US11932412B2
Methods and systems for providing reduced flaps takeoff or landing advice in an aircraft. The methods and systems include a display device and a processor in operable communication with the display device. The processor is configured to execute program instructions. The program instructions are configured to cause the processor to receive takeoff or landing performance data including weather data and runway conditions data for a plurality of runways at a destination aerodrome, calculate values of takeoff or landing performance parameters for a plurality of flap configurations for each of the plurality of runways, and present, on the display device, at least one of the values of takeoff or landing performance parameters.
US11932400B2
An extension linkage for a wing flap can include at least one arm that includes two elements connected by a joint. The linkage can include an actuation mechanism, additional arms and/or each arm can include more than two elements, tie rods and/or cross pieces connecting two or more arms, and any other suitable components. The linkage functions to translate and rotate a body attached to one end of the arm relative to a primary structure attached to a second end of the arm. The linkage resides entirely within a space defined by the upper skin and the lower skin of the wing rearward of the mounting when in a retracted configuration.
US11932399B2
A sandwich panel for an aircraft turbojet nacelle includes an outer skin in contact with an air flow, an inner skin opposed to the outer skin, and an intermediate system comprising partitions connecting the inner and outer skins so as to form cells, the inner skin of at least one cell having at least one corrugation configured to allow the materials making up the sandwich panel to deform in the event of thermal variation.
US11932393B2
An unmanned aerial device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an aerial device body capable of flying in an unmanned manner, and a load-lowering device mounted to the aerial device body and configured to lower a load from the aerial device body. The load-lowering device has a linear member holder for holding a linear member having one end portion connectable to the load, the linear member holder holding at least the other end portion of the linear member, and a speed limiting mechanism that limits a speed at which the linear member is pulled out of the linear member holder, under a weight of the load.
US11932388B2
A leading edge structure (1) for a flow control system of an aircraft (101) including a double-walled leading edge panel (3) with a first side portion (11) extending to a first attachment end (17), a second side portion (13) extending to a second attachment end (19), an inner wall element (21) facing a plenum (7), an outer wall element (23) facing ambient flow (25), and a core assembly (97). The outer wall element (23) includes micro pores (31) and the inner wall element (21) includes openings (33) which form a fluid connection from ambient flow, through the core assembly (97) and to the plenum (7). The thickness of the outer wall element is reduced due to the first attachment end (17) and/or at the second attachment end (19) attached to the inner wall element (21) by both bonding and fasteners (85, 87, 89, 91).
US11932385B2
The present invention provides an aircraft design which incorporates a modular design including the use of one or more multi-motor assemblies where the motors are in series within the multi-motor assembly. Still further, the multi-motor assemblies may be configured to include modular motor assemblies or modular sections. Ultimately, the present invention provides an aircraft with the ability to easily assemble or expand the multi-motor assemblies and, in doing so, modify the characteristics of the aircraft. The modularity also enhances the ability to maintain the aircraft by enabling motors or the units housing each motor to easily be replaced.
US11932378B2
Actuated assemblies comprise a base object, an actuated object, a rotary actuator, and a joint. The rotary actuator is configured to selectively pivot the actuated object relative to the base object. The rotary actuator comprises a housing that is operatively coupled to the base object, and an output gear that is configured to be selectively rotated relative to the housing. The joint comprises a crowned spline and a joint spherical bearing. The crowned spline is meshed with the output gear of the rotary actuator and is fixed relative to the actuated object. The joint spherical bearing comprises an outer race that is fixed relative to the base object, and an inner race that is positioned for rotational and pivotal movement within the outer race and that is fixed relative to the crowned spline.
US11932371B2
An improved inflatable wing and kit including an inflatable airframe, a center strut connectable to the airframe, a wing panel connectable to the airframe and to the center strut, and a handle. The handle may have first and second ends, each configured to removably connect to the center strut via connection devices on the center strut which are configured to receive the first and second ends of the handle.
US11932364B2
A watercraft lift with rearward and forward lateral beams, left and right side longitudinal side beams, a pair of left side lifting arms, a pair of right side lifting arms supporting at their upper ends left and right side watercraft supports, and left and right side actuators pivotally attached to the left and right side rearward lifting arms. In one embodiment the left side rearward lifting arm and the left side actuator rotate about their pivotal attachments to the longitundinal left side beam in a left side plane, and the right side rearward lifting arm and the right side actuator rotate about their pivotal attachments to the longitundinal right side beam in a right side plane.
US11932354B2
A fluid cargo handling system includes a quick release manifold system mounted on a floating marine platform. The quick release manifold system has a first valve in fluid communication with the first end of a first fluid transfer hose to control fluid flow within the first fluid transfer hose. A first coupler is attached to the first valve. The first coupler has a first port in fluid communication with the first valve, a second port, a purging fluid inlet and a waste fluid outlet. A drain tank is in fluid communication with the first coupler via the waste fluid outlet, and a pressurized fluid source carried is in fluid communication with the first coupler via the purging fluid inlet.
US11932350B2
A power assisted electric bicycle includes a body, a motor, a torque sensor, and a controller. The motor is operated in an operating period. The torque sensor is configured to output a plurality of torque signals corresponding to a pedal force. The controller is coupled to the motor and the torque sensor. The controller is configured to: receive the torque signals from the torque sensor; determine a peak and a valley, which is adjacent to the peak, among the torque signals; compute and determine a pedaling period between the peak and the valley, which is adjacent to the peak, among the torque signals; and generate an error signal associated with the torque sensor if it is determined that the pedaling period and the operating period fail to meet a default ratio.
US11932349B2
A power unit for a pedal vehicle includes a pedal shaft, an output shaft arranged to transfer torque to a vehicle wheel, a main epicyclic gear set arranged to control transmission ratio between the pedal shaft and the output shaft, an assist motor connected to an assist gear of the main epicyclic gear set, and a control motor connected to a control gear of the main epicyclic gear set. The control motor and the control gear form a control assembly of the power unit. The power unit includes a one-way clutch provided to the control assembly of the power unit and arranged to transmit rotation in only a first rotation direction.
US11932336B1
A method of properly aligning a sliding side door on a vehicle includes first preparing a prototype vehicle and determining how far out of alignment the door is to the body of the prototype vehicle. This amount of misalignment is then used to adjust the attachment position of an anchor plate to a sliding side door of the vehicle, so that the anchor plate is attached at a desired position to the production vehicle, which causes there to be no misalignment between the sliding side door and the body of the production vehicle. A jig is used to hold the anchor plate at the desired location while welding the anchor plate to the door. A roller assembly is then attached to the anchor plate and to a rail on a body of the vehicle.
US11932323B2
A speed reducer according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes an input rotating body, a speed reducing mechanism unit, and a tubular case. The speed reducer is rotatable when acted upon by power fed from a drive device. The speed reducing mechanism unit reduces a speed of rotation of the input rotating body. The tubular case covers an outer surface of the speed reducing mechanism unit and rotates when acted upon by speed-reduced power from the speed reducing mechanism unit. An output arm is formed integrally with the tubular case, the output arm extending radially outward from an outer peripheral surface of the tubular case and configured to transmit a manipulating force to an outside.
US11932315B2
A freight vehicle on which a drone is docked, may include: a transfer device provided in the vehicle and configured to move up and down between an internal space of the vehicle and a roof to receive freight from the drone through the roof of the vehicle or transfer freight to the drone; and a loadspace separated, as a portion of the internal space of the vehicle, from a space where the transfer device is provided and including an open portion formed on a side or a rear of the vehicle, and onto which the freight is loaded.
US11932313B2
A cargo box extension assembly for a cargo box of a vehicle and method of operating the extension assembly. The assembly includes a center panel configured and arranged for pivotally connecting to a front surface of a tailgate of the cargo box; a left panel; and a right panel, each of the left and right panels being rotatable between an open position and a closed position where the left and right panels are aligned with each other, when the cargo box extension assembly is installed on the tailgate of the vehicle and the center panel is pivotally connected to the front surface of the tailgate: the cargo box extension assembly being selectively movable between a collapsed position and an extended position; in the collapsed position, the cargo box extension assembly being at least partially received in a recess of the tailgate.
US11932308B1
Four-wheel steering of a vehicle, e.g., in which leading wheels and trailing wheels are steered independently of each other, can provide improved maneuverability and stability. Steering angle constraints may be used to limit or prevent saturation of steering by only one set of wheels as well as to reduce sideslip. The steering angle constraints are vehicle independent and applicable across a fleet of different vehicles based on vehicle speed. For instance, the steering angle constraints establish angle limits that dynamically adjust based on vehicle speed to ensure vehicle velocity and acceleration remain within predefined limits as established by autonomous vehicle system design.
US11932304B2
A steer/brake system for a vehicle (with wheels and/or tracks) is disclosed. The system may comprise a steering system with an operator control and braking system for each side of the vehicle with a master cylinder for the brake mechanism and an interface between the braking system and the operator control. Operation may provide a phase where the interface is at least partially engaged and force may be applied through the interface to the master cylinder to engage the brake mechanism to provide modulation for the operator control. A steering emulation system may comprise the interface and a compliant element configured to provide modulation for the operator control. The system may comprise a shared hydraulic system; the brake mechanism may comprise the steering brake mechanism and the service brake mechanism.
US11932299B2
A collapsible cart may include a first frame member, a second frame member, a front spacing member, a rear spacing member, and a base member. The front and rear spacing members are configured to separate the first frame member and the second frame member for a predetermined distance to create a receiving space for the cart when it is in a fully open status. The base member may have a plurality of base connecting bars and a center unit that has four opening to pivotally engage with the base connecting bars, and the center unit and the four base connecting bars are positioned on the same plane surface when the cart is in a fully open status. The user can start collapsing the cart by simply pushing down the center unit to disengage the center units with the base connecting bars.
US11932295B2
A computer-implemented method comprises: receiving, at a first one of the first electronic devices, a first wireless signal transmitted by a second electronic device attached to a vehicle; transmitting, from the first electronic device, a second wireless signal, wherein the second electronic device determines a location of the vehicle along the transportation pathway according to the second wireless signal; receiving, at the first electronic device, a third wireless signal transmitted by a second electronic device, wherein the third wireless signal identifies the determined location of the vehicle; and transmitting, from the first electronic device, a fourth wireless signal, wherein the fourth wireless signal identifies the determined location of the vehicle, wherein other ones of the first electronic devices wirelessly relay fifth wireless signals along the transportation pathway, wherein the fifth wireless signals identify the determined location of the vehicle.
US11932291B2
A transmission system includes: a hub to receive a control command from two or more controllers that control operation of an in-vehicle machinery installed in a train, and to control an output of the control command on the basis of a priority assigned to the control command, and a system-controller to determine an operating state of a controller that is a source of the control command, the system-controller being capable of changing a priority assigned to a control command transmitted from a controller whose operating state has been determined, on the basis of a determination result.
US11932290B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data associated with a railroad environment, extracting an asset from the first LiDAR data associated with the railroad environment, and superimposing the asset into a spatial model. The method also includes receiving a field indication associated with a modification to the railroad environment and modifying the spatial model in response to receiving the field indication associated with the modification to the railroad environment. The method further includes receiving second LiDAR data associated with the railroad environment and comparing the second LiDAR data to the modified spatial model.
US11932286B2
A system includes an autonomous vehicle (AV) comprising a sensor, a control subsystem, and an operation server. The control subsystem receives sensor data comprising location coordinates of the AV from the sensor. The operation server detects an unexpected event from the sensor data, comprising at least one of an accident, an inspection, and a report request. The operation server receives a message from a user comprising a request to access particular information regarding the AV and location data. The operation server associates the AV with the user if the location coordinates of the AV match location data of the user. The operation server establishes a communication path between the user and a remote operator for further communications.
US11932283B2
A vehicle control device that can appropriately recognize a direction of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle control device includes: an image acquirer configured to acquire an image obtained by imaging a space outside of a vehicle; an object detector configured to detect, through image processing, a plurality of types of objects including a road structure and a moving object shown in the image; a reference line setter configured to select one type of object from the plurality of types of objects and to set a reference line based on a direction of the selected type of object; and a vehicle direction estimator configured to estimate an angle which is formed by the reference line and a traveling direction line of the vehicle as a direction of the vehicle relative to a lane in which the vehicle is traveling or is scheduled to travel.
US11932272B2
An abnormality handling support device includes: a touch panel display that is able to display an image; and a driving support ECU configured to determine whether a display condition including that an abnormal condition indicating that a driver has difficulty driving a vehicle while the vehicle is traveling is satisfied is satisfied, and to cause the touch panel display to display a support image that is registered beforehand when the driving support ECU determines that the display condition is satisfied.
US11932271B2
Systems and methods for predicting an optimal use level of a driver assist system are provided. The system may collect historical driver behavior and road condition data, and train an optimization prediction model using the historical data, e.g., via machine learning or artificial intelligence. Moreover, the system may collect real-time driver behavior and road condition data, and predict an optimal use level of the driver assist system based on the real-time data using the trained optimization prediction model. The system may then send feedback to the driver assist system when the optimal use level falls outside a predetermined threshold, such that the driver assist system may be unavailable or have reduced functionality until the optimal use level improves.
US11932268B2
A system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) having a housing and configured to be disposed within an interior of an autonomous vehicle. The system also includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) rigidly disposed with the housing of the ECU. The system also includes a processor configured to receive measurement data from the IMU. The IMU and the processor is powered by a battery separate from a power source of the ECU. The processor is configured to identify a tamper event of the ECU based on the measurement data from the IMU. The processor is also configured to send a signal to cause a tamper response of the tamper event.
US11932267B2
A vehicle system includes: a vehicle platform including a first computer that controls traveling of a vehicle; an automated-driving platform including a second computer that controls automated-driving of the vehicle; a first network connecting the vehicle platform and the automated-driving platform; a second network connecting the vehicle platform and the automated-driving platform; a main power supply that supplies electricity required for communication in the first network; a sub-power supply that supplies electricity required for communication in the second network; and a communication interface that allows communication between the vehicle platform and the automated-driving platform to be performed by using any one of the first network and the second network.
US11932264B2
A refuse vehicle has a chassis supporting a plurality of wheels, as well as a motor. A vehicle body is also supported by the chassis and defines a receptacle for storing refuse. A lifting system is configured to engage and lift waste containers to transfer refuse within waste containers into the receptacle using a hydraulic system. The refuse vehicle also has a processing unit in communication with the lifting system and the motor. The processing unit is configured to access and execute a plurality of preset operational modes stored within a memory to adjust performance parameters of the hydraulic system. The operational modes include at least two different operational modes corresponding to different refuse types.
US11932254B1
A vehicle includes an engine, a transmission, and a controller. The engine is configured to generate power. The transmission is configured to transfer power from the engine to at least one drive wheel to propel the vehicle. The controller is programmed to, in response to a command to shift the transmission and a corresponding command to decrease a torque of the engine to less than a threshold corresponding to a spark retard limit during the shift, (i) increase the pressure of an oncoming clutch to engage the oncoming clutch, (ii) retard an engine spark at the spark retard limit to reduce the torque of the engine to the threshold during the engagement of the oncoming clutch, and (iii) shutdown at least one cylinder of the engine to further reduce the torque of the engine to less than the threshold during the engagement of the oncoming clutch.
US11932250B2
The present disclosure relates to controlling transfer of electrical energy in a coupling between a first vehicle and a second vehicle of a vehicle combination, each of the first and second vehicles having an electric machine and an energy storage system, wherein at least the electric machine of the second vehicle is operable in a traction mode and a generator mode for generating electrical energy during a regenerative braking event of the second vehicle, the method comprising determining an amount of possible excessive energy from the braking event of the second vehicle, determining a total energy level of the second vehicle, determining a total energy level of the first vehicle, comparing the determined amount of possible excessive energy with the determined total energy levels of the first vehicle and second vehicle, and controlling direction of the transfer of electrical energy between the first and second vehicle based on the comparison.
US11932243B2
A vehicle control device includes an electronic control unit configured to: enlarge the detection range, when the electronic control unit determines that a current deceleration support control is control for passing the object; set a new target deceleration of the host vehicle when a new object with a possibility of collision with the host vehicle has been detected in the enlarged detection range; determine whether an interval from an ending time of the current deceleration support control to a starting time of the next deceleration support control is less than a threshold value, when the electronic control unit determines that the next deceleration support control is control for passing the new object; and perform one of the inter-vehicle distance control and acceleration support control from the ending time to the starting time, when the electronic control unit determines that the interval is less than the threshold value.
US11932241B2
A driving assist system executes driving assist control for avoiding a collision with a target ahead of a vehicle. The driving assist control operates when the target exists within an assist area. A crossing target is the target crossing a roadway area ahead of the vehicle from a first side toward a second side. The assist area for the crossing target is divided into a plurality of divided assist areas including a first assist area located on the first side as viewed from the vehicle and a second assist area located on the second side as viewed from the vehicle. When the crossing target exists in the second assist area, the driving assist system decreases a control strength of the driving assist control as compared with a case where the crossing target exists in the first assist area.
US11932226B2
The present invention obtains a control system and a control method capable of appropriately suppressing rear lift-up of a straddle-type vehicle. In the control system and the control method according to the present invention, damping forces of suspensions and a braking force generated to the straddle-type vehicle are controlled. Braking force adjustment control is executed to adjust the braking force generated to the straddle-type vehicle so as to suppress the rear lift-up that causes a rear wheel of the straddle-type vehicle to lift off from the ground, and initiation timing of the braking force adjustment control is controlled by using a physical quantity to which states of the suspensions are reflected.
US11932225B1
Systems and methods are provided for controlling operation of a trailer brake system associated with an agricultural vehicle-trailer combination, comprising: determining abase value for a temperature associated with the trailer brake system; determining a coupling force between the vehicle and the trailer; determining a corrected value for the temperature associated with the trailer brake system in dependence on the determined coupling force; and controlling one or more components of the vehicle trailer combination in dependence on the corrected value.
US11932221B2
A system and method control an automobile by decelerating the automobile at a first deceleration using a braking mechanism in response to detecting that a parking brake switch is turned on, a second deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to not detecting that the parking brake switch is turned on and determining that the driver is incapacitated, and a third deceleration which is smaller than the first deceleration, in response to determining that an SOS switch is turned on, detecting that the parking brake switch is changed from on to off, and not determining that the driver is incapacitated.
US11932219B2
The invention relates to a control device and a method for controlling at least one actuator for actuating braking means of a vehicle. A contact variable control system forms an inner control circuit, wherein the braking torque control system is arranged in a braking torque control unit embodied separately or in a separate location from the contact variable control unit and forms an outer control circuit.
US11932212B2
An axle for connecting two wheels of a vehicle is provided, The axle includes a retarder configured to generate a braking force.
US11932206B2
A roof rack system is provided for affixing to a vehicle having a plurality of mounting locations. The roof rack system comprises a crossbar comprising a first end and a second end. The crossbar is configured to allow mounting of equipment. The roof rack system further comprises a first stanchion coupled to the first end of the crossbar by a first swivel joint. The roof rack system further comprises a second stanchion coupled to the second end of the crossbar by a second swivel joint. The first and second stanchions are configured to mount to respective mounting locations of the plurality of mounting locations.
US11932198B2
A transfer key system for a vehicle may include a key receptacle configured to detect the presence of a transfer key, and a controller configured to receive key status signals from the key receptacle, and activate the transfer key as an active transfer key in response to the status signal indicating a removal of the transfer key from the key receptacle and receiving an authentication signal from a user.
US11932193B1
A vehicle interior panel for use over a deployable airbag includes an outer substrate portion having a top side, a bottom side, a tear seam, and a structural rib extending from the bottom side of the outer substrate portion. The panel includes an inner substrate portion having a top side, a bottom side, and a deflector extending from the top side of the inner substrate portion. The deflector is configured to contact the structural rib and the tear seam during deployment of the airbag. A method of manufacturing the panel includes injecting the outer substrate portion with the inner substrate portion and folding the inner substrate portion at a hinge region toward the outer substrate portion.
US11932190B2
An airbag apparatus for a vehicle includes an airbag disposed on behind an instrument panel and configured to be expanded and deployed rearward of the vehicle so as to be positioned on a front side of an occupant. The airbag includes a recess in a rear surface of the airbag that are to be opened rearward of the vehicle and positioned on the front side of the occupant's head, an upper expansion to be expanded rearward and on an upper side of the recess and extend in the vehicle lateral direction, left and right side expansions in pairs to be expanded rearward and on opposite sides of the recess in the airbag's width direction, and a lower expansion that is to be expanded rearward and on a lower side of the recess, extend in the vehicle lateral direction, and be positioned on the front side of the occupant's chest.
US11932188B2
Provided are an airbag deployment system of a vehicle and an airbag deployment method thereof. The airbag deployment system includes a rear-viewable seat rotatably installed in a front row of the vehicle; a seat state detection unit configured to measure a rear-facing state, a current slide amount, and a backrest angle of the rear-viewable seat; a multiple-airbag unit that includes a first airbag installed in a backrest of the rear-viewable seat and configured to deploy rearward, and a second airbag installed in a dashboard; and a controller configured to, when a vehicle collision event occurs in the rear-facing state of the rear-viewable seat, calculate a distance between the dashboard and the backrest by using the current slide amount and the backrest angle, and selectively deploy at least one airbag according to a preset multiple-airbag deployment condition for each range based on the calculated distance.
US11932184B2
A wiring system for an automobile connecting a processor and a plurality of devices, using one or more backbone sections. The processor and devices are connected to one another to form a first loop and a second loop, such that data may be transmitted along the first loop and data may be transmitted along the second loop.
US11932182B2
A control device includes: an in-vehicle communication unit capable of communicating with an on-vehicle control device; and a control unit configured to control the in-vehicle communication unit. The control unit monitors a power storage amount of an on-vehicle battery during traveling, and executes a charge control for causing the in-vehicle communication unit to transmit an instruction of power generation to an on-vehicle generator that supplies power to the on-vehicle battery, when the power storage amount is reduced to reach a threshold value. The threshold value corresponds to a power amount greater than a necessary power amount required for an update process of a control program in the on-vehicle control device.
US11932176B2
A T-flange with a snap fit feature will ensure a tight fit once the operator overcomes the snap feature.
US11932172B1
A first seat, a surface located behind the first seat, a display screen, and a support assembly. The support assembly is configured to move the display screen to a storage position, in which the display screen is positioned adjacent to the surface. The support assembly includes a pivot connected to the display screen and a track configured to support the pivot. The pivot is configured to move along the track.
US11932166B2
A road surface drawing system includes a road surface drawing lamp that is provided in a vehicle and illuminates a road surface with a beam, and a controller that controls the road surface drawing lamp and draws, with a beam BM, a pattern PTN on the road surface ahead of the vehicle. The controller draws a pattern PTN instructing the vehicle to stop if a signal state of an upcoming traffic signal is a red light.
US11932161B2
A novel securing device includes a frame having an anchor, a tether coupled to the anchor, and an attachment device coupled to the frame. The attachment device is configured to facilitate selective attachment to a planar surface. In a particular embodiment, the attachment device is a magnetic attachment device. Optionally, the magnetic attachment device is encased between the frame and a cover that prevents scratching of the planar surface to which the device is secured. In another particular embodiment, the attachment device is a suction cup. The magnetic attachment device and the suction cup may be interchangeable.
US11932158B2
A bow stop including a Vee portion having a front, bow engaging concave surface and rear surface. The bow stop further having a connection portion for connection to a trailer. The Vee portion has a rigid body or chassis (hereinafter “body”) and a polymer cover, and the polymer cover overlies a front, Vee-shaped surface of the body. The connection portion is configured for positioning between a pair of spaced apart and generally parallel upstanding arms of a bow stop support structure of a boat trailer and the connection portion includes a connector for connection to the upstanding arms.
US11932155B2
Provided is a vehicle cup holder allowing wireless charging. A vehicle cup holder allowing wireless charging according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a housing having an accommodation space for accommodating objects, including a portable telephone; and a support member coupled to the housing by means of a rotational shaft to allow rotation in the accommodation space, and comprising a wireless transmission module for wirelessly charging the battery of a portable telephone, wherein the support member switches between a first state allowing a portable telephone to be charged by supporting one surface thereof, and a second state allowing an object to be accommodated in the accommodation space.
US11932147B2
Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.
US11932142B2
A seat assembly includes a cushioned component having a lattice matrix. An air bladder assembly is covered by the lattice matrix. The air bladder assembly includes a plurality of air bladders supported on a platform assembly. Each air bladder includes a body portion operable between deflated and inflated conditions. Each air bladder includes a connection stem. A support plate includes a plurality of access apertures disposed therethrough. The air bladder assembly is operably coupled to the support plate. Each air bladder is aligned with at least one access aperture of the plurality of access apertures. A carrier assembly includes a plurality of mounting apertures disposed through an outer surface thereof. The carrier assembly receives the connection stem of each air bladder through at least one mounting aperture of the plurality of mounting apertures of the carrier assembly.
US11932140B2
Disclosed is a cushion tip-up type seat for a vehicle. The cushion tip-up type seat for a vehicle is configured to perform a tip-up function of a cushion part, and to move a seat leftward and rightward to adjust an interval between left and right seats, whereby left and right spacing between occupants seated in the seats is sufficiently secured and the convenience of the occupants is improved.
US11932133B2
A system and method for the overcurrent protection in an electric vehicle is illustrated. The system comprises an electric vehicle charging port that includes an AC pin, a DC pin, a sensor, and a controller. The electric vehicle charging port also includes a protection circuit, wherein the protection circuit is configured to control a transmission of power through the electric vehicle charging port.
US11932126B2
An induction assembly may include a coil carrier, a coil winding, a core assembly, and a heat exchanger. The coil carrier may include an upper wall, a lower wall located opposite the upper wall, and a receiving space. The coil winding may be disposed in the receiving space. The core assembly may form a coil with the coil winding. The core assembly may include at least two core bodies that are spaced apart from one another by a gap. The heat exchanger may include an inner panel spaced apart from the core assembly and an outer wall located opposite the inner panel. The outer wall may limit a flow space through which a flow path of a cooling fluid for controlling a temperature of the induction assembly leads.
US11932124B2
An electrically driven vehicle includes at least one wheel driven by a motor, a vehicle body including a floor panel, a battery pack arranged on the lower side of the floor panel and configured to supply power to the motor, at least one wire harness extending in a front-rear direction of the electrically driven vehicle between the floor panel and the battery pack, and a harness cover extending in the front-rear direction of the electrically driven vehicle along the at least one wire harness and interposed between the at least one wire harness and the battery pack.
US11932123B2
Discharge systems for electric vehicles and electric vehicles having discharge systems. In one implementation, a discharge system for an electric vehicle includes a step-down power converter configured to step down an input voltage to an output voltage; discharge circuitry coupled to the output of the step-down power converter, wherein the discharge circuitry is reversibly driveable to load the step-down power converter; an input component configured to receive input that originated from a human user or a sensor of the electric vehicle, wherein the input indicates that the electric vehicle is to shutdown; and discharge drive circuitry configured to drive the discharge circuitry to load the step-down power converter in response to the indication that the electric vehicle is to shutdown.
US11932121B2
A power supply control system (1) for use in a vehicle, the system including: a first power control arrangement (2) incorporating at least two inputs (3, 4) and at least two outputs (5, 6); and a second power control arrangement (7) incorporating at least two inputs (8, 9) and at least two outputs (10, 11), each power control arrangement (2, 7) being configured to operate in an active mode or an isolated mode. In the active mode, the inputs and outputs of the power control arrangement (2, 7) are connected electrically to one another. In the isolated mode, the inputs and outputs of the power control arrangement (2, 7) are electrically isolated from one another. A selector arrangement (37) is configured to select the operating mode of the power control arrangements (2, 7) so that, at any one time, only one power control arrangement (2, 7) operates in the active mode while the other power control arrangement (2, 7) operates in the isolated mode.
US11932120B1
A drive mode hierarchy includes drive mode categories and drive modes belonging to each category. Each drive mode defines values for attributes of the drivetrain and/or suspension of a vehicle. Each drive mode may further have towing and non-towing sub-modes with the towing sub-mode being used when a trailer is detected. An interface is provided for selecting drive modes from the hierarchy and modifying the attributes. The vehicle may define a plurality of trailer profiles including attributes of trailers, such as weight and aerodynamic drag. A user may select among trailer profiles and define the attributes of the trailer profiles. Interfaces displayed by the vehicle may vary according to the selected drive mode and may include a chassis view with interface elements displaying real-time information of components of the vehicle, such as wheels, suspension, and battery. Tiles including real-time information may be displayed according to the selected drive mode.
US11932118B2
The electric vehicle according to the present disclosure calculates motor torque using an MT vehicle model simulating an MT vehicle having a manual transmission and an internal combustion engine. In the first operation mode, an operation amount of a pseudo-clutch pedal and a shift position of a pseudo-gearshift are input to the MT vehicle model to reflect operation of the pseudo-clutch pedal and operation of the pseudo-gearshift in electric motor control. In the second operation mode where the operation of the pseudo-clutch pedal is not needed, an operation amount of a clutch pedal calculated by a driver model is input to the MT vehicle model instead of the operation amount of the pseudo-clutch pedal.
US11932117B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for controlling the speed on each wheel of a vehicle, possibly operating a vehicle in a speed control mode. In response to receiving input to engage speed control mode and receiving an accelerator pedal input, the system determines a target wheel speed based on the accelerator pedal input, monitors wheel speed of each of a plurality of wheels and determines, for each monitored wheel, a difference based on the monitored wheel speed and the target wheel speed. A torque is provided to each of the plurality of wheels based on the respective difference to achieve the target wheel speed.
US11932115B2
An electrical system for operating an AC electric motor in conjunction with a DC electrical energy storage and a DC electrical energy source is presented. It includes a multi-phase inverter or set of inverters, wherein multiple AC phases of the inverter or inverters are coupled to the motor, and separate DC connections of the inverter or inverters are coupled to the DC electrical energy source and the DC electrical energy storage.
US11932113B2
A drive device has an internal combustion engine connection configured for receiving driving power from an internal combustion engine and has an electric motor generator configured for outputting driving power to an electric motor generator connection. A coupling device is configured for coupling both the internal combustion engine connection and the electric motor generator connection to at least one power train connection that is configured for outputting driving power to a power train. The coupling device has a radially outer drive part and a coupling portion lying radially within the drive part, which coupling portion is configured for selectively connecting the drive part to the power train connection in a rotationally fixed manner. A power transmission portion is arranged on an outer circumferential surface on the radially outer drive part, which power transmission portion is configured for receiving driving power from the electric motor generator. Both the internal combustion engine connection and the electric motor generator connection are arranged concentrically to a main drive axis. The power transmission portion partially or fully covers the coupling portion in the longitudinal direction of the main drive axis. An electric motor axis, about which an electric motor shaft configured for outputting driving power from the electric motor generator is provided, which electric motor axis is arranged axially parallel to and radially spaced from the main drive axis.
