US11667256B2
The invention relates to an airbag module (10) for a vehicle steering wheel (6), comprising a module base (12) for fixed mounting on the vehicle steering wheel (6), which module base has a base opening (14), and a vibration absorber ring (16) for fastening a gas generator (18) to the module base (12) such that said gas generator can vibrate. The vibration absorber ring (16) has a ring axis (A) and a mounting flange (20) for the gas generator (18). The vibration absorber ring (16) has a resilient absorber wall (22), starting from the mounting flange (20), which absorber wall extends in an axial direction toward the module base (12) and extends around the ring axis (A) in the circumferential direction. The vibration absorber ring (16) has a plurality of resilient absorber feet (24) for fastening to the module base (12), which absorber feet extend in the axial direction. The vibration absorber ring (16) is fastened to the module base (12) by means of the absorber feet (24) such that the absorber wall (22) bears against the module base (12) already before activation of the airbag module (10) and acts in an axial direction against the module base (12) and is resiliently deformed.
US11667249B2
Various embodiments of a mount apparatus are disclosed herein for securing an electronic device (such as a radar laser detector, GPS device, and/or dash camera or other electronic device used within a vehicle) to a surface such as an interior surface (e.g., windshield, dashboard) of a vehicle. In one example, the mount apparatus includes a magnet which is adapted to be coupled with a corresponding metal surface within the electronic device, so that the magnet positioned within the apparatus provides a magnetic force to aid a user in securing the mount apparatus and the electronic device to each other.
US11667246B1
The aluminum structured travel cargo hold may comprise a water tank, a shower, a rooftop carrier, and a plurality of reflectors. The aluminum structured travel cargo hold may be a cartop cargo hold that may be mounted to rooftop cargo rails of a vehicle. The aluminum structured travel cargo hold may be equipped for recreational use. As non-limiting examples, the recreational use may comprise camping and tailgating. The water tank may be a source of water. The rooftop carrier may carry personal belongings and may house the water tank, the shower, and the plurality of reflectors. The shower may be adapted to provide the water for showering. The plurality of reflectors may be increase visibility of the rooftop carrier while traveling.
US11667244B2
A clothes hanger assembly for installation in a vehicle interior space. The clothes hanger assembly comprises two arms and is adjustable between a stowage position, in which the arms are stowed, and a functional position, in which the arms form a hanger-like construction. The clothes hanger assembly furthermore comprises a carriage and a cable drive. The arms are articulated to the carriage, and the carriage is arranged on the cable drive, wherein the carriage is shiftable by means of the cable drive in order to adjust the clothes hanger assembly between the stowage position and the functional position.
US11667240B2
A module system for a motor vehicle includes at least one camera pod adapted to be mounted to the motor vehicle at least temporarily extending to the outside and/or from an exterior surface, with said camera pod including at least one camera and at least one port for fitting at least one modular peripheral device and/or adapter of a peripheral device; and at least one interface module adapted to be mounted to the motor vehicle at least temporarily extending into the inside and/or being accessible from the inside, with the interface module being electrically connected to the at least one camera pod. A rear view device and a motor vehicle include the at least one module system.
US11667236B2
A notification device provided in a vehicle including an autonomous driving system which causes the vehicle to travel by autonomous driving and to evacuate the vehicle when a failure occurs, includes a display unit configured to display information toward an outside of the vehicle, and a display controller configured to control the display unit. The display controller causes the display unit to be turned on or flicker when a failure occurs and changes a display of the display unit in at least one of a time when an evacuation starts and a time when an evacuation is completed.
US11667224B2
A portable terminal holding device for a vehicle includes: a table configured to be stored in a storing portion provided at one end side, in a seat width direction, of a seat cushion, and that, in a state of usage, is configured to extend from the storing portion toward another end side, in the seat width direction, of the seat cushion; and a terminal holding portion that, in the state of usage of the table, is provided at a distal end side of the table and is configured to hold a portable terminal, and that, in a stored state in which the table is stored in the storing portion, projects out from the storing portion toward the other end side in the seat width direction.
US11667222B1
The disclosure provides for a system that includes one or more cabin components in a vehicle and one or more computing devices of the vehicle. The one or more computing devices are configured to determine that a vehicle will have an acceleration in a first direction at a future time and an acceleration time associated with the acceleration of the vehicle, alter the one or more cabin components of the vehicle before the acceleration time, and adjust the one or more cabin components of the vehicle based on the acceleration of the vehicle over time.
US11667218B2
A seat reclining device includes a ratchet, a guide, and pawls for locking relative rotation between the ratchet and the guide. The ratchet has a second convex portion protruding so as to abut against a ride-up protrusion of a main pawl. The second convex portion has, only in a partial region thereof in the rotation direction, a relief concave portion configured to avoid abutment in the rotation direction between the ride-up protrusion and the second convex portion.
US11667214B2
A virtual co-phase power supply system topology suitable for an electrical sectioning device at a sectioning and paralleling post (SP) includes a step-down transformer TR1. A primary winding of the step-down transformer TR1 is electrically connected to a traction feeding section β2 in a train from a traction feeding section β1 to the traction feeding section β2. Each secondary winding is electrically connected to one rectifier separately. DC buses output from the rectifiers are connected in parallel. The other end of the DC bus is electrically connected to a plurality of parallel inverter units. An LC filter is provided on a DC bus between a rectifier unit and the inverter unit, and the LC filter is connected in parallel to an energy storage unit. After filtering through the LC filter, an output end of the inverter unit is electrically connected to a primary winding of a step-up transformer TR2.
US11667212B2
Systems and methods for allocating electrical energy within a storage cell. Energy stored in an energy storage cell is allocated to multiple energy sub-partitions. Each energy sub-partition is associated with a user. A request to buy an amount of energy from an energy sub-partition assigned to another user is sent by a present user to at least one respective user in the plurality of users. Based on sending the request to sell an amount of energy, at least one response with an offer to sell energy to the present user is received. Acceptance of a selected offer within the at least one response is received, where the selected offer was sent by a winning user. The amount of energy is re-allocated from an energy sub-portion allocated to the winning user to an energy sub-portion associated with the present user based on receiving the acceptance.
US11667207B2
A device for charging an electric vehicle includes a charging inlet for receiving charging information and power from electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE); a control module for determining a charging mode on the basis of the charging information, and outputting a control signal according to the determined charging mode; and a charging unit for charging a battery of the electric vehicle according to the control signal from the control module.
US11667203B2
A handheld device for jump starting a vehicle engine includes a rechargeable lithium ion battery pack (32) and a microcontroller (1). The lithium ion battery is coupled to a power output port of the device through a power switch circuit (15) actuated by the microcontroller. A vehicle battery isolation sensor (12) connected in circuit with positive and negative polarity outputs detects the presence of a vehicle battery (72) connected between the positive and negative polarity outputs. A reverse polarity sensor (10) connected in circuit with the positive and negative polarity outputs detects the polarity of a vehicle battery connected between the positive and negative polarity outputs, such that the microcontroller will enable power to be delivered from the lithium ion power pack to the output port only when a good battery is connected to the output port and only when the battery is connected with proper polarity of positive and negative terminals.
US11667198B2
A device includes a control unit and a projection surface. The projection surface has at least one first subsection, which is associated with at least one of the functional elements and which covers the at least one functional element toward the interior of the vehicle, so that the at least one functional element is not visible. The control unit and the projection device project an image, a graphic, or an animation according to an item of information associated with the at least one functional element on the at least one first subsection. The projection surface also has at least one second subsection, which surrounds the at least one first subsection. The control unit and the projection device project an image, a graphic, or an animation according to an illumination scenario and/or according to items of information to be displayed on the at least one second subsection.
US11667188B2
An operating fluid container for a motor vehicle for accommodating an operating fluid. The operating fluid container has a compensation container that is at least indirectly fluidically connected to the atmosphere (ATM). The operating fluid container has the following features: the compensation container is situated within the operating fluid container in such a way that an outer surface of a compensation container upper shell is situated opposite from an inner surface of an operating fluid container upper shell; in the event of positive pressure in the operating fluid container relative to the atmosphere, a compensation container volume decreases; and in the event of negative pressure in the operating fluid container relative to the atmosphere, the compensation container volume increases. The operating fluid container is characterized in that the compensation container upper shell opposite from the operating fluid container upper shell has a shape, at least in sections, that is complementary to the operating fluid container upper shell.
US11667186B2
A vehicle includes a body including a beltline and a rear wheelhouse, an input line assembly packaged about the rear wheelhouse, a component packaged about the rear wheelhouse rearward of the input line assembly, and a spare wheel stowed rearward of the rear wheelhouse. The component is secured by a permanent beltline-side attachment and a semi-permanent rear wheelhouse-side attachment. In response to rear impact, the body is configured to allow forward movement of the spare wheel, under which the spare wheel has a trajectory relative to which the component is between the spare wheel and the input line assembly, and relative displacement between the beltline-side attachment and the rear wheelhouse-side attachment, under which the rear wheelhouse-side attachment breaks against the beltline-side attachment, and the beltline-side attachment thereafter carries the component from between the spare wheel and the input line assembly relative to the trajectory of the spare wheel.
US11667165B1
The present invention preferably includes a monitoring device which is able to monitor both signals from the cab and the contents of a trailer/container. According to a preferred embodiment, the monitoring device may transmit monitoring signals (i.e., RF, ultra-sonic, IR) within the trailer/container and receive responsive signals/feedback indicating the status of the container interior. According to preferred embodiments, the monitoring device of the present invention may preferably receive data/signals from sensors internal to the container.
US11667157B2
In a tire, a tread includes a cap layer forming a part of the outer surface of the tire, an intermediate layer disposed inwardly of the cap layer in the radial direction, and a base layer disposed inwardly of the intermediate layer in the radial direction. A loss tangent of the intermediate layer at 30° C. is less than a loss tangent of the cap layer at 30° C., and a loss tangent of the base layer at 30° C. is less than the loss tangent of the intermediate layer at 30° C. An outer end of the cap layer is disposed outwardly of an outer end of the base layer in the axial direction. In the radial direction, a position of the outer end of the cap layer coincides with a position of the outer end of the base layer, or the outer end of the cap layer is disposed inwardly of the outer end of the base layer.
US11667151B2
In one embodiment, a vehicle wheel cover assembly is provided that includes a mount having an attachment portion with a release configuration that permits the attachment portion to engage inboard and outboard surfaces of a wheel hub flange of a wheel and a secured configuration that fixes the attachment portion to the wheel hub flange. The wheel cover assembly includes a retainer shiftable relative to the attachment portion of the mount from an unlocked position wherein the retainer permits the attachment portion to be reconfigured between the release configuration and the secured configured configuration to a locked position wherein the retainer maintains the attachment portion in the secured configuration. The wheel cover assembly further includes a cover assembly configured to be releasably secured to the mount to cover an opening of the wheel.
US11667149B2
Wheel center caps and related methods are disclosed herein. An example wheel center cap includes a body, a first protrusion extending radially outward from the body, and a second protrusion extending radially outward from the body. The first and second protrusions define a gap therebetween. The example wheel center cap includes a leg disposed in the gap and coupled to the body. The leg includes a foot. The foot extends radially outward relative to the body. The foot includes a chamfered face facing away from the body.
US11667148B2
A vehicle wheel having a rim, a hub, a plurality of spokes with at least one of the spokes having a first portion connected the rim and a second portion connected to the hub. The rim includes a spoke bed wall with a radially outboard surface and a spoke hole having a radially outboard entrance and perimeter edge. The spoke extends through the spoke hole and is engaged to the spoke bed wall by an overlie engagement at a bearing interface between a bearing surface of the spoke and the radially outboard surface to limit longitudinally inward displacement between the spoke and spoke bed wall. At least a portion of the bearing interface is laterally outwardly spaced from the first perimeter edge by a lateral distance of at least 0.7 millimeters.
US11667144B2
A device including a bookmarker for bookmarking pages of a book, the bookmarker having a first and a second end. A locking mechanism locks the first and second ends. A first indicator is operable for indicating a desired portion of the page of the book. A second indicator is operable for indicating an unusual or interesting word on the page. A marker is operable for marking an index page to the corresponding page marked by the front portion of physical bookmark device or a solution page corresponding to a problem containing page marked by the front portion of the bookmarker. A counter for counting down or counting up from a predetermined starting value to a user-set or preset timer value. A motion sensor for determining when a user is reading or otherwise engaged with the page. An alarm for alerting or notifying of the preset timer value being reached.
US11667143B2
An apparatus to facilitate the binding of sheets using heat activated adhesives, with the sheets having coatings that resist binding. A stack of sheets is abraded prior to binding, with the apparatus gripping the stack so that a stack end to be bound is exposed. An abrading head containing a plurality of reciprocating pins is positioned so that pins can be controlled to repeatedly strike the stack end along the length of the end. This action results in abrading the stack end thereby producing relatively long fibers from the coated sheets that absorb the binder strip adhesive thereby achieving a strong bind notwithstanding the adhesive-resistant coating.
US11667140B2
A technique advantageous to stably holding a reading apparatus relative to a printing apparatus is provided. A printing system includes a recording apparatus and a reading apparatus. The recording apparatus includes a housing that incorporates a printing unit that performs printing on a recording medium. The housing includes a front surface portion having a discharge port for discharging the recording medium on which printing is performed, a back surface portion facing the front surface portion, and a side surface portion connecting the front surface portion with the back surface portion. The printing system includes a holding unit connected to the housing at least at one end, and holding the reading apparatus above the housing. The holding unit includes a first fixing member for fixing to the back surface portion, and a second fixing member for fixing to the side surface portion.
US11667134B2
A printing device includes: a main body including an accommodating portion configured to accommodate a printing medium; a cover displaceable between an open position where the accommodation portion is opened and a closed position where the accommodation portion is closed; a platen roller attached to the cover and rotatably supported by the cover; a peeling roller attached to the cover and supported so as to be rotatable about an axis parallel to a longitudinal direction of the platen roller; and a switching mechanism attached to the cover and configured to switch the peeling roller between a contact position where the peeling roller comes into contact with the platen roller and a non-contact position where the peeling roller is away from the platen roller in conjunction with displacement of the cover.
US11667131B2
A liquid circulation device includes a circulation passage, a liquid feeding device, a pressure sensor, and control circuitry. Through the circulation passage, liquid circulates to be supplied to and collected from a circulatory liquid discharge head. The liquid feeding device is configured to circulate the liquid through the circulation passage. The pressure sensor is configured to detect a pressure of the circulation passage. The control circuitry configured to acquire a characteristic indicating a relationship among a drive amount of the liquid feeding device, discharge information of the liquid discharged from the liquid discharge head, and a pressure detection value of the circulation passage; and change, based on the characteristic acquired, at least one of a control parameter and a calculation expression used to control the liquid feeding device.
US11667127B2
A liquid cartridge includes: a housing; a circuit board including an electrode; and an ink supply portion extending from the housing in a depth direction. The housing includes: an cover; and a base provided with a plurality of engaging pawls. The cover includes: a top wall; a peripheral wall formed with a plurality of engaging holes for engagement with the engaging pawls; a support portion supporting the circuit board; a first protrusion and a second protrusion protruding from the top wall. The plurality of engaging holes is open in a width direction and includes a first engaging hole and a second engaging hole spaced away from each other in the depth direction. A front end of the second protrusion is positioned further frontward than a foremost edge of the first engaging hole that is positioned foremost in the depth direction among the plurality of engaging holes.
US11667125B2
A print liquid supply interface structure is provided, to fluidically connect a fluid supply container to a receiving station, comprising a liquid channel having at least one liquid channel wall, the liquid channel including a liquid interface, and at least one key pen next and parallel to the needle receiving portion of the liquid channel. In another example a key pen structure is provided. In yet another example an interface structure for receiving a separate key pen is provided.
US11667121B2
A maintenance device includes a plurality of heads that discharges liquid for printing. A cleaner selectively cleans the heads. A cleaning controller controls the cleaner. A determiner determines a cleaning time when the cleaner cleans one of the heads. An interruption-resumption controller controls the heads to interrupt printing at the cleaning time and resume printing when the cleaner finishes cleaning the one of the heads. The cleaning controller controls the cleaner to clean the one of the heads whenever the interruption-resumption controller controls the heads to interrupt printing at the cleaning time.
US11667110B2
A thermoregulation article includes a metal film, a polymer film disposed on the metal film, and a colorant film disposed on the metal film. The thermoregulation article has at least one side having an average reflectivity greater than 0.5 at a wavelength of 0.3-4 μm and an average emissivity less than 0.4 at a wavelength of 4-20 μm.
US11667104B2
The present disclosure provides a process. In an embodiment, the process includes elongating a multilayer film to a impart a haze value greater than 30% to the multilayer film. The multilayer film has at least two layers: (A) a core layer composed of an ethylene/α-olefin multi-block copolymer and (B) a first skin layer in contact with the core layer, the skin layer composed of an ethylene-based polymer. The process includes releasing the elongating force from the elongated multilayer film to form a hazed multilayer film having a haze value greater than 30%. The process includes stretching the hazed multilayer film to form a stretched multilayer film having a clarity value greater than 80%. The process includes relaxing the stretch force from the stretched multilayer film to form a relaxed multilayer film having a haze value greater than 30%.
US11667101B2
Provided is a laminated body, said laminated body being a laminated cloth the back surface of which has excellent properties against tangling and abrasion and good separability from the skin and which has a good texture and a favorable appearance and is comfortable to wear when made into clothing. The laminated cloth includes a front surface layer, a middle layer and a back surface layer, said layers being stacked one on another, wherein: the front surface layer comprises one member selected from the group consisting of a woven fabric, a knitted fabric and a non-woven fabric; the middle layer comprises a resin film or a non-woven fabric; and the back surface layer comprises a circular knitted fabric in which filament yarn of 60 dtex or less is used at least in part thereof and which is configured from knitting stitches and tack stitches, 9 to 72 said tack stitches being disposed per area of 12 wales×12 courses.
US11667100B2
A creasing device is provided that includes a counter-rotating male drum and female drum. The male drum carries a conventional creasing ring with a central rib flanked by shoulders. The female drum comprises a central channel aligned with the creasing rib on the male drum; and a pair of projecting lateral ribs on each side of the central channel that are aligned with the shoulders on the male drum. The lateral ribs press a sheet of the card or paper stock against the shoulders of the creasing ring to better define the edges of the crease and to reduce the tendency of a printed coating on the stock to crack during subsequent folding. The pair of lateral ribs may be provided by a pair of inserts. Alternatively, both ribs and the central channel may be provided by a single insert.
US11667095B2
The present disclosure generally relates to powder packing for additive manufacturing (AM) methods and systems. Conventional powder packing methods are manual and non-standardized, and they result in operator fatigue and potentially product inconsistencies. Powder packing according to the present disclosure improves standardization and reduces turnaround time, with the potential to lower the cost of AM.
US11667092B2
A sheet metal member forming method comprises placing a fiber bundle of a predetermined length, via a thermosetting resin, in a predetermined position on a surface of a sheet metal member, forming a coating film on at least a part of the sheet metal member after the placing of the fiber bundle, and while heating and drying the coating film, heat-curing the thermosetting resin to bond the fiber bundle to the sheet metal member.
US11667082B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layer-by-layer solidification of building material at the points corresponding to the cross-section of the object to be manufactured in a respective layer. The apparatus includes a process chamber in which the object is to be built up layer by layer by selectively solidifying layers of a building material in a build area, a gas supply device, and a recirculating air filter device, wherein the apparatus comprises a pressure stabilization device configured to keep the pressure in the process chamber substantially constant.
US11667079B2
A stereolitography apparatus comprises a fixed vat (401) or a holder for receiving a removable vat for holding resin during stereolithographic 3D printing, and a radiation source (501) for generating radiation capable of polymerizing portions of said resin in said vat. (401). The apparatus comprises a shutter (502) between said radiation source (501) and said vat (401) for allowing only selected portions of the generated radiation to reach said resin, and a cooling channel (503) between said radiation source (501) and said shutter (502). The apparatus comprises a blower (504) configured to force coolant gas through said cooling channel (503).
US11667077B2
For increasing the speed in 3D printing, for avoiding the conveying elements slipping from the conveyed semi-finished product, and for improving the transmission of force from the conveying elements to the semi-finished products to be conveyed, a conveying installation is provided for an additive manufacturing machine. The conveying installation for conveying a semi-finished product comprises a longitudinal conveying mechanism which by means of a periodic movement of at least one conveying element conveys the semi-finished product along a conveying direction which is parallel to the semi-finished product longitudinal axis. The conveying element when moving in the conveying direction acquires the semi-finished product, and when moving counter to the conveying direction is released from the semi-finished product. This results in a movement of the semi-finished product in the conveying direction.
US11667057B2
A method utilizes waste product in manufacturing, such as manufacture of filaments or micro-pellets for use in manufacturing applications such as additive manufacturing, extrusion, injection molding, blow molding and other applications.
US11667055B2
A method for producing particles, the method including: depolymerizing a resin to obtain a depolymerized product; contacting the depolymerized product obtained in the depolymerizing with a first compressive fluid to obtain a melted product; and jetting the melted product obtained in the contacting to granulate the particles.
US11667050B2
A loading apparatus for loading food products onto and/or into a slicing apparatus, in particular a high-speed slicer, comprises at least one magazine unit that includes a conveying means that endlessly circulates along a running direction. The conveying means is configured to lift the products to a transferring height at which the products can be transferred to the slicing apparatus and includes several product support surfaces, the product support surfaces being oriented essentially perpendicular to the running direction and positioned subsequently along the running direction with a space between each other. At least one product is loadable onto a respective product support surface for lifting the product to the transferring height.
US11667049B2
An apparatus for preparing food is provided, and includes a food chamber sized to receive at least one food item, a cutting structure configured to cut the at least one food item when pressed into contact therewith, an impeller for impelling the at least one food item into contact with the cutting structure, a liquid chamber for storing a liquid, a heating system for heating the liquid, and a liquid introduction system in communication with the liquid chamber, the liquid introduction system being operable to introduce at least one of a liquid mist and a liquid spray in the food chamber.
US11667047B2
A rotatable blade with a front side and a back side, for use in a slicing machine, includes a curved peripheral edge formed as a cutting edge defining a blade plane. On the back side of the blade, the cutting edge is adjoined by a first surface which is inclined obliquely to the blade plane, extends radially inwards and is at an acute cutting angle to the blade plane. A second surface of the blade follows the first surface radially inwards on the back side of the blade, and the blade has a same thickness over an entire radial extension of the second surface.
US11667040B2
An end effector for laying down fibers on a laying mold, the end effector having at least one bobbin arrangement of a system type, the system type being defined by virtue of the fact that the bobbin arrangement has a first bobbin for providing a first fiber strand and a second bobbin for providing a second fiber strand, the rotational axes of the first and the second bobbin being arranged at an angle with respect to one another, the first fiber strand and the second fiber strand being merged over a deflection unit and being guided from a corner region of the end effector jointly into a center region of the end effector and further to a pressure roller.
US11667029B1
A three-axis end-limiting tool placement structure includes a basic face, a first-end three-axis limiting portion, a second-end X-axis limiting portion, and a sliding Z-axis limiting piece at the second end. The first end of the three-axis limiting part includes one end abutting wall, two lateral limiting walls and a pressing edge, so that the first end of the tool placement bar reaches the X, Y, Z axial limiting state. The X-axis limiting portion is used to limit at least the X-axis of the second end of the tool placement bar. The sliding Z-axis limiting piece at the second end includes a track set and a sliding cover, and the sliding cover has a release and locking positions. When the sliding cover is in locked position, the cover is blocked on the top surface of the second end of the tool placement bar, thereby forming the Z-axis in limiting state.
US11667028B2
A telescopic tool includes a positioning device mounted between first and second rods. The first rod includes a first positioning hole, and a first gripping portion. The second rod includes a plurality of second positioning holes, and is movable relative to the first rod to align the first positioning hole with one of the second positioning holes. A switch controller is movable relative to the first rod and is movably coupled to a positioning member. The positioning member movably extends through the first positioning hole and is releasably engaged in one of the second positioning holes in response to movement of the switch controller relative to the first rod. A fixing member includes a second gripping portion mounted around the first rod. A resilient biasing member is pivotally connected to the first rod and pressing against the positioning member.
US11667027B2
A working machine may include a pipe including: an outer pipe; an inner pipe inserted in the outer pipe; a pipe holder fixed to the outer pipe; and a stopper disposed inside the outer pipe. The pipe holder includes a wall part. The inner pipe includes a fixing hole having a longitudinal direction in a circumferential direction of an outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe. A rear surface of the fixing hole has a shape extending along a plane orthogonal to a front-rear direction. The stopper includes: an abutting part that abuts the wall part from behind when the inner pipe extends to a maximum length relative to the outer pipe; and a protruding part configured to fit in the fixing hole of the inner pipe. A rear surface of the protruding part has a shape extending along a plane parallel to the rear surface of the fixing hole.
US11667021B2
A power tool includes a motor having a motor shaft that rotates about a motor axis in a first rotational direction. The power tool also includes a fan assembly attachable to the motor shaft for rotation in the first rotational direction. The fan assembly includes a fan body, a bearing having a race that rotates with the fan body, and a flywheel rotatably affixed to the fan body. The race is freely rotatable relative to the motor shaft in the first rotational direction, and fixed against rotation relative to the motor shaft in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction. The flywheel has a central portion that defines a central bore, and the race is received into the central bore and rotatably affixed to the flywheel.
US11667018B2
A fastener tool includes a motor, a drive mechanism connected to the motor and adapted to drive a piston, and a cylinder filled with high-pressure gas. The piston is accommodated in the cylinder and suitable for a reciprocating motion within the cylinder. The drive mechanism includes a blade fixed to the piston and a gear coupled to the motor. The gear contains a plurality of teeth adapted to engage with a plurality of lugs on the blade such that a rotation of the gear is transformed to a linear movement of the blade. The drive mechanism further includes a disengagement module which, within a period of a rotation cycle of the gear, is configured to prevent one of the plurality of teeth from unintentionally engaging with a misaligned one of the lugs.
US11667017B2
A drive-in tool for driving fasteners into a workpiece, wherein the tool comprises in particular: a safety device (8) which is coupled with the trigger element (6) and is set up to bring about a transfer of the drive-in tool (1) from a trip-ready state (100) into a secured state (101) after expiry (820) of a delay time which proceeds from an activation (810) of the safety device (8), wherein the safety device (8) comprises a control volume (15), wherein the safety device (8) comprises an activation element (33) which is changeable between a first and a second position by way of the trigger element (6), wherein in the first position of the activation element (33) a first pneumatic connection is defined between the control volume (15) and the gas pressure source connection (23), which is hereafter referred to as charging connection (27.1), and wherein in the second position of the activation element (33) a second pneumatic connection is defined between the control volume (15) and a pressure sink (40), which is hereafter referred to as discharging connection (33.1), wherein one connection from the charging connection (27.1) and the discharging connection (33.1) comprises a smallest cross-sectional flow area which, together with a gas pressure of the gas pressure source, determines the delay time of the safety device (8). The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding method for operating a drive-in tool.
US11666995B2
In one aspect there is provided a pipe spinner and lifter for supporting and rotating a cylindrical member having a longitudinal axis. The pipe spinner and lifter comprises a pair of jaws that pivot about a pivot member, to allow the pipe spinner and lifter to actuate between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A plurality of rollers are mounted on the jaws, each rotatable about a rolling axis. When the pipe spinner and lifter is in the closed configuration, the cylindrical member can be rotatably captured by the pipe spinner and lifter, allowing the cylindrical member to rotate about its longitudinal axis. Preferably, the plurality of rollers are arranged in a substantially mirrored arrangement on the jaws. More preferably, the rolling axis of each of the rollers is substantially parallel to the cylindrical member's longitudinal axis.
US11666981B2
A welding process involves a fixture for holding a workpiece and a welder, or welding electrode. The fixture imposes ultrasonic vibration on the workpiece. The welder vibrates during vibration, and is operable at a first voltage for welding and a second voltage for peening. The peening may occur while the weldmetal is crystallizing. The welding process may be a process of welding two part as together, or of filling a groove or other feature, or of applying or restoring a surface, or of applying a hard facing or ceramic to a parent metal or object. The weldmetal may be the same, or substantially the same, as the parent metal, or it may be different. The different material may be a ceramic material.
US11666979B2
A gas shielded arc welding method includes welding a steel sheet with a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more using a shielding gas containing Ar in an amount of 92 vol. % to 99.5 vol. %. In the gas shielded arc welding method, a value calculated from the following expression (1) is 0.20 or more: {√v/(D/2)2}×10−{(100−CAr)×I/v}×0.1 . . . (1), where CAr represents an Ar content (vol. %) in the shielding gas, D represents an inner diameter (mm) of a nozzle from which the shielding gas is supplied, v represents a welding speed (cm/min), and I represents a welding current (A).
US11666978B2
A wire electrical discharge machine includes: a voltage application unit for repeatedly applying a voltage to an electrode gap between the workpiece and the wire electrode at a predetermined cycle; a switching element connected in parallel with the electrode gap and configured to short-circuit the electrode gap; and a control section for controlling the switching element so as to short-circuit the electrode gap in a pause period during which the voltage is not applied. The control section adjusts a short-circuiting period in which the electrode gap is short-circuited according to the machining shape specified by a machining program.
US11666974B2
Components made of a metal matrix composite and methods for the manufacture thereof. The metal matrix composite contains TiB2 particles, Al3Ti particles, and particles of an intermetallic compound of aluminum and at least one rare earth element dispersed in an aluminum matrix. Methods include casting a first melt to produce an ingot, remelting the ingot to form a second melt, forming a powder from the second melt using an atomization process, and fabricating a component utilizing the powder in an additive manufacturing process. The ingot and the powder include an aluminum matrix that contains dispersions of TiB2 particles and Al3Ti particles.
US11666968B2
Examples for refining the microstructure of metallic materials used for additive manufacturing are described herein. An example can involve generating a first layer of an integral object by heating a metallic material to a molten state such that the metallic material includes a solid-liquid interface. The example can further involve applying an electromagnetic field or vibrations to the metallic material of the first layer. In some instances, the electromagnetic fields or vibrations perturb the first layer of metallic material causing nucleation sites to form at the solid-liquid interface of the metallic material in the molten state. The example also includes generating a second layer coupled to the first layer of the integral object. Generating the second layer increases a number of nucleation sites at the solid-liquid interface of the metallic material in the molten state. Each nucleation site can grows a crystal at a spatially-random orientation.
US11666959B2
A forming tool includes at least one first die half where the first die half has an insert part which is designed to move a finished component out of the first die half along a direction of motion where a displacement direction of the insert part is inclined relative to the direction of motion.
