range of 30 to 50° C. for 20 minutes to 8 hours, thereby preparing a precursor slurry; a step of spray-drying the precursor slurry, thereby obtaining a dried particle; and a step of calcining the dried particle.
US11433359B1
A method for in situ production of antimicrobial filtration membranes that uses self-assembly of surfactants such as block copolymers as a template. The mesophase structure (for example hexagonal or lamellar) can be determined, and membrane pore size can be controlled in the nanometer range, by changing the block copolymer and the amounts of the components such as the block copolymer, aqueous solution, monomer, crosslinker, and initiator. The monomer phase cures in the template and there is no need for organic solvents and coagulation bath or other post-modification. As-synthesized membranes were found to have pore sizes with a narrow size distribution in the range of 3-4 nm with a molecular weight cutoff of 1500 g/mol and displayed both excellent fouling resistance and high permeance of water, vastly outperforming a conventional NIPS UF membrane. The monomer can comprise a quaternary ammonium group so that the membrane is antibacterial. The block copolymer can comprise hydrophilic blocks which form the surfaces of the membrane pores, rendering them hydrophilic.
US11433356B2
Provided is a spiral membrane element that has a restricted outer diameter and is capable of being decreased in operation energy therefor. The element is a spiral membrane element including plural membrane leaves in each of which a permeation-side flow-channel member is interposed between opposed separation membranes a supply-side flow-channel member interposed between any two of the membrane leaves a perforated central pipe on which the membrane leaves and the supply-side flow-channel member are wound and a sealing part that prevents a supply-side flow-channel member from being mixed with a permeation-side flow-channel member. This element has an efficiency index E of 0.005 to 0.10, and the thickness of the supply-side flow-channel member is from 10 to 110 mil.
US11433354B2
A water purifier includes a water purifier body, a filter bracket provided inside the water purifier body, a pump unit provided inside the water purifier body and including a pump connected to a main water purifying filter installed in the filter bracket, and a vibration transmission-preventing unit which, while the main water purifying filter is installed in the filter bracket, ensures the transmission, to the filter bracket and the water purifier body, of vibrations due to the pressure difference between the pump and the main water purifying filter when water is supplied to the main water purifying filter by means of the pump is reduced by a filter vibration-damping member.
US11433349B1
A novel self-cooling food and beverage container and a process for manufacturing the same is disclosed. A self-cooling beverage and food container using a substantive humidification cooling process within said food and beverage container for cooling food and beverage products is disclosed. Methods of assembling and operating the apparatus are disclosed.
US11433329B1
A method for simultaneous filtration and non-discharge backwash operation of a pool filter. Water is received from a pool of water and passed to a control valve having a backwash nozzle aligned with a first filtration chamber. The water is forced down through all of the filtration chambers except the first filtration chamber and forced up through the first filtration chamber. The backwash nozzle is aligned with a second filtration chamber. The water is forced down through all of the filtration chambers except the second filtration chamber and forced up through the second filtration chamber. The water is passed through the backwash nozzle and an internal backwash valve to a sedimentation collection and separation system, where sediment is settled out of the water and the water is filtered through a final filtration media within the final filtration chamber. The water is returned to the pool of water.
US11433326B2
A fluid filtration assembly includes a filter housing having first and second ends and a connector for fluid communication with a fluid storage vessel. A filter element is disposable within the filter housing, and first and second pumps are coupled at the first and second ends of the filter housing. A controller may coordinate the operation of the first and second pumps to induce alternating tangential flow of fluid between the filter housing and the first and second pumps. At least one of the first and second pumps is a diaphragm pump or a plunger pump. The fluid storage vessel can be a bioreactor.
US11433325B2
The invention relates to a filter element comprising one or more fluid-pervious layers of a fluid-pervious sheet material having first and second surfaces in a substantially parallel arrangement, a fluid-impervious layer arranged in fluid tight contact with at least one of said first and second surfaces of said layer(s) of fluid-pervious sheet material to substantially fully cover the first and/or second surfaces thereof, one or more first and second edge portions, said first and second edge portions being arranged at a predefined distance and separated from one another by a predefined area of the fluid-pervious sheet material, a fluid flow path limited to and extending essentially parallel to the first and second surfaces from the first edge portion(s) to the second edge portion(s) within each of said layers of fluid-pervious sheet material, said first and second edge portions providing a fluid intake and a fluid drainage at the upstream and downstream ends of said fluid flow path, respectively. The invention further relates to filter modules comprising one or more of said filter elements.
US11433314B2
A controller selectively couples and de-couples at a rear surface of a portable information handling system and presents gaming content at both an integrated display and a peripheral display. The portable information handling system rests proximate the peripheral display when gaming content is presented at the peripheral display to present a communications interface of the gaming application. An end user manages gaming application communication between individuals and teams with gaze and voice inputs detected at the portable information handling system.
US11433312B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing an online map-based sports fantasy game competition. For example, in a accordance with a particular embodiment, there is a system having at least a processor and a memory therein and having further means for receiving a request at the system from a remotely located user device requesting access to a user game interface; transmitting the user game interface to the user device for display; receiving first user input from the user game interface displayed to the user device, wherein the first user input specifies one or more of: (i) game settings, (ii) rules of gameplay, and (iii) scoring settings; receiving second user input from the user game interface displayed to the user device, wherein the second user input specifies multiple players to participate as a player league in a game instance; creating the player league and instantiating the game instance and the player league for the game instance at the system based on the first and second user inputs; setting a date and time for a league draft for the game instance; executing the league draft at the system by following a draft order for the multiple players of the player league, with each of the multiple players of the player league individually taking turns selecting an unclaimed polygon from a geographic map board during a first round of gameplay to establish a home territory for each of the multiple players of the player league; accumulating points based on the rules of gameplay and scoring settings specified; and determining one of the multiple players within the player league as a winner based on which player has accumulated a highest point total after all rounds of gameplay and terminating the game instance. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US11433310B2
A computer-implemented method for creating a virtual object; the method comprising: obtaining a digital representation of a real-world object, the digital representation representing a visual appearance of a shape of the real-world object; obtaining an input indicative of one or more properties of an entity different from the real-world object; creating a virtual object representing the real-world object; and assigning, based on at least the obtained input, an attribute to the created virtual object.
US11433308B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for improving the processing speed of a game implementing multithreaded, characterized to include a moving object trajectory generator that generates a moving trajectory of a moving object in a reference terrain coordinates system that is based on a space that the game provides, when the moving object moves in the space that the game provides according to a game player's manipulation; an aircraft involvement recognizer that recognizes involvement of an aircraft in the space that the game provides; an aircraft area setter that sets an aircraft area where the aircraft is involved in the space that the game provides, when the involvement of the aircraft is recognized in the space that the game provides; a moving object entry determiner that determines whether the moving object entered into the aircraft area in the space that the game provides; a terrain data manager that provides aircraft terrain data that is based on the aircraft, when it is determined that the moving object entered into the aircraft area; and a collision location decider that decides a collision location of the moving object using the aircraft terrain data.
US11433307B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a game program causing a computer to execute functions includes moving each of a game medium in a game field including a plurality of regions, along respective paths set in accordance with a movable path and a moving speed set in the game medium associated with a first player and an attribute of the region; displaying a selection object so that the selection object is shown in at least one of the plurality of regions according to an operation by a second player; changing an attribute of a region in which the selection object is shown and an attribute of regions contained in an influence range set in the selection object; and moving, when the attribute of the region in which the selection object is shown is changed, the game medium according to the attribute of the region in which the selection object is shown, the movable path and the moving speed set in the game medium.
US11433303B2
A user breeds a virtual life form by practicing good sleep habits and stays motivated toward practicing good sleep habits while enjoying breeding the virtual life form. A game server manages progress of a breeding game of a virtual life form, the game server including circuitry configured to acquire sleep data that at least includes a sleep pattern indicating a bedtime and a wake-up time of a user; store the acquired sleep data as a sleep history; and update the breeding game based on the sleep pattern in the sleep history.
US11433299B2
To enhance motivation of a player to invite another player to a social game, thus activating the social game and a platform that provides the social game, a server device includes incentive giving means that gives an incentive to a player who operates a first terminal device when a player of a second terminal device that receives, from the first terminal device, invitation information including solicitation information to at least suggest participating in the game and specific information to at least specify a landing screen associated with a home screen of the game operates the second terminal device to access the landing screen on a basis of the specific information.
US11433294B2
A pair of foot lift attachments for attachment to single-wheel motorized electric skateboards, and combinations thereof. The foot lift attachments include a right foot lift attachment and a left foot lift attachment, each having a first concave curved outer facing side wall configured to be engaged on a curved support surface of either of a fender covering the single wheel, or a curved support surface of a mounting bracket secured at each side of the opening for the single wheel, and each having a convex curved top end wall with a concave curved underside configured to laterally receive and overlap the medial side and a top portion of the skateboard rider's foot and footwear worn on the foot to enable the rider to lift the skateboard off the ground with their feet and perform freestyle skateboarding maneuvers and aerial moves and jumps.
US11433293B1
A roller blade ice wheel assembly for using roller blades on ice includes a plurality of blade wheel apparatuses each comprising a wheel body having a central wheel aperture, a pair of wheel sidewalls, and a wheel edge. The wheel edge is less than 0.5 cm. At least one bearing is coupled to the wheel body. The bearing receives an axle of a roller blade through a bearing aperture and the wheel aperture. Each of a plurality of spacers has a central spacer aperture to receive the axle of the roller blade. The plurality of spacers is positioned on both sides of the bearing to occupy space up to a wheel frame of the roller blade. The width of the blade wheel apparatus is dimensioned to equal the width of a wheel of the roller blade that is being replaced.
US11433291B1
The present invention provides a system and method for sport training by providing an illuminated representation of a base runner or other runner that is programmable or controllable by electronic means to simulate the movement of a specific runner or ideal runner to provide instruction to a team.
US11433290B2
User interface elements relating to fitness may be shared between user devices. These user interface elements may be updated based at least in part on activity data of users associated with the user devices. Once a sharing relationship between at least two users has been established, updates corresponding to user interface elements may be shared between the users via their respective user devices.
US11433284B2
A golf club head including a club head body comprising a back portion, a striking face, and an interior cavity formed between the back portion and the striking face, wherein the striking face comprises a front surface configured to strike a golf ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface, wherein the back portion is spaced from the rear surface, wherein an aperture is formed through the back portion, a damping element comprising an exterior portion located behind the back portion of the club head body, a damping portion located within the interior cavity of the golf club head, wherein the damping portion comprises a front surface abutting the rear surface of the striking face and a rear surface abutting the back portion of the club head body.
US11433279B2
A golf ball can include a core, a mid layer, and a cover. The golf ball can satisfy the following mathematical formulas (1), (2), and (3): C1≤(124.8−Hs)/11.5 (1) C2−C1≥(−1/6*C1+(68−H2)/20+(5−Hd)/100)*T2 (2) 10≤H2*T2−H3*T3 (3), where C1 is an amount of compressive deformation (mm) of the core, C2 is an amount of compressive deformation (mm) of a sphere including the core and the mid layer, Hd is Hs−Ho, Ho is a hardness (Shore C) of a center the core, Hs is a hardness (Shore C) of a surface of the core, H2 is a hardness (Shore D) of the mid layer, H3 is a hardness (Shore D) of the cover, T2 is a thickness (mm) of the mid layer, and T3 is a thickness (mm) of the cover.
US11433278B2
The present invention provides methods for producing molded golf balls and the resultant balls. The methods of this invention involve producing foamed polyurethane covers and these methods help reduce dimple distortions and other surface imperfections. These golf balls contain an inner core and outer foamed polyurethane cover. One or more intermediate layers can be disposed between the core and cover. In one embodiment, a castable liquid polyurethane composition containing a foaming agent is dispensed into mold cavities, which are then pressed together to form a foam cover for the ball.
US11433277B1
A golf ball with improved durability is disclosed herein. The golf ball has a core comprising a polybutadiene material and methyl methacrylate, butadiene, styrene (MBS) with a weight percentage of MBS ranging from 0.5 to 5 weight percent of the core.
US11433271B2
The present invention relates to the field of fitness training devices and exercise machines. More specifically, a substantially horizontal exercise machine comprising an exercise platform slidable along one or more rails aligned with the longitudinal axis of the machine structure, the slidable platform spring-biased towards one end of the machine, is tiltable to allow for one end of the machine to be raised or lowered relative to the opposed end of the machine.
US11433268B2
An exercise and rehabilitation bar including a flexing bar, at least one resistance insert, and at least one handle. The flexing bar has a first end, a second end, and a cavity running from the first end to the second end. The at least one resistance insert is removably carried within the cavity of the flexing bar and the at least one handle is removably securable to either the first or second end of the flexing bar.
US11433264B2
The anchoring device for shuttering walls includes a body containing an arm with a top tab, a fastening part for at least one connector, a moving closing part mounted in the body and pressed to the closed position at rest, and a locking part. The closing part is a sliding part with an indentation on one of its lateral surfaces which is matched with the slider lock in the open position of the device, and with pass-through pockets and a bottom tab, forming, together with the arm and the upper tab of the body, a tong closure assembly. The device has a set of springs, of which one pushing spring is located inside the body directly above the slider lock and is secured from above by a pressure screw. The three compression springs are located inside the body in the pass-through pockets of the slide.
US11433263B1
A safety device comprising a support harness that includes at least one safety cable, and preferably a pair of safety cables. The end of the safety cable has a snap hook designed to releasably connect to the structure. In application, the safety harness is worn by the worker and as the worker ascends or descends the structure, the worker continuously releases and then connects one of the snap hooks to the structure such that at least one safety cable is connected to the structure at all times. The safety harness includes sensors for detecting whether the worker is ascending or descending the structure, for detecting whether at least one of the snap hooks are connected to the structure, and detecting when the worker is attempting to open the snap hook.
US11433256B2
The present invention includes new medical techniques involving radiation and electromagnetic actuation of reagents deployed and directed within bodily fluids (e.g., the bloodstream, digestive tract, or lymph ducts) of a patient. In one aspect of the invention, a medical reagent and/or particle is provided with multiple dipoles, oriented differently in three-dimensional space, allowing a remote control system to drive the acceleration and three-dimensional orientation of the medical agent or particle according to a three-dimensional path. In some embodiments, the medical reagent and/or particle is energized remotely to an activation energy level, and then driven into the treatment target. The design of each small-scale machine may include different sub-devices and electrostatic charges or magnetic dipoles, at different surface or internal locations. In some aspects, the sub-devices include actuable housings and other sub-devices, to deliver drugs or other factors at specific locations commanded by the control system or a user.
US11433251B2
Provided herein are systems, devices and methods for the treatment of fungus. In particular, provided herein are systems, devices and methods employing energy to nail and tissue structures to treat fungal infection.
US11433248B2
Disclosed herein is a medical leadless pacemaker delivery system adapted to engage and disengage with leadless pacemakers to allow for the repeated use of the leadless pacemaker delivery system in delivering and implanting multiple leadless pacemakers into a patient heart in a serial or repeated manner. The leadless pacemaker delivery system includes a handle, an attachment mechanism, a torque portion, and a rotation limiter. The handle includes a housing. The attachment mechanism is operably coupled to the housing and configured to actuate between a released state and an engaged state. The torque portion is operably coupled to the housing and rotatable relative to the housing to transition the attachment mechanism between the released and engaged states. The torque portion includes a shaft. The rotation limiter is in sliding engagement with the shaft between a first stop and a second stop. The rotation limiter includes a first helical thread. The leadless pacemaker delivery system also includes a second helical thread in threaded engagement with the first helical thread and operably coupled to the housing. Rotation of the torque portion rotates the rotation limiter such that the first helical thread is rotated against the second helical thread, thereby driving the rotation limiter along the shaft between the first stop and the second stop.
US11433241B2
Methods and apparatuses for monitoring and regulating physiological states and functions are disclosed. Several embodiments include application of one or more microelectrode arrays to a dorsal root ganglion for measurement of sensory neuron activity, or stimulation of sensory reflex circuits. The methods and apparatuses can be used, for example, for monitoring or controlling bladder function in a patient.
US11433239B2
An active implantable medical device includes a VNS pulse bursts generator for stimulation of the vagus nerve according to several selectable configurations. The device may further include a sensor of the current activity level of the patient. The generator is controlled on the activity signal via a classifier determining the class of the current level of activity among a plurality of classes of activity. A controller selects a configuration of VNS therapy depending on the class of activity thus determined. Limits of the activity classes are dynamically changeable by a calibration module that conducts a historical analysis of the successive current activity levels over a predetermined analysis period. The calibration module can prepare a histogram of the historical analysis, and can define the limits of the activity classes depending on the outcome of the historical analysis and the histogram.
US11433237B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for modulating the nervous system in order to reduce inflammation. The method includes delivering a vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy to a vagus nerve of a patient for the treatment of inflammation according to a first set of parameters. The method further includes delivering a secondary nerve stimulation (SNS) therapy to a secondary nerve of the patient for the treatment of a sleep disorder according to a second set of parameters different from the first set of parameters.
US11433236B2
An exemplary sound processor is configured to maintain data representative of a frequency allocation table that maps frequencies in an upper region of an audible frequency range to a plurality of electrodes located within a cochlea of the first ear, receive an audio signal, direct a cochlear implant to apply standard electrical stimulation representative of frequencies in the audio signal that are within the upper region to the cochlea of the first ear by way of the plurality of electrodes in accordance with the frequency allocation table, and direct the cochlear implant to apply phantom electrical stimulation representative of frequencies in the audio signal that are within a lower region of the audible frequency range to the cochlea of the first ear by way of a most apical electrode and one or more compensating electrodes included in the plurality of electrodes in accordance with a phantom electrode stimulation configuration.
US11433235B2
Systems and methods of mitigating one or more bodily effects of a shock condition experienced by an animal (including a human, e.g., a patient) are described. One exemplary method includes providing a device for applying non-invasive neurostimulation to the animal's trigeminal nerve. The method also includes applying the non-invasive neurostimulation to the animal's trigeminal nerve, thereby increasing oxygen flow to the animal's brain and/or reducing brain inflammation.