US11932104B2
A fuel tank (10) includes: a lower panel (12) made of steel and an upper panel (11) made of steel; and at least one pillar (100) made of steel which is disposed in an interior space (V) formed by the lower panel (12) and the upper panel (11) facing each other and of which a first end portion is fixed to the lower panel (12) and a second end portion is fixed to the upper panel (11) in a state where the second end portion is disposed in a hole formed in the upper panel (11).
US11932091B2
An exterior panel structure for a vehicle prevents unevenness caused by distortion of an outer surface of the exterior panel and keeps dents small even when a user presses the exterior panel from the outside. The exterior panel structure includes the exterior panel, and a reinforcing member having joint sections and coupling sections. The joint sections are separated from each other along an inner surface of the exterior panel, and each is joined to the inner surface of the exterior panel. The coupling section follows the inner surface of the exterior panel and couples the adjacent joint sections. The inner surface of the exterior panel and the coupling section abut each other when a pressing force equal to or larger than a specified value is applied inward in a thickness direction of the exterior panel from an outer surface of the exterior panel, and are otherwise separated from each other.
US11932089B2
A vehicle door frame includes an upper frame having a first end face at a longitudinal end, and a lower external face; and a lower member of a plate form bonded to the upper frame. The lower member includes a second end face facing the first end face, a projection projecting from the second end face in a longitudinal direction below the upper frame, and a third end face located at an upper end of the projection, extending in the longitudinal direction, and facing a lower side of the external face of the upper frame.
US11932080B2
A vehicle system includes: a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system including: a passenger cabin air filter; and a blower configured to draw air through the passenger cabin air filter and blow air into a passenger cabin of a vehicle; an olfaction sensor configured to measure an amount of a chemical in air in a duct of the HVAC system downstream of the passenger cabin air filter; and a filter module configured to determine and indicate whether to replace the passenger cabin air filter based on the amount of the chemical in the air measured by the olfaction sensor.
US11932077B2
This disclosure relates to a climate controlled front trunk. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a motor vehicle, including: a climate control system; and a front trunk establishing a cargo space, wherein the front trunk is configured to receive thermally conditioned air from the climate control system.
US11932071B2
An apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle suspension, may include a variable damper provided between a vehicle body and a wheel, a sensor that measures a vehicle body vertical acceleration and a wheel vertical acceleration, and a controller that estimates a road surface roughness based on the vehicle body vertical acceleration and the wheel vertical acceleration, predicts a road surface grade based on the estimated road surface roughness, and adjusts damping force of the variable damper corresponding to the predicted road surface grade.
US11932070B2
An electrically powered suspension system includes: an actuator that is provided between a vehicle body and a wheel of a vehicle and generates a load for damping vibration of the vehicle body; an information acquisition part that acquires information on a sprung state amount and a road surface state; a target load calculation part that calculates a first target load related to skyhook control based on the sprung state amount and calculates a second target load related to preview control based on the road surface state; and a load control part. The target load calculation part calculates a third target load related to roll generation control based on a target roll angle and calculates a combined target load into which the first target load, second target load, and third target load have been combined. The load control part performs load control of the actuator using the combined target load.
US11932065B2
A trailer hitch attachment hold-down device for providing attachment points to a trailer frame has a trailer attachment plate that has a central portion and two side portions and a ratchet tie-down rotatably connected to the trailer attachment plate. In one embodiment the trailer attachment plate is angled downward. In one embodiment the trailer attachment plate is secured to a trailer frame by inserting a trailer ball through a trailer ball opening in the trailer attachment plate. In another embodiment, the trailer attachment plate is secured by using a lower attachment plate and bolts to clamp the trailer frame between the attachment plate and the lower attachment plate. In another embodiment, a standoff attachment bracket is provided that clamps the trailer frame between the lower portion of the bracket and an attachment plate using bolts. A ratchet tie-down is attached to the upper portion of the bracket.
US11932063B2
A tire (10) for two-wheeled vehicles comprises a crown (12) comprising: a tread (20), and a hoop reinforcement (17) comprising at least one hooping ply (19) comprising one or more hoop reinforcing elements (44) comprising an assembly made up of a multifilament strand of aromatic polyamide or aromatic copolyamide (47) and of a multifilament strand of aliphatic polyamide (48). The twist factor K of the hoop reinforcing element (44) ranges from 5.5 to 6.5. The tire (10) is obtained by a method comprising a step of manufacturing the hooping ply (19), in which the bonded reinforcing elements (44) are embedded in a polymer composition in order to form the uncured hooping ply, the equivalent initial tensile modulus of the uncured hooping ply ranging from 330 to 620 cN/tex/dm.
US11932062B2
A tire surface managing method, comprising: emitting detecting light to a target object on a surface of a tire; receiving reflected detecting light from the target object and from the surface adjacent to the target object; determining whether the target object protrudes according to a distance calculated according to the reflected detecting light from the target object and a distance calculated according to the reflected detecting light from the surface; determining whether the target object forms a hole on the surface according to the distance calculated according to the reflected detecting light from the target object and the distance calculated according to the reflected detecting light from the surface; receiving the reflected detecting light from the surface to calculate a width of the hole on the tire; and activating a protection mechanism for a vehicle comprising the tire if the width is larger than a width threshold.
US11932054B2
A wheel of a vehicle has a rim, a hub portion and at least two spokes connecting the hub portion to the rim. At least one spoke intermediate space between the spokes is at least partially covered by a single-piece cover element. A wing portion of the cover element is deformed axially away from the wheel when heat is supplied. The cover element is connected directly to the wheel, and the single-piece cover element is formed from a single material.
US11932051B2
A wheel is assembled and fitted with a frame of the scooter, and includes a bearing support, a hub, at least one bearing and a hollow area. The bearing support includes an inner surface facing towards a rotation center of the wheel. Each bearing includes an outer ring and an inner ring, the outer ring is fixedly connected to the hub, and the inner ring and the frame are fixedly connected to the bearing support, respectively. The hollow area is surrounded by the inner surface.
US11932049B2
Assembly of a rim and of a flexible adapter, intended to make up, with a tyre, a rolling assembly. The rim having a mounting well that is extended axially by a boss, a rim seat and a rim flange that extends the rim seat axially on the outside, with a bearing face of substantially radial orientation. The adapter having an axially inner end intended to rest on the rim seat, an axially outer end and a substantially cylindrical body that connects the axially inner end and the axially outer end and is intended to receive, in cooperation with the axially outer end, a tyre bead. The rim seat of the rim has an inclination relative to the axis of rotation of between −2 and +6 degrees, the angle being counted as positive when the virtual vertex of the substantially frustoconical seat is situated axially on the outside.
US11932046B2
The present invention relates to a clipboard having a frontal surface, a clamping mechanism, a dorsal surface, and a latch engagement portion configured to engage a mating latch and secure the clipboard to a surface of a secondary container.
US11932044B2
A security element has machine-readable magnetic security features in the form of at least two magnetic materials which have different magnitudes of coercive force and which are provided as a mixture in at least one printing ink that is applied onto a carrier substrate, wherein the at least one printing ink is provided in at least two regions on the security element with the same thickness and/or different thicknesses, and a defined mixture ratio of the at least two magnetic materials with different magnitudes of coercive force is provided in the at least one printing ink.
US11932038B2
An authentication mark system and method are provided for authentication of an object having indicia associated therewith. The authentication mark system includes an inkjet printer configured to propel microscopic ink drops onto the object to form a pattern of ink on the object. A microscope camera has a lens directable at the pattern of ink on the object. The microscope camera records an enlarged image of the pattern of ink on the object. A processor is operatively connected to the microscope camera and is configured to transmit the enlarged image of the pattern of ink and the indicia associated with the object to a database for secure storage.
US11932035B2
There is provided a three-dimensional object printing apparatus including an imaging device fixed to a base and imaging an object located inside an imaging range, a first robot supporting a head having a nozzle for discharging a liquid and changing a position and a posture of the head, and a second robot supporting a three-dimensional workpiece and changes a position and a posture of the workpiece. The three-dimensional object printing apparatus performs a material feeding step of causing the second robot to move the workpiece from an outside to an inside of the imaging range, and a printing step of causing the head to discharge the liquid to the workpiece while at least one of the first robot and the second robot relatively moves the head and the workpiece inside the imaging range.
US11932021B2
A recording apparatus includes a tank including a chamber configured to store liquid to be supplied to a recording head that ejects the liquid and a filling port from which the liquid is injected into the chamber, and an injection auxiliary member configured to assist injecting of the liquid into the chamber from the filling port, the injection auxiliary member including a first and a second flow channels each defined by a first or a second upper end portion that opens toward outside of the tank and a first or a second lower end portion that opens toward inside of the tank, wherein the second flow channel has an expansion portion arranged in a middle portion between the second upper end portion and the second lower end portion and configured to form a step to expand a cross-sectional area.
US11932015B2
A print head includes a generation portion that amplifies an input signal to generate a drive signal, an ejection portion that includes a first driving element driven by a drive signal, and ejects a liquid in response to the drive of the first driving element, a supply portion that includes a first switch for switching between supply and non-supply of the drive signal to the first driving element, and a sound emitting portion that includes a second driving element driven by the drive signal, and a second switch for switching between supply and non-supply of the drive signal to the second driving element, and emits sound in response to the drive of the second driving element, in which the first switch and the second switch are turned on exclusively.
US11932013B2
A printing device includes a head and a carriage. The head has a nozzle. The head is configured to eject liquid from the nozzle toward a printing medium. The carriage is configured to move the head in a first direction. The carriage includes a first distance sensor. The first distance sensor is configured to measure a distance between the head and the printing medium. The first distance sensor is a specular reflection type distance sensor. The first distance sensor includes a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element. The light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are aligned in the first direction.
US11932008B2
A valve assembly for controlling airflow along sheet edges on a vacuum transport assembly including a platen including one or more holes arranged in rows in a cross process direction, and a belt displaceable with respect to the platen in a process direction, the valve assembly including a flexible plate, including a first end, a second end, a first top surface, and a first bottom surface, and a first actuator connected to the second end and operatively arranged to displace the flexible plate.
US11932005B2
A transportation device includes a cover member that is displaceable between a closing position for closing an opening of a body case and an opening position for opening the opening, a processing unit that is arranged inside the body case, and performs a specified processing with respect to a medium transported to a working area communicating with the outside of the body case through the opening when the cover member is positioned at the opening position, and a transmitted unit that is positioned at a first position different from a position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the closing position, and is positioned at a second position which is the position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the opening position.
US11931999B2
A composite comprising a non-fibrous organic polymer aerogel layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface and a support layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface is disclosed. An interface can be formed between a portion of the first surface of the aerogel layer and a portion of the second surface of the support layer such that the aerogel and support layers are attached to one another. A majority of the volume of the aerogel layer does not have to include the support layer. The composite can have a thickness of 3 mils to 16 mils.
US11931992B2
The present invention provides a backplate and a display device. The backplate is adapted for a display device, the display device includes a bending region, and the backplate includes a bonding region configured to bond to the bending region of the display device. The bonding region includes at least one cutout. When the bending region and the bonding region are bent, squeezing stress is applied to the bending region, the at least one cutout contracts inwardly to reduce the squeezing stress applied to the bending region.
US11931985B2
A packaging material including one or more expandable layers that provide protection to contents of a packaging enclosure formed with the packaging material. The packaging material includes at least a first layer and a second layer bonded to one another. The first layer is pulled or extended in a first direction that is effective to cause the second layer to expand in a second direction. The second layer is a cut-patterned layer which creates structural strength in the packaging material when expanded.
US11931983B2
A method of performing pressing on a workpiece using a press machine. The pressing method includes: performing pressing on the workpiece between a lower die and an upper die by causing the upper die to approach the lower die by using the hydraulic cylinder in a state in which the workpiece is disposed between the lower die and the upper die, and performing the pressing on the workpiece between the lower die and the upper die, in a state in which a shape of each of the frame, the lower die and the upper die has a rotationally symmetric shape about the reference axis and in which the workpiece center axis coincides with the reference axis.
US11931974B2
A filament winding apparatus includes a rail extending in a first direction, a core material support device that supports a core material, and a winding device that winds a fiber bundle onto an outer peripheral surface of the core material, the winding device including: a guide unit having an opening through which the core material passes, and guiding the fiber bundle; and a main frame on which the guide unit is mounted; wherein the main frame is movable relative to the core material in the first direction, the main frame is movable in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the main frame is rotatable around a first rotational axis extending in a third direction orthogonal to each of the first direction and the second direction.
US11931973B2
A fiber-reinforced polymer composition that comprises a polymer matrix that contains a propylene polymer is provided. The polymer matrix constitutes from about 20 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of the composition, and the composition further comprises a plurality of long reinforcing fibers that are distributed within the polymer matrix, wherein the fibers constitute from about 10 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of the composition. Further, the composition also comprises a stabilizer system comprising a sterically hindered phenol antioxidant, phosphite antioxidant, and thioester antioxidant.
US11931965B2
The disclosure provides a 3D printing method and device. The 3D printing method of the disclosure includes: obtaining height groups of an object to be printed in multiple different postures relative to a support platform, where different height groups include a height of the object to be printed in at least one direction corresponding to the different postures; obtaining a first height having a minimum height from all of the height groups, and obtaining a second height and a third height orthogonal to the first height according to the first height, where the second height and the third height are minimum heights in their respective directions; and taking directions in which the first height, the second height, and the third height are located as three printing directions of the object to be printed respectively, and printing. The disclosure can achieve a fast printing speed.
US11931964B2
A method is disclosed for generating a 3D printing file containing an object model of a part having a body and an integral electronic component. To generate the 3D printing file, a processor receives at least one geometry specification of the part to be printed and at least one component performance property of the electronic component to be printed integral to the part. An object model is determined by the processor in accordance with the at least one geometry specification of a part to be printed, the at least one component performance property of an electronic component to be printed, and at least one material property of an electronic component printing material of a 3D printer. The 3D printing file is generated by the processor and comprises the object model.
US11931960B2
An illumination module includes a light emitting unit, an optical lens with positive refractive power, and a concave mirror. At least one of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the optical lens is an asymmetrical surface, and the light emitting unit is provided at an object side of the optical lens. The concave mirror is provided at an image side of the optical lens, and the concave mirror acts as an optical path folding element. Light emitted by the light emitting unit passes through the optical lens and is reflected by the concave mirror to be a parallel light ray.
US11931952B2
A device is provided for making an implant having a hollow region, the device comprising a print surface rotatable in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction about an axis of rotation; a print head disposed adjacent to and substantially transverse to the print surface, the print head configured to apply material used to make the implant on at least a portion of the print surface or heat material disposed on at least a portion of the print surface used to make the implant; and a base disposed adjacent to the print head and contacting the print surface, the base configured to be movable in forward, backward and lateral directions relative to the print head to make the implant having the hollow region. Methods of using the device and are also disclosed.
US11931947B2
A method for manufacturing a resin container, the method including: injection-molding a bottomed preform made of resin; and blow-molding the preform to manufacture a resin container, in which the injection molding includes filling a cavity formed by at least an injection core mold and an injection cavity mold with a molten resin to form the preform, and a first groove that extends from a bottom portion defining portion to a neck portion defining portion is formed in a surface of the body portion defining portion of the injection core mold.
US11931941B2
A process for manufacturing a timepiece component having a first step (E1) consisting in arranging a metal insert in an injection mold, one surface of said metal insert being at least partially coated with a primer, a second step (E2) of injecting an elastomer material into the injection mold in order to overmold the elastomer material over the metal insert, a third step (E3) of vulcanizing the elastomer material, wherein the temperature of the injection mold is variable, and a step (E31) of increasing the temperature of the injection mold between a first temperature at a first instant during the injection second step (E2), and a second temperature higher than the first temperature at a second instant, during the vulcanization third step (E3).
US11931940B2
The invention relates to a mold-closing unit for an injection molding machine for processing plastics, comprising a mold-moving device for moving the movable mold support into and out of closure of an injection mold. At least one force transmission element is connected to the movable mold support and at its end remote from the movable mold support has a section (14a) which is assigned to the stationary mold support. The stationary mold support (10) is assigned a locking device (15) having a plurality of locking elements (70) which can be moved into interlocking operative connection with the actuatable section (14a). The locking device (15) has at least one actuator (16) which is movable in the closing direction (s-s) and on which, during movement of the actuator, the locking elements (70) are movable transversely to the closing direction (s-s) along a sliding block guide (60) in and out of an interlocking operative connection with the actuatable section (14a). The actuator is at the same time connected to at least one piston (18) of a piston-cylinder unit (17) for applying the closing force.
US11931936B2
In an injection process, molten resin is successively injected from a first flow channel and a second flow channel connected with each other in order into a cavity of a metal mold. High-temperature resin existing in the first flow channel is injected in advance into the cavity as a part of a single shot of molten resin to later form a skin layer of a molded article. Other low temperature resin near a flowable limit existing in the second flow channel is subsequently injected into the cavity as another part of the single shot of molten resin to later form a core layer of the molded article. A low temperature resin remaining in the first flow channel when injection is completed is warmed to be a high-temperature resin before the next cycle, thereby allowing successive molding of molded articles.
US11931935B2
A method of filling a microcavity with layers of a polymer material includes the following steps: (A) estimating a current vertical position of a bottom of the microcavity (current bottom position); (B) lowering the capillary tube into the microcavity towards the current bottom position; (C) dispensing a polymer composition from a tube outlet of the capillary tube under a dispensing applied pressure until the polymer composition substantially fills the microcavity; (D) curing a work piece including the microcavity and the polymer composition in the microcavity to obtain a current layer of the polymer material; and (E) repeatedly executing steps (A), (B), (C), and (D), until the layers of the polymer material have substantially filled the microcavity.
US11931933B2
An injection molding system includes a first unit in which an injection molding machine is disposed and an option unit. The injection molding machine is configured to be attachable with a stationary die and a movable die that moves with respect to the stationary die. The option unit includes at least one of a second unit in which a robot that moves a molded article molded by the injection molding machine is disposed and a third unit in which at least one of a material dryer that dries a material supplied to the injection molding machine and a material supply section that supplies the material to the injection molding machine is disposed. The first unit is configured to be detachably attachable with the option unit.
US11931932B2
A mold assembly for producing a part includes a first section, a second section movably coupled to the first section, and a cavity defined by the first section and the second section, the cavity being shaped to receive a part while the first section and the second section are movably coupled to each other. The mold assembly includes a joint formed by adjacent surfaces of the first section and the second section and a seal extending along the joint.
US11931930B1
The present embodiments generally describe a monolithic, e.g., integral, box unit and methods of manufacturing monolithic box units. The monolithic box unit has a ring portion and a body portion, both of which are molded and set simultaneously. The method proceeds with filling a female oriented cavity with a Polymer mixture, allowing both the ring portion and body portion to fill and cure at the same time. Once ejected from the cavity, the entire unit can be trimmed and then add hardware and cover to complete the box.
US11931928B2
The present invention relates to a process to make continuous strand polymer comprising the following steps: a) providing a monomer mixture comprising water, a monomer, a crosslinker and an initiator; b) transporting the monomer mixture of step a) into a confining means wherein the monomer mixture is confined in said confining means; c) initiating polymerization of the monomer mixture in the confining means to make a continuous strand polymer; and d) emitting the continuous strand polymer from the confining means wherein the continuous strand polymer has a defined cross-sectional profile comprising an initial cross sectional diameter of at least 0.1 mm. The present invention is further directed to a process of making a continuous strand superabsorbent polymer.
US11931917B2
A wood substrate or member is included, having an increased density with respect to natural, untreated wood. The process includes drying the wood prior to application of heat and pressure, which are controlled to reduce or eliminate color change on a surface of the wood member where heat and pressure are applied.
US11931916B2
A repair device for repairing a defect in a wooden workpiece includes: a setting punch for inserting a repair patch into a recess formed in a wooden workpiece; a feed device for feeding the repair patches to the setting punch; and a detector for detecting the orientation of the repair patch with the aid of a marking arranged on the repair patch. A rotary device may be used for rotating the repair patch about a rotational axis. The detector may include a first sensor and a second sensor, which are arranged at the repair device in such a way that they are used for detecting the marking of detection regions disposed at a distance from one another, the marking being arranged on the repair patch.
US11931909B2
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques generate poses of an object based on data of the object observed from a first viewpoint and a second viewpoint. The poses can be evaluated to determine a portion of the data usable by an estimator to generate a pose of the object.
US11931908B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for measuring and reporting calibration accuracy of robots and sensors assigned to perform a task in an operating environment. One of the methods includes receiving a request to perform a calibration process for one or more robots in an operating environment; in response, performing the calibration process including executing a calibration program that generates movement data representing movements by the one or more robots within the operating environment; computing a measure of calibration accuracy from the movement data; receiving an input program to be executed in the operating environment; determining that the measure of calibration accuracy does not satisfy an accuracy tolerance of the input program; and in response, generating a notification representing that the measure of calibration accuracy generated from performing the calibration process does not satisfy the accuracy tolerance of the input program.
US11931902B2
Techniques are disclosed to use robotic system simulation to control a robotic system. In various embodiments, a communication indicating an action to be performed by a robotic element is received from a robotic control system. Performance of the action by the robotic element is simulated. A state tracking data is updated to reflect a virtual change to one or more state variables as a result of simulated performance of the action. Successful completion of the action by the robotic element is reported to the robotic control system.
US11931901B2
Robotic systems can be capable of collision detection and avoidance. A robotic medical system can include a robotic arm, an input device configured to receive one or more user inputs for controlling the robotic arm, and a display configured to provide information related to the robotic medical system. The display can include a first icon that is representative of the robotic arm and includes at least a first state and a second state. The robotic medical system can be configured to control movement of the robotic arm based on the user inputs received at the input device in real time, determine a distance between the robotic arm and a component, and provide information to the user about potential, near, and/or actual collisions between the arm and the component.
US11931900B2
A method of predicting occupancy of unseen areas in a region of interest (ROI) includes obtaining a depth image of the ROI, the depth image being captured from a first height; generating an occupancy map based on the obtained depth image, the occupancy map comprising an array of cells corresponding to locations in the ROI; and generating an inpainted map by inputting the occupancy map into a trained inpainting network, the inpainted map comprising an array of cells corresponding to the ROI, and wherein the inpainting network is trained by comparing an output of the inpainting network, based on inputting a training depth image taken from the first height, to a ground truth map, the ground truth map being based on a combination of the training depth image and a depth image taken at a height different than the first height.
US11931891B2
A robot includes a trunk portion frame (functioning as a “base portion”), a head portion frame (functioning as a “first movable portion”) supported by the trunk portion frame, a flexible outer skin provided in such a way as to come into contact with the head portion frame and cover the trunk portion frame, and a pair of arm portions (functioning as a “second movable portion”), provided in contact with the outer skin, whose relative displacement with respect to the trunk portion frame changes in accompaniment to a displacement of the outer skin that accords with an operation of the head portion frame.
US11931890B2
A human-robot system and method for performing an agricultural task, the system including: a robotic manipulator with an agricultural tool coupled to an end effector thereof; an imaging device adapted to capture imagery of a target, the imaging device mechanically coupled to the end effector; a laser distance sensor adapted to measure a distance between the manipulator and the target, the laser distance sensor mechanically coupled to the end effector and collocated with the imaging device; and a control unit including: a processing unit, a monitor and a human-machine interface (HMI), wherein the processing unit is configured to display the imagery on the monitor and to receive markings from the HMI and calculate a trajectory for the manipulator to perform the agricultural task with the tool.
US11931887B2
The end effector device includes an end effector including a palm and a plurality of fingers, a drive device, a position shift direction determination unit and a position shift correction unit. Each finger includes a tactile sensor unit capable of detecting external forces in at least three axial directions. The position shift direction determination unit determines in which direction the object being grasped is position-shifted with respect to the fitting recess based on a detection result detected by the tactile sensor unit in a case where at least one of the external forces detected by the tactile sensor unit is a specified value or more. The position shift correction unit moves the palm in a direction opposite to a position shift direction of the object being grasped determined by the position shift direction determination unit.
US11931876B2
A power tool has a housing, which includes a first housing and a second housing. The second housing is configured with a connecting hole, a first connecting part passing through the connecting hole connecting the first housing and the second housing, a protective layer, arranged on a surface of the second housing, an elastic portion, connected with the protective layer, arranged between the first housing and the second housing, and is integrally formed with the protection layer.
US11931869B2
A powered and cordless box wrench able to reach and turn fasteners in tight locations consisting of a hex insert with retention features and a hex opening for fasteners, a tool head frame and cover with a recess for a drive shaft, at least one battery, polarity switch button and arm, a power button and arm, and a drive motor with a set of planetary gears and ring, plus a lockout wheel where the hex insert may be secured by the tool head and driven by the motor, planetary gears and drive shaft to ease the difficulty in turning hard to reach fasteners.
US11931868B2
A wrench head for a universal wrench is disclosed that may include a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion. The wrench head may further include a base plate positioned inside the housing towards the upper portion of the housing, and a plurality of push-rods positioned inside the housing. The wrench head may further include a resilient member positioned inside the housing between the base plate and the distal end of each of the plurality of push-rods. In the default position, the resilient member biases each of the plurality of push-rods, and in the retracted position, the proximal end of each of the plurality of push-rods is pushed against the resilient member to be received along with a portion of the resilient member by a compartment of the plurality of compartments defined at the bottom surface of the base plate.
US11931866B2
An abrasive tool comprises an arbor having a body formed with an internal bore, a mounting plate disposed on the arbor, a cover plate, an abrasive article disposed between the mounting plate and the cover plate, and at least one internal resilient member disposed within the internal bore of the arbor.
US11931864B2
A metering valve for introducing media into a pressurized fluid includes media passaging having a media inlet for receiving media and a media outlet for dispensing media toward the pressurized fluid. The media passaging defines a flow path extending from the media inlet to the media outlet and is configured to permit flow of media along the flow path. A plunger, including a plunger head, is movable between a closed position in which the plunger head forms a seal to prevent flow of media through the media passaging and an open position in which the plunger head permits flow of media through the media passaging. The seal formed by the plunger head includes a first sealing interface and a second sealing interface downstream along the flow path of the first sealing interface.
US11931855B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to planarization of surfaces on substrates and on layers formed on substrates. More specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to planarization of surfaces on substrates for advanced packaging applications, such as surfaces of polymeric material layers. In one implementation, the method includes mechanically grinding a substrate surface against a polishing surface in the presence of a grinding slurry during a first polishing process to remove a portion of a material formed on the substrate; and then chemically mechanically polishing the substrate surface against the polishing surface in the presence of a polishing slurry during a second polishing process to reduce any roughness or unevenness caused by the first polishing process.
US11931853B2
Generating a recipe for controlling a polishing system includes receiving a target removal profile that includes a target thickness to remove for a plurality of locations on a substrate that are angularly distributed around the substrate, and storing a first function defining a polishing rate for a zone from a plurality of pressurizable zones of a carrier head that are angularly distributed around a the carrier head. The first function defines polishing rates as a function of pressures. For each particular zone of the plurality of zones a recipe defining a pressure for the particular zone over time is calculated by calculating an expected thickness profile after polishing using the first function, and minimizing a cost function that incorporates a first term representing a difference between the expected thickness profile and a target thickness profile.
US11931851B2
A handheld pole sander is provided including an elongate body having two ends, an electric motor electrically controlled by control electronics, and a sanding head attached via a pivot mechanism to a first end of the elongate body. The sanding head includes a hood and an output spindle projecting from the hood and rotatably driven by the electric motor. At least part of the elongate body includes a heat conductive part being at least partially made of heat conductive material. The control electronics are mounted on the elongate body adjacent to or in direct contact with the heat conductive part of the elongate body.
US11931845B2
In an example, a system is disclosed. The system comprises a one-piece mandrel, a fuselage coupled to the one-piece mandrel, and a strongback apparatus positioned on the fuselage. The strongback apparatus comprises an arcuate central body comprising a front end, a rear end, and a plurality of elongated members that connect the front end to the rear end, and actuators mounted to the plurality of elongated members. The actuators are configured to move in a radially outward direction from extended positions to retracted positions and comprise (i) proximal ends mounted to the plurality of elongated members and (ii) distal ends having vacuum suction cups. In the extended positions, the vacuum suction cups engage the fuselage on which the strongback apparatus is positioned. As the actuators moves from the extended positions to the retracted positions, the vacuum suction cups pull the fuselage away from the one-piece mandrel.
US11931821B2
A magnesium clad material 100 includes, when a cross-section thereof cut in a thickness direction thereof is observed, a Mg layer (11), a first Al layer (12) made of pure Al or an Al alloy, and a first joint (13) made of pure Cu or a Cu alloy and arranged between the Mg layer and the first Al layer, and the magnesium clad material has a 0.2% proof stress of 150 MPa or more as measured in a tensile test under a room temperature atmosphere.
US11931819B2
Ceramic and ceramic composite components suitable for high temperature applications and methods of manufacturing such components. The components are formed by a displacive compensation of porosity (DCP) process and are suitable for use at operating temperatures above 600° C., and preferably above 1400° C., and possess superior mechanical properties.
US11931816B2
A thread-cutting die head includes a die carrier, defining a central axis, for supporting a plurality of thread-cutting dies, a cam plate coaxial with the die carrier including a plurality of cam members for engaging with the plurality of thread-cutting dies, and a locking system including a positioning screw extending through an arcuate slot in the cam plate, a bushing surrounding the positioning screw, and a handle threadably coupled to the positioning screw configured to impart a force against the bushing to press the flange portion of the bushing against the first surface of the cam plate, thereby developing a frictional force between the bushing and the cam plate to lock the rotational position of the cam plate relative to the die carrier.
US11931811B2
A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate containing a cubic boron nitride-containing sintered body, and a coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein the coating layer comprises a lowermost layer and an alternating laminate structure in this order, the lowermost layer comprises (Al1-xCrx)N, an average thickness of the lowermost layer is 0.01 μm or more and 0.2 μm or less, the alternating laminate structure includes mutually different two kinds of compound layers of a first compound layer containing (Al1-y1Cry1)N and a second compound layer containing (Al1-y2Cry2)N alternately laminated repeatedly twice or more, an average thickness of the entire alternating laminate structure is 0.1 μm or more and 1.2 μm or less, an average thickness of the entire coating layer is 0.2 μm or more and 1.3 μm or less, and a compressive residual stress at the cubic crystal (111) plane is 3.0 GPa or less.