US11666958B2
Tube bending devices including a device actuator, a crank assembly, a bending die, and a clamp assembly. The crank assembly is mechanically coupled to the device actuator. The bending die is mechanically coupled to the crank assembly. The clamp assembly is operatively coupled to the bending die and secures the tube to the bending die. The device actuator selectively drives the crank assembly. In some examples, the crank assembly selectively rotates the bending die over at least 180 degrees. In some examples, the bending die includes an axle and the crank assembly includes a first link, a crank actuator, and a second link. The first link is pivotally coupled to the device actuator and coupled to the axle. The crank actuator is pivotally coupled to the first link. The second link is pivotally coupled to the crank actuator and coupled to the axle.
US11666952B2
Methods of semiconductor processing may include performing a process on a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate may be seated on a substrate support positioned within a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include flowing a first backside gas through the substrate support at a first flow rate. The methods may include removing the semiconductor substrate from the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include performing a plasma cleaning operation within the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include flowing a second backside gas through the substrate support at a second flow rate. At least a portion of the second backside gas may flow into the processing region through accesses in the substrate support.
US11666951B2
A wafer handler cleaning tool may include a scraping device positioned near semiconductor equipment (e.g., a cooling plate, a semiconductor processing device, and/or the like) such that the scraping device removes foreign objects, debris, and/or other types of matter from the underside of the wafer handler when the wafer handler loads a wafer into the semiconductor equipment and/or unloads the wafer from the semiconductor equipment. Moreover, the wafer handler cleaning tool may include a negative pressure device to draw the removed foreign objects, debris, and/or other types of matter away from the scraping device and toward a filtration device such that the filtration device captures the removed foreign objects, debris, and/or other types of matter.
US11666949B1
A modular mechanical arm of an underwater pile foundation structure includes a modular interface disposed at one end of the transmission arm rod, a mechanical arm connecting part disposed at the other end of the transmission arm rod. The mechanical arm connecting part is separately provided with two arm frames, each of the arm frames comprises an inner arm frame and an outer arm frame, the inner arm frame and the outer arm frame are coupled by a joint, and a soft moving and cleaning part is disposed on an inner side of each of the arm frames; the modular interface is coupled with an underwater UAV interface to transmit current and a control signal, a waterproof steering gear is built in the transmission arm rod to receive the control signal.
US11666943B2
A system and method for sizing and separating granular particles within the bulk granular solids by creating a graded granular flow comprising multiple sized fractions with gradation of the particles according to particle size between relatively fine fractions and relatively coarse fractions; and capturing at least a portion of granular flow. The system (11) comprises means (25) for creating the graded granular flow, and means (30) for capturing at least a portion of the graded granular flow. The graded granular flow is split into separate streams, one of which is subsequently captured by intercepting that stream. The intercepted stream may be collected or redirected for further processing.
US11666935B2
Example implementations relate to selectively deflecting substrates. One example implementation includes an apparatus to selectively lift a part of a substrate away from a transfer member when the substrate is advancing in a substrate coating system relative to the transfer member, such that, across a width of the substrate, a first part of the substrate is coated by the transfer member and a second part of the substrate, that is lifted by the apparatus, remains uncoated.
US11666919B2
A cartridge reader is configured to carry out a diagnostic test on a fluid sample contained within a fluidic cartridge. The cartridge comprises first, second and third collapsible blisters containing at least one reagent for use in the diagnostic test. The cartridge reader comprises an upper clamp, occupying a fixed position relative to the reader and a lower clamp, movable relative to the upper clamp, and wherein the upper clamp and the lower clamp are configured to receive and hold a fluidic cartridge therebetween. First, second and third blister actuators are mounted on the upper clamp, for aligning with first, second and third collapsible blisters of a fluidic cartridge inserted into the reader. The first, second and third blister actuators are movable relative to the upper clamp, between a first position in which the blister actuators are spaced apart from the collapsible blisters comprised on the fluidic cartridge received between the upper and lower clamps, and a second position in which the blister actuators depress the collapsible blisters, thereby collapsing the blisters and ejecting the reagents contained therein into a channel in the microfluidic cartridge.
US11666914B2
A cartridge, in particular a disposable cartridge, for use in an electrowetting sample processing system. The cartridge contains an internal gap with at least one hydrophobic surface for enabling an electrowetting induced movement of a microfluidic droplet that has magnetic beads and further has a bead accumulation zone, into which the microfluidic droplet is transferable by electrowetting force and the magnetic beads are exposable to a magnetic force of a bead manipulation magnet. The internal gap has a bead extraction opening adjacent to the bead accumulation zone. The bead extraction opening provides a passage from the gap to an exterior space of the cartridge and is configured to removably receive the bead manipulation magnet for enabling an extraction of the magnetic beads from the microfluidic droplet by a removal of the bead manipulation magnet.
US11666908B2
A microfluidic package may include a fluid passage, a substrate having a substrate surface adjacent an interior of the fluid passage and components inset in the substrate, the components having component surfaces adjacent the fluid passage and substantially flush with the substrate surface.
US11666898B2
A ceramic honeycomb structure comprising large numbers of flow paths longitudinally formed by cell walls arranged in a lattice pattern in cross section, and an outer peripheral wall formed around the flow paths; in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, fan-shaped bulges projecting in a fan shape toward the flow paths from cell wall intersections at which the cell walls are crossing; the circumscribed circles of circular portions of the fan-shaped bulges at all cell wall intersections having a constant radius; and when the distance between the center point of the circumscribed circle and the center point of the cell wall intersection is defined as a center point distance S, a center point distance So in the outer peripheral portion of the ceramic honeycomb structure and a center point distance Sc in the center portion meeting Sc
US11666879B2
Disclosed herein are systems and processes for the conversion of a methane feedstock to C2+ hydrocarbons.
US11666878B2
An autoclave system comprises an autoclave vessel 210, for performing a leaching operation on sacrificial ceramic cores (not shown) and a storage vessel 220 for containing caustic leaching fluid 230. Interposed in a fluid flow path between the vessel 210 and the tank 220 is a heat exchange unit 240, comprising a body 250 containing a thermal exchange medium, in the form of water 260, and first and second thermal exchange conduits represented at 270 and 280. A thermal exchange medium inlet pipe 290a and a thermal exchange medium outlet pipe 290b are provided to the body so that the medium 260 can be replenished, preferably substantially continuously, to optimize thermal transfer efficiency.
US11666868B2
The present disclosure relates to semipermeable membranes which are suitable for blood purification, e.g. by hemodialysis, which have an increased ability to remove larger molecules while at the same time effectively retaining albumin. The membranes are characterized by a molecular retention onset (MWRO) of between 9.0 kD and 14.5 kD and a molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) of between 55 kD and 130 kD as determined by dextran sieving curves and can be prepared by industrially feasible processes excluding a treatment with salt before drying. The invention therefore also relates to a process for the production of the membranes and to their use in medical applications.
US11666866B2
A method for manufacturing a porous device (10) is described. The method comprises creating (340) a carbon nanomembrane (40) on a top surface (22) of a base material (20) having latent pores (23) and etching (360) the latent pores (23) in the base material (20) to form open pores (24). The porous device (10) can be used as a filtration device.
US11666865B2
The invention is an improved method of making an improved carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membrane in which a precursor polymer (e.g., polyimide) is pyrolyzed at a pyrolysis temperature to form a CMS membrane that is cooled to ambient temperature (about 40° C. or 30° C. to about 20° C.). The CMS membrane is then reheated to a reheating temperature of at least 250° C. to 400° C. to form the improved CMS membrane. The CMS have a novel microstructure as determined by Raman spectroscopy. The improved CMS membranes have shown an improved combination of selectivity and permeance as well as stability for separating light hydrocarbon gas molecules such as C1 to C6 hydrocarbon gases (e.g., methane, ethane, propane, ethylene, propylene, butane, butylene).
US11666857B2
A still/stahl column includes a still section, a primary stahl section, the primary stahl section positioned beneath the still section, and a polishing stahl section, the polishing stahl section positioned beneath the primary stahl section. A process also includes feeding a water rich glycol still feed stream to the still section and feeding a stripping gas feed stream to the polishing still section. The process includes withdrawing a reboiler draw stream from the still section and heating the reboiler draw stream in a reboiler to form a reboiler inlet stream. The process includes injecting the reboiler inlet stream into the primary stahl section, stripping water from the water rich glycol with the stripping gas, and withdrawing a still stripping gas stream from a top portion of the still section. A lean glycol polishing discharge stream is withdrawn from a bottom portion of the polishing stahl section.
US11666844B2
A filtration device may include an adapter, a filter element, and a housing. The adapter may include a collar having an upper rim and a lower rim, a plurality of locking tabs extending from the upper rim, and a plurality of snap members extending from the lower rim. The filter element may include a casing and a plurality of receptacles connected to and arranged around a first outer surface of the casing. The plurality of receptacles are configured to receive the plurality of locking tabs. The housing, which is configured to receive the filter element, includes a shell and a plurality of ramp members that are connected to a second outer surface of the shell. The plurality of ramp members are configure to engage the plurality of snap members.
US11666841B2
Nanofiber filter media ribbons are flexible elongate strips of polymeric material having a surface on which is formed an array of nanofibers. Ribbons are formable into woven or non-woven mats. The array of nanofibers can be configured to filter a predetermined contaminant from a fluid stream passing through the mats. Filter ribbons are formable by applying a moldable polymer to a first angular location of a rotating cylindrical roll having an array of nanoholes formed in a circumferential surface thereof so that the polymer covers the surface of the roll and infiltrates the nanoholes; cooling the polymer while rotating the polymer-covered roll to a second angular position; and removing the cooled polymer from the roll as an elongate film having an array of nanofibers formed on a surface thereof by the polymer that infiltrated the nanoholes.
US11666840B2
A filtering system (10) includes a filtering apparatus having a filter unit for receiving liquid to be filtered, a receptacle for receiving filtered liquid, and an adapter (14) for coupling the filter unit to the receptacle, and also includes a base (12) having a cradle (26) for receiving the filtering apparatus and a base vacuum delivery port (28). The adapter includes an adapter vacuum receiving port (22) coupled to the vacuum delivery port for driving the liquid through the filter and—as filtered liquid—into the receptacle. The cradle and the adapter have an interlocking mechanism (52, 54) that locks the filtering apparatus to the cradle in a locking position in which the vacuum receiving port is sealingly coupled to the base vacuum delivery port. The base vacuum delivery port has a vacuum valve (30) constituted as a normally-closed valve automatically forced open when the filtering apparatus locks to the cradle.
US11666832B2
A support construction for a transportable attraction for amusement rides is provided with a base, at least two masts that are moveable between a folded and stretched position, and a main shaft that is intended to be supported by the masts in the stretched position of the masts. Each mast comprises a base mast segment, which is hingedly attached to the base, and a top mast segment, which is hingedly connected with the base mast segment and is attachable to the main shaft. The base comprises at least two trailers and trailer coupling means for coupling the trailers. On each of the trailers a base mast segment of one of the masts is mounted. The support construction further comprises first mast coupling means for the coupling of a first pair of masts in folded position. A method for raising the support construction is set forth.
US11666822B2
A computer-implemented methods for generating a mini-game are provided. One method includes recording gameplay of a game on a computer game system and receiving a signal to generate said mini-game, and responsive to said signal suspending play of the game. The method includes identifying a start point and an end point for the mini-game from the recorded game, and using said start point and said end point for generating executable instructions to enable play of the mini-game. The method includes saving said generated executable instructions to a distribution system. The distribution system includes at least one server to enable access to the mini-game to access said generated executable instructions. And, selection of the generated executable instructions enables interactive gameplay of the mini-game.
US11666805B2
A golf club head includes a face portion including a hitting face for striking a ball, a sweet spot on the hitting face, a toe, a back face opposite the hitting face, and a first thin-walled region formed by being recessed the back face. In a front view of the face portion viewed from a direction orthogonal to the hitting face, the first thin-walled region is provided in a toe-upper region that is a region above and on a toe side with respect to the sweet spot, the first thin-walled region is provided outside a region having a radius of 5 mm centered on the sweet spot, and an area of the first thin-walled region is in a range from 15% to 70% of an area of the toe-upper region.
US11666801B2
An oscillating positive expiratory pressure system including an oscillating positive expiratory pressure device, an adapter coupled to the device, and a control module coupled to the adapter. The control module provides real time information about the use of the device, and provides feedback and storage of the information to improve the use thereof.
US11666799B2
A treadmill has a base with a vertically displaceable platform. A mechanism is provided that resists the downward movement of the platform in response to a load applied to the platform. The mechanism also rebounds the platform upwardly with a force applied to the platform in response to a decrease of a load on the platform. A support structure enables stable vertical positioning of the platform with respect to the base.
US11666798B2
A retractable wall mounted weightlifting bench system for that is extended outwardly from the wall when in use and retracted towards the wall when not in use. The retractable wall mounted weightlifting bench system generally includes a mounting bracket adapted to be attached to a wall, a bench pivotally connected to the mounting bracket that has an extended position and a retracted position, a first support member pivotally attached to the bench and a second support member pivotally attached to the bench. The first surface of the bench is horizontal or inclined when in the extended position to be used as a weightlifting bench. The first surface of the bench is in a substantially vertical position when in the retracted position for compact storage of the bench near the wall.
US11666793B2
A weight object configured to be lifted from a ground surface includes a first portion made of high-durometer material, a second portion made of elastomeric material having lower durometer than the first portion, and a handle for holding the weight object and lifting the object from the ground surface, where the second portion includes spaced holes within the elastomeric material for absorbing noise generated when the weight object is dropped on the ground surface. Alternatively, a weight object is disclosed which is configured to be lifted from a ground surface, comprising at least one layer of elastomeric material having spaced holes therein for absorbing noise generated when the weight object is dropped on the ground surface, and an opening configured to receive a handle. Slip over variations are disclosed for mounting sound absorbers to existing weight lifting equipment. In alternate examples, medicine balls, atlas stones or like weight lifting equipment can be created using sound absorbers for improved experience.
US11666791B2
A method of fighting a fire includes aerating a firefighting foam composition to form an aerated firefighting foam; administering the aerated firefighting foam to a fire or applying the aerated firefighting foam to a surface of a volatile flammable liquid; wherein: the firefighting foam composition includes a sugar component, which comprises monosaccharide sugar and/or sugar alcohol; anionic surfactant; zwitterionic surfactant; organic solvent comprising glycol ether and/or glycol solvent; polysaccharide thickener; and at least about 40 wt. % water; wherein the composition is substantially free of any amine oxide or nonionic surfactants; and the composition is substantially free of fluorinated compounds.
US11666790B2
A sprinkler assembly includes a sprinkler body and a tubular connection fitting. The tubular connection fitting includes a first end for connection to a fluid supply pipe and a second end with the sprinkler body inserted therein, the tubular member including an outer surface and an inner surface defining an internal conduit extending along a longitudinal axis, the inner surface of the tubular member includes a first stop surface spaced from the first end to define an insertion depth for the fluid supply pipe and a second stop surface to limit insertion of the sprinkler body into the second end. The first stop surface defines an annular channel for housing an end of the fluid supply pipe.
US11666784B2
An ultrasonic surgical instrument is disclosed including an ultrasonic blade, an ultrasonic transducer operably coupled to the ultrasonic blade, and a control circuit. The ultrasonic transducer is configured to transmit ultrasonic vibrations to the ultrasonic blade based on a drive signal. The control circuit is configured to provide the drive signal to the ultrasonic transducer, monitor a vibration frequency of the drive signal, and modify the drive signal based on a change in the vibration frequency of the drive signal.
US11666782B2
Apparatus for planning a diffusing alpha-emitter radiation therapy (DaRT) treatment session. The apparatus includes an output interface and a memory configured with a plurality of tables which provide an accumulated measure of radiation over a specific time period, due to one or more types of DaRT radiotherapy sources which emit daughter radionuclides from the source, for a plurality of different distances and angles relative to the DaRT radiotherapy source. In addition, a processor is configured to receive a description of a layout of a plurality of DaRT radiotherapy sources in a tumor, to calculate a radiation dose distribution in the tumor responsive to the layout, using the tables in the memory, and to output feedback for the treatment responsive to the radiation dose distribution, through the output interface.
US11666777B2
A photodynamic therapy technique for preventing damage to the fovea of the eye or another body portion of a patient is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a treatment laser is applied to a body portion of a patient using a painting technique, the treatment laser being configured to provide paint brush-type photodynamic therapy (PPDT) using the painting technique to the body portion of the patient by emitting light of a predetermined wavelength that is absorbed by tissue of the body portion of the patient to which a photosensitizer has been applied, the body portion of the patient being afflicted by a medical condition. The application of the treatment laser to the body portion of a patient using the painting technique treats the medical condition, reduces the symptoms associated with the medical condition, and/or alleviates the medical condition.
US11666766B2
In various examples, a method of establishing a communication session between an external device and an implantable medical device is described. The method includes generating at the external device a first private key and a first public key. A start session order is sent over a long-range communication channel. Evidence of physical proximity is sent from the external device to the implantable medical device over a short-range communication channel. A second private key and a second public key are generated at the implantable medical device. A first shared key is generated by the implantable medical device using the first public key and the second private key. A second shared key is generated by the external device using the second public key and the first private key. The first and second shared keys are used to encrypt and decrypt one or more messages between the external device and the implantable medical device.
US11666764B2
The present invention relates to a system of multiple implantable medical devices for an impedance measurement comprising a first implantable medical device, at least a second implantable medical device distinct from the first implantable medical device and; an analysis module comprising at least one amplifier and one envelope detector, one of the first implantable medical device or the second implantable medical device being a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator or a subcutaneous loop recorder, and the other of the first implantable medical device or the second implantable medical device being an implantable endocardial device.
US11666746B2
So as to be able to determine the position of a functional element as precisely as possible during the invasive use of a blood pump in a patient's body without the use of imaging methods, the blood pump is connected to a main sensor which records signals of the patient's heart, which are compared to other electrophysiological heart signals recorded by several sensors distributed on the body surface so as to allow the position of the blood pump to be determined by way of linking.
US11666741B1
A method for delivering matter into a human body is provided via a manual or automatic hand-held delivery device configured to provide a pressurized stream of fluid. The fluid contains compounds, chemicals, nutrients, vitamins or other desired matter. A user, via the device, is configured to target the pressurized stream of fluid to a location on the human body, e.g. the user's skin or mucosa. The pressurized stream is configured to penetrate the user's skin or mucosa such that at least a portion of the fluid is absorbed into the user's skin or mucosa. Various preconditioning methods are provided to increase the absorption rate and bioavailability.
US11666733B2
The disclosed invention provides a handle for controlling movements of a transseptal insertion shaft which is suitable for facilitating precise and safe transseptal puncture of a cardiac interatrial septum, and a transseptal puncture system that include a transseptal insertion shaft and a handle to control movements of the transseptal insertion shaft. The handle includes two twister thread half shells, a nut inner and nut outer placed inside the two twister thread half shells, a first pull wire connected to a first side of the transseptal insertion shaft and coupled to the nut inner, a second pull wire connected to a second side of the transseptal insertion shaft and coupled to the nut outer. The nut inner and nut outer rotate in opposite directions to each other when the two twister thread half shells are turned in a direction.
US11666721B2
A patient interface includes a frame including a textile material and a seal-forming structure provided to the frame. The seal-forming structure includes a foam material and/or a foam and textile material configured and arranged to form a seal with the patient's nose and/or mouth.
US11666720B2
A respiratory flow therapy apparatus including a sensing chamber which measures a flow of gases provided to a patient. The sensing chamber can be located after a blower and/or mixer. The sensing chamber can include an ultrasonic transducer, a temperature sensor, a heated temperature sensing element, and/or a gas concentration sensor. A flow path of gases used in conjunction with the sensor system prevents unwanted vorticity in the flow of gases that can create anomalies in measuring flow.
US11666710B2
In some embodiments, a delivery device includes a device actuator and a cannula portion through which a therapeutic substance is ejected. The cannula portion includes an outer shaft, a needle that is configured to move through the outer shaft, and a plunger that is configured to move through the needle, forming a positive displacement arrangement.
US11666695B2
Methods and systems are provided for a sub-atmospheric wound-care (SAWS) system for treating an open wound. The SAWS system includes a regulated vacuum source for developing a negative pressure, a flow rate meter configured to measure a flow rate of liquid removed from the wound, a primary pressure regulating sensor located proximate the wound for directly measuring the negative pressure at the wound, a backup pressure regulating sensor located vacuum tube, a porous dressing suitable to be sealed airtight which is positioned within a wound interface chamber, a collection canister configured to collect said liquid removed from the wound, and an adapter configured to use wall suction a primary regulated vacuum source.
US11666694B2
The invention relates to a device for separation of fluidal biological material components, particularly separation of components of the material collected by liposuction for subsequent transfer of the adipose tissue in an injection form. The device comprises a container with an outlet duct arranged in it, the outlet duct having its upper end adapted for collecting the material, and its lower end that is in fluid communication with the inner space of the container at its bottom. Further, the invention relates to a separating float for separation of the fluidal biological material components, the float being intended to be used in the device, wherein the float comprises at least one by-pass opening for passage of the fluidal biological material contained in the container from the area below the separating float into the area above it. The invention also relates to a kit including the device and the float.
US11666690B2
Dialysis systems comprising actuators that cooperate to perform dialysis functions and sensors that cooperate to monitor dialysis functions are disclosed. According to one aspect, such a hemodialysis system comprises a user interface model layer, a therapy layer, below the user interface model layer, and a machine layer below the therapy layer. The user interface model layer is configured to manage the state of a graphical user interface and receive inputs from a graphical user interface. The therapy layer is configured to run state machines that generate therapy commands based at least in part on the inputs from the graphical user interface. The machine layer is configured to provide commands for the actuators based on the therapy commands.
US11666683B2
A medical textile product includes a textile substrate having opposed first and second surfaces with the textile substrate including a textile construction of one or more yarns. The second surface includes a coating of a substantially water-insoluble, non-porous elastomeric sealant. The one or more yarns at the first surface are pre-treated with a removable composition, such that the water-insoluble elastomeric sealant encapsulates a portion of fibers of the one or more yarns at the second surface of the textile substrate. The textile substrate is substantially impermeable to fluid. The first surface is substantially free of the substantially water-insoluble elastomeric sealant. The textile substrate may be a non-tubular substrate, such as a planar sheet, a shaped sheet, and a tape, or a tubular substrate, such as a cylindrical conduit, a tubular conduit, a Y-shaped, a T-shaped conduit, a multi-channel conduit, and a bulbous shaped conduit.
US11666680B2
A dressing includes a drape, a pressure-sensitive acrylic-based adhesive on a skin-facing surface of the drape, an island of absorbent material, a silicone gel backing film, and a silicone gel on the silicone gel backing film. The drape is a thin film capable of maintaining a negative pressure underneath the drape upon application of a vacuum. The island of absorbent material has a smaller area than the drape and is applied onto the skin-facing surface of the drape. The silicone gel backing film has a frame shape and a smaller footprint than the drape and a larger footprint than the island of absorbent material.
US11666676B1
The invention provides an aroma device for self-generating water vapor. The aroma device comprises a water vapor generator and an aroma body bearing portion. The water vapor generator is internally provided with a self-heating bag that is chemically reacted with water to generate high-temperature water vapor. Generated water vapor with aroma escapes outwards through an aroma carrier. The aroma device is convenient to carry and wide in diffusion range without a power supply. The high-temperature water vapor directly gasifies essence in a medium without generating other harmful dust and smog, and the aroma effect is remarkably enhanced.
US11666652B2
Methods for the generation of electrochemical plasma activated aqueous chemotherapeutics (EPAAC) solutions are described. These solutions have been found to selectively reduce the proliferation of human pancreatic cancer cells, with no toxic effects for healthy cells.
US11666645B2
The present invention provides in certain embodiments compositions comprising at least one CD200 inhibitor, and methods of reversing or modulating immune suppression in a patient having a disease or disorder arising from abnormal cell growth, function or behavior, which method comprises administering to a patient in need thereof a CD200 inhibitor composition.
US11666635B2
The present invention pertains in general to the field of the stabilization of gonadotropin formulations, in particular liquid formulations of gonadotropins. The stabilization is achieved by a particular combination of excipients, preferably arginine and methionine. In a preferred embodiment, the formulation does not comprise a buffer.
US11666634B2
Described herein are methods of management of functional dyspepsia in a patient by administering an amylin analogue or a CCK composition to the patient. Methods of diagnosing such patient include a standard gastric-emptying assessment using a standardized solid meal along with measurements of blood glucose levels. Another method of diagnosing such patient includes a gastric-emptying scintigraphy assessment with labeled carbohydrates or other assessments to diagnose rapid carbohydrate gastric emptying.
US11666628B2
The present disclosure relates to a BIN1 protein or a BIN1 nucleic acid sequence producing or encoding the same, for a use in the treatment of X-linked centronuclear myopathy. The present invention provides compositions and methods for treatment of X-linked centronuclear myopathy. The present invention relates to a method of delivering the BIN1 polypeptide to subjects with X-linked centronuclear myopathy.
US11666613B2
A new use of Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei K56 capable of regulating the gastrointestinal flora balance is described. The deposit number of the Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei is DSM27447. This strain alone has the ability to significantly promote the growth of intestinal Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus, suppress Desulfovibrio and/or Enterobacteria in the intestine, suppress Helicobacter and/or Escherichia-Shigella, and can endure a simulated in vitro gastrointestinal fluid stress environment. Experiments in mice show that this strain has no acute oral toxicity, no antibiotic resistance, and may be safely used in food processing.
US11666603B2
The invention relates to the isolation or extraction of exosomes.
US11666595B2
The present invention relates to a novel approach for treating cancer, which is based on targeting PD-L1 mRNA. The invention is directed to oligonucleotides comprising 10 to 20 modified or unmodified nucleotides complementary to specifically selected regions of the PD-L1.
US11666594B2
The present disclosure provides a compound having a STING agonistic activity, which may be expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of STING-related diseases. The present disclosure relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a salt thereof.
US11666590B2
The present invention relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors for treating, preventing, protecting against and/or delaying the progression of chronic kidney disease in patients, for example patients with prediabetes, type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus.
US11666584B2
The invention relates to a new method for the prevention and treatment of wave burst arrhythmia by administering a gestagen having an androgenic effect.
US11666578B2
The invention provides compounds and methods of inhibiting a cyclin-dependent kinase, comprising contacting the cyclin-dependent kinase and an effective amount or concentration of a compound of formula (I) wherein variables are as defined herein. Compounds of formula (I) can be highly selective inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases such as CDK12/13, relative to other kinases such as casein kinases, such as CK1δ/ε. Compounds can be used in treatment of cancers, such as breast cancer, brain cancer and ovarian cancer.
US11666577B2
The invention provides compounds that inhibit human MLKL, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and stereoisomers thereof. The compounds are employed in pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of making and use, including treating a person in need thereof with an effective amount of the compound or composition.
US11666574B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for treating cancer with a diaryl macrocycle in combination with an inhibitor of MAPK/ERK kinase-1 and -2 (MEK1 and MEK2; MAP2K1 and MAP2K2), such as trametinib.
US11666573B2
Provided herein are simplified dosing regimens for administering paliperidone palmitate to a patient in need of treatment of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders.
US11666567B2
The present application describes pharmaceutical formulations of bromocriptine mesylate and methods of manufacturing and using such formulations. The formulations are useful for improving glycemic control in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
US11666559B2
The present disclosure relates to a new class of antimicrobial agents. In particular, this disclosure provides the identification and characterization of novel spiro-lactam compounds as anti-HIV/AIDS and anti-malarial agents. Furthermore, this disclosure also provides the preparation of spiro-β-penicillanic acids, which proved to be potent inhibitors of HIV.
US11666552B2
The present invention relates to a method for modifying release of a therapeutically active agent from an elastomeric matrix, comprising providing a core comprising an elastomeric matrix and a therapeutically active agent; dipping the core to a coating solution of an elastomer, wherein the elastomer comprises 20-35 wt-% of a filler, calculated from the total amount of filler and elastomer; curing the dipped core to provide a coated core. In this method the dipping is provided as a continuous process by pulling the core through the coating solution, using a pulling speed suitable for providing a coating thickness of δ-IOO the filler is selected from silica, titanium dioxide, barium sulphate, carbon and mixtures thereof; the elastomer comprised in the core and the elastomer comprised in the coating solution are independently selected from poly(dimethyl) siloxanes, polyethylene vinyl acetates (EVAs), polyurethanes (PUs), polyhydroxyethyl methacrylates (PHEMAs) and polymethyl methacrylates (PMMAs).
US11666548B2
The present disclosure relates to parenteral nutrition formulations, including ready-to-use parenteral nutrition formulations which are reconstituted from multi-chamber containers and amino acid formulations. More particularly, the present disclosure is directed to formulations comprising butyrate derivatives, specifically arginine butyrate, for use with adult or pediatric patients. The disclosure further provides for methods of reducing or preventing systemic and local inflammation of patients receiving parenteral nutrition, and methods of maintaining or ameliorating their systemic immunity and local immunity, as well as the patients' gut barrier functions.
US11666539B2
Disclosed are (i) compounds of formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and (ii) lipidoid nanoparticles comprising compound of formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as their use as vehicles for drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier.
US11666536B2
Extended release pyridostigmine dosage forms, suitable for maintaining stable plasma concentrations with reduced or minimized initial burst release/dose dumping of pyridostigmine, are provided. The dosage forms include matrix tablets, gastroretentive tablets, and pellets, the latter being suitable for dosing in capsules, tablets, and sachets, as well as for sprinkling on foodstuffs. The disclosure also provides methods for improving patient compliance by administering once-a-day extended release pyridostigmine bromide dosage forms that provide a superior controlled drug release.
US11666531B2
In accordance with the present disclosure, there are provided formulations comprising: (a) at least one active agent; (b) an oil, and optionally a thickener therefor; (c) an organic solvent, and a thickener therefor; and (d) an oil and/or solvent soluble skin penetration enhancer; wherein: said formulation comprises <10 wt % water; and said formulation optionally forms a thixotropic thinning gel. Also provided are gels comprising oil and organic solvent, methods for preparing same and methods for the topical delivery of an active agent to a subject in need thereof.
US11666522B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising complexes of cyclodextrins and lipid-modified stem cell proteins. Also disclosed are topical compositions the complexes. Methods of using the compositions for the therapeutic purposes are also disclosed as well as methods of producing the compositions.
US11666519B2
Personal care topical compositions at skin-tolerant pH with cystine which is solubilized or has small crystal size below 20 microns. A process of making the composition is also described.
