US11040529B2
A liquid-ejecting-apparatus includes a nozzle that ejects liquid with a viscosity of 50 mPa·s or higher; a pressure-chamber communicating with the nozzle; a pressure-change-portion that changes a pressure of the liquid in the pressure-chamber; and a controller that controls the pressure-change-portion. The controller executes first control of decreasing the pressure of the liquid in the pressure-chamber, hence pulling a center portion of a meniscus toward the pressure-chamber, and forming a liquid-membrane with the liquid at an inner-wall-surface of the nozzle; and second control of, in a state in which the liquid-membrane is formed at the inner-wall-surface of the nozzle, increasing the pressure of the liquid in the pressure-chamber, hence inverting a shape of the center portion of the meniscus to a protruding shape protruding toward an opening of the nozzle and forming a liquid-column, and further, ejecting the liquid-column so as not to contact the liquid membrane.
US11040526B2
Provided is a releasing member-integrated transfer sheet capable of improving both the conveyability on forming an image on a transfer layer and the transferability on transferring the transfer layer onto a transfer receiving article. A releasing member-integrated transfer sheet includes a releasing member including a first support and an adhesive layer provided on the first support, and a transfer sheet including a second support and a transfer layer provided on the second support, the transfer sheet being integrated with the releasing member such that the adhesive layer is opposed to the second support. The transfer layer is peelable from the second support, and the adhesive force between the second support and the adhesive layer is smaller than the adhesive force between the first support and the adhesive layer to thereby make the releasing member separable from the transfer sheet.
US11040522B2
Disclosed is a polyimide cover substrate, which is configured such that a device protection layer is formed of a urethane acrylate compound on at least one side of a polyimide film, thereby exhibiting not only high flexural properties and impact resistance but also superior solvent resistance, optical properties and scratch resistance and low water vapor transmission rate, and thus can be effectively utilized as a cover substrate for a flexible electronic device.
US11040503B2
The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for manufacturing a composite component. The apparatus includes a mold onto which the composite component is formed. The mold is disposed within a grid defined by a first axis and a second axis. The apparatus further includes a first frame assembly disposed above the mold, and a plurality of machine heads coupled to the first frame assembly within the grid in an adjacent arrangement along the first axis. At least one of the mold or the plurality of machine heads is moveable along the first axis, the second axis, or both. At least one of the machine heads of the plurality of machine heads is moveable independently of one another along a third axis.
US11040497B2
A bonder and a method for bonding corrugated sidewalls to a thermoplastic belt at a splice joint. Two heating jaw assemblies with complementary and confronting corrugated vertical faces clamp a thermoplastic belt to a base of the bonder with a corrugated sidewall section separated from the belt across a splice joint received in a corrugated slot formed between the confronting vertical faces. Corrugated bonding strips at the bottoms of the corrugated vertical faces apply heat to melt the bottom of the sidewall section on opposite sides to bond the corrugated sidewall section to the base.
US11040480B2
The optical film according to the present invention has a feature that it has excellent property of blocking UV light and exhibits high slip property and thus enables self-winding even while using an acrylic resin not containing monomers having a ring structure.
US11040478B2
A molding changing apparatus having a holder, a cooling plate, and a mold set coupled to the cooling plate is disclosed. The cooling plate has at least one connecting pin disposed on the surface which is reverse to the surface where the mold set is disposed, and the holder has at least one pneumatic pin receptacle disposed thereon. The connecting pin of the cooling plate can be inserted into the connecting hole of the pneumatic pin receptacle of the holder, and the connecting pin is fastened by the pneumatic pin receptacle, thereby connecting the mold set and the cooling plate to the holder. Through the use of the connecting pin and the pneumatic pin receptacle, the mold set and the cooling plate on the holder can be changed rapidly and the efficiency of the plastic vacuum forming with mold sets is enhanced.
US11040470B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of producing a compound material comprising at least one metal and at least one polymer, a compound material comprising at least one metal and at least one polymer, comprising a 3D-lattice of the at least one metal and a polymer introduced into the 3D-lattice, a component for a vehicle comprising the compound material and a vehicle comprising the component.
US11040469B2
An assembly for compression molding includes an insert housing defining a plurality of apertures having stop surfaces. The assembly includes a plurality of inserts disposed within the apertures and in engagement with the stop surfaces. The assembly further includes a plurality of gas springs in biased engagement with the inserts. Individual gas springs of the plurality of gas springs are adapted to independently compress under load to permit independent movement of individual inserts within the apertures relative to the insert housing.
US11040466B2
The present application describes a system for curing moldable material. The system comprises an energy source, a mold, and/or other components. The mold comprises internal mold surfaces forming a mold cavity. The mold is formed from one or more materials configured to absorb electromagnetic radiation emitted by the energy source. The mold has a hot zone and a cold zone. The hot zone and the cold zone have the one or more materials thereof comprising at least one different physical characteristic so that the hot zone and the cold zone absorb the electromagnetic radiation at different rates and/or in different amounts. The hot zone absorbs more electromagnetic radiation than, and/or electromagnetic radiation faster than, the cold zone.
US11040462B2
The present disclosure describes a treated cellulosic material comprising a cellulosic material having a porous structure defining a plurality of pores, at least a portion of the pores containing a treating agent comprising a polymer, the polymer comprising a polyurethane polymer. The present disclosure further describes a method for preparing a treated cellulosic material comprising providing a cellulosic material; and a first treatment protocol comprising impregnating the cellulosic material with an aqueous dispersion comprising a polymer, the polymer comprising a polyurethane polymer; and a second treatment protocol comprising impregnating the cellulosic material with a modifying agent, the modifying agent comprising a hydrophobic amine.
US11040459B2
A knife with an extended handle includes one side of the handle, either as part of the original structure or bonded or welded to that original structure, that projects or extends forward onto the base of the knife blade on one side thereof, thereby providing a gripping surface for the user's thumb, and onto or alongside the spine of the knife blade to provide a proximal phalanx platform for the user's forefinger. The spine may have a notch formed therein proximal, and wherein the finger platform rests in or alongside the notch. The finger platform may have a concave surface contour, and the concave surface contour may be coextensive with the notch.
US11040458B2
Embodiments of a hair cutting device for use with automated hair cutting systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a hair cutting device comprises a body having a proximal end and a distal end. A cutter head is attached to the distal end of the body, the cutter head configured for manipulating and cutting hair. The hair cutting device further comprises a plurality of sensors coupled to the body for sensing a position of the cutter head relative to a user's head.
US11040456B2
A robot operating apparatus includes a force sensor mounted on the distal end part of an arm unit and a handle supporting unit mounted on the distal end part of the arm unit via the force sensor. The handle supporting unit supports two handles, and a handle structure including the two handles has two force points where forces are applied while being gripped with both hands. The force sensor detects a resultant force of forces acting on the two force points, and transmits the same to a robot control apparatus, so that the distal end part of the arm unit moves in accordance with a direction and a magnitude of the resultant force detected by the force sensor.
US11040452B2
The disclosed system includes a robot configured to perform a task on a workpiece. A camera having a field of view is operably connected to the robot. A light system is configured to project structured light onto a region of interest having a smaller area within the field of view. A control system is operably coupled to the robot and the camera is configured to determine a depth of the workpiece relative to a position of the robot using the structured light projected onto the workpiece within the region of interest.
US11040451B2
A teaching device includes an image acquisition unit which acquires an image including a manipulation target object which is linked to operations of an arm of a robot and a teaching position of the manipulation target object, a movement control unit which controls the arm to move the manipulation target object in the image to the teaching position, and a teaching information acquisition unit which acquires a state of the arm in a state in which the manipulation target object in the image is present at the teaching position as teaching information.
US11040444B2
A flux sensing system includes a memory and a processor in communication with the memory and a sensing device, the memory storing a plurality of capabilities and a plurality of semantic fluxes associated with the plurality of capabilities. The computing system is configured to infer a semantic based on received inputs and route the inputs to the semantic fluxes based on semantic drift inference between their associated capabilities and inferred semantic. Further, it positions the sensing device for receiving the input from a user in an optimal manner.
US11040443B2
A Z slider includes a rotating shaft capable of at least one revolution centered on a rotation axis, in a state Where the rotating shaft supports a measurement head that is connected to a plurality of cables; a θ axis drive motor that causes the rotating shaft, to perform normal rotation in a clockwise direction and reverse rotation in a counterclockwise direction; and an oscillating link that oscillates in a state of contact with the rotating shaft when the rotating shaft is performing normal rotation in the clockwise direction and limits normal rotation in the clockwise direction that is equal to or greater than a predetermined angle, and that oscillates in a state of contact with the rotating shaft when the rotating shaft is performing reverse rotation in the counterclockwise direction and limits reverse rotation in the counterclockwise direction that is equal to or greater than a predetermined angle.
US11040440B2
A drill press includes a main housing, a drill unit supported by the main housing for relative movement therewith, a base coupled to the main housing, the base having a bore formed in a top surface thereof and a magnet to create a magnetic field for magnetically latching the base to a workpiece, and a holding force detection assembly having a plug, a sensor positioned outside the plug to detect the magnetic field within the base, the sensor emitting a variable output voltage signal in response to the detected magnetic field, and a printed circuit board received within a slot in the plug. The holding force detection assembly is received within the bore formed in the top surface of the base.
US11040434B1
An adjustable dual-range wrench including an elongate handle and a fixed jaw carried by the handle. The fixed jaw includes multiple teeth disposed linearly along the jaw. A hook jaw is pivotably coupled to the handle opposite the fixed jaw. A toothed lobe is adjustably positioned along the fixed jaw between an outer engagement region sized to engage a first range of sizes and an inner engagement region sized to engage a second range of sizes. The hook jaw comprises a first set of teeth associated with the outer engagement region and a second set of teeth associated with the inner engagement region.
US11040433B1
A dual ratcheting tool having multiple ratchet assemblies and handles for rotating adapters, sockets, and other tools is provided. The dual ratcheting tool includes an upper ratchet assembly independently rotationally and mechanically connected to a lower ratchet assembly; a drive member connected to the upper ratchet assembly and the lower ratchet assembly; an upper handle connected to the upper ratchet assembly, the upper handle having an upper directional switch to set a drive direction of the upper ratchet assembly; and a lower handle connected to the lower ratchet assembly, the lower handle having a lower directional switch to set a drive direction of the lower ratchet assembly. The upper and lower handles of the dual ratcheting tool can independently and in combination can drive a socket more quickly and efficiently than ratchets having a single ratchet assembly and handle.
US11040432B2
A method for manufacturing hand tools, such as wrenches. The method generally includes the steps of providing a flat stock, cutting the flat stock into the desired two-dimension blank using a laser, and three-dimensionally machining the laser-cut 2D blank into the desired three-dimensional workpiece. The tool may undergo a heating treatment process and a surface treatment process. In the context of a wrench, the blank may be laser cut with a laser beam oriented to cut generally perpendicularly to the plane of the flat stock. After laser cutting, the handle and interface region between the handle and jaw(s) are machined to provide the desired three-dimensional shape. For example, the three-dimensional shape may be selected to provide a comfortable grip even when applying a high level of force. The wrench jaw may have an optimized geometry calculated so that there is no excess material or “over-designed” regions of the jaw. The wrench jaw has internal corners with optimized radii.
US11040427B2
A method of processing a workpiece which includes metal in a work surface by a processing unit including a grindstone or a polishing pad includes a processing step of grinding or polishing the workpiece by the processing unit while supplying a processing fluid to the work surface of the workpiece. The processing fluid contains an organic acid and an oxidizing agent.
US11040421B2
A torque tool for use subsea with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) includes a tool housing, a socket drive configured to rotate within the tool housing, and a drive mechanism configured to provide torque to rotate the socket drive within the tool housing. The drive mechanism includes a first torque electric drive motor configured to provide a first torque to the socket drive, and a second torque electric drive motor configured to provide a second torque to the socket drive different from the first torque. The first torque electric drive motor and the second torque electric drive motor are configured to together provide a third torque that is higher than the first torque and the second torque.
US11040412B2
In some aspects, torch receptacles for coupling a plasma arc torch to a torch lead can include: a body having a first end to connect to the torch lead and a second end to connect to a torch body; a set of ports within the first end to fluidly connect to a set of fluid conduits within the torch lead; and a multiway valve within the body and fluidly connected to the set of ports and to a torch gas conduit formed in the second end, the multiway valve being configured to: i) manipulate a flow of fluids between the first end and the second end to select from primary gases entering the set of ports, ii) deliver a selected primary gas to the torch body through the torch gas conduit, and iii) fluidly connect the torch gas conduit to a gas supply manifold of the plasma cutting system.
US11040410B2
Welding wire preheating systems and methods are disclosed. An example welding method includes: receiving a signal indicative of initiation of welding process; prior to initiating a welding arc based on the received signal, controlling voltage or current applied to a welding electrode to preheat the electrode to a temperature above an ambient temperature but below a melting point of the welding electrode; monitoring feedback voltage to determine a termination of preheating; and terminating preheating prior to initiating the welding arc in accordance with a welding protocol.
US11040409B2
Provided is a cutting machine that cuts a high-temperature moving object to be cut while moving in synchronization with the movement of the object to be cut, and that is capable of effectively protecting itself from the heat of the object to be cut and effectively utilizing the heat. A cutting machine for cutting a high-temperature moving object to be cut while moving in synchronization with the movement of the object to be cut, comprising: a cutter configured to cut the object to be cut; a movement device configured to move the cutting machine in synchronization with the object to be cut; a water-cooling plate configured to cool the cutting machine; and a thermoelectric power generation device including a thermoelectric element for converting the heat of the object to be cut into electric energy, wherein the water-cooling plate also serves to cool a low-temperature side of the thermoelectric element.
US11040401B2
A throwaway insert includes a base and a cutting edge member. The cutting edge member includes: a rake face; a flank face extending to cross the rake face; a first connecting face connecting the flank face to a side surface of the base and extending to cross the rake face; and a first ridgeline formed by the rake face and the flank face and serving as a cutting edge. When viewed in a plan view from the upper surface of the base, the flank face and the first connecting face are located external to the base. A second ridgeline formed by the rake face and the first connecting face crosses the first ridgeline at an obtuse angle.
US11040400B2
An additive manufacturing facility operating in an automated and contained manner. The facility includes a containment chamber inside which a plurality of additive manufacturing machines is installed, each machine comprising a manufacturing chamber, inside the containment chamber, a supply device and a supply circuit for supplying the various machines of the facility with an additive manufacturing powder, a conveying device for conveying additive manufacturing container/tray assemblies comprising at least one conveying chamber circulating between the various machines, and (4) a cleaning device comprising at least one cleaning chamber for cleaning, in an automated and contained manner, the additive manufacturing trays in the cleaning chamber.
US11040399B2
The inventive concept relates to a method for manufacturing a metal based component (100, 200) having a cavity (103, 203). The method comprises the steps of: providing a plurality of individual segments (110, 210) corresponding to different portions of the metal based component; arranging the plurality of segments in a stack (120, 220) in such a way that the shape of the stack corresponds to the shape of the metal based component, and that a void (130, 230) is formed in the stack, wherein the shape of at least a portion of the void corresponds to the shape of the cavity; filling at least the first 10 portion of the void with an incompressible filler (140, 240); removing gas from the stack; subjecting the stack to a hot pressing process to form the metal based component comprising the cavity; removing at least a part of the incompressible filler from the metal based component.
US11040393B2
The invention relates to a transport device (10), in particular for transporting cooling blocks (12) in a caterpillar casting machine, comprising a guide rail (16), which forms an endless circulating track (U) for a caterpillar casting machine (14), and a support element (18) having a plurality of rollers (20), by means of which the support element (18) is guided on the guide rail (16) and rolls along same, wherein a cooling block (12) of a caterpillar casting machine (14) can be placed on the support element (18). The guide rail (16) has a first running surface (16.1) and a second running surface (16.2), wherein the running surfaces (16.1, 16.2) are provided on opposite sides of the guide rail (16). The support element (18) has at least three rollers (20.1, 20.2, 20.3), of which two rollers (20.1, 20.2) are in rolling contact with the first running surface (16.1) of the guide rail (16), and at least one further roller (20.3) is in rolling contact with the second running surface (16.2) of the guide rail (16), wherein at least one roller (20.1; 20.2; 20.3) is preloaded towards the guide rail (16).
US11040389B2
A method for making an air spring assembly, including the steps of providing a bellow, a support ring, and a guide tube. The support ring is positioned relative to a bellow adapter such that a portion of the bellow adapter extends through the support ring. The bellow is then positioned such that a portion of the bellow extends over the support ring and a portion of the bellow adapter. The guide tube is then positioned relative to the bellow and the support ring, such that a portion of the bellow extends into the guide tube and the guide tube is supported by the bellow adapter, and a portion of the guide tube is supported by a ridge support fixture. The first clamp and second clamp are then moved towards the guide tube, applying force to the guide tube, simultaneously forming a first crimp and a second crimp.
US11040383B2
A system is disclosed for remediation of contaminated earth from hazardous substances, comprising mobile equipment that are generally available. The mobile equipment are physically separate and temporarily organised at a location in the proximity of a contaminated site when the need arises and are dispersed or disposed of following remediation of the contaminated site. The generally available mobile equipment may include earth moving excavators, truck mixers equipped with tumblers used for mixing and delivering cement-concrete to the construction site, and centrifuges.
US11040376B2
Spray apparatus and uses thereof are described herein. A vacuum spray nozzle apparatus may include a first tube in fluid communication with a fluid source, a rotor coupled to the tube, a conduit in fluid communication with the passages of the first tube, and a second tube coupled to the conduit, the second tube being in fluid communication with a vacuum source. The rotor is in fluid communication with the pressurized fluid source. The conduit is substantially arched or angled such that an outlet of the conduit is offset a radial distance in a radial direction from the rotor axis, and when pressurized fluid is ejected from the outlet, during use, rotates the conduit. The vacuum spray nozzle apparatus is configured to remove components from a material through the second tube when a pressure of the system is reduced using the vacuum source.
US11040371B2
A method for producing a panel including a core and a decorative surface layer is disclosed. The method includes the step of applying a dry powder layer on the core. The method includes the step of applying steam on a dry powder layer on the core. Thereafter heat and pressure are applied to the powder layer in order to bond the powder together.
US11040365B2
A foamer for use in dispensing a dosage of a product which has a foam consistency is disclosed. The foamer is described as having a high output and as being a mini foamer such that the associated pump engine is able to deliver a dosage for each stroke which is in excess of that dosage normally associated with mini foamers. The receptacle to which the pump engine is assembled has a neck finish which is smaller than those neck finishes normally associated with higher output foamers. The resulting combination as set forth herein is to provide a higher output dosage without changing the size benefits and preferences of a mini foamer.
US11040354B2
A portable rechargeable personal ionic air purifier energizing a personal airspace and cleaning particulate pollutants therefrom provides removable attachment of ion emitter and housing subassemblies by magnetic attraction, provides an electrically grounded conductive member external to the housing that releasably clips a lanyard or article of clothing, includes a decorative surround and provides an external ground plate for use with a desktop mount, armband or other accessory.
US11040349B2
Provided is a device including: at least one well in which an amplifiable reagent is contained in a specific copy number of less than 100; and at least one well in which the amplifiable reagent is contained in a specific copy number of 100 or greater, wherein for the at least one well in which the specific copy number of the amplifiable reagent is less than 100, a formula: CV<1/√x is established, where CV represents a coefficient of variation for the specific copy number and x represents average specific copy number of the amplifiable reagent.
US11040348B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure is a sample collection unit configured to receive a test strip. The sample collection unit includes a collection tube including an open end and a cap configured to be coupled to the open end to close the collection tube. The cap includes an access opening that extends through the cap and at least one sealing member aligned with the access opening. The at least one sealing member includes a dynamic strip interface that permits insertion of the test strip through the access opening and into the collection tube.
US11040339B2
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to anion exchange membranes and, more particularly, to anion exchange membranes comprising a styrene block copolymer and methods for their manufacture. In one embodiment, the invention provides a polymer according to formula IV, wherein x and y are mol %, QA is or each of R1 and R2 is, independently, a linear alkyl chain or a cyclic alkyl chain, and Z is selected from a group consisting of: a linear alkyl chain, a cyclic alkyl chain, and an alkylene ether chain.
US11040337B2
A microporous crystalline material having a molar silica to alumina ratio (SAR) ranging from 10 to 15 and a fraction of Al in the zeolite framework of 0.63 or greater is disclosed. A method of selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas that comprises contacting exhaust gases, typically in the presence of ammonia, urea, an ammonia generating compound, or a hydrocarbon compound, with an article comprising the disclosed microporous crystalline is also disclosed. Further, a method of making the disclosed microporous crystalline material is disclosed.
US11040333B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst having improved selectivity and reactivity and applied to preparing olefins by dehydrogenating C9 to C13 paraffin, and particularly to a technique for preparing a catalyst, which uses a heat-treated support having controlled pores, and most of metal components contained therein are distributed evenly in a support in the form of an alloy rather than in the form of each separate metal, thereby exhibiting high a conversion rate and selectivity when used in dehydrogenation.
US11040328B2
The invention relates to a solid composition which comprises at least one amorphous silica gel, at least one cellulosic agent, at least one binder, and optionally at least one neutralizing agent, and is characterized in that the solid composition has a grain size of 100 μm to 2 mm.
US11040310B2
The present invention provides, in various embodiments, hybrid single-pass tangential flow filtration assemblies, disposable single-pass tangential flow filtration assemblies, scalable single-pass tangential flow filtration assemblies and adaptable modular single-pass tangential flow filtration assemblies. In other embodiments, the invention relates to processes for recovering proteins from the surface of a filtration membrane in a single-pass tangential flow filtration assembly and for cleaning a tangential flow filtration assembly. In additional embodiments, the invention provides methods of increasing the processing capacity of a single-pass tangential flow filtration assembly.
US11040301B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods for estimating a replacement status of an HVAC air filter. Outdoor weather data (e.g., outdoor temperature information), is obtained. A Total Runtime Value of the HVAC system is determined based upon the obtained outdoor weather data. Finally, a replacement status of the air filter is estimated as a function of a comparison of the Total Runtime Value with a Baseline Value. By correlating air filter replacement status with an estimated runtime of the HVAC system, a credible predictor of air filter usage is provided. By estimating fan runtime based on easily-obtained outdoor weather data, the methods are readily implemented with any existing HVAC system and do not require installation of sensors or other mechanical or electrical components to the HVAC system.
US11040296B2
A method for extracting rare earth metals (e.g., lanthanides and/or actinides) from aqueous solution, the method comprising: (i) acidifying an aqueous solution containing said rare earth metals with sulfuric acid to result in an acidified aqueous solution containing 1-12 M concentration of sulfuric acid; and (ii) contacting the acidified aqueous solution with an aqueous-insoluble hydrophobic solution comprising a rare earth extractant molecule dissolved in an aqueous-insoluble hydrophobic solvent to result in extraction of one or more of the rare earth metals into the aqueous hydrophobic solution, wherein the rare earth extractant molecule has the following structure: wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from hydrocarbon groups containing 1-20 carbon atoms, provided that the total carbon atoms in R1, R2, R3, and R4 is at least 12; and R5 and R6 are independently selected from hydrogen atom and hydrocarbon groups containing 1-3 carbon atoms.
US11040285B1
An anti-cheat system may be accessed over a network and stored directly into volatile memory of a user computing system. In some embodiments, this anti-cheat system may scan, or access portions of, the volatile memory of the user computing system to detect whether cheat software or other unauthorized software that may interact with a game application is detected on the user computing system. The accessed portions of the volatile memory may be compared with one or more signatures that are associated with the execution of cheat software on a computing system. The anti-cheat system may be prevented from being stored within non-volatile memory, thereby preventing malicious users from modifying the anti-cheat system.
US11040283B2
On a plurality of paths within a virtual space, objects moving in movement directions that are determined for the paths, respectively, are displayed. When an operation input has been performed by a player, whether a plurality of the objects that satisfy a predetermined condition have been designated is determined. When it is determined that the plurality of the objects that satisfy the predetermined condition have been designated, the plurality of the designated objects are caused to enter a state of being selected. At predetermined timing, control in which a display manner of selected objects that are the objects in the state of being selected is changed or the selected objects are eliminated from the path is performed.
US11040276B2
A system and method of operation of an augmented reality system includes: a position sensor for calculating a current location; an orientation sensor, coupled to the position sensor, for calculating a current orientation; and a control mechanism, coupled to the position sensor, for presenting a system object based on the current location, the current orientation, an object location, an object orientation, an access right, a visibility, and a persistence.
US11040263B2
Provided is a sensing system, a sensor device, and a sensor fixture. The sensing system includes a sensor fixture that has a mode corresponding to an attachment attitude to a target object and a sensor device that is attachable with the attachment attitude to the target object via the sensor fixture. The sensor device includes a sensor unit that senses information regarding the target object, and an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating the attachment attitude based on the mode of the sensor fixture.
US11040259B2
Some embodiments include a club head for adjusting vertical spin of a golf ball. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11040258B2
A lacrosse head configured to form a pocket channel, the lacrosse head having a stop member, first and second sidewalls extending from the stop member in a forward direction, and a scoop connecting the first sidewall and the second sidewall opposite to the stop member, with the scoop having a forward edge and a rearward edge, with the rearward edge of the scoop defining generally an arc shape except for a recessed portion disposed at a longitudinal centerline of the lacrosse head, and with the scoop defining at least one stringing hole disposed forward of the recessed portion. Alternatively, a lacrosse head may have a scoop that defines a plurality of lateral stringing holes disposed generally along an arc, and that defines a forwardly offset stringing hole disposed along a longitudinal centerline of the lacrosse head and forward of the arc.
US11040250B2
Methods for coatings for golf balls, particularly golf balls having thermoplastic polyurethane covers, and the resulting finished balls are provided. The coating is preferably a topcoat comprising a polyurethane composition containing optical brighteners. The topcoat composition may comprise a low concentration of optical brighteners. For example, the concentration of optical brightener can be in the range of 0.01 to about 0.20 weight %. Multi-piece golf balls having inner cores, outer cores, inner covers, and intermediate layers can be made. The finished ball with the topcoat has many advantageous physical and playing performance properties.
US11040242B2
A breathing device includes a mouthpiece having a passage therein and a housing connected to the mouthpiece. The passage is configured to receive breaths including inhales and exhales. The breathing device further includes light emitters, a sensor and a controller. The light emitters have an operational status and non-operational status. The sensor is configured to sense pressure generated by the breaths and obtain pressure data associated therewith. The controller is configured to receive the pressure data and determine if breaths are exhales or inhales. The controller is further configured to transmit an inhale signal to the light emitters during an inhale to change their status in an inhale lighting predetermined sequence and timing. The controller is also configured to transmit an exhale signal to the lights emitters during an exhale to change their status in an exhale lighting predetermined sequence and timing.
US11040241B1
Disclosed herein are methods of exercising human arms, including a method of exercising human arms that may include: 1) providing an arm exercise assembly, comprising: a) a frame; b) a wheel coupled to the frame; c) two locks disposed on the wheel; and d) a handle coupled to the wheel; 2) coupling the two locks to the wheel; and 3) abutting the handle against one or both of the two locks.
US11040237B2
An inflatable plyometric box having a first inflatable member adapted to be inflated to a pressure, a second inflatable member on top of the first inflatable member and adapted to be inflated to a pressure, and a connecting member connected to the first inflatable member and the second inflatable member which secures the first inflatable member to the second inflatable member. The first and second inflatable members incorporate drop stitch technology which provides substantial rigidity to first and second inflatable members when the first and second inflatable members are inflated to the pressures. Thus the inflatable plyometric box is substantially rigid to support a user landing on the top of the inflatable plyometric box. The inflatable plyometric box may additionally include a stabilizing member which may be connected to the bottom of the inflatable plyometric box, wherein the stabilizing member is adapted to increase the stability of the inflatable plyometric box.
US11040228B2
A safety harness comprises at least one strap, at least one attachment member for connecting the safety harness and a system for closing and adjusting the strap provided with a stationary fastening buckle secured to a first strand of the strap and a movable fastening buckle secured in such a way as to be adjustable along a second strand of the strap. The movable fastening buckle can cooperate with the stationary fastening buckle in an interlocking configuration in which the strap is closed on itself so as to form a closed loop having a perimeter that can be adjusted by adjusting the position occupied by the movable fastening buckle along the second stand. The safety harness comprises a locking part separate from the stationary and movable fastening buckles, secured to the first strand or the second strand of the strap and capable of varying between an active state urging the two, stationary and movable, fastening buckles relative to each other so as to positively immobilise the stationary and movable fastening buckles in the interlocking configuration, and an inactive state in which the two, stationary and movable, fastening buckles can freely adopt and come out of the interlocking configuration.
US11040225B2
A system and a method for providing a secondary source of breathing gas to a mask are disclosed. The system includes secondary reservoir having a breathing gas, the secondary reservoir connected to a primary line by a secondary line. A pressure switch detects a pressure in the primary line and, upon a pressure lower than a threshold, actuates an actuator to permit the flow of breathing gas from the secondary reservoir through the secondary line. A valve may be configured to prevent a flow of gas from the secondary line to a source side of the primary line. The method includes detecting gas pressure and actuating an actuator upon a low gas pressure to permit a flow of secondary gas to the breathing mask by way of a secondary line. The gas may be prevented from flowing from the secondary line to a source side of the primary line.
US11040219B2
The present disclosure provides a clinical target volume delineation method and an electronic device. The method includes: receiving a radiotherapy computed tomography (RTCT) image; and obtaining a plurality of binary images by delineating a gross tumor volume (GTV), lymph nodes (LNs), and organs at risk (OARs) in the RTCT image. A SDMs for each of the binary images is calculated. The RTCT image and all the SDM are finally input into a clinical target volume (CTV) delineation model; and a CTV in the RTCT image is delineated by the CTV delineation model. An automatic delineation of the CTV of esophageal cancer are realized, a delineation efficiency is high and a delineation effect is good.