US11931808B2
A bonding composition contains copper powder, a liquid medium, and a reducing agent. The reducing agent contains at least one amino group and a plurality of hydroxyl groups. The reducing agent has a boiling point that is higher than the boiling point of the liquid medium. The reducing agent has a melting point that is equal to or below the sintering temperature of the copper powder. Preferably, the reducing agent is bis(2hydroxyethyl)iminotris(hydroxymethyl)methane. Preferably, the bonding composition has a viscosity of from 10 Pa·s to 200 Pa·s at a shear rate of 10 s−1 at 25° C. Preferably, the bonding composition contains from 0.1 parts to 10 parts by mass of the reducing agent and from 10 parts to 40 parts by mass of the liquid medium with respect to 100 parts by mass of the copper powder.
US11931793B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an inlet lip skin part according to a nominal definition comprising dimensions of the lip skin and associated tolerances, the method comprising the steps of: a) obtaining at least one blank from at least one metal sheet; b) deforming the at least one blank into an intermediate part; and c) machining a first surface of the intermediate part with a first machining path, said first machining path being independent of the real dimensions of the intermediate part, and being based on the nominal definition of the lip skin part, so as to obtain a semi-machined part, and d) machining a second surface of the semi-machined part with a second machining path, said second machining path being based on real dimensions of the semi-machined part and the nominal definition of the lip skin part.
US11931791B2
A stitcher (1) for connecting an end portion of an outgoing metal strip to a starting portion of an incoming metal strip for a continuously operated strip processing system comprises a first punching tool (20), which is designed to connect metal strips having a first thickness range and/or strength range to one another, and a second punching tool (30), which is designed to connect metal strips having a second thickness range and/or strength range to one another. Both thickness ranges and/or strength ranges are different from one another.
US11931787B2
Solid metal protrusions are formed by the method including: clamping and fixing the metal workpiece between a support die and a pressure die; pressing end cross sections of two or more outer peripheral end parts of the metal workpiece fixed between the support die and the pressure die at a temperature lower than a softening point of a metal used as the metal workpiece from a direction perpendicular or oblique to an upright direction of the protrusions to be formed on one surface of the metal workpiece by press molding using a pressing die or a pressing jig; undergoing plastic flows of metal into through-holes formed as recessed parts that serve as female molds for forming the protrusions in at least one of the support die and the pressure die; and forming solid protrusions on the surface of the metal workpiece.
US11931778B2
A device for sorting particulate material includes a main conveyor belt, a separation screen, a graded material conveyor, and an oversize material conveyor. The separation screen is configured to separate the material into a first portion and a second portion with a larger average particle diameter than the first portion. The graded material conveyor is positioned below the separation screen to receive the first portion of the material, and the oversize material conveyor is positioned at an end of the separation screen to receive the second portion of the material.
US11931777B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an ultrasonic transducer assembly comprising an ultrasonic transducer chip having a main surface comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducer elements and a plurality of first contacts for connecting to said ultrasound transducer elements, a contact chip having a further main surface comprising a plurality of second contacts, a backing member comprising ultrasound absorbing and/or scattering bodies, said backing member comprising a first surface on which the transducer chip is mounted and a second surface on which the contact chip is mounted. A flexible interconnect extends over said backing member from the main surface to the further main surface, the flexible interconnect comprising a plurality of conductive tracks, each conductive track connecting one of said first contacts to a second contact. An ultrasound probe including such an assembly, an ultrasonic imaging system including such an ultrasound probes and manufacturing methods of such an assembly and probe are also disclosed.
US11931775B2
A laminate, a display device including the laminate, and an article including the display, the laminate including a substrate, a protective layer, and an intermediate layer provided between the substrate and the protective layer, wherein the protective layer includes a fluorine-containing (poly)ether amide silane compound represented by Formula 1 and having a molecular weight greater than 2,000 Da, and the intermediate layer includes at least one Si—O bond and having a density greater than about 2.0 g/cm3 and less than about 2.5 g/cm3, Rf-(L1)p1-Q1-(L2)p2-Si(R1)(R2)(R3) Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, Rf, L1, p1, Q1, L2, p2, R1 to R3 are the same as described in the specification.
US11931771B2
A system for applying a product (3) by roller is disclosed. The system has an applicator roller (1) for applying a product (3) on a substrate (4) and a first dosing roller (2′) for dosing said product (3) on the surface of the applicator roller (1), wherein the system comprises at least one second dosing roller (2″) configured to fine-tune the dosing performed by the first dosing roller (2′), thereby adjusting the amount of product (3) dosed on the surface of the applicator roller (1).
US11931768B2
A dispensing system for jetting a material onto a substrate is disclosed. The dispensing system includes a plate defining a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface in a first direction, and at least one slot that extends through the plate from the first surface to the second surface, and an actuator assembly that contains a piezoelectric element and is operatively coupled to the needle. The dispensing system also includes at least one fastener that extends through the actuator assembly and the at least one slot, where the at least one fastener is configured to selectively engage the plate such that 1) in a disengaged configuration, the at least one fastener is movable within the slot and the actuator assembly is movable relative to the plate, and 2) in an engaged configuration, the at least one fastener is not movable within the slot and the actuator assembly is not movable relative to the plate such that a stroke length of the needle is adjusted.
US11931766B2
A plural material dispensing system (10) includes a pump (38) having a cylinder (52) mounted between a first bracket (32) and a second bracket (34), a piston (54) disposed within the cylinder (52), and a pump rod (48) extending from the piston (54) and out of the first bracket (32). Material is provided to the cylinder (52) through a flow path extending through the pump rod (48). The piston (54) drives material downstream out of the cylinder (52), and the interface between the piston (54) and the inner surface of the cylinder (52) provides a dynamic seal during pumping. The flow of material into and out of the pump (38) is controlled by actively-controlled inlet and outlet valves.
US11931759B2
A portable dispensing system for dispensing a solution of a fluid and a solid product includes a fluid line, a dispenser, and a cartridge. The fluid line includes a first and second fluid line ends and a fluid source connection at the first fluid line end. The dispenser is at the second fluid line end. The dispenser includes a body and a fluid outlet. The cartridge houses the solid product and includes a fluid inlet and a solution outlet. The cartridge is removably connected at the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet of the dispenser. The cartridge is configured to receive fluid from the fluid outlet of the dispenser such that fluid contacts the solid product housed in the cartridge and dissolves at least a portion of the solid product forming the solution. The cartridge is also configured to output the solution at the solution outlet.
US11931750B1
A hose nozzle for spraying fluids is disclosed. The hose nozzle comprises a faceplate rotatable about a central pivot axis to two or more user-selectable rotational orientations. The faceplate comprises an upstream sealing surface and two or more entry openings. A seal member defines a seal opening that comprises a portion of a fluid flow pathway within the hose nozzle. The seal member may comprise a downstream sealing surface.
US11931745B2
A grinding roll including a roll body having a cylindrical outer surface extending axially between a pair of opposite ends and a side groove formed at each end of the roll body. The side groove includes a support shoulder recessed from the cylindrical outer surface and/or from surfaces of the opposite ends of the roll body. The grinding roll includes an edge ring including a plurality of spaced receiving cavities and a plurality of wear members. Each wear member is received and retained in at least one of the receiving cavities of the edge ring. The wear members are positioned along the edge ring to define an edge of the grinding roll, and the edge ring is received within each side groove. The wear members are arranged to provide a wear protecting surface which is angled in relation to the cylindrical outer surface of the roll body. The angled wear protecting surface prevents excessive build-up of material on the grinding roll and reduces the need for maintenance.
US11931740B2
A system and method for processing and detecting nucleic acids from a set of biological samples, comprising: a capture plate and a capture plate module configured to facilitate binding of nucleic acids within the set of biological samples to magnetic beads; a molecular diagnostic module configured to receive nucleic acids bound to magnetic beads, isolate nucleic acids, and analyze nucleic acids, comprising a cartridge receiving module, a heating/cooling subsystem and a magnet configured to facilitate isolation of nucleic acids, a valve actuation subsystem configured to control fluid flow through a microfluidic cartridge for processing nucleic acids, and an optical subsystem for analysis of nucleic acids; a fluid handling system configured to deliver samples and reagents to components of the system to facilitate molecular diagnostic protocols; and an assay strip configured to combine nucleic acid samples with molecular diagnostic reagents for analysis of nucleic acids.
US11931737B2
Disclosed herein are platforms, systems, and methods including a cell culture system that includes a cell culture container comprising a cell culture, the cell culture receiving input cells, a cell imaging subsystem configured to acquire images of the cell culture, a computing subsystem configured to perform a cell culture process on the cell culture according to the images acquired by the cell imaging subsystem, and a cell editing subsystem configured to edit the cell culture to produce output cell products according to the cell culture process.
US11931730B1
The present invention provides a palladium precatalyst for cross-coupling reaction, the palladium precatalyst comprising a structure represented by following formula 1: wherein, R1 and R2 are the same, and R1 and R2 are substituted or unsubstituted phenyl; R3 and R4 are the same, and R3 and R4 are substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or cyclohexyl.
US11931717B2
An article Including a support matrix including a plurality of pores, a metal oxide and a clay, wherein the metal oxide and the clay are disposed on the support matrix or within the plurality of pores of the support matrix, and a method of removing a hydrocarbon fluid and microplastics from an aqueous fluid by immersing the article into the aqueous fluid.
US11931713B2
A data storage medium is disclosed comprising a solid support matrix including an optional stabilising reagent or reagents in a dry form, for use as a support for artificially synthesised oligonucleotide sequences encoded with data. Preferably the matrix is fibrous (for example cellulose, or glass, fibres) formed into a support of sufficient strength to hold the oligonucleotide sequences. The stabilising reagents are preferably a combination of a weak base, and a chelating agent, optionally, uric acid or a urate salt, and optionally an anionic surfactant.
US11931711B2
The present invention teaches a composition and process for irreversibly agglomerated charge stable core shell microcapsules, each microcapsule containing a benefit agent core material, which may be the same or different, the polymeric all or walls comprising one or more (meth)acrylate polymers, or optionally combinations with other polymers, along with a polyvalent cation. The capsules of the invention adhere better to surfaces, are more stable and are useful for delivery of benefit agents.
US11931710B2
The present invention describes various methods for manufacturing gel composite sheets using segmented fiber or foam reinforcements and gel precursors. Additionally, rigid panels manufactured from the resulting gel composites are also described. The gel composites are relatively flexible enough to be wound and when unwound, can be stretched flat and made into rigid panels using adhesives.
US11931708B2
Provided is a carbon dioxide fluidity control device comprising, a sample preparation tank, a high-pressure stirring unit, a reciprocating plunger pump and a booster pump, wherein the stirring unit comprises one or more high-pressure stirring tanks, each provided with an atomizing spray probe and a piston, wherein a discharge port of the sample preparation tank is connected to the atomizing spray probe via a plunger pump, which is connected to the piston to push the piston to reciprocate; the booster pump is connected to the high-pressure stirring tanks to provide supercritical carbon dioxide to the high-pressure stirring tank; and a discharge port of the high-pressure stirring tanks is connected to an oilfield well group. Provided is a carbon dioxide fluidity control method using the device, comprising mixing surfactants and nanoparticles with heated carbon dioxide, and injecting a microemulsion of supercritical carbon dioxide and nano-silicon dioxide into an oilfield well group.
US11931706B2
Apparatus that mixes non-homogenous fluid. A threaded shaft within a housing circulates fluid within a container to effect mixing. In one embodiment, when placed in a container of fluid, the housing the fluid is recirculated through opposing ends of the housing. In an embodiment of a related method for mixing, a pump housing containing a screw journaled for rotation receives fluid within a container and conveys the fluid therethrough to circulate a fluid portion in the container along an exterior surface of the housing for mixing with another fluid portion to improve fluid homogeneity. After mixing, the portion of the fluid which first circulates through the housing may recirculate through the housing with said another portion of the fluid. The fluid may be continuously mixed and recirculated through the housing.
US11931702B2
A Reflux Rinsing apparatus for purifying crystals using solvent vapor through dynamic equilibrium recrystallization. A pressure vessel contains a liquefied gas solvent, impure crystalline starting material initially, and a purified crystalline mass at the conclusion of the purifying process. A mechanism is provided for providing pressure to contents of the pressure vessel and for heating the lower portion thereof. A timer is also connected to the mechanism, the timer being set to heat the pressure vessel to drive vapors and reflux rinsing to remove impurities at the surface of an impure crystalline mass, to reclaim the solvent, leaving purified crystals and impurities in the pressure vessel, and to open the pressure vessel to remove the purified crystals from the vessel walls and bottom surface and to remove the impurities from the vessel. The angle of a crystal bed in the apparatus can be adjusted.
US11931687B2
An integrated amine and redox gas treatment system is configured to treat an influent hydrocarbon containing stream. The system includes a reduction oxidation unit connected directly downstream of an amine unit. The amine unit is configured to separate the influent fluid stream into a first amine effluent stream including hydrocarbons and a second amine effluent stream including a connection pressure and comprising CO2. The reduction oxidation unit is configured to receive the second amine effluent stream from the amine unit and operate at the connection pressure while releasing a reduction oxidation effluent stream including purified CO2. The connection pressure includes a single pressure or a plurality of pressures at which both the amine unit and the reduction oxidation unit are configured to operate.
US11931683B2
A scrubber system may include a scrubber housing including a vertically extended cleaning space, an inflow chamber coupled to a bottom portion of the scrubber housing, and first and second inflow portions, each of which is configured to supply a gas into the inflow chamber. The inflow chamber may include a mixing space, and the mixing space may be connected to the cleaning space. The first inflow portion may include a first connection pipe coupled to the inflow chamber to provide a first connection path and the second inflow portion may include a second connection pipe coupled to the inflow chamber to provide a second connection path. The first and second connection paths may be extended toward the mixing space in opposite directions, respectively, and may be connected to opposite portions of the mixing space, respectively.
US11931681B2
The air filter systems described herein include one or more pulse collectors and pulse generators aligned along pulse axes. The pulse generators and filter elements may be arranged along a pulse distance as measured from a pulse outlet to a filter element opening. The pulse collectors and the filter elements may have openings with a relationship between them within parameters described herein. The pulse collectors may have a relationship between their hydraulic diameter and their length within parameters described herein. The pulse collectors may include a filter section and a pulse section that meet at a junction along a length of the pulse collector. The pulse sections may have a hydraulic diameter that increases when moving from the junction to the tube sheet opening of the pulse section. The filter sections may have a hydraulic diameter that remains constant when moving from the junction to the filter end opening of the filter section. Filter elements/cartridges used in the air filter systems may have filter media shaped or formed into ovate cross-sections.
US11931676B2
A filter assembly includes a filter head and a filter cartridge. The filter head includes a filter head coupling surface, a filter head outlet, a filter head inner wall, and a filter head outer wall. The filter head coupling surface defines a filter head opening. The filter head outlet is configured to provide a fluid. The filter head inner wall extends around the filter head outlet. The filter head outer wall extends around the filter head inner wall. The filter head inner wall and the filter head outer wall collectively define a filter head channel. The filter cartridge includes a filter cartridge shell and a filter element. The filter cartridge shell has a filter cartridge coupling surface that is configured to be coupled to the filter head coupling surface. The filter cartridge shell defines a filter cartridge opening.
US11931667B2
A performer lift has abase portion (10) and an extension portion (12). The base portion (10) comprises a platform (16) and a lifting mechanism (18). The extension portion (12) is attachable to the base portion (10) to extend the height of the performer lift. The extension portion (12) allows a performer lift to be provided having a desired height. The performer lift can therefore be adapted to be used in different stage sets, by reusing the same base portion (10) and attaching different extension portions (12), having different heights.
US11931666B2
To provide an expression-variable robot capable of stably showing a variety of expressions by a simple configuration. An expression-variable robot includes a simulated face and an eyebrow body that is disposed on the surface of the simulated face, the eyebrow body having flexibility. The expression-variable robot further includes a first support part that supports an outer end of the eyebrow body, a second support part that supports an inner end of the eyebrow body, and drive parts that rotate the outer end.
US11931658B2
A frame for a simulator includes first and second guides and subframes for a seat and for a steering wheel which are slidable in the frame along the guides. The subframes include fixation devices. Each fixation device includes a fixation member which extends on either side of the respective guide and which has a recess through which the guide protrudes. The fixation member is pivotable about an axis oriented perpendicularly of the guide between a release position, in which mutually opposite edges of the recess lie at a distance from the guide, and a fixation position in which the edges engage on mutually opposite sides of the guide. A subframe slidable along a guide for use in such a frame. A fixation device for use in such a frame.
US11931651B2
A graphical user interface for electronic games is disclosed. The interface comprises a current weapon panel configured to display a first weapon in an active state, and a plurality of spare weapon panels configured to display weapons in the inactive state. The plurality of spare weapon panels is arranged in accordance with the panel ranking values assigned to each spare weapon panel. The selection of any one of the spare weapon panels results in a corresponding weapon in the inactive state, which is displayed on the selected spare weapon panel, being switched to the active state and promoted to the current weapon panel, and the first weapon being switched to the inactive state and relegated to a spare weapon panel. The weapons in the inactive state are dynamically ordered and displayed on the plurality of spare weapon panels according to the panel ranking value of the spare weapon panels and the predicted weapon ranking value.
US11931632B2
A golf club head includes a golf club body including a crown, a sole, and a skirt connected between the crown and the sole, the golf club body including a front including a leading edge and a back including a trailing edge, and a hosel connected to the golf club body; a face connected to the front of the golf club body, the face including a geometric center, the golf club head including modifiable boundary conditions.
US11931631B2
A golf club head includes a metal frame having a sole opening, a composite laminate crown joined to the frame, a composite laminate sole insert joined to the frame and overlying the sole opening, and a thermoplastic composite component overmolded on the sole insert. The composite component may include a weight track, ribs, supports or other features. A method of making the golf club includes the steps of forming a frame having a sole opening, forming a composite laminate sole insert, forming a composite laminate crown insert, injection molding a thermoplastic composite head component over the sole insert to create a sole insert unit, and joining the sole insert unit and crown insert to the frame.
US11931627B2
A ball striking device may include a ball striking plate having a front surface configured to strike a ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface. The ball striking device may include a covering element located behind the rear surface. The covering element may be affixed to the rear surface of the ball striking plate with an adhesive member. The adhesive member may include a double-sided tape. Further, a thickened portion of the ball striking plate may be located behind a desired-contact region of the ball striking plate and the covering element may be affixed thereto. The covering element may be a highly-contoured element. The ball striking device may be a golf club head.
US11931623B2
An apparatus enabling a user to perform a simulated bicycling exercise includes a frame, two mounting points defining an axis, the two mounting points comprising an upper rear mounting point comprising an upper rear rotating joint and a lower front mounting point comprising a pivoting connection arrangement proximate to and interacting with the frame, the pivoting connection arrangement comprising at least one resistive element configured to provide resistive force returning the frame to a neutral centered orientation from an off-centered orientation and pedals associated with a wheel and the frame, the pedals enabling the user, when facing forward, to apply force to the pedals and rotate the wheel. The frame is configured to receive forces from the user and dissipate the forces into frame leaning forces such that the user has an ability to cause the frame to pivot about the two mounting points by leaning to one side.
US11931618B2
A locking and release mechanism for simultaneously positioning an exercise arm in two perpendicular directions, having: (a) a first positioning guide for positioning an exercise arm in a first direction; (b) a second positioning guide for positioning the exercise arm in a second direction; and (c) a locking and release mechanism for locking and releasing the first and second positioning guides, wherein the locking and release mechanism includes: a moveable tab, and one or more positioning pins, wherein movement of the moveable tab locks one two positioning pins into apertures in each of the first and second positioning guides.
US11931614B2
A fire-extinguishing agent capable of extinguishing the combustion of aluminum slag, and a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. The fire-extinguishing agent comprises the following raw materials: a sulfate, a chlorine salt, a mineral, a silica gel, a surfactant and a stearate. The main materials of sulfate and chlorine salt are solid waste containing sulfate and chlorine salt obtained by separating high-salt wastewater generated during a resynthesis process of a positive electrode material of a waste lithium battery. The solid waste containing sulfate and chlorine salt is used as a material for a fire-extinguishing agent, which can effectively recycle waste resources. The wastewater of a large amount and high salt content produced in the synthesis process of the positive electrode material of the waste lithium battery is separated and evaporated to obtain more solid wastes containing sulfate and chlorine salt, which can be used as the main material for preparing fire-extinguishing agents on a large scale.
US11931608B1
A system for dispensing flame retardant foam on the exterior of a structure. The structure has an opening that enables distribution of flame retardant foam onto the roof. The system includes a foam distribution system having a foam expansion chamber and a roof plenum for delivery through the roof opening. Foam solution and compressed air are combined in a conduit and supplied to the foam expansion chamber. The structure may have at least one wall. In that case, the system may have a wall plenum for delivery of flame retardant foam from the foam expansion chamber through a first wall-associated opening. Each such wall will have an opening associated with the wall that enables distribution of flame retardant foam onto that wall.
US11931605B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an equipment carrying system configured for sliding over a valveless end of a gas cylinder. The assembly includes a main body having a plurality of straps forming a webbing; a seat portion formed within the main body, the seat portion being configured to receive the valveless end of the gas cylinder; an auxiliary cylinder assembly coupled to the main body, the auxiliary cylinder assembly configured to hold a second gas cylinder; a handle coupled to the seat portion, the handle used to lift and carrying the main body; and wherein the main body, the auxiliary cylinder assembly, and the handle hang from the seat portion on the valveless end of the gas cylinder.
US11931600B2
Techniques are presented for optimizing a treatment plan for charged particle therapy. The method includes obtaining medical image data voxels inside a subject in a reference frame of a radiation source that emits a beam of charged particles at multiple tracks with a controlled emitted energy at each track. Hydrogen density (HD) is determined based on the medical image data. Stopping power ratio (SPR) along a first beam having a first track and first emitted energy is calculated based on HD. A range to a Bragg peak is calculated along the first beam based on the SPR and the first emitted energy. The first beam track or the first emitted energy, or both, is modified based at least in part on the beam range to determine a second track and second emitted energy. Output data that indicates the second track and second emitted energy are sent.
US11931598B2
Image information regarding a particular patient is provided, which image information includes, at least in part, a tumor to be irradiated. These teachings can also include providing non-image clinical information that corresponds to the particular patient. A control circuit accesses the foregoing image information and non-image clinical information and automatically generates a clinical target volume that is larger than the tumor as a function of both the image information and the non-image clinical information. The control circuit can then generate a corresponding radiation treatment plan based upon that clinical target volume, which plan can be utilized to irradiate the clinical target volume.
US11931595B2
The embodiments herein provide an LED based vaginal light therapy device for a plurality of bacterial and fungal infections. The device comprises an LED body, a cervix support, a single or a plurality of LEDs, a switch, a tether, microchip and a battery. One end of the device comprises a cervix support to place the device smoothly against the cervix. A plurality of LEDs is provided over the LED body. The LED body comprises one or more LEDs and each LED emits a light having a wavelength in a therapeutic zone of light. The light emitted are in a range of blue light and/or red light. The microchip is housed within the LED body. The microchip connects a battery to the single or plurality of LED's and is further connected to the switch.
US11931588B2
Disclosed is a plug-in accessory for operating a mobile device as an external controller for an Implantable Medical Device (IMD). The accessory includes a connector insertable into a port on the mobile device. Accessory circuitry can be powered by a battery or by the mobile device. An application on the mobile device in conjunction with the accessory configures the mobile phone for immediate use as an IMD external controller. When the accessory is inserted into the port or a switch on the accessory pressed, the application operates to validate the accessory; to unlock the phone; to secure the mobile device; and to render a graphical user interface on the mobile device for communicating with the IMD. The accessory can additionally include telemetry circuitry and an antenna for communicating with the IMD, rather than using short-range communication means provided in the mobile device itself.
US11931583B2
A neurostimulation system comprises a control system configured to monitor a patient receiving neurostimulation therapy. The neurostimulation therapy has a stimulation cycle comprising a stimulation ON period, in which the patient is receiving neurostimulation, and a stimulation OFF period, in which the patient is not receiving neurostimulation. The control system is programmed to receive electrocardiogram (ECG) data from the patient receiving the neurostimulation therapy. The control system is further programmed to monitor a heart rate of the patient based on the ECG data over at least one stimulation cycle of the neurostimulation therapy. The control system is further programmed to generate an indication of signal stability to be displayed to a user based on the received ECG data.
US11931578B2
The disclosure provides systems and methods for treating obstructive sleep apnea using an acoustic sensor configured to detect acoustic sounds generated by the heart and lungs. Sensory data from the acoustic sensor is used by an implanted stimulation system to determine when to deliver electrical stimulation to a nerve which innervates an upper airway muscle, such as the hypoglossal nerve, to treat sleep apnea.
US11931572B1
A noninvasive/minimally invasive neuromodulation system and method for providing therapy to a target neural tissue of a patient. In one arrangement, an example method comprises applying at least two input waveforms to respective pairs of electrodes affixed on the patient's skin or subcutaneously disposed relative to the target neural tissue, wherein the frequencies of the input waveforms are configured such that they combine, when simultaneously applied, to generate a beat waveform having a beat frequency due to interference. The beat waveform is causative of a transcutaneous/subcutaneous temporal interference (T/STI) electric field generated in the patient body, the T/STI electric field including an interference region at least partially overlapping the target neural tissue of the patient, wherein the beat frequency is of a value operative to impart a therapeutic effect to the target neural tissue.
US11931569B2
A system and a method for increasing permeability of a brain barrier selected from a blood-brain barrier or a blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier by controlled application of pulsed electric fields.
US11931565B2
The invention relates to a surgical application tool (18) for implanting an electrode wire on nerves in an inner area of a pelvis of a human body, the surgical application tool (18) including a mandrel (16) having an engagement tip (19) and a shaft section (02) and including a sleeve (01) which is configured to insert and guide the electrode wire through a sleeve interior (08) when the mandrel (16) is removed, the sleeve (01) extending at least along the shaft section (02) and being detachable from the mandrel (16), a handle (20) being provided on the mandrel (16) and/or the sleeve (01) for the extracorporeal handling of the application tool (18), and the handle (20) being configured to manually rotate and/or pivot the mandrel (16) and/or the sleeve (01) when it is inserted into the body. The shaft section (02) of the mandrel (16) and/or the sleeve (01) have/has at least one S-shaped segment (03) having two consecutive arc sections (05, 06), the outer arc section (06) of the S-shaped segment (03) at least partially enclosing the nerve.
US11931564B2
The present disclosure is directed towards devices, methods, and related systems that are minutely-invasively delivered to the brain parenchyma, subdural or subarachnoid space where the devices, methods, and systems directly interface with central nervous system media (i.e., fluid or tissue) enabling detecting, sensing, measuring, stimulating, altering and/or modulating of the media or tissue surfaces.
US11931557B2
The present disclosure relates to a dosage measurement system for a medicament delivery device. The medicament delivery device comprises a medicament reservoir, a lead screw and a drive sleeve. The drive sleeve is rotatable to axially displace the lead screw relative to the drive sleeve to dispense medicament from the medicament reservoir. The dosage measurement system comprises a sensor unit and a processor. The sensor unit is configured to measure rotation of at least one of the drive sleeve and lead screw. The processor is configured to determine a dosage dispensed from the medicament reservoir based on the measured rotation of said at least one of the drive sleeve and lead screw.
US11931556B2
The present invention provides a drug injection device (100, 100′, 100″) comprising a first element (130) and a second element (102, 102′, 102″) configured to undergo movement relative to each other corresponding to an action performed on or by the drug injection device (100, 100′, 100″), wherein the first element (130) comprises serially disposed protrusions (133), and wherein the second element (102, 102′, 102″) comprises a second element base and a deflectable transducer (170, 170′, 170″). The deflectable transducer (170, 170′, 170″) defines a base portion attached to the second element base, and a deflectable portion (162) configured for sequentially cooperating with the plurality of protrusions (133), wherein a processor (165) is electrically connected with the deflectable transducer (170, 170′, 170″) to register activation signals. The deflectable transducer (170, 170′, 170″) comprises a carrier foil (161) that extends from the base portion to the tip end of the deflectable portion (162), and a sensor element comprising a strain sensitive material (175) disposed on the carrier foil (161) and extending from the base portion towards the tip end of the deflectable portion (162), wherein the carrier foil (161), between the base portion and tip end of the deflectable portion (162), comprises a non-supported portion having said strain sensitive material (175) disposed at least partly along the non-supported portion.
US11931553B2
The present disclosure relates to medical delivery devices that include a barrel having an inner surface, and in at least one embodiment, the inner surface is hydrophilic. The medical delivery device may further include a stopper may having an elastomeric body, one or more fluoropolymer layers, and two or more ribs laminated to the one or more fluoropolymer layers. In some embodiments, the contact angle of the inner surface of the barrel is less than about 58°. Additionally, the stopper includes a sliding surface that is less than about 2.0 mm. The barrel provides inner surface that in combination with the fluoropolymer laminate or fluoropolymer film achieve high levels of air and liquid impermeability while also maintaining an acceptably low break loose force, low average glide force, and low glide force variation. In some embodiments, the compressibility stopper against the barrel is greater than about 7.9%.
US11931551B2
A medical injection system adapted for a single-handed injection, the medical injection device comprising a gas compartment configured to contain a gas, the gas compartment comprising a piston, a reservoir intended to contain a drug composition, the reservoir having a proximal portion and a distal portion provided with a fluid exit configured to receive an injection needle, wherein the piston can move proximally between a distal position defining a first volume of the gas compartment to a proximal position defining a second volume of the gas compartment smaller than the first volume, and wherein the gas compartment is in gas communication with the reservoir in order to force the drug composition through the fluid exit, when the piston is moved proximally.
US11931549B2
One or more embodiments of the disclosure relate, generally, to a diabetes management system. The diabetes management system may include a computing device that is configured to receive data relating to prior insulin use of a user and calculate a sliding scale glucose correction based, at least in part, on the data relating to prior insulin use.
US11931547B1
Some embodiments are directed to a medical device for fluidly connecting to a medical spike, including a spike port configured to receive therein the medical spike and establish fluid communication between the medical spike and the medical device The spike-locking mechanism can be configured to resist extraction of the medical spike from the spike port.
US11931546B2
The present disclosure describes a medical syringe pump and a method for calibrating a medical syringe pump. In some cases the medical syringe pump is configured and/or prepared to execute the method according to the present disclosure, or has been calibrated accordingly. This disclosure also describes a blood treatment apparatus which comprises such syringe pump or is connected to such syringe pump. Furthermore, the present disclosure describes a digital storage medium and/or a computer program product as a computer program.
US11931542B2
This nest comprises a plurality of breakable connecting bridges, a plurality of flanges arranged in a predetermined pattern and configured to form the flanges of the medical containers, the flanges being connected to the breakable connecting bridges, and a supporting structure attached to the breakable connecting bridges so as to support the flanges. The flanges are integrally formed with the breakable connecting bridges and the supporting structure.