US11433234B2
The current invention concerns a system and a method for the acute non-invasive treatment of a migraine attack. The system comprises at least one skin electrode for placement on the forehead of a patient. The system is configured for providing consecutive biphasic electrical pulses via said at least one skin electrode to the supratrochlear and supraorbital nerves of the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve during a prolonged time span. Preferably, the time span is at least 10 minutes.
US11433232B2
Anchoring mechanisms for an implantable electrical medical lead that is positioned within a substernal space are disclosed. The anchoring mechanisms fixedly-position a distal portion of the lead, that is implanted in the substernal space.
US11433219B2
A coated urinary catheter or urinary stent device includes a urinary catheter or stent which, in a deployed position, includes or defines a protective surface area and a protected surface area and a coating upon at least a portion of the protective surface area. The coating includes a lubricant and an antimicrobial and/or pH buffering material. The device is configured such that, upon application of negative pressure to the catheter or stent, tissue of a urinary tract of a patient conforms or collapses onto the protective surface area and is thereby prevented or inhibited from occluding one or more protected drainage holes, ports or perforations of the catheter or stent.
US11433214B2
The present disclosure pertains to shortening sleep latency during the wake to sleep transition. Sensory stimulation is delivered to a subject by sensory stimulators during a sleep session, and a measure of wakefulness of the subject is determined. The sensory stimulators are controlled based on the measure of wakefulness of the subject. The sensory stimulators may be controlled to modulate an intensity of the sensory stimulation delivered to the subject. For example, the sensory stimulators may decrease the intensity of the sensory stimulation as the measure of wakefulness decreases. The system then determines that the measure of wakefulness has reached stable sleep. The sensory stimulators are controlled based on the determination that the measure of wakefulness has reached stable sleep. The sensory stimulators may decrease the intensity of the sensory stimulation at a faster rate once the measure of wakefulness reaches stable sleep.
US11433213B2
A device (102) provides respiratory treatment for SDB (including mild OSA) and other respiratory conditions. A flow generator warms and humidifies gas at controlled flow levels. For example, the device (102) delivers breathable gas to the upper airway at flow rates of about 10-35 Liters/minute. Levels of flow rate, temperature and/or humidification of the device may be automatically adjusted in response to the detection of SDB events. The device may also automatically deliver adjustments of any of the levels in accordance with detected phases of respiratory cycles. In some embodiments, the device automatically delivers distinct levels to either of the nares based on independent control of flow to each nare. A warm-up procedure controls temperature and humidity at a desired target during a ramp-up of flow in the set therapy level. A cool-down procedure controls temperature above the dewpoint to avoid condensation internal to the device and patient interface.
US11433211B2
A flow sensor system for ventilation treatment comprises a flow conduit configured to allow gas flow between a first region and a second region, the flow conduit defining a lumen for the gas flow; a flow restrictor disposed within the lumen of the flow conduit between the first region and the second region; a first absolute pressure sensor disposed adjacent to the first region of the flow conduit and configured to measure a pressure of the gas flow at the first region of the flow conduit; and a second absolute pressure sensor disposed adjacent to the second region of the flow conduit and configured to measure pressure of the gas flow at the second region of the flow conduit.
US11433209B2
An exhalation device for a non-invasive ventilator, configured to reversibly convert between a passive ventilation configuration and an active ventilation configuration, comprising: (i) a housing with a first end and a second end, the housing defining a gas flow path extending between the first end and the second end; (ii) an exhalation port configured to passively release gas to the environment; (iii) an internal diaphragm positioned at an interface between the exhalation port and the housing, configured to allow release of gas exhalation; and (iv) an adapter comprising an adapter exhalation port and configured to reversibly engage the exhalation port to define a controlled exhalation flow path from the exhalation port to the adapter exhalation port, and comprising an internal air flow control configured to actively control the flow of exhalant through the controlled exhalation flow path.
US11433205B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a breathing apparatus, wherein current for keeping internal pressure of the face piece at a predetermined positive target value at the time of inhale is not applied to the motor fan in a large amount at the start of current application to the motor fan, and the internal pressure of the face piece is prevented from becoming far below the predetermined positive target value immediately after start of current application to the motor fan so as to keep the internal pressure of the face piece at the predetermined positive target value at the time of inhale. A breathing apparatus provided with a breath-synchronized motor fan comprising a face piece for covering a part of or all of a face of a user, an inhale valve and an exhale valve attached to the face piece, a motor fan for supplying internal space of the face piece with external air through the inhale valve, a filter for cleaning the external air to be sucked into the motor fan, a breath monitoring apparatus provided with a membrane member deforming in accordance with fluctuation of internal pressure of the face piece and a sensor for detecting the deformation of the membrane member, and a controller for controlling operation of the motor fan synchronously with breathing of the user in accordance with a detection signal from the breath monitoring apparatus, wherein the controller applies current to the motor fan at the time of inhalation so as to keep the internal pressure of the face piece at a predetermined positive target value, and stops current application to the motor fan so as to stop the motor fan at the time of exhalation, and wherein the controller applies micro-current to the motor fan so as to rotate the motor fan at extremely low speed from the middle of exhalation to inhalation.
US11433201B2
Methods and apparatus infer or indicate sleep stage(s) of a patient from a respiratory flow rate signal of the patient. The method may include applying a plurality of detection pathways to a signal representing a respiratory flow rate of the patient, wherein each detection pathway is configured to generate start events and end events indicating start times and end times of episodes respectively of a corresponding sleep stage, wherein each start event and each end event has a priority; and combining the start events and end events based on their priorities to produce an indication of the sleep stage of the patient. The apparatus may include a sensor configured to generate a signal representing a property of a flow of air within a patient interface; and a processor configured to implement a method of inferring a sleep stage of the patient from the signal.
US11433199B2
A method of ventilator control that includes receiving machine data from a mechanical ventilator and detecting one or more clinical events in the received machine data. The method further includes evaluating the machine data within the detected one or more clinical events for compliance with lung protective ventilation (LPV) recommendations. The method further includes at least one of producing a visual indication or a graphical display of the evaluated compliance with the LPV recommendations and controlling the mechanical ventilator based on the evaluated compliance with the LPV recommendations.
US11433187B2
A Huber safety needle assembly including a body, configured to receive a needle. The body further including an upper portion having a first gripping portion coupled thereto, a lower portion having a second gripping portion coupled to thereto, and a hinge mechanism. The needle having a needle tip configured to be received in the body. The hinge mechanism is configured to operably transition the body between a closed configuration and an open configuration. The closed configuration allowing at least a portion of the needle, including the needle tip, to extend below the bottom surface of the lower portion of the body. The open configuration allowing the needle tip to be securely received within the lower portion such that it does not extend below the bottom surface of the lower portion.
US11433186B2
Disclosed herein are delivery devices for delivering a volume of a drug product, placebo product, or other product including a fluid. The devices may include a barrel having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end region, and a distal end region. The proximal end region may include an opening, and the barrel may be configured to receive a drug therein. A plunger rod may be disposed at least partially inside the barrel and protruding from the opening. The plunger rod may include a rack having a plurality of teeth. The device may further include a pinion having a plurality of teeth configured to engage with the plurality of teeth of the rack, and rotation of the pinion against the rack may move at least a part of the plunger rod along the longitudinal axis of the barrel.
US11433184B2
An automated system of regulation of a patient's blood glucose, including: a blood glucose sensor; an insulin injection device; and a processing and control unit capable of predicting, from a physiological model, the future evolution of the patient's blood glucose over a prediction period, and of controlling the insulin injection device by taking the prediction into account, wherein the processing and control unit is capable of: a) calibrating the physiological model, taking into account the blood glucose measured by the sensor during a past observation period; b) at the end of the calibration, calculating an indicator representative of the error between the blood glucose estimated from the model and the real blood glucose measured by the sensor; and c) adjusting the prediction period by taking into account the value of the indicator.
US11433183B2
Devices for the diagnosis and treatment of microvascular obstruction (MVO) and other dysfunctional diseases of the microvasculature of many organs, including the heart. The present subject matter provides novel devices and methods to detect and measure or treat MVO in real time during scenarios such as invasive angiographic/therapeutic procedures. Such procedures include therapy for organ systems including the heart (acute myocardial infarction-primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI)), brain stroke (CVA), bowel ischemia/infarction, pulmonary emboli/infarction, critical limb ischemia/infarction, renal ischemia/infarction, and others. Using methods of the invention, a system comprising specialized infusion and sensing catheter, diagnostic agents, therapeutic agents, and control console with specialized algorithms can both diagnose and treat MVO by eliminating the microvascular clot and debris causing the obstruction. The techniques involve a combination of novel devices, methods, and software to simultaneously diagnose and treat MVO.
US11433182B2
A drug delivery device comprises first and second liquid drug reservoirs and first and second outlet ports. A drive is configured for expelling a first liquid drug from the first reservoir to the first outlet port and for expelling a second liquid drug from the second reservoir to the second outlet port. A memory is provided that contains a drug dosing scheme specifying a desired liquid drug type, and at least one sensor is provided that detects information concerning the type of liquid drug contained in the first and/or second reservoir. A processor receives the information from the at least one sensor and thereby determines the type of liquid drug retained in the first reservoir and/or the second reservoir, and uses the drug dosing scheme and the determined type of liquid drug to operate the drive. Associated devices this disclosure and methods are also disclosed.
US11433180B2
The present invention concerns a medical pump comprising: a. A hard housing comprising a top (24) and bottom (1) hard shells, within which a rigid wall (3) and a movable membrane (2) create three distinct chambers; wherein i. said movable membrane tightly separates said second (29) and third (22) chambers ii. said first and third chambers have a watertight interface iii. said second chamber (29) is designed to contain a fluid iv. said first chamber (23) comprises a first venting mean (20) which is arranged to provide a fluidic communication between said first chamber (23) and the external environment; v. said third chamber (22) comprises a second venting mean which is arranged to provide a fluidic communication between said third chamber (22) and the external environment b. A pumping element (4) located in the first chamber (23) c. A least one pressure sensor which measure the pressure gradient between the first chamber (23) and the second chamber (29) d. A fluid pathway which permits: i. a first fluid connection (27) between said second chamber (29) and said pumping element ii. a second fluid connection (28) between said pumping element and a patient line (30).
US11433178B2
Infusion pump alignment features for vertically-oriented IV tubes are disclosed. In an example, an infusion pump housing includes a tube channel having a radial curvature for bending an IV tube from a horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation when the infusion pump is positioned for operation. The housing also includes a hood having a first side and a second side that are divided by the tube channel. The infusion pump has a door that is connected to the housing for enclosing the tube channel and the hood. The door includes a cavity having dimensions to receive the hood when the door is in a closed position. The hood is configured to engage the cavity to prevent the door from closing if the IV tube is not positioned along the tube channel.
US11433172B2
Fluidic devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. One system may comprises a sheath, a delivery module, and a removal module. The sheath includes a working lumen, a delivery lumen, and a removal lumen. The delivery module is configured to move a fluid from a fluid reservoir and into a body cavity through the delivery lumen. The removal module is configured to move the fluid and a particulate contained therein out of the body cavity through the removal lumen, through a filtration device that removes the particulate, and back into the fluid reservoir. One method comprises placing a distal end of sheath into a body cavity, energizing the working lumen to generate a particulate in the cavity, moving the fluid into the cavity to engage the particulate, and moving the fluid and the contaminant from the body cavity, through a filter for removing the contaminant, and back into the fluid source.
US11433169B2
A treatment device system includes a treatment machine for performing a therapy on a patient, the treatment machine including at least one fluid conveyor and a controller, the controller having a first memory, to cause the at least one fluid conveyor to produce a therapeutic fluid by mixing purified water and at least one concentrate. The system also includes a water purifier with an internal central controller, in fluid communication with and providing the purified water to the treatment machine. A wired or wireless control line provides two way communication between the controller of the treatment machine and the internal central controller of the water purifier, the controller of the treatment machine transmitting data via the control line to the internal central controller of the water purifier for control of the water purifier, the data provided based on at least one of the operator inputs received via the user interface.
US11433168B2
The device of the present invention includes a dual chamber gas exchanger that is configured for increased flexibility and scalability for many clinical applications. The dual chamber oxygenator can be configured and used in various applications, such as in a heart-lung machine for cardiopulmonary support during cardiothoracic surgery, in an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) circuitry, as a respiratory assist device for patients with lung failure, and the like. The dual chamber gas exchanger features two sweep gas flow paths and two gas exchange membrane bundles enclosed in a housing structure with various blood flow distribution and gas distribution mechanisms. The gas exchanger includes an outer housing, an intermediate housing, two gas exchange fiber bundles, a blood inlet, a blood outlet, two gas inlets, two gas outlets, two gas distribution chambers and an optional heat exchanger.
US11433167B2
A control device for a blood treatment machine performs a connection test (50) by causing the blood treatment machine to switch (51, 53) between a first and a second operating state by reversing a blood pump so as to change a flow direction of blood through both a dialyzer and access devices connected to a patient. Based on an output signal of at least one sensor in the blood treatment machine (52, 54), the control device computes (55) an efficiency change parameter that represents a change in in-vivo clearance of the blood treatment machine during the switch of the blood treatment machine between the first and second operating states. The control device evaluates (56) the efficiency change parameter to jointly detect connection errors at the dialyzer, resulting in co-current flow of treatment fluid and blood through the dialyzer, and at the access devices, resulting in access recirculation of blood.
US11433158B2
An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet joined to the topsheet, and an absorbent core positioned intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet and comprising a core absorbent material, in which the core absorbent material comprises superabsorbent polymers with a bio-based content from about 5% to about 100% using ASTM D6866-10, method B and the absorbent article comprises a polyolefin content of at least about 90% by weight, based on a total weight of the absorbent article excluding the core absorbent material.
US11433156B2
An instrument cassette (100) for handling instruments (111) comprises support structures (101) for mechanically supporting the instruments (111), and a shielding structure (102, 103) for containing operational portions (112) of the instruments (111) so that a risk of unintentional touching the operational portions (112) is reduced. At least one wall (104) of the shielding structure (103) comprises channels (105) for allowing liquid and gaseous substances to flow through the wall. The substances may comprise for example hot vapor used in an autoclaving sterilization process. The channels (105) are shaped to prevent the operational portions (112) of the instruments (111) from protruding through the wall (104) via the channels (105). Thus, there is no need for a high number of very small channels which may be difficult to manufacture in a cost effective way.
US11433155B2
A wick-based diffuser is configured for diffusing a liquid volatile substance composition into an air flow path extending through the diffuser to disseminate the volatile substance composition throughout a surrounding volume (e.g., a vehicle interior). Diffusers may comprise a body defining a hollow interior and having an air flow path extending therethough; a reservoir; a wick extending from the reservoir and into the hollow interior of the body; and a closure mechanism configured to selectably isolate the wick and the reservoir from the air flow path extending through the body. Wick-based diffusers may be mounted to a support device via a low-friction mounting mechanism located above a center of gravity of the diffuser, such that the diffuser self-aligns in an upright orientation under the influence of gravity.
US11433151B2
Disclosed are a microbe inactivation processing method that can perform inactivation processing of microbes, while damage to human body cells is prevented or inhibited, with an efficient use of light emitted from a light source and the obtainment of a large effective irradiation area. Also provided are a cell activation processing method that can reliably activate target cells with high efficiency. The microbe inactivation processing method includes: a step of applying light emitted from a light source through an optical filter, with the light source configured to emit light having a wavelength within a wavelength range of 190 nm to 237 nm, in order to perform inactivation processing of a target microbe. When the light emitted from the light source is incident at an incident angle of 0°, the optical filter transmits at least a part of ultraviolet light having a wavelength within a range of not lower than 190 nm and not more than 230 nm, and transmits at least a part of ultraviolet light having a wavelength within a range of more than 230 nm and not more than 237 nm, and the optical filter blocks transmission of ultraviolet light having a wavelength out of a wavelength range of not lower than 190 nm and not more than 237 nm.
US11433150B2
An aircraft sanitization system is disclosed. The aircraft sanitization system includes a frame. The aircraft sanitization system further includes a tray operatively coupled to at least first two corners of the frame and is rotatable about a pivot axis. The tray is configured to be in one of a locked state and an unlocked state based on rotation about the pivot axis. In the unlocked state the tray is at an angle greater than zero with respect to the frame and in the locked state the tray is at an angle equal to zero with respect to the frame. The aircraft sanitization system further includes a set of Ultraviolet (UV) Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) attached on an exposed surface of the frame, wherein the set of UV LEDs is configured to sanitize the tray when the tray is in the locked state.
US11433148B2
The present invention relates to conjugates including a chelating moiety of a metal complex thereof and a therapeutic or targeting moiety, methods for their production, and uses thereof.
US11433141B2
An object is to produce a new anti-B7-H4 antibody having high specificity and affinity and provide a composition for treating cancer making use thereof. A monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to an extracellular domain protein of a human B7-H4 protein is newly produced and an “anti-B7-H4 antibody-effector cell complex” in which the monoclonal antibody and an effector cell are bound in order to enhance the antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity of the monoclonal antibody or a bispecific antibody comprising an antigen recognition region of the monoclonal antibody and an effector cell antigen recognition region is further produced and used as a composition for treating cancer.
US11433140B2
Specific binder-drug conjugates (ADCs) of kinesin spindle protein inhibitors, effective metabolites of these ADCs, processes for preparing these ADCs, the use of these ADCs for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to the use of these ADCs for preparing medicaments for treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular hyperproliferative and/or angiogenic disorders such as, for example, cancer diseases, are described.
US11433137B2
The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US11433134B2
The present invention relates to stable aqueous protein formulations. In particular, disclosed herein are therapeutic protein formulations suitable for parenteral administration having one or more antioxidants.
US11433114B2
A new use of a cyclo histidine-proline (Cyclo His-Pro, CHP) is disclosed. A composition including cyclo histidine-proline (CHP) as an active ingredient has an excellent protective effect to protect kidney and liver cells from damage and/or toxicity induced by various causes. The composition is useful and effective in protecting kidney and/or liver cells/tissues and in treating a subject with kidney and/or liver diseases and/or damages.
US11433099B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US11433094B2
This disclosure relates to compositions including formulated sucralfate or other aluminum-crosslinked sulfated agents for delivery of agents to biological surfaces and/or the modulation of nutrient absorption through the intestinal lining as well as methods for the manufacture of and the use of these compositions for treating disorders including diabetes type II and clinical obesity that require a modulation of certain nutrients to the body.