US11040215B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods configured to deliver a stimulus (e.g., a therapeutic agent or a therapeutically beneficial signal) to a cell, tissue, organ, or organism. The stimulus is applied at least twice, and the first and second applications are separated by a rest period in which no further stimulus is actively applied. The rest period is of a duration (e.g., about 1-6 hours) sufficient to provoke an enhanced response to the second stimulus.
US11040214B2
In embodiments, a Wearable Cardiac Defibrillator (WCD) system is configured to be worn by an ambulatory patient. The WCD system includes a main user interface (UI) output device that can output an image, sound or vibration as a main message about a condition of the patient or the WCD system. The patient may further carry a peripheral device that can also output an image, sound or vibration as a peripheral message about the condition. The peripheral message may mirror the main message at least in part, amplify it, and so on. The availability of the peripheral message provides the patient with the opportunity to better perceive the main message, and the flexibility to receive and react to it discreetly, learn more about the condition, and so on.
US11040202B2
Passive tissue biasing circuitry in an Implantable Pulse Generator (IPG) is disclosed to facilitate the sensing of neural responses by holding the voltage of the tissue to a common mode voltage (Vcm). The IPG's conductive case electrode, or any other electrode, is passively biased to Vcm using a capacitor, as opposed to actively driving the (case) electrode to a prescribed voltage using a voltage source. Once Vcm is established, voltages accompanying the production of stimulation pulses will be referenced to Vcm, which eases neural response sensing. An amplifier can be used to set a virtual reference voltage and to limit the amount of current that flows to the case during the production of Vcm. In other examples, circuitry can be used to monitor the virtual reference voltage as useful to enabling the sensing the neural responses, and as useful to setting a compliance voltage for the current generation circuitry.
US11040197B2
Techniques are described for determining a voltammogram that characterizes a result of a fast-scan cyclic voltammetry process. The FSCV process can be performed using a sensing apparatus at least partially immersed in a volume of blood of a mammal. A system can process the voltammogram to determine a concentration of a neurochemical in the volume of blood of the mammal.
US11040192B2
An implantable pulse generator (IPG) is disclosed having a plurality of electrode nodes, each electrode node configured to be coupled to an electrode to provide stimulation pulses to a patient's tissue. The IPG includes a digital-to-analog converter configured to amplify a reference current to a first current specified by first control signals; a first resistance configured to receive the first current, wherein a voltage across the first resistance is held to a reference voltage at a first node; a plurality of branches each comprising a second resistance and configured to produce a branch current, wherein a voltage across each second resistance is held to the reference voltage at second nodes; and a switch matrix configurable to selectively couple any branch current to any of the electrode nodes via the second nodes.
US11040186B2
Pinch-style clamps can be designed for use in clamping or occluding plastic tubing, such as intravenous tubing. These pinch clamps can include a soft, polymer material applied to various surfaces of the pinch clamp to prevent abrasion or irritation to the patient, increase friction between the pinch clamp and the user operating said pinch clamp, increase friction between engaged surfaces of the pinch clamp to prevent premature or unintended disengagement of the clamp, or increase friction between the outer surfaces of the tubing and the clamping surfaces of the clamp. Various features or components can be employed to prevent lateral disengagement of the pinch clamp. A pinch clamp may also be configured with rounded outer edges to enhance patient comfort.
US11040179B2
The present invention provides methods and systems for conditioning cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by removing target compounds from CSF. The systems provide for a catheter flow path and exchange of a majority volume portion of CSF in the CSF space. The removal and/or delivery of specific compounds can be tailored to the pathology of the specific disease. The removal is targeted and specific, for example, through the use of specific size-exclusion thresholds, antibodies against specific toxins, and other chromatographic techniques, as well as delivery and/or removal of targeted therapeutic agents.
US11040173B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include a catheter. The catheter can include an elongate shaft that extends along a longitudinal axis. The elongate shaft can include a shaft proximal end and a shaft distal end. A magnetically permeable shaft strip can be disposed along a particular shaft length of the elongate shaft. The magnetically permeable shaft strip can longitudinally extend along the elongate shaft.
US11040172B2
Ureteral and bladder catheters and methods of inducing negative pressure to increase renal perfusion
A ureteral catheter for placement in a kidney, renal pelvis, and/or in a ureter adjacent to the renal pelvis of a patient, includes: an elongated tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a sidewall extending between the proximal end and the distal end of the tube defining at least one drainage lumen extending through the tube; and an expandable retention portion configured to transition from a retracted position to a deployed position and which, in the deployed position, defines a three-dimensional shape positioned to maintain fluid flow from the kidney through at least the distal end of the tube.
US11040168B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: preparation of a user profile for a user whose stress response is being managed to attain a goal response. A use mode is determined according to objectives for the goal response. An Augmented Reality (AR) environment customized for the user is generated according to a use mode configuration corresponding to the use mode, and delivered to the user via a user AR device. Responses by the user to the AR environment is monitored by IoT devices, cognitively analyzed, and a determination if the goal response has been attained would be made according to the monitored user response.
US11040164B2
A patient interface structure for delivery of respiratory therapy to a patient includes a front plate configured to conform to the shape of the patient's face; a mouth cushion defining a breathing chamber and provided to the front plate and configured to seal around the patient's mouth; and a nasal cushion configured to seal the patient's nasal airways. The nasal cushion is supported by the mouth cushion, does not contact a bridge of the patient's nose in use, and extends at least partially into the breathing chamber. A patient interface system includes a patient interface structure and a patient interface structure positioning system configured to position, stabilize and secure the patient interface structure in sealing engagement with the patient's face.
US11040163B2
A conduit for delivering a supply of gas under a positive pressure includes a conduit wall having a first conduit end and a second conduit end. The first conduit end is adapted to be attached to the supply of gas. The conduit wall is deformable between (a) an open condition in which the conduit wall defines a conduit passage along which the supply of gas can travel between the first conduit end to the second conduit end, and (b) a collapsed condition in which the conduit wall substantially collapses the conduit passage.
US11040161B1
The improved endoscopy mask is a single-use, lightweight, disposable, easy-to-use endoscopy mask that is secured around the patient's head and neck. It contains the spread of any respiratory pathogens during upper G.I. endoscopy and extubation, thereby allowing the gastroenterologist to insert and withdraw the gastroscope (upper G.I. endoscope) through an opening in the mask. The mask can be utilized for airway intervention to contain pathogens in the intensive care unit (ICU), emergency department (ED), operating room (OR), and the G.I. endoscopy suite. It can also potentially be utilized away from the hospital in ambulances, hospice care, and nursing homes. The endoscopy mask confines potentially dangerous airway secretions to a sealed area around the patient's nose and mouth.
US11040158B2
A gas delivery component of a CPAP system is configured to magnetically connect to a second gas delivery component of the CPAP system to deliver a pressurized flow of breathable gas to a patient's airways. The gas delivery component includes a lumen forming a first part of a gas flow path for the breathable gas. A connection end of the gas delivery component is configured to engage the second gas delivery component. In addition, a magnetic connection assembly is located at the connection end and includes a magnet positioned at least partially within the lumen. The magnetic connection assembly is configured to magnetically secure the gas delivery component to the second gas delivery component.
US11040153B2
A syringe adapter includes a housing having a first end and a second end positioned opposite the first end, with the housing defining a passageway, and a connector body having a first end and a second end positioned opposite the first end, with the connector body having a connection member configured to be secured to a mating connector. One of the housing and the connector body includes a tab and the other of the housing and the connector body defines a channel that receives the tab, with the connector body movable relative to the housing between a first position where the connector body is restricted from rotating relative to the housing in a first rotational direction and free to rotate relative to the housing in a second rotational direction, and a second position where the connector body is free to rotate in the first and second rotational directions.
US11040151B2
The present disclosure relates to an injection device. The injection device comprises a body for holding a syringe that has a needle at one end and a cap that is removably attached to the body. The cap has a needle shield to cover said needle. The injection device further comprises an actuator member and a translating member. The actuator member is pivotally coupled to one of the cap or body. The translating member is connected to the actuator member and is configured such that pivotal movement of the actuator member relative to said one of the cap or body causes movement of the translating member relative to the body to urge the needle shield away from the body.
US11040149B1
A closure assembly for a medical device such as a syringe comprises a housing having an open end and a hollow interior. A tip cap is removably disposed within the housing and includes a cover connected to the open end by a snap-fit connection. An indicator ring includes an access opening and is removably connected to the cover in interruptive, removable restricting relation to said tip cap. The access opening is dimensioned to facilitate passage of the syringe therethrough into attachment with the tip cap, with the tip cap disposed into disconnecting engagement with said indicator ring concurrent to removal of said tip cap and attached syringe through said open end. Upon removal of the tip cap and attached syringe through the open end of the housing, the indicator ring will be disposed in a surrounding captured disposition on the syringe, thereby providing a clear indication of tampering or use.
US11040147B2
Injection systems can include a reservoir, a plunger mounted within the reservoir, and a plunger shaft including engaging the plunger within the reservoir. A motor can be coupled to the plunger shaft and can be configured to cause the plunger and plunger shaft to move within the reservoir. Systems can include a first encoder and a second encoder and a controller array in communication with the first and second encoders. The controller array can receive outputs from the first and second encoders representative of the position of the motor. Outputs from one encoder can be used to confirm the accuracy of the output of the other encoder. The controller can compare the outputs from the encoders, and, if the difference in the outputs is greater than a predetermined amount, disable operation of the motor.
US11040146B2
The dosing apparatus comprises a conveying device (5), which is driven by at least one conveying drive (4), for conveying fluid from the interior (3) of a container (2). The fluid by means of the conveying device (5) is conveyable from the container to a dispensing opening (6). The conveying device (5) comprises a cylinder (7) having at least one intake opening (11) and at least one outlet opening (12) on an inner cylinder wall (8), and a first piston (9) and a second piston (10). The first piston (9) and the second piston (10) are mounted within the cylinder (7) so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction. Furthermore, the first piston (9) and the second piston (10) between the end sides thereof and together with a portion of the inner cylinder wall (8) delimit a variable fluid volume (17).
US11040144B1
A plunger assembly (200) for use in a syringe apparatus (100). The plunger assembly (200) includes a movable tip (280) that can be removably secured to a plunger rod (210). By positioning the movable tip (280) in a barrel (300) while air (70) can still pass through a hole (282) in the movable tip (280), a user (90) can use the plunger assembly (200) to easily remove air (70) from a syringe apparatus (100) that has been loaded with the desired liquid (80).
US11040130B2
A filter medium includes two porous zones arranged in the form of a stack that include (i) a first porous zone, called “prefiltration”, treated with at least one reagent presenting affinity for red blood cells and leading to red blood cells being captured or agglutinated on the prefiltration zone; and (ii) a second porous zone, called “asymmetric”, presenting pore size that decreases transversely to its thickness, the portion of higher pore size being positioned towards the prefiltration zone.
US11040126B2
The present disclosure provides a degradable corrosion-resistant high strength and ductility magnesium alloy for biomedical use and the preparation method therefor. With regard to a total weight of the magnesium alloy of 100%, the composition of components of the magnesium alloy comprises: 1.0 to 4.5% of Nd, 0.2 to 2.0% of Zn, 0 to 1.0% of Ca, 0 to 1.0% of Zr, and balance of Mg. The magnesium alloy is prepared by producing a magnesium alloy ingot by means of vacuum semi-continuous casting and according to the components and weight percentage thereof followed by solid solution treatment and extrusion. The degradable corrosion-resistant high strength and ductility magnesium alloy for biomedical use provided by the present disclosure has the advantages of being non-toxic and fully degradable, good corrosion resistance as well as high strength and ductility etc., and can be used for preparing a vascular stent.
US11040123B2
A portable or handhold air cleaning system, whose air flow pipeline made of highly reflective and low absorptive material for UVC or UVB light acts also as a UV light waveguide, is invented. The system features a TEC cooled LED light source; air flow warm up mechanism; and UV light absorption/air cleaning enhancement device. The system is useful for travellers and office workers during flu and hay-fever seasons.
US11040121B2
Provided herein are portable ultraviolet (UV) devices, systems, and methods of use and manufacturing same. Methods of use include methods for UV disinfection and sterilization, more specifically, methods for UV disinfection and sterilization of a container, a room, a space or a defined environment. The portable UV devices, systems and methods are particularly useful for the UV disinfection and sterilization of a container, a room, a space or defined environment used in various industries. Provided are also portable UV devices, systems, and methods for inhibiting the growth of one or more species of microorganisms present in a container, a room, a space or a defined environment, preferably for inhibiting the growth of one or more species of microorganisms present on an interior surface of a container, a room, a space or a defined environment.
US11040106B2
The present disclosure provides conjugates of kinase inhibitors and cyanine dyes, as well as related compositions, methods and uses.
US11040093B2
A composition for treating type 1 diabetes mellitus autoimmunity can include a therapeutically effective amount of two or more overlapping fragments of preproinsulin and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein at least one of the polypeptide fragments is antigenic.
US11040090B2
Present invention provides a stable pharmaceutical composition comprising botulinum neurotoxin, anesthetic in a buffer. Present invention also provides a process for the preparation of the stable pharmaceutical composition. The botulinum neurotoxin is stabilized by the formation of complex between the toxin and anesthetic. The present invention further provides a method for treating wrinkles using the said pharmaceutical composition.
US11040087B2
Provided is a therapeutic agent that effectively acts on a disease associated with abnormal glycosylation of dystroglycan. Also provided is a testing method for diseases associated with abnormal glycosylation of dystroglycan. Specifically, provided is a therapeutic agent for diseases associated with abnormal glycosylation of dystroglycan, containing CDP-ribitol as an active ingredient. Ribitol-phosphate is important in the glycan structure of dystroglycan. In order for ribitol-phosphate to be incorporated into a dystroglycan glycan, a material therefor (sugar donor) is required. In the present invention, it has been found for the first time that CDP-ribitol serves as the sugar donor. It has been confirmed that the glycan of ISPD-deficient cells can be restored by administering CDP-ribitol. Thus, the present invention, which allows CDP-ribitol to be utilized for supplementation therapy, has been completed.
US11040084B2
The present invention provides a conjugate and preparation method thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the conjugate and use of the pharmaceutical composition in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of a disease.
US11040082B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating a patient who has colorectal cancer and to methods of reducing the likelihood that a patient will develop or experience a recurrence of colorectal cancer. The methods comprise a step of introducing, to the patient, an effective amount of an agent that targets an intestinal H+-coupled di/tripeptide transporter (PepT1). Useful compositions including, for example, the tripeptide KPV, vectors encoding such peptides, and cells (e.g., bacterial cells) including them, are also within the scope of the present invention, as are kits including such compositions.
US11040074B2
Provided are vesicles derived from bacteria belonging to the genus Proteus and a use thereof. The inventors of the present invention experimentally confirmed that the vesicles was significantly reduced in samples of patients with cancers, allergic-respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic diseases, or neuropsychiatric diseases, as compared to that of normal people, and the vesicles inhibited the secretion of inflammatory mediators due to pathogenic vesicles and also exhibited anticancer efficacy. Therefore, it is anticipated that the vesicles derived from bacteria belonging to the genus Proteus, according to the present invention, may be usefully used for the development of a method of diagnosing cancer, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic diseases, neuropsychiatric diseases, allergic-respiratory diseases, and inflammatory bowel diseases, and a composition for prevention, treatment, and/or alleviation.
US11040070B2
The present invention provides improved and/or shortened methods for expanding TLs and producing therapeutic populations of TILs, including novel methods for expanding TIL populations in a closed system that lead to improved efficacy, improved phenotype, and increased metabolic health of the TLs in a shorter time period, while allowing for reduced microbial contamination as well as decreased costs. Such TLs find use in therapeutic treatment regimens.
US11040068B2
Methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing aging-related conditions are described. The compositions used in the methods include blood plasma and blood plasma fractions derived from blood plasma with efficacy in treating and/or preventing aging-related conditions such as cognitive disorders. The methods relate to a regimen of pulsed dosing of blood plasma or blood plasma fractions.
US11040064B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical composition comprising an iron carbohydrate complex for use in a method for treatment or prevention of Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) of a human patient, wherein the human patient prior to treatment has a magnetic resonance phase imaging of 0.02 radians above the average value of a control group in the substantia nigra, thalamus, putamen, orpallidum. The invention provides a higher probability for a RLS patient being treated to experience a relief in symptoms.
US11040062B2
Described herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction. Said methods are performed by administering said composition comprising a selenium disulfide and an anhydrous semi-solid base. The stable anhydrous composition are substantially free of selenium disulfide agglomerates.
US11040055B2
Methods and compositions for treating diabetic retinopathy employ an ophthalmic, topical formulation of micro-RNA 195 packaged in or on a nanoparticle or vesicle.
US11040051B2
This invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations of gemcitabine-[phenyl-benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]-phosphate, a monophosphate derivative of the well-known oncology drug gemcitabine. In particular, the invention relates to formulations which comprise a polar aprotic solvent, preferably dimethyl acetamide (DMA). Formulations comprising these solvent provide therapeutically effective treatments of gemcitabine-[phenyl-benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]-phosphate. The invention also relates to methods of using said formulations and kits comprising said formulations.
US11040049B2
The application relates to a method for the prophylaxis or treatment of non-infectious diarrhea in a human, the method comprising administering to the human an effective amount of one or more human milk oligosaccharides.
US11040045B2
This invention relates to the use of the combination of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (“25-OH D3”) and antioxidants/anti-inflammatories (ascorbic acid, vitamin E and at least one carotenoid) to make a pharmaceutical, nutraceutical or food supplement which can ameliorate various problems observed in humans connected with polycystic ovarian syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. Pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and food supplements containing the 25-OH D3 and antioxidants/anti-inflammatories and premixes are also provided.
US11040040B2
Provided herein are, inter alia, methods of treating a cancer tumor in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an adenosine A2A receptor antagonist, wherein the subject comprises an elevated level of CD8+ tumor infiltrating lymphocytes relative to a control, the subject comprises an elevated level of T-effector gene signature relative to a control, the subject comprises an increased cancer tumor T cell receptor diversity or blood T cell receptor diversity relative to a control, the cancer tumor comprises an elevated level of PD-L1 relative to a control, and/or the cancer tumor or the blood of the subject comprises an elevated level of CD73 relative to a control. Further provided are, inter alia, methods for determining whether a subject is likely to, is, or has responded to anti-cancer therapy comprising an A2A receptor antagonist.
US11040037B2
The invention provides glucocorticoid receptor antagonists for treatment of infection, neoplasia, and fatty liver disease.
US11040034B2
Provided are compounds having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes.
US11040025B2
The present invention is a method of treating or preventing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of oxazolidinone, specifically (N-(((S)-3-(dibenzo[b,e][1,4]dioxin-7-yl)-2-oxooxazolidin-5-yl)methyl)acetamide) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or stereoisomer thereof.
US11040021B2
Disclosed herein are methods of preventing, treating, and delaying the onset or progression of diseases associated with hepatic stellate cells (HSCs), such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), fibrosis, and liver cancer, using ammonia-lowering therapies.
US11040020B2
A sulfonamide pharmaceutical composition. The present invention relates to a sulfonamide compound injectable preparation comprising a sulfonamide compound or a derivative thereof. The injectable preparation is prepared from the sulfonamide compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier through certain preparation technologies. The sulfonamide compound injectable preparation involved in the present invention is stable and controllable in quality and effective.
US11040013B2
The present invention is directed towards a compacted powder shaped to comprise: a) a substantially annular girdle having opposing circumferential edges, the girdle having a diameter (x); and b) a dome protruding from each of the opposing circumferential edges of the girdle, wherein the height of each dome (hd) from the circumferential edge is, individually, about 0.18x to about 0.28x.
US11040009B2
This disclosure relates to polymersomes comprising a crosslinked polymer and their use as drug delivery vehicles. Specifically, polymersomes comprising a polymer of Formula I: wherein each R is independently C1-6 alkyl; and n is an integer between 1 and 50.
US11040008B2
The present invention relates to storage stable emulsion formulations of meloxicam or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and hydrates thereof suitable for parenteral administration.
US11039996B2
The present invention relates to clear compositions for and methods of retarding hair loss or facilitating hair growth comprising a hair growth active, a C8-C24 alcohol ester of a carboxylic acid and a pharmaceutically acceptable topical carrier comprising monohydric and, optionally, dihydric alcohols and water.
US11039992B2
Described herein are compositions that include a saline solution and reactive oxygen species. Specifically, the composition may include a saline solution, reactive oxygen species, an emollient, and a pH modifier. Also provided is a gel composition that includes a rheology agent. Also provided are methods of making and using the compositions.
US11039987B2
A pacifier securement device is provided. The pacifier securement device is adapted to secure a pacifier, of any kind, in a fabric-stuffed elongated tube providing a pacifier compartment with a snap closure to hold the pacifier to a proximal end of the tube. The proximal end snaps and unsnaps to allow for replacement and interchangeability as well as removal of the pacifier for washing and keeping the pacifier sanitary. The device is long enough so that the present invention is able to be snapped, zipped, or tucked into the child's clothing, strapped into the buckles of a car seat or stroller, bundled in a blanket, or snuggled by the infant, while keeping the secured pacifier within oral reach.
US11039982B1
A medication delivery device involves an ampule having a receptacle base secured to a tab-shaped cap. The exterior surface between the base and cap is scored to permit a user to twist the cap in a first direction thereby severing the cap from the base and permitting medication secured within the base to be accessed. Adjacent the cap on an interior of the ampule is a unidirectional valve which moderates the ejection of fluid into at least two (2) doses. An exterior portion of the base has a surface suitable for any desired indicia.
US11039975B2
A pneumatic system includes a fluidic switching module having an air passage and a vent in fluid communication with the air passage. The pneumatic system also includes a sound attenuator coupled to the fluidic switching module, the sound attenuator having a first chamber in fluid communication with the vent, a first orifice in fluid communication with the vent via the first chamber, a second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber via the first orifice, and a second orifice in fluid communication with the first orifice via the second chamber.
US11039972B2
A funerary insert kit is designed for used with a reusable shell. The insert kit includes a corrugated paper container and at least one fabric segment. The corrugated paper container includes a bottom wall, first and second side walls extending upward from the bottom wall, and first and second end walls extending upward from the bottom wall. The first and second sidewalls, the first and second end walls and bottom wall form an open top container having a width and length configured to reasonably fit an adult human body in supine position. The open top container is configured to fit within the reusable shell. The first fabric segment is affixed to a first rigid substrate. The first rigid substrate configured to fit adjacent an interior surface of at least a first side panel of the reusable shell.
US11039961B2
A method and apparatus to transfer and fold a partially folded absorbent article. The transfer apparatus includes a frame that is rotatable about a first axis of rotation and a transfer member that is rotatable about a second axis of rotation. The transfer member includes a receiving surface. While advancing absorbent article, the transfer member rotates the absorbent article about the second axis of rotation. The partially folded absorbent article is transferred to a folding apparatus. The folding apparatus advances the partially folded absorbent article such that the end regions of the belt of the partially folded absorbent article are directed away from the folding apparatus. The end regions are engaged by a folding assembly. The folding assembly guides and/or pushes the end regions toward the central region of the belt and/or the chassis to form a folded absorbent article.
US11039958B2
Transcorneal and fiberoptic laser delivery systems and methods for the treatment of eye diseases wherein energy is delivered by wavelengths transparent to the cornea to effect target tissues in the eye for the control of intraocular pressure in diseases such as glaucoma by delivery systems both external to and within ocular tissues. External delivery may be affected under gonioscopic control. Internal delivery may be controlled endoscopically or fiberoptically, both systems utilizing femtosecond laser energy to excise ocular tissue. The femtosecond light energy is delivered to the target tissues to be treated to effect precisely controlled photodisruption to enable portals for the outflow of aqueous fluid in the case of glaucoma in a manner which minimizes target tissue healing responses, inflammation and scarring.
US11039957B2
A treatment device for the surgical correction of defective vision in an eye. The device includes a laser apparatus controlled by a controller. The controller determines a desired correction of defective vision from measurement data of the eye to produce control data for the laser, and to control the laser to emit radiation according to the control data, such that a lenticule-shaped volume is isolated in the cornea. The controller computes a lenticule-shaped intended volume, the removal of which from the cornea leads to an actual correction of defective vision in an optical zone in the eye which differs from the desired correction more at the edge of the optical zone than at the center of the optical zone. The thickness of the lenticule-shaped intended volume is less than the thickness of a lenticule-shaped comparison volume, the removal of which would bring about the desired correction of defective vision.
US11039951B2
The present disclosure relates to an assistance implement for ameliorating sleep apnea syndrome which is set in an oral cavity of a user to retain an airway of the user. The assistance implement includes: an oral cavity insertion elastic body formed into an arching plate when viewed end-on from the front or rear; and a lip clamping elastic body shaped into a plate, and provided to a front end of the oral cavity insertion elastic body to oppose the oral cavity insertion elastic body from below.
US11039947B2
A moldable ankle flexible brace is disclosed. The flexible ankle brace may include a heat-moldable, multi-layer leg support portion, a heat-moldable, multi-layer foot support portion, a pair of hinges connecting the leg support portion to the foot support portion, an opening for receiving a user's ankle, and a closure mechanism. The flexible ankle brace may include a middle layer that is substantially stiff at a temperature below about 130° F. and moldable at temperatures above 130° F. Also disclosed is a method of using a flexible ankle brace to treat an ankle. The method may include, for example, heating the brace to above 130° F. placing the heated brace on a patient's ankle and molding the brace to conform to the shape of the patient's ankle.
US11039935B2
Expandable spinal implants and drivers connected by a bendable joint are disclosed. The flexible connector allows the implant and driver to move to different angular orientations with respect to each other, and to apply rotational force or torque from the driver to the implant and its expansion mechanism. During insertion of an implant into the desired position, the driver may be oriented in the same or different direction than the long axis of the implant. After the spinal implant is placed in the desired position, the driver is used to expand the implant in selected dimensions.
US11039934B2
Provided are systems, devices and methods for treating spinal injuries and abnormalities. For example, provided are spinal fusion devices and methods for treating degenerative disc disease using the spinal fusion device.
US11039929B2
A medical device for implantation in a hip joint of a patient is provided. The medical device comprising a first piece being adapted to be fixated to the femoral bone and a second piece adapted to be fixated to the pelvic bone. The medical device further comprises a releasing which in a first state is adapted to hold said first piece attached to said second piece, and in a second state release said first piece from said second piece. The releasing member is adapted to change from said first state to said second state when a predetermined strain is placed on said releasing member by the connection with the first or second piece. The medical device further comprises a calibration member for calibrating the pre-determined strain required for said releasing member to change from said first state to said second state.
US11039928B2
The present invention relates to an articular joint replacement system. The system has first and second components. Each component has a tapered head piece for covering the end of a bone and for acting as an articular surface, an integrally formed screw stem having a length sufficient to extend into the medullary canal, and inwardly angled bone grips affixed to the underside of the head piece to allow solid fixation to the bone by compression press fit. The head piece of the first component is provided with a shaped exterior surface which complements the shaped exterior surface of the head piece of the second component and which allows motion in three planes.
US11039910B2
Devices and methods for inserting an implant into skin or other tissue of a patient can include an insertion device having moveable portions that can retain, move, or otherwise control engagement and injection of a hyaluronic thread. The device can include a tubular member and a handle. The handle can include a body component coupled to the tubular member. The body component can include a passage that extends in communication with the lumen. The handle can further comprise first and second arms coupled to the body component and extending outwardly from the distal portion of the tubular member. Based on the configuration, the first and second arms can be positioned along the passage to change a cross-sectional profile of the passage and permit the device to engage or disengage the thread.
US11039908B2
A needleless injector which can selectively induce the immune response and a method for introducing DNA including a region coding for an antigen to selectively produce an antibody in a living body of a mammal by using the needleless injector are provided. Disclosed is a needleless injector for injecting a DNA solution into an injection target area without using any injection needles. The needleless injector includes an accommodating unit which accommodates the DNA solution, a predetermined ignition device; and a predetermined nozzle unit. A temperature of the predetermined combustion product, which is provided during the pressurization, changes to a neighborhood of ordinary temperature within 20 msec after a pressure, which is applied to the DNA solution on account of the combustion of the igniter powder, reaches an initial peak discharge force during a pressurization process for discharging the DNA solution.
US11039907B2
A method (300) for providing feedback to a user of an oral cleaning device (10). The method includes the steps of: (i) receiving (330), from a sensor (28) of the oral cleaning device, data about a plurality of orientations of the oral cleaning device within the user's mouth during a cleaning session; (ii) extracting (340), from the received data, information about one or more stable orientations of the oral cleaning device within the user's mouth during the cleaning session, where a stable orientation is an orientation of the oral cleaning device maintained by the user for a period of time above a threshold; (iii) fitting (350) the information about the one or more stable orientations of the oral cleaning device to one or more expected orientations; and (iv) providing (360) feedback to the user about the cleaning session based on an analysis of the fitted one or more stable orientations.
US11039905B2
A prosthesis design method according to an embodiment includes loading 3D oral model data from a memory, displaying an oral image and an arch line of the 3D oral model data, providing an alignment interface for aligning the oral image with the arch line, and displaying the oral image aligned with the arch line.
US11039904B2
A method for producing a dental prosthesis, and a dental prosthesis made according to the method, the method having the following chronological steps: a) producing a first, provisional dental prosthesis comprising a prosthetic base and provisional prosthetic teeth having occlusal surfaces, whereby data that indicate at least a 3-dimensional form of the occlusal surfaces are stored or have been stored as data record A, b) after subtractive occlusal processing of at least one of the provisional prosthetic teeth, determining at least the 3-dimensional occlusal surfaces of the processed provisional prosthetic teeth, or determining the 3-dimensional surface of the first dental prosthesis is determined as a whole, c) storing data that indicate at least a form of the 3-dimensional occlusal surfaces as data record B, d) calculating, via a computer comparison of data record B with data record A, differences in the forms of the provisional prosthetic teeth before and after subtractive occlusal processing and, from this, calculating at least desired lengths for final prosthetic teeth, and e) producing said final prosthetic teeth at least with the calculated desired length using a CAM method from virtual models of the final prosthetic teeth, whereby the desired length is set by a basal shortening of the virtual models of the final prosthetic teeth, and the final prosthetic teeth produced in such a manner are firmly connected to the at least one first prosthetic base or at least one second prosthetic base.