US11931528B2
A catheter configured to dynamically compensate for the impact of internal and external forces that act upon the catheter during use is disclosed. The catheter may include sensors configured to measure received forces on control cables that extend within the catheter. A controller, coupled to the sensors, may record received force measurements associated with a working position of a distal end of the catheter. The controller may monitor subsequently received forces to identify force variances that may deflect the distal end of the catheter from its working position and may apply a driving force to one or more of the control cables to minimize the force variances. Monitoring received forces during use and applying compensating drive forces may reduce deflection of the distal end of the catheter, increasing the accuracy and precision of an annuloplasty procedure while minimizing potential damage to cardiac tissue.
US11931525B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of stabilizers for use in delivering a replacement heart valve. The stabilizers can receive a portion of a delivery system, such as a handle, to prevent unwanted motion of the delivery system. The stabilizer can include a linear actuator for adjusting a position of the delivery system once held within the stabilizer.
US11931523B2
A lead delivery apparatus and a method of delivering a medical lead to an anatomic target site. The method includes inserting a hydraulic plug into an internal delivery lumen of a delivery shaft, and coupling a medical lead to the hydraulic plug. Hydraulic pressure is applied to the hydraulic plug through the delivery lumen, thereby moving the hydraulic plug toward an anatomic target site, and advancing the medical lead toward the target site.
US11931522B2
A balloon guide catheter having a sleeved inflation lumen secured with a wire wrap for improved inflation lumen kink protection and a welded balloon construction provides a robust and flexible catheter with an exceptionally large inner lumen relative to its outer profile and enables rapid and reliable balloon inflation and deflation in a highly deliverable and kink resistant catheter. Balloon guide catheters having multiple sleeved inflation lumens and proximal luers for utilizing the multiple inflation lumens are also provided.
US11931518B2
An active humidifier includes a disposable cartridge provided with a humidification chamber adapted to contain water to be heated for air humidification, with an inlet mouth for air introduced by a ventilation device and with an outlet mouth for conditioned air to a patient, the cartridge includes a disposable heating element directly inserted inside the humidification chamber close to the bottom and distanced therefrom, immersed in the water and lapped on all sides, the cartridge also includes an electrical connector for the electrical connection of the disposable heating element, and the disposable heating element includes an electrical resistor and in the humidification chamber is a sealed casing entirely made of plastic material.
US11931516B2
A patient interface comprises an opening for receiving a flow of gas from a conduit and an adaptable connector system for connecting at least two different types of conduit with the opening. The adaptable connector is permanently mounted with the patient interface so it cannot be lost and is able to swing into alignment with the opening, thereby providing a different connection end to be compatible with a second or further type of conduit connection end.
US11931512B2
A patient interface including a positioning and stabilizing structure that is configured to maintain a first seal-forming structure and a second seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position. The positioning and stabilizing structure comprises a frame coupled to the plenum chamber. The frame includes a central portion coupled to the plenum chamber outside of the cavity. The frame also includes a pair of arms that extend away from the central portion in a posterior direction past the second seal-forming structure. The pair of arms are more flexible than the central portion. The positioning and stabilizing structure also includes headgear straps coupled to the frame, which configured to provide a tensile force to the first seal-forming structure and to the second seal-forming structure into the patient's face via the frame.
US11931507B2
An electronic vapor provision device comprises a body and a vaporizer. The body comprises a power cell and a processor, and the vaporizer is releasably connectable to the body. The processor is configured to enter a sleep mode when the vaporizer is connected to the body and the device is inactive for an inactive time. Furthermore, the processor is configured to leave the sleep mode and enter a usable mode when the vaporizer is disconnected from the body then reconnected to the body.
US11931504B2
An inhaler with an inner housing with a pressurised reservoir of an inhalable composition. A breath operated valve is operable by a user inhaling on an inhaling end of the inhaler. A composition flow path extends from the breath operated valve to the inhaling end via which the composition is dispensed when the breath operated valve is opened. The breath operated valve is biased closed by a biasing member contacting the breath operated valve at one end. A bung in the inner housing is positioned in an opening in the inner housing to support the end of the biasing member opposite to the breath operated valve. A rigid outer housing surrounds the inner housing and supports the bung.
US11931503B2
A mobile negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device is described having an inlet; a canister in fluid flow connection with the inlet; a pump having a pump casing with a pump inlet in fluid flow connection with the canister in the canister, and a pump outlet for output of air transported through the pump; an elastomeric jacket at least partly enclosing the pump, the elastomeric jacket being configured to define a flow channel having a first end arranged to receive air output by the pump outlet and a second end spaced apart from the first end for discharging the air output by the pump outlet following passage through the flow channel; a control unit for controlling operation of the mobile NPWT device; a battery arrangement for powering the mobile NPWT device; and a housing enclosing at least the pump, the elastomeric jacket, the control unit, and the battery arrangement.
US11931499B2
A pressure detector including a case connectable to a flow route and attachable to a predetermined attaching surface; and a membrane member attached inside the case and with which a liquid-phase portion to be supplied with the liquid in the flow route and a gas-phase portion to be supplied with gas are separated from each other, the membrane member being displaceable in accordance with a pressure of the liquid supplied to the liquid-phase portion, the pressure detector detecting the pressure of the liquid in the flow route by detecting a pressure in the gas-phase portion. The pressure detector includes an inlet port including a connecting portion connectable to the flow route, and a flow-route portion through which the liquid flows into an inlet opening of the liquid-phase portion; and an outlet port including a connecting portion connectable to the flow route, and a flow-route portion through which the liquid having flowed into the liquid-phase portion is discharged from an outlet opening. The outlet opening is positioned in a part of the liquid-phase portion that includes a highest point in a vertical direction in a state where the case is attached to the predetermined attaching surface, and the outlet port extends obliquely upward from the outlet opening.
US11931493B2
A control system is configured to implement a method of preparing a blood treatment apparatus (1) for blood treatment. The method comprises installing, by use of a disposable arrangement, first and second flow circuits (C1, C2) separated by a semi-permeable membrane (25), the first flow circuit (C1) being connected for fluid communication with the apparatus (1) and the second flow circuit (C2) being connected to form a closed loop that includes a sterilizing filter (46) and, optionally, a container (30). The method further comprises performing backfiltration to transfer a human-compatible fluid from the first flow circuit (C1) to the second flow circuit (C2) through the semi-permeable membrane (25), and circulating (304) the human-compatible fluid in the closed loop of second flow circuit (C2), to thereby sterilize the human-compatible fluid by the sterilizing filter (46) and, optionally, collect a resulting sterile fluid in the container (30) for later use.
US11931491B2
An improved breast pump flange assembly, flexible membrane and method of use are disclosed. In some embodiments, the breast pump flange assembly includes a flanged housing having an interior chamber extending therethrough. The flanged housing including an upper receiving portion having a first diameter, a substantially tubular middle portion having a second diameter, and a substantially tubular lower connecting portion having a third diameter. In some embodiments, the breast pump flange assembly further includes a flexible membrane having an opening extending therethrough. The flexible membrane having one or more support pad positioned at least partially around the opening of the tubular middle portion of the flanged housing. The support pad configured to simulate the sensation of a baby's mouth on a breast, causing the breast to be massaged by intermittent suction action produced by a breast pump.
US11931490B2
An air purification module for purifying air includes a photocatalyst filter and a light source unit sequentially arranged in a selected direction. The light source unit is spaced apart from the photocatalyst filter to provide light to the photocatalyst filter and includes a substrate and a light source disposed on the substrate. The substrate includes at least one aperture to control a flow channel and a flow velocity of air so as to improve air purification effects through the photocatalyst filter when the air flows from the substrate towards the photocatalyst filter.
US11931473B2
A handheld light assembly for eradicating pathogens includes a housing. A processor and a lamp are disposed inside the housing. The lamp irradiates surfaces with disinfecting ultraviolet light having a peak wavelength of 222 nm filtered to restrict illumination to between 200 nm and 230 nm within an irradiation zone. A distance measuring system includes a secondary light source generating secondary light and a photodetector for measuring distance of the secondary light to a surface being irradiated by the lamp light being reflected from the surface to the photodetector. The secondary light source is offset at an angle from the lamp thereby projecting the light beam to a central area of the irradiation zone generated by the lamp. The photodetector signals the processor to calculate a vertical distance between the lamp and the central area of the irradiation zone on the surface being irradiated from an angular projection of the secondary light.
US11931468B2
A feminine care absorbent article comprising an absorbent member positioned between a topsheet and a baffle is provided. The absorbent member contains at least one layer that comprises superabsorbent particles containing nanopores having an average cross-sectional dimension of from about 10 to about 500 nanometers.
US11931467B2
Disclosed herein is an albumin pharmaceutical composition, comprising albumin and at least one amino acid having a relative molecular mass of 145-175. Clinically, the albumin pharmaceutical composition can effectively reduce undesirable responses, such as rash, urticaria, anaphylaxis and possible immune responses in the human body caused by albumin polymers and dimers, thereby further ensuring the safety in clinical medication.
US11931464B2
Provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for preparing pharmaceutical compositions comprising Ibuprofen using solventless mixing methods. Excess coating material that is not bound to coated Ibuprofen may be removed by a sieving process. Coating and dosing ratios can also be optimized to minimize the amount of excess unbound coating material. Additionally, the compositions can be formulated to preserve the functional coating of coated Ibuprofen and to minimize aeration of Ibuprofen when mixed into suspension.
US11931457B2
The present invention refers to a set for the production of a ready-to-use chemo-therapeutic composition for intraperitoneal administration as an aerosol, wherein the set comprises an aqueous concentrate containing at least cisplatin in a first predetermined concentration and doxorubicin in a second predetermined concentration with a predetermined ratio of the first and the second concentration and having a pH value in the range from 3.0 to 7.0. The set further comprises a physiological aqueous carrier solution, which is for optional dilution of the concentrate depending on target concentrations of cisplatin and doxorubicin in the chemo-therapeutic composition to be applied. Further, the invention refers to a method for providing of a ready-for-use chemotherapeutic composition for intraperitoneal administration as an aerosol by using of a set, to a chemotherapeutic composition for intraperitoneal administration as an aerosol, and a use of the chemotherapeutic composition.
US11931448B2
A water-in-oil emulsion composition that is significantly excellent in emulsification stability, and also excellent in non-stickiness is provided. The water-in-oil emulsion composition includes (a) a polyoxyalkylene/alkyl co-modified silicone; (b) a core-corona particle; (c) an oil-phase component; and (d) an aqueous-phase component.
US11931441B2
Disclosed is a personal care product customized by one or more solid discrete particles of a mixture composition, wherein the mixture composition comprises a surfactant and a high melting point fatty compound, and wherein the mixture composition contains less than about 50% of water. Also disclosed is a method of applying such customized personal care products to a target surface. The present invention provides at least one of the following benefits: Boosting rheology especially storage modulus (G′); Boosting conditioning benefits; Adding a new benefit such as aesthetic benefit, anti-dandruff benefit, sensate such as heating/cooling, and scent; and Providing at least one of the above benefits, while having improved stability.
US11931440B2
The present disclosure relates to a two-component hair care agent including, separately from one another, an anhydrous carrier as a first component and, as a second component, an aqueous carrier. The anhydrous carrier includes a branched or unbranched alkane having a chain length of C10 to C30, a branched or unbranched fatty alcohol having a chain length of C8 to C22, an organic acid or an alkalizing agent and a pH sensitive color indicator. The aqueous carrier includes a cationic surfactant comprising an organic radical having a chain length of C12 to C30. In addition, the present disclosure relates to a method for the production of a cosmetic agent in which the first component and the second component are mixed together and the use of the two-component hair care agent for the care of keratinic fibers, in particular human hair.
US11931438B2
An oral care formulation includes an aqueous mixture of a water-soluble silver salt, a fluoride reagent, and a water-soluble polymer, the aqueous mixture having a viscosity ranging from about 1000 cPs to about 35,000 cPs. A method of using a fluoride and silver containing formulation, such as silver diamine fluoride, in dental applications includes providing a substrate having the formulation in a solid or semi-solid state on a portion of the substrate, positioning the substrate adjacent to dental areas, and allowing the portion of the substrate with the formulation to contact the dental areas. A disposable applicator for applying the formulation is also disclosed.
US11931433B2
The present disclosure provides dry shampoo compositions effective for cleaning hair and also coloring hair. The dry shampoo compositions can include a starch component mixed with a colorant, a color adhesion promoter, a solvent, and optional further ingredients, such as propellants and fragrances.
US11931432B2
The present invention relates to a dental composition comprising a specific radically polymerizable compound and a radical initiator system. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the specific radically polymerizable compound and its use in a dental composition. The specific radically polymerizable compound of the present invention has an allyl (meth)acrylamide group and a phosphoric acid ester group.
US11931424B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods of treating or preventing cancer by administering an MCL-1 inhibitor and an antibody-drug conjugate, and optionally one or more additional anti-cancer agents. In particular, the MCL-1 inhibitor can be a compound of formula (I), (II) or (III), or compound A. The antibody-drug conjugate can comprises an anti-Trop-2 antibody and an anti-cancer agent (e.g., SN-38). The combination therapy for treating cancer can have synergistic effect.
US11931419B2
Compounds useful as biologically active compounds are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): (I) or a stereoisomer, tautomer or salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, L, L1, L2, L3, L4, M, m and n are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds is also provided.
US11931411B2
The present application relates to a method for desensitization of allergic patients. More specifically it relates to an epicutaneous desensitization method, applicable to any type of allergens and of patients. The method of the invention is essentially non-invasive and does not require the use of adjuvants. Further, it may be easily applied and monitored by the actual patient.
US11931409B2
Compositions are provided comprising messenger RNA constructs having at least one open reading frame (ORF), wherein the ORF is operatively linked to at least one untranslated region (UTR), wherein the UTR comprises at least one organ protection sequence (OPS), wherein the OPS sequence comprises at least a first, a second and a third micro-RNA (miRNA) target sequence, and wherein each of the at least a first, second and third the miRNA target sequences are optimised to hybridise with a corresponding miRNA sequence. The compositions and molecules provided are useful in therapies such as for the treatment of cancer, in immunotherapies, and in vaccines.
US11931403B2
A method for treating or reducing a likelihood of hypoxia-ischemia induced brain damage and neurobehavioral dysfunction in neonates utilizes a relative high dose of nasally administered insulin. In one aspect, the method includes intranasally administering, to a neonate in need thereof, an effective dose of insulin comprising between 350 U to 2000 U insulin.
US11931396B2
The present disclosure provides a composition for improving vascular endothelial function or improving blood flow in peripheral blood vessels, comprising, as an active ingredient, an ingredient derived from a turmeric.
US11931380B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for inhibiting one or more diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) isoform in a cell in order to enhance the cytolytic activity of the cell. In one embodiment, the cells may be used in adoptive T cell transfer. For example, in some embodiments, the cell is modified to express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). Inhibition of DGK in T cells used in adoptive T cell transfer increases cytolytic activity of the T cells and thus may be used in the treatment of a variety of conditions, including cancer, infection, and immune disorders.
US11931376B1
Provided are a method of treating chronic kidney disease or one or more symptoms thereof, or reducing a complication related to chronic kidney disease, the method comprising, administering a therapeutically effective amount of gamma-cyclodextrin oligomer to a subject in need thereof. The gamma-cyclodextrin oligomers are effective in cholesterol metabolism enhancement, cholesterol efflux, reducing inflammatory cytokine secretion, renal clearance of cholesterol and/or reducing albuminuria. Therefore, the gamma-cyclodextrin oligomers can be used to treat or alleviate chronic kidney disease, symptoms thereof and/or a complication related to chronic kidney disease.
US11931374B2
The present invention relates to the use of adenosine receptor modulators to affect the circadian rhythm, in particular, to the use of such modulators for the treatment of circadian rhythm disorders. In particular, the invention relates to a composition comprising at least one selective adenosine receptor modulator, wherein said composition modulates two or three, but not all of adenosine receptor subtypes A1, A2A, A2B and/or A3 for use in the treatment of circadian rhythm disorders or for modulating a biological clock.
US11931370B2
The present invention relates to stable liquid oral compositions of cyclophosphamide having extended stability, methods for their administration, processes for their production, and use of these compositions for treatment of diseases treatable by cyclophosphamide. The invention also relates to a kit comprising stable liquid oral compositions of cyclophosphamide.
US11931352B2
This invention relates to methods and compositions for treatment of inv (16) leukemia and particularly to treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. Disclosed is a method of treating inv (16) leukemia comprising the step of administering to a subject in in need thereof a therapeutically effective combination of a) a compound of the formula (1) (1) and b) a BRD4 inhibitor selected from the group consisting of JQ1, CeMMECZ, 1-BET 151 (or GSK1210151A), 1-BET 762 (or GSK525762), PFI-1, bromosporine, OTX-015 (or MK-8628), TEN-010, CPI-203, CPI-0610, RVX-208, BI2536, TG101348, LY294002, ABBV-075 (or mivebresib), FT-1101, ZEN003694, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and mixtures thereof. The therapeutically effective combination synergistically inhibits proliferation of inv (16) leukemia cells. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective combination of the compound of formula (1) and the BRD4 inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
US11931336B2
Disclosed are methods, compounds, and compositions useful for increasing autophagy and promoting longevity. The methods, compounds, and compositions relate to urolithins and urolithin precursors and use thereof. Certain urolithins are represented by Formula I, while certain urolithin precursors are represented by Formula IV. The urolithin may be urolithin A, urolithin B, urolithin C, or urolithin D. The urolithin precursor may be ellagic acid or an ellagitannin. The methods include in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro uses of the compounds and compositions.
US11931332B2
The present invention relates to a phenyl alkyl carbamate compound for use in preventing or treating neurodegenerative diseases. The phenyl alkyl carbamate compound of the present invention, prevented dopaminergic neuron loss, attenuated activation of astrocyte/microglia, repressed phosphorylated alpha-synuclein, and regulated phosphorylation levels of tau and acetylation levels of alpha-tubulin in the Parkinson's disease animal model. In addition, the phenyl alkyl carbamate compound of the present invention reduced the Amyloid-beta precursor protein and Amyloid-beta. Therefore, the phenyl alkyl carbamate compound of the present invention may be effectively used for preventing or treating neurodegenerative diseases.
US11931326B2
Provided are compositions and methods comprising a sanshool for the treatment of obesity as part of a controlled diet regime in an individual. Also provided are compositions and methods comprising a sanshool for treatment of a smoking or vaping addiction. Suitably the compositions are applied topically to the lips of the individual in response to a habitual urge to consume food, smoke or vape as required.
US11931322B2
In order to make available the health-promoting and healing properties of curcumin to the human or animal organism, also in combination with at least one further active substance, a solubilizate consists of or contains a content of curcumin equal to or smaller than 10 wt %, preferably equal to or smaller than 7.5 wt %, most preferably 6 wt %, and at least one emulsifier with an HLB value in a range below 18, preferably between 13 and 18, namely polysorbate 80 or polysorbate 20 or a mixture of polysorbate 20 and polysorbate 80, with an average diameter of the curcumin-loaded micelles ranging from 5 nm to 40 nm, preferably from 6 nm to 20 nm, most preferably from 7 nm to 10 nm, for use in particular as a dietary supplement and/or pharmaceutical drug for treating and/or preventing diseases involving inflammation, cancer and other diseases.
US11931321B2
Compositions and pharmaceutical compositions including a dendrimer-resveratrol complex and methods for making and using the compositions are described herein. Methods of treating cancer, cardiovascular disease, cardiac failure, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other brain diseases, fatty liver disease, obesity, cataracts, osteoporosis, muscle wasting, sleep disorders, acoustic trauma, inflammatory disease, psoriasis, arthritis, colitis, aging, viral disease, reproductive disease, and skin conditions or disorders including administering a therapeutically effective amount of the compositions to a subject in need are also provided. The compositions may be topically applied to skin or mucous membranes.
US11931315B2
A fluid delivery device and system is operable to fluidly couple a pair of fluid delivery conduits. One embodiment includes a fluid delivery device sized to meet ANSI/AAMI ID54:1996(R) 2005 and not mate with ANSI/HIMA MD70.1 or ISO 594/1 and ISO 594/2 standards for intravenous ports and connectors to prevent accidental intravenous delivery of fluids intended for enteral delivery. The system includes at least one of a locking tab and a stop flange configured to not mate with matching connectors not configured to satisfy the enteral feeding standards and not specifically configured to mate with the fluid delivery device.
US11931310B2
A driving module including a driving source configured to generate power, a gear train including a decelerating gear set configured to receive driving power from the driving source and a ring gear attached to one side thereof, and a rotary joint including at least one planetary gear configured to rotate using power received from an output end of the decelerating gear set and to revolve along the ring gear is disclosed.
US11931308B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for providing adult entertainment. The method includes predefining, by a controller, one or more preset parameters corresponding to at least one predefined action of an adult toy. The method further includes recording, by the controller, a time-based metric for an input signal received from a user device. Furthermore, the method includes determining, by the controller, if the time-based metric matches one of the one or more preset parameters. Moreover, the method includes actuating, by the controller, on a successful match between the time-based metric and the one of the one or more preset parameters, the adult toy to perform a pre-defined action of the at least one predefined action, corresponding to the matched preset parameter to sexually stimulate a user of the adult toy.
US11931304B2
A mattress system is provided that is optimized for the hospital setting and includes a guiderail system that accepts a variety of accessories for attachment thereto. The guiderail system may have integrated data lines, power lines, gas lines, and/or fluid lines. Also provided are radioabsorbant shields, trays and other components designed for optimal use with the mattress system.
US11931292B2
Methods and systems for displaying an overlay superimposed with an intraoperative image of surgical field in a medical ophthalmic procedure, such that the overlay appears at a desired depth within the image are provided. Methods and system for displaying an overlay superimposed with a stereoscopic intraoperative image pair of a surgical field in a medical ophthalmic procedure are provided.
US11931282B2
The present disclosure provides a bracewear for spinal correction and a system for posture training. The system for posture training involves both active and passive corrective forces by using the bracewear and a biofeedback system to address the spinal correction, which can eliminate the adversity of conventional hard braces and reduce the psychological and physiological barriers to treatment.
US11931280B2
The present application provides a connecting and releasing structure for a balloon system, a balloon system comprising the connecting and releasing structure, and a method for fabricating the same. The connecting and releasing structure is used for connection and release of a catheter and a balloon. The connecting and releasing structure comprises a self-sealing valve positioned on the balloon. The self-sealing valve comprises a catheter connecting port. The catheter passes through the catheter connecting port and is sealedly connected to the self-sealing valve. The self-sealing valve is completely or partially bonded to the inner wall of the balloon. When the catheter is removed after delivery of a filler, the self-sealing valve is not pulled out of the balloon, and thus leakage of the filler can be prevented. In addition, the perimeter of a small orifice in a side wall of the self-sealing valve or the perimeter of the cross-section of the distal end thereof is not greater than the outer diameter of the catheter, and therefore, no leakage occurs when the balloon is full of filler. In addition, the perimeters of cross-sections of the self-sealing valve may differ and increase gradually or stepwise from distal to proximal, thus facilitating the insertion and removal of the catheter.
US11931275B2
A convertible nephroureteral catheter is used in the treatment of urinary system complications, particularly on the need for a single surgically delivered device to treat patients who must be seen by an interventional radiologist (IR). In many current procedures, patients need to return to the operating room to remove a previously delivered nephroureteral catheter to exchange this catheter with a fully implanted ureteral stent delivered though the same access site at the flank. The present convertible nephroureteral catheter reduces the need to return for a second surgical procedure. Two weeks after initial implantation, the proximal portion of the convertible nephroureteral catheter extending out from the body may simply be removed. A simple action at the catheter hub allows this proximal portion to be removed, leaving behind the implanted ureteral stent within the patient's urinary system. Other medical procedures, devices, and technologies may benefit from the described convertible catheter.
US11931271B2
A prosthetic foot includes a foot portion and a switching adapter. The switching adapter includes a first member coupled to the foot portion, a second member, a third member interposed between the first member and the second member, and a locking mechanism. The third member has a first side wall and a second side wall larger in length than the first side wall. The third member is configured to rotate relative to the first member and the second member towards a first position, thereby placing the prosthetic device in a walking mode. The third member is further configured to rotate relative to the first member and the second member towards a second position, thereby placing the prosthetic device in a running mode. The locking mechanism is configured to rotate with the third member in response to rotation of the third member.
US11931270B2
Features for a prosthetic digit actuator. The various systems and methods allow for smaller volume actuators, which in turn allows for smaller digits and/or more space for other features of the digit. The actuator includes a motor that causes rotation of a worm gear along a fixed worm wheel. The worm gear is unibody with the output shaft. The worm gear climbs along the worm wheel to cause rotation of a digit or digit segment. The arrangement of the actuator parts allows for transmitting axial forces in first and second directions corresponding respectively to performing opening and closing rotations of the digits.
US11931268B2
A trial neck for hip surgery and a method of attaching a trial neck to a femoral canal preparation instrument. The trial neck includes a body portion including a bore for receiving a proximal end of a femoral canal preparation instrument. The trial neck also includes an elongate neck extending from the body portion. The trial neck further includes a locking mechanism comprising a lever. The lever has a first end integral with the body portion. The lever also has a second end. The lever further has an engagement surface located intermediate the first end and the second end. The second end of the lever is actuable to urge the engagement surface against the proximal end of the femoral canal preparation instrument to secure the proximal end of the femoral canal preparation instrument within the bore.
US11931261B2
A prolapse prevention device formed by a continuous wire-like structure having a first end and a second end disconnected from each other. The continuous wire-like structure of the prolapse prevention device is substantially straight in a delivery configuration. The prolapse prevention device in a deployed configuration includes a centering ring of the continuous wire-like structure configured to seat adjacent to and upstream of an annulus of a heart valve in situ, a vertical support of the continuous wire-like structure which extends from the centering ring and includes an apex configured to seat against a roof of an atrium in situ, and a leaflet backstop of the continuous wire-like structure extending radially inward from the centering ring and configured to contact at least at least a first leaflet of the heart valve in situ to exert a pressure in a downstream direction on the first leaflet to prevent the first leaflet from prolapsing into the atrium.
US11931260B2
Prosthetic heart valves described herein can be deployed using a transcatheter delivery system and technique to interface and anchor in cooperation with the anatomical structures of a native heart valve. Deployment systems and methods for using the deployment systems described herein facilitate accurately and conveniently controllable percutaneous, transcatheter techniques by which the prosthetic heart valves can be delivered and deployed within a patient.
US11931258B2
Devices, systems and methods are described herein to provide improved steerability for delivering a prosthesis to a body location, for example, for delivering a replacement mitral valve to a native mitral valve location. The delivery system can include a number of advantageous steering and delivery features, in particular for the transseptal delivery approach.
US11931254B2
A low-profile prosthetic valve for treating a native valve includes a radially expandable frame having an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The atrial end of the prosthetic valve forms a flared shape that engages an atrial surface of the native valve. The flare shape flares downward toward a ventricle of the native valve when initially expanded followed by inversion of the flared shape to form a tapered shape tapering toward the ventricle and flaring toward the atrium of the native valve when fully expanded. The prosthetic valve also has a plurality of prosthetic valve leaflets that open and close to control fluid flow through the prosthetic valve.
US11931248B2
An IOL system includes a capsular ring having a concave exterior surface extending around its circumference that is configured, upon insertion into a capsular bag of a patient's eye, to engage an equatorial region of the capsular bag. The concave exterior surface extends between an anterior surface and a posterior surface of the capsular ring. A first one or more flaps are arranged on the anterior surface such that at least a portion of each of the first one or more flaps, upon insertion into the capsular bag of a patient's eye, engages an anterior portion of the capsular bag. Similarly, a second one or more flaps are arranged on the posterior surface such that at least a portion of each of the second one or more flaps, upon insertion into a capsular bag of a patient's eye, engages a posterior portion of the capsular bag.
US11931243B2
A system and method of treating target tissue in a patient's eye, which includes generating a light beam, deflecting the light beam using a scanner to form first and second treatment patterns, delivering the first treatment pattern to the target tissue to form an incision that provides access to an eye chamber of the patient's eye, and delivering the second treatment pattern to the target tissue to form a relaxation incision along or near limbus tissue or along corneal tissue anterior to the limbus tissue of the patient's eye to reduce astigmatism thereof.
US11931242B2
A device for the preparation of a Descemet's membrane-endothelium graft includes a bowl with an inner bottom and a sidewall surrounding the bottom, particularly the bowl being configured to receive a fluid and a Descemet's membrane-endothelium graft or a donor cornea graft comprising a Descemet's membrane-endothelium graft floating in the fluid, a preparation area positioned in a first part of the inner bottom of the bowl, particularly for receiving and preparing the graft prior to transport, a transfer area positioned in a second part of the inner bottom between the preparation area and an outlet opening in the sidewall, particularly the opening being entirely positioned below the upper rim of the sidewall.
US11931241B2
A graft includes a biological graft. An embroidered textile supports the biological graft. Sutures attach the biological graft and the embroidered textile together.
US11931240B2
Multilumen implant for application in human and animal vascular systems/bodies, with a substantially tubular element (1) divided into a proximal (2) and a distal section (3), and a fixation element (8) for the fixation of the proximal section (2) in a target vessel, wherein the tubular element (1) branches into two or more lumens (4, 5) in the distal section (3), with the fixation element (8) being at least one clamping ring (8) arranged on the outside of the proximal section (2) of the tubular element (1), and wherein the free end of the proximal section of the tubular element (1) is folded around the clamping ring (8) and embraces the clamping ring (8) in a pocket-like manner.
US11931236B2
Vaginal dilator assemblies, devices and kits. Assemblies can include a base, and an adapter. The base can have an inner portion and the adapter can have an outer portion that is complimentary to the inner portion of the base such that the adapter is non-rotatably fitted into the base. Vaginal dilator devices can include a base defining a recess aligned with the longitudinal axis of the base. The recess can have a plurality of step tapered sections. Vaginal dilator kits are also provided that include a plurality of vaginal dilators having different diameters. Each of the plurality of vaginal dilators is configured to be axially aligned and securely fitted into one of the step tapered sections of the recess of the base.
US11931234B2
Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising an elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; the elastic belt region is a laminate comprising an inner sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and an outer sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and a plurality of elastic bodies configured to stretch the elastic belt region in the transverse direction, the crotch region comprises an outer cover layer at the most garment facing side, the outer cover layer being the same material as the outer sheet; wherein the outer sheet has a Compression Work of more than about 550 gfmm, a Compression Average Rigidity of less than about 500 gf/mm3, a Surface Roughness Wavelength of more than about 1.7 mm, and a Glossiness of less than about 5.3, the Compression Work, the Compression Average Rigidity, the Surface Roughness Wavelength and the Glossiness according to the measurements herein.