US11433086B2
Compositions and methods for the treatment of diseases, disorders, and/or conditions associated with the increased regulatory T lymphocyte cell function, comprising the administration of T-cell checkpoint inhibitors in combination with E-selectin inhibitors, C—X—C Motif Chemokine Receptor 4 (CXCR4) receptor inhibitors, and/or heterobifunctional inhibitors that comprise at least one E-selectin inhibitor linked to at least one CXCR4 receptor inhibitor, are disclosed.
US11433072B1
Stable and bioavailable oral dosage forms of ibrutinib, the dosage forms comprising ibrutinib and an acidifying agent. The dosage forms can further comprise a binder, such as sodium alginate, a surfactant, a lubricant, a filler and/or a disintegrant. Methods of treating cancers, particularly blood cancers, and graft versus host disease comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a dosage form comprising ibrutinib and an acidifying agent.
US11433051B2
The present invention is directed to a dry suspension for reconstitution containing Tecovirimat (ST-246) powder and simethicone. The dry suspension is dispersed in water to provide an aqueous pharmaceutical suspension formulation for oral administration for treating orthopoxvirus infections and/or eczema vaccinatum. The suspension formulation exhibits excellent stability and good dissolution and has an improved taste and texture.
US11433035B2
This disclosure relates to dosage forms containing an enantiomerically enriched or pure bupropion such as enantiomeric excess of (S)-bupropion, enantiomerically enriched (S)-bupropion, or enantiomerically pure (S)-bupropion and methods of using these dosage forms. These dosage forms may be administered to human beings in a reduced amount as compared to the amount of racemic bupropion that would be administered in the same situation.
US11433031B2
A method for manufacturing a preparation which contains acetaminophen at a high content, in particular, a miniaturized tablet (conventional tablets, sustained-release tablets, etc.) which have excellent elution properties, preferable hardness and high drug content uniformity, and a premix drug substance of acetaminophen which has improved manufacturability. According to the method in which acetaminophen having a preset particle size is used for manufacturing a preparation, the flowability of acetaminophen can be improved so that secondary agglomeration can be suppressed and manufacturing efficiency can be elevated. Thus, this method is highly useful for manufacturing an acetaminophen preparation having improved administrability, for example, a reduced size.
US11433026B2
The disclosure provides compositions and methods of use of formulations effective for the delivery of biologically active molecules and materials, including therapeutic and diagnostic agents, and combinations thereof, to cells, tissues, and living organisms. More particularly, the present invention is related to the incorporation of hydrophobic nanoparticles, such as hydrophobic metal nanoparticles, into the membranes of vesicular delivery vehicles. These hydrophobic nanoparticles enhance the endosomal membrane fusogenicity of the formulations through the promotion of inverted hexagonal phase formation in the lipid bilayers of the vesicular delivery vehicles. As a result, the vesicular delivery vehicles more readily fuse with the endosomal membranes, leading to enhanced endosomal escape of the vesicular delivery vehicle and its contents, thereby facilitating the delivery of the biologically active molecules and materials incorporated within the vesicular delivery vehicles to their sites of action.
US11433023B2
Described herein are compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic. Also described are lyophilized compositions of antibodies and carrier proteins and methods of making and using the same, in particular, as a cancer therapeutic.
US11433018B2
An anhydrous personal care composition, comprising: (a) 45 to 60 weight % of at least one ester, selected from (i) triglycerides, (ii) diglycerides, (iii) monoglycerides, (iv) monoesters of diols, and (v) diesters of diols; (b) a first wax having a melting point of from 35° C. to 72° C. present in an amount of 5 to 25 weight %; (c) a second wax having a melting point of 73 to 90° C. present in an amount of 0.5 to 15 weight %; and (d) at least one plant oil having a saponification value of from 150 to 275 mg KOH/g present in an amount of 5 to 35 weight.
US11433010B2
Described herein are single-phase compositions and methods for its pharmaceutical and cosmetic use, comprising (i) a combination of N-acyl sarcosinate, (ii) an oxidative compound, and (iii) a buffering system in amounts and embodiments effective to protect the oxidative compounds from degradation prior to use and upon use and to enhance the efficacy of the composition in removing polymicrobial biofilms, reducing the re-growth of polymicrobial biofilms that leads to plaque formation, greater availability of chlorite ion for antimicrobial and cosmetic purposes, and effective oxidation of salivary biomolecules. When these single-phase compositions are comprised of a source of fluoride ion, they also achieve enhanced enamel fluoride uptake, higher enamel protection by enhanced remineralization and reduced demineralization of teeth when compared to US Pharmacopoeia Reference Dentifrice, prior known toothpastes comprising stabilized chlorine dioxide and comparable commercial dentifrices.
US11433004B2
The present invention relates to a dental composition comprising (i) an acidic polymerizable compound of the following formula (Ia), (Ib) or (Ic): wherein X, Y, Y′, Z, L, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1; and (ii) an initiator system. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of the polymerizable compound of formula (I) for the preparation of a dental composition.
US11432992B2
The present invention relates to the field of sexy toys, in particular to a sexy vibrating egg with a vagina-shrinking function. According to the sexy vibrating egg with the vagina-shrinking function of the present invention, by providing the electrode modules, the vagina or clitoris can be better stimulated, and in combination with the vibration caused by the eccentric block driven by the motor, a greater stimulation required by women can be met, thus better improving the effect of flirting between partners. In addition, the sexy vibrating egg can be used for vagina-shrinking training when it is turned off or turned on.
US11432986B2
A motion assistance apparatus includes a waist frame configured to support a waist of a user, and a proximal support configured to support a proximal part of the user. A pressure applied to a thigh of the user by the proximal support in a sitting state in which the user is sitting may be greater than a pressure applied to the thigh of the user by the proximal support in a standing state in which the user is standing upright.
US11432985B2
In various embodiments, provided herein are systems, methods, processes, and devices for providing locomotive rehabilitation to a subject via one or more gait motions that substantially accurately mimic motions performed in healthy, natural gait cycles. The system may mimic natural gait motions via footplates and handles, and one or more linkage systems. In particular embodiments, the system may further include a motor unit and/or clutch for providing controlled forces assisting or resisting motions of a linkage system. Further, the system may include a tower for operating in a standing or seated position. In at least one embodiment, the system includes a body weight support system that provides offloading forces to a subject.
US11432982B2
Module for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a portable digital camera and processing circuitry with machine vision and machine learning software for automatically documenting healthcare events and healthcare equipment operations in the electronic health record.
US11432981B2
A robotic medical system can include a patient platform. The patient platform includes a tilt mechanism. The tilt mechanism can include a lateral tilt mechanism and a longitudinal tilt mechanism. The lateral tilt mechanism can include a tilt plate and a pivot housing. A linear actuator mounted on the tilt plate can apply a linear force to the pivot housing. The lateral tilt mechanism can also include a first linear guide that extends along a first axis, and the pivot housing can translate along the first linear guide. Application of the linear force to the pivot housing tilts the tilt plate by causing the pivot housing to translate along the first linear guide.
US11432979B2
A smart sling device includes a body; a support rod installed at the body; and a sling member installed at the support rod and inserted under a patient to support the patient therebelow, and the sling member includes an expanding unit having an accommodation space for accommodating air therein, the expanding unit expanding due to a pneumatic pressure generated by the accommodated air to support the patient therebelow; and an expansion limiting unit installed at the expanding unit to limit expansion of the expanding unit in one direction.
US11432974B2
An absorbent article may have a Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.5. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.5.
US11432972B2
An absorbent article may have a Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from about 1.8 to about 6. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from about 1.8 to about 6.
US11432964B2
A device for removing earwax from an ear canal includes a shaft; and an earwax collector head at an end of the shaft. The collector head is in the form of a helical strip surrounding a substantially elongated space. The helical strip has a cross section such that an outward facing surface of the helical strip is substantially flat and an interior surface of the helical strip radially tapers to an inward facing edge. A distal end of the helical strip tapers to present a wedge.
US11432956B1
A sensor device for identifying an ostomy effluent leak location in an ostomy system includes a stoma opening and electrically conductive circuitry arranged in pattern around the stoma opening. The electrically conductive circuitry includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from the first electrode. The first electrode is subdivided by a plurality of resistors spaced along a length of the first electrode. The second electrode extends as a continuous strip of conductive material. The sensor device is configured to detect electrical resistance in the electrically conductive circuit and identify a location of a leak based on the detected electrical resistance.
US11432953B2
A gastrectomy device includes an elongated member defining a centerline that extends through proximal and distal ends thereof. A shape modification member coupled to the elongated member is movable relative to the centerline of the elongated member. The shape modification member is movable between a first state, adjacent to the elongated member, and a second state, spaced from the elongated member. The shape modification member conforms to a portion of a patient's stomach in the second state.
US11432952B2
The present disclosure describes medical devices comprising implantable expandable implants, such as stent-grafts. Such devices can comprise a constraining line. The constraining line can surround the proximal end of the expandable implant, and assist in positioning and deployment of the expandable implant within the body of the patient.
US11432948B2
A device and method for managing a plurality of groups of socks where the device includes a plurality of pouches attached to one another and a patient education and compliance tool. Each group has at least one sock. Socks of each of the groups have different characteristics from one another. The groups of socks are adapted for use between a limb of a patent and a socket of a prosthetic device. Each pouch is adapted for securing at least one sock from a group. The method includes sorting the plurality of groups of socks according to the characteristic, associating each pouch with a respective one of the groups, and securing each group of socks within an associated pouch.
US11432944B2
Various embodiments of an intervertebral implant comprise a body extending longitudinally along a primary axis, a baseplate, a plurality of elongated arms having a vertebral support surface, the arms being articulated such that the implant has a folded-back position in which the arms are close to each other, and a deployed position in which the arms are moved away from each other, and expansion means between the folded-back and deployed positions, comprising at least two branches pivotably mounted relative to each other and attached to the elongated arms by guide means such that translation of the expansion means parallel to the primary axis causes pivoting of the branches and moves the arms away from each other.
US11432939B2
Various spinal implants and methods for stabilizing the spine are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a spinal implant is provided having an expandable container with an interior volume that is selectively expandable between a compressed condition and an expanded condition. The expandable container is coupled to a superior endplate member having a bone-contacting surface and an engagement surface effective to mate with a superior surface of the expandable container, and an inferior endplate member having a bone-contacting surface and an engagement surface effective to mate with an inferior surface of the expandable container. In addition, at least one inlet port is formed in the expandable container and is effective to communicate a fluid to at least one cavity disposed within the interior volume of the expandable container.
US11432937B1
A spinal jack adapted for installation between first and second vertebral processes, including first and second inter-expandable jack halves arranged between retracted and expanded positions. Each of the jack halves further includes gripping portions adapted for engaging the vertebral processes. A geared mechanism provides for expanding or retracting the jack halves in order to establish a corrected adjusted orientation between the processes.
US11432913B2
An articulator having a maxillary member and a mandibular member, which are connected to each other via condylar articulations, wherein a maxillary adaptor is attachable or attached at the maxillary member and a mandibular adaptor at the mandibular member, wherein a maxillary alignment member especially is form-fittingly connected to the maxillary adaptor and a mandibular alignment member is especially form-fittingly connected with the mandibular adaptor, and wherein the alignment members are automatically alignable to each other and comprising scanning members, by means of which the arrangement of alignment members and adaptors is scannable in a scanner and especially the relative position thereof moreover is detectable in relation to the articulator via the scanner.
US11432906B2
Dental instruments, assemblies, and components for a dental instrument are described with a two-piece tip that includes a flexible tip end and a stiff shank. Various methods of assembly are described for securing the flexible tip end to the shank including utilizing a slot in the shank and one or more pins inserted through the tip and shank, a securing material, and forming the shank with a distal portion coupled to a portion of the flexible tip end.
US11432895B2
A telesurgical manipulator comprises a surgical instrument, an instrument holder adapted to releasably mount the surgical instrument, an electrically-isolating and sterile drape, an instrument interface included on the instrument holder, and a communication device disposed on the instrument holder. The instrument interface is operably couplable to the surgical instrument via a sterile adaptor that secures the electrically-isolating and sterile drape to the instrument interface. The electrically-isolating and sterile drape permits communication between the surgical instrument and the instrument holder while maintaining an electrically-isolating and sterile barrier therebetween. The communication device wirelessly communicates with the surgical instrument, with the electrically-isolating and sterile drape disposed therebetween, and wirelessly provides power to the surgical instrument, with the electrically-isolating and sterile drape disposed therebetween.
US11432891B2
A surgical system for selective connection to a robotic arm includes an instrument drive unit and a surgical instrument detachably coupled to the instrument drive unit. The instrument drive unit includes a first actuator, a linkage member having opposing first and second portions, and a drive member. The first portion of the linkage member is operatively coupled to the first actuator such that actuation of the first actuator moves the first portion in a first direction and the second portion in a second direction opposite of the first direction. The drive member is operatively coupled to the second portion of the linkage member. The surgical instrument includes a driven member operatively associated with the drive member of the instrument drive unit and an end effector operatively coupled with the driven member, wherein translation of the driven member effects a first function of the end effector.
US11432889B2
A robotic surgical instrument according to an embodiment may include: an end effector; a first support body that supports the end effector rotatably about a first shaft; a second support body that supports the first support body rotatably about a second shaft; an elongated element to rotate the first support body with respect to the second support body; and a shaft to which the second support body is connected. The elongated element includes a wire, an attachment fixed to the wire, and a protection tube fixed to the wire. The first support body includes a through-hole having a size in which the attachment and the protection tube are insertable.
US11432886B2
Robotic and/or surgical devices, systems, and methods include a robotic device. The robotic device includes a manipulator, a drive unit coupled to the manipulator, and a processor coupled with the drive unit. The processor is configured determine that a cannula is mounted to the manipulator and inhibit, using the drive unit, manual articulation of the manipulator in response to determining that the cannula is mounted to the manipulator. In some embodiments, the robotic device further includes a linkage. The processor is further configured to determine a manual effort against the manipulator; inhibit, using the drive unit, the manual articulation of the linkage in response to the manual effort being below an articulation threshold; and facilitate, using the drive unit and in response to not determining that the cannula is mounted to the manipulator, the manual articulation of the linkage in response to the manual effort exceeding the articulation threshold.
US11432883B2
Disclosed biopsy markers are adapted to serve as localization markers during a surgical procedure. Adaptation includes incorporation of materials detectable under ultrasound during surgery, as well as features for co-registration with image guidance or other real-time imaging technologies during surgery. Such biopsy markers, when used as localization markers, improve patient comfort and reduce challenges in surgical coordination and surgery time. Additional disclosed biopsy markers are adapted to serve as monitoring and/or detection apparatuses. Localization of an implanted marker may be done with ultrasound technology. Ultrasound image data is analyzed to identify the implanted marker. A distance to the marker or a lesion may be determined and displayed. The determined distance may be a distance between the ultrasound probe and the marker or lesion, a distance between the marker or lesion and an incision instrument, and/or a distance between the ultrasound probe and the incision instrument.
US11432878B2
Systems and methods are described herein to generate a 3D surface scan of a surface profile of a patient's anatomy. The 3D surface scan may be generated by reflections of structured light off the surface profile of the anatomy. The 3D surface scan may be used during intra-operative surgical navigation by a localization system. Optionally, a pre-operative medical image may also be registered to the localization system or used to enhance the 3D surface scan.
US11432874B2
A device positionable in a cavity of a bodily organ (e.g., a heart) may discriminate between fluid (e.g., blood) and non-fluid tissue (e.g., wall of heart) to provide information or a mapping indicative of a position and/or orientation of the device in the cavity. Discrimination may be based on flow, or some other characteristic, for example electrical permittivity or force. The device may selectively ablate portions of the non-fluid tissue based on the information or mapping. The device may detect characteristics (e.g., electrical potentials) indicative of whether ablation was successful. The device may include a plurality of transducers, intravascularly guided in an unexpanded configuration and positioned proximate the non-fluid tissue in an expanded configuration. Expansion mechanism may include helical member(s) or inflatable member(s).
US11432872B2
A method of body tissue ablation includes defining a target amount of ablation energy needed to create a specified lesion in tissue in a body of a patient. Contact is made between an ablation probe and the tissue. Using the ablation probe, an ablation signal is applied to the tissue, which delivers the target amount of ablation energy during a smallest time duration permitted within a defined maximum-power constraint.
US11432860B2
A system and method for osseous fixation is a surgical hardware device that allows bone fixation for purposes of fracture repair, arthrodesis, or other types of orthopedic applications. A partially threaded wire or pin is inserted into the bone and external compression and rotational stability are achieved with a locking cap. The locking cap may include serrations or other anti-rotation features which engage bone to provide rotational stability. Upon adequate bone healing, the external cap may be used to facilitate removal of the wire/pin from the bone.
US11432852B1
A surgical instrument configured to enable simultaneously driving a bone screw into a boney structure of a patient and delivering of a blade within the patient adjacent the bone screw is disclosed. The surgical instrument may include an elongated outer-sheath extending in a longitudinal direction from a proximal end to a distal end, for example. The elongated outer-sheath may include an interior cavity that defines a centrally disposed longitudinal axis that extends in the longitudinal direction, for example. The surgical tool may include a central-sheath disposed within the interior cavity that extends in the longitudinal direction, for example. The surgical instrument may further include an inner-shaft rotatably supported by the central-sheath that extends in the longitudinal direction, for example. The inner-shaft may include a driver configured to selectively drive a bone screw upon rotation of the inner-shaft about the longitudinal axis, for example.
US11432844B2
A cannula may include a cannula bowl having an opening to receive an instrument configured to be advanced through the cannula, and a cannula tube extending distally from the cannula bowl. The cannula tube may have a proximal end opening, a distal end opening disposed at an opposite end of the cannula from the proximal end opening, and lateral wall defining a passage extending from the proximal end opening to the distal end opening. The lateral wall can have outer dimensions defining a waisted portion with smaller outer dimensions than a region disposed proximally or distally to the waisted portion along a length of the cannula tube.