US11666517B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of antimicrobial compositions. More particularly, it concerns the use of a composition as an antimicrobial agent, the composition comprising ingredients selected from the group consisting of: (i) nona-2,6-dien-1-ol in combination with at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of 3-neopentylpyridine, 2-methylhexan-3-one oxime, terpineol and 2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol; (ii) gamma-dodecalactone in combination with at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of 1-Methyl-4-(1-methylethenyl)-cyclohexene, 4-Methoxybenzaldehyde, and 1,3-Benzodioxole-5-carbaldehyde; (iii) (Z)-3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol and gamma-dodecalactone; (iv) cis-4(Isopropyl)cyclohexanemethanol and 4-Methoxybenzaldehyde; and (v) 1,3-Benzodioxole-5-carbaldehyde and 4-Methoxybenzaldehyde, wherein the ingredients are present in an amount sufficient to provide an antimicrobial effect. The composition and its use for the preparation of antimicrobially active perfuming compositions and consumer products are also objects of the disclosure.
US11666516B2
An aqueous oral care one-part composition (e.g., solution), a kit that includes such composition (e.g., solution), and methods (e.g., a method of providing fluoride to a patients tooth surface), wherein the oral care composition (e.g., solution) includes: silver cations; thiocyanate anions; fluoride anions; and water.
US11666515B2
A phosphorous compound such as STMP is used as a cross-linking agent while making a starch nanoparticle in an emulsion process. Negative charge of the nanoparticle is reduced or reversed by adding cations and/or cationizing the starch optionally while forming the nanoparticles. Anionic active agents, such as fluoride or fluorescein, are optionally incorporated into the nanoparticle during the formation process. For example, a fluoride salt can also be used, which promotes the crosslinking reaction while also providing fluoride in the nanoparticle. The retention of both calcium and fluoride in the nanoparticle is improved when both salts are used. Alternatively, the nanoparticle may be used without added calcium and/or fluoride. The nanoparticles may be useful for tooth remineralization, the treatment of dentinal hypersensitivity, to treat caries, or as a diagnostic agent to locate carious lesions.
US11666513B2
A medical pump, comprising: a fluid housing having a plurality of intake openings, sealed by at least one intake valve, and an outlet opening sealed by an outlet valve; a piston which is sealing the fluid housing and connected to a drive mechanism, the drive mechanism pulls the piston to draw fluid from one of the plurality of intake openings and pushes the piston to discharge the fluid into the outlet opening; and a selecting valve enclosing at least two tubes, each providing fluid to one of the plurality of intake openings, wherein the selecting valve closes one of the at least two tubes while opening another of the at least two tubes.
US11666499B2
There is described a patient lift apparatus comprising a supporting frame a boom portion connected to the supporting frame and a spreader element coupled to the boom portion via a coupling member. The boom portion and coupling member are joined by a pivot joint (PJ2) allowing the coupling member and associated spreader element to pivot with respect to the boom portion about a pivot axis. According to one aspect of the invention, the patient lift apparatus further comprises a damping element coupled between the boom portion and the coupling member to damp rocking movement of the coupling member and spreader element, which damping element is a linear damper having a first end connected to the boom portion and a second end connected to the coupling member According to another aspect of the invention, the patient lift apparatus further comprises a quick release mechanism to release the spreader element from the boom portion.
US11666492B2
Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a front elastic belt region, a back elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; the crotch region extending longitudinally between the front elastic belt region and the back elastic belt region; the front elastic belt region having an area of A1, the crotch region having an area of A2, the back elastic belt region having an area of A3, the front elastic belt region having a front placement distance L8, and the back elastic belt region having a back placement distance L9 according to the measurements herein; wherein the total of A1, A2 and A3 is from about 1250 cm2 to about 1400 cm2, and having a relationship of A3>A1>A2; and wherein the ratio of L8 to L9 is no more than about 0.8.
US11666483B2
A first optical subsystem includes a window with a refractive index nw and an exit lens having a refractive index nx. The exit lens is configured to couple to the window to define a first optical axis extending through the window and the exit lens. A second optical subsystem is configured to output a light beam. The light beam is directed to be incident at a convex surface of the exit lens along a second optical axis at an angle α that is offset from the first optical axis. The window is configured to detachably couple to the cornea of the eye such that the first optical axis is generally aligned with a direction of view of the eye. The respective refractive indices nw and nx are configured to direct the light beam incident at the convex surface of the exit lens through the cornea of the eye toward the irido-corneal angle.
US11666479B2
A hand-held or wearable device for cooling tissue of an eye of a patient is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a reservoir having fluid therein and a support connected to the reservoir and configured to be positioned on a face of the patient. The device also includes a nozzle positioned proximate to the support and fluidically connected to the reservoir, the nozzle configured to pass the fluid from the reservoir onto a surface of the eye. The device further includes a cooling element configured to cool the fluid from the reservoir such that it exits the nozzle at a temperature of between −100° C. and 15° C. The device further includes an ultrasonic vibrator positioned near the nozzle and configured to generate mist from at least part of the fluid.
US11666467B2
A stent graft delivery system for delivering an aortic prosthetic device includes a handle, an internal lead screw assembly within a track of a handle body of the handle, a lead screw nut that extends about the handle body and threadable engaged with the threaded portion of the internal lead screw assembly, a support member fixed to the handle body, a sheath extending about a portion of the support member and fixed to the internal lead screw assembly, and a hemostasis valve about the supporting member and between the sheath and the lead screw assembly.
US11666450B2
The present disclosure provides a shoulder prosthesis. The shoulder prosthesis includes a glenoid component, a humeral component, and an articulation component. The glenoid component includes a glenoid body having a proximal side and a distal side, the proximal side shaped to engage with a resected portion of a glenoid cavity. The humeral component includes a humeral body having a proximal side and a distal side, the distal side shaped to engage with a resected portion of a humerus. The articulation component is positionable between the distal side of the glenoid component and the proximal side of the humeral component, the articulation component configured to be maintained between the glenoid and humeral components, after implantation, by at least one of a deltoid muscle and a rotator cuff.
US11666449B2
A prosthetic glenoid implant may include a polymer bearing component, a metal base component, and a plurality of fixation members. The bearing component may have a first surface adapted to articulate with a humeral head, and an opposing second surface including a first mating feature. The base component may have a first surface and a bone-contacting surface, the first surface having a second mating feature adapted to engage the first mating feature, the bone-contacting surface adapted to contact the native glenoid. The base component may define a plurality of apertures. The fixation members may each have a head and a threaded shaft adapted to pass through a corresponding one of the plurality of apertures, the head of each fixation member adapted to be positioned within a recess defined between the base component and the bearing component in an assembled condition of the prosthetic glenoid implant.
US11666445B2
An engineered medical device for treatment of osteonecrosis is provided where the size, porosity and ceramic content of the device can be personalized based on an individual patient's anatomical and physiological condition. The device distinguishes different segments mimicking anatomically-relevant cortical and cancellous segments, in which the cortical segments of the device can sustain mechanical loading, and the cancellous segment of the device can promote bone ingrowth, osteogenesis and angiogenesis.
US11666444B2
Described is a collapsible atrial cage for percutaneous delivery and implantation of an atrioventricular valve within an atrium of the heart. The atrial cage includes an atrial portion and a ventricular portion. The ventricular portion is attached with and separated from the atrial portion by a valve juncture portion. Notably, the cage includes at least one interlock shaped to lock with and secure an atrioventricular valve proximate the valve juncture portion. Thus, when deployed and expanded, the atrioventricular valve is secured at the atrioventricular juncture.
US11666439B2
A valve for endovascular heart valve repair that provides improved sealing of the valve against the native wall. The valve assembly has a sealing region at a distal end of the valve. The sealing region having a delivery position and a sealing position, wherein in the delivery position, the sealing region has a first length, and in the sealing position, the sealing region has a second length less than the first length and a thickness in the sealing position is greater in the sealing position than in the delivery position.
US11666438B2
A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a prosthetic heart valve. The system includes an inner shaft assembly, a delivery sheath capsule and a handle maintaining a first actuator and a second actuator. The capsule is configured to compressively retain the prosthetic heart valve over the inner shaft assembly. The first actuator is operated to proximally retract the delivery sheath capsule and expose the prosthetic heart valve relative to the capsule. The second actuator is operated to proximally retract the prosthetic heart valve by transmitting forces to the inner shaft assembly.
US11666432B2
A method and system provide an ophthalmic lens including a lens body having a chamber therein, a reservoir module coupled with the lens body and an optical fluid. At least part of the lens body is flexible. The reservoir module includes a reservoir and a heat sensitive portion bordering the reservoir. The reservoir has a reservoir volume and is fluidically connected with the chamber. The heat sensitive portion has a shape responsive to a temperature of at least forty five degrees Celsius such that the reservoir volume changes in response to at least part of the heat sensitive portion reaching the temperature. The optical fluid resides in the chamber and the reservoir. A change in the reservoir volume flows a portion of the optical fluid between the reservoir and the chamber such that the flexible portion of the lens body undergoes a shape change corresponding to a base power change.
US11666427B2
A portable tooth polishing and bleaching treatment system is provided for simultaneous tooth surface polishing and bleaching for use at home or in dental clinics. A full contact swinging mechanism is employed to transfer a continuously rotational input from a motor into a back-and-forth swinging movement output. The system comprises an electrically powered handpiece, a detachable swinging angle, a rubber cup, a user-specific thermoplastic gum protector, and a dual-agent mixing set consisting of a separated storage of polishing bleaching agents and an agent mixing tool. The swinging angle alone is used as a prophylaxis angle for dental clinics.
US11666426B2
A brush attachment for a toothbrush handpiece, in particular for an electric toothbrush handpiece, has a head portion which includes a brush head, has an attachment portion which includes an interface receptacle, and has a neck portion arranged between the head portion and the attachment portion, wherein the interface receptacle is implemented by a universal interface receptacle for receiving at least two different interfaces of different toothbrush handpieces.
US11666425B2
The present invention relates to dental suction devices for capturing aerosols and managing fluid accumulations in a patient's mouth during a dental procedure. The dental suction devices comprise a housing tube having a first end connectible to a vacuum source; a funnel demountably engageable with a second end of the housing tube; a pliable tube extending throughout the housing tube and extending outward from the funnel. The first end of the pliable tube is connectible to the vacuum source and its opposite end is positionable in a patient's mouth. The second end of the pliable tube has a plurality of apertures, and one or more pairs of retaining collars adjustably spaced-apart therealong. The pliable tube may be looped around the end of a row of teeth and secured in place by a tie that is secured to the spaced-apart pair of retaining collars between two adjacent teeth.
US11666421B2
Dental implant with a base body made of ceramic anchorable in a jawbone and an implant superstructure attachable to the base body using a screw, wherein in an assembled state of the dental implant, a threaded portion of the screw engages with an inner thread formed in a blind hole of the base body, wherein the implant superstructure is by the screw pressed against the base body and wherein the engagement between the threaded portion of the screw and the internal thread of the blind hole occurs only in a lower half of the base body facing away from the implant superstructure.
US11666420B2
An apparatus includes a dental prosthetic, a metallic insert, and a plastic cap member. The insert is configured to be bonded in an interior of the dental prosthetic. The insert defines a passageway. The of the insert is configured to receive a screw. The cap member is configured to be interposed between the insert and the interior of the dental prosthetic.
US11666418B2
A method for adjusting/monitoring an orthodontic appliance worn by a patient. Creating a numerical three-dimensional reference model of at least a part of a patient's arch. Creating a numerical three-dimensional reference model of the teeth of the at least a part of the patient's arch. Acquiring at least one updated image, under actual acquisition conditions, and searching, by deformation of the initial reference model, for an updated reference model corresponding to the positioning of the teeth during the acquisition of the updated image. Determining, depending a comparison model corresponding to an anticipated positioning of the teeth, a comparison model. Comparing the updated reference model with the comparison model. If comparison leads to an unsatisfactory result, creation of a replacement orthodontic appliance, by modification of the orthodontic appliance worn or by creation of a new orthodontic appliance, the replacement orthodontic appliance being configured accordingly.
US11666414B2
Methods and systems are provided for clinicians in a medical environment to remotely assess the status of an asset without physically going to the specific place where the asset is located. By using sensors and special purpose rooms, the methods and systems provide an accurate view of what is going on with the asset. Furthermore, the methods and systems can be extrapolated to a patient's status (knowing if the patient is asleep or awake, or when the patient wakes up post anesthesia—this would imply that the patient wears a tag).
US11666408B2
A storage tray provides storage for multiple types of wires, catheters, and other instruments used during surgical procedures. The storage tray includes a base and a set of walls forming a basin that holds liquid. A wire containment section within the basin holds multiple coiled guidewires in a channel filled with the liquid. The wire containment section includes an inner wall and one or more wall segments forming an outer boundary of the channel. A wire holder outside the channel holds end portions of the guidewires. Pulling an end portion of one of the coiled guidewires horizontally causes the guidewire to slide along the inner wall for separation and removal from the storage tray.
US11666400B2
A teleoperational medical system for performing a medical procedure in a surgical field includes a teleoperational assembly having a plurality of motorized surgical arms configured to assist in a surgical procedure. It also includes an input device configured to receive an input to move all the arms of the plurality of motorized surgical arms to a pre-established position. A processing system is configured to receive the input form the input device and output control signals to each arm of the plurality of motorized surgical arms to move each arm to the pre-established position.
US11666391B2
Provided herein are systems, devices, assemblies, and methods for generating exciter signals, for example, to activate a remotely located tag. The systems, devices, assemblies, and methods find use in a variety of application including medical applications for the locating of a tag in a subject.
US11666384B2
A system for surgical planning and assessment of spinal pathology or spinal deformity correction in a subject, the system comprises a control unit configured to align one or more vertebral bodies of a biomechanical model to one or more vertebral bodies of the radiograph. The control unit is configured to receive one or more spinal correction inputs. The control unit is configured to, based on the received one or more spinal correction inputs, simulate the biomechanical model in a predetermined posture. The control unit is configured to provide for display one or more characteristics of the simulated biomechanical model.
US11666383B2
Systems and methods for intraocular lens selection include obtaining one or more pre-operative measurements of an eye; selecting, from a plurality of historical IOL implantation records, a subset of historical IOL implantation records for evaluating a first plurality of prediction model candidates; evaluating the first plurality of prediction model candidates; selecting a first prediction model from the first plurality of prediction model candidates based on the evaluating; calculating, using the selected first prediction model, a plurality of estimated post-operative MRSE values based on a set of IOL powers and the one or more pre-operative measurements of the eye; determining a first IOL power corresponding to a first estimated post-operative MRSE value that matches a predetermined post-operative MRSE value; and providing the determined first IOL power to a user to aid in selection of an IOL for implantation in the eye.
US11666381B2
Electrical instrument for applying radiofrequency and/or microwave frequency energy to tissue, comprising: a distal part comprising an instrument tip for applying radiofrequency and/or microwave frequency energy to tissue, the instrument tip comprising first and second conductive elements; a coaxial feed cable comprising an inner conductor, a tubular outer conductor coaxial with the inner conductor, and dielectric material separating the inner and outer conductors, the coaxial feed cable being for conveying radiofrequency and/or microwave frequency energy to the distal part; wherein: the inner conductor is electrically connected to the first conductive element and the outer conductor is electrically connected to the second conductive element through a rotatable connection between the distal part and the coaxial feed cable that allows rotation of the distal part relative to the coaxial feed cable; and the instrument comprises an actuator for rotating the distal part in a first rotational direction relative to the feed cable.
US11666373B2
A treatment system includes an energy treatment tool and a power supply device. The energy treatment tool includes respective first and second grasps configured to be coupled with one another and are capable of pivoting with respect to one another so as to grip a treatment target therebetween. A plurality of bipolar electrodes is attached to the respective first and second grasps. The plurality of bipolar electrodes receives a high-frequency current to flow through the treatment target so as to develop a first temperature distribution in the treatment target. A treatment energy source is configured to be coupled to one of the respective first and second grasps and receives electric energy to generate treatment energy different from the high-frequency current and to apply the generated treatment energy to the treatment target so as to develop a second temperature distribution in the treatment target.
US11666359B2
An access apparatus includes an access housing, an access member extending from the access housing, a fluid connector mounted to the access housing and a control valve mounted to the fluid connector. The control valve is positionable relative to the fluid connector between a first position corresponding to a desufflation operative state permitting rapid desufflation of the underlying body cavity, a second position corresponding to an insufflation operative state permitting insufflation fluid flow into the access member and into the underlying body cavity, and a third position corresponding to a closed operative state.
US11666358B2
The present teachings relate generally to a medical flexible needle assembly (10), comprising a needle portion (20) disposed at a distal end (12) of the assembly; a stiff portion (30) disposed at a proximal end 14 of the assembly; an flexible portion disposed between and interconnecting the needle portion and the stiff portion, including a flex distal portion (42), a flex proximal portion (44); and a jacketing member (50) disposed about the assembly (10) over at least part of the flexible portion (40); characterized in that the jacketing member (50) includes one or more coupled regions (60) and one or more decoupled region (70), wherein in at least one or more of the one or more coupled regions (60) are located proximally, distally, or both of the flexible portion (40).
US11666357B2
An enclosure configured to hermetically seal electronics of a surgical instrument therein includes a first casing component defining a first weld deck about a perimeter thereof, a second casing component defining a second weld deck about a perimeter thereof, and an energy director extending from the first weld deck and configured to facilitate ultrasonic welding of the first and second weld decks of the first and second casing components, respectively, with one another to establish a weld seam hermetically sealing the first and second casing components. The first weld deck lies in multiple planes.
US11666355B2
A catheter for removing tissue from a body lumen and for providing information relating to the body lumen. The catheter includes a tissue cutting element that rotates relative to the catheter body and is mounted to the drive shaft for imparting rotation to the tissue cutting element. An energy emitting element of the catheter rotates relative to the catheter body and is rotatable independently of the tissue cutting element.
US11666354B2
A surgical system can include a first instrument defining a first channel and a second instrument receivable by the first channel. The second instrument can include a second channel. A valve coupled to the first instrument controls fluid flow through the first channel. The valve has at least two positions and in one position, the impedance of fluid flow through the valve into the first channel (when the second instrument is not received in the first channel) is substantially the same as when the valve is the other position and the first channel partially blocked by the second instrument. In another aspect, a surgical system can include an outer member and the first instrument can be received within the outer member to define a second channel there between. The first instrument can include a visualization system and an illumination system.
US11666347B2
A surgical instrumentation system for a shoulder arthroplasty that includes a retractor that includes a curved section structured to wrap around and substantially engage a posterior portion of a humeral head, an alignment guide extending from the retractor. The alignment guide includes a primary alignment shaft and a resection guide attachable to the retractor, the resection guide including a guide surface for guiding a cutting tool.
US11666340B2
Ring comprising: an outer belt (3) equipped with closing means (7) for closing the ring (1) around a duct (2); an inner chamber (4) that can be inflated and deflated; a flexible inflation/deflation tube (5); wherein the lips have contact surfaces facing each other, the closing means comprising at least one perforation arranged on the contact surface of a first of the two lips and at least one protrusion protruding from the contact surface of a second of the two lips, the protrusion and the perforation being configured so that the protrusion is retained in the perforation by fitting, the fitting being selected to be released in the event of overpressure in the ring.
US11666317B2
A sternal elevator apparatus is disclosed. The sternal elevator may include a panel, a support beam traversing the panel, and a post coupled to a proximal end of the panel. The apparatus may also include an indicator handle coupled to the sternal elevator, an actuator drive pivotably coupled to the indicator handle, and a housing movably coupled to the actuator drive. The sternal elevator apparatus may have an actuator drive incorporating a linear rack. The housing further may include a cylindrical gear where the cylindrical gear is engaged with the linear rack.
US11666313B1
A calibration system for a pulsed phase-lock loop ultrasound measurement system comprising an apparatus having a compartment for holding a pressure sensitive liquid. The compartment has an opening by which a flow of the pressure sensitive liquid may be controlled. A sensor arranged relative to the compartment to receive ultrasonic signals that reflect off one or more inner surfaces of the compartment. The system includes a processing device for receiving an integrated error signal output by the sensor based on pressure changes of the pressure sensitive liquid responsive to a change in flow of pressure sensitive liquid between the source and the compartment.
US11666306B2
The present invention relates to a device (10) for detecting a misuse of a medical imaging system (20), comprising a data interface (12) for acquiring medical image data (24) and audit log data (26) from the medical imaging system (20); a processing unit (14) which is configured to configured to analyse the medical image data (24) to determine whether or not a part of a fetus is imaged in the medical image data (24), to compare the medical image data (24) and the audit log data (26) with each other, and to determine based on said comparison whether there is a mismatch between the medical image data (24) and the audit log data (26); and a feedback unit (16) which is configured to generate a misuse alert signal if a mismatch is detected by the processing unit (14).
US11666305B2
Systems, devices, and methods are provided to provide workflow assistance to an operator during a medical imaging procedure, such as a Doppler ultrasound evaluation of a body vessel of a subject. A sensor such as a gyroscope (128) may be integrated in an external ultrasound probe (102). Workflow assistance may be provided to position the ultrasound probe (102) to make accurate flow measurements of fluid within the vessel, such as by coupling system color flow information with gyroscope angles. The workflow assistance may also assist a user in identifying a perpendicular orientation of the ultrasound to be used as a reference in making Doppler measurements. The system may also be used to create a vessel map.
US11666301B2
A method for correction of an input dataset is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes acquisition of an input dataset comprising at least one data error; determination of a correction function; creation of a corrected output dataset by application of the correction function to the input dataset; and outputting of the corrected output dataset. The correction function is embodied to bring about a reduction of at least two data errors that mutually influence one another in the input dataset.
US11666300B2
A method for the real-time control of exposure to an X-ray dose emitted by a generator tube for generating an X-ray beam and received by a detector includes a flat panel detector, comprising a set of pixels organized into a matrix along rows and columns and configured so as to generate signals on the basis of the X-ray dose impinging on the detector, the generator tube comprising a control unit for controlling the generator tube that is configured so as to control an emitted X-ray dose, the control method comprising the following steps: exposing the flat panel detector to an X-ray dose emitted by the generator tube for generating an X-ray beam; repeatedly reading out at least one of the rows of pixels while the flat panel detector is exposed to the X-ray dose; determining a payload signal and a stray signal based on the signals from the readout of the at least one of the rows; transmitting the payload signal to the control unit for controlling the generator tube.
US11666292B2
A method is for making an X-ray recording of an examination region of an examination object with an X-ray system including an X-ray source arranged on an emitter displacement unit and an X-ray detector including a detection area, arranged on a detector displacement unit. The method includes selecting the examination region and portion-wise recording successive recording portions in relation to the examination region. The portion-wise recording includes moving the X-ray source and the X-ray detector, determining a strip-shaped detection region within the detection area, by expanding an extent of the X-ray recording compared with a further different X-ray recording, and acquiring and recording each respective successive recording portion, of the successive recording portions, using the determined detection region and the X-ray source. Finally, the method includes generating an assembled X-ray recording of the examination region from the successive recording portions recorded.
US11666288B2
Systems and methods are provided for perioperative care in a medical facility. In an example, a system includes a display and a computing device operably coupled to the display and storing instructions executable to output, to the display, a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes real-time medical device data of a patient, at least some of the real-time medical device data displayed via the GUI as a plurality of patient monitoring parameter tiles, the GUI including a risk score indicative of a relative likelihood that the patient will exhibit a condition within a period of time, and responsive to a user input, display, on the GUI, a set of trend lines each showing values for a respective patient monitoring parameter over a time range, each trend line of the set of trend lines selected based on a contribution of each respective patient monitoring parameter to the risk score.
US11666286B2
Computational techniques are applied to video images of polyps to extract features and patterns from different perspectives of a polyp. The extracted features and patterns are synthesized using registration techniques to remove artifacts and noise, thereby generating improved images for the polyp. The generated images of each polyp can be used for training and testing purposes, where a machine learning system separates two types of polyps.
US11666282B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to detecting implantable medical device orientation changes. In an exemplary embodiment, a medical device having a processor, comprises an acceleration sensor and memory. The acceleration sensor is configured to generate acceleration data that comprises a plurality of acceleration measurements. The memory comprises instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: obtain the acceleration data from the acceleration sensor; and determine, based on the acceleration data, that the medical device has flipped.
US11666281B2
A method of detecting hypertension in a patient having an implantable blood pump, the method includes operating the implantable blood pump at a first pump set speed during a first period of time. A first flow rate minimum during a cardiac cycle of the patient is measured during the first period of time. The first pump set speed is reduced by at least 200 rpm during a second period of time after the first period of time to a second pump set speed, the second period of time being less than the first period of time. A second flow rate minimum is measured during a cardiac cycle during the second period of time. If the second flow rate minimum decreases during the second period of time at the second pump set speed by more than a predetermined amount, an alert is generated indicating a presence of hypertension.
US11666277B2
An apparatus for estimating biometric information is provided. According to one exemplary embodiment, the apparatus may include a sensor comprising an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor configured to measure an ECG signal of a user and a pulse wave sensor configured to measure two or more pulse wave signals at two or more measurement sites of the user; and a processor configured to obtain biometric information based on the ECG signal and the two or more pulse wave signals measured by the sensor.
US11666274B2
The wearable article (200) comprises a sensing component. The electronics module (100) is removably coupled to the wearable article (200). The electronics module comprises a housing and a processor disposed within the housing (101). An interface element (121, 123) interfaces with the sensing component so as to receive signals from the sensing component and provide the same to the processor. A sensor (105) is disposed within the housing (101). The sensor (105) monitors a property of the environment external the electronics module (100) through the housing (101). The housing (101) is constructed such that the sensor (105) has line of sight through the housing (101).
US11666264B1
Systems, articles, and methods for surface electromyography (“EMG”) sensors that combine elements from traditional capacitive and resistive EMG sensors are described. For example, capacitive EMG sensors that are adapted to resistively couple to a user's skin are described. Resistive coupling between a sensor electrode and the user's skin is galvanically isolated from the sensor circuitry by a discrete component capacitor included downstream from the sensor electrode. The combination of a resistively coupled electrode and a discrete component capacitor provides the respective benefits of traditional resistive and capacitive (respectively) EMG sensor designs while mitigating respective drawbacks of each approach. A wearable EMG device that provides a component of a human-electronics interface and incorporates such capacitive EMG sensors is also described.
US11666263B2
A method for preparing microsensors (e.g., microelectrodes) suitable for use in electrophysiology and electrochemistry studies in vitro and in vivo is described. The method can involve preparing a polymeric resin-insulated electron conducting fiber using a 3D printed mold comprising one or more channels, wherein each of the channels includes a tapered section. An electron conducting fiber partially enclosed within a metal or glass support can be laid in a channel; and a polymeric resin can be poured into the channel and cured, providing a polymer-insulated electron conducting fiber having a tapered section in proximity to a polymer-free electroactive tip area. For example, the method can be used to provide a polyimide-insulated carbon fiber microsensor. The mold can be used for the batch fabrication of the microsensors. The microsensors themselves, the molds for making the microsensors, and methods of using the microsensors are also described.
US11666260B2
Some method examples may include pacing a heart with cardiac paces, sensing a physiological signal for use in detecting pace-induced phrenic nerve stimulation, performing a baseline level determination process to identify a baseline level for the sensed physiological signal, and detecting pace-induced phrenic nerve stimulation using the sensed physiological signal and the calculated baseline level. Detecting pace-induced phrenic nerve stimulation may include sampling the sensed physiological signal during each of a plurality of cardiac cycles to provide sampled signals and calculating the baseline level for the physiological signal using the sampled signals. Sampling the sensed physiological signal may include sampling the signal during a time window defined using a pace time with each of the cardiac cycles to avoid cardiac components and phrenic nerve stimulation components in the sampled signal.
US11666256B2
A pulse oximeter sensor with earhook assembly for placement along the outside of a person's ear supported by the ear flap and ear lobe into which is placed a sensors for receiving and transmitting human body's analytics such as pulse or blood oxygen saturation.
US11666253B2
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) may include applying a periodic excitation signal via an electrode of a CGM sensor to human interstitial fluid to drive an oxidation/reduction reaction, and measuring the current through the electrode. In some embodiments, the measured current is sampled and digitized, and various harmonics of the excitation signal's fundamental frequency are extracted. A set of relationships of at least two harmonics each is generated from the spectral amplitudes of a set of pairs, triplets, etc., of the harmonics, and the set of relationships is mapped to a glucose concentration such as based on the contents of a harmonic relationship database having a pre-existing set of harmonic relationships and glucose concentrations to which those sets of harmonic relationships correspond, for example. Numerous other embodiments are provided.
US11666248B2
A method of operating an information processing apparatus may include collecting gait information of a walking assistance apparatus; determining a gait feature of a user of the walking assistance apparatus based on the collected gait information; and controlling the walking assistance apparatus by determining a gait group of the user based on the determined gait feature.
US11666247B2
A method, an apparatus and a computer program for capturing optical image data of patient surroundings and for identifying a patient check-up. The method (10) for capturing optical image data of patient surroundings and for identifying a patient check-up on the basis of the image data includes detecting (12) the patient on the basis of the image data. There is a detecting (14) of at least one further person on the basis of the image data and determining (16) at least one geometric relation between the patient and the at least one further person. The determining (16) of the geometric relation includes determining an orientation or a viewing direction of the at least one further person in relation to the patient. The method further includes identifying (18) the patient check-up on the basis of the geometric relation.
US11666245B2
Systems, devices, and methods for providing procedure-specific workflow guidance are provided. The workflow guidance may include providing selectable options on a display device to a user including a selectable option to select a target vessel and a prompt to move an intravascular imaging device within the selected target vessel. Imaging data is received from the intravascular imaging device within the selected target vessel. The workflow guidance may be used to identify an area of interest within the selected target vessel and automatically display vessel measurements corresponding with the area of interest on the display device.
US11666244B2
A foot sole pressure measurement instrument includes a measurement unit which is installed on a foot sole part of a subject and measures a pressure applied to the foot sole part of the subject, and an output unit configured to output data of the measured pressure.
US11666240B2
An electronic system for monitoring a physical parameter includes an ADM comprising an accumulation mode sensor for measuring the physical parameter by generating electrical energy associated with the physical parameter in response to a surrounding condition, and an energy storing device coupled to the accumulation mode sensor for accumulatively storing the generated electrical energy; a power source; and an SoC coupling with the ADM and the power source, configured such that the stored electrical energy is monitored, and when the stored electrical energy is equal to or greater than a pre-defined threshold, a wake-up event is generated to trigger the SoC to operates in a run mode in which the physical parameter is wirelessly transmitted to a receiver and the stored electrical energy in the energy storing device is discharged, and then the SoC returns to a sleep mode in which a minimal power is consumed.
US11666239B2
A biodegradable pressure sensor for measuring vital physiological pressures and for preventing the buildup of dangerous internal forces in impaired organs. The pressure sensor is constructed by depositing Mg or Mo on both sides of a PLLA film. This layered configuration (Mg/PLLA/Mg) or (Mo/PLLA/Mo) may then be encapsulated by layers of high molecular weight PLA. These materials are biodegradable such that after implantation, the sensor does not require invasive removal surgery that can damage directly interfaced tissues.