US11931233B2
An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; and a chassis having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. The article also includes a side panel having an ultrasonically bonded, gathered laminate. The laminate has an elastomeric layer and a substrate and is joined to the chassis at a chassis attachment bond and positioned in one of the first or second waist regions. The ultrasonically bonded, gathered laminate also includes an ear structural feature comprising a surface modification to the substrate and comprising at least one of the following: embossing, apertures, perforations, slits, melted material or coatings, compressed material, secondary bonds that are disposed apart from a chassis attachment bond, plastic deformation, and folds.
US11931230B2
A method for manufacturing an around-torso portion of a worn article, including the steps of; intermittently conveying a plurality of first sheets by a first drum; conveying a preceding second sheet, of a plurality of second sheets, toward a junction with the first drum by a first pad of a second drum, and conveying the preceding second sheet so that the male touch fastener at the rear end of the preceding second sheet overlaps with the female touch fastener at the front end of one first sheet, of the plurality of first sheets; and conveying a subsequent second sheet, of the plurality of second sheets, toward the junction with the first drum by a second pad of the second drum, and conveying the subsequent second sheet so that the male touch fastener at the front end of the subsequent second sheet overlaps with the female touch fastener at the rear end of the one first sheet.
US11931222B2
The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, devices, and systems having a dental attachment formation structures. One dental appliance includes a body having a first surface shaped to abut an exterior surface of a tooth and a well portion of the first surface shaped to form an attachment that is to be attached to the exterior surface of the tooth, a release layer formed over a surface of the well to allow the attachment to be removed from the well, and an attachment material that is used to form the attachment positioned within the well.
US11931215B2
A plate denture manufacturing method includes preparing three-dimensional data for an artificial tooth impression and a plate denture, preparing a denture mold including a bottom wall, a side wall, a forming space which is surrounded by the bottom wall and the side wall and into which a denture base material is to be poured, a cutting target region to be cut by a cutting apparatus, and vent holes passing through the bottom wall, cutting a groove in the cutting target region using the cutting apparatus, placing the denture mold on a holder, placing an artificial tooth in the groove, pouring the denture base material into the forming space and curing the denture base material so as to fabricate a one-piece product including the denture mold, the artificial tooth, and a cured product of the denture base material that are integral with each other, and machining the cured product.
US11931211B2
A medical device for cleaning a laparoscope can include a service box with a pump and a gas valve. Each of the pump and the gas valve can be in communication with an exit valve. The pump can be configured to draw fluid into the service box, along a fluid feed line, and out of the exit valve. The gas valve can be configured to selectively permit gas into the service box, along the fluid feed line, and out of the exit valve. The medical device can include a trocar that can be in communication with the exit valve via a flexible tubing. The trocar can include a hub and a cannula. The hub can be configured to receive and direct the laparoscope through the cannula. The cannula can be configured to receive fluid and gas from the exit valve and direct the fluid and gas to the open end.
US11931203B2
Methods for fabricating high frequency ultrasound transducers are disclosed. The methods include fabricating an acoustic lens layer with a curved center section and two flat side sections. The curved section includes a center portion with a midpoint and an edge. The midpoint has a first thickness, and the edge has a second thickness. The center portion is fabricated so that an average of the first and second thicknesses is approximately equal to an odd multiple of a quarter-wavelength of the center frequency of the ultrasound transducer. The methods can also include bonding the lens layer to a matching layer that is operationally coupled to a transducer layer. The matching layer can include an epoxy layer and another layer. Bonding the lens layer includes bonding the other layer to the lens layer using the epoxy layer such that the other layer is positioned between the epoxy layer and the transducer layer.
US11931201B2
The invention provides a method for making anatomical measurements using a captured ultrasound image representative of the anatomical region of interest. The method comprises receiving (20) data representative of a set of points selected by a user within the image and interpreting from the points a particular anatomical measurement type which the user is intending to perform. In particular, the points are processed to identify (24) a pattern or other geometrical characteristic of the points, and the location (22) of at least one of the points within the image is also identified. These two characteristics are used to identify from the set of points which measurement the operator is performing. Once the measurement is identified, an appropriate measurement template (26) is selected and applied in order to derive (30) from the set of points an anatomical measurement.
US11931191B2
The invention relates, in particular, to structures of a dental and medical cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) apparatus. The basic construction of the apparatus includes two elongated frame parts (11, 21) out of which the first frame part (11) is arranged to support X-ray imaging means (14, 15) and wherein the frame parts (11, 21) are mechanically connected to each other via an articulated construction (22) so as to allow for tilting of the first frame part (11) supporting the X-ray imaging means (14, 15) with respect to the second frame part (21).
US11931189B2
A multifunctional enclosure is described having an elongated sleeve configured with an enlarged opening for the insertion of an elongated member of a medical probe. The multifunctional enclosure is configured to prevent the elongated member of the medical probe from swinging and becoming damaged during transport. The multifunctional enclosure may further comprise an attachment component for securing the medical probe to the multifunctional enclosure. Furthermore, at least one vent may be configured onto the multifunctional enclosure, such as on a first end closure portion. The vent may allow for adequate flow for sterilization and/or drying.
US11931174B1
Exemplary aspects of a treatment device are described, such as a body, a plurality of generator elements, and a housing. The body may contain a processing unit. The plurality of generator elements may be disposed within the body and be independently operable to output different energy types. The housing may be removably securable to the body. The housing may have a proximal end, a distal end, and a circumferential wall surrounding the plurality of generator elements when the housing is secured to the body, the distal end of the housing being positionable on skin about an area of the skin. The housing also may include an insulating material for permitting flows of the different energy types toward the area of skin and limiting flows of the different energy types outside the housing. Related apparatus, methods, and systems are described.
US11931166B2
A system and method of generating an enhanced Lund and Browder chart and total body surface area burn score is described herein. In some embodiments, a plurality of images is obtained from of a patient using a camera system. The images may be taken by aligning the patient's body with pose templates presented on a display of the camera system. The non-skin portions of the images may be removed, and skin analysis performed on the skin portion to determine burn location, coverage, and depth. Further, landmarks may be detected in the images to morph and align the images with the pose templates to obtain standard poses. The plurality of images may be combined and presented in two-dimensional and three-dimensional models with labels and the total surface area burn score.
US11931161B2
Disclosed herein are methods that aid in the diagnosis and evaluation of a human subject that has sustained or may have sustained an injury to the head, such as mild or a moderate, severe, or moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), by detecting levels of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and one or more early biomarkers which are not cTnI, such as ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), or a combination thereof, in biological samples taken from a human subject at time points within about 24 hours of injury after the subject has sustained or may have sustained the injury to the head.
US11931158B2
Cardiac activity can be mapped by receiving an electrogram, transforming the electrogram into the wavelet domain (e.g., using a continuous wavelet transformation) to create a scalogram of the electrogram, computing at least one energy function of the scalogram, and computing at least one metric of the electrogram using the at least one energy function. The metrics of the electrogram can include, without limitation: a QRS activity duration for the electrogram; a near-field component duration for the electrogram; a far-field component duration for the electrogram; a number of multiple components for the electrogram; a slope of a sharpest component of the electrogram; a scalogram width; an energy ratio in the electrogram; and a cycle-length based metric of the electrogram.
US11931142B1
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to detecting apneic and/or hypopneic events, utilizing a physiological signal. Various apparatuses and/or methods involve computing time series of interbeat intervals are from data characterizing activity of a beating heart, decomposing the time series is into subcomponents, and identifying ones of the subcomponents that relate to a portion of the data during which an apneic and/or hypopneic, as may be detected via oximetry. Once identified, these subcomponents and related formula/weighting can be utilized in computing further subcomponents from the data, and identifying further apneic and/or hypopneic events therefrom. In this context, such events may be detected without necessarily involving further use of oximetry.
US11931141B2
A registration method whereby a sensor-based approach is used to establish initial registration and whereby upon the commencement of navigating an endoscope, image-based registration methods are used in order to more accurately maintain the registration between the endoscope location and previously-acquired images. A six-degree-of-freedom location sensor is placed on the probe in order to reduce the number of previously-acquired images that must be compared to a real-time image obtained from the endoscope.
US11931140B2
Navigation and simulation systems and methods for minimally invasive therapy in which the navigation system imports a planning method using patient specific preoperative images. The navigation system uses intraoperative imaging during the medical procedure to update the preoperative images and provides images of tracked surgical tools along the surgical path prepared from the preoperative images.
US11931138B2
A hydrogel sensor device can include a crosslinked hydrogel body which changes in volume in response to an environmental stimulus, a support post positioned to mechanically support the crosslinked hydrogel body during the change in volume, and a sensor positioned to detect the change in volume in the crosslinked hydrogel body.
US11931135B1
A human-scale closed-bore MPI device and method based on radial-Cartesian trajectory scanning are provided. The human-scale closed-bore MPI device includes: a gradient module configured to generate a static gradient magnetic field; a rotating scanning module configured to construct a rotating uniform alternating magnetic field; an excitation module configured to construct a uniform alternating magnetic field; an induction module configured to acquire a nonlinear magnetization response signal of magnetic particles; and a compensation module configured to compensate for a coupling signal between a first cylindrical coil and a second cylindrical coil.
US11931123B2
A port placement guide may include a base, a member, and at least one tracking element. The base can be configured to couple to a surface of a patient at a preliminary port location for a robotic arm. The member can be coupled to the base and can comprise a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The at least one tracking element can be coupled to the member and can be configured to allow tracking of the member relative to the preliminary port location.
US11931117B2
A system and method for providing image guidance for placement of one or more medical devices at a target location. The system can determine one or more intersections between a medical device and an image region based at least in part on first emplacement data and second emplacement data. Using the determined intersections, the system can cause one or more displays to display perspective views of image guidance cues, including an intersection indicator in a virtual 3D space.
US11931106B2
A method may be used to correct a condition present in a patient. The method may include obtaining a first bone model of a first bone of one or more bones of the patient's foot, and using at least the first bone model to generate a cutting guide model. The cutting guide model may define a first bone engagement surface shaped to match a first contour on the first bone, and a first guide feature that, with the first bone engagement surface overlying the first contour, is positioned to guide resection of the one or more bones as part of a surgical osteotomy for correcting the condition. The surgical procedure may be selected from a first group consisting of a bunion correction osteotomy, an Evans calcaneal osteotomy, and a medializing calcaneal osteotomy. The first bone may be selected from a second group consisting a metatarsus, a cuneiform, and a calcaneus.
US11931104B2
A system and method of assessing vision quality of an eye is presented, with a controller having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. The controller is configured to selectively execute at least one machine learning model. Execution of the instructions by the processor causes the controller to: receive wavefront aberration data of the eye and express the wavefront aberration data as a collection of Zernike polynomials. The controller is configured to obtain a plurality of input factors based on the collection of Zernike polynomials. The plurality of input factors is fed into the at least one machine learning model, which is trained to analyze the plurality of input factors. The machine learning model generates at least one vision correction factor based in part on the plurality of input factors.
US11931103B2
A method for examining a driver of a vehicle. In accordance with the method, at least one part of at least one eye and/or at least one part of the face of the driver is captured using a monitoring unit. The data captured by the monitoring unit is evaluated and the visual perception capability of the driver is examined based on the captured data. The method may further include identifying the driver and operating devices of the vehicle using the captured data.
US11931102B2
A safety system for laser treatment, comprising a first sensor configured to monitor a parameter at a source and to generate first parameter data, a second sensor configured to monitor the parameter at a treatment head and to generate second parameter data, a control system configured to receive the first parameter data and the second parameter data and to determine whether the first parameter data or the second parameter data exceed a predetermined value and the control system further configured to modify an operational parameter of the source in response to a determination that the first parameter data or the second parameter data exceed the predetermined value.
US11931101B2
The present disclosure discusses a devices, systems and methods for transvascular, transvenous and/or transdural access, to the brain parenchyma, subarachnoid or subdural spaces. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods may be used for local drug delivery, tissue biopsy, nanofluidic or microelectronic device/component delivery/insertion/implantation, in situ imaging, ablation of abnormal brain tissue and the like. Embodiments of the present disclosure include an access catheter system for extravascular procedures in the brain having an elongate, flexible tubular body, with at least one lumen extending axially there through between a proximal end, and a distal end. The access catheter system may include a side exit port and a distal end port. Further, the access catheter system may include a selective deflector positioned within the lumen configured to deflect a procedure catheter and permit a guide catheter.
US11931096B2
System for electrically ablating tissue of a patient through a plurality of electrodes includes a memory, a processor and a treatment control module stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The treatment control module generates an estimated treatment region based on the number of electrical pulses to be applied.
US11931089B2
A modular surgical system is disclosed. The modular surgical system comprises a header module, a first surgical module, a second surgical module, and a module identification circuit. The second surgical module is arrangeable in a stack configuration with the header module and the first surgical module. The module identification circuit is configured to cause a pre-determined current to be transmitted to the first surgical module through the second surgical module in the stack configuration, detect a first voltage indicative of a first position of the first surgical module in the stack configuration, and detect a second voltage indicative of a second position of the second surgical module in the stack configuration. The second voltage is different than the first voltage.
US11931084B2
An orthopedic fixation system includes an orthopedic implant and an implant retainer. The orthopedic implant includes a transition section deformable to move the orthopedic implant between a natural shape and an insertion shape whereby a transition of the orthopedic implant from the natural shape to the insertion shape stores deliverable energy and a transition of the orthopedic implant from the insertion shape to the natural shape delivers stored energy. The implant retainer is configured to mechanically engage the orthopedic implant across the transition section such the implant retainer constrains the orthopedic implant in the insertion shape thereby preventing a transition of the orthopedic implant from the insertion shape to the natural shape.
US11931078B2
The disclosure provides a spinal implant having spinal anchors comprising a bone anchor and a receiver configured to securely and polyaxially receive the bone anchor. Further, provided herein are methods for using the spinal implant.
US11931067B2
A tissue guard includes an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a lumen therethrough. A plurality of torsion springs is included, each torsion spring having a first leg and a second leg and a spring defined therebetween. The first leg of each torsion spring is operably engaged to the distal end of the elongated body. Two or more petals extend from the distal end of the elongated body, each petal is operably engaged to the second leg of one of the torsion springs. The petals are movable between a first, compressed configuration wherein the petals are compressed relative to one another against the bias of the plurality of torsion springs to facilitate insertion of the tissue guard within an access device or natural orifice and a second, expanded configuration to facilitate engagement of the petals beneath the access device or within the natural orifical to secure the tissue guard therein.
US11931060B2
Aspiration medical device as well as methods for making and using aspiration medical devices are disclosed. An example aspiration medical device may include a tubular member having a distal end region and defining an inflow orifice adjacent to the distal end region. An aspiration member may be disposed within the tubular member. The aspiration member may have a plurality of axially-spaced fluid jets formed therein.
US11931057B2
A handheld medical device with a distal implement is disclosed. The handheld rotary medical device may include an inner drive shaft, an elongated, tubular, outer housing encapsulating the inner drive shaft such that the inner drive shaft is positioned within the outer housing. The inner drive shaft may include one or more inner drive shaft bendable sections, and the outer housing may include one or more outer housing bendable sections. The inner drive shaft bendable section may be heated to anneal the material forming the inner drive shaft bendable section such that during use the inner drive shaft bendable section may be bent into a desired position and, once bent, the inner drive shaft bendable section remains in the desired position and does not bind against the elongated, tubular, outer housing.
US11931051B2
An instrument for setting a position of a resection of a distal femur or a proximal tibia in a total knee arthroplasty, the instrument comprising: a stable portion, the stable portion configured for orientation in a set position relative to said distal femur or said proximal tibia; a resection guide portion, the resection guide portion configured to guide a resection path for said resection; a resection guide body, the resection guide body associated with the resection guide portion in a fixed orientation; the resection guide body pivotally connected to the stable portion, whereby pivoting adjustment of the resection guide body on the stable portion sets a resection orientation of the resection guide portion; and the resection guide body having a lock for selectively locking the resection guide body to the stable portion at a plurality of selectable resection orientations.
US11931045B2
A junctional tourniquet apparatus and related methods of use. An exemplary tourniquet has an inverted cone shape, wherein a narrower end has a mushroom shaped base that is pressed against a compression target and a broader end has a plurality of pass-through slots for straps. Another exemplary tourniquet has a broad plate component and a handle component. The handle component has a mushroom shaped base on a first end and a handle on a second end. The handle component passes through the center of the plate component with threads that allow the handle component to compress a target by twisting the handle.
US11931042B2
Devices, methods and kits for preventing or reducing non-target microparticles deposition and embolization, in conjunction with delivering microparticles (e.g., embolization material) via a blood vessel to a target bodily part. Applicable for entrapping infiltrated microparticles within heart right atrium. Entrapping device includes: filter; and filter collapsing mechanism sized for positioning in catheter lumen of a filter delivering catheter, and having proximal end actuatable from outside of subject. Filter configured for positioning within heart right atrium, for self-expanding and covering right atrium inlet opening, and configured, when expanded, to collect embolic material delivered to target organ and infiltrated into outflow vessel thereof draining to right atrium. Filter collapsing mechanism configured for collapsing, and being manipulated to form a pocket in filter, to entrap collected embolic material therein, and drawing filter with collected embolic material in pocket, into catheter lumen of filter delivering catheter.
US11931041B2
Devices, systems, and methods for treating vascular defects are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, includes an occlusive device comprising a mesh having a low-profile state for intravascular delivery to the aneurysm and a deployed state, the mesh comprising a first end portion, a second end portion, and a length extending between the first and second end portions, and a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, and a width extending between the first and second lateral edges. The mesh may have a predetermined shape in the deployed state in which (a) the mesh is curved along its width, (b) the mesh is curved along its length, and (c) the mesh has an undulating contour across at least a portion of one or both of its length or its width. The mesh is configured to be positioned within the aneurysm in the deployed state such that the mesh extends over the neck of the aneurysm.
US11931038B2
Surgical stapling devices are disclosed herein that improve on the disclosures of previous surgical stapling devices.
US11931036B2
A loading unit for engagement with a surgical instrument, and including single and double retention slots, is discloses. At least one single retention cavity includes a first retention guiding surface configured to engage a first pusher guiding surface of a single pusher retained therein, a second retention guiding surface configured to engage a second pusher guiding surface of a single pusher retained therein, a third retention guiding surface configured to engage a third pusher guiding surface of a single pusher retained therein, and a fourth retention guiding surface configured to engage a fourth pusher guiding surface a the single pusher retained therein. At least one double retention cavity includes a first retention guiding surface configured to engage a first pusher guiding surface of a double pusher retained therein, and a second retention guiding surface configured to engage a second pusher guiding surface of a double pusher retained therein.
US11931035B2
A surgical instrument assembly is disclosed. The surgical instrument assembly comprises a shaft, an end effector, and a drive member configured to actuate a function of the end effector. The surgical instrument assembly further comprises an articulation member configured to be actuated to articulate the end effector and an articulation region, wherein the articulation member is configured to articulate the end effector relative to the shaft by way of the articulation region, wherein the drive member extends through the shaft, the articulation region, and the end effector. The articulation region comprises an articulation support pivot positioned within the articulation region, wherein the articulation member is coupled to the articulation support pivot, wherein the articulation member is actuatable to rotate the articulation support pivot, and wherein the drive member extends through the articulation support pivot.
US11931023B2
A tissue clip for adjoining tissues including a body portion, a biasing mechanism interconnecting the body portion to a tissue grasping mechanism, the grasping mechanism having a first condition wherein the grasping mechanism is extending against and away from the body portion and a second condition wherein the grasping mechanism is biased against the body portion. A tissue clip and deployer combination. A method of interconnecting tissue by deploying the tissue clip, puncturing tissue to be interconnected with the tissue clip, and interconnecting the tissue. A method of treating an aneurism by deploying the tissue clip at an aneurism site, closing off the aneurism site with the tissue clip, and treating the aneurism. A method of imaging a surgical procedure with ultrasound by modifying a surface of a metal surgical instrument, and imaging the metal surgical instrument with ultrasound during a surgical procedure.
US11931018B2
Surgical instrument having dual rotatable members to effect different types of end effector movement
A surgical instrument comprising an end effector configured to perform a plurality of end effector functions is disclosed. The surgical instrument further comprises a drive shaft which is both rotatable and translatable to drive the end effector functions.
US11931011B1
Devices for maintaining a telescope during a minimally invasive surgery (MIS) technique such as laparoscopy or thoracoscopy. A telescope maintenance assembly is comprised of a disc and a dome. The disc is absorbent and includes a central aperture. The dome is hollow and includes an inlet port, a lower protrusion, and outlet ports which abut against the disc when attached thereto. To prepare the assembly for use, the disc is secured about a proximal port of a trocar and the lower protrusion is inserted through the central aperture, and an anti-fog solution is transmitted into and through the dome to wet the disc. After the disc is wetted, the wetted disc can be used by a surgeon or assistant to wipe debris from a lens or other optical component of the telescope without needing to remove the telescope from the trocar.
US11931007B2
An endoscope system includes an insertion section, a first active bending section, a second active bending section, a position-information acquiring section, a first control section, a second control section, and a third control section. The first control section controls, based on a detection result of the position-information acquiring section, a first driving section of the first active bending section such that a first end portion of a first tubular section of the first active bending section moves away from a center point. The first control section controls a second driving section of the second active bending section such that a second end portion of a second tubular section of the second active bending section approaches the center point. The third control section controls the first driving section such that force in a direction of bending the first tubular section in a first bending operation acts on the first end portion.
US11930989B2
A roller assembly for a mobile cleaning system for cleaning a work surface can include a drive shaft, a sheath, a bushing, and a bushing shroud. The drive shaft can be rotatable about a drive axis, and the drive shaft can include a driven end and an opposite bushing end. The sheath can be supported by the drive shaft and the sheath can be rotatable with the drive shaft. The sheath can include a shell engageable with the work surface. The bushing can be located about the bushing end of the drive shaft. The bushing shroud can be connected to the bushing. The sheath and the drive shaft can be together rotatable with respect to the bushing and the bushing shroud, the bushing shroud can include an outer portion defining a first radius of curvature and a recessed portion connected to the outer portion.
US11930984B2
A dishwashing appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a door, a spring linkage, and a bent linkage latch. The cabinet may extend laterally between a pair of opposing lateral sides. The door may be rotatably positioned at a front opening and providing selective access to a wash chamber of the cabinet. The spring linkage may bias the door toward a closed position. The spring linkage may extend from a first end to a second end. The first end may be mounted to the cabinet. The second end may include a fastener selectively attached to the door. The bent linkage latch may extend laterally from the cabinet at one of the pair of opposing lateral sides below the door along a vertical direction. The bent linkage latch defining a vertically open latch channel to selectively receive the spring linkage when the fastener is detached from the door.
US11930982B2
The invention relates to a dishwasher (110) for use in a means of transport (114) The dishwasher comprises a) at least one cleaning chamber (122) for receiving an item (112) to be cleaned, b) at least one application device (130) for applying the item (112) to be cleaned in the cleaning chamber (122) with at least one cleaning fluid (126): c) at least one washing tank (128) for receiving the at least one cleaning fluid (126), wherein the dishwasher (110) is designed to control a fill level of the washing tank (128) with the cleaning fluid (126) to a variably adjustable target level; d) at least one receiving device (186) for receiving at least one item of spatial information relating to the dishwasher (110); and e) at least one controller (166), wherein the controller (166) is programmed to determine the target level according to the spatial information.
US11930979B2
A free-standing Energy Recovery System enables sanitary recovery of thermal energy with heat transfer from hot waste effluent to incoming domestic water. The source of the effluent may, for example, be conventional commercial ware-washing, clothes washing equipment, pasteurization and other industrial processes.
US11930970B2
Exemplary power systems for dynamically controlling a dispenser drive motor for dispensing soap, sanitizing or lotion. An exemplary soap, sanitizing or lotion dispenser includes a housing, a receptacle for receiving a container for holding a soap, sanitizing or lotion, a container of soap, sanitizing or lotion and a pump secured to the container. The exemplary soap, sanitizing or lotion dispenser includes a power source, a motor and an actuator that couples the motor to the pump. In addition, the exemplary soap, sanitizing or lotion dispenser includes pulse width modulation circuitry in circuit communication with the power source and the motor. Movement of the actuator one actuation cycle dispenses a dose of soap, sanitizing or lotion. The pulse width modulation circuitry provides a plurality of voltage pulses to the motor to move the actuator one actuation cycle.
US11930969B1
The shower-cleaning apparatus is configured for use with a supply side source. The supply side source further comprises a source pipe and a third exterior screw thread. The shower-cleaning apparatus removably attaches to the third exterior screw thread. The shower-cleaning apparatus forms a fluidic connection that allows for the water flowing through the source pipe to be targeted at specific locations for cleaning purposes. The shower-cleaning apparatus incorporates a hose, a nozzle apparatus, and a source apparatus. The nozzle apparatus attaches to the hose. The source apparatus attaches to the hose. The source apparatus forms a detachable fluidic connection to the source pipe. The hose transports water from the source apparatus to the nozzle apparatus. The nozzle apparatus discharges the water received from the source pipe into the shower. In the first potential embodiment of the disclosure, the supply side source is a shower.
US11930968B2
A walk-in tub, or combination walk-in tub and shower, having a front wall with an outwardly swinging door permitting easy entry into and egress from the tub by a user and an electromagnetic door latch assembly further comprising a plurality of electromagnetic door latches that are operatively interconnected to an electrical controller, a power supply and a rapid-release touch switch that can be selectively manipulated to interrupt the power supply to the electromagnetic latches, thereby allowing the door to swing open under emergency conditions even when the tub is filled with water.
US11930966B1
A blender includes an integrated scale used to weigh ingredients added to a vessel of the blender. The blender also includes a user interface (UI) and a recipe application that includes recipe data. The integrated scale is mounted atop the blender such that as the vessel receives ingredients, the vessel engages the integrated scale but does not operatively engage a motor of the blender when weighing ingredients. The weights may be provided to a user via the UI as the ingredients are received in the vessel. The recipe application may be executed by a microcontroller of the blender to provide recipe steps via the UI to the user and thereby guide the user through a recipe based at least in part upon the recipe data and the weight of ingredients. When blending and mixing the ingredients, the vessel operatively engages the motor but does not engage the integrated scale.
US11930963B2
A condiment dispenser (10) with a grinding mechanism (28) according to the present invention comprises: a first part (26) defining an aperture (24) and surrounding inner surface (32), both with lobed cross-sectional profiles; and a second part (36) that is inside the first part (26) and can rotate about an axis (16) relative to the first part (26). The second part (36) has an outer surface (42) and the second part (36) and outer surface (42) both have lobed cross-sectional profiles. The inner surface (32) of the first part (26) and the outer surface (42) of the second part (36) are spaced apart by a gap (38) which is larger at a receiving side (48) of the grinding mechanism (28) and narrows in the axial direction towards a dispensing side (50) of the grinding mechanism (28).
US11930958B2
A hot air fryer includes a main body, a vessel that can be removed from the main body and a basket that can be removed from the vessel. The fryer also includes a manipulating system having a configuration changing system that makes it possible to manipulate the vessel incorporating the basket at the same time, or to manipulate the basket alone, released and removed from the vessel, or to manipulate the vessel alone, released and removed from the basket, so as to allow a first mode of cooking foods in the basket incorporated in the vessel and a second mode of cooking foods directly in the vessel, the basket being extracted from the latter.
US11930957B1
Pie crust protector or pie shield for protecting the outer edge of a pie crust during baking is disclosed. The pie crust protector includes an annular section with a first flange segment and a second flange segment, each of which encompasses first grooves and first cut sections. The first grooves and the first cut sections allow each of the first flange segment and the second flange segment to easily flex and receive a pie and/or a pie pan. The pie crust protector includes a C-cross member segmented on the top and bottom sides. The annular section encloses the outer edge of the pie on three sides and the C-cross member encloses the remaining portion of the pie. The pie crust protector protects the outer edge of the pie during long bake times in standard or convection ovens, regardless of the location of a heating element.
US11930952B2
A sleeping bag includes a top cover and bottom sheet. The bottom sheet can be secured to a sleeping pad and includes a sheet portion and lateral flaps connected to the sheet portion along opposite lateral edges of the sleeping pad when the bottom sheet is secured thereto. The top cover and lateral flaps enable attachment, detachment, and reattachment of the lateral flaps along their lateral edges to a top cover outer surface along corresponding attachment paths displaced medially from top cover lateral edges, enabling a top cover headward portion to assume wrapped and expanded configurations, and enabling conversion between those configurations. When wrapped, headward portions of the top cover outer surface, that are lateral of the attachment paths, are positioned against the sheet portion; when expanded, the lateral flaps and lateral portions of the top cover extend upward or laterally away from the sleeping pad lateral edges.
US11930951B2
A blanket having a vibrating element, heating element, sound generator, sound speaker and programmable wake-up alarm. A circuit electrically connects the programmable wake-up element with one or more of the vibrating element, heating element, sound generating element and sound speaker element to wake a sleeping person at a pre-set time by vibrations. A remote control can be used control the circuitry and the one or more elements of the blanket.
US11930945B1
The present invention discloses a food serving apparatus such as scoop designed to be magnetically mounted on top or underneath of a metallic lid of containers. The scoop comprises a bowl and a handle. The handle comprises a cavity, which includes at least two magnets separated by a small distance. The magnets are mounted within the cavity to hold the scoop on out side or in side of the metallic lid of the container. During the molding process, the molten plastic flows over and under the magnets to hold them in place in the cavity of the handle. The plastic encapsulated magnets in the handle avoids trapping of germs and other harmful biological microorganisms, thereby making the scoop very safe for storage on top surface or inside of the product container lids. Further, the scoop is made from food grade plastic material.
US11930939B2
A frame is configured to rest on a support surface and an infant-receiving receptacle is supported above the support surface by the frame. The infant-receiving receptacle includes a bottom/floor panel forming a bed for the child to sleep upon and a peripheral sidewall surrounding the bottom panel and extending between the bottom panel and the frame. The bassinet includes a depth-adjustment mechanism that enables a caregiver to selectively adjust the depth of the infant-receiving receptacle by raising or lowering the bottom panel of the infant-receiving receptacle. Various embodiments can also include wheels, rollers, or other mechanisms for rolling, sliding, or gliding the bassinet across the support surface. Some embodiments include a height-adjustment mechanism, downward-recessed front wall, longitudinal-axis folding canopy, inverted-eggcrate bed pad, and/or base-positioned footrest.