US11432840B2
Various embodiments of devices and systems comprising a polymer driveshaft for use in high-speed rotational medical procedures, e.g., atherectomy, are disclosed. Generally, the primary driveshaft for transferring torque and activating rotation of a tool attached thereto, e.g., an abrasive element, is constructed with at least a polymer outer and inner surface. In certain embodiments, the polymer driveshaft may comprise a metallic band for fixed attachment of a structure, e.g., an abrasive element, thereto. Various embodiments may comprise a coupler that connects a drive shaft connected with a prime mover, e.g., a turbine or electric motor, with the polymer drive shaft, the coupler comprising openings through the coupler wall to the inner diameter of the coupler to allow fluid flow to the inner diameter of the coupled polymer drive shaft.
US11432826B2
A guidance system comprises a first guide configured to be detachably mounted to a first portion of a bone. The first guide has a first axis for alignment with a longitudinal axis of the first portion of the bone. A second guide is mountable on the first guide. The second guide is slidably translatable in a transverse direction relative to the first axis. A third guide is mountable on the second guide. The third guide is selectively positionable along a curved path extending at least part way around the longitudinal axis.
US11432817B2
A packaging assembly is designed for an applicator that contains a buttress assembly that is used with a surgical stapler to reinforce a cut and stapled tissue site. The packaging assembly protects the buttress assembly from damage due to physical contact as well as exposure to adverse environmental factors like excess moisture, etc. In one example the packaging assembly includes a dual tray design with an inner tray that holds the applicator. The combined inner tray and applicator are hermetically sealed within a foil assembly or foil pouch. The foil pouch with the inner tray and applicator within is placed within the outer tray to protect the foil from damage.
US11432803B2
A system (e.g., an ultrasound imaging system) is provided. The system includes an ultrasound probe configured to acquire three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound data of a volumetric region of interest (ROI). The system further includes a display, a memory configured to store programmed instructions, and a controller circuit. The controller circuit includes one or more processors. The controller circuit is configured to execute the programmed instructions stored in the memory. When executing the programmed instructions, the controller circuit performs a plurality of operations. The operations includes collecting the 3D ultrasound data from an ultrasound probe and identifying a select set of the 3D ultrasound data corresponding to an object of interest within the volumetric ROI. The operations further include segmenting the object of interest from the select set of the 3D ultrasound data, generating a visualization plane of the object of interest, and displaying the visualization plane on the display.
US11432801B2
A method and system are provided for guiding a needle to a target location within a subject. The system comprises a probe and a needle guide. The probe includes two or more transducers that are arranged to direct sound waves toward a target location on a subject. The needle guide can be detachably coupled to the probe, and may be used to maintain the needle within viewing planes of the transducers while the needle is inserted into the subject. To facilitate guidance of the needle, a real-time image of the target region can be produced by overlaying images produced by the two or more transducers. Such a system may provide a more adaptive and reliable way to guide the insertion of a needle, allowing for more sophisticated and fool-proof viewing planes, improved versatility, and more ergonomic needle control.
US11432793B2
An ultrasound imaging system includes a transducer array (202) with a plurality of transducer elements (206) configured to transmit a pulsed field beam into a scan field of view, receive echo signals produced in response to the pulsed field interacting with particles/structure flowing/moving in the scan field of view, and generate electrical signals indicative of the echo signals. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a beamformer (212) including multiple synthetic transmit aperture beamformers configured to process the electrical signals over a plurality of processing channels (312) into corresponding receive-beams of RF-data with a beam-level delay, channel-level delays, a beam-level gain and channel-level gains. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a velocity processor (216) configured to estimate a flow velocity of the structure flowing in the scan field of view from the RF-data. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a rendering engine (224) configured to display the flow velocity estimate on a display (226) with color-coding.
US11432790B2
Disclosed is a multi-channel digital stethoscopy system. The present invention can provide accurate and detailed medical examination information by separating and filtering stethoscopy sounds received from a plurality of transmission units by frequency in a single reception terminal, dividing the filtered stethoscopy sounds into cardiac sounds and lung sounds, and then outputting the same.
US11432789B2
A mobile radiography apparatus includes radiopaque markers disposed in a radiation path that extends from an x-ray source to a digital radiographic detector, which detector is mechanically uncoupled from the x-ray source or x-ray sources. A processing system calculates a position of the detector relative to the x-ray source or x-ray sources according to identified marker positions in acquired x-ray projection images, and reconstructs a volume image according to the acquired x-ray projection images.
US11432786B2
An X-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus includes first slide mechanism is disposed at a lower end of a support column, and a second slide mechanism is disposed at an upper end of the support column. When an operation unit has received an instruction, a controller performs a first mode in which the X-ray generator is moved in the predetermined direction by operating the second slide mechanism to move an X-ray support arm in the predetermined direction with respect to the upper end of the support column. Thereafter, the controller performs a second mode of operating the first slide mechanism to move the lower end of the support column at a predetermined first speed in the predetermined direction with respect to a support column support arm, while operating the second slide mechanism to move the X-ray support arm at a second speed smaller than the first speed in an opposite direction.
US11432785B2
In order to perform a setting of whether or not an input of an imaging failure reason at the time of an imaging failure is necessary, a check box 8j on whether or not the input of the imaging failure reason is necessary is displayed on a screen. When an operation to input a check mark in the check box 8j is performed, it is set that the input of the imaging failure reason is necessary. When an operation to remove the check mark from the check box 8j is performed, it is set that the input of the imaging failure reason is unnecessary. When it is set that the input of the imaging failure reason is necessary, a screen for inputting the imaging failure reason is displayed. When it is set that the input of the imaging failure reason is unnecessary, a screen for inputting the imaging failure reason is skipped. As a result, when the input of the imaging failure reason is unnecessary, the input operation is automatically skipped, reducing the burden on the operator.
US11432778B2
Systems and methods are provided for false alarm suppression in patient monitoring systems. In one embodiment, a method comprises inputting each electronic signal of a plurality of electronic signals into a corresponding predictor cloud of a plurality of predictor clouds, each predictor cloud comprising a long short-term memory neural network and a recurrent neural network, and responsive to an alarm generated based on at least one of the plurality of electronic signals, suppressing the alarm responsive to outputs of the plurality of predictor clouds indicating the alarm is false. In this way, patient monitors may be more reliable with fewer false alarms.
US11432775B2
An apparatus for estimating blood pressure includes: a ballistocardiogram (BCG) sensor configured to measure a limb BCG signal from a user; and a processor configured to obtain blood pressure-related features from the measured limb BCG signal, according to sensing characteristics of the BCG sensor, and estimate a blood pressure of the user based on the obtained blood pressure-related features.
US11432774B2
A pulse oximeter may include a photoelectric conversion device having wavelength selectivity so that a low output LED may be included in the pulse oximeter to prevent skin damage and to reduce power consumption. The pulse oximeter includes a light emitting device configured to emit white light and a sensor configured to detect transmitted light that is received from the light emitting device. The sensor includes a near infrared organic photoelectric conversion device configured to sense a particular near infrared wavelength spectrum of light and a red photoelectric conversion device configured to sense a particular red wavelength spectrum of light.
US11432771B2
An physiological measurement device provides a device body having a base, legs extending from the base and an optical housing disposed at ends of the legs opposite the base. An optical assembly is disposed in the housing. The device body is flexed so as to position the housing over a tissue site. The device body is unflexed so as to attach the housing to the tissue site and position the optical assembly to illuminate the tissue site. The optical assembly is configured to transmit optical radiation into tissue site tissue and receive the optical radiation after attenuation by pulsatile blood flow within the tissue.
US11432767B2
A mouth guard senses impact forces and determines if the forces exceed an impact threshold. If so, the mouth guard notifies the user of the risk for injury by haptic feedback, vibratory feedback, and/or audible feedback. The mouth guard system may also remotely communicate the status of risk and the potential injury. The mouth guard uses a local memory device to store impact thresholds based on personal biometric information obtained from the user and compares the sensed forces relative to those threshold values. The mouth guard and its electrical components on the printed circuit board are custom manufactured for the user such that the mouth guard provides a comfortable and reliable fit, while ensuring exceptional performance.
US11432756B2
A multi-channel real-time cardiovascular performance evaluation system, includes: a multi-channel ECG signals measurement unit, a multi-channel ECG signals processing device, and an ECG signals reconstruction unit. The method uses a MAMA-END algorithm, to mark ECG signals to replace the original ECG signal, and to extract characteristic peak value of the ECG signal. As such, the method is able to extract and reconstruct a first signal having QRS wave, and a second signal having T wave; then the method detects and marks the start of Q wave and the end of T wave on the first signal and the second signal. Therefore, the method is able to determine and evaluate if a patient does have cardiovascular disease, and to locate the lesion positions of a patient having cardiovascular disease.
US11432755B2
A system and method for clustering wavefront signals in an electrophysiological map of a cardiac tissue are provided. The system and method include receiving an electrophysiological map of the cardiac tissue, displaying propagation of the wavefront signals as a plurality of velocity vectors, discretizing the received electrophysiological map into a plurality of sections, clustering the velocity vectors into at least one group within each section based on predefined criteria, and generating a trend line representative of each group of clustered velocity vectors within each section in the electrophysiological map.
US11432754B2
In one embodiment, a medical system includes a catheter to be inserted into a chamber of a heart of a living subject, and including catheter electrodes to contact tissue at respective locations within the chamber of the heart, a display, and processing circuitry to receive signals from the catheter, and in response to the signals, sample respective voltage values of the signals at respective timing values, and render to the display respective intracardiac electrograms (IEGM) presentation strips representing electrical activity in the tissue that is sensed by the catheter electrodes at the respective locations, each of the IEGM presentation strips including a linear array of respective shapes associated with, and arranged in a temporal order of, respective ones of the timing values, fillers of the respective shapes being formatted responsively to respective ones of the sampled voltage values of a respective one of the signals sampled at respective ones of the timing values.
US11432746B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method comprising running a monitoring agent on a connected electronic device, and determining, via the monitoring agent, a level of hearing impairment of an individual user associated with the connected electronic device. The method further comprises, in response to determining the individual user has some level of hearing impairment, selecting a notification mechanism suitable for notifying the individual user based on the level of hearing impairment, and invoking the monitoring agent to notify the individual user of an event in accordance with the notification mechanism selected.
US11432739B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure identify and correct for magnetic field distortions within a magnetic field for localization of a medical device within a patient. Such magnetic field distortions, often associated with the intrusion of a metallic object into the magnetic field, may cause an unacceptable level of localization error which aspects of the present disclosure correct for.
US11432736B2
The invention provides for a medical imaging system (700) comprising: a memory (734) for storing machine executable instructions (740), a display (732) for rendering a user interface (800), and a processor (730). Execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to receive (1000) three dimensional medical image data (746) descriptive of a region of interest (709) of a subject (718). The region of interest comprises a spine (200). Execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to receive (1002) a set of spinal coordinate systems (748) each descriptive of a location and an orientation of spinal vertebrae in the three dimensional medical image data. The set of spinal coordinate systems further comprises a set of spine centerline positions (102) each positioned on a spine centerline (108). Execution of the machine executable instructions further causes the processor to receive (1004) a mapping (750) between the set of spinal coordinate systems and a simplified coordinate system. The simplified coordinate system comprises a spinal height (300) descriptive of a position along the spine centerline. The simplified coordinate system further comprises a rotational orientation relative to a local vertebrae orientation. The simplified coordinate system further comprises an offset from the spine centerline. Execution of the machine executable instructions further cause the processor to repeatedly receive (1006) a simplified coordinate (752) of the simplified coordinate system from the user interface. Execution of the machine executable instructions further cause the processor to repeatedly calculate (1008) a spinal image rendering (754). Calculating the spinal image rendering comprises using the mapping to transform the simplified coordinate into the set of spinal coordinate systems to determine an image location in the three dimensional medical image data. Execution of the machine executable instructions further cause the processor to repeatedly render (1010) the spinal image rendering on the display.
US11432734B2
A system that includes: a force sensor assembly adapted to monitor a load as applied on a subject's knee joint when the force sensor assembly remains in direct contact with the subject's lower extremity and the load is monitored from inside a main magnet of an MRI scanner; a mobile unit comprising tracks configured to adjust a position of the force sensor assembly; a stationary base on which the mobile unit and the force sensor assembly are located, the mobile unit translatable solely axially on the stationary base; and a processor coupled to the force sensor assembly and programmed to read information encoding the load being monitored by the force sensor assembly, wherein an MRI scan of the knee joint is initiated only when a pre-determined load has been applied to the subject's knee joint for a pre-determined period of time.
US11432730B2
A photoelectric pulse sensor includes a light emitting device and a light receiving device disposed on a main surface of a circuit board with a predetermined distance apart from each other. A housing is provided to which the circuit board is attached and including a pair of openings respectively corresponding to the light emitting and receiving devices, with the housing including a light shield disposed at least between the pair of openings. The light shield includes a light shield member that is disposed on a surface of the housing facing the circuit board. The light shield member has a light shielding characteristics and flexibility. The light shield member is deformed by coming into contact with the circuit board when the circuit board is attached to the housing.
US11432729B2
A method for manufacturing a blood pressure information measurement apparatus includes the following steps: forming a hole in a flexible resin sheet; inserting a connecting pipe into the hole; overlaying a first end portion and a second end portion of the flexible resin sheet such that an inner side of the first end portion contacts an outer side of the second portion; welding a location at which the first end portion and the second end portion overlap to form a first welded portion, such that the flexible resin sheet forms a tube-shaped body having a first end and a second end; flattening the tube-shaped body; welding the first end and the second to form two second welded portions, such that the tube-shaped body forms a bladder having two long sides and two short sides; and welding portions of the resin sheet which overlap along a first long side to form one or more partial welded portions.
US11432727B2
There is included an apparatus and system including video capture code configured to control a camera of a mobile phone to capture a video of at least a portion of skin, extraction code configured to extract at least one photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal from the video, determination code configured to determine a peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) value based on the PPG signal with respect to a blood flow at the portion of skin, and display code configured to control a display of the mobile phone to display the SpO2 value.
US11432720B2
A wireless device for facilitating visualization of a state of a patient being monitored by monitoring equipment. The device includes a wireless network interface, a camera, and a touch-sensitive display. A processor is in communication with the wireless network interface, the camera, a memory and the touch-sensitive display over a system bus. The device wirelessly receives data representative of a state of a first physiological parameter of a patient over a time interval. The visualization data includes a plurality of visualization data values, each of the visualization data values being generated by a data visualization module of the data visualization server from multiple values of machine data produced by the monitoring equipment in connection with monitoring the first physiological parameter. A first portion of a monitoring screen displayed by the device includes a graphical representation of the visualization data over the time interval along with or more range indicators.
US11432718B2
A system for replicating a standardized visual acuity test, such as the 20′ Snellen test may comprise a binocular viewer attached to a smartphone. A binocular viewer may comprise a housing comprising a pair tube covers having voids allowing for viewing through a pair of lens tubes with each lens tube in visual communication with a second lens a first lens an aperture and a front cover. The optical systems use an artful combination of front and back lens surfaces, demagnification and other systems to faithfully replicate the sight lines perceived by a user of a traditional 20′ test. The system also allows for the incorporation of other tests conducted with both eyes including Color Sensitivity and Contrast, furthermore by placing a deformable, tunable lens between the second lens and the eye the device serves as an ophthalmic refractometer, allowing a Spherical Equivalent refraction estimate for each eye.
US11432717B2
Disclosed herein are endoscope assemblies, and more particularly endoscopes with a working channel for use in hysteroscopy, and methods of use thereof. Devices and systems related to an integrated hysteroscopic treatment system including an endoscopic viewing system, a fluid management system, a resecting device and a controller for operating all the systems. Also disclosed are integrated hysteroscopic treatment systems that include an endoscopic viewing system, a fluid management system, a resecting device and a controller for operating all the systems.
US11432711B2
An endoscope includes an objective optical system, an illuminator having a light-emitting region and the illuminator disposed at a position different from the objective optical system, and a dome-shaped transparent cover transparent in a range of field of view and sealing the object side of the objective optical system and the illuminator. The following Conditional Expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 0.5<θ/ω<0.95 (1), (−0.13×LP+0.86×DR)
US11432707B2
An endoscope system includes an endoscope that acquires an image of a subject and a processor. The processor acquires position and posture information of the endoscope, estimates a three-dimensional shape of the subject based on the image and the position and posture information, generates, based on the position information, a cross section crossing a trajectory on which the endoscope passed, and determines an erroneous estimation portion based on a shape characteristic of the three-dimensional shape on the cross section.
US11432698B2
A control system for a robotic floor cleaning machine configured to perform a cleaning operation along a cleaning path can comprise a controller, and a plurality of sensors. The controller can be configured to control autonomous movement of the robotic floor cleaning machine along the cleaning path and autonomous performance of the cleaning operation. The plurality of sensors can be configured to sense a location of the robotic floor cleaning machine relative to surroundings of the robotic floor cleaning machine. At least two sensors from the plurality of sensors are configured to locate the robotic floor cleaning machine in overlapping areas of the surroundings.
US11432686B2
A method of filling a fluid dispenser is provided and a method for operating power driven pump in a dispenser is provided.
US11432685B2
A leg care apparatus includes a main body configured to provide an action space in which a leg is accommodated, a bottom module which is placed on a bottom surface of the main body and in which a component for a foot bath is accommodated, and an action space adjustment module configured to adjust a size of the action space.
US11432683B2
A robot includes an ingredient processor configured to produce a mixture by mixing food ingredients with water; an ingredient mold spaced apart from the ingredient processor and having a space portion to form a space for receiving the mixture supplied from the ingredient processor; a cooler configured to cool the ingredient mold; and a rotating device configured to rotate the ingredient mold in a plurality of directions.
US11432682B2
An implement for stirring or comminuting food including a rotatable shaft which is driven by a motor, a working part provided on an end of said shaft opposite to the motor, and an inner assembly and an outer assembly which define a housing of the implement. The inner assembly is movable within the outer assembly. The inner assembly rotatably bears the shaft such that the working part is situated on an outer side of the implement. The working part is provided within a shield which is provided on the outer assembly, wherein the inner assembly, together with the shaft, is movable axially with respect to the outer assembly. The inner assembly is borne with respect to the outer assembly such that axial movement of the inner assembly with respect to the outer assembly leads to a rotational movement of the outer assembly with respect to the inner assembly.