US11666237B2
The present technology relates to a measurement apparatus and a measurement method that realize reduction in power consumption while at the same time ensuring reduction in cost. Provided is a measurement apparatus that includes a light source, a light reception section, and a measurement section. The light source emits at least partially coherent light. The light reception section receives the light emitted from the light source by way of a measurement target and detects a signal proportional to the received light. The measurement section measures the number of oscillations included in the signal detected by the light reception section within a certain time period. For example, the present technology can be applied to a measurement apparatus measuring a blood flow of a human body.
US11666228B2
A measuring apparatus includes a first laser light source for emitting laser light of a first wavelength, a second laser light source for emitting laser light of a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, an optical detector for receiving scattered laser light from a measured part, and a controller configured to calculate a first value based on an output of the optical detector that is based on received scattered laser light of the first wavelength, calculate a second value based on an output of the optical detector that is based on received scattered laser light of the second wavelength, and measure oxygen saturation based on a ratio of the first value to the second value.
US11666223B2
An apparatus provided for detecting tooth pulp vitality includes a handle, a pivot and a caliper. A pair of fiber optic lines pass through an interior of the handle, the pivot and the caliper. One of the fiber optic lines is a source line with a connector at an end of the source line and another of the fiber optic lines is a detector line with a connector at an end of the detector line. The source line is single mode in the handle and the detector line is multi mode. A system is also provided for detecting tooth pulp vitality that includes the apparatus. Additionally, a method is provided for detecting tooth pulp vitality that employs the apparatus.
US11666218B2
Systems and methods are provided for continuously monitoring a user to determine when cardiovascular events are likely occurring and to responsively provide a prompt to a user to engage in additional physiological assessment of the putative cardiovascular event. Additional assessment can include the user engaging an additional sensor to provide signals that are more accurate, lower noise, or otherwise improved relative to a continuously-monitoring sensor used to initially detect the cardiovascular event. Detection of cardiovascular events includes using a cardiovascular classifier to determine, based on the output of such a continuously-monitoring sensor, whether the event is likely occurring. Such a classifier can be received from a cloud computing service or other remote system based on sensor outputs sent to such a system. Use of such a classifier can facilitate reduced false-positive detection of cardiovascular events based on the continuously-monitoring sensor, and thus reduce extraneous prompts to the user.
US11666214B2
Methods and systems for measuring the intraocular pressure of an eye in a human. The methods include directing an acoustic incident wave at the surface of the eye to generate a reflected wave, measuring the coefficient of reflection of the incident and reflected waves, and determining the intraocular pressure of the eye from the coefficient of reflection. Also disclosed are methods of diagnosing glaucoma and/or intraocular hypertension.
US11666207B1
The present invention belongs to the technical field of medical instruments, and discloses a multifunctional compound light penetration enhanced imaging system and an enhanced imaging method. The structural design of the present invention is reasonable. Through the cooperation of the first working channel tube, the second working channel tube, and the third working channel tube, the size of the channel is switched. When the system shrinks to the minimum, the opening size of the wound is only 1/3 of that when the system is fully opened, which is suitable for a double-channel spinal endoscopic surgery. When the system is expanded to the maximum, it is suitable for transforaminal endoscopic surgery, and is suitable for multiple surgical modes. By adding a special red light component on the basis of the white light to form compound light illumination and increase the system transmittivity, the background penetration is realized.
US11666204B2
A patient-side support system includes a base, a platform movably coupled to the base, manipulator assemblies coupled to the platform, instruments, each of the instruments being coupled to a different one of the manipulator assemblies, each of the instruments including a body and a shaft extending from the body, and a guide tube common to the instruments. A first part of the shaft of each individual one of the instruments extends distally from the guide tube to the body. a second part of the shaft of each individual one of the instruments extends through at least a portion of the guide tube. The first part of the shaft of a first instrument of the instruments is articulatable between the body of the first instrument and the guide tube. The guide tube and the instruments are collectively rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the guide tube.
US11666199B2
An appliance is provided. The appliance includes a cellulose-based insulator. The cellulose-based insulator has a basis weight of 80 g/m2 to 500 g/m2 and an airflow resistance of 500 mks rayls to 2,500 mks rayls. The cellulose-based insulator attenuates low frequency noise and exhibits excellent fire resistance.
US11666198B2
Systems and/or methods for the monitoring and/or control of thermal sanitization in automated cleaning machines are described. A cleaning machine controller may predict a number of heat unit equivalents that will be delivered during a cleaning process based on a sump temperature difference (i.e., a change in the temperature of the cleaning solution in the sump) experienced at or near the beginning of the cleaning process. One or more cleaning process parameters may be adjusted and/or controlled based on the sump temperature difference in order to ensure that a target number of heat unit equivalents are delivered in order to achieve thermal sanitization of the wares subjected to the cleaning process.
US11666197B2
A hose accessory includes a handle, a shaft slidably received in the handle, and a flexible conduit located within handle and shaft. The flexible conduit may be arranged to carry fluids between a first end of the hose accessory and a second end of the hose accessory. A lock is provided to secure the shaft in a fixed position relative to the handle. The lock may include a locking pin biased towards a locked position. The shaft may include first and second channels. The first channel receives at least a portion of the locking pin when the locking pin is in a locked position. The conduit extends through the second channel that isolates and separates the conduit from the locking pin.
US11666195B2
A method of controlling a robot includes obtaining a first image and a second image of a plurality of objects, the first and second image being captured from different positions; obtaining, from the first and second images, a plurality of candidate positions corresponding to each of the plurality of objects, based on a capturing position of each of the first and second images and a direction to each of the plurality of objects from each capturing position; obtaining distance information between each capturing position and each of the plurality of objects in the first and second images by analyzing the first and second images; and identifying a position of each of the plurality of objects from among the plurality of candidate positions based on the distance information.
US11666193B2
A hand vacuum includes a nozzle portion at a front end of the hand vacuum having a dirty air inlet. An air flow passage extends from the dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet in a main body rearward of the nozzle portion. The main body houses a suction motor in the air flow passage. First and second laterally spaced apart opposed arm members extend between the nozzle portion and the main body, and a volume is positioned between the nozzle portion, the main body and the opposed arm members. An air treatment member assembly comprising an air treatment member is removably positionable in the volume. A pistol grip handle assembly is provided on a lower portion of the main body. The handle assembly is positioned rearward of the volume and the air treatment member assembly is removable downwardly.
US11666183B2
An apparatus for a wearable sanitizer dispenser that comprises elastic elements filled with liquid sanitizer. Each elastic element is for storing, transporting and dispensing sanitizer. The elastic element has a slit on its surface. The release of liquid sanitizer stored in the elastic element is prompted by compressing the elastic element and squeezing liquid sanitizer through the slit. The slit is also used for inserting liquid sanitizer into the elastic element. Multiple elastic elements can be strung together through the tube, or connected on the exterior of the elements by other elastic elements, and worn as a bracelet or necklace. The apparatus may also be used to dispense other types of fluid, such as lotion.
US11666181B2
The present disclosure relates to a blender including a main body including an outer case forming an outer appearance and an inner case configured to be received inside the outer case, a jar configured to be seated on the main body and provided with a blade device for crushing food, a motor assembly provided inside the inner case and configured to generate rotation power of the blade device, a main PCB device which is provided inside the inner case and on which a knob rotation shaft is mounted to input rotation of the knob rotation shaft, a knob assembly mounted on the knob rotation shaft and protruding outwardly through the outer case so that the operation of the knob assembly is manipulated by a user for operation manipulation of the motor assembly, and a supporter provided inside the inner case and supporting the main PCB device.
US11666176B2
A transportable device for heating food is provided. The device includes a container for receiving the food, a heating compartment, which is thermally coupled to the container by way of a heat-conducting wall, calcium oxide being present in the heating compartment, and a liquid supply unit including a liquid reservoir chamber, in which a water-containing liquid is present, wherein the liquid supply unit is designed so that, based on actuation on the part of a user, the water-containing liquid is brought into contact with the calcium oxide, or the substance mixture including calcium oxide. The water-containing liquid has an elevated dynamic viscosity, in comparison with water, of between 2 and 30000 mPas, and preferably between 50 and 1000 mPas or, alternatively, the liquid supply unit comprises a water retention agent. In both alternatives, the reaction between calcium oxide and water is damped and delayed.
US11666172B2
A cooking appliance comprises a lid (1), an appliance body and an inner cap (3), the lid (1) being arranged on the appliance body in a manner capable of opening and closing the appliance body, the appliance body comprising a heating structure, and the lid (1) comprising: a lid body (4); a baking assembly (5) arranged below the lid body (4), the lid body (4) being provided with a venting passage (6) through which the inside of the cooking appliance communicates with the exterior, the inner cap (3) being detachably mounted to the lid body (4) and located below the baking assembly (5), a lateral wall of the venting passage (6) being provided with a venting hole; a blocking member (27) slidably arranged in the venting passage (6), the blocking member (27) sliding downwards to a bottom of the venting passage (6) when the inner cap (3) is detached, and the blocking member (27) blocking the venting hole when the blocking member (27) is located at a top or a bottom of the venting passage (6). The cooking appliance solves the problem that electrical components inside the lid (1) of a cooking appliance in the prior art are susceptible to moisture.
US11666170B2
A cooking vessel according to one example embodiment includes a food receptacle for holding food during cooking. The cooking vessel includes an inner shell and an outer shell. An outside surface of the inner shell forms the food receptacle. A portion of an inside surface of the inner shell is spaced from a portion of an inside surface of the outer shell forming a sealed volume between the inner shell and the outer shell. A heat pipe is positioned within the sealed volume between the inner shell and the outer shell for distributing heat through the sealed volume between the inner shell and the outer shell. Embodiments include those wherein each of the inner shell and the outer shell includes a respective bottom wall and a respective side wall.
US11666167B2
A method of allowing access to a receptacle for securing a package includes: sensing an opening and closing of the lid; activating, in response to determining the lid is sufficiently closed, the lock mechanism to transition from the unlocked state to the locked state; scanning an email message in a user's email account to identify a reference or tracking number of a second package; parsing the email message to obtain a delivery code; receiving entry of the delivery code; activating the lock mechanism based on entry of the delivery code to transition from the locked state to the unlocked state; sensing a second opening and closing of the lid; activating the lock mechanism to transition from the unlocked state to the locked state; receiving information corresponding to entry of an access code; activating the lock mechanism to transition from the locked state to the unlocked state.
US11666165B2
A clothes hanger for disabled or height restricted people with a hook which flexes or moves at the tip when the hanger is pulled downward to enable clearance of the rail pole. This movement is aided by a pivot pin and a spring mechanism; as is a collapsing horizontal bar section for leg wear derived of two equal sections with magnetic closure holding mechanism.
US11666161B2
A modular merchandise display which allows for the integrated display of greeting cards and other social expression products. The system provides flexibility in the set up and modification of the retail display over time by offering product modules having a variety of holding mechanisms for retaining and displaying a wide range of products. Each product module operates independently from all others such that adding/removing/rearranging a product module does not affect or disrupt the other product modules on the display.
US11666156B2
Surgical robotic systems including a user console for controlling a robotic arm or a surgical robotic tool are described. The user console includes components designed to automatically adapt to anthropometric characteristics of a user. A processor of the surgical robotic system is configured to receive anthropometric inputs corresponding to the anthropometric characteristics and to generate an initial console configuration of the user console based on the inputs using a machine learning model. Actuators automatically adjust a seat, a display, or one or more pedals of the user console to the initial console configuration. The initial console configuration establishes a comfortable relative position between the user and the console components. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11666147B2
A release mechanism for a drawer slide latch may include linearly translatable elements. The linearly translatable elements may cause rotation of a lever arm used in latching one drawer slide member to another. The linearly translatable elements may be coupled to a drawer, or be a component mounted to the drawer slide, in various embodiments.
US11666145B2
A bracket system for coupling an appliance to a cabinet structure includes a mounting bracket having an inner wall spaced-apart from an outer wall and a plurality of apertures is provided through the outer wall. The inner wall couples to the outer surface of the appliance in assembly. A trim member includes first and second mounting portions and an abutment portion inwardly offset from the first and second mounting portions. The first and second mounting portions each include a plurality of apertures disposed therethrough. An inner surface of the first mounting portion abuts the outer wall of the mounting bracket, such that the apertures disposed therebetween are aligned. The second mounting portion includes a plurality of apertures disposed therethrough, and an outer surface of the second mounting portion is configured to abut the inner surface of the cabinet compartment for mounting thereto.
US11666144B2
A modular frame comprising a connector (3), a first frame member (1, 2) and a second frame member (1, 2), wherein the first frame member (1, 2) comprises one or more engagement members (5, 7) profiled to key with a first slot (6) on the connector (3) and a second slot (8) on the second frame member (1, 2).
US11666142B2
A support arrangement (1) for an object (2), comprising primary frame (10), at least three pivoting members (21, 22, 25) and first, second, third and fourth feet (31, 32, 33, 34) fixed to the three pivoting members. The primary frame includes longitudinally spaced first and second stem portions (11, 12) fixed to a longitudinal member (13). The first and fourth feet are laterally spaced and positioned towards a first end of the primary frame and the second and third feet being laterally spaced and positioned towards a second end of the primary frame, the second and third feet being longitudinally spaced from the first and fourth feet. At least one interaction arrangement (50) provides interaction between the three pivoting members such that the four feet can move to accommodate or engage an uneven surface while maintaining control of the object in a position parallel to the average ground plane.
US11666139B2
A method for promoting compliance with an oral hygiene regimen includes displaying, on a display device, a representation of at least a portion of a set of teeth of a user. The method also includes overlaying an indicium on the representation such that the indicium is associated with a first section of the representation. Responsive to a determination, via at least one of one or more processors, that a head of an oral hygiene device is positioned directly adjacent to a first section of the set of teeth that corresponds to the first section of the representation for at least a predetermined amount of time, the indicium is removed from the display device.
US11666134B2
An attachment system incorporating a platform having an outwardly facing side, an opposite back side, the platform comprising laminated layers including at least one fabric layer comprising a polyethylene or para-aramid fabric, the platform having a plurality of slits therethrough defined and bound by edges of the layers fused together to have increased stiffness, wear and abrasion resistance. The slits are arranged in a predetermined pattern of aligned and spaced apart rows, the slits being configured to receive straps therethrough between the outwardly facing side and the back side to attach at least one holder to the outwardly facing side, and the platform being supported by and comprising an element of a carrier to be carried on a user's body.
US11666133B2
Customized cosmetics corresponding to user-unique factors are provided. An information processing apparatus can communicate with a cosmetic dispenser configured to dispense at least one of a plurality of cosmetics based on recipe information indicating a usage amount of each of the plurality of cosmetics. The apparatus includes a retrieve module configured to retrieve user-unique information unique to the user, the user-unique information including at least one of user attribute information related to the user's attributes, environmental information related to the user's environment, action information related to the user's action, and psychosomatic information related to the user's psychosomatic, skin information related to the user's skin, and information related to cosmetics which the user has used, a selection module configured to select the recipe information based on the user unique information among a plurality of recipe information, and a transmission module configured to transmit the selected recipe information to the cosmetic dispenser.
US11666129B2
A quick-release rifle mounting system, comprising: (a) a mounting panel having a back side for securely engaging to an interior surface of a bag, and a front side having at least two panel loops extending therefrom, whereby each panel loop forms an open channel between the panel loop and the front side of the mounting panel; and (b) a quick-release strap has a grip portion and two strap portions, each strap portion having an end attached to the grip portion, and a free end sized to be threaded through the channels on the front side of the mounting panel. The strap portions are releasably attached at their ends to form strap loops.
US11666114B2
A footwear assembly having an upper that comprises a neoprene sock with a foot portion integrally connected to a leg portion. The foot portion has heel, vamp and under-foot portions. The leg portion has front shin, side wall, and rear calf-side portions. The upper has a unitary, outer, injection molded layer molded directly onto the foot and shin portions of the neoprene sock, while the sidewall and rear calf-side portions remain substantially uncovered by the injection molded layer. The injection molded layer encases the foot portion of the neoprene sock. The injection molded layer on the shin portion defines a shin guard portion having a necked down area integrally connected to the injection molded layer at the vamp portion, wherein the shin guard extends upwardly from the necked-down portion in an outwardly diverging shape away from the vamp.
US11666113B2
Described are shoes, particularly a sports shoe, having an upper and at least one of an outer sole and a midsole connected to the upper. As examples, the outer sole is knitted in a unitary fashion with the upper. As further examples, an insert is positioned within the one-piece knitwear, wherein the insert comprises a profile that increases traction of the outer sole.
US11666108B2
A glove according to the present invention includes a glove body configured to cover a hand of a wearer. The glove body has an outermost layer including a matrix resin and cellulose particles and constituting an outer surface of the glove. The outermost layer includes the cellulose particles in the range of more than 1 part to 9 parts or less by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the matrix resin. At least some of the cellulose particles are at least partially exposed from the outer surface.
US11666107B2
A protective guard is provided for sealing an interface. The protective guard includes a body having a fluid impervious material and proximal and distal segments that may comprise a superabsorbent or a non-superabsorbent material. The proximal and distal segments are positioned on first and second sides, respectively, of the interface. The protective guard extends about the interface to create a fluid barrier. In some embodiments, the non-superabsorbent material may be an elastic material, such as an elastic band, and in particular embodiments, the non-superabsorbent material may be nitrile. In further embodiments, the non-superabsorbent material may be an expandable material that expands upon contact or interaction with a fluid.
US11666106B2
An elastomeric article includes a first surface and a second surface which is treated with a friction treatment. The elastomeric article can be a glove in which the first surface is an inner donning surface and the second surface is an outer grip surface. The friction treatment reduces friction on the grip surface of the gloves in order to make it easier to don a second glove on top of the grip surface of the gloves of the present invention. The gloves of the present invention may be used as a first pair of gloves in a double-gloving configuration to conform with safety protocols.
US11666103B2
An anti-condensation module including an atomizing cylinder, a first piece of cotton, a ceramic atomization core disposed in the atomizing cylinder, and a second piece of cotton. The first piece of cotton and the second piece of cotton are disposed on two ends of the ceramic atomization core, respectively, configured to adsorb condensates on the two ends of the ceramic atomization core, respectively.
US11666102B2
An aerosol generating device includes a first heater for heating a liquid composition accommodated in a liquid storage of a vaporizer, a puff sensor detecting a pressure change within the aerosol generating device, and a controller. The aerosol generating device may determine a puff pattern including a plurality of sections, based on a signal received from the puff sensor. In addition, the aerosol generating device may control an operation of the first heater, based on states of the plurality of sections.
US11666099B2
A method of controlling an aerosol-generating device including a heater, the method including, over a period of more than 30 seconds, and independent of whether a user is puffing on the device or not: heating the heater to a first temperature, then heating the heater to a second temperature lower than the first temperature, and then heating the heater to a third temperature higher than the second temperature. There is also provided an aerosol-generating device including a heater and a controller; and there is also provided a system including the aerosol-generating device.
US11666098B2
The present disclosure relates to charging accessory device for the aerosol delivery device and related systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing interactive services for aerosol delivery devices. For example, a method may include a computing device establishing communication with a charging accessory device for an aerosol delivery device; receiving usage data for the aerosol delivery device provided by the charging accessory device; generating social data based on the usage data; and sending the social data to a social networking service including a community of aerosol delivery device users.
US11666096B2
A ceramic vaporizer and atomizer system, method and computer program product, including a ceramic vaporizer case; and a ceramic atomizer removably coupled to the ceramic vaporizer case. The ceramic vaporizer case includes external cooling fins for heat dissipation. The ceramic atomizer includes a mouthpiece portion with external cooling fins for heat dissipation. The ceramic atomizer includes a chamber for housing a heating element and that is configured as an insulator for heat retention.
US11666092B2
Provided according to an exemplary embodiment is a heater for an aerosol generation device, the heater comprising a plurality of segments combined together to form an insertion portion into which an object-to-be-heated is inserted; one or more electrically conductive tracks printed on one surface of each of the plurality of segments and disposed toward the object-to-be-heated; and an elastic member configured to surround at least a part of the plurality of segments.
US11666088B2
There is provided an electronically controlled, breath actuated vaporization device for generating vaporized material for inhalation by a user. The vaporization device includes a vaporization chamber for accommodating material to be vaporized and a mesh heater or other heater supported upstream of the vaporization chamber which is operable to heat air that passes through the mesh heater or other heater during an inhalation event. A closed loop control scheme may be employed to control heat generated by the heater to maintain a temperature of the air delivered to the vaporization chamber at or within a predetermined tolerance of a desired vaporization temperature for at least a majority of a duration of the inhalation event.
US11666081B2
A tobacco roaster includes a high frequency heating module and a pushing assembly. The high frequency heating module includes a metal cup and a magnetic induction coil. The metal cup is disposed in the magnetic induction coil. When alternating current flows through the magnetic induction coil, an eddy current effect is formed in the metal cup and the metal cup is heated. The pushing assembly includes a push rod disposed below the metal cup. The push rod is movable to push the metal cup out of the tobacco roaster.
US11666079B2
A method of making a clear beverage concentrate, which contains a nanoemulsion of a liquid flavour oil in an aqueous phase, including the emulsification of the flavour oil into water in the presence of an emulsifier, which emulsifier consists of at least 5% by weight Quillaja saponins, optionally containing at least one other emulsifier, characterised in that, prior to emulsification, the pH of the aqueous phase is adjusted to 4.0 maximum. The method allows the preparation of beverages that not only are crystal-clear, but which also have substantially more of the full flavour of the original flavour oil.
US11666072B2
Described herein are compositions and methods that involve use of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (e.g., fish oil and/or flax oil) as supplements to colostrum. When administered to newborn calves the combination of colostrum with fish oil and/or flax oil can improve the health and immune function of the calf.
US11666071B2
The present invention discloses a polyvalent metal ion compound salt of N,N-dimethylglycine and organic acid or a solvate thereof, and use thereof in preparing novel feed additives and feed; the present invention also discloses a composition comprising the polyvalent metal ion compound salt of N,N-dimethylglycine and organic acid or the solvate thereof. The polyvalent metal ion compound salt of N,N-dimethylglycine and organic acid or the solvate thereof provided by the present invention has improvement effect on animal product performance such as improving animal weight gain and reducing feed conversion ratio, showing effects similar to or higher than that of sodium N,N-dimethylglycinate.
US11666068B2
Described herein is a concentrated sweet potato leaf protein in dried form, along with methods for producing it. The concentrated leaf protein has a protein content of greater than 21% by weight, and can have other beneficial components such as polyphenols. The concentrated leaf proteins are suitable for use in food and beverages, as protein supplementation, or as agents for gelling, foaming, and whipping.
US11666066B2
The present disclosure is directed to edible organogel compositions that comprise an organogelator and a flavor component, and processes for preparing the organogel compositions. The organogelator is ethyl cellulose or a combination of ethyl cellulose and an edible wax, preferably candelilla wax, rice bran wax, carnauba wax, paraffin, beeswax, polyethylene wax or combinations thereof. The ethyl cellulose preferably has an average ethoxyl content of from 45.0% to 47.0% by weight of the ethyl cellulose or from 48.0% to 49.5% by weight of the ethyl cellulose. The organogel compositions may be included as the flavor component in confectionery products, such as chewing gums.
US11666065B2
A chewing gum composition and more particularly to a chewing gum composition has enhanced flavor release.
US11666063B2
A method for preparing cold coffee involves placing ground coffee in a maceration basket, which is mounted in a maceration tank, and subjected the coffee to maceration by recirculated flow of maceration fluid pumped under pressure by a circulating pump to a hydrating head mounted centrally to the maceration basket. Preferably the maceration basket is completely immersed in the maceration fluid. A device for preparing cold coffee is also disclosed, the device has a maceration tank, in which a maceration basket 1 for ground coffee is operationally mounted. The maceration basket is formed as a cylinder having a hollow center column dimensioned to receive at least a portion of the hydrating head. A circulating pump circulates the maceration fluid under pressure, from the maceration tank, via the hydrating head and the ground coffee batch disposed in the maceration basket back into the maceration tank.
US11666053B2
The present invention relates to herbicidal mixtures and their methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation in conventional and tolerant, e.g. glufosinate-tolerant, cotton, wherein the herbicidal mixtures comprise L-glufosinate and at least one herbicidal compound II selected from clethodim, fluazifop, fluazifop-butyl, fluazifop-P, fluazifop-P-butyl, haloxyfop, haloxyfop-methyl, haloxyfop-P, haloxyfop-P-methyl, metamifop, quizalofop, quizalofop-ethyl, quizalofop-tefuryl, quizalofop-P, quizalofop-P-ethyl, quizalofop-P-tefuryl, chlorimuron, chlorimuron-ethyl, thifensulfuron, thifensulfuron-methyl, trifloxysulfuron, tritosulfuron, imazamethabenz, imazamethabenz-methyl, imazamox, imazamox ammonium, imazapic, imazapic ammonium, imazapyr, imazapyr isopropylammonium, imazaquin, imazethapyr, imazethapyr ammonium, pyrithiobac, pyrithiobac-sodium, amicarbazone, atrazine, prometryn, diuron, fluometuron, thiadiazuron, carfentrazone, carfentrazone-ethyl, flumiclorac, flumiclorac-pentyl, flumioxazin, fluthiacet, fluthiacet-methyl, fomesafen, pyraflufen, pyraflufen-ethyl, oxyfluorfen, saflufenacil, sulfentrazone, tiafenacil, trifludimoxazin, norflurazon, picolinafen, clomazone, topramezone, fenquinotrione, mesotrione, bicyclopyrone, isoxaflutole, tembotrione, tolpyralate, glyphosate, glyphosate dimethylammonium, glyphosate-isopropylammonium, glyphosate-potassium, glyphosate-trimesium (sulfosate), pendimethalin, trifluralin, acetochlor, alachlor, butachlor, dimethenamid, dimethenamid-P, metazachlor, metolachlor, S-metolachlor, pyroxasulfone, 2,4-D and its salts and esters, dicamba and its salts and esters, fluroxypyr, fluroxypyr-butometyl, fluroxypyr-meptyl, quinclorac, quinclorac dimethylammonium, quinmerac, cinmethylin, endothal, cycloxydim, sethoxydim, diflufenzopyr, diflufenzopyr-sodium, bentazone and bentazone-sodium and other compounds.
US11666051B2
The present disclosure describes a DNA fragment mixture for the prevention or for the treatment of at least one pathogenic, parasitic or infesting species of plants or of the environment, wherein the DNA mixture consists of random fragments of total DNA of at least one pathogenic, parasitic, or infesting species, and/or at least one phylogenetically similar species, against which the prevention and treatment are directed. Further, the disclosure describes a process and related system for improvement of the production/growth of microorganisms at high yield in bioreactors or photobioreactors, or of plants in different culture systems, where the nucleic acids of the organisms produced/grown by such a process are removed from the culture medium and the culture medium, deprived of these nucleic acid, is used again in the process.
US11666050B2
Disclosed are compositions comprising a) an antimicrobial agent, which is selected from the group consisting of biocides containing halogen atoms and/or containing phenolic moieties, formic acid, chlorine dioxide, chlorine dioxide generating compounds, dialdehydes; components containing an antimicrobial metal such as antimicrobial silver, and b) a polyamine, especially a polyethylenimine. The polyamine is effective as a booster for the antimicrobial agent.
US11666048B2
The present invention is directed to methods of treating a plant having a plant part. One method involves providing a plant having a plant part; applying an aqueous treatment formulation to the plant, where the aqueous treatment formulation comprises a thickener, a water soluble divalent salt, a foam control agent, a complexing agent, a film forming agent, and water; and harvesting the plant part, where the aqueous treatment formulation, when applied to a surface of a plant, creates a water fast film on the surface that permits permeation of an aqueous material to the plant while minimizing loss of moisture or loss of a plant treatment chemical from the plant as compared to when the composition is not applied to the surface of the plant. The present invention also relates to a methods of treating a harvested plant part and to the treated harvested plant parts.
US11666044B2
Lead-head jigs having a polymer keeper configured to retain a soft polymer body to the jig are disclosed therein. In one example, a lead-head jig includes a fish hook passing through a lead casting, and a polymer keeper tightly disposed around the fish hook between a head of the lead casting and a bend of the hook.
US11666042B2
A net for fishing or other purposes. The net includes a hoop frame connected to a pole by a yoke. The yoke defines sockets in which respective arms of the hoop frame and a distal end of the pole are received. Plugs in the arms of the hoop frame desirably prevent water from passing the plugs into the hoop frame. A plug in the distal end of the pole desirably prevents water from passing the plug into the pole. The yoke and plugs provide a robust connection of the hoop frame to the pole and help retain air in the hoop frame and pole for buoyancy of the net.
US11666033B2
An animal feeding assembly includes a tunnel has an upper wall and a first dish opening is integrated into the upper wall. A first dish is insertable into the first dish opening to facilitate a large animal to feed from the first dish. A tray is insertable into the tunnel and a second dish opening is integrated into the tray. A second dish is insertable into the second dish opening when the tray is inserted into the tunnel to inhibit the large animal from feeding from the second dish and to facilitate a small animal to feed from the second dish. A first spacer is positionable beneath the tunnel for increasing a height of the tunnel. A second spacer is positionable beneath the first spacer for increasing a height of the tunnel.
US11666030B2
A soybean cultivar designated 08320812 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 08320812, to the plants of soybean cultivar 08320812, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 08320812, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 08320812. 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 08320812. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 08320812, 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 08320812 with another soybean cultivar.
US11666028B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PFKQ28 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PFKQ28 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PFKQ28 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 1PFKQ28 or a locus conversion of 1PFKQ28 with another maize variety.
US11666025B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PMZM76 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PMZM76 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PMZM76 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 1PMZM76 or a locus conversion of 1PMZM76 with another maize variety.
US11666024B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PLPF77 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PLPF77 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PLPF77 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 1PLPF77 or a locus conversion of 1PLPF77 with another maize variety.
US11666020B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PFHC43 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PFHC43 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PFHC43 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 1PFHC43 or a locus conversion of 1PFHC43 with another maize variety.
US11666019B1
A novel maize variety designated X13P547W and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13P547W with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13P547W through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13P547W, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13P547W are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13P547W and methods of using maize variety X13P547W are disclosed.
US11666010B2
Some example embodiments may provide a capability for intelligent control or management of a number of assets in connection with yard maintenance with the assistance or inclusion of a management unit having distributed properties. Thus, for example, sensor equipment and task performance equipment operation may be coordinated between local management and remote management entities for efficient monitoring and maintaining of lawn wellness.