US11039903B2
A support, positioning and handling device for surgical equipment and instruments such as, for instance, drills, comparators, or resection guides, for arthroplasty operations, in particular for distal femur and/or proximal tibia resection. The device comprises a plurality of linear guides and an angular guide which make it possible to determine the position and angle of operation of the surgical instrument, while also allowing to move it with an extreme accuracy. The plurality of guides guarantees a three-dimensional displacement and inclination of a tool-holder turret, which holds an instrument-holder arm which features an engagement surface with the instrument inclined by a predetermined amount, in order to vary the inclination of the latter. The device allows to perform the arthroplasty surgery without having to drill intramedullary holes, reducing trauma to the patient.
US11039899B2
A sterile field encroachment indicator apparatus for a surgical lighting system includes one or more encroachment indicators, one or more sensor units, and one or more controllers. The encroachment indicators are configured to indicate encroachment of a predetermined proximity to a surgical lighthead by a foreign entity and contact of the encroaching foreign entity with the surgical lighthead. The surgical lighthead is configured to provide illumination in order to illuminate a surgical environment. The sensor units are positioned in the surgical lighthead, and are configured to sense proximity of the foreign entity to the surgical lighthead and the contact of the encroaching foreign entity with the surgical lighthead. The controllers are configured to control the encroachment indicators based on the sensed proximity of the foreign entity to the surgical lighthead and the sensed contact of the foreign entity with the surgical lighthead.
US11039872B2
A device for storage of a monomer liquid and a cement powder as starting components of a bone cement dough and for mixing the starting components, and for dispensing the mixed bone cement dough. The device includes a receptacle in which a monomer liquid container is arranged and a cartridge containing the cement powder. A feed plunger is arranged in the receptacle. A dispensing plunger is arranged between the monomer liquid container and the cement powder in the cartridge. The feed plunger can be punctured by a rod when motion of the feed plunger is blocked, whereby the dispensing plunger is propelled by propelling the rod further through the blocked and punctured feed plunger. Also provided are an extrusion device for propelling a feed plunger and a dispensing plunger of a device for mixing of a bone cement dough, and a method for the production of a bone cement dough.
US11039871B2
A subperiosteal syringe assembly for storing, containing and delivering bone graft material to a location within the tissue of a jaw for use in a medical procedure. The syringe assembly has a lumen body that is maneuverable within the subperiosteal tissue to deposit bone graft material at the desired surgical site. Embodiments include a lumen body that has a flat shape, such as an elliptical shape. A plunger is provided to deliver the syringe contents. The syringe may be loaded with bone graft material, and some embodiments may be supplied pre-loaded with bone graft material. An end cap seals the open end of the lumen, and may function as a septum that may be punctured with a needle to introduce a liquid substance, such as a growth factor, into the lumen where the bone material is stored. The syringe may be designed to incorporate surgical navigation and laparoscopic systems.
US11039869B2
A provisional engagement feature for selectively connecting a fastener such as a screw to a driving tool, the fastener incorporating a head with a recess extending therein and a projection contained within the recess for engagement with a corresponding engagement feature of the driving tool.
US11039868B2
Plates for patella fracture reduction and fracture reduction devices are described. More particularly plates and devices for patella reduction that are universally fit to a front surface or perimeter of a patella and include a plurality of attachment holes disposed therein for receiving a fastener. In some embodiments, the plates include removable tab members.
US11039866B2
A bone screw assembly includes a first body, a second body, and a thread locking assembly that may couple the first body with the second body. The first body includes a proximal portion, a distal portion that may pierce bone in response to rotation of the first body about the longitudinal axis, and a first threaded section that may engage bone. The second body defines a through hole that may receive the distal portion of the first body. The thread locking assembly includes a first thread locking section associated with the proximal portion of the first body, and a second thread locking section associated with the through hole of the second body. Either the first threaded locking section or the second threaded locking section deforms the other in response to rotation of the first threaded locking section relative to the second threaded locking section.
US11039864B2
Provided is a novel rod reducing device including a screw jack mechanism that is moveably engaged with an elongated grasping fork assembly, the screw jack mechanism having an elongated threaded portion, the elongated threaded portion being connected at its most distal end to a rod contact member, which is positioned in sliding circumferential contact with each of the two opposing elongated grasping members and the most proximal end of the elongated threaded portion terminating in a controlling member, which can be activated in a measured and controlled manner. A method of using the device is also provided.
US11039857B2
A cannula assembly for use in robotic surgery is disclosed that includes a robotic cannula having a housing with an open end and a tubular portion extending distally from the housing, the tubular portion being dimensioned to accommodate passage of a surgical instrument having a 12 mm diameter, an adapter assembly configured for engagement within the open end of the cannula housing and including a tubular body with a passage supporting a primary seal dimensioned to accommodate passage of a surgical instrument having a 12 mm diameter, and an insert tube dimensioned to extend through the passage of the body portion of the adapter assembly and the tubular portion of the robotic cannula, the insert tube including a head portion with a passage supporting a secondary seal dimensioned to accommodate a surgical instrument having an 8 mm diameter.
US11039852B2
A medical device is disclosed for cutting an object in a body lumen, including: a rotatable drive shaft; and a rotatable rotation structure which is connected to the drive shaft, the rotation structure including: a proximal portion; a distal portion; and a constricted portion provided between the proximal portion and the distal portion, the constricted portion including: a first tapered portion which includes a first cutting portion and decreases in diameter toward the distal side; a second tapered portion which includes a second cutting portion and decreases in diameter toward the proximal side; and a bottom portion which is provided between the first tapered portion and the second tapered portion.
US11039842B1
A surgical drill bit and corresponding systems and methods of use are disclosed. The surgical drill bit being adapted and configured for cutting first and second, collinear holes within first and second portions of a patient's bone. In one embodiment, the drill bit includes a smaller diameter distal cutting portion, a larger diameter proximal cutting portion, and a shoulder positioned between the smaller diameter distal cutting portion and the larger diameter proximal cutting portion. In use, the smaller diameter distal cutting portion is adapted and configured to cut when rotated in a first direction, the larger diameter proximal cutting portion is adapted and configured to cut when rotated in a second, opposite direction. In this manner, over-drilling of the patient's bone is thereby prevented.
US11039819B2
A medical instrument having an aspiration and/or injection needle and handle device. The handle device provides audible and/or tactile feedback during the application of activation forces, thus enabling the user to determine where the distal end of the aspiration and/or injection needle is relative to a sheath. More than two grooves are present on a shaft of an activation handle of the handle device. An O-ring resides within a handle portion of the handle device. The O-ring seats and unseats within the grooves based on the amount of applied force.
US11039808B2
Scanning systems for performing computed tomography scanning may include a stator, a rotor supporting at least one radiation source and at least one radiation detector rotatable with the rotor, and a rotator operatively connected to the rotor to rotate the rotor relative to the stator. A conveyor system may include a respective conveyor extending through the rotor of the scanning system. A control system operatively connected to the scanning system and the conveyor system may be configured to automatically and dynamically increase a rate at which the rotor moves, decrease a rate at which the respective conveyor moves, and/or adjust other system parameters when the control system enters a finer pitch mode and to automatically and dynamically decrease a rate at which the rotor moves, increase a rate at which the respective conveyor moves, and/or adjust other system parameters when the control system enters a coarser pitch mode.
US11039799B2
A radiographic imaging apparatus includes elongated rigid guide rails having equivalent symmetrical shapes. Carriages attached to the guide rails are configured to move along a length of the guide rails and to support a portion of the imaging apparatus and to facilitate movement thereof along the guide rails. A first type spherical bearing assembly allows a gimbaled connection thereto while allowing substantially no axial movement. A second type spherical bearing assembly allows a gimbaled connection thereto while allowing a limited amount of axial movement. Frame mounts are each attached to one of the first type and second type spherical bearing assemblies to facilitate movement having a one sided tolerance along the guide rails.
US11039795B2
A method of estimating oxygen saturation includes illuminating a target site with light of three different wavelengths, for example green, red and infrared, and detecting light returned from the site at each of the wavelengths. The method distinguishes between cardiac pulsatility and nonpulsatility based on a parameter of the return light of the shortest wavelength. The method formulates an estimate of oxygen saturation as a function of a parameter of the light of the two longer wavelengths taken at both a period of pulsatility and at a period of nonpulsatility. An oximeter adapted to carry out the method is also disclosed. Aspects of the method and oximeter may be used to estimate other physiological parameters.
US11039786B2
A method is for determining a patient weight and/or a body mass index of a patient. The method includes acquiring image data containing depth information of the patient; generating a surface model of the patient based upon the image data acquired; determining density information or X-ray attenuation information of at least part of the patient; and determining at least one of the total patient weight and the body mass index of the patient using the surface model generated and the density information or X-ray attenuation information determined.
US11039782B2
Multi-modal sensing relating to joint acoustic emission and joint bioimpedance. Custom-design analog electronics and electrodes provide high resolution sensing of bioimpedance, microphones and their front-end electronics for capturing sound signals from the joints, rate sensors for identifying joint motions (linear and rotational), and a processor unit for interpretation of the signals. These components are packed into a wearable form factor, which also encapsulates the hardware required to minimize the negative effects of motion artifacts on the signals.
US11039779B2
This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods to receive physiologic information of a patient, to receive pulse pressure information from the patient different than the received physiologic information, and to determine an indication of atrial fibrillation (AF) using the received physiologic information and the received pulse pressure information.
US11039773B2
An integrated electrode structure can comprise a catheter shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the catheter shaft defining a catheter shaft longitudinal axis. A flexible tip portion can be located adjacent to the distal end of the catheter shaft, the flexible tip portion comprising a flexible framework. A plurality of microelectrodes can be disposed on the flexible framework and can form a flexible array of microelectrodes adapted to conform to tissue. A plurality of conductive traces can be disposed on the flexible framework, each of the plurality of conductive traces can be electrically coupled with a respective one of the plurality of microelectrodes.
US11039770B2
In a first aspect, there is a device for detecting a substance within blood, including a collecting tube dimensioned to draw in blood through capillary action; a reagent chamber containing a reactive element; and a connector tube providing fluid communication between the reagent chamber and the collecting tube; wherein the connector tubes are dimensioned to draw in blood through capillary action to the reagent chamber. In other aspects, the device can include an outer casing and/or a plurality of reagent chambers each with a reactive element therein.
US11039766B2
An apparatus for non-invasively estimating a biological component is provided. The apparatus may include: a sensor configured to measure a calibration spectrum for a first duration and measure a biological component estimation spectrum for a second duration, based on light returning from an object; and a processor configured to remove a signal of a biological component from the calibration spectrum to obtain a background spectrum for the first duration, and estimate the biological component, based on the background spectrum and the biological component estimation spectrum, for the second duration in response to a command for measuring the biological component.
US11039765B2
A submersible sensor device configured as a small pellet for testing biological and other liquid samples is provided. In one aspect, a sensing device includes: a housing; and one or more sensors contained within the housing, wherein the housing hermetically seals the sensors such that the sensing device is fully submersible in a liquid analyte. A method and system for analysis of a liquid sample using the present sensing device are also provided.
US11039762B2
A knee joint dynamic evaluation method for diagnosing human joint diseases by tracking motions of the knee joint includes constructing an evaluation model including a first angular difference threshold α1, a second angular difference threshold α2, and an anterior-posterior displacement difference threshold ε; synchronously collecting a single set of three-dimensional and six-degree-of-freedom movement data of a left knee joint and that of a right knee joint with devices; comparing the three-dimensional and six-degree-of-freedom movement data between the left and right knee joints with a data analyzing device, and calculating differences of the flexion and extension angles, the medial and lateral tilt angles, the medial and lateral rotation angles, and the anterior-posterior displacement movement values of the two sets of movement data; inputting the differences into the evaluation model to obtain the corresponding grading system, which will output the first, second, third, or fourth evaluation level.
US11039749B1
Disclosed herein is a Two Factor Authentication system using Molecular Communication (TFAMoCo) to prevent hacking the wireless link of an IEMD. Also, disclosed herein a Two Factor Authentication using Molecular Communication (TFAMoCo) method that wakes up an IEMD and activate its electromagnetic (EM) module utilizing the IEMD's molecular communication (MC) module for detecting a molecular signal that carries a PIN number.
US11039741B2
A mask for performing an eye exam of a subject includes one or more optically transparent sections for transmitting an incident light beam therethrough and incident on the subject's eye, in some embodiments, the one or more optically transparent sections are coated with an anti-reflective coating configured to reduce reflection of the incident light beam by the one or more optically transparent sections. In some embodiments, the one or more optically transparent sections may have a portion thereof that is tilted with respect to the incident light beam when the mask is optically interfaced with the docking portion of an ophthalmic instrument, such that the incident light beam forms a finite angle of incidence with respect to the corresponding portion of the optically transparent sections.
US11039724B2
A vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body, a suction hose mounted at a front surface of the cleaner body to suck in dust, moving wheels provided at both sides of the cleaner body, rotating to move the cleaner body and rotatably supporting the cleaner body, wheel motors connected to the moving wheels and rotating the moving wheels, a detecting unit provided in the cleaner body and sensing inclination of the cleaner body to determine whether the cleaner moves and stops, a plurality of detecting members provided at a front surface of the cleaner body and located at both sides of the suction hose to detect an obstacle, and a controller for controlling the wheel motors according to detected signals of the detecting unit and the obstacle detecting members.
US11039721B2
A cyclone unit capable of enhancing dust collection performance. A cyclone unit includes a cyclone unit body, a dust box and a core tube. The cyclone unit body includes a lower base, an upper base and a middle base sandwiched between the lower base and the upper base. The dust box is assembled to the cyclone unit body so as to collect dust and dirt. The core tube, having a meshed shape, is assembled to the middle base so as to be located inside the dust box. The core tube is detachable from the middle base while the upper base is assembled to the lower base.
US11039716B2
A kitchen machine to improve the operation, safety, ergonomics, and versatility. The kitchen machine consists essentially of: a machine body (1) inside which there is a main engine (3) with adjustable operation in both directions, and a control panel (2) through which the user interacts with the kitchen machine and is directly connected to the entire set of electronic components (4) intended to control and manage the machine operation.
US11039703B2
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a straw cap comprises a body that is configured to lie flat in a non-assembled state and has an interior volume that covers a straw in an assembled state. According to certain configurations the body has a triangular shape in the non-assembled state and at least a portion of a cone in an assembled state. Additionally, according to certain configurations, the body has a slit to selectively allow passage of a straw.
US11039685B2
A lifting cabinet includes a transmission assembly and a power unit for raising and lowering a shelf. The transmission assembly comprises a first transmission unit, comprising a screw rod which is connected with a driving device and a sliding piece which is connected with the lifting shelf, and the sliding piece is coupled to the screw rod. The screw rod rotates under the action of the driving device and drives the sliding piece to move back and forth along the axis of the screw rod; and then the sliding piece drives the lifting shelf to move up and down. For the lifting cabinet and the power unit thereof, the transmission assembly converts a rotary motion outputted from the driving device into a linear motion through the cooperation between the screw rod and the sliding piece, and a greater axial force is thereby outputted. Thus, a relatively small motor with a lower output torque can be used in the lifting cabinet to drive a lifting shelf of the same weight when compared to the conventional lifting cabinet, and the problem of large motor in conventional lifting cabinet taking up too much space is thereby solved.
US11039677B2
Example implementations relate to adjustable backpacks. In some examples, a backpack may comprise a spindle coupled to a set of straps and a load, a distance sensor, an actuator coupled to the spindle, an angle sensor, and an angle adjuster coupled to the load. The actuator may actuate in response to a first signal from the distance sensor to adjust a length of the set of straps. The angle adjuster may activate in response to a second signal from the angle sensor.
US11039676B2
A product system comprises a unit for obtaining one or many face attributes of a person; a comparing unit for comparing the person's face with well-known people's face to find matched well-known people; a product unit for displaying and presenting one or many the found skincare, beauty or fashion products used by or recommended by the matched well-known people to the person.
US11039671B2
A pocketable device comprises a mechanical assembly for holding bills and credit cards, the mechanical assembly including a latch plate or upper jaw and a spring plate or lower jaw.
US11039663B2
An article of footwear may include a first ground engaging member extending substantially downward from a baseplate, the first ground engaging member may have a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape in a substantially horizontal plane, the first ground engaging member having a first sidewall edge, a second sidewall edge, and a third sidewall edge forming vertices of the substantially triangular cross-sectional shape. In addition, a first sidewall may have a concave portion that is concave in the substantially horizontal plane. Further, the first ground engaging member may be disposed proximate a peripheral edge of the outer member with the first sidewall edge disposed opposite the concave portion of the sidewall, and the first sidewall edge oriented facing toward the peripheral edge. Also, the concave portion of the first sidewall may be oriented in a substantially lateral direction, facing away from the peripheral edge of the outer member.
US11039659B2
A sole structure for an article of footwear is provided and includes a plate having a concave ground-engaging surface extending between a medial side of the plate and a lateral side of the plate and movable between a relaxed state and a flexed state. The concave surface has an increased radius when moved from the relaxed state to the flexed state. A first ground-engaging member extends from the plate proximate to the medial side of the plate and a second ground-engaging member extends from the plate proximate to the lateral side of the plate. The second ground-engaging member is spaced apart from the first ground-engaging member by a first distance when the plate is in the relaxed state and is spaced apart from the first ground engaging member by a second distance greater than the first distance when the plate is in the flexed state.
US11039658B2
Devices with internal flexibility sipes, such as slits, provide improved flexibility, improved cushioning to absorb shock and/or shear forces, and improved stability of support. Siped devices can be used in any existing product that provides or utilizes cushioning and stability. These products include human and other footwear, both soles and uppers, as well as orthotics; athletic, occupational and medical equipment and apparel; padding or cushioning, such as for equipment or tool handles, as well as furniture; balls; tires; and any other structural or support elements in a mechanical, architectural, or any other product.
US11039652B2
The present disclosure includes a retrofit sensor module for use with a protective head top with a helmet and a visor. The sensor module includes a sensor housing and an attachment mechanism. The sensor housing encloses a head presence sensor to sense when the protective head top is being worn. The sensor housing also encloses a position sensor to sense the position of the visor relative to the helmet. The retrofit sensor module further comprises an attachment mechanism secured to the housing. The attachment mechanism mates with a first hinge component of a hinge assembly in the protective head top to removably install the sensor module into the protective head top, wherein the hinge assembly allows the visor to move relative to the helmet.
US11039644B2
An apparatus is arranged to heat smokable material (5) to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. In one exemplary embodiment, the apparatus has a housing and a plurality of heater segments longitudinally arranged within the housing for heating smokable material contained within the apparatus. At least one heater segment is arranged so as to heat smokable material contained within the at least one heater segment more quickly than at least one other heater segment heats smokable material contained within the at least one other heater segment.
US11039640B2
Disclosed are an ultrasonic atomization piece, an electronic cigarette atomization core and an electronic cigarette atomizer. The ultrasonic atomization piece includes a piezoelectric ceramic main body; one surface of the piezoelectric ceramic main body is in contact with a positive electrode conducting layer, and the other surface of the piezoelectric ceramic main body is in contact with a negative electrode conducting layer, the negative electrode conducting layer extends to the surface of the piezoelectric ceramic main body on which the positive electrode conducting layer is located along a side edge of the piezoelectric ceramic main body, and a plurality of convex point areas, which cover the edge of the positive electrode conducting layer are provided on an edge of the negative conductive layer. The ultrasonic atomization piece, the electronic cigarette atomization core and the electronic cigarette atomizer have the advantages of simple structure, reliable electrical connection, reliable work, high atomization speed, good smoke taste and long service life.
US11039635B2
Methods of production of edible filamentous fungal biomat formulations are provided as standalone protein sources and/or protein ingredients in foodstuffs as well as a one-time use or repeated use self-contained biomat reactor comprising a container with at least one compartment and placed within the compartment(s), a feedstock, a fungal inoculum, a gas-permeable membrane, and optionally a liquid nutrient medium.
US11039634B2
Disclosed here is a process for preparing a concentrated liquid composition (such as a broth) by heating and by treatment with one or more enzymes. The resultant composition may have high content of solids but are pumpable or pourable and have relatively long shelf life at room temperature.
US11039630B2
According to one or exemplary embodiments, there is provided a Gas Infusion Module that is a compact, inexpensive, adjustable, and easy to clean apparatus for infusing a beverage, such as coffee or tea, with a gas. The Gas Infusion Module controls the mixing of the gas with a liquid beverage in a homogenization element. To achieve an enhanced homogenization of gas and liquid, first the Gas Infusion Module regulates the pressure of gas that will enter the homogenization element and mix with the liquid. Additionally, the liquid and gas mixture passes through an outlet check valve which forces greater homogenization of the aerated fluid before it is dispensed for consumption.
US11039629B2
High thermal transfer, hollow core extrusion screws (50, 52, 124, 126, 190) include elongated hollow core shafts (54, 128, 130, 192) equipped with helical fighting (56, 132, 134, 194) along the lengths thereof. The fighting (132, 134, 194) may also be of hollow construction which communicates with the hollow core shafts (54, 128, 130, 192). Structure (88, 90) is provided for delivery of heat exchange media (e.g., steam) into the hollow core shafts (54, 128, 130, 192) and the hollow fighting (132, 134, 194). The fighting (56, 132, 134, 194) also includes a forward, reverse pitch section (64, 162, 216). The extrusion screws (50, 52, 124, 126, 190) are designed to be used as complemental pairs as a part of twin screw processing devices (20), and are designed to impart high levels of thermal energy into materials being processed in the devices (20), without adding additional moisture.
US11039624B2
A device for use in the humane slaughter of animals has a barrel and a cap arranged for limited reciprocal axial movement and urged to an inoperative position by a spring. A captive bolt is received in the barrel for reciprocal axial movement, the bolt being driven out of the barrel by a driving force provided by an explosive cartridge adapted to be received in a breech in the barrel. The cartridge is fired by striking a firing pin provided in the cap. The cartridge is mounted on a strip movable in response to a manual operation, and a registration device is provided between the strip and the cap to locate the cartridge relative to the open breech in the inoperative position. Movement of the barrel relative to the cap against the force of the spring places the cartridge in the breech and causes it to strike the firing pin to fire the cartridge and operate the captive bolt, the spring then returning the barrel and the cap to the inoperative position to open the breech and allow movement of the strip to remove the spent cartridge.
US11039623B2
The present invention relates to formulations and methods of arthropod control employing formulations comprising certain essential oils formulated as soaps using a saponified or partially saponified formulation comprising a mixture of fatty acids, geraniol, and peppermint oil.
US11039616B2
Provided herein are photodynamic compositions that can contain a natural polymer scaffold and a photosensitizer, where the photosensitizer can be covalently or non-covalently attached to the natural polymer scaffold. Also provided herein are structures and objects that can contain the photodynamic compositions. Further provided herein are methods of making and using the photodynamic compositions.
US11039614B2
The present disclosure concerns herbicide granules and powders containing a high-load of fluroxypyr-meptyl. The granules exhibit good storage stability and good herbicidal efficacy when added to water and applied by spray application to control unwanted plant growth.
US11039612B2
A system and method for treating items suspected of insect infestation is described. The items are placed in a treatment space inside a treatment container together with a composition comprising one or more volatile components with insecticidal activity. The composition is applied to an absorbent material capable of containing the composition in a treatment amount; and the absorbent material and the composition are enclosed in a diffuser container with perforations covering about 1 to 30% of a surface area of the walls that allow diffusion of the one or more volatile components into the treatment space.
US11039610B2
Brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECS) can be generated from pluripotent stem cells, and possess membrane barrier functions along with capability for maturation into other developing tissues. This cell type has not been successfully frozen with loss of significant viability and/or BMEC functional properties. For example, BMECs can be used to model barrier function in blood brain barrier, by calculating the trans-endothelial resistance (TEER). However, thawed primary BMECs lose TEER resistance. By optimizing cell preparation, freezing media selection, and the controlled freezing, the Inventors have achieved complete recovery of frozen cells, achieving proper tight junction protein expression and physiologically relevant TEER. The freezing methods and compositions described herein, thereby allow for BMECs to be manufactured, frozen and distributed at scale.
US11039606B2
A baitcaster includes a body, a spool, a handle, and a drive. The body defines a proximate end and a distal end opposite the proximate end. The spool extends between the proximate end and the distal end. The handle extends from the proximate end and is configured to receive an input torque. The drive is configured to receive the input torque from the handle at the proximate end and drive the spool through a coupling at the distal end.
US11039602B2
An extensible leash for pets comprises a shell (1, 101) provided with a handle (1, 102), a cable-winding roll (3, 103) provided with a cable (6, 22) with an end integral with the roll (3, 103) and a free end external to the shell (1, 101). The roll (3, 103) is rotatable around a rotation axis as a result of the action of a spiral-shaped spring (5, 105) Means for locking/unlocking the roll are provided with a control mechanism operated by a first lever (2, 106) to be operated by the palm of the hand to move from an unlocking position to a locking position of the roll (3, 103). The first lever (2, 106) is associated with a bi-stable locking device (11, 107) adapted to hold the first lever locked in the two positions and to allow it to move from the locking position to the unlocking position.
US11039595B2
Forming machine to process stretched-curd cheeses including a frame to support feed device of stretched curd toward a forming roll having a plurality of cavities on its lateral surface, which are able to house respective portions of stretched curd, and associated with motor to drive the roll in rotation around its longitudinal axis, during the rotation of the forming roll each row of cavities being able to transit through at least an angular loading position and an angular unloading position, and separation device also being provided, interposed between the feed device and the forming roll in correspondence with the angular loading position in order to cut the portions of stretched curd housed inside the cavities from the remaining mass of stretched curd during the rotation of the forming roll; the cavities are distributed on a plurality of circumferential lines of the forming roll.
US11039593B2
A soybean cultivar designated 2505808 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2505808, the plants of soybean 2505808, to plant parts of soybean 2505808, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2505808 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 2505808, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2505808, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 2505808 with another soybean cultivar.
US11039591B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073340. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073340. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073340 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073340 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11039584B2
A system (10,11) for controlling plant growth conditions in hydroponic growing systems, the system for controlling plant growth conditions comprising: at least one detector (7,1101) for measuring at least one property of a plant growth substrate; first (9,1103) and second (9,12, 1107) data processing means; data storage means (1120); and the or each detector (7,1101) being arranged to measure a property or properties of a plant growth substrate and to transmit a detector identifier and the measured property or properties over a communications link to the first data processing means; the first data processing means (9,1103) being arranged to: hold in a memory predefined irrigation data defining a relationship between: plural values for one or more of temperature, pH level, water content, nutrient content, oxygen content, and plant parameters of the substrate; and plural desired irrigation parameters; process measured properties received from each detector to obtain processed properties of the substrate; provide an output indicative of a desired irrigation input for the growth substrate, based upon the processed properties and the predefined irrigation data; and send processed data to the data storage means (1120), the data storage means arranged to store the sent data as logged data; the second data processing means (9, 12, 1107) being arranged to: receive data from the data storage means (1120); calculate predicted properties of the substrate based on the logged data; determine a difference between the processed properties of the substrate and the predicted properties of the substrate; receive an alert condition input for outputting an alert based on said difference; and output an alert when said difference meets the alert condition.
US11039582B2
A user terminal may be configured to communicate with a gateway. The gateway may be configured to communicate with sensor equipment including one or more sensors and watering equipment via a first network. The gateway may also be configured to communicate with the user terminal via a second network. The user terminal may include processing circuitry that is configured to provide a remote interface for communication with the sensor equipment and the watering equipment via the gateway.
US11039581B2
An apparatus for use with a vehicle to reduce plant material includes a frame having first and second mounting brackets, a boom coupled to the frame and having first and second mounting plates, a drive assembly having a drive shaft, a cutting device rotatable with the drive shaft, a reinforcing member to support the boom, a first bearing assembly sandwiched between the first mounting bracket and the first mounting plate, and a second bearing assembly sandwiched between the second mounting bracket and the second mounting plate. Each bearing assembly has an exterior annular member, an interior annular member, and a rolling element disposed between the interior and exterior members. The rolling element permits movement of the exterior and interior members relative to one another to facilitate rotation of the mounting plate relative the mounting bracket to permit pivotal movement of the boom relative to the frame.
US11039578B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and system for transporting a length of growth medium cut into pieces of suitable size into a propagation tray.
US11039573B2
An automatic uniform distribution apparatus for the threshed material from the combine harvester comprises a tangential flow threshing and separating device, a shaking plate threshed material detecting device, a shaking plate, a shaking plate flow guiding mechanism, an axial flow threshing and separating device, a chaff screw conveyor, a return plate, a return plate flow guiding mechanism, a return plate threshed material detecting device, a vibrating sieve, and an on-line detection controller. Force sensors are provided at lateral positions below discharge ports of the shaking plate and the return plate to measure flow rates of the threshed material in lateral regions of the shaking plate and the return plate.
US11039571B2
An agricultural machine comprises an operating unit and a carrier assembly for the operating unit. The carrier assembly includes a carrier arm and a suspension system that suspends the operating unit from its center point and allows the operating unit to rotate about an axis that extends in the working direction. A support mechanism supports the weight of the operating unit and allows the height of the operating unit arm to change. The support mechanism includes an actuator located on the axis of the operating unit and configured to adjust the height of the operating unit.
US11044840B2
The present disclosure relates to a display device, which may include a case having a front surface on which a display screen is displayed, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, a top surface connecting upper ends of the front surface and the rear surface, and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, a display panel accommodated in the case, a heat exchanger mounted inside the case and configured to cause heat exchange between internal air circulating along front and rear surfaces of the display panel and external air introduced from outside of the case, and a suction fan mounted inside the case and configured to suck the external air into a lower portion of the heat exchanger.