US11432679B2
Described herein is a cooking pot comprising (a) a food vessel that has an opening in the shape of an oval or a polygon with more than two sides, and (b) a lid sized and shaped to substantially cover the opening of the food vessel. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the lid has a ring protruding from the bottom face, concentric about a vertical axis of the vessel. When the lid is rotated about the vertical axis at an angle from a closed position, the protruding ring is positioned adjacent to an interior edge of the vessel, corners or vertices of the opening are uncovered, and corresponding corners or vertices of the lid hang over the vessel exterior.
US11432677B2
A grinding kit includes a grinding unit having a body defining an inner cavity, the body having a receiving end a depositing end. The grinding unit includes a plurality of grinding surfaces disposed within the inner cavity of the body and a drive shaft coupled to the one or more grinding surfaces. The grinding kit includes a first handle configured to removably couple to the drive shaft and configured to rotate about a first axis of rotation while coupled to the drive shaft to drive movement of the plurality of grinding surfaces. The grinding kit includes a second handle configured to removably couple to the drive shaft and configured to rotate about a second axis of rotation while coupled to the drive shaft to drive movement of the plurality of driving surfaces, the second axis of rotation being different from the first axis of rotation.
US11432675B2
A system is provided for making a beverage capsule for use in a beverage preparing machine. The system includes a filter station for sealing a filter to an interior space of a body for the beverage capsule to define an ingredients chamber; an ingredients station for depositing a desired volume of desired ingredients into the ingredients chamber; and a cover sealing station for sealing a cover to the body. The cover being sealed to the body to define a hinge zone and a peel zone, wherein the hinge zone has a stronger seal than the peel zone.
US11432669B2
An assistance device for putting on a jacket includes an elongated bar and magnetic connection elements (such as magnets or metallic elements) positioned at each end of the elongated bar. The assistance device can be magnetically attached to corresponding magnetic connection elements at the shoulders of a jacket. As the jacket is placed over one shoulder, the other end of the assistance device (and attached portions of the jacket) will tend to be biased toward the other side of the user. This makes it easier for users to grab the other side of the jacket since it extends toward the arm not in the jacket sleeve reducing the distance that the user needs to move this arm behind their back to grab the jacket. This is especially valuable for users with restricted mobility who find it hard to put on jackets without the assistance device.
US11432666B1
A reusable cup lid may be configured for attachment to a beverage container. The cup lid may define a body housing a battery, motor and fan operably connected. A removable cover may include a control circuit with an LED display operably connected to settings and programming buttons. The cup lid may include a drinking port and a venting channel. A charging/external power port may provide for connection directly to an external power source for charging or powering the cup lid. An attachment member may be mounted on the rim of a cup providing a watertight seal. The cup lid may be removably connected to the attachment member.
US11432663B2
An apparatus for securing computing devices and keyboards to a display table. The apparatus may be adjustable to accommodate computing devices of different sizes and keyboards of different sizes. The apparatus includes a number of individual components which assemble together around the computing device and keyboard in such a way that, once assembled to the display table, the individual components may not be adjusted or removed, thus securing the computing device and keyboard to the display table.
US11432661B2
A body state determination device includes a detection unit that is configured to detect a plurality of pressure distributions formed by a body weight of a user, and a determination unit that is configured to determine a state of a body of the user by comparing the plurality of pressure distributions detected by the detection unit with each other.
US11432657B1
A piece of furniture including a frame with a seat portion, and a console assembly at least partially received within the seat portion of the frame. The console assembly is movable along an axis between a retracted position and an extended position.
US11432656B2
There is provided an ergonomic chair which is produced from flat components. The components may be made of paper. The components are designed using parametric equations which take the targeted user's proportions into account. The components are then folded, joined, and coated with strengthening material. The chair has a seat, a base, and three legs connecting the seat to the base. The base contains a counterweight mass for keeping the chair in a default upright position. The base contains an accelerometer which can transmit data to a computing device to track a user's posture and other health-related data.
US11432655B2
A fan-equipped apparatus comprising an elongated fan plenum for a cooling chair is disclosed. In some embodiments, an elongated fan plenum can be configured to direct airflow through a chair back and concentrate on a user's back. In some embodiments, a chair with a fan-equipped cooling apparatus and a porous chair back is provided. In some embodiments, a fan-equipped apparatus can be attached to a chair selected by the user. Thermal imaging demonstrates cooling of a user by operation of the apparatus.
US11432654B2
The present invention relates to a spine orienting device for integration into a variety of types of seats, for example, automotive seats or office type seating, in order to properly position the sacrum of the individual using the seat, which in turn will properly pivot the pelvis to assist in maintaining the spine in equilibrium.
US11432641B2
A retractable storage system for a handheld electronic device includes a protective housing member operative shaped and sized to bound the handheld electronic device and enable wrapping around the handheld electronic device. At least one accessory station structured is on the housing member, and has an aperture to arrest and dispense an accessory item. At least one storage chamber is structured on the housing member to store the accessory item. The protective housing member has a first housing part and a second housing part which combine to form one protective housing member.
US11432631B2
Holey bag with a detachable decoration includes a bag body provided with a plurality of holes and the decoration provided with a decorative part and an installation part. The decoration is detachably assembled on the bag body through cooperation between the installation part and the holes. The decorative part is fixed in front of one hole. The bag body is provided with a bottom piece, a rear piece and a top cover piece connected to a left piece, a front piece and a right piece through a zipper. The bag has a small weight, is convenient to transport, carry and decorate. When the zipper is unfastened, the bottom piece, the rear piece and the top cover piece are separated from the left piece, the front piece and the right piece, so that the bag is unfolded to be planar, thus, greatly reducing a casing volume and further reducing transportation cost.
US11432629B1
A protective case has a display case portion and a keyboard case portion hingedly coupled to the display case portion. An elongate vertical strap is mounted on an interior surface of the display case portion, and a tensional elastic strap is attached thereto. The tensional elastic strap has a first end attached to a first clip, and a second clip attached to a second end.
US11432628B2
A container for the transport of objects, clothing, accessories, and books includes a frame and at least one shell connected to the frame and at least partly delimiting an inner containment volume, wherein the at least one shell is interchangeably connected to the frame.
US11432627B2
A sunshade switchable between a manual mode and an electric mode includes an operating device having a shaft. A driven gear is rotatably coupled to the shaft. A driving gear for electric mode is rotatable in unison with the shaft. A runner interlocks with the shaft. The shaft is movable to couple with the driven gear for electric mode or the driving gear for manual mode. When the driven gear for electric mode is coupled with the shaft, a motor can be used to move the runner for folding, unfolding, tilting, or straightening the sunshade. When the driving gear for manual mode is coupled with the shaft, a handle can be operated to move the runner for folding, unfolding, tilting, or straightening the sunshade.
US11432625B1
A modular walking stick assembly includes a walking stick that is elongated for support while walking. A plurality of weighted cylinders is provided and each of the weighted cylinders has a unique weight with respect to each other. Respective ones of the weighted cylinders is attachable to the walking stick to adjust the weight of the walking stick to accommodate a preference of a user. A sleeve is attachable to the walking stick or the weighted cylinder that is attached to the walking stick for gripping. A light emitter is coupled to the sleeve to emit light outwardly therefrom when the light emitter is turned on thereby making the user visible to other individuals.
US11432622B2
Aspects herein are directed to a releasable coupling device having a first housing structure than includes a temporary magnet and a second housing structure that includes a permanent magnet. The first housing structure is receivable by a receiving receptacle of the second housing structure. The releasable coupling device may be included as part of a slide fastener assembly having two slider tapes.
US11432612B1
A footwear sole apparatus which has a base member and at least one insert (principal insert and/or heel insert) as well as one or more locking mechanisms, comprised of a configuration to fit or replace the sole or partial sole of a pair or pairs of footwear. The base member is either pre-attached to a new shoe(s) or fitted onto the sole of an existing shoe(s). The base member can be attached to the insert(s), having one or more locking mechanisms to enhance interconnectivity of the base member and insert(s).
US11432611B2
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic elastomer yarn with improved unwinding, weaving and yarn shrinking property, and a manufacturing method thereof. According to the present invention, the thermoplastic elastomer yarn according to the present invention is excellent in improved unwinding, weaving and yarn shrinking property. Furthermore, the thermoplastic elastomer yarn according to the present invention is excellent in yarn shrinkage rate, unwinding, weaving, tensile strength and elongation rate to be adequate for manufacturing textile fabric and footwear in terms of physical properties.
US11432608B2
An artificial lash extension system includes lash extensions designed for an application under a natural lash. First lash extensions designed for an application at an underside of a natural lash each include first artificial hairs and a first base from which the first artificial hairs protrude, wherein the first base includes a top side designed to attach to the underside of the natural lash. Second lash extensions designed for an application under the first plurality of lashes each include second artificial hairs, and a second base from which the second artificial hairs protrude, wherein the second base includes a top side designed to attach to at least part of a bottom side of one or more of the first lash extensions.
US11432606B1
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to magnetic fasteners capable of transitioning between a locked state and an unlocked state. In some embodiments, the magnetic fastener includes a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion configured to interface with one another. The first fastening portion may include a first pin with a channel configured to receive a second pin disposed on the second fastening portion. The channel may include a recess and the second pin may include a projection complementary to the recess such that the projection may be disposed within the recess when the respective central axes of the first and second fastening portions are offset. Thus, a portion of the recess may abut the projection when the respective central axes of the first and second fastening portions are offset, thus locking the first and second fastening portions relative to one another. Conversely, when the respective central axes of the first and second fastening portions are aligned, the projection may not be disposed within the recess, and accordingly, the first and second fastening portions may be capable of being unfastened from one another.
US11432599B2
Disclosed is a finger guard. In an example embodiment, the finger guard includes a rectangular reticulate or netlike pad networked in a movable manner such that a plurality of unit plate pieces are connected to one another in four directions by a plurality of connecting loop members, and at least a pair of fastening belt members provided to extend or protrude parallel with one side of the reticulate pad, wherein the finger guard is configured to be worn in the form of a protective armor such that the reticulate pad covers and wraps around the dorsal side of a finger, upon which the finger guard is to be worn, and the respective fastening belt members pass the volar side of the finger to then be connected to be hooked on to one of the unit plate pieces in a state in which a portion of the volar side of the finger is opened and exposed in a length direction of the finger. With this configuration, the finger guard of the present disclosure is configured to be worn in the form of a protective armor such that fastening of the finger guard can be appropriately adjusted so as to be tailored to the thickness of a wearer's finger when the finger guard is worn for finger protection, thereby achieving enhanced functionality and quality for efficiently performing an elaborate and precise work by improving convenience in use and wearing comfort.
US11432598B1
Specific implementations of an exercise pad device may include: a pad portion including a well, wherein the well may be substantially centered in the pad portion, a protective layer coupled to the pad portion, and a cover coupled to and enclosing the pad portion and the protective layer, wherein the well may be configured to reduce the localized pressure felt by a user when a barbell is placed over the pad while the user performs a hip thrust lift using the barbell.
US11432592B2
A heater for heating an aerosol-forming substrate includes a plurality of elongate heating elements arranged in an elongate array. The elongate array has a support end with a first dimension, a heating end with a second dimension and a middle portion with a third dimension. The array is arranged to heat the substrate to form an aerosol. The third dimension is greater than the first dimension and greater than the second dimension. An electrically heated aerosol generating system can include the heater.
US11432589B2
An electronic vapor provision device includes a first electrical resistive heater for vaporizing a precursor material to generate vapor in an airflow for inhalation by a user and a second electrical resistive heater for vaporizing the precursor material and/or heating said airflow. The first electrical resistive heater has a first thermal coefficient of resistance which is less than a second thermal coefficient of resistance of the second electrical resistive heater. The device further includes a control system to monitor for a change in the resistance of at least the second electrical resistive heater. The second electrical resistance heater therefore serves both as a heater and as a temperature monitor.
US11432584B2
The present invention relates to a method to form a rod for an aerosol generating article from a sheet of material (11), the method comprising the steps of: crimping the sheet of material (11); flattening the crimped sheet of material (11) by forcing it to contact a sliding edge, transversally arranged with respect to a feed direction of the sheet of material (11); giving a substantially tubular shape to the flattened sheet of material (11); and forming the rod with the so-shaped sheet of material (11). The present invention also relates to an apparatus to form a rod for an aerosol generating article from a sheet of material (11).
US11432581B2
The capsule includes the matrix with one or more portions of a filler material. The filler material is a plant-based cellulose material. The one or more portions define interstices. A containing structure contains the matrix. A consumable substance is infused within the filler material. The consumable substance is nicotine, a flavorant, a pre-aerosol formulation, a combination thereof, or a sub-combination thereof. The device includes a heating section with the capsule.
US11432578B2
A synthetic mixture of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) consisting essentially of lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), 2′-fucosyllactose (2′FL), 3′-O-sialyllactose (3′-SL), 6′-O-sialyllactose (6′-SL) either difucosyllactose (DFL) or 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), preferably DFL, and optionally lactose. Said synthetic composition is useful for: treating or preventing viral and/or bacterial infection in a non-infant human; modulating the microbiota of a non-infant human; and/or improving the cognitive function of a non-infant human and as a pharmaceutical or nutritional composition.
US11432577B2
The present invention is directed to a liquid heat sterilized enteral composition comprising: a protein source in an amount of 12 to 20% by weight of the composition, the protein source comprising whey protein preferably containing whey protein micelles, and a source of casein, and optionally other proteins. The inventive heat sterilized enteral composition preferably has a cysteine content of at least 1.2% by weight of the protein source. The present invention is furthermore directed to a process for preparing such a heat sterilized enteral composition comprising protein in an amount of 12 to 20% by weight based on the weight of the composition, said protein comprising whey protein containing whey protein micelles and casein and optionally other proteins. The process comprises the steps of: (i) Providing an aqueous solution of a protein source comprising whey protein containing whey protein micelles and (ii) Adding a protein source containing casein; (iii) Optionally performing a homogenization treatment step; (iv) Performing a heat treatment step; (v) Optionally performing a homogenization treatment step. Finally, the invention concerns the use of a protein source comprising whey protein containing whey protein micelles, a source of casein and optionally other proteins, for preparing an enteral composition and/or for controlling the viscosity of a liquid enteral composition, wherein the enteral composition comprises 12 to 20 weight % total protein. The invention also concerns medical uses and treatments applying or using the inventive heat sterilized enteral composition.
US11432568B2
The present invention relates to a beetle powder containing at least 67% by weight protein and at least 5% by weight chitin, the weight percentages relating to the total weight of the beetle powder. The invention is also directed to a method for preparing the beetle powder and to the uses thereof, in particular in human or animal nutrition.
US11432567B2
The present invention relates to a powder made of insects, for use in the prevention or reduction of stress in fish being farmed.
US11432566B2
A feed composition for preventing or treating acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) or white spot syndrome (WSS), having a Bacillus subtilis (KCCM11143P) strain, a Bacillus pumilus (KCCM11144P) strain, and a Bacillus licheniformis (KCCM11270P) strain; culture media thereof; concentrates thereof; or dry matters thereof as an active ingredient. The feed composition exhibits antibacterial activity against Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which causes shrimp AHPND, and antiviral activity against white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), which causes WSS.
US11432554B2
A batter template system and related methods of forming custom pancakes. The batter template system can include one or more template mats made from flexible, non-stick materials that are suitable for use with food and can accommodate conventional cooking temperatures. The template mat can have thermal properties allowing for rapid heating and can be non-perforated. Each template mat can include a permanently etched design on one or both sides of a non-stick sheet. The template mat can be sized and shaped to fit onto a cooking surface of a countertop griddle, cooking pan or even range top surface. One or more pancake batters can be traced or otherwise applied to the etched design to form a pancake depicting a visual design element.
US11432553B2
The present invention relates to a baking pan (1) for cooking food products in the oven, comprising a plurality of containment structures (3) exhibiting a bottom portion (4), a top portion (5) delimiting an insertion opening (6) and a lateral portion (7) emerging from the bottom portion (4) and connected to the top portion (5). The containment structure (3) is made integrally from a same paper sheet material; a container (8) made of paper sheet material is housed in the containment structure (3) and has a base (9), a lateral wall (10) emerging away from the base (9) and an upper edge (20) emerging from the lateral wall (10); also the container (8) is integrally made starting from a same paper sheet material. The container (8) is coupled to the top portion (5) of the containment structure (3) and the lateral portion (7) of the containment structure (3) comprises a plurality of ribs (7a) extending from the bottom portion (4) and joined to the top portion (5) for defining a lateral area of the containment structure (3) exhibiting through openings alternated by ribs (7a).
US11432547B2
Inhibitors of GRB2-associated binding protein 1 (GAB1) and methods of treating cancer using the same
Identification and evaluation of a set of first-in-class potent inhibitors targeting a new cancer target, Grb2-associated binder-1 (GAB1), which integrates signals from different signaling pathways and is frequently over-expressed in cancer cells. Intensive computational modeling is utilized to understand the structure of the GAB1 pleckstrin homology (PH) domain and screened five million compounds. Upon biological evaluation, several inhibitors were found that induced large conformational changes of the target structure exhibited strong selective binding to GAB1 PH domain. Particularly, these inhibitors demonstrated potent and tumor-specific cytotoxicity in breast cancer cells. This targeting GAB1 signaling may be used for cancer therapy, especially for triple negative breast cancer patients.
US11432544B2
Described herein is a stable dry composition comprising a compound with herbicide activity located on a carrier compound and a compound with amphiphilic properties coating at least part or all of the compound with herbicide activity and carrier compound. Methods of manufacture and application of the dry composition are also described along with storage stable plant and herbicide compositions and methods of co-administration of combination plant and herbicide compositions.
US11432541B2
A tamper-proof bait station includes a container having a base and a lid that provides access to an interior that stores a poison bait that is consumed by pests. The base is securable to an external support member that supports the container above a ground surface. The support has an interior that is able to receive a weighted material to restrict movement of the container. A locking cap is provided that locks the lid to the base and is only removably upon applying axial or side pressure to the locking cap.