US11666001B2
Weed seeds are destroyed in the chaff from a combine harvester by repeated high speed impacts caused by a rotor mounted in one of a pair of side by side housings which accelerate the discarded seeds in a direction centrifugally away from the rotor onto a stator including angularly adjustable stator surfaces around the axis. Thus the discarded seeds rebound back and forth between the rotor and the stator to provide a plurality of impacts. The destructor is mounted on a suitable drive shaft within the straw path and the chaff and weed seed material is carried from the rear end of the sieve to the destructor on the straw chopper by one or more fans driving the material through a transfer duct.
US11665992B2
Systems and methods for predictive management of plants. Agricultural (and natural resource) managers may have a multitude of data sets and data sources available, but often lack a meaningful or proven way to assimilate all available data and then conclusively select actions. For example, a vineyard manager may be able to collect data about local and regional weather, precipitation, disease prevalence, insect prevalence, pesticide use, crop varietal, cover crop selection and many other inputs to a predictive machine-learning vineyard management engine. As all this data is collected through local devices and third-party services, a prediction model may be used to determine specific outcomes or recommended actions based on the trained predictive model. For example, the model may be used to predict optimal harvest date, disease spread and vector spread, pest spread and impact, best pesticide use, irrigation plans, fruit quality, and the like.
US11665988B2
A stand-on aerator including a chassis, a pair of first wheels coupled to the chassis, wherein the first wheels are operable as drive wheels, a pair of second wheels coupled to the chassis, and an operator platform extending from a rear portion of the chassis. The stand-on aerator also has an aerator assembly coupled to the chassis, wherein the aerator assembly includes a plurality of reciprocating tines capable of extending from and retracting into the aerator assembly.
US11672189B2
A memory using mixed valence conductive oxides is disclosed. The memory includes a mixed valence conductive oxide that is less conductive in its oxygen deficient state and a mixed electronic ionic conductor that is an electrolyte to oxygen and promotes an electric filed to cause oxygen ionic motion.
US11672187B2
Systems and techniques that facilitate quantum tuning via permanent magnetic flux elements are provided. In various embodiments, a system can comprise a qubit device. In various aspects, the system can further comprise a permanent magnet having a first magnetic flux, wherein an operational frequency of the qubit device is based on the first magnetic flux. In various instances, the system can further comprise an electromagnet having a second magnetic flux that tunes the first magnetic flux. In various cases, the permanent magnet can comprise a nanoparticle magnet. In various embodiments, the nanoparticle magnet can comprise manganese nanoparticles embedded in a silicon matrix. In various aspects, the system can further comprise an electrode that applies an electric current to the nanoparticle magnet in a presence of the second magnetic flux, thereby changing a strength of the first magnetic flux.
US11672182B2
A magnetic element is disclosed wherein a composite seed layer such as TaN/Mg enhances perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in an overlying magnetic layer that may be a reference layer, free layer, or dipole layer. The first seed layer is selected from one or more of Ta, Zr, Nb, TaN, ZrN, NbN, and Ru. The second seed layer is selected from one or more of Mg, Sr, Ti, Al, V, Hf, B, and Si. A growth promoting layer made of NiCr or an alloy thereof is inserted between the seed layer and magnetic layer. In some embodiments, a first composite seed layer/NiCr stack is formed below the reference layer, and a second composite seed layer/NiCr stack is formed between the free layer and a dipole layer. The magnetic element has thermal stability to at least 400° C.
US11672178B2
Provided is a thermoelectric element assembly including a soft support including a plurality of through-holes, and a plurality of p-type thermoelectric elements and a plurality of n-type thermoelectric elements inserted into a plurality of through-holes of the support, wherein a thickness of the support is less than a length of the thermoelectric element.
US11672176B2
Disclosed is an OLED configuration that although comprises an exciplex that has an emission spectrum that is redder than the emission spectrum of the emitter, the emission from the exciplex is suppressed so that the overall OLED emission spectrum is still dominated by the emission of the emitter.
US11672172B2
The present invention relates to a heterocyclic compound containing an aromatic amine group and an organic light-emitting device comprising the same and, more specifically, to a heterocyclic compound and an organic light-emitting device comprising the same, the heterocyclic compound being excellent in brightness and excellent light emission efficiency and being able to exhibit long life and excellent device characteristics when being used as an organic light-emitting material.
US11672161B2
A method of manufacturing a display apparatus includes: forming a plurality of display devices in a display area of a substrate including an opening area and the display area surrounding the opening area; and forming an opening in the opening area, wherein the forming of the opening includes: performing a first scan operation, whereby a laser beam is irradiated onto an edge of the opening area in a direction of the substrate along a plurality of first unit paths; and performing a second scan operation, whereby the laser beam is irradiated onto the edge of the opening area in the direction of the substrate along a plurality of second unit paths that are different from the plurality of first unit paths.
US11672160B2
A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display panel including a flexible substrate, a display area of the flexible substrate including a thin film transistor, an organic light emitting layer and a sensor electrode, and a peripheral area of the flexible substrate including a first alignment mark in which respective portions of two metal layers are stacked; a window on a first surface of the flexible display panel; and a protective film on a second surface of the flexible display panel. The first alignment mark is aligned with a reference point of the window and with a reference point of the protective film.
US11672141B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a bent area between a first area and a second area, and bent about a bending axis, a display unit over an upper surface of the substrate at the first area, and a protective film over a lower surface of the substrate that is opposite to the upper surface, and including an opening corresponding to the bent area, wherein an inner side surface of the opening is inclined with respect to the lower surface of the substrate.
US11672139B2
Provided is a display device, comprising a display panel which comprises a first area and a second area located around the first area; and an under-panel sheet which is located under the display panel and overlaps the first area and the second area, wherein the under-panel sheet comprises a buffer member and a strength reinforcing member, wherein the strength reinforcing member is thinner than the buffer member, and a ratio of a thickness of the buffer member to a thickness of the strength reinforcing member is 3 to 6 times.
US11672137B2
An electroluminescent display device includes a substrate having a first sub pixel and a second sub pixel, an auxiliary layer provided on the substrate, wherein the auxiliary layer includes a first auxiliary layer configured to surround the periphery of the first sub pixel, and a second auxiliary layer configured to surround the periphery of the second sub pixel, a first electrode provided in each of the first sub pixel and the second sub pixel, an emission layer provided on the first electrode, and a second electrode provided on the emission layer, wherein the first electrode provided in the first sub pixel is connected with the first auxiliary layer, and the first electrode provided in the second sub pixel is connected with the second auxiliary layer.
US11672125B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including a first region, as second region, a third region and a fourth regions, the first region including a memory cell array, the second region including a circuit for controlling the memory cell array, the third region separating the first region and the second region, and the fourth region surrounding the third region, a first transistor provided in the second region, a second transistor provided in the third region between the first region and the first transistor, a third transistor provided in the third region between the first transistor and the second transistor, and a first insulating layer including a first portion disposed above the first to third transistors, and a second portion disposed in contact with the substrate between the second transistor and the third transistor.
US11672117B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film provided above the semiconductor substrate, a first conductive film provided above the first insulating film, a plurality of first electrode films provided above the first conductive film and stacked to be separated from each other, a semiconductor member extending in a stacking direction of the plurality of first electrode films, and a charge storage member provided between the semiconductor member and one of the plurality of first electrode films. The first conductive film includes a main portion disposed at least below the plurality of first electrode films, and a fine line portion extending from the main portion toward an end surface side of the semiconductor substrate. A width of the fine line portion is narrower than a width of the main portion.
US11672113B2
A semiconductor storage device includes a substrate having a surface, a first conductive layer 25 disposed on a substrate and extending in an X direction parallel to the surface of the substrate; a second conductive layer 25 that disposed on the first conductive layer 25 and extending in the X direction; an insulation plug 30 disposed on the substrate, extends in a Z direction intersecting with the X direction, and intersects with the first conductive layer 25; and a contact plug CC disposed on the first insulation plug 30, extends in the Z direction, and intersects with the second conductive layer 25.
US11672107B2
A control cabinet for at least one electrical drive controller includes a control cabinet housing a first cabinet compartment formed in the control cabinet housing and having at least one inlet opening for fresh air, at least one first transfer opening and a fresh air duct flow-connecting the inlet opening to the first transfer opening. A second cabinet compartment is formed in the control cabinet housing and has at least one outlet opening for exhaust air, at least one second transfer opening, and an exhaust air duct flow-connecting the outlet opening to the second transfer opening. A third cabinet compartment is formed in the control cabinet housing and is sealed off in terms of flow from the first cabinet compartment, the second cabinet compartment, and the environment outside the control cabinet. A partition delimits the third cabinet compartment in terms of flow from the first cabinet compartment and the second cabinet compartment, and has the at least one first transfer opening and the at least one second transfer opening. The third cabinet compartment is in the form of a rack with at least one drawer, wherein each drawer is designed to receive an insertable control device.
US11672098B2
An electronic device configured to be mounted in a housing of a cluster, the device comprising a rear body housing at least one mother board configured to be powered by the cluster, a front tray housing at least one electronic board having at least one socket, the front tray comprising at least one fastening member for mounting an expansion card having an edge connector and a fastening portion, the electronic board being connected to the mother board by at least one flexible cable, the front tray being mounted slidable relatively from the rear body between a close position and an open position in which the front tray is at least partially removed from the cluster housing while keeping the rear body into the cluster housing so that an expansion card can be mounted/unmounted from the electronic board without powering off the device.
US11672082B2
A printed wiring board production method that forms a base film and a conductive pattern on the base film by an additive method or a subtractive method, includes a plating process that electroplates the conductive pattern on a surface of the base film, wherein the plating process includes a shield plate arranging process that arranges a shield plate between an anode and a printed wiring board substrate that forms a cathode, and a substrate arranging process that arranges the printed wiring board substrate in a plating tank, and wherein a distance between the shield plate and the printed wiring board substrate is 50 mm or greater and 150 mm or less.
US11672075B2
An apparatus includes first and second frames disposed to support a forming unit, an outer surface member for covering the first frame, and a circuit board disposed between the first frame and the outer surface member. The circuit board includes a printed board, a first electronic component disposed on a mounting surface of the printed board, and a second electronic component that is smaller than the first electronic component and disposed on the mounting surface of the printed board. The circuit board is disposed so that the mounting surface faces the first frame and extends in a direction that intersects with a plane of the outer surface member.
US11672064B2
A system, method and storage medium for providing an emergency lighting includes generating, by a controller, a driving control signal; receiving, by a light source, the driving control signal; and emitting, by the light source, light based on the driving control signal. Intensity of the light emitted from the light source repeatedly ramps up and ramps down with a first period based on the driving control signal.
US11672050B2
Systems and methods for user configurable cooking appliances include receiving system resources having associated budgets, facilitating user allocation the system resources to a plurality of heating elements without exceeding the associate budgets, applying the system resources to the heating elements to heat one or more food substances within a cooking chamber, and selectively regulating delivery of the system resources to the heating elements such that no more than the associated budget of each of the system resources is delivered to the heating elements. Computing components can execute a heating algorithm to cook at least one food substance in the cooking chamber, detect a state change of the food substance, and modify the heating algorithm to reconfigure the system resources supplied to the heating elements in response to the state change and in accordance with user configured allocation and associated budgets for the system resources.
US11672049B2
A central unit (210) holds a plurality of parameters for controlling radio communication. A distributed unit (260) also holds a plurality of parameters for controlling the radio communication. A radio base station manages the parameters to be held by the central unit (210) and the distributed unit (260). The radio base station causes a coordination necessary parameter, which is a parameter for which a coordination is necessary between the plurality of the parameters, to be held in only one of the central unit (210) and the distributed unit (260).
US11672047B2
An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), comprises one or more baseband processors to receive one or more subframes from a cell of a network, and to detect a Cell Specific Reference Signal (CRS) transmission pattern in the one or more subframes to determine whether CRS mitigation is used by the cell, wherein the one or more baseband processors are to adjust processing of the one or more subframes when CRS mitigation is used. The apparatus further includes a memory to store the one or more subframes.
US11672046B2
Embodiments provide a data receiving status reporting method and apparatus. The method includes: determining, by first user equipment, a status of receiving at least one packet data convergence protocol layer protocol data unit PDCP PDU by second user equipment, where the at least one PDCP PDU is forwarded by the first user equipment to the second user equipment after being received by the first user equipment through a communications link between the first user equipment and a network device; and sending, by the first user equipment, a first status report to the network device, where the first status report is used to indicate the status of receiving the at least one PDCP PDU by the second user equipment.
US11672040B2
Systems and methods for dynamic interworking function selection for dual connectivity user equipment
A system described herein may provide a technique for a selection of an Interworking Function (“IWF”) that facilitates an interworking between a licensed wireless network and another wireless network, such as an unlicensed wireless network, based on a geographical location of a User Equipment (“UE”) that is connected to the licensed wireless network and the other wireless network. The IWF may be selected from a set of candidate IWFs based on respective locations of the candidate IWFs and the UE and/or a wireless access point associated with the other wireless network. The IWF may communicate with the UE, via the other wireless network, using one or more tunnels. The IWF may identify control plane and user plane traffic received via the tunnel(s), and may forward such communications to appropriate network devices of the licensed wireless network.
US11672037B2
Communications control in response to establishment of a multi-access PDN connection or with rejection of establishment of a multi-access PDN connection is performed based on a response to a PDN connectivity establishment request from a terminal device. This provides a method of communication control and the like in response to a multi-access PDN connectivity establishment request from the terminal device.
US11672033B2
A method and device are disclosed for a remote User Equipment (UE) to support UE-to-Network relay communication. The remote UE establishes a PC5 connection with a first relay UE for a relay communication with a first network node. The remote UE also performs a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection establishment procedure with the first network node via the first relay UE. Furthermore, the remote UE transmits a first RRC message to a second network node via a second relay UE for requesting RRC connection re-establishment, wherein the first RRC message includes a first Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI) of the remote UE. Also, the remote UE receives a second RRC message from the second network node via the second relay UE for re-establishing a RRC connection between the second network node and the remote UE, wherein the second RRC message includes a second C-RNTI of the remote UE.
US11672026B2
In a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a PRACH is transmitted through a specific RO from among a plurality of ROs on the basis of a selected SSB, wherein a starting RB index of the specific RO may be determined on the basis of: (i) the lowest RB index of an RB set including the specific RO; (ii) a starting RB index of an RO located at the lowest frequency; and (iii) the lowest RB index of an RB set including the RO located at the lowest frequency.
US11672025B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In a wireless communications system, a base station may transmit an indication of a pre-compensation timing value for transmission of a random access message by an aerial user equipment (UE), the random access message part of a random access procedure between the base station and the aerial UE when the aerial UE is in a connected state. The pre-compensation timing value may be based on a location of the aerial UE. In some examples, the base station may monitor a set of random access resources associated with the pre-compensation timing value and the aerial UE for the random access message, and the aerial UE may transmit the random access message using a first random access resource of a set of random access resources associated with the pre-compensation timing value and the aerial UE.
US11672014B2
Various communication systems may benefit from improved random access procedures. For example, it may be helpful to improve random access procedure when a network entity does not have any downlink data to transmit. A method, according to certain embodiments, may include receiving at a network entity from a user equipment a short contention resolution identifier. The method may also include transmitting from the network entity to the user equipment downlink control information comprising at least the short contention resolution identifier on a physical downlink control channel.
US11672012B2
Techniques and examples of efficient detection of a transmission session in New Radio unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) are described. An apparatus (e.g., user equipment (UE)) detects presence of an indication from a base station of a wireless network in an NR-U. The apparatus determines that a transmission opportunity (TXOP) follows the indication responsive to the detecting. The apparatus then receives a downlink (DL) transmission in the NR-U from the base station during the TXOP.
US11672009B2
In accordance with some embodiments, an apparatus may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code can be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least receive at least one random access preamble from user equipment. The at least one memory and the computer program code can be further configured to, configure at least one backoff indicator. The at least one memory and the computer program code can be further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least transmit the at least one backoff indicator and at least one backoff configuration indicator to the user equipment. The at least one backoff configuration indicator is used to indicate how the at least one backoff indicator is applied.
US11672006B2
A random access procedure between a user equipment (UE) and a base station may include repetition of a random access message 3 to improve reception and provide for selection of a refined beam. The UE may receive, using a first receive beam, a random access message 2 transmitted by a base station using a first transmit beam. The random access message 2 indicates to the UE to transmit a plurality of repetitions of a random access message 3. The UE may transmit the plurality of repetitions based on the random access message 2. The UE may receive a random access message 4 transmitted by the base station using a second transmit beam that is a sub-beam of the first transmit beam based on transmitting the plurality of repetitions. The base station may select the second transmit beam based on at least one of the plurality of repetitions.
US11672005B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine one or more respective maximum ranks for one or more transmission configuration indicator states of the UE; and transmit information identifying the one or more respective maximum ranks. In some aspects, a base station may receive information identifying one or more respective maximum ranks of a UE for one or more TCI states of the UE; and transmit scheduling information for a communication for the UE, wherein the scheduling information is based at least in part on the one or more respective maximum ranks. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11671995B2
This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for TDRA-based HARQ-ACK feedback generation. In aspects, a UE and a base station may determine that at least one TDRA candidate of a set of TDRA candidates for a PDSCH transmitted from a base station has more than one possible location within a slot. Based on the determination that the at least one TDRA candidate has more than one possible location within the slot, the UE may generate and transmit corresponding HARQ-ACK feedback to the base station, which may decode the HARQ-ACK feedback.
US11671988B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may transmit parameters for a configured grant and a dynamic grant. The parameters may indicate numbers of transmissions of transport blocks within a bundle of a configured grant and within a bundle of a dynamic grant. A wireless device may transmit a first transport block, within a bundle of a configured grant, a first number of times. The wireless device may transmit a second transport block, within a bundle of a dynamic grant, a second number of times.
US11671986B2
A control information transmission method, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. An example method includes: determining configuration information of a control channel, wherein the configuration information comprises at least one of frequency domain information or time domain information, the at least one of frequency domain information or time domain information indicates a time-frequency resource occupied by the control channel, and the configuration information further comprises indication information indicating a quantity of at least one resource element set, wherein the time-frequency resource occupied by the control channel comprises the at least one resource element set; mapping control information to one or more of the at least one resource element set based on the configuration information; sending the configuration information to a terminal device; and sending the control information to the terminal device.
US11671985B2
Embodiment of this application provide methods and apparatuses for communicating downlink control information. One method includes: dividing, by a terminal device, target resources into M resource subsets; determining, by the terminal device, a resource set from the M resource subsets, wherein the resource set consists of N control channel bearing resource units, N≥2, at least two of the N control channel bearing resource units belong to different resource subsets of the M resource subsets, and at least two of the N control channel bearing resource units are not consecutive in the frequency domain, wherein each of the N control channel bearing resource units includes at least two resource element groups (REGs) that are consecutive in the frequency domain, and wherein each REG of the at least two REGs comprises a plurality of resource elements (REs); and receiving, by the terminal device, downlink control information on the resource set.
US11671973B2
Embodiments include methods, systems, and apparatuses for receiving a first type of transmission and a second type of transmission. A WTRU may receive a first downlink control information (DCI) during a first downlink (DL) transmission interval allocating first radio resources in the first DL transmission interval for reception of a first type of transmission. The WTRU may receive data from the first type of transmission in the first radio resources. The WTRU may receive data from a second type of transmission in second radio resources that include one or more predetermined regions within the first radio resources. The WTRU may receive a second DCI during a subsequent second DL transmission interval indicating that the data from the first type of transmission was preempted by the data from the second type of transmission. The WTRU may process the data from the first type of transmission based on the second DCI.
US11671951B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure propose techniques for transmission time interval (TTI) bundling for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in long term evolution (LTE). According to certain aspects a method is provided for wireless communications. The method may be performed, for example, by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes identifying a transmit time interval (TTI) bundle comprising a subset of subframes from a set of subframes for transmitting data on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and receiving the data on the PDSCH in the subset of subframes.
US11671932B2
Various aspects relate to adjusting communication timing in response to a switch from one feeder link to another feeder link in a non-terrestrial network. For example, when a satellite moves out of the coverage area of a first ground network entity (or if the first ground network entity is turned off), the satellite switches to a second ground network entity. The resulting switch from a first feeder link for the first ground network entity to a second feeder link for the second ground network entity may cause a timing glitch that adversely affects the UEs under the coverage of the satellite. The disclosure relates in some aspects to sending an indication of the switch and/or a common timing adjust command to all of the UEs affected by the feeder link switch.
US11671931B2
A method includes: receiving, by a first node, transmission timing information sent by a second node, where the transmission timing information includes a first network timing advance; and determining, by the first node, frame timing of the first node based on the transmission timing information, where the frame timing includes a downlink frame sending time and/or an uplink frame receiving time of the first node; and the second node is an upper-level node of the first node.
US11671921B2
An apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a communication module that includes a transmitter that carries out an uplink transmission of an uplink shared channel (physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)), and a processor that controls a transmission power used in the uplink transmission based on: a value that is calculated based on a number of resource blocks of the uplink transmission and one of a plurality of numerologies having different subcarrier spacings, and a transmission power command (TPC) included in a downlink control information (DCI) format, wherein information about the one of the plurality of numerologies is received via higher layer signaling; and an input apparatus that accepts an input, wherein the PUSCH contains information based on the input. In another aspect, a system is also disclosed.
US11671918B2
Systems, methods, and devices enable coexistence of traffic for collocated transceivers. Methods may include generating a target-wake-time (TWT) agreement based on availability of a first transceiver and a plurality of wireless devices. Methods also include generating a medium access schedule for the first transceiver using a first transmission protocol based on transmission events determined based on a second transmission protocol of a second transceiver, the second transceiver being collocated in the same device as the first transceiver, and the medium access schedule being a TWT schedule including active times for the first transceiver and each of the plurality of wireless devices determined based on a timing and duty cycle of the second transmission protocol and activity of the second transceiver. Methods also include transmitting the TWT schedule to the plurality of wireless devices, the TWT schedule identifying the one or more active times to the plurality of wireless devices.
US11671915B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for coordinated sidelink power savings configurations. A wireless node may select a sidelink power savings configuration to use for a sidelink between the wireless node and a user equipment (UE), provide the selected configuration to the UE, and follow the configuration for the sidelink. The selection may be based on input from the UE or without input from the UE. The selection may be a current power savings configuration at the wireless node, a power savings configuration suggest by the UE, or a different power savings configuration determined by the wireless node based on the current and suggested power savings configuration. When a new UE connects to the wireless node, the wireless node may reselect a power savings configuration to use for the sidelinks and provide the reselected power savings configuration to the UEs having a sidelink with the wireless node.
US11671911B2
In an example, a configuration circuit includes a connector and a controller communicatively coupled to the connector via one or more signal lines. The configuration circuit further includes a microcontroller communicatively coupled to the controller via an interface. The configuration circuit further includes a connection detection circuit communicatively coupled to the microcontroller and the one or more signal lines. The connection detection circuit is configured to determine whether communication traffic between the connector and the controller on the one or more signal lines is detected, and output an interrupt signal to the microcontroller in response to detecting communication traffic between the connector and the controller on the one or more signal lines. The microcontroller is configured to instruct the controller to wake from a low-power sleep mode in response to receiving the interrupt signal from the connection detection circuit.
US11671910B1
The described technology is generally directed towards communication network application programming interface (API) promulgation. Using the techniques herein, APIs can be hosted at different locations within a network in a transitory manner, shifting from one location to the next. Furthermore, API configurations can change over time, in order to provide enhanced API security and/or to meet different expected needs of client equipment. An API manager can select network equipment to host APIs, in order to move the APIs between different network locations. A floater application within the core network can support the movement of the APIs by creating secure tunnels between the selected network equipment and the core network.
US11671902B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for providing access control for multicast or broadcast (MC/BC) services. A base station broadcasts one or more cell barring parameters to a group of user equipment (UEs) that indicate whether the UEs of the group of UEs is permitted to select the cell of the base station for receiving the MC/BC services. The base station also broadcasts one or more access control parameters to a set of one or more UEs, of the group of UEs, that are indicated to be permitted to select the cell for receiving the MC/BC services based on the one or more cell barring parameters. The one or more access control parameters indicate whether the set of one or more UEs is permitted to establish or resume the RRC connected state with the base station for receiving the MC/BC services.
US11671898B2
Methods and systems for routing data are disclosed. In one aspect, service management can be implemented on one or more computing devices located between at least one router and one or more nodes. The one or more computing devices can be a default gateway for a plurality of user devices. In another aspect, the disclosed methods and systems can use a tag in routing a data block (e.g., service data) via a predefined route. For example, a device can transmit a request for a tag to a network node for routing a data block via a predefined route. Upon receiving the request, the network node can allocate a tag and create an interface. The interface can be associated with the tag and communications between the network node and the device for routing the data block.
US11671896B2
Various embodiments of a four-step intra-LayBack handover protocol within a given gateway in an SDN-LayBack architecture are disclosed. The intra-LayBack handover reduces the signaling load by 60% in comparison with conventional LTE handover within a given serving gateway.
US11671893B2
A wireless mobile communication device can receive one or more network parameters from a network gateway and identify a network associated with the network parameters based on stored network information of networks with which the device is configured to join and/or network gateways with which the device is configured to communicate. The device can identify private network information associated with the identified network that will enable the device to access one or more private networks via the identified network. Once the device obtains access to the identified network, the device can set up one or more virtual private network (VPN) tunnels to join one or more private networks accessible via the identified network. When using two or more VPN tunnels, one VPN tunnel can be nested within another VPN tunnel.
US11671892B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which a processing system obtains geolocation information for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and for a cell of a terrestrial communication network. The system estimates a distance between the UAV and the cell, calculates an expected receive (RX) power for a signal transmitted from the UAV to the cell, and compares the expected RX power with a threshold power to determine whether the cell is a suitable target cell for a communications handover procedure for the UAV. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11671890B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to Layer 1/Layer 2-centric inter-cell mobility systems and determining timing advance groups (TAGs) within such systems. User equipment (UE) are configured to report one or more grouping of cells to a radio access network (RAN), where the cells for each group have similar propagation delays and/or signal quality. Each reported group can be assigned to a TAG identifier (ID) by the RAN. The RAN may utilize the TAG IDs to time division multiplex uplink and/or downlink transmissions based on the TAG IDs.
US11671889B2
A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a receiving section that receives measurement signals of a first cell and a second cell; and a control section that, when at least one of handover, cell re-selection and a cell addition procedure is performed based on a measurement result that uses the measurement signals, determines whether or not to assume that timings of radio frames and numbers assigned to the radio frames match between the first cell and the second cell.
US11671887B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for limiting handoffs in cellular networks. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a quantity of handoffs that are performed between two or more radio access technologies (RATs) during a time period. The UE may determine whether the quantity of handoffs exceeds a handoff threshold within the time period. The UE may reduce a rate of handoffs when the UE determines that the quantity of handoffs exceeds the handoff threshold within the time period. The UE also may select one of the RATs to camp on and maintain the wireless connection when the UE determines that the quantity of handoffs exceeds the handoff threshold. The UE may determine which RAT to camp on based on handoff count information, handoff total connection time information, or contextual awareness information.
US11671881B2
A radio controller entity is in communication with a centralized control plane entity of a disaggregated base station, or with a monolithic base station, the disaggregated base station or monolithic base station serving wireless user equipment in a wireless network. The radio controller entity obtains from the centralized control plane entity or from the monolithic base station, a context associated with one or more user equipment served by the disaggregated base station or the monolithic base station. The radio controller entity determines a policy to be set. The policy defines a set of one or more rules, each rule including a condition and an action. The rule may include that the base station should query the radio controller for an instruction as to which action(s) to apply. The radio controller entity provides the policy to the centralized control plane entity or to the monolithic base station.
US11671862B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for interference mitigation. An exemplary method performed by a base station generally includes determining, based on a location of another base station and information regarding the other base station, that the other base station is likely to experience interference while receiving an uplink transmission due to a downlink transmission by the base station and forming a null in a beam of the downlink transmission in a direction matching the location of the other base station.
US11671857B2
Provided is a processing system to effectuate sensor processing of obstacle information for use in autonomous driving. The apparatus includes a communication module that receives sensor data collected by multiple sensors disposed to capture sensor data in a specified region to detect the obstacles. Additionally, a health status detection modules, in the system, determine the health status of the system and the sensors based on information from the sensors and a communication latency between the communication module and the sensors. The system also includes a sensor processing module to process the sensor data to identify anomalies in the data due to harsh conditions to eliminate any erroneous data.
US11671852B2
A method of operating a communication system includes communicating a sounding signal to a plurality of devices through a first antenna array coupled to a basestation. The method further includes, in response to the sounding signal, communicating a response signal to the basestation from each of the plurality of devices, from the response signal determining device data comprising a device location, a signal strength of the sounding signal and phase information of the sounding signal, grouping the plurality of devices into a first group based on the device data, generating first transmit beamforming weights for the first group to shape the power output of the first beamforming weight vector to communicate a data signal to the first group and broadcasting the data signal to the first group through a wireless signal from the first antenna array using the first transmit beamforming weights and nulls.
US11671849B2
Various embodiments include methods for autonomous beam switching by a wireless device. A processor of the wireless device may measure signal parameters of signals received from a first synchronization signal block (SSB) beam of a base station monitored by the wireless device and other SSB beams of the base station, determine whether a difference in measured signal parameters of signals received from the first SSB beam and another SSB beam of the base station satisfies a signal quality difference threshold, and autonomously switching to the second SSB beam as the serving beam in response to determining that the difference in the measured signal parameters of signals received from the first SSB beam and a second SSB beam satisfies the signal quality difference threshold. The signal quality difference threshold may be listed in a table in memory or determined via machine learning.
US11671834B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a near-field communication (NFC) communication circuit, an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication circuit connected with the NFC communication circuit, at least one secure element operatively connected with the NFC communication circuit and configured to store security information, and a processor disposed in the NFC communication circuit and operatively connected with the UWB communication circuit, wherein the processor is configured to receive a data request from an external electronic device via the UWB communication circuit, access at least part of the security information stored in the at least one secure element, based on a routing table matching the data request with the at least one secure element, and transmit the at least part of the security information to the external electronic device via the UWB communication circuit.
US11671822B2
An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprises one or more baseband processors to encode a unique UE identifier to be transmitted to an Access and Mobility Function (AMF) of a Fifth Generation (5G) network, wherein the unique identifier identifies UE capabilities to be stored in a UE capabilities database. An apparatus of Access and Mobility Function (AMF) of a Fifth Generation (5G) network comprises one or more processors to receive a user equipment (UE) Capabilities update from a remote server to update a UE capability database that stores UE capability information corresponding to one or more UEs identified with a unique identifier, and to process the UE Capabilities update via one or more Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
US11671818B1
Methods, devices, and system related to consistent and reliable local breakout for roaming devices are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method for wireless communication includes transmitting, by a user equipment that roams into a visited network, a request to a network node in the visited network to establish a connection using a first access technology. The method includes receiving, by the terminal device, a response from the network node. The response comprises an address of a gateway in the visited network. The gateway is configured to provide a secured tunnel to the terminal device for data transmissions using a second access technology. The method also includes initiating, by the terminal device, a connection with the gateway using the second access technology based on the address of the gateway, and performing, by the terminal device, data transmissions using the second access technology via the gateway in the visited network.