US11044837B2
The present invention discloses a skylight operating system of a modular data center, so as to timely respond to a firefighting requirement of the modular data center to reduce occurrence of firefighting-related accidents. The skylight operating system comprises: an electric skylight; a firefighting environment index monitoring device arranged inside the modular data center; a monitoring and interacting device arranged in a monitoring room outside the modular data center, and connected with the electric skylight and the firefighting environment index monitoring device, the monitoring and interacting device adapted for receiving monitoring information of the firefighting environment index monitoring device, and opening the electric skylight upon determination that a firefighting-related issue occurs inside the modular data center.
US11044830B2
A loop heat pipe includes an evaporator configured to evaporate a liquid phase working fluid to generate vapor, the evaporator including first and second inner surfaces that face each other; a comb-like porous body including a plurality of comb teeth, the comb-like porous body being disposed inside the evaporator; a plurality of grooves disposed on one of the first inner surface and second inner surface so as to overlap the plurality of comb teeth; a vapor transport line configured to transport the vapor of the working fluid; a condenser configured to liquefy the vapor of the working fluid; and a liquid transport line configured to transport the liquified vapor as a liquid phase working fluid, wherein each of the liquid transport line and the vapor transport line connects the evaporator and the condenser, such that the vapor transport line and the liquid transport line form a loop-like flow passage.
US11044828B2
A projector includes a fan, a fan frame, a first casing, a second casing and a projection lens. The fan is sleeved in the fan frame, wherein the fan frame comprises a first fixing portion having a first through hole, and two slits located at two opposite sides of the first fixing portion, an extension direction of the two slits is parallel to an extension direction of the first through hole, and a length of each of the two slits is greater than a depth of the first through hole. The first casing is fixed to the fan frame, wherein a first screw passes through the first through hole and is fixed to the first casing. The second casing is fixed to the first casing. The projection lens is fixed to the second casing.
US11044818B1
A method for bonding a plastic component to a printed circuit board includes the steps of: a) providing the plastic component, the printed circuit board, and at least one positioning member, b) disposing at least one welding layer, c) positioning the plastic component and the printed circuit board relative to each other, d) melting the at least one welding layer while the plastic component is maintained in a positioning position, and e) cooling the at least one welding layer while the plastic component is maintained in the positioning position.
US11044805B1
The present disclosure provides a double-sided two-dimensional coding, includes a transparent medium layer on which a metal layer is plated, and a two-dimensional coding image is fused through the metal layer. The present disclosure also provides a flexible printed circuit and manufacturing method for a double-sided two-dimensional coding. By lasering the metal layer corresponding to the transparent medium layer, the metal layer is fused through to form a two-dimensional coding image, and the transparent medium layer is retained as a carrier of the two-dimensional coding image, and an effect of reading the two-dimensional coding on both sides can be achieved.
US11044789B2
Additively manufactured heating elements for tubes are made from a positive temperature coefficient heater ink printed on the tube. A bus bar is likewise printed onto the tube using a conductive ink. The positive temperature coefficient heater ink and bust bar conductive ink are encapsulated with a closing adhesive.
US11044781B2
A base station device includes: a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a terminal device; a storage unit; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to refer to discontinuous reception information, stored in the storage unit, which indicates a plurality of discontinuous reception settings, transmit transmission data to the terminal device in at least a portion of a first reception period of time corresponding to at least one of the discontinuous reception settings, and transmit the transmission data to the terminal device in at least a portion of a second reception period of time corresponding to at least another one of the discontinuous reception settings in a case that it is determined that response information with respect to the transmitted transmission data is not received.
US11044778B2
The present disclosure provides a method used in user equipment, comprising: receiving an indication for enabling a sub-physical resource block enhancement mode from a base station through a media access control (MAC) random access response (RAR) or radio resource control signaling, wherein one or more bits in the MAC RAR indicate that the sub-physical resource block enhancement mode is to be applied to transmission of a random access message 3 “Msg3” and subsequent PUSCHs; enabling the sub-physical resource block enhancement mode in response to the indication, and receiving downlink control information (DCI) from the base station, the DCI comprising a subcarrier indication field indicating the number of subcarriers used for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and locations of the subcarriers; and transmitting the PUSCH according to the subcarrier indication field.
US11044776B2
Provided in one disclosure of the present specification is a method for a wireless device attempting network access. The method may comprise the steps of: an RRC layer of the wireless device receiving, from a cell, a first piece of information relating to an NB-IoT RAT; the RRC layer receiving, from the cell, a second piece of information indicating whether to block access to exception data; the RRC layer obtaining, from an upper layer, an RRC establishment cause set as outgoing exception data, when an NAS signaling process is initiated to transmit the exception data; and performing an access block inspection.
US11044773B2
A processing system of a cellular network having a processor may receive, from an endpoint device via one of a first radio access infrastructure or a second radio access infrastructure of the cellular network, a request to establish a connection to a packet data network via the cellular network. The processing system may establish, in response to the request, a first session for the endpoint device via the first radio access infrastructure, and a second session for the endpoint device via the second radio access infrastructure of the cellular network, where the connection to the packet data network includes the first session and the second session. The processing system may further configure the first session or the second session for control plane signaling for the connection, and configure the first session, the second session, or both the first session and the second session for user plane communications for the connection.
US11044769B2
Provided is a wireless relay device that determines whether or not the wireless relay device has to withdraw from a first wireless multi-hop network to which the wireless relay device itself belong, transmits, in a wireless multi-hop, a request for a connection that uses wireless communication in compliance with a first communication scheme between the wireless relay device and at least one wireless base station, to a wireless base station on the first wireless multi-hop network, according to a result of the determination that the wireless relay device withdraws from the first wireless multi-hop network, and allocates the wireless communication in compliance with the first communication scheme between the wireless relay device and the at least one wireless base station according to a control signal that is transmitted from the wireless base station on the first wireless multi-hop network.
US11044761B2
A communication method, a terminal, and a network device are provided. The method includes: determining, by a terminal, a first identifier based on a resource index number of a first resource, where the resource index number of the first resource is preset, or is indicated by a network device, the first resource is a resource used by the terminal to send a random access preamble, the first identifier is used to scramble first signaling, and the first signaling is used to schedule a random access response in a random access process; and detecting, by the terminal, the first signaling based on the first identifier.
US11044745B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a wireless communication method, a network device, and a terminal device, to reduce receiving performance loss of a terminal device that is caused by resource reallocation. The method includes: sending, by the network device, a physical downlink control channel, where the PDCCH indicates one or more time-frequency resources scheduled by the network device; reallocating, by the network device, at least one of the time-frequency resource; and sending, by the network device, at least one piece of posterior resource indication information, where the at least one piece of posterior resource indication information indicates the reallocated time-frequency resource in the time-frequency resources.
US11044744B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for sending and receiving downlink control signalling, a base station and a terminal. The method includes that a base station sends downlink control signalling carrying indication information to a terminal. The indication information in the downlink control signalling at least includes one of: information for indicating a receiving manner to the terminal, reference signal resource information referenced for calculating downlink scheduling information, reference signal resource information referenced for calculating uplink scheduling information, or allocation information of a resource block.
US11044742B2
The present disclosure provides an uplink scheduling method in an unlicensed frequency band based on a dynamic frame structure, an uplink scheduling device and a base station. Each frame structure includes uplink and downlink subframes, and same type of a subframe continuity settings, the method includes: determining whether a currently used frame structure in an unlicensed frequency band needs to be reconfigured; when reconfiguration is not required, determining an uplink subframe to be scheduled on each downlink subframe according to the currently used frame structure; when reconfiguration is required, determining an uplink subframe to be scheduled on each downlink subframe in a last radio frame before a reconfiguration time point according to a first frame structure used before the reconfiguration time point and a second frame structure to be used; transmitting a scheduling instruction for the uplink subframe to be scheduled on each downlink subframe.
US11044740B2
A route update method relating to a communications field includes: sending a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU), wherein the MAC PDU comprises a first buffer status report (BSR); and canceling, in response to the sending of the MAC PDU, a scheduling request triggered prior to the MAC PDU assembly. The first BSR comprises a buffer status up to the last event that triggers a BSR prior to the MAC PDU assembly.
US11044739B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for beamforming based initial access, beam management, and beam based mobility designs for NR systems. Issues are identified and addressed related to, for example, initial access, control channel design, eMBB and URLLC mixing, and beam training.
US11044736B2
Disclosed is a method for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: generating a wireless frame including a predetermined number of subframes; and transmitting and receiving a control signal and data by using the generated wireless frame, wherein the subframes include the predetermined number of slots, and the foremost part of each slot includes the configuration information of the slots.
US11044735B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods and apparatus of wireless communication to support frequency division multiplexing (FDM) of multiple waveforms. The methods and apparatus schedule FDM symbols where the scheduling of the FDM symbols is selectively based on one or more waveform parameters during a time interval when the FDM symbols are transmitted. The FDM symbols are then transmitted over the time interval. Further aspects also include the reception of the FDM symbols in a receiver where the waveform parameters are applied for decoding based on application of the waveform parameters.
US11044734B2
A method includes obtaining, by a network device, scheduling time information of at least one beam, where the scheduling time information of the at least one beam includes scheduling time information of a first beam currently accessed by a terminal, and is used to instruct the terminal to receive or send a signal at a scheduling time indicated by the scheduling time information of the at least one beam; and sending, by the network device, first indication information to the terminal, where the first indication information is used to indicate the scheduling time information of the at least one beam.
US11044728B2
A method and apparatus for controlling transmit power in a wireless local area network (WLAN). For example, a station may receive, from an access point (AP), a beacon frame that includes a field indicating a maximum transmission power for at least one of a plurality of operational bandwidth that the AP supports. The station may determine a transmission power for a signal to be transmitted to the AP based on the at least one of the plurality of operational bandwidths indicated in the received beacon. The station may then transmit the signal at the determined transmission power.
US11044725B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit uplink (UL) messages in unlicensed spectrum with a reduced UL timing delay. The UL timing delay may be reduced by using a shortened transmission time interval (TTI) (e.g., a TTI that is reduced in duration relative to other TTIs in the system or in a legacy system) or by reducing the number of TTIs between a grant and the corresponding UL message. The reduced UL timing delay may decrease the likelihood that the UE will wait for a subsequent transmit opportunity (TxOp) to transmit the UL message. In some cases, the reduced UL timing delay corresponds to a reduced hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processing delay. In some cases, a time difference (e.g., measured in TTIs) between a measurement reference TTI a corresponding channel state information (CSI) report may also be reduced.
US11044724B2
Embodiments provide a communication method, a network side device, and a terminal device. When a quantity of minimum scheduling time units in one time of scheduling performed by a network side device is S, and the network side device and a terminal device transmit data in a first transmission mode, a target scheduling rule can be determined by the terminal device from N scheduling rules. The scheduling rule includes at least one of a quantity T of transport blocks in one time of scheduling and a mapping relationship between T transport blocks and S minimum scheduling time units in one time of scheduling. The first transmission mode is a single-antenna transmission scheme or a multi-antenna transmission scheme. Communication can be performed, by the network side device, with the terminal device according to the target scheduling rule. In this way, proper scheduling rules can be selected to adapt to different scenarios.
US11044719B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for compact downlink control information (DCI) signaling design for ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC). A method for wireless communications performed by a base station (BS) is provided. The method generally includes generating DCI, the DCI scheduling at least one transmission, according to a first DCI format. The first DCI format is compressed relative to a second DCI format and includes a carrier indicator field (CIF) and/or a rate-matching indicator field. The BS transmits the DCI to a user equipment (UE). The UE communicates with the BS based on the received DCI.
US11044709B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for power savings for control channel monitoring for enhanced machine type communications (eMTC). In one aspect, a method is provided which may be performed by a wireless device such as a low cost wireless device, which may be user equipment (UE) or an eMTC UE. The method generally includes determining whether a downlink channel is present in a subframe; and causing the UE to enter a low power mode for a duration based on a determination that the downlink channel is not present in the subframe.
US11044707B2
The embodiments of the present application provide a wireless communication method and a wireless communication device. The method includes: the terminal device determining first uplink control information and a first uplink channel to be transmitted to a network device in a first time unit, wherein the first uplink channel is used for carrying other information than the first uplink control information, and a time domain resource for transmitting the first uplink channel comprises at least part of time domain resources for transmitting the first uplink control information; and the terminal device determining a channel and/or information to be transmitted in the first time unit according to a transmission parameter corresponding to the first uplink control information and a transmission parameter of the first uplink channel.
US11044706B2
A control channel transmission method, including receiving, by a first device, configuration information, where the configuration information indicates a time-frequency resource configured for a control channel, where the time-frequency resource comprises N symbols and M physical resource blocks (PRBs), where N is-greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 12, where M is greater than or equal to 1, where the control channel comprises a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and uplink control information (UCI), and where the M PRBs are contiguous or non-contiguous, and transmitting the DMRS on at least one of the N symbols using a target PRB, where the target PRB comprises at least one of the M PRBs.
US11044700B2
According to some embodiments, a method in a network node comprises broadcasting configuration information comprising: an absolute radio frequency channel number (ARFCN) identifying a frequency position of a first carrier, and an index identifying a frequency position of a second carrier relative to the ARFCN of the first carrier. The method further comprises paging a wireless device using the second carrier. A method in a wireless device comprises: receiving the broadcasted configuration information; determining the frequency position of the second carrier using the frequency position of the first carrier and the index of the second carrier; and monitoring the second carrier for paging information. The wireless device may comprise a narrowband Internet-of-Things (NB-IoT) device, the first carrier may comprise a NB-IoT anchor carrier, and the second carrier may comprise a NB-IoT non-anchor carrier.
US11044694B2
Determining a location of a user equipment includes transmitting, by one or more processors from a network node, a first beam having a first frequency range in a first area and a second beam having a second frequency range in a second area. The first area is larger than and encompasses the second area. A request for determining the location of the user equipment is received. The one or more processors may then cause the second beam to sweep within the first area, receive a second signal from the user equipment indicating when the second beam is swept over the location of the user equipment and data related to signal measurements of the second beam at the user equipment, and determine the location of the user equipment based on a pointing direction of the second beam relative to a position of the node of the network and the received data.
US11044682B1
In one embodiment, a method comprises: determining, by a constrained network device in a low power and lossy network (LLN), a self-estimated density value of neighboring LLN devices based on wirelessly receiving an identified number of beacon message transmissions within an identified time interval from neighboring transmitting LLN devices in the LLN; setting, by the constrained network device, a first wireless transmit power value based on the self-estimated density value; and transmitting a beacon message at the first wireless transmit power value, the beacon message specifying the self-estimated density value, a corresponding trust metric for the self-estimated density value, and the first wireless transmit power value used by the constrained network device for transmitting the beacon message.
US11044681B2
A method is performed by a wireless device. The method comprises determining a first configured maximum transmit power value (P_cmax1) for transmitting in a first radio access technology (RAT). The P_cmax1 is determined based on one or more transmissions of the first RAT. The method further comprises determining a second configured maximum transmit power value (P_cmax2) for transmitting in a second RAT. The P_cmax2 is determined based on transmissions of both the first RAT and the second RAT. The method further comprises performing a transmission in the first RAT at a power less than or equal to the P_cmax1. The method further comprises performing a transmission in the second RAT at a power less than or equal to the P_cmax2.
US11044680B2
According to an aspect, a method for communications includes determining whether a random access procedure is initiated for a first service that requires a more reliable random access than a second service. In response to the determination that the random access procedure is initiated for the first service, respective transmit power for one or more messages of the random access procedure is estimated based at least in part on parameter settings for the first service. The messages are transmitted to a network node during the random access procedure by using the respective transmit power.
US11044672B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a station wake-up method and a station, where the station wake-up method may include: sending, by a station, a first radio frame to an access point, where the first radio frame includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that the station requests to enter a conventional power save mode; sending, by the station, a second radio frame to the access point, where the second radio frame includes second indication information, and the second indication information is used to indicate that the station requests to enter a wake-up radio WUR sleep mode; and when the station is in both the conventional power save mode and the WM sleep mode, waking up, by the station, a main transceiver when receiving a wake-up frame, where the main transceiver does not wake up according to a preset time period.
US11044660B2
Technology for a wideband coverage enhancement (WCE) user equipment (UE) and a next generation node B (gNB) operable for communication in a MulteFire cell is disclosed. The WCE UE can identify selected resource blocks containing an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH), wherein the selected resource blocks are identified using a master information block (MIB). The WCE UE can decode an ePDCCH transmission from the gNB. The WCE UE can identify a system information block MulteFire (SIB-MF) scheduled via the ePDCCH to allow the SIB-MF to be decoded.
US11044654B2
The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectively enabled soft handoff, performing Layer 2 bearer functions at the base station and using the mobile device to coordinate soft handoff and interference avoidance without the need for a centralized coordination function.
US11044653B2
Disclosed are a communication scheme and a system thereof for converging an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a high data transmission rate beyond that of a 4G system. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, services related to a smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security, and safety) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. The present disclosure relates to a method of processing an anchor UPF for local offloading when a UE moves in a 5G cellular wireless communication system.
US11044651B2
According to the present disclosure, a user equipment (UE) selects a carrier among a plurality of carriers, receives information on a channel busy ratio (CBR) threshold from a network, and triggers a carrier reselection. When a CBR of the carrier satisfies the CBR threshold, e.g. the CBR of the carrier is below than the CBR threshold, the UE keeps using the carrier. That is, the carrier reselection is not performed when the CBR of the carrier satisfies the CBR threshold. On the other hand, when a CBR of the carrier does not satisfy the CBR threshold, the UE performs the carrier reselection.
US11044647B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to user equipment (UE) idle mode mobility in a wireless communication network are provided. A wireless communication device establishes a network session with a wireless communication network. The wireless communication device reselects a first cell for camping, wherein the first cell is associated with the wireless communication network. The wireless communication device monitors for first system information from the first cell. The wireless communication device reselects a second cell for camping in response to a failure to receive the first system information. The second cell is associated with the wireless communication network and different from the first cell. The wireless communication device maintains the network session during the reselecting the first cell for camping and the reselecting the second cell for camping.
US11044634B2
Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and devices are disclosed for collecting access point telemetry. A first access point is identified that is associated with a single instance on a pod. A hash identifier is identified, where the hash identifier identifies a radio frequency (RF) neighborhood of the first access point based on a geographical location of the first access point. Subsequent access point members of the RF neighborhood are dynamically determined by dynamically assigning a second access point to the RF neighborhood, the dynamic assignment based on the second access point being within a threshold geographical location to the first access point. Telemetry from the second access point is directed towards the single instance on the pod, where the pod receives telemetry for all access points in the dynamically determined RF neighborhood.
US11044628B2
A method of processing state information in a radio access network (100). The radio access network (100) includes a first radio access node (103, 104) that is associated with a cell (105, 106) and user equipment (102). The method comprises maintaining state information at the user equipment (102), the state information comprising at least one state information part associable with different values. The method further comprises transmitting a current value associated with at least one state information part from the user equipment (102) to the first radio access node (103, 104) in response to detecting at least one predetermined trigger indicating that the first radio access node (103, 104) may not hold the current value. The method further comprises relying on the first radio access node (103, 104) holding the current value associated with the at least one state information part if no predetermined trigger is detected.
US11044626B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses may configure a measurement gap per frequency group and per cell. Measurement time and frequency resources may be associated with a carrier frequency, a cell, or both. Thus, a user equipment (UE) may determine the measurement configuration based on the carrier frequency, cell, or both. The number of synchronization sequences (SS) blocks in an SS burst may be based on the frequency band of the carrier frequency.
US11044623B2
A communications device includes a transmitter configured to transmit in one of plural segments of an available channel bandwidth signals representing data via a wireless access interface to a mobile communications network, a receiver configured to receive in one of the plural segments signals representing the data via the wireless access interface from the mobile communications network, and a controller configured to control the transmitter and the receiver. The controller is configured in combination with the transmitter and the receiver to measure a relative quality of signals received by the receiver in each of the plural segments, to transmit a measurement report to the mobile communications network, the measurement report including the measured relative quality of signals in each of the plural segments, and wherein, upon predetermined conditions being met, to skip the measuring of the relative quality of signals received in one or more of the plural segments.
US11044621B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus where a user equipment (UE) may indicate different physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring capabilities (such as UE capabilities in terms of the number of control channel elements (CCEs), blind decodes (BDs), number of downlink control information (DCI) formats, etc.) per monitoring span or slot. For example, a UE may support a different number of CCEs per slot or a different number of DCIs per monitoring span for different service types (such as a different number of CCEs for enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and for ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC)). A UE may indicate different sets of PDCCH monitoring capabilities (such as sets of PDCCH monitoring capabilities for different service types, monitoring spans, slots, etc.). A base station may receive the indication of UE PDCCH monitoring capability information, and may configure the UE with one or more monitoring occasions accordingly.
US11044619B2
A method of monitoring a control signal in a wireless communication system, where the method is performed by a user equipment (UE) and includes: selecting at least one control resource set (CORESET) among a plurality of CORESETs based on an overlap between physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions in the plurality of CORESETs; and monitoring a PDCCH only in the selected at least one CORESET, among the plurality of CORESETs. The method also includes: based on the at least one CORESET including a first CORESET, and based on a first reference signal of the first CORESET and a second reference signal of a second CORESET being associated with a same synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB): monitoring the PDCCH in both the first CORESET and the second CORESET.
US11044618B2
Facilitating automatic latency discovery and dynamic network selection using data analytics in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise inserting, by a system comprising a processor, first information indicative of a first identified time into a first field of a message. Also, the method can comprise transmitting, by the system, the message to a defined device. Further, the method can comprise determining, by the system, an end-to-end latency for the message based on a response received from the defined device in reply to the message. The response can comprise second information indicative of a second identified time that the message was received at the defined device.
US11044601B2
A modified telecommunications system is provided herein in which UEs can be associated with a user account using information other than SIM card data or a username and password combination. For example, when a subscriber activates a user account, the subscriber may be requested to provide a signature. A signature can include a unique PIN, a sample voice command, a fingerprint, a retinal scan, and/or the like. The signature may be stored in a data store in an entry corresponding to the user account. To associate a UE with a user account, the subscriber can provide a signature via the UE. The UE can then transmit the provided signature and a UE address to a management system. The management system can then store the UE address in the data store in an entry associated with the user account that corresponds with the provided signature.
US11044592B2
Some examples include detecting that a source computing device is in proximity to a target computing device. For instance, a user credential of the source computing device may be received from the source computing device. Further, a copy of system data of the source computing device may be retrieved from a cloud storage service. A system state of the source computing device may be restored on the target computing device by using the user credential received from the source computing device and the copy of the system data of the source computing device retrieved from the cloud storage. In some cases, the user credential may expire on the target computing device after a predetermined system event in the target computing device.
US11044584B2
A mobile wireless device that transmits messages to recipient devices that correspond to subscribers of a service for receiving packet-switched messages may poll a community of users of the service. Each user of the community of users may receive, in response to the poll, an indication to select a voting button. The mobile wireless device may receive poll responses from the community of users of the service. The poll responses may comprise predetermined text in order to minimize the potential of false responses that cannot be counted.
US11044576B2
An user equipment supporting Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS), the user equipment including: a receiver configure to receive sidelink (SL) SPS radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) from a base station; and receive a SL grant including downlink control information (DCI from the base station with a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), wherein the DCI comprises a SL SPS index field and an activation/release indication field if the DCI with Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) is scrambled with the SL SPS RNTI, wherein a start subframe for Sidelink Control (SC) period is determined based on an offset value and a subframe in which the sidelink grant is received, and wherein an index of a subframe for SC period is relative to System Frame Number (SFN) 0.
US11044574B2
The present invention relates to improvements to systems and methods for determining a current location of a client device, and for identifying and selecting appropriate geo-fences based on the current location of the client device. An improved geo-fence selection system performs operations that include associating media content with a geo-fence that encompasses a portion of a geographic region, sampling location data from a client device, defining a boundary based on the sampled location data from the client device, detecting an overlap between the boundary and the geo-fence, retrieving the media content associated with the geo-fence, and loading the media content at a memory location of the client device, in response to detecting the overlap.
US11044571B2
A filter determination system, a filter determination device, a filter determination method and a program with which a filter can be appropriately determined are provided. A processing device according to this embodiment includes a frequency response acquisition unit that acquires a frequency response of a filter for an audio signal, a smoothing unit that smoothes the frequency response and obtains a smoothed response, a candidate point determination unit that determines candidate split points based on a bottom position of the smoothed response, and a split point determination unit that determines one or more band split points from the candidate split points.
US11044565B2
A hearing aid device comprising a microphone, a processing unit and a receiver for compensating for a hearing loss in the auditory system of a human is disclosed. The hearing aid device is configured with a microphone inlet assembly which is optimized with regards to maintenance of the hearing aid and improved sound performance. That is, the microphone inlet assembly comprises an inlet element attached to a PCB and further configured to connect with a sound inlet structure.
US11044564B2
An exemplary hearing system that is configured to assist a user in hearing includes a behind-the-ear (BTE) component that includes a power source and an in-the-ear (ITE) component configured to fit at least partially within an ear canal of the user. The ITE component may include a microphone arranged so as to face outside of the ear canal of the user while the ITE component is worn by the user, a vent opening configured to ventilate the ear canal of the user to an environment outside of the ear canal, a receiver configured to provide an audio signal to the user based on an input audio signal detected by the microphone, and at least one of active noise control circuitry configured to reduce at least one of environmental noise entering the ear canal through the vent opening and occlusion and an active vent configured to control the vent opening.
US11044556B2
An audio system, including an echo canceler being configured to receive a first reference signal and a microphone signal, and to minimize an echo signal of the microphone signal, according to the first reference signal, the echo signal being a component of the microphone signal correlated to the first reference signal, to produce a residual signal; a post filter configured to receive a second reference signal and the residual signal, and to suppress at least one residual component correlated to the second reference signal, according to the second reference signal, to produce an estimated voice signal, wherein the first reference signal is received from a first location of an audio processing chain and the second reference signal is received from a second location of the audio processing chain, the first location and the second location being separated by at least one audio processing module of the audio processing chain.
US11044554B2
Methods for a speaker device in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for a speaker device is provided, the method comprising transmitting a first provisioning beacon signal using the communication module; receiving, in response to the provisioning beacon signal, at least one credential signal from a network device configured to provide an access point, wherein the at least one credential signal includes credential data; storing the credential data in the non-volatile memory; attempting to connect to the access point using the credential data; determining whether the attempt to connect to the access point was successful; and playing a first audio prompt, using the speaker, upon determining an unsuccessful connection to the access point, wherein the first audio prompt comprises a statement indicating that the connection to the access point was unsuccessful.
US11044550B2
A speaker device including a first speaker cover, a second speaker cover, a speaker housed by the first speaker cover and the second speaker cover, and a monolithic, one-piece vibration damping structure disposed between the first speaker cover and the second speaker cover. The first speaker cover and the second speaker cover are made of a first material, and the monolithic, one-piece vibration damping structure is made of a second material that is different from the first material.
US11044548B2
In one embodiment, a portable computing device is described. The portable computing device includes a first surface comprising at least one user interface. The portable computing device also includes a second surface opposite the first surface. Further, the portable computing device includes at least one speaker port in the first surface. Further yet, the portable computing device includes a collapsible speaker chamber configured on the second surface opposite the at least one speaker port. Moreover, the portable computing device includes a speaker configured in the portable computing device between the speaker port and the collapsible speaker chamber.
US11044547B2
A headset system for interchangeable wearing styles is disclosed. A retention element is detachably coupled to an earpiece, allowing the headset to interchange between a headband, ear loop and neckband wearing style. The retention element comprises a security element that prevents rotation of the earpiece when coupled, providing a stable and ergonomic wearing experience.
US11044533B1
Generating automatic diagnostics alerts is disclosed. At a first time, a set of quality metrics for a plurality of groups of streaming sessions is computed. An anomaly is identified at least in part by performing anomaly detection using the set of quality metrics and historical information. A cause of the identified anomaly is diagnosed. An alert is generated based at least in part on the diagnosis.
US11044522B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises a media module and a modification module included in an embedded appliance. The media module is configured to receive a first media signal associated with a first input port of the embedded appliance and a second media signal associated with a second input port of the embedded appliance. The media module is configured to identify a first set of media signal parameters based on the first media signal. The modification module is configured to receive a modification instruction associated with a session format having a second set of media signal parameters different from the first set of media signal parameters. The modification module is configured to modify the first media signal based on the first set of media signal parameters and the modification instruction to produce a first modified media signal in the session format and having the second set of media signal parameters.
US11044504B2
This disclosure discloses various intellectual property rights management software systems for video content (e.g. episodes, series, seasons, movies, clips) that are able to pre-determine intellectual property rights availabilities for the video content over many different combinations of factors (e.g. channels, territories, rights) such that these availabilities can be readily available (e.g. stored, cached) for a client (e.g. workstation, mobile device) to query against.
US11044500B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, generating a video scene adapted to establish an ambiance setting and providing the video scene to equipment of a user for presentation at a display device. A visual focus is detected of the user towards presentation of the video scene displayed proximate to the user and the video scene is modified responsive to the visual focus. The modifying of the video scene is adapted to discourage visual focus of the user towards the presentation of the video scene. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11044497B1
A unified system is provided for splicing of or switching to advertisement videos arriving from sources or video origins into targeted ad spots available in a content video watched by a consumer. The system comprises a plurality of interconnected elements including a unified splicing engine, a markup processor with markup plugins and markup configuration, an ad decision engine, a media player, a data collection client, a plurality of video caches residing at a consumer device and ad services subsystem. The system delivers multiple assets and intelligently splice and switch between the assets to produce a single uninterrupted playout of a content video watched by the consumer on the consumer device.
US11044490B2
To suppress an overhead of a flag indicating a motion compensation filter. A motion compensation filter apparatus includes a motion compensation filter unit configured to switch a filter to apply on a full sample image in a certain unit, and an MC filter parameter derivation unit configured to select a switching unit for filter switching by the motion compensation filter unit.