US11930928B2
A hanging storage enclosure includes a main frame, a hanging mechanism, a top slide and a bottom slide. The main frame has a hollow interior having a top side, a bottom side, and an open front end. The hanging mechanism is on the top side. The hanging mechanism is configured to hang the main frame from an object. The top slide is positioned on the top side and the bottom slide is positioned on the bottom side. The top slide is configured to slide in and out of the top side of the main frame for positioning the top side. The bottom slide is configured to slide in and out of the bottom side for positioning the bottom side.
US11930918B1
A personal care implement has a handle including an elongate body having opposed first and second sides extending longitudinally between opposed proximal and distal ends, and first bristles attached fixedly to the elongate body. The first bristles form a scrub brush extending longitudinally of the elongate body between the proximal and distal ends, transversely of the elongate body between the first and second, and outward from the elongate body to a scrub-brushing extremity. An elongate member extends outward longitudinally from the distal end to a toothbrush head assembly. The toothbrush head assembly is of a first size to facilitate reception of the toothbrush head assembly in a mouth of a user for toothbrushing. The handle is of a second size larger than the first size to facilitate grasping and holding the handle by one hand of the user.
US11930916B2
An example embodiment of a dental tool includes a main body portion having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, wherein the first end and the second end define respective reduced diameter portions, two or more tool attachments, each tool attachment comprising a working portion and a base portion, the base portion configured to be removably coupled to either of the reduced-diameter portions of the main body portion so as to secure the tool attachment to the main body portion, and a light source, disposed within the main body portion, arranged so as to illuminate the working portion of one of the tool attachments when the one of the tool attachments is coupled to the first end of the main body portion and the light source is electrically coupled to a power source.
US11930903B2
The invention relates to a bag, basket, or container (1), with a substantially trough- or basket-shaped design having a rigid and/or reinforced base region (2), a circumferential side wall (3), and an upper region (4) which is open or can be opened, and is provided in this region which is open or can be opened with a rigid, substantially oval, elongated or rectangular circumferential frame (5) or reinforcement, and the frame has, on at least the surface facing away from the interior, a substantially circumferential groove (6) or edge for receiving a tightening and/or retaining means (7) of a sealing cover and/or for receiving a sealing cover (8).
US11930897B1
A customizable necklace comprising a necklace body, a first fastener and a second fastener. The necklace body forms a closed loop. The first fastener is configured to disconnectably and selectively secure to different positions along the necklace body. Similarly, the second fastener is configured to disconnectably and selectively secure to different positions along the necklace body. The customizable necklace system is configured to adopt multiple usage positions, in which the first and second fasteners are attached to the necklace body and to one another forming a first loop and a second loop, wherein the first loop has a different size in each usage position and the second loop has a different size in each usage position.
US11930896B2
A band includes first and second pin member including first and second pin, an operation member that moves between first and second positions, a housing including a coupling part and an engaging part, and a guide part that guides and moves the first and second pin members between an engagement position and a release position. The first and second pin members move to the engagement position when the operation member is moved to the first position, whereas move to the release position when the operation member is moved to the second position. The engagement/release position is a position where each pin is located outside/outside the side surface of the housing in the width direction, and the engagement/release position is closer to the coupling/engaging part than the release/engagement position in the longitudinal direction.
US11930893B2
A plug-in tongue for a seatbelt includes a plug-in tongue component (10) and a clamping member (12) mounted thereto, wherein a belt guide passage (30) is delimited between the plug-in tongue component (10) and the clamping member (12), and the clamping member (12) comprises a center part (18) and two lateral parts (20) extending from the two ends of the center part (18) transversely to the latter. The plug-in tongue is characterized in that the center part (18) includes a central guide surface (32) located between the two lateral parts (20), and the two lateral parts (20) include lateral guide surfaces (34) facing each other, the guide surfaces (32, 34) constituting limitations of the belt guide passage (30).
US11930884B2
A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a first cushioning element, a second cushioning element, and a panel disposed within a joint formed between the first cushioning element and the second cushioning element. The first cushioning element includes a first surface and a second surface formed on an opposite side from the first surface. The second cushioning element includes a third surface and a fourth surface formed on an opposite side from the third surface. The third surface of the second cushioning element is joined to the second surface of the first cushioning element to form a joint between the first cushioning element and the second cushioning element, where the fabric panel is interposed between the first cushioning element and the second cushioning element within the joint. The panel may be a fabric panel, and more particularly, may include a mesh textile material.
US11930880B2
A weightlifting shoe has a bottom sole, a midsole comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), and one or more panels attached to one or both of the midsole and the bottom sole to define an enclosure for a person's foot. The midsole may be disposed above at least a portion of the bottom sole and may have a decreasing thickness in a direction from a rear region of the bottom sole toward a front region of the bottom sole opposite the rear region. The enclosure may have an axis defined between opposing front and rear points on the enclosure at a longest part thereof and may have a width defined perpendicular to the axis. The width of the enclosure may have a maximum value at a position along the axis that is more than 70% of the way from the rear point to the front point.
US11930869B2
A glove may include a hand body, the hand body being at least partially elastic, where the hand body defines a hand pocket configured to receive a user's hand, and a wrist body. The glove may also include a hand pad pocket formed in the hand body and configured to removably receive at least one hand pad, where the hand pad pocket is separated from the hand pocket by a separator, as well as a wrist padding pocket formed in the wrist body configured to removably receive a wrist pad. The hand pad pocket may be positioned in an interior of the glove.
US11930868B2
A wearable blanket usable as a blanket, a towel, a wrap, and worn fashionably as a skirt. The front and back fabric panels are trapezoids in shape. Pockets are formed by pocket bags that are positioned between the front and back fabric layers and aligned with seams in the front panel allowing a person to insert their hands into the pocket bags when wearing the wearable blanket. A stretchable belt tab is stretchable, has a hook-and-loop surface portion, and is fastened along an edge of the wearable blanket. A belt receiver has a hook-and-loop portion and is fastened to the front fabric panel. The belt receiver fastens with the stretchable belt tab in a stretched orientation. The recoil force of the stretchable belt tab pulls the top edge of the wearable blanket snuggly around the waist or torso of the person wearing the wearable blanket.
US11930864B2
A bra liner is an apparatus that conforms under a breast and is positioned in between the breast and a bra cup. The apparatus includes a flat liner body and at least one piece of adhesive. The flat liner body presses against the underside of a breast and an inner surface of a bra cup. The flat liner body includes an absorbent layer and a backing layer. The absorbent layer collects and retains sweat from the breast. The absorbent layer is connected across the backing layer. The absorbent layer and the backing layer are coextensive with each other. The at least one piece of adhesive is distributed across the backing layer. The at least one piece of adhesive is fixed onto the backing layer, opposite to the absorbent layer. The apparatus further includes a sealing sheet to prevent the at least one piece of adhesive from sticking to unwanted surfaces.
US11930852B2
An atomization generating device includes a main body and a cartridge having an exterior housing and a bottom base. The exterior housing includes an opening at a lower portion, an air outlet at a top portion, and an open hole at a side wall. The bottom base is mounted at the opening of the lower portion of the exterior housing. An upper portion of the bottom base is provided with an atomizing core connected with the air outlet through a vapor channel. An upper portion of the main body includes a receiving chamber for receiving the cartridge. The receiving chamber includes an air inlet corresponding to the open hole. The bottom base includes an air guiding channel for guiding an external air into the atomizing core. An end of the air guiding channel is connected with the atomizing core, another end is connected with the air inlet and the open hole.
US11930851B2
There is provided a device for an electronic aerosol provision system, wherein the device includes a housing, the housing including a chassis section and a hatch section, wherein the hatch section is connected to the chassis section and moveable between a first position and a second position, wherein when in the first position a biasing cam is biased against the hatch section, the hatch section being prevented from moving to the second position by a releasable lug.
US11930849B2
An aerosol-generating device for generating an inhalable aerosol is provided, the device including a heating chamber configured to receive an aerosol-generating article containing aerosol-generating substrate, the heating chamber including a heating element, and the heating element being an electrically resistive coating. A method of manufacturing an aerosol-generating device for generating an inhalable aerosol is also provided.
US11930846B2
An atomizer includes an e-liquid tank. The e-liquid tank includes an e-liquid chamber and an air vent communicating with the e-liquid chamber.
US11930845B2
A liquid supply system for use with aerosol-generating devices includes a liquid retention material 136, a liquid flow channel extending from the liquid retention material and a barrier 125 disposed in the liquid flow channel, the barrier having a degradation temperature between 60° C. and 130° C.
US11930843B2
A cartridge assembly may be utilized in combination with an electronic nicotine delivery system for the safe, efficient and cost-effective means for delivering a controlled dose of nicotine to a user on demand. The cartridge assembly includes a reservoir with a material for holding liquid nicotine or a liquid nicotine solution and is constructed from a material that is chemically resistant to nicotine or nicotine solution. The cartridge assembly includes an anti-counterfeit feature to prevent use of an unauthorized cartridge in the electronic nicotine delivery system. The cartridge assembly also includes an anti-reuse feature that precludes reuse of the cartridge assembly once removed from the electronic nicotine delivery system. Essentially, the cartridge assembly is designed for a single use only.
US11930840B2
An aerosol generating article includes an aerosol generator including a first aerosol generating material which does not include nicotine; a tobacco filler arranged adjacent to an end of the aerosol generator and including a second aerosol generating material including nicotine; a cooler arranged adjacent to an end of the tobacco filler and configured to cool aerosol; and a mouth piece arranged adjacent to an end of the cooler.
US11930836B2
A synthetic nutritional composition comprising a fatty acid derivative for use to promote, support or optimise de novo myelination, in particular the de novo myelination trajectory, and/or brain structure, and/or brain connectivity, and/or intellectual potential and/or cognitive potential and/or learning potential and/or cognitive functioning in a subject, in particular a formula fed subject.
US11930830B2
A method and an apparatus for making a multilayer confectionery product provided. The method and apparatus include at least two sets of forming drums that form and laminate confectionery sheets.
US11930827B2
A Magnetic Rolling System for Pliable Material is described as a rolling board having the ability to magnetically attract spacing and guide rails on which a rolling pin travels, thus keeping a rolling pin a specified distance above the rolling board and on track. In addition, these spacing and guide rails are also used to hold a rolling diagram, a cutting mat, and a sheet of parchment paper firmly in place. The Magnetic Rolling System for Pliable Material makes rolling pliable material such as dough and compounds to a precise thickness, simple and almost effortless.
US11930826B2
A food mixing machine includes a mixer body including a column and a head extending from the column. A rotatable output member extends downward from the head for receiving a mixer tool. A bowl support is mounted for vertical movement along the column between a lowered position away from the head and a raised position toward the head. A drive assembly is linked to selectively drive the rotatable output member. A user interface, including a touch-screen display, is located on the mixer body. A controller is associated with the user interface, wherein the controller is configured to communicate mixing machine condition information via the touch-screen display.
US11930822B2
Compositions comprising Methylobacterium with anti-fungal activity, methods for controlling plant pathogenic fungi, and methods of making the compositions are provided.
US11930817B2
A wood preservative composition and method for preserving wood by contacting wood with said composition comprising a polyurethane polymer, non-aqueous solvents, and a wood preservative active.
US11930816B2
The present invention relates to methods, preferably for controlling and/or preventing infestation of stinkbugs in soybean, comprising applying to a crop of soybean plants, the locus thereof, or propagation material thereof, a compound of formula (I) wherein —B1—B2—B3— is —C═N—O—, —C═N—CH2—, —C═CH2—O— or —N—CH2—CH2—; L is a direct bond or methylene; A1 and A2 are C—H, or one of A1 and A2 is C—H and the other is N; X1 is group X R1 is C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl or C3-C6cycloalkyl; R2 is chlorodifluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl; each R3 is independently bromo, chloro, fluoro or trifluoromethyl; R4 is hydrogen, halogen, methyl, halomethyl or cyano; R5 is hydrogen; or R4 and R5 together form a bridging 1,3-butadiene group; p is 2 or 3.
US11930814B2
The invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active compounds 1) at least one cyanosulfoximine compound I of the formula I wherein R1, R2 and G are defined in the description; and 2) at least one active compound II selected from a group A comprising acteylcholine esterase inhibitors, GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, sodium channel modulators, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists/antagonists, chloride channel activators, juvenile hormone mimics, compounds affecting the oxidative phosphorylation, inhibitors of the chitin biosynthesis, moulting disruptors, inhibitors of the MET, voltage-dependent sodium channel blockers, inhibitors of the lipid synthesis and other compounds as defined in the description, in synergistically effective amounts. The invention relates further to methods and use of these mixtures for combating insects, arachnids or nematodes in and on plants, and for protecting such plants being infested with pests and also for protecting seeds.
US11930813B2
The invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active compounds 1) at least one cyanosulfoximine compound I of the formula I wherein R1, R2 and G are defined in the description; and 2) at least one active compound II selected from a group A comprising acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, sodium channel modulators, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists/antagonists, chloride channel activators, juvenile hormone mimics, compounds affecting the oxidative phosphorylation, inhibitors of the chitin biosynthesis, moulting disruptors, inhibitors of the MET, voltage-dependent sodium channel blockers, inhibitors of the lipid synthesis and other compounds as defined in the description, in synergistically effective amounts. The invention relates further to methods and use of these mixtures for combating insects, arachnids or nematodes in and on plants, and for protecting such plants being infested with pests and also for protecting seeds.
US11930808B2
A method to obtain a composition comprising an enriched population of functional mesenchymal stem cells for hypothermic transport and local administration of said enriched population of functional mesenchymal stem cells in therapy. Finally also described is the use of said enriched population of functional mesenchymal stem cells, and compositions comprising them, obtained by the described method, in autologous or allogeneic treatment of diseases susceptible to mesenchymal stem cell therapy, either by local or systemic treatments, and more particularly in the treatment of osteoarticular diseases such as degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis, and bone repair; in lupus erythematosus, graft-versus-host disease, and other autoimmune diseases; in peripheral vascular insufficiency and other cardiovascular diseases.
US11930803B2
The present invention provides a method and system for processing insect larvae in an ethical manner and without imposing unnecessary stress on them. The method involves anaesthetising the insects by cooling and then cutting them, thereby destroying the nervous system of the insects. Thus, an energy-saving method of processing insects with minimal stress is provided.
US11930801B2
A fishing rod assembly includes a rod and a reel assembly. The reel assembly includes a housing, a spool positioned within the housing, the spool configured to rotate about an axis to retrieve or let out a fishing line, a drive mechanism concentric with the axis, the drive mechanism configured to receive rotational kinetic energy from a user and drive the spool to take-up fishing line when a counter-torque provided to the spool by the fishing line is less than a target torque, and a drag mechanism. The drag mechanism is configured to be driven by the drive mechanism and at least one of (a) drive the spool to take-up the fishing line when the counter-torque provided to the spool by the fishing line is less than the target torque or (b) provide a drag force to the spool when the counter-torque provided to the spool by the fishing line is less than the target torque.
US11930799B2
A guide frame of a fishing line guide includes a hollow frame body, and a core member inserted into at least a part of the frame body. The frame body includes a frame member configured to abut a prescribed angle region on a circumference of a guide ring, an attachment foots configured to attach to a fishing rod and a support leg configured to connect ends of the frame member and then attachment foots.
US11930793B2
An extruder screw-handling device for handling a screw of a food or land-or-sea-animal-feed extruder, the device being suitable for fully extracting an extruder screw from an extruder barrel, wherein the device has a horizontally arranged top section, a locking screw assembly and a guiding element. The present invention is furthermore related to a method of extracting an extruder screw from a food or land-or-sea-animal-feed extruder using the device.
US11930788B2
A pet toy includes a first deformable member and a second deformable member. The first deformable member has a first receiving opening and a second receiving opening. The second deformable member has a first end that is received in the first receiving opening. The second deformable member has a second end that is received in the second receiving opening of the first deformable member. The second deformable member is more deformable than the first deformable member.
US11930787B2
A system and method for training a dog is provided which teaches the dog to ignore stimuli, respond to a person when called by name, retreat, and socialize, as core behaviors. For each core behavior, the method comprises progressively challenging the dog and introducing a distinct auditory signal associated with each of the core behaviors so that when the auditory signal is given, the dog performs the associated core behavior. Additional or superfluous use of auditory signals is reduced or altogether avoided to prevent the dog's desensitization to each auditory signal. As such, the system for training a dog comprises a dog, a boundary, a valued item, and an auditory signal which may each be variously engaged according to the methods disclosed herein.
US11930782B2
A safety valve arrangement and method, having an upstream block valve, a downstream block valve, and a pressure monitored galley between the upstream valve and the downstream valve.
US11930781B2
A milking system includes a milking device, a milk line, and a sampling and analysis device for the milk that includes a control unit, a tape mover to move and unwind a tape wound on a tape reel and with a base material with reagent pads, that detect a substance in the sample, and a dosing device to provide the sample onto a reagent pad, and a sensor to detect radiation from said reagent pad, and to analyse the detected radiation to indicate a presence or concentration of said substance. The reagent pad is facing downward during provision of the sample. In this way, the chance of excess liquid falling from the reagent, and possibly onto a camera, is reduced. Smaller reagent pads may be used, it reduces the chance of supplied liquid spilling over to a neighbouring reagent pad, the measures preventing this spilling may be limited, and it is easier to suck away excess fluid.
US11930779B2
A new and distinct tomato variety NUN 00316 TOP is disclosed, as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 00316 TOP is a determinate tomato variety of the viscosity type for the processing market, comprising resistance to Verticillium dahliae, Fusarium oxysporum s.p. lycopersici Race 2 (ex 3), Meloidogyne incognita, Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato, Leveillula taurica, and Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV).
US11930772B2
A soybean cultivar designated 04220959 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04220959, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04220959, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04220959, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04220959. 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 04220959. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04220959, 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 04220959 with another soybean cultivar.
US11930770B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01091765. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01091765. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01091765 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01091765 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11930764B2
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PFDW56 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PFDW56, cells from soybean variety 5PFDW56, plants of soybean 5PFDW56, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PFDW56. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PFDW56 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PFDW56, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PFDW56, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PFDW56. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PFDW56 are further provided.
US11930760B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011007. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011007, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011007 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011007.
US11930756B2
A method of plant genetics and plant breeding including wheat plants carrying restorer of fertility genes specific to T. timopheevii CMS cytoplasm.
US11930750B2
A system includes a greenhouse and nanofluid configured to flow around the greenhouse and absorb some or significant portion of solar spectrum having a wavelength equal to or greater than 750 nm to reduce a cooling load inside the greenhouse. The system further includes a duct channel. The nanofluid flows around the greenhouse through the duct channel.
US11930744B2
A system and method of irrigation control calculates a predicted soil moisture value based that is compared to low moisture threshold. If the predicted soil moisture value is a value below the low moisture threshold value, the next irrigation cycle or scheduled irrigation operation is allowed to proceed or otherwise activated. The predicted soil moisture value may be calculated by adjusting a current soil moisture value by a historical adjustment factor based on negative net changes in soil moisture values.
US11930743B2
Methods are provided for improving performance of a computing system used to model potential crop yield. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes generating a model of potential crop yield, as a function of planting date and relative maturity based, at least in part, on one or more relative maturity maps, one or more planting date maps, and one or more actual production history maps, and storing the model in a memory of the server computer system. The method also includes receiving, via an interface at a field manager computing device, a selection of a particular field and computing, from the model of potential crop yield, a potential yield for the particular field based, at least in part, on a planting date for the particular field, a relative maturity value, and values representing actual production history for the particular field.
US11930737B2
A merger system for an agricultural vehicle includes: at least one frame mount configured to couple to a chassis; a movable merger frame coupled to the at least one frame mount; a conveyor supported by the merger frame and configured to convey crop material; at least one load sensor associated with the at least one frame mount and configured to output load signals corresponding to a mass of the merger frame; and a controller operatively coupled to the at least one load sensor. The controller is configured to: determine a mass of crop material conveyed by the conveyor based at least partially on the mass of the merger frame; determine a crop yield based at least partially on the determined mass of crop material; and output a yield signal corresponding to the determined crop yield.
US11930735B2
A product distribution system for an air seeder includes a plurality of furrow openers and a plurality of product distributors mounted on an implement frame. Each product distributor comprises a seed container and a plurality of seed delivery conduits extending radially outward from the seed container A seed meter apparatus is connected to receive the seed product from the seed container and operative to meter seeds of the seed product into each of the seed delivery conduits. A seed product dispenser is operative to convey a seed product from a seed product tank into each seed container, and is operative to maintain a level of the seed product in each seed container above a selected level. The product distributors are spaced across the width of the implement frame.
US11930730B2
A method for determining soil clod size within a field includes receiving an image depicting an imaged portion of the field. Furthermore, the method includes identifying a soil clod present within the imaged portion of the field. Additionally, the method includes determining a maximum height of the identified soil clod above a soil surface of the field. Moreover, the method includes determining a maximum length of the identified soil clod. In addition, the method includes determining a radius of a sphere based on the determined maximum height and the determined maximum length, with the sphere including a first portion approximating a portion of the identified soil clod positioned above the soil surface and a second portion approximating a portion of the identified soil clod positioned below the soil surface. Furthermore, the method includes determining a size of the identified soil clod based on the determined radius.
US11930729B2
An agricultural implement includes a frame forming a plurality of sections. A plurality of tools is operatively coupled to the frame for penetrating an underlying surface upon which the implement travels. A controller is coupled to the frame. A plurality of control valves is operably controllable between an open and a closed position. A sensor for detecting a depth of penetration of at least one tool of the plurality of tools is coupled to the frame wherein the sensor is coupled to the controller for communicating the detected depth, and wherein the controller compares the detected depth to a target depth and operably controls the position of each of the plurality of control valves until the depth of the at least one tool on the frame is at the target depth.
US11930727B1
An adjustable row crop cultivator is mounted on a tool bar which is vertically movably mounted at the rear end of a tractor. The cultivator includes a plurality of spaced-apart adjustable cultivator units which are vertically movably mounted on the tool bar. A gauge wheel assembly is selectively vertically movably mounted at the forward end of each of the cultivator units. A first mounting plate is positioned at one side of the cultivator unit and has cultivator tools mounted thereon. A second mounting plate is positioned at the other side of the cultivator unit and has cultivator tools mounted thereon. The first and second mounting plates are horizontally movably mounted so that they may be moved towards one another and moved away from one another. The cultivator units may be adjusted by the operator of the tractor from the tractor while the tractor is moving.
US11930726B2
Systems and methods for tracking missed tassels left by a detasseling machine. Rear-facing image data is captured by a camera positioned with a field of view behind the detasseling machine and image processing is applied to the rear-facing image data to quantity a missed tassel metric for a geospatial area. An indication of the missed tassel metric is displayed to an operator of the detasseling machine. In some implementations, the displayed indication of the missed tassel metric is updated in near real-time as the detasseling machine continue to operate in the crop field as an accumulated total missed tassel percentage for the entire crop field and/or as a missed tassel map indicating a percentage of missed tassels for each of a plurality of different geospatial sub-areas in the crop field.
US11937507B2
Integrated circuit devices which include a thermoelectric generator which recycles heat generated by operation of an integrated circuit, into electrical energy that is then used to help support the power requirements of that integrated circuit. Roughly described, the device includes an integrated circuit die having an integrated circuit thereon, the integrated circuit having power supply terminals for connection to a primary power source, and a thermoelectric generator structure disposed in sufficient thermal communication with the integrated circuit die so as to derive, from heat generated by the die, a voltage difference across first and second terminals of the thermoelectric generator structure. A powering structure is arranged to help power the integrated circuit, from the voltage difference across the first and second terminals of the thermoelectric generator. The thermoelectric generator can include IC packaging material that is made from thermoelectric semiconductor materials.
US11937503B2
A composition comprising a first compound capable of functioning as a phosphorescent emitter in an organic light emitting device at room temperature is disclosed. The first compound has at least one aromatic ring with at least one substituent R of Formula I In the structure of Formula I, R′ includes at least one fluorine atom; R′ represents mono to a maximum possible number of substitutions, or no substitution; each R2 is a hydrogen or one of a variety of substituents; L is an organic linker or direct bond; any two R1, R2 substituents may be joined or fused together to form a ring; the dashed line of Formula I is a bond to a first aromatic ring of the at least one aromatic ring; and n is an integer from 1 to 10. Organic light emitting devices and consumer products containing the compounds are also disclosed.
US11937501B2
An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer; and at least one of heterocyclic compounds represented by Formulae 1-1 to 1-3, as defined herein.
US11937499B2
Disclosed are an aromatic amine derivative and an organic electroluminescent device including the same. A fluorenyl/silafluorenyl group having an ortho-substituted group is introduced into the structure of the aromatic amine derivative. The aromatic amine derivative may be used as a light-emitting material in a light-emitting layer of an organic electroluminescent device. These novel compounds can provide better device performance.
US11937491B2
A display device includes a substrate including a display area having first color subpixels and a transparent area inside the display area, an array layer in the display area on the substrate, a first electrode in the first color subpixels on the array layer, a first emission assisting layer on the first electrode, an emitting material layer in the first color subpixels on the first emission assisting layer, a second emission assisting layer on the emitting material layer, a deposition preventing layer in the transparent area on the second emission assisting layer, a second electrode on the second emission assisting layer, the second electrode selectively disposed in a region where the deposition preventing layer is not disposed, an encapsulating layer on the deposition preventing layer and the second electrode, a polarizing layer in the display area on the encapsulating layer, an auxiliary equipment in the transparent area under the substrate.
US11937484B2
A display device and method of manufacturing same includes: a display panel having a pixel area and a peripheral area adjacent to the pixel area, a light control layer disposed on the display panel and at least partially overlapping the pixel area, a light blocking portion at least partially overlapping the peripheral area, and a protective layer disposed between the light control layer and the light blocking portion.
US11937481B2
A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a white OLED display unit on the base substrate, and further includes: an optical adjustment structure on a light emitting side of the white OLED display unit, where the optical adjustment structure is in a peripheral region of each pixel region. The optical adjustment structure is configured to absorb light in a first wavelength range or convert light in a first wavelength range into light in a second wavelength range.
US11937476B2
A display device comprises a substrate; a circuit array layer comprising pixel drivers, data lines, first dummy lines, and second dummy lines; and a light emitting array layer. The display area comprises middle, first side, and second side regions. The data lines comprise first, second, and third data lines disposed in the middle, first side, and second side regions, respectively. The first dummy lines comprise a first data detour line disposed in the first side region and adjacent to a part of the second data line, and auxiliary lines. The second dummy lines comprise a second data detour line configured to connect the first data detour line to the third data line, and additional lines. The auxiliary lines comprise a bias auxiliary line to which a bias power is applied; and a second power auxiliary line to which a second power is applied.
US11937468B2
There are provided a display unit and an electronic apparatus that are capable of preventing color mixture in adjacent color pixels, and improving color reproducibility and chromaticity viewing angle. The display unit includes: a drive substrate having a plurality of pixels with a partition therebetween; and a first light shielding film provided on the partition.
US11937455B2
A display device includes a substrate having a first main display area, a second main display area, and a sub-display area positioned between the first main display area and the second main display area; a first driving circuit positioned on the sub-display area of the substrate; a first sub-pixel circuit and a second sub-pixel circuit positioned on respective sides of the first driving circuit in the sub-display area of the substrate; a first sub-light-emitting device connected to the first sub-pixel circuit and overlapping the first driving circuit; and a second sub-light-emitting device connected to the second sub-pixel circuit and overlapping the first driving circuit.
US11937449B2
A sealing structure (200) seals a light emitting unit (140) and includes a first inorganic film (210), a second inorganic film (220), a first resin-containing film (230), and a second resin-containing film (240). The film thickness of the first inorganic film (210) is equal to or greater than 1 nm and equal to or less than 300 nm. The first resin-containing film (230) is in contact with the first inorganic film (210) and includes a first resin. The second inorganic film (220) is positioned on an opposite side of the first inorganic film (210) with the first resin-containing film (230) interposed between the first and second inorganic films. The second resin-containing film (240) is positioned between the first resin-containing film (230) and the second inorganic film (220) and is in contact with the second inorganic film (220). The second resin-containing film (240) includes a second resin.
US11937448B2
An electronic device is provided and includes first region including organic layer in light emitting element; nitride layers over organic layer; first organic insulating layer over organic layer; and second region including nitride layers, outside first region, wherein second region does not include organic layer and first organic insulating layer, wherein nitride layers include first, second and third nitride layers, wherein first nitride layer is between organic layer and first organic insulating layer in first region, wherein second and third nitride layers are over first nitride layer, and wherein second nitride layer is in contact with first organic insulating layer in first region.
US11937447B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides an optical film (10) including a light-transmitting base material (11), a hard coat layer (12), and an inorganic layer (13) in this order, wherein the hard coat layer (12) is in contact with the inorganic layer (13), the hard coat layer (12) contains a binder resin (12A) and inorganic particles (12B), the hard coat layer (12) has a film thickness of 1 μm or more, and the hard coat layer (12) has an indentation hardness of 200 MPa or more.
US11937445B2
A display panel and a display device, the display panel includes an encapsulation cover plate and a glass substrate, a light emitting unit and a driving circuit layer are arranged between the encapsulation cover plate and the glass substrate, a conductive layer and an encapsulation material layer are overlaid and arranged between the encapsulation region of the encapsulation cover plate and the glass substrate, the conductive layer is provided with a plurality of openings arranged at intervals, and an orthographic projection of the opening on the encapsulation material layer is separated from a midline between an inner edge and an outer edge of the encapsulation material layer.
US11937433B2
An example of an apparatus includes a plurality of memory cells. At least a portion of the memory cells have a bottom electrode with each bottom electrode being at least partially electrically isolated from remaining ones of the bottom electrodes. At least one resistive interconnect electrically couples two or more of the bottom electrodes. The resistive interconnect is arranged to discharge at least a portion of excess charge from the two or more bottom electrodes. Additional apparatuses and methods of forming the apparatuses are disclosed.
US11937431B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first area and a second area and an active area limited by an isolation layer in the first area and the second area, a p-type gate electrode doped with p-type impurities and including a p-type lower gate layer and a p-type upper gate layer on the p-type lower gate layer with a first gate dielectric layer disposed between the active area and the p-type gate electrode in the first area, and an n-type gate electrode doped with n-type impurities and including an n-type lower gate layer and an n-type upper gate layer on the n-type lower gate layer with a second gate dielectric layer disposed between the active area and the n-type gate electrode in the second area.
US11937427B2
In certain aspects, a first opening extending vertically through a first dielectric deck including a first plurality of interleaved sacrificial layers and dielectric layers above a substrate is formed. A high-k dielectric layer and a channel sacrificial layer free of polysilicon are subsequently formed along a sidewall of the first opening. A second opening extending vertically through a second dielectric deck including a second plurality of interleaved sacrificial layers and dielectric layers on the first dielectric deck is formed to expose the channel sacrificial layer in the first opening. The channel sacrificial layer is removed in the first opening. A memory film and a semiconductor channel are subsequently formed over the high-k dielectric layer along sidewalls of the first and second openings.