US11671809B2
Methods for aggregating Bluetooth profiles for faster connection and configuration are disclosed, including transmitting, subsequent to establishing a connection, a request message to a peer device that indicates support of a fast connection protocol for Bluetooth profiles configuration and receiving a response message from the peer device that indicates the peer device supports the fast connection protocol. After pairing with the peer device, a first list of profile descriptors for a plurality of Bluetooth profiles supported by the device may be transmitted to the peer device and a second list of profile descriptors for a plurality of Bluetooth profiles supported by the peer device may be received. A configuration of a plurality of Bluetooth profiles base, at least in part, on a comparison of the first list of profile descriptors to the second list of profile descriptors may be determined and transmitted to the peer device.
US11671802B2
A charging method includes: determining, by a control plane function entity (CP), that a data flow that is transmitted by user equipment (UE) on a first data session needs to be migrated to a second data session; charging, by the CP, the data flow on the first UP through a first charging session between the CP and a charging system; obtaining, by the CP, charging information of the data flow before the migration that is counted by the first UP; and determining, by the CP, a quota that is used for the data flow after the migration is necessary to be delivered to the second UP, and delivering the quota to the second UP, thereby charging a service data flow of a user in a case of migration between user planes.
US11671800B2
A system information transmission method and device. The system information transmission method comprises: generating, by a first communication node, first system information indicative of indication information corresponding to second system information, wherein the second system information is used to assist a second communication node to access a system; transmitting to the second communication node the first system information; receiving, by the second communication node, the first system information transmitted from the first communication node; receiving, according to the indication information in the first system information, the second system information; and accessing, according to the second system information, the system.
US11671795B2
A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving configuration information on a multicast broadcast service (MBS), and receiving, based on the configuration information, MBS data in a radio resource control (RRC)_Connected mode. The MBS data is transmitted to plurality of UEs including the UE for multicast transmission, or to the UE for unicast transmission. A Hybrid Automatic Repeat and request (HARQ) retransmission is applied to a transmission of the MBS data.
US11671786B2
Systems and methods include data storage that stores user information for a plurality of user devices; a beacon that is configured to be associated with a first unique identifier; and a backend system that receives data that includes user information for one of the user devices, assigns the first unique identifier to the one of the user devices, and transmits a digital asset, which includes the first unique identifier and first information, to the one of the user devices. The beacon broadcasts the first unique identifier via a short-range transmission at a first location and the one of the user devices detects the first unique identifier at the first location, compares it to the identifier associated with the digital asset, and displays a notification that includes the first information if there is a match.
US11671779B2
The present disclosure relates to reverberation generation for headphone virtualization. A method of generating one or more components of a binaural room impulse response (BRIR) for headphone virtualization is described. In the method, directionally-controlled reflections are generated, wherein directionally-controlled reflections impart a desired perceptual cue to an audio input signal corresponding to a sound source location. Then at least the generated reflections are combined to obtain the one or more components of the BRIR. Corresponding system and computer program products are described as well.
US11671774B2
Improved methods are described for the creation of impressions for use in the manufacture of hearing aid components. In addition methods for manufacturing components of hearing aid systems using improved ear canal impressions are described.
US11671768B2
A hearing aid, in particular a BTE hearing aid, includes a base part and an ear hook which can be attached to the base part. In an assembled state, the base part and the ear hook are connected by a nozzle and a receptacle. A sound channel runs through the nozzle. The nozzle has a circumferential outer wall and the receptacle has a circumferential inner wall. In the assembled state, a circumferential sealing ring having a thickness is disposed between the outer wall and the inner wall. The sealing ring lies in particular in an annular groove and the inner wall preferably has two reduction sections which compress the sealing ring.
US11671764B2
A microphone assembly includes a substrate, an acoustic transducer, an integrated circuit, and a cover couples to the substrate to enclose a back volume of the microphone assembly in which the acoustic transducer and the integrated circuit are disposed. The acoustic transducer includes a back plate and a diaphragm oriented parallel to the back plate disposed over an aperture in the substrate to receive acoustic signals. The cover is a metallic material with a thickness and a corresponding thermal diffusivity to attenuate incoming radio-frequency signals. The attenuation of the radio-frequency signals prevents ambient noise detectable by the microphone assembly.
US11671754B2
A vehicle selects various sound sources and outputs driving sound based on information received from the navigation system. A database stores sound sources classified as first and second emotions. A controller outputs a landmark name based on a route guidance text and outputs a ratio of the first and second emotions corresponding to the landmark name. The controller selects a first sound source from the sound sources classified as the first emotion based on the first emotion ratio, selects a second sound source from the sound sources classified as the second emotion based on the second emotion ratio and determines first and second playback periods based on the ratios of the first and second emotions. The controller outputs a first sound generated based on the first sound source during the first playback period and a second sound generated based on the second sound source during the second playback period.
US11671752B2
A device includes one or more processors configured to execute instructions to determine a first phase based on a first audio signal of first audio signals and to determine a second phase based on a second audio signal of second audio signals. The one or more processors are also configured to execute the instructions to apply spatial filtering to selected audio signals of the first audio signals and the second audio signals to generate an enhanced audio signal. The one or more processors are further configured to execute the instructions to generate a first output signal including combining a magnitude of the enhanced audio signal with the first phase and to generate a second output signal including combining the magnitude of the enhanced audio signal with the second phase. The first output signal and the second output signal correspond to an audio zoomed signal.
US11671746B2
The present disclosure relates to microphones and electronic devices having the same. A microphone may include a housing for receiving vibration signals; a converting component inside the housing for converting the vibration signals into electrical signals, and a processing circuit for processing the electrical signals. The converting component may include a transducer and at least one damping film attached to the transducer.
US11671740B2
The present disclosure discloses a loudspeaker apparatus, including an earphone core housing configured to accommodate an earphone core; and a circuit housing including an accommodating body and a cover. The accommodating body may include a cavity with an opening at one end, and the cover may be disposed on the opening for sealing the cavity. The circuit housing may accommodate a control circuit. The control circuit may drive the earphone core to vibrate to generate sound. The loudspeaker apparatus may further include an ear hook configured to connect the earphone core housing and the circuit housing, and a button disposed at a button hole on the circuit housing. The button may move relative to the button hole to generate a control signal for the control circuit. The loudspeaker apparatus may further include an elastic pad disposed between the button and the button hole. The elastic pad may hinder a movement of the button toward the button hole. In the present disclosure, a waterproof effect of the loudspeaker apparatus may be improved and a space occupied by a button may be reduced by providing an elastic pad between the button and the button hole.
US11671738B2
The present disclosure discloses an acoustic output apparatus including at least one acoustic driver, a controller, and a supporting structure. The at least one acoustic driver may be configured to output sounds through at least two sound guiding holes. The at least two sound guiding holes may include a first sound guiding hole and a second sound guiding hole. The controller may be configured to control a phase and an amplitude of the sounds generated by the at least one acoustic driver using a control signal such that the sounds output by the at least one acoustic driver through the first and second sound guiding holes have opposite phases. The supporting structure may be provided with a baffle and configured to support the at least one acoustic driver such that the first and second sound guiding holes are located on both sides of the baffle.
US11671736B2
An audio capture device for a submersible camera including a supporting structure to prevent a waterproof membrane from deflecting beyond a point that will cause damage to the membrane. A microphone assembly includes a microphone for detecting ambient sound and generating an electrical signal representing the ambient sound. The microphone assembly is covered by a waterproof membrane to prevent water from reaching the microphone assembly. One or more supporting rings near the waterproof membrane prevents the waterproof membrane from deflecting more than a threshold deflection.
US11671730B2
In a pixel 200, a floating diffusion FD11 and a first capacitor CS11 are selectively connected to each other via a first connection element LG11-Tr, to change the capacitance of the floating diffusion FD11 between a first capacitance and a second capacitance, thereby changing the conversion gain between a first conversion gain (HCG) corresponding to the first capacitance and a second conversion gain (MCG) corresponding to the second capacitance. The floating diffusion FD11 and a second capacitor CS12 are connected together through a second connection element SG11-Tr to change the capacitance of the floating diffusion FD11 to a third capacitance, thereby changing the conversion gain of the source following transistor SF11-Tr to a third conversion gain (LCG) corresponding to the third capacitance.
US11671728B2
A sensing device that detects whether an edge is present or absent achieves improved accuracy in detection of an edge. The sensing device includes a level control circuit, a comparison circuit, and an edge determination circuit. In this sensing device, the level control circuit amplifies or attenuates the signal level of one of a pair of pixel signals by a predetermined gain. The comparison circuit compares the pair of pixel signals with the signal level of the one pixel signal amplified or attenuated with each other, and outputs a result of the comparison. The edge determination circuit determines whether an edge is present or absent in reference to the comparison result.
US11671724B2
An image sensor may include a pixel array, row control circuitry, and column readout circuitry. The row control circuitry may operate the pixel array in a global shutter mode of operation. In particular, timing control circuitry may provide global timing clock signals associated with a global photodiode reset event and a global photodiode charge transfer event to row driver circuitry providing control signals to each row in the array. Each driver circuitry may include a time delay circuit that delays the global timing clock signal by different amounts across the rows. Therefore, these global events may be offset on a per-row or per-row group basis, thereby mitigating power surges associated with global events. Further, by offsetting the global photodiode reset and charge transfer events using the same delay for a given row, the same global integration time may be preserved across different rows.
US11671723B2
Image sensing devices are disclosed. In some implementations, an image sensing device includes a substrate, and a pixel array including one or more phase difference detection pixel groups supported by the substrate and structured to respond to incident light, each phase difference detection pixel group including two or more phase difference detection pixels structured to detect a phase difference of the incident light, wherein the phase difference detection pixel group comprises a light shielding pattern structured to provide each of the two or more phase difference detection pixels with a light receiving region along two contiguous sides of each of the two or more phase difference detection pixels.
US11671712B2
A method includes obtaining visual content comprising spatial portions; determining respective spatial qualities of the spatial portions, wherein the respective spatial qualities are based on locations of the spatial portions within the visual content; and encoding the spatial portions of the visual content based on the respective spatial qualities. An apparatus includes a camera, a display, and a processor. The processor is configured to identify, using facial recognition, a face of a user of the apparatus; identify a distance of the face of the user to the display; and render visual content on the display using a quality that is based on the distance.
US11671705B2
An image sensor according to an example embodiment include a plurality of image pixel groups, a plurality of auto focusing (AF) pixel groups, a first transmission control signal line connected to a first pixel of each of the plurality of image pixel groups, a second transmission control signal line connected to a second pixel of each of the plurality of image pixel groups, a third transmission control signal line connected to a first pixel of each of the plurality of AF pixel groups, and a fourth transmission control signal line connected to a second pixel of each of the plurality of AF pixel groups, wherein the fourth transmission control signal line is electrically separated from the first to the third transmission control signal line, and the each of the plurality of image pixel group and the plurality of AF pixel groups are disposed below a single microlens.
US11671696B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for managing visual content at a computer system. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing visual content in media are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for managing visual indicators for visual content in media are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for inserting visual content in media are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for identifying visual content in media are described. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for translating visual content in media are described.
US11671677B2
Various embodiments of a system includes receiving a request to display a content and employing an antenna system to receive content data that is representative of the content. The antenna system includes a first antenna, a second antenna, and a third antenna. The system further utilizing at least three arrangements to collect the content, wherein a first arrangement includes receiving the content data broadcasted over the air to extract the content from the content data, a second arrangement includes establishing a wireless communication connection with a network node device operated by a first telecommunication service provider to collect the content data from a server, and a third arrangement includes connecting to a hot-spot having a connection to a second network node device operated by a second telecommunication service provider to collect the content data from the server. The system further transfers the content to the display component, which is collected utilizing the three arrangements.
US11671665B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for adaptive bitrate control for simultaneous content streaming. Example methods may include determining, by an adaptive bitrate controller, a first bits per pixel value associated with a first content stream at a device at a first timestamp, determining a second bits per pixel value associated with a second content stream at the device at the first timestamp, and generating a bits per pixel ranking using the first bits per pixel value and the second bits per pixel value. Some methods may include determining a bitrate improvement priority based at least in part on the bits per pixel ranking, and causing a request to improve a bitrate of the first content stream to be approved.
US11671659B2
The present disclosure relates to an image display apparatus and a method thereof. The image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a display; a network interface configured to communicate with a server; a broadcast reception unit including a tuner; a memory; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to: add information on the content displayed through the display to a viewing history database stored in the memory when content is displayed through the display, determine a priority for a plurality of receivable content through at least one of the network interface and the broadcast receiving unit based on the viewing history database when a predetermined event related to a user's content viewing occurs, and display, through the display, a recommendation list for the plurality of receivable content according to the determined priority.
US11671655B2
A data stream, such as a video stream, may comprise one or more event trigger messages indicating an upcoming event in the stream. The time (e.g., pre-roll time) between the event trigger message and its corresponding event may be modified, based on rules, to provide a network operator, service provider or downstream recipient more (or less) time to prepare for the event. This may be accomplished by moving the event trigger to an earlier (or later) location in the stream, and/or editing the event trigger to indicate the different pre-roll time.
US11671641B2
A system generates disparate live output stream manifests. A disparate live media output stream manifest is generated based on a programming schedule, an additional parameter, and one of a first live input stream manifest or a first pre-encoded media asset manifest. Based on a first transition or a second transition, a different pre-encoded media asset manifest or a different live input stream manifest is inserted to the disparate live media output stream manifest. Based on the insertion, a first live input stream or a first pre-encoded media asset is switched to a different pre-encoded media asset or a different live input stream. The first live input stream manifest or the first pre-encoded media asset manifest is modified. The modification causes retransmission of media segments of the first live input stream or segments of the first pre-encoded media asset on a disparate live media output stream.
US11671626B2
An image decoding apparatus including a header decoder configured to decode, from coded data, a flag indicating whether dependent quantization is enabled and a flag prohibiting transform skip residual quantization, and a TU decoder configured to decode a transform coefficient in a TU block in an RRC mode in which a LAST position is coded, the LAST position corresponding to a decoding start position for the transform coefficient, or a TSRC mode in which the LAST position is not coded. The TU decoder performs dependent quantization in the RRC mode in a case that the transform coefficient for transform skip is decoded in the TSRC mode, and does not perform dependent quantization in the RRC mode in a case that the transform coefficient for transform skip is decoded in the RRC mode.
US11671619B2
In a video encoding/decoding method and device according to the present invention, a merge candidate of a current block may be determined, a merge candidate list may be configured on the basis of the merge candidate, motion information of the current block may be derived from the merge candidate list, and the motion information may be used to perform inter prediction of the current block.
US11671608B2
Techniques and tools are described for decoding jointly coded information. For example, a decoder decodes a variable length code [“VLC”] signaled at macroblock level that jointly represents a transform type signal level, transform type, and subblock pattern. The decoder decodes one or more VLCs signaled at block level, each jointly representing a transform type and subblock pattern. The decoder may select between multiple VLC tables for the VLCs signaled macroblock level and/or block level.
US11671606B2
The disclosure is related to adaptive transcoding of video streams from a camera. A camera system includes a camera and a base station connected to each other in a first communication network, which can be a wireless network. When a user requests to view a video from the camera, the base station obtains a video stream from the camera, transcodes the video stream, based on one or more input parameters, to generate a transcoded video stream, and transmits the transcoded video stream to a user device. The base station can transcode the video stream locally, e.g., within the base station, or in a cloud network based on transcoding location factors. Further, the camera system can also determine whether to stream the video to the user directly from the base station or from the cloud network based on streaming location factors.
US11671600B2
A method of decoding video data includes generating a prediction block for a current block of the video data and decoding a residual block for the current block of the video data. The method includes combining the prediction block and the residual block to generate a reconstructed block of the video data and determining a variable M×N sample pattern based on a block size of the current block. The method includes estimating a local luma level for samples of the reconstructed block using the variable M×N sample pattern and applying, based on the estimated local luma level, a deblocking filter to the samples of the reconstructed block to generate filtered samples. The method includes generating final samples of the video data based on the filtered samples.
US11671577B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for point cloud compression and decompression. In some examples, an apparatus for point cloud compression/decompression includes processing circuitry. In some embodiments, the processing circuitry decodes prediction information of a point cloud from a coded bitstream and reconstructs a geometry reconstructed cloud according to a geometry image of the point cloud that is decoded from the coded bitstream. Further, the processing circuitry applies a filter to at least a geometry sample inside a patch of the geometry reconstructed cloud in addition to boundary samples of the patch to generate a smoothed geometry reconstructed cloud, and reconstructs points of the point cloud based on the smoothed geometry reconstructed cloud.
US11671572B2
A virtual wave creation system comprises an eyewear device that includes a frame, a temple connected to a lateral side of the frame, and a depth-capturing camera. Execution of programming by a processor configures the virtual wave creation system to generate, for each of multiple initial depth images, a respective wave image by applying a transformation function that is responsive to a selected input parameter to the initial three-dimensional coordinates. The virtual wave creation system creates a warped wave video including a sequence of the generated warped wave images. The virtual wave creation system presents, via an image display, the warped wave video.
US11671565B2
Provided is an image with which it is possible for a user to discern at a glance a difference in setting values used for image processing and image processing results depending on the difference in the setting values. An image processing system generates a display image in which a first display image including a first setting value group and a first image processing result is associated with a second display image including a second setting value group and a second image processing result. The image display system generates a display image in which a display mode of at least one of setting items corresponding to the setting values varying in value according to a comparison result is different from a display mode of others.
US11671563B2
A system that has a plurality of monitors, a control unit, a first object and a second object is provided. The second object has one or more sensors operable to generate data and is remote from the first object. The control unit is configured to determine whether a first user is positioned on a first or on a second location of the first object and display a simulation of a second user onto the plurality of monitors based on the generated data. The second user is located remote from the first user and is displayed as being positioned in a different location on the first object than the first user on the first object. The control unit is further configured to activate the one or more heat generating devices to simulate a presence of the second user being positioned in the different location on the first object.
US11671558B2
An ornamental frame assembly for enhancing the ornamental appearance of a flat screen display includes a frame that has a plurality of intersecting members such that the frame has a rectangular shape to conform to a flat screen display. Each of the intersecting members comprises a first portion that is oriented at an angle with a second portion to accommodate an outer edge of the flat screen display. A lens is attached to the frame such that the lens extends around a full perimeter of the frame. A plurality of light emitters is each positioned in the frame. Each of the light emitters is positioned behind the lens to emit light through the lens.
US11671549B2
An image reading device and an image forming apparatus. The image reading device includes an image reader to read an image of a document, and a color reference component arranged to face the image reader. In the image reading device, the image reader reads the color reference component at a prescribed timing to obtain color reference image data, and correction data generating processes are executed based on the obtained color reference image data to generate correction data used to correct data of the image read by the image reader. In the image reading device, wherein the color reference component is moved relative to the image reader in a direction orthogonal to a direction toward and away from the image reader. The image forming apparatus includes the image reading device, and an image is formed on a recording material based on data of the image read by the image reading device.
US11671543B2
A setting system for setting an operation screen in an electronic device has layout management information that manages a layout of the operation screen of the electronic device in association with information on the electronic device, and, according to a request for the layout by the electronic device, specifies the layout to be transmitted to the electronic device on the basis of the layout management information and transmits the layout to the electronic device.
US11671542B2
An information processing system includes image capturing devices, an information processing apparatus, and processing circuitry. The image capturing devices are disposed to capture images of a management area. The information processing apparatus recognizes a code image corresponding to an object to be managed in the management area, from a captured image captured by the image capturing devices, and manages a location of the object. The processing circuitry sets address identification information associated with position information in the management area to a region of the captured image; based on recognition of the code image in the region, manages the position information associated with the address identification information set for the region, as a location of the object corresponding to the code image; and commonly sets one piece of the address identification information associated with the position information, for regions of different captured images captured by the image capturing devices.
US11671541B2
In a case where it is determined that a document is left behind, a display control unit is configured to control display of an icon using a result of detection by a second detection unit without using at least a result of detection by a first detection unit.
US11671532B2
One example method of operation may include determining a call received from a calling party and intended for a subscriber device has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call, determining a percentage of calls over a current period of time being filtered as scam calls by a carrier server, when the percentage of calls being filtered as scam calls during the current period of time is above a call threshold percentage, retrieving call history information associated with a subscriber profile of the subscriber device, identifying one or more call patterns from the call history information of the subscriber profile corresponding to the received call, and determining whether to permit the received call based on the identified one or more call patterns.
US11671525B2
A mobile terminal including a first housing defining an accommodation space therein and having an opening defined therein in communication with the outside; a camera configured to obtain image information; and a driving unit configured to rotationally drive the camera to rotate and be inserted inside the first housing through the opening and to face a first face of the mobile terminal, and rotationally drive the camera to rotate and be withdrawn outside the first housing through the opening and to face a second face of the mobile terminal.
US11671522B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to memories used in server applications. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a server that has memory management module that is connected to the processor using one or more DDR channels. The memory management module is configured to provide the processor local access and network access to memories on a network. There are other embodiments as well.
US11671519B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining linked bandwidth parts. One method includes determining an identification of a bandwidth part. The method includes determining an uplink bandwidth part and a downlink bandwidth part based on the identification of the bandwidth part. The method includes using the uplink bandwidth part and the downlink bandwidth part in response to determining the uplink bandwidth part and the downlink bandwidth part.
US11671518B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing reliable switching between different transport protocols (e.g., TCP and UDP) are presented herein. In some embodiments, a computing platform may stop transmission over a transport protocol. Subsequently, the computing platform may synchronize buffers between a client and a host. For example, the buffer may include acknowledgments for undelivered reliable packets between the client and the host. Next, the computing platform may resume transmission over a different transport protocol. In some embodiments, when establishing an initial connection between a client and a host, connections may be attempted in parallel over multiple transport protocols. After a connection over a first transport protocol is established, if a connection is later established over a second transport protocol, the connection may be transitioned to the second transport protocol. Also, ticketing semantics may be preserved in the switch between the different transport protocols.
US11671514B2
The concept of a service layer message template is introduced, which may be a request template or a response template. Message templates may be created and stored at the service layer. Each message template may contain a set of request or response parameters and their values. Once in place, an application can send a request to the service layer that does not include the request parameters contained in the message template (i.e. request template); instead, a message template identifier may be sent. Since request parameters are included in the message template and stored at the service layer, communication overhead between the service layer and the application (or another service layer) may be reduced.
US11671510B2
In some embodiments, a system is disclosed for processing event data for an application and transmitting the event data via a computer network. The system can include a memory device and a hardware processor. The memory device can store an application. The hardware processor can execute the application, characterize a user engagement with the application as being a first level of engagement or a second level of engagement, generate event data responsive to user interactions with the application, and control the batch collection of the event data depending on whether the user engagement with the application is characterized as the first level of engagement or the second level of engagement.
US11671486B1
The present disclosure generally relates to managing redundancy capacity in a region having a plurality of active availability zones. For individual regions, a load balancing component can implement a redundancy validation routine that includes a non-uniform distribution of load for a set of active availability zones such that one availability zone receives an increase in traffic corresponding to the likely increase that would be experienced in response to an availability zone failure. The network service can perform automatic remediation.
US11671476B2
A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid). The client then downloads the data from these peers in parts and in parallel, thereby speeding up the Web transfer, releasing congestion from the Web by fetching the information from multiple sources, and relieving traffic from Web servers by offloading the data transfers from them to nearby peers.
US11671475B2
Verification of a data recipient is disclosed, including: sending, to a server, a request for requested information, wherein the request includes identifying information associated with a user; receiving, from the server, at least two pieces of information over different transmission channels; sending, to the server, recovered security data that is generated based at least in part on the at least two pieces of information, wherein the server is configured to determine whether the recovered security data matches stored security data; receiving, from the server, protected requested information associated with the request; and using the recovered security data to recover unprotected requested information based at least in part on the protected requested information.
US11671472B1
Systems and methods for providing a voice agent for sidebars during virtual meetings are provided. In an Example, a system including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, a communications interface, and a processor is provided. The processor configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to: establish a video conference, receive, from a first client device, a request for a sidebar meeting, and transmit to the first client device: a first set of audio and video streams corresponding to a main meeting, and a second set of audio and video streams corresponding to the sidebar meeting. The processor may be configured to identify, by a voice agent, an attention cue in an audio stream from the first set of audio and video streams, and generate, by the voice agent, an alert based on the attention cue identified in the audio stream.
US11671470B2
An apparatus and method for facilitating a synchronous display of a time-based media object (e.g., a video or audio file) with a remote device is provided. In one example, the apparatus comprises control logic for controlling the display of a media object in response to a user entered command with a first device, and communication logic for causing communication of the user entered command (e.g., play, pause, skip, etc.) and a metric (e.g., time or frame reference) associated with the media object to a second device for synchronizing the display of the media object with the first and second devices. The first and second devices may communicate via peer-to-peer communications, for example, in a collaborative or social application such as an IM application. Further, the apparatus may include various devices such as a personal computer, mobile phone device and/or mobile personal entertainment device, DVR, or the like.
US11671464B2
An information processing apparatus managed by an administrator and used by plural users includes a reception unit and a request unit. The reception unit receives a disclosure request from the administrator related to secret information in a job processed by the information processing apparatus. The request unit requests a disclosure of the secret information with respect to a user of a target job that is a target of the disclosure request.
US11671461B1
An apparatus collects data from a data network for the purpose of detection and interception of security incidents therein. The apparatus identifies at least one event in the data network. The apparatus then inspects the event to identify its properties and metadata associated therewith. Based on the inspection, the apparatus identifies at least a type of the event, an operation and a resource associated with the event, and a device associated with the event. The metadata is the matched to a unified index stored in a database communicatively coupled to the apparatus via a network. Based on the match the apparatus determines whether the event is potentially a security incident. In case a determination of a potential security incident is made, the apparatus queries a set of set of policy rules to determine a type of action required respective of the metadata. The apparatus then performs the required action.
US11671457B2
Techniques are described for providing on-premises action execution agents used to execute orchestration, automation, and response (OAR) actions in users' IT environments. An on-premises action execution agent can be used to execute actions involving computing resources located in users' on-premises IT environments, where such resources may be located behind a firewall and thus not directly accessible to an IT and security operations application running in a cloud-based environment or elsewhere. An intermediary secure tunnel service is used to establish secure connections between an IT and security operations application and on-premises action execution agents, thereby enabling the encrypted transfer of credentials, API tokens, and other sensitive information used by an on-premises action execution agent to execute actions. The executed actions can include on-demand actions initiated by a user and automated actions included, e.g., as part of a playbook that is executed responsive to the identification of certain types of incidents.
US11671456B2
A rules engine is adapted for analyzing each match produced by a domain discovery system as matching a seed domain. Utilizing a natural language processing (NLP) library, the rules engine determines segments from the match, assigns a lexical category to each segment based on the context in how a seed domain string is used, and compares the lexical category of the segment that is closest to the seed domain string with a lexical category of the seed domain string. Based on the comparing, the rules engine determines whether the match is relevant to the seed domain and, if not, the match produced by the domain discovery system is identified as a false positive and automatically removed from a set of matches produced by the domain discovery system for the seed domain.
US11671455B2
Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, an Ethernet communications device includes a physical layer (PHY) unit or a media access control (MAC) unit configured to perform media access control for the Ethernet communications device. The Ethernet communications device includes a security unit configured to manipulate a data stream in a data path within the Ethernet communications device when the data stream violates or conforms to a pre-defined policy.
US11671453B2
A Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) key material publication system that converts cryptographic material extracted from digitally signed and validated S/MIME messages it receives into key material formats suitable for populating email address books. Publication of the address book contents both internal and external to an organization is done using the standard address book lightweight database access protocol (LDAP). The wide availability and coordination of such automated address books distributing key material across the Internet allows the large installed base of S/MIME email clients to immediately send secure encrypted email across organizational boundaries. The system serves the role of public key server thus removing a barrier to ubiquitous secure encrypted email by simplifying global key management.
US11671450B2
A mapping system, under administrative control of a Wide Area Network (WAN) controller, can track each host, authorized to access a plurality of Local Area Networks (LANs), in one or more mapping databases including a first network address representing an identifier and a second network addressing representing a locator for each host. The mapping system can receive a request for resolution of a first identifier of a host not presently connected to the network. The mapping system can determine the mapping databases exclude a mapping for the first identifier. The mapping system can update the mapping databases with a first mapping including the first identifier and a first locator corresponding to a honeypot network device. The mapping system can transmit, to one or more LANs of the plurality of LANs, routing information to route traffic destined for the first identifier to the honeypot network device.
US11671449B2
The present invention relates to a method for automatic aggregating and enriching data from honeypots comprising defining a plurality of identified honeypots of a different type to be monitored in a network; collecting metadata and samples from said honeypots of a different type in said network, which in turn comprises defining a predefined collection model for the honeypots such as to collect homogeneous metadata and samples among the honeypots of a different type, extracting the metadata according to the collection model defining a model metadata, and extracting the samples according to the collection model defining model samples; enriching said metadata and sample collected, which in turn comprises scanning the model metadata to extract IoCs, scanning the model samples to extract IoCs, recursively scanning the model samples to generate secondary model metadata and scanning the secondary model metadata to extract IoCs, until no further IoCs can be generated, recursively obtaining secondary samples from the extracted IoCs and scanning the secondary model samples to extract IoCs, until no further secondary samples are obtained; and aggregating said metadata and samples collected and/or enriched, which in turn comprises aggregating metadata by a predefined metadata model aggregation and aggregating samples by a predefined samples model aggregation.
US11671441B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for external detection of a vulnerable system coupled to a communication network. The method can include measuring communication traffic on the communication network to identify one or more domain names, which in turn can originate from server systems in the communication network. The method can further include identifying the domain names based on metadata from the domain names and/or the measured communication traffic, where each domain name has an associated property indicative of its vulnerability. The method can further include determining whether any one (or more) of the domain names is registered at a domain name registry and, if the domain name is not registered, registering the domain name.
US11671436B1
Described is a system for producing indicators and warnings of adversarial activities. The system receives multiple networks of transactional data from different sources. Each node of a network of transactional data represents an entity, and each edge represents a relation between entities. A worldview graph is generated by merging the multiple networks of transactional data. Suspicious subgraph regions related to an adversarial activity are identified in the worldview graph through activity detection. The suspicious subgraph regions are used to generate and transmit an alert of the adversarial activity.