US11044487B2
A system for decoding a video bitstream includes receiving a bitstream and a plurality of enhancement bitstreams together with receiving a video parameter set and a video parameter set extension. The system also receives an output layer set change message including information indicating a change in at least one output layer set.
US11044475B2
An image encoding method configuring block division information and size information of a boundary block which is located at a boundary of an image and is smaller than a size of a basic encoding block, on the basis of size information of a picture and size information of the basic encoding block; dividing the boundary block into at least one encoding block, on the basis of the size information of the basic encoding block and the size information and the block division information of the boundary block; and encoding the at least one divided encoding block.
US11044474B2
An image compression method is provided. The image compression method includes steps of receiving, by a tile division generator, an input image; by the tile division generator, determining whether the input image corresponds to a partial updated region and whether the partial updated region coincides with one tile or a combination of tiles of a current frame and generating a determination result; and by the tile division generator, determining whether to re-perform tile division and compressing and encoding one portion of the current frame according to the determination result.
US11044470B2
A video signal processing method comprises the steps of: acquiring reference samples on a first side of a current block and reference samples on a second side thereof on the basis of pre-restored samples neighboring the current block; acquiring a direct current (DC) value for a prediction of the current block on the basis of a reference sample set composed of at least some of the reference samples on the first side and the reference samples on the second side, wherein the reference sample set includes the number of reference samples raised to a power of 2, obtained by excluding some of the reference samples on the first side and the reference samples on the second side, if the length of the first side and the length of the second side are different; and restoring the current block on the basis of the DC value.
US11044469B2
A method for constructing a most probable mode (MPM) list for prediction process corresponding to video block is provided. The method includes determining whether a left block of a current coding block is available, in response to determining that the left block of the current coding block is available, adding an intra prediction mode of the left block into an MPM list; determining whether an above block of the current coding block is available, in response to determining that the above block of the current coding block is available, adding an intra prediction mode of the above block into the MPM list; adding an offset to the prediction mode of the left block to obtain a new prediction mode; and adding the above-offset prediction mode into the MPM list when the above-offset prediction mode is not in the MPM list. The MPM list is used to improve coding efficiency.
US11044447B2
A projection display system includes a control assembly, an optical path changing device, a light source assembly, a digital micromirror device, and a projection lens. The control assembly is configured to determine whether a resolution of an image to be projected is greater than a preset resolution. If the resolution of the image to be projected is greater than the preset resolution, the control assembly divides the image to be projected into N sub-images, wherein N is greater than or equal to 2. For each sub-image: the control assembly is further configured to determine a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal according to the sub-image, send the first signal to the light source assembly, send the second signal to the digital micromirror device, and send the third signal to the optical path changing device. The projection lens is configured to project the N sub-images at different times.
US11044442B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, capturing images that are associated with a video conference communication session, obtaining a video conference policy associated with the video conference communication session, applying object pattern recognition to the images to detect an object in the images, and retrieve first replacement image content according to the video conference policy. The images can be adjusted by replacing a first portion of the images other than the detected object with the first replacement image content to generate first adjusted video content. The first adjusted video content can be provided to the first recipient communication device via the video conference communication session. Non-adjusted video content can be provided according to the video conference policy to the second recipient communication device via the video conference communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11044436B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a setting unit configured to set a parameter; an export unit configured to perform export processing of a RAW moving image using the set parameter; a first selecting unit configured to select at least one of RAW moving images on which export processing is performed, in accordance with a user operation; and a second selecting unit configured to automatically select, from RAW moving images not selected by the first selecting unit, a RAW moving image whose a parameter used for export processing matches that of a RAW moving image selected by the first selecting unit, wherein the export unit collectively performs re-export processing which uses a parameter different from the parameter used for the export processing, on the RAW moving image selected by the first selecting unit and the RAW moving image selected by the second selecting unit.
US11044434B2
An image sensor having a plurality of pixels each of which comprises: a photoelectric converter that repeatedly generates charge corresponding to an amount of incident light; an A/D converter that A/D converts a voltage corresponding to the charge generated by the photoelectric converter into a digital signal by comparing the voltage with a reference voltage that changes with lapse of time; a capacitor that holds a threshold voltage based on the voltage corresponding to the charge; and a switching circuit that switches whether to perform A/D conversion on a voltage that corresponds to newly generated charge by the photoelectric converter based on a comparison result between the voltage that corresponds to the newly generated charge and the threshold voltage held in the capacitor.
US11044422B2
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods for facilitating pixel readout with partitioned analog-to-digital conversion. A device includes a detector, a capacitor coupled to the detector, a counter circuit coupled to the capacitor, a reset circuit coupled to the capacitor, and a processing circuit. The detector is configured to detect electromagnetic radiation associated with a scene and generate an associated detection signal. The capacitor is configured to, during an integration period, accumulate a voltage based on the detection signal. The counter circuit is configured to, during the integration period, adjust a counter value based on a comparison of the voltage and a reference voltage. The reset circuit is configured to, during the integration period, reset the capacitor based on the comparison. The processing circuit is configured to generate a digital detector output based on the counter value when the integration period has elapsed. Related methods are also provided.
US11044420B2
A system and method of applying special effects to video data. The interface can be associated with an electronic device including a processor in communication with a camera and a memory unit, or can receive pre-recorded video. A first speed rate of the video can be changed, by modifying at least one frame in the video data to create a modified video data at a modified speed rate that is different to the first speed rate. This allows for continuous recording and/or displaying of video at different speed rates without altering operations or settings. A video loop operation can be applied to selected segments of the video data and combined with non-selected segments to create a single continuous video stream. Slow and/or fast motion effects can be applied to the selected segments of the video loop by adding frames to or deleting frames from the selected segment.
US11044417B2
An HDR image sensor supporting LED Flicker Mitigation to reduce Motion Blur and a method of operating same are provided. A timing controller circuit generates at least one control signal that controls an operation of the image sensor. A split-photodiode (PD) pixel includes at least two or more photodiodes that may be independently exposed to one or more bursts of light from a light source. A first photodiode of the two or more photodiodes has a first exposure period that is longer in duration than a second exposure period of a second photodiode of the two or more photodiodes. The second photodiode performs a fragmented exposure operation in which a plurality of exposure periods of the second photodiode are shorter in duration than the first exposure period of the first photodiode, and include both continuous and fragmented exposure periods to capture the one or more bursts of light.
US11044416B2
Provided are an endoscope system, a processor device, and an endoscope system operation method capable of adjusting an exposure amount with higher accuracy than in the related art. An endoscope system includes a light source unit that emits illumination light, an image sensor that images an observation target by using the illumination light, an image acquisition unit that acquires plural-color images obtained by imaging the observation target by using the image sensor, and an exposure amount control portion that controls an exposure amount in a case where the image acquisition unit obtains the plural-color images, by using some-color images among the plural-color images.
US11044399B2
In the video surveillance system of the present invention, Because the multi-channel surveillance videos are integrated into a virtual surveillance scene for panoramic viewing, it is possible to view surveillance videos from the plurality of channels at the same time, reduce the viewing time, and improve the efficiency. In addition, since the surveillance picture is not much different within the same second or even a few seconds, and in the present invention, one frame of image is extracted at the same time point for a video of the multi-channel surveillance videos, and a next frame of image is extracted after a predetermined time interval, instead of extracting all the images to have a view, and thus it is possible to improve the efficiency and not to miss important video information.
US11044395B2
The invention relates to a method for generating a representation of an environment (U) of a vehicle (1) including the steps of: capturing respective images by means of a first camera (2) and a second camera (2) generating a virtual image (31) of a virtual camera (3) from the images, wherein at least a first perspective, in which the environment (U) of the vehicle (1) is represented from a bird's eye perspective, for a first virtual camera position (33) and a second perspective, in which exclusively an area of the environment (U) of the vehicle (1) rearwards related to the vehicle (1) is represented, for a second virtual camera position (44) of the virtual camera (3) are selectable for the virtual image. In order to allow an improved overview, it is provided that the representation of the environment (U) by the virtual image (31) is adapted to a shift of the virtual camera (3) towards an interior mirror (8) of the vehicle (1) upon switching from the first perspective to the second perspective of the virtual image (31) and to a rotation of the virtual camera (3) upon reaching a mirror plane of the interior mirror (8).
US11044389B2
An image pickup device of the present invention includes an image pickup element, an image pickup element holder that supports the image pickup element and is rotationally movable with respect to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of an image pickup lens, an optical filter, and an optical filter holder that extractably supports the optical filter onto the optical axis of the image pickup lens. The optical filter holder rotationally moves along with a rotational movement of the image pickup element holder in an identical direction.
US11044380B2
An image forming apparatus includes a display and a control device. The control device functions as: a detector detecting a trouble occurred in an own apparatus; and a controller. The controller performs, with respect to a trouble-displaying image including a two-dimensional code in which a storage location on a network is converted into an image, at least one of three outputs of displaying on the display, printing on a recording sheet, and transmitting to an external apparatus. The storage location is where information indicating a method for dealing with the trouble detected by the detector is stored. Based on a predetermined first degree using at least either difficulty in solving the trouble or seriousness of the trouble as an indicator, the controller changes a display color of the two-dimensional code corresponding to the trouble so as to be different as the first degree becomes higher.
US11044376B2
A management server includes a generation unit configured to generate a second script for executing transmission processing of data from an image processing apparatus to another image processing apparatus, and for transmitting by the image processing apparatus an execution result of the transmission processing to the management server. The management server is configured to, when the image processing apparatus starts setting processing, generate the second script and transmit a first script and the second script to a client.
US11044374B2
An image reading apparatus includes a detection unit provided at a position separated from a positioning portion by a predetermined distance in a first direction, a discriminator configured to determine a length, in the first direction, of a document, and a setting unit that sets a start position to a first position if a detection position at which the detection unit detects the document is not included in a range, in a second direction, of the transparent member that is covered by the document, and sets the start position to a second position if the detection position is included in the range and the detection unit does not detect the document, wherein, in the first direction, the distance between the first position and the positioning portion is larger than the distance between the second position and the positioning portion.
US11044372B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a receiving section, and a controller. The image forming section forms a plurality of images on a plurality of sheets. The receiving section receives a print job including a layout format indicating a layout of the images on the sheets. The controller controls the image forming section based on the print job. Each of the images indicates an image expressed by image data of a single page. The print job includes an instruction to form the images on the sheets according to a plurality of mutually different layout formats.
US11044368B2
An application processor is provided. The application processor includes a system bus, a host processor, a voice trigger system and an audio subsystem that are electrically connected to the system bus. The voice trigger system performs a voice trigger operation and issues a trigger event based on a trigger input signal that is provided through a trigger interface. The audio subsystem processes audio streams through an audio interface. While an audio replay is performed through the audio interface, the application processor performs an echo cancellation with respect to microphone data received from a microphone to generate compensated data and the voice trigger system performs the voice trigger operation based on the compensated data.
US11044359B2
In a device including a user interface, a processor and a memory in communication with the processor, the memory includes executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the device to perform functions of detecting an occurrence of an event, the device configured to generate a plurality of user notifications in response to the occurrence of the event, and causing only one of the plurality of user notifications to be output via the user interface while suppressing other user notifications such that duplicate user notifications of the event are prevented.
US11044358B2
Disclosed is a method of operating a mobile terminal that is capable of interworking with a server, and the method includes: displaying a first user interface (UI) for managing a to-do list of a terminal user on a display unit; registering a task to be performed by the terminal user as a to-do item in the to-do list based on user information input through the first UI, and managing the plurality of to-do items registered in the to-do list; and when at least one of the plurality of to-do items is selected, performing an operation related to a task corresponding to the selected to-do item.
US11044357B2
A device including a peripheral interface, user interface, processor and memory in communication with the processor, in which the memory stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the device to perform functions of detecting an occurrence of a native communication event via a first communication network while the device is in a sleep or locked state; based on the occurrence of the native communication event, generating, via the user interface, a first notification indicating the occurrence of the native communication event detecting an occurrence of a non-native communication event via a second communication network while the device in the sleep or locked state; and based on the occurrence of the non-native communication event, sending, to a peripheral device via the peripheral interface, a signal that causes the peripheral device to generate a second notification indicating the occurrence of the non-native communication event.
US11044355B2
A protective bag into which a mobile device can be placed to limit exposure of the device to unsanitary conditions or conversely to limit exposure of other surfaces to an unsanitary mobile device. The protective bags are distributed to users using a dispenser. The system improves overall hygiene associated with use of mobile devices.
US11044354B2
A tool for assisting in affixing a screen protector to a display of an electronic device is provided. The tool includes first and second segments slidably attached to define an interior of the tool. The first segment has a first side, a second side attached to the first side by a first corner alignment feature, and a third side attached to the second side by a second corner alignment feature. The second segment similarly includes a first side, a second side, and a third side. The first and second corner alignment features of the first segment and the first and second corner alignment features of the second segment are configured to center the electronic device in the interior of the tool when the first segment is slid relative to the second segment.
US11044350B1
Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, network traffic management apparatuses, and network traffic management systems that monitor at least one TCP connection. A determination is made when an established configuration for the TCP connection requires modification based on the monitoring. The established configuration corresponds to utilization of Nagle's algorithm for the TCP connection. The established configuration is automatically modified to enable or disable utilization of Nagle's algorithm for the TCP connection, when the determination indicates that the established configuration requires modification. By automatically toggling utilization of Nagle's algorithm for a TCP connection, the TCP connection can advantageously be dynamically optimized with this technology with respect to performance metrics such as latency and bandwidth efficiency.
US11044344B2
A system designed for increasing network communication speed for users, while lowering network congestion for content owners and ISPs. The system employs network elements including an acceleration server, clients, agents, and peers, where communication requests generated by applications are intercepted by the client on the same machine. The IP address of the server in the communication request is transmitted to the acceleration server, which provides a list of agents to use for this IP address. The communication request is sent to the agents. One or more of the agents respond with a list of peers that have previously seen some or all of the content which is the response to this request (after checking whether this data is still valid). The client then downloads the data from these peers in parts and in parallel, thereby speeding up the Web transfer, releasing congestion from the Web by fetching the information from multiple sources, and relieving traffic from Web servers by offloading the data transfers from them to nearby peers.
US11044338B1
Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to context aggregation in a data communications network. According to a specific example, process user-data communications between a client station and another station participating in data communications via the data communications services can be processed, where the client station is associated with one of a plurality of client entities configured and arranged to interface with a data communications server providing data communications services. Context information can be aggregated for each respective user-data communication between the client station and the participating station, where the context information corresponds to at least one communications-specific characteristic associated with the user-data communications. In response to receipt of a subsequent user-data communication from the participating station and intended for the client station, present to the participating station a dynamic series of inquiries to address the subsequent user-data communication, based on the aggregated context information.
US11044334B2
A controlling method is provided in which, in a case where a first program is installed in a terminal device by first installation processing, predetermined notification regarding the first program is executed, and, in a case where the first program is installed in the terminal device by second installation processing, the predetermined notification is not executed.
US11044302B2
Aspects of the present invention include a method, system and computer program product for managing time sharing option address space on one computer system for a software program running on another computer system. The method includes a processor creating a time sharing option address space on a first computer, the time sharing option address space on a first computer configured to store data; running a computer program on a second computer; and managing data within the time sharing option address space with respect to the computer program running on a second computer.
US11044296B1
An Ethernet adapter module for interfacing a network endpoint device to an Ethernet network is disclosed. The Ethernet adapter module includes an Ethernet medium access controller (MAC) and an Ethernet physical layer device (PHY). The Ethernet MAC includes a processor and Time Sensitive Networking and/or Audio Video Bridging (TSN/AVB) state machines that cooperate with the processor to (1) identify a TSN/AVB request from the network endpoint device, and (2) discover a network topology along which to transfer data between the network endpoint device and a second network endpoint device in accordance with a predetermined Quality of Service (QoS). The Ethernet PHY is coupled to the Ethernet MAC and includes timestamp logic to apply a timing reference to the data being transferred.
US11044290B2
There is provided a method of controlling a rate at which content data is received at a receiver over a network, wherein the receiver has caused a first strew of real-time communication event data to be received at the receiver, and a second stream of content data to be received at the receiver, the method comprising steps of: dynamically measuring network conditions of the network based on the real-time communication event data; and limiting the rate at which the content data is received at the receiver based on the dynamically measured network conditions.
US11044289B2
A sending device that sends, to a receiving device, a content divided into segments includes a generating unit configured to generate data containing information that allows access to each segment, and a communication control unit configured to send, to the receiving device, data generated by the generating unit. The communication control unit is further configured to send, to the receiving device, video area information of each segment.
US11044280B1
Systems and methods for developing, deploying, and/or providing location-based controls for remote visitation in controlled-environment facilities are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method may include identifying a request to establish a visitation session between a resident and a non-resident of a controlled-environment facility, wherein the visitation session includes at least one of: a voice or a video call, and wherein the non-resident operates a mobile device; receiving spatial information of the mobile device; and applying a rule to the visitation session based upon the spatial information.
US11044277B2
Embodiments described herein facilitate receipt of image data, by providing apparatus and methods for constructing and/or utilizing a database of networked imaging devices. Communication transmitted over a network is identified as being from an imaging device. One or more identifiers, under which the communication is transmitted, are then extracted from the communication. For example, one or more Internet Protocol (IP) addresses may be extracted. The identifiers are associated in a database with respective physical locations. When a particular area is defined as an area of interest, at least one of the identifiers is selected from the database, the selected identifier being associated with a physical location that is within, or near, the area of interest. Image data transmitted under the selected identifier is then received by the interested parties.
US11044274B2
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing policy states associated with a policy, determining that a particular policy state of the policy states should not be pruned, and generating possible next policy states for the particular policy state based on one or more policy actions and one or more costs associated with the respective policy actions, wherein each policy action is associated with one or more probabilities corresponding to one or more possibilities of resulting in one or more of the possible next policy states, wherein the respective cost associated with the policy action is determined based on one or more computing costs of the policy action resulting in the one or more of the possible next policy states in combination with the respective one or more probabilities, and wherein each policy state of the created policy evaluation tree comprises a rule state for each rule of the policy.
US11044266B2
In some examples, a system includes a scan execution engine and a scan adaptation engine. The scan execution engine may execute a scan of a web application hosted on a web host. During scan execution, the scan adaptation engine may adapt a subsequent scan portion for later execution based on a scan metric received from a monitoring agent that monitors the web application, the web host, or both.
US11044254B2
Method and apparatus for allowing the changing of security values and consent data is provided. The security values allow for dynamically changing the security level and ease of access associated with performing specific transactions on specific accounts. The consent data may be pushed or pulled and when stored, may be used for future transactions, of both the same or a different type. The changing of security levels and consent data may be accomplished over the internet using mobile devices over both secure and non-secure networks.
US11044247B2
Systems and methods for authentication using authentication management server and device application
Systems and methods for authenticating a user for a service provider system. A request to authenticate a user is received from a service provider system in an authentication management system. An authentication request is transmitted from the authentication management system to a registered device associated with the user. An authentication confirmation is received from the registered device in the authentication management system. An authentication verification is provided to the service provider system in response to receiving the authentication confirmation.
US11044223B2
A node (321, 322, 323) of a communication network configures multiple IP addresses of the node (321, 322, 323). Each of the multiple IP addresses are associated with a corresponding IP network (311, 312, 313) to which the node (321, 322, 323) is connected. Each of the these IP networks (321, 322, 323) is identified by a corresponding network identifier. In response to a request sent by the node (321, 322, 323), the node receives connection information of a further node (321, 322, 323) of the communication network. The received connection information includes at least one network identifier and an associated IP address of the further node (321, 322, 323). Based on the at least one network identifier, the node (321, 322, 323) selects one of the IP networks (311, 312, 313). Via the selected IP network (311, 312, 313) and based on the associated IP address, the node (321, 322, 323) establishes an IP based connection to the further node (321, 322, 323).
US11044220B1
Exemplary embodiments relate to improvements in the design of a messaging inbox. The inbox may display different units or “modules” for providing a user with quick access to different inbox functionalities that they might not otherwise be aware of (or inclined to use on a regular basis). After a number of recent or unread messages are shown in the inbox's initial interface, the messages end and are replaced with modules. Many different types of functionality may be the subject of the modules (e.g., a module for sharing local content such as photos from a photo album, a People/States module, Top Contacts, New Behavior, Live Videos, Events, Businesses, or Messaging Stickers). Once the available modules have been scrolled through, the interface may revert to more messages, such as less-recent or previously read threads from the original messages. Unread threads may also be collapsed in the top section of the inbox, or included in a module.
US11044219B2
A message forwarding method performed at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory storing a plurality of programs for forwarding messages using an instant messaging application, includes: displaying a dialog box including one or more chat messages associated with a first user account of the instant messaging application; selecting one or more chat messages in the dialog box; obtaining message content and associated information of each selected chat message, the associated information including one or more of: a message sender and a sending time of the chat message, a group name of a group corresponding to the dialog box, identifiers of participants of the group; and forwarding the message content and the associated information of each chat message to a second user account of the instant messaging application.
US11044216B2
A method is described for processing a multimedia object sent by a sender device and received by a recipient device, the method implemented by the recipient device. The method includes obtaining at least one visual or audio representation of a neighborhood of the recipient device acquired during an opening of the multimedia object on the recipient device; extracting the representation of at least one item of information about users who may have had access to a content of the multimedia object during its opening on the recipient device; and dispatching said at least one item of information to the sender device.
US11044212B2
An embodiment of the invention provides a method for sending a message from a first user to a second user where an interface receives a message from the second user. A processor connected to the interface identifying one or more keywords in the message and searches an electronic database for the keyword(s) to identify one or more scripted message for the keyword(s). The electronic database includes scripted messages for each keyword in the electronic database. A communications device connected to the processor sends the identified scripted message(s) to the second user.
US11044209B2
Improved techniques for responding to a server that is overwhelmed with messages are disclosed herein. Messages may initially be placed in an “incoming” queue. Once accepted by the server for processing, a corresponding message may be placed in an accepted queue, and an indication is generated that the message will be processed. When the number of messages in the accepted queue meets or exceeds a defined threshold, new messages addressed to the incoming queue are rejected. Also, computing resources are allocated to the incoming queue until the messages in the incoming queue have been processed (or meet another condition). Once the incoming queue is empty or meets another condition, resources are allocated to the accepted queue. Once the number of messages in the accepted queue meets or falls below a second threshold, new messages are allowed again into the incoming queue.
US11044204B1
Nodes within a network are configured to adapt to changing path states, due to congestion, node failures, and/or other factors. A node may selectively convey path information and/or other state information to another node by annotating the information into packets it receives from the other node. A node may selectively reflect these annotated packets back to the other node, or other nodes that subsequently receive these annotated packets may reflect them. A weighted cost multipathing selection technique is improved by dynamically adjusting weights of paths in response to feedback indicating the current state of the network topology, such as collected through these reflected packets. In an embodiment, certain packets that would have been dropped may instead be transformed into “special visibility” packets that may be stored and/or sent for analysis. In an embodiment, insight into the performance of a network device is enhanced through the use of programmable visibility engines.
US11044199B2
In one embodiment, a traffic analysis service obtains traffic characteristics of network traffic associated with a device in a network. The traffic analysis service uses a machine learning model to infer resource usage by the device based on the obtained traffic characteristics of the network traffic associated with the device. The traffic analysis service controls traffic flows in the network based on the inferred resource usage by the device.
US11044196B2
Described are embodiments of methods, apparatuses, and systems for multi-protocol tunneling across a multi-protocol I/O interconnect of computer apparatus. A multi-protocol I/O interconnect may include a switching fabric operatively coupled to a first protocol-specific controller and a second protocol-specific controller, and may be configured to simultaneously route packets of the first protocol to the first protocol-specific controller and packets of the second protocol to the second protocol-specific controller. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11044187B2
The present disclosure provides performance measurement (PM) for segment routing (SR) with flexibility to have PM information piggy backed, preferably using service function chaining (SFC) to data packet itself or dedicate PM packet avoiding change in data packet. A performance measured flow (PMF) identifier is used by transit/egress nodes for statistics collection for a given PMF. The PMF identifier is carried in the piggy backed information without the use of separate SR label. The Piggy backed information carries the node information role of the node used by transit egress nodes to collect statistics for a given PM segment. The present disclosure collects the statistics for multiple segments and multiple PM types using a metadata present in single received packet, saving bandwidth and making PM calculation fast and more accurate. Using the present disclosure, the timer/configuration requirement per performance measurement instance from transit/egress node is avoided.
US11044185B2
The described technology is generally directed towards reducing latency in a wireless communications network. Radio access network latency data corresponding to a measured latency impact criterion is obtained by a network device of a wireless network. Based on the radio access network latency data, latency guidance data usable by the radio network device to achieve a reduction in communication latency that is experienced by a user equipment is predicted, e.g., by a learned model. The latency guidance data can be used to facilitate a reduction in the communication latency that is experienced by a user equipment.
US11044179B1
Network connected devices are controlled via the transmission of action messages to prevent or correct conditions that impair the operation of the networked information technology (IT) assets. The service monitoring system (SMS) monitoring the IT environment groups together related notable events that are received during system operation. Automatic processes dynamically determine grouping operations that automatically correlate the events without requiring, for example, a set of declarative grouping rules. Event grouping may be performed on a by-service basis to facilitate the complex processing of predicting undesirable system conditions that may be prevented or reduced by transmission of the action messages to the appropriate assets. Event grouping operations may be directed with control information maintained via user interface.
US11044178B2
A data center management method executed by a computer that includes a first memory and a second memory, the method includes storing, in the second memory, a predicted value calculated based on measured values obtained as measurement data and differences each corresponding to the measurement data obtained a predetermined period ago; storing, in the first memory, the measurement data as the measured value; calculating, based on each of the stored measured values, an amount of change which is a difference between the measured value and the predicted value, and storing the calculated amount in the second memory; calculating first corrected prediction data based on the measured value currently measured and the measurement values previously measured; calculating second corrected prediction data based on previous amounts of change and the first corrected prediction data; and controlling the device using an operation amount calculated based on the second corrected prediction data.
US11044163B2
Methods for identifying in range endpoints in a network are provided. The methods includes providing a map including endpoints in the network, the endpoints including target endpoints, out of range endpoints and non-out of range endpoints; positioning a grid over the map including the endpoints in the network, the grid including a plurality of subsections each having a defined radius, locating a target endpoint on the map and in one of the subsections of the grid; and identifying a plurality of endpoints within subsections of the grid within a defined range of the target endpoint.
US11044162B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for orchestrating cloud to fog interactions. In some examples, a method can involve partitioning an application into software containers, each of the software containers being configured to host a respective component of the application. The method can further involve identifying nodes on respective hierarchical layers of a hierarchical cloud-fog architecture for hosting the software containers on the respective hierarchical layers of the cloud-fog architecture. The hierarchical cloud-fog architecture can include one or more cloud layers and one or more fog layers. The method can also involve deploying the software containers at the nodes on the respective hierarchical layers of the cloud-fog architecture.
US11044158B2
The present disclosure pertains to a self-configuring network comprising one or more nodes each configured to provide wireless coverage to one or more transceivers. Some embodiments may: obtain a wireless propagation model, including environmental data; determine, via a computing device of the network, a set of optimal operating parameters using the obtained model and the environmental data; and configure, via the computing device, at least one of the one or more nodes with the set of optimal operating parameters. As a result, overall system performance on the larger macro scale may be maximized. That is, improving performance of only one or a few devices, on a micro-scale, may not be sufficient, as this may be achieved at the expense of harming performance of other devices.
US11044142B2
Performance monitoring techniques for virtualized resources are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise processing circuitry and computer-readable storage media having stored thereon instructions for execution by the processing circuitry to identify a virtualized network function (VNF)-related virtualized resource (VR) performance threshold for one or more VRs supporting a VNF used to implement a virtualized network element in a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network, determine whether the VNF-related VR performance threshold has been crossed based on received VNF-related VR performance data, and in response to a determination that the VNF-related VR performance threshold has been crossed, send a VNF-related VR performance alarm notification to an element manager (EM). Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11044136B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for estimating a frequency offset in a wireless communication system. The method for estimating a frequency offset of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: acquiring a first symbol from which a cyclic prefix (CP) symbol of a received symbol is removed; acquiring a second symbol from which data having a length corresponding to a length of CP is removed at an end opposite to the end in which the CP is present in the received symbol; and estimating the frequency offset by using the first symbol and the second symbol.
US11044131B2
A transmission device that improves data reception quality includes: a first pilot inserter that inserts a pilot signal into a first precoded signal; a phase changer that applies a phase change of i×Δλ to the second precoded signal, where i is a symbol number and an integer that is greater than or equal to 0; an inserter that inserts a pilot signal into the second precoded signal applied with the phase change; and a phase changer that applies a phase change to the second precoded signal applied with the phase change and inserted with the pilot signal. Δλ satisfies π/2 radians<Δλ<π radians or π radians<Δλ<3π/2 radians. When the communications scheme is an OFDM scheme, the phase changer and the phase changer apply a phase change, and when the communications scheme is a single-carrier scheme, do not apply a phase change.
US11044125B2
A method performed by a node in a wireless communications network for improving multi-user transmissions in the wireless communications network is provided. The node determines channel estimates based on demodulation reference signals, or a data symbol in at least one Physical Resource Block, PRB, of the latest received subframe. Then, the node determines a phase difference and an amplitude difference between Resource Elements, REs, in a first set of contiguous REs in the at least one PRB of the latest received subframe based on the obtained channel estimates. The node then pre-equalizes at least one channel within at least one PRB of a transmission subframe by aligning the phase and amplitude of REs in a second set of contiguous REs therein based on the determined phase and amplitude differences. A node for improving multi-user transmissions in the wireless communications network is also provided.
US11044119B2
A router device in a subscriber domain receives communications from a communication device. The communications are destined for delivery over a first network operated by a corresponding service provider to a destination in a second network such as the Internet. To convey communications, the router device maps a network address obtained from the first communications to a corresponding marker assigned to the communication device. The router device then tags the communications from the communication device with the corresponding marker and forwards the tagged communications (with the marker) over the first network to the second network. The first network operated by the service provider conveys the tagged communications in accordance with a data delivery policy as indicated by the corresponding marker in the forwarded communications.