US11937426B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a method for forming a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, and a dielectric stack over the substrate. The dielectric stack includes a first layer over the substrate and a second layer over the first layer. The semiconductor structure further includes a gate layer including a first portion traversing the second layer and a second portion extending between the first layer and the second layer.
US11937419B2
A semiconductor device and a forming method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a capacitor array and a supporting structure. A plurality of conductive contact plugs which are arranged at intervals are formed on the substrate. The capacitor array includes a plurality of columnar capacitors which are arranged at intervals. Each columnar capacitor is formed on a respective one of the conductive contact plugs. A lower electrode layer of the columnar capacitor is in contact connection with the conductive contact plug. The supporting structure is formed on the substrate at an edge of the capacitor array and surrounds the capacitor array. A spacing between an inner wall and an outer wall of the supporting structure on any cross section parallel to the substrate is greater than an aperture of a capacitor hole of any one of the columnar capacitors on the cross section.
US11937417B2
A method for forming a semiconductor device includes forming a conductive contact over a semiconductor substrate, and forming a first dielectric layer covering the conductive contact. The method also includes partially removing the first dielectric layer to form an opening exposing a top surface of the conductive contact, and forming a bottom electrode covering sidewalls of the opening and the top surface of the conductive contact. The method further includes depositing a second dielectric layer over the bottom electrode using a first process, and depositing dielectric portions over the second dielectric layer and at top corners of the opening using a second process. The first process has a first step coverage, the second process has a second step coverage, and the second step coverage is smaller than the first step coverage. The method includes forming a top electrode covering the second dielectric layer and the dielectric portions.
US11937413B2
A power electronics module includes at least one first substrate having on a first side one or more first semiconductor dies, the one or more first semiconductor dies and the at least one first substrate providing a higher power part of the power electronics module, at least one second substrate having on a first side one or more second semiconductor dies, the one or more second semiconductor dies and the at least one second substrate providing a lower power part of the power electronics module, and a common frame at least partially encasing the first and second substrates and being a monobloc part, the higher power part being configured for direct liquid cooling and the lower power part being configured for indirect cooling.
US11937411B2
A converter includes a housing; a heat-generating component disposed inside the housing; and a heat-dissipating module disposed on the heat-generating component and having a heat-dissipating member, an inlet adjacently disposed on one side of the heat-dissipating member, and an outlet adjacently disposed on the other side of the heat-dissipating member. The heat-dissipating member includes a plurality of heat-dissipating fins and a plurality of flow paths disposed in a direction from the inlet toward the outlet, and the plurality of flow paths are disposed overlapping with the heat-generating component in the vertical direction. A distance between two outermost heat-dissipating fins in a second direction of the heat-dissipating member, among the plurality of heat-dissipating fins, is greater at a central region between the inlet and the outlet of the heat-dissipating member than at a first region near the outlet of the heat-dissipating.
US11937410B2
A package-type fluid machine includes a compressor unit including a compression portion that compresses a fluid, a motor that drives the compression portion, and a cooling fan that is driven by the motor; a machine chamber in which the compressor unit is disposed; an inverter chamber which is adjacent to the machine chamber and in which an inverter is disposed; a partition wall that partitions off the machine chamber from the inverter chamber and has an opening; and an inverter intake port that is disposed in the inverter chamber to take in a cooling gas. The cooling fan is disposed on a side of the machine chamber, the opening being located on the side. The cooling fan is driven to cause the cooling gas to flow from the inverter intake port to the opening to cool the inverter.
US11937409B2
Provided is an electronic module including a housing case for housing a relay, a heat transfer sheet placed on an inner surface of a bottom plate of the housing case, a terminal provided on one surface of the relay opposing a bottom plate, and a crank portion in which a first flat plate portion electrically connected to the terminal and a second flat plate portion that is in contact with the heat transfer sheet are coupled in a crank shape.
US11937407B2
An electronic component enclosure includes a plurality of wall structures defining outer walls of the enclosure. Each wall structure has an internal fluid channel for circulation of cooling fluid. The enclosure further includes at least one partition structure disposed within the outer walls and having an internal fluid channel in sealed fluid communication with the internal fluid channel of at least one of the plurality of wall structures. The internal fluid channel of at least one of the plurality of wall structures and the internal fluid channel of the at least one partition structure defines a continuous fluid circulation path between a fluid inflow port and a fluid outflow port.
US11937401B2
An electronic rack includes a rack manifold to be coupled to an external cooling fluid source, including a supply rack manifold and a return rack manifold, wherein the rack manifold includes a plurality of pairs of rack connectors disposed thereon. The electronic rack further includes a server chassis including a connector holder having a pair of a supply server connector and a return server connector to be connected with a corresponding pair of rack connectors of the rack manifold. The electronic rack further includes a controller, in response to detecting a leakage of the cooling fluid, configured to cause the supply server connector to disconnect from the supply rack manifold, while maintaining the return server connector connected with the return rack manifold, and to increase a flowrate of the cooling fluid on the return rack manifold to remove the cooling fluid residing within the server chassis.
US11937400B2
A heat dissipation device includes a first heat dissipator, a second heat dissipator, a first tank connected to one side of each of the first heat dissipator and the second heat dissipator in a first direction, and a second tank connected to another side in the first direction. A coolant flows through an inside of the first heat dissipator, the second heat dissipator, the first tank, and the second tank. The first tank includes a tank-side first outflow port through which the coolant flows out to a first cooling device, and a tank-side first inflow port through which the coolant from the first cooling device flows in. The second tank includes a tank-side second outflow port through which the coolant flows out to a second cooling device, and a tank-side second inflow port through which the coolant from the second cooling device flows in.
US11937398B2
A one-way airflow dual fan assembly of dismantling ease, comprising a first installation casing and a second installation casing, the first installation casing is aligned with the second installation casing, a flap is respectively fixed in both the first installation casing and the second installation casing, a cover plate is provided in the flap, connection mechanisms are provided between the cover plate and the flap, the flap is connected with the cover plate via the plurality of connection mechanisms, and the connection mechanisms comprise respectively a flexible connection component and a limiting part. By cooperation of the cover plates and the connection mechanisms, by pulling the cover plates, under limiting actions of the second wedges, the first wedges are pressed, the U-shaped connection blocks deform flexibly until the flexible connection components are released, and the cover plates are released from the flaps, so that the cover plates can be disassembled.
US11937395B2
A disclosed apparatus may include (1) a retractable guide rail movably coupled to a chassis, wherein the retractable guide rail is configured to support a field-replaceable unit when the field-replaceable unit is installed in the chassis, (2) a support bracket coupled to the chassis and aligned with the retractable guide rail within the chassis and (3) a locking bracket movably coupled to the support bracket, wherein the locking bracket is configured to (A) engage the retractable guide rail in an expanded position within the chassis when the field-replaceable unit is not installed in the chassis and (B) disengage the retractable guide rail such that the retractable guide rail moves to a retracted position when the field-replaceable unit is installed in the chassis. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11937388B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a screen body support device, including: a fixing bracket; a movable bracket being rotatably connected with the fixing bracket, in which the movable bracket and the fixing bracket are provided in a non-display area of a flexible display screen; and a driving component being fixedly connected with the movable bracket, in which the driving component is configured to drive the movable bracket to swing in two opposite directions with respect to the fixing bracket, so that the flexible display screen is bent in two opposite directions respectively.
US11937384B2
An electronic device includes a display module including a display unit and a hinge unit coupled to the display unit and configured to be rolled with the display unit, the display unit including a display panel, a flexible circuit board connected to the display panel, and a main circuit board connected to the flexible circuit board, a housing including sidewall portions each extending in a first direction, in which at least one of the sidewall portions includes an accommodation groove to which the main circuit board is inserted, and the sidewall portions are deformable between a closed state of surrounding the display module and an opened state of exposing at least a portion of the display module outside of the housing.
US11937382B2
The present invention relates to a substrate unit and a substrate assembly, and a camera module using the same. The present invention may comprise: a first substrate part having rigidity; a second substrate part stacked on one surface of the first substrate part and having flexibility; a third substrate part extending outwardly from the second substrate part and having flexibility; and a reinforcing part which is disposed at a portion where the edge portions of the first substrate part and the third substrate part meet, the reinforcing part having a recessed portion which is formed by recessing the first substrate part inwardly so as to inhibit interference between the first substrate part and the third substrate part. The present invention is capable of resolving the interference between a rigid PCB and a flexible PCB and the tearing thereof by providing a reinforcing part in a connection portion of the rigid PCB and the flexible PCB.
US11937378B2
A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board a includes preparing an insulating substrate on which a first metal layer is formed, stacking a resist laminate having a plurality of layers on the first metal layer, forming an opening exposing a portion of the first metal layer by patterning the stacked resist laminate having the plurality of layers, forming a second metal layer on the exposed portion of the first metal layer, removing the patterned resist laminate having the plurality of layers, and etching at least another portion of the first metal layer.
US11937375B2
A material sheet is provided having antenna patterns that include first and second coupling portions that are transported toward a mounting position, and an adhesive member that is disposed on the material sheet before reaching the mounting position. At a pickup position, a mounting device picks up an RFIC module including an RFIC chip and first and second terminal electrodes connected to the RFIC chip. At the mounting position, the mounting device mounts the picked-up RFIC module onto the adhesive member on the material sheet so that the first coupling portion and the first terminal electrode face each other and so that the second coupling portion and the second terminal electrode face each other.
US11937365B2
An affixation film 101 for a printed wiring board includes a circuit pattern concealing layer 112, and an adhesive layer 111 put on top of the circuit pattern concealing layer 112. An opposite surface of the circuit pattern concealing layer 112 from the adhesive layer 111 has an Rku of 2.5-3.0.
US11937364B2
A highly heat-dissipating flexible printed circuit board (GFPCB) efficiently emits heat transferred from a heat source such as an LED to the flexible printed circuit board. The highly heat-dissipating flexible printed circuit board comprises: a flexible board layer which is formed in a flexibly bendable thin-film form by bonding a polyimide (PI) film to the lower side of a copper (Cu) film using an adhesive and has a heat element installed on the upper side thereof; and a heat dissipation layer which is formed in a thin-film form by coating any one of graphitic carbon and a graphite powder binder on the upper side of an aluminum (Al) film and is bonded to the lower side of the flexible board layer using a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) to receive heat generated and transferred from the heat element and emit the heat to the outside.
US11937362B2
A charged particle acceleration device, which eliminates the need for repeating alignment adjustment even in the case of repeating installation of the controllers, is provided, and a method for adjusting the same is provided. A charged particle acceleration device 10A includes: controllers 15,15a,15b,15c configured to control a beam trajectory 12 of charged particles that pass through a duct 11 to be inserted through the controllers 15; and a stage 20 that is supported by a frame 16 fixed to a base and reversibly moves the controllers 15 in a direction of intersecting the beam trajectory 12.
US11937361B1
A cathode emitter assembly includes a cathode tube having a gas feed portion and a plasma outflow portion; an outer annular cathode insert in the plasma outflow portion of the cathode tube; an inner cathode insert in the plasma outflow section of the cathode tube; and an annular plasma emission portion defined between an inner surface of the outer annular cathode insert and an outer surface of the inner cathode insert.
US11937346B2
A first side surface (312) is positioned at a light emitting region (142) side. The first side surface (312) is inclined toward the light emitting region (142) with distance from the first surface (102) of the substrate (100). A second side surface (314) is positioned opposite to the first side surface (312). The second side surface (314) is inclined away from the light emitting region (142) with distance from the first surface (102) of the substrate (100). A first upper surface (316) is positioned between the first side surface (312) and the second side surface (314), and is substantially parallel to the first surface (102) of the substrate (100).
US11937345B2
The present invention relates to a ceramic heater. The ceramic heater of the present invention comprises: a heater plate in which a heating element is disposed and which is made of a ceramic material; a shaft which has a tubular shape with a through-hole and is coupled to the bottom surface of the heater plate and in which a rod for supplying power to the heating element through the through-hole is received; and a continuous or discontinuous air pocket which is provided in a joint with which the heater plate and the shaft come into contact and by which the heater plate and the shaft are coupled to each other, wherein the air pocket is formed along the joining surface of the joint.
US11937343B2
The method includes first defining a reservoir in a housing, the reservoir configured to contain a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation, the non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation being devoid of nicotine and including at least one non-nicotine compound, positioning a heater and a wick in a chamber, the heater being in heating proximity to the wick, second defining at least one first channel, the at least one first channel being configured to communicate the non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir to the wick, and third defining at least one first air passage, the at least one first air passage being configured to allow air to enter the reservoir.
US11937340B2
Handling of UE capability information in a mobile telecommunications network wherein an eNodeB receives information regarding the UE capability information from the UE and stores the information. The eNodeB sends the UE capability information to the EPC, i.e., to an MME, which receives and stores the UE capability information. When the UE transits from idle to active state, does an initial attach, or when a part of the UE capabilities have changed, it sends a message to the eNodeB regarding the update. The eNodeB forwards the message to the MME, which sends a response associated with the previously stored UE capability information to the eNodeB. The eNodeB decides whether the UE capabilities stored in the MME is up-to-date based on the message from the UE and the response from the MME. If the UE holds updated UE capabilities the eNodeB can request updated UE capability information from the UE.
US11937335B2
An user equipment in a wireless communication system including a base station and the user equipment is configured to include: a reception unit configured to receive information for setting a value of a predetermined timer from the base station; and a transmission unit configured to transmit an uplink data in a case where the predetermined timer is not activated, wherein the transmission unit activates the predetermined timer in a case where that the value of the predetermined timer is set from the base station and information indicating that there is no uplink data to be transmitted is transmitted to the base station.
US11937331B2
The disclosure relates to methods for improving the DRX operation of a UE by introducing an additional DRX wake-up cycle, which runs in parallel to the short and/or long DRX cycle. The DRX wake-up cycle defines time intervals after which the UE starts monitoring the PDCCH for a wake-up duration of time; the UE does not perform any other operation during the wake-up duration apart from monitoring the PDCCH. The time intervals of the wake-up cycle between the wake-up durations are preferably shorter than the one of the DRX long cycle, and may have the same or a shorter length than the ones of the DRX short cycle. The wake-up duration may be as long as the on-duration of the DRX short/long cycle, or may be preferably much shorter, such as only one or a few subframes.
US11937324B2
Data transmitting/receiving apparatuses and methods and a communication system. The data transmitting method includes: in an inactive state, determining whether to maintain in the inactive state or enter an active state according to indication information of a network device or one or more parameters configured by the network device; and in the inactive state, transmitting data and/or a request message for entering the active state to the network device. Hence, data transmission may be performed in an appropriate state, without needing to restart connection at each time of data transmission; saved resources may be used for the data transmission, and time needed in performing identical data transmission may be reduced.
US11937322B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may establish a sidelink connection with a second UE, where the sidelink connection is associated with a plurality of flows. The first UE may determine, based on monitoring each flow of the plurality of flows, a radio link status of the sidelink connection. The first UE may transmit, based on the determining, a non-access stratum layer message to the second UE based at least on the radio link status of the sidelink connection.
US11937320B2
A method for operating a terminal for radio link management includes: receiving from a first cell a connection reconfiguration message, for configuring carrier aggregation, including configuration information for a second cell; performing beam and radio link monitoring for the first and second cells; when a beam failure for the second cell is detected, performing at least one from among a procedure of reporting the beam failure to the first and second cells, a procedure of requesting the recovery of the beam failure from the first and second cells, and a beam recovery procedure for the second cell; receiving, from the first or second cell, a control message in response to the report of the beam failure, or in response to the beam recovery procedure; and, upon receiving the control message, determining whether the beam recovery procedure is successful.
US11937318B2
A dual-mode mobile device and a method for coordinating calls for the dual-mode mobile device over a first and second connection within a controlled environment is disclosed. The method includes communications between a monitoring server and the dual-mode mobile device over the first connection while the dual-mode mobile device conducts the call over the second connection. The monitoring server transmits control messages to the dual-mode mobile device to control operations of the dual-mode mobile device and establishment of the call and also monitors operations of the dual-mode mobile device as well as the communications transmitted and received by the dual-mode mobile device during the call.
US11937314B2
According to an embodiment, a method of a user equipment (UE) in a communication system supporting an edge computing service using an edge data network including a first server providing, to the UE, first configuration information for application data traffic and a second server exchanging, with the UE, the application data traffic comprises transmitting a service provisioning request to a third server providing second configuration information for a connection with the first server and receiving, from the third server, a service provisioning response including network identification information related to a list of the first server or the second server in response to transmitting the service provisioning request.
US11937311B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a control node may receive a resource management indication from a network node to identify a resource utilization with communications of the network node; determine, based at least in part on the resource management indication, a collision management configuration for the network node; and transmit information associated with the collision management configuration based at least in part on the determination of the collision management configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11937308B2
A contending radio node is configured for attempting contention-based random access. The contending radio node obtains a timing advance sequence that is susceptible to contention. The contending radio node transmits, using the same transmission advancement timing, the timing advance sequence and a contention-resolving identity to a recipient radio node. Responsive to that transmission, the contending radio node receives a response signal that indicates a contention-resolving identity and a timing advance. The contending radio node resolves any contention in its favor when the contention-resolving identity indicated by the response signal corresponds to the contention-resolving identity that the contending radio node transmitted. The contending radio node, responsive to resolving the contention in its favor, adjusts its transmission advancement timing according to the timing advance indicated by the response signal.
US11937301B2
Performing a synchronization to allow a second wireless communication circuit of a wireless device operating in a second wireless communication network to operatively coexist with a first wireless communication network of the wireless device operating in a first wireless communication network in one or more wireless communication channels according to a time division multiplexing (TDM), wherein the method includes determining whether the one or more wireless communication channels are busy comprising determining whether a packet has been detected by the wireless device in the one or more wireless communication channels and/or determining whether the wireless device has sensed energy in the one or more wireless communication channels when one or more back-off counters associated TDM plan is zero; and granting to the second communication network, in response to determining the one or more wireless communication channels are busy, use of the one or more wireless communication channels.
US11937298B2
Systems, devices, and methods for performing coordinated clear channel assessments (CCAs) in a shared radiofrequency band are provided. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication performed by a first wireless communication device includes: receiving a control signal indicating a CCA trigger associated with the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device; performing, based on the CCA trigger, a CCA; transmitting, to the second wireless communication device based on the CCA, a first CCA success signal; receiving, from the second wireless communication device, a second CCA success signal; initiating, based on the first CCA success signal and the second CCA success signal, a channel occupancy time (COT); and amplifying and forwarding a communication in the COT.
US11937265B2
A user equipment (UE) indicates an intent to transmit on sidelink sub-channels using a transmission indication and then monitors receptions of transmission grants transmitted from one or more other devices, such as UEs or base stations, and determines whether or not to proceed with the sidelink transmission on the sub-channels based on the received transmission grants. A device monitors transmission indications transmitted from UEs to determine a UE that can proceed with a sidelink transmission on sub-channels, and transmits a transmission grant corresponding to the UE that can proceed with the sidelink transmission on sub-channels.
US11937259B2
Provided is a base station capable of enhancing signal reception performance. In the base station (100), a control unit (101) generates data signals in unit of fixed length. A transmission unit (107) performs repetitive transmission of a transmission signal including at least one of the data signals in unit of fixed length in a resource that can be set to a plurality of data lengths.
US11937257B2
A user equipment (UE) receives a configuration of a set of parameters for an uplink configured grant for uplink transmission. The UE receives a release or a reactivation of the uplink configured grant. The UE and releases or reactivates transmission occasions of the uplink configured grant that occur after reception of the release or the reactivation by at least a processing time duration.
US11937254B2
Implementations of the present disclosure provide a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device. In the method, a terminal device detects first Downlink Control Information (DCI) in a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) search space corresponding to a first carrier. A first information field in the first DCI indicates a second carrier. The terminal device activates or deactivates the second carrier in response to the first DCI.
US11937253B2
Some embodiments of this disclosure provide a method for determining a scheduling parameter, a method for configuring a scheduling parameter, a terminal, and a network-side device. The method for determining a scheduling parameter is applied to a terminal and includes: determining a scheduling offset threshold for current use according to a preset rule when a carrier or BWP on which a PDCCH is located and a carrier or BWP on which a PDSCH scheduled by the PDCCH is located have different numerologies.
US11937237B2
The present disclosure relates to a user device, a base station, a method for data transmission/reception by a user device, and a method for data reception/transmission by a base station. The user device comprises circuitry which, in operation, receives a parameter defining a rule for assigning to ports respective resources for carrying reference signals, generates, based on a mapping known to the user device and the base station, a set of layer-to-port mapping combinations, and receives, from the base station, control information indicating one of the set of layer-to-port mapping combinations which is to be applied for data transmission and/or reception.
US11937235B2
Aspects relate to dynamically changing the slot format of a slot between half-duplex and sub-band full-duplex and/or to changing flexible symbols within a flexible slot between half-duplex and sub-band full-duplex when a base station is configured to operate in a sub-band full-duplex mode. A slot format indicator (SFI) indicating the slot format of the slot may be signaled, for example, via downlink control information (DCI) mapped to a downlink control channel or medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE) mapped to a downlink data channel. To improve reliability, various SFI boosting mechanisms may further be employed. For example, the base station may apply a higher aggregation level to the SFI, transmit repetitions of the SFI across multiple beams, apply a CRC enhancement and/or MCS enhancement to the downlink control channel carrying the SFI, and/or apply a power boost to the SFI.
US11937228B2
Method and apparatus for switching BWP based on UE feedback. The apparatus identifies a potential change of resources of a carrier based on an event or a condition associated with communication with a base station. The apparatus provides, to the base station, a preferred throughput or BWP as the potential change of resources for the carrier. The apparatus switches to the preferred throughput or BWP for the carrier. The apparatus receives, from the base station, a switch indication including instructions to switch to the preferred throughput or BWP for the carrier. The apparatus selects a preferred throughput or BWP as the potential change of resources.
US11937227B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a configuration indicating a set of occasions configured for sidelink communications for the UE. The sidelink communications may include at least one of sidelink traffic, semi-persistent scheduling traffic, or a combination thereof. The UE may receive a control indication associated with a radio network temporary identifier. The control indication may include a downlink control information. In some examples, the UE may skip a first pre-scheduled occasion of the set of occasions configured for sidelink communications based on the control indication, and may perform sidelink communications during a second pre-scheduled occasion of the set of occasions after skipping the first pre-scheduled occasion.
US11937221B2
Methods, devices, and systems for multi-carrier network operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing channel scrambling in a multi-carrier network, wherein the multi-carrier network includes a first component carrier (“CC”) and a second CC between a base station and a user equipment (“UE”) comprises receiving a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (“C-RNTI”) and a cell identification (“ID”) for at least one of the first CC and the second CC; and using the RNTI and the cell ID to perform scrambling of information transmitted on at least one of the first CC and the second CC.
US11937220B2
The present application relates to the technical field of communications, and provides a partial sensing-based resource selection method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining at least one selection slot and at least one sensing slot, the selection slot being after a target moment, and the sensing slot being before the target moment; and determining a candidate resource set from available resources of the selection slot on the basis of the sensing result in the sensing slot, and selecting a transmission resource from the candidate resource set.
US11937217B2
A method for a relay terminal to transmit and receive signals in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a step for transmitting, in a first time region, a UL signal to an upper node through a backhaul link and a DL signal to at least one lower node through an access link; and a step for receiving, in a second time region, a DL signal from the upper node through the backhaul link and a UL signal from the at least one lower node through the access link, wherein different frequency resources are allocated to the UL signal and the DL signal in the same carrier in each of the first time domain and the second time domain.
US11937208B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured with comprising a set of monitoring occasions for a reference signal. While the UE is in an inactive mode or an idle mode, a configuration for the set of monitoring occasions may be updated. The UE may be transmitted an indication of the updated set of monitoring occasions while the UE is in the inactive mode or the idle mode. The indication for the updated set of monitoring occasions may be sent via paging or system information messages.
US11937205B2
A base station device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: execute control for transmitting, when the base station device is started, location information relevant to the base station device to a server device; execute control for receiving, from the server device, setting information relevant to the location information, the setting information being used for setting the base station device; and execute initial setting of the base station device by using the setting information.
US11937190B2
A method for reporting power headroom-related information for a plurality of aggregated carriers. The method includes reporting in a bitmap the power headroom-related information for a number of the aggregated carriers that is less than or equal to the total number of aggregated carriers, wherein the power headroom-related information is one of a power headroom for at least one of the aggregated carriers and a path loss for at least one of the aggregated carriers.
US11937185B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support a shared transmission power control (TPC) for uplink data and control channels. In a first aspect, a method includes a user equipment (UE) receiving a TPC command in downlink control messages from a serving base station. Each TPC command includes a power correction indicator. The UE may then apply an accumulation of power correction indicators received in the downlink control messages to an adjustment state associated with a transmit power of an of uplink control channel and an uplink data channel. The UE transmits to an uplink receive point, the uplink control or data channel according to the transmit power adjusted by the accumulation of power correction indicators applied to the adjustment state. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US11937180B2
Provided are a carrier activation method, apparatus, device and system and a storage medium, and belongs to the technical field of communications. The method includes: wake-up information is received on a predetermined carrier that is a carrier, configured to transmit the wake-up information, in at least two carriers allocated to User Equipment (UE); and the predetermined carrier and at least one other carrier are activated based on the wake-up information, or, at least two other carriers are activated based on the wake-up information, the other carrier(s) being a carrier(s) other than the predetermined carrier in the at least two carriers. According to the present disclosure, the problem that the UE needs to detect the wake-up information on each carrier and determine whether to activate the carrier based on the wake-up information is solved, and the energy consumption of the UE is reduced and the endurance of the UE is improved.
US11937173B2
A method includes selecting N cells waiting to be camped on from a candidate cell list, decoding a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) of each of the selected N cells waiting to be camped on, selecting, from at least one cell whose PBCH is successfully decoded, one cell as a cell continuing waiting to be camped on, and when a remaining minimum system information (RMSI) decoding result of the cell continuing waiting to be camped on indicates that the cell continuing waiting to be camped on meets a camping criterion, determining the cell continuing waiting to be camped on as the cell to be camped on.
US11937167B1
Systems, methods, and devices disclosed herein contemplate client updates to traffic filter tables that control delivery of network traffic from an access point to the client over a multi channel wireless network. The client may update the traffic filter table whenever: (i) an application on the client initiates the request; (ii) an application matching a secondary channel requirement in a look-up table is opened or closed; (iii) data characteristics matching the secondary channel requirement in the look-up table are detected or removed; (iv) data usage of the client meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold; (v) data usage of the client falls below a predetermined threshold; and/or (vi) a specified period of time has passed.
US11937163B2
Aspects presented herein relate to methods and devices for wireless communication including an apparatus, e.g., a UE and/or a base station. In one aspect, the apparatus may send a request to a second BS to configure a backhaul routing path via the second BS to a third BS that has a signaling connection to the first BS. The apparatus may also communicate, with the second BS, a first backhaul adaptation protocol (BAP) configuration associated with the backhaul routing path. The apparatus may also transmit a second BAP configuration to the third BS in association with the communicated first BAP configuration.
US11937161B2
An information processing device associated with a prescribed vehicle receives an emergency message to inform occurrence of a prescribed event, and presents, upon reception of the emergency message, an electronic manual corresponding to the prescribed vehicle to a user.
US11937158B2
An electronic device is configured to receive at least one advertisement (ADV) packet from an external electronic device using the wireless communication circuit. The electronic device is configured to determine whether to upload identification information of the first external electronic device based on at least one of information of a channel through which the at least one ADV packet is received or information of the external electronic device included in the at least one ADV packet. The electronic device is configured to transmit the identification information of the external electronic device and location information of the electronic device to an external server device, in response to a determination to upload the identification information. In addition to the above, various embodiments identified through the disclosure are possible.
US11937157B2
The present invention provides a V2X operation method implemented by a V2X (vehicle-to-X) terminal in a wireless communication system, the method characterized by: determining whether or not V2X message transmission is possible on reserved periodic resources; and, if the V2X message transmission is not possible on the reserved periodic resources, transmitting to another V2X terminal a first scheduling assignment (SA) channel comprising information which indicates that the V2X message transmission is not possible on the reserved periodic resources.
US11937150B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a charging function (125) for handling a subscriber's communication services. The charging function (125) detects that a subscriber's credit account has reached or fallen below a credit threshold when the subscriber has multiple ongoing communication services consuming credit from the credit account. The charging function (125) sends a threshold notification to a UE (101) on which the subscriber has at least one of the multiple ongoing communication services. The charging function (125) determines if a response to the threshold notification has been received with prioritization of one of the multiple ongoing communication services. If a response with prioritization of one communication service has been received, the charging function (125) initiates termination of all ongoing communication services except the prioritized communication service, and provides all available credit to be available for the prioritized communication service.
US11937148B2
A method of indicating UE status includes: determining, at the UE based on at least one of sensor output information of the UE or one or more incoming wireless signals to the UE, an indoor/outdoor status of the UE; and sending an indoor/outdoor indication of the indoor/outdoor status of the UE from the UE to a network entity.
US11937146B2
Techniques are described for filtering location data in a dataset based at least on its representation of the actual location of a user device. In some embodiments, sensor data including location data associated with a user device located in an environment may be used to identify one or more prediction factors. The one or more prediction factors may be associated to embed a user behavior vector of a user based at least on the associations. The user behavior vector may be a representation of an environment class in which the environment may be classified. The location data is associated with the environment class.
US11937136B2
Provided are a method and a device for performing a UE-based handover in a next generation wireless access network. The method of a UE may include receiving, from a source base station, an upper layer signaling including information on UE-based handover command and information on conditions for handover execution; storing a target cell configuration by using the information on conditions for handover execution; and determining whether to perform a handover procedure to a target cell, by determining whether predetermined conditions for handover are satisfied.
US11937134B1
A wireless access node indicates available Radio Access Technology (RAT) types to a User Equipment (UE). The UE selects from the available RAT types and indicates the UE-selected RAT types to the wireless access node. The wireless access node transfers the UE-selected RAT types to a network controller. The network controller selects from the UE-selected RAT types and indicates the network-selected RAT types for the UE to the wireless access node. The wireless access node indicates the network-selected RAT types to the UE. In response, the UE and the wireless access node simultaneously exchange user data using the network-selected RAT types.