US11671434B2
User behavior data of multiple users is acquired, and multiple user eigenvalues of user behavior data of each user under preset multiple user behavior dimensions are extracted. A user eigenvector of each user is determined based on the multiple eigenvalues of this user. Multiple user classes are obtained by clustering the user eigenvectors of multiple users are clustered through a preset clustering algorithm. A central vector of each user class is determined based on the user eigenvectors included in this user class. A difference eigenvector of each user class is determined, wherein a distance between the difference eigenvector and a central vector of an aggregation class to which the difference eigenvector belongs is not within a preset distance range. A user characterized by the difference eigenvector is determined as an abnormal user.
US11671432B1
A system and method that assigns a portable personal rating based on data verification. The decentralized system and methods operate with algorithms, software, devices, and databases allowing a decentralized distribution of token rewards based on the trust rating of the user. The system uses blockchain technology and is directed to a decentralized trust rating assignment wherein the verified information is saved in a blockchain ecosystem.
US11671425B2
A request is obtained for accessing a resource in a different region from a region indicated by a session token included with the request. The session token is re-encrypted using secret information of the second region. The request to access the resource in the different region can be fulfilled using the re-encrypted session token.
US11671412B2
The technology disclosed herein provides network bound encryption that enables a node management device to orchestrate workloads with encrypted data without sharing the decryption key. An example method may include: obtaining an asymmetric key pair comprising a public asymmetric key and a private asymmetric key; establishing a symmetric key using a key establishment service, wherein the symmetric key is established in view of the private asymmetric key of a first computing device and a public asymmetric key of the key establishment service; transmitting sensitive data encrypted using the symmetric key to a persistent storage device accessible to a second computing device; initiating a creation of an execution environment on the second computing device; and providing, by the first computing device, the public asymmetric key and the location data to the second computing device, wherein the location data corresponds to the key establishment service.
US11671409B2
A sensor may obtain sensor data. The sensor may transmit the sensor data to a controller via a sensor-controller interface. The sensor may determine, based on the sensor data, a security characteristic for the sensor data. The sensor may encrypt the security characteristic to generate an encrypted security characteristic. The sensor may transmit the encrypted security characteristic to the controller via the sensor-controller interface.
US11671400B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for deploying network elements for a set of machines in a set of one or more datacenters. The datacenter set is part of one availability zone in some embodiments. The method receives intent-based API (Application Programming Interface) requests, and parses these API requests to identify a set of network elements to connect and/or perform services for the set of machines. In some embodiments, the API is a hierarchical document that can specify multiple different compute and/or network elements at different levels of compute and/or network element hierarchy. The method performs automated processes to define a virtual private cloud (VPC) to connect the set of machines to a logical network that segregates the set of machines from other machines in the datacenter set. In some embodiments, the set of machines include virtual machines and containers, the VPC is defined with a supervisor cluster namespace, and the API requests are provided as YAML, files.
US11671392B2
Message moderation is described herein. In an example, a message posted to a virtual space of a communication platform can be flagged for review by a reviewer (e.g., an administrator or other user permissioned to review messages). In some examples, such a reviewer can review a flagged message and determine one or more actions to be performed. Such actions can include removing the message from presentation via the communication platform, modifying presentation of the message via a user interface of the communication platform, replying to the message (e.g., to suggest taking the conversation offline or to another virtual space), disabling interaction with the message, and/or the like. Message moderation, as described herein, can streamline resolution of conversations that become out of hand and/or off topic.
US11671391B2
A control device includes a control unit that performs control to execute specific processing associated with first conditions in a case where information posted by a user satisfies the first conditions in an individual chat in which one user and a chatbot participate and that performs control not to execute the specific processing in a case where only the first conditions are satisfied and to execute the specific processing in a case where second conditions different from the first conditions are satisfied in a group chat in which plural users and a chatbot participate.
US11671386B2
An artificial intelligence (AI) system which utilizes machine learning algorithm such as deep learning and application is provided. The artificial intelligence (AI) system includes a controlling method of an electronic device for determining a chatbot using an artificial intelligence learning model includes receiving a voice uttered by a user, processing the voice and acquiring text information corresponding to the voice, and displaying the text information on a chat screen, determining a chatbot for providing a response message regarding the voice by inputting the acquired text information and chat history information regarding the chat screen to a model which is trained to determine the chatbot by inputting text information and chat history information, transmitting the acquired text information and the chat history information regarding the chat screen to a server for providing the determined chatbot, and receiving a response message from the server and displaying the response message on the chat screen.
US11671383B2
A message is received, that represents an action to be performed in a service. The message includes a natural language portion and an endpoint to interact with. The natural language portion is parsed to identify the action and the endpoint is interacted with to perform the action.
US11671380B2
In a virtual computing environment, a virtual computing services deployment assigns a user to a computing class based on the expected resources that user will consume. A method includes defining computing classes and provisioning each user according to their assigned computing class. A portion of available resources are instantiated as a computing environment for the user based on the assigned computing class.
US11671374B2
In one embodiment, a device clusters traffic characteristics of traffic associated with a plurality of online applications into one or more clusters. The device determines representative traffic characteristics for a particular cluster in the one or more clusters. The device generates, based on the representative traffic characteristics, a probing strategy for the plurality of online applications associated with the particular cluster. The device causes path probes to be sent along one or more network paths in accordance with the probing strategy.
US11671370B2
A method and apparatus for adjusting network flow are provided. An embodiment of the method may include: in response to the server meeting a network flow adjustment condition, acquiring network flow-related information of the server; determining network flow adjustment operations based on the network flow-related information, wherein the network flow adjustment operations indicate to determine at least one level of downlink flow from a plurality of levels of downlink flows according to an ascending order of the plurality of levels of downlink flows, to perform network flow downregulation on the determined at least one level of downlink flow, the at least one level not comprising a highest level in the plurality of levels, and in any two levels of downlink flows, a value of a downlink flow of a higher level being greater than a value of a downlink flow of a lower lever; and performing, according to a sequential order of operations in the network flow adjustment operations, at least one operation in the network flow adjustment operations.
US11671368B2
A network device inputs first network status information of the network device in a first time period to an ECN inference model, to obtain an inference result that is output by the ECN inference model based on the first network status information. Then, the network device sends an ECN parameter sample to an analysis device that manages the network device, where the ECN parameter sample includes the first network status information and a target ECN configuration parameter corresponding to the first network status information, and the target ECN configuration parameter is obtained based on the inference result. The network device receives an updated ECN inference model sent by the analysis device.
US11671364B2
The disclosure discloses a method. The method includes: determining, by a control node, routing entry information of a service function forwarding node in a SFP in the SFC, where the routing entry information records a mapping relationship between route prefix information and next hop information, the route prefix information includes a SPI and a SI, the SPI is used to identify the SFP, the SI is used to identify a location of the service function forwarding node in the SFP, and the next hop information is used to indicate a next hop node of the service function forwarding node in the SFP; and sending, by the control node, the routing entry information to the service function forwarding node, where the routing entry information is used by the service function forwarding node to generate a forwarding table used to instruct the service function forwarding node to forward a packet.
US11671361B2
A central controller in a data network can maintain a set of access control list (ACL) rules that represent traffic and data policies of the data network. The controller can autonomously propagate the set of ACL rules to switches in the data network. Each switch that receives the set of ACL rules can selectively install rules from the set based on criteria such as whether or not a given rule in the set is close to the source and device class.
US11671358B2
The disclosure provides an approach for routing traffic in a network. Embodiments include receiving, by a service router of an edge services gateway (ESG), a packet comprising a virtual network identifier (VNI) and a virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier. Embodiments include sending, by the service router, the packet to a virtual switch of the ESG based on the VNI of the packet. Embodiments include determining, by the virtual switch, a virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) router of the ESG for the packet based on the VLAN identifier. Embodiments include forwarding, by the virtual switch, the packet to the VRF router.
US11671354B2
Techniques and mechanisms for monitoring and processing telemetry information of an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) packet in a network. The IPv6 packet includes an IPv6 header having a Segment Identifier (SID) field, and a function field. According to this disclosure, the function field may include a function associated with an operation for collecting telemetry information of a first node indicated by the SID field. When the function executed by the first node, it may collect the telemetry information from the first node, and export the telemetry information to a collector node. Further, the function may indicate an operation for collecting the telemetry information of a set of paths including one or more nodes, where the telemetry path can be changed dynamically. In this way, each node in the telemetry path may define a new path for collecting the telemetry information.
US11671348B2
A system that can facilitate multicast forwarding via overlay multicast tunnels in a network is provided. The system can operate as a tunnel endpoint and form a first overlay tunnel with a peer tunnel endpoint. During operation, the system can receive a join request for a multicast group via the first overlay tunnel. The system can identify a local port of the system associated with the multicast group indicated by the join request. The system can then include the first overlay tunnel in a set of forwarding tunnels for multicast traffic of the multicast group based on the join request. Subsequently, the system can forward the multicast traffic of the multicast group received from a local port via the set of forwarding tunnels, thereby limiting forwarding of the multicast traffic to tunnel endpoints associated with the multicast group.
US11671341B2
A network monitoring method includes: monitoring, at a network node, one or more network statistics for each of one or more objects exchanged between a client end point and a server end point through a network connection, the network node being located between the client end point and the server end point; and determining one or more QoS metrics for each of the one or more objects based on the network statistics for respective one of the one or more objects.
US11671339B1
A disclosed method may include (1) receiving, via a physical interface of a network device, a hello packet that includes information specific to a fault-detection session established between the physical interface and an additional physical interface of a remote device via a link, (2) identifying, within the information, a plurality of statuses that correspond to a plurality of virtual interfaces partitioned on the additional physical interface of the remote device, (3) determining, based at least in part on the statuses of the virtual interfaces, that the link supporting the fault-detection session established between the physical interface and the additional physical interface has experienced at least a partial failure, and then in response to determining that the link has experienced the at least partial failure, (4) performing a remedial action to address the at least partial failure of the link. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11671335B2
Provided is a method for managing a network slice instance (NSI) in a communications network. A first performance of the NSI is monitored by a first network slice subnet instance (NSSI) associated with the NSI. A first node obtains, from a second node, a request to monitor a second performance of the NSI. The second performance is of one or more microservices to provide data on a sector of the network. The first node determines, based on one or more requirements of the request, to perform one of: i) initiating (303) a creation of a second NSSI adapted to monitor the second performance based on the requirements, and ii) modifying, based on the requirements, an existing second NSSI, to monitor the second performance. The created or modified second NSSI being: a) independent from, and b) sharable with, the first subnet slice instance.
US11671327B2
Techniques for grouping and labeling Internet of Things (IoT) devices are disclosed. A set of raw events associated with a first IoT device is identified. A context of the first IoT device is identified, and used to enrich at least some of the raw events. At least some of the raw events are aggregated. A context-based IoT device grouping model is generated based at least in part on the aggregated events and events associated with a second IoT device in operation. The model is applied to determine that a third IoT device belongs to a particular group. A deviation by the third IoT device from group behavior is detected and an alert is generated in response.
US11671323B1
Configuration of a communication network can include obtaining a graph representing the communication network, generation of a the preplan assignment for the communication network, and configuration of the communication network according to the preplan assignment. The graph can be associated with shared risk link groups (SRLGs) and demands. Generation of the preplan assignment can include obtaining a headend assignment between each one of the demands and a headend vertex on the graph. Generation of the preplan assignment can further include obtaining a SRLG-distinguishing assignment between each headend and a corresponding reporting edge set. The reporting edge set for a headend can include sufficient edges to distinguish among SRLGs affecting the headend. Generation of the preplan assignment can further include obtaining a notification path assignment between each headend and each reporting edge in the corresponding reporting edge set for the headend.
US11671317B2
A computer-implemented method for placement of a plurality of application objects of an application within a network architecture is disclosed. The method includes generating during runtime of the application, an application topology model for the application, based on application metrics for the plurality of application objects. A resource topology model of a plurality of network nodes within the network architecture is generated based on resource metrics for the network nodes. A recommendation is generated for migrating an application object of the plurality of application objects to a network node of the plurality of network nodes using the application topology model and the resource topology model, the recommendation identifying the application object and the network node. The application object is migrated to the network node identified by the recommendation.
US11671315B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a wireless in-vehicle network (wIVN) capability indication that indicates that the UE is associated with a vehicle that includes a wIVN; receive a response to the wIVN capability indication from another UE; and provide configuration information to a wIVN control unit of the vehicle associated with configuring the wIVN based at least in part on the response. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11671303B2
One embodiment of the present invention is a method by which a D2D terminal transmits a synchronization signal in a wireless communication system, the synchronization signal transmission method comprising: generating a primary sidelink synchronization signal (PSSS); and transmitting the PSSS, wherein the transmission power of the PSSS is the same as the transmission power of a channel in which system and synchronization-related information is transmitted.
US11671291B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods which include wireless devices and systems with examples of mixing input data with coefficient data specific to a processing mode selection. For example, a computing system with processing units may mix the input data for a transmission in a radio frequency (RF) wireless domain with the coefficient data to generate output data that is representative of the transmission being processed according to a specific processing mode selection. The input data is mixed with coefficient data at layers of multiplication/accumulation processing units (MAC units). The processing mode selection may be associated with an aspect of a wireless protocol. Examples of systems and methods described herein may facilitate the processing of data for 5G wireless communications in a power-efficient and time-efficient manner.
US11671289B2
Various embodiments relate to an end of packet (EOP) circuit, including: a reset pulse generator circuit configured to generate a reset pulse when a input signal transitions to a new value; an analog counter circuit configured to receive a squelch signal to start the counter and to receive the reset pulse to reset the counter; and an EOP detector circuit configured to produce a signal indicative that the input signal is an EOP signal based upon an output of the analog counter circuit.
US11671285B1
A signal equalization method includes: receiving a clock signal and a first reference signal; detecting a phase and a frequency of the clock signal based on the first reference signal to generate a detection result; generating a speed judgement signal according to the detection result; and, receiving the speed judgement signal and deciding an equalizer operation parameter according to the speed judgement signal.
US11671281B1
The performance of a switch or other network device is improved by adjusting the number of idle bytes transmitted between data units—that is, the size of the interpacket gap—to increase the bandwidth of a network interface. In some embodiments, the adjustments may be made in a manner designed to compensate for potential mismatches between the clock rate of the network interface and clock rates of interfaces of other network devices when retransmitting data received from those other network devices. In yet other embodiments, the adjustments may be designed to increase available bandwidth for other purposes. In an embodiment, the idle reduction logic is in a Media Access Control (“MAC”) layer of a network interface. The idle reduction logic may be enabled or disabled based on user preference, or programmatically based on factors such as a transmission utilization level for the MAC layer, buffer fill level, and so forth.
US11671279B2
The various examples are directed to establishing a secure session between a device and a server. The device and the server may establish a session key. The session key may be used for encrypting data. After authenticating the session key, the server may transmit secure session data to the device, and the device may store the secure session data. The server may transmit information for deriving, based on secure session data, the session key to a different server. The device may transmit the secure session data to the server, or to the different server, to re-establish the secure session. The different server may derive, using the information and based on the secure session data, the session key. The different server may re-establish, using the session key, the secure session.
US11671278B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods directed to improving the functions of a vehicle. Systems and methods are provided that provide a custom tool that autogenerates a set of software agents that allows a system to separate processing, transmission and receiving of messages to achieve better synchronization. The disclosure herein also provides a simplified method of key provisioning by designating one client as a server and assigning a symmetric key to every other client permanently provisioned between that client and the server. Systems and method are further provided that predict faults in a vehicle. Systems and methods are also provided that preserve data in the event of a system crash. Systems and methods are also provided in which an operating system of a vehicle detects the presence of a new peripheral and pulls the related interface file for that new peripheral. Further, a data synchronization solution is provided herein which provides optimized levels of synchronization.
US11671273B2
A central hub and database for a smart home environment enable the learning of states associated with items within the smart home and the training one or more machine-learned models associated with the items. After training the machine-learned models, the central hub can modify a state of an item based on the machine-learned model associated with the item. For instance, a window can be opened or shut, a light can be dimmed or turned off, and a door can be locked. Each state of the object can be associated with a set of conditions that, when satisfied, cause the central hub to change the state of the object using the corresponding machine-learned model, for instance without receiving an explicit input from a user.
US11671264B1
Techniques for validating digital certificate information before signing are described. A method of validating digital certificate information before signing may include generating a to-be-signed (TBS) certificate, providing the TBS certificate to a certificate pre-issuance validation service to perform one or more validations on the TBS certificate, and receiving a request to issue a signed certificate based on the TBS certificate following validation of the TBS certificate by the certificate pre-issuance validation service.
US11671253B2
A data processing method is provided. A terminal device encrypts a target instruction and a first identifier using a first key to obtain a first ciphertext; and sends the first ciphertext to an IoT device through an IoT platform. The IoT device decrypts the first ciphertext using a second key to obtain the target instruction and the first identifier; determines whether the first identifier matches a second identifier stored locally and comes to a matching result, the first key and the second key being negotiated by the terminal device and the IoT device; and obtains a second cipher text by encrypting the matching result using the second key. The terminal device receives the second ciphertext returned by the IoT device through the IoT platform; decrypts the second ciphertext using the first key to obtain a decryption result; and performs a corresponding operation using the decryption result.
US11671247B2
Technology permitting secure storage and transmission of data stream as well as tiered access to multiple data stream according to permission. Data streams may be encrypted using symmetric encryption performed with varying symmetric keys according to a key stream of symmetric keys. Native data may be discarded for safety. Whole or partial key streams may be encrypted using the public keys of authorized entities having permission to access respective data streams or portions thereof. Only the corresponding private keys can decrypt the encrypted key streams required to decrypt the encrypted data streams. Thus rigorous access control is provided. IT personnel accessing data stream files on a server or intruders maliciously obtaining files will not be able to derive the data stream. Sensitive data streams may be stored using cloud services despite inherent risks.
US11671232B2
A method and apparatus are described which perform bandwidth aggregation by simultaneously monitoring and processing a number of simultaneous, non-contiguous or contiguous component carriers in the downlink. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) can be configured by an evolved Node-B (eNodeB) to support additional component carriers. A pre-configured additional component carrier may be used. Various methods for activating and deactivating the additional component carrier are also described.
US11671229B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a downlink channel in a wireless communication system are provided. A physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) can be transmitted using one or more resource element groups (REGs) among a plurality of REGs in a transmission time interval (TTI). Each of the plurality of REGs occupies 12 consecutive resource elements (REs) belonging to a physical resource block (PRB) along a frequency domain within an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol with or without a reference signal (RS) in the TTI.
US11671223B2
Disclosed in the embodiments of the present application are a method for transmitting a signal, a network device, and a terminal device, said method comprising: a network device sending, to a terminal device, a mapping relationship between at least one sounding reference signal (SRS) resource and/or at least one SRS resource group and a downlink reference signal. The method, the network device, and the terminal device of the embodiments of the present application are beneficial to improving the transmission performance of the system.
US11671218B2
Provided are a method of configuring resource block (RB) indexing information about a component carrier (CC) by a base station (BS). The method may include: configuring common RB indexing information about the CC; configuring one or more bandwidth parts (BWPs) based on the common RB indexing information; and transmitting the common RB indexing information and configuration information about the bandwidth parts to a terminal.
US11671217B2
There is disclosed a method of operating a transmitting radio node in a wireless communication network, the method including transmitting reference signaling based on a reference pilot sequence, the reference pilot sequence being one of a set of reference pilot sequences, at least one reference pilot sequence of the set being a subsequence of another reference pilot sequence of the set. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
US11671212B2
In the related art, a data transmission cannot be normally performed between two communication ends, if the two levels of control information cannot be correctly received, a transmission method is included in the communication method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. In the transmission method, a terminal receives, through a first control channel, first control information sent by a base station; and in a case of not obtaining second control information from the base station, the terminal determines a transmission configuration parameter of a data channel according to the first control information and preset control information, and performs a data transmission with the base station according to the transmission configuration parameter of the data channel.
US11671204B2
A wireless device comprises one or more processors and memory storing instructions. When executed by the one or more processors, the instructions cause the wireless device to receive messages comprising a downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round-trip-time (RTT) timer value expressed in units of symbols and a downlink discontinuous reception (DRX) retransmission timer value expressed in units of slot lengths, receive a downlink control information indicating downlink transmission of a transport block, start a downlink HARQ RTT timer with the downlink HARQ RTT timer value in response to receiving the downlink control information, start a downlink DRX retransmission timer with the downlink DRX retransmission timer value in response to the downlink HARQ RTT timer expiring and the transport block not being successfully decoded, and monitor a downlink control channel while the downlink DRX retransmission timer is running.
US11671203B2
Provided are a method for performing, by a first device, group cast communication with one or more second devices in a group, and a device for supporting same. The method may comprise the steps of: determining the number of physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resources associated with a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) resource; on the basis of the number of PSFCH resources and the size of the group, determining a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback option; and transmitting, to the one or more second devices, information associated with the HARQ feedback option. Here, the HARQ feedback option can be any one of a first HARQ feedback option or a second HARQ feedback option.
US11671202B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may adaptively switch between hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) monitoring modes to support power savings. In a first HARQ skipping mode, the UE may transmit an uplink message corresponding to a HARQ identifier and may receive a positive acknowledgment (ACK) message in a HARQ monitoring occasion associated with the HARQ identifier. Upon receiving the ACK message, the UE refrains from monitoring a subsequent HARQ monitoring occasion associated with the HARQ identifier while in the first HARQ skipping mode (e.g., an aggressive HARQ skipping mode). The UE may periodically enter a periodic evaluation mode from the first HARQ skipping mode, in which the UE monitors a subsequent HARQ monitoring occasion after receiving an ACK message to check for false ACK messages. If a false ACK message is detected, the UE enters a first HARQ skipping prohibited mode.
US11671195B2
A system comprising a hub transceiver coupled to a first network node; and a plurality of edge transceivers, each configured to be communicatively coupled to a respective second network node, and to the hub transceiver, wherein the hub transceiver is operable to transmit a first message to each of the edge transceivers, the first message comprising an indication of available optical subcarriers and availability to use multiple non-contiguous optical subcarriers; receive, a service request identifying a selected subset of the available optical subcarriers including a non-contiguous first optical subcarrier and second optical subcarrier, transmit a second message to indicate either a success or a failure, and receive, via the selected subset, data from the second network node, and wherein at least one of the edge transceivers is operable to, transmit, using the selected subset of available optical subcarriers, data from the second network node to the first network node.
US11671193B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for customizing, distributing and processing audio signature data. Examples disclosed herein include waking a portable device from an inactive state in response to an activation signal. Disclosed examples also include generating a first signature based on audio from a microphone of the portable device during a period of time specified by the activation signal. Disclosed examples further include comparing the first signature with a second signature obtained from the activation signal to determine a match score, and communicating a match result based on the match score to a server via a network.
US11671187B2
An apparatus and method is disclosed, in which the apparatus comprising circuitry configured for: estimating or determining a future communications state for each of a plurality a mobile devices K associated with a base station, the future communications state being indicative of the mobile device communicating in an uplink to a base station or in a downlink from the base station at a future time slot t or being idle and also determining a target position of at least one of the mobile devices, based at least partly on its estimated communication state, for enabling re-positioning of said at least one mobile device to the determined target position substantially at said future time slot t.
US11671182B2
Systems and methods for performing signed matrix operations using a linear photonic processor are provided. The linear photonic processor is formed as an array of first amplitude modulators and second amplitude modulators, the first amplitude modulators configured to encode elements of a vector into first optical signals and the second amplitude modulators configured to encode a product between the vector elements and matrix elements into second optical signals. An apparatus may be used to implement a signed value of an output of the linear processor. The linear photonic processor may be configured to perform matrix-vector and/or matrix-matrix operations.
US11671181B2
A battery system includes a plurality of battery modules, each of the battery modules including a plurality of stacked battery cells and a battery module monitor (BMM) configured to monitor the respective battery cells; a battery system monitor (BSM) configured to communicate with and control the BMMs; a housing enclosing the battery modules and the BSM, the battery modules being arranged in the housing such that a swelling compensation channel is formed between the battery module and the housing; and an optical communication system (OCS) configured to connect the BSM with the BMMs via optical signals propagating along the swelling compensation channel.
US11671173B2
An optical transceiver, for receiving an optical signal on which a monitor signal is superimposed, includes: an extractor configured to extract the monitor signal from the optical signal received; and a reception processor configured to reproduce a monitor data from the monitor signal extracted by the extractor.
US11671164B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a receiving (Rx) user equipment (UE) may receive, from a transmitting (Tx) UE, sidelink control information (SCI). The Rx UE may determine an Rx-side block error rate (BLER) based at least in part on the SCI. The Rx UE may perform a beam failure recovery based at least in part on the Rx-side BLER satisfying a threshold. Numerous other aspects are described.
US11671160B2
A communications device comprises controller circuitry configured in combination transmitter and receiver circuitry to form one or more beams to transmit data, each of the beams having a different angular bias with respect to a location of the communications device, to transmit the signals, using a first of the beams, to change, dependent on one or more sets of predetermined conditions being met, a beam width of the first of the beams, and to re-transmit the signals using the first of the beams having the changed beam width.
US11671151B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications. In some aspects, a wireless device reduces a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of a discrete-time orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmission by selecting a signal with low PAPR from a set of candidate discrete-time OFDM signals. The wireless device may generate a partial-update discrete-time OFDM signal by performing a sparse transform operation on a base data symbol sequence, and then linearly combine the partial-update discrete-time OFDM signal with a base discrete-time OFDM signal to produce an updated discrete-time OFDM signal, which is added to the set of candidate discrete-time OFDM signals. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11671147B2
A contactless integrated circuit (IC) card reader configured to communicate with a contactless IC card includes an antenna circuit, a variable amplifier that amplifies a carrier signal at an amplification gain and outputs the amplified carrier signal to the antenna circuit as a transmit signal, a variable attenuator that attenuates a receive signal received through the antenna circuit at an attenuation ratio, and a controller that controls the amplification gain and the attenuation ratio based on the attenuated receive signal.
US11671146B2
An embodiment of the present description concerns a method wherein a duration of a periodic step of activation of a near-field communication circuit of a first device is calibrated according to a time interval between an activation of the circuit and a reception, by the first device, of a message transmitted by a second device.
US11671142B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure utilizes the natural properties of RFI noise on a wireline link. Since differential RFI noise in the system has some correlation with the common mode noise on the cable, a replica of RFI noise can be regenerated by an adaptive filter based on information about the common mode noise. The replica RFI is subtracted from the equalizer output prior to the data decision circuitry or slicer. In this method, the system does not require expensive cable, nor does the equalizer suffer additional loss due to an RFI notch filter. Since RFI can be detected and mitigated, this information can also be coupled to safety systems to increase functional safety under high EMI conditions.
US11671141B2
Disclosed is an information transmission method. The method includes that: a first communication node determines a resource or parameter for a second communication node to transmit a reference signal, and indicates the resource or parameter to the second communication node through signaling; and the second communication node receives the signaling transmitted by the first communication node, determines the resource or parameter for transmitting the reference signal based on the signaling or based on the signaling and a rule predefined by the first communication node and the second communication node, and uses the determined resource or parameter to transmit the reference signal.
US11671132B2
A radio frequency module includes a module board, a transmission power amplifier, a first inductance element mounted on a first principal surface and connected to an output terminal of the transmission power amplifier, a reception low-noise amplifier, and a second inductance element mounted on a first principal surface connected to an input terminal of the reception low-noise amplifier. In a plan view of the module board, a conductive member mounted on the first principal surface is disposed between the first inductance element and the second inductance element.
US11671129B2
A system for linearized-mixer interference mitigation includes first and second linearized frequency downconverters; a sampling analog interference filtering system that, in order to remove interference in the transmit band, filters the sampled BB transmit signal to generate a cleaned BB transmit signal; an analog interference canceller that transforms the cleaned BB transmit signal to a BB interference cancellation signal; and a first signal coupler that combines the BB interference cancellation signal and the BB receive signal in order to remove a first portion of receive-band interference.
US11671121B2
A wireless communication device serving as an NG60 WiGig device includes a PPDU generator that generates an MF control PHY PPDU (physical layer protocol data unit) including a legacy preamble, a legacy header, an NG60 header (a non-legacy header), a data field, and identification information indicating that the non-legacy header is included in the PPDU and a transmitter that transmits the generated MF control PHY PPDU.
US11671117B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A communication device, otherwise known as a user equipment (UE) or a base station may select a sequence from a set of sequences for conveying a payload including a set of bits. A length of the selected sequence may be based on a number of time periods for conveying the payload and a number of frequency tones for conveying the payload. The communication device may apply an interleaving function to the selected sequence to generate an interleaved sequence, and transmit the payload including the set of bits using the interleaved sequence. Likewise, the communication device may receive the payload including the set of bits using an interleaved sequence, and apply an interleaving function to de-interleave the interleaved sequence to generate a selected sequence. The communication device may thereby decode the payload based on the selected sequence.
US11671113B2
A method, and the associated design, schema and techniques for processing digital data, whether random or not, through encoding and decoding losslessly and correctly for purposes of encryption/decryption or compression/decompression or both, including the use of Digital Lensing, Unlimited Code System, and other associated techniques. There is no assumption of or requirement for the digital information to be processed before processing.
US11671109B2
An electronic device may include a digital to analog converter receiving digital signals and outputting analog signals based on the received digital signals. The electronic device may also include a power source to supply current to the digital to analog converter. The digital to analog converter may include a first resistor ladder section to electrically couple an output node of the digital to analog converter to the power source via a first number of resistors in series. The digital to analog converter may also include a second resistor ladder section to electrically couple the output node to a reference voltage via a second number of resistors in series. The sum of the first number of resistors in series and the second number of resistors in series may be the same for each of the different analog signals.
US11671100B2
Methods and systems are directed to creating a physical unclonable function (PUF) on a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and generating a unique signature for a device. The method includes, in part, designing a PUF by taking advantages of programmable logic elements on the FPGA, and extracting uninitialized values associated with one or more storage elements comprised in the PUF when the FPGA is powered up. The extracted uninitialized values can be combined to generate the unique signature for the device. The one or more storage elements can be bi-stable memory cells that are mapped to look up tables (LUTs) on the FPGA. The coordinates of these LUTs can be determined based on hamming distance analysis. Alternatively, the one or more storage elements can be memory cells associated with boundary scan cells of a boundary scan chain.
US11671095B2
Systems and methods for gate driver with field-adjustable undervoltage lockout (UVLO) are disclosed. A gate driver system comprises a control circuit and a driver circuit. The driver circuit incorporates a field-adjustable UVLO, a control logic, and an inverter. The level of the field-adjustable UVLO is adjustable by an external circuit, which can be a resistor based voltage divider. By setting the UVLO level externally adjustable and by moving a reference ground to the external voltage divider, the gate driver system is able to implement gate control for various load without needing extra ground pin.