US11044118B1
One or more configuration parameters for an object gateway instance are received at an interface to a provider network, the parameters including an identifier of a first object store of the provider network for which to cache objects in a first object cache of the object gateway instance and an indication of a data transfer mode that controls when objects written to the first object cache are written to the first object store. The one or more configuration parameters are stored in a data store of the provider network and sent to the object gateway instance. A read request that includes the identifier of the first object store and a first object identifier is received from the object gateway instance, and a first object associated with the first object identifier and stored in the first object store is sent to the object gateway instance.
US11044116B2
A communication master device (101) manages a plurality of communication slave devices (102). An investigation unit (301) investigates status of retention of transmission waiting data in the plurality of communication slave devices (102). A period specification unit (302) specifies a length of a transmission permitted period in which transmission of the transmission waiting data is permitted and a length of a transmission prohibited period in which the transmission of the transmission waiting data is prohibited, based on the status of the retention of the transmission waiting data in the plurality of communication slave devices (102).
US11044104B2
An example operation may include one or more of registering data values, by a plurality of IoT devices, each IoT device associated with one of at least two different cloud storages, the registration of the data values having a relative order, and only one measurement being made for each IoT device per measurement at a given point in time, and proving a common ordering of at least some of the data values registered by the plurality of IoT devices, by a client application of a client device.
US11044102B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting certificate pinning may include (i) attempting, by a security network proxy, to break a network connection between a client device and a server device, (ii) detecting, by the security network proxy, whether the network connection between the client device and the server device is certificate pinned based on a result of attempting to break the network connection, and (iii) performing a security action by the security network proxy to protect the client device at least in part based on detecting whether the network connection between the client device and the server device is certificate pinned. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11044100B2
Authentication of electronic document is based on multiple digital signatures incorporated into a blockchain. Structured data, metadata, and instructions may be hashed to generate the multiple digital signatures for distribution via the blockchain. Any peer receiving the blockchain may then verify an authenticity of an electronic document based on any one or more of the multiple digital signatures incorporated into the blockchain.
US11044095B2
Accounts receivables, accounts payables, and other debt instruments are registered to blocks of data in a blockchain. The blockchain may then be dispersed to subscribers for inspection. Any subscriber may inspect the blockchain, evaluate the debt instruments registered to the blockchain, and conduct automated, electronic purchases of any debt instruments. Smart, digital contracts executed by the blockchain may automate purchase of the debt instruments.
US11044090B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that processes requests to access data item at an edge device in a network. During operation, the system receives the request to access the data item from a user, wherein the request is received at the edge device, and wherein the edge device communicates with an origin server, which stores data items. If the request includes a token identifier, the system uses the token identifier to look up a token payload in a token cache at the edge device. The system then decorates the request with fields from the token payload, and analyzes the decorated request to determine whether the user is authorized to access the data item. If the user is authorized to access the data item, the system looks up the data item in a content cache at the edge device, and returns the data item to the user to complete the request.
US11044085B2
The present disclosure provides a system in which a migration operation which is different from a normal registration operation performed on a system is started in one of a terminal before replacement and a terminal after the replacement so that a registration operation performed on the terminal after the replacement is easily completed only by causing a user to consecutively perform an authentication operation on both of the terminals.
US11044067B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a configuration for a control resource set (CORESET) of a shared radio frequency spectrum carrier. The UE may identify a bitmap included in the configuration. Each bit in the bitmap may be associated with a respective control resource block group. The UE may identify, based at least in part on a value for each bit in the bitmap, one or more control resource block groups that are included in the CORESET. The UE may monitor for downlink communications in the one or more control resource block groups. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11044065B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving feedback in a mobile communication system are provided. The method includes transmitting, to a terminal, CSI feedback configuration information including feedback mode information, and information on a codebook configuration and a CSI-RS configuration; and receiving, from the terminal, CSI feedback information including a CQI and a PMI based on the feedback mode information. The feedback mode information indicates types of CSI feedback information. The information on the codebook configuration and the CSI-RS configuration includes a set of available precoding matrices and a first number and a second number associated with antenna ports of CSI-RS. A number of the antenna ports of CSI-RS is determined based on the first number and the second number associated with the antenna ports. The PMI indicates a precoding matrix included in the set of available precoding matrices. The CQI is obtained based on the CSI-RS associated with the number of antenna ports.
US11044055B2
According to an aspect, a network node reduces a probability of collision between HARQ process IDs used for acknowledging transmissions between the network node and a UE. The network node determines HARQ process IDs associated with dynamic grants of uplink resources and HARQ process IDs associated with semi-persistent scheduling (SPS). The HARQ process IDs are determined so as to reduce the probability of collision of the HARQ process IDs. The network node indicates at least the HARQ process IDs associated with the dynamic grants to the UE. The UE communicates HARQ messages using the HARQ process IDs.
US11044047B2
A method comprises receiving information on a selected redundancy version at a user device. The redundancy version is associated with block coding. The block coding may be LDPC. The method may comprise using the information when communicating with a base station. The position of the redundancy version may satisfy one or more criteria.
US11044045B2
Disclosed herein are techniques to provide forward error correction for a high-speed interconnect symbol stream, such as, DisplayPort. The symbol stream may be split into FEC blocks and parity bits generated for each of the FEC blocks. The parity bits may be interleaved, encoded, and transmitted over an interconnect along with the symbol stream to provide forward error correction for the symbol stream.
US11044033B2
A system and method for improving for amplifying an electronic signal by using high efficiency amplifiers to amplify one analog or digital signal at a time. The system further improves performance by providing parallel communication pathways throughout the entire transport and distribution chain. By creating parallel processing paths, both optically and electrically, the interaction of multiple signals are limited thereby avoiding unwanted intermodulation and noise.
US11044032B2
A controller generates a sequence by one of (a) splitting a base sequence into multiple equal-size segments and adding said segments elementwise, and (b) generating several cyclically shifted versions of a base sequence, adding the cyclically shifted versions together, and truncating said cyclically shifted versions.
US11044027B2
A wireless transmission performance test system is provided, configured to test wireless transmission performance of a device under test (DUT) which is disposed in a testing chamber. The wireless transmission performance test system includes a directional antenna and a control device. The directional antenna is disposed inside the testing chamber and adjacent to the DUT to receive testing signal generated by the DUT after testing. The signal coupling direction of the directional antenna is directed to the DUT. The control device is configured to receive the testing signal transmitted from the directional antenna, process the testing signal, and generate testing result. A wireless transmission performance test method is also provided herein.
US11044022B2
Isolators having a back-to-back configuration for providing electrical isolation between two circuits are described, in which multiple isolators formed on a single, monolithic substrate are connected in series to achieve a higher amount of electrical isolation for a single substrate than for isolators formed on separate substrates connected in series. Discrete dielectric regions positioned between isolator components forming an isolator provide electrical isolation between the isolator components as well as between the isolators formed on the substrate. The back-to-back isolator may provide one or more communication channels for transfer of information and/or power between different circuits.
US11044015B2
Systems and methods of undersea optical communication are provided. An undersea optical amplifier assembly can include a water-tight housing and a photonic integrated circuit disposed within the housing. The photonic integrated circuit includes a plurality of optical fiber inputs, each configured to receive an end of a respective optical fiber of a first fiber optic cable bundle, and a plurality of optical fiber outputs. Each optical fiber output corresponds to a respective optical fiber input to form a fiber optic input-output pair, and is configured to receive an end of a respective optical fiber of a second fiber optic cable bundle. The photonic integrated circuit includes an optical amplifier optically coupled to each respective fiber optic input-output pair. The housing includes a first water-tight access port configured to receive the first fiber optic cable bundle, and a second water-tight access port configured to receive a second fiber optic cable bundle.
US11044007B2
A system and method for providing backup recovery from outage at a primary gateway in a satellite communication system. Upon detecting an alert indicative of an outage, communication between the primary gateway and a plurality of terminals located within spot beams serviced by the primary gateway is suspended. A pre-switchover routine is performed to initialize a backup gateway capable of being substituted for the primary gateway, and a switchover routine is performed to transfer operations from the primary gateway to the backup gateway. Communication is subsequently enabled between the backup gateway and the plurality of terminals.
US11044004B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and architectures for the use of multiple antenna technology which may enable a wireless communication system to exploit the spatial domain to support spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and transmit diversity over a wide frequency range and/or multiple bands to communicate with multiple users.
US11044000B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a scheduling method, a base station, and a terminal. The method includes: performing, by a base station according to a preset matrix, orthogonal encoding on logical port information corresponding to a downlink reference signal, and mapping the logical port information obtained after the orthogonal encoding to a corresponding physical channel for sending; receiving channel quality indicator information fed back by a terminal, and calculating a spectral efficiency gain obtained after wavelength division multiplexing; and performing, according to the spectral efficiency gain, radio resource scheduling for the wavelength division multiplexing.
US11043993B2
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method including receiving only one downlink signal in a set of slots; generating an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (A/N) codebook for the one or more downlink signals; and transmitting the A/N codebook, wherein if a specific condition is satisfied, the A/N codebook includes only A/N information for the one downlink signal, and an apparatus therefor.
US11043988B2
The present disclosure relates to systems for providing wireless power to implanted devices. Consistent with some embodiments, an antenna system for providing wireless power to an implanted device includes a primary antenna loop and at least one parasitic antenna loop. The primary antenna loop is configured to receive power from a power source and radiate the power toward the implanted device. The at least one parasitic antenna loop is configured to absorb a portion of the radiated power and to reradiate the absorbed power toward the implanted device. The power radiated by the primary antenna loop and the power reradiated by the at least one parasitic antenna loop form a wireless power transmission pattern broadly distributed at the surface of the individual's skin and becomes more focused as it travels into the individual's body toward the implanted device. The broad distribution pattern at the surface of the skin reduces the specific absorption rate of the transmission while focusing the transmission as it toward the implanted device improves the antenna system's transfer efficiency.
US11043986B2
A mesh interconnect interface includes a dielectric slice; first micro-bumps aligned along a longitudinal axis and positioned closest to a driver bank, which is to be coupled to a first mesh stop of a first chiplet; second micro-bumps similarly aligned and positioned farthest from the first driver bank; third micro-bumps similarly aligned and positioned closest to a second driver bank, which is to be coupled to a second mesh stop of a second chiplet; fourth micro-bumps similarly aligned and positioned farthest from the second driver bank, wherein the longitudinal axis is orthogonal to a gap between the chiplets. The groups of micro-bumps are disposed on the slice. A first group of wires are embedded in the slice to couple the first and second micro-bumps. A second group of wires are interleaved with the first group of wires and embedded in the slice to couple the second and third micro-bumps.
US11043982B1
The present invention provides a data transmitting circuit, a data receiving circuit and a data transferring apparatus. In one of the implementations of the data transmitting circuit, the first end of the primary coil of a transformer is connected to a first power supply interface, and the second end of the primary coil of the transformer is connected to the first end of a current limiting module and the first end of a first capacitor respectively; the first end of the secondary coil of the transformer is connected to a second power supply interface, and the second end of the secondary coil of the transformer is connected to a transmitting interface; the second end of the current limiting module and the second end of the first capacitor are both connected to the input end of a switch module.
US11043979B2
Provided is a transmission device including: a transmission circuit that operates, on the basis of a mode signal indicating a first operation mode corresponding to a data transmission period or a second operation mode corresponding to a data transmission pause period, in the first operation mode or the second operation mode, and transmits data in which a clock signal is embedded; and a power supply noise reduction circuit that reduces noise of a power supply that supplies power to the transmission circuit when switching is performed between the first operation mode and the second operation mode.
US11043978B2
A bidirectional coupler includes the following elements. A main line and a sub-line are electromagnetically coupled. First and second resistors are each grounded at one end. First and second switches connect the sub-line to the first and second resistors or a third port. A third resistor is disposed between one end of the sub-line and the first switch or between the other end of the sub-line and the second switch. When detecting an input signal, the first switch electrically connects one end of the sub-line to the other end of the first resistor and the second switch electrically connects the other end of the sub-line to the third port. When detecting a reflected signal, the first switch electrically connects one end of the sub-line to the third port and the second switch electrically connects the other end of the sub-line to the other end of the second resistor.
US11043971B2
Disclosed are an encoder, a transmission device, and an encoding method with which the transmission amount is reduced and a deterioration in transmission efficiency is suppressed while improving reception quality when QC-LDPC or a like block encoding is used. A puncture pattern setting unit (620) searches for a puncture pattern for each integral multiple of the number of columns or for each divisor of the number of columns of a sub block matrix that forms a check matrix (H) of a QC-LDPC code, and a puncture unit (data reduction unit) (630) switches the puncture pattern for each integral multiple of the number of columns or for each divisor of the number of columns of the sub block matrix that forms the check matrix of the QC-LDPC code.
US11043970B2
A method for encoding a quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check (LDPC) code according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: generating a multi-edge LDPC code matrix including a high rate code matrix and a single parity check code matrix; and encoding a signal by using the multi-edge LDPC code matrix, wherein the single parity check code matrix includes a first matrix having a non-row-orthogonal structure matrix and a second matrix having a pure row-orthogonal structure, which are concatenated.
US11043968B2
The present technology relates to a data processing device and a data processing method, which are capable of securing excellent communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. In group-wise interleave, an LDPC code in which a code length N is 16200 bits and an encoding rate r is 12/15, 6/15, or 8/15 is interleaved in units of bit groups of 360 bits. In group-wise deinterleave, a sequence of the LDPC code that has undergone the group-wise interleave is restored to an original sequence. For example, the present technology can be applied to a technique of performing data transmission using an LDPC code.
US11043967B2
A method is provided for channel encoding in a communication system using an LDPC code. The method includes encoding input bits using a BCH code, shortening bits of the encoded input bits according to a number of bit groups to be shortened and an order among a plurality of orders according to which the bit groups are shortened, wherein the number of bit groups to be shortened is based on a number of bits to be shortened, which is based on a number of the encoded input bits, encoding information bits including the encoded input bits and the shortened one or more bits, using an LDPC code to generate parity bits, puncturing bits in the parity bits based on a puncturing parameter among puncturing parameters, and transmitting a signal generated from the encoded information bits based on the punctured bits. The plurality of orders being based on the puncturing parameters and including first and second orders.
US11043962B2
An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor acquires statistical information on a distribution of bits in floating point number data after executing an instruction on the floating point number data, and converts the floating point number data to fixed point number data.
US11043958B2
A time-interleaved noise-shaping successive-approximation analog-to-digital converter (TI NS-SAR ADC) is shown. A first successive-approximation channel has a first set of successive-approximation registers, and a first coarse comparator operative to coarsely adjust the first set of successive-approximation registers. A second successive-approximation channel has a second set of successive-approximation registers, and a second coarse comparator operative to coarsely adjust the second set of successive-approximation registers. A fine comparator is provided to finely adjust the first set of successive-approximation registers and the second set of successive-approximation registers alternately. A noise-shaping circuit is provided to sample residues of the first and second successive-approximation channels for the fine comparator to finely adjust the first and second sets of successive-approximation registers.
US11043950B2
A programmable logic device (“PLD”) contains programmable digital signal processing (“DSP”) blocks operable to be selectively programmed to perform one or more logic functions. The PLD, in one embodiment, includes configurable logic blocks (“LBs”), an input and output (“I/O”) block, and programmable DSP blocks. The configurable LBs are able to be selectively programmed to perform one or more logic functions. The I/O block includes I/O ports for facilitating data transfer. The programmable DSP blocks are configured to perform various predefined logic functions. Each of the programmable DSP blocks, in one aspect, includes at least one configurable DSP which, in one embodiment, includes a 27×18 multiplier and a 12×12 multiplier.
US11043916B2
The invention relates to an oscillator comprising two resonators, the direction of the vector of acceleration sensitivity of at least one first resonator of the at least two resonators, said direction being relative to the mounting surface of said first oscillator, corresponding substantially to the reflected direction that is reflected by a mirror plane of the vector of acceleration sensitivity of at least one second resonator of the at least two resonators, said direction being relative to the mounting surface of said second oscillator. The invention also relates to an oscillator comprising two resonators, the oscillator comprising a resistor which is effectively connected in parallel with one of the resonators and the resistance value of which is less than a hundred times that of the series resonator resistance of the combined resonator at the desired resonant frequency.
US11043904B2
The invention relates to electrical engineering, specifically to apparatuses and methods for transmission of electrical energy using resonant techniques between stationary objects, as well as between stationary power sources and movable devices that receive energy. The technical result is achieved by eliminating the occurrence, on the transmission line, of a potential antinode of a standing wave of potential, as well as by eliminating the occurrence, in the transmission line, of a current antinode of a standing wave of current, which fact simplifies operation and reduces the cost of the transmission system, improves environmental situation along the transmission line due to decreased intensity of electrical and magnetic fields, reduces the influence of the capacitance of the conductor of the transmission line on the resonant windings of Tesla transformers. The use of the proposed invention results in increased efficiency of resonant transmission of electrical energy, and, primarily, over small and medium distances.
US11043903B2
Reverse currents are prevented using existing components, like a primary-side current transformer. A power supply includes an isolation transformer, a switch, a synchronous rectifier, a smoother, a controller with a signal generator circuit that outputs main drive signals for main switching elements of the switch and drive signals for synchronous rectifier elements of the synchronous rectifier, and a current detector that has a current transformer, detects a current flowing to the switch, and outputs an output current detection signal. The controller includes an OR circuit that generates an OR signal for the main drive signals and a reverse current determination circuit that determines whether a reverse current has occurred based on the OR signal and the output current detection signal. When the occurrence of a reverse current has been determined, outputting of the main drive signals and the drive signals is stopped.
US11043900B2
The present disclosure relates to a DC-DC converter (10), comprising a first DC port (10A) connectable to a DC source (B), a second DC port (10B) with a positive terminal (PT), a midpoint terminal (MT) and a negative terminal (NT) connectable to a DC bus (4). A first capacitor (C1) is connected between the positive terminal (PT) and the midpoint terminal (MT) and a second capacitor (C2) is connected between the midpoint terminal (MT) and the negative terminal (NT). The DC-DC converter (10) comprises a first switching circuit (20), a second switching circuit (40) and a resonant circuit (30) connected between the first switching circuit (20) and the second switching circuit (40). The second switching circuit (40) comprises a first switch (Q1), a second switch (Q2), a third switch (Q3), and a fourth switch (Q4).
US11043896B1
A voltage regulator has a switching circuit and a control circuit. The switching circuit receives an input voltage and provides an output voltage and an output current. The control circuit provides a control signal to the switching circuit, such that the output voltage is maintained at a clamp voltage level when the output current is lower than a transition current level, and the output voltage decreases as the output current increases when the output current is higher than the transition current level.
US11043892B2
A totem-pole bridgeless power factor corrector and a power factor correction method are provided. The totem-pole bridgeless power factor corrector obtains a duty cycle of next state by a predictive valley-peak current control method, and uses an OR gate element to combine PWM signals generated by an average current control method and the predictive valley-peak current control method, thereby enabling a digital signal processor to update the duty cycle.
US11043878B2
A stator assembly comprising stator windings and power electronics coupled to the windings for powering the windings, wherein the stator assembly is arranged so that when it is disposed in an enclosure, a flow of coolant is channelled over both the windings and elements of the power electronics.
US11043877B2
A slip ring unit for an electrical machine is provided for accommodating a carbon brush system. The slip ring unit includes at least one insulating segment having shaped sections for cooling parts of the electrical machine. The insulating segment having the shaped sections is shaped from the insulating segment as a fanwheel, wherein the insulating segment having the shaped sections forms a fan to distribute a cooling air flow to the parts of the electrical machine to be cooled. The slip ring unit has boreholes on the sides of supports of the slip rings for passage of cooling air.
US11043876B2
A heat pipe assembly includes walls having porous wick linings, an insulating layer coupled with at least one of the walls, and an interior chamber sealed by the walls. The linings hold a liquid phase of a working fluid in the interior chamber. The insulating layer is directly against a conductive component of an electromagnetic power conversion device such that heat from the conductive component vaporizes the working fluid in the porous wick lining of the at least one wall and the working fluid condenses at or within the porous wick lining of at least one other wall to cool the conductive component of the electromagnetic power conversion device. The assembly can be placed in direct contact with the device while the device is operating and/or experiencing time-varying magnetic fields that cause the device to operate.
US11043867B2
Provided is an electrical generator including a stator having a stator body extending axially between a first axial end and a second axial end, the stator body including a plurality of slots, the plurality of slots being circumferentially distributed around a longitudinal axis of the stator body. The stator includes a plurality of windings housed in the plurality of slots and a plurality of end-windings, each end winding having a curved shape and connecting the windings in two slots of the plurality of slots. The electrical generator further includes at least one air guide inside and/or outside the plurality of end-windings cool.
US11043863B2
A method of manufacturing a rotor includes: applying the adhesive to an adhesive placement position on an outer peripheral surface of the permanent magnet or an inner peripheral surface of the magnet hole, the adhesive containing an expansive agent that is expanded by being heated to a temperature that is equal to or higher than an expansion temperature; drying the adhesive after applying the adhesive; inserting the permanent magnet into the magnet hole of the rotor core after drying the adhesive; and fixing the permanent magnet and the rotor core to each other using the adhesive by expanding the expansive agent and curing the adhesive by heating the adhesive to a temperature that is equal to or higher than the expansion temperature after inserting the permanent magnet.
US11043860B2
A rotor includes a rotor core including laminated thin plate cores. A single thin plate core includes an inner plate portion defining a portion of an inner core portion and outer plate portions defining a portion of an outer core portion. At least some of the laminated thin plate cores include a connecting portion. A number of connecting portion is one or a plurality, and, when the number of connecting portions is a plurality, the connecting portions at positions other than both left and right sides of each other in a circumferential direction, and, in plan view, the thin plate core includes the connecting portion at a position different from that of a connecting portion in another thin plate core adjacent in an axial direction.
US11043857B2
An apparatus includes a motor having a rotor; and a stator, where the rotor is located at least partially in a rotor receiving area of the stator, where the stator includes at least one coil winding and teeth, where the at least one coil winding is located on at least some of the teeth, where the teeth include a first set of the teeth and a second set of the teeth, where the teeth of the first set of teeth are longer in a radial direction from the rotor receiving area than the teeth of the second set of teeth.
US11043852B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with wireless energy are described. In one embodiment, a method can comprise collecting an energy that is transmitted wirelessly to produce a collected energy. The method can also comprise supplying the collected energy to a device. Individual components within an electronic device can be physically decoupled from others, sending and receiving energy and data wirelessly. Such components can be sealed against air or fluid.
US11043851B2
An electronic device earned around by the user is desired to be used for a long period. In order to achieve this, a high-capacity battery may be incorporated. Since a high-capacity battery is large, its incorporation in an electronic device increases the weight of the electronic device. An electronic device used while being implanted in the body of the user, provided with an emergency power supply, is provided, in an electronic device provided with a plurality of batteries, a transmitting portion and a receiving portion conduct wireless charging among different batteries, and the battery to be charged or used is selected by a power supply management circuit depending on the circumstances.
US11043848B2
One general aspect includes methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for fault protection of a bidirectional wireless power transfer system. The method includes the actions of detecting, by control circuitry of a wireless power transfer device, a fault for the bidirectional wireless power transfer system. Identifying an operating personality of the wireless power transfer device and a hardware configuration of the wireless power transfer device. Identifying, in response to detecting the fault and based on the operating personality and the hardware configuration, protection operations for protecting the wireless power transfer device from the fault. Controlling operations of the wireless power transfer device according to the protection operations. Other implementations of this aspect include corresponding systems, circuitry, controllers, apparatus, and computer programs, configured to perform the actions of the methods, encoded on computer storage devices.
US11043845B2
A power feeding device which wirelessly transmits power towards a power receiving device equipped with a power receiving coil device, comprising: a magnetic structure having two magnetic bodies; and a power feeding coil device which receives power from a power supply and generates an alternating magnetic field, the mutual main surfaces of the two magnetic bodies face each other, and the two magnetic bodies are disposed to be separated at a predetermined distance, the power feeding coil device is disposed at any position between the two magnetic bodies, the two magnetic bodies receive the alternating magnetic field during power transmission, and a power feeding region in which transmitting power towards the power receiving coil device is possible is formed between the two magnetic bodies.
US11043841B2
A coil arrangement for an inductive power transfer system comprising a core (32, 33) having a region of decreased permeability (34), a coil (45) associated with the core, and a tuning slug (35) which is moveable along an axis adjacent the region of decreased permeability in order to adjust the inductance of the coil arrangement, the tuning slug (35) having an effective permeability which varies along said axis.
US11043836B2
An uninterruptible power supply includes a first power converter, a second power converter, and a DC-to-AC converter coupled to the first power converter and the second power converter. The first power converter includes a first AC-to-DC converter and a transformer having a primary winding coupled to the input and the output, and a secondary winding coupled to the first AC-to-DC converter. The first power converter is configured, during a first mode of operation of the UPS, to provide a first portion of the AC input power as the AC output power via the primary winding and convert a second portion of the AC input power into DC power via the first AC-to-DC converter. The second power converter includes a second AC-to-DC converter and is configured to convert the AC input power into DC power via the second AC-to-DC converter during a second mode of operation of the UPS.
US11043831B2
A charging device includes an AC/DC converter, a first DC/DC converter, a second DC/DC converter, and an inductance element. The AC/DC converter is connected to an external power source and configured to convert AC power into DC power. The first DC/DC converter is configured to convert a voltage the DC power outputted from the AC/DC converter and supply the resultant DC power to a first battery. The second DC/DC converter is connected in parallel to the first battery on the output side of the first DC/DC converter, and configured to convert a voltage of the DC power outputted from the first DC/DC converter and supply the resultant DC power to a second battery. The inductance element is provided between the first DC/DC converter and the second DC/DC converter, and connected in series to the first DC/DC converter and the second DC/DC converter.
US11043829B2
A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply able to discharge power to a load for generating an aerosol from an aerosol source; a connector able to be electrically connected to an external power supply; and a charger configured to be able to convert power which is input from the connector into charging power for the power supply. The power supply unit further includes a first zener diode which is provided between the connector and the charger so as to be connected in parallel with the charger, and the first zener diode is connected so as to be closer to an input terminal of the charger than to an output terminal of the connector.
US11043814B2
The present invention relates to an ESS control device based on transient stability state and a method thereof, the an ESS control device based on transient stability state according to an embodiment of the present invention including an input unit receiving phase angle information from a power system; a calculation unit calculating a change rate in the phase angle of the power system using the phase angle information; a determination unit determining the transient stability state of the power system by comparing the change rate of the phase angle with a predetermined threshold; and a control unit performing control so that an energy storage system (ESS) installed in a power generation stage is switched to a charging mode according to the determination result.
US11043813B2
A method for black starting a power supply device is disclosed, wherein the power supply device includes at least one bidirectional inverter having an AC-side connection for a grid and a battery connected to the DC side of the bidirectional inverter. The method includes operating an activation device of the power supply device so that the activation device applies a voltage to a control line of the battery to place the battery into an operating state, wherein the voltage provided by the activation device is provided by an auxiliary battery. The method also includes putting the bidirectional inverter into an operating state after the voltage provided by the auxiliary battery is applied to the control line.
US11043811B2
A reactive power control method, a reactive power control device, and a reactive power control system are provided. The device includes: a communication interface, configured to receive a reactive power requirement command; an input interface, configured to acquire an electrical quantity parameter of a preset control point; a strategy calculation module, configured to calculate a target reactive power value meeting the reactive power requirement command based on the electrical quantity parameter, and allocate reactive power to be provided by a regulatable reactive device based on the target reactive power value; and an output interface, configured to send a command for providing the allocated reactive power to the regulatable reactive device.
US11043802B2
A shutdown apparatus for a photovoltaic module is provided. Only one first switch is connected in series in an output circuit of the photovoltaic module, and a controller controls the first switch to be switched on in a normal power generation state and controls the first switch to be switched off in a shutdown state. If a short circuit fault occurs in the first switch, the controller controls a second switch connected in parallel with the photovoltaic module to be switched on, thereby causing the output of the photovoltaic module short-circuited and ensuring a reliable shutdown. In addition, the second switch is in the shutdown state when the photovoltaic module normally provides output, and the second switch does not cause losses to the output of the photovoltaic module, such that it is not necessary to select a device with a low impedance.
US11043798B2
A method for providing operationally safe activation of at least one electronic component in a system, a start process of the system being initiated, a decision logic being activated, at least one temperature sensor being read out by the decision logic, the decision logic, based on the measured temperature of the at least one temperature sensor, checking whether the at least one electronic component is activatable in an operationally safe manner, and an activation of the at least one electronic component being initiated by the decision logic, if the temperature measured by the at least one temperature sensor is below a threshold value. A related system is also described.
US11043797B2
A cable fitting for cables that can be used for high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) energy transmission, the cable fitting having an electrically insulating layer. A process for the production of an electrically insulating layer of such a cable fitting, and also the use thereof.
US11043790B2
A light emitting device includes a substrate; a semiconductor light emitting element provided on the substrate; a mirror that is formed on the substrate and reflects light emitted by the semiconductor light emitting element; a first resin disposed apart from the semiconductor light emitting element on an optical path and containing a light diffusing material; and a second resin disposed on the optical path between the semiconductor light emitting element and the low light diffusion portion and covering a light emitting surface of the semiconductor light emitting element at least in a region in which a density of the light is highest. A concentration of a light diffusing material in the second resin is lower than a concentration of the light diffusing material in the first resin.
US11043786B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and structures that advantageously amplify optical signals through the effect of optical pump signals generated by a multicore laser diode and multicore rare-earth doped optical fiber in optical communication with a 3D waveguide structure and a multicore input signal fiber providing a plurality of optical signals for amplification.