US11432540B1
A trap for flying insects includes a housing having a plurality of housing apertures and a tank located interior of the housing. The tank has an insect killing agent within an interior of the tank and a plurality of tank apertures adjacent an upper portion of the tank in communication with the interior of the tank for access of flying insects into the interior of the tank. The tank apertures are located proximate the housing apertures to provide a path for flying insects to travel from locations exterior of the housing to the tank apertures and into the tank. The trap also includes an insect attractive illumination located proximate the tank apertures.
US11432537B2
The present invention discloses a novel means capable of producing a blood chimeric animal in which a state of retaining blood cells originating in a heterologous animal at a high percentage is sustained for a long period of time. The method for producing a non-human animal that retains blood cells originating in a heterologous animal, according to the present invention, comprises transplanting hematopoietic cells of a heterologous animal into a non-human animal, in which hematopoietic cells the function of a gene that acts on the hematopoietic system is modified, The gene that acts on the hematopoietic system is, for example, Lnk gene, When a medium to large mammal is used as a recipient, the survival rate of hematopoietic cells originating in a heterologous animal is dramatically increased such that blood chimerism of 10% or more can be maintained even in a 16 month old animal.
US11432535B2
A critter-proof bird feed apparatus includes a critter deterrent barrier/deflector assembly that attaches to the top of a bird feeder and prevents critters from accessing the bird feeder when the combined apparatus is hung up. The critter deterrent barrier/deflector assembly includes a connecting cable having a first end attached to the bird feeder and a second end for attaching to a pole, bracket, or other support structure above. The critter deterrent barrier/deflector assembly includes a deflector plate that extends in a lateral/horizontal direction. The deflector plate has a larger width than the bird feeder and block a view of the bird feeder from above the deflector plate. The critter deterrent barrier/deflector assembly includes a plurality of inverted, overlapping cones extending above the deflector plate, and preventing a critter from gripping onto the cones.
US11432533B2
A guide dog apparatus comprises a form fitting guide dog harness, an extensible and rotatable human guiding handle, and a single point attachment mechanism connecting the dog harness and human guiding handle. The harness includes a dorsal panel and a ventral panel. A user handle is connected to an attachment member that is mounted to the dorsal panel of the harness and which includes a clamping gudgeon that retains a pintle attached to the handle in a desired orientation. The apparatus positively couples linear guiding forces in the ventral, dorsal, cranial, and caudal directions. The guiding handle attachment positively couples rotational guiding forces about the vertical dorsoventral axis and the horizontal anteroposterior axis. Freedom of rotation is provided about the lateral horizontal left-right axis. The user is able to laterally adjust the distance between grip and the harness.
US11432530B2
A sensor arrangement measures a parameter (P) representing a position of a movable platform of a rotary parlor relative to a stationary reference point. Based on the parameter, in turn, a control unit influences the movement of the movable platform. A first transmitter unit with a first transmitter antenna is placed on the movable platform and thus moves along with the movable platform. A first radio signal emitted from the transmitter antenna contains a timing reference and uniquely identifies the first transmitter unit. At least three receiver stations are stationary placed with a respective receiver antenna located such that the first radio signal is received via line-of-sight propagation. Based on the first radio signal and respective propagation times derived from the timing reference in the first radio signal (SID), the receiver stations generate the parameter (P).
US11432529B2
A pet crate having a top, a bottom, and a cage between the top and bottom. The cage can be engaged to and disengaged from each of the top and bottom. When engaged to the top and bottom, or when disengaged from either one or both of the top and bottom, the cage is endless and can safely hold a pet therein. When disengaged from the top and bottom, the cage is foldable into a closed, endless and flat configuration such that the cage can be stored between the top and bottom such that the crate as a whole in such stored configuration is generally flat. When disengaged from the top and bottom, the cage is foldable out into a fence configuration by disconnecting two ends of the cage.
US11432527B1
A pet hammock for vehicle, adapted for accommodating one or more pets between a front seat and a rear seat of a vehicle, includes a main body including a front panel, a rear panel and a base panel, and a mounting unit including a front hanger and a rear hanger arranged for mounting the main body between the front seat and the rear seat through a plurality of anchor points provided at the front seat and the rear seat respectively, such that the base panel is suspendedly supported between the front hanger and the rear hanger while the front hanger and the rear hanger are secured with the front seat and the rear seat at the anchor points thereof. The front panel has a window covered with a see-through screen for communicating the front seat with the rear seat.
US11432523B1
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 19R125B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 19R125B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 19R125B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 19R125B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US11432514B2
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PZQJ47 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PZQJ47, cells from soybean variety 5PZQJ47, plants of soybean 5PZQJ47, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PZQJ47. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PZQJ47 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PZQJ47, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PZQJ47, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PZQJ47. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PZQJ47 are further provided.
US11432513B2
A soybean cultivar designated 99350040 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 99350040, to the plants of soybean cultivar 99350040, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 99350040, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 99350040. 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 99350040. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 99350040, 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 99350040 with another soybean cultivar.
US11432506B1
A novel maize variety designated PH47GY and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH47GY with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH47GY through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH47GY or a locus conversion of PH47GY with another maize variety.
US11432503B1
A novel maize variety designated PH487H and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH487H with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH487H through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH487H or a locus conversion of PH487H with another maize variety.
US11432502B1
A novel maize variety designated PH4CD5 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4CD5 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4CD5 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4CD5 or a locus conversion of PH4CD5 with another maize variety.
US11432498B1
A novel maize variety designated PH48MB and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48MB with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48MB through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH48MB or a locus conversion of PH48MB with another maize variety.
US11432497B1
A novel maize variety designated PH4BZY and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4BZY with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4BZY through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4BZY or a locus conversion of PH4BZY with another maize variety.
US11432495B1
A novel maize variety designated PH4CNB and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4CNB with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4CNB through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4CNB or a locus conversion of PH4CNB with another maize variety.
US11432492B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV430649. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV430649, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV430649 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV430649 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV430649.
US11432490B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV787354. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV787354, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV787354 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV787354 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV787354.
US11432488B1
The present disclosure provides a new and distinct hemp cultivar designated ‘05.09.24.S1’. The present disclosure relates to seeds of the hemp plant ‘05.09.24.S1,’ to plants and parts of the hemp plant ‘05.09.24.S1,’ and to methods for producing a hemp plant by crossing the hemp plant ‘05.09.24.S1’ with itself or other cannabis plants. The disclosure further relates to the morphological and physiological characteristics of the new and distinct hemp cultivar and its uses.
US11432479B2
The present invention is directed to a string trimmer having a blower feature incorporated therein. The string trimmer has a cutting head for holding a spool with cutting line. The cutting line is rotated at high speed to cut grass and other vegetation. The cutting head also includes a fan for generating an airflow to act as a blower. The string trimmer can be operated in two modes. In a first mode, both the fan and the spool housing are engaged with the motor so that the rotation of the spool housing performs a cutting operation. In a second mode, the motor engages only the fan to blow air, and the spool housing is disengaged so no cutting operation is performed.
US11432470B2
The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a vegetation management system each capable of managing vegetation in such a manner as to maintain a high quality state and achieve uniform growth. In a vegetation management system, an image acquiring apparatus acquires an image in which vegetation corresponding to a target of management is captured. An analysis unit analyzes the image as at least input information and outputs a predetermined analysis result. Then, a determination unit determines work contents to be performed for the vegetation, according to the analysis result. A work apparatus performs a process for executing work for the vegetation according to the work contents. For example, the present technology is applicable to a management system that manages natural grass.
US11432468B2
A reciprocating blade apparatus includes a pair of reciprocating blades stacked on one another in a thickness direction. Each of the blades includes a base as a flat plate extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of teeth protruding in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction. A transmission case of the reciprocating blade apparatus also includes a reciprocating member having a joint detachably coupled to the base, the reciprocating member being reciprocably supported in the longitudinal direction. A blade support member is attached to the transmission case and configured to sandwich bases of the pair of reciprocating blades therebetween to allow the pair of reciprocating blades to move in the longitudinal direction. The blade support member supporting the pair of reciprocating blades is detachably attached to the transmission case.
US11432457B2
A multiple variety planter has a direct vacuum system that allows for planting multiple varieties of seed while reducing occurrences of mis-planting events or planting inconsistencies such as multiples and skips by providing highly controllable seed meter vacuum performance characteristics that are controllable on a row-by-row basis. The direct vacuum system may include a vacuum unit at each row unit of the planter to apply a vacuum pressure to a seed meter at the row unit. Each vacuum unit may be individually and variably controlled to apply different vacuum pressures based on which seed variety is being planted with the respective seed meter at a given time.
US11439051B2
A grounding includes a photoelectric sensor that emits light to a detection region in which the detection target portion moves in conjunction with the grounding of the electronic component to a board and receives light from the detection region, and a grounding discrimination section that discriminates between the presence or absence of the grounding based on a signal from the photoelectric sensor. The detection target portion is disposed in the detection region in the ungrounded state.
US11439046B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic rack cooling system includes a liquid manifold and a vapor manifold. The system includes a cold plate configured to mount on a processor of a piece of information technology (IT) equipment for liquid cooling. The cooling device such as the cold plate is coupled to the liquid manifold to receive cooling liquid and is coupled to the vapor manifold that receives vapor produced by the cold plate when heat generated by the processor is transferred into the cooling liquid through the cold plate. The system also includes a heat exchanger coupled to the vapor manifold to receive the vapor and configured to condense the vapor back into cooling liquid. The system also includes a fluid control unit coupled between the liquid manifold and the heat exchanger to create a heat exchanging loop, and configured to circulate the cooling liquid within the heat exchanging loop. Multiple methods of implementing the proposed thermal system and the loop design on a rack and a data center.
US11439039B2
A cold plate includes a first side with a first surface, and a second side, opposite the first side. A coolant cavity is formed between the first side and the second side. A recessed base is machined into the first surface of the first side. The recessed base is bonded to a base copper plate and is a thinnest portion of the first surface.
US11439036B2
A slide rail assembly includes a rail member, a first bracket device, a second bracket device, and a bracket member. The first bracket device is arranged on the rail member. The second bracket device is detachably mounted on one of the rail member and the first bracket device and is adjustable to displace with respect to the rail member. The bracket member can be detachably mounted on the one of the rail member and the first bracket device after the second bracket device is detached from the one of the rail member and the first bracket device.
US11439027B2
A display device includes a display module on which a first non-folding area, a folding area, and a second non-folding area are sequentially defined in a first direction and which is deformable between a first state that is an unfolded sate and a second state that is a folded state and a sheet member including a first support portion overlapping the first non-folding area, a second support portion overlapping the second non-folding area, and a restoration portion overlapping the folding area, which are disposed below the display module. When the display module is in the first state, the restoration portion has an elastic force.
US11439021B2
An electronic component-embedded substrate includes a first core layer having a first through-hole, a first passive component disposed in the first through-hole, a second core layer disposed on the first core layer and having a second through-hole, a second passive component disposed in the second through-hole, an insulating material covering at least a portion of each of the first passive component and the second passive component and disposed in at least a portion of each of the first through-hole and the second through-hole, and a first wiring layer disposed on a level between the first passive component and the second passive component such that at least a portion of the first wiring layer is covered with the insulating material. The first passive component and the second passive component are connected to each other by the first wiring layer.
US11439020B2
An electronic component-embedded substrate includes a wiring structure including a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of wiring layers and having a cavity penetrating through at least one of the plurality of insulating layers, a first electronic component disposed in the cavity, a dam structure disposed on the wiring structure and having a through-portion, a first insulating material disposed in at least a portion of each of the cavity and the through-portion, and covering at least a portion of each of the wiring structure and the first electronic component, and a first circuit layer disposed on the first insulating material.
US11439010B2
This disclosure provides a multi-layered printed circuit board (PC) that has signal array region. The signal array region has a width and circumscribes a power core region and has signal vias connected to respective signal ball pads, and ground vias connected to respective ground ball pads within the signal array region that have an associated ball pad pitch. The PCB also has an inner current power layer. The signal and ground vias are arranged on the component layer in a pattern and extend into the inner current layer. The pattern forms current power paths across the width of the signal array region, such that the current power paths have a width that is at least about 50% as wide as the ball pad pitch.
US11438997B2
A X-ray source, comprising a laser, of a pulse duration of at most 40 fs, instantaneous power of at least about 80 TW, a pulse repetition rate of at least 1 Hz; an optical compressor spectrally shaping the laser beam; focusing optics in the range between f#10 and f#15; and a gas target of electron density after ionization by the laser beam in a range between 1018 cm3 and 1019 cm−3; wherein the focusing optics focuses the laser beam in the gas target, and interaction of the focused laser beam with the gas target generates an X-ray beam, with a focused laser amplitude a0, given by a0=0.855 [IL (1018W/cm2)λL,2 (μm)]1/2, where IL is the on-target laser intensity and λL is the laser wavelength, of at least 2 and a P/Pc ratio value of at least 20, with P being the beam power and Pc a critical power given by Pc=17 (nc/n) GW where n is the electron density and nc is a critical electron density at which the plasma acts as a mirror reflecting the laser beam.
US11438992B2
A non-common-ground bandpass filter circuit with electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is disclosed. The non-common-ground bandpass filter circuit with ESD protection includes a non-common-ground plane, a dielectric substrate and a conductor. The conductor is disposed above the non-common-ground plane. The dielectric substrate is disposed between the conductor and the non-common-ground plane. The non-common-ground plane at least has a first ground region and a second ground region separated and insulated from each other. The first ground region corresponds to a first terminal of the conductor and the second ground region corresponds to a second terminal of the conductor. When an ESD event occurs on one of the first ground region and the second ground region, the other of the first ground region and the second ground region will not be damaged by the ESD event. The non-common-ground bandpass filter circuit also provides surge protection.
US11438991B2
Disclosed embodiments provide an LED package and electronic display. An LED package can include an LED that emits red, green, blue and IR (infrared), where the IR portion is configured as either an emitter or (reversed biased) as a receiver. An electronic display includes multiple LED packages with the IR portions configured in a combination of transmitters and receivers. Thus, disclosed embodiments enable electronic displays that can serve as interactive video walls and floors that present a high-definition image along with interactive capabilities. Thus, disclosed embodiments serve to reduce cost and complexity in manufacture and deployment of such displays.
US11438990B2
A security system for use with a wireless access point that is configured to transmit a first wireless signal within a predetermined transmission range includes an outdoor lighting fixture including a master wireless transceiver configured and located to receive the first wireless signal from the wireless access point and to re-transmit the first wireless signal beyond the predetermined transmission range; and a first peripheral device located and configured to receive the first wireless signal re-transmitted from the master wireless transceiver, and to transmit a second wireless signal to at least one of (a) the wireless access point via the master wireless transceiver, and (b) a second peripheral device.
US11438986B2
An electronic device includes one or more sensors, one or more processors operable with the one or more sensors, and a user interface component operable with the one or more processors in at least a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation that is different from the first mode of operation. The one or more processors operate the user interface component in the first mode of operation in response to a first trigger input, and transition operation of the user interface component from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation upon the one or more sensors detecting a second trigger input occurring while the one or more processors operate the user interface component in the first mode of operation.
US11438978B2
Systems, devices, and methods for determining and displaying operational parameters of a light fixture that includes narrow band emitters. A controller includes stored information related to spectral power distributions of each of a plurality light wavebands generated by a plurality of narrow band emitters (e.g., LEDs). Based on the spectral power distributions, the controller is configured to determine an output spectrum of the light fixture and/or an output spectrum of individual wavebands. The controller is configured to generate an output display that includes the determined operational parameters associated with the light fixture and a mechanism for manipulating the outputs of the light fixture's wavebands. Using the mechanism, a user can manipulate the operational parameters of the light fixture and observe from the output display a substantially real-time representation of the operational parameters of the light fixture based on the user manipulations.
US11438975B2
A cooking appliance, in particular an induction oven appliance, includes a cavity having a wall, at least one induction heating element, and at least one electrically conductive screening element for screening an electric and/or magnetic field generated by the induction heating element. The induction heating element can be arranged on the wall of the cavity.
US11438970B2
Heating devices, systems, and methods of making and using a heating device. Such a heating device includes a tubular body having a passage therethrough, at least an inner layer surrounding the passage, and an outer layer surrounding the inner layer. The inner layer is electrically resistive and the outer layer is electrically insulating, and the passage is sized and configured to receive therethrough a tubing. The heating device further includes electrical contacts located at oppositely-disposed ends of the tubular body. The contacts are configured to functionally couple with a power source to provide an electrical current to the inner layer, such that applying an electrical current to the inner layer increases the temperature of the inner layer.
US11438969B2
A system and method for adaptive extension of a command and control (C2) backhaul network for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is disclosed. In embodiments, the adaptive extension includes front-end and back-end cognitive engines on either side of an extension of the C2 backhaul network to a remote control station otherwise without a point of presence (PoP). Both cognitive engines transmit test packets to the other to refine coding schemes for transmission of C2 packets across the extension based on received feedback about the transmission. When C2 packets are received from the backhaul network or remote control station, the cognitive engines select an optimal coding scheme based on packet size. The cognitive engine encodes the C2 packets based on the optimal coding scheme. When C2 packets are received from the other cognitive engine, the applicable coding schemes are identified and the C2 packets decoded accordingly.
US11438965B2
A user equipment (UE) includes a receiver that receives, from a base station (BS), one or more Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) states for Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) reception via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling and a Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) activation command for one of the TCI states via a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH). The UE further includes a transmitter that transmits, to the BS, a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) for the MAC CE activation command in a slot and a processor that activates the one of the TCI states k slots after the slot where the transmitter transmits the HARQ. A value of the k indicates a number of slots.
US11438964B2
A radio-frequency module includes: transmitting filter and receiving filters for a first communication band; transmitting filter and receiving filters for a second communication band; and a switch including first and second common terminals and first to fifth selection terminals. The second common terminal is connected to a first input terminal. A common terminal of the transmitting and receiving filters for the first communication band and a common terminal of the transmitting and receiving filters for the second communication band are connected respectively to the first and second selection terminals. The transmitting and receiving filters for the first communication band are connected respectively to the third selection terminal and a first output terminal. The transmitting and receiving filters for the second communication band are connected respectively to the fourth selection terminal and a second output terminal. The fifth selection terminal is connected to a third output terminal.