US11671080B1
An integrated circuit (IC) includes a level shifter coupled to receive a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage and configured to generate a first output signal and a second output signal in response to an input command signal and an edge detector configured to detect an edge on the second supply voltage and to sink a current from the level shifter in response to detection of the edge in order to prevent a change in logic state of the first output signal or the second output signal. The edge detector can include a positive edge detector configured to generate a positive edge signal in response to detection of a positive going edge of greater than a first predetermined slew rate and a negative edge detector configured to generate a negative edge signal in response to detection of a negative going edge of greater than a second predetermined slew rate.
US11671071B2
An acoustic wave device includes a silicon oxide film, a piezoelectric body, and an interdigital transducer electrode laminated on a support substrate made of silicon. Where a wave length that is determined by an electrode finger pitch of the interdigital transducer electrode is λ, a thickness of the support substrate is greater than or equal to about 3λ. An acoustic velocity of the first higher mode that propagates through the piezoelectric body is an acoustic velocity VSi=(V1)1/2 of bulk waves that propagate in the support substrate, which is determined by V1 out of solutions V1, V2, and V3 of x derived from the mathematical expression Ax3+Bx2+Cx+D=0, or higher than VSi.
US11671067B2
A method and structure for a transfer process for an acoustic resonator device. In an example, a bulk acoustic wave resonator (BAWR) with an air reflection cavity is formed. A piezoelectric thin film is grown on a crystalline substrate. A first patterned electrode is deposited on the surface of the piezoelectric film. An etched sacrificial layer is deposited over the first electrode and a planarized support layer is deposited over the sacrificial layer, which is then bonded to a substrate wafer. The crystalline substrate is removed and a second patterned electrode is deposited over a second surface of the film. The sacrificial layer is etched to release the air reflection cavity. Also, a cavity can instead be etched into the support layer prior to bonding with the substrate wafer. Alternatively, a reflector structure can be deposited on the first electrode, replacing the cavity.
US11671054B2
An adiabatic resonator, an adiabatic oscillator, and an adiabatic oscillator system are disclosed. An adiabatic system is one that ideally transfers no heat outside of the system, thereby reducing the required operating power. The adiabatic resonator, which includes a plurality of tank circuits, acts as an energy reservoir, the missing aspect of previously attempted adiabatic computational systems. By using the adiabatic resonator as a feedback element with an amplifier, an adiabatic oscillator is formed. An adiabatic oscillator system is formed with a primary adiabatic oscillator feeding a plurality of secondary adiabatic oscillators. In this manner, the adiabatic oscillator system may be used to generate the multiple clock signals required of adiabatic computational logic elements, such as Split-level Charge Recovery Logic and 2-Level Adiabatic Logic. The adiabatic oscillator system stores enough energy to drive many individual adiabatic computational logic elements, permitting implementation of complex logic circuits.
US11671049B2
The iron loss of an iron core excited by an inverter power supply is reduced. A modulation operation-setting device 1430 for the inverter power supply controls a maximum value Hmax and a minimum value Hmin of a field intensity H in at least one minor loop such that the loss (iron loss, copper loss, and switching loss) of the entire system is less than the loss of the entire system when an electric device is operated with a target waveform (excluding harmonics).
US11671037B1
For improving Maximum Torque per Amps (MTPA) control, a method generates an offline MTPA curve based on an autotune test for a motor, which is used as offline MTPA control in order to run a motor at a high efficiency operation point. Another online method generates a search zone for the MTPA curve for a given torque point. The search zone includes an upper D-axis reference current and a lower D-axis reference current for the given torque point. The method iteratively modifies a D-axis reference current between the upper D-axis reference current and the lower D-axis reference current of the search zone. The method modifies a Q-axis reference current to output the given torque. The method updates a corresponding current pair of the given torque point to the modified D-axis reference current and the modified Q-axis reference current with a lowest current amplitude to improve MTPA control of the motor.
US11671036B2
A BLDC motor system is provided, which includes a motor provided with a stator forming a tubular space in which a center shaft exists and having an inner side for the center shaft, on which a plurality of coil units generating a magnetic field are formed, and a rotor located in the tubular space and having fixed magnet units arranged on an outer side for the center shaft, a skew having a predetermined slope against the center shaft being formed on a boundary between one of the fixed magnet units and the adjacent fixed magnet unit; and a driving module provided with a driving circuit supplying a power for driving the motor to the coil units, and a controller rotating the rotor by switching the driving circuit and performing switching so that the power being supplied from the driving circuit to the coil units forms a sine wave.
US11671028B2
An AC-to-AC modular multilevel converter (MMC) is configured to be connected between a three-phase AC system and a single-phase AC system. The MMC includes a number of converter arms connected in a ring to allow a circulating current to be circulated in the ring through each of the converter arms. Each converter arm includes series-connected converter cells. Phase terminals are arranged in the ring between the converter arms such that each of the converter arms is separated from neighboring converter arms by at least one of the phase terminals. The phase terminals include respective terminals for each of a first phase, a second phase and a third phase of the three-phase AC system and respective terminals for each of a positive conductor and a negative conductor of the single-phase AC system.
US11671023B2
A power supply control circuit for a switch mode power supply converter, and a power supply control method using the control circuit. The control circuit includes an auxiliary boosting unit, a main control unit and an auxiliary winding unit. The main control unit is configured to control the power switch in a power stage circuit to turn on or to be off, and to supply power to the auxiliary boosting unit. The auxiliary boosting unit is configured to provide auxiliary power for the main control unit, and to self-adaptively adjust the auxiliary boosting unit's own average switching frequency based on a load state of the main control unit. The auxiliary winding unit is configured to couple energy by means of a magnetic element in the power stage circuit, to generate an output voltage.
US11671019B2
A bridge circuit with series-connected switches and associated control method. The bridge circuit has a first bridge arm and a second bridge arm coupled to a common node, the first bridge arm has a plurality of series-connected first main switches, each first main switch is coupled in parallel with an auxiliary module, each first auxiliary module has a clamping capacitor and an auxiliary switch, the first bridge arm receives a first main switch signal to control the plurality of series-connected first main switches, the second bridge arm receives a second main switch signal, the control method is sensing voltages of the clamping capacitors in the first bridge arm, correspondingly generating voltage sensing signals, and turning on at least one auxiliary switch for a predetermined time during a dead time according to a sorting result of the voltage sensing signals.
US11671017B2
A semiconductor device has a power rail that provides a rail voltage. The power rail is electrically coupled to a plurality of voltage regulators, and each voltage regulator includes an output interface electrically coupled to the power rail, and a first drive path and a second drive path both coupled to the output interface, and an intra-regulator balancing circuit. The first and second drive paths are coupled in parallel with each other, and operate during a first phase and a second phase, at an operating frequency, to provide a first path current and a second path current to the power rail, respectively. The intra-regulator balancing circuit senses the first and second path currents and controls a first duty cycle of the first phase and/or a second duty cycle of the second phase based on a difference of the first and second path currents.
US11671016B2
A multi-phase converter for an energy system, as is used in fuel cell vehicles, and methods for operating the multi-phase converter, are described herein.
US11671012B2
A switching regulator includes a high side transistor coupled to an input voltage node. The switching regulator also includes a low side transistor coupled to the high side transistor at a switch node. An adaptive on-time control circuit is also included and is configured to cause the high side transistor to turn on for an adaptive period of time based on a ratio of an output voltage from the switching regulator to input voltage. The adaptive period of time is configured to occur responsive to a current through an inductor falling below a predetermined threshold.
US11671008B2
The Kappa converter circuit, as introduced herein, can be configured for step-down (buck), step-up (boost), or buck-boost operation. The Kappa converter circuit exhibits lower electromagnetic interference (EMI) relative to other buck, boost, or buck-boost topologies, such as without additional input or output filter circuits. The Kappa converter circuit can have high power handling capability and less DCR loss, for example due to a distribution of current signals through respective inductors. The Kappa converter circuit includes isolating inductors at its input and ground reference nodes to help reduce signal bounce or signal pulsations at supply and ground reference busses, thereby further reducing EMI noise due to switching in the circuit. When the Kappa converter is configured for step-up operation, the converter exhibits no right-half-plane (RHP) zero.
US11671007B2
A plurality of switching units are provided, and a controller performs control in an antiphase manner to approximately synchronize a rise of a control signal applied to one of the switching units with a fall of a control signal for switching applied to any one of the other switching units and synchronize a fall of the control signal applied to the one of the switching units with a rise of the control signal for switching applied to the any one of the other switching units. When control in an antiphase manner is disabled, control is performed to prevent rises or falls from coinciding with each other between the switching units. Output signals from the switching units are input to rectifiers and are combined by a combiner to become an output signal.
US11671005B2
A method of controlling first and second switches of a switching cell, including measuring a current flowing through the first switch when the first switch is controlled to the off state, and setting a switching dead time according to the measurement.
US11670993B2
A motor unit includes a motor having a motor shaft extending along a first direction, an inverter that supplies electric power to the motor, a housing that supports the motor therein, an inverter case that is fixed to one side of the housing in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and that houses the inverter, and a plurality of bolts that fasten the housing and the inverter case. The plurality of bolts include a first bolt extending along the first direction, a second bolt extending along the second direction, a third bolt extending along a third direction orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction, and one or more fourth bolts extending in a fourth direction intersecting all of the first direction, the second direction and the third direction.
US11670992B2
An electric machine for a drive of a motor vehicle, having a stator, a rotor which can be rotated relative to the stator, a temperature sensor arranged and designed to capture a temperature of the stator and a rotor condition capture sensor which is arranged and designed to capture a rotational speed and/or rotational position of the rotor accommodated in a stator-fixed manner. The temperature sensor and the rotor condition capture sensor are implemented as subsystems of a common sensor system, wherein a first subsystem having the temperature sensor has an elastic thermally conductive contact element connected to the temperature sensor, which contact element is permanently fitted to a contact region of the stator. A hybrid module having this electric machine is also provided.
US11670979B2
A stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core and a stator winding. The stator core includes a core inner-peripheral portion including slots. The stator winding includes a phase winding including segment conductors. The phase winding includes parallel conductors connected in series. Each parallel conductor includes ones of the segment conductors connected in parallel. The segment conductors include weld end portions protruding from the slots, bent in circumferential directions of the stator core, and welded to one another to constitute conductor joint portions. The weld end portions include weld end portions which protrude from each of the slots and which include first and second weld end portions. The first and second weld end portions are bent in the circumferential directions. The second weld end portions are smaller in number than the first weld end portions.
US11670974B2
A pump for a water-conducting appliance, the pump having an electric motor comprising: a rotor comprising a ferrite body with at least four magnetic poles, wherein the ferrite body has a lateral-circumferential magnetization; and a stator comprising a pole chain made of a stack of a plurality of straight transformer sheets and rounded to a circular configuration by bending the stacked transformer sheets, wherein the pole chain has a plurality of pole portions each comprising a pole tooth; and a plurality of winding cores attached to the respective pole teeth for accommodating coils of a three-phase winding comprising wires; wherein the wires of respective phases of the three-phase winding are routed spatially separated from each other and without mutual contact at an axial end surface of the pole chain between and along adjacent winding cores around the pole chain; and wherein the wires are supported and guided such that their positions relative to the pole chain are substantially maintained when the pole chain is rounded from its straight configuration to its circular configuration.
US11670971B2
The present application provides a wireless power transmission device and a foreign object detection method thereof. The method includes: acquiring an input current of a transmitting unit of the wireless power transmission device and a temperature of a transmitting coil in the transmitting unit; determining a first current reference value according to the temperature of the transmitting coil; and determining a foreign object detection result according to the input current and the first current reference value corresponding to the temperature of the transmitting coil. By detecting the input current of the transmitting unit of the wireless power transmission device, it is determined whether there is a foreign object in a transmission space of the wireless power transmission device. Moreover, a temperature detection unit is added, and adjustment is made to a current threshold according to the temperature of the coil, thereby achieving more accurate foreign object detection.
US11670970B2
A system for wireless-power transmission includes a radio-frequency wireless-power transmitter that is in communication with a sensor for acquiring data for motion recognition and tracking of a plurality of objects within at least a portion of a transmission field of the radio-frequency wireless-power transmitter; and one or more processors of the radio-frequency wireless-power transmitter configured to: detect location and displacement of an object of the plurality of objects within the transmission field; and send instructions to cause adjustments to transmission of one or more radio-frequency power-transmission waves by the radio-frequency wireless-power transmitter to a receiving electronic device based on the location and displacement of the object. The receiving electronic device is configured to use energy from the one or more radio-frequency power-transmission waves to (i) power the receiving electronic device and/or (ii) to charge a power source of the receiving electronic device.
US11670968B2
A wireless electric vehicle charging system comprises base-side equipment for generating a magnetic field and vehicle-side equipment for receiving energy via the magnetic field to supply power to a vehicle-driving battery. Monitoring circuitry monitors one or more of voltage, current, or phase associated with the base-side equipment and halts generation of the magnetic field in response to a change in the voltage, current, or phase associated with the operation of the base-side equipment that indicates a fault condition at the vehicle-side equipment, which may include a loss of power or disconnection of a battery. Based on detection of the change, the monitoring circuitry can halt generation of the magnetic field to prevent damage at the vehicle-side equipment.
US11670965B2
Disclosed is a wireless power transmitting apparatus including a power transmitting coil generating an induced electromotive force on a power receiving coil of a terminal, a magnet casing composed of a first space in a cylinder shape where the power transmitting coil is inserted, and a second space sharing a central axis of the cylinder with the first space, wherein the second space is a space between the first space and a cylinder having a diameter greater than a diameter of the cylinder of the first space, a ring magnet disposed in the second space of the magnet casing in a shape of a ring, wherein the ring magnet has a height smaller than a height of the magnet casing, and is movable in a vertical direction of the magnet casing by external magnetism, and a cover constructed in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the power transmitting coil.
US11670958B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electrical apparatus, a power supply system having the same and a method of manufacturing the electrical apparatus. The electrical apparatus includes a detecting circuit coupled to a generator and configured to detect a frequency of the generator. The electrical apparatus also includes a controller coupled to the detecting circuit and configured to receive a first signal indicating the detected frequency and adjust the frequency of the generator in response to determining that the detected frequency is out of a predetermined frequency range. In this way, an actively controlling of the changing rate of the power to and from generator may be achieved, if the generator frequency exceeds the configured limits.
US11670957B2
Systems and methods described herein provide examples of an electrical panel (e.g., a modular electrical panel) that is configured to control a plurality of electrical loads. The electrical panel may include a control circuit, memory, a communication circuit, and an alternating current (AC) line feed and/or a direct current (DC) line feed. The electrical panel may also include a plurality of power supplies and a plurality of control modules, where more than one control module is associated with each of the plurality of power supplies. Each control module may configured to receive DC power from the associated power supply and provide an output voltage to at least one electrical load. The electrical panel provides flexibility as to whether each stage of conversion, regulation, and/or control is performed at a control module located within the electrical panel or performed at an accessory module located at an electrical load.
US11670955B2
Integrated power module device, systems, and methods are provided in accordance with various embodiments. For example, some embodiments include a system that may include one or more integrated power modules. Each integrated power module may include: one or more solar cells; one or more rechargeable energy storage cells; and/or one or more circuits coupling the one or more solar cells with the one or more rechargeable energy storage cells. In some embodiments, each integrated power module is configured such that the one or more rechargeable energy storage cells of the respective integrated power module are coupled with one or more back sides of the one or more solar cells. In some embodiments, at least two of the one or more integrated power modules are coupled with each other at least in parallel or in series.
US11670954B2
A stationary hybrid battery back-up system incorporates two different battery units that differ in terms of recharging efficiency, cycle life, power capability, depth of discharge threshold, temperature threshold, internal impedance threshold, charger rate efficiency and/or stand-by efficiency. The battery back-up system of the present invention comprises an auxiliary power supply that can be used to charge the first and second batteries and/or provide power to a load. When the operating voltage of the system drops, due to a power failure of a power source, the control system may couple the first and/or second battery unit to a load. The control system may have voltage threshold limits wherein it engages the first and second battery units to support the load demand. The first and second battery units may be charge by the auxiliary power supply when the operating voltage is above a threshold level.
US11670951B1
A mobile device charger includes a power converter circuit support structure, a power converter circuit, a first and second battery connectors, and an enclosure. The power converter circuit is disposed on the power converter circuit support structure. In one example, the power converter circuit support structure is a PCB (printed circuit board) and the battery connectors are battery clips. The PCB slides in and out of the enclosure providing quick access to electrical components of the charger. When a battery is inserted between the battery clips, the power converter generates an output charging supply usable to charge a mobile device. The PCB extends in a longitudinal fashion parallel to the battery thereby providing space for high-output power components without sacrificing form factor. The power converter circuit generates an output charging supply of at least two and four-fifths watts per cubic inch (2.8 W/in3) of the volume.
US11670942B2
A system includes a starter generator configured to provide power to a first bus and a first inverter, a second inverter coupled to the first inverter, a first switch configured to selectively couple the second inverter to the first bus and to a second bus, a second switch configured to selectively couple a first motor to the first bus and to the second bus, and a controller. The controller sets the first switch to a second position and the second switch to a second position, causes the second inverter to convert the power from the first inverter to a starting power for starting the first motor, causes the second inverter to increase the starting power to match the power provided to the first bus from the starter generator, and switches the second switch to the first position, when the starting power matches the power from the starter generator.
US11670940B2
The present disclosure relates to an ESD protection device (240) for a USB interface (210). The ESD protection device (240) comprises an ESD protection component (246) configured to limit a voltage applied to the USB interface (210) and at least one discharge resistor (244, 244.1, 244.2) configured to discharge an AC coupling capacitor (242) of the USB interface (210). The ESD protection component (246) and the discharge resistor (244, 244.1, 244.2) are incorporated in a single electronic component (245).
US11670937B2
A fluid connector for coolant includes a chamfered lip and a fir tree circumferentially aligned with at least one O-ring on an outer body of the fluid connector. The fluid connector is configured to receive an end piece. The end piece has a standard SAEJ2044 end form. The fluid connector utilizes a housing to form a ribbing and support a seal. An integrated inverter assembly includes a main cover and an opposing back cover; a coolant channel disposed between a coolant channel cover and a coolant channel separating body; wherein power electronics of the integrated inverter assembly are thermally coupled to the coolant channel; wherein at least one of a coolant inlet or a coolant outlet of the coolant channel comprises a fluid connector; and wherein the fluid connector comprises a chamfered lip on an end of the fluid connector.
US11670935B2
A protection IC protects an external load connected to mains supply lines from dangerous or undesired conditions such as overvoltage, undervoltage, and overcurrent, by disconnecting the external load for at least the duration of such a condition. The IC has a range detector, a zero-crossing detector, a control unit, a switch driver, and a dummy DAC. The range detector senses the presence of an unwanted condition. The control unit then waits for a zero crossing, upon which it disconnects the load. A lockout timer may introduce a minimum wait time before reconnecting the load. To prevent instabilities around the switching points, hysteresis in the window thresholds prevents impact from noise. The dummy DAC regulates a dummy current that linearizes the IC's current consumption around the switching points to prevent instabilities caused by positive feedback in non-linear transitions.
US11670933B2
A momentary circuit interrupter in series connection with a mechanical switch to provide protection against short circuit faults in a DC power circuit. The momentary circuit interrupter injects a transient voltage pulse via a pulse transformer to reduce a DC fault current to near zero in a DC circuit branch, thus allowing the mechanical switch to disconnect the faulty branch under a near zero-current condition. The power electronic circuit on the primary side of the transformer controls the discharge of a plurality of pre-charged capacitors to generate the transient voltage pulse during the fault interruption process, but otherwise does not incur any power loss during normal operation. The secondary winding of the pulse transformer conducts the main DC current, and is highly conductive to minimize the conduction power loss. The invention provides ultrafast response to a short circuit fault (even faster than solid-state circuit breakers and much faster than hybrid circuit breakers), significantly reduced overcurrent stress in the power system, and/or ultralow conduction power losses.
US11670932B2
A method of locating a short circuit in a system including a set of components electrically connected in a loop, such as a fire protection system. It is iteratively determined in which location of a set of possible locations a short circuit is located. Each iteration involves determining in which of two subsets of a set of remaining locations the short circuit is located, and eliminating from the set of remaining locations the subset in which the short circuit is determined not to be located.
US11670927B2
A wall-mounted enclosure assembly comprising knockouts formed through one or more enclosure walls is provided with a layer of metallic or polymeric flame-resistant material affixed to the exterior or interior surface of the one or more enclosure walls to block the knockout's perforations, which would otherwise remain open. This seals the unused knockouts and prevents hot molten materials or flames from escaping the enclosure through the knockouts' perforations in the event of a destructive equipment malfunction within the enclosure. Unused knockouts remain visible through the tape, and consequently the tape does not prevent installers from easily locating and removing selected knockouts.
US11670922B2
A track section for a track system is provided that includes an enclosed channel and first and second lateral members. The enclosed channel is defined by a base wall, a cover wall, and first and second lateral side walls, and has an interior cavity. The first and second lateral side walls are disposed on opposite sides of the enclosed channel. The base wall and the cover wall are spaced apart from one another and extend between the first and second lateral side walls. The first lateral member extends outward from the first lateral side wall and the second lateral member extends outward from the second lateral side wall. Each has a ramp flange channel. The track section is a unitary structure with the first and second lateral members being integral with the enclosed channel and has a length between first and second lengthwise ends.
US11670912B2
A photonic circuit with a hybrid III-V on silicon or silicon-germanium active section, that comprises an amplifying medium with a III-V heterostructure (1, QW, 2) and an optical wave guide. The wave guide comprises a coupling section (31) facing a central portion of the amplifying medium, a propagation section (34, 35) and a modal transition section (32, 33) arranged between the coupling section and the propagation section. In the modal transition section, the optical wave guide widens progressively from the propagation section towards the coupling section.
US11670905B2
Fiber laser amplification systems and methods are disclosed for use with a chirally coupled core (3C) optical fiber enabling the generation of a high-power output beam having a controlled stable polarization state. Vector modulation instabilities which typically induce undesirable sidebands in 3C fiber optics are greatly reduced even at high peak powers, enabling operation of the up to power levels limited mainly by stimulated Raman scattering (SRS). Polarization extinction ratios (PER) demonstrate long-term stability and minimal degradation due to changes in system temperature. Delays in reaching stable operation during start-up are also greatly reduced.
US11670904B2
High-peak-power single-frequency narrow-linewidth nanosecond fiber laser based on a triangular pulse
The present invention discloses a high-peak-power single-frequency narrow-linewidth nanosecond fiber laser based on a triangular pulse, wherein the laser includes: pulsed laser generated by the laser seed injecting into a first power pre-amplifier through a first isolator, and then injecting into a second pre-amplifier and then injecting into a power amplifier; wherein triangle-shaped pulsed laser with fast rising edge is obtained by using electro-optic and acousto-optic modulator to modulate continuous wave single-frequency laser or a single-frequency semiconductor laser directly modulated by radio frequency signal; single-frequency triangle-shaped pulsed laser is employed as the laser source according to the characteristics of narrow intrinsic linewidth and suppression of linewidth broadening caused by SPM, and the power of pulsed laser is amplified through the MOPA system.
US11670903B2
A hybrid optical amplifier is proposed that includes a preamplifier element formed of single-clad Ho-doped optical fiber and a power amplifier element formed of single-clad Tm-doped (or Tm—Ho co-doped) optical fiber. The preamplifier is used to impart gain to an input signal propagating at a wavelength λS in the presence of a first pump beam operating at λP1, creating an amplified output over a defined transmission bandwidth. The power amplifier element is disposed at the output of the preamplifier element and provides an additional level of gain to the output of the preamplifier element in the presence of a second pump beam operating at λP2. A passband filter may be used between the preamplifier and the power amplifier to ensure that only wavelength components within the defined transmission bandwidth are applied as an output to the power amplifier.
US11670899B2
A conductor rail module for distributing and a corresponding connection module for tapping a direct current distributed along a mounting rail is described. The connection module comprises a housing whose electrically insulating rear section is connected or connectable to the mounting rail in a form-fit manner. A front section of the housing has a plurality of electrically insulating transverse struts extending transversely to a longitudinal direction of the conductor rail module. Furthermore, the conductor rail module comprises at least two conductor rails extending in the longitudinal direction in the housing between the rear section and the front section, which conductor rails are configured to contact the connection modules for distributing the direct current through a gap between the transverse struts when the connection modules are in a position mounted on the conductor rail module.
US11670897B2
A plug connector system comprises a first plug connector and a second plug connector. The first plug connector includes a first shield defining an engagement portion, with an outer side of the engagement portion having a marking positioned thereon. The second plug connector includes a second shield defining a receiving portion for receiving the engagement portion of the first shield. The receiving portion includes an opening formed therethrough and positioned such that the marking of the first plug connector can be arranged entirely within the region of the opening in a mated state of the first and second plug connectors.
US11670895B2
An electrical connector contains a first contact group arranged on a first contact plane, a second contact group arranged on a second contact plane and a ground plate located on a ground plane. The ground plate is located between horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the first contact group and horizontally extending portions, downwardly extending portions and terminal portions of the contacts of the second contact group in addition to between contacting portions and the horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the first contact group and contacting portions and the horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the second contact group.
US11670893B2
A socket connector includes a housing having a pin access opening through a bottom open to a cavity configured to receive a pin. The socket connector includes a socket in the cavity electrically connected to a pin. The socket connector includes a latch movably received in a latch pocket to engage the pin to secure the socket connector to the pin. The latch includes a latch release accessible exterior of the housing to release the latch. The latch release moves the latch between a latched position and a clearance position. A latching rib of the latch engages the pin in the latched position and is released from the pin in the clearance position to allow uncoupling of the socket connector from the pin.
US11670892B2
A high voltage vertical disk ferrule, and method for assembling thereof, the ferrule being stamped and having a vertical disk-like structure, which is not necessarily round or does not necessarily have any roundness. The high voltage vertical disk ferrule has an opening residing and traveling over the wire core and/or a wire braided shield, to which an end portion of the wire braided shield is affixed to the ferrule, or between two ferrules, such that a portion of the wire braided shield is flared and substantially perpendicular to the direction along which the wire core extends. The high voltage vertical disk slides over the core insulation, and towards the outer insulation when the wire is pushed. The wire braided shield develops a natural spring force against the ferrule, and causes it to be accordioned, pleated, or folded against itself, and therefore pushes the vertical disk ferrule forward.
US11670890B2
A housing part for an electrical connector includes a cable channel receiving a cable, a flange surface adapted to abut a complementary housing part, and a sealing gasket extending along the flange surface. The sealing gasket has a pair of cable sealing portions extending across the cable channel. The cable sealing portions are spaced apart from one another in an axial direction of the cable channel.
US11670876B2
An electrical connector includes wiring with multiple wires. Each wire has a conductor covered in insulation. Each wire has a stripped portion that exposes the conductors. The stripped portions are stacked on top of one another. A housing has first and second housing portions that provide a cavity. The first housing portion receives the stripped portions. The second housing portion includes a spring that has a closed portion that extends into the cavity and is configured to urge the stripped portions into engagement with one another when the first and second housing portions are secured to another in an assembled connector condition.
US11670871B2
An array antenna is proved. The array antenna provides multi-polarization by arranging multiple ports at adjacent positions. Specifically, the array antenna includes a first substrate having a first thickness and a rectangular shape, a second substrate disposed to be in contact with the bottom surface of the first substrate and having a second thickness and a rectangular shape, a ground surface shared by the first substrate and the second substrate, and first ports and second ports disposed to penetrate the ground surface.
US11670869B2
A system and method for assembling an antenna comprising an aperture plate having a plurality of aperture elements therethrough is disclosed. The method comprises forming a matrix of the at least a subset of the dielectric loads, each dielectric load having a longitudinal axis, the matrix of the at least a subset of the dielectric loads joined together by planar sacrificial interconnecting material perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of each dielectric load of the subset of dielectric loads, inserting the matrix of the at least a subset of the dielectric loads in at least a subset of the plurality of aperture elements, and removing planar sacrificial interconnecting material. Another embodiment is evidenced by an antenna produced by the foregoing steps. Multiple embodiments are disclosed.
US11670868B2
A low profile phased array antenna that is configured to be manufactured using additive manufacturing techniques is provided. In one or more embodiments, the phased array can include a plurality of signal ears, ground ears, and clustered pillars that can be arranged in relation to a base plate such that each component of the antenna can be manufactured from a single piece of material, thereby allowing for the use of additive manufacturing techniques which can substantially reduce the cost and time of the manufacturing process. The phased array can include a signal ear that include one or more posts that interface with an airgap located within a base plate of the array, wherein the size of the airgap in relation to the size of the post is configured to achieve an optimal level of impedance matching.
US11670861B2
According to various embodiments, systems and methods for spatial sampling in proximity to the Nyquist limit in traveling-wave antenna systems are disclosed. An apparatus can include a traveling-wave antenna array comprising a plurality of adjacent traveling-wave antennas that each include a plurality of tunable elements that are spaced at, near, or above a Nyquist limit spacing to form an array of tunable elements. The apparatus also includes a phase diversity feed coupled to the traveling-wave antenna array that is configured to provide input to the traveling-wave antenna array including phase diverse input to two or more of the plurality of adjacent traveling-wave antennas. Further, the apparatus includes a plurality of grayscale tuning elements configured to tune the plurality of tunable elements along one or more ranges of one or more tuning variables to form one or more specific output radiation patterns through the traveling-wave antenna array based on the input.
US11670856B2
Various embodiments of a multi-mode antenna are described. The antenna is preferably constructed having a first inductor coil and a second inductor coil. A plurality of shielding materials are positioned throughout the antenna to minimize interference of the magnetic fields that emanate from the coils from surrounding materials. The antenna comprises a coil control circuit having at least one of an electric filter and an electrical switch configured to modify the electrical impedance of either or both the first and second coils.
US11670829B2
A radar assembly includes a rectangular-waveguide (RWG) and a printed-circuit-board. The rectangular-waveguide (RWG) propagates electromagnetic energy in a transverse electric mode (TE10) and in a first direction. The printed-circuit-board includes a plurality of conductor-layers oriented parallel to each other. The printed-circuit-board defines a substrate-integrated-waveguide (SIW) that propagates the electromagnetic energy in a transverse electric mode (TE10) and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and defines a transition that propagates the electromagnetic energy between the rectangular-wave-guide and the substrate-integrated-waveguide. The transition includes apertures defined by at least three of the plurality of conductor-layers.
US11670822B2
There is provided a method for producing a separator for an electricity storage device that includes a step of contacting a porous body formed from a silane-modified polyolefin-containing molded sheet with a base solution or acid solution, and a separator for an electricity storage device comprising a microporous film with a melted film rupture temperature of 180° C. to 220° C. as measured by thermomechanical analysis (TMA).