US11043783B2
The invention relates to an optical arrangement having a division element which divides an input beam consisting of a sequence of temporally equidistant light pulses into two spatially separate partial beams, at least one optical element through which at least one of the partial beams propagates, and at least one combination element which spatially superimposes the partial beams in an output beam. It is the object of the present invention to show a method for increasing the pulse energy of light pulses which is improved in comparison with the prior art. The invention solves this problem by virtue of the fact that the combination element superimposes a number of the temporally successive light pulses in a single light pulse in the output beam. The invention also relates to a method for increasing the pulse energy of light pulses.
US11043775B2
An electric cable shield contacting device for an electric plug connector, and to an electric plug connector having such a cable shield contacting device, wherein the plug connector has an at least partly hollow cylindrical housing having a contact carrier accommodated therein, and having an end cap that can be screwed onto the latter. The cable shield contacting device has a clamping sleeve and a clamping basket, which are correspondingly hollow-cylindrical and engage partly over each other in order to clamp the shield braid between themselves, having a circumferential stowage space for projecting shield braid in the overlap area. The inner circumferential surface of the clamping basket has multiple projecting shield braid driving elements arranged in the form of a circular ring, which engage in a circumferential annular groove on the outer circumferential surface of the clamping sleeve and thus latch clamping basket and clamping sleeve rotatably in each other.
US11043772B2
A connector with cable cover includes a housing including a terminal accommodation chamber configured to accommodate a terminal connected to a cable and a rear surface having an opening of the terminal accommodation chamber configured to draw out the cable from the housing; and a cable cover formed in a tubular shape and attached to a side of the rear surface. The housing is provided with a water drain passage communicating from a part of the rear surface positioned below the opening on the rear surface to a rear side of a lower surface of the housing.
US11043771B2
A connector (10) includes a first terminal (62) and a second terminal (32), and a first holding portion (72) and a second holding portion (42) configured to coat around the first terminal (62) and the second terminal (32) with resin. The first holding portion (72) and the second holding portion (42) are stacked one over the other in the height direction. The first terminal (62) has an exposed surface (62H) exposed on a resin surface of the first holding portion (72). The second holding portion (42) covers the exposed surface (62H) of the first terminal (62) while being stacked on or below the first holding portion (72).
US11043769B2
A first inner housing and a second inner housing are combined to form a combined inner housing, in which the first inner housing having a plurality of mutually independent insertion holes is formed of a first dielectric or an electric conductor, and the second inner housing having a plurality of mutually independent terminal-housing chambers is formed of a second dielectric. Terminals of a twisted-pair cable are inserted and housed one-to-one in the terminal-housing chambers of the combined inner housing. The twist-released sections of sheathed cables of the twisted-pair cable are inserted and housed one-to-one in the insertion holes of the combined inner housing. The combined inner housing is covered with a shield member, and the combined inner housing and the shield member are housed in an outer housing.
US11043767B2
A method of forming an electrical terminal is presented herein. The method includes the step of stamping an electrical terminal preform from a sheet of metal. The electrical terminal preform having a base plate, a plurality of contact arms radially extending from the base plate, a wire attachment feature radially extending from the base plate, and a carrier strip. The base plate defines crimp wings. The method also includes the step of bending each of the plurality of contact arms to form a socket configured to receive a mating electrical terminal.
US11043764B2
In a flat-conductor connector having an automatic lock mechanism for a flat conductor, a fitting connection operation of a flat conductor is enabled to be reliably performed again after the flat conductor is extracted. A flat-conductor connector 1 includes a lock member including a slip-off stop locking surface configured to pass through a flat conductor housed in a housing chamber of a housing in the thickness direction of the flat conductor and lock the flat conductor. The lock member includes a supporting portion configured to support the slip-off stop locking surface so as to be displaceable between a locking position at which the lock member is locked with and stops the flat conductor from slipping off and a lock cancellation position at which the lock member is unlocked from the flat conductor to cause the flat conductor to be extractable from the housing chamber.
US11043758B2
A bushing adapter comprises an insert having a bore extending through the insert along a length direction of the insert and a fastening member extending through the bore. The insert is configured to be attached to a bushing conductor of a bushing. The fastening member has an operating portion positioned outside of the bore at a bushing internal end of the fastening member and a fastening portion positioned outside of the bore at a bushing external end of the fastening member.
US11043757B2
Provided is a connector that can enhance the waterproof performance without reducing a pressure of a contact surface between fillers in a fitted state. A connector (10) according to the present disclosure includes a pair of fitting objects to be fitted to each other and a filler (70), a contact (50) and a wall (42) provided in the fitting objects. The wall (42) separates the filler (70) and the contact (50) after the fitting objects are fitted to each other.
US11043754B2
According to aspects of the disclosure, a multi-feed multi-band MIMO antenna system comprises at least two antennas orthogonally positioned with respect to each other, which are operating over two different frequency ranges; at least two out-of-band resonators coupled with the two antennas respectively; and, at least two other in-band resonators coupled with the two antennas respectively and designed to decrease mutual coupling in the frequency ranges, where the first resonator filters out signals having the second frequency range leaking into a first antenna, while the second resonator filters out other signals having the first frequency range leaking into a second antenna.
US11043746B2
An antenna assembly may be positioned within a wellbore in a subterranean formation. The antenna assembly includes a tubular antenna element to be positioned within the wellbore, and an RF coaxial transmission line to be positioned within the tubular antenna element. The RF coaxial transmission line includes a series of coaxial sections coupled together in end-to-end relation, each coaxial section including an inner conductor, an outer conductor surrounding the inner conductor, and a dielectric therebetween. Each of the outer conductors has opposing threaded ends defining overlapping mechanical threaded joints with adjacent outer conductors.
US11043744B2
Antenna technology includes an antenna oscillator and a planar antenna. The antenna oscillator has a plate-like structure and includes a first resonance part and a second resonance part connected to the first resonance part. The first resonance part and the second resonance part are provided with a first resonance window and a second resonance window, respectively. The first resonance window and the second resonance window have different effective sizes and the antenna oscillator is further provided with a connecting slit.
US11043738B2
This application provides a dual-polarized radiating element, an antenna, a base station, and a communications system. The dual-polarized radiating element includes: an insulated support structure with a solid structure, where the insulated support structure includes a top part, a base, and an intermediate supporting piece that connects the top part and the base; and at least two radiating arm groups conformal to the insulated support structure, and feeding mechanisms corresponding to the radiating arm groups; the feeding mechanism includes a balun and a feeding plate, one end of the balun is electrically connected to a corresponding radiating arm group, and another end of the balun is electrically connected to a ground layer; and the feeding plate is connected to an electric lead on the base of the insulated support structure.
US11043728B2
Disclosed herein are flexible metal-free antenna systems using fabric coated with electrically conductive polymers.
US11043727B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a substrate integrated waveguide monopulse antenna. The antenna comprises a substrate having first and second opposing surfaces. A first conductor is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. A plurality of antenna elements are provided on the first surface of the substrate. A second conductor is disposed on the second surface of the substrate. A plurality of conductive via holes extend through said substrate and extend between the first and second surfaces. The via holes are arranged to form a plurality of resonant cavities with at least one resonant cavity coupled to each of the antenna elements. The substrate also comprises a plurality of hybrid couplers, and two of the plurality of resonant cavities are coupled to at least one port of the plurality of hybrid couplers. A plurality of output couplers provided on the second surface of the substrate.
US11043721B2
A conductor includes a connection conductor that is directly connected to at least one of a plurality of electrode terminals of an electrode terminal group of a plurality of battery cells arranged in a same direction; a linear conductor that is connected to a battery monitoring unit configured to monitor a battery state of the battery cells; a fuse element that is indirectly connected between the connection conductor and the linear conductor, and that melts when overcurrent flows between the connection conductor and the linear conductor; and a resin mold member that has an insulation property and that includes the fuse element, a part of the connection conductor, and a part of a relay terminal.
US11043718B2
A porous polyimide film has an acid value within a range of 7 mgKOH/g to 20 mgKOH/g determined by acid-base titration, contains a metal group including alkali metals excluding Li, an alkaline earth metals, and silicon at a total content of 100 ppm or less relative to the porous polyimide film, and has a moisture absorption ratio of 0.5% or less.
US11043716B2
A dual-battery electronic device with a tenon structure comprises a casing, two batteries, and a rotating tenon. The casing has two battery recesses for the two respective batteries. The rotating tenon is rotatably mounted on the casing and disposed between the two battery recesses for selectively engaging at least one of the two batteries. The rotating tenon is capable of being rotated to engage both the batteries, and is capable of being rotated to engage only one of the two batteries. As a result, no matter how the rotating tenon is rotated, the tenon engaging segment fixes at least one of the two batteries in the battery recess. Therefore, when a user replaces one of the two batteries, the rotating tenon keeps engaging the other battery, so as to avoid accidental power off caused by the two batteries falling out together during an inadvertent operation.
US11043714B2
The present disclosure relates to a battery system for a hybrid or an electric vehicle. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a battery assembly designed for easy and quick exchange of battery assemblies enabling a vehicle to resume driving much more quickly than traditional charging permits.
US11043705B1
A modified battery cell for simulating failure conditions includes a multiple layer electrical cell. A transistor having a source, a gate, and a drain is positioned in the cell. A controllable voltage source is provided, joined to the gate and source of the transistor. The transistor source is further joined to a first location within said electrical cell multiple layers, and the transistor drain is electrically joined to a second location within said electrical cell multiple layers. Voltage from the controllable voltage source can reduce resistance between said transistor source and said transistor drain for simulating a fault condition between the first location and the second location.
US11043703B1
Batteries according to embodiments of the present technology may include a first battery cell including a first body characterized by a first length and a first width, and a first tab extending from an edge of the first body. The first tab may be characterized by a width less than the first width of the first body. The batteries may also include a second battery cell stacked below the first battery cell. The second battery cell may include a second body characterized by a second length and a second width, and a second tab extending from an edge of the second body. The second tab may be characterized by a width less than the second width of the second body. The second tab may also be characterized by a width greater than the width of the first tab providing an extension of the second tab protruding from below the first tab.
US11043702B2
Disclosed is a zinc ion secondary battery including an aqueous electrolyte. More particularly, the zinc ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode active material; and an aqueous electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and containing an aqueous solvent and a metal salt, wherein the metal salt has a composition represented by Formula 1 below: A-xZn.yM [Formula 1] wherein A is an aminopolycarboxylate, x is 1 to 2, y is 0 to 3, and M is an alkali metal.
US11043701B2
The present invention provide a non-aqueous electrolyte for use in static or non-flowing rechargeable electrochemical cells or batteries, wherein the electrolyte comprises a first deep eutectic solvent comprises a zinc salt, a second deep eutectic solvent comprising one or more quaternary ammonium salts, and a hydrogen bond donor. Another aspect of the present invention also provides a non-flowing rechargeable electrochemical cell that employs the non-aqueous electrolyte of the present invention.
US11043693B2
According to one embodiment, a lithium ion secondary battery is provided. The lithium ion secondary battery includes a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material-containing layer, a positive electrode, and an electrolyte containing Li ions and Na ions. The negative electrode active material-containing layer contains a Na-containing titanium composite oxide. A ratio (WE/WA) of an Na amount WE (g/g) in the electrolyte to an Na amount WA (g/g) in the negative electrode active material-containing layer satisfies Formula (1) below: 1×10−1≤WE/WA≤1×105 (1).
US11043692B2
Provided are a negative electrode including a current collector, a first active material layer including first active material particles and disposed on the current collector, and a first pattern and a second pattern alternately disposed separately from each other on the first active material layer, wherein the first pattern includes first pattern active material particles, the second pattern includes second pattern active material particles, a thickness of the first pattern is greater than a thickness of the second pattern, and a volume expansion rate of the second pattern is greater than a volume expansion rate of the first pattern, and a secondary battery including the negative electrode.
US11043689B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides an electrode assembly in which a first electrode having a first electrode coated region and a first electrode uncoated region, a separator, and a second electrode having a second electrode coated region and a second electrode uncoated region are stacked and wound around a winding axis, wherein the first electrode coated region may include a first substrate, a first small electrode portion including first active material layers formed on both surfaces of the first substrate, and a second small electrode portion including a first active material layer formed on the other surface of the first substrate in which one surface thereof is exposed, and the second small electrode portion may be positioned at a first curved portion formed by first winding of the electrode assembly.
US11043687B2
A component for an electrochemical cell is formed by additive manufacturing process. The additive manufacturing process can be repeated to produce fuel cell stack.
US11043686B2
Described herein are systems and methods of storing and delivering electrical using hydrogen at low-cost and for long-durations. The systems and methods use energy-bearing redox pairs that electrochemically bear energy through decoupled hydrogen and oxygen consumption and/or evolution reactions, which are typically associated with fuel cells. Each species of the energy-bearing redox pair is associated with a standard electrode potential within a water electrolysis voltage window for the electrolyte solution. Electrical energy delivery, hydrogen generation, electrolyte regeneration, or combinations thereof can be performed by logically or physically separated unit operations in a continuous manner, batch manner, or semi-batch manner facilitated by the energy-bearing redox pair.
US11043678B2
Improved oxygen reduction reaction catalysts include octahedral nanoparticles of a platinum-copper-nickel alloy contacted by a secondary ionomer. The alloy can have a formula of Pt2CuNi, and the secondary ionomer can include an ionic liquid, 1-methyl-2,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-pyrimido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-9-ium 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluorobutane-1-sulfonate ([MTBD][C4F9SO3]). The oxygen reductions catalysts have improved stability, as well as mass area and specific area comparted to competing catalysts.
US11043669B2
The present invention relates to a secondary battery. The secondary battery comprises an electrode assembly in which an electrode and a separator are alternately stacked and wound, wherein the electrode comprises a collector, a first coating layer in which an electrode active material is applied to a surface of the collector, and a second coating layer in which the electrode active material is applied to the outside of the first coating layer, wherein an end of the second coating layer has a length less than an end of first coating layer in a winding direction of the electrode, and a stepped portion occurs between the end of the first coating layer and the end of the second coating layer in a direction outward from a winding center.
US11043668B2
A silicon oxide composite for a secondary battery negative electrode material and a method for manufacturing the same, more particularly, a silicon oxide composite for a secondary battery negative electrode material and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The silicon oxide composite includes MgSiO3 (enstatite) crystals and silicon particles, of which crystal size is from 1 to 25 nm, in a silicon oxide (SiOx, 0
US11043652B2
The present invention provides a display panel including a light emitting diode structure. The light emitting diode structure includes an anode located on a thin film transistor layer, a light emitting material layer located on the anode, and a cathode covering the light emitting material layer. The light emitting diode structure further includes an anode reflective layer and a quantum dot thin film. The anode reflective layer is located under the anode, and is electrically insulated from the anode through a reflective insulation layer. The quantum dot thin film is located between the anode and the anode reflective layer.
US11043633B2
An electronic storage memory device is disclosed. The memory device includes a first conductive layer, and also includes a memory layer connected to the first conductive layer, where the memory layer has a variable resistance, and where no amorphous layer exists between the first conductive layer and the memory layer.
US11043631B2
A perpendicular magnetoresistive element includes a novel buffer layer having rocksalt crystal structure interfacing to a CoFeB-based recording tri-layer has (100) plane parallel to the substrate plane and with {110} lattice parameter being slightly larger than the bcc CoFe lattice parameter along {100} direction, and crystallization process of amorphous CoFeB material in the recording layer during thermal annealing leads to form bcc CoFe grains having epitaxial growth with in-plane expansion and out-of-plane contraction. Accordingly, a perpendicular anisotropy, as well as a perpendicular magnetization, is induced in the recording layer. The invention preferably includes materials, configurations and processes of perpendicular magnetoresistive elements suitable for perpendicular spin-transfer torque MRAM applications.
US11043628B2
Provided are embodiments for a semiconductor device that includes a bottom contact; a multi-layer bottom electrode formed over the bottom contact; a magnetic tunnel junction stack formed over the multi-layer bottom electrode; and a top electrode formed over the magnetic tunnel junction stack. Also provided are embodiments for forming the semiconductor device described herein.
US11043609B2
A light emitting diode includes an n-type confinement layer, a quantum well active layer formed on the n-type confinement layer, a p-type confinement layer formed on the quantum well active layer, a gallium phosphide-based quantum dot structure formed in the p-type confinement layer, and a GaP-based current spreading layer formed on the GaP-based quantum dot structure. A method of manufacturing the light emitting diode is also provided.
US11043608B1
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor sheet assembly. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor sheet assembly includes positioning a semiconductor sheet, and determining a first region to be grooved and a defect position in the first region; cutting and grooving the semiconductor sheet along the defect position in the first region; and splitting the semiconductor sheet that is cut and grooved.
US11043605B2
The present invention provides a thick-film paste for printing the front-side of a solar cell device having one or more insulating layers. The thick-film paste comprises an electrically conductive metal, and a lead-tellurium-oxide dispersed in an organic medium.
US11043601B2
A non-volatile memory cell is described. The non-volatile memory cell includes a substrate, insulators, a floating gate and a control gate. The substrate has a first fin and a second fin, wherein the second fin is located at a first side of the first fin and a conductive type of the second fin is different from that of the first fin. The insulators are located over the substrate, wherein the first fin and the second fin are respectively located between the insulators. The floating gate is located over the first fin, the insulators and the second fin. The control gate includes the second fin.
US11043598B2
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a metal liner above and in direct contact with a bottom source/drain region, a fin spacer on sidewalls of a fin extending upward from a substrate and a hard mask positioned on top of the fin, the bottom source/drain region includes an epitaxially grown material in direct contact with a bottom portion of the fin not covered by the fin spacer, forming an organic planarization layer directly above the metal liner, simultaneously etching the organic planarization layer and the metal liner until all portions of the metal liner perpendicular to the substrate have been removed and only portions of the metal liner parallel to the substrate remain in contact with the bottom source/drain region, and annealing the semiconductor structure to form a metal silicide layer from the portions of the metal liner in contact with the bottom source/drain region.
US11043593B2
A semiconductor device includes a Fin FET device. The Fin FET device includes a first fin structure extending in a first direction and protruding from an isolation insulating layer, a first gate stack including a first gate electrode layer and a first gate dielectric layer, covering a portion of the first fin structure and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a first source and a first drain, each including a first stressor layer disposed over the first fin structure. The first fin structure and the isolation insulating layer are disposed over a substrate. A height Ha of an interface between the first fin structure and the first stressor layer measured from the substrate is greater than a height Hb of a lowest height of the isolation insulating layer measured from the substrate.
US11043586B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes: a SiC layer having a first plane and a second plane facing the first plane, the SiC layer including a first trench on a first plane side, an n-type first SiC region, a p-type second SiC region, an n-type third SiC region located in this order from the second plane to the first plane, a p-type fourth SiC region between the first SiC region and the first trench, a fifth SiC region between the first SiC region and the first plane, and a sixth SiC region between the fourth SiC region and the fifth SiC region, and the sixth SiC region having an n-type impurity concentration higher than an n-type impurity concentration of the first SiC region; a gate electrode in the first trench; a first electrode on the first plane side; and a second electrode on a second plane side.
US11043584B2
A semiconductor device includes an enhancement mode high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) with an active region and an isolation region. The HEMT includes a substrate, a group III-V body layer, a group III-V barrier layer and a recess. The group III-V body layer is disposed on the substrate. The group III-V barrier layer is disposed on the group III-V body layer in the active region and the isolation region. The recess is disposed in the group III-V barrier layer in the active region.
US11043582B2
Provided is a semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a gate trench section that is provided from an upper surface to an inside of the semiconductor substrate and extends in a predetermined extending direction on the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; a mesa section in contact to the gate trench section in an arrangement direction orthogonal the extending direction; and an interlayer dielectric film provided above the semiconductor substrate; wherein the interlayer dielectric film is provided above at least a part of the gate trench section in the arrangement direction; a contact hole through which the mesa section is exposed is provided to the interlayer dielectric film; and a width of the contact hole in the arrangement direction is equal to or greater than a width of the mesa section in the arrangement direction.
US11043576B2
A semiconductor device includes a fin extending from a substrate, a gate stack over and along a sidewall of the fin, a spacer along a first sidewall of the gate stack and the sidewall of the fin, a dummy gate material along the sidewall of the fin, wherein the dummy gate material is between the spacer and the gate stack, and a first epitaxial source/drain region in the fin and adjacent the gate stack.
US11043574B2
An HEMT device of a normally-on type, comprising a heterostructure; a dielectric layer extending over the heterostructure; and a gate electrode extending right through the dielectric layer. The gate electrode is a stack, which includes: a protection layer, which is made of a metal nitride with stuffed grain boundaries and extends over the heterostructure, and a first metal layer, which extends over the protection layer and is completely separated from the heterostructure by said protection layer.
US11043573B2
A method of fabricating tantalum nitride barrier layer in an ultra low threshold voltage semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming a high-k dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate. Subsequently, a tantalum nitride barrier layer is formed on the high-k dielectric layer. The tantalum nitride barrier layer has a Ta:N ratio between 1.2 and 3. Next, a plurality of first metal gates is formed on the tantalum nitride barrier layer. The first metal gates are patterned, and then a second metal gate is formed on the tantalum nitride barrier layer.
US11043570B2
A semiconductor device includes a field effect transistor (FET). The FET includes a first channel, a first source and a first drain; a second channel, a second source and a second drain; and a gate structure disposed over the first and second channels. The gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode layer. The first source includes a first crystal semiconductor layer and the second source includes a second crystal semiconductor layer. The first source and the second source are connected by an alloy layer made of one or more Group IV element and one or more transition metal elements. The first crystal semiconductor layer is not in direct contact with the second crystal semiconductor layer.
US11043561B2
A semiconductor device includes a fin extending from a substrate. The fin has a source/drain region and a channel region. The channel region includes a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer disposed over the first semiconductor layer and vertically separated from the first semiconductor layer by a spacing area. A high-k dielectric layer at least partially wraps around the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. A metal layer is formed along opposing sidewalls of the high-k dielectric layer. The metal layer includes a first material. The spacing area is free of the first material.
US11043553B2
An integrated circuit device includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and a dielectric layer structure between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, the dielectric layer structure including a first surface facing the lower electrode and a second surface facing the upper electrode. The dielectric layer structure includes a first dielectric layer including a first dielectric material and a plurality of grains extending from the first surface to the second surface and a second dielectric layer including a second dielectric material and surrounding a portion of a sidewall of each of the plurality of grains of the first dielectric layer in a level lower than the second surface. The second dielectric material includes a material having bandgap energy which is higher than bandgap energy of the first dielectric material.
US11043552B2
A dielectric film layer structure and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The dielectric film layer structure at least has a first capacitor electrode, a dielectric layer, and a second capacitor electrode, wherein the dielectric layer includes two materials of SiNx and SiOx. In a place where voltage drop is relatively large, the dielectric layer is mainly made of SiNx, and in a place where the voltage drop is relatively small, the dielectric layer is mainly made of SiOx, thereby changing current for charging thin film transistors, reducing influence of the voltage drop, and improving uniformity of panel voltage output.
US11043545B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a fabricating method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes a substrate; at least one pixel on a side of the substrate, the at least one pixel comprising a driving transistor, the driving transistor comprising a drain; an insulating layer on a side of the driving transistor away from the substrate, the insulating layer covering the driving transistor and having a first via hole opposite to the drain; an auxiliary conductive structure on a side of the insulating layer away from the substrate, and the auxiliary conductive structure connected to the drain through the first via hole; and a first planarization layer on a side of the auxiliary conductive structure away from the substrate, and having a second via hole disposed therein.
US11043543B2
A thin touch panel is provided. A touch panel with a simple structure is provided. The number of components of a touch panel is reduced. Each of a pair of wirings of a touch sensor is positioned closer to a substrate supporting light-emitting elements than a common electrode is, and includes a portion positioned between two adjacent pixel electrodes in a plan view. Furthermore, an island-like structure body with an inverse tapered shape is provided over each of the pair of wirings. A conductive layer in an electrically floating state is provided over the structure body. Each conductive layer has a portion overlapping with one of the pair of wirings. Moreover, the conductive layer and the common electrode are formed using the same conductive film.
US11043528B2
A composition includes a metal particle and a resin and has a wavelength band A having a wavelength band width of 1 μm or more in a wavelength range of 1 to 14 μm and a wavelength band B having a lower absorbance than the wavelength band A and having a wavelength band width of 1 μm or more, and a ratio Amin/Bmax between a minimum value Amin of an absorbance of the wavelength band A and a maximum value Bmax of an absorbance of the wavelength band B is 3 or more.
US11043526B1
The present disclosure provides an optoelectronic module. In one aspect, the optoelectronic module includes an insertion member including a housing insert and an imager disposed in the housing insert, and a receiving member including an interposer, a housing disposed on the interposer, and an optoelectronic device electrically connected to said interposer. The housing of the receiving member is configured to engage and receive the housing insert of the insertion member. The optoelectronic device of the receiving member is configured to align with the imager of the insertion member.
US11043524B2
A device-bonded body includes: a first device where a plated bump is disposed; a second device where a bonding electrode bonded to the plated bump is disposed; and a sealing layer made of NCF or NCP, the sealing layer being disposed between the first device and the second device and including filler particles made of inorganic material; wherein a surface of the plated bump includes a first area and a second area higher than the first area; and at least a part of a side surface of an outer circumferential portion of the second area intersects with a surface of the first area.
US11043517B2
A semiconductor crystal substrate includes a crystal substrate that is formed of a material including one of GaSb and InAs, a first buffer layer that is formed on the crystal substrate and formed of a material including GaSb, and a second buffer layer that is formed on the first buffer layer and formed of a material including GaSb. The first buffer layer has a p-type conductivity, and the second buffer layer has an n-type conductivity.
US11043514B2
A method of fabricating an array substrate, an array substrate, and a display device is disclosed. The array substrate comprises a display area and a wiring area. The display area is disposed with a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor. A distance between a first active layer of the first thin film transistor and a substrate is different from a distance between a second active layer of the second thin film transistor and the substrate. The first thin film transistor comprises first vias that receive a first source/drain. The second thin film transistor includes second vias that receives a second source/drain. The wiring area is provided with a groove. The groove comprises a first sub-groove and a second sub-groove that are stacked. The method includes simultaneously forming the first vias and the first sub-groove, and simultaneously forming the second vias and the second sub-groove.
US11043510B2
An array substrate and a display panel are proposed. Each of the signal conversion lines of the array substrate extends in the first direction, and connects two connection terminals adjacent to the each of signal conversion lines. Projections of the connection terminals on the reference plane in the second direction do not overlap. In this manner, the design that the adjacent connection terminals are interlaced can increase the spacing between the adjacent connection terminals, thus resolving the problem that the spacing between connection terminals on the array substrate is excessively small and short circuiting tends to happen when bonding to cause poor bonding in the related art.
US11043507B2
A semiconductor device structure comprises blocks having substantially uniform pitch laterally-extending throughout a first region, a second region laterally-neighboring the first memory region, and a third region laterally-neighboring the second region; memory strings longitudinally-extending through a first portion of the blocks located in the first region; pillar structures longitudinally-extending through a second portion of the blocks located in the second region; conductive contacts longitudinally-extending through a third portion of the blocks located in the third region; and conductive line structures electrically coupled to and laterally-extending between the memory strings and the conductive contacts. Each of the blocks comprises tiers, each tier comprising a conductive structure and an insulating structure longitudinally-neighboring the conductive structure. Semiconductor devices and electronic systems are also described.
US11043498B1
A semiconductor memory device is provided. The device includes a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral region; a plurality of lower electrodes disposed on the substrate in the cell region; a dielectric layer disposed on the plurality of lower electrodes; a metal containing layer disposed on the dielectric layer; a silicon germanium layer disposed on and electrically connected to the metal containing layer; a conductive pad disposed on and electrically connected to the silicon germanium layer; and an upper electrode contact plug disposed on and electrically connected to the conductive pad; The conductive pad extends from the upper electrode contact plug towards the peripheral region in a first direction, and the silicon germanium layer includes an edge portion that extends past the conductive pad in the first direction.
US11043492B2
Self-aligned gate edge trigate and finFET devices and methods of fabricating self-aligned gate edge trigate and finFET devices are described. In an example, a semiconductor structure includes a plurality of semiconductor fins disposed above a substrate and protruding through an uppermost surface of a trench isolation region. A gate structure is disposed over the plurality of semiconductor fins. The gate structure defines a channel region in each of the plurality of semiconductor fins. Source and drain regions are on opposing ends of the channel regions of each of the plurality of semiconductor fins, at opposing sides of the gate structure. The semiconductor structure also includes a plurality of gate edge isolation structures. Individual ones of the plurality of gate edge isolation structures alternate with individual ones of the plurality of semiconductor fins.
US11043487B2
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit (for a protected device in a semiconductor system, the protected device being coupled between a first node and a first reference voltage) includes: an ESD device coupled between the first node and the first reference voltage; a logic block including a first input and an output, the first input being coupled to a second reference voltage, and the output being coupled to an input of the ESD device and a feedback control circuit coupled between the first node and a second input of the logic block.
US11043484B1
Techniques for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection in integrated circuit (IC) chip packages methods for testing the same are described that are configured to directs the risk of ESD events through ground and power interconnects preferentially over I/O interconnects to enhance ESD protection in chip packages. In one example, a chip package is provided that includes an IC die, a substrate, and a plurality of interconnects. The plurality of interconnects are exposed on a side of the substrate opposite the IC die. The interconnects provide terminations for substrate circuitry formed within the substrate. At least one of the last 5 interconnects of the plurality of interconnects respectively comprising rows and columns of interconnects disposed along the edges of the substrate that closest to each corner of substrate project farther from the substrate than interconnects within those rows and columns that are configured as I/O interconnects.
US11043472B1
Described is a packaging technology to improve performance of an AI processing system. An IC package is provided which comprises: a substrate; a first die on the substrate, and a second die stacked over the first die. The first die includes memory and the second die includes computational logic. The first die comprises DRAM having bit-cells. The memory of the first die may store input data and weight factors. The computational logic of the second die is coupled to the memory of the first die. In one example, the second die is an inference die that applies fixed weights for a trained model to an input data to generate an output. In one example, the second die is a training die that enables learning of the weights. Ultra high-bandwidth is changed by placing the first die below the second die. The two dies are wafer-to-wafer bonded or coupled via micro-bumps.