US11438961B2
Procedures are disclosed for alerting user devices in a 5G/6G network that they have an incoming message, and for enabling those user devices to request their messages in a low-complexity, resource-conserving manner. A user device that uses DRX (discontinuous reception) may be unavailable when a message arrives, in which case the base station may store the message. Periodically, the base station can transmit a polling message that indicates which of the user devices currently has a message on hold. In addition, the base station can allocate an uplink reply region in which those user devices can request their messages without contention. Various versions are disclosed, involving cascaded addressing, sectioning, modulation, and/or identification using network-assigned codes. The compact polling format may enable both small and large networks to accommodate DRX users, with minimal resource usage, according to some embodiments.
US11438948B1
A method and system for controlling how many carriers to aggregate together for carrier-aggregation service of a UE. A base station could take into account how many MIMO layers a UE would support respectively for each of various candidate quantities of carriers, and the base station could select the candidate quantity of carriers that would result in use of a highest aggregate total number of MIMO layers. Further, the selection could involve mapping UE-reported rank to a quantity of carriers, with the rank being inversely proportional to the selected quantity of carriers. The base station could then configure carrier-aggregation service of the UE with the selected quantity of carriers.
US11438946B2
A headset communication device includes at least one processor configured to transmit, via a dedicated virtual communication channel of a wireless communication protocol, local beacon data to one or more remote headset communication devices within a work environment, to discover a remote headset communication device included in the one or more remote headset communication devices by receiving, via the dedicated virtual communication channel of the wireless communication protocol, remote beacon data that is transmitted by the remote headset communication device, to automatically synchronize, based on the remote beacon data, the headset communication device with the remote headset communication device, and, to transmit, via one or more additional virtual communication channels of the wireless communication protocol, local audio communication data to the one or more remote headset communication devices.
US11438944B2
Devices, systems and methods establish a first wireless link with an access point (AP) via a first frequency band, establish a tunneled direct link setup (TDLS) link with a peer wireless device using the first frequency band. Embodiments, switch from using the first frequency band for the TDLS link to using a second frequency band for the TDLS link and use a real-time simultaneous dual band (RSDB) configuration to communicate with the peer wireless device through the TDLS link using the second frequency band and concurrently communicate with the AP through the first wireless link using the first frequency band.
US11438942B2
A method for establishing a tunnel between local gateways, and a gateway are disclosed. The method includes: determining, by an RGW, that UE is handed over from an S-LGW to a T-LGW, where before the UE is handed over, a packet of a local service of the UE is forwarded by the S-LGW between the UE and an application server of the local service, and the local service includes a same service that is deployed on the S-LGW and that is accessed by the UE before and after the UE is handed over; sending, by the RGW to the S-LGW and the T-LGW respectively, a first request message and a second request message to request to establish a tunnel, where the tunnel is used to transmit the packet of the local service between the S-LGW and the T-LGW; and establishing the tunnel between the S-LGW and the T-LGW.
US11438939B2
The present disclosure relates to techniques for interacting with an electronic device. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to initiating action(s) using an interface configured to control operation of IoT devices. An example embodiment includes receiving, at a computing device, a communication including a unique identifier for a network device connected to a network, using the unique identifier to determine a resource bundle for the network device, the resource bundle defining an interface module for the network device, wherein the interface module is configured to display one or more interface elements usable to control the network device, and transmitting the resource bundle, wherein when the resource bundle is received, the resource bundle facilitates generating the interface module.
US11438934B2
A random access method and apparatus are provided. The method includes sending, by a first terminal side device, a random access preamble to a network side device, receiving, by the first terminal side device, a random access response (RAR) corresponding to the random access preamble, where the RAR includes P temporary cell radio network temporary identifiers (TC-RNTIs), and P is an integer greater than 1, and sending, by the first terminal side device to the network side device based on the RAR, a first message and a demodulation reference signal used to demodulate the first message, where the demodulation reference signal is generated based on a first TC-RNTI, and the first TC-RNTI is one of the P TC-RNTIs.
US11438933B2
Some techniques for efficiently indicating a mapping relationship from physical random access channel preambles and/or random access resource specific to one or more system information blocks in a wireless communication network are described. One example method includes transmitting, from a network node, a message that identifies a number of random access preambles that are reserved for transmissions of system information requests by mobile devices.
US11438921B2
A terminal device receives first information including an acknowledgment resource indicator (ARI), and determines, based on the ARI, a first uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource in a PUCCH resource set corresponding to a payload size of a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK). In a case that the first PUCCH resource and a second PUCCH resource partially overlap in terms of time; or the first PUCCH resource and a second PUCCH resource configured for CSI do not overlap in terms of time, and the first PUCCH resource and the second PUCCH resource each partially overlap at least one third PUCCH resource configured for at least one positive scheduling request (SR) in terms of time, the terminal device determines, based on the ARI, a fourth PUCCH resource in a second PUCCH resource set corresponding to a total payload size for sending the HARQ-ACK, CSI, and at least one SR status.
US11438916B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A method at a user equipment (UE) includes receiving signaling that indicates a carrier aggregation (CA) configuration (having carriers configured for UL and downlink (DL) data transmissions) and an auxiliary uplink (UL) configuration (having carriers configured for UL reference signal transmissions). The method also includes receiving a resource assignment on a DL carrier of the CA configuration, and transmitting an aperiodic sounding reference signal (A-SRS) using the one or more carriers of the auxiliary UL configuration based at least in part on the received resource assignment. Another method is performed by a UE having a CA configuration and an A-SRS configuration, including receiving a resource assignment on a DL carrier in the CA configuration, detecting a trigger for transmitting an A-SRS, determining UL resources of the A-SRS configuration for transmitting the A-SRS, and transmitting the A-SRS on the determined UL resources.
US11438914B2
A scheduling method and a method for establishing a schedule list for user equipment (UE) of NB-IoT are provided. The method for establishing the schedule list includes the following steps: synchronizing to a cell; receiving at least one system information parameter from the cell, the at least one system information parameter including at least one system information type and a narrowband system information block type; establishing multiple sub-lists according to the distributions of the at least one system information type and the narrowband system information block type, each element of the sub-lists representing an available subframe; assigning a sub-list code to each sub-list; calculating the number of elements for each sub-list; and establishing a list according to the at least one system information parameter, the sub-list codes, and the numbers of the elements.
US11438911B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus obtain a signal from a remote wireless node. The apparatus may switch between a first mode and a second mode in response to the signal. The apparatus may sense the shared transmission medium and sense if an absence of traffic is detected. The apparatus may delay data transmission for a fixed time interval from detecting the absence of traffic. The apparatus may initiate the data transmission at the end of the fixed time interval if operating in the first mode or initiate the data transmission at the end of a random time interval following the fixed time interval if operation in the second mode.
US11438909B2
A communication apparatus obtains information regarding an access category of transmission data in each of a plurality of other communication apparatuses including a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus, allocates wireless resources of OFDMA such that a transmission opportunity of the first communication apparatus does not precede a transmission opportunity of the second communication apparatus that has transmission data of a higher-priority access category than an access category of transmission data in the first communication apparatus, and receives a signal that has been transmitted using OFDMA in accordance with allocation of wireless resources and that conforms to an IEEE802.11 series standard.
US11438907B2
For example, a first Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) station (STA) may be configured to exchange first and second Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) setup frames with a second EDMG STA to initiate a BRP Transmit Sector Sweep (TXSS) over an aggregated channel bandwidth including an aggregation of a primary channel and a secondary channel in a frequency band above 45 GHz; during the BRP TXSS, transmit a plurality of BRP frames to the second EDMG STA over the primary channel and the secondary channel according to an EDMG control mode; determine a transmit beamforming configuration over the aggregated channel bandwidth based on BRP feedback from the second EDMG STA; and transmit an EDMG Physical Layer (PHY) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) to the second EDMG STA over the aggregated channel bandwidth based on the transmit beamforming configuration.
US11438904B2
This application provides wireless communication methods, apparatuses, and systems. One method comprises: receiving higher layer signaling from a base station, wherein the higher layer signaling indicates a downlink aggregation coefficient S corresponding to S consecutive transmission time units, and a transport block is repeatedly transmitted at each of the S consecutive transmission time units; receiving physical layer signaling from the base station, wherein the physical layer signaling schedules the transport block and comprises first indication information indicating at least a portion of resource of a downlink control region available for transmitting the transport block; and determining a valid time of the first indication information, wherein the valid time is one or more transmission time units in the S consecutive transmission time units.
US11438900B2
Provided are an information transmission method and device, a processor, and a storage medium. The method includes: a terminal receives a ratio resource configured by a network; the terminal obtains a resource set according to the radio resource; and the terminal transmits uplink information by using one or more resource groups in the resource set, wherein the number of resource groups Y in the resource set is greater than or equal to 2 a terminal receiving radio resources configured by a network side; the terminal acquiring a resource set according to the radio resources; and the terminal sending uplink information by using one or more resource groups in the resource set, where the number Y of resource groups in the resource set is greater than or equal to 2.
US11438899B2
An aspect of this disclosure relates to a relay node, and a method of wireless communications by the relay node, including attempting to decode first code block groups of a transport block received in a resource allocation and according to a first encoding configuration. The aspects include identifying a symbol in the resource allocation that includes both of a first part of a successfully decoded one, and a first part of an unsuccessfully decoded one, of the plurality of first code block groups, and determining a modified transmit configuration for the symbol. Further, the aspects include encoding a second part of the successfully decoded one according to the first encoding configuration to define a second code block group that is outside of the symbol. Additionally, the aspects include transmitting the transport block including the one or more second code block groups and the symbol according to the modified transmit configuration.
US11438894B2
A wireless device receives a first downlink control information indicating a grant for transmission of one or more first transport blocks via a first bandwidth part during a transmission time. The first downlink control information indicates the transmission time. A second downlink control information indicating switching from the first bandwidth part to a second bandwidth part at a switching time is received. A switch is performed, at the switching time, from the first bandwidth part to the second bandwidth part as an active bandwidth part in response to the second downlink control information. The grant indicated by the first downlink control information is ignored in response to the switching time of the switch being earlier than the transmission time indicated by the first downlink control information.
US11438886B2
A system for establishing positioning map data and a method for the same are provided. The method includes: obtaining an area map of a target area; setting collection points and a collection path; configuring a Wi-Fi fingerprint collecting device to obtain the area map, the collection points and the collection path; configuring an environmental sensing module to perform environmental sensing on surrounding environment to obtain environmental information; performing a positioning procedure to determine a location of the Wi-Fi fingerprint collecting device in the target area based on the environmental information and the area map to generate positioning information; executing a navigation procedure to move the Wi-Fi fingerprint collecting device along the collection path; determining whether or not the Wi-Fi fingerprint collecting device passes through one of the collection points; and executing a collection procedure to store collected Wi-Fi fingerprint data and positioning information to create positioning map data.
US11438885B2
A method of performing, by a user equipment (UE), uplink transmission in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving, from a base station (BS), a plurality of RRC configuration information related to downlink control information (DCI); receiving, from the BS, first DCI for the uplink transmission, wherein the first DCI includes a field related to a usage of the first DCI; applying parameters of a specific RRC configuration information, among the plurality of RRC configuration information, to the first DCI based on the usage of the first DCI indicated by the field of the first DCI, wherein based on a size of the field of the first DCI being smaller than a field size of second DCI for PUSCH transmission, the field of the first DCI is zero bit padded and decoded; and performing the uplink transmission to the BS based on the first DCI.
US11438870B2
This application provides a paging message transmission method and apparatus, where the method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a network device, where one or more types of first indication information, second indication information, a short message, and scheduling information of a paging message are carried on the PDCCH, the first indication information is used to indicate that the PDCCH carries the short message and/or the scheduling information, and the second indication information is used to indicate whether the scheduling information of the paging message is valid and/or whether the terminal device needs to receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); and obtaining, by the terminal device based on the PDCCH, one or more types of the information carried on the PDCCH.
US11438859B2
A method of registering a target device includes: receiving a first indication to initiate a registration; and determining a suggested registration location and/or or a suggested registration name. The method further includes: providing a second indication of at least one of the suggested registration location or the suggested registration name; providing a third indication requesting at least one of whether the suggested registration location is accepted or whether the suggested registration name is accepted; receiving a fourth indication indicating at least one of whether the suggested registration location is accepted or whether the suggested registration name is accepted; and registering the target device by storing target device information based on the fourth indication.
US11438858B2
There is provided a method for measuring a frame timing difference. The method performed by a User Equipment (UE) and comprises: based on (i) that an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) cell is configured for a primary cell and based on (ii) that a secondary cell is not configured, measuring the frame timing difference between the E-UTRA cell and a New Radio (NR) cell based on a Synchronization Signal (SS)/Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) Block (SSB) Measurement Time Configuration (SMTC) period, wherein the NR cell is found regardless of a position of a SSB of the NR cell; and reporting a System Frame Number (SFN) and Frame Timing Difference (SFTD) based on the frame timing difference to the E-UTRA cell.
US11438854B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may transmit, for a first type of user equipment with a first user equipment capability, a first synchronization signal block associated with a first set of configuration parameters. The base station may transmit, for a second type of user equipment with a second user equipment capability that is different from the first user equipment capability, a second synchronization signal block associated with a second set of configuration parameters that is different from the first set of configuration parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11438852B2
A method for determining a sending time of a synchronization block includes: performing descrambling and decoding on a PBCH message carried in the synchronous block, and buffering PBCH symbol data of the PBCH message before demodulation; after the descrambling succeeds and the decoding fails, acquiring PBCH symbol data to be merged, which are same as buffered PBCH symbol data. The PBCH symbol data to be merged include PBCH symbol data of a beam where the synchronous block is located and PBCH symbol data of an adjacent beam in a PBCH merge period; and merging the buffered PBCH symbol data and the PBCH symbol data to be merged until the PBCH symbol data can be correctly decoded. The sending time of the synchronous block and the system frame number can be effectively indicated in the 5G system, and merging PBCH symbol data can be realized without increasing UE complexity.
US11438847B2
This application provides a power control method including: receiving, by a second node, radio resource control (RRC) from a first node, where the RRC includes a power control parameter set configured for the second node, the power control parameter set includes a power control index, and the power control index is determined based on a transmission mode or a transmission capability of the second node; receiving downlink control information (DCI) including power control index indication information used to: when the first node schedules the second node, indicate a value of a power control index that is for uplink transmission and that is for the second node; determining a transmit power based on the power control index indication information and the power control parameter set; and sending a signal at the determined transmit power.
US11438839B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for operating a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in a wake-up radio (WUR) state and receiving a (WUR) frame from an access point (AP). A WUR frame may include a multicast counter (MC) field. A determination may be made whether a received MC value in a received MC field is a same value as a stored MC value. Where a received MC value is the same value as a stored MC value, the WTRU may operate in the WUR state. Where a received MC value is not the same value as a stored MC value, the WTRU may operate in a primary connectivity radio (PCR) state.
US11438826B2
In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration that indicates an association between a pre-emption indication field and at least one of: a set of transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states, a set of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) ports, or a set of layers; receive downlink control information (DCI) that includes a pre-emption indication that is indicated as a set of bits in the pre-emption indication field; determine whether the UE is scheduled to receive a communication in one or more pre-empted resources indicated by the set of bits, via a component carrier associated with the pre-emption indication, and using at least one of: a TCI state included in the set of TCI states, a DMRS port included in the set of DMRS ports, or a layer included in the set of layers; and decode the communication based at least in part on the determination.
US11438819B2
A communication system comprises access points (203, 205) communicating via directional beams and a first and second wireless modem (111, 701) for establishing a first and respectively second mm wave radio communication links to access points (203, 205). The first and second wireless modems (111, 701) are located on a vehicle (103) and employ electronically steerable beamforming directional antennas having a first main beams for establishing the radio communication links. A common network element (705) supports communication over both links and a connection control circuit (1001) switches between the links. It further transmits an address resolution message over a link when switching to that link with the message comprising identification data for the common network element (705).
US11438816B2
An electronic device includes: a UI; a wireless communication circuit configured to wirelessly communicate with an external electronic device by using a short-range wireless communication protocol; a processor; and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to receive first data from the external electronic device at a first time through a wireless communication channel by using the wireless communication circuit, receive second data from the external electronic device at a second time after the first time through the wireless communication channel by using the wireless communication circuit, compare a first reception state related to the first data and a second reception state related to the second data, and transmit, to the external electronic device, a request for change from a first mode to a second mode by using the wireless communication circuit, based on a result of the comparing.
US11438811B2
Embodiments of a Next Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The gNB may be configurable to operate as a source gNB (S-gNB). The S-gNB may transfer, from a control plane (CU-CP) of the S-gNB to a CU-CP of a target gNB (T-gNB), an XnAP handover request message that indicates an Xn handover of a User Equipment (UE) from the S-gNB to the T-gNB. The S-gNB may initiate data forwarding, from a user plane (CU-UP) of the S-gNB to a CU-UP of the T-gNB, of downlink data packets. The data forwarding may be terminated based on reception of end marker packets from a user plane function (UPF) entity. The CU-UP of the S-gNB may transfer end marker packets to the CU-UP of the S-gNB to indicate termination of the data forwarding.
US11438810B2
A first base station receives, from a second base station, cell configuration parameters of one or more cells of the second base station. The cell configuration parameters indicate: at least one first information element (IE) indicating a first identifier of a first cell of the one or more cells; at least one second IE indicating that the first cell is an unlicensed cell; and at least one third IE indicating one or more configuration parameters of radio resources of the unlicensed cell. The first base station sends, to the second base station, a handover request message for a wireless device based on the cell configuration parameters.
US11438807B2
A network operator apparatus, a teleoperation application (TOApplication) apparatus, and an apparatus for a teleoperable vehicle are provided. The network operator apparatus creates a network slice for teleoperating the teleoperable vehicle along at least one route, receives a slice configuration request comprising QoS for the at least one route from the TOApplication apparatus, and configures the network slice to support the QoS. The TOApplication apparatus communicates towards the network operator apparatus, a request for creating the network slice, receives a teleoperation service request comprising a set of teleoperation configurations from the teleoperable vehicle, maps each teleoperation configuration to a respective QoS and sends the slice configuration request comprising the QoS to the network operator apparatus. The apparatus for the teleoperable vehicle sends the teleoperation service request to the TOApplication apparatus and controls the route to be followed by the teleoperable vehicle based on information from the TOApplication apparatus.