US11937131B2
Methods and systems for resume request followed by release and redirect are herein provided. According to one aspect, a method performed by a User Equipment for communicating within a telecommunications network comprises: while in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) INACTIVE state, sending, to a base station, a request to resume communication, and, without entering an RRC CONNECED state, receiving, from the base station, an instruction to release and redirect; and in response to receiving the instruction to release and redirect, performing cell selection in a Radio Access Technology and attempting to establish or resume communication with the selected cell.
US11937126B2
The described technology is generally directed towards adaptive spectrum as a service, in which spectrum can be dynamically allocated to adapt to demand for wireless capacity. The demand for wireless capacity can be based on monitoring system state, and/or proactively predicted based on other system state such as time of day. Reallocated spectrum can be monitored for performance, to converge spectrum allocation to a more optimal state. Allocated spectrum can be relocated, increased or decreased, including by the use of citizens band radio service spectrum or other spectrum. Currently allocated spectrum can be adapted into modified allocated spectrum by an application program (xApp) coupled to a radio access network intelligent controller (RIC), a citizens broadband radio service device, a domain proxy service, and/or a user device. A user device can determine and request bandwidth, with spectrum allocated in response.
US11937122B2
Wireless communication systems and methods related to radio link control (RLC) transmissions are provided. A first wireless communication device transmits a sequence of protocol data units (PDUs). The first wireless communication device receives a first reception status report for a first portion of a receiver buffer window used for receiving the sequence of PDUs from a second wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device receives a second reception status report for a second portion of the receiver buffer window, the second portion being different from the first portion, from the second wireless communication device.
US11937117B2
A wireless device communicates a transmission capability by determining a number of active transmits chains of the wireless device, determining a maximum number of space-time streams according to the number of active transmit chains, providing a frame with an indication of the maximum number of space-time streams, and transmitting the frame. The wireless devices may provide the indication of the maximum number of space-time streams in an Operating Mode field of High Efficiency Aggregate Control field of the frame. The maximum number of space-time streams may be a maximum number of space-time streams that may be used by the wireless device to respond to a Trigger frame.
US11937111B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a measurement configuration method, a device, and a system, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The measurement configuration method includes obtaining priorities of M pieces of measurement indication information, and measuring, according to the priorities of the M pieces of measurement indication information, a to-be-measured frequency corresponding to target measurement indication information, where M is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
US11937110B2
A signal reporting method, a terminal device and a network device for performing signal selection according to the report amount other than layer 1 reference signal receiving power (L1-RSRP), which can improve the quality of the selected signal, so as to improve system performance. The method comprises: the terminal device determines a target report amount in at least one report amount, wherein the at least one report amount is configured by means of measurement configuration information, and the at least one report amount comprises report amounts other than L1-RSRP; the terminal device determines the reported signal according to the measurement result of the target report amount for N signals.
US11937108B2
A wireless network device in a wide area network is disclosed. A radio of the network device receives a plurality of communication signals. The device detects a signal to noise ratio value and/or a noise floor value and determines, for each frequency channel, when one of the detected signal to noise ratio value is less than a signal to noise ratio threshold value for a period of time and/or the detected noise floor value is greater than a noise floor threshold value for the period of time. The device transmits a jamming warning signal when one of the detected signal to noise ratio value for each of the channels is determined to be greater than the signal to noise ratio threshold value for the period of time and/or the detected noise floor value for each channel is greater than the noise floor threshold value for the period of time.
US11937106B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for wireless communication including an apparatus, e.g., a UE and/or a base station. The apparatus may measure a RSRP of a CRS for each of a plurality of neighboring cells. The apparatus may also calculate an interference strength of each of the plurality of neighboring cells based on the RSRP measurement of the CRS for each of the plurality of neighboring cells. Additionally, the apparatus may compare a PDSCH demodulation performance of the UE based on rate matching for a CRS offset associated with each of the plurality of neighboring cells with the PDSCH demodulation performance of the UE based on skipping the rate matching for the CRS offset. The apparatus may also transmit a request for the rate matching or skipping the rate matching for the CRS offset based on the comparison of the PDSCH demodulation performance of the UE.
US11937104B2
A radio wave environment analyzer includes a memory that holds location information on a radio transmitter disposed in a target area where a moving body is present and location information on a reference point at which a radio wave from the radio transmitter is received, and a processor that obtains (i) a first reception intensity of the radio wave at the reference point when the moving body is present at an initial location and (ii) a plurality of second reception intensities of the radio wave at the reference point respectively corresponding to cases where the moving body is present at a plurality of movement locations. The processor selects one or more locations out of the plurality of movement locations to execute a simulation of a radio wave environment in the target area, based on the first reception intensity and the plurality of second reception intensities.
US11937102B2
Provided is a method and system for optimizing utilization and performance of one or more unlicensed bands in a network (Wi-Fi and Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS)) through a client device application that communicates with a central node deployed on a cloud platform. The method and system collects Radio Frequency (RF) measurements from a plurality of client devices and from a plurality of nearby point of attachments (PoAs) and transmits the collected RF measurements to the cloud platform. An optimal transmission channel/network in the one or more unlicensed bands is then calculated for one or more nearby PoAs using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) module based on the RF measurements, which utilizes a Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS), an Automated Frequency Coordinator (AFC) and a Spectrum Access System (SAS) to select the optimal transmission channel/network based on the data-rate result received from the DFS, AFC and SAS.
US11937101B2
System and methods for managing a Wi-Fi network of a plurality of Wi-Fi networks from a cloud-based Network Operations Control (NOC) dashboard include, subsequent to creating an account for a user of the Wi-Fi network, receiving data associated with the Wi-Fi network from the one or more access points; providing a display associated with the Wi-Fi network based on the data, wherein the display comprises a network topology and one or more tabs providing information related to operation of the Wi-Fi network; updating the display based on one or more inputs received, wherein the updating updates one or more of the network topology and the one or more tabs; and performing one or more operations via the NOC dashboard to one of manage, control, and troubleshoot the Wi-Fi network.
US11937099B2
Beamforming for adapting wireless signaling beams in an adaptive and agile manner is contemplated. The beamforming may be characterized by adaptively constructing beam form parameters to provide wireless signaling in a manner that maximizes efficiency and bandwidth according to device positioning relative to a responding base station.
US11937093B2
Methods and systems for simultaneous sharing of spectrum in wireless communications. Base Stations (BSs) of a plurality of mobile network operators in a cell may send downlink signals to their respective connected User Equipments (UEs) through a shared frequency spectrum. Further, the BSs may receive uplink signals from the UEs in the shared frequency spectrum.
US11937092B2
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US11937089B2
A method for remotely bonding a companion device to an implanted medical device to achieve long-term encrypted and authenticated communication channel, that is resilient to companion device failure or compromise and hence mitigates the risk or need for unplanned, revision surgery and/or premature device explanation. Through use of a shared cryptographic key between the two systems, the companion device may request an encrypted challenge number from the implant. Completing the challenge via transmitting an encrypted validation number permits the implanted medical device to bond and perform a new long-term key exchange. The shared cryptographic key can be changed as well, in event of compromise or other adverse event, using a described device firmware update procedure.
US11937086B2
A method and system for wirelessly tracking power tools and related devices to aid with inventory management and to help minimize, prevent, and recover misplaced or stolen tools throughout the job site. The tools and/or batteries include wireless transmitting capabilities (e.g., an ISM unit) to transmit data to a fob, puck repeater, and/or gateway over an ISM network. The gateway is operable to translate and output the ISM communications over a cellular network to a remote monitoring unit, such as a personal computer or smart phone. Additionally, the gateway is further operable to translate and output cellular communications from the remote monitoring unit to ISM communications over the ISM network. A wireless tethering system and method is also disclosed whereby an ISM battery places a power tool in a lock-out or limp mode after the ISM battery remains outside of ISM communications for a prolonged period of time.
US11937083B2
A method for controlling access to wireless communications includes generating an overlay to a portion of an existing wireless network by controlling radio frequency (RF) equipment to establish a defined geographical volume as the overlay; receiving an indication of wireless devices within the volume, the indication including three-dimensional positions of the wireless devices within the boundary; establishing identities for the wireless devices, the identities selected from the group consisting of allowed, unknown, and restricted; generating a private network encompassing at least a portion of the volume; locking and maintaining locked unknown and restricted wireless devices to the processor; and directing allowed wireless devices to access the private network for wireless communications within the volume.
US11937082B1
A secure electric vehicle (EV) charger and system incorporating thereof is provided. One embodiment includes an EV charger. The EV charger includes a processor, a low power short range point-to-point communication system, and a memory containing an authentication software application. The processor is configured by the authentication software application to receive an authentication request from a mobile device via the low power short range point-to-point communication system, send encrypted EV charger access credentials to the mobile device, receive a digital token from the mobile device, verify the digital token, and initiate a charging session based upon a command contained within the digital token. The digital token may be encrypted using a public key and may be self-authenticating without use of an internet connection thus enabling secure charging without the presence of an internet connection.
US11937080B2
A method for updating network access application authentication information applicable to a terminal having an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) that has at least one profile. The method includes receiving, by the terminal, a first message from a remote server, where the first message includes network access application (NAA) authentication parameter update information and a first identifier, updating, by the terminal, authentication information of a profile corresponding to the first identifier based on the NAA authentication parameter update information, and detaching, by the terminal, from a network and re-attaching to the network based on updated authentication information of the profile.
US11937078B2
A mobile device is disclosed. The device includes a communicator, a GPS unit for calculating location information, a memory, a display, and a processor, and the processor is configured to generate movement path information of the mobile device by performing homomorphic encryption of a plurality of pieces of location information stored in the memory, transmit the movement path information to a server apparatus through the communicator, based on operation result data obtained by operating based on the movement path information and comparison target path information being transmitted from the server apparatus, decrypt the operation result data, and output a message notifying whether a route overlaps the comparison target path information based on a decrypted result through the display. Therefore, the route overlap is rapidly and accurately confirmed without invasion of privacy.
US11937058B2
A driver's vehicle sound perception method during the autonomous traveling of a driver sound control system applied to an autonomous vehicle is provided. The method includes determining a mobile device and Bluetooth earphones held by a driver within a cabin, and setting the driver position and face direction for the driver, a driver relative distance for the individual controller, and the sound pressure and cycle of an alert for a failure situation of the individual controller by a DSM controller of the DSM system. The method confirms the utterance position of the alert for the driver by an AVNT controller of the AVNT system, and reproduces the failure situation of the individual controller by a vehicle speaker or the Bluetooth earphones to reproduce the vehicle alert through the left/right Bluetooth earphones in the driver's ears at autonomous Lv.4, freeing the driver from driving.
US11937057B2
A videoconferencing system includes a camera acquiring image data and a microphone array acquiring audio data. Image data is used in conjunction with sound source localization (SSL) data to locate a talker depicted in the image data. SSL processes the audio data and determines SSL pan angle values indicative of an estimated direction of a sound. Columns of pixels in an image are associated with bins. A bin count is incremented for each SSL pan angle value of the audio data that falls within a given bin. A bounding box in the image data is determined that encompasses a face depicted in the image data. A range of pixels is determined for the bounding box, such as extending from a leftmost column to a rightmost column. The bin with the highest bin count that also overlaps a range of pixels for a bounding box is deemed to contain the talker.
US11937046B2
A sound diffuser includes a first annular control member, a second annular control member, and a third annular control member. The first annular control member includes a first communication hole and an annular inclined plate that surrounds the first communication hole and is inclined relative to an axial direction of the first communication hole. The second annular control member includes a second communication hole and an annular inclined plate that surrounds the second communication hole, houses the first annular control member therein, and is inclined relative to an axial direction of the second communication hole. The third annular control member has a plurality of third communication holes and surrounds the second annular control member.
US11937044B2
A sound emission control device comprises a plurality of guides. The guides each include an inlet connected to a branching portion that is configured to oppose a vibrating surface inside an acoustic device, an outlet communicated to the inlet, and a horn-shaped inner wall surrounding a space between the inlet and the outlet. The guides are configured to guide sound that is emitted from the vibrating surface and branched by the branching portion to the outlets that are configured to be communicated to sound emission holes that are provided in the acoustic device and face mutually different directions, respectively.
US11937042B2
Some headphone systems include two ear cups, a headband assembly, an interface system and a control system. Each ear cup may include an ear cup enclosure, an ear pad assembly, a speaker system and a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly may be disposed within the ear cup enclosure such that it is not visible from outside the ear cup. The headband assembly may connect with each of the ear cups via the hinge assembly. The interface system may include at least one interface and a plurality of input source buttons disposed on at least one of the ear cups. Each of the input source buttons may be configured for selecting a source of audio data received via the at least one interface. The control system may be configured for controlling the speaker system to reproduce audio data received via the interface and selected by one of the input source buttons.
US11937035B2
A surveillance pendant assembly for discretely recording audio and video includes a personal electronic device and a pendant that is attachable to a necklace for wearing on a user. A video camera is integrated into the pendant to capture video footage of the user's environment. A microphone is integrated into the pendant to record audio of the user's environment. Each of the video camera and the microphone are in remote communication with the personal electronic device for storing video and audio in the personal electronic device.
US11937033B2
An electronic device comprises: a housing comprising a front plate, a rear plate facing in the opposite direction to the front plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate; a display which is viewed from the outside through the front plate; a first opening formed between an edge of the front plate and the side member; a mid-plate which is arranged between the display and the rear plate and extends from the side member, overlaps the display when viewed from above the display, and includes a second opening adjacent to the first opening; a speaker which is located in a space adjacent to the second opening, between the mid-plate and the rear plate, and includes a diaphragm facing the display; a sound guide structure arranged between the mid-plate and the display, the sound guide structure comprising a grill portion, which is inserted into the first opening and includes a plurality of through holes, and a flange portion which extends from the grill portion to a space between the display and the mid-plate and forms a sound passage between the second opening and the grill portion together with the mid-plate; and a scaling member at least partially surrounding the periphery of the sound guide structure.
US11937020B2
An object inspection system and a method for detecting defects which utilizes a plurality of cameras and lights to capture images of a portion of an object and which uses the captured images to determine the presence of a defect upon a surface, such as surface, of the object and which may communicated the location of the identified defect to an automated defect repair assembly.
US11937019B2
Each of a plurality of co-located inspection camera modules captures raw images of objects passing in front of the co-located inspection camera modules which form part of a quality assurance inspection system. The inspection camera modules have either a different image sensor or lens focal properties and generate different feeds of raw images. The co-located inspection camera modules can be selectively switched amongst to activate the corresponding feed of raw images. The activated feed of raw images is provided to a consuming application or process for quality assurance analysis.
US11937012B2
To reduce increased consumption of the recording capacity of a recording medium to record generated image data, an imaging device includes an imaging element and an image processor that receive subject light through an opening in a housing and generate image data, a recording controller that records the image data generated by the imaging processor onto a memory card, a lens cover movable to a position at which the lens cover covers the opening to restrict the subject light from entering the imaging element, and a determiner that detects a position of the lens cover based on the image data generated by the imaging processor and determines whether the lens cover covers the opening. The recording controller stops recording the image data onto the memory card when the determiner determines that the lens cover covers the opening.
US11937009B2
Provided is an infrared imaging device capable of reducing streak noise by calculating correction coefficients for correcting streak noise from a single image. The infrared imaging device includes: a thermal image generator to generate a single thermal image on the basis of a signal from a thermal image sensor; a correction coefficient calculator to calculate multiple correction coefficients included in a correction equation for converting pixel values of pixels included in the single thermal image into target values in which streak noise is reduced; and a thermal image corrector to correct a thermal image generated by the thermal image generator by using the multiple correction coefficients, wherein the correction coefficient calculator calculates the multiple correction coefficients on the basis of difference between pixel values of pixels arranged in a direction in which the streak noise occurs in the single thermal image.
US11937003B2
According to one embodiment, a solid-state image sensor includes a linear array of pixels, a timing generator that outputs a pulse signal, a plurality of clock drivers that generate each generate a different drive signal based on the pulse signal, an analog shift register that transfers the signal charges in one direction along the linear array by applying the drive signals to the respective transfer blocks. The plurality of drive signals generated by the plurality of clock drivers each have a different phase.
US11936999B2
Power consumption in realizing a convolutional neural network (CNN) is reduced. A solid-state imaging element according to the present technology includes a photoelectric conversion element that photoelectrically converts received light into signal charge corresponding to the amount of received light, a floating diffusion that holds the signal charge obtained by the photoelectric conversion element, a transfer control element that controls transfer of the signal charge from the photoelectric conversion element to the floating diffusion, and a control unit that controls application of a drive voltage to the transfer control element on the basis of a convolution coefficient in a CNN.
US11936996B2
Miniaturization of pixels is facilitated in a solid-state imaging element that detects presence or absence of an address event. The solid-state imaging element includes a plurality of detection pixels and a detection circuit. In the solid-state imaging element including the plurality of detection pixels and the detection circuit, each of the plurality of detection pixels generates a voltage signal according to a logarithmic value of a photocurrent. Furthermore, in the solid-state imaging element including the plurality of detection pixels and the detection circuit, the detection circuit detects whether or not a change amount of a voltage signal of a detection pixel indicated by an input selection signal among the plurality of detection pixels exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
US11936992B2
Embodiments relate to a multi-mode demosaicing circuit able to receive and demosaic image data in a different raw image formats, such as Bayer raw image format and Quad Bayer raw image format. The multi-mode demosaicing circuit comprises different circuitry for demosaicing different image formats that access a shared working memory. In addition, the multi-mode demosaicing circuit shares memory with a post-processing and scaling circuit configured to perform subsequent post-processing and/or scaling of the demosaiced image data, in which the operations of the post-processing and scaling circuit are modified based on the original raw image format of the demosaiced image data to use different amounts of the shared memory, to compensate for additional memory utilized by the multi-mode demosaicing circuit when demosaicing certain types of image data.
US11936991B2
An EO/IR optical imaging system comprises collection optics to collect light from a scene into a collimated or near-collimated space. An imaging detector is positioned at the image plane and configured to integrate incident light (radiant flux or photons) over an image frame and readout a sequence of pixelated images at a frame rate, said detector exhibiting a saturation threshold. To prevent saturation of the imaging detector, a MEMS MMA is positioned in the collimated or near-collimated space. A secondary detector (via a pick-off) samples light from the collimated or near-collimated space multiple times per image frame. A controller responsive to the sampled light commands a percentage of the mirrors to re-direct light incident on those mirrors to a light dump and commands the remaining mirrors to re-direct light incident on those mirrors to the imaging detector. Together the mirrors adjust a fraction of light reaching the imaging detector such that the integrated incident light for a given image frame is less than the saturation threshold.
US11936989B2
An illustrative apparatus may perform gaze-based auto-exposure management of image frames. For example, the apparatus may determine, for an image frame within an image frame sequence captured by an image capture system, auto-exposure values for pixel units into which the image frame is divided. The apparatus may then assign weight values to the pixel units based on a gaze direction of a viewer viewing the image frame sequence. Based on the auto-exposure values determined for the pixel units and the weight values assigned to the pixel units, the apparatus may update one or more auto-exposure parameters for use by the image capture system to capture an additional image frame within the image frame sequence. Corresponding apparatuses, systems, and methods for gaze-based auto-exposure management of image frames are also disclosed.
US11936983B1
A camera including a camera enclosure; a fixed optics portion having a prism fixedly coupled to the camera enclosure by a voice coil motor base; a moving sensor portion having an image sensor package coupled to the camera enclosure by a voice coil motor carrier that extends around the image sensor package and is operable to cause a displacement of the image sensor package relative to the fixed optics portion; and a damper coupled to the fixed optics portion or the moving sensor portion to absorb an impact between the fixed optics portion and the moving sensor portion.
US11936978B2
A method, performed by an image-capturing device, for installing the image-capturing device on a network. The image-capturing device operates according to an installation mode in which a limited set of persistent software settings of the image-capturing device can be changed and an installation-mode video stream which is privacy safe is anonymously accessible. The method comprises providing the installation-mode video stream in response to connecting the image-capturing device to the network.
US11936965B2
Operational convenience is to be improved in an inspection nozzle or cleaning nozzle for operation with liquids under high pressure with a coupling section that can be connected to a high-pressure tube. A feed bore, a deflection chamber and at least one communicating bore are operatively connected to the coupling section. A camera recess running concentric to a longitudinal axis is arranged in a camera-receiving portion. A camera module is accommodated releasably connected to an encapsulated camera housing sealed water-tight. Optics and camera electronics are permanently incorporated in camera housing. Case manipulation of the camera module and the camera housing is unnecessary. This is realized in that within the camera housing, a contactless magnetically operable camera switch is arranged effectively connected to the camera electronics via a circuit board on one wall of the camera housing.
US11936964B2
This invention provides a vision system with an exchangeable illumination assembly that allows for increased versatility in the type and configuration of illumination supplied to the system without altering the underlying optics, sensor, vision processor, or the associated housing. The vision system housing includes a front plate that optionally includes a plurality of mounting bases for accepting different types of lenses, and a connector that allows removable interconnection with the illustrative illumination assembly. The illumination assembly includes a cover that is light transmissive. The cover encloses an illumination component that can include a plurality of lighting elements that surround an aperture through which received light rays from the imaged scene pass through to the lens. The arrangement of lighting elements is highly variable and the user can be supplied with an illumination assembly that best suits its needs without need to change the vision system processor, sensor or housing.
US11936963B2
An imaging device according to this disclosure includes: a visible light camera that captures an image of a face of a person to be authenticated; a plurality of infrared light cameras that is provided on a housing with the visible light camera and captures an image of an iris of the person to be authenticated; and an optical filter that is provided on the housing so as to cover a light receiving surface of each of the plurality of infrared light cameras and not to cover a light receiving surface of the visible light camera, and has a pass band in an infrared region and a blocking band in a visible region.
US11936956B2
A system and method for presenting video asset information to a viewer to assist the view in selecting a video asset for viewing. The video assets can be available from a plurality of different video asset sources, such as VOD (video on demand), PVR (personal video recorders) and broadcast (including over the air, cable, and satellite). Images from the video assets are displayed in a uniform manner, along with information about the video assets. The information includes data in a metadata category. The view can select one of the video assets for viewing, but also can navigate using metadata categories such as genre, actors, director etc. This allows a much easier and natural navigating and selection process for viewers.
US11936948B1
In one aspect, an example method in connection with a shared content viewing session in which multiple users are receiving and viewing respective instances of the same media content in a synchronized manner is disclosed. The example method includes (i) detecting that each of the multiple users respectively exhibits a threshold extent of physical reaction around the same time; (ii) responsive to the detecting, for each of the multiple users, generating and/or storing respective visual content representing that user's physical reaction; (iii) generating a visual content composition that includes at least the generated and/or stored visual content for each of the multiple users; and (iv) outputting for presentation, the generated visual content composition.
US11936945B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed that improve short content identification in an audio stream through channel change detection and audio block realignment. Example instructions cause one or more processors to form a first audio block from an audio stream, detect whether the first audio block contains a channel change, the first audio block being one of a plurality of audio blocks the accessed audio, determine an offset of time from a beginning of the first audio block to when the channel change occurs in response to the channel change being detected in the first audio block, and create a new audio block aligned to start at the offset of time beyond the beginning of the first audio block using audio information from the audio stream, the new audio block to include a single channel of audio stream data.
US11936938B2
Systems, methods, and media for presenting media content are provided. In some implementations, a system for presenting media content is provided, the system comprising: a hardware processor that is programmed to: establish a connection with a media playback device; respond to a discovery request from a computing device presenting a media content item; establish a persistent communication channel with the computing device over a network in response to a request from the computing device to establish the persistent communication channel; receive identifying information of the media content item being presented by the computing device and identifying information of a source of the media content item being presented by the computing device; request the media content item from the identified source of the media content item as a stream of media content; and cause the media content item to be presented using the media playback device.
US11936937B2
In one general aspect, a method can include detecting at least one indicator of user-initiated interaction with a computing device, obtaining data related to a demographic of a user of the computing device, identifying a current state of the computing device, determining that content displayed on a first display device included in the computing device is to be casted to a second display device separate from the computing device based on the at least one indicator of the user-initiated interaction with the computing device, the data related to a demographic of a user of the computing device, and the current state of the computing device, and casting the content displayed on the first display device to the second display device.
US11936932B2
A video monitoring system can include multiple collectors to receive video beacon data from multiple video monitoring interface modules. At least one beacon stream is connected to receive data from multiple collectors. A processing module receives the beacon stream and provides a real-time event stream used for real-time data analysis and a video view stream used for long-term data analysis.
US11936930B2
A data processing method, a server, and a data collection device are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a server, first network key performance indicator KPI data and performance data of a first set-top box STB, where the first network KPI data is network KPI data of a first video service stream, and the first STB is an STB that receives the first video service stream; and calculating, by the server, first video quality of experience QoE of the first video service stream based on an associated model, the first network KPI data, and the performance data of the first STB, where the associated model is a model obtained through training based on historical data, and the associated model is used by the server to calculate video QoE based on network KPI data and performance data of an STB.
US11936910B2
A three-dimensional data encoding method includes encoding information of a current node included in an N-ary tree structure of three-dimensional points included in three-dimensional data, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. In the encoding, first information is encoded, the first information indicating a range for one or more referable neighboring nodes among neighboring nodes spatially neighboring the current node, and the current node is encoded with reference to a neighboring node within the range.
US11936906B2
An intra-frame prediction method and device, according to the present invention, enables deriving an intra-frame prediction mode of a current block, determining a pixel line, among a plurality of pixel lines, for the intra-frame prediction of the current block, and carrying out the intra-frame prediction of the current block on the basis of the intra-frame prediction mode and the pixel line. In addition, a first reference pixel of the determined pixel line may be selectively filtered, and a prediction pixel of the current block may be selectively corrected, and thus the accuracy of the intra-frame prediction may be improved.
US11936903B2
A method for video coding includes obtaining a coding block of video data, determining whether a joint coding of motion vector difference (JMVD) is used for predicting the coding block, obtaining, based on determining that the JMVD is used for predicting the coding block, a list of scaling factors and the JMVD from the video bitstream, deriving a predicted scaling factor based on the list of scaling factors, deriving a motion vector difference (MVD) for a reference list based on at least the joint motion vector difference and the predicted scaling factor, and reconstructing the coding block based on the derived MVD.
US11936900B2
Motion vectors (MVs) are used as predictors for prediction of an image for a current coding unit (CU) within a current video frame. The MVs are from a list of motion vector candidates (MVCs), which is generated. The list includes MVs determined from a first or second pattern, each pattern specifying MVC positions. The first MV positions are within a current video frame, while the second MV positions are for a video frame different from the current frame. The MVC list is generated for a current CU with the MV positions being relative to a position of the current CU. In particular, the MVC list is generated in dependence on a size of the current CU and a size of a grid specifying a minimum distance between two MV positions. One or more MVs as specified by the MV positions of said pattern are included into the MVC list.
US11936897B2
Motion vectors of a first reference frame are permitted to point to a plurality of further reference frames. A method of storing the motion vectors comprises, when a block of the first reference frame has two motion vectors (V2A, V2B) initially, selecting one of the two motion vectors, the non-selected motion vector not being stored. The selected motion vector may be scaled. This can reduce the motion vector memory size.
US11936896B2
Motion vectors of a first reference frame are permitted to point to a plurality of further reference frames. A method of storing the motion vectors comprises, when a block of the first reference frame has two motion vectors (V2A, V2B) initially, selecting one of the two motion vectors, the non-selected motion vector not being stored. The selected motion vector may be scaled. This can reduce the motion vector memory size.
US11936894B2
A video decoding method can comprise the steps of: acquiring image information from a bitstream, the image information including a picture header related to a current picture, and the current picture including a plurality of slices; parsing, from the picture header, a first flag indicating whether information necessary for an inter prediction operation is in the picture header and/or a second flag indicating whether information necessary for an intra prediction operation is in the picture header; parsing, from the picture header, the information necessary for the inter prediction operation and/or the information necessary for the intra prediction operation based on the first flag and/or the second flag; and generating prediction samples based on the information necessary for the inter prediction operation and/or the information necessary for the intra prediction operation.
US11936885B2
A method includes: decoding a bitstream and thereby outputting a transform coefficients for each color component of the block, a first flag indicating for each color component whether the block includes a non-zero transform coefficient, and a second flag indicating whether the block has been encoded using a color space transform that transforming a color space of a prediction residual from a color space of the original image to another color space; performing a color space inverse transform for the prediction residual restored from the transform coefficients, when the second flag indicates that the block has been encoded using the color space transform; and determining whether to perform chroma residual scaling for the prediction residual of the chrominance component, based on the first flag of a chrominance component and the second flag, the chroma residual scaling that performs scaling based on a luminance component corresponding to the chrominance component.
US11936879B2
Methods for management of encoding complexity for image and video encoding, for example for algorithms belonging to the JPEG 2000 family of standards, where the encoding process targets a given compressed size (i.e. a total coded length) for the image or for each frame of a video sequence. Described are a set of methods for complexity constrained encoding of HTJ2K code-streams, involving collection of local or global statistics for each sub-band (not for each code-block), generation of forecasts for the statistics of sub-band samples that have not yet been produced by spatial transformation and quantization processes, and the use of this information to generate a global quantization parameter, from which the coarsest bit-plane to generate in each code-block can be deduced. Coded length estimates can be generated in a manner that enables latency and memory to be separately optimized against encoded image quality, while maintaining low computational complexity.
US11936874B2
Devices, systems, and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream representation of the current video block using a matrix based intra prediction (MIP) mode in which a prediction block of the current video block is determined by performing, on previously coded samples of the video, a boundary downsampling operation, followed by a matrix vector multiplication operation, and followed by an upsampling operation, where the upsampling operation is performed, in both a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in a fixed order, on samples obtained from the matrix vector multiplication operation.
US11936870B2
An image encoding/decoding method and an apparatus thereof are provided. The decoding method includes: determining a coding unit by splitting an image; determining a transform unit in the coding unit; determining whether to decode residual data of the transform unit according to a transform skip mode; obtaining a significant subgroup flag about a subgroup in the transform unit; based on the significant subgroup flag indicating that the subgroup includes at least one non-zero significant coefficient and scanning information about coefficients of the subgroup, obtaining a first bin about a significant coefficient flag, a sign flag, a first flag, and a parity flag of a coefficient of a scan position; obtaining the residual data including a coefficient in the subgroup based on the base level and a remainder of an absolute value excluding the base level; and obtaining a reconstruction block of the coding unit, based on the residual data.
US11936867B2
Improved video coding and decoding techniques are described, including techniques to derive quantization step sizes adaptively with quantization step size table templates. Quantization techniques described provide finer-grained control over quantization with a more flexible quantization step size especially at higher degrees of quantization. This may result in improved overall compression quality. Other coding parameters, such as in-loop filtering parameters, may be derived based on the more flexible quantization parameters.