US11043471B2
A mixed-orientation multi-die (“MOMD”) integrated circuit package includes dies mounted in different physical orientations. An MOMD package includes both (a) one or more dies horizontally-mounted dies (HMDs) mounted horizontally to a horizontally-extending die mount base and (b) one or more vertically-mounted dies (VMDs) mounted vertically to the horizontally-extending die mount base. HMDs may include FPGAs or other high performance chips, while VMDs may include low performance chips and other physical structures such as heat dissipators, memory, high voltage/analog devices, sensors, or MEMS, for example. The die mount base of an MOMD package may include structures for aligning and mounting VMD(s), for example, VMD slots for receiving each mounted VMD, and VMD alignment structures that facilitate aligning and/or guiding a vertical mounting of each VMD to the die mount base. MOMD packages may provide a reduced lateral footprint and increased die integration per unit area, as compared with conventional multi-die packages.
US11043470B2
Examples described herein provide for an isolation design for an inductor of a stacked integrated circuit device. An example is a multi-chip device comprising a chip stack comprising: a plurality of chips, neighboring pairs of the plurality of chips being bonded together, each chip comprising a semiconductor substrate, and a front side dielectric layer on a front side of the semiconductor substrate; an inductor disposed in a backside dielectric layer of a first chip of the plurality of chips, the backside dielectric layer being on a backside of the semiconductor substrate of the first chip opposite from the front side of the semiconductor substrate of the first chip; and an isolation wall extending from the backside dielectric layer of the first chip to the front side dielectric layer, the isolation wall comprising a through substrate via of the first chip, the isolation wall being disposed around the inductor.
US11043459B2
Techniques are described for fabricating integrated circuit devices that span multiple reticle fields. Integrated circuits formed within separate reticle fields are placed into electrical contact with each other by overlapping reticle fields to form an overlapping conductive interconnect. This overlapping conductive interconnect electrically connects an interconnect layer of a first reticle field with an interconnect layer of a second, laterally adjacent reticle field. The overlapping conductive interconnection extends into a common scribe zone between adjacent reticle fields.
US11043458B2
A method of manufacturing an electronic device. For example and without limitation, various aspects of the present disclosure provide a method of manufacturing an electronic device that comprises a die comprising a circuit side and a second die side opposite the circuit side, a through hole in the die that extends between the second side of the die and the circuit side of the die, an insulating layer coupled to the inner wall of the through hole, a through electrode inside of the insulating layer, a dielectric layer coupled to the second side of the die, and a conductive pad coupled to the through electrode. The through electrode and the insulating layer may, for example, extend substantially the same distance from the second side of the die.
US11043453B2
Methods are disclosed herein for forming conductive patterns having small pitches. An exemplary method includes forming a metal line in a first dielectric layer. The metal line has a first dimension along a first direction and a second dimension along a second direction that is different than the first direction. The method includes forming a patterned mask layer having an opening that exposes a portion of the metal line along an entirety of the second dimension and etching the portion of the metal line exposed by the opening of the patterned mask layer until reaching the first dielectric layer. The metal line is thus separated into a first metal feature and a second metal feature. After removing the patterned mask layer, a barrier layer is deposited over exposed surfaces of the first metal feature and the second metal feature and a second dielectric layer is deposited over the barrier layer.
US11043450B2
An anti-fuse structure, a method for fabricating the anti-fuse structure, and a semiconductor device are disclosed. The anti-fuse structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a fuse oxide layer, a gate material layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. An active area is defined on the semiconductor substrate by an isolation structure. The active area includes a wide portion and a narrow portion connected to each other. The fuse oxide layer is located on the semiconductor substrate, covers the narrow portion and extends to cover a first part of the wide portion. The gate material layer is formed on the fuse oxide layer. The first electrode is formed on and electrically connected to the gate material layer, while the second electrode is formed on and electrically connected to a second part of the wide portion not covered by the fuse oxide layer.
US11043446B2
A semiconductor package includes a connection structure including a first insulating layer, a first redistribution layer disposed on the first insulating layer, and a first connection via penetrating through the first insulating layer and connected to the first redistribution layer, a semiconductor chip disposed on the connection structure, an encapsulant covering at least a portion of the semiconductor chip, a second insulating layer disposed on the encapsulant, a second redistribution layer including a signal line disposed on the encapsulant, and a heat dissipation layer disposed on the encapsulant and electrically insulated from the signal line.
US11043443B2
Provided are an electric device and a heat radiator capable of suppressing vibration caused by external stress of the heat radiator. The electric device includes a substrate; an electronic component attached to the substrate; and a heat radiator including at least one first fin, and a second fin facing the first fin, thermally connected to the first fin, and provided at a position closer to an attachment surface of the substrate than any of the first fins. The heat radiator is thermally connected to the electronic component, and one end of an attachment member is attached to the first fin, and another end of the attachment member is attached to the substrate. The attachment member has a height with respect to the attachment surface that is higher than a thickness of the first fin.
US11043433B2
Provided are a method of inspecting a surface and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The methods include preparing a substrate, selecting a spatial resolution of a first optical device by setting a magnification of an imaging optical system, emitting multi-wavelength light toward a first measurement area of the substrate and obtaining first wavelength-specific images, generating first spectrum data based on the first wavelength-specific images, generating first spectrum data of respective pixels based on the first wavelength-specific images, and extracting a spectrum of at least one first inspection area having a range of the first measurement area or less from the first spectrum data, and analyzing the spectrum. The first optical device includes a light source, an objective lens, a detector, and an imaging optical system. The obtaining first wavelength-specific images includes using the imaging optical system and the detector.
US11043431B2
A method includes forming a deep well region of a first conductivity type in a substrate, implanting a portion of the deep well region to form a first gate, and implanting the deep well region to form a well region. The well region and the first gate are of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type. An implantation is performed to form a channel region of the first conductivity type over the first gate. A portion of the deep well region overlying the channel region is implanted to form a second gate of the second conductivity type. A source/drain implantation is performed to form a source region and a drain region of the first conductivity type on opposite sides of the second gate. The source and drain regions are connected to the channel region, and overlap the channel region and the first gate.
US11043424B2
A method includes forming a gate stack on a plurality of semiconductor fins. The plurality of semiconductor fins includes a plurality of inner fins, and a first outer fin and a second outer fin on opposite sides of the plurality of inner fins. Epitaxy regions are grown based on the plurality of semiconductor fins, and a first height of the epitaxy regions measured along an outer sidewall of the first outer fin is smaller than a second height of the epitaxy regions measured along an inner sidewall of the first outer fin.
US11043423B2
A semiconductor structure includes a plurality of first semiconductor layers interleaved with a plurality of second semiconductor layers. The first and second semiconductor layers have different material compositions. A dummy gate stack is formed over an uppermost first semiconductor layer. A first etching process is performed to remove portions of the second semiconductor layer that are not disposed below the dummy gate stack, thereby forming a plurality of voids. The first etching process has an etching selectivity between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. Thereafter, a second etching process is performed to enlarge the voids.
US11043418B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to middle of the line self-aligned direct pattern contacts and methods of manufacture. The structures described herein include: at least one gate structure with a metallization and source/drain regions; a source/drain contact in electrical connection with the source/drain regions, respectively; and a contact structure with a re-entrant profile in electrical connection with the source/drain contact and the metallization of the at least one gate structure, respectively.
US11043417B2
A line structure for fan-out circuit having a dense-line area and a fan-out area is provided. The line structure includes a plurality of dense lines arranged in the dense-line area parallel to a first direction, a plurality of pads disposed in the fan-out area, and a plurality of connecting lines arranged in the fan-out area parallel to a second direction. The connecting lines respectively connect one of the dense lines with one of the pads, wherein at least one of the connecting lines is a wavy line.
US11043412B2
A method of forming a microelectronic device comprises forming a stack structure comprising vertically alternating insulating structures and additional insulating structures arranged in tiers. Each of the tiers individually comprises one of the insulating structures and one of the additional insulating structures. A first trench is formed to partially vertically extend through the stack structure. The first trench comprises a first portion having a first width, and a second portion at a horizontal boundary of the first portion and having a second width greater than the first width. A dielectric structure is formed within the first trench. The dielectric structure comprises a substantially void-free section proximate the horizontal boundary of the first portion of the trench. Microelectronic devices and electronic systems are also described.
US11043411B2
A system and method of fabricating a semiconductor device include forming a series of gates, and forming a gate spacer on each side of each gate of the series of gates. The method includes forming a source region on a side of each of the gates and forming a drain region on an opposite side of each of the gates. The source region or the drain region between two adjacent ones of the gates is shared and only the source region or the drain region on one side of a first gate and the source region or the drain region on one side of a last gate in the series of gates are unshared source or drain regions. A self-aligned contact (SAC) is formed on the unshared source or drain regions. An air spacer is formed between the SACs and the first gate and the last gate.
US11043401B2
A ceramic heater includes an RF plate having a placement surface on which a wafer is to be placed, and made of a ceramic sintered body in which an RF electrode is embedded; and a heater plate made of a ceramic sintered body in which a heater is embedded, the RF plate and the heater plate being joined with a space interposed therebetween on a side opposite to the placement surface. The relationship among a minimum height H (mm) of the space in a direction perpendicular to the placement surface, a proportion A of a total area of portions where the RF plate and the heater plate are joined, with respect to an area of a plane along the placement surface that is defined by an outer edge of the placement surface, and a distance D (mm) between the RF electrode and the heater, satisfies H/A≤1000 and H/A+(D−H)/(1−A)≥14.
US11043400B2
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatuses for adjusting an edge ring position, and for removing or replacing one or more components of a process kit of a process chamber. The process kit includes one or more of an edge ring, a support ring, a sliding ring, and other consumable or degradable components.
US11043398B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes: a circulation pipe which defines a circulation passage through which a chemical liquid within a chemical-liquid tank is circulated; a supply pipe which guides the chemical liquid from the circulation pipe to a chemical-liquid nozzle; a supply valve which is switched between an open state in which the chemical liquid flowing through the supply pipe toward the chemical-liquid nozzle is passed and a closed state in which the supply of the chemical liquid from the supply pipe to the chemical-liquid nozzle is stopped; a recovery pipe which guides the chemical liquid from a cup to the chemical-liquid tank; and a branch pipe which guides the chemical liquid within the circulation pipe to the recovery pipe.
US11043389B2
A substrate processing method includes a first expanding step, a first gas supplying step, a first plasma processing step, and a first power stopping step. The first expanding step increases the volume of a gas diffusion chamber. The first gas supplying step supplies a first gas into the gas diffusion chamber. The first plasma processing step supplies radio-frequency power from a radio-frequency power supply to generate plasma in a processing chamber accommodating a substrate and reduces the volume of the gas diffusion chamber. The first power stopping step stops the supply of the radio-frequency power after the first plasma processing step.
US11043386B2
Methods of depositing a film by atomic layer deposition are described. The methods comprise exposing a substrate surface to a first process condition comprising a first reactive gas and a second reactive gas and exposing the substrate surface to a second process condition comprising the second reactive gas. The first process condition comprises less than a full amount of the second reactive gas for a CVD process.
US11043379B2
Methods for depositing an amorphous carbon layer on a substrate are described. A substrate is exposed to a carbon precursor having a structure of Formula (I). Also described are methods of etching a substrate, including forming an amorphous carbon hard mask on a substrate by exposing the substrate to a carbon precursor having the structure of Formula (I).
US11043372B2
Implementations of the present disclosure generally relate to the fabrication of integrated circuits. More particularly, the implementations described herein provide techniques for deposition of high-density films for patterning applications. In one implementation, a method of processing a substrate is provided. The method includes flowing a hydrocarbon-containing gas mixture into a processing volume of a process chamber having a substrate positioned on an electrostatic chuck. The substrate is maintained at a pressure between about 0.5 mTorr and about 10 Torr. The method further includes generating a plasma at the substrate level by applying a first RF bias to the electrostatic chuck to deposit a diamond-like carbon film on the substrate. The diamond-like carbon film has a density greater than 1.8 g/cc and a stress less than −500 MPa.
US11043371B2
Four rod electrodes (50a to 50d) for separating ions according to a mass-to-charge ratio are held by two rod holders (51). The rod holders (51) are attached to metal holder sustaining stands (52) provided on a bottom surface of a vacuum housing (1). A coating film layer (10) is formed by a black nickel plating process on parts of wall surfaces in the vacuum housing (1), an inlet lens (4), and an outlet lens (6), the parts facing a quadrupole mass filter unit (5). The emissivity of the coating film layer (10) is higher than that of Al or the like, and thus radiant heat from the quadrupole mass filter unit (5) is efficiently absorbed by the coating film layer (10). Therefore, heat generated in the rod holders (51) due to dielectric loss is efficiently dissipated, and deformation of the rod holders can be reduced.
US11043354B2
One modified source-conversion unit and one method to reduce the Coulomb Effect in a multi-beam apparatus are proposed. In the modified source-conversion unit, the aberration-compensation function is carried out after the image-forming function has changed each beamlet to be on-axis locally, and therefore avoids undesired aberrations due to the beamlet tilting/shifting. A Coulomb-effect-reduction means with plural Coulomb-effect-reduction openings is placed close to the single electron source of the apparatus and therefore the electrons not in use can be cut off as early as possible.
US11043348B2
A temperature actuated switch (1) includes: first and second temperature sensing sections (10, 20) that each include a contact (12, 22) and a thermally deformable member (first bimetal 11, second bimetal 21) that is bent in accordance with a temperature rise from a normal temperature in a manner such that the contacts (12, 22) shift from an open state to a connected state, the contacts (12, 22) being provided on a free-end side and located on the individual surfaces of the first and second temperature sensing sections that face each other; first, second, and third terminals (31, 32, 33) connected to an external circuit; and an insulation section (40) that maintains the first, second, and third terminals (31, 32, 33) in an insulated state, wherein the first temperature sensing section (10) includes first and second regions (A1, A2) with a slit (13) that extends from a fixed-end side to the free-end side provided therebetween, the first terminal (31) is connected to the first region (A1), the second terminal (32) is connected to the second region (A2), and the third terminal (33) is connected to the second temperature sensing section (20).
US11043335B2
The present disclosure relates to a device that includes an active layer and a first charge transport layer, where the first charge transport layer includes a first layer and a second layer, the first layer is in contact with the second layer, the second layer is positioned between the first layer and the active layer, the first layer comprises a first carbon nanostructure, and the second layer includes a second carbon nanostructure.
US11043334B2
An improved capacitor is provided. The capacitor comprises an anode comprising a pressed and sintered, preferably tantalum, powder wherein the anode has edge surfaces and parallel major surfaces. The anode further comprises a first set of parallel surface protrusions and a second set of parallel surface protrusions on each parallel major surface wherein the first set of parallel surface protrusions and second set of parallel surface protrusions are not parallel and form a well therebetween. An anode wire extends from an edge surface of the edge surfaces. A dielectric is on the anode and a conductive polymer on said dielectric.
US11043329B2
In a planar coil element, a dead space in a non-overlapping region is reduced by designing a total width of a first resin wall and a first turn located in the non-overlapping region to be narrow, more specifically, by designing the total width to be narrower than a total width of a second turn outside the first turn and a second resin wall located inside the turn and also than a total width of a third turn on the outer side and a third resin wall located inside the turn. As a result, a volume of a magnetic element body in a magnetic core portion of a coil can be increased, and an, inductance value, which is a magnetic characteristic, can also be improved.
US11043320B2
A dust core includes a metal magnetic material, a resin, and an insulation film. The insulation film contacts with a surface of the metal magnetic material and covers the metal magnetic material. The insulation film includes a first film and a second film. The first film contacts with the surface of the metal magnetic material. The second film contacts with a surface of the first film. A density of the first film is higher than a density of the second film.
US11043319B2
A method of increasing volume ratio of magnetic particles in a MnBi alloy includes depositing a MnBi alloy powder containing magnetic particles and non-magnetic particles on a sloped surface having a magnetic field acted thereupon. The method further includes collecting falling non-magnetic particles while separated magnetic particles are magnetically retained on the sloped surface.
US11043316B2
A mineral-insulated cable has a non-circular cross-sectional shape that does not allow the internal wires to twist or change alignment during manufacturing of the cable.
US11043307B2
The invention integrates emerging applications, tools and techniques for machine learning in medicine with videoconference networking technology in novel business methods that support rapid adaptive learning for medical minds and machines. These methods can leverage domain knowledge and clinical expertise with cognitive collaboration, augmented medical intelligence and cybernetic workflow streams for learning health care systems. The invention enables multimodal cognitive communications, collaboration, consultation and instruction between and among heterogeneous networked teams of persons, machines, devices, neural networks, robots and algorithms. It provides for both synchronous and asynchronous cognitive collaboration with multichannel, multiplexed imagery data streams during various stages of medical disease and injury management—detection, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, measurement, monitoring and reporting, as well as workflow optimization with operational analytics for outcomes, performance, results, resource utilization, resource consumption and costs. The invention enables cognitive curation, annotation and tagging, as well as encapsulation, saving and sharing of collaborated imagery data streams as packetized medical intelligence.
US11043306B2
A method for manifestation and transmission of follow-up notifications includes determining whether a document indicates a follow-up action associated with content in the document. The method includes generating at least one alert including an indication of the follow-up action. The method includes manifesting the at least one alert to at least one user.
US11043302B2
A wireless patient monitor comprises a generic activator module having a universal connection port that connects with any one of multiple sensor devices, a battery, and a radio transmitter wirelessly connected to a host device. The generic activator module connects to any one of multiple sensor devices via the universal connection port to provide power from the battery to the sensor device and to receive digital physiological data from the sensor device. The radio transmitter transmits the digital physiological data received from the sensor device to a host device.
US11043293B1
A healthcare provider user interface for treatment option and authorization is disclosed herein. In embodiments, a healthcare provider device includes a display coupled to one or more processors. The display includes a graphical user interface comprising one or more input interface display pages and one or more output interface display pages. The one or more input interface display pages may include one or more input boxes configured to receive information including patient physiological information, insurance provider information, historical medication prescriptions, and one or more medical diagnoses. The one or more output interface display pages may include a medication list generated based on the received information and a prior authorization form configured to receive one or more prior authorization input fields.
US11043292B2
The present invention provides an apparatus for electronically producing a at least a part of a medical report. The apparatus implements a question tree (Q) comprising a plurality of mostly interrelated question nodes, and a report node tree (RN) comprising a plurality of report nodes, wherein at least one of the report nodes comprises and/or represents a text template. The apparatus further comprising an engine adapted to receive inputs, store the input relating to a selected question node, identify at least one affected report node associated with the selected question node, and change a property, in particular a visibility property, of at least one of the at least one affected report nodes, and preferably, insert and/or store the received input in either the at least one affected report node and/or the selected question node. The present invention also provides a method for electronically producing a medical report, and a computer readable device for implementing the method.
US11043290B2
The locations of electronic devices in an institutional facility are determined based on interaction with the wireless mobile devices of users who roam though the facility and interact with (or are detected by) the devices.
US11043286B2
A system and method for design of polymeric carrier for controlled release of molecules is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of input parameters of a polymeric carrier, a solvent, and molecules to be released from the polymeric carrier from a database and performing Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations to estimate thermodynamic and transport properties of the polymeric carrier, the solvent and the molecules to be released using on one or more input parameters from the plurality of input parameters. Based on the estimated thermodynamic and transport properties, swelling and degradation kinetics of the polymeric carrier and release kinetics of the molecules to be released from the polymeric carrier is estimated and generating a proposed formulation based on difference between estimated released kinetics and the targeted release kinetics of the molecules.
US11043284B2
The invention provides computer systems and methods for visualization and analysis of relationships between biological data.
US11043281B2
Provided are a shift register unit and a driving method thereof, a scanning drive circuit, an array substrate and a display device, in the field of display technology. The shift register unit includes a shift registering circuit configured to provide a second clock signal from a second clock signal terminal to a first scanning output terminal under the control of a signal from a first scanning input terminal; an output circuit configured to provide a first level to a second scanning output terminal when the second scanning input terminal is at a first level and a first clock signal from the first clock signal terminal is at a first level; a first reset circuit configured to provide a second level to the second scanning output terminal after the second clock signal switches from the first level to the second level.
US11043278B2
Devices and techniques for read voltage calibration of a flash-based storage system based on host IO operations are disclosed. In an example, a memory device includes a NAND memory array having groups of multiple blocks of memory cells, and a memory controller to optimize voltage calibration for reads of the memory array. In an example, the optimization technique includes monitoring read operations occurring to a respective block, identifying a condition to trigger a read level calibration based on the read operations, and performing the read level calibration for the respective block or a memory component that includes the respective block. In a further example, the calibration is performed based on a threshold voltage to read the respective block, which may be considered when the threshold voltage to read the respective block is evaluated within a sampling operation performed by the read level calibration.
US11043258B2
Systems, among other embodiments, include topologies (data and/or control/address information) between an integrated circuit buffer device (that may be coupled to a master, such as a memory controller) and a plurality of integrated circuit memory devices. For example, data may be provided between the plurality of integrated circuit memory devices and the integrated circuit buffer device using separate segmented (or point-to-point link) signal paths in response to control/address information provided from the integrated circuit buffer device to the plurality of integrated circuit buffer devices using a single fly-by (or bus) signal path. An integrated circuit buffer device enables configurable effective memory organization of the plurality of integrated circuit memory devices. The memory organization represented by the integrated circuit buffer device to a memory controller may be different than the actual memory organization behind or coupled to the integrated circuit buffer device. The buffer device segments and merges the data transferred between the memory controller that expects a particular memory organization and actual memory organization.
US11043247B2
A memory card and an electronic system including the memory card. The memory card includes: a substrate having two pairs of edges, in which the edges of each pair face each other; a plurality of first row terminals that are arranged adjacent to an edge at an insertion side of the substrate and include a first voltage power terminal; a plurality of second row terminals that are spaced farther apart from the edge at the insertion side than the plurality of first row terminals and include a power terminal of a second voltage. According to the memory card, efficient use of an area may be maximized and an electrically stable power supply may be provided.
US11043241B2
Techniques for management of movable devices are disclosed. A system receives a request for an operation associated with a position on a rail. The system selects a component on the rail to execute the operation. The system identifies a rail segment that extends from the component's initial position to the position associated with the operation. The system requests a reservation of that rail segment. If the reservation is obtained, then the system applies electrical signals to move the component along the rails segment to the rail position associated with the operation. The system may also identify one or more other components, physical cells, etc. to reserve, in order to complete the operation.
US11043230B1
Techniques for identifying content displayed by a content presentation system associated with a physical environment, detecting an audible expression by a user located within the physical environment, and storing information associated with the audible expression in relation to the displayed content are disclosed.
US11043216B2
A method of providing voice feedback to a listener as part of a user interface of a media playback system may include: storing multiple different voice feedback recordings in at least one computer-readable storage device, where each of the multiple different voice feedback recordings is of a different voice artist; receiving a listener command corresponding to a musical selection; determining an identifying musical characteristic of the musical selection; selecting a first voice feedback recording from the multiple different voice feedback recordings, where the first voice feedback recording corresponds to the identifying musical characteristic; and playing the first voice feedback recording to the listener via the media playback system.
US11043210B2
There is provided a speech classification apparatus for hearing devices with electroencephalography, EEG, dependent sound processing, comprising a sound processing unit configured to capturing sound input signals from at least one external microphone and segmenting said captured sound input signals into segmented sound signals, a speech classification unit comprising a speech cepstrum calculation unit configured to calculate a speech cepstrum for each segmented sound signal, an EEG cepstrum calculation unit configured to calculate an EEG cepstrum for an EEG signal of a user's brain, a mapping unit configured to select a predetermined number of coefficients from each calculated sound cepstrum and from the calculated EEG cepstrum, and a correlation unit configured to calculate a correlation value for each captured sound input signal based on a correlation of the predetermined number of selected coefficients from the respective calculated sound cepstrum with the predetermined number of selected coefficients from the calculated EEG cepstrum, wherein an attended speech source is classified based on the obtained correlation values.
US11043206B2
Embodiments described herein are generally directed towards systems and methods relating to a crowd-sourced digital assistant system and related methods. In particular, embodiments facilitate the intuitive creation, maintenance, and distribution of action datasets that include computing events or tasks that can be reproduced when an associated command, stored in an action dataset, is determined received by a digital assistant device. The digital assistant device described herein can generate new action datasets, on-board new action datasets to a remote server, and receive new action datasets or updates to existing action datasets from the remote server. The digital assistant server described herein can receive action datasets, maintain action datasets, and distribute action datasets to one or more digital assistant devices. Each digital assistant device in the described system can participate in the generation of action datasets, so as to crowd-source various dialects that can be understood by any other digital assistant device.
US11043203B2
Methods and systems for performing modal reverb techniques for audio signals are described. The method may involve simplifying a reverb effect to be applied to the audio signal by receiving an IR, dividing the IR into a plurality of sub-bands, using a parametric estimation algorithm to determine respective parameters of the modes included in each sub-band, aggregating the respective modes of the sub-bands into a set; and truncating the set of aggregated modes into a subset of modes. Reverberation of the audio signal may be manipulated based on an IR that itself is based on the truncated subset of modes.
US11043201B2
A method and system directed to controlling audio devices with active noise reduction. The system detects an instability condition in a first headphone; generates one or more control signals to adjust one or more ANR parameters of the first headphone using a first controller, wherein the one or more ANR parameters are adjusted to change the first headphone from a first ANR state to a second ANR state to mitigate the instability condition; and synchronizes the one or more ANR parameters of the first headphone with second headphone. In an example, the system returns the first headphone to the first ANR state after detecting that the first headphone was removed from an ear of a user at the first time and detecting that the first headphone was engaged with the ear at the second time.
US11043195B2
Ligature for woodwind instruments, such as a clarinet or saxophone, having a receiving block (4), which is designed to clamp a reed (1) to a mouthpiece (2) of the woodwind instrument, while preventing twisting and/or sliding, by exerting a compressive force (14) on the reed (1), so that an axis of symmetry or longitudinal direction (1f) of the reed (1f) is aligned with an axis of symmetry or longitudinal direction of a bearing surface of the mouthpiece (2), characterized in that the receiving block (4) is designed to receive the reed (1) in a force-fitting manner and/or to establish a form fit with at least one side surface (1d) of the reed (1).
US11043189B2
A display device includes a first display area including a plurality of first pixel areas, a second display area including a plurality of second pixel areas and a plurality of transmission areas, a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form in the first and second display areas, and a first signal line and a second signal line disposed to correspond to each pixel column in the plurality of pixels. In each pixel column, one of the first and second signal lines may extend over the first and second display areas, and a remaining one of the first and second signal lines may not be disposed in the second display area.
US11043186B2
A method for transmitting image data to a display device at high speed is provided. Image data to be transmitted is input to a phase modulation portion, and is mixed with a high-frequency carrier wave. The carrier wave is modulated with a technique of phase-shift keying, and output to a transmission line determined in consideration of the transmission characteristics of the high-frequency wave. A phase regulating portion of the phase modulation portion has a function of adjusting the amount of change in phase with the use of an electric signal. A phase demodulation portion beyond the transmission line demodulates the modulated carrier wave and extracts the image data. The multi-bit image data can be transmitted by the technique of the phase-shift keying. The high-speed transmission enables serial conversion of the original image data and decreases the number of transmission lines.
US11043184B2
A display device includes a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, a data driver configured to generate data voltages based on a gamma reference voltage, and to provide the data voltages to the plurality of pixels, a gate driver configured to provide gate signals to the plurality of pixels, and a controller configured to control the data driver and the gate driver. The controller is configured to initialize the gamma reference voltage when a blank period starts in a frame period comprising an active period and the blank period, and to change the gamma reference voltage when a duration of the blank period reaches at least one threshold time.
US11043180B2
The present disclosure provides a power supply circuit and a display apparatus. The power supply circuit includes a power management integrated circuit. The power management integrated circuit includes a driving pin configured to transmit a drive signal. The power management integrated circuit includes a power transistor with a control terminal connected to the driving pin, a first terminal connected to a first power source, and a second terminal connected to a load. The power transistor is configured to supply a voltage to the load.
US11043174B2
A pixel structure includes a switching element, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The first electrode includes two first main portions parallel to an extension direction of the data line, a girder portion coupled between the two first main portions, and two connection portions coupled between the two first main portions. The girder portion and the two connection portions are parallel to an extension direction of the scan line, and the girder portion is disposed between the two connection portions. The second electrode includes a second main portion parallel to the extension direction of the data line, multiple branch portions symmetrically coupled with the second main portion, and two extension portions parallel to the extension direction of the data line. Each of the two extension portions is coupled with two of the multiple branch portions.
US11043173B1
A Mura phenomenon compensation method and a device thereof are provided. By dividing compensation data of all areas of a display panel into areas for which corresponding timer control integrated circuits are responsible and storing them in different positions in a storage area of a flash memory respectively, each of the timer control integrated circuits only reads its corresponding part of the compensation data during operation, which prevents a problem that a plurality of timer control integrated circuits cannot distinguish effective compensation data matrices corresponding to their responsible areas, causing errors in compensation effect of each timer control integrated circuit.
US11043171B2
An anti-flicker and motion-blur improvement method includes selecting one of display modes, obtaining a vertical synchronization signal and a data clock signal, and setting waveforms of a backlight driving signal in a vertical blanking interval and a data scan interval according to the display mode to make a motion blur effect correspond to the display mode. A voltage regulation signal is generated according to the display mode. A duty cycle of the voltage regulation signal is set as a first duty cycle in a dynamic image display mode. The duty cycle of the voltage regulation signal is set as a second duty cycle in a still image display mode. A backlight driving current corresponding to the backlight driving signal is generated via the voltage regulation signal. A current setting port generates a constant current. Accordingly, the present invention can improve the motion blur phenomenon by simplifying the backlight control circuit.