US11438804B2
A method is provided for operating a wireless communication network (4), which comprises a plurality of communication interfaces (iT1 to iT3, iAP) which are spatially separated from one another, wherein the method comprises: ascertaining (102) a first representation (R1) of a space in which the plurality of communication interfaces (iT1 to iT3, iAP) are situated at a first instant (t1), ascertaining (104) a second representation (R2) of the space in which the plurality of communication interfaces (iT1 to iT3, iAP) are expected at a future second instant (t2) following the first instant (t1), as a function of the first representation (R1) of the space, and ascertaining (106) a prediction (P) of whether or not direct line-of-sight contact exists between respective pairs of the plurality of communication interfaces (iT1 to iT3, iAP) at the second instant (t2), as a function of the second representation (R2) of the space.
US11438800B2
Traffic data is divided into data streams corresponding to workloads, and the data streams are multiplexed onto slice segments based on a multiplexing requirement or rule. Each slice segment is a physical or virtual processing element in a wireless network supporting network slicing. In one example, the data streams are multiplexed onto the slice segments such that data streams having different utility definitions are assigned to different slice segments. In another example, the data streams are multiplexed onto the slice segments such that workloads in the same cluster partitioned in a T-dimensional vector space are assigned to different slice segments.
US11438798B2
The present technology relates to a communication apparatus and a communication system achieving efficient utilization of a transfer path of a wireless LAN. A communication apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology transmits a first trigger frame containing a transmission parameter used for data transmission to a plurality of apparatuses belonging to a wireless LAN, and receives data multiplexed and transmitted from the plurality of apparatuses having received the first trigger frame in accordance with the transmission parameter. In addition, the communication apparatus receives a second trigger frame transmitted from a predetermined apparatus of the plurality of apparatuses, and transmits multiplexed data to the predetermined apparatus in accordance with a transmission parameter contained in the received second trigger frame. The present technology is applicable to a communication apparatus in a wireless LAN.
US11438788B2
The present disclosure is related to wireless telecommunications networks and in particular to measuring and determining performance of a wireless telecommunications network. The network may be a cellular network, a WiFi network, or a combination of both. The present disclosure is further directed to a method for determining a parameter indicating quality of service for a wireless connection. In the method, changes in latency over a connection are measured using probe packets and if an increase of latency that is over a predetermined relative threshold is observed, the wireless connection is determined to be congested.
US11438786B1
A group of devices connected on a wireless local area network (WLAN) operate in conjunction with one another to present content. Devices in the group may be wirelessly connected via personal area network (PAN) to other devices, such as speakers. An election process is used to select a primary device. The primary device may receive content from an external source, such as a server, and distribute that content to other devices within the group via the WLAN. The parameters of that distribution, such as a content rate indicative of a bitrate of the content, transfer limit rate, and so forth are configured to preserve fidelity of the presentation while minimizing interruptions to presentation that may result due to frequency contention between the WLAN and the PAN, traffic on the WLAN, and so forth.
US11438785B2
The implementations of the present disclosure relate to a method and a device for measuring interference or signal received power, the method includes: a terminal device measures channel sounding reference signal SRS resources to obtain a reference signal received power RSRP value corresponding to at least one SRS resource; on the basis of the RSRP value corresponding to the at least one SRS resource, the terminal device determines a value to be reported; and the terminal device reports the value to be reported to a network device.
US11438783B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method, device, and system for minimization of drive tests (MDT) measurement in the technical field of wireless communication. The method can include sending enquiry signaling to a target terminal device, the enquiry signaling being configured to enquire whether the target terminal device supports a target function. The method can further include receiving support status information corresponding to the target function, from the target terminal device, and sending MDT configuration information to the target terminal device in response to that the support status information indicates support. The disclosure may reduce or prevent waste of resources.
US11438780B2
Embodiments provide a channel sounding information feedback method, user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: determining, by UE, a first period used to periodically report channel sounding information; and periodically sending, by the UE based on received preset downlink control information DCI that is sent by a base station, the channel sounding information by using the first period as a sending period. System overheads can be reduced, a configuration response can be improved, and spectrum utilization of a system can be improved while periodic feedback of indication is reduced.
US11438764B2
Provided is a process that establishes representations and permits users to login to a relying device to which a mobile device has registered. Credential values of the user are established within a trusted execution environment of the mobile device and representations of those credentials are transmitted to a server. The user of the mobile device may authenticate with the mobile device to the server, which may permit user access to the relying device via secure session. The user of the mobile device may authenticate with the mobile device to the server, which may permit user access by causing the mobile device to obtain a value by which the relying device may be accessed. The user of the mobile device may authenticate with the mobile device based on a policy received from the server to obtain a value by which the relying device may be accessed.
US11438760B2
In an embodiment, a drone-coupled UE determines whether the drone-coupled UE is engaged in a flying state, and transmits a message to a network component of a terrestrial wireless communication subscriber network that indicates a result of the determining. The network component receives the message from the drone-coupled UE. In an embodiment, a network component of a terrestrial wireless communication subscriber network determines whether the drone-coupled UE is engaged in a flying state based on the message from the drone-coupled UE. The network component then applies protocols based on the determining.
US11438751B1
A wakeboat has a hull, the hull forming a wake when moving forward in the water, with a left quiet region and a right quiet region in the wake. The hull may exhibit rotation around one or more of its roll, pitch, and yaw axes which affects the quiet regions in the wake. A gyroscope supported in the hull may be used to rotate the hull around one or more axes. Such rotation may be used to create a surf left and/or surf right configuration, and measured via one or more sensors. Other systems and methods are also provided.
US11438745B2
Methods of provisioning a new household appliance using an existing household appliance are provided. The existing household appliance is connected to a wireless network and provisioned to a user account. A request to add the new household appliance is received by the existing household appliance. The new household appliance searches and/or scans for the existing household appliance. A direct connection is established by and between the existing household appliance and the new household appliance. Network credentials for the wireless network and a provisioning token for the user account are securely transmitted from the existing household appliance to the new household appliance over the direct connection. The new household appliance connects to the wireless network using the securely transmitted network credentials and associates with the user account using the securely transmitted provisioning token.
US11438741B2
The present disclosure relates to a coordinated transportation system and methods thereof. More particularly, this disclosure describes a system where passengers within two or more vehicles may enjoy a shared cabin experience. This may include, but is not limited to, a selection of music, sound clip, seat haptic, seat positioning, speaker setting, interior or exterior lighting, image or video for display, and drive mode to be shared among the vehicles. Vehicle formations to enhance the shared cabin experience may be formed. Furthermore, a global positioning system (GPS) coordinate may be established by a lead vehicle to provide other vehicles with the experience after those vehicles pass that coordinate.
US11438740B2
An apparatus for monitoring the movement of a foundation may include an elevation sensor to detect changes in elevation of the foundation and positioned on the foundation to broadcast a signal responsive to the movement of the foundation; and a receiver to receive the signal responsive to the movement of the foundation and positioned off the foundation to provide a absolute measurement of the movement of the foundation.
US11438739B2
This patent application provides a multi-connectivity data reporting method, including: obtaining, by a first network device, a first data volume report, where the first data volume report is used to indicate a volume of data that are of a terminal device and that pass through a second network device; and sending, by the first network device, the first data volume report to a third network device. The first data volume report includes one or more of QoS flow identifiers (QFIs) of one or more quality of service QoS flows, identifiers of one or more protocol data unit (PDU) sessions to which the one or more QoS flows belong, or data volumes of the one or more QoS flows.
US11438738B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for services, such as SMS, location services, and/or the like over the NAS through a non-cellular access. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes receiving, via a non-access stratum connection through a wireless local area network, a notification message; sending a service request message to request, via the non-access stratum connection through the wireless local area network, delivery of downlink data for a service; and receiving, via the non-access stratum connection through the wireless local area network, the downlink data for the service. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US11438733B2
A method for determining location based on nearby devices includes receiving a broadcast message from a proximate device over a wireless personal area network, triggering an event that requires recording location data and time data, and establishing a connection over the wireless personal area network to the proximate device. The method further includes requesting proximate location data from the proximate device over the connection with a user device location request and receiving the proximate location data from the proximate device in a proximate device location response.
US11438730B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method and device for obtaining location information regarding locations of a first communication device and personal information regarding a user of a first communication device, where the location information is obtained by a second communication device using a tracking app installed on the second communication device; constructing a record of a first path traveled by the first communication device, based on the location information; encrypting the first path record and the personal information; storing the first path record in a first database and the personal information in a separate second database; accessing a third database to obtain a record of a second path traveled by an individual other than the user; and analyzing the first and second path records to determine an intersection of the first path and the second path. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11438729B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for report identification and power control for ranging in a wireless network are disclosed. An apparatus of a responding station (RSTA) is disclosed, where the apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to perform ranging with a initiating stations (ISTAs) and maintain a separate sounding dialogue token for each of the ISTAs and transmit a corresponding sounding dialogue token for a ISTA in a trigger frame for ranging and sounding or a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame, and in a responding to initiating location measurement report. Apparatuses of RSTAs and ISTAS are disclosed that perform power control management during non-trigger-based ranging.
US11438728B2
A local entity is proposed for determination of user equipment location in a mobile communication network. The local entity is configured to be run on a first user equipment and/or in an access network. The local entity is configured to receive location information of a target user equipment, and determine a location of the target user equipment based on the location information. This is advantageous because the determination of the location can be improved with regard to a determination of the location carried out by the core network. Particularly, the location can be determined without the core network being involved.
US11438723B2
An apparatus for generating a plurality of audio channels for a first speaker setup is characterized by an imaginary speaker determiner, an energy distribution calculator, a processor and a renderer. The imaginary speaker determiner is configured to determine a position of an imaginary speaker not contained in the first speaker setup to obtain a second speaker setup containing the imaginary speaker. The energy distribution calculator is configured to calculate an energy distribution from the imaginary speaker to the other speakers in the second speaker setup. The processor is configured to repeat the energy distribution to obtain a downmix information for a downmix from the second speaker setup to the first speaker setup. The renderer is configured to generate the plurality of audio channels using the downmix information.
US11438719B2
The present invention provides for an analog audio patchbay comprising a first plurality of connectors capable of receiving a plurality analog electronic signals, a second plurality of connectors capable of transmitting a plurality of analog electronic signals, and a circuit board extending from the first plurality to the second plurality.
US11438717B2
Methods and apparatus are described herein related to improving the sound quality of a bone conduction speaker. The sound quality of the bone conduction speaker is adjusted in the sound generation, sound transferring, and sound receiving of the bone conduction speaker by designing vibration generation manners and vibration transfer structures.
US11438712B2
A method of operating a hearing aid system in order to provide improved noise reduction and a hearing aid system (100) adapted to carry out the method.
US11438701B2
A transducer assembly including a stiffener plate having a first side and a second side; a voice coil coupled to the second side of the stiffener plate; a magnet assembly positioned along the second side of the stiffener, the magnet assembly operable to produce a magnetic field that causes a movement of the magnet assembly relative to the voice coil; and a spring suspending the magnet assembly from the stiffener plate such that the movement of the magnet assembly drives a movement of the stiffener plate.
US11438698B1
The present invention discloses a double-voice-coil double-magnetic-circuit high-frequency loudspeaker, comprising a stand frame. At least two groups of magnetic circuits, which are symmetrically distributed with respect to a central axis in the horizontal direction of the stand frame, are arranged in the stand frame. With adoption of a design structure of a double-voice-coil double-magnetic-circuit resonant diaphragm, multiple vocal ranges can be provided to effectively increase a utilization rate of magnetic fields and improve sensitivity of the loudspeaker. In addition, production and assembly are facilitated to improve output power of a headset; and volume and voice quality can be controlled to provide ultra-high voice frequency, thereby creating truer vocal range expression.
US11438688B2
In various examples, audio received from a source device is shared from a first wireless earbud to one or more other wireless earbuds. For example, source-device settings are shared by the first wireless earbud with the one or more other wireless earbuds to facilitate synchronization and passive receipt of data transmitted by the source device. Once the wireless earbuds are synchronized, they may check in with one another in a coordinated manner to share packets that were missed when passively listening to the source device.
US11438686B2
A system comprising an earpiece, the earpiece having a first end facing a tympanic membrane, and a second end facing toward a surrounding of a user when the earpiece is worn by the user, includes: a vent channel coupled to a first vent opening at the first end, and to a second vent opening at the second end, wherein the vent channel comprises a vent port; a closing element comprising a first magnetic member, the closing element configured to cause the vent port to be open, and to cause the vent port to be closed; an inductive member comprising a conductive material, the inductive member configured for inductive coupling with a second magnetic member, wherein the second magnetic member is configured for displacing the closing element by magnetic interaction with the first magnetic member; and a processor configured to obtain an electrical measurement value of the second magnetic member.
US11438685B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a wearable device, a wearing detection method and a storage medium. The wearable device includes: a device housing; a capacitive sensor, a processing module and a metal structural component which are provided inside the device housing, where the metal structural component is adhered to the capacitive sensor. The metal structural component is configured to increase an electrostatic induction region of the capacitive sensor; the processing module is configured to: obtain a real-time capacitance value and an inherent capacitance value of the capacitive sensor to ground, determine a real-time difference between the real-time capacitance value and the inherent capacitance value, and determine the wearable device to be in a worn state when the real-time difference is greater than a preset threshold.
US11438679B2
The present disclosure relates to a storage box. The storage box includes a body, a cover, and a first magnetic unit. The body is provided with a receiving space. The cover is rotatably attached to the body and is configured to rotate relative to the body to drive the storage box between an open state and a closed state. In the open state, the cover covers the receiving space. In the closed state, the receiving space is exposed. The first magnetic unit includes a first magnetic member attached to the body and a first attracting member attached to the cover. Opening the storage box from the closed state causes the first attracting member to move closer to the first magnetic member. Magnetic force between the first magnetic member and the first attracting member drives the cover to rotate away from the closed state and into the open state.
US11438678B2
Wavelength-based random access in an optical communications network for a wireless communications system (WCS) is disclosed. An optical network unit(s) (ONU(s)) is configured to generate a random access signal comprising an unsolicited buffer occupancy (BO) report to request uplink allocation as soon as the ONU(s) receives a non-periodic uplink data burst. The ONU(s) then sends an optical random access signal including the unsolicited BO report to an optical line terminator (OLT) based on a random access wavelength, which is so determined not to cause any interference with a downlink optical communications signal(s) and an uplink optical communications signal(s) being regularly communicated between the OLT and the ONU(s). As a result, it is possible to reduce access delay at the ONU(s) for sending the non-periodic uplink data burst without requiring frequent polling from the OLT, thus helping to reduce signaling overhead and improve throughput of the optical communications network.
US11438671B2
[Problem] To provide a signal configuration device, a signal configuration system, a signal configuration method, and a storage medium storing a signal configuration program which enable quickly transmitting data that corresponds to an emergency alert signal. [Solution] This signal configuration device 12 includes an information generating unit 21. The information generating unit 21 corresponds to a TMCC information generating unit 121 in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2. The information generating unit 21 generates a transmission frame in which each of the multiple slots configuring the frame includes an activation control signal corresponding to whether or not an emergency alert is being broadcast.
US11438666B2
Examples involve a control device using a social networking service to facilitate registration of a streaming media service with a media playback system. An example implementation receives (i) data indicating login credentials for a given account of a social networking service, and (ii) input data to configure streaming media services with a media playback system. Based on receiving the input data to configure the media playback system, the implementation queries the social networking service for streaming media services associated with the given account, and in response to the query, receives data indicating a first streaming media service associated with the given account. The implementation configures the media playback system to playback audio content from the first streaming media service that is associated with the given account and causes the media playback system to playback audio content from the first streaming media service.
US11438665B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving program content and data describing program content from a content source, and automatically identifying, based on user preferences of a first user, one or more relevant products or services displayed in the program content. Product-related metadata associated with the program content is identified. The product-related metadata including data relating to the one or more relevant products or services displayed in the program content. The program content is communicated to a display device for presentation to a first user in a first portion of the display device, and the product-related metadata is communicated to a second display device for presentation to a second user substantially simultaneously with the presentation of the program content in the first display device. A user commentary is received from the second device, the user commentary generated by the second user and associated with the program content or product-related metadata.
US11438662B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate synthetic respondent level data. Example apparatus disclosed herein are to identify locations corresponding to monitored panelists, and when a first one of the identified locations corresponds to two or more affiliates, sum tuning minutes of the two or more affiliates. Disclosed example apparatus are also to generate an affiliate probability based on the sum, and convert first data of households in the first one of the locations to a candidate receivability session based on the affiliate probability. Disclosed apparatus are further to generate a seed panel, the seed panel to include at least one of the monitored panelists selected based on a population associated with return path data, and donate second data associated with a donor pool of first panelists to second panelists included in the seed panel, the second panelists associated with faulty media monitoring equipment.
US11438661B2
In a broadcast receiving apparatus including: a broadcast receiving unit configured to receive control information regarding contents of digital broadcasting and content protection for the contents; an accumulation unit configured to accumulate the contents received by the broadcast receiving unit; a video output unit configured to output video of the contents received by the broadcast receiving unit or video of the contents accumulated by the accumulation unit to external equipment; an interface; and a control unit, switching of content protecting processes are executed in accordance with the number of pixels of video of contents in a first video outputting process state to output contents to external equipment without accumulation, a second video outputting process state to output contents to external equipment after an accumulating process, a copying process state, and a moving process state, and control is executed.
US11438660B2
The invention is concerned with insertion of secondary content in a time slot of primary content. The primary content and the secondary content are provided to a receiver via a managed content delivery network configured for IPTV delivery. The secondary content may be personalized content, such as an ad. Both the primary content and the secondary content may be encrypted, and decryptable with different decryption keys. Measures are described for pre-caching the decryption key for the secondary content at the receiver ahead of a scheduled play-out time of the secondary content. By pre-caching the decryption key, an interruption in play-out may be avoided or reduced compared to a basic scenario in which the receiver requests the decryption key at or immediately before the scheduled play-out time.
